22 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1920
Page
1
In Jacksonville Florida on December 22 a Ku Klux Klan march through south Jacksonville drew 200 to 300 members in white robes and pointed hoods. Mounted couriers led the parade as lights along the city went out briefly before the Klansmen vanished from sight.
Four men were killed and two injured in an explosion at the DuPont powder packing mill seven miles from Scranton. The blast caused about 86000 dollars in damage and was felt across the Lackawanna Valley. The powder involved was largely used in the anthracite mining sector.
The brokerage firm Parker and Lounsberry announced its failure this morning at the stock exchange rostrum after opening. Active traders in Canadian steel, they had operated nearly twenty years. The unexpected collapse is viewed as one of the most significant in recent years.
Dixie Record reports in Atlanta that Georgia Tech football earned 90000 dollars in total receipts for the year, a new southern record and the best year yet for the Golden Tornado.
City council accepted the resignation of W. M. Marr from the juvenile court bench citing workload. Marr, also school superintendent, said he would devote effort to the January 18 school bonds special election and urged loyalty from High Point residents for delinquent youth work. No replacement was appointed during the meeting.
In High Point Kiwanis members elect Stephen Clark as president and form committees for the new year. They back a high school bond issue, pledge to feed starving European children, and support Red Cross and Associated Charities. They plan a three-meeting self denial fundraiser with sandwich and coffee sales to fund the causes.
Washington December 22 The Shipping Board announced all bids to supply a year’s coal for American merchant ships serving the Atlantic and gulf ports have been rejected due to high prices.
Clarence Holland Jerry Foster and Herb Evans negroes were sentenced by Judge Kirkman to six months on the roads of Guilford county for larceny of clothing from Strouds store. Holland appeals a 350 bond while Foster and Evans begin serving immediately. DeWitt Thomas and C L Jones white men pleaded guilty to using firecrackers in High Point and paid half the costs.
A Helsinki dispatch reports a railway accident near Petrograd with hundreds killed or injured due to overcrowding. Details remain scarce while rescue and transportation arrangements are noted in Finland.
Prominent High Point attorney L B Williams and prosecuting attorney C A York clashed in municipal court over the state evidence in a larceny case against Clarence Holland. Judge A Kirkman halted personal remarks and urged both sides to stick to the facts.
The Enterprise will not publish a paper Saturday and will print church notices in Friday’s edition. High Point ministers are asked to send Sunday church notices to the office by tomorrow afternoon for inclusion on the church page in Friday’s issue.
Revenue officers and deputies captured three large stills near Abbott's Creek in Davidson county. One 150 gallon tank was in operation, a 90 gallon copper outfit, and a 50 gallon copper still. nine barrels of beer were overturned and destroyed. The raid followed another seizure near Centre Sumner township with a 24 50-gallon mash setup and a 2,000 gallon beer vat.
Rev. John R. Herndon, a prominent Forsyth County minister, was fatally struck by an automobile in Waughtown as he crossed near the Presbyterian church. The car, reportedly with three Black occupants, fled the scene and three men were later arrested and to be held in Winston-Salem awaiting trial.
Mrs. Louvania Hayworth aged 75 died after burns suffered when her clothing caught fire at the home of Mrs. C. F. Grissom on East Green Street. She leaves four sons and five daughters, funeral set for Springfield church with Rev. W. A. Lambeth.
Thamy K oldine Jr. of Wake Forest was found guilty last week by a federal court on four charges of accepting stolen goods from a freight car. Today Judge Connor fined him $1,000.
The Lutheran Sunday school will hold its annual Christmas service tomorrow evening at 7 in the Masonic hall. The intermediate and primary departments will present songs speeches and exercises with a tree and a treat for each member. An offering for missions will be taken. The Men’s Bible class sent a liberal offering to sick soldiers at Camp Sevier.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled today that Arkansas freight passenger and excess baggage rates fixed by the state commerce commission are discriminatory. Arkansas had been among seven states that did not permit public carriers to raise state rates during August hearings.
In Morganton Superior Court Judge Shaw sentenced Lone Younus and Cecil Hefner to fifteen years and Rock Hefner to seven and a half years at hard labor for the murder of Glenn Lippard. The jury found second degree murder. appeal notices were filed by the prisoners.
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