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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1926
Page
4
This note reflects on winning the deathless life through sacrifice of outward things. It describes Greek views of death, Jesus as illumination, and a prayer asking for deliverance from worldly worries. It ends with a remark about older folks doubting the younger generation amid enforcement of the Volstead act.
The American Legion conference will bring post commanders from North Carolina and leaders including Governor McLean and Commander McQuigg. A public meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the American theater will feature talks by Governor McLean and Commander McQuigg, marking notable first appearances in High Point.
The senior North Carolina senator bars Red Powell from his office after Powell’s reporting displeased Senator Simmons. Frank Hampton directs Powell to stay out. The piece notes harsh claims against Simmons from various quarters and recalls earlier political feuds with Penrose and the Duke estate debates.
In North Carolina public opinion splits over Senator Simmons amid questions of his role in a taxing measure. Supporters see the concession as public service while critics blame weakened stance for political gain. Simmons faces hostile media as he remains in his home state.
The piece compares Jackson Mississippi and High Point on railroad grade crossing issues. It notes Jackson requiring elevated tracks at a five million cost and suggests High Point send an emissary to study Jackson’s plan and terrain, cost burdens, and why elevation was chosen over lowering the mood.
A fighting report notes Battling Siki was killed in a confrontation with a phrase describing opponents as poor white trash. The piece also remarks on local dialect adoption suggesting a tie among racial groups.
A University News Letter cites federal 1925 data showing North Carolina as a major moonshining state with 1 917 stills seized and 839 distilleries. NC leads in stills seized by population while surrounding states Georgia Tennessee Virginia and South Carolina rank nearby in distilleries and fermenters seized.
Voting on the prohibition issue via today’s Enterprise ballots nears 400 with totals unlikely to top 600. The day signals a shift toward strict enforcement of the law as written, with major papers nationwide tied to the NEA service for coverage.
The piece notes thirty one papers in complete returns show nearly 300000 votes with editors reporting unusual interest and surprising results. The deadline for returns is fixed at March 20 and ballots are available from The Enterprise for readers who wish to vote. A mining disaster at Heeles mine yielded a small positive note as some entombed miners were found alive.
A Passaic textile strike and police brutality spark debate. The piece argues brutality births more radicals, urging business leaders to oppose police force and support strikers. It warns that clamping down increases radical sentiment and cautions conservatives to reconsider.
Sentiment for statewide policing of highways grows as National Conference on Street and Highway Safety recommends a uniform enforcement and traffic control system. Mounted traffic patrols would supervise motor traffic, with plain clothes and speed traps deemed undesirable to reduce friction and improve highway safety.
A High Point letter urges supporters to repeal modifications to the prohibition law and defend the Eighteenth Amendment. The writer argues enforcement, harsher penalties for bootleggers, and Christian duty to oppose light wine and beer “wedge” strategy, calling for elected officials in sympathy with the law.
Mrs John Reed McMullan sister of Mrs Joseph Cox Mrs Kirby Page and Mrs W R Thomas died early today in a Greensboro hospital after a seven week illness. Her home was Edenton and funeral services will be held tomorrow in Edenton with relatives from High Point and Greensboro in attendance.
The House judiciary committee voted 14 to 6 to recommend impeachment proceedings against Federal Judge Geo W English of the Eastern Illinois district for high misdemeanors in office. A sub-committee will draft articles and report by March 16 with a Senate trial possible if the House votes to proceed.
The New York cotton market opened steady with prices 2 to 6 points higher, then held around that level in early trading. Buyers included shorts, the trade, Wall Street, commission houses, and Liverpool, with March contracts seeing covering from foreign sources amid favorable weather reports and rains ahead.
The writer argues the Devil uses deceit since Adam to destroy homes and cites the Eighteenth Amendment. He recalls a friend who claims to have never touched whisky before prohibition and says the law eroded personal rights, noting a personal shift after prohibition took effect.
Notices of intentions to deliver on March contracts were issued. Hedging sales faced light pressure from the south New Orleans and spot houses as central and western belt traders pushed soil conditions for upcoming farm operations.
Charlotte March 19 Unanimous agreement by the state League of Women Voters to hold an interstate conference and school of citizenship at Asheville from June 8 to July 2. Five delegates were named to represent North Carolina at the national League of Women Voters convention in St. Louis on April 14: Miss Phil McMahon Charlotte Miss Gertrude Weir Goldsboro Mrs Julius W. Cone Greensboro Mrs C Gola Ruthse rftorton and C L M DO Titting Durham.
Representative Busby of Missouri told the House that the entire south suffers from corruption due to sale of republican patronage. He framed the issue as a regional consequence of party patronage, urging action.
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