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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1924
Page
4
A columnist argues against Sunday store hours authorized by city aldermen, saying such ordinances amount to altering the fourth commandment. The piece laments declining Sabbath observance and warns laws that appear to accomplish little erode respect for church and home, urging stronger moral emphasis over regulation.
The newspaper carries the Associated Press exclusive right to republication of all AP dispatches and any news not credited to other sources, along with its local news content.
In Los Angeles on October 22 testimony began in a case to cancel the lease and contracts of the naval oil reserves with Pan American Petroleum and Transport Co. Doheny valued at 100 million dollars is alleged to have paid 100000 dollars to secure the agreement. Navy officer G H Stuart testified first and documents were offered showing a dispute over the leases. The government seeks to show the Elk Hills withdrawal order and 1921 executive orders shifting control from the Navy to the Interior Department.
The Durham Sun reports broad backing for North Carolina port and terminal development led by Governor Cameron Morrison. Alexander Sprunt & Sons and others pledge strong support with a thousand dollars to help push the measure, praising Secretary R. J. Grantham for guiding the Fair and urging all to vote yes on Election Day.
Alfred E Smith Jr., twenty four, a law student, eloped and wed Miss Berthe Gott of Syracuse in a Bronx civil ceremony. Governor Smith, in Binghamton on a campaign swing, telephoned forgiveness and ordered a church remarriage. Father Francis P Duffy performed the religious ceremony after the couple met a month before the Syracuse State Fair. Berthe Gott is the daughter of an engineer on the Twentieth Century Limited.
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