Contracts Awarded For Erection of Dam Across Deep River
The Grier Lowrance Construction Co. of Statesville won the dam project across Deep River with a bid around 332 800. Lynchburg Foundry Co. received the pipe supply contract, about 25 648, and W. B. Higgins Co. of Charlotte the pipe laying and related work at roughly 22 215.50. The total value nears 400 000. Sealed bids were opened, but awards awaited final bid evaluations and charter provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grier Lowrance Construction Company
Statesville
Lynchburg Foundry Company
Lynchburg
W. B. Higgins and Company
Charlotte
W. B. Higgins Company
Deer River
High Point Water Works
A. Phelps
Hagerdon Construction Company
Atlantic Bridge Company
J. G. Scott and Company
Howerton Engineering Company
Frank Mitchell Construction Company
Hardaway Construction Company
Clement Donavant Company
A. H. Guion End Company
Amburson Construction Company
C. B. Hesler
Clement Dunavant Company
Moffitt
Credit Men to Convene in Tri-City Meeting at Sheraton
Over 200 members from High Point Charlotte Greensboro and Winston Salem plan a joint meeting at the Sheraton hotel on Tuesday night November 16. National association leaders J H Tregoe W H Pouch and J F Woods will speak on credit interchange and business conditions with C F Tomlinson presiding and Ollie Simmons quartet providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Credit Men of
High Point
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Sheraton Hotel
Thomasville
Lexington
Asheboro @s
J. H. Tregoe
National Association of Credit Men
T. S. Jeffries
W. H. Pouch
J. F. Woods
Ollie Simmons
C. F. Tomlinson
High Point Association of Credit Men
C. C. Garrett
KE. R. Lyon
W. C. Idol
Chest Officials Review Budget Shortfall in Community Chest
High Point officials checked budgets of organizations aided by the Community Chest, reporting $48,038.43 in total pledges paid and unpaid toward a $49,811.42 annual goal. About $5,000 in unpaid pledges remain, urged for immediate payment to support five beneficiary organizations. directors plan to meet next Friday to locate un solicited past contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce Bureau
T. Wingate Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest
Uncle Joe Cannon dies at home in Danville Illinois
Danville Illinois November 18 1AP funeral rites for Benjamin Henry "Uncle Joe" Cannon elder statesman of the nation are planned after his return from public life. Tributes pour in with President Coolidge praising his leadership and influence. Cannon's career began in 1873 and spanned nearly five decades in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ill
Joe’ Cannon
Lincoln
Congress
Springhill
Vermillion Hills
Fo.s
Cannon
National
House of Representatives
Coolidge
Helen Cannon
Joe
Congres
J. Warren Keifer
Springfild
Ohio
House
General Kifer
Ltters
Statesman
Second National Bank
Uncle Joe
Washington
War Department
Houses of Congress
Hendersonville Fire Destroys Big Store in Business District
A basement blaze at the Brenner Penny Department Store on Main Street in Hendersonville caused total stock loss and heavy damage to two adjoining stores. Estimated total loss around 250000 with insurance partially covering Hunter Drug and Hunter Pharmacy damage. Firemen from Hendersonville and Asheville fought the fire through early morning hours. An investigation continues to pinpoint the fire’s exact origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendersonville
N. C
Brenner-Penny
Main Street
A.L. Duckett
Asheville
John Cathey
Hardy
21 Mile
W. F. Penny
N. Brenner
F. W. Hunter
Hunter Pharmacy
Hunter Company
Separate library rooms to be installed in schools
Elementary school principals and T Wingate Andrews discussed launching individual libraries in each school room with book lists and supplementary reading. Each room will gain a library alongside the general library, with cases and volumes to follow, plus plans for moral and civic training in classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Wingate Andrews
Andrews
High Point
Blood transfusion aids Hall Mills witness Jane Gibson
Jersey City officials report Mrs Jane Gibson the state star witness in the Hall Mills case had a stronger condition after a blood transfusion yesterday She spent a fairly comfortable night but doctors gave no prediction on her ability to testify at the trial next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Jane Gibson
Star State Witnss
Hall-Mills
Fight Over Speakership Now Started in Raleigh
A three way contest for the North Carolina House speaker emerges as R L Fountain Townsend and G H Connor Jr vie for support. Murphy signals opposition while administration allies back Townsend and Fountain amid budget battles and calls for restrained appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House of Representatives
General Assembly
R. L. Fountain
Rocky Mount
N. A. Townsend
Harnett County
Walter Murphy
Salisbury
H. G. Connor, Jr
Wilson
Senate
Fountain
Townsend
Connor
Murphy
Budget Advisory Commission
Board of Trustees of
the Univrsity
Budget Commission
Budet Commission
Budget Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Tobe Connor
McLean
Salary and Wage Commission
Townsend and
Appropriations
Defense Opens Fire Upon State's Claim In Suit
Hickory, Nov. 13 AP The case centers on Mrs. Ethel Reed of Longview saying Carl Pearson fired at her after she refused to say she still loved him. Pearson, found with a pistol at the scene, is jailed as physicians report the hip wound non fatal. daughter Mary Reed aided in subduing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Ethel Reed
Longview
Carl Pearson
Pearson
Reed
Italian fliers gain edge as U S faces Italy in Schneider Cup
Norfolk reports the United States defense in the Jacques Schneider cup faces a setback after the theft of America’s fastest seaplane. Lt. Tomlinson will pilot a slower Curtiss Hawk while Lt. Cuddihy defends with a 685 horsepower plane as Italian pilots tout a faster new monoplane developed for the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
America
United States Naval Aviation Service
Frank Conant, Jr
William G. Tomlinson
Navy
Tomlinson
C. C. Champion
Lt. Conant
George T. Cuddihy
United States
Italy
Lt. Cuddihy
Mussolini
Raleigh Chosen as 1927 NC Methodist Meeting Site
Raleigh was selected as the 1927 meeting place for the North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South by a unanimous vote. Rev. W. A. Stanbury of Edenton Street Methodist church proposed the invitation in Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Durham
North Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. A. Stanbury
Edenton Street
McLean Speaks Out In North Carolina Budget Row
Governor McLean moved to harmonize factions over appropriations for state institutions. He called speculation that he favored cutting higher education funds to boost the public school equalizing fund reprehensible and misleading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralegh
McLean
Princeton Favored To Beat Harvard In Historic Rivalry
Princeton, slight favorite, meets Harvard in a long stood rivalry with roots back to 1878. A victory would cap a Big Three series run, following last week’s decisive Tigers attack that felled Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Yae
Harvard
Tigers
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Lupino
East River
New York
Inset
Asheboro
Fred N. Tate
Chamber Commerce
Arthur Ross
Tate
J. T. Burrus
Furniture City
Burrus
Mr. Tate
W. A. Armfield
W. C. Hammer
New York Daily Mirror
New Brunswick
Willie Stevens
Frances Sttevens Hall
Henry Stevens
Herbert Mayer
Mayer
Middletown
Joseph A. Faurot
New York Police Department
Hall
Eleanor Mills
Alexander Simpson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!