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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1925
Page
2
Secretary Edgar Hartley promotes the Y M C A gym in High Point as the city readies its new facility. He urges regular classes after the membership drive, touts workouts, showers, and swims as health investments, and compares benefits to rising grocery costs. Membership drives begin immediately to prepare for March 1 opening.
The notes outline age based class schedules for a community program with junior to senior groups, employed, young men, and professionals, plus exclusive use for YWCA women on Tuesday evenings. Separate veterans coverage reports massive application handling, cash bonuses starting March 1, and survivors' benefits. The issue also highlights historical essays by North Carolina scholars and a calendar entry on finding the 1751 North Carolina Gazette.
The High Point Enterprise reports Congress and the North Carolina assembly nearing adjournment amid last minute bustle. It notes a bigamy crime tied to a New York man and mentions Ben Lacy resisting retirement, aiming to remain in state service. Feb 22 marks a Washington birthday flag tradition as reminders of patriotism. Baseball tickets go on sale as local owners prep spring training and field upkeep.
The article highlights Abrs. Lindsay Patterson, North Carolina Republican National Committee member, as a candidate for minister to Siam with strong GOP support. It praises her suitability and party activity, while the Winston-Salem Sentinel hails the legislature’s adjournment without many new laws, predicting a notable 1925 assembly for fewer statutes.
The article notes strong support for a proposed corporation court in High Point and anticipates quick action in the general assembly this week. It reports no opposition locally and hopes Greensboro will not object, arguing the court would relieve the superior court and let Gate City lawyers handle cases.
The Franklin county Baptist pastor Rev. N F Britt crusaded against bootleggers, aided police in capturing 31 blockaders in six months, and faced threats yet continued. The Raleigh News and Observer praises his Christlike zeal while Judge Daniels commends him for policing evils of lawlessness.
The Greensboro Daily News calls on Guilford representatives to pass a protected ballot act for the county. It cites Greensboro s charter adoption, municipal voting safeguards, and the push for women s political participation as support, arguing Guilford is progressive and ready to end livery stable politics.
The Asheville Citizen notes Buncombe county is pleased by Wake county enrollment at Raleigh State College, with the reader informed that the number enrolled reaches 48.
A Virginia prohibition official argues enforcement is impossible if travelers at night must stop when asked. He notes robbers roam highways and drivers may speed to avoid stops, calling the request impractical in modern times.
Chicago grain markets opened with a drop but soon turned to gains as traders anticipated a larger export business. Wheat slid 1 8 to 7 8 lower at first, then rebounded with widespread improvements. Corn advanced after the initial decline, while oats held steady then climbed above the prior finish.
Secretary of State W. N. Everett issued certificates of incorporation for The Siler Oil Company of Siler City, Tarboro’s D. H. Harris and Son, Burlington Fire Company Number Two, Concord Plumbing Company, William S. Whiting Lumber Company of Asheville, Long Shoals Cotton Mill, and Eagle Life Insurance Company of Raleigh. Details include stock authorizations from 10 to 100,000 shares, varied subscribed sums, and home towns of founders.
White men Fred Jones and Red Haynes were convicted of violating the prohibition law in police court this morning before Judge Matt Hedgecock. Jones drew a 225 fine plus costs and $2 into the board of public Welfare. Haynes was fined 50 dollars plus costs and $24 to the welfare board. John Jones, colored, was arraigned on a charge of assault. He was not further described in the provided text.
Wins Heiress Jack W. Bradley of Milwaukee elopes with Miss Emily Foster daughter of Charles W. Foster millionaire lumberman. They married in Waukegan NL after Bradley met Foster during her visits to the riding academy, a romance born in the tanbark ring.
Gib Bowen and Willie Perkins were tried for immoral relations. Bowen was sentenced to six months in the county workhouse while Perkins was taxed with half the costs.
ASHEVILLE Feb 29 The Biltmore Forest Country club golf course will be lengthened to more than 5000 yards to conform with standards of larger US courses. Designer Donald E. Ross recently inspected the course and suggested changes. The club invites the Southern Golf association to hold its 1925 championship on the local links.
In the third prison break in as many weeks, guards killed Charles Jackson, 89, a Black inmate from Edgecombe County, and wounded John McDowell of Rockingham, during a morning attempt at the state prison farm just outside Raleigh.
Washington Feb 25 Major General Robert C Davis head of the war department adjusted compensation act admin said today that 2 400 000 bonus applications have been received and processed for veterans seeking adjusted compensation under the act, with thousands more awaiting action.
Raleigh February 25. The current issue of the North Carolina Historical Review, published quarterly by the North Carolina Historical Commission, begins its second volume with this number.
Wilson Feb 25 North Carolina Division of Confederate Veterans holds annual reunion on May 27 28 and 25 with John W Dunham Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy hosting. County members to assist in entertainment as committees are formed and plans move forward rapidly.
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