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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1925
Page
2
A High Point Enterprise page dated Saturday March 28 1925 remarks on the Van Sweringen railroad merger and other far flung topics including a jab at the American legation in Peking and the Cheyenne oil case. The tone is a compact, wry snapshot of distant headlines and commentary.
The Chapel Hill Weekly lauds the Graham Memorial Building for its dignity, simplicity, and harmony of red brick and white limestone set against trees and grass. It notes unfinished interior, missing balcony, and gaps at pilaster capitals due to exhausted funds, urging legislative provision to finish the campus landmark.
The Stupe Mountain Memorial association's Rogers Winter criticizes Gutzon Borglum in a Jerusalem style letter. He notes Borglum's shifting religious labels and associations with groups like the Ku Klux Klan while praising his versatility. He speculates on future visits to Turkey and Mecca as part of Bahadir Kemal Pasha sculpture plans. The letter calls Borglum a resourceful artist who fits his surroundings though questions the need to adopt a southern persona.
The Guilford County commissioners vetoed a proposed 20 000 loan to fund a Greensboro Winston Salem highway link, backing state control and delaying county debt. The editorial supports the decision, noting the state will handle construction with existing funds and urging no county loan. It cites dissatisfaction with the current road and endorses keeping responsibility with the state.
Commissioner of Revenue Doughton plans to transfer the auto license bureau to his department without filling the vacancy left by Chief Clerk Sawyer and his assistant, who resigned. The move aims to save their combined 9,600 annual salaries, while critics question whether existing staff can absorb the extra workload without hindering service to motorists.
Henry Ford’s annual report shows Ford Motor Company surplus surpassing one hundred million dollars. He maintains the same car design, resisting refinements while pursuing standardized, high-volume production. The emphasis remains on the original idea over profit.
A public initiative outlines transportation services to be accessible to every resident. Officials emphasize inclusive access, aiming to reduce mobility barriers and improve daily commutes across neighborhoods. Plans address funding, routes, and potential partnerships to ensure universal usability.
TOM A. SYKES of the Friends church urges every man in High Point to attend Sunday's 3 PM Wesley Memorial church gathering to decide on the Stevens party. He cites past campaigns as flawed and praises the visiting group from Gastonia, including city bankers and leaders, as a model for a steady revival. The meeting will determine if the Stevens party should be welcomed as a lasting effort.
A reader letter from Gastonia Citizen praises local coverage of a High Point dance and criticizes newspapers for publishing what they deem false evangelist material. The writer endorses continued truthful reporting and thanks the press for following a principled path.
On March 28 the Junaluska Summer School, tied to Duke University, was chartered as a non-stock corporation in North Carolina with headquarters in Waynesville and affiliates in Durham. Incorporators are R L Flowers and Holland Holton of Durham and J T Mangum of Waynesville. Also chartered were Handy Hardware Company of Fayetteville with 100000 authorized capital stock and 45000 subscribed by Huske Hardware House. R B Huske, R R Huske Jr, W Q Huske, J S Huske of Fayetteville. Charlotte Jiffy Company of Charlotte authorized capital stock 25000 with 2000 subscribed by J D E Kriminger, H J Cheesling and C R Talley, all of Charlotte.
Paris March 28 ambassadors council agreed on the questions to the allied war committee about Germanys treaty violations. Marshal Foch to receive the document tonight, with experts to start the supplementary report next week. They seek classifying violations into slave and insignificant categories and to offer opinions on consequences if policy continues.
The Tobacco Growers' Cooperative investigation committee adjourned a two day session in Richmond Virginia and will reconvene in Raleigh North Carolina. It plans further meetings in North Carolina and Richmond with results not yet announced. The inquiry follows growers' requests regarding the 1924 financial statement.
The New York cotton market opened with a 7 to 16 point decline as selling continued from yesterday. Liverpool held steady due to subsiding liquidation and trade buying but cabling weighed on sentiment. Active months fell 22 to 24 points, May to 24.70, October to 24.67, with weather fears in the southwest adding to selling pressure and spot buyers covering near the lows of the hour.
Washington officials report that land companies in the Great Lakes states used sales methods close to the border line of fraud. The Agriculture Department released the statement after investigating land settlement and colonization activities in the lakes region.
The Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman of Main Street Methodist Church Gastonia has accepted an invitation to deliver the high school commencement address here on June 1.
Greensboro chamber of commerce good roads committee with 12 High Point visitors passed resolutions backing a $250000 county loan to the state highway commission for widening the Greensboro Winston Salem road and starting work on widening the High Point road. High Point delegates did not vote. sentiment favors widening the old road before a new link, with officials differing on exact widening specs and timing.
The revival at English Street Methodist Protestant church continues since last Sunday with growing interest and attendance. Four conversions were recorded at last night’s meeting led by Rev. W. C. Hall and R. F. Andrews. Miss Cora Norman of Oak Hill Friends’ church spoke Sunday night. Rev. J. Wulin of Near Sea Grove will preach at 11 and 7:30 tomorrow. An old-time experience meeting is set for 3 pm. Singing led by E. B. Montgomery has featured the series, drawing participants from various city churches as the revival ends Friday with a final meeting.
Three cases were heard before Judge Matt Hedgecock in police court this morning. Ted Wilson was fined 310 and costs for speeding and operating an automobile with the cutout. Fate Fowler paid costs for assaulting an officer. Charles Truesdale, charged with beating a board bill, had prayer for judgment continued until April 4.
New Orleans on March 28 reports the cotton market opening decidedly easier with cables firmer than due. First trades on the more active months show losses of 19 to 23 points, signaling subdued early sentiment.
The forecast calls for rising cloudiness and showers across most of the west. Prices slid after the opening, July futures at 24.95 and October at 23.95, down 24 to 26 points from yesterday, amid heavy selling by both accounts. Raleigh NC, founded in 1792, is noted.
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