North Carolina Restores Clergy Benefit in Capital Punishment Plan
The state keeps capital punishment but provides full clergy benefits for the doomed. A chaplain for the state prison has been appointed as a visiting expert condemns the penitentiary as the dreariest seen. The governor commends the solicitor and court for trials of the Martin county mob, indicating real deliberation. Aircraft tests report success against the boll weevil and dusting cotton plants may popularize aerial farming.
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North Carolina
Martin County
High Point voters face May 26 school issue vote
The editorial notes a formed jury and near completion of the case for the May 26 school election. It urges confidence but warns against overconfidence, urging support for a $750,000 new High Point school, city district alignment, a 50 cent school tax, and an eight month school term for Guilford County children, stressing risk if the measures fail.
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High Point
Guilford County
Difference in Officers and Real Leadership Shaping North Carolina
The piece contrasts postmasters and governors who seek power without reform with rare leaders who run offices to enact real change. It highlights North Carolina's governor as a serious reformer, praised for businesslike governance and a departure from empty titles. Moravian heritage and Salem’s legacy are noted, reflecting values passed through generations.
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North Carolina
University to Have a Game Here
Announcement of scheduling a North Carolina baseball game here next spring aims to attract local sport fans and draw state events. The University will play Maryland the Saturday before Easter, with potential regular hosting if attendance meets expectations. High Point is not in conflict, and city cooperation is urged to ensure a strong turnout.
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University of North Carolina
Lovels
University of Maryland
High Point
Charlotte’s Mecklenburg week marks historic celebration
Charlotte plans several festive days centered on the debated Mecklenburg declaration. Despite scholarly divisions over its authenticity, supporters and Congress recognition fuel a grand pageant with notable attendees and varied attractions, even as officials fail to secure President Coolidge.
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Charlotte
Queen City
Mecklenburg
Congress
Coolidge
Moravians in High Point to organize church
The Moravians in High Point plan to organize a church with Bishop Randthaler speaking this afternoon. The group reportedly numbers around forty, a small start but not unprecedented for new churches. The piece recalls Salem’s Moravian colony and a favorable remark by George Washington during his southern tour.
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Salem
High Point
Randthaler
George Washington
Colonies
Charlotte
Western North Carolina at Southern Exposition in New York
The Asheville chamber of commerce plans a focused Western North Carolina exhibit at the Southern Exposition. Geologist Dr Jasper L Stuckey advised selections highlighting mineral wealth with mica blocks sheets electrical patterns feldspars and related minerals from Madison Gaston and surrounding counties to show commercial potential for industry development.
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New York
South
Broadway
Wall Street
London
America
North Carolina
Madison County
Madison
Gaston County
Minerals from Western North Carolina Exposition Display
Samples of copper deposits from Webster and Fontana, chromite from Buncombe, Webster, and Cherokee, Royal Blue and Royal White marbles with snow veins, pink and red garnets, limestone, lime, kaolin for pottery, magnetite ore from Cranberry furnaces, brown iron ore from Cherokee. A notable North Carolina gems collection includes rhodolites, emeralds, tourmalines, ruby, sapphire. The exhibit highlights Western NC minerals with commercial potential and the expo’s curated focus.
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Webster
Fontana
Buncombe County
Cherokee
Willets
Clyde County
Fletcher
Cranberry
North Carolina
Man Arrested in False Pretenses Case Returns to High Point
A man giving the name W. F. Wilson from Kentucky was arrested in Durham and brought to High Point on a false pretenses charge after drawing $200 on a Louisiana draft at Atlantic Bank and Trust. He admitted guilt and claimed to be a lawyer. Authorities traced him from Raleigh to Durham before capture.
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W. F. Wilson
Kentucky
Durham
High Point
Atlantic Bank and Trust Company
Louisiana
Wilson
Raleigh
Cecil
Caldwell
Molly the firehouse rooster ends in retirement
A small Leghorn chick named Molly joined Station No. 1 of the fire department. He grew into a cheeky rooster who befriended bulldog Jack and even perched on Fireman Honeycutt. After a string of antics and grease-filled escapades he died, leaving Honeycutt relieved and the crew with a vacant spot.
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Molly
Moly
Bill Wade
Rascal
No. 1
Honeycutt
Bulldog
Station One
Jack
Mory
Honeycutts
Organ Recital to Be Given at City Church Monday Evening
An organ recital will be held at First Methodist Protestant Church Monday evening with George Martin Thompson of the North Carolina College for Women, assisted by Mrs. W. I. Ward and John Gurney Briggs. A silver offering will be collected. program includes works by Gounod, Tschaikowsky, Schubert, Handel, and Buck. Fatty Arbuckle marries Doris Deane in Pasadena at the bride’s mother’s home with Judge Hugh J. Crawford officiating.
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George Martin Thompson
North Carolina College For Women
W. I. Ward
John Gurney Briggs
Fatty
Pasadena
Cal
Roscoe
Arbuckle
Doris Deane
Charles R. Dibble
San Marino
Hugh J. Crawford
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Hambone s Meditations by J P Alle
A humorous note in rough dialect questions why flavoring chicken with onions oysters pepper sage or any addition seems odd. The speaker expresses confusion and frustration with the idea of flavoring chicken.
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Hambone ’S Meditations
J. P. Alle
Chicago man kept two wives named Catherine
Police arrest Francis Clifford Farwell after his two wives Catherine Reiter Farwell and Catherine Taborsky Farwell uncover duplicity. He allegedly sought two marriages to avoid embarrassment and held two life insurance policies naming Catherine Farwell as beneficiary.
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Francis Clifford Farwell
Chicago
Catherine
Catherine Reiter Farwell
Catherine Taborsky Farwell
Catherine Farwell
Expect Big Increase In Number Of Students At Local College
High Point College prepares for a large fall term with more applications than last year. Anticipated enrollment includes up to 250 resident students plus 75 to 100 local youths. A renewed campus plan features a Grecian fountain, improved walks, and dormitory projects funded by freshmen. Faculty expansion is planned as junior and senior classes grow. Dr. Andrews aims for A-grade status, contingent on a graduating class and enduring endowments, with a gymnasium to be added or a temporary hut used.
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High Point College
R. M. Andrews
Andrews
J. Henry Highsmith
Hindenburg kinship and Berlin society figures noted
Berlin society circles discuss Frau Helene Von Nostitz Hindenburg author of Aus Dem Alten Europa a psychological panorama of political aristocracy and famed figures like Caruso Duse Reinhardt Kressler Nikische and Rodin. The piece also recalls Hedwig Seyl and her social reform work in Berlin and notes opera figures Gigli and Tietjen in cultural roles.
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Berlin
Helene von Nostitz-Hindenburg
Germany
France
Count Munster
Enrico Caruso
Winonoew Duse
Max Reinhardt
Harry Kressler
Arthur Nikische
Rodin
Goethe
Beethoven
Louvre
Paris
Berliner notes On a German diplomat turned music director
A foreign office official, after leaving Africa, met conductor Arthur Nikisch in the Canary Islands era and shifted to music. He became musical director of Treves Opera, then Breslau Opera, and now returns to Berlin with a wife who is a noted operatic star. Fraulein Luise Wyneken recalls generous American automobile owners aiding hikers across the country, recounting rides from New York to Cleveland and beyond.
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Berlin
New York
German State Opera Company
Heinz Tietjen
Opera House
Deutsches Opernhaus
Bremen
West Africa
Foreign Office
Africa
Canary Islands
Genoa
Arthur Nikisch
Leipsig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Tietjen
Treves Opera
Breslau Opera
Fraulein Luise Wyneken
Potsdam
United States
Berliner Tagesblatt
Fraulein Wyneken
Buffalo
Cleveland
Full-Blooded Indian Speaks Here Tonight
Phillip Frazier a full-blooded Sioux will speak at Friends church at 8 o clock tonight. A graduate of Oberlin College he has studied American Indian needs and urges his people to adopt Anglo Saxon customs and become Americanized.
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Phillip Frazier
Friends Church
Oberlin College
Frazier
Ministerial student slashes fellow student at Hickory college
A ministerial student at a Hickory college slashed a fellow student with a knife in a shocking act described as another illustration of robust conviction.
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Hickory
Pola Negri Double Arrested in Los Angeles Case
A person described as Pola Negri's double was arrested in Los Angeles as a material witness in an investigation of an alleged blackmail plot against the film star. The case centers on compromising fake photographs used to threaten her.
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Justine Valse
Pola Negri
Los Snngs
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