Dixon to Speak on The Rising South at Greenville Exposition
Thos Dixon famed playwright and author of The Birth of a Nation will headline the Eastern Carolina Exposition and Automobile Show in Greenville Pitt county on Thursday evening April 8. He will discuss The Rising South, a new cultural project at Wildacres near Little Switzerland in McDowell county.
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Asheville
Thos. Dixon
Wildacres
Liberal Arts
Dixon
Mount Mitchell Association of Arts and Sciences
Little Switzerland
McDowell County
North Carolina
Davidson College Festivities Ramp Up Weekend Schedule
Williams outlines the Davidson events as fraternities host visitors. Friday features a Davidson vs Lenoir Rhyne baseball game and a Glee Club concert in Shearer Hall. Saturday includes a varsity tennis match, freshman baseball at Richardson Field, and an open house for the junior class. Evening hosts Mrs. W. J. Martin at junior receptions and a secret carnival in the gym. Sunday offers church services and an outdoor vesper with Queens College delegation. Monday plans send many students to Charlotte for further festivities.
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Davidson
Lenoir-Rhyne
Davidson Glee Club
Shearer Hall
Blue Ridge School
Richardson
W. J. Martin
Davidson College
Confederate Memorial Half Dollars Withdrawn April First
The Stone Mountain Memorial Association announced that Confederate memorial half dollars will be withdrawn from Southern banks on April 1, except in Virginia North Carolina and Missouri. Banks will ship remaining coins to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as prices rise from one to two dollars on April 15.
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Atlanta
Virginia
North Carolina
Missouri
Hollins N. Randolph
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Randolph
Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
South
Stone Mountain
Senate panel urged to probe Magdalena Bay land grant
Senator Johnson of California asked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to investigate a 2,606,000 acre land grant on Magdalena Bay in lower California. The grant was issued by the Mexican government to a Mexican-Japanese syndicate.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
California
Magdalena Bay
Lower
Prince of Wales Charms Scots Amid Ayr Gale
The Prince of Wales greeted Scots with a quip about swell weather as he stepped from his train at Ayr, remarking on the breezy conditions during a royal visit.
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London
Prince of Wales
Ayr
Davidson Junior Week Promises Greatest Easter Festivities
Davidson, March 30. Davidson College hosts a long tradition of Junior Week starting April 1 and lasting to April 4 led by W. H. Branch Jr. The week opens with an oratorical contest among seven junior speakers as about two hundred girls from southern colleges and cities are expected to attend.
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Davidson
W. H. Branch, Jr
Atlanta
Derma-Glo Skin Preparation for Men after Shaving
Derma-Glo offers a facial preparation for men to use after shaving. The product promises to renew skin life, comes in tube packaging with no glass, and is sold by all dealers at 50 cents.
Gorgeous Stuff Opens Week at Orpheum with Notable Cast
The Orpheum hosts a seven night run by Gorgeous Stuff a thirty person troupe led by Dave Burt and Skeet Mayo with Larry Mack White and Bryson in leads. Edna Troutman billed as prima donna signals strong musical comedy appeal for a promising stand.
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Orpheum Theater
Dave Burt
Fox Film Corporation
Skeet’? Mayo
Lassie White Minstrel
Fan Makers
Larry
Mack White
Bryson
Edna Troutman
Miss Elinor Hite Leads High Type Chorus in Vaudeville Show
The chorus is a feature within itself, gorgeously gowned with perfect harmony in their dances. Vaudeville specialties keep the show continuous from start to finish. A car load of scenery and electrical effects, plus an experienced crew, support the productions by this company.
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Elinor Hite
Look Out For Hang-on Coughs- Dangerous Colds
Fortify your system against colds influenza and grippe. Iron and Cod Liver Oil tablets claim to build flesh and red blood for exposure resilience. Burke's Cod Liver Oil and Iron Tablets sold by Mann Drug Co. Take daily to laugh at blizzards and colds.
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Burke
Mann Drug Co
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