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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1925
Page
2
The High Point Enterprise quotes a 1925 item noting France’s dollar value rise after discovering America’s high regard for it and remarks on frugal French patience. It also mentions six months, three months, and one month subscription prices and various local notices.
Gen William A Smith commander United Confederate Veterans of North Carolina recovered from illness by a doctors advised silk string treatment and visits Charlotte yesterday. He invites friends and veterans to a home coming and reunion at his Ansonville home on Wednesday the 14th with a church picnic nearby and full seating anticipated for a large gathering.
A Citizen argues High Point must expand Johnson Street through Mechanicsville to unite old and new city areas. The piece emphasizes city planning's role in traffic relief and civic cooperation, noting Packard president Alvan Macauley on planning timing and traffic regulation as only a temporary fix. The author urges widening and extending streets and planning as essential to progress, while weaving in moral reflections on accountability and responsibility.
A North Carolina observer argues juries apply social code over statutes in murder cases. The piece critiques reliance on self defense and transitory insanity in Cole case, contending social norms shape verdicts more than law. It questions whether Mitchell’s court-martial should await air service investigations before ruling.
Washington reports Mitchell faces court martial over utterances deemed disruptive to discipline and harmful to the service. An inquiry into his outbreak may trigger a major reform of the national air service and could result in his removal from the army.
Two Raleigh figures receive letters from A Kye i. Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire and editor Josephus Daniels reportedly faced Klucker letters during Klon vacation. The missives condemn Kluck erism, with Daniels and staffer Nell Battle Lewis mentioned and Judge Grady reportedly unafraid.
The article argues that investigations after disasters aim to assign blame but often fail as those responsible deflect blame. It notes people resist admitting fault and shifts responsibility to others, using examples like a drunkard blaming misfortune for his downfall and illustrating how this pattern undermines accountability.
New York AP report notes Federal Reserve authorities reaffirming sound credit by maintaining the 31 2 rediscount rate, anchoring markets. Stocks rallied as money rates eased. bonds revived upward trend. French bonds rose on talk of American debt accord. Motor shares hit record highs on strong buying. General Baking jumped over 30 points to a new peak. rails showed late recovery after sluggish week amid high freight demand and August earnings prospects.
STANDINGS BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 3. The firemen and a brakeman of an Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic freight train were reported killed. Wagincer Mardin was scalded and suffered a broken arm, with several other crew members injured when the train derailed at Parkwood.
Raleigh officials say the resignation of W F Pate after 15 years at North Carolina State College will be a distinct blow to the School of Agriculture. Pate leaves Oct 1 to head fertilizer research and extension in North Carolina and Virginia for the National Fertilizer Associations.
A Friday sermon centers on the second coming of Christ with stark warnings about who will be left behind. Mr. Stephens urges readers to seek salvation, read the Bible, and place names in the Lamb's Book of Life as he notes a wave of immorality and Satanic influence nationwide. His brother Bill Stephens also speaks, stressing the campaign's divine purpose and the presence of elderly attendees in the audience.
NEWPORT R I Oct 3 The entire fleet under Rear Admiral Christy seeking to recover the S-51 bodies has suspended operations for the day due to rough seas and has been ordered to port per a wireless message intercepted.
Testimony focused on motive and sanity as defense cross examined Cole over the 1925 shooting of Bill Ormond. Prosecutors pressed details of letters and self defense claims while witnesses described Cole’s unstable behavior after the slander dispute and his fear Ormond would kill him.
New York Oct 3 AP Contenders in the second division fight for final rating as season ends. Cardinals beat Cubs 4 3 to spoil fifth place hopes. Slade and Torperee homered. Boston and Brooklyn battle for fifth as Robins must win both. Yankees shut out by Athletics 10 0. Dykes collects five hits including triple and homer. Red Sox crush Senators 11 2 as Ehmke allows ten hits. Salisbury mayor proposes $50 fire turnout fine to fund street building after fires.
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