01 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
1
A collage of light verse and quick political notes, tracing boredom and peevish humor through Berton Braley’s lines, Navy wake up calls for Philadelphia, and brisk holiday season chatter. It spanws sports fare, global figures, and local odds and ends for readers through a busy period.
The piece argues that city extension success underlines the need for a formal city plan and zoning. It defines zoning as fair use regulation of real estate, tailored to district needs, and stresses pairing zoning with broader planning for streets parks and civic features. It urges launching zoning in High Point, with support from the chamber of commerce and a proposed funding plan.
With Christmas shopping near, nine industries urge support of home merchants. Local merchants aim to meet holiday desires by stocking items customers want, noting timely orders can prompt extra stock beyond normal offerings. The piece argues merchants are unfairly criticized for not carrying extended lines.
The Gastonia Gazette weighs Gastonia against High Point noting High Point’s rapid growth, new hotels, a potential Y M C A, and prospects for a strong city hall or exposition building. It urges Gastonia to expand housing, attract business, and pursue youth facilities while reflecting on regional competition and development efforts. It also touches on local arts and crime statistics, and notes a historical auction item.
Committees from High Point and Winston-Salem report hearty citizen cooperation for the Union Cross event on December 5. The effort, though costly and time consuming, aims to cement better relations between the two cities by fostering closer knowledge and friendship among residents.
In New York City a dignified businessman walks to the subway eating toast and jam, while a stenographer Miss Enid Wentworth faces multiple engagements before her upcoming wedding. The era showcases flexible relationships and workplace tales as stage abstraction meets Pirandello.
A cornucopia of curiosities and facts spans timber reserves in California to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Items note crude papermaking potential from bamboo, cheaper Chinese transport, caterpillar-free fruit tree plane spraying, Maine cane costs, per capita soap, oyster farming woes, a 78 foot giant fish at Cape May, German carpet tech, summit-plane feats, a rare 1850 one cent stamp, South African papermaking grasses, Canadian porcupine spines, bee acid secretions turning nectar to honey, and a gentler Wasps quote.
The Princess cafe plans to serve hot coffee at Union Cross on December 5 to mark the opening of the High Point Winston-Salem road. One hundred pounds of coffee will be donated, with coffee made in the new cafe and carried in cans to the grounds. High Point’s cafe will open around December 11 to support the event. King College finishes late ball season with 198 total points, besting opponents 31 to? during the season.
Lee Meredith was found not guilty of reckless driving at municipal court this morning after an earlier collision at Broad and Commerce streets last Saturday. Other cases included Fred Allred charged with reckless driving and illegal whisky possession, continued to December 15, while Harvey Hayworth and Clarence King were found guilty of indecent exposure and fined.
BUENA VISTA Ga Nov 30 J M Hullin, crime chief of Muskogee county, was found not guilty.
Stingless bees about half the size of an ordinary housefly are found in Australia, offering a unique miniature pollinator presence in the region.
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