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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1921
Page
3
Zion officials plan to use women to reinforce modest dress rules after Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva warned that police will arrest any woman in town seen in “half naked” attire. Three women were already served notices and given time to retire from public view. Voliva insisted fines or street labor as penalties and vowed no bail or spousal relief.
Work is underway to build a sand clay road on both sides of the Thomasville corridor to the Davidson county line. Forty workers using eighteen horses pack clay to create a thirty foot wide thoroughfare. County Commissioner W. C. Jones led the project and supervised construction, earning local praise from High Point residents.
Silverware believed stolen from Eva Catherine Kaber and tied to her husband’s murder was found by County Prosecutor Stanton at a fortune teller’s home three days before the stabbing. Mrs Kaber and three others, including a midwife, are indicted for first degree murder in the case.
Amid extreme heat a large turnout attended the land sale in Wiltonbar Terrace. Penny Brothers sold several residence lots for High Point Insurance and Real Estate Company near the planned Methodist Protestant college site. About 20000 dollars worth of property was sold. further sales were postponed to next Monday at 5 pm. Penny Brothers’ band provided music.
Cyrus G. Woods of Greenbury Pennsylvania has been chosen by President Harding as ambassador to Spain succeeding Joseph E. Willard. Woods is Pennsylvania secretary of state and former minister to Portugal under Taft. He is 60, born in Clearfield, and previously appointed minister to Portugal January 22, 1912 serving until August 15, 1915.
George C. Emory of Grand Rapids Michigan was unanimously elected commander by the national executive committee in Indianapolis. He succeeds Col. Fred W. Galbraith Jr of Cincinnati who was killed in an automobile accident here Thursday.
Washington reports Rev. Wilbur F Crafts head of the international reform bureau threatens a legal move within ten days of the July 2 fight to stop the Carpentier Dempsey match. He cites past battles where authorities blocked fights to curb violence and moral concerns.
Washington June 14 government employees who actively oppose the administrations government reorganization plan will be dismissed the president and his cabinet decided today the decision follows reports of employees spreading propaganda against the plan
Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, told Georgia Tech graduates in Atlanta that Admiral Sims and Ambassador Harvey should be adopted by a European nation. He criticized Sims as pro British and Harvey for damning every WWI fighter, declining to discuss the Sims as Case.
British reinforcements have arrived in Upper Silesia and the forces present are adequate to restore order quickly. Austen Chamberlain, official government spokesman, told Parliament this afternoon that the Upper Silesian situation is unchanged.
Lancaster report states Mrs Amanda Zimmers aged 65 died from fright during a severe electrical storm that hit the city Saturday night. Patient Hubert Bard aged 26 in Lancaster county hospital was killed instantly after touching a heavily charged downed wire from the same storm.
Paris reports a peak in the American tourist rush with about 40 000 visitors from across the United States. Despite expectations the travelers show less fascination with battlefields and more interest in the city of Paris itself.
At the American Federation of Labor convention in Denver delegates grapple with Ireland policy. British labor leader James H. Thomas warns the U S cannot solve Ireland's problem, while factions push for boycotts and recognition of the Irish Republic, including troop withdrawal and repayment of a British loan.
Everett Smith a 43 year old jitney driver was found dead under his overturned car on the Wilkesboro road about eighteen miles from Statesville. He had transported a passenger to Wilkesboro and was returning home when the accident occurred. Death is attributed to apoplexy prior to the crash. He left a wife and two children.
Oscar Matthews aged 23 married, drowned while bathing in the Catawba river in Hickory. His feet tangled in a seine and a 40 to 50 pound fish catch around his neck caused him to sink in twelve feet of water. body recovered an hour later. Matthews leaves a widow and three small children.
Sayre Oklahoma reports six people drowned as Timber and Short creeks rose several feet in a cloudburst. The flooded streams flow into the north fork of the Red River above the city, sweeping victims from the area.
The highway commission awarded the concrete road project from High Point to Winston-Salem to Roger Ferguson Company of Virginia. A telephone update from J Wood Cox said the start date is not yet set but work will proceed as quickly as possible.
High Point prepares a July 4 celebration with a street parade float entries athletic contests and prizes. K W Freeze chairs the special celebrations committee with Charles Kephart I T Mann and A T Wishart named to lead the event and multiple committees to handle decor publicity athletics and programs.
Timothy D. Murphy president of the gas house workers union was arrested on charges of planning a 350000 mail robbery at the Dearborn street railway station. Postal inspectors found 98600 in Liberty bonds and 14300 in cash at his father in law’s home. A confession from Realph Teton linked Murphy to the crime.
Ten thousand Shriners in varied colors paraded before Ellis Lewis Garretson Imperial Potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Des Moines Iowa. The four mile line of march opened a three day Imperial council session with all 147 temples represented including delegations from Panama Hawaii and Mexico City.
In Albany Georgia on June 14 Sheriff Beard and prisoner John Williams alleged killer of Lorena Wilkes fled the scene in an automobile pursued by a mob seeking lynching. Judge Thomas to convene Colquitt court in extraordinary session to try the man at once.
Richmond Va June 14 B A Angle Atlantic Coast Line special agent fought a negro desperado aboard a speeding freight train near Colliers Station last night after a blow to the head and was thrown from the top of a car. He escaped death by landing on soft earth. The negro escaped.
Chicago June 14 Union labor won its fight for bargaining rights with railways through federation of shop crafts representing all workers in those crafts. The railway labor board ruled that an agreement between federated shop crafts and carriers, if chosen by the federation, should apply to all employees in those crafts.
New York June 14 The cotton market opened steady with advances of 5 to 10 points. Firmer Liverpool cables and a stronger foreign exchange tone supported prices. scattered selling followed as good southern weather caused irregularity after the call. July and other months showed moderate buying and the day began steady with futures at July 12.32 and later months around 13.22 to 14.09.
North Carolina announces sale of 8,372,500 five percent state bonds in 100 500 and 1000 dollar denominations to support road building and state institutions. Four point nine million dollars go to roads and 3.3 million to university and charitable facilities as governor Morrison backs welfare appointments amid slow tax collections with only 36 counties settling last year's taxes.
Three former German submarines U-117 I-140 and UB-48 departed Philadelphia for Lynnhaven Roads off Cape Henry Virginia. They will be used as aerial targets in a test of airplane attacking methods. U-117 previously operated off the American coast in 1918.
Captain Sydney B K Alexander former congressman and leading citizen died at his home in Charlotte today at age 58. The long time resident and public figure was widely known in the community.
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