Capital and labor urged to understand each other at textile gathering
Dr Howard Rondthaler of Salem college urged capital and labor to understand each other’s problems at the Southern Textile Association convention in Blowing Rock. He warned that mutual grasp will come only when employers know workers’ heartbeats and workers know the employers’ status. Following him Dr William P Jacobs spoke on industrial relations and the election of officers closed with Rushworth named president and a slate of officers and directors announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blowing Rock
Howard Rondthaler
Salem College
Winton-Salem
Capital
Abor
Southern Textile Association
Randthaler
William P. Jacobs
Linton
S. C
Uth Carolina Cotton Manufactors Association
Presbyterian College
L. J. Rushworth
Nville
Joe C. Cobb
Easley, C
Marshall Illing
Gastonia
P. B. Parks, Jr
Ornors
O. A. Sullivan
Affney
J. O. Thomas
Pray
J. C. Edwards
Laurelis
M. T. Poovey
Rockham
B. Ellis
Early power recall in High Point council minutes
City records from September 17 1906 show discussions on extending electric light along North Main Street. A tentative offer of 112,500 for the city light plant and a ten year street light contract was rejected. An engineer later estimated city power system costs at 6,400,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High
Mase
Postmaster at Whitsett Dies at 78
Byron Wheeler 78, longtime postmaster at Whitsett, dies after a six week illness. He served Rock Creek township as tax collector, sat on the Whitsett school board for 18 years, and led local civic life. Survived by widow, 16 daughters, two sons, a brother. funeral Sunday at Springwood Presbyterian Church Whitsett, burial in church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eensboro
Byron Wheeler
Whitsett
Wheeler
Rock Creek
Thusett
Walter Bughan
F. C. Mendens
Winston-Salem
C. R. Wheeler
Winatonlem
Glen Wheeler
Eenaboro
Mary Wheeler
High Point
Springwood Presbyterian Arch
Church
Confession of Confederate Deserter Found in Asheboro
A dated confession by William F Walters, executed near Asheboro March 31 1866 as leader of an armed deserters band, details early crimes from robbing Presnell’s wheat to ambushing travelers. The document, read by Rev J F Burkhead, notes a hidden stash of stolen money and names several band members and locales along Cox Road and the Asheboro Greensboro highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
William F. Walters
J. F. Burkhead
Burkhead
Thomas M. Moon
Walters
Stowe
Asheboro-Greensboro
John Vanderford
Cox Road
Clark Cox
Old Page Toll House
Vanderford
Peter Page
North Carolina
Indianna Cavalary
Vine House
Franklin Allman
John Floyd
Alpheus Gollihorn
Henry Floyd
Randall Presnell
Confederate States
Mitt Gollihorn
Mitt Williams
George Parks
Miss Hicks and Mr Robertson to Wed in Asheboro
Announcement from Asheboro notes the engagement of Miss Gladys Levon Hicks of Albemarle to W E Robertson Jr of Asheboro. The ceremony will be June 26 at First Methodist Episcopal Church Rockingham with only family present. Hicks is an Albemarle librarian and former Hoffman teacher. Robertson manages a service station on West Salisbury Street in Asheboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Gladys Levon Hicks
Albemarle
D. T. Hicks
Rockingham
W. E. Robertson, Jr
W. E B. Robertson
Robertson
Hoffman
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Liberty wedding greetings with bridge party honor
Mrs Ernest Frazier hosted at her mother Mrs J A Martin home in Liberty to honor Miss Margaret King Shepard who wed James T Martin of this city and Mrs Kenneth Martin a recent bride. Four bridge tables were set amid pink hydrangeas and summer blossoms with Mrs John Wylie winning high score and receiving handkerchiefs. Both honorees received crystal. Miss Gladys Martin of Raleigh helped serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Frazier
J. A. Martin
Liberty
Margaret King Shepard
James T. Martin
Kenneth Martin
John Wylie
Crystal
Gladys Martin
Raleigh
Philadelphia
VFW Meeting Next Tuesday at North Main Post
The regular weekly meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars local post will be held next Tuesday night at 7:39 PM at post headquarters on North Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vv. F. W
Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
North Main Street
Wife Cites Backyard Farm as Breaking Point in Divorce
Mrs Minnie Adeline Shippey testified in a Cleveland divorce case that her husband Paul raised chickens in the yard turkeys in the basement and rabbits in the kitchen prompting the suit. The proceedings progressed with the judge taking the matter under advisement.
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Cleveland
Minnie Adeline Shippey
Paul
Notorious Homicide Confession From 1865 Era Document
The document outlines a confession from Spencer Spivey claiming involvement in a fatal road incident. It names James Davis of Montgomery County and John Vanderford as victims and mentions Alpheus Gollihorn. The text includes a sworn statement dated March 31, 1865 witnessed by J P Thomas M Moore and Justice of the Peace William F Walters.
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Alexander Spencer
Alpheus
Mitt Gollihorn
Noah Smithermans
Mitt
Lewis Parks
William Gollihorns
John Latham
Bill Grew
Frank Grew
Spencer Spivey
James Davis
Montgomery County
Sarah Gollihorn
Alpheus Gollihorn
John Vanderford
William F. Walters
Thomas M. Moore
J. P
Textile Workers Need Security Over Wage Hikes Says Jacobs
Dr. William P. Jacobs of Clinton Missouri told the Southern Textile association convention that stability and job security matter more than higher wages or shorter hours. He urged less government regulation and emphasized permanent employment as essential for industrial harmony and fair wages within a normal market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blowing Rock
William P. Jacobs
Clinton
8. C
Southern Textile Association
Jacobs
Soul Carolina Cotton Manufactur Association
Syphilis Tied to Thousands of U S Deaths Says Expert
Dr Albert E Russell assistant Surgeon General told the American Life Convention that about one in ten fatal heart attacks may be due to cardiovascular syphilis and that 40 000 US deaths yearly come from syphilitic heart disease. He noted 4506 brain paresis cases and 1100 spinal syphilis deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Albert E. Russell
U S. Public Health Service
American Life Convention
United States
Russeell
Injured Craft Landed Safely
Naval Pilot Robert Style and a passenger escaped unharmed after their scout bomber was marooned with a jammed landing gear at an airport for nearly four hours. The craft landed safely and both occupants were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Robert Style
Textile South Unity: Shared Anglo-Saxon Heritage Highlighted
Jacobs stresses that employers, employees, and the public in the textile south share the same Anglo-Saxon stock and culture. He argues this kinship creates enduring harmony and a common objective that resists temporary disruptions.
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Jacobs
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Rondthaler
Extile Group
Ears Head Ofalem College
Ostmaster
Edra Wheeler
N. ©. Departint of
Sion
Presley Bridge
Reuben Williams
Amble’s
Abel Cox
John’ Floyd
Ruppell
Miss Hicks
Mr Robertson
Rabbit
Zephyr
Guilford Memorial Park
THE
Thore
Greensboro
High Point Administration
Sixes
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