Crop Conditions British Blamed for Drought Woes
Washington reports weekly crop and weather summaries from the Department of Agriculture. In the cotton belt showers and moderate temps helped the west while the east suffered drought with limited relief. Cotton picking advanced in central and eastern zones but drought lingered in Alabama Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina. Tennessee saw some relief but rainfall remained light and soils stayed dry. Virginia noted unusually warm and dry conditions with some pasture benefit but dry soil hindered plowing. Tobacco corn and potatoes faced variable outcomes. late season crops showed stress.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Cotton
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Junior Y.M.C.A. Glass Opens Fall Gym Program
Seventy members of the junior class at the Y M C A gathered for the fall gymnasium start yesterday afternoon. Will Stephens led with prayer, Willam Bailey outlined the season as the new physical director, and warm weather let the group enjoy the pool. The Y’s fall program aims to build Christian citizenship with daily renewals and new affiliations.
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Powell Lee
Will Stephens
Willam Bailey
Postal Clerk Wounded At Rocky Mount Bank Robbery
Rocky Mount, Sept 16 AP John Burgess, postal clerk, was shot in the abdomen while trying to stop four white masked robbers at the local post office. The bandits escaped with several packages of valuable mail from the money order department. Burgess is in serious condition. No loss estimate yet pending post office check.
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Rocky Mount
John Burgess
Burgess
Qooney Order Department
Wheat Gains Spark Chicago Market Opening Downturn Rebound
Wheat prices opened lower in Chicago but soon gained as houses and eastern concerns bought strongly and reports of domestic crop arrivals from the northwest supported values. Corn eased on frost fears, oats followed wheat, and provisions showed little support amid the wavering start.
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Chicago
Neighborhood prayer meetings to be held tomorrow
Seventeen homes listed across the city will host neighborhood prayer meetings at 3 PM tomorrow on the scripture John 21 11 with the topic Obeying Jesus. A separate Friday service is scheduled at Mrs S D Vestal in Mechanicsville.
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Jesus
Walter Hicks
Newlin Street
A. J. Carter
Smith Street
Charles Brown
Mangum Avenue
Davis
Randolph Street
John McLahan
East Green Street
B. F
John Huff
Boulevard
M. F. Sechrest
Lindsay Street
J. D. Brame
King Street
Neushofer
Morris Street
F. J. Sizemore
Roland Park
W. R. McCain
Louise Avenue
Edgar Whitener
Johnson Street
A. A. York
Montlieu Avenue
Beeson
N. Park Street
T. T. Ferree
Steele Street
J. Allen Austin
J. N. McAdams
Centennial Avenue
C. J. Hill
Hamilton Street
J. H. Johnson
Filbert Street
Ben Robertson
Cable Street
BE. M. Harville
John McMahan
Wall Street Opens Mixed After Broad Supporting Orders
In New York on September 16, supporting orders dominated the opening of the stock market. The general list rose irregularly, with American Bosch Magneto up about two points and Davidson Chemical, Interborough Rapid Transit, and Consolidated Gas higher early. Motors were mixed as Chrysler gained about 2.38 points while Mack Trucks fell roughly 3.25 points.
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Wall Street
New York
Bosch
Davidson Chemical
Interborough Rapid Transit
Consolidated Gas
Chrysler
Mack Trucks
Disciples to Meet at North Carolina convention in Wilson
Several hundred delegates are expected for the annual state convention of the North Carolina Disciples of Christ in Wilson in early November. Denominational speakers of national reputation will address the gathering and substantial gains are expected to be reported.
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Kinston
N. C
North Carolina
Disciples of Christ
Wilson
Football Drills Under Coaches Start Wildcats Camp
Davidson reports 25 varsity men in football drills under Coaches Monk Younger and Tex Tilson as practice begins. Local supporters predict a strong team with many players reporting. captaincy for 1925 unsettled. Classes began last Thursday with twice daily practices and weekly scrimmages ahead of the September 19 game against Eton College.
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Davidson
Monk Younger
Tex Tilson
Wildcats
Allen
Anderson
Arrowood
Baker
Bohannon
Black
Christian
Grey
W. Grey
Green
Harmon
Harrison
Laird
Lincoln
McColgan
McComb
McConnell
McEarchern
McGeachey
McNeil
Maulden
Eton College
City tennis elimination narrows to 10 experts
The men’s singles field is down to ten top players as finals approach in the city wide elimination tennis classic. Reitzel upset Eshelman in a grueling match while Porter lost to Briggs and Sykes fell to Asbury. Upcoming matches include Montgomery vs Furgurson and Reitzel vs Rogers on Wednesday and Briggs and Johnston facing winners on Thursday. J Gurney Briggs will again award the racket to the champion. The event, held in August and September, has drawn keen local interest and strong sportsmanship.
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Reitzel
Eshelman
Porter
Briggs
Sykes
Asbury
Montgomery
Furgurson
Rogers
Montgomery-Furgurson
Johnston
Reitzel-Rogers
Chapel Hill
William Ragan
Charles Salsbury
J. Gurney Briggs
Cotton Deliveries In State Are of Quality
Raleigh reports North Carolina cotton growers association has received deliveries averaging 28 percent of ginnings since the marketing session opened. More than 2,000 bales were delivered Monday as the association lines up financial and warehousing capacity to handle as much as 200,000 bales.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Cotton Growers’ Association
Association
Right of A. B. Duke To Equity Suit Is Up
Three federal judges in Richmond Virginia will hear whether Angier B. Duke estate may enter federal court over state inheritance taxes totaling 76000 dollars. The estate admits 21000 dollars is due and seeks an interlocutory injunction to halt tax collection by commissioner R A Dougton. If the injunction is denied, the case proceeds in Raleigh before Judge Meekins on its merits.
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Raleigh
Richmond
Angier B. Duke
I. M. Meekins
R. A.doughton
Commissioner of Revenue
Congress to Blame for West Reclamation Delays
President Coolidge says Congress, not the Interior Department, is to blame for lack of relief to settlers on some Western reclamation projects.
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Congress
Washington
Interior Department
Coolidge
Students Register At Local College For Year's Work
On the second day of registration at High Point College, 94 new students signed in by noon, five older students registered later, with many plans for campus expansion. The Methodist Protestant institution boasts strong athletic support, ample dorm space for boys, limited space for girls, and a busy winter of five artist programs. The faculty lists include Lindley, White, Hardy, Allrad, Idol, Houck, Mourane, Williams, Kennett, Young, Smith, McIntire, McCanless, Yarborough, Harrison, and Whitaker, among others, as the college pursues future building and grounds improvements.
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High Point College
Andrews
J. P. Boylin
W. F. Armfield
P. E. Lindley
H. A. White
J. D. Hardy
J. H. Allrad
Vera Idol
C. B. Houck
J. H. Mourane
Mabel Williams
Paul S. Kennett
Mary Young
C. L. Whitaker
Lena Martin
H. A. Garrett
Canadian open golf crown yields seven American missteps
Ottawa fall provided a brisk start as seven of ten U S players began the Canadian ladies open at River Mead Club. Alexa Stirling Frazer of Ottawa and Buffalo’s W F Chapin and Edward Baker Jr. of Boston won their matches while Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Philadelphia and Madge Miller of Grand Rapids also advanced with easy victories. Frazer beat Herbert McMaster of Schenectady 6 and 5, Chapin defeated Lloyd Bissell of Buffalo 4 and 3, and Baker beat Alice D Clifton of Buffalo 2 and 1.
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Ottawa
River Mead Club
Cne
Sky
Alexa Stirling Frazer
W. F., Chapin
Buffalo
Edward Baker, Jr
Boston
Frazer
Herbert McMaster
Schenectady
N. Y
Policeman Elliott Claims Huge Lemon from California Farm
Captain D. W. Eliott has been seen with a unusually large lemon weighing three pounds. The fruit was grown on Mrs Curtis's California farm and was brought to High Point by Captain Elliott's mother-in-law Mrs L A Folk.
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D. W. Eliott
Curtis
Deep River
California
High Point
Elliott
L. A. Folk
Cotton market opens higher on cables then slips
New Orleans cotton prices opened 3 to 11 points up with stronger cables. October rose to 23.75, December to 23.93 and January to 23.93 before selling pressured the market due to government pars. By mid-session October, December, and January slid but then rallied, erasing most losses.
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New Orleans
Herbert Parsons Dies. Former New York Congressman
Herbert Parsons, of New York and Lenox, a former congressman and Republican leader, died at the House of Mercy Hospital in Pittsfield Mass. The report notes Mr and Mrs Bryce Bennett and Miss Mary Russell attended a ball game in Winston Salem yesterday.
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Herbert Parsons
Pittsfield
Mass
New York
Lenox
House of Mercy Hospital
Bryce Bennett
Mary Russell
Winston-Salem
J L Allen Closes Out His Stock Sale To Begin Thursday
J L Allen of Allens department store who for 25 years has been a leading merchant is closing out his business. Glen Porter an expert in conducting sales has arrived in High Point to put on the sale. The sale will open Thursday. Friends regret he is discontinuing the store and he has not announced future plans.
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London
Ahmed Self el Dine
Egypt
Hastings
Sea of Marmora
Constantinople
England
France
Trieste
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Fuad
Prince Ahmed
Westminster, Gazette
Westminster Gazette
Lnnacy Committee
Great Britain
J. L. Allen
Allen’s Department Store
Glen Porter
Allen’s
Porter
Lost Green Gold Bar Pin With Diamonds Reported
A green gold bar pin with three small diamonds is missing and a finder is asked to return it to Enterprise for a reward. The note is dated 9-19.
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Enterprise
Tribute Paid to Late Judge W A Hoke by Chief Justice Stacey
Chief Justice Stacey eulogizes former North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice William A. Hoke at the court’s first session after his Sunday death. He calls Hoke a noble, just man whose gospel was justice and whose strength came from faith and moral integrity.
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Raleigh
William A. Hoke
North Carolina Supreme Court
Walter P. Stacey
Stacey
Hoke
Karnak Praised By Winston-Salem Captain As Vital Tonic
Capt John J Sigg of Winston Salem N C, superintendent of Southern Public Utilities Co remarks Karnak is the best tonic and system builder he has used. He fortifies against run down conditions and says a few bottles are a wise investment for vigor and appetite. Karnak is sold in High Point by Mann Drug Co and local druggists.
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John J. Sigg
Southern Public Utilities Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
N. Main St
Capt. Sigg
Karnak
All
Carolina
Capt
Siggs
High Point
Mann Drug Co
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R. L. Hill
R. H. Sechrest
David T. Yow
I. Thurman Mann
City Planning and Zoning Commission
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Harrison Street
Milton Whitener
First Reformed Church
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Edgar Hartley
James Turner
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Matt Moore
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