Town Talk Highlights Greensboro Court Visit and Local Notes
Dr S S Coe city physician in Greensboro today attending court. A small fire on Russell street yesterday caused no damage. High Point Ministerial association met at Wesley Memorial church study. Fireman W E Hayworth improving after a fall from a fire truck. Purple Panther gridmen may play At sine Christian College again next week at Wilson if approved. Lutheran church Men’s club donates two year subscription to High Point library. Mrs W Hammond executive secretary of Board of Public Welfare away on business, expected back tomorrow.
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S. S. Coe
Greensboro
Russell Street
Ministerial Association of
High Point
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Purple Panther
At+ sine Christian College footballeam
Coach Boylin
High Point College
Welch Park
Wilson
The
Lutheran
Lutheran Church
Marianne Martin
W. ©. Hammond
Board of Public Welfare
Parents Urged to Cooperate With School Officials
The High Point public school system reports the second month of the year ended Friday and will distribute reports this week. Superintendent T Wingate Andrews urges parents to review cards with teachers to resolve misunderstandings. He says cooperation helps provide students with every advantage and notes it is unfortunate when parents take an unsatisfactory attitude toward reports.
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High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Andrews
New Institute Forms in Vienna for Imitation Gem Study
A Vienna based institute devoted to detecting imitation gems has been established. The report notes that the click beetle is identified as a gardener’s deadliest enemy.
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Vienna
Ridgill Believed Victim of Attempted Hold-Up
Charles M Ridgill 24 was shot on Taylor street late Saturday, with bloodstained peanuts found nearby guiding police to suspect an attempted hold-up. Investigators tie the crime to two large, well armed African American suspects who held up Odell McCormick on Tate street earlier, while Ridgill reportedly walked three steps after being struck before collapsing. Ridgill’s body was sent to Manning South Carolina for burial after autopsy and funeral plans were announced with details of survivors listed.
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McCormick
Ridgill
Charles M. Ridgill
Taylor Street
W. W. Harvey
Odell McCormick
Tate Street
Marsh Furniture Company
Buddie
Stezer
Willowbrook
Taylor Streets
J. W. Clinach
Clinard Milling Company
Setzer
Amos Street
Charles ‘Mack Ridgill
Manning
South Carolina
Young Ridgill
High Point
O L. Williams Veneer Company
8. C
J. L
Christmas Rush Seen at Local Post Office
Postmaster O. R. York predicts the Christmas mail surge will be the greatest on record as monthly receipts rise over 1925. Temporary clerks and more vehicles will handle the influx, with the peak expected starting December first and a plea to early mailing to ease the load.
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O. R. York
York
Mr. York
Triplets of Colen Howards Die Shortly After Birth
Triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs. Colen Howard died at 112 West Willis Street shortly after birth. Funeral services were held at Oakwood Cemetery this afternoon at 2 o’clock.
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Colen Howard
West Willis Street
Oakwood Cemetery
Services Held For Mrs. Fannie Earle At Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Warren Earle wife of Dr. C E Earle were held at the First Baptist church in Winston Salem with the choir singing and prayers by pastors F A Bower and John W Moore. Mrs Earle born April 22 1866 in Elberton Ga belonged to Brown Memorial Baptist church in Mor ganton and was buried in Oakwood cemetery Millis mausoleum.
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Fannie Warren Earle
C. E. Earle
Louise Avenue
First Baptist Church
Jesus
Floyd T. Wilson
John W. Moore
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
F. A. Bower
Albemarle
Earle
F. C. Hauser
Morganton
C. H. Ellis
J. V. Garrett
F. P. Tilley
J. E. Millis
H. F. Hunsucker
R. O. Lindsay
L. H. Bowling
al Ellis
Fred A. Thomas
H. B. Hoskins
C. E. Sheloff
W. E. Price
J. M. Oates, Jr
Mable Patton
Brown Memorial Baptist Church
Wynston-Salem
C. E. Earle, Jr
Brown Memorial Church
Sam Thornton
Hartsville
S. C
Lillie Thompson
Agnes Thompson
Walter Hauser
J. W. Smitherman
Still
Burke
Nuno
Winston-Salem
Eugene T. Alderman
Burlington
Millis Mausoleum
Oakwood Cemetery
Pastor Preaches to Immense Crowd in First Sermon
Rev. John W. Moore delivered his first sermon at Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church to a packed audience with overflow in the balcony. He spoke on Christ building his church and urged imitatie n of Jesus by living exemplary lives, teaching truth, aiding others, and sacrificing for their welfare.
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Rev. Moore
Christ
Wesley Memorial
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
John W. Moore
Moore
Peter
Snails Shipments From France Top Half Ton to U S
France exported more than 500 kilograms of snails to the United States last year, reflecting growing demand for escargot in American markets. The shipment figures indicate sustained trade activity and culinary interest across the Atlantic.
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France
United States
Mayor Koudret Hanoum Faces Illiteracy in German Turkish City
Koudret Hanoum, elected mayor of German and Turkey, cannot read or write, highlighting literacy challenges amid a civic leadership role.
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Koudret Hanoum
German
Turkey
Mummy of 3000-Year-Old Horse Found in Egypt
Archaeologists unearthed a horse mummy in Egypt dating roughly 3000 years, offering rare insight into ancient equine burials and burial practices observed in the Nile region. The discovery adds to Egyptology's understanding of ceremonial horse use in ancient times.
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Egypt
Uniqueness of City Bureau Highlighted in State Supplement
High Point is praised for its chamber of commerce bureau in a special North Carolina supplement of the Christian Science Monitor dated November 6. The edition front page features a large photo of the bureau, with a descriptive paragraph on its fit for High Point amid a furniture industry story noting 116 plants, 9 million payroll, and 40 million output. The section also presents a drawing of the new high school under construction and profiles North Carolina’s educational and industrial progress with contributions from notable figures such as Joseph Daniels and Angus W. McLean.
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Chamber of Commerce
Christian Science Monitor
North Carolina
High Point
Asheville
Pinehurst
North
University of North Carolina
Frank Page
Palmer Jerman
Joseph Hyde Pratt
Furniture Company Moves to New Mechanicsville Store
The Furniture company, organized over three years ago and formerly at 209 North Main Street, has moved to 1409 1411 North Main Street. The new building is one block above Ingram's Pharmacy. Manager H R Jones cites need for more room for growing business.
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Roe Sell Furniture Company
North Main Street
Ingram’s
Mechanicsville
H. R. Jones
Bell Furniture
Cotton Bases Off
New Orleans November 8 government crop forecast put yields at 17,918,000 bales, below expectations, while ginning to November 1 reached 11,259,000 bales, exceeding forecasts. Market opened with slight declines in near-months, distant futures barely moved, first trades slipping from pre bureau figures.
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New Orleans
Local Boy McPherson Aims for Tar Heel Freshman Berth
Garland McPherson a UNC freshman from the area is pushing for a regular spot on Coach Relding's Tar Heel first year squad. He has shown strong guard play in scrimmages and could start against State College Wolflets. The UNC freshman team is among the south's strongest, trimmed from 110 to 40 players as injuries hit the squad.
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Garland McPherson
University of North Carolina
Relding
State College Wolflets
Carolina
McPherson
The
State University
Central Carolinas Offer to Attract Industry via Hydro Power
Advertising by Bennett-Williams Company for Carolina Power and Light promotes Central North and South Carolina as a manufacturing site. CP&L serves 144 communities with hydro electric service and, through extensive ads and traveling representatives, aims to draw new industries while highlighting power as a key Carolina advantage.
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Central
Carolinas
Bennett-Williams Company, Inc
High Point
Carolina Power and Light Company
Raleigh
North
South Carolina
Carolina Power and Light Ompauany
South
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W. E. Hayworth
Mann Rug CO
Randleman
Mrs
Nat Walker
Hart Drug Co
Fannie Earle
Baptist Church
Oakwood
Furniture Company
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co., Mfg
Buffalo, N. Y
Tion
All America
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
Aa. Ellis
V. A. J. Idol, Vice Pres. and
Treas
Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
G. B. & C. E. Miller
Carolina Mortgage Co
Commercial Bank
Goodrich
Carolina Vulcanizing Co
East Commerce Street
Jamestown
Reidsville
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