26 Aug 1923
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1923
Page
1
The Sunday Enterprise emphasizes local news and views while adding Saturday night AP wire and other agencies. World news delivered fresh from the wire will be regular in the Sunday paper for subscribers to the Evening Enterprise, as the edition begins this morning.
An Englishman of prior wartime honor, Sir Brodrick Hartwell, is accused of promoting a dangerous bootlegging scheme. The plan offers 20 per cent dividends every 60 days, equating to 120 per cent yearly, with whisky to be sold on the high seas to American bootleggers. The piece condemns his tactic of hiding behind law and treaty limits, arguing the proposal corrupts lawfulness and damages allied trust.
A forestry of praise from A B Stroup, newly posted prohibition chief, about North Carolina and High Point. He notes the state’s vitality, calling High Point the Grand Rapids of the South, with 64 furniture factories. He praises water power for mill electricity.
A column recalls North Carolina pride in road improvements and unity. It lauds Chapel Hill's Edward Kidder Graham Memorial, funded by alumni, designed as a student activities hub with club rooms, business offices, and accommodations for visitors. The piece also salutes Dr. Graham's influence and state loyalty.
In 1919 Blackwell Oklahoma Rotary Club urged students to stay in school through high school. Eleven of 39 grammar graduates found jobs but were persuaded to continue schooling. The program expanded nationally, boosting local attendance and leading to coordinated display pages and letters to 900 youths encouraging high school continuation. The effort is praised as a major civic movement with lasting community impact.
Two UNC graduates, in High Point during the past week, presented a fitting memorial event honoring their alma mater. Details describe the gesture and its aims, highlighting alumni connection and local reception.
A lively Associated Press profile highlights a New Orleans writer known for quirky tales beyond standard news. It recalls his court room vagrant singer story that moved a crowd to tears, and a dramatic rescue by a surgeon who saved a choking man with a pocket knife and airway tube.
The North Carolina Natural Resources journal highlights the chestnut tree as a rapidly growing, highly useful species facing a blight threat. It notes chestnut wood for poles and ties, tannin-rich pulp for paper, and fruit as food for people and animals, urging coordinated action to combat the blight while stressing the tree’s economic value.
A letter from High Point Indiana dated August 25 1923 urges residents to buy coal now to avoid higher prices and decision difficulties later. The writer signs as HEE FIELD expressing firm advice to readers to act promptly.
Natural Resources warns the state faces possible extinction of the chestnut due to a lethal bark fungus. The agency contrasts hopeful disease progress elsewhere with the chestnut’s fatalism and calls for intelligent warfare to save a once prolific and sturdy tree along mountain routes like Mount Mitchell.
The piece recalls the launch of High Point’s The Enterprise in 1884, its evolution through name changes and ownership, and its role in promoting local manufacturing and town progress. It highlights founders E. D. Steele and Charles Wilson, later leaders and buyers, and honors the paper’s enduring community service and vision for the future.
A rambling column teases readers with wry aphorisms on wit and work ethic, warns against self-deception, and laments public opinion. It recounts a late night bank burglary attempt with two officers and notes many stores closed and unlit, urging public vigilance.
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