Norwood Must Serve His Term Per High Court Order
Federal district court received from the Richmond circuit court an order mandating J. D. Norwood ex banker Salisbury serve a three year term imposed in 1925 for violations of the national banking act related to Peoples National Bank Salisbury which failed in 1928. Norwood appealed, but will now serve his sentence after earlier proceedings and rumored post release real estate ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Greensboro
Federal District Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Richmond
J. D. Norwood
Salisbury
H. H. Watkins
Norwood
M. L. Jackson
J. K. Doughton
Peoples National Bank
Railroad Hog Shipment Charged Under Federal Statute
District Attorney Frank A. Linney charges Seaboard Airline railroad with violating a federal rule in a January shipment of hogs from Estill station Washington to Richmond. Hogs stayed 39 hours in the car without food or water, exceeding a 36 hour limit. rail line faces a fine from 100 to 500 dollars if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Linney
Seaboard Airline Railroad
Estill Station
D. C
Richmond
Two Local Youths Injured in Farriss Avenue Crash
Ernest Covington 19 and Joseph Perdue 16 were injured when their Ford coupe hit a telephone pole at the North Main and Farris avenue intersection at 11:30 p.m. Covington suffered a bruised chest and fractured kneecap. Perdue sustained minor injuries. Reports from the High Point bos-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Covington
Joseph Perdue
North Main Street
Farris Avenue
Covington
High Point Bos
Boys Injured In North Main Street Collision
Two youths riding north on North Main behind a car tried to pass as it neared Farris avenue. Copeland veered to avoid a collision, struck a telephone pole, and suffered chest injuries while his companion Covington received injuries and is resting at the local hospital. Perdue returned home after examination showed minor hurts. Covington resides at 1315 Tryon Street.
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Pital
Sechrest
Covington
Perdue
Chestnut Street
North Main Street
Mechanicsville
Farris Avenue
Copeland
Tryon Street
High Point Club Names Officers at UNC
Officers of the High Point Club at the University of North Carolina were elected for the 1927 term during a Chapel Hill session closing the 1926 27 term. Edwin Koonce is president Richard Armfield vice president Carson Sinclair secretary and treasurer Gilbert Ragan publicity agent. The group plans activities for about 25 local members.
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High Point Club
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Edwin Koonce
Richard Armfield
Carson Sinclair
Gilbert Ragan
Kiwanis Club Luncheon Features Music Program
An afternoon Kiwanis luncheon at the country club showcased a musical and entertainment program arranged by John C. Sheloff and Don MacRae. Little Miss Helen Marie Sheloffs read twice, Virginia Frank played violin, and Virginia Ashlin accompanied on piano. Charles Hayworth won the attendance prize presented by Mr. Siceloff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Sheloff
Don MacRae
Kiwanis Club
Country Club
Helen Marie Sheloffs
Virginia Frank
Virginia Ashlin
Charles Hayworth
Siceloff
High Point “American Legon Auxiliary
Andrew Jackson Post
Legion
First Methodist Protestant Church
John T. Burrus
High Point Hospital
High Point
Burrus
W. A. Hayes
Legion Auxiliary
Don C. MacRae
Katherine Einstein
Margaret Compton
Marjorie Watford
Helen Reich
Negro Homes Burn in Gibson Fire Damages Estimated at Fifty Thousand
Ashes remained as 17 black homes were destroyed in Gibson on Wednesday. Police estimate damage at 50 000 dollars. A Negro Methodist church was also destroyed and the Seaboard Air Line repaired wire service damage from the blaze. A child narrowly escaped as a house roof collapsed moments after removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Seaboard Air Line
Reports of officers at U C T convention in Winston-Salem
Reading of reports from officers and committees opened the grand council of the Carolinas United Commercial Travelers twenty first annual convention in Winston Salem May 20. Over two hundred delegates attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Grand Council of
The
Carolinas
United Commercial
Two Carolinas
Grand Council
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Medine Guild
Mystic Order of Bagmen of Bagdad
Brown's
Leaf Tobacco Warehouse
Oak Hill Pioneers Enjoy Swim At Y
Oak Hill school pioneers spent a day at the Young Men’s Christian Association building. More than a score of boys enjoyed the pool and a fair day. Next week the pioneer clubs from all elementary schools plan a similar outing at the Y while warm weather lasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Young Men’s Christian Association
Measles Epidemic Near 2000 As Cases Rise
Enterprise reports the measles outbreak climbs past 1 987 new cases in the past week with Winston-Salem leading at 393 and Durham 271 plus county tallies including Granville Forsyth Nash and Vance. Officials say the year is a light crop with school closures coming and a drop anticipated.
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Winston-Salem
Durham
Asheville
Granville
Forsyth County
Durham County
Brunswick County
Nash County
Vance County
Board of Health
Presbyterians Continue Efforts Toward Union in Arkansas
El Dorado Arkansas May 20 The AP reports negotiations toward union of the Presbyterian Church in the United States with the United Presbyterian Church will continue if the former churchs general assembly adopts recommendations from its ad interim committee on closer relations. Doctor L M Norris of Atlanta presented the report urging continuation of this committee or a like panel to bring correspondence with the United Presbyterian Church to a definite conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado
Ark
Presbyterian Church In
United States
United Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
L. M. Norris
Atlanta
Flood death toll may reach 1000 in Mississippi region
Lew R. Palmer former national safety council president, after surveying the stricken area, says deaths from the Mississippi flood may total about 1000, with many homeless and vast damage. He notes definitive figures may be impossible, but estimates approach a thousand.
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Washington
Lew R. Palmer
New York
National Safety Council
Cantonese Soldiers Loot Mission Chest Reveal Bees
Cantonese troops looted an American mission and broke open several white chests with rifle butts. The chests contained bee hives, and the soldiers fled the scene promptly after the discovery.
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High Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Rowan
Farriss Avenue
Broadhurst
William Fox
Tony
the Wonder Horse
Outlaws OF
Red River
Pathe
Fox News
R. W. Younts
Cor
Washington and Wrenn
South Carolina
New Potatoes
Broadway
Peter B
Kyne’s
Tim McCoy
Pauline Starke
Karl Dane
Allene Ray and
Walter Miller
Edwin Wide
Mercury
Harvard Stadium
Cambridge
Mass
Community Chest Campaign Committee
W. A. J. Idol
R. R. Ragan
W. D. Brooks
O. E. Kearns
J. E. Millis
R. T. Amos
Fred N. Tate
Frank Wineskie
C. L. Amos
C. E. Hayworth
J. T. Ryan
C. F. Long
C. F. Tomlinson
R. B. Terry
J. Elwood Cox
J. E. Marsh, Jr
J. E. Marsh
R. H. Walker
W. C. Idol
A. M. Rankin
Jos
D. Cox
C. C. Garrett
A. S. Caldwell
A. 8. Parker
H. A. Millis
J. T
Community Chest
High Point Community Chest
Chest
Presbyterian Hut
Methodist Protestant Church
John T. Moore
United Presbyterians
Raymond Parker
Whiston-Salem
Superior Court
Mont
Judge Parvier
Wright
Watts Hospital
Richard H. Wright
Mr. Wright
South Main Street
Miss Lizzie Gooch
N. Main
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