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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1922
Page
2
Unofficial returns show Republicans with 225 House members and Democrats with 20 in the Senate contest. The Senate majority hinges on the Dakota race, with a lone socialist winning on present returns. Delaware appears doubtful as Du Pont maintains victory in the short term Senate contest expiring next March.
Early unofficial returns show House Republicans at 225 seats, Democrats 207, with 1 socialist, 1 independent, 1 farmer labor. Senate Republicans 53, Democrats 42, farmer labor 1, with possible shifts if Democratic wins alter the margin. Republicans lead by 15 in the House and 24 in the Senate, based on current tallies.
Senator David I. Walsh as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee calls the Tuesday election a rebuke to standouts and retroactive forces in national policy. He sees it as a passive political revolution showing voter dissatisfaction with subsidies and tariffs favoring the few and a postwar tax shift harming small business and labor. He notes Eastern states and the Midwest resent Volstead Act restrictions on personal liberty.
In Wilmington Delaware on November 10 supporters of Senator T Coleman Du Pont Republican and Thomas F Bayard Democrat both claimed the lead in unofficial counts of the short term senate election. The term runs from election day to March 4. Bayard led for the full term though counts differed. Republicans put the edge at 411 and Democrats at 882.
Representative A J Wolsstead of the 7th Minnesota district, author of the prohibition enforcement act, was defeated by more than 12 000 votes. Henry Shipstead farmer labor led Senator Frank B Kellogg Republican by over 80 000 in the race for re election.
Secretary Mellon ordered today the release of foreign vessels seized outside the three mile limit with liquor aboard where there is no evidence of communication with the shore by means of the vessel’s boats.
Winston-Salem Navy reports Greensboro failing to redeem its Piedmont league baseball franchise will not dissolve the Piedmont league. Officials say bidders including E Burington Reide ie and Salidaurvy Spencer stand ready to bid, with the league manager prepared to take over the franchise and players.
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers association closed its annual session with plans to press for lower mirror prices. Members endorsed the American Homes Bureau and discussed seeking federal action if needed including potential legal steps and a tariff adjustment to reduce costs. President C F Tomlinson and J T Ryan led officers elected for the coming year.
Last day to register for the November 21 special election on High Point’s city limits extension. Proponents urge supporters to enroll tomorrow, while opponents say extension may wait a year or two. Registrars will be at all registration sites all day.
Moscow report says Zimovitch, head of the executive committee, asserted that world revolution must pass through Germany. He warned of Germany’s tremendous strides and predicted surprising developments there. He also noted some progress toward revolution in the United States while admitting losses for communists in England.
Winston Salem reports local leaders say Forsyth County Democratic margin in Tuesday's election stands at 2600 votes, about a thousand above the previous high water mark.
Mrs. Mary Smith Lockwood, founder of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died yesterday at Hodan hospital in Plymouth Mdsyg. She had been a patient since September and was 91 years old.
High Point notes highlight Harry Hill a long time resident who rose from Commercial National bank to cofounder of Hill Veneer and president of Denny Veneer. A Guilford College graduate and CHamber member, he is a key figure among southern furniture and veneer manufacturers.
Readiness builds for Armistice Day ceremonies in High Point tomorrow as officials prepare events and commemorations. The piece notes a tense local atmosphere with planning details and community turnout anticipated.
High Point prepares a large Armistice Day program featuring a parade at 1:39 PM, address by John J. Parker of Charlotte at 2 PM, a 3:30 PM football game between High Point and Oak Ridge, a night fireworks display, and a band concert. Ex-service members, Red Cross workers, Confederate veterans, and local citizens join in the event with meals and community honors.
Guilford County becomes first to group school districts under a countywide tax plan amid court scrutiny and a state education reform push. The move advances community education, affecting High Point and Greensboro not included in the act, with election canvassing and commission timing noted. Republicans express sympathy over the election results and law enforcement stance amid disputed outcomes.
The last concrete pour completed last night signals the Winston-Salem High Point road will open November 29. J Elwood Cox of the state highway commission announced the opening date and plans for a joint celebration by the High Point and Winston-Salem chambers of commerce. The 10.6 mile route connects with the existing blacktop road, with construction crews already active at both ends to speed traffic.
Constantinople November 10 The Allied high commissioners delivered a note to the Angora representative demanding repeal of customs, public debt, sanitation, and other services conflicting with Mudros armistice stipulations of 1918.
A river boat ferrying passengers and produce between Shanghai and Tsung Ming island on the Yangtze mouth caught fire. Reports say two hundred people perished in the blaze. The disaster occurred as the vessel traveled along the river.
A fire early today gutted the Continental Machinery Company plant in Chattanooga Tennessee. The estimated loss is 100000. No injuries were immediately reported and the cause is under investigation.
North Carolina officials will withhold its plea for indictments until November 20 when a new grand jury is sworn in. The Hall Mils murder probe shows little progress as the investigation remains in the doldrums.
Irwin Joseph Valentine three year old son of Mr and Mrs James H Valentine died this morning at 10 o clock at the Brackett apartments home. He had been ill since Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev James A Clarke and Rev J F Pletcher. Interment will follow in Oakwood cemetery.
The New York cotton market opened barely steady with declines from 5 to 22 points and a net loss of about 25 to 36 points after the call amid liquidation and scattered southern selling. Dec at 28.65, Jan 26.15, Mar 26.10, May 25.78, Jul 25.46.
Byas Belfast November 10. Erekine Childers a top lieutenant of Emm de Vadera in the Republican movement was captured by free state forces at Wisowk early today, according to an official announcement.
Asheville North Carolina voters elect George Walker state senator for the twentieth district by a majority over 660, reversing a 1,000 margin Republican win two years ago. Walker’s win marks a notable Democrat victory in western North Carolina.
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