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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1925
Page
4
The piece notes many resolutions in favor of the world court beyond the US Senate. It also cites Raleigh's bond sales worries as shaping a developing climax. France faces strain from maintaining large forces and readiness for action. An Ohio University professor with a small still finds global attention unavoidable.
A weekly automobile casualty list and reports from China underline that peace carries dangers comparable to war, detailing fatal incidents and emergent threats across regions.
The Connecticut Supreme Court holds Gerald Chapman will not be compelled to serve his prison sentence in Atlanta, though Chapman is not pleased with the ruling.
Rum ships anchored off Maryland weighed anchor and departed due to a lack of a good market. The note calls this the best possible discouragement for rum runners as supply faded with weak demand.
The Wilson dam is prepared to begin operation at Muscle Shoals but Congress may delay full use, keeping the project as a political issue until it serves the maximum possible purpose.
Senator Nye faced a major setback as all but two committee on privileges and elections members voted against seating him. The excerpt suggests family support may help him endure the setback.
New citizens who died in Florida are often sent back to their old homes for burial. The motives remain unclear whether sentiment or cost drives this practice, while Florida real estate may be unaffordable for other housing.
The speaker argues several large cities in the state should receive federal buildings from Congress and urges spending part of North Carolina’s 167 million annual tax take to improve postal facilities within the state.
Kellogg argues that any cooperation with Europe is an entangling alliance, alongside other American statesmen who distinguish between cooperation and entangling foreign ties. He notes some Americans refuse to admit this distinction.
A petitioner demanded that Governor McLean discharge all trustees and appoint new ones due to evolution being taught at the university. The writer claims familiarity with both evolution theory and North Carolina law.
Reports from Elkin Tribune and Charlotte Observer describe Florida bankers buying large tracts in Roaring Gap area. A 300 acre tract on eastern slopes and a 500 acre tract on western slopes are noted with connections to influential North Carolina figures. Land deals are advancing rapidly.
High Point merchants place small cedar trees in front of stores to festively decorate for Christmas. The piece argues Cedars and holly are overharvested, urges selecting green substitutes, and notes long term ecological and aesthetic impacts. It cites Joseph Hyde Pratt’s plea for protection and warns against removing young cedars from forests.
Governor Cameron Morrison in Charlotte named his credited circle for North Carolina's progress. He listed Jeter C. Pritchard FP. M. Simmons Locke Craig Josephus Daniels T. W. Bickett and Charles B. Aycock, implying a seventh unnamed figure among influential politicians shaping the state's growth.
The wets will be active but unlikely to force a show-down in congress or elections. They aim to trigger a crackdown on enforcement and set the stage for a real clash in 1928 if Al Smith seeks the Democratic nomination.
The passage notes Young La Follette resisting invitations to join regular Republicans, arguing his professed political convictions would fail under Senate scrutiny. It emphasizes that wavering would invite destruction and weak leadership.
The analysis argues that LaFollette cannot switch to a conservative stance now without destroying his political future. If he wins with insurgent backing and then abandons them at the first call, he would lose respect from both sides and jeopardize his future prospects.
The Monarch club holds its first meeting after formal organization last Friday night with 47 members. The weekly luncheon is tomorrow at 1 PM at the Sheraton, drawing High Point's leading business and professional men.
The North Carolina section of the American Chemical Society urged the salary and wage commission to empower departments to set terms, salaries and promotions for technical staff. Engineers had passed a similar resolution. They argued arbitrary classifications drive skilled workers to quit and demand a merit based system.
In Kenosha Wisconsin a 23 year old Nash plant worker Pietro Bendelli was arraigned on a renewal of charges after attempting to extort ten dollars from Charles W Nash. Handwriting experts reviewed letters from a mysterious woman to the suitor. Bendelli posted bond and awaits trial on December 24.
Holmes Bryson was reelected unanimously as president of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. He aims to back a city manager form of government and a proposal to extend Asheville city limits, saying government is a big business and should be taken out of politics.
The report notes Sikt, a French immigrant, was killed in New York City by an unknown assailant. It details his volatile life including immigration issues, attempts to gain citizenship in November, repeated taxi fare disputes, a drunken assault on a police officer, and a narrowly avoided workhouse after his wife pleaded for mercy.
On Laboratory Street in Paris a new testing zone is opened to study traffic problems. The street will host experiments to determine methods for regulating traffic and easing driving difficulties.
Dispatches report heavy French fire including artillery machine guns and airplanes repulsed a Druse assault in Damascus Chagour quarter last night causing extensive damage and casualties. The report arrives from Jerusalem via AP.
New York grain firm driver Larence Lynn enjoyed his first day off in 50 years by relaxing at his employer’s stable.
Fort Pierce Florida December 15 AP unrobed men said to be Klan members stood guard at the railroad station to prevent Alice Beatrice Rhinelander the negro bride of Leonard Kip Rhinelander from stopping here four hotels were inspected and registers scanned to see if she arrived Florida was named as a possible destination for her. Lee Parsons Davis attorney for Mrs Rhinelander said she was not in the South and had not been more than fifty miles from New Rochelle since the trial began.
Gerald Chapman, a mail robber and slayer of a policeman, must die on March 3 unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes. Federal Judge Thomas denied Chapman's habeas corpus request and rejected arguments to return him to Atlanta to serve a 25 year sentence. The ruling held no right to interfere and noted Chapman's Atlanta sentence had been commuted by President Coolidge after the death order.
City Building Inspector J. L. Sechrest warns High Point residents to be careful with Christmas decorations. He cites a state law against paper around electric bulbs and lighting candles on trees, saying enforcement will follow to prevent fires.
The New York cotton market opened steady with near months easing on overnight selling from the south and liquidations by commission houses. Demand picked up as trading continued, keeping the general market steady. January rose to 18.68 and March to 18.87, about 9 to 11 points higher, with late-day firming near the best. Private reports pegged ginnings at 14,740,000 bales to December 13, aligning with government estimates.
New Orleans December market shows steady start as rain and Liverpool cables support prices. January climbs to 18.67, March 18.35, May 18.07, about 11 points above yesterday. A Southern authority rumor on December stock 14,720,000 bales, or 782,000 for the last period, trims gains as weather prospects in the West temper optimism.
Heavy buying in railroads leads market up at the open. Wheeling and Lake Erie common and Western Pacific hit 1925 highs, Louisville and Nashville up 1 point, Ludlum Steel at record, Marine preferred, General Asphalt and Saveige Arms up 1 to 2 points, Chrysler down over 3 points.
The play Rain confuses German audiences who question why a missionary would insist on clothing Pago Pago natives, highlighting cultural clash and satire in the production.
Congress urged to ban Hopi dances as theater showings loom at the Orpheum. Indians vow to resist in court, defending art, history, and religious liberty amid support from prominent ethnologists and writers who praise the dances for their strength and beauty.
Boxers from Philadelphia Omaha Pittsburgh Newark Coeur d Alene and other cities fought across the country. Morie Schaffer defeated Bobby Barrett on a foul in Philadelphia. Joe Glick stopped Jose Lombardo in New York. Jack Zivic beat Jack Rappaport in Pittsburgh. Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Bud Gor man in Newark. Al Webster beat Joe Simonich in Couer d Alene. Ben Ray narrowly decisioned Baby Stribling in Jacksonville. Harry Greb won a referee’s decision in Nashville. George Godfrey knocked out Battling Owens in New Orleans. Harry Allen Macon and Jack Wofford drew in Jacksonville.
Chapel Hill December 15 UNC wrestling and boxing squads rapidly shape for season after Christmas. Coaches Creighton Rowe and Zack Water lead robust tryouts, with middleweights 129 139 149 hotly contested. Preliminary no decision bouts drew large Tin Can crowds as squads prepare for varsity debut.
RALEIGH Dec 15 AP Bankruptcies increased in October 1925 over the same month last year in the fifth federal reserve district. There were 149 insolvencies totaling 2 524 656 versus 111 and 1 705 371 last year. Nationwide, 1 581 failures were the smallest since 1920, with total amounts dropping from 286 098 804 to 29 543 8790.
A cinema listing notes The Fool is set to open soon at Broadhurst with a new screening, inviting local audiences to view the upcoming picture.
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