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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1922
Page
4
A playful homage extols Pernollet of Belley as the world’s greatest cook. Poetic lines praise his soups meats and jelly and lampoon society, with tangential notes about recent events and miscellaneous quips from the era.
A Dubuque grocery clerk named Brown pursues a dream of life in the South Seas. He finds food scarce and cocoanuts plentiful but bears harsh toil husking them. Four men threaten his claimed cache of coconuts, and Brown is forced to live among bananas while locals chase him from their land. The piece argues that making a living is a universal struggle, not escaped by flight.
The Enterprise urges High Point to appoint a juvenile officer to enforce compulsory school attendance. With 264 truants and 326 truancy cases last year the town faces rising juvenile delinquency, and officials warn that enforcement could curb crimes linked to absence.
A reflective fragment discusses striving and legacy in the South Seas. It notes that meaningful gains are often staked out by previous generations and that air is a daily free resource.
Readers report that certain High Point hot dog stands serve both black and white customers at the same stand. The piece urges enforcement of North Carolina Jim Crow laws banning mixed dining and riding, calling for vigorous prosecutions by local police to stop violations and ensure compliance.
The piece urges readers to recognize baseball as a widespread sport reaching rural towns as well as cities. It notes Saturday games in every hamlet, with schoolgrounds and mill villages hosting matches, and highlights a Kings Mountain Herald front page featuring the team that won the Shelby series, underscoring baseball as a dominant local pastime.
A Greensboro Record column argues pastors deserve rest during hot summers. It notes many churches suspend evening services and allow a two week vacation for the preacher. The piece contends pastoral rest benefits both minister and flock.
Twenty one cases heard in municipal court this morning with seventeen gambling trials. All gamblers were found guilty. one, Harry Williamson, received a 30 day road gsen sentence. Fines ranged from 1 to 15 dollars plus costs for others. Burnett received 30 days for resisting an officer, with appeal noted and bond set at 100 dollars.
Seventeen realty transfers were recorded in the Register of Deeds office on Saturday with approximately 37 900 involved. The day’s record sale was J L Spencer and wife to J B Dunchr on Greensbor High Point road for 16 506, 16 31 acres. Other transfers included properties on Kyeemans Mill road Hamilton street East Green street Center Grove and Freeman’s Mill road with sums ranging from about 500 to 4 250.
Eugene O'Brien motion picture actor was struck by a motor truck in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. He suffered severe contusions and lacerations and remained hospitalized with expected discharge in ten days. He worries his hair loss will delay his return to work as it must grow back.
The piece recalls a 20 mile Oxford trip and a Granville flight, noting a tire delay and a Lynchburg garage stop before a three month capture after a robbery. It cites bond funds for roads, the 50 million issue, and actual road spend of 19.5 million with four-fifths unused. Raleigh eyes Dr. J W Peacock parole efforts amid local protest and probing inquiries.
Fred Mendenhall is recorded on the docket as having submitted and paid half the costs for operating a or with the cutcost open. Vea Whitt, a white woman, is recorded on the docket as having submitted and paid half the costs for Vagrancy.
Elmer Jones, a black man, was shot in the left arm around 7 30 near his home at Cherry Street end. A 32 calibre bullet was removed by Dr. T M Stanton. Jones returned to work today. funeral services set for Ebenezer Church tomorrow at 11 AM with interment in the church graveyard.
Samuel Wiley, 73, was found dead in his bed at the home of A. L. Bryant near Freeman's mill early this morning. He had retired in good health last night and was discovered by household members about 5 o'clock. He is survived by one brother, Shannon Wiley.
Christy Mathewson former New York Giants pitcher spends a few days at his boyhood home in Factoryville twenty miles west of Scranton. The famed athlete, nicknamed Big Six, received a warm hometown welcome after a stay at Saranac Lake.
Wrightsville Beach hosts the North Carolina federation of labor for a three day annual convention. President James F. Barrett is ill in Asheville hospital and his annual report is read by Secretary Charles G. Worley. Samuel Gompers, head of the American federation of labor, cannot attend due to shopcraft strike duties.
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