Longtime High Point professor resigns amid department abolition
Professor T. Johnson, dean of men at High Point College since 1926, resigns effective after the current scholastic year. His departure follows a board committee’s recommendation to abolish the philosophy department and fold its courses into other departments due to financial pressures. Johnson, an ordained Baptist minister, has served as debate coach, publications director, and a key civic figure in High Point.
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T. ©. Johnson
High Point College
Board of Trustees
Johnson
High Point
The
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Wake Forest College
South Carolina
Anderson College
Simmons Bailey fight shifts focus to the East
North Carolina voters hear that the Simmons Bailey contest centers on the East with leaders predicting mixed strength across Piedmont and East regions. Bailey faces organization gaps in the East while Simmons backs strong county networks and eyes a possible Edge in the East before June 7. The Jackson Day dinner signals Bailey support, while Simmons criticizes the message read to the crowd.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
Bailey
Piedmont
East
Simmons
Simmons Folk
Senator Simmons
Fairmont Baptist Church Renames in Honor of Rev J M Hilliard
Members of the Fairmont Baptist Church voted to change the name to Hilliard Memorial in memory of Rev. J. M. Hilliard. The church, now 168 members, plans a modern building soon and aims to raise funds locally, with several contributions already received.
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Hilliard Memorial
J. M. Hilliard
Fairmont Baptist Church
Fairmont
Abbotts Creek Church
Piedmont Association
Mrs Rebecca Cooke Dies of Paralysis at Home
Mrs Rebecca Annie Cooke died of paralysis at her home 112 Culler street this morning at 6 30. She had been ill for 12 months. Surviving are son B N D Cooke and daughter Mrs Sallie Allen of High Point. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 o clock at the Pentecostal Holiness church by Rev Jack Goins. Burial will follow in Oakwood cemetery.
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Rebecca Annie Cooke
Culler Street
B. ND. Cooke
Sallie Allen
High Point
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Jack Goins
Oakwood Cemetery
Sermon Links Lost Souls to Modern City Decay
Rev. T. A. Sykes at Central Friends church warned that the one percent loss rate in the biblical story has grown under a cloak of respectability. He urged active Christian living to win back the lost, restore criminals, and foster a practical rebirth of faith rather than mere money donations.
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T. A. Sykes
Central Friends Church
Jesus
High Point
Patrolman High Improves After Two-State Manhunt
Patrolman G. W. High, shot near Aberdeen while pursuing a bootlegger, is reported recovering at Moore County hospital Pinehurst. Authorities stretched a cross-state manhunt from North to South Carolina for Neil Hobson a Watkins Medicine representative linked to the incident.
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Aberdeen
Moore County
Pinehurst
T. A. Early
Fifth
North
South Carolina
Neil Hobson
Watkins Medicine Company
Hobson
Lamer
Lieut Fearly
High
Lieut
Early
Condition of Lad Injured At Raleigh About the Same
James Miller, injured in a Saturday morning fight, remains in serious condition with a fractured skull at Rex hospital. Three people are jailed on bond. a fourth, Frank Hodges, was released on 2500 dollars. Miller was to become a student at North Carolina State College. Hodges attends the college, Fisher planned to re-enter.
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Raleigh
James Miller
N. C. State College
MckKee
Rock
Rex Hospital
Miller
Frank Hodges
Lexington
Alice Stone
May & Twisdale
N. S. Fisher
Grove City
N. S. State College
Hodges
Fisher
Bailey To Address Goldsboro Kiwanis Members Tonight
J. W. Bailey of Raleigh, a Democratic U S Senate candidate opposing Senator F M Simmons, will address the Goldsboro Kiwanis club tonight in Goldsboro North Carolina.
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Goldsboro
Kiwanians
Mar
J. W. Bailey
Raleigh
United States
F. M. Simmons
Goldsboro Kiwanis Club
Wrecked Sutton Alaska Coal Wash Plant For Timber
A coal wash plant in Sutton Alaska valued at half a million dollars was wrecked, its valuable timber resources seized or damaged in the incident.
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Sutton
Alaska
Geologist Discovers Deep Coal Veins in Johannesburg
Dr. G. M. Hall of the University of Tennessee reports coal veins extending 7,500 feet beneath Johannesburg. The finding highlights significant mineral potential and deep-earth geology.
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G. M. Hall
University of Tennessee
Johannesburg
Remarkable Sargon Cure Restores Health of Asheville Woman
Mrs. Moleta Carver of Asheville testifies that Sargon relieved years of pain from surgeries, nerve disorders, digestive problems, and rheumatic back issues. She credits four bottles of Sargon and the Sargon Soft Mass Pills for restored appetite, strength, sleep, and elimination of headaches. Sargon obtainable in High Point from Cecil's Drug Store and Mann Drug Co.
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Moleta Carver
Woodrow Ave
Asheville
N. C
High Point
Cecil’s Drug Store
Mann Drug Co
Farmer Defines True Ideal Man Sermon at Vesper Service
Rev. R L Farmer spoke at the First Methodist Protestant church on A Woman's Ideal Man using 2 Samuel 10 12 as text. He argued moral purity and respect for women, urging internal refinement through Christ and a protector role rather than a predator.
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R.L. Farmer
First Methodist Protestant Church
Mr. Farmer
Christ
High Point
Caesar
Oakview School Prepares Benefit Play Thursday
Oakview School will present a play Thursday night at the Junior Order hall on East Washington street to benefit Washington council number four Daughters of America. J. L. Sechrest chairs arrangements and notes a kitchen orchestra will be a special attraction.
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Oakview School
Junior Order
East Washington Street
Washington Council
Number Four
Daughters of America
J. L. Sechrest
Hamburg South Carolina Rebuilds Old Railroad Terminus
Hamburg South Carolina, once the terminus of the country’s first long railroad, undergoes a rebuilding effort to restore or repurpose the historic terminal site.
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Hamburg
S. C
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