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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1919
Page
8
Washington October 25 the senate banking committee by 9 to 7 recommended rejection of John Skelton Williams for comptroller of the currency. Republican members opposed while Democrats supported. The nomination will go to the full Senate amid expected partisan defeat.
At a chamber of commerce meeting the push to build a new hotel dominated discussion. Directors agreed to prioritize hotel development, with plans to consult an experienced architect and begin initial work promptly. Housing needs were acknowledged but postponed until the hotel project advances. Nova Scotia’s Emelyne Mckkenzie, the first woman lawyer there, appeared in court and won her first case.
A. E. Tate, member of the Southern Commercial congress trade commission, writes from London about the group’s Europe tour. He says he was elected chairman of the commission and F S Lambeth of Thomasville chairs the executive committee. The delegation sailed from New York aboard S S Columbia on Sept 6 for Glasgow, arriving Sept 16.
The column recalls a voyage from Glasgow to New York aboard the Anchor Line ship Columbia now used as a passenger liner after the war, with captain Blakie and officers listed. It notes a local rooster’s death, a loyal Columbus Allsop, and farm scenes in Ireland and Scotland. It mentions Edinburgh sightseeing and London conferences with trade talks, plus a note on U.S. education history at Mt Holyoke and Oberlin College.
A promotional piece advocates drinking a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims improved digestion appetite and overall freshness and notes households should adopt internal sanitation as part of daily routine.
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