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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1924
Page
2
Advertising department text from High Point Enterprise includes service lines and a block of NEA Service quotes. It notes copyright by NEA and lists ad department numbers, plus a collection of short aphorisms and trivia.
A fragmentary poem recalls returning to one’s birthplace and the pull of home. Also noted are tax figures for North Carolina this year totaling over ten million dollars, and an observation on Senator Simmons winning reelection with no campaign spending. The piece ends with a musing on age and political endurance.
The Lexington Dispatch urges Governor Morrison to hear Hale and Leake before deciding on commuting their murder sentences. It argues the condemned men confessed to a brutal crime and that the governor, as sole reviewer, must weigh mercy against justice while avoiding rush to execution. The editorial stresses the governor’s duty to hear all reasons before acting.
A rural newspaper notes that frequent community concerns center on colds and their impact on happiness. It highlights a Yale medicine professor’s chlorine gas salve as a potential cold treatment, released gradually to the affected area. The piece also mentions a local minister’s hairstyle critique during a public gathering.
In Mt Vernon Methodist Church Rev W A Lambeth faces disruption as Rev Burke Culpepper conducts evangelistic meetings. Culpepper jeers at bobbed hair, sparking an indignation meeting by the choir and male supporters. The choir walkout continues as Culpepper preaches on biblical aims of women’s hair.
The New York cotton market opened with an advance of 1 to 9 points except October, which fell four points. Buying appeared steady but soon gave way to profit-taking over the weekend. Prices eased from 24.85 to 24.67 for January and other active months showed declines of six to nine points amid reports of softer cotton goods trade and weaker export demand in the South.
The New Orleans cotton market opened comparatively quiet with first trades up four to eight points thanks to favorable Liverpool advice. Prices eased later as weekend liquidation set in with January at 24.55 and March at 24.77, down 16 to 17 points from opening highs. The weather map showed more rain in the east and colder in the west, with showers and cloudy but fair Sunday forecast.
Wall Street opened irregularly higher with large weekend profit taking. Simmons, American International and Jordan advanced to fresh yearly highs. American Water Works jumped 1 1 2 points while Harvest er 1 1 4 rose. United States Steel, Dan and Baldwin unchanged. Allied Chemical fell 1 point.
Princeton and Yale meet at Palmer Memorial stadium in a semi final of the Big Three championship. Yale arrives undefeated and confident after winning the Big Three and the 1923 inter-collegiate title, while Princeton seeks reversal after Notre Dame ups and downs. Kickoff is at 2 pm with thousands of Yale fans and the college band traveling to Princeton.
Atlantic City November 15 The board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church in final session here yesterday voiced the insistent demand of Methodism in the establishment in principle that conscription of wealth and labor must be the counterpart of any future conscription of life in war.
Lieutenants Nelson and Wade left Houston at 9 10 A M aboard the New Orleans and Boston II en route to Washington They will lunch in Dallas then fly to Fort Worth for the night On Sunday they depart for St Louis to join Captain Smith and continue to Washington
Dublin report says four armed men robbed the St Stephens Green branch of the Bank of Ireland today and escaped with nearly $10,000 in cash. Police launched a manhunt as details emerge from the scene in Dublin.
New York City long distance troubadour Walter Welsh arrived after a 3 000 mile cross country walk singing his way from San Francisco to New York. He notes singing days boosted mileage and helped pay rides, calling the journey a cure for nerves and pessimism. He plans to walk back to San Francisco next spring singing throughout.
New York Nov 15 The cotton goods trade shows strong buying and contracts for early next year as election results and a favorable government cotton report lift confidence. Fall River reports 200000 pieces of print cloths sold in two days. prices on print cloths sheetings and convertibles rise 1 4 to 1 2 cents per yard. Wage revisions in New England mills range 0 to 12 1 2 percent. Yarns up 1 to 2 cents per pound amid broader demand.
Winston-Salem reports a meeting of leading Democrats endorsing Hon. R. M. Cox for Forsyth's former representative as next speaker of the North Carolina House. Cox has served in five regular and three special sessions. Campaign leaders H. G. Connor Jr. and Clayton Moore drive eastern support. W. W. Neal and Senator A. F. Sams handle western efforts. Gifts were given to County Chairman George W. Flynt and aides in appreciation of boosting Democratic turnout in Forsyth County.
In St Augustine Florida on November 15 officials of the Florida East Coast Railroad began an immediate investigation into last night’s wreck that killed four and injured 18. Most injured were expected to recover with officials unsure of the cause but hoping to determine fault today. The south bound passenger train carried many tourists and the track was cleared with schedules resuming.
W C Baker a retired railroad man from Auburn New York died from poisoned cider served to residents of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks National Home at Bedford. The cider in a barrel previously held plant-spraying poison caused eleven deaths and three more Elks linger in critical condition while fourteen others recovered.
The condition of Mrs Frances F Morgan Sr, widow of J Piermont Morgan, remained unchanged. Dr Frederick Gulney of New York said she rested comfortably during the night at her country home in Highland Falls on November 15.
A fragment quotes a London Answers note describing dramatic love effects on the body. It mentions Isabella provoking violent cardiac disturbances, dryness of the palate, epiglottis and larynx symptoms, and vertigo. The fragment lists names like Sappenfield Wells McComb Bonner Underwood Merritt and a Young Doctor dialogue about love.
A Raleigh report notes rural counties flipped to Republican majorities while cities swung Democratic as the port bill setback energized insurgent sentiment. Col. Wiley M. Person praises Franklin voters for rejecting the port measure and predicts only two Republicans in the state senate with house shifts balancing gains and losses.
Cleveland police have temporarily set aside the theory that bootlegger Louis Rosen and his brother-in-law Adolph Adelson were killed by imported gunmen. Instead they focus on three known members of a hi-jacking ring tied to Rosen, with police matching descriptions from Bertillon records to men seen fleeing Rosen's yard after the ambush.
A cloudy Davidson home game against North Carolina is expected to draw a large crowd. Both teams are reported in good shape with Carolina considered heavier in weight. Probable lineup details are listed, indicating positions for Davidson and Carolina players.
The piece contends only about half of eligible voters cast ballots in 1924 and cites psychology indifference patriotism and pocketbook concerns. It argues many fear registration and voting will expose tax records, urging steady four year mobilization to combat vote slacking with persistent outreach.
A column notes tattooing wanes among sailors as land life and inland westward drift grow. It links the shift to lesser interest in merchant marine and navy, the auto era, and popular media. It also touches on gold imports and beliefs about animal intelligence.
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