Local society and court notes mixed in Early High Point News
Town notices from illness to club meetings mix with funeral attendances and social events. Photos of High Point garden clubs, Gamma Zeta gatherings, and Mardi Carte bridge games sit alongside courtroom testimony in a sprawling society and legal roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capus Waynick
Thomas Turner
Garnet Pollock
O. B. Bonner
D. L. Bouldin
Bratton
Jesse Harris
R. A. Sheloff
William Simmons
Jour Walker, Jr
Matt Wall
R L. Waynick
Roy Spearman
Tax Hearing Details Tax Reduction Proposals and Projections
Summary of ongoing tax debate with estimates of revenue losses and proposed changes. The committee considers corporation income, auto sales, admissions, club dues, inheritance and surtax rates, and boxing ticket taxes. Treasury, Democrats, and Garner proposals differ on rate cuts and exemptions. The plan includes raising the domestic corporation exemption and revising small business relief while retaining some levies.
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House
Treasury
Garner
Mellon
Chamber speakers outline chamber’s role in expo and Y M C A
The report covers three brief speakers led by Charles F Long and Fred N Tate who trace the chamber of commerce influence on the exposition building and the Y M C A. They recall Bloomington High Point origins and the need for further building work and debt clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Long
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Long Asid
Fred N. Tate
High Point
Bloomington
Tate
Judge Commands Separate Hearing On Witness Intimidation Claim
In court Judge Chester R. Shook halted a defense objection and ordered that a charge of intimidation of a witness be argued out of the jury. The judge said the issue must be argued in the absence of the jury, then the jury returned.
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Remus
Chester R. Shook
Miners Step Up Security as Inquests Begin
Adjutant General Paul Newton has split about 400 guardsmen and police into four detachments to protect principal mining centers. Two inquests open today into the deaths of five miners. Witnesses include the adjutant general and state police. A new anti-strike movement circulates a petition by more than 7 000 miners asking Governor Adams to convene a conference of strikers and operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Newton
W. H. Admas
Holiday Service Tonight at First Methodist Protestant
Thanksgiving will be observed at the regular prayer meeting tonight at 7 30 with the subject Causes for Thankfulness. Musical features will be introduced and attendance is expected to double as traveling men in town for the holiday are urged to attend.
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First Methodist Protestant Church
Samet Insurance Cases Compromised in Greensboro
In Greensboro on November 23, suit by Max Samet of High Point against several insurers to collect 36000 for unpaid fire claims on his King Street store in Stokes County in 1925 was compromised in superior court. Two similar cases were also compromised in federal court for 18000 each. Samet had earlier been indicted for arson but acquitted.
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Remus
Shook
Klug Sibbald
Klug
Sibbald
Taft
Pennsylvania
Kiug
Sibbard
King
Linton
George Connors
Price Hill
Arms
Cincinnati
Tien
George Remus
George Klug
Eden Park
Imogene
Connors
Greensboro
Max Samet
High Point
Stokes County
Samet
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Fhoner
Over the Teacups Club
Over the Teacups Bridge Club
B. 9. Cummings
Hamilton Street
Ralph Davis
Mildred Doris
Amon Street
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Frances Douglas
North Main Street
Eliza Stephens
Carter Dalton
Johnson Street
Winston-Salem
A. M. Rankin
E. L. Auman
John W. Fries
Col. Fries
Rankin
Auman
Marion
W. L. Stamey
C. J. Smith
J. S. Kirkman
A. L. Gilkey
Gilkey
Maud Stamey
Mrs. Terry
C. B. Terry
W. C
Terry
Miss Ida Terry
Hamlet
Ida Davis
Lumberton
L. R. Terry
Mardi Carte Club
High Point Garden Club
A. E. Tate
West Broad Street
H. A. Millis
John Lindsay, Jr
8. L. Alderman
Sedgefield
W. C. Jones
W. F. Clayton
E. T. Harmon
S. H. Tomlinson
F. R. Taylor
H. A. White
R. B. Terry
Roland Park
Brockman
Gamma Zeta Club
Harry Brockman
Boulevard
Clul
C. OC. Prince
Jack Grubb
R. T. Amos
Horace Haworth
Roland Holton
James Lyon
J. H. Adams
Washington, D. C
Misses Nell
Elizabeth Adams
Martha Washington Seminary
Ruth Moffitt
Roanoke
Elizabeth Hayden
Chapel Hill
Mary Frances Kearns
Davenport College
Lenoir
J. W. Kearns
Margaret Hollowell
Elizabeth City
Randolph Macon
Lynchburg
Monro
Mrs
T.J. Gold
H. B. Hiatt
Clinton
Dr. Hiatt
M. G. Alderman
Thomasville
Denton
Planning and Zoning Commission
Joseph D. Cox
Cox
Hillcrest
C. C. Garrett
C. M. Waynick
Sizemore
Moffitt’s
N. Main St
Esom
Toir
Lity Reigns
Rm Bia
London
Seckrest
Sechrest Funeral Home
America
Quality Shoe Store
Beavans
The
Jacob
Cecil
DIAL
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