Thomasville Growth Amid Moral Revival and Upgrades
Thomasville reports record school attendance with over 1,000 white children in a town of 1,401 white residents. The city plans a new fire engine costing about 12,060 dollars, and revival meetings expand as Betterment efforts grow. A three-month drought presses crops while a hard surface road project links Lexington and Greensboro.
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Thomasville
Paul CC. Newton
Denton
Thomasville Betterment Association
Mr. Lyerly
Reformed Church of Concord
J. A. Palmer
The
Reformed Church
Baptist
Davidson County
Lexington
State Road Commission
High Point
Greensboro
Funeral for W C Tucker Held at Pleasant Garden
The funeral of W C Tucker chairman of Guilford county commissioners and noted citizen, who died Saturday morning, was held yesterday at 8 o clock at the Pleasant Garden Methodist church. Ministers Loftin Goods and Dr S B Turrentine led services. interment followed in the church graveyard amid many flowers and tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W C. Tucker
Guilfora County
Methodist
Pleasant Garden
A. G. Loftin
W. Goods
Park Place Church
S. B. Turrentine
Greensboro College
Big Circus to Visit High Point in October
The Howe Van Amburg combined circuses prepare a High Point stop on Tuesday October 4. Advance crews, billers, agents and advertising men are already through town, promoting a canvas city of eleven acres with eleven hundred workers five hundred fifty horses and four hundred animals. The show includes a three ring, two stage, two steel arena act and a grandstand setup amid a street parade. Nineteen elephants and Van Amburg trained wild beasts headline the attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Great Lindon Circus
van Amburey
Howe-Van Amburg
van Amburg
Rose Theater Passes To National Amusement Co Management
Rose Theater in High Point comes under National Amusement Company control from Greensboro, with plans to redecorate later. The house will run current pictures for a few weeks and then show top attractions from Isis and Greensboro’s new theater, starting with The Truant Husband a two day release. Stars Betty Blythe Francelia Billington and Mahlon Hamilton headline the comedy from Albert Payson Terhune. New prices: Adults 25c night 20c matinee, children 10c.
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Rose
National Amusement Company of
Greensboro
Isis
New National Theaters
High Point
The
Albert Payson Terhune
W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
Getty Blythe
Francelia Billington
Mahlon Hamilton
Betty Blythe
Vera Delaunay
Billy Sayre
Billy
Sybyl
Vera
Southern Exhibit Draws Attention to Southern Industry Prospects
In York on September 19, reports highlight Southern Railway System's mineral and chemical resource exhibit at the Seventh National Exhibition of Chemical Industries in New York. The Southern showing, the only railway exhibit, attracted wide interest for southern industrial possibilities and the event concluded with strong attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
South
Southern Railway System
New York
Southern
Dunn Unauthorized Represent Bankhead Highway Pathf inder
Information from Bankhead National Highway association headquarters says T A Dunn is traveling the Bankhead Highway in a car marked Bankhead Highway Pathfinder soliciting ads and funds for a book and map. J A Rountree states Dunn has no authority to represent the association or to claim official status or guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Bankhead National Highway Association
T. A. Dunn
Bankhead Highway
Bankhead Highway Pathfinder
San Diego
Washington
J. A. Rountree
Southern Resources Exhibit At Trade Show Attracts Chemists
Over 100000 attendees, mostly chemical experts and manufacturers, visited the Southern Resources booth during the week. They showcased minerals essential to new chemical industries developing in America, while a warning notes any representations tied to the highway or association are unauthorized. Dunn, now en route to Washington, is said to be soliciting advertising and collecting money for a book.
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Soifihern
America
Dunn
Washington
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Unity Methodist Church
RO Johnson
High Point Road
W. C. Tucker
All
Olivia
London
van Amberg
National Amusement Co
National Theatres
Pathe Presents
Betty Blyth
Francis Billings
Southern Goets
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Efird’s Department Store
W.F. Clegg Cigar CO
Greensboro, N. C
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