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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1923
Page
5
A farrago of stray thoughts covers warm weather cheer, congressional non threats, tax talks, a horse shoe tournament in St. Petersburg and local hints on roof laws. The piece nods to sports, taxation, international courts, and civic duties with scattered quips.
Paving contractors will finish Kivett Drive before the Piedmont league season opens on April 25. The deadline brings relief to Eastside residents and will interest many city and section fans.
The Commercial National bank building, a new skyscraper in High Point, greatly enhances Main Street. Work on the structure is progressing rapidly and will be ready for occupancy before many months. Gee, it certainly is a nice building.
Representative Bryant of Durham receives credit for notable work at Raleigh as he leads opposition to Nimick’s divorce bill. The bill would permit divorces on grounds of insanity and is condemned as foolish. supporters say Bryant and his father should be defeated when the measure comes to a vote.
The Enterprise supports the six per cent interest law as a key anti profiteering measure. It shields borrowers especially the poor, despite imperfect enforcement. The state agency notes the law saves North Carolina borrowers over six million dollars yearly and urges equal treatment of corporations and individuals.
In Raleigh two voices opposed a Volstead aligned bill while others stayed silent. The piece argues laws should be enforced or repealed and notes protests come from those breaking them. J W Bailey urged North Carolinians to obey laws, reflecting on lawfulness and community duty.
In Richmond the Bankers Club publishes Harvie Jordan's address on the cotton boll weevil as a national menace. The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond supports the pamphlet campaign to raise public awareness and urges action in the Fifth District. The Observer notes the bank’s distance from the cotton fields and calls for a North or South Carolina branch to aid local farmers and business against the pest.
Della Sellers, a local Black woman, is jailed without bond in Craven County awaiting superior court on a murder charge for the killing of Willie Simpson on Upper Broad Street Sunday afternoon. She confessed to firing a single barrel gun during a jealous rage sparked by drunkenness, though she claimed she did not intend to shoot Simpson specifically.
T W Hugo of Duluth died here today at age 75. He was grand chancellor of the supreme council Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, southern jurisdiction.
Asheboro February 28 Joe McDowell was jailed to await trial for criminally assaulting Mrs Baxter Rich in December. Both are from prominent families. Crowds gathered as Magistrates Sylvester Loudermilk and John B Ward heard more than a dozen witnesses. Mrs Rich attended the preliminary hearing.
At the Tanenhaus apparel shop on South Main Street preparations are completed for a formal spring opening. The store has been remodeled recently with modern improvements.
The Trade Record of The Nationality Bank of New York reports US corn exports in 1922 valued at 115,097,000 dollars, exceeding the 1921 high. Including by products, total exports reach about 150,000,000 dollars, with three quarters going to Europe and most crops produced by the US.
Wake Forest College president W L Poteat was elected president of the newly formed Council of Church Schools of the South. The body unites Protestant evangelical schools for policy, cooperative public discussion, and coordinated action on education and church relations.
Raleigh February 28 The secretary of state has granted two charters Patterson Carter Incorporated Henderson general construction capital stock 10000 paid in 300 incorporators A D Patterson C L Carter and Mrs Olga M Patterson W D Mann Company Salisbury general mercantile business capital stock 100000 paid in 25000 principal incorporators W D Mann T F Wright and J M Carlton
Frank Seletski, freed in city court after claiming he stole eight loaves to feed a starving family, is ordered rearrest as investigators deem his tale a fake. Judge Rosenwater and a bakery owner Mor ris Webber offered sympathy, noting Seletski as a wounded World War II veteran.
Legislative leaders framed and passed a simplified income tax law and sent copies to each representative and senator for understanding. The notice informs members of the action and distribution to all lawmakers.
New York report says Dr. Frederick B. Robinson announces that Bernard Grossman claims the earth’s reserves of coal oil nitrates and ores are draining and may harm the globe. He envisions bottling solar energy in a future city plant to power industry and rival Henry Ford in wealth.
The administration bill was finally killed in the senate today amid Wednesday session remarks.
Three convicts named John Spot Leahy John Clinton and Daniel St John escaped from Welfare Island prison last night. They crossed the East River in a skiff amid ice floes and were hunted by police after abandoning the craft at a Long Island City waterfront park. Confederates are suspected to have aided their passage upstream.
The statement envisions women not staying at home in new hats this Easter but instead being out attending services and listening to radio sermons, highlighting a shift in religious observance and media consumption.
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