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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1925
Page
3
In Greeneville Tennessee the Western Union office closes at six each evening and will not take baseball reports for other papers after that hour. Arrangements have been made so The Times can provide the box score reports every day.
Morristown meets Greeneville and Knoxville faces Charlotte as the schedule stacks games across cities. Yesterday’s scores include Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2 and New York 4 Cincinnati 3, with Cleveland hosting Washington 5 and Chicago 9 in a shifting open-date slate. The Southern Association shows New Orleans and Atlanta atop the standings with scattered results.
Two years after being dismissed as manager of the Albany club of the Eastern League for lack of wins, Bill McGorry returns to leadership and steers the club toward the pennant. Standings show Nashville 0.428, Birmingham 82, Memphis 28, New Orleans 3, Mobile 47, Little Rock 28. Yesterday’s results include Little Rock 9 Memphis 6 and New Orleans 3 Mobile 2 with upcoming matchups listed.
Since the Appalachian baseball season opened, the Kingsport Times has failed to provide readers with consistent box scores and game reports. The paper pledges to improve timely coverage of home and away games for local fans and sponsors.
A large marquise fronting the Strand Theatre on Broad street is completed. It features 532 red and white lights plus the Strand sign for 752 total display lights. The elaborate front uses bronze and brass tones, with a speed bordered red light edge and block letters advertising matinees and shows. Local material supply and construction were handled by local craftsmen.
Construction on two Broad Street business buildings advances quickly with completion and occupancy anticipated within 60 days. The Penney Company will occupy the corner-site building, using the entire first floor for its operations.
Today marks the end of the year's longest daylight period as Old Sol starts its daily transit earlier and bathers enjoy extended sun. The sun shone 14 hours 38 minutes yesterday, offering more time for recreation, though the daylight length will drop about seven minutes across a week and become noticeable in two to three weeks. Yesterday was the hottest day with many bathers reporting blistered shoulders and arms from the heat and sun exposure.
The second floor’s use is not yet known. A new building beside the Baylor Furniture Company is being erected by Joe Strauss and C. Bristol for a store establishment, with occupants yet to be determined.
Captiol notes report Tennessee officials focused on relocating many departments to the New Watt Memorial building rather than engaging in the Scopes evolution debate. Gov Peay signed the bill and explained his reasons as controversy brews over Darwinian ideas versus creationism. Dayton hosts the Scopes case, with possible transfer to Nashville or Knoxville. Dayton evidence questions arise on constitutionality and origins. Also, Miss Nisbet resigns to attend an international nurses conference in Finland.
Dr EB L Bishop, health commissioner, laments Miss Nisbet leaving the public health nursing program praising her long service since its start. Governor Peay grants clemency to Mrs Edna Langston of Polk County jailed for larceny and Ewin Spray of Rutherford County with a liquor transport sentence affirmed by the supreme court. Executive committees of Tennessee teachers associations to meet June 18 at the state capitol to map next year's public school program. P. P. L. Harned to attend Edinburgh world education conference July 20. New charters issued for several firms including Blue Ridge Products and Enterprise Lumber. various capital amounts listed. Kentucky-Tennessee Light and Power Co seeks capital increase to 3 million dollars.
Baltimore youth R B Sturgis, 22, son of Major Samuel D Sturgis, is jailed in Mecklenburg County after his strong attachment to a Charlotte social leader is thwarted. Police report he fears losing the young woman and laments the broken romance, a predicament described as the old fashioned discipline of gay youths.
Baltimore officers advised detainment and eventual release to send him home to Baltimore. Young Sturgis, linked to a Charlotte social circle, fled with friends toward Princeton for an athletic fete, later returning to Charlotte after car trouble. He spent 12 days in Mecklenburg jail before relatives allegedly offered Marine Corps enlistment, which he declined in favor of jail. General Sturgis, his father, had visited Charlotte recently.
South Dakota considers replacing the two houses with a single chamber of 16 to 21 members. Sponsored by Robert Emmett Dowdell the plan would meet quarterly and be elected by proportional districts, aiming to streamline lawmaking and broaden reform. The issue gains cross party attention amid 1927 legislative debates.
The amendment to abolish the house and senate and create a unicameral system is supported by Senator Dowdell and former Governor Charles Ni Herreid. Despite unfavorable committee action, advocates push the plan to voters, with a 1928 potential enactment after a legislative joint resolution. Evening schools have a long history, and Gary Indiana shows rising high school to college progression.
In the court of H C Bunn Kingsport Sullivan County Tennessee a suit by Akens against Mack Hendrix is docketed. The defendant is a non resident of Tennessee and must appear on the first day in July to defend as required by law. Publication is ordered for four consecutive weeks in the Kingsport Times.
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