High Point Furniture Exposition Draws Southern Attention
The Merchants' Trade Journal notes High Point North Carolina as a booming furniture hub with a planned 200000 square foot exposition building costing about 3500000. The market now showcases eleven bedroom and twelve dining lines plus glass, musical, and cabinet goods, with prices from 16.50 to 400 for major items and a 100 percent cost rise in recent seasons. The new show space aims to centralize exhibitions for Southern factories, aiding both large and small buyers through mixed car loading discounts and broader selection.
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Merchants’ Trade Journal
High Point
North Carolina
High Point Market
Lligh Point
Tals
Seagrove Route One Items Attend Social Guests
Mrs. Alfred Cagle continues to improve after a period of illness. Rev. T. G. Green was a guest of Mrs. A. C. Lowdermilk Sunday evening. Viola Cox visited Miss Clarice Albright Sunday evening. Mrs. B. Cox, called to Franklinville for her daughter, returned home Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Cagle
T. G. Green
A. C. Lowdermilk
Viola Cox
Clarice Albright
B. Cox
B. M
Franklinville
Widower Seeks Matron for Matrimony in Crifield Md
A sober educated widower, 44, seeks a suitable woman not over 40 who owns a farm or business. He will consider a widow with one or two children. No insincere replies. Write with particulars to O A W at 311 Chesapeake Ave Crifield Md.
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Chesapeak Ave
Crifield, Md
High Point Wins Second Game Over White Oak 7 6
High Point triumphed 7 to 6 over White Oak of Greensboro in the Saturday afternoon game. Local notes include civic figures traveling to Columbus for the centenary event, business moves, and upcoming Fourth of July plans plus county highway discussions and a note on a wheat threshing law.
News from Old Trinity Marriage and local updates
Mr David Rawldin married Miss Estelle Kerner of Kernersville and the newlyweds left for a tour of Northern cities. Mrs Elias Lohr remains ill and Bettie White visited Bennettsville South Carolina. Lieut J N Elder of the Rainbow division returns to Hopewell Virginia. Local rain and visits to Greensboro. Allen Mitchell is home from overseas. Our line of rings brooches lavalliers and jewelry advertised by Stameys Jewelry Store.
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David Rawldin
Estelle Kerner
Kernersville
Erner
Joseph Kerner
Elias Lohr
Bettie White
Bennettsville
South Carolina
J. N. Elder
Rainbow Division
Hopewell
Mesdames Ballance
Carpenter
Greensboro
John Ingrem
W. N. Elder
Miss. Link
Thomasville
Old Jarrell hotel to be replaced by modern business building
W M Dyer announced that the old Jarrell hotel, a city landmark since High Point’s plank road era, will be torn down to make way for a steel and concrete business building. Dismantling begins July 15, reflecting the site’s long history as a trading and shipping point for James town and surrounding areas. The wooden structure has withstood fires yet remains a relic of the old road era.
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Jarrell
W. M. Dyer
High Point
Old Plank Road
Jamestown
Fayetteville
Salem
North Carolina Railroad
Southern
Merchants Endorse Kernersville Road Plan
City merchants at a Thursday meeting unanimously endorsed building a hard surface road from Kernersville to Winston-Salem. They also proposed paving the Guilford county road by Abbott's Creek to the Davidson county line with a permanent material to facilitate travel between the region and Kernersville.
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Winston-Salem
Guilford County
Abbott's Creek
Davidson County
Auman Family Weekend and Visiting Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Auman and children of Biscoe hosted a weekend gathering with relatives from New Jersey High Point Denton Whitaker Mebane and Asheville among others. Several grandchildren visited Sunday while Pearl Garner and brother Curtis contracted chicken pox.
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C. B. Auman
Biscoe
E. L. Auman
New Jersey
John Austin
High Point
J. D. Lilly
Denton
J. A. Auman
J. A. Monroe
C. E. Stuart
Eva Smith
Jackson Springs
Pearl Garner
Curtis
Rural News Highlights From Farmer Community
Mr Ernest Ridge of High Point visited his mother Mrs Mary Ridge on Sunday. Miss Bettye Shamburger, sidelined for years, spent Sunday in Farmer. Miss Alma Lassiter, former Pilot Mountain high teacher, returned home. Mrs A R Shaw of Gallatin Tenn visiting sister Mrs C C Hub Bard. Farmer Telephone Central moving to Mr H N McMaster’s home. Mrs Walter Kearns of Winston Salem visiting Mr J H Kearns. Mrs W J Moore and children with Mrs Julia Kearns visited relatives in Farmer last week. Mrs Mary Kearns celebrated 79th birthday with four sons and two daughters and nineteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Aunt Mary well known locally and praised by friends. Stehli Silk Mills building homes for employees on Greene and Park streets. J L Peacock of Lexington, once a Farmer resident, was here on business Friday.
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Stephi Silk Mills
Bertha Nicols
David Coker
Lula Cannon
Elon College
Margaret Rankin
Westminster
J. W. Harris
W. C. Covington
Wade Mecum Springs
T. W. Bickett
North Carolina
Loyal Order
Klu Klux Klan
Ganes
Elks
Register of Deeds
Charles F. Long
Southern Furniture and Exposition Building, Inc
Lindsay Building
North Main Street
George F. Wilson
Wilson Motor Company
New York
L. V. Phillips
E. L. Greene
T. H. Livengood
Davidson County
High Point
Winston- Salem
Ernest Ridge
Mary Ridge
Bettye Shamburger
Farmer
Alma Lassiter
Pilot Mountain High School
A. R. Shaw
Gallatin, Tenn
C. C. Hubbard
Farmer Telephone Central
L. M. Kearns
W. A. Watson
Greensboro
Mary
Alleged Blockader Bound Over Court
In City Hall on Thursday afternoon 2 o clock Lacy Hill Noahhey Skeen of Randolph ity were tried on charges of unfatchying whiskey at an illicit distillery in their county. The commissioner bound Lacy Hill over to the December term of district court under $200 bond. Noahey Skeen was acquitted due to insufficient evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Brown
United States
Lacy Hill Noahhey Skeen
Randolph Ity
Lacy Hill
Noahey Skeen
Army Aeroplane Flies Over City on Route to Greensboro
Lieutenant Brandt led an army aeroplane over the city Saturday afternoon en route to Greensboro. Motor trouble forced an unscheduled stop for repairs, with witnesses noting the craft followed the railroad line toward Greensboro.
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Army
Brandt
Greensboro
Will Likely Enter League With Six Towns All-Stars
The High Point Baseball Club is understood to join a state circuit of baseball clubs that would include Gastonia Spencer Lincolnton Reidsville and other towns, forming a league of six or more teams.
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High Point
Gastonia
Spencer
Lincolnton
Reidsville
Stolen Car Recovered Near Charlotte
Chief of Police Welch located the stolen car of I. W. Wooley near Charlotte last week in a barn belonging to Jack Wade on Freeman's Mill road. A letter in the car identified the owner.
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Welch
I. W. Wooley
Charlotte
Jack Wade
Freeman's Mill Road
Weatherly Named Principal Of Randleman Schools
Asheboro items report Prof. D M Weatherly former principal of Franklinville graded schools elected principal of Randleman graded schools for the coming year. Mention notes Weatherly led udfin graded schools last year. Also says Miss Lela Hayworth visited High Point recently, N M Zackery of High Point takes a meat cutter job, and the school board plans auditorium additions this summer with Mr C O Moffitt and family visiting in High Point.
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D. M. Weatherly
Franklinville
Randleman
Weatherly
Udfin
Lela Hayworth
High Point
N. M. Zackery
C. O. Moffitt
3. B. Brooks
City approves bonds to fund water works and debt
The city council authorized bonds totaling 100000 dollars to fund water works and 93000 dollars to pay floating indebtedness at Tuesday night’s session.
Hoover Reunion at Back Creek Church July 5 1919
A Hoover family reunion will be held at Back Creek Friends church on Saturday July 5 1919. All blood Hoovers and relatives are invited to bring picnic baskets. Rev T W Andrews of Asheboro will attend and speak. Mrs Etta Hoover of Caldwell Idaho visits Randolph county relatives. Other Hoover family members from distant states are expected.
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Hoover
Back Creek Friends Church
Hoovers
T. W. Andrews
Asheboro
Etta Hoover
Caldwell
Idaho
Randolph County
Hargrave Appointed County Educational Nurse in Asheboro
Mrs Mildred Hargrave an experienced nurse arrives in Asheboro to begin public health work on July 1 she will headquarter at the courthouse office with home demonstration agent Mrs Coggins Born in Union county North Carolina she has 20 years nursing experience including Simmons College Boston and Central Carolina Hospital Sanford She will assist Randolph County and Red Cross operations after a background in New York and Boston Meanwhile H Adams plans a new office building on English Street near hosiery mills housing officials of his represented companies
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Mildred Hargrave
Asheboro
Hargrave
Union County
North Carolina
Simmons College
Boston
Mass
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford
N. C
New York
Infants Hospital
Central Hotel
H. Adams
Lutheran Church
English Street
Ambitious youths urged to seek state college aid in Raleigh
Agriculturalists note that needy, ambitious boys of good character may enter the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering at Raleigh with expenses paid by county commissioners. Recipients must return to their counties after graduation to farm or arrange a repayment plan once earnings begin. C B Williams Raleigh NC. Meanwhile fifteen percent of Southern Furniture Exposition Building stock subscriptions have been called to fund preliminary construction work.
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North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering
Raleigh
C. B. Williams
N. C
Southern Furniture Exposition Building, Incorporated
Theater under construction leases solidified for future shows
A large work crew excavates foundations for the new theater planned to open later this year. A B Huff and B H Hedgecock lease the theater for 10 years from owner builder G H Kearns. P B Parrish of Greensboro will manage operations with prior amusement industry experience.
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A. B. Huff
B. H. Hedgecock
G. H. Kearns
P. B. Parrish
Greensboro
Seashore Hotel Burns at Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Beach. The Seashore hotel one of the towns two main hotels burned to the ground late tonight. More than 300 guests escaped unhurt with most belongings. Loss partially insured. Fire equipment rushed from Wilmington to fight the blaze.
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Wilmington
Seashore
Wrightsville Beach
Double wedding at Pilgrim Reformed Church in High Point
In High Point on Sunday a double wedding was held at Pilgrim Reformed Church as Miss Alberta Long wed Mr Junius Burley and Miss Ardelia Murphy tied with Mr Robert H Everhart. Rev Andrews officiated. The column notes local visitors, a bee incident, heavy oat stalks, and questions on women voters and poll taxes.
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Mary A. Clodfelter
Lafayette McGhee
James Henderson
Southside
Winston
Charlie Hine
World War Cost From Lives To Ship Toll Revealed
War Department figures show 7,58,300 military deaths across nations and a monetary cost between 185 and 195 billion dollars. Merchant ships lost 23,005,383 tons and war vessels 1,882,125 tons. Senator Porter McCumber released the data to argue for a League of Nations.
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War Department
Porter McCumber
North Dakota
League of Nations
Dr Walton Wilkins suicide ends Mineola case
Dr. Walton K. Wilkins convicted of killing his wife at Mineola N Y hanged himself in his jail bathroom Sunday night leaving a note protesting his innocence. A Norfolk fire caused three million dollars in losses to Imperial Tobacco Co and other property on Monday. A Brest France clash left two Frenchmen and two Americans dead or mortally wounded amid a flag incident. Daily Enterprise reorganizes under new management with R B Terry as president J H Adams VP and J P Rawley secretary treasurer and manager. A Ford struck a motorcycle on the Greensboro road injuring Ralph Knott of Winston. The 1909 one and two cent postage rates resume July 1.
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Walton K. Wilkins
Mineola
Norfolk
Imperial Tobacco Company
Brest
France
R. B. Terry
J. H. Adams
J. P. Rawley
The
Daily Enterprise
New Management
Greensboro
Ralph Knott
Winston
Annual Meeting Reports Profit for Bamberg Rail Line
The Bamberg Ehrhardt and Walterboro Railway posted a neat profit last year per president William C Wolfe at the annual stockholders meeting. Directors re elected Walterboro names added to fill a vacancy. Officials including Wolfe Bamberg Hays Rentz and Field were re elected. The road reported a handsome surplus after expenses and praised for good management.
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Bamberg
William C. Wolfe
G. Frank Bamberg
C. Hays
C. W. Rentz
Jones A. Williams
J. D. Copeland, Jr
A. Rice
W. D. Rhoad
J. W. Barr
Mr. Barr
Thomas Black
B. C. Hays
C. J. Field
High Record Made by Southern Region Rail Service
May on time performance set new highs as 95.3 percent of about 50 000 trains ran on schedule across 28 roads under government control. Seventeen larger roads operated 47 403 trains at 95.4 percent, while eleven smaller roads averaged 95.3. The Macon Dublin Savannah line achieved 124 on time runs. Southern Railroad lines overall reached 96 percent.
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United States Railroad Administration
Macon
Dublin
Savannah
Southern Railroad Lines
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Wesley Memorial M. ©. Church
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J. T. Forster
Dunn
J. C. Welch
North Main
A. L. Burns
J. W. Wilson
O. A. Girkman, Jr
Willard-Dempsey
Toledo
OLD Trinity
Lavalliers
Stamey’s Jewelry Store
Jarrell Hotel
Merchants
Kernersville Ute
Farmer News
Stehli Silk _Mills
Greene and Park Streets
J. L. Peacock
Lexington
Back Creek
Seashore Hotel
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