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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1921
Page
2
About 4000 federal troops from four camps were in West Virginia or en route, with officials saying martial action would be no child’s play. Martial law in five counties was postponed until troops arrived to enforce military rule.
High Point endured the hottest day of the year with thermometers in the shade at 108 and exposed readings up to 125. Officials warned of continued heat with no rain in sight while forecasts promised fair warm weather.
Battle lines lengthen along Spruce Fork ridge with heavy firing reported at Blair Mountain Mill Creek and Crooked Creek. Logan county reports a wounded man and several enemy casualties while trains stop and wires are cut. Women and children flee to St. Albans as lines of armed bands, machines guns and heavy arms move through the Little Coal River district.
Major General Harbord issued orders for immediate entrainment of the 26th and 16th Infantry from Camp Dix and the 19th from Camp Sherman to West Virginia. Martial law decision postponed pending White House talks, with Brigadier General Bandholtz reporting and awaiting troop arrival. Secretary Weeks and others to discuss with President Harding.
The first of three trains carrying the 26th infantry departed Camp Dix at 9 45 this morning en route to West Virginia.
About 600 officers and men of the 19th Infantry departed Camp Sherman at 9:30 this morning for West Virginia mining fields. The troop trains carried fully equipped units ready for field day.
Louisville dispatch reports the 40th infantry with about 1,400 men and ten officers began entraining at Camp Knox today. Unofficial word suggests their destination is the Mingo County coal fields.
Conf erences among labor officials and Governor Morrison with Labor Conciliator McWade aim to resolve the strike at Brown and Norcutt mills in Concord and restore operations. In Concord steps toward impeaching Cabarrus County Sheriff Carl L Spears will be taken at a 5 pm meeting of business and professional leaders following the police chief resignation over mill disturbances. Adjutant General Metts is in town to advise on potential disorders and troop needs after no mills reported disturbances this morning.
Luther Z. Rosser of Atlanta told the American Bar Association that eradicating the mob spirit is essential to national safety. He urged an awakening of public conscience to stop lynching and address labor mobs as equally dangerous to the nation. C. A. Severance of St Paul was elected ABA president, with Wadhams of Albany and Kemp of Baltimore re‑elected treasurer and secretary.
The navy department reported the recovery today of two more victims from the ZR-2 disaster, Robert M. Coons of Owensboro Kentucky and Lloyd Crowl of Charleston South Carolina. Elihu Root declined the nomination to the international court of justice under the League of Nations due to age, according to the Italian consulate.
Two companies of Fort Thomas troops boarded a Chesapeake and Ohio train at 11 o clock today bound for coal fields in West Virginia.
Ten of the 17 army airplanes that landed in Roanoke during a storm on their route from Langley field to West Virginia slipped away early this morning. Six of the seven remaining craft were expected to depart by noon. one plane was badly damaged in yesterday's landing and must go to the factory for repairs.
The 40th infantry with full equipment for extended field service without artillery entrained at Camp Knox today. Destination not announced but reported to be the coal fields of Mingo county West Virginia.
Chicago dispatch reports Judge K M Landis said he was too busy to comment on the American Bar association resolution criticizing his holding both the baseball arbiter position and a federal judgeship. The ABA expressed disapproval at Cincinnati yesterday.
City schools announce compulsory attendance rules and advance examinations for High Point pupils next Wednesday at 9 o clock. Pupils must report to their assigned schools for classification and to satisfy conditions for credits. Parents urged to note age changes from 8 to 7 years.
Raleigh September 2 four educational institutions face postponed starts due to a water famine. Meredith College will open September 14, one week late. State College St Marys School and Peace Institute are to announce new dates today as authorities relegate politics to the back seat.
Raleigh reports tobacco prices are improving despite drought and water shortages in the capital. Cooperative marketing progress in cotton and tobacco shows goals surpassed, with 240,000 plus bales signed and signs of reaching 400,000. August belt prices average around fourteen cents, with regional gains and variable leaf quality across Robeson, Columbus, and other counties.
Raleigh reports a state fund of 100000 to honor World War soldiers. Jos M Prevette leads the plan with 12 advisory appointees to guide loans for college expenses repayable over years. The effort aligns with the American Educational Society to create similar memorials nationwide.
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