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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
3
A jumble of 1925 debates from Jewish protests over Christian claims to Mussolini armament comments, church disputes, legal fights over wills, and reactions to public figures. Mentions include rabbis sermons, a federal reserve branch plan, Bishop Manning, Dr Rankin, Dr Butler, and Mrs Bryan shaping public opinion.
Interest grows in Raleigh for a state broad casting station with a symphony or chestra. Governor McLean backs the project as cost saving and informative, proposing a musical program to enliven state broadcasts and reduce pamphlet printing. The plan envisions featuring known musicians and delivering farm and business news via air.
In reflecting on the twentieth century, the piece notes early peace gave way to disillusionment after World War I, forecasting vast societal shifts. It argues the next 25 years require adapting to machinery, redefining welfare, and prioritizing laughter, love, and fellowship over material wealth.
The article discusses NC resistance to rapid change and support for gradual judiciary revision. It notes that a Judicial Conference, urged by the governor, will modernize procedure while preserving human rights and contracts amid growing population and industry.
The column debates smoking in colleges, contrasting Anglo-Saxon restraint with Latin and Celt openness. It notes Bryn Mawr allows dormitory smoking rooms, considers legalization reducing clandestine use, and argues maturity warrants women’s right to smoke in higher education while undergraduate discipline should curb smoking.
A Berlin dispatch highlights an "ideal marriage compact" with rules for husbands and wives claiming to prevent divorce. The author argues true happiness needs love, tact, kindness, and effort, not a written formula.
A clipping from the New York Times dated November 28 reveals an interview conducted in Raleigh with A T Allen the state superintendent of public instruction. The piece discusses Allen's views on education policy and state initiatives.
A reader encloses a communication and a reply from a interviewee stating there was no misunderstanding of the clipping. The writer believes the paper’s sentiment aligns with nearly all readers and asks for space to publish or to have the communication returned.
Enclosure from the New York Times cites Bryn Mawr as a notable example in a broader discussion. The reference highlights institutional practices and the campus’s influence on study or policy.
A. T. Allen, North Carolina state superintendent, says Bryn Mawr set a dorm room aside for women to smoke and that other women's colleges will follow. He asserts smoking by women is part of breaking down sex differences and that women should be allowed to smoke.
KF E Creelman condemns A T F Allen Raleigh NC public instruction chief for endorsing girls smoking after a New York Times interview. Letter argues such views clash with North Carolina college sentiment and public mothers, urging a public retrenchment and harmony with local will.
Warner Bros presents Hogan's Alley starring Monte Blue as a young Irish boxer who Sacrifices his boxing dream for love. Zanuck adapts Gregory Rogers story of romance prizefights New York and Bowery with airplane chase and rescue. Cast includes Patsy Ruth Miller Willard Louis Louise Fazenda and more. Notable ring sequences feature former champions James J Jeffries Tommy Ryan Ad Wolgast and Ted Kid Lewis.
Welfare workers were endeavoring today to find homes for a nine year old boy and a three year old girl. Details of the two cases will be supplied upon application to the Welfare Board at the city hall.
Paris reports Queen Marie of Romania hunts for Crown Prince Carol who vanished after attending Dowager Queen Alexandra's funeral in London. Carol tours Italian social circles, with rumors of a third heart attack, depleted funds, and possible return plans aided by Italian banks. Carol's marriages to Mlle Lambrino and Princess Helen of Greece are noted, with hints of tension and potential divorce.
Paul C. Lindley gains the nursery part of J. Van Lindley Nursery and A. J. Sykes takes the cut flower department. Sykes' Florists, Inc. will operate all Greensboro Winston-Salem and High Point stores with no staff changes. Sykes becomes president and L. B. Clemmons secretary treasurer. Policies and service are unchanged under the same management.
London widow Mrs Jack London plans a Mediterranean cruise with friends aboard a 45 foot vessel. She compares it to The Shark, the yawl her late husband used for Pacific cruising.
Ernest Chatham, 18, was killed at a home near Biltmore when his 16 year old brother Frank discharged a shotgun while cleaning it. The incident occurred as they prepared for a hunting trip, with their mother nearby. Sheriff Mitchell called it accidental and recommended no coroner’s inquest.
The Charlotte News reports that documents concerning alleged improper conduct by North Carolina Veterans Bureau employees were sent to the Civil Service Commission in Washington. Federal officials declined to name sources but said the issues were not surprising and anticipated by them. State bureau manager Pittman denied the charges and welcomed an investigation.
Three Ford-Stout all metal passenger planes crashed at Blackwood Field in Nashville causing demolition of the planes Miss Fort Myers Miss Tampa and Miss Miami. Pilot Lee F Schoenhair lost control during takeoff en route from Detroit to Florida. Fourth plane St Petersburg escaped damage. Planes to be repaired in Nashville with parts ordered from Detroit.
Mrs. Elanora Kilanche Betrous 69 dies in Atlanta and after cremation in Cincinnati her ashes will be scattered in mid ocean by an unnamed Olympic liner steward per her will. Survived by nephews William and Henry Wade and niece Miss Rose Wade of London.
Reports from Berne indicate Switzerland will not shift its stance toward Soviet Russia despite Geneva state council concerns that a Soviet refusal to attend a League of Nations conference in Switzerland could move the league. Authorities will, however, provide police protection for delegates at league meetings.
Clayborn Gilbert and Henry Wright waived preliminary hearing and were ordered held for Guilford Superior Court under $1,000 bonds. Thomas Turner is retained as counsel. The two men allegedly forged N C Weevil s name on multiple checks. Jim Carter was arraigned on a prohibition violation while Marvin Matthews and Robert Russell faced speeding and reckless driving charges with costs. Walter King had a brakes test condition. Louis Williams was fined for drinking and disorderly conduct.
Dillard Bush, 35, died at Thomasville from wounds received on Christmas Eve. Found in an alley near a furniture factory, he was cut with a razor and blood poisoning led to his death. He refused to name his attacker and police could not identify a suspect. The body was moved to Haiz lip's funeral establishment and will be shipped to Commerce, Georgia, for burial.
A fire in Greenville North Carolina gutted about one quarter block, starting in the Princeton hotel boiler room. Strong winds aided by Washington and Farmville fire departments left $150,000 in damage with 14,000 insurance on buildings and a near total loss of personal effects for Princeton Hotel occupants.
Raleigh AP reports that federal internal revenue collections in North Carolina for July 1 to December 30 show an increase of about 11 million dollars over the same period in 1924. Total for the first half of the fiscal year is near 92 million, with 190 million projected for the full year at current rates.
Refunds totaling 151,885,415.0 were issued to federal taxpayers in the last fiscal year by the treasury department. Most refunds were under 100 dollars. Notable recipients include Mrs. Melodia E. Jones of Gulfport Mississippi 37893 dollars the Huriella Mills Inc Caroleen North Carolina 117208 dollars and the Latham Bradshaw Cotton Company Greensboro North Carolina 26156 dollars.
The Willing Workers class of the South Main Street Methodist Church will not meet this week. A meeting scheduled for tomorrow night has been postponed.
Caredell Renolds, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Bunn Reynolds of Fayetteville, was crushed to death when a municipally owned motor truck ran over him. Driver O S Sadler said the youth was pulled under while riding, after he shifted weight against a protruding cross arm. Renolds died fifteen minutes later from internal injuries. The father is en route to Florida by motor as officials work to intercept him.
The year just closing was probably the most prosperous in the history of merchandising establishments nationwide. Sales of 13 representative firms were estimated in Wall Street at 1 454 950 000, up over 190 000 000 from the prior year. Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward topped 430 000 000, up from 384 890 237 in 1920. Six large chain systems added about 51 000 000. I W Woolworth operates roughly 1 420 stores.
The New York cotton market opened steady with advances of five to eight points and limited gains in early trading. March climbed to 19.69 and July to 18.89 as traders who sold on yesterday’s unfavorable Lancashire reports covered amid steady Liverpool cues. No further market news appeared, and activity remained quiet after initial covering.
Al fred Rocco, minister of justice, states that the Fascist regime will not rescind laws prohibiting divorce. The public notice emphasizes commitment to existing marital restrictions and legal framework.
Opening tonight at 7 o clock Hogan's Alles features a clever cast including Monte Blue Patsy Ruth Miller Mary Car Ben Turpin Willard Lewis and others. The Warner studios production is touted as one of the biggest and best yet made in Hollywood with regular admission price for tonight and tomorrow matinee advertised.
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