Bank Audit Ongoing Amid Hedgecock Shortage Case
Auditors work on Home Banking books with no new developments in the Basil Hedgecock embezzlement case. Speculation swirls about Atlantic Bank of Greensboro possibly taking over, while Hedgecock remains jailed in Greensboro awaiting a preliminary trial and a $45,000 bond.
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Home Banking
Basil H. Hedgecock
Keensboro
Clarence Latham
Home
Atlantic Bank
Greensbro
J. W. Simpson
Greensboro
High Point
Furniture City
State Department of Insurance
Building and Loan Association
Convision
Home Banking Company
D. B. Stafford
Guilford Superior Court
Walter Royal
Hedgecock
Atlanta Plans $2 Million Movie Venture
A. M. Bailey of Southern Picture Finance and Atlanta Studio Corp announces a $2,000,000 film production alliance in Atlanta with New York distributor W. W. Hodkinson. The plan aims to develop motion pictures in Atlanta and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Atlanta
Vicinity
A. M. Bailey
Southern Picure Finance Corporation
Atlanta Studio Corporation
W. W. Hodkinson
New York
Opening of Cotton Activity Drives Prices Higher
Reports of heavy rains in the western belt and strong Liverpool cables sparked renewed general buying in the cotton market at the open. May notices totaling 7,700 bales circulated as May rose to about 20.35 on shorts covering and October climbed to 19.80, about 50 points above March lows.
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New York
Liverpool
Shorts
Senator Dial Defends Time Against Daylight Saving
May 9 Washington Senator Dial of South Carolina protests President Harding daylight saving plan. He calls the clock the Creator gave us unchangeable and urges senators to rise early and work late to set an example.
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Washington
Senator Dial
South Carolina
Senate
Harding
Dial
Eighth Infantry Ordered Home to Camp Scriven
War department plans to bring home the 8th United States Infantry from the Rhine as the last expeditionary unit to leave Europe. Returning late in June, the regiment will be stationed at Fort Scriven in Georgia according to a letter from Secretary Weeks to Senator Harris.
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Eighth Infantry
Camp Scriven
Senator Harris
Georgia
Fort Scriven
William P Davison Dies. Noted Financier and Red Cross Leader
Locust Valley Long Island funeral marks the passing of William P. Davison head of the American Red Cross during the war and NY financier. A crowd heard a service at St Johns Lattington with Rev. Charles W. Hinton and Rev. Endicott Peabody officiating while J P Morgan staff members acted as pallbearers.
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Locust Valley
N. Y
William P. Davison
American Red Cross
New York
St. Johns
Lattington
Long Island
Charles W. Hinton
Endicott Peabody
Croton School
Mr. Davison
J. P. Morgan and Company
Miller Not Guilty of Robbery Charge in High Point
W. W. Miller, a High Point businessman, was found not guilty of robbery and assault in municipal court. The charges stem from an early Saturday morning robbery claimed by Russell Wood, who had asked for the arrest. Miller, regarded as a splendid citizen, had no prior trouble noted.
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W. W. Miller
High Point
Walter Royal
Miller
Russell Wood
Millers
Wood
Ocean going pork barrel feared in ship subsidy bill
Benjamin C. Marsh, managing director of the Farmers' National council, told a joint congressional hearing that amendments to the administration ship subsidy bill would create an ocean going pork barrel. He argued the plan would license financiers to rob the American people and urged retention by the government of ships now operated by the shipping board with rental income funding new ships.
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Washington
Administration
Benjamin C. Marsh
Farmers’ National Council
Women Nominated For County Register Of Deeds In Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem May 9 At least two women are expected to enter politics with the next county ticket. Kate Wurreskie long time private secretary to W N Reynolds of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Co and Nellie Scott who has been chief clerk in the sheriff s office are suggested for register of deeds.
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Winston-Salem
Kate Wurreskie
W. N. Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Nellie Scott
Terk
Industrial League Meets Friday Night at Chamber of Commerce
The Community Industrial Base Ball league of High Point will meet Friday night at 8 o clock in the chamber of commerce rooms. Representatives of the clubs are expected. The constitution and by laws will be adopted and the schedule arranged. It is banned to begin playing baseball early next month.
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Community Industrial Baseball League of
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Doctor forms state division to oppose Ku Klux Klan in Florida
Dr. W. D. McNamer a retired physician of South Jacksonville announces a Florida division of the United Americans a movement started in Texas. He says he is commissioned supreme governor and that the group will enter politics to oppose the Ku Klux Klan.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. D. McNamer
United Americans
Texas
Sugar Trust Dissolves After Twelve Year Battle
Federal Judges Rogers Hough and Matter issued a dissolution order in the Sherman act case against the American Sugar Refining Company and involved defendants in New York. The long delay came as courts weighed steel and harvester trust rulings, but the decree finds the defendants abandoned their conspiracy to restrain trade and monopolize the refined sugar business.
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New York
Rogers, Hough and
Matter Today
American Sugar Refining Company
Sherman
United States Supreme Court
Steel and Harvester Trust
Sugar Trust
Garlands to Speak at Mississippi Valley Historical Meeting
Hamlin Garland of New York will join the fifteenth annual Mississippi Valley Historical Association gathering in Iowa City May 11 and 12 as a speaker. Other presenters include W. F. Buckley, W F Short ridge, and Prof. Charles W Hackett. Garland will tour state universities and visit Chicago during his two week stay, linking his career to Cedar Valley Seminary Osage Iowa.
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Iowa City
Hamlin Garland
New York
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Garland
W. F. Buckley
Mexico City
American Association of Mexico
W F. Shortridge
University of Louisville
Louisville
Charles W. Hackett
University of Texas
Austin
Texas
Kentucky
Mexico
Shortridge
Hackett
Chicago
Cedar Valley Seminary
Osage
Portfirio Diaz
Fort Worth Fire Contained After Downtown Blaze
Fort Worth Texas May 9 Firemen battled a dangerous downtown blaze in a crippled facility area. Water pressure was restored allowing crews to confine the fire to a single building and avert a wider disaster.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Thomas J. Muncy Dies in Roanoke
United States attorney for the western district of Virginia Thomas J. Muncy died in Roanoke after a one day illness. He had been appointed to the post about one year ago.
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Thomas J. Muncy
Richmond
Thos. J. Muney
United States
Western District of Virginia
Roanoke
Mr. Muncey
Call For Bank Statements From National Banks
Washington report that the comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business Friday May 5.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Mrs Weld Returns Home After Visit
Mrs T D Weld returns to her Atlanta home after a brief stay with her daughters Mrs Cecil Prince of Roland Park and Mrs Wilbur Jones of Morris Street.
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T. D. Weld
Atlanta
Cecil Prince
Roland Park
Wilbur Jones
Morris Street
Plans for State Shriners meeting in High Point
Plans for the spring Shriners ceremonial in High Point were nearly finished at a meeting of High Point shriners. The May 25 parade and May 2 convention are expected to draw four to five thousand visitors, with over four thousand Shriners included. E F Lewis won the decorating contract, and residents are urged to participate in the parade and citywide festivities.
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High Point Thriners
Sheraton Hotel
North Carolina
E. F. Lewis
Taday
Southern conductor Eli B. Lard dies in Charlotte at 62
Eli B. Lard prominent Southern railway conductor died at his home in Charlotte on May 8 at age 62. He had served the railroad for 45 years and was a second degree Mason.
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Charlotte
Eli B. Lard
Southern Railway
Capt. Lard
Half Breed Prisoner In Missouri Is Oil Fortune Owner
Jefferson City May 9 D P Hayes a convict of Indian and Negro blood has received two offers for his oil interests one for 2 000 000 and another for 1 800 000 prison officials said today He is serving three years for forgery Hayes is said to own 160 acres of Mexican land classified as oil land and is advised not to sell for less than 4 000 000.
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Jefferson City
D. P. Hayes
Hayes
Progress on Refunding Eleven Billion War Debt After Genoa
Washington May 9 definite progress in negotiations to refund the eleven billion dollar foreign war debt may be expected soon after the Genoa conference ends. Officials cite the need for experts to stay in touch with Genoa proceedings before negotiations open. Louis Hindes, field secretary for the Ex-Patients Tubercular Home in Denver, toured High Point urging Jewish civic support for the Denver institution. He noted the home serves tubercular patients discharged from sanatoria and those unable to work, welcomes all creeds, and will speak tonight at 8:30 to the High Point Hebrew congregation in the Home Bank building with S Rabinowitz presiding.
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Washington
Genoa
Debt Funding Commission
Congress
Hoover
American Commission
Louis Hindes
Denver
Col
Philadelphia
Maryland
Carolinas
High Point
Denver Institution
Hindes
Thousands of Peasant Delegates Gather for Bulgarian Congress
Sofia will host about fifty thousand delegates for the National Peasant party congress next month. Rail service and freight traffic will be suspended for a week to move attendees. Homes may be requisitioned to accommodate the influx as Peasant party representatives from Jugoslavia Romania and Poland join the event with Alexander Stamboulisky presiding.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
National Peasant Party
Jugoslavia
Rumania
Poland
Green Internationale
Alexander Stamboulisky
Strikers Disagree Over Wage Question in India
In Calcutta a wage dispute sparked a Feb 22 strike by East Indian railway workers. Anasol saw burned temporary worker quarters and a clash left two injured. Allahabad and Dhanbad authorities barred large gatherings to keep order. Calcutta suburban trains halved in service, affecting about 39,000 daily riders. The Indian Labour Association called a railway delegates conference in Anasal to negotiate terms already offered by the East Indian railway.
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Calcutta
East Indian Railway
Anasol
Allahabad
Dhanbad
Indian Labor Association
Anasal
University Heads Resign in Constantinople
Students at the University of Stamboul demand the resignation of the heads for being strangers to independence and national sacred rights. Professor Riza Tevfik Bey, a Sevres treaty signer, was asked to resign but refused.
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Constantinople
University of Stamboul
Riza Tevfik Bey
Sevres
Lighting Nine Hole Golf Course At North Hills Club
North Hills Country Club in St. Louis Missouri plans an electrically lighted nine hole miniature golf course. Club officials say the lighting will promote night play and expand use of the facility.
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ST. Louis
North Hills Country Club
Father dies trying to rescue children in Illinois fire
Marengo Illinois May 9 Five people perished in a fire that consumed the home of August Borke. The father sacrificed his life attempting to save two of his children while the mother and another child were rescued.
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Marengo
Ill
August Borke
Borke
Tenants to Gain as Building Boom Boosts Atlanta Rents
Atlanta reports a surge in home building and building permits for 1922, signaling a market shift. Landlords who have held sway may face lower rents as unprecedented activity raises supply and dampens prices.
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Atlanta
Mrs Bryan Ill in San Antonio
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan lies seriously ill at the home of friends in San Antonio Texas on May 9. Mr Bryan joined her last week during an automobile trip from Florida to California and the rest of the motor trip plans have been abandoned.
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Bryan
San Antonio
Tex
William Jennings Bryan
Home of Friends
California
Florida
Grand Jury Drinks Forbid Liquor Stock In Jail Raid
At Bloomsburg Pennsylvania the May term grand jury the first in 18 months without a woman member raided confiscated liquor stocks at Columbia County jail and drank eight bottles of contraband liquor before Mrs Howard Gunter the sheriff's wife halted the party.
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Bloomsburg
Columbia County
Howard Gunter
Dry Goods Men Meet in Birmingham Convention Opener
More than 300 delegates attend opening session of the 11th annual Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association convention in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association
Revenue Office Moved From Greenville to Columbia
The internal revenue bureau announced the transfer of the head agent in charge of the South Carolina district effective April 25. The move relocates the Greenville office to Columbia as part of a formal reorganization.
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Revenue Office
Washington
Greenville
Columbia
Internal Revenue Agent
District of South Carolina
Internal Revenue Bureau
Wind Lifts Water From River In Severe Tex Storm
In Houston on May 9 reports say a typhoon like storm hit Austin and drove floodwaters from the swollen Colorado River high into the air as winds roared across southeast Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Austin
Colorado River
Tracy Odom Visits Winston-Salem Businesslines
Tracy Odom of Winston-Salem arrived as a business visitor in town today, meeting with local professionals and discussing potential collaborations.
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Tracy Odom
Winston-Salem
Playmakers from State University to Visit High Point
Indications point to a capacity audience tonight at the auditorium for the Carolina Playmakers visit, presented by the Woman's club literature department. The program includes three one act plays featuring tragedy comedy and folk superstition, marking the first trip to High Point by state artists amid local excitement.
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Carolina Playmakers
State University
Woman’s Club
High Point
North Carolina
Frederick Koeh
The
Sheraton
Woman's Club
Over the Hill Wins Local Commendation
Ministers and club women praised the Broadway private screening of Over the Hill describing it as excellent and worth all community time. The film presents American home life through a sequence of relatable events and blends pathos with light humor suitable for all ages. Shows tonight and Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Carpender Caffry Brokerage Firm Fails in New York
A brokerage firm Carpender Caffry located at 74 Broadway failed, announced this morning from the New York Stock Exchange podium.
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New York
Carpender- Caffry
Broadway
New York Stock Exchange
Big Bill the Caddo Giant Stands Tall in Oklahoma
Alnadarko May 9. Big Bill a Caddo Tadian near Gracemont has ordered his summer outfit. The shirt required ten years of material and the wearer stands eight feet tall with a 624 pound frame. His thigh measures 46 inches and his upper arm is 28 inches.
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Alnadarko
Okla
Big Bill
Gracemont
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