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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1919
Page
7
Multiple quick notices include rental wanted with five rooms near Winston-Salem area. Classified ads offer Ford Racer for sale, a store with stock and hardware building for rent in Trinity North Carolina, and a factory investment position in an furniture enterprise. Also missing tire advertisement and a reward notice near Weldon.
Wireless dispatch from Moscow reports an assassination attempt on Admiral Kolchak in London timing. Ten hand grenades were thrown, six soldiers killed and 12 wounded. Also reported are Bolshevik capture of Kursk south of Orel and Toblosk Ishim Omsk areas with 28,000 prisoners including 1,000 officers.
Powell Miller, a young man described as a Negro, was held for the higher court under a $300 bond after a hearing before Squire W. G. Brown. He stands charged with larceny of a railroad pass used to travel from Danville Virginia to High Point. The pass belonged to Arthur Holmes, a Negro employed at the Southern railway freight station. Holmes testified that he had placed the pass in the coat pocket of Early Palmer, another local Negro, and the pass vanished when he returned for it. Palmer was arrested but released after insufficient evidence. Conductor Newlin testified for the United States that he received a message to watch for Miller on train No. 45 after it left Danville. the train reached Greensboro and Miller was arrested upon arrival in High Point. Miller declined to testify. Deputy Marshall Rhones and Railroad Detective Williamson prosecuted. Attorneys Gold and York defended.
The finest black diamonds originate in Bahia Brazil. A specimen of the highest quality sold for twenty thousand dollars.
Vienna reports a daily rise in beggars on the streets in hotel and cafe districts. Civilians of all ages fill sidewalks and restaurant areas, including women with babies and children, with some licensed beggars seen though few. The beggars persist but are not abusive when refused.
Boston on November 18 reports the Bell-in-Hand saloon, founded in 1795 by Old Jimmy Wilson, has shut its doors under Prohibition. Manager Daniel J. O'Connor hopes to reopen possibly with a soda fountain to counter near beer.
Ottawa reports that returned soldiers in Canada have acquired about 2,000,600 acres of land either as gifts or through government loans. The approved loan value totals $45,1200,233 across 12,962 loans, averaging roughly $2,298 per recipient.
Lord Leverhulme, "Soap King" of England, speaks at a Boston Chamber of Commerce luncheon. He founded Lever Brothers Ltd at Port Sunlight and recently introduced a six hour day in his firm. His talk centers on facing the facts of human relationships in industry.
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