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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1919
Page
1
The city schools opened with enrollment over 2000 as four white schools drew crowds. Spit balls and fights occurred among boys while girls compared vacation notes and opinions on teachers. Main street hosted about 1000 students with 250 overflow. speeches by Haworth Coble and Mayor Stanton framed the opening.
A sweeping mystery centers on the death of a slain lawyer with a night visor seen near a Suoper residence. Police pursue a lead as no woman is implicated in the case.
Across Tennessee and nearby, a series of events including a large Austin meeting by the St Johns Missionary Negro Baptist association protesting Southern conditions, a Nashville police statement on the Robin J Cooper murder, and Knoxville martial law and riot aftermath highlight a tense race relations week with arrests, security patrols, and upcoming local elections.
In Milwaukee on September 1 rank O Keefe threw a blue berry pie at Bluecoat Nick Blumenberg during a preface. O Keefe was fined ten berries for excessive crust in the incident.
Oscar H. Morris, longtime secretary of the State Retail Liquor Dealers' association, has been chosen secretary of the Wisconsin Retail Dry Goods association. The move aligns Morris with leadership in state retail trade circles.
In Milwaukerf a reporter asks a passerby about Yap with the answer that the password opens the Test door and can yield up to 66 percent. In New York Romanians waiting for passports say high rents and no liquor prompt their long line to go home.
The Pacific fleet under Admiral Hugh Rodman passes the Oregon during a spectacular review at the Golden Gate. Secretary Daniels and officials witness the parade of ships before a large crowd. A supply and fuel fleet followed and anchored in the harbor.
President Wilson declines to share tentative drafts of peace treaties with Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey with the Senate committee citing ongoing negotiations. In a letter to Senator Lodge he says public release is out of the question while negotiations continue and he also resists making public the June 16 Rhine occupation declaration due to potential embarrassment.
Everett Scott of the Boston American League club extended a consecutive league game streak to 501, dating from June 20, 1916. He has 1,700 at bats, 418 hits, 511 bases, a .246 batting average and a .966 fielding average.
El Paso reports Adam Schaeffer an American citizen slain at his mine in Cacatreas on August 28 by Mexican bandits. Schaeffer, 55, was an independent mining operator. A telegram to American Smelting and Refining Co. confirmed the killing.
Paris dispatch says the Supreme Council discussed the Austrian peace treaty and expected delivery to Austrian plenipotentiaries tomorrow. The Bulgarian treaty is also under review with speed expected except for a solution on the Aegean issue and access to the Aegean for Bulgaria.
Ununized labor groups parade through High Point streets marking the city’s Labor Day observance. A morning march led by brass band travels from South Main to English and Lindsay, with a Western section speech in the western city area. Afternoon unionized Negro labor members hold a speaking event.
Two hundred forty German immigrant families arrived aboard a Spanish steamship at Vera Cruz on August 19. They are bound for agricultural lands in Chiapas, per Vera Cruz correspondents of Mexico City newspapers.
Dublin reports the government will abolish press censorship in Ireland beginning August 51. The move signals a shift toward greater press freedom and raises questions about the pace and framework of the transition.
Washington dispatch reports party dissension within the Republican ranks in Congress as factions clash over leadership and stalled legislation. A Democratic National Committee publicity release accuses the GOP of inefficiency and delaying bills, signaling deep internal conflict.
Building permits issued in August, overseen by A B Herney of the city fire department, totaled 49865 dollars. Most permits were for dwelling houses with few industrial plant projects approved, reflecting labor unrest affecting industrial construction.
The National Federation of Postal Employes urges a higher wage standard for all postal employees. Proposals include time and a half for overtime after eight hours, double time on Sundays and holidays, and a day of annual sick leave. Secretary-Treasurer Thomas F. Flaherty says current wages fail to attract needed personnel and meet rising living costs.
Odie Ingram left this morning for Wake Forest college where he will enter the law school. The move marks his next step toward a legal career.
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