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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1921
Page
1
Washington observers react to President elect Warren G Harding's request to cancel gala events for the March inauguration The Washington inaugural committee follows the plan for a simple ceremony with oath and address then a quiet return to the White House where he will hang up his hat and begin work
Members of Trophy council No 29 Jr O U A M in regular session endorsed the proposed bonds for a modern central high school in High Point township. C F Tomlinson explained the plan to the juniors and many say the majority favor issuing bonds. Guilford council No 23 also backed the bonds and local groups have united to campaign.
Washington reports from the American Consul at Brussels indicate Belgium has made steady progress in restoring agriculture. By end of nine months in 1920 about 61,775 acres of war damaged land were cultivated out of 148,260. Armistice aid and Belgian efforts, plus support to the Department of Agriculture, boosted last year’s cultivated area and farm animal numbers.
Honolulu reports that frame buildings in Hawaii are impractical due to insect damage. Entomologist D. T. Fallaway of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry for the territory cites ravages by pests as the primary obstacle to construction.
Martice Ontario January 11. Associated Press report says three American balloonists are near the town on the trans continental railway. A young Indian named Robert MacGuash arrived with word all are in good health and pressing toward the settlement and expecting to reach before evening.
Paul C. Whitlock of Charlotte visited the University of North Carolina at Governor-elect Cameron Morrison’s request. He described overcrowded rooms, poor law building conditions, and cramped offices, calling the campus a disgrace to the state while praising teaching and faculty. He urged safer, better-equipped facilities to match a modern university.
In his message to New Jersey's incoming legislature, Governor Edwards condemns restrictive Sunday laws and calls for liberalization. He argues that blue laws infringe on liberties, citing the eighteenth amendment and Volstead Act as un-American and unlikely to prevail.
The Wright salary bill increasing pay for five state officers passed both houses in Raleigh on January 11. Salaries set for secretary of state and treasurer at 4500 dollars, auditor 4500, attorney general 4000, superintendent of public instruction 5000. House voted 65 to 44 and Senate 26 to 20. Representative McSwain proposed two-term limits for several offices.
The American Cotton association in North Carolina prepares for its annual convention in Raleigh on January 11 with plans to launch the American products export and import corporation. Governor Manning will speak in Raleigh and other cities to promote stock subscriptions and the program to stabilize the cotton market by exporting surplus.
Lieutenant Commander R. D. Kirkpatrick announces plans for a million-dollar naval air station at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The proposal envisions an air base with aircraft capable of linking by air with the Continental United States and the Far East, with final approval sought in Washington.
Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador, has accepted an invitation to address the 25th anniversary celebration of Flora MacDonald College in Red Springs North Carolina. He will speak at the college event.
At the annual stockholders meeting in High Point the Commercial National Bank reported a prosperous year with record new accounts. A resolution to increase the board to 15 directors was approved. Old board members were re elected and new directors G H Kearns C F Tomlinson and A E Tate named. Directors then re elected J Elwood Cox as president and renewed officers C M Haug er active vice president J W Harriss vice president W A Idol cashier C H Marriner and E B Steed as assistant cashiers.
Daniel O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork was named for deportation after arriving in the United States without a passport Acting Secretary Davis requested deportation citing 1918 Wilson proclamation delegating passport decisions to the secretary of state He is in New York on parole and will testify Thursday before the committee investigating Ireland conditions
New York January 11 The cotton market showed profit taking and a reaction as cables disappointed and prices had risen too fast. Opening bids were barely steady down 22 to 55 points with January lower. Buyers anticipated stronger goods demand and steadier levels near 15.80 for March and 15.83 for May as futures opened at 17.10 for January, 15.95 for March, 15.92 for May, 16.10 for July, and 16.12 for October.
A second Sunday observance bill moves through Tennessee government. It would make it a misdemeanor for firms or individuals to operate their usual vocations or entertainments for compensation on Sundays. Passage would effectively end Sunday baseball and other amusements, with fines of 25 to 50 dollars or 15 to 30 days imprisonment or both.
Donald O'Callaghan lord mayor of Cork arrives as stowaway and will testify Thursday before the committee of one hundred appointed to investigate conditions in Ireland. state department has refused to waive passport requirements.
In Algeria a severe drought has wiped out about three quarters of sheep. The Arab shepherds called the Drinkers of Sunshine face starvation unless wheat is imported from America or Argentina. Governor General Abel travels to Paris to seek relief aid and grain imports.
Census bureau officials said the damage would cost about 2 million dollars and take two to three years to copy the census records damaged by a basement fire. Cigarette smoking was cited as the cause. Senator Smoot urged ending smoking during government working hours.
A Berlin wireless dispatch reports Nikolai Lenine premier of Soviet Russia is dangerously ill in Moscow. Three German specialists are en route for consultation, and Soviet representative Dr. Victor Kop declined to confirm or deny the report.
Washington reports state war and navy views on world disarmament as House Naval Committee questions leaders. Davis notes sincere armament reductions while Daniels favors a March assessment for a possible naval buildup. Raleigh passage details Morrison's inauguration with mass turnout and ceremonies.
Washington January 11 Secretary Daniels proposed an international agreement to end naval arms race as an alternative to building a vastly stronger US navy. He told the House naval affairs committee that if US sea power is not equal to the world’s strongest fleet such spending is wasteful. Daniels outlined advice to President elect Harding to invite a world conference on disarmament upon inauguration and cited authority from the 1916 naval appropriation act.
Miss Callie Welborn aged 29 died yesterday afternoon in a Raleigh hospital after a lengthy illness. Her body arrived in High Point on train No 11 and she was taken to her brother J K Welborn s home. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the home with Rev Charles P Coble of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment in Oakwood cemetery. She was born in High Point and was daughter of J Wesley and Mary Welborn. surviving brother is J K Welborn.
A special train carrying Governor elect Morrison and hundreds of Mecklenburg County citizens is expected to travel to Raleigh for the inauguration. The train should reach Raleigh by 10 AM with ceremonies slated at high noon. many local residents plan to attend.
Acting Secretary Davis of the state department presented his views on disarmament to the House Naval Committee. He was called ahead of Secretary Daniels at the invitation of Chairman Butler, who had conferred with President-elect Harding on the issue.
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