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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
3
Governor Hoey granted a ten day reprieve to Alfred Caper a 24 year old Black man sentenced for the murder of J C McNeill in Robeson County. Caper faced execution in the gas chamber today and the delay extends his fate by a short period.
A three year old boy, James Goodman, drowned in a mill pond five miles west of Mt. Olive yesterday. The article notes regional statistics about elderly residents, mentioning 97 000 people over 75 in London.
Iris Ives and Bart Whittaker weigh money and love as they plan a rushed wedding. Iris buys an $80 suit on installments hoping it proves a practical start while Bart frets over costs and secrecy grows around their finances. The couple marries in a quiet ceremony and faces tensions from budget worries and hidden truths.
Detective Sergeant Jack W. McMahon said Hugh Bentley aged 18 of 1800 King Street confessed to breaking into Reavis's Garage on South Main Street and stealing three sets of brake linings valued at 10 dollars. Bentley faces breaking and entering and larceny charges and remains jailed on a 500 dollar bond.
Five men arrested for dynamiting fish faced fines of 100 dollars and costs. Caldwell County defendants Ted Crisp Luke Woods John Mooney and Fred Beard received 100 dollar fines plus 23.50 costs with Beard and Mooney jailed six months for nonpayment and Crisp and Woods appealing to Superior Court. In Alleghany County L N Farmer of Sparta was fined 100 dollars and costs 24.75 with three days jail suspended on payment. officials vow stricter action against dynamiters.
In Chapel Hill on June 9 1 400 students enrolled marking the start of the University of North Carolina summer session.
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