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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1927
Page
3
Preliminary arrangements for testing the 1000 foot Pee Dee river concrete bridge near Albemarle will start soon. Tests will assess load, impact, tension and other factors with observers from state, national and international bodies. A free ferry will operate during testing, and the new bridge near the current structure should open shortly after November 15.
Guilford College reports over a hundred freshmen registered with Guilford County leading the state in newcomers. Alamance County follows as second, with numerous students listed from Guilford, Alamance, Wilkes, Wayne, Surrey, Yadkin, Stokes, Montgomery and other counties plus out of state names.
A fragmented OCR reads a roster of individuals including Rembert Patrick Orville Wooten Marion W Wildman Ruthanna Wildman Bennet Jones Ruth Outland Debrah Harvey Gertrude Hindshaw John Lippencott Mark Buyck Everett Whitlow Rachel Harris Annie Smith Louise Cooper Thomas Cheek James York Jack Faust Winnie Winslow Sherman Faircloth.
Chicago reports eight deaths as temperatures reach 95 degrees tying a 1900 record. Abilene Texas hits 100 while St. Louis and Nashville stay near 98. Schools close across Illinois Indiana and Missouri as the weather bureau warns the heat will last into Thursday with rain possible on the plains but not in the Great Lakes region. Prof. Cox says stagnated air over the central valleys fuels the heat, though farmers welcome it for ripening corn.
Shippers and carriers meet in Atlanta before the Interstate Commerce Commission to discuss proposed changes of freight rates for less than carload lots. The joint hearing adjourned unresolved after two hours amid divergent opinions and calls for a joint filing to start formal proceedings.
The body of Mrs. J. D. Alexander of Grottoes Virginia died suddenly at her cousins home in Winston Salem North Carolina was shipped back to Grottoes on a 7 o clock train accompanied by her husband and relatives. Funeral services and burial are scheduled for Thursday morning at Salem Lutheran church near Grottoes.
William Ed Baker known as the cat ban dit received five concurrent sentences totaling one year to life on guilty pleas for three robberies and two burglaries.
The Board of Directors of International Paper Company announces a regular quarterly dividend of 1 3/4 percent on the Cumulative 7% Preferred Stock and 1 1/2 percent on the Cumulative 6% Preferred Stock for the current quarter. Records date October 1, 1927, payments by checks mailed. Transfer books remain open. Owen Shepherd, Vice President and Treasurer.
North Carolina prepares a staged artillery roar at Bentonville to mark the 1865 battle site. A bronze tablet dedication by the UDC and NC Historical Commission accompanies a day of events led by Mrs. John Husks Anderson with Governor McLean in attendance.
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