Hospital to Enlarge as Labor Unrest Grows
High Point hospital expands to 60 rooms from 40 to meet rising demand. Local labor strikes involve about 150 workers from Tomlinson Chair, Giant Furniture, Mirror, and Piedmont Hosiery Mills. Union officers and speakers campaign with open air meetings as management remains tight lipped. Confederate veterans attend statewide reunion while local incidents and community commentary emphasize bipartite tensions and calls for brotherly cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Hospital
Tomlinson Chair Company
Giant Furniture Company
The
Mirror Company
Piedmont Hosiery Mills
Carpenters and Joiners Union
Rovertson
East Green Street
Scott Kiser
Indiana
Scott
Coal Miners’ Union
Marvin Rich
Charlotte
J. 4
Graham
Tis
Lavor
Labor Differences at Wins ton Are Settled
Reynolds Tobacco Company and its employees avert a strike in Winston-Salem as the local Tobacco Workers union and manufacturers reach a settlement. The 48 hour week with five nine hour days, a near 20 percent wage increase, and overtime at nine and a half cents predicate the agreement through January 31, 1920. Local union leaders approved the proposition, and cooperative stock company planning begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Tobacco Workers
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Tobacco Workers’ Union
Beld
Reynolds Tobacco Company
A. McAndrew
E. L. Evans
International Tobacco Workers’ Union
Louisville
Robert Clodfelter
Reynolds Company
McAndrew
Co-Operative Stock Company
North Carolina Friends hold yearly meeting at Guilford College
The North Carolina Society of Friends convened its yearly meeting at Guilford College on Wednesday with sessions through Monday August 11. Representatives from monthly meetings across the state attend to discuss church work. Zeno Dixon presides, with J Frank Davis and Clara L Cox as reading and recording clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends
North Carolina Society of Friends
Guilford College
Zeno Dixon
Elkin
J. Frank Davis
Concord
Reading
Clara L. Cox
High Point
College
New Garden
Levi T. Pennington
Pacific College
Newburg
Oregon
Friends Church
Clarence Pickett
Young Friends
Willis Beede
American Friends’ Foreign Mission Board
Louis S. Stout
Western Yearly Meeting
Indiana
William W. Comfort
Haverford College
Haverford
Local school board funds aid and staff changes reported
The school board approved 3700 dollars in 48 appropriations for the Normal Industrial negro school and announced appointments of Mrs. A M Richardson to fifth grade Elm Street school and Miss Agnes McAdams to sixth grade. Supt Marr praised his able teacher corps as community notes cover picnics, visits, illness, and local civic items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal Industrial Negro School
A. M. Richardson
Grace
Elm Street
Agnes Mce-Adams
Supt. Marr
Expert says lack of manhood caused Annie Burkenheimer death
In Wilmington a crowd failed to assist during Annie E. Burkenheimer's drowning in Banks channel. Boy scouts brought her ashore. misused pulmotor and medical confusion delayed aid. Dr J B Crammer arrived to declare her dead after several minutes.
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Burkenheimer
Wilmington
Channel
Annie E. Burkenheimer
Banks Channel
Don R. Kirkman
High Point
Dumoore Harvey, Jr
Judson Barber
Lumiona
Gastonia
Bob Kerman
Lumina
Cowan
Kermon
Fritz Hanson
Townsend
Tidewater Power Company
J. B. Crammer
Liberty Calendar proposes 13 months of four weeks each
A proposed bill in congress outlines a calendar reform naming months as January February Liberty March April etc The year excludes New Year Day and Correction Day yet retains a 364 day year split into 13 four week months starting each Monday The plan preserves weekly structure while changing month names and count
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Congress
Boil Water Advisory Issued By City Mayor
Heavy rains have slightly infected the city water supply. Mayor Stanton urges all residents to boil drinking water until tests confirm safety. The alert notes the risk is not highly dangerous but precautions are necessary and will be lifted when conditions improve.
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Stanton
Local figures announce returns and business changes
Eugene White and Worth Ivey have returned from overseas. Carl Wright sells his stake in the motor service firm to strike out on his own. W. C. Beavans and D. C. Leonard of Lincolnton depart Sunday night for the northern area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wright
Motor Service Company
South is best place for Negro governor tells Chicago paper
Burlington August 3 Governor Bickett, in response to a Chicago Herald Examiner inquiry, says the South is the best place for the Negro though warns against social equality dreams. He insists North Carolina promotes race harmony and equal protection under law while preserving social barriers. He notes Southern industry could absorb 25,000 Negro workers but urges them to stay in the South if social ambitions arise in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Bickett
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Washington
Chicago
South
Herald and Examiner
North Carolina
Lincolnton merchant Dan Leonard travels to northern markets
Dan C. Leonard of Leonard Bros merchants from Lincolnton North Carolina spent Sunday here en route to northern markets. Leonard was formerly manager of the Leonard Beavans Stamey Company in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan C. Leonard
Leonard Bros
Lincolnton
N. C
Mr. Leonard
Leonard-Beavans-Stamey Co
Rail strikes and meat packers face government action
Telegraphic briefs report the great meat packing firms will be prosecuted as the first step in a campaign to cut living costs. Officials in Washington say a bid to take over railroads in partnership with the government will not become law. The railroad strike remains serious as members continue to strike despite leaders and President Wilson.
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Washington
Wilson
HEADLINE JINGLES
A satirical piece from Stocktn Farm Hertford North Carolina mocks political figures and current events with rhymed quips about clocks labor unions rain and Prohibition era concerns. It lists potential presidential nominees and comments on foreign policy and Mexican affairs with tongue in cheek humor.
Lost his life insured after a string of losses
A comic verse recounts a man who loses nearly all possessions to misfortune including animals, a cyclone, an earthquake, and a mortgage claim, but survives through life insurance leaving something for his widow and children in the end.
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Wise
Smith Streets
South Hamilton
Willis Streets
Ro Ky Mount
Charles Embler
Southern Chair Co
Wesley Memorial Church
Old Trinity
Henrice and
Odelle Brown
Winston
First Baptist Church
Hayworth’s Springs
W.L. Stamey
Wrightsville
Press Association
W. L. Smith
J. P. Rawley
J. J. Farriss
C M. Brown
the Press Association
A.E. Tate
J. Ed Kirkman
Guy Wells
Col
H. C. Lewis
Maj
T. J. Wood
Jim B. Little
Rocky Mount
J. Vassie Wilson
J. H. Shaw
Geo. L. Stansbury
Mason W.gant
D. H. Parsons
White Oak
Greensboro
P. C. McIntire
Charles Gardner
W. O. Oliver
Wade
Mr. Oliver
Oxford Orphange
Marguerite Kirkman
Kinston
J. E Wagner
Bud White
Main
Willbrook
Furniture Exposition
Hedrick
Edward Franklin
Frank Hedrick
Mechanicsville
Parker Paper and Twine Co
Reidsville Paper Box Co
Eugene White
Worth Ivey
W. C. Beavans
D. C. Leonard
Chicago Paper
Robert H. W. Welch, Jr
Stocktn
Hertford
N.C
London Daily News
Hickory
Dickory
Dock
Noah
Josephus Daniels
Pershing
Clark
McAdoo
Ole Hanson
Hiram Johnson
Taft
Cabot Lodge
Allen
Trotsky
Calibank Voice
Europe
Mexico
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