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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
8
Seventy one aspirants for licenses to practice law in North Carolina took the examination before the state Supreme Court in Raleigh. Three women and one Black applicant were among the group as grading and license issuance proceed this week, with appeals from the first district set for Tuesday next week.
One year ago today in war reports German embassy arrived in Petrograd from Moscow. French forces captured 2,200 prisoners northwest of Soissons and the British seized Roye, a key railway center.
The Enterprise investigates sugar pricing over 90 days in High Point. Merchants paid 10.40 to 12.59 per hundred pounds, with New York price at 9 plus 1.05 freight and jobber and differential charges. District Attorney Hammer says retailers gain 1.5 cents per pound on bulk sugar. He argues 11.5 to 12.5 cents may not be excessive under current rules.
Senator Lodge and colleagues met with President in the Blue Room to discuss the league withdrawal obligations. The President read a prepared statement outlining how the Paris league plan evolved from British and Smut drafts and his own redraft, not submitted by the American peace mission.
Greenville headquarters announce apportionments totaling near two and a half million dollars for the Baptist 75 million campaign set for November 30 to December 7. At 11 associational meetings, formal promises cover this amount, with two-thirds of meetings still to be held.
Labor union leaders replaced Scott Kiser and Charles Kitchen with longtime local figures during a Monday session led by President Jones. C. R. Heffner became financial secretary and Arthur Kampton treasurer, as J L Bradford pursues organization of the local union. Kiser remains jailed on gambling and retailing charges. Kitchen and Roy White posted bond and were released.
Thomasville visits Welchfield tomorrow afternoon at 4 30 as both teams seek a win. Manager Hodgin predicts a tight contest after a rain interrupted earlier meeting. The locals also schedule a Friday game with Winston-Salem White Sox, opponent seen as the strongest Twin City club.
Greenville South Carolina August 19 Gordon Rabon a white man about 30 years old was shot and seriously injured by Deputy E H Claybourne of Judson mill village as he attempted to getaway after a gambling game raid. The deputy said he fired to frighten Rabon and had no intention of hitting him.
National baseball results list varying rainouts in Brooklyn versus Cincinnati and New York versus Chicago. Scores include Chicago 11 Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 4 Boston 3, Detroit 4 Washington 3, Atlanta 7 Chattanooga 1, Mobile 10 Memphis 0, Little Rock 9 Birmingham 2.
Charleston is 3 13 date context unclear. Charlotte records 2 0. Columbia shows 10 0. Spartanburg 3 2. Augusta totals 6 while Greenville has 3. This fragment outlines regional results with multiple city figures and no clear event details.
A steady stream of applicants with money order blanks lined up at Asheville post office this morning to place orders for government groceries. Early consumption of the allotted foodstuffs appears likely.
Washington reports additional census supervisors announced for 1920. In South Carolina first district Montague Triest of Charleston is named, and sixth district Philip Y. Bethea of Marion.
Evansville reports a fast-working tire thief who removes tires from cars as owners wait. Garage owner W. H. Landeman found his own car missing a tire after leaving it briefly in front of his business.
Scranton reports KL Mendel sent a bundle of clothing to a local laundry and then remembered he hid 950 dollars in pocketed cash. A loyal employee found the roll and returned the money after Mendel rushed to the plant.
Mr Theodore Gerke of Gerke Drug Co cites his wife using Number 45 then giving it to their son and his own fatigue improving after Number 46. Evansville druggists unanimously endorse Number 40 with one doctor claiming it prolongs life. Made by J C Mendenhall Evansville 40 years a druggist. Sold by Hart Drug Co.
The president signaled that the league of nations would prevent Japan from gaining complete sovereignty over Shantung, indicating international oversight to curb Japanese control.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company permission to file increased loading and handling charges at Providence and Savannah. The article also notes that chariots using a taximeter principle were used in China in the fourth century.
The old farmhand nicknamed Rube has shifted from rural work to playing professional baseball, leaving behind the days of field chores for a life in the sport.
An advertisement from the National Medical Institute of Milwaukee Wisconsin promotes Triumph Pills for irregular or delayed conditions. It claims safety dependability and availability by mail only, urging readers to write for relief particulars free of charge.
Reading shows multiple scores from Virginia games with Petersburg 3 and Richmond 2, Norfolk 2 and Suffolk 5, Portsmouth 1 3 and Newport News marked as e indicating an unfinished line.
Brief sports notes list city matchups with final scores showing St. Paul over Columbus 6 to 2, Kansas City 3 over Louisville 1, Milwaukee 3 defeating Toledo 2, and Minneapolis 8 over Indianapolis 3.
Deeds filed at the register of deeds in Greensboro show active property transfers in High Point and surrounding township. Transactions include Walter Chandler to Wachovia Bank and Trust company for 3400 dollars on Pickett street and multiple other lot transfers ranging from 1 to 1069 dollars, involving residents and local development properties.
Governor Hobby ordered the adjutant general to have the Texas national guard ready to respond to any border emergency call for service.
A lost or stolen last night tire for a $1x4 automobile covered by vim. Finder should notify W. G. Huffine at phone 38. Located in 8-19-2tp entry.
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