Labor Day Accidents Darken High Point Scene
Motorcycle officer Benjamin R. Lowe was seriously injured after a chase on Ward and Tryon streets. Paul Bulla, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, was held as Lowe’s condition remained undetermined. Other injuries included J. K. Holton Jr falling from a burning Ford truck and two men wounded at Gannaway's dance hall. Local offices closed, theatres busy, Red Sea color noted from rotting vegetation.
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High Point
Benjamin R. Lowe
Lowe
Guilford General Hospital
Ward
Tryon
Lincoln Gray
Fairview Street
Theodore Smith
Taylor Street
Gannaway’s
South High Point
Dowdy
Deal
Gray
County Plans Home for Incurable TB Patients
Guilford County moves to build a facility for incurable tuberculosis patients with an estimated cost of 50,000 to 100,000 on the sanatorium plot near Jamestown or the county home site east of Greensboro. The plan aims to relieve city facilities and provide proper care while preserving hopeful patients who may recover.
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Guilford County
High Point
Greensboro
County Medical Board
Court House
Guilford County Sanatorium
Jamestown
Guilford County Medical Society
Guilford County Charity
J. L. Spruill
Spruill
City Buys Most Delinquent Taxes in High Point Sale
The City of High Point bought most of the delinquent taxes sold by Collector Robert Brockett yesterday. The total amount sold was about $200,000. Individual buyers purchased some taxes, but the city led the purchase. Lyon and Sivans law firm will handle collection and a 25 percent penalty will apply in each case.
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High Point
Robert Brockett
Lyon and Sivans
Teachers Meet to Open City School Year
In the high school auditorium over 200 teachers and principals gathered for the initial session of the year led by T Wingate Andrews city schools superintendent. He urged honest effort and rejected the notion of new teaching methods while stressing steady thinking and action to solve ongoing problems. A devotional opened the gathering. Registration and book rental fees were planned for Thursday and Friday in the white schools with classroom work starting Monday.
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T. Wingate Andrews
Andrews
E. J. Harbison
Wesley Memorial Church
North Carolina Forestry Association to Meet in Asheville
The 19th annual meeting will be held in Asheville on September 12 and 13. Dr. A. H. Oxholm of the national wood utilization committee will lead a discussion on improving forest product use, with several state and regional officials and academics slated to speak.
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Asheville
North Carolina Forestry Association
A. H. Oxholm
National Committee of Wood Utilization
Oxholm
T. D. Warren
Special State Tax Commission
J. W. Hoffman
State College School of Forestry
W. C. McCormick
The
American Forestry Association
Col. J. W. Harrelson
North Carolina
W. A. Graham
N. O. Sehaub
State College
R. A. Doughton
State Highway Commission
James G. K. McClure
Farmers’ Federation of the State
Casey Joins Walser Law Firm as Junior Partner
Silas B. Casey, fresh from passing the state bar, becomes junior partner at Z. I. Walser’s law office located at 118 North Main Street. Casey studied at Wake Forest College and excelled in the rigorous state Supreme Court quiz led by Justice Adams.
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Silas B. Casey
Z. I. Walser
North Main Street
Mr. Casey
Wake Forest College
Justice Adams
State Supreme Court
Germany backs civil aircraft with huge annual subsidy
The German government provides multi million dollar yearly subsidies to civil aircraft industry building hundreds of machines. Skilled pilots and a broad system of aerodromes support the program.
Mrs. J. V. Sechrest Dies at Local Hospital
Emma Davis Sechrest wife of J Vernon Sechrest of 513 Washington Street died yesterday afternoon at 6 30 oclock after a week in a local hospital. She was born December 2 1898 in Montgomery County daughter of Walter C. and Ellen Lee Davis. A High Point resident since girlhood she was active in First Methodist Protestant church and Sunday school. Funeral Wednesday at 3 pm from First M P church with Rev Roy S Farmer Rev E L Ballard and Rev John W Moore. burial in Oakwood family plot. Surviving are husband three brothers W A Davis McKinley Davis George H Davis and two sisters Mrs Luther Shipton and Mrs Bertha Church.
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Emma Davis Sechrest
J. Vernon Sechrest
Washington Street
Bertha Church
High Point
Roy S. Farmer
E. L. Ballard
John W. Moore
Wesley Memorial Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Mrs Westmoreland Buried in Thomasville
Funeral services for Mrs Taney Westmoreland who died at High Point Hospital after a three week stay were held at Zion Reformed church with Rev D C Cox officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Survived by Aurelius L Westmoreland of Thomasville Route 2 a husband four daughters Pattie Saintsing Virgil Hilton Ray Bowers a son Davy and three sisters Lindley Pope John Qualls Bettie Wilson of Rural Hall.
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Thomasville
Taney Westmoreland
High Point Hospital
Zion Reformed Church
D. C. Cox
Aurelius L. Westmoreland
Pattie Westmoreland
Lonnie Saintsing
Virgil Hilton
Ray Bowers
Davy Westmoreland
Lindley Pope
John Qualls
Bettie Wilson
Rural Hall
Newspaper-built House in Massachusetts by Married Couple
A Massachusetts couple constructed an entire house using newspapers as the sole material other than the framework windows and floors. The unusual project showcases inventive reuse of common materials in residential building.
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Massachusetts
Revival Underway at Pentecostal Church
Fair crowds attend revival started Sunday at the Pentecostal Holiness church on Highland Avenue led by Mrs. L W Edge of Richmond Virginia. Services are held each night at 7:30 and the public is invited.
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Pentecostal Holiness Church
Highland Avenue
L. W. Edge
Richmond
Notice of Real Estate Sale In High Point NC
Notice of sale under a 1927 deed of trust by B P Pitts Viola Pitts R L Deal Ellen E Deal to Owen Reese trustee. Real estate in High Point North Carolina to be sold at public auction October 1 1929 at 11 am in front of the Municipal Building. Deposit 10 percent cash. Tax and street assessment to be paid by purchaser.
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B. P. Pitts
Viola Pitts
R. L. Deal
Ellen E. Deal
Owen Reese
Office of the Register of Deeds
Quilford County
North Carolina
City of
High Point
N. C
Edgedale Drive
J. A. Marsh
Hardover Street
Palatka Street
Soy Bean Output Highlighted in Man churia Year
Last year Man churia produced 5.5 million tons of soy beans, indicating substantial agricultural capacity and regional crop performance.
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Manchuria
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Opens Mirror Department Exhibit
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company announces a new department starting September 16 offering a complete line of framed mirrors including medicine cabinets towel bars brackets and mirror cards. The display will be in the exhibit room at corner South Hamilton and Mallory streets and distributed through High Point dealers with public invited to view.
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Hamilton
Mallory Streets
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Court OF Honor
Ben Lowe
Speeder
Paul Buila
East Green Street
Bulla
A. D. Bulla
Oak Hil
Buila
J. K. Holton, Jr
City
Hamilton Street
Sumter Township
Holton
Phillip Davis
J. L. Ollis
Dixie Pig Barbecue
Greensboro Road
Lexington
Dixie Pig
Ollis
Red Sea
High Point Council
Scout
Bunn W. Hackney, Jr
Uwharrie Council of
Boy Scouts
Salisbury
Stamey
Denton
R.R
New York City
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Chicago
ST. Louis
R. R
Forestry Ass
Walser
Chichesters
Chesters Diamons
Keilabie
Rwervy
Home Bond & Mtg. Co
Howard L. Collie, Mgr
Prudential Ins. Co
Southern Bond & Mtg. Co
West Washington
J. V. Sechrest
W. A. Davis
Alness
Schwartz Shoe Shop and Shine Parlor
North Main
Pentecostal Church
Roberson, Haworth & Reese, Attys
Tanglefoot
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Schwab Tailor
ING CO
East Broad St
Dennis Keel
Wachovia Bank
Johnnie
Mary
Aladdin
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
V.A. J. Idol
C. H. Ellis
Coe
V. Pres
Treas
W. State St
O. E. Mendenhall
PET Shop
T. Reighter, Prop
Gate City Motor CO
Jack Burris
Mer
Wrenn St
Kear Elwood Hotel
E. Mendenhall
Roy
Welborn, V.pres
H. E. Johnson
Secy
Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
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