North Carolina Dominates Tobacco Crop Growth
North Carolina rises as the United States’ top tobacco producer with an estimated 1927 crop of 425 431 000 pounds up 10 percent from 386 075 000 last year. Kentucky falls to 219 401 006 pounds while South Carolina Georgia and Florida show varied gains.
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Chadbourn
Fair Bluff
Fairmont
Lamberton
Tabor
Whiteville
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Virginia
Machine guns and artillery arrive for Oak Ridge ROTC program
Oak Ridge Military Institute receives a Browning .30 machine gun 37 mm gun M-1916 three inch Stokes mortar and two Browning automatic rifles for ROTC training. Ammunition targets and spare parts arrive as armory space expands. Lt Col O F Snyder and Sgt George H Potter will lead military instruction again this year with cadets returning for the second year of reserve officers training.
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Oak Ridge
U. S
Oak Ridge Military Institute
Military Department
O. F. Snyder
U. S. Army
War Department
George H. Potter
Snyder
John McCampbell
Morganton
Freshman Week Program Planned at State College Raleigh
Freshmen arriving at State College in Raleigh will participate in a five day Freshman Week starting Friday. Activities include registration physical exams and meals in the dining hall. The schedule covers assemblies campus tours student government talks and class enrollments with a dress code requiring teachers to wear sleeves and skirts mid calf.
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Raleigh
State College
Pullen Hall
Frank Thompson Gymnasium
E. C. Brooks
Dean Cloyd
C. S. Tucker
City
Pulien Hall
King
J. B. Britt
W. L. Poteat
Wake Forest College
Injured Candy Salesman In Auto Crash Near Wilmington
J. A. McGinn, a Charlotte headquartered candy salesman, suffered severe injuries when his car slammed into a tree on the highway into Wilmington at 9 am. He was described as in critical condition at James Walker Memorial Hospital with loss of his left foot and a broken nose among other wounds.
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Wilmington
J. A. McGinn
Charlotte
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Personality the chief thing in North Carolina
R B House UNC executive secretary told the opening session of the North Carolina YMCA employed officers meeting that personality is the chief factor in the state and that they will seek to know who each person is. Francis F Bradshaw led devotional services as over 25 delegates arrived for a meeting continuing through today.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
R. B. House
University of North Carolina
Francis F. Bradshaw
Leake County School Board Bans Flapper Teachers
In KOSCIUSKO Mississippi on September 14 the Leake county school board decides that no flapper teachers will guide the children. The action reflects a push for conservative dress and conduct standards among educators.
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Kosciusko
Leake County
Magnificent Paris Club to Open with Pool Dance Floor
A grand Champs Elysees venue plans October opening with a central swimming pool, surrounded by a dance floor, tables, bar, and musicians. Guests will wear bathing suits to swim dance and drink, with floating trays carrying bottles and glasses for poolside service.
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Paris
Champs Elysees
House purchase offer with minimal down payment option
A real estate notice promotes buying homes with no cash down payment except one percent of the purchase price. Prospective buyers are told one month's rent and good references are required, presenting a low down payment opportunity likely to resemble rental costs.
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Maryland Avenue
Amos Realty CO
Wachovia Bank Bldz
Property owners urged to use rental service and credit reports
Property owners are urged to adopt the rental service emphasizing benefits of using the company credit reports to screen tenants and manage property leases more effectively. The message highlights advantages for landlords in evaluating applicants and maintaining financial oversight.
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School of Engineering
Dean Riddick
School of Science and Business
Dean Brown
School of Agriculture
Dean Schaub
School of Education
T. E. Browne
Ricks Hall
School of Textiles
Dean
Washington Tubbs
Lincoln
Dempsey's
Blue Eyed
NEA Service. Inc
Kodak Pictures
File & Son
Woolworth’s
Drs. T. RK. L. H. and
L. K. Zimmerman
Commercial Bank
High Point, N. C
C. C. Broughton
Woolworth
C. E. McManus
Equitable
Life Insurance
W. J. Fraley Hood Bank Building
John Eyre
Pittsburg, Pa
Ture
Emerywood
Stephen C. Clark
Greensboro Boulevard
Five Points
Hillcrest Drive
Main
Out
S. C. Clark
T. R
Vernon Johnson
Lincoln Sapo
Abe
City Fuel Co
Chas. F. Blake
Pickett Street
H. A. Cecil Or
J. P. Rawley
Enterprise Office
Johnson Street
Kennedy Street
North Main Street
Alverta
Mallory
Taylor
Parkway
N. Main Street
Mangum Avenue
Howell Street
J. A. Clinard
Hamilton Street
Church St
W. Russell St
Cook St
Apply Cummings Electro Chemical Co
W. Green St
Kivett Road
Ball Park
Cecil’s
Paved Street
Kearns Street
Apply Globe Realty Co
W. Commerce St
Country Club
D. B. Carrick
N. Main St
S. Main St
Walnut Street
Pope St
English St. AH
J. N. McCrary
Steele Street
English Street
Franklin Street
Cummings Electro Chemical Co
East
Washington Street
Sheraton Hills
Centennial Avenue
Marshall
Insurance Real Estate
Winston Road
Twin Oak Court Drive
Insurance Service Building Investment CO
James M. Little
M. M. Marshall
First Baptist
Red Hound
H.C. Ross
Oak Hill School
R. E. Jones
Spring Valley Development No
Salem College
South Georgia
High Point
P. O
W. A. Davis
R. R. Bland
Stephen’s
Starr Motor CO
Cor. Commerce
Hamilton Sts
Star
Bargams
Barbee Street
Byrums Street
Kinney
Singer Sewing Machine
Redding
Apt
Piedmont Printing CO
N. Wrenn St
Ideal Shoe Shoe Mechanicsville
Landis Shoe Shop
R. EB Andrews
Carolina Typewriter CO
W. Washington St
Walton
Remington Cash Registers
Toledo Scales and Office Outfitters
W. C. Brown
North Wrenn Street
Bloom Furniture Exchange
East Washington St
Southern School of Printing
United States
South Street
Nashville
Tenn
Mechanicsville
L. W. Glenn
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Walnut St
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