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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1923
Page
4
The item notes postal status and 1923 publication details. It highlights February into March commentary from the era, including remarks on taxes, industry, railroads, and local Atlanta style updates with a focus on North Carolina news and civic notes.
At Raleigh this morning Robert Williams, a condemned prisoner, was executed in the electric chair after a formal death sentence. He called on criminals to heed his farewell warning and urged that his death serve as a deterrent despite ongoing crime. Seventeen inmates remain on death row awaiting execution as the state enforces capital punishment.
The article notes Senator Johnson of California opposes President Harding's push for American participation in the international court of justice, while other content reports on local topics including Kivett Drive work near Arthur Lyon and Company’s baseball park, the North Carolina divorce law stance, and a gasoline price rise from 23 to 30 cents a gallon with inquiries into the cause and calls for explanations.
The Metro Life tables for 1922 show children under 15 account for nearly half of auto accident deaths. The piece argues that child drivers and lax enforcement of the 16 year age limit endanger the public and urges parents to prevent underage driving.
The Enterprise reports the High Point school board has formed a committee to consult the architect and plan a new school in the southern section to accommodate growing enrollment after city boundary extension. Officials emphasize commitment to rapid completion and the value of education for progress.
Lettuce grown in New Hanover county is shipped from Wilmington to West Palm Beach hotels in February, earlier than usual. Florida's crop was damaged by weather, prompting hotels to source lettuce from this region. Secretary W A Montgomery of the Truckers Association arranged the shipment after inspecting J G Seitter's farm. Additional orders from Florida are expected, with heavy northern shipments likely to begin in early April.
The report notes truckers in South Carolina start in early February and move crops through March 10, with local truckers harvesting and shipping by April 1. Wilmington shipments yesterday yielded $3 per basket FOB, viewed as an unusually good price. European nations are paying men high wages to devise excuses for wars.
Funeral services were held for Dallas Morena Cable ten year old son of Mr and Mrs D M Cable of Cable Street at their home in Dallas conducted by Rev E J Harbison. The service featured a school junior choir from Emma Blair with Miss Norris directing and many floral tributes from Norris grade. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery with relatives traveling from Winston Salem Burlington Ramseur Randolph and Chaster White among attendees. The obituary includes a reflective sermon on salvation and self delegation by the missioner and ends with a note about a wealthy Alabama man adopting a moonshiner’s family.
The article recalls Dr Penick emphasizing Christian faith as essential to healing. He warns against clinging to fragments of truth and urges believers to approach Christ with a genuine need, citing the Galilean woman and the call to come "Just as I am."
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