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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1931
Page
11
Amos Realty Co. advertises select city bargains from out of town finance companies. A 25 acre farm with six room house barn outbuildings a good well and spring is priced low with no trade. In Archdale a dandy home on nearly one acre fenced with outbuildings and 100 chickens included. Phone 4392.
Governor Blackwood signed a bill taxing hydro electric and steam power generated or sold in South Carolina at half a mill per kilowatt hour. The measure will become law and the general assembly was expected to adjourn sine die early tonight.
Miss Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day will be guest of honor at Marine Corps services in Quantico Virginia tomorrow commemorating the day. The observance marks the annual tribute to the holiday creator and her historic effort.
Romania maintains a schedule of 24 public holidays each year. The listed days include national commemorations and religious observances observed nationwide.
May and December contracts fluctuated through the session with early gains on overnight orders and Liver pools, then slipped as selling increased. A late covering rally kept most active months modestly higher, while weather improvements and cooler temps sparked profit taking. Liverpool spot sales and Alexandria cotton futures also moved higher amid broader market shifts. US port cargo awaiting clearance totaled about 60,556 bales.
John W Clark, son of Chief Justice Walter Clark, reshaped Franklinville Randolph County from a quiet mill hamlet to a thriving community. He built housing and social amenities, promoted education with a focus on technical training, and led local mills and schools while guiding highway improvements and public welfare efforts.
Sallie A. Marks assistant professor at UNC Chapel Hill was elected president of the North Carolina Council of Women in Education at its convention closing. Maud C. Newbury Currituck county superintendent became vice president and Nancy O. Devers Raleigh official was elected secretary treasurer. President Frank P. Graham could not attend. A. L. Brooks spoke at a noon luncheon.
The Ray Street Pioneers spent yesterday morning hiking from Ray street school to Perry Knoll with a lunch break at the site. They held Pioneer songs stories and jokes, played a ball game, and later competed in a ping pong tournament won by Frank Dalton. The group cooled off with a pool diving contest featuring Sam Bradley Billy Wagg er Junior Tripp Joe Brinson Frank Dalton and Jack Packer. about twenty participants reported a great time.
The Friday rally sustained for about a half hour before turning downward. Prices ended with modest broad losses on 1,200,000 shares changing hands. Steel and American Can posted earlier advances, but J N Case and Johns Manville led declines, with Case dropping 10 1 2 points to 68, a 1926 low.
The Mississippi River has appeared with four spellings since discovery. Native Meche sebe and explorer variants Michispe Missspi evolved to the modern spelling Marquette gave the river its present form.
Rev. Roy Irwin delivers the cornerstone address for High Point's new junior high school. He links Masonry symbols to building character, urges moral and spiritual growth, and cites Tacitus Longfellow and biblical figures to urge careful planning and noble decoration of life.
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Walter Guerin heard Mrs. Maud Adams seek a divorce from her husband after she testified he spent their money on a gambling ship. The judge questioned naming Johanna Smith as a co respondent, noting the name referred to a ship rather than a person.
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