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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1924
Page
2
A compact 1924 column fragment from the Enterprise notices humor and quips on daily life. It cites August weather, family life, and social observations, blending proverbs and pithy reflections. Includes brief mentions of cultural topics and general human foibles in a breezy, observational tone.
A fragmenting newspaper page mixes a nostalgic note on lullabies with local items. It mentions the Franks case linking Chicago to crime, a furniture exposition drawing crowds, a Fayetteville police handcuff theft, and the Hamlet peach show with expected attendance. Judge Stack urges parental spending money to curb delinquency.
Two Wilmington police officers died in the line of duty after seizing an illicit liquor distillery and being shot in their car. The incident underscores the dangerous risks lawmen face in enforcing liquor laws, drawing condolences from officers statewide and civilians alike.
The Greensboro Daily Record urges strict action against speeding and drunken driving. Judges like Judge Matt Hedgecock push harsher penalties, arguing only firm punishment can stop unlawful car conduct and protect public safety. The piece compares reckless drivers to criminals and warns speeds endangering others must be curtailed.
A new Norman Furniture Company store is planned in Rowan County. The building, designed for the project, will cost about 85000 dollars and be finished by December 10th. Percy Bloxam of Salisbury and Williard G. Rogers of Charlotte supervise the architectural work.
Huge crowds filled the exposition as buyers from dawn to late afternoon arrived from multiple states. Attendees included representatives from F. L. Schor Benjamin's Inc., Philadelphia Chair Co., Parker Furniture, Woodall Furniture, Central Carolina Furn. Co., and many others in North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, with numbers lingering into the evening.
A long list of furniture companies and proprietors is presented, naming businesses in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and beyond. The compiled roster includes Galumbeck and wife, Belk Bros, Creedivore Supply, Parker-Gardner, Reims-Tate, Taft & Vanderyke, and many regional shops in Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Greensboro, Lynchburg, Rocky Mount, and more.
In a heated session over kidnapping charges, defense attorney Crowe objects to a witness on grounds that pleading insanity would be estopped by a guilty plea. Judge Caverly overrules, while the state urges Illinois law to permit jury-free proceedings if a prison term is deemed satisfactory.
After sentences were handed down, Judge Caverly stated that the death penalty rule did not apply to the current Leopold-Loeb case since it had not yet reached sentencing, indicating the precedents are not yet applicable to this stage.
John Mason, 3, son of P R Mason of Thomasville, wrote the first order for 40 dollars at Southern Furniture exposition. He later sold a carload of kindergarten furniture to James Starkey of Knoxville, Tennessee, totaling over 1400 dollars. Mason travels with his father, covering North and South Carolina, and has earned praise from furniture dealers for his ambition and sales skill. In addition to selling, he is also a singer and imitates Colonel Frank Lambeth, entertaining buyers at the show.
A ballroom dance will be held at the Sheraton Hotel tonight from 9 p m to 1 a m for furniture buyers salesmen and exhibitors attending the July furniture market. The Sheratonians led by Mr Parsons orchestra director and George Wood Jr oversee the event with an appeal for High Point residents to join. No man may dance unless accompanied by a young lady as organizers seek a large turnout of women to dance with visitors.
A Studebaker driven by Miss Boyles of Thomasville collided with a Ford coupe driven by W C Hammond of this city at the Montlieu avenue and North Hamilton street intersection known as Wreck Corner. The crash involved several children aboard the Studebaker. no serious injuries reported though two cars were badly damaged and the Studebaker radiator and parts were harmed. The area is labeled a dangerous crossing due to heavy traffic and obstructed views from high banks.
A new policy urged by T Wingate Andrews requires all children to show proof of smallpox vaccination before school entry. No child will be admitted without satisfactory evidence, and the rule will be strictly enforced to prevent late vaccination delays that could hinder students after opening.
Late market reports from Wall Street show a third straight quarterly extra dividend from United States Steel boosting opening prices. Key issues climbed with Steel common up about 1 percent, aided by gains in Baldwin, American Can, General Electric and others. Numerous ailing or steady shares such as Texas Pacific, U.S. Steel and Westinghouse Electric moved higher as traders priced in the dividend news.
Reports of rain at Texas points sparked slight selling pressure in New York. Active month prices opened seven points higher to 12 lower, then the market fell 15 to 18 points from the prior close with October at 28.85 and December at 28.00. Support from Wall Street and local traders helped rally.
The New Orleans cotton market opened quiet and steady with early declines of one to five points. Liver pool showed irregular movement as rains in northwest Texas influenced prices, with October slipping to 28.00 and December to 27.83 before rallying to 28.22 and 28.03 respectively, barely up from yesterday’s close.
The notice warns milk customers against false rumors of leaving the business. It states the operation has outgrown the small farm and will move to R. O. Lindsay’s farm with water, grazing, and a modern dairy setup. Mr. M. C. Seward of Richmond will oversee the new enterprise.
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