Offers to Buy Church in High Point Split
Mr. E D Steele on behalf of several Washington Street M E Church members offers 5000 dollars to the board of stewards for the Washington Street Church property. They propose to let the congregation use the building free until a new church on North Main Street is finished. Some members oppose joining the new church, planning to form another Methodist church while retaining a large remaining flock. The writer notes potential for higher bids beyond 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Steele
Oeton St
High Point
Washington Street
M. E
Washington Inauguration Crowds Strain Hotels And Prices
Washington March 4 reports show inauguration week amid high crowds, aggressive hotel rates, and scarce reservations. A sensational public auction at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue lists elephant and other relics with humorous taunts toward Taft and Roosevelt figures.
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Washington
Capital
Congress
Moonrise Hope in Fancy Gap Death Row Tales
Floyd Allen seeks one more moonrise over Fancy Gap and a burial among those hills if not granted clemency. His son Claude awaits execution in the electric chair on March 7 as Governor Mann considers commutation. Captain Tom Haynes notes Dexter Goad’s photo in the 1897-98 legislative gallery.
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Richmond
Floyd Allen
Fancy Gap
Virginia Penitentiary
Mann
Claude
Hillsville
Pap
Tom Haynes
Giles
Capitol
State
Dexter Goad
Haynes
Bryan
Virginia
Resolutions of Respect for Bro T E Valentine’s Wife
Chickasaw Tribe No 32 Imp'd Order of Red Men held a March 5 1913 meeting to honor the wife of Bro T E Valentine. The tribe voted to drape its charter for 30 days, publish resolutions, and send copies to Valentine and the Tomahawk and city press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasaw Tribe
Imp’d. Order of Red Men
Bro. T. E. Valentine
Bro. Valentine
The
Tomahawk
City Press
W. L. Stamey
W. E. Herndon
W. T. Brown
Child Dies After Grate Fire Burns Harrell Boy
Two year old William Penn Harrell died after clothes caught fire from an open grate at his grandparents home. He died at 8 p m after a severe burn ordeal. his mother and grandmother suffered burns trying to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn
J. M. Harrell
W. P. Pickett
Captain Westmoreland Re Signs Over Health
Owing to ill health Captain C. T. Westmoreland of the West End Fire Company has tendered his resignation. The move is met with regret by the company and its members.
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C. T. Westmoreland
West End Fire Company
Prize list for High Point park contest announced
A list of donors offers prizes for a High Point park contest including History of The American People by Woodrow Wilson, five volumes, and various cash and merchandise awards. Prizes cover best park sidewalk, best window box, best kept yard, and most beautiful backyard with items like a brass jardiniere and kitchen ware. Contenders should send name and street number to Miss Venetia Smith.
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Woodrow Wilson
W. L. Stamey
M. J. Wrenn
Jardiniere
Peoples House Furnishing Co
Dr. Perkins
Robert Sechrest
Venetia Smith
Enterprise
J. J. Farriss
Algernon Alexander
Robt
Kagan, Beeson Hdn. Co
Brass Jardiniere
Death of Mrs Molly Johnson Mother of June A Johnson
Mrs Molly Johnson mother of June A Johnson died Wednesday afternoon at her son's Centennial street home after a several day illness.
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Molly Johnson
June A. Johnson
Centennial Street
Kress Plans New Store on Main Street Lot
Kress, the well known five and ten cent store man, will build on his South Main Street property. The valuable lot fronts 50 feet on Main Street and 50 feet on Rankin Street, with a rear depth of about 200 plus feet, and work is expected to start soon.
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Kress
Community Pledges Aim to Build New Church
On Sunday at Washington Street M E Church pledges totaling 36000 were made to fund a new church on North Main Street at the Ham Lindsay property recently bought. The committee hopes to reach 50000 and erect a leading church in the state. Major contributions came from J W Harris and H W Frazier at 2000 each, O E Kearns 1500, with many others at 1000 to 509 and down to 100.
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Washington Street
M. E
North Main Street
Ham Lindsay
Messrs
J.W. Harris
H. W. Frazier
O. E. Kearns
Death of Mr Dixon in Greensboro
Cleveland H Dixon, a young Greensboro man and manager of the Insurance Department for the Southern Real Estate Company, died Sunday after a brief illness at St. Leo's Hospital. Rev. A G Dixon of High Point is his brother. Funeral services were held Monday at Midway M P Church in Rockingham County.
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Cleveland H Dixon
Greensboro
St. Leo’s Hospital
The
Southern Real Estate Company
Rev
A. G. Dixon
High Point
Midway M.P. Church
Rockingham County
Local Ads Preview Pages Highlight Roland Park Listings
New ads this week feature Roland Park with manager Stephen Clark on page eight, plus Moffitt Furnishing Co announces spring offerings on page one. Royal Baking Powder appears on page eight and Leonard Beavans-Stamey Co. makes an interesting first page notice. The Famous also runs an ad on page one. Read it.
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Roland Park
Stephen Clark
Moffitt Furnishing Co
Royal Baking Powder
Leonard Beavans-Stamey Co
Field and McCarthy Wed in Greensboro Ceremony
Mr H E Field and Miss Helen McCarthy united in marriage Wednesday shortly after noon in Greensboro by Squire D H Collins. Dallas Zolli coffers and John Lindsay served as witnesses. The couple returned to High Point the same day and received many congratulations.
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Greensboro
H.E. Field
Helen McCarthy
Squire D. H. Collins
Dallas Zollicoffers
John Lindsay
Archdale mass meeting backs streetcar extension plan
Archdale residents voiced strong support for extending the street car line to their town at a mass meeting last week. The item appears among other local notes and upcoming events including millinery openings and civic initiatives.
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Archdale
Ford Ecker
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Randal Mann
Staunton Military Academy
H. S. Reed
Reidsville
Judge Settle
Richardson
Woodrow Wilson
W. L. Stamey
Mamie Frances
Venetia Smith
Easter Hats Awe City and Surrounding Country
Advertises H A Moffitt Easter Hat line as beauties for women and children in the city and surrounding country, urging all to see them.
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H. A. Moffitt
Easter Dress Silk Line At Moffitt’s Store
H A Moffitt’s promotes a popular price Easter dress sale featuring a wide selection of silks and dress goods in stock.
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H. A. Moffitt’s
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Stamey Company
Invisi
A. P. Staley
Optometrist
ANS
High Point, N
Wood’s Garden & Field Seeds
Piedmont
North Carolina
Brown Grocery Co
Shelefield Stand
Boon County
Brown Gocery Co
N.C. Sheroff
P.S
Bruce Craven
Wachovia Bank Building
N.C
Francis John Dyer
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Washington, D.C
Oyster Bay
Africa
Wwe
Taft
Howard William
Rosenfeld
Theodore
Nol
W. J. Bryan
Westmoreland
MR. Dixon
Wilson
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Stanford White
Roland Park Company
Boy Scouts Minstrels
Anna Dudley
Baltimore
Criminal Court
Davidson
Randolph County
Price Concert Co
Virginia Clinard
Potomac Yards
Washington City
W. M. Tucker
W. C. Barbare
H. F. Stamey
Stamey
Harry Hoffman
South Main Street
Tilley’s Emporium
Clark Building
Allen Bros
Gertrude Adams
Poplin
the Moffitt Furnishing Company
New Series Piedmont Building Loan Association
W.C. Idol
Sec
Treas
Wachovia Bank
Paris
Alexanders
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