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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
3
Tonight the Sheraton hosts a society dance starting at 9 and ending at midnight with Tal Henry's orchestra. Hotel manager Leslie D. Fairchild announced the event this afternoon.
Mrs Laura Coble of Richmond visits her sisters Mrs John W Lambeth and Mrs Zed Griffith in Thomasville. Dolan Jones family return from Decatur Alabama. D E Hoover visits son Paul in Greensboro. E L Webb and daughter Evelyn visit relatives in Louisburg and Kanston before returning to Spencer. DeWitt Owen returns home after visiting Eugenia Fife in Spencer. Epworth League delegates from Main Street M E church attend annual meeting in North Wilkesboro. R M Courtney and son Murrell travel to Cleveland Ohio for several weeks. Mary Barnwell visits Greensboro. Lois Harold travels home from Baltimore. Emery Zimmerman of Lexington visits. Ella Williamson of Lexington spends week here with sister Mrs W T Green.
The Treble Clef club for the study of music and music appreciation gains momentum as progress this past winter is linked to keen interest and monthly meetings of this informal organization.
William Ashby returned from Mount Airy after a short visit with relatives. Mr and Mrs Willis Slane were in Charlotte yesterday.
Virg il Bowers a white man from High Point was found guilty of having liquor for sale and fined 100 dollars plus costs by Judge Walter Rovall in municipal court. Cecil Reitzel, white, was guilty of assault and fined 15 dollars. Hi J Lopp, white, fined 50 dollars for driving under the influence. Lonzo Bell John Williams Homer Hudmon and Clarence Clabern, all black, fined 10 dollars each for gambling. W D Turner, black, guilty of speeding and fined costs.
In Burlington North Carolina on June 23 the jury acquitted B B Oakes former Greensboro officer of murder in the Robertson shooting after a chase from Reidsville to Battleground. Edwards was convicted of second degree murder in the McCuiston case and Talley is still at large. The trial moved from Wentworth to Alamance county for fairness.
Joe Samet a young white man from High Point was arrested today by Federal Officer I L Johnson of Greensboro. He had been fined 300 dollars and costs by the New Bern municipal court earlier but escaped before paying. He will be taken to the proper facility for processing.
This afternoon in Greensboro it is believed he will furnish bond, shaping the rapid progress of the legal proceedings.
Governor Len Small received a telegram from Col. Samuel Hunter, ad jutant general representative at Herrin, blaming Williamson county officials for the rioting that led to the massacre of 25 men. Hunter states local authorities could not have handled the situation and should have requested troops.
At Princeton University the trustees decided faculty members may retire at 68 with a pension in the future. A special provision allows a limited three year extension beyond 68 by a board vote, for individual cases.
Medical scientists suggest that consuming sauerkraut may extend life. The remark appears in a report noting the health benefits of fermented foods.
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