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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1924
Page
2
Sunday, December 21, 1924 edition comments on Pacific tensions and politicians. It notes hopes for a Shoals vote dashed, analyzes German political shifts, and jokes about Trotzky’s waiter job. It questions North Carolina terminal debates, Georgia governor’s stance on mob violence, and judges’ pay in Greensboro as proof of public skepticism.
Robin King resigns after seventeen years with the Associated Press bureau in Raleigh and most of that time as its manager. He will become managing editor of the Carolina Jeffersonian, a new Raleigh publication, aiming for an occasional weekly or twice weekly schedule. Best wishes go to the veteran newspaper man.
A long critique argues that even with national dry law, the whiskey issue remains unresolved. It notes home production, fake labels, enforcement crookedness, and selective permits as key flaws. The piece calls for uniform federal enforcement and equal access to legal drink or total prohibition.
The budget commission faces requests totaling more than forty million dollars for operation and maintenance of state institutions and agencies, with twenty three million needed after removing seventeen million for permanent improvements. Public response and potential tax increases loom as Raleigh eyes new revenue sources before February 1925.
Treasury hints at reform including higher gasoline taxes and enforcing the six percent income tax limit. The notes suggest reconsideration of the repudiated ad valorem levy and a possible cigarette tax to raise revenue.
National Prohibition Association reports a clear drop in juvenile crime across major cities. Reform programs and welfare efforts have cut delinquents before the courts by 30 percent or more in a decade. Despite pessimism, the era shows improving social conditions and a belief that the benign forces of society prevail.
Raleigh December 20 Governor Morrison voiced little hope of saving Lewis Mitch ell and John Leake sentenced to the electric chair for the murder of taxicab driver Charles Ganwood.
The piece discusses the Muscle Shoals water power issue, noting Senate disputes over whether to grant private operation or government control, and the belief that the best path lies in private management amidst concerns about wastefulness and crookednes in government-run ventures. It mentions interest from Henry Ford and the need for informed congressional handling.
Salisbury reports Wain Patterson near China Grove wins first and second prizes in corn exhibits at the Chicago International Livestock and Grain Exposition among eleven Southern states. News delayed by Patterson’s modesty. announcement by County Farm Agent W G Yeager notes prior year second place and this year’s two ten car samples. Patterson’s success demonstrates the potential of consistent, intelligent farming.
Paris reports Premier Herriot fought off a bid by would be cabinet rivals to force him from power during his illness. He planned a full return to work after a month’s rest, meeting colleagues in his sick room and resuming cabinet duties on the first floor.
A column of light verse on proverbs and ambition overtones of luck and merit. The speaker reflects on virtue knowledge silence and self expectation while noting personal failure to climb social ladders and noting a few humorous lines about Austria fines and Santa Claus. The piece ends with a note that the London Times can be sent to New York by radio.
Budget commission proposes moving old appropriations to a single bill. It lists department requests for maintenance and permanent improvements for state agencies and institutions, with figures excluding judiciary and other sections. The continued discussion outlines how these funds would be used to support maintenance and capital needs across the state.
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