High Point Growth Highlighted by Chamber Secretary
J S Sizemore the executive secretary of the High Point Chamber of Commerce argues the city and state are thriving with 124 active manufacturing plants including 42 furniture and 14 hosiery mills. He notes new plants like Southern Spring Manufacturing and Lindeman Wood Finish, rapid population growth, extensive housing and infrastructure development, and a strong retail and distribution base led by major firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
North Carolina
United States
McLellan’s
Woolworth’s
Kress
McCrory’s
J. C. Penney Company
A. and P. Stores
D. Pender’s
Efird’s
Belk-Stevens Company
Southern Spring Manufacturing Company
Lindeman Wood Finish Company
South
Decrease in North Carolina February Fire Loss Reported
North Carolina fire loss for February totaled 575 271 dollars, down more than 200 000 from February 1926's 783 544. Of 185 fires, two big blazes dominated losses at Statesville wood works 263 000 and Wilson wagon works 152 250.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
Stacy Wade
Statesville
Wilson
Hertford
Smithfield
Lumberton
Lenoir County
Murphy
Louisburg
Weather outlook for South Atlantic West Gulf and Ohio Tennessee
The forecast calls for rain Sunday night and Monday, then generally fair conditions with a showery period around Wednesday or Thursday. Much colder Monday, warmer midweek, then near normal temperatures. In the Ohio Valley and Tennessee a midweek shower period and another near week’s end, with a cold start and a rise then a late-week dip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Atlantic
West Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Increase Your Weight Nine Pounds in Thirty Days
Doctors and pharmacists endorse McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets rich in flesh producing vitamins. They claim the tablets help fill out chest cheeks and neck, build strength, and demand money back if no results in thirty days from Mann Drug Co or any druggist.
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Mann Drug Co
McCor
Market Opens With Irregular Early Stock Movements
Opening trading shows uneven U S industry results with United States Steel inching higher while General Motors declines amid mixed early showroom and market activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mar
United States Steel
General Motors
New Orleans Cotton Prices Rise on Census Report
Cotton prices opened higher today with gains of 60 to 62 points from Saturday’s close. Morning trading continued upward except for a brief dip on profit taking as the Census Bureau reported smaller than expected total ginnings. May, July and October futures advanced to 1449, 1460 and 1472 respectively.
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New Orleans
Mar
Census Bureau
Potatoes Market News From Chicago and Midwest Dealers
Chicago reports steady potato trading with 12 on track 2716 shipments and U S totals. Wisconsin round whites move 185 to 219 per sack while Idaho russets bring 275 to 299 per sack as demand remains active and supplies liberal.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Idaho
New York Cotton Opens Firm On Census Hope
The cotton market opens firm amid active covering and general buying after the census shows a season total of 17,687,697 running bales, or 17,919,258 for 590 pound bales. May leads gains, trading near 14.43 while October nears 14.75. March opens around 14.05.
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New York
Foreign exchange rates steady in New York quotients
Foreign exchanges remained steady in New York with bids and cables listed for Great Britain France Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Czecho Slovakia Yugoslavia Austria Romania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Montreal and other markets showing specific cent values and percentage ranges on March 21.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czecho Slovakia
Jugo Slavia
Austria
Rumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokyo
Shanghai
Montreal
Canadian growers pool halts wheat exports rally in Chicago
Chicago March 21. Wheat prices steadied after the Canadian growers pool offered no wheat abroad causing an early decline to end unsettled. Wheat closed about the same as Saturday, corn and oats little changed, provisions steady with a small rise.
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Chicago
Baptist Fellowship Meeting Opens in Kinston
The General Board of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina opened a regional fellowship series in Kinston chaired by Rev. Walter M. Gilmore of Raleigh. Additional meetings are scheduled in Wilson, Henderson, Oxford, Roxboro, and Siler City on successive days.
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Kinston
Mar
General Board of the Baptist State Convention of
Robbers Hit Purcell Drug Store In Salisbury
Robbers rifled the safe at the M. M. Purcell drug store in Salisbury last night and escaped with 330 dollars. The rear door was found unlocked from the inside and the scene discovered by two night policemen at 3 30 this morning.
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Salisbury
M. Purcell
Mills in Florida on a brief vacation from North Carolina
J W Mills chief engineer for the fifth district North Carolina highway system has been in Florida for a week with a resident engineer. They are reported to be enjoying a gay time and are expected to return in a few days.
Aviator Stark Cleared of Sunday Air Travel Charge
Florence March 21 Howard Stark commercial aviator was acquitted in five minutes by a James River South Carolina blue laws ruling for taking passengers aloft for hire on Sunday before last Stark had been allowed to fly yesterday by a court order from Judge E C Dennis confirming he could operate.
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Florence
Howard Stark
South Carolina
Stark
E. C. Dennis
Liner Elevation at Gatun Locks for 56-Mile Ocean Crossing
At the Gatun Locks of the Panamanian Canal liners are raised 85 feet above sea level for the 56 mile voyage between the oceans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatun
Panama Canal
Col Moss to tour North Carolina to honor flag anniversary
Col James A Moss director general of the United States Flag Association will visit fourteen North Carolina cities from March 24 to 28. He plans talks on The Re lion of The Flag in Durham and Raleigh and will promote Living Flags as a national sesquicentennial observance with meetings open to the public.
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Washington
James” A. Moss
United States Flag Association
Coolidge
North Carolina
American Lelion Auxiliary
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Gastonia
Concord
Kannapolis
Charlotte
Statesville
Lexington
Salisbury
High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro Durham
Raleigh
Ghldsboro
Wilmington
Con Moss
Greensboro
Durham
Goldsboro
Col Mosa
The
Flag Association
Edwin Clarke Gregory
D.A.R
John T. Lowe
American Legion Auxiliary of North Carolina
BE. L. McKee
North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs
Maude E. Hester
Worthy Brand
Order of the Eastern Star
W. O. Spencer
W. D. Pemberton
American War Mothers of North Carolina
Ethel H. Padgett
Association of Rebekah Assemblies
Women’s National Council
United States
United State Flag Association
Col
Moss
Davidson County Farmers Join Co operative Buying Ranks
Davidson county farmers have joined co operative buying ranks reports County Demonstration Agent A Sheffield. He says 76 farmers chipped in on a fish meal shipment saving 225 dollars and poultry farmers are pooling orders for feed with savings of one to 1 35 dollars per 100 pounds.
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Lexington
Davidson County
A. Sheffield
Views of Schools Good Will Program at Johnson Street School
The Girl Reserves met with many members, presenting a good will program centered on proverbs from various countries. Student performances included stories, songs, and readings by Clydie Washburn, Lucile Parks, Doris Pike, Beulah Griffith, Hazel Farrington, and others.
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Johnson Street
Clydie Washburn
St. Francis of Assisi
Miss Harman
Russia
Lucile Parks
India
Doris Pike
Scotland
Club
China
Beulah Griffith
America
Hazel Farrington
Annie Laurie
Old Oaken Bucket
The
Sun
Ruby Hedrick
Margatet Hayworth
Mattie Blackwell
Susan Fulghum
Daisy Mobley
Ne’erspeak
Hutchens
Mies Fay Setzer
Robin Redbreast
Emma Blair Earns Third Year on Accredited Elementary List
All interested parties celebrate Emma Blair as the elementary school earns its third consecutive year on the accredited list. The announcement highlights continued recognized standards and community support for the district.
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Emma Blair
Coolidge Invited to Visit Asheville by Prohibition Official
President Coolidge received another invitation to visit Asheville North Carolina this spring from James J Britt chief counsel of the prohibition unit. Friends urge a trip but Coolidge shows little enthusiasm while the President indicates interest and Mrs Coolidge also wants to return to Asheville where they visited before his inauguration as vice president.
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Washington
Mar
President Coolidge
Asheville
N. C
James J. Britt
Prohibition Unit
Comstock Confronted by New Legal Tangle In Miami
Stanley E. Comstock, once engaged to Peggy Hopkins Joyce and later to Connie Almy, faces a new federal custody dispute as a judge weighs divorce grounds. A special master had previously voided the 1925 divorce on fraud claims, while Mrs. Comstock seeks divorce on extreme cruelty. Comstock is reportedly in Los Angeles.
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Miami
Mar
Stanley E. Comstock
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Connie Almy
Florida
New York
Comstock
Cleveland
Ohio
Los Angeles
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Richard H. Edmonds
Manufacturer's Record
Grandma
Dr. Caldwell
Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Company
Monticello
Illinois
Dr Caldwell
Ath
SouthMain Street
Winston~Salem
Mer Fm
Welborn Furniture Company
Main Street
Southern Exposition Building
High Point, N. C
Fred N. Tate
the Welborn Furniture Company
Ween
Thomasville
Burnsville
Wake Forest
Fairmont
Graham
Pinetops
Kernersville
Raeford
Ayden
Oxford
Marion
Mount Airy
Zebulon
New Bern
Nashville
Selma
Forest City
Weldon
Wall Street
Chicago Grain
Baptist Fellowship Meeting
Kinstor
Col Moss
Aldes
Belk-Stevens Co
Mechanicsville School
Frank
Ray Street
R. EB. Ranson
Santa Lucia
Binue Bellis
Chase Idol
Maryland
Charlotte Hubbard
Helen Stevens
Frances Sloan
Billy Fraley
Eccles Huff
William Vance
Thomas Gordon
Charles Tomlinson
Kelman Gomo
Garland Ridge
Mrs. Shipwash
Miss Perry
Mrs. Smith
Miss Parylor
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