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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1922
Page
1
Strike ballots were mailed to 1.2 million railroad workers affected by wage reductions ordered by the United States railway labor board. Votes canvassed over 30 days, with July 1 proposed as the wage cut start, amid possible nationwide paralysis if accepted.
Lincoln Illinois June 7 Former U S Senator Lawrence Y Sherman urged Lincoln College students to burn school histories He argued new ideals must be taught and practiced or civilization fades He condemned ancient and medieval history as a menace to children’s minds praising wholesale crime with rare virtue.
Iowa Republicans cite a progressive landslide as 2 235 of 2348 precincts report Brookhart leading with 41 percent. Clifford Horne follows in second, while Clyde L. Hering is the Democratic nominee. Old guard figures avoid committing on campaign plans despite the upset.
In Cincinnati on June 7 labor leaders estimate it will take at least thirty days to spread and canvass the strike vote authorized by eleven railway brotherhoods.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover reports to the Senate that he and Secretary Davis sought to present suggestions aimed at settling the coal strike but have achieved no result yet. The disclosure marks government intervention in the dispute between United Mine Workers and operators.
The cotton market opened with a 5 to 16 point advance on reports of rains in the south and steady Liverpool cables. New Orleans selling checked the gains, with October slipping from 20.45 to 20.85 as active months showed 8 to 10 point reactions. Futures opened steady with July at 20.50, October 20.40, December 20.32, January 20.11, and March 19.95.
By order of the Alexander county board of commissioners the county will pay round trip fares for Confederate veterans to attend the old soldier reunion in Richmond from June 22 to 24. J L Gwaltney is organizing a Statesville delegation, and the veterans will entrain at Taylorsville on June 21.
Raleigh report by Dr. F M Register notes two strange Northampton county events. A brindle cat living with Charles Hasty reportedly hatched four chicks and then fed four infant mice. a hen hatched 12 brindled birds with four wings, dubbed boarding house brothers, prompting local wonder.
O R York officially installed as High Point postmaster. His four year term began June 2. Receipts show steady growth and eight clerks tested at 98 percent efficiency with 1000 mail routing in 24 minutes. Clerks distribute 40 to 50 cards per minute and quarterly error rate is 1 in 365000.
Reidsville June 7 Francis Womack has been named a member of the Hughes orphanage board of trustees to be built in Danville under the will of the late John E Hughes. The institution will serve children from Virginia and North Carolina and be financed for building and equipment.
J. F. Jackson was fined 50 dollars and costs for driving a car while intoxicated before Judge Walter Roval. Clyde Jones had judgment suspended upon payment of costs after conviction for disorderly conduct.
Will Davis was captured by three High Point citizens and identified by an 18 year old girl as her assailant. He was taken to Raleigh for safekeeping as a lynching mob faced down in Greensboro. Davis denies guilt while authorities express skepticism about his story and praise the trio who halted the mob.
Spartanburg June 7 Joseph Daniels editor of The News and Observer Raleigh and former secretary of the navy spoke at Wofford College and then proceeded to Clemson College to deliver another commencement address. Clemson officials escorted him on a sixty mile drive.
High Point residents voted 250000 bonds for new school buildings in a special election. A total of 994 ballots were cast with 24 opposing and the rest voting for the measure. Employees voting after 6 pm likely swung the result to a majority.
Italian ambassador Senior Ricci said tariff duties are an international problem and proper topic for discussion by diplomatic agents of other countries, in response to Senator Watson of Indiana objecting to foreigners discussing tariff and other legislation in the Senate.
New York June 7 Will H Hays moral mentor of the movies has broad support from leading film makers in a push for clean films. Major producers including Famous Players Lasky Fox Educational Universal Metro Vitagraph and Select Picture post letters endorsing his stand and threatening expulsion from the Distributors of America for directors who ignore the ultimatum.
Randolph county deputies plan to return with Grady Ferguson who surrendered in New Orleans after robbing the People's Bank at Randleman. Sheriff Brady said extradition papers may be needed. Ferguson claimed money was for his wife's hospital bills. Ferguson likely to be brought back to Asheboro next week.
Paris June 7 The allied reparations commission as reported by Temps voted 3 to 1 to expand bankers powers. They may propose plans for an international loan to Germany and authorize suggestions they deem fit.
Columbus Ohio June 7 An announcement from the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange says the George M Jones Coal Company of Toledo the largest Ohio operator has appealed to Senator Pommerehn and Congressman Fess to use their influence to arrange a conference between Southern Ohio operators and miners to end the coal strike in that territory.
The privy council announced that the Washington arms conference treaties signed by Japan 40 years ago will not be affected by the current cabinet crisis. The decision underscores stability in Japan's international commitments despite domestic political upheaval.
Chairman Hull of the Democratic National Committee denounces the Brookhart nomination as a stronger anti Harding and anti Republican stance than Beveridge and Pinchot votes. The statement accuses Brookhart of backing repeal of the Mid-Cummins Act and endorsing progressive policies including agricultural bloc, cooperative buying, farm city labor unity, control of the reserve board by producers, and government ownership of railroads.
Washington June 7 Republican support for Smith W Brookhart as the party nominee for United States senator in Monday's primary was pledged in a statement from Senator McCormick Illinois chairman of the senatorial campaign committee Brookhart defeated the longtime organization candidate in the primary.
Federal Judge James E. Boyd opened the federal court here charging the grand jury to hear more than 200 cases for violation of the prohibition law and denounced enforcement by officers as often entrusted to men utterly unfit for the position. He said much is being done in the name of the law that would shock the country if known.
Admission for the Tom Thumb Wedding set for Thursday night is clarified as tickets priced at 50 cents. The use of a card does not imply special invitations.
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