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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1930
Page
5
An Allen Jay parent teacher association meeting is set for Tuesday September 9 at 8 o clock at the school. Public urged to attend as the event aims to discuss school matters and engage community members.
J Elwood Cox heads to Atlantic City to join Mrs Cox while Mr and Mrs Tom F Johnson and son Tom Jr depart for Fort Myers Florida. Corbett Ard visits Rockingham two weeks. Mary Duncan Irene McAnally set to Salem college. Elizabeth Bowie visits Miss Jones then heads to Bernau college. Mrs J E Foscue and David L Clark hospitalized for appendicitis. Edward McClusky Arthur Bid dle Frank James Nagle from Yonkers weekend guests of R C Hibbard. R L Green family return from Indiana and New Castle. Hamiltons return from Montreat to High Point address 310 Hamilton street. Hensell party visits include Selma Hensell Mrs Snapp and Mr G E Anderson. J O Millikan travels to Portsmouth for government hospital operation for two months. Ben Cooper and Alexander Rankin host visiting day. O J Coffin and Wilson Coffin visit Chapel Hill. Josephine Hill returns to Chapel Hill after visiting Adelaide McAnally.
Census records indicate Vice President Charles Curtis is one-eighth American Indian. The finding reflects the government’s statistical categories of race and lineage used for public records at the time.
Reverend Tom Sykes preached at Friends church urging faith to see God in nature's wonders. He cited Psalms 65 and 147 and urged gratitude for harvests and a just distribution of divine bounty amid broader reflections on faith.
Louisiana Governor Long said a man impersonated a federal officer in his room and refused to leave, describing a little tussle. Wiegand denied the impersonation, saying he had met the governor many times and believed the governor knew him. Both men later apologized to each other.
Governor Huey P. Long was struck by William G. Weigand of the New Orleans Item after a quarrel over a profane remark. Weigand and the governor exchanged blows as bodyguards intervened. Long apologized and Weigand did too. The incident occurred near a federal court subpoena related to disappearances.
Spread continues as adhesion to the new order is graphed. Federal interventors are removed and new provincial government heads, designated by the junta installed by General Uriburn, take charge in Buenos Aires. Citizens return to work today after a period of disruption.
Reports describe heavy rains and flooding near Santiago and Santo Domingo City. Relief work slowed by roads and rivers, with 15 to 20 miles of plantations wiped out and German relief efforts mobilized with a destroyer to bring medical aid and supplies.
The notice describes two broken strands in the upper cable and off center beam support preventing balance of lower beams. It notes a man on the upper beam cannot balance the lower beams with a rope. It states 1220 feet in a quarter mile and that they have traveled 30 feet beyond that mark. The scrambled word reads NEW YORK.
The mandates commission report on Palestine highlights difficulties faced by Britain as the mandatory power. Procope of Finland notes efforts to balance a Jewish national home with Arab political growth and urges the British government to implement agreed recommendations from the 1929 annual report.
After a deadly jail shooting in Darien, Grant is identified as the shooter by Officer Anderson who was wounded. Georgia National Guard units in 118th field artillery are deployed with machine guns and tear gas to guard the town, as authorities seek Bryan and Grant and hold an inquest into Freeman’s death.
Local ministerial association discussed an evangelistic campaign to be held in October. A committee will be formed to draft detailed plans for the work. About 15 ministers attended the morning session at Wesley Memorial church. The next meeting is scheduled for next Monday at 10 30.
High Point hosts its third annual flower and vegetable exhibition September 12 and 13 at the Southern Furniture Exposition building. Rev. T A Sykes calls a Wednesday 3 pm meeting for all committee chairmen and club workers and invites all garden club workers to attend.
A jeweled worm specimen was found yesterday afternoon crawling on the window sill of Mrs. J. W. Quattlebaum at 230 Boulevard. It is on display in the Enterprise window for public inspection as Mrs. Quattlebaum seeks identification of the worm.
The sermon based on Luke's healing of ten lepers urged spiritual healing over bodily cure. Father Beshel stressed confession as God’s method of forgiveness and noted priests' power to absolve or retain sins, urging humility to overcome pride.
In Pine Bluff Arkansas Carl Lee Sappington a 14 year old boy killed his father Cecil Sappington yesterday. A coroner s jury exonerated the youth today after his mother testified of mistreatment and threats to kill her before morning.
An advertisement asserts Teethina calms fretful babies by safely expelling all four bile, easing teething discomfort from gas and indigestion. It promotes restful sleep, no opiates, and replacement of sugary syrups. Available from C. J. Moffett Co, Dept. 107 Columbus GA for 30 cents with free sample.
Paul Lamb, a young white man, was sentenced to four months on the roads for drunk and disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and property damage, then received 30 days on the roads for forcible trespass. The report lists numerous other cases and fines from the municipal court session.
Mrs. R. S. Ferree, 24, of Asheboro, died at Cragmont Sanatorium in Black Mountain after months of illness. She was the daughter of the late Henry Caudle and Minnie Caudle. Surviving are her mother, husband, one daughter Emily Jane, brother Horace Caudle of Miami, Fla., and sister Pauline Taylor of Farmville. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Mrs A M Ferree’s home on Church Street.
The Highland Mills baseball team accepted Rube Eldridge's challenge for a Saturday game at Willis Park. Manager McDonald said they want Eldridge to pitch so their hitters can face him and drive some opposition from the mound.
The Pierce family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of husband and father J. F. Pierce. Gratitude for the many floral offerings is conveyed.
Territorial commissioner Alexander Damon and his wife from Atlanta visited High Point Saturday evening with Colonel Seiler of Charlotte and Adjutant Vincent Cunningham editor in chief of The War Cry. They inspected the city and the Salvation Army building at 801 South Main and planned a return. Damon and John O Beirne visited Salisbury the previous day where Damon dedicated Army property with Senator Overman delivering the main address.
Farmers wishing to display at High Point's Flower and Vegetable Show on September 12 and 13 should obtain entry blanks and prize lists now. Return names to P. M. Davis, chairman, or pick blanks from Mr. Davis or the chamber of commerce bureau. Many have entered, but more are sought. Farmers not yet seen by the committee are urged to submit exhibits on their own initiative.
Maine's bye election drew sparse voters by noon with apathy and lack of issues cited as factors. Leaders expected a busier afternoon as polls remained open statewide.
At New York on September 8 cotton futures bids hold steady at 11:45 a.m. with January old 11.92 bid and January new 11.51. March 11.65. May 11.82. July 11.97. October new 11.23. December old 11.65. December new 11.42.
Union S C September 8 Laurence Falls 35 year old brick mason died instantly after falling from a two story wall at the Jonesville school building under construction.
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