City Council nominates officers and raises salaries in session
High Point officials appoint Walter Royal as municipal court judge while Dr. Dred Peacock is re elected city attorney and R L Pickett keeps city manager post. Other appointments include prosecuting attorney A Son and city collector W L Smith with salaries set. Koonce re elected streets chief. Fire Chief A B Horney leads department with aide H A Oakes.
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Walter Royal
High Point
Municipal
Ccourt
Rb. Pickett
L.W. Blackwelder
Hedrick
Whaten
Peacock
Dr. Peacock
Buck
Robert Brockett
R. L. Pickett
Pickett
Brockett
Matt Hedgecock
J. D. Suttenfield
D. H. Parsons
O. Arthur Kirkman
Royal
Judge Kirkman
Elbert E Wilson
T. W. Albertson
R. C. Maxwell
Albertson
Wilson
Dr. Gurley
John Farlowe, Jr
Andrew F. Jones
A. G. Burchfield
R. A. Hampton
I. N. Ingram
Jim T. Barker
W. L. Smith
Welch
Ellington
Koonce
Streets
J. D. Koonce
Mr. Koonce
A. P. Andrews
D. F E. White
A. B. Horney
Opera Singer Drops Dead During Puccini Performance
In Geneva on May 18 an Italian tenor collapsed and died on stage while singing the final act of Puccini's La Boheme. The actress playing Mimi continued before a doctor ordered the curtain down and the show ended abruptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
Pucccini
Mimi
Advertising High Point to Promote City Growth
J F Jacobs of Clinton South Carolina urged High Point residents to advertise the city to outsiders to fill the new hotel and exposition building. He argued effective advertising educates the public and drives business, noting his own success with a local ad page and a Good Samaritan society campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
J. F. Jacobs
Jacobs and Company
Clinton
S. C
High Point Kiwanis Club
First Reformed Church
Kiwanians Had As Their Guests Members of the Local Rotary Club
Jacobs
Kiwanian
Steve Clark
South
Jacobbs
Dred Peacock
John Peacock
R. Bivens
J. T. Burrus
Burrus
John Hedrick
Hedrick
Lawrence Matton
T. J. Gold
Franklin Lane Former Interior Secretary Dies After Surgery
Franklin K K Lane former secretary of the interior died in Rochester Minnesota following an operation for gall stones and appendicitis. He had suffered angina pectoris and had been recovering from heart disease for months. Lane born in Canada was a member of Wilson cabinet for seven years. He left no estate.
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Wilson
Rochester
Minn
Franklin KK. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Franklin K Lane a Canadian who rose in U S politics
Franklin K Lane born July 15 1864 in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island rose to cabinet rank as interior secretary under Woodrow Wilson resigning in 1920 to join Mexican petroleum firms led by Edward L Doheny. He studied at the University of California 1886, later honored with LL D degrees from several universities. He married Anne Wintermute in 1893 and had two children Nancy Lane Kauffman and Franklin K Lane Jr.
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Franklin K. Lane
United States
Canada
Wilson
Interior
Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
California
Young Lane
University of California
New York and
Brown Universities
University of North Carolina
Lane
Anne Wintermute
Tacoma
Wash
Nancy Lane Kauffman
Franklin K. Lane, Jr
Los Angeles
Cal
Odd Fellows Elect Officers for Year in Salisbury
At the 78th annual Odd Fellows convention in Salisbury on May 18, officers were elected. Grand master L W Moore of Wilmington deputy grand master W R Coppedge of Rockingham grand warden E W Woltz of Gastonia and grand secretary John D Berry of Raleigh were chosen along with treasurer M L Shipman of Raleigh. Winston-Salem was selected as the 1922 convention city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
L. W. Moore
Wilmington
W. R. Coppedge
Rockingham
E. W. Woltz
Gastonia
John D. Berry
Raleigh
M. L. Shipman
the Orphan’s Home
Goldsboro
Marcus W. Jacobi
Charles Dewey
W. F. Evans
D. H. Tillett
Camden
Winston-Salem
American will stay out of Polish fight
The Polish government sought American support in the Silesian controversy but the state department reaffirmed a policy of non intervention in European affairs. Secretary Hughes would not change stance. American representatives will act as observers unless U.S. interests are directly affected or directed otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Hughes
European Councils
United States
New York Minister to Speak Tomorrow at Local Institute
Rev. J. Lindley Spicer from New York arrived today to deliver the commencement address tomorrow at 3 PM during the closing exercises of the High Point Normal Industrial Negro Institute. He is a leading New York city minister invited by the institution's head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lindley Spicer
New York
High Point Normal Industrial Negro Institute
Mr. Spicer
New York City
High Point
Raleigh Hosts Sudan Temple Spring Ceremonial Parade
In Raleigh the Sudan temple of Nobles hosts a spring ceremonial with about five thousand visitors. A parade of nobles and 225 candidates leads through the hot sands, followed by a barbecue for Shriner guests and a grand ball to close the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Mecca
Sudan
Temple of Nobles
City Auditorium
Britain Tackles Upper Silesia Report Distortions
London May 18 Prime Minister Lloyd George reiterated Britain’s stance on the Upper Silesia dispute. He said fate must be decided by the supreme council and not by Kor Santy, warning that treaty enforcers must restrain troubling actions to avoid upheaval.
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London
Lloyd George
Upper Silesia
House of Commons
Supreme Council
Korsanty
Europe
Great Britain
General wage cuts for unskilled railway workers set for July 1
Chicago dispatch reports the railroad labor board forecast a uniform wage reduction for unskilled workers starting July 1 and potential extensions to all classes. While only a few carriers sought full coverage, petitions may be filed through June 6 for 180 Class A roads, with decisions for既 filings before April 18 to take effect July 1. Last July the cuts averaged 20 percent for unskilled workers and some others, active May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railway Labor Board
Chicago and Great Western
Chicago and Alton
Hearing in Warner case set for Wednesday
The Varner case will be heard next Wednesday at 2:30 PM before Judge T B Finley in Guilford Superior Court Greensboro. Attorneys requested a postponement from yesterday. A $100,000 suit against R Baxter McBrary is to be pursued, with third party efforts rumored to seek a compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varner
High Point
T. B. Finley
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Mr. Warner
R Baxter McBrary
Mulatto
Dempsey Considers Refereeing July 4 Bout
Champion Jack Dempsey may travel from Jersey City to Benton Harbor Michigan to act as the third man in the ring for the Bennie Leonard versus Sailor Friedman match on July 4. Fiord Fitzsimmons announced the offer after concluding the Jersey City bout with Carpentier on July 2.
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Chicago
Jack Dempsey
Jersey City
Benton Harbor
Mich
Bennie Leonard
Sailor Friedman
Fiord Fitzsimmons
Michigan
Dempsey
Carpentier
Hyde files $15000 suit against Guilford General Hospital
Thomas B. Hyde sues the Sanatorium incorporated now Guilford General Hospital in Greensboro seeking damages of 15000 for injuries after an appendectomy under anesthesia. Named doctors include D A Stanton M Stanton and C S Grayson. He alleges scalding water containers in his bed blistered his feet during surgery in January. No answer has been filed yet.
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Sanatorium, Incorporated
Guilford General Hospital
Greensboro
Thomas B. Hyde
D. A. Stanton
8 M. Stanton
C. S. Grayson
Elmer T. Clark to address advertising clubs in Atlanta
Dr. Elmer T. Clark, Methodist Episcopal Church South publicity secretary, will speak at the Associated Advertising Clubs of America national convention in Atlanta. He will exhibit literature from the Southern Christian education campaign aiming for 23 million dollars to support 91 institutions and notes strong press cooperation in promoting religious and moral welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Elmer T. Clark
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Neckville
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Atlanta
Clark
Educational Commission
Southern Methodist Church
Christian Education Movement
Dr. Stark
Southern Methodists
World Missions
Seaders
Tam
Treasurer Lacy Denies Paying Nine Per Cent Interest
North Carolina State Treasurer Ben Lacy asserts only one instance of borrowing at over six percent, refuting a claim of nine percent. The report lists loans under Morrison and Bickett administrations for deficits and state institutions, with most loans at six percent. Governors Morrison and Bickett appointments are noted, including a new board of visiting surgeons for the Raleigh hospital. The article also covers a planned pictorial history project for schools and a typhoid outbreak in Duplin County, noting vaccination efforts and public health campaigns.
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Raleigh
Ben Lacy
General Assembly
Bruce Craven
Lacy
North Carolina
Council of State
Morrison
Tickett
East Carolina Teachers Training School
Greenville
Bickett
Page Trust Company
Aberdeen
Goldsboro
State Hospital
J. F. Highsmith
Fayetteville
Foy Roberson
Durham
J. P. Monroe
Sanford
C. A. Woodard
Wilson
T. M. Green
Wilmington
Hubert A. Royster
State Department of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
W. @€. Crosby
A. QO. Clements
Amidas
Barlowe
Roanoke Island
Virginia Dare
Edenton
Bath and
Blackbeard
New Bern
John Lawson
Lower
Cape Fear
State Board of Health
Duplin County
State Board
Greenville to host fall fair open to the world
Greenville county farmers and businessmen organize a fair to be held next fall. A grock company is formed, thirty acres of land are purchased on the city outskirts, and a large prize fund is raised. The fair will feature a midway and large exhibition buildings with full facilities.
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Greenville
8. C
Greenville County
Curtis Publishing to Dismiss Striking Press Workers
Philadelphia May 18 The Curtis Publishing Company publishers of the Saturday Evening Post and other periodicals announce workers on strike will be required to return by noon today or be terminated and reassigned as needed.
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Philadelphia
Curtis Publishing Company
Evening Post
Ealive
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ODD Fellows
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Tug River
Kentucky-West Virginia
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Mirina Noresles
Labor Board
Warner
Hyde
Hospital
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M. &. Church
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