Atelier [1916] . MAYOR PICKETT <&uv Cttp ABOUT sixty years ago, High Point was just a little railroad station, havinga population of about three hundred. It derived its name from the factthat it was the highest point on the old North Carolina Railroad betweenCharlotte and Goldsboro. After the war this road was sold on account of debtand then became known as the Richmond and Danville Road. Later it was soldto the Southern, and now High Point is on the main line, being midway betweensix great points: Washington and Atlanta, New York and Jacksonville, Port-

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