North Carolina State Fair Eyes Large Attendance
Raleigh reports the North Carolina state fair set for October 12 week aims to draw a big crowd like the 1869 attendees. Prizes of 25 and 15 will go to the oldest person who attended the first post reorganization fair. A booster train will run September 23 24 from Raleigh to Wilmington to boost eastern Carolina interest.
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Raleigh
E. V. Walborn
North Carolina Agricultural Society
John L. Dancy
Dhecombe County
Ued
Walborn
Carolina
Piedmont
Guilford County
Wilmington
Negro Charged With Getting Auto Under False Pretense Here
A hearing in police court today charged Press Truesdale, a Negro, with obtaining an automobile under false pretense. He was held for Guilford Superior Court on $500 bond, alleged to have claimed to be James Truesdale when trading with White Way Motor Co. The vehicle supposedly belonged to his brother, also named James Truesdale. This was the only case tried in police court this morning.
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Press Truesdale
Guilford Superior Court
Truesdale
James Truesdale
White Way Motor Company
Tiyis
Garland Daniel To Practice Law Here
Garland Daniel formerly of Littleton has arrived in High Point to practice law. His offices are in the Sherrod building above Hart's drug store. He studied law at Trinity college now Duke University from 1922 to 1924 and took a summer course at Wake Forest in 1924. He has practiced with his father S. G. Daniel at Littleton for the past year. In Shelby Sept 4 AP Clara Murray 17 ended her life explaining she preferred death to life due to illness and a troubled head and eyes.
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Garland B. Daniel
Littleton
High Point
Sherrod
Hart's
Mr. Daniel
Trinity College
Duke University
Wake Forest
S. G. Daniel
Dia Shelby
Sid Murray
Lawndale
Clara Murray
Revival at Pilgrim Holiness Church Opens Ten Day Event
A ten day revival at Pilgrim Holiness Church opens tonight with Rev. W. S. Dean of Terre Haute Indiana in charge. The revival runs until September 13 prior to a city wide revival. Dean is noted for his strong preaching and many past pastorate calls. Rev. Bud Robeson of Pasadena California will preach September 8 in both afternoon and evening services. Miss Vera Davis of Greensboro will assist with special singing. Services run 2:30 and 7:20 daily and 11, 2:30 and 7:30 on Sunday.
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W. S. Dean
Terre Haute, Ind
Pilgrim Holiness
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Terre Haute
Indiana
Evangelist Dean
Bud Robeson
Pasadena
Calif
Vera Davis
Greensboro
Knox ville chemist Wallace linked in divorce suit
Police said he took his own life. Wallace, a chemist from a wealthy Knox ville family, was named as co respondent when William Sherman filed for divorce on June 20.
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Wallace
Knoxville
William Sherman
Legionaries to Attend State Convention in Fayetteville
Commander Fred W. McPherson, Albert Freeze and Ralph Griffith were elected delegates to the state American Legion convention in Fayetteville on September 7 and 8. They will represent Andrew Jackson Post. Others expected include Dr. I Thurman Mann, former national vice commander, and Judge Donald C. MacRae of the city court.
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Fred W. McPherson
Albert Freeze
Ralph Griffith
The
American Legion
Fayetteville
Andrew Jackson Post
I. Thurman Mann
Donald C. MacRae
Tennessee Man and Denver Woman Found Dead In Car Together
J. L. Wallace of Knoxville Tennessee and Mrs. Ethel E. Sherman of Denver were found dead in an automobile. Wallace killed Mrs. Sherman by firing a bullet into her head and then appears to have killed himself. Police continue investigation into motive and circumstances surrounding the double death in Denver.
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Tennessee
Denver
Colo
J. L. Wallace
Knoxville
Tenn
Ethel E. Sherman
Wallace
Moroccan Battle Front Hums With Activity Near Fez
FEZ Sept 4. Warships shell Abd El Krim head quarters as the front hums with activity for the planned offensive. Reinforcements are being moved into action zones under Marshal Petain and General Naulin. Headquarters says troops are straining for the big push. Air service leads the fighting with intensified sorties. The two flying columns reported routing a strong enemy group Wednesday near Fez El Bali and continuing their pursuit.
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Fez
Abd-El-Krim
Marshal Petain
Naulin
Air Service
Arespou
Fez-El-Bali
Plot to Kill Boris of Bulgaria Reported in Rome
A Rome bulletin claims a new plot against King Boris of Bulgaria involved typhus in his food. Earlier in April two assassination attempts were uncovered, an ambush killed two occupants of a car near Sofia, and a bullet damaged the king’s mustache. Reports say Boris is critically ill at Verna. New York cotton prices opened higher on covering and steady cables, then eased. crop conditions and production totals were updated in private reports.
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Rome
Boris
Bulgaria
Sofia
Verna
New Orleans cotton opens steady on Liverpool cables
The New Orleans market opened steady as better Liverpool cables and short covering supported prices. Early trades showed gains. October touched 22.03, December 22.44, and January 22.31, with further improvements after the call.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Due
Shorts
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