Taxable Valuation Sees Sharp Increases in High Point
Reports indicate a 20 to 25 percent rise in High Point's taxable value as assessors finalize the reassessment. Large firms such as Harris and Covington Hosiery, Pointer Hosiery, Tomlinson Chair, and Commercial National Bank see substantial leaps, with owners notified to file complaints. The board of review will oversee hundreds of appeals as the city debates tax rates and future bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Board of Review
A. E B. Tate
S. C. Clark
C. C. Robbins
W. D. Simmons
E. F E. Spencer
J. D. Brame
E. A. Rawson
T. R. Short
Harris and Covington
Pointer
Tomlinson Chair Company
Commercial National Bank
W. C. Jones
Jones
City Council to Discuss Several Matters Tonight
The first semi monthly meeting of city council members for November is set in the council chamber at 7 30 tonight. Several important items are expected, but officials do not know which will receive attention. No fifth member to replace the late Charles F Blake is expected tonight. Names are not disclosed as candidates circulate among Democrats and Republicans amid busy curbstone politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Blake
Curbstone
Plummer Funeral Planned for Greensboro Resident
Funeral services for W. A. Plummer who died in Greensboro Sunday night will be held Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock at Springfield Church south of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plummer
W. A. Plummer
Greensboro
Springfield Church
High Point
Sydney plans $60 million for new buildings next year
Sydney, New South Wales, will spend more than 60 million dollars on new buildings in the coming year to accommodate a projected population increase to one million residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
European bottle industry regrouped after six year collapse
A large group of European bottle manufacturers, reassembled after a six year collapse, has re organized and begun operating on new production lines with updated facilities and management.
High Point Democratic Club to Elect Officers Thursday
The High Point Democratic Club will hold a meeting Thursday at 7 40 p m in the club rooms over Mc Crory s store on South Main street. Township chairman Thomas Turner Jr said officers will be elected and plans for the club discussed at the gathering the third since the organization formed. He urged as many Democrats as possible to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Democratic Club
McCrory’s
South Main Street
Thomas Turner, Jr
High Point
Democratic Club
Turner
Houston invited to visit High Point on return to New York
David F Houston a prominent business leader and former U S Treasury and Federal Reserve official. invited by High Point Chamber to visit upon his Asheboro conference trip. Secretary Sizemore notes reply expected tomorrow. Houston has held top posts in government and industry and leads the Mutual Life Insurance Co. group attending Asheville conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
New York
David Franklin Hous‘n
Mutual Life Isurance Company
Ashe‘le
F. J. Sizemore
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Houston
Agriculture
Wilson
Treasury
Federal Reserve and
Farm Loan Boards
Council of National Defense
Monroe
N. C
University of South Carolina
Arvard
Tulane
University of Wisconsin
Yale
University of Missouri
Harvard
Rutgers
Brown
University of North Carolina
Ouston
Mutual Life Insurance Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone Securities Company
New York Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Institute Economics
Washington
George K. Sargent
The
Mutual Company
Asheville
Mills Explains Heavy Traffic on Thomasville Road
J W Mills engineer of the fifth highway district says Thomasville Road bears the state’s heaviest traffic due to Lexington Asheboro detour and the new Thomasville Troy route. He notes normal conditions would still keep it very busy, similar to the Greensboro High Point boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Thomasville
J. W. Millis
Fifth Highway District
Mills
Lexington
Asheboro
Troy
Greensboro High Point Boulevard
Salvation Army Tag Day Planned for Saturday
Salvation Army will observe Tag Day on Saturday November 5 to raise funds to clear the post's debt and support this winter's relief program. Local lassies in uniform will sell tags in all city areas, with proceeds reported to Secretary Frank Sizemore to reduce last year's deficit.
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Salvation Army
W. J. Barrett
Community Chest
Frank Sizemore
Barrett
Aororp Sm
Cderua’letao
Funeral Held for Mrs Hannah Louise Finch in Randolph
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Hannah Louise Finch 82 at Pleasant Hill M E church in Randolph County. Rev. John W. Moore officiated with burial in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were James Welch C N Mason F A Ridge H W Younts W B Myers and Clifton Goodman. Flowerbearers included Mrs Ward Lee Mrs F A Ridge Miss Edith Mason Miss Ima Finch Miss Frances Finch and Miss Annie Finch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Louise Finch
Pine Street
Pleasant Hill M. E
Randolph County
John W. Moore
Wesley Memorial Church
Church
James Welch
C. N. Mason
F. A. Ridge
H. W. Younts
W. B. Myers
Clifton Goodman
Ward Lee
Edith Mason
Ima Finch
Frances Finch
Annie Finch
Finch
High Point
Splendid Program for Supper Meet at Central Friends Church
A mid week supper meeting at Central Friends church features T Wingate Andrews city schools superintendent as principal speaker. Miss St Claire Miss McIntyre of High Point college and Arthur Fidler provide music. Mrs Henry A White speaks on Quaker worship and devotional Five Year meeting. A flower show offers prizes a chair a five dollar trade and a savings account. Flowers chosen from exhibitor garden. After supper items will be taken to the hasnita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Friends Church
T. Wingate Andrews
Beeson Hardware Company
Commercial National Bank
Miss Martin to Lead NC Library Association Meeting
Miss Marianne Martin city librarian will travel to Charlotte for the North Carolina Library Association biennial meeting on November 2 and 3. She will preside over the children's librarians round table on Thursday morning, the first special gathering for children's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Martin
North Carolina Library Association
Charlotte
Martin
Children’s Librarians’ Round Table
Classes From City Schools Visit Public Library
Two classes from city schools visited the High Point Public Library for a library hour. Miss Ida Mungans fifth grade from Emma Blair school and Mrs Pattons special sixth grade from the Junior high listened as librarian Marianne Martin spoke on The Circus and shared related books. The session ended with a reading of James Whitcomb Riley The Circus Day Parade and continued with independent reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Public Library
Ida Mungan
Emma Blair
Patton
Marianne Martin
James Whitcomb
Riley
Sloan Brought Here After Salisbury Accident
S. J. Sloan, Gate City Motor salesman from High Point, was injured in an automobile crash in Salisbury a week ago and moved from Yow’s Hospital to High Point. Sloan suffered a broken leg and was reported as doing nicely upon arrival.
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S. J. Sloan
Gate City Motor Company
High Point
Salisbury
Yow
Sloan
Silk mill to be moved to Lexington from Paterson
A Lexington group led by W. O. Burgin has purchased a mill at Paterson New Jersey and will relocate it to Lexington with capital of $200,000. The move marks the organization of a new silk mill in Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
W. O. Burgin
Paterson
N. J
Office hours by appointment in the evenings
The office advertises hours from 8 30 to 5 30 and offers evening appointments. Call 2569 to schedule.
Woman stabbed by husband at father’s home
Mrs. G. W. Adkins, 25, was stabbed in the abdomen by her husband Peter Adkins, 30, in the front yard of her father John Waldron, 926 Randolph street. He fled. a warrant for assault with a deadly weapon issued as police search for him.
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G. W. Adkins
Peter Adkins
John Waldron
Randolph Street
Guilford General Hospital
Adkins
Peter
Geter
Minnesota Tuberculosis Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The 1923 Minnesota bovine tuberculosis eradication law was sustained as valid by the U.S. Supreme Court in a case brought by Gunder Braxton and others of Meeker County. The appeal was dismissed for want of a substantial federal question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Gunder Braxton
Meeker County
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G. B. & C. E. Miller
Carolina Mortgage Co
Commercial Bank
Raleigh
Greensboro Bond & Mortgage CO
J. Lee Newby
Southern Mortgage Loan & Land Co
Rowland Real Estate Co
North Mai
Democratic Party
David F. Houston
High Point Soon
Nurses
Ingram’s Pharmacy
Scott
Thomasville Road
Ringh
Randolph
Wesley Memorial
Pleasant Hill
Central Friends
Miss Martin
State Library Association
Optometry
Maskins Store
Main Drug Co
Ice and Coal Co
King Pin
Broad St
Madame Melba
S. Wrenn St
Atlantic Bank
M. Ernest Welch
Globe
West Washingtopen
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