Noted evangelist to preach during special services
The Springfield Friends church hosts a series of evangelistic meetings starting Sunday September 25 led by Rev Tilman Hobson of California with Clarence L. Cos directing the musical programs. Hobson, famed among Friends, has preached across the nation and is highly praised by peers. The revival runs September 25 to October 9 and invites High Point residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Hobson
Ward
Vincennes
Indiana
Billy Sunday
Sam Jones
George Stuart
Wilbur Chapman
Dr. L. Moody
Moody
Congregational Church
Presbyterian Church
Tilman Hobson
Friends Church
Cosand
Goldsboro
Social Notes From Local Society Visitante
Additional society items describe Miss Martha Harrell of Elizabeth City visiting here with Miss Clara Grissom and being fondly remembered as a former city schools staff member. Also noted are Miss Theo Ingram returning home from Atlanta to Fourth Street after three weeks with her aunt Mrs. W. C. Kingston and Miss Clara Richardson of Danville Virginia staying with Miss Nannie Lee Perdue at 1214 Shelton Street. Mrs A H Wilson of Laurens South Carolina arrives to visit her brother D D Walker at 704 Morris Street. Nina Livengood and Mrs John Plummer spent Friday in Greensboro while Mrs L J Yow and Mrs Charlie James visited Winston Salem. Mr and Mrs M C Culler host visitors Mrs C R Sarrell and children from Marble Hill Missouri at 404 Tate Street.
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Theo Ingram
Fourth Street
Atlanta, Ga
W. C. Kingston
Clara Richardson
Danville
Nannie Lee Perdue
Shelton Street
C. R. Sarrell
Marble Hill, Mo
M. C. Culler
Tate Street
Club work inaugurated at state federation opening
The North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs opens its 1927 28 year with the Sir Walter Hotel reopening state headquarters and an early council meeting. Mrs. Thomas O Berry and Mrs. W J Brogden outline plans for district meetings and club programs across October.
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North Carolina
Thomas O’berry
Goldsboro
W. J. Brogden
O’berry
North Carolina federation outlines education goals and HQ reopening
The federation vows to support an eight month school term and a federal education bill, with adult education stressing citizenship and local government. Miss Charl Williams will speak on public instruction. State headquarters will become a central office and clearing house for activities, with a speakers bureau planned.
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O’berry
Federation
State Department of Education
Claude S. Morris
Salisbury
Charl Williams
Washington, D. C
Tennessee
National Education Association
Statesville
Miss Williams
State Federation
Cla
Robert R. Cotton
Woman's Club
Eclectic Club
Edward M. Land
Wallace
Board of Trustees
Misa Charl Williams
Statesville Club
Farmville
Thomas Q O’berry
Goldsboro
R. D. W. Connor
Chapel Hill
W. J. Brogden
Annie Perkins
Lionel Weil
Eugene Davis
Greensboro
Sydney P. Cooper
Henderson
North Carolina
Mystery of the Thirteen Bottoms on Sailor Trousers
A fragment notes the thirteen bottom seams on a U S sailor’s trousers symbolize the thirteen original colonies, reflecting a design lore tied to early American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State
False Display In Market Strength
Violent bidding for high priced industrials gave the stock market a strong appearance this week. Professional trading dominated with large financial pools supplying most activity. General Motors led with record high prices on August sales. steel shares showed firm tone on rail order hopes. U S Steel reached over 1860 amid a 40 percent dividend. Brokers loans rose to about 43 billion, Fed figures show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors
New Haven
Pennsylvania
U. S. Steel
Hughes Appears in Cannon Case in Raleigh
In Raleigh the scene centers on Charles Evans Hughes a former Supreme Court justice and 1928 Republican presidential hopeful as he attends the Cannon tax refund case in U S district court. The Cannon estate seeks about 750000 in overpaid taxes from North Carolina collector Gilliam Grissom with trial likely a December or January special term.
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Raleigh
Charles Evans Hughes
United States Supreme Court
New York
Warren G. Harding
Hughes
United States District Court
Irvin B. Tucker
Wyatt B. Miller
United States
Sargent
Cannon Estate
Gilliam Grissom
United States Internal Revenue Collector
North Carolina
Wilson
Grissom
Cannon
New York State
James H. Poll
E. T. Cansler
Charlotte
Jurist
Books New Novels At High Point Public Library
The High Point Public Library adds new novels for borrowing. Notable titles include The Mating Call by Rex Beach A Good Woman by Louis Bromfield Delectable Mountains by Struthers Burt and more such as Brother Saul by Donn Byrne Lost Ecstasy by Mary Roberts Rinehart The Holy Lover by Marie Conway Demler Rivers To Cross by Roland Pertwee Magic Man by Hallie Erminie Rives Giants of the Earth by Ole Edvart Rolvaag The Hoop by John Collie Snaith Coast of Enchantment by Burton Egbert Stevenson Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton and God and the Groceryman by Harold Bell Wright.
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Rex Beach
Louis Bromfield
Pulitzer Prize Novel For This Year. Everyone Interested In Mr. Bromfield
Struthers Burt
Wyoming
Brother Saul
Donn Byrne
St. Paul
Paul
Donisby Dawson
Good Housekeeping
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Holy Lover
Marie Conway Demler
John Wesley
Georgia
Roland Pertwee
Hallie Erminie Rives
Ole Edvart Rolvaag
West
John Collie Snaith
Burton Egbert Stevenson
Edith Wharton
Harold Bell Wright
Church
Mr. Wright
Alibi Attempted in Bennings Bank Robbery Murder Trial
Matthew Kimes testified he was at his dying mother’s bedside in Van Buren Arkansas when two Bennings Oklahoma banks were robbed on May 18. He faces trial for the murder of Officer W. J. McAnally during the heist. Testimony lasted about an hour as proceedings neared jury consideration.
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Okmulgee
Okla
van Buren
Ark
Bennings
Matthew Kimes
W. J. McAnally
Kimes
Language diversity worldwide by region
A summary counts 3 424 languages and dialects across continents with Americas at 1 624, Asia 937, Europe 587, and Africa 2 766, indicating vast regional linguistic variety.
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America
Asia
Europe
Africa
Five Concerns Chartered In North Carolina
Raleigh based notices announce incorporation actions for five firms. Brogden Motor Company, with $100,000 authorized capital and $10,104 subscribed by E. O. Brogden, R. R. Rice, and G. D. Mangum. Wiggins Drug Stores, Inc., Raleigh, seeks drug store business with 1,000 shares of preferred and 1,000 shares common. subscriptions by Wiggins, D. L. Jordan, and R. E. Langdon. Garrison Furniture Company of Charlotte with $25,000 authorized capital and $300 subscribed by Nettie E. Garrison, J. A. Grice, and A. L. Cooper. Union Professional Building Corporation of Durham plans real estate operations with $150,000 authorized and $300 subscribed by G. W. Hill, W. H. Murdock, and J. H. Morehead.
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Raleigh
Brogden Motor Company of
E. O. Brogden
R. R. Rice
G. D. Mangum
Wiggins Drug Stores, Inc
W., Wiggins
D. L. Jordan
R. E. Langdon
Garrison Furniture Company of
Charlotte
Nettie E. Garrison
J. A. Grice
A. L. Cooper
Union Professional Building Corporation of
Durham
G. W. Hill
W. H. Murdock
J. IL. Morehead
Valuable Land to Be Sold Soon by Local Auctioneers
Grimes and Clark, local auctioneers, announce forthcoming sales of valuable land here. The event is expected to occur in the near future, with details to be announced after noon yesterday.
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Grimes and Clark
Grimes and Clark Auction 12 Chestnut Street Lots
On September 17 Grimes and Clark will sell 12 lots facing Chestnut street across from the new high school building. The property belongs to W C Jones and is first offered to home seekers. Lots near the high school are in demand and bidding is expected lively when offered for sale. On October 1 the auctioneers will
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Grimes and Clark
Chestnut Street
W. C. Jones
Mosquito Swarm Hits Charlotte
Charlotte health officials battle a large mosquito swarm amid record heat and standing water. Dr W A Mc Phaul appealed to residents to cooperate in cleanup while inspectors sprayed ditches and water. He blamed the pest on prolonged heat and winds pushing outsiders into the city and warned conditions may worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
W. A. McPhaul
Sussex man regains voice after wartime gas shock
A man in Sussex, England, suffers a nightmare from a startling film that jolts him into recovering a voice he had lost more than ten years ago when he was gassed in the war.
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Sussex
Eng
Cherokee Hills Property Offered for Sale by Bid
An offer for sale to the highest bidder covers about 40 lots owned by T A Kearns in the northwestern city, known as the Cherokee Hills property just north of Emerywood and Lexington avenue. The land was developed by H C Clark and later purchased by Mr Kearns. It was formerly known as the Hedgecock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Kearns
Cherokee Hills
Emerywood
Lexington Avenue
8. C. Clark
Mr. Kearns
Wall of Silence in French U S Affair
Washington reports a wall of silence surrounds negotiations over French discriminatory tariffs on American goods. France withholds its counter proposal note while the United States delays its reply until early next week. French officials express no need for reprisals yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paris
United States
Caught With Booze in Detroit Case Involves Administrators
Chicago report notes Anthony A. Koscinski public administrator of Wayne County Michigan and Alex are connected to a booze case in Detroit. Details are sparse in the readable text.
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Booze
Chicago
Anthony A. Koscinski
Wayne County
Michigan
Detroit
Alex
Arrests in Loop hotel liquor stash case
Monakowski of Detroit were arrested today by federal prohibition agents as owners of twelve trunks of liquor found in Koscinski's hotel room in the Loop.
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Monakowski
Detroit
Koscinski
Loop
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Springfield Friends Church
Martha Harrell
Elizabeth City
Clara Grissom
Harrell
City Schools
A. H. Wilson
Laurens, S. C
D. D. Walker
Morris Street
Nina Livengood
John Plummer
L. J. Yow
Charlie James
Winston- Salem
Tilmon Hobson
California
Springfield Church
Cannon Case
Supreme Court
High Point Public Library
Charrotte
Marchant
The
W. W. Harris
Mgr
Winston-Salem
Asheville
John Robinson
Theodore Schroeder
Schroeder
Shing
Arington Hotel
Washington DC
Tilden Hall
Ays
Maddux, Marshall, Moss & Mallory We
C. A. Crutchfield
Penny Bidg
Stamey
Ath
Bloom’s Furniture Exchange
East Washington St
Knabe
Adam Schaat
Bland Piano Co
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