Sawmills shaped Randolph County's early growth in Asheboro
Asheboro features recount the Worth family and workers in Randolph County after 1800s. Dr J M Worth owned mills near Hoover Hill then moved to Asheboro and later Seagrove. Charlie Voncannon and Fannie Luck recall slow log sawing, modest wages, and land purchases by mill workers aided by the Worth company.
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Asheboro
Piedmont Carolina
Randolph County
J. M. Worth
Charlie Voncannon
Dr. Worth
Fannie Page Luck
Hoover Hill
Good Hill
Thomas J. Redding
Troy Redding
Dora Redding
Caraway
Randolph
Peter Voncannon
Gaston Redding
Back Creek
Cleveland
Charlie Vanceannon
Seagrove
Jane Page Hancock
Wm. O. Hammer
Page
Billy Page
Mr. Page
Pete Voncannon
Calvin C. McAlister
Southern Timber and Lumber Company
Star and Hemp
M. F. Voneannon
Charlie Voneannon
Star
Fannie Page
Garfield
Montgomery
Moore
Orange
Worth
Randleman Store Company
Worthville
Alfred Dutfie
John McNairy
Greensboro
Central Falls
Peter Voneannon
Ross
Koro
Voneannon
Neal
High Income Tax Returns Could Keep Debt Within Limit
Washington dispatch reports that unexpectedly large income tax returns may allow the treasury to stay under the 45 billion debt limit without new taxes through April 1941. Officials say revenues could exceed budget by about 400 million dollars in 15 months, easing pressure for further measures.
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Treasury
Irving Perimeter
Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
Revenue Corporation
Roosevelt
Hitler extends Greece independence day felicitation
Adolf Hitler telegraphed greetings to the Greek government on Greece independence day. In Berlin the move was seen as aligning with Germanys appeasement diplomacy in the Balkans amid ongoing political maneuvering.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Sale of Guernsey heifers planned at Grassy Grove farm
County Agent R. A. Mc Laughland announced a sale of Guernsey heifers to be held at the Grassy Grove Dairy farm of M. F. Shore on May 3. The note also mentions Japan taxing radio listeners at 25 cents monthly, a separate tidbit.
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Vadkinville
R. A. McLaughland
Guernsey
Grassy Grove
M. F. Shore
Japan
Responsibility Of Workers Outlined
W L O'Brien Greensboro Social Security Office outlines worker duties for old age and survivors insurance. Workers must obtain a social security account number, share it with all employers, and file a claim to receive payments. Applications and help are available at field offices or by mail, with adjudication in Washington. Residents in five counties may visit the Greensboro office for information.
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W. L. O'Brien
Greensboro
Social Security Board
United States
Social Security
Washington
Alamance
Caswell
Guilford
Randolph
Rockingham Counties
The
Car Dives Into Creek In Elkin Incident
Elkin March 25 Raymond Smith night watchman for Chatham Manufacturing Company escaped injury after his car plunged into Elkin Creek. He emerged from the icy water with no serious harm.
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Elkin
Raymond Smith
Chatham Manufacturing Company
Elkin Creek
Thomasville Man Killed In Bicycle Car Collision
Rex H. Shepherd age 16 of 800 Lexington Avenue Thomasville dies after bicycle with his daughter Nancy is struck by a car driven by John William Jester 20 of High Point route 1 around 7 30 Sunday on the Thomasville Lexington highway. The boy’s death is ruled unavoid able by Dr F J Lancaster Davidson County coroner. The funeral is set for 2 30 at First Baptist Church Thomasville with Rev W K McGee in charge and burial in the city cemetery.
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Thomasville
Rex H. Shepherd
Lexington Avenue
John William Jester
High Point
Route 1
Eli Gossett
Willie Mae Jackson
Shepherd
Nancy
Thomasville-Lexington
Calvary Reformer Church
Jester
First Baptist Church
W. K. McGee
Carolinas Civitan Club Convention Set for Myrtle Beach
The Carolinas Association of Civitan Clubs will hold its annual convention in Myrtle Beach on May 19 and 20. Speakers include Dr. J. L. Brakefield of Birmingham and Judge Allan May of St. Louis, president and vice president of Civitan International. A Libya note on Gail women mentions their practice of erasing footprints.
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Myrtle Beach
8. C
Carolinas’ Association of Civitan Clubs
J. L. Brakefield
Birmingham
Ala
Allan May
St. Louis
Civitan International
Britons Vote to End War in Union Conference
A National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and C in Birmingham voted 86 to 57 to end the war and back the Chamberlain government. The mover, M. Johns of London, blamed imperialist aims and cited alleged British actions in India Ireland and the West Indies.
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Chamberlain
National Union of Shop Assants, Warehousemen and Cie
Birmingham
Eng
M M. Johns
London
de India
West Indies
Africa
Ireland
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James O. Richardson
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PROM
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O’brien
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Belgium
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Bill
C. H. Shepherd
Danbury
Fletcher Kellam
Winston-Salem
Nina Carroll
Germanton
Frank Mitchell
Madison
T. C
W. O
O. D. Shepherd
T. H
Stokes County
Helvin Shepherd
Ohio
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Mann Drug Stores
Carolina Civitans
Libya
Capudine
Earl C. Rice
Bernarr Macfadden
West
Washington Street
Licoert Myons
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