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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
1
Herbert Hoover stated he left it to President-elect Harding to decide whether he can best serve as secretary of commerce or as director of European relief work. He added he proposed a general reconstruction of the commerce department and would accept cabinet service if approved by Harding.
President elect Harding plans sweeping changes across government departments and bureaus and aims to appoint able men to lead the reorganization. A new committee will simplify the executive branch and cut payrolls with Congress coordinating through Harding’s organization agency. Inaugural mentions possible enabling legislation for a special April session. President Wilson will ride with Harding to the Capitol on March 4 following Tumulty’s confirmation.
Exie McMillan, a white woman, was convicted of vagrancy and sentenced to three years at Samarcand. appeal bond of $600 set but not posted. LeRoy Shelby faced a false pretense charge with probable cause found and $1,000 bond posted. Witness M W Wallace, former Mecklenburg sheriff, testified. Earl Patterson and DPD heard. KL Wright fined for an affray and failed to appear, bond forfeited. D L Wright indicted for DUI with bond forfeited after absence. J A Jones paid half the costs for a city traffic violation.
Silas Blevins, a farm tenant near Stevenson, Alabama, says more than a hundred white men abducted him from his home and severely beat him with straps and whips in a remote wood. He attributes the attack to his refusal to join the tenants union.
Preparations are complete for a high school auditorium showing of the copyrighted Womanless Wedding by Miss Clementine Miller. Billy Plummer and Tommy Thomas will read, Fred N. Tate acts as mother of the bride, and six flower girls appear in curls and knee length dresses. The High Point Business and Professional Women's club backs the comedy, with 150 seats still available and advance sales strong.
Solicitor General Grierson and counsel for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta urged the Supreme Court to advance the par collection case for hearing. The suit, brought by fourteen Georgia bankers, seeks an injunction restraining federal reserve banks and officials from enforcing par check collection orders by national banks.
More seats expected as fans prepare for summer at Senator's park in Columbus Ohio. Left field bleachers are being enlarged to accommodate larger crowds.
Fire raged through the Catlins mines at Dowell five miles south of Duquion trapping seven miners. Rescue teams were kept from the scene as flames, believed sparked by an electric wire contacting wood, continued to sweep the gallery where the men were stranded.
Sheriff Stafford of Greensboro started a conscious fund and now Robert C. Bryan, a farmer near High Point, gains $1 after an unknown writer confessed a theft and paid back a watermelon debt. The letter, unsigned and mailed from Greensboro, urged reading Romans 13 8 and John 3 for soul welfare.
Raleigh Feb 24 A bitter debate in a joint session over electing University of North Carolina trustees pitted Grant a Republican against Mercer a Democrat. Mercer accused Republicans of failing to support the institution as doors closed on the minority. The committee nominees to the board were adopted without opposition and the revenue bill faced a second reading tonight as the senate planned a night session.
The army appropriation bill reports $35,000 for the infantry school at Camp Bennings Georgia and a total of $35,000 for field artillery schools at Camp Bragg North Carolina Fort Sill Oklahoma and Camp Knox Kentucky. The sums are unchanged from the house passage.
High Point Kiwanis luncheon reveals growth figures and local economy data. Banks hold 8.93 million in deposits with 1.335 million capital plus surplus. property value outside money and credits stands at 19.58 million. Freight bills reach 2 million annually. one car per 22 residents. city has 40 miles each of water and sewer lines. Building program for 1920 totals 2.896 million, excluding the new township high school. Rodney Snow wins a fountain pen attendance prize. March event announced by President Clark.
Lieut W D Coney arrived at Camp Johnson near here at 7 27 this morning after a 22 hour 82 minute ocean to ocean flight from Lovefield Dallas. The 2079 mile trip averaged better than 98 mph with a Dallas to Jacksonville leg of eight hours 13 minutes. Crowds greeted the aviator and his mother and brothers joined the welcome. If approved he will return to San Diego by daylight with one fuel stop in Texas.
In Greensboro on February 24 the Varner trial progressed with defense attorney J B McCrary urging the jury to accept the evidence against Mrs Varner and deny conspirator claims. O Li Sapp for Mrs Varner spoke 12 to 1 30 pm, then 3 pm Court session to 45 minutes. E T Cansler delivered a forceful rebuttal focusing on alleged public improprieties and defending Varner. The trial attracted a crowded courtroom and emotional moments as the jury prepared to hear final arguments and the judge's charge.
Viscount Ichida foreign minister said in Tokio that Japan cannot invalidate California antiJapanese legislation. He stated California acts within its constitution and U S law, despite injurious effects on Japanese interests. He responded to Baro Shiro Sakatani about countermeasures to a growing Pacific coast industry in other states.
London February 24 The allied supreme council in session forecasts a commission will be sent to the near east to examine Greece and Turkey population claims over Smyrna and Thrace to resolve the dispute. Cessation of hostilities between Turks and Greeks is expected to be declared.
Washington officials announced orders enforcing the prohibition act to block liquor shipments moving from one country to another through the United States. The initial impact will be to halt liquor routed from Canada via Detroit or Ogdensburg and shipped to New York for Cuba.
In Raleigh on February 24 Tom Dixon and Ike Meekins dominated hearings on a statewide censorship bill for moving pictures. Dixon denounced the proposal as unconstitutional and warned against modeling after Pennsylvania, while Meekins urged a favorable report saying North Carolina women support it. The joint committees sent the bill back with a favorable report, though with minority views in both houses.
Syracuse owner Landgraf nears a working agreement with the Cards to obtain Rickey's surplus players this year. The plan aims to strengthen the team by bringing in resources from the St Louis roster.
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