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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
6
A collection of witty lines lampooning Russia, democracy, sports, reform, and daily life. It skewers hypocrisy, class, and ambition with mixed references to Lloyd George, Northcliffe, Rockefeller, Edison, and modern manners. The piece reads like a string of topical witticisms and puns.
The farmer suggests a humorous view that every car owner in town claims some tie to him this season, reflecting local gossip and neighborly relations.
Guilford county hosts a prime tobacco belt and High Point sits at its center. A loose leaf market could unlock regional business, drawing on Winston-Salem and others as proof of a market’s potential. The tobacco crop remains North Carolina’s wealth and High Point should join in.
The Enterprise highlights Ralph Clary from High Point turned Pickett's Mill writer into a full fledged journalist. He joined as a composing room trainee and wrote a weekly village letter. He later earned recognition as a baseball writer though his pieces favored winning teams.
Census figures show North Carolina farms housed 7.39 million chickens on Jan 1 1920 with 14.05 million raised in 1919. Potato acres totaled 39 797 for Irish and white varieties yielding 2 550 795 bushels. sweet potatoes covered 74 678 acres yielding 7 999 756 bushels. peanuts occupied 125 766 acres producing over 5 500 200 bushels.
The article notes Germany lost about 21 million acres due to war while the United States burned over 56 million acres from 1916 to 1924. It cites tourist carelessness as a major cause of fires in national forests, despite efforts to promote recreation and camping. It mentions Eagle Camp Ground on the Columbia River Highway drawing 132 000 visitors last year and warns of cigarette sparks and poorly extinguished fires threatening centuries of timber growth.
Forest Service urges public use of 147 National Forests from Atlantic to Pacific while stressing personal responsibility for campfire safety. Detectives pursue careless campers through clues at deserted sites, with rangers vigilant to prevent fires and ensure fires are completely extinguished.
A New York suburb turned a movie set into real homes. A director planned 20 paper mache houses for a Belgian village scene but residents, facing a housing shortage, proposed building sturdier houses with township materials. After the film, 20 families moved in and are satisfied.
Washington dispatch reports a coalition of water-power munitions and fertilizer backers opposing Henry Ford's bid to take over the government's Muscle Shoals power and nitrate project. They argue higher costs to complete the dam, seek to block the offer in Congress, and warn of long term guarantees and favorable terms for Ford. Observers say Muscle Shoals remains a major wartime asset with salvage potential and possible loot.
In Scarsdale a grocer's delivery man Harry Brainard is accused after kissing Irene Barber, triggering a clash with a women’s club. The club and jealous husbands crowd the court as twelve jurors convict with clemency. The judge then dismisses the case, leaving the club furious.
New York faces harsh traffic conditions and is cited by the National Safety Council as having a high rate of fatal automobile accidents per million people, ranking ahead of many other cities in this metric.
A New York picture shows Mrs. Payne Whitney in a summer London frock featuring a repeated pattern of grapes, goats and savages. The bold motif hints at bold fashion changes for larger sizes and modern dress styles.
The Washington Capitol covers 153112 square feet with north south length 751 feet 4 inches and east west extent 350 feet. The dome rises 287 feet 5 inches above the east front base, crowned by a 19 feet 6 inch statue of Freedom. The rotunda is 97 feet 6 inches in diameter and 180 feet 2 inches high. Senate chamber measures 413 feet 3 inches by 80 feet 3 inches. Representatives Hall 139 by 93. The southeast cornerstone was laid September 18, 1793 by President Washington and the extension cornerstone July 4, 1851 by President Filmore.
Excavations at Askalon uncover the cloister and grand court built by Herod the Great described by Josephus as a superb work of art. Found on site are statues of Apollo Venus and Victory along with a gigantic statue of Herod.
The Missouri centennial exposition in Sedalia will stage the Pageant of Missouri a two week event in August with 15 episodes tracing state history and a future vision. A 600 foot stage and an 80 piece orchestra back the spectacle inviting President Harding General Pershing General Crowder Rear Admiral Coontz and other officials. Congress authorized 250000 Missouri centennial half dollars to be circulated at the exposition.
Washington reports five named Americans definitely held in Russian prisons. Weston Estes of Sacramento John Flick of Brooklyn N Y X B Cakimatiano of East Chicago Ind Royal Kellay of New York and Capt Emmet Kilpatrick of Uniontown Ala. Hoover notes possible two or three more unnamed detainees in the Baku district and a number of Americans detained but not jailed. Marguerite Harrison a Baltimore journalist has been freed.
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