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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
2
President Wilson signals possible U S action unless Mexican factions settle soon amid widespread famine looming near the border. Red Cross appeals call for relief funds and food shipments while officials discuss avoiding immediate intervention.
Governor Craig schedules two electrocutions in July. Charles Trull of Mecklenburg is to die July 2 and Abe Allison of Treldell County is set for July 9. Both convictions arose from circumstantial evidence, with recent Supreme Court transcripts confirming the judgments.
L E Wilson manager Baldwin Tool Works of South Richmond Va spent days in this vicinity seeking white ash timber for handles. He found a timber lot in Stuart's Creek swamp three miles from Warsaw with two carloads hauled to the station for shipment to South Richmond. If samples prove satisfactory a plant may be established here to manufacture handles. Stanley Wall loses a fine buggy horse after it is injured by a plow handle. a veterinarian notes a ruptured blood vessel and cannot help.
The High Point schools superintendent recalls a string of swindles by impostors at sixteen consulates in Rouen involving baby mix ups, portrait frauds, and a deaf and dumb ruse, each largely aimed at extorting money from the consular staff.
Kinston May 29 L A Wornegay once a Snow Hill sewing machine agent and former Lenoir county resident who was sentenced to three years is at large from Greene county roads where he was serving. He had been a model prisoner and his wife with their two children left for a visit nearby. He was joined by John Semester who had two days to serve and faced other indictments. In the United States there are 17 dangerous snake species.
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