High Point election faces needed bond funds and city debts
The High Point voters will choose five of ten candidates for the City Council and a Mayor. The piece stresses the city must provide about $40,000 monthly for bond retirements and interest, with a New York debt burden of over $1,300 daily to maintain credit. It cites planned dam, reservoir land costs, and sewage extension around half a million each, plus re appraisal of real estate guiding tax revenue. The writer defends fiscal prudence, notes bond demand, and urges continued progress and public support.
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High Point
New York
Negro Quartet Contest Here Tuesday Night Is Expected To Be Event
A state wide Negro quartet contest at the American theatre Tuesday night draws fifteen or more groups from across the state. Judges include John Paul Weaver, Gilmer Alexander and William Breach. Prizes total 50 35 25 and 10 dollars. Proceeds go to the High Point Colored Fund for public welfare work.
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American Theatre
Scohols
Premier Quartet
Greensboro
Twin-City Concert Company
Winston-Salem
Excelsoir Quartet
Reidsville
City Quartet
New Bern
City’s School
Goldsboro
Bennett College
Durham
Shaw University
Raleigh
Rawson Street
Oxford
Balmer Institute
Sedalia
Norfolk and Western Quartet
Price High School
Salisbury
Johnson C. Smith
Charlotte
Livington College
Simmon
High Point
John Paul W Weaver
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Gilmer Alexander
Greensboro College For Women
William Breach
High Point Chamber of Commerce
F. J. Sizemore
Lewis L. Stookey
O. E. Davis
Fairview Street Colored School
Amonts
High Point Community Chest
Sizemore
Settlement Friends Network Aided Schools and Farms
The text describes a Friends association aiding education and postwar recovery by financing schools, employing teachers, furnishing books, and starting a model farm at Springfield to improve agriculture and assist those ruined by the war.
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Sringfield
Notable Names Linked to Burlington and Surrounding Cities
A list of prominent figures connected to local schools libraries and civic groups appears, includingMiss Annie Petty of the state library commission Col W A Blair Chester Ha worth superintendent Ada Blair Emma Blair E C Leonard and others. The roster also mentions Cyrus P Frazier Walter Blair Quinton Holton and Lorena Reynolds Hoskins among others linked to churches universities and legal affairs.
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Annie Petty
State Library Commission
W. A. Blair
The
Peoples National
Chester C. Haworth
Burlington City
Ada Blair
Park Street
High Point
Emma _ Blair
Emma Blair
E. C. Leonard
Department of Science
A. B. Coltrane
R. R. Ragan
Fiancier
C. F. Ands. H
Lacy Names Bond Lawyer as Key to Sale
Lacy explains the need to use a bond attorney approved by buyers. He hired Masslich, favored by major North Carolina bond syndicates, to secure sales to eastern capitalists. He notes only a few expert East Coast bond lawyers and positions Masslich as essential for large bond offerings.
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Lacy
Masslich
North Carolina
Mr. Lacy
East
Bond specialists guard NC bonds amid lawyering costs
A North Carolina bond expert argues that high legal review is essential for selling bonds, noting wealthier clients prefer lawyers who pass on bond transactions. He defends pricey legal fees as necessary, criticizes local political culture, and claims prominent leaders would be stifled by scrutiny. He condemns efforts to elevate political figures, calling it a harmful state trait.
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Ed. Clodfelter
High Point
Springfield
William and
Amanda Richardson
Rhode Island
Abigail Hunt Blair
Sarah English Blair
Joash Reynolds
Bible School
William Richardson, Jr
Dora Blair Richardson
Springfield Monthly Meeting
George Welker
Ingersol
Okla
Clara I. Cox
J. Elwood Cox
J. Ed. Millikan
Violet Millikan
North Carolina
Mr. Lacy
Wade Harris
Josephus Daniels
W. C. Dowd
E. B. Jeffress
Polk
Jackson
Johnson
Union
Donations for disaster relief mobilized in aftermath
A leader urged rapid fundraising for an emergency as he cited thousands made homeless and property damages exceeding 200 million dollars. Reports also note the color community in High Point organizing aid efforts.
Fund Drive Aims at Negro Flood Victims in City
The colored population, mostly tenant farmers, faces flood hardship. Professor E B Cartwright leads a drive to raise 500 from black residents in a week. Preachers will appeal in sermons and Red Cross efforts target a 2000 goal, already surpassing 1500. End.
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E. B. Cartwright
Red Cross
Sam
W. T. Powell
Evetcane Bee
Virginia B
Franks
Services Today for John William Young
Funeral services for John William Young 80 of Sophia will be at 11 AM at Primitive Baptist Church Mechanicsville with Elders O G Denney and J W Tuttle officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Randolph County citizen died at his home Friday.
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John William Young
Randolph County
Sophia
Primitive Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
O. G. Denney
J. W. Tuttle
Mr. Young
Native of Stokes County Relocates to Randolph
A native of Stokes County moved to Randolph seven years ago, establishing new ties in the community and adapting to life in a different local setting as residents note the transition.
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Stokes County
Randolph
Convict Died of Natural Causes in Forsyth County
Winston-Salem April 30 AP Colonel Jones a Black convict whipped at Forsyth County convict camp number 3 last week died of natural causes Dr F M Hanes pathologist said autopsy showed no violence on body Coroner W N Dalton had the body exhumed and he backed the natural death finding noting diarrhoea as the cause No further steps announced
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Winston-Salem
Colonel Jones
F Orsyth County
F. M. Hanes
Hanes
W. N. Dalton
Jones
Brighton's stands lure buyers. taximeters reach London
Bids for stands at the ocean resort of Brighton show fees as the most popular holiday purchases. Taximeters printing exact fares, long common in this country, have just appeared in London.
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Ocean Resort
Brighton
England
London
Last Rites Held for Young Girl Elsie Franklin
Funeral services for Miss Elsie Gertrude Franklin were held at Hickory Chapel Church with Rev. F. E. Jones presiding. She died Friday morning just before two o'clock. Burial followed at Springfield cemetery. Pallbearers included J. W. Spivey, Lewis B. Williams, E. F. Edwards, Ed. Frazier, G. L. Miller, George W. Pike, A. L. Hussey, and Jessie L. Kirkman. Flower bearers were Luccla Frazier, Charline Stewart, Camilla Hussey, Elberta Hines, and Mrs. George Frazier and Mrs. Smith. A large crowd attended.
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Elsie Gertrude Franklin
Hickory Chapel
FE. W. Jones
Springfield Cemetery
J. W. Spivey
Lewis Be, Williams
E. F. Edwards
Ed. Frazier
G. L. Miller
George W. Pike
A. L. Hussey
Jessie L. Kirkman
Luccla Frazier
Charline Stewart
Camilla Hussey
Elberta Hines
George Frazier
Smith
England 1926 birth rate drops but infant mortality falls
The 1926 England birth rate declined from 1925 while infant mortality rate fell more than offset the deficit, improving overall child survival. The data emphasize progress in public health despite fewer births, with reductions in infant deaths across regions and age groups.
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England
Special Masons Lodge Meeting Notice
Numa F. Reid Lodge No 344 A F and A M holds a special communication Monday night at 7 30 for Master Masons degree work. All Master Masons invited to attend. By order.
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Numa F. Reid Lodge
A. F
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