City budget shows four month spending on track
City Manager E. M. Knox reports the four month period uses about 25 percent of the $749,130 budget with $202,240.96 spent. Revenue lags in property taxes and street assessments while court fees sewer charges and golf licenses rise. water sales exceed expectations at $60,000 of $165,000. Continued on page 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Knox
Knox
Dept. Gen'l
Department of Law
Department of Finance
Department of Safety
Reguere
City Farm
Ee Ener
Changes to City Hall slated with budget work
City officials plan changes at City Hall within days affecting eight year old building. Budget completed Friday triggers staff cuts and shifts including new clerk and treasurer likely, police returning to first floor, and departments reassigned before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Smith
E. L. Crowe
T. D. Wells
Nell Clinard
W. G. Shipman
Curtright
Lois Welborn
Police Department
High Point Freight Rates Targeted by City Chamber
The High Point Chamber of Commerce seeks rate changes to its freight charges arguing current pricing favors Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Officials press for reclassification under Q and K scales per ICC finding 17, with hearings planned before the Interstate Commerce Commission in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Winston-Salem
Chamber
Greensboro
Midwest
Mr. Sizemore
Central Freight Association
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Pittenburgh
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Freight Association
Aleso
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
State Corporation Commission
Expect Many at Paradise Point
J P Rawley and W D Simmons returned from Paradise Point where they spent three days hunting. They reported over 30 ducks shot in three days with short daily hunts. Charles L Amos and others joined them. Amoss plane damaged in Kinston prior to travel. Deer were plentiful and rain last Friday broke a long dry spell. An unusually good season is expected this winter as more hunters arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Rawley
W. D. Simmons
Paradise Point
Charles L. Amos
Kenner Amos
Paul Davis
Bill Normant
Darlington
S. C
Kinston
Amos
Warning of Bogus Five Dollar Bills
A police warning from the Secret Service office in Charlotte urged High Point merchants to watch for two counterfeit operators who have passed counterfeit five dollar bills in Raleigh Burlington and Durham. One man is about 25, nearly six feet, red hair, light complexion, white hat and brown suit. His companion is shorter and heavier, in a dark suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Secret Service Office
Charlotte
High Point
Raleigh
Burlington
Durham
Last Large Leaf Found on Fourth Street Tree
Archie Rule of Fourth Street found a sycamore leaf about 12 inches across, noted as the last leaf on the tree. The unusually large leaf was discovered today.
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Archie Rule
Fourth Street
Ehringhaus to Deliver Memorial Address at Elks Service
Hon J C B Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City will deliver the memorial address at High Point Lodge 1155 B P C E memorial services for three deceased members Ford Ecker S L Davis and Charles F Long at the Paramount theater Sunday December 6 at 3 30 p m Fred N Tate Dr John T Burrus and J Elwood Cox will present the eulogies and the memorial committee is Thomas J Gold Col D H Milton The program committee has arranged a full program for the occasion Members to attend at 2 15 p m and urged to notify others of the event
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J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
High Point Lodge
Paramount Theater
Ford Ecker
S. L. Davis
Charles F. Long
D. D. Parsons
Legion Post Meeting Planned For Tuesday Night
The Andrew Jackson poet of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting Tuesday at 8 PM in the Legion hall. Cc. M. Waynick has arranged an entertainment program for the occasion and Commander Forrest H. Shuford urges full attendance.
$50 Check Launches Empty Stocking Fund
Winter chill and hardship yesterday undermined the initial $50 opening gift from the High Point Kiwanis Club for the 1931 Christmas Empty Stocking Fund. Proceeds will aid the needy with food warm clothing and cheer during the Yuletide season.
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High Point Kiwanis Club
High Point
Christmas Savings Checks Mailed To 2000 In High Point
Two thousand locals who saved nearly $90 000 in High Point banks will receive their Christmas Savings Fund checks on December 1. Final payments on clubs were made November 15 and banks calculate totals for mailing. Last year’s fund set records thanks to charity events. this year fundraising faces shortfall but still aims to aid the needy before Christmas.
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High Point
Past Week of Odd Incidents in High Point
A sequence of unusual events in High Point includes a fight over who played Penrod and Sam in a local film. A sister shattered a glass tray injuring the other, who was hospitalized then recovered. A woman on North Hamilton street fell on an uncovered water meter, sustaining cuts but no serious injuries. A German police dog tried to harm itself twice after injuring its throat on a broken fruit jar. A brown rabbit and a spotted cat formed an unlikely friendship on Willowbrook street. A man returned home to find soot and ashes on his front room floor and an owl perched on his radio loud speaker, which he then frightened away with a piece of wood, becoming the area’s new pet owl.
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Accounting Department
Miss Welborn
Accounting
J. L. Perkins
Police Department
High Point
Howell Street
Penrod
Sam
Lillian Yearby
Hamilton Street
Rose Peace
Willowbrook _ street
T. L. Dorsett
C. E. Swing
Swing
Andrews to Speak at Meeting of Bar
T Wingate Andrews superintendent of city schools will deliver the principal address before the High Point Bar Association at its regular meeting Monday night at 6 30 in the private dining room of the Elwood hotel. Several routine matters of business will also be taken up.
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T. Wingate Andrews
High Point Bar Association
Elwood Hotel
D. H. Parsons
Endeavorers To Close Year On Friday Night
The final city wide Christian Endeavor meeting of the year will be held at High Point College on Friday evening at 7 30 o clock. The college society will conduct the devotional and social program.
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Christian Endeavor
High Point College
College Society
Seek Young White Man On Charge of Criminal Assault
Mack Bishop 22, white, of Fairview road off highway 61, is sought on a criminal assault warrant sworn before Magistrate B A Woodell. He allegedly attacked a nine year old girl in the same area on August 7. No trace has been found and authorities fear he may have fled.
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Mack Bishop
Fairview Road
B. A. Woodell
Bishop
Postoffice Plans Off To Washington Junior High Practically Completed
White workmen applied finishing touches to the new Junior high school building so it can be ready for Santa Claus as a Christmas gift to the city. Architects drew the final pages of the post office plans yesterday and sent the draft to Washington hoping for quick action so the structure can be the next year’s Christmas gift to the community.
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Santa Claus
Tha
Washington
Fifty Thousand Dollar Suit Linked to Murphy Slaying
The civil docket lists a $50,000 suit by Ella Mae Murphy against John T. Carter over the April death of Earl Pat Murphy. Carter, convicted of second degree murder, is serving 30 years in a state penitentiary after abandoning an appeal. The widow seeks $25,000 actual and $25,000 punitive damages. The docket also references other civil actions and court dates.
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Earl
Pat) Murphy
John T. Carter
Ella Mae Murphy
Irvin S. Ingram
Carter
North Carolina Supreme Court
Guilford Superior Court
Murphy
W. T. Rawleigh Company
W. E. BK. Edwards
S. Mcleod and
Suits Filed Over Mortgages Involving Property On South Main
Southern Bond and Mortgage Company sues J. L. Welborn and wife for possession of property on South Main street extension with $233 due before November 1 1931 and $100 monthly thereafter until relief. First National Company of Durham and receivers for First National and Atlantic Mortgage named to appear December 8 to show cause why foreclosure sale injunction should not be issued over a $2 000 mortgage by Ida Michaels in July 1928 with alleged misrepresentation of notes signed by plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main Street
Southern Bond and Mortgage Company, Inc
J. L. Welborn
First National Company of Durham, Inc
W. G. Bramham
T. L. Bland
Funeral services for Leroy Simpson Held
Leroy Simpson 22 of 207 Bynum Street died from injuries after a car crash near Charlotte early Friday. Louis Simpson, driver and Leroy’s cousin, is jailed in Charlotte on murder and intoxicated driving charges. Marie Feester and Ira Simpson also injured. funeral arrangements set at the colored First Baptist Church at 1 30 this afternoon.
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Leroy Simpson
Bynum Street
Charlotte
Colored First Baptist Church
Louis Simpson
Leroy
Rock Hill
8. C
Marie Feester
Ira Simpson
First Baptist Church
High Point Overall Company
Haizlip
Santa Says North Pole Immune To Low Mood
Santa Claus declares the North Pole untouched by the worldwide low mood and notes North Carolina High Point as merry. He visited with children at his headquarters on South Main Street near the North Carolina Bank and Trust, noting toy requests and predicting a thriving Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cois City
Santa
Santa Claus
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
South Main Street
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Byron
City Chamber OF Commerce
Ehringhaus
Elks’ Service
Kiwanis Club
Wee'x
Pont
Stewart
John Carter
Treasury and
Post Office Department
Workman, Everhart and Voorhees
Uncle Sam
R. K. Stewart
R. K. Stewart and Son
Fred Libes
Post Office
East Green Streets
South Main
Wrenn Streets
Green Street
North Pole
Arctic
Main Street
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