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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1922
Page
4
The mayor and city council moved the school bond election to an early date to address urgent needs in High Point schools. A new building and additions are planned to prevent crowded classes, and voters have three weeks in May plus early June registration for the June 6 vote. Citizens are urged to consider the impact on children if bonds are defeated.
A 919 piece silver set once ordered for Napoleons return and used at the Tuileries from 1815 to 1830 is on display at Cartier galleries in New York. Bullet holes mark the soup tureen as proof of revolutions endured and each piece bears the Bourbon coat of arms placed by Louis XVIII after Napoleons abdication.
If last week’s warmth had persisted florists would have faced a million dollar loss on aster flowers. Now hot house blooms replace garden selections. New York City tops telephoning, second only to Britain and Germany among major regions, in cross Atlantic communications.
One of the largest farm deeds in Guilford County was the 374 acre sale in Monroe township by Jd. C. Stewart and C. A. Boone to Jone R. Moore for 15500 dollars, deed recorded yesterday. Nearby High Point property transfers include Mrs. E J Strickland and R B Strickland selling to Ida T Munyan and Mary M Munyan a Willombar Terrace lot for 1500 dollars and L L Stamey to C C Hassell a 2.22 acre tract for 1400 dollars.
City physician William J. McAnally urges High Point residents to remove hog pens and confining stalls for animals to prevent pests. He notes hogs damage neighbors and suggests planting strawberries or vegetables instead. He cites Col. D H Milton as sanitary officer and asks residents to report filthy back lots and pens to the health department.
Sabre faces a fatal inquest after Effie and her baby are found dead at his house. The coroner’s officer informs him of the tragedy as crowds gather and the mortuary viewing shocks him. Tension peaks in the Tidborough inquest with the assembled jury, coroner, and Sabre’s tense testimony.
An article explains that malaria stems from a bloodborne germ spread by mosquitoes. It notes bites are common, digestion and elimination factors influence illness, and describes the life cycle of the parasite between human and mosquito. Quinine is listed as the specific remedy.
John R. Bost, 1, died Sunday morning in a Spartanburg South Carolina hospital ten days after an appendicitis operation. He was a former Salisbury post office clerk, lived in Spartanburg five years, and is survived by a widow and several children.
TOKTO April 18 AP reports a fire yesterday wiped out the older wing of the Imperial hotel and damaged the annex. One person is confirmed dead and about 300 people mainly hotel staff and visitors accompanying the Prince of Wales were left homeless after the blaze.
The body of a young white man, identified by army discharge papers as David Ht. Miller, was found early today beside a Southern railway track three miles from Augusta, Ga. The head, left arm, and two toes were severed by the train, and investigators noted what seemed to be a knife wound between the neck and shoulder.
Milan Georgia April U W Dock Willis chief of police is in a Macon hospital perhaps mortally wounded and Felder Cauley Ben Cauley and Lamar Cauley are jailed at McRae after a gun battle on the principal business street of Milan Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Edward I. Newton of Whiting Indiana died in Chicago aged 34 after allegedly taking poison mistaken for water at Roberta dale Indiana. His brother Dr H L Newton of Whiting said the accident occurred yesterday.
A New York meeting of Clan Ha-Gael Friends of Irish Freedom and Cumann Na Ban condemned fundraising in America to arm one Irish faction against another. The resolution was adopted last night.
Salisbury report on Mrs Lotie Thornburg wife of Robert Thornburg of North Church street who died Saturday from a brain tumor in Morganton Hospital. Funeral was at North Main Street Baptist Church with interment in Chestnut Hill cemetery. she leaves husband and two children.
Former Congressman A F Lever of Columbia South Carolina announced his resignation from the federal farm board. He formally tendered the resignation to President Harding on Saturday night to take effect at the close of business April 20.
In Ocilla Georgia Rev Father Leonard Van Der Zon a Catholic priest from Holland who spent three years on mission work in Southern Georgia and Mrs George E Davis of Fitzgerald died in a car wreck near here yesterday morning authorities said The accident occurred on the highway near Ocilla a short time before dawn and the two victims were identified by local officials The priest had been engaged in missionary work in the region for several years final reports indicated
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