Birth announced for Darrell Richard Setliff
Mr and Mrs D L Setliff announce the birth of a son Darrell Richard on May 17 1928. Mrs Elmer High is ill at home with influenza. The weekly putting contest is set for Sedgefield clock golf course tomorrow from 10 to 12. Ace of Clubs dance postponed indefinitely. Stevens Bible class meets tomorrow at 3 pm with Mrs Roger Millikan Morris Street. Wesley Memorial church Bible class contest ends Blues winning for most new members. Jack Busby of Jugtown to speak at High Point Country Club on North Carolina Pottery as guest of Woman's club. Miss Alberta Dickens and T W Shirley quietly married in Greensboro yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Setliff
Darrell Richard
Sedgefield Clock
Stevens
Roger Millikan
Morris Street
Woman’s Bible Class
Wesley Memorial Church
Blues
Jack Busby
Jugtown
High Point Country Club
North Carolina Pottery
Alberta Dickens
T. W. Shirley
Greensboro
A. P. Dickens
Richardson Street
Burlington
Greensboro Visit and Guests Among Local Arrivals
Mrs. C. C. Price visited Greensboro this morning. Mrs. J. R. Weathersby hosts her father W. Mitchell of Hickory and J. E. Hardee of Madison Fla. arrived to aid ill Mrs. Hardee at the late Mrs. R. C. Charles home. Mary Stout returns to Thomasville after a week with cousins Mildred and Ruth Russell on Elm Street. Mrs. J. B. Wilson to return from a Shenandoah Valley to Washington and Richmond motor trip, joined by her son Robert and Mrs. H. L. Scoggins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Hardee
Madison, Fla
Mary Stout
Thomasville
Mildred
Ruth Russell
Elm Street
J. B. Wilson
Shenandoah Valley
Washington
Richmond
Robert
H. L. Scoggins
Chautauqua Lecturer Addresses Civitan Club
Capt T Dinsmore Upton, a renowned lecturer, spoke to High Point Civitan members at a Sheraton luncheon. He discussed work with boys and received high praise, with Rev H Norwood Bowne urging every father to attend tonight’s chautauqua talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Dinsmore Upton
High Point Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Captain Upton
H. Norwood Bowne
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Chautauqua
North Carolina Mineral Interest Grows, Geologist Reports
State Geologist H J Bryson returns from western North Carolina noting unprecedented interest in mineral development. He cites statements from a national company official about rising attention from large industries and growing demand for Tar Heel deposits. He mentions new feldspar plant in Yancey county and cyanite prospects boosting NC mineral growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yancey County
Bryson
North Carolina
Stoneville Bank Closure Sparks Silence by Officials
Stoneville North Carolina May 22 Officials of the Farmers and Merchants Bank kept silent awaiting a state examination outcome after the bank closed last Friday. President J D Joyce expects satisfactory liquidation while state examiner John Mitchell forecasts about two weeks to complete audits and determine the bank's condition. The bank, capitalized at 18000, held about 59000 in deposits. reports of another bank's involvement were false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoneville
N. C
Farmers and Merchant's Bank
J. D. Joyce
John Mitchell
Hoover in trouble as Kansas City convention looms
Washington reports signs of trouble for Secretary Hoover at the Kansas City Republican convention. A contested ballot and a coalition of anti Hoover leaders, farmers, and Lowden supporters threaten his nomination, with Mellon seen as not endorsing Hoover.
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Washington
Hoover
Kansas City
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Chicago
Mid-West
Lowden
Illinois
Treasury
Mellon
Lowdenires
Probe into Smith supporters on investigating committee
The investigating committee faced demands to reveal who gave their names to the panel and was accused of involving Senator Heflin of Alabama and Frank Hampton. The panel said the sources were not North Carolina residents and refused to identify them. John B. Dawson of Kinston denied leading the Smith campaign while accepting the compliment of being seen as a top figure. The expected Simmons Smith split surfaced, with Dawson, Moore, Davis and Edwards affirming support for Smith yet aligning with Simmons on local issues.
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Smith
Senator Heflin
Alabama
Frank Hampton
Simmons
North Carolina
John B. Dawson
Kinston
Washington
Democratic Party
Dawson
Moore
Davis
Edwards
Army flier lands in Memphis on dawn to dusk flight
Lieutenant William R. Sweeley, Army pilot, refueled in Memphis during a dawn to dusk flight from Buffalo to Galveston. He departed Louisville at 8 05 a m and Memphis was his final stop before Galveston, with arrival at 11 10 a m.
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Memphis
Tenn
Army Flier
Buffalo
N.Y
Galveston
Tex
Louisville
One Minute Interviews on Women Winning Equality in Art
Mabel Conkling, eminent artist and past president of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, argues that women forced artistic recognition through sheer ability. She recalls how 35 years ago women had no chance, but today their work is welcomed and acclaimed across all art forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Conkling
National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors
Miss Conkling
African man sought in 1873 North Carolina gold quest note found
From Transvaal South Africa the Clemons family requests vital statistics help locating Charles Ross Clemons last heard in North Carolina in 1873 while seeking gold. The bureau notes limited records but asks for any information from residents. In Wilmington, North Carolina, Madeline Foote Floyd and her child left notes implying possible suicide after checking into a hotel with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vital Statistics Bureau
Charles Ross Clemons
Africa
North Carolina
Marmet
West Virginia
General Clemons
London
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Gas Leak Fills Canal With Poison Gas In Berlin
The gas container released phosgene vapor at low temperature and drifted with the wind, killing a man and a dog and causing unconsciousness among fishermen, a wedding party, and resort visitors. Firemen, aided by masks dropped from planes, diluted the gas and vented it into a canal, while others fought the cloud with water and ammonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
House Rejects Senate Tax Bill Amendment to Send to Conference
Washington May 22 without discussion the house refused to accept the senate amendment to the tax bill and sent the 205 million dollar measure to conference for adjustment of differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Senate vote ties as Dawes casts first presidential ballot
The Senate tied 383 to 33 after votes and a last minute switch by Blaine of Wisconsin. Vice President Dawes cast his first vote in office amid high drama. McMaster of South Dakota crossed party lines to join Democrats, and conferees face several days of talks before a final tax cut plan is sent to the president. Adjournment on or soon after Saturday is planned as leaders push a $250 million tax reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazier
North Dakota
Blaine
Wisconsin
Dawes
Senate
McMaster
South Dakota
House
Congress
Treasury
Duke Family Related to Washington Duke in Ordnination Case
August Harthorn, handwriting expert from Hoboken, testifies for executors that church entries about the Dukes’ alleged kinship were written with a steel pen in the last three years while other notes used a quill. Forgeries were admitted by Miss Duke regarding certain records, with Miss Duke and sister Hattie Garfield among the few claimants present as Judge Frech delivered ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Duke
Washington Duke
August Harthorn
Hoboken
N. J
Miss Duke
Mrs
Hattie Garfield
Frech
Assassination kills former Nicaraguan leader General Luis Mena
In San Juan del Sur Nicaragua on May 22 an assassin shot General Luis Mena acting president in 1910. He was shot Sunday night at Poneloya near Granada. Motive remained unknown at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Luis Mena
Poneloya
Granada
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Mrs. High
Shogefield
Stevens Bible Class
MR. and
Mrs. Busby
Woman’s Club
Dickens
Cecil
DIAL
C. C. Price
J. R. Weathersby
W. Mitchell
Hickory, N. C
Civitans
P. S
Main St
N. G. Mining
Kester Furniture
N. Main
Robert M. Lynn
Nancy
Occidental
Indore
Nancy Miller
Seattle
Wash
Paris
Wilmington
Madeline Foote Floyd
New York
Philadelphia
Floyd
Nelly Don
Tou Drewes
The
Estelle
Minnie
Minnie’s Beauty Shoppe
Minnie Edmondson
Commercial Bank
Duke
Mena
Enterprise
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