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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
4
A bound issue of SLROU 601 seeks immediate expansion of the city school system and extension of city limits in all directions. Plans include a municipal building, auditorium, library, parks, a new passenger station, urban planning, more homes, paved streets, extended sewer and water, and better garbage disposal for a 20,000 population.
A clipped column mixes verse and wry aphorisms on manners culture and society. It notes that virtues hidden in people are tested by social ease and that public opinion rewards or punishes conduct. The piece touches on politics business and daily life with satirical zing.
Local fans ask why High Point ball park isn’t on the ear line and why the route isn’t extended to Welchfield. With jitneys scarce and car costs high, many fans cannot attend games, costing the club thousands. Extending the Green street line could boost attendance and revenue without prohibitive expense.
The 26th annual state convention welcomes the Travelers' Protective Association to High Point in a showcase of the Industrial City’s growth. Officials praise new hotels, expo buildings, roads, and expanding industries while highlighting the town’s booming furniture trade and absence of unemployment.
In New York a review of Saturday and Sunday markets shows second hand cars sold along highways by traveling beat traders. The piece mentions gear and price labels on windshields and auctions near roadside stops, with sales often timed for weekends and with varied seller routines. It also references theater and police headlines unrelated to car trades.
New York will host a General Baking delivery study that blends work with education and entertainment. Radio links will connect drivers, branch offices, and sales staffs as Bond bread deliveries roll on. The Philadelphia test proved successful and Newark broadcasts will provide concerts and lectures to crews.
A New York household outfitter notes gray taffeta maid uniforms with accordion skirts and basques are now popular among Fifth Avenue households. The look, once a standard, shifts from vanity to a practical, Colonial influenced elegance used by many urban helpers.
A health column advises on foreign objects in the eye. It explains how to flush and remove specks, the sequence to locate debris under the upper lid, and when to seek a doctor. Guidance covers gentle handling, use of a clean handkerchief, and post removal care with castor oil or neutralizers.
The Curtis Service Bureau of Clinton Ia outlines a compact five room English style home priced at 5 845 not tied to local costs. It emphasizes permanent materials stucco brick limestone and efficient design with a small front hall kitchen dining living areas two large upstairs bedrooms and a compact bathroom optimizing plumbing.
Barry Houston inherits a Colorado lumber mill under threat of poor output. Thayer scheming to ruin the plant, aided by eccentric Baptist? Renaud and Melain Robinette. Houston feigns amnesia, seeks new crew in Denver, and reunites with Baptiste as they push toward the mill amid danger and suspense.
Houston confronts a competing Blackburn camp as a new flume link threatens his ownership. A sheriff, Wade, and deputy arrive with papers while Thayer accuses Houston of past crimes, forcing memory and motive into a tense standoff at the dam and lake site.
Delegates from North Carolina for the Methodist Episcopal Church South conference in Hot Springs Arkansas will travel by a specially prepared Pullman car leaving Greensboro Monday night. Read list includes Fred N. Tate J H Earnhardt A W Plyler C H Ireland George L Hackney J B Ivey W R Odell Dr C C Weaver H H Jordan Dorman Thompson Dr Hu K Boyer Dr E K McLarty Rev J W Mangum and H G Dum man.
In Asheville on April 27 Mrs F B Benfield mother of six was bound over to superior court in Avery county after a preliminary hearing on violating prohibition laws. Officers reported a still found in the home and the husband was arrested.
Card of Thanks expresses deep gratitude for courtesies shown during illness and death of wife and mother. J H Vestal and family extend appreciation for support and sympathy received.
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