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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1927
Page
10
City Hall faces a surge of calls and visits as property owners contest rising valuations. Officials note complaints span residential and commercial properties with some claims of increases up to 300 percent. Assessors continue mailings and adjustments are expected to follow the rapid intake.
W A Plummer 83 died at his Greensboro home after a year of illness. He was a member of Asheboro Street Friends church and is survived by his wife Sadie, six sons F S Plummer in New Jersey N S Plummer in Washington C C R Plummer W A Plummer W W Plummer in Greensboro and W R Plummer in Miami plus brother Robert of Asheboro. Funeral at Springfield Friends church Wednesday with time to be announced.
A special All Saints Day service will be held at St Marys Episcopal Church at 10 o clock tomorrow morning for parishioners and visitors.
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty announce a Halloween party in the Broadhurst building hall on Tuesday night. Members are urged to attend and bring a friend for music and refreshments.
New police uniforms including caps and overcoats have been ordered. The design will follow the Greensboro style, aiming for a standardized look for officers.
An old physician endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe mild laxative solution for constipation. He emphasizes natural remedies over drastic purges and offers a free sample bottle by writing to Syrup Pepsin Monticello Illinois.
J Elwood Cox president of Commercial National Bank and state highway commissioner was elected to the National Executive Council of Bankers at the American Bankers Convention in Houston. Others chosen include A P Giannini F W Law A W Cook and Harry Haas Thomas Preston became association president. Cox described 4000 bankers present and praised southern hospitality and the Houston trip by canal boat and rail.
Mayor W. A. Davis is invited by Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson to attend a national airports conference at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago from December 12 to 15. The aim is to plan landing field construction in progressive cities and push Chicago to support passenger express and mail air service with all American cities, despite current field shortages in many towns.
James R Bowman 45 farmer died at his home three miles east of the city after a months long illness. Born February 13 1882 in Stokes county he moved here eight years ago and was active in churches. He leaves a widow Georgia Watts two sons Isaac Floyd and five daughters Alpha Mary Margaret Fannie Flora E Holton and others, two brothers Preston and Walter and seven sisters. Funeral Tuesday at Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial in Kenneth Cemetery.
John Butchard aged 22 of Edinburgh Scotland died recently after swallowing four artificial teeth while asleep.
Four men Phips Knox Thomas Shields C S McCormick and David Martin faced Judge Teague in municipal court after being arrested on North Main street for prohibition violations. A pint bottle of corn whiskey was discarded from a taxi and none claimed ownership. Each man was fined 25 dollars plus costs, with McCormick paying an extra 15 dollars and costs for drunkenness. The judge stated he would punish them equally to identify the owner.
A neatly dressed youth entered municipal court and kept his hat on during proceedings. Judge Teague questioned him and he explained he believed he was in the hall, not the court. The judge accepted the excuse but warned against repetition. In Greenwich Observatory England a vault houses the clock giving standard time to the hundredth second.
J Elwood Cox president of the Commercial National Bank North Carolina and new National Executive Council member says business conditions nationwide are very good and improving with the South enjoying a strong harvest and profitable cotton farmers. He spoke after the American Bankers Association convention in Houston Texas noting widespread banker optimism and strong Western activity. He cites cattle and fruit sectors as rising and states North Carolina now shows better conditions than last year with general improvements echoed nationwide.
Mrs. W. C. Hammond of the Board of Public Welfare asked for clothing for several underfed High Point children out of school. She listed needed sizes including two girls age seven, one girl eighteen, one girl four, a boy eighteen, and a boy eight, and urged donors to call the welfare department at 2897 for immediate pickup.
Three services were held yesterday at the Wesleyan Methodist church with evangelist Rev. Arthur L. Wess delivering two sermons at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The first sermon titled The Confession of Faults emphasized laying a revival foundation, the second The Effectual Fervent Prayer of a Righteous Man Availeth Much highlighted prayer. Special music by Mr. Walker and family preceded the night message Almost and Altogether Christians about nearly being saved but lost.
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