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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1925
Page
4
AAP notes continued Greek Bulgarian fighting while the League of Nations debates sea plane use. Big business proclaims a flood tide of prosperity, predicting immersion in gains amid rising winds threatening naval air operations.
The piece questions James Asher’s fame as the Lone Wolf of prohibition and his alleged winging of a U.S. senator. It notes North Carolina tobacco moving rapidly to market with rising prices, predicting a strong buying power and prosperity for the state.
A. M. Scales of Greensboro declines to confirm a gubernatorial run against Max Gardner under the Democratic party. The piece notes Scales would be a strong progressive candidate and could wage a vigorous campaign. It also cites a former Charlotte mayor proposing a business manager for schools to relieve the superintendent of duties.
The article notes a 1924 vital statistics report claiming 100 centenarians with 74 listed as Negroes, suggesting possible inaccuracy due to lost birth records. It also discusses James B. Duke’s death and extensive community impact from Durham to New York, with Duke University as a key monument and his Somerville estate life.
A New York newspaper profile of General Charteris, a Briton who boasted of spreading the claim that Germany used dead soldiers in soap fat. The piece argues many atrocity stories of World War I proved exaggerated or propaganda, noting limited postwar verification and the moral complexities of wartime reporting.
An 80-year-old Confederate veteran from York county near Rock Hill visited the city for the first time since 1865. He built a farm and an estate in 60 years of postwar work, illustrating a Southern trend of returning to rural roots and prosperity after years of poverty.
Bankers and industrial leaders forecast a year of unusually good business with limited inflation risk. They note a growing gap between investments and deposits as easy credit fueled 1924 and 1925 activity, suggesting slower credit expansion unless gold imports occur. Overall, cautious optimism prevails with no overstocking or wild speculation.
The industry outlook improves as manufacturers report rising demand and confidence, with Gary and others expressing solid reasons for optimism about the near future.
An essay arguing that maintaining good habits costs little and total upkeep matters more than avoiding obvious vices. It notes that excesses in smoking or drinking harm health but urges proactive maintenance for lasting well being.
The piece argues many costly habits drain self worth and achievements. Procrastination and irritability waste time, money, and social opportunity. It suggests readers reflect on yearly losses and seek uplifting works and cheerful habits to improve outcomes.
A tale shows how idle habits cost jobs and profits. A visitor to a factory finds the manager away and an assistant taking a day off for golf, missing an estimate and losing the contract. The idle act leads to dismissal and lasting damage to career and company growth.
The assistant would have stepped into the role, but one unneeded day away from the employer's time altered the succession as the manager assumed the presidency.
The piece argues that frequent business delays harm workers and that bad habits hinder success. It asserts many trained youths enter business while a few hundred break procrastination patterns, adopt self-discipline, and secure higher pay and future positions.
In 1925 eastern college football the so called Big Three Princeton Harvard Yale have all been defeated leaving Pennsylvania Dartmouth and Army as top contenders. Colgate star Eddie Tryon sparked Princeton’s loss while Harvard was crushed by Dartmouth. Yale rebounded with a strong showing against Brown and prepares to meet Army. Penn tops with wins over Chicago Brown and Yale in succession as multiple undefeated East teams remain including Navy Lehigh and Holy Cross.
Six tank cars were sent to Asheboro today to ease a severe water shortage with more cars expected tomorrow. City officials report unloading is difficult even with a large pump as crews work to deliver as much water as possible daily. Previous runs included a 13 car shipment and nine cars on Saturday, but full relief will require more rain.
The cotton market opened under pressure with declines of 4 to 14 points amid hedge selling and liquidation. Reports of bad weather in the belt and heavy frosts in Oklahoma influenced prices, with December slipping to 21.10 before a covering rally in early trading.
Rev George Stephens addressed 400 delegates from 60 states and 63 cities in Charlotte urging humility prayer and moral renewal. He urged church members to live Christlike lives to attract nonbelievers and called for personal confession and rededication to God as hundreds prayed and many rededicated their lives.
Bill Pharr, a negro, was sentenced by Judge Donald C. MacRae to six months on the roads of Guilford county for attacking another negro, Will Evans, with a knife. He gave notice of appeal and posted $300 bond. The judge disposed of a heavy docket including gambling, speeding, assault, and larceny cases with various fines and costs.
A feature image of the Blue Ridge region shows Sam Martin the mountain boy pursuing education and love with Madge. Alec Francis plays a revered circuit rider as Thunder Mountain’s villagers balance awe and affection. An extra Mack Sennett comedy, Don't Tell Dad, accompanies the program at the new theatre.
The last women's meeting in High Point was held at Wesley Memorial Church with Miss Lamont presiding. A high school girls choir led the music while Vera Idol sang. Lamont urged Bible study and prayer, noting God's work through women and a growing Bible class in mills. Mrs. George Stephens urged action to continue revival, stressing humility and personal outreach to win souls. Several attendees moved forward to accept Christ as their savior as the service closed with the choir singing Need Jesus.
Washington October 26 The disaster relief service of the American Red Cross moved to aid tornado victims in Alabama. Telegrams requesting resources were sent to Pike county Troy and Barbour county Clayton chapters to coordinate relief efforts.
New Orleans October 26 AP government estimates 15,996,000 bales for U S cotton production. Prices at market reopening fell 1 to 9 points from pre report levels, down 127 points on December futures, more than $10 per bale from morning highs.
Saturday's transfers show about 27000 spent with major sale of a Mclver street lot in Greensboro from C R Mclver to A L Robertson for 22500. Other sales include Jane B Smith to C A Younts Piedmont heights for 10 and other considerations and several lots priced from 500 to 3450 along Bragg Hendrix DeLancey Fuller and Northpark avenues.
Ten U S seaplanes were battered into heaps and seven more damaged as a fierce western gale tore loose 475 pound anchors near Soller's Point by the Patapsco river. Six others rode out the storm. planes were en route to an aeriel pageant for the Scheider trophy race.
Mechanics frantically work on Riccardo Morelli's Macchi number six engine as the Italian entries face delays. Doolittle's Little Jet Black Curtiss and three other American planes line up for launch while Italy races to prepare despite doubts on engine changes under Schneider rules.
The Bryn Mawr Industrial Summer School held an alumni conference in Durham on October 23 to 25. Leaders and speakers from Miss Matilda Lindsay to Dr Carrol and Dr Atkins discussed industrial education and training. Attendees included Miss Louise Leonard of the YWCA and guests from Lynchburg, Hanover, Richmond, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, High Point and other North Carolina towns. C. P. Barringer, president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor, attended.
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