Greens appeal heard by Supreme Court this week
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear 20 appeals from the sev enth district plus the Greens case from Alexander county. Bascom Green and his son Lester were convicted of killing T. C. Barnes during a bank robbery attempt at Taylorsville. Leland Stanford, their original counsel, died recently and J A Myatt took over. Stevenoff was electrocuted last summer. Black awaits further action on his death row case.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Seventh Judicial District
Upa
Bascom Green Vander Green
Alexander County
Greens
Leland Stanford
High Point
J. A. Myatt
Myatt
Stanford. Com
Green
Lester
T. C. Barnes
Merchants and Farmers Bank of
Taylorsville
R. E. Black
Mike Stevenoff
Stefanoff
Stevenoff
Black
Supreme Court of the Appeals of the Greens
Dr Hiatt Plans Temporary Retirement From Practice
Dr. H. B. Hiatt has been in poor health after a winter influenza attack. He spent last week in the city but plans to retire temporarily from active practice and move to Clinton, North Carolina, to regain health with Mrs. Hiatt joining him later this week. Dr. Perry will run his practice until Hiatt can resume next summer.
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H. B. Hiatt
Mra. Hiatt
Hiatt
Dr. Perry
Trents
Dr. Jatt
Miss Kerschner Speaks In City
Miss Carrie Kerschner executive secretary of the Woman's Missionary Society of General Synod Philadelphia will speak at Evangelical Reformed church tonight during the regular preaching hour. She has been in North Carolina for four days addressing Woman's Workers conference and the Girls Missionary Guild and will speak Monday morning at Emmanuel and Zion churches near Thomasville.
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Misa Carrie Kerschner
Woman's Missionary Society of General Synod
Philadelphia
Evangelical Reformed Church
Miss Kerschner
Ben
North Carolina
Woman's Workers Conference
Girls Missionary Guild
Emmanuel
Zion
Thomasville
J M Howard Hurt In Automobile Mishap
J M Howard of Fairfield Road suffered minor cuts when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Mrs John Bennett at the Richardson and North Wrenn streets intersection yesterday. He was treated at Burry Memorial hospital and released.
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M. Howard
Fairfield Road
Mra
John Bennett
Richardson
North Wrenn Streets
Howard
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Oldest Native of City Celebrates His 86th Birthday
Henry M. Sechrest, the oldest living resident born within what is now High Point city limits, quietly marked the 80th anniversary of becoming a citizen as a long time Oakwood Cemetery caretaker. He spent the day at his home at 318 Howell Street.
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Henry M. Sechrest
High Point
Mr. Sechrest
Oakwood Cemetery
Howell Street
Give A Lunch Drive Urges Monthly Pledges
High Point Woman's Club officials pressed for prompt support to feed 400 hungry children in city white schools. Only 113 monthly pledges exist toward the 800 needed, with a ten cent meal proposed daily. meals could start if funds arrive soon, per the welfare committee.
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High Point Woman's Club
G. I. Humphreys
Duke to host International Relations Institutes next June
Rev Tom A Sykes has returned from Philadelphia where the conference on Institutes of International Relations was held. The coming year will feature institutes at Duke University Haverford College Wellesley Northwestern Grinnell University Atlanta University of Washington and Whitman College with Dr Elbert Russell serving as dean and Sykes as field secretary. Institutes are planned June 10 to 21 with faculty including Lord Robert Cecil Norman Angel John Emlyn Williams Bertram Pickard and Cordell Hull among others.
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Tom A. Sykes
Philadelphia
Haverford College
Duke University
Wellesley College
Mass
Northwestern University
Grinnell University
Atlanta
University of Washington
Whittier College
Elbert Russell
Duke
Community Singing at Gospel Tabernacle Afternoon
A special community singing will be held at the Gospel Tabernacle on Willowbrook Street this afternoon starting at 2 o clock under the direction of B P Buck. Singers from Greensboro Asheboro and other areas will participate and the public is invited to attend.
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Gospel Tabernacle
Willowbrook Street
B. P. Buck
Greensboro
Asheboro
College Men to Train in Erosion Work This Fall
About 100 recent graduates will enter a Soil Erosion Service program starting around November 5. The course combines six months or longer of field work under soil experts with lecture courses and pays 18 dollars weekly. Enrollments favor college men and applications are taken at the Soil Erosion Service offices.
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J. H. Stallings
Soil Erosion Service
Stalling
Richardson’s Department Store Leader Sees Upturn From New York Markets
C C Newton, manager of Richardson's Department Store in High Point, just returned from a ten day trip to New York markets. He reports the most active buying season in years and says stock has arrived. Newton credited supporting praise from MecGreavy of McGreavy Wearing Howell, noting The Dry Goods Economist confidential report places his store among those showing growth nationwide.
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Co. C. Newton
Richardson’s Department Store
New York
Newton
Richardson's Department
High Point
Richardson's
MecGreavy
McGreavy, Wearing & Howell
Dry Goods Economist
United States
Harvard Law Student Harris Jarrell On Business Visit
Harris H. Jarrell a Harvard Law School student arrived in Boston for a brief business visit due to illness of the Biltmore hotel manager he operates there with other business interests.
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Harris H. Jarrell
Harvard
Harvard University
Boston
Mass
Biltmore Hotel
Jarrell
Negress Arrested On Liquor Charge
Lela Woodruff, a colored woman of 403 Taylor Street, was arrested after a police raid on her home yielded four and a half gallons of whiskey. She was held in the city jail in lieu of a $300 bond.
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Lela Woodruff
Taylor Street
Dennis G Brummitt To Speak At Church Homecoming
Hon Dennis G Brummitt state attorney general will be principal speaker at the Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant church home coming day program scheduled for November 11 at 2 30 p m The Baraca class organized event and other speakers are being secured for the program to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis G. Brummit
Baraca
Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant Church
Soil Erosion Program At End Of First Year Getting Well Underway
The Deep River watershed erosion project marks its first anniversary with a CCC camp planned to aid the effort. Dr J H Stallings chairs a growing Soil Erosion Service team of 34, starting work in March and laying groundwork through field meetings, farm visits, aerial mapping, and farmer education to reclaim depleted topsoil and curb gullies across Guilford and neighboring counties.
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Piedmont
North Carolina
Agricultural
J. H. Stallings
High Point
Elwood
Post Office
Soil Erosion Service
Stallings
Deep River
Guilford County
Rockingham
Davidson
Soil erosion program expands across North Carolina farms
Dr Stallings leads statewide erosion control efforts as CCC men join from Walnut Cove to assist field work. Golf erosion courses train 100 to 200 young workers earning wages while enabling farm land to join federal program. By July 2 a five year cooperative agreement started with Deep River farmer, total signed agreements exceed 400 covering about 85 000 acres with 48 000 acres surveyed for inclusion. Continued on Page Twelve.
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Forsyth
Randolph
Anson
Union
Granville
Mecklenburg
Stallings
Civilian Conservation Corps
Walnut Cove
Deep River
Motorists Bear Over Half State Tax Load
North Carolina motorists pay 52.5 percent of total state tax revenue from direct motorist taxes in 1933 34. Gasoline taxes supply 33.9 percent, with motor vehicle registrations 14.9 percent, franchise taxes 14.4 percent, income taxes 13.1 percent, and general sales at 12.3 percent. Total motorists paid 23 300 568.00 of 44 783 772.99, excluding dealer and business taxes. including them could rise to about 65 percent. The motorists say funds were for highways, but a recent raid reduced highway money by one million dollars.
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North Carolina
Lt. L. Belote
North Carolina Petroleum Industries Committee
Ine
General Assembly
District Rally of C E Groups Convenes Today
The Central District Christian Endeavor rally opens at 2 30 PM at First Methodist Church with Rev T J Whitehead delivering the rally message. Hosts High Point City CE Union present a song festival, devotional, group discussions, and a closing pageant with awards for societies traveling the most delegate miles.
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Central District Christian. Endeavor
First Methodist Ant
Christian Endeavor
High Point City Christian Endeavor Union
E. Lester Ballard
Greensboro
Glenwood Presbyterian Church Society of
T. J. Whitehead
State Christian Endeavor Union
First Methodist Protestant Church
State Christian Endeavors
Myrtle Davis
Annabel Tompson
Elizabeth Huffines
Christian Endeavor Society
Springfield Friends Church
Rotary District Governor Sykes Speaks at Siler City Club
Rev Tom A Sykes district governor of Rotary International 57th district spoke Friday at the Siler City Rotary Clubs annual Ladies Night program at First Baptist church Nearly 100 people attended including city school teachers The program featured music by Sta ley Denton s orchestra and performances by the Siler City Negro quartet Sykes discussed Rotary s part in producing the world we all want
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Tom A. Sykes
Rotary International
Siler City Rotary Club
First Baptist Church
Ronald Gyles
Staley Denton
Siler City Negro
Sykes
Rotary
John Cavas and Bride Return Home to Chios
John Cavas manager of the Princess Ca e returns with his bride formerly Miss Cleopatra Semeriot to this city. They stay with Mr and Mrs Tom Thompson at 806 Sixth Street. Cavas left May 30 sailing from New York for Chios. they landed October 19 after a stay in the north. He has been in business here ten years and is regarded as a successful young businessman.
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John Cavas
Cleopatra Semeriotis
Chips
Tom Thompson
Sixth Street
Cavas
New York City
Chios
Mr. Cavas
Woman Slashed by Boyfriend Sent to High Point Hospital
Agnes Freeman, a black woman, was cut by her boyfriend Charles Duff who accused her of infidelity and slashed her temple and cheek. Yows ambulance picked her up near Loflin shortly after 7:50 p.m. by the High Point hospital.
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Agnes Freeman
Charles Duff
High Point Hospital
Yow
Loflin
Justice Department urged to trace abductors of lynched man
Telegram from Miss Clara J. Cox, chair of North Carolina for the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, asks Attorney General Homer Cummings to use federal kidnapping laws to investigate the Alabama lynching and the Florida abduction linked to it. It urges federal intervention to trace the abductors and halt lynching.
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Homer
Methodist conference in Greensboro adjourns tonight
The M E conference in Greensboro wraps up with final adjournment tonight after a day of events. Bishop Paul B. Kern preaches at 11 am and ordination services precede ministerial appointments to about 400 churches, followed by a historical pageant at Aycock auditorium.
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Kern
Greensboro
Waa Masheha Street
County
Paul B. Kern
Episcopal
W. F. McDowell
Northern Methodist Church
Bishop McDowell
America
Aycock
Woman’s College
Liquor and Lottery Raided at St. Louis Cafe
Police raided the St. Louis Cafe on Washington Street seizing liquor and lottery tickets. Sam Blanton and Janie Blanton, a man and woman, were arrested after a four raid operation. The man’s bond was set at 300 dollars and the woman’s at 800 dollars.
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Sam
Janie Blanton
St. Louis
Washington Street
Blanton
Sunday School To Be Held By I W A
The Industrial Workers Association hosts a Sunday school this afternoon at 2 30 at 15 Booth Main Street announced last night by EE F Seagraves president.
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Industrial Workers Asociation Hell
Main Street
F. Seagraves
Mass Registration Boosts Local Turnout Prospects
Over 1 000 new names added across 12 precincts over three weeks, most yesterday, signaling heavy off year general election participation. Republicans claim hundreds more voters and plan for strongest possible turnout while Democrats expect a large city vote and press on with registration drives. Congressman William Umstead will speak Monday night at Democratic headquarters on South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Wright
Republican
High Point
Walter E. Criseman
Township Democratic Organization
Socialista
Democratic
South Main Street
William 8. Umstead
Durham
Congress
North Carolina
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J. M. Howard
City
Frank Wineskie
Woman's Missionary Soc
Elka Club
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City P.T. A. Council
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Woman's Club
Sac
Woman's Wesley
Mary's Guild
J. T. Burrus
Lindale Dairy
G. I. Humphries
Friend
Eastern Star
D. W. Hunter
Herbert Barthmaier
Wales
Wats Taekan Ene
C. C. Newton
Negress
Dennis G. Brummitt
By Jack Appleyard
4. H. Stallings
C. E
Siler City Club
Justice Dept
M. E
Crissman
Wright
Whirlwind
Umstead
Hancock
Riendly
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Koonce Shineral
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