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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1925
Page
2
The High Point Enterprise discusses postwar peace, mentions the Ku Klux Klan owning a Raleigh publication, cites Charleston fires and city planning, notes Pershing and Dawes campaign remarks in Boston, and critiques the Stone Mountain Memorial association plan to issue memorial half dollars while urging transparency about its contacts and aims.
Victims' relatives attend the Raleigh electrocution, observing as the state executes a penalty they would have imposed in earlier eras. The Allied world largely ignores the verdict, likely discounted before it was announced.
A former director of the federal census bureau is suggested as chief of the new state department of conservation and development. The governor appears interested in appointing a person with experience in securing and collating facts.
Ben MacNeill of the News and Observer relays a gory bass story with two wives kept from shallow nursery waters. He notes the fish may aid spawning while remaining the household member who guards eggs and hatchlings, highlighting his reporting more than biology.
The Virginia governor, president of the national Good Roads convention, said one mile of good roads stimulates building many more. He noted Virginia has yet to show strong progress in expanding good roads north and south.
An essay argues against the stereotype of southern languor, citing northern doubts and southern vigor. It highlights UNC President H. W. Chase urging students to stay in the South to aid future growth, noting rising wealth, prosperity, and confidence across Dixie. The piece emphasizes regional development and the South’s broad potential for advancement.
A national discussion on crime coverage compares church and newspaper stances. Ministers in Des Moines and Chicago protest sensational crime stories while editors balance reporting with responsibility, labeling both pulpit and press as joint offenders when dwelling on unsavory life events. France weighs taxation amid armed forces costs, shifting focus from other issues.
The piece argues France will defer the Vatican relation while facing urgent national worries. It notes Herriot’s role in the religious issue’s impact on government collapse and stresses the primacy of national financial stability and security. The article claims France will unveil public finance facts after generations of secrecy.
In High Point the city primary shows a light vote with 698 ballots cast by 2 PM. Precincts report Gibson ahead in No 2 while No 4 shows no clear lead. contest focuses on Ward One council with G W Clark L R Gibson and Dr C S Grayson. Precinct tallies: No 1 123 No 2 109 No 3 188 No 4 153 No 5 39 No 6 72 No 7 64.
In Ashland Kentucky on April 21 Mrs Emma Sloan who was charged with killing her son and daughter with a hatchet last Sunday was removed from a hospital and allowed to return home under police guard. The coroner declared she was insane at the time of the attack and an inquest will be held before she is arraigned on a murder charge. She spoke frankly at the inquest saying she hoped her children were in heaven. Authorities will review her sanity before formal prosecution.
Milan April 21 reports that driving to the right is now compulsory across Italy. Previously urban streets directed drivers left while rural roads directed right, but rising motor traffic caused widespread confusion.
With the new Mechanicsville fire station opening, Fire Chief A B Horney reorganizes departments so at least one truck remains on duty after alarms. The plan assigns specific boxes to stations and alarms, detailing duties for stations 1 2 3 and 4, the aerial, and the officer directing second arrivals to lay hose or return to service.
The cotton market opened steady at 12 points higher to one lower but soon faced selling pressure tied to Texas rain reports. May cotton fell to 24.55 and October to 24.66, a drop of 26 to 27 points from the early highs. Western Texas and Oklahoma rains eased drought concerns, while weakness in New Orleans and Liverpool fueled selling from Wall Street, dealers, and shorts.
The New Orleans cotton market opened active with Liver pool stronger than due and New York higher. Early trades fell, with July at 24.87 and October at 24.33, down 25 to 26 points from the prior close. Oklahoma City telegrams cited rain in Oklahoma and Arkansas, none in Texas, though private reports noted rain in northwest Texas. A Texas coast storm warning was issued.
Stock prices drifted downward at the opening. Chicago and Alton common and preferred hit new yearly lows at 9 and 6. Maxwell B and Baldwin opened a point lower. American Sugar remained weak. Yesterday’s rally faded as American Can rose 4.
Henderson April 18. Kiwanis Club fosters poultry work urging boys and girls to obtain eggs for hatching. Club members agree to return one mature pullet for each setting received. County agent J. C. Anthony reports 125 settings distributed under this plan.
Washington April 21 announcement of a Wheeler defense committee to relieve Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana of expenses from his double election efforts. Norman Hapgood named chairman.
The board of directors of the chamber of commerce meets tonight at 7 30 to discuss city wide matters. Topics include entrances to Guilford county sanatorium, attendance at the United States chambers of commerce meeting in Washington May 20 21 22, bond election and Southern Exposition in New York, Greensboro highway widening or new High Point to Gate City route, High Point railway crossing, awaiting engineer report, and a proposed photogenic map showing city layout.
R D Samuels driver for Royal Blue Transportation Co bound over to Guilford Superior Court on assault with a deadly weapon after a Greens boro hearing. Frances Russell sustained a fractured skull when her car collided with Samuels bus on the Greensboro Winston-Salem road near Friendship two weeks ago. Samuels admitted driving 25 to 35 mph and not slowing at the Deep River road crossing. Judge Collins set a $1,000 bond.
Washington notes show treasury officials urge equal consideration of France debt to the United States in war debt discussions. While not formally informing Paris, officials let the stance leak through other channels as London negotations proceed. The position mirrors Britain’s earlier stance voiced by Winston Churchill.
The tribunals of independence in Constantinople have their extraordinary powers prolonged for six months. The Angora tribunal gains the same authority as those in the eastern vilayets, granting summary life and death powers in insurrection cases against the nationalist government.
Harry Gardner known as the human fly arrives with manager Paul Craig to perform death-defying stunts on the Sheraton hotel exterior Thursday at 8 pm under American Legion auspices. The climb will be illuminated by a searchlight and traffic will be held to allow spectators a clear view. Gardner plans to ascend and descend the walls.
In a cautious cabinet statement France pledges fidelity to allies and pacific conduct toward all nations while addressing the Vatican question. Supporters praise the cabinet as opposition denounces fiercely. The government backs maintaining a Vatican diplomatic representative, calling the post highly qualified, tying army cuts to policy success.
Paris reports that the Painleve cabinet will focus on security and financial stability, seeking arbitration and disarmament while keeping Heriot’s policy. It vows to balance the budget, resolve Alsace Lorraine issues, ratify the Washington labor convention, and avoid military service cuts while awaiting a confidence vote.
The Virginia Tron Coal and Coke company earned 1.78 a share on common stock in Q1 after five percent preferred dividends. Net income was 217,306 dollars, up from 51,702 dollars.
Raleigh April 21 The Tri State Tobacco Growers Cooperative Marketing Association faced excessive salaries some excess warehouse space and secrecy but blamed on hurried organization rather than moral irregularities The report urges a larger field division to keep members informed and calls for full public disclosure of finances and salaries while noting fixes since the first year The association covers growers in North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia
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