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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1922
Page
2
Reports from Santiago describe banditry and disorder in quake regions as aftershocks continue. Government weighs sending troops to Coquimbo and Atacama while relief efforts battle shortages and a rising death toll feared between 1500 and 2000 with Vallenar heavily hit.
Santiago reports twin tremors struck late last night shaking Laserana, capital of Coquimbo province, at 112 o clock and a half hour earlier Const tution, capital of Maule province, according to National Telegraph advices.
More than 3 500 residents register across seven precincts for a city expansion referendum set for November 21. A total of 1 800 votes needed to approve the extension, with the fourth precinct reporting 607 registrants and the others totaling 582 450 516 559 559 308.
In New Brunswick New Jersey on November 14 the case shifts as Special Deputy Attorney General Mott plans to seek grand jury findings next week to determine if Mrs Frances Stevens Hall knew of the relationship between her husband Rev Edward W Hall and choir singer Mrs Eleanor Mills prior to their murder on Sept 14.
FAYETTEVILLE November 14 One of the wealthiest citizens of Hope County was bound over to the federal district court at Raleigh on a charge of stealing 14 miles of wire fence from the Fort Bragg government reservation. U S Commissioner Tomlinson set bond at 500 dollars. The man, known as Mr Blue, had received several hundred thousand dollars from the government months earlier for land sold for the Camp Bragg reservation.
The Supreme Court granted Southern Power Company’s petition to review a dispute with North Carolina Public Service Company and the cities of High Point and Greensboro. The case stems from Southern Power’s plan to discontinue service to the Public Service Company, after lower courts ruled state provisions could compel continued power supply. The matter has moved through state court, the U S district court in Greensboro, and the Fourth Circuit before reaching the nation’s highest court.
Father Reginald at the Catholic church delivers a sermon condemning birth control and abortion. He argues marriage is a sacrament for propagating the human race and criticizes husbands avoiding fatherhood and landlords denying families with children. He vows another sermon on a message from the dead.
At a regular meeting of Numa F. Reid lodge No. 344 in High Point the group voted to secure a site for a modern Masonic temple. The move follows years of discussion and wartime pause and aims to house multiple orders with donations possibly funding the building.
Bertie Vaughn is dead after a car plunged off a bridge into a creek near Healing Springs Davidson County. Mrs May Billings and Lester Carrick are hospitalized at High Point with leg and rib injuries and a broken leg respectively. Sheriff F C Sink and Coroner Hulim inspected the scene as drivers and occupants, four young men and several women, were identified. The driver’s sobriety could not be confirmed.
At the world convention, W. C. T. U. delegates discussed Dr. Hoshlal’s assertion that Scotland and New Zealand are the next nations to go dry. The meeting in Philadelphia noted progress of prohibition across five continents and considered the global spread of the dry movement.
Harry Chedeck aged 38 a Russian coal miner died of injuries after a Monongahela railroad incident at Loweville West Virginia. He was being moved from the train to a Fairmont hospital when crushed.
A benefit air show at Curtis Field Garden City on Sunday features army navy coast service and civilian pilots for Lieut Belvin W Maynard of North Carolina who died in a Vermont flight. The event was arranged by American Legion posts from New York and Long Island to aid his wife and four children.
Suits filed in Davidson county superior court claim damages exceeding 50 000 by residents of Allegheny township against Talassee Power company. Allegations say backwaters from the Badin dam have injured the health of complainants and their families.
Miss Edith Kearns employed at Eaird's Department Store fell on store steps injuring her left collarbone. She was treated at the store room on West Russell Street and is expected to be confined about three weeks. Her home is Ashboro.
New York futures rise on bullish consumption figures and firm Liverpool cables with census data slightly above forecast. December settles near 26.38, January 26.27, March 26.20, May 25.96, July 25.65 as buying supported near east and overseas rates.
A mass meeting in High Point will discuss proposed extension of city limits. The gathering at the high school auditorium invites all residents to learn details and share views on annexation and its timing amid growth concerns.
Charles F. Long, longtime High Point resident and driving force behind the Southern Furniture Exposition Building, is credited with shaping the city’s furniture industry. He organized the building company, serves as secretary-treasurer and manager, and remains its largest stockholder after selling the initial stock.
Chicago authorities probe a series of suspected poisonings amid a web of matrimonial agencies and undertakers. Mrs Tillie Kmilek and cousin Mrs Nellie Sturmer Koulik face murder charges with preliminary hearing postponed ten days as detectives seek links to Mr Myers alias names and missing life histories.
Washington reports October 1929 saw the largest monthly cotton lint consumption since June 1929, with 533,950 bales used by manufacturers. The Census Bureau notes a gain of 38,600 bales from September and an increase over October last year, with cotton growing states using about 50,000 more bales and total active spindles in other states down by about 800,000 from a year earlier.
Public health service will use two Navy broadcasts from Anacosta station to publicize cancer control week. The first message airs tonight at 7:45 p m and a second broadcast is set for Thursday at the same time.
The Devereux players presented Romeo and Juliet at the South Main street graded school auditorium to a very small audience mainly of school children. Clifford Devereux as Romeo and Zinta Grail as Juliet impressed most. some supporting players impressed less, notably Arthur Barney as Tybalt and J. B. Souther as Paris.
Berlin November 14 The Reichsbank increased its discount rate from eight to ten percent, the Associated Press reports, affecting markets and lending conditions nationwide.
Republicans plan a 1924 campaign concentrating on taxation, avoiding league of nations and vote-stealing claims. They expect absentee Democratic voters, especially women, to favor tax relief, while cooperative tobacco marketers defend current laws and contracts against changes sought by North Carolina legislators. Senator Joe Brown leads the pro coop drive as the new legislature looms.
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