Dishner Quits as City Public Utilities Director
P J Dishner, ten years head of High Point Public Utilities, resigns effective October 5. Public utilities committee discussed his departure, with City Manager E M Knox to gauge a successor. Paul Farrell eyed as possible replacement. salary figures noted amid broader shakeup talk.
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Dishner
City Public Utilities
P. J. Dishner
High Pointublic Utilities
Public Utilities Committee
E. M. Knox
R. T. Amos
Ihner
City Mana
Paul Farrell
Dishfier
Farrell
University of North Carolina
Alabama Health Commission
Johnson Street
Knox
Mr. Dishner
Friends of the Councilmanic
Local Aviator Is Injured As Plane Crashes On Tracks
J H Lohr of High Point and Albert Jones of Mount Tabor were seriously injured when their open Ox–Eagle Rock biplane crashed on the Southern railway tracks at Harrisburg after a stall and tail spin. Lohr suffered broken ribs and lacerations, Jones a fractured spine and severe head injuries. The crash occurred as a northbound train passed within 100 yards.
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Charlotte
J. H. Lohr
High Point
N. C
Albert Jones
Mount Tabor
Harrisburg
Southern Railway
Charlotte Sanitorium
Lohr
Jones
Tohler
Carolina Flying Circus
Bristol
Tenn
Delegates Head for Detroit From High Point Legion Post
High Point's seven legionnaires of the Andrew Jackson post depart for Detroit Michigan to attend the American Legion National Convention. Official delegate Dr I T Mann and six others travel on a special train arriving about 430 PM. Henry S Stevens of Warsaw seeks at least 600 votes for national commander, aiming to succeed Ralph T O Neil.
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High Point
Andrew Jackson Post
Detroit
Mich
The
American Legion
I. T. Mann
Bruce H. Carraway
Earl Robbins
J. H. Eady
J. T. Heath
H. L. Baumgardner
J. F. Baumgardner
Michigan City
Henrys. Stevens
Warsaw
Legion
Stevens
North Carolina
Ralph T. O’neil
Premier company prepares to open new 70 foot unit
Construction nearly finished on a new 70 foot manufacturing unit linking two old Premier plants with two elevator shafts and a loading platform. Three carloads of new machinery arriving to double case goods capacity, opening by October 1 after September 15 delay. Hiring 200 to 300 workers from city list. locals prioritized. Teel Williams asserts brisk operation soon. Six and a half carloads of sample furniture shipped to Norfolk for Pacific coast distribution.
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Premier Company
Recce Company
Teel Williams
Williams
Norfolk
Pacific Coast
Auto crashes in city injure seven people
A Saturday rush of crashes injured seven in High Point as ambulances ferried victims to Guilford General and High Point hospitals. Sam Foust suffered a cut and shock after a collision with B T Jenkins on Willowbrook Russell streets, with Rex Phillips driving and others uninjured. Additional crashes injured D A Goodman, Guy Wood, Frank Davis, and Claude Davis, with one man attempting self harm shortly after. No fatalities reported.
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Ceal
Sam Foust
W. L. Foust
Asheboro
B. T. Jenkins
Tate Street
Russell
Willowbrook Streets
Guilford General Hospital
Rex Phillips
Phillips
Willowbrook Street
Jenkins
Russell Street
Mr. Jenkins
D. A. Goodman
Denny Street
Gilbert (Gibb) Russell
Main Drug Company
Arcade
North Main Street
High Point Hospital
Goodman
Main Street
Guy Wood
Kearns Street
Olin Atkins
Lake Street
Kearns
Park Streets
Patterson Freed of Murder Charge
Special to the Enterprise Greensboro, Sept 19. John Patterson of High Point Negro is found not guilty in superior court on the Christmas day 1925 killing of John Gilliam. Patterson had earlier been tried as an accessory and acquitted. Gilliam died from a brick blow to the head. Umph Farrington was originally charged with murder but never arrested.
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Greensboro
John Patterson
High Point
John Gilliam
Patterson
Umph Farrington
Gilliam
Extra Tax For Old Railroad Bonds In Township
After years, High Point township reimposes a special debt service tax on a $25 000 railroad bond issue bought in 1921 and later part of a railway merger. County officials disclose the rate is 82 66 cents per $100 valuation for this township, higher than 82 cents in the rest of Guilford. More than 150 taxpayers have already paid under the old discount plan, now needing an extra 0 66 cent per $100. The move funds a line improvements enabling High Point to compete with the Southern Railway for local manufacturing transport.
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High Point
Old
T. R. Short
Short
Willis Booth
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Claude Davis Tries Suicide At Lennox Hotel
Claude Davis 29 son of Mr and Mrs J A Davis slashed his left wrist with a razor in his Lennox hotel room on South Wrenn Street just before 6 pm. He was rushed to Guilford General Hospital where doctors said he should live. A timely phone call reportedly saved his life. Davis had been under strain and recent hospital prospects of an operation were noted by friends and hotel officials.
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Frank Davis
Mangum Avenue
Commerce
Walnut Streets
Pine Tree Park
Thomasville Road
Oakdale Road
Jamestown
Sechrest
Claude Davis
J. A. Davis
Lennox Hotel
Wrenn Street
Guilford General Hospital
Montheu Avenue
South Wrenn Street
Guilfor General Hospital
Mr. Davis
L.S. Morris
Davis
Mr. Morris
Mrs. Morris
Morris
Superior
Greensboro
Changes in City Hall Personnel Amid Tax List Preparations
City hall staff changes run through the past week with more awaited as officials plan the 1929 tax list. R A Barnhart returned to finish reconciling taxes while Elizabeth Pickett prepares to end temporary municipal court work. Auditor C B Wagner seeks two billing machine operators Glenn Brown and Ruth Hillilard to handle 18 hour daily operations once the budget and tax rate are set. Continuous work begins after budget adoption. tax rate not yet fixed.
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R. A. Barnhart
City Hall
Elizabeth Pickett
Municipal Court Department
C. B. Wagner
Glenn Brown
Steeler Street
Ruth Hillilard
Gatewood Avenue
Negro Boy Discovers Life Of Traveler Is No Bed Of Roses
Samuel Lee Willis, 13, from Girard Alabama, was found hiding under a Sparks Circus box car and taken to the local jail. He told detectives about being lured by a man with eight five gallon jars of whiskey, left at the café, and later boarded a circus train. Officials seek his family as juvenile courts search for guardians.
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Samuel Lee
Girard
Norfolk
Samuel Lee Willis
Alabama
F. H. Shuford
Birmingham
Alabama State Department of Welfare
Third Grade Gas Presages Lower Price to Autoists
Local distributor introduces a third grade of gasoline at three cents under straight product with lower gravity than regular gas. Initial sale by three dealers shows brisk demand and potential moves by other large oil firms. W. S. Whitfield of Sinclair explains aim is affordable fuel during low mood period. Gasoline price stands about 20 cents per gallon with 14 cents for gas and six cents state tax.
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W. S&s. Whitfield
Sinclair Refining Company
North Carolina
U. S
Guilford Alumni Seek Big Turnout at Annual Meet
Guilford county alumni of North Carolina State College will gather Friday at 7 15 p m in the Florentine room of the King Cotton hotel Greensboro for the annual meeting and officer election Dr I O Schaub dean of the college school of agriculture will be principal speaker Other speakers include L Polk Denmark secretary of the general alumni association and Shorty Lawrence football coach for the school The meeting is the night before the Davidson State football game inviting all alumni and residents on the rolls to attend W H Sullivan vice president and J Leslie Andrews secretary treasurer are also named officers
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Guilford County
North Carolina State College
Florentine
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
W. H. Hodgin
Guilford Association
I. O. Schaub
School of Agriculture
L. Polk Denmark
General Alumni Association
Shorty
Lawrence
Davidson State
State College
Hodgin
W. H. Sullivan
J. Leslie Andrews
Sunday School Ass'n Meets This Afternoon
The Piedmont Baptist Sunday School association, serving Guilford, Rockingham and Randolph counties, will hold its regular monthly meeting this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Randolph county at Franklinville. principal speakers are Rev. George T. Tunstall of Green Street Baptist and Rev. O G Tillman of First Baptist Asheboro.
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Piedmont Baptist Sunday School Association
Franklinville
Randolph County
George T. Tunstall
Green Street
O. G. Tillman
First Baptist Church
Asheboro
Guilford
Rockingham
Randolph Counties
Sheriff Gray Captures Three Gallons of Whiskey Near Florence
Sheriff C. L. Gray and assistants seized three gallons of whiskey hidden in a trap about four miles northeast of Florence late yesterday afternoon. No arrests were made, but charges are expected to be filed soon.
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C. L. Gray
Florence
City
Gray
Exclusive
Nee
Hope To Fund City Floating Debt Of 3 210 000 Monday
High Point city officials seek to complete negotiations Monday for selling bonds to fund 3 210 000 in floating municipal notes issued for decades of construction. A bond house from synergy, Ohio will meet with city leaders while the finance committee lays groundwork, with council sessions planned to consider the plan and the school budget. The move aims to ease debt pressures as the city confronts 8 000 000 in bonded debt plus maturing notes, and a large note due yesterday.
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Sorwuy
Ohio
New York
City Hall
High Point
Wall Street Securities House
City officials predict schools will receive $72 000
Officials anticipate a municipal budget for the current term including a $74,500 school appropriation. The plan reduces the board’s ask by about $1,973 and abandons a $3,000 debt service item. A council hearing is expected early in the week.
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Council
High Point
Relief From Heat With Cloudy Skies Over City
Partial cloud cover brought slight relief to residents after a week of extreme heat. Temperatures dipped from 99 degrees, with highs mostly in the 90s across September. Metrologist A. B. Horney notes the city’s worst days ranged near 103 degrees while other dates hit 100 or above.
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A. B. Horney
New Enrollment Record Set By City School System
The city school system reports 7951 students enrolled in white and colored schools after the first two weeks, surpassing last year’s 7746 for the end of the first month. Superintendent T Wingate Andrewe says 8000 may be reached by month’s end, with strong growth expected.
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T. Wingate Andrewe
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T. Wingate Andrews
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