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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
4
The House voted 85 to 64 to strike out a provision granting presidential authority to reinstate the coal act after a proclamation, signaling no changes to the emergency measure and a final vote expected later today as Chairman Winslow anticipated passage as originally submitted.
Four men and women arrested at the Southern depot for loafing and disorderly conduct were tried in municipal court. Pleas Young Aaron McCrary Grace Goss Mozelle Torrence received 30 days on county roads or county work house. Out of town vagrants F J Jenkins Miss C I Travis and Miss Mildred Holt paid 25 dollars plus costs after counsel appeared.
Philadelphia Aug 31 forecast settlement of the anthracite coal strike within twenty four hours as operators held a secret conference and United Mine Workers leaders including J T Lewis stood nearby. Mines have been idle five months awaiting resolution.
Two white Augusta residents were arrested in Augusta in connection with the killing of two Southern Railway guards shot in an ambush near the Hamburg shops. A U S commissioner said they are held for investigation and he would not name them. A U S marshal from Charleston, S C, travels to take charge.
The British three masted schooner Gamma carrying $200,000 worth of Scotch whisky and the excursion steamer Smithfield, alleged to have floated a bar, were seized by customs and prohibition authorities today in New York.
In Chicago on August 31 police prepared for a radical roundup after evidence emerged of plots to wreck trains and three men were arrested in connection with an alleged plan to dynamite the New York Central express.
In Grand Island Nebraska on August 3 Harry Howell a 51 year old mail carrier living alone shot himself after the death of his bird dog.
State troops totaling over SOC men and officers ordered to Salisbury by Gov. Morrison for railroad strike duty left at noon after a conference between shop leaders Col. bom Scott and local officials. Governor Morrison ordered withdrawal on Col. Scott’s recommendation. All troops departed as trains pulled out and order remained quiet.
Raleigh August 31 The state highway commission road letting drew a half full crowd of contractors in the hall of representatives. Bids were brisk with a tendency toward moderate costs and steady competition amid material shortages. Frank Page chairman praised the bidders and the commission while W A Hart of Tarboro urged to run for governor, noting strong local support and loyalty to the current leadership.
Thomas G. Crabtree, a Raleigh city detective, is in critical condition after being shot three times by Charles Kluttz, who then drove over him. Kluttz, a white youth, was arrested nearby with a gunshot wound and was reportedly intoxicated. no charges were filed yet pending Crabtree’s outcome. A negro taxi driver named George Williams witnessed the event on a main street around 1 a.m.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered railroads west of the Mississippi to give priority to foodstuffs livestock perishables and fuel to ease freight congestion. The emergency rules take effect September 1 and remain while the emergency lasts.
Hiram Johnson was assured the U S senate nomination by a margin exceeding 65,000 votes with Johnson at 23 762 to 205 698 for C C Moore. F W Richardson led for the republican governor nomination over William Stephens by about 14 38 votes. M F Crooks is ill at home with grippe and manages Efird's department store.
Eighteen realty transfers totaling about 30000 were recorded at the register of deeds in Greensboro. The largest sale was J A Hegewood to W W Dick for 106 acres along Salisbury road for 10000. A Spring Garden street lot sold to Hazel Beasley for 5000. The Old Hickory club Inc of High Point sold 50 acres to W G Ragsdale for 5475. Other deeds ranged around 500 and include several transfers in Gilmer and Rock Creek townships.
State Highway Commissioner J Elwood Cox announced in Raleigh that about 4.896 million dollars in road improvements were set by the commission, with over 1.6 million in Fifth District road and bridge work including a new Yadkin River concrete bridge. Contracts cover 200 miles of roads, about 120 miles hard surfaced, and involve firms from Charlotte Salisbury and Roanoke with bids ranging from about 59 thousand to 294 thousand dollars. The Yadkin River crossing between Davidson and Rowan counties is a major project.
In Columba South Carolina approximately 56 000 of the enrolled voters did not cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary. The upcoming September 12 runoff pits Thomas McLeod and former Governor Cole Blease for the governor nomination while J E Swearingen and J H Hope seek the education post. Final statewide totals show McLeod 75 483 to 68 685 for the reported precincts with 54 precincts missing.
A crew led by Tom Pierce clearing underbrush by the Highland cotton mills killed fifteen copperhead snakes in a single afternoon. The den was found along the railroad right of way with tools used to force every snake to bite the dust in a death struggle. no monkey rum or sunstroke reported.
Savannah Georgia August first A M Johnson keeper of a cemetery is a proud man His wife bore him his twenty first child this morning He has had two wives and this is his eighth child by the second marriage The eighth arrival is a boy and a fine boy say the hospital authorities where the youngster arrived
Paris Aug 31 The Allied Reparations Commission accepts the Belgian compromise on the German moratorium plan as a solution to the crisis. A formal vote will be taken before day’s end. British Italian and Belgian members favor the settlement. France consults with Premier Poincare on whether to accept. Belgium would take treasury bills totaling over 250 million gold marks instead of cash, with Germany providing further guarantees for redemption.
Census Bureau figures for the first quarter show births at 29.2 per 1000 in North Carolina, the highest in the period, while Washington reports 16.5. The national birth rate fell to about 25 per 1000 and mortality rose to 13.7 percent, with DC highest at 17.6 and Wyoming lowest at 9.6 percent.
Fire in the Argonaut mine shaft near Jackson California is extinguished though 47 miners remain trapped since Sunday. Heat remains extreme and renewed flames could erupt. earliest entry to the shaft may take five days as rescue teams push to clear underground drifts to the surface.
Judge A B Boyd announced in Greensboro that the hearing on the Southern and Atlantic and Yadkin railroad property interlocutory injunction would be continued to a later date. The decision followed the absence of U S Circuit Judge Edmund Waddill Jr and potential postponement requested by A D Watts, commissioner.
Ee A Edwards suffered a broken leg and multiple injuries after being caught between two freight cars near the car repair shop at the Southern railway yard this morning about 11 o'clock. He leaped to escape when the engine backed into the cars and was taken to Guilford General Hospital in serious condition but improving. Edwards had worked for the Southern for about two weeks.
Jurors will be impaneled by the board of county commissioners next Monday at 11 o clock for a special September term of superior court Basil H Hedgecock is to be tried on embezzlement charges involving Home Banking company where he formerly served as chief cashier He appeared at the recent term but his case was continued
At the county commissioners meeting next Monday at 11 o clock sealed bids will be opened for the $100,000 bonds voted for the construction of a county tubercular sanatorium. Tuesday plans for the sanatorium will be presented and bidding for hospital work will begin after advertising.
Western North Carolina Republicans arrived in Raleigh for highway talks and urged the next general assembly to approve an additional 50 million dollars to complete the road system. They cited past road progress and warned against extravagance while opposing current bond limits. Governor Morrison discouraged a new bond, and west coast sentiment favored the larger issue, with Alleghany figures promising Doughton and McBee appearances to counter progressives.
New York August 31 cotton market opened steady with gains of 7 to 18 points on Liverpool cables. Reports cited southwest weather and rising demand for cotton goods. Prices opened steady with futures: October 22.59 December 22.68 January 22.60 March 22.68 May 22.60.
A. O. Wharton, one of three labor members of the U S Railroad Labor Board, emphatically denied claims he serves as president of the striking shopcrafts organization. He said the report that the shopmen's strike was engineered from inside the board is false and he is not involved with the strike leadership.
The Navy Department ordered the release of a surplus seaplane to Walter Hinton at Pensacola to replace the wrecked plane he was flying from New York to Brazil. The Pensacola air station commandant will transfer the machine to Hinton immediately.
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