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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
4
A collage of quirky items mentions early baseball season hopes 133 days out, talk of political moves and public figures, musk ox wool as a supposed gold mine, and a digested glimpse of global affairs with Bulgaria and Luxembourg joining the League of Nations.
The piece notes how literacy rose and the cross mark on signatures evolved. It explains early Saxons used the cross to attest truth and oath, while literacy expanded, making the mark less common among new generations and viewed as a pleasant change.
Odd flora from Africa arrive for testing at the Bureau of Plant Industry in Washington. Researchers assess whether these new fruits, shrubs, grasses, sorghums and trees will thrive in American soil and climate and whether they are worth cultivation here.
Public schools in Detroit adopt intelligence tests for all new teachers by order of the school board. The piece argues that intelligence blends experience, reading, and real understanding, while formal schooling often piles up facts without true comprehension. It praises educators who use books as guides to explore life rather than cram geography and arithmetic.
A fragment mentions a dwarf lemon from China and notes various fruits and trees. It cites a sour Juicy fruit, pista che nut from the Mediterranean for California, Queensland nut in Florida, and the giant blackberry from Bo gota with citizenship papers, along with the dry-land elm from Asia.
An essay contrasts contentment with dissatisfaction and shows how viewing oneself through others’ eyes can alter judgment. It then argues disabled veterans lack proper support and warns the war is not truly over while veterans remain untreated and neglected by a grateful nation.
American hospitals receive about 5,000 disabled and sick veterans monthly while discharging roughly 3,500 cured. The rolling influx grows each month, and the rise isn’t limited by medical need or capacity.
Deeds filed in Guilford County show about 20 000 spent on four High Point transfers. J W Johnson sold two tracts totaling nine and a half acres to J W Peg ram for 10 50 in revenue stamps. Co Earnhardt commissioner sold two Main Street lots to R L Welborn for 3500. June Cosby sold half acre to Lonnie Roundtree for 200. Deed dated November 9 11.
Local leaders urge residents to sponsor an invisible guest at Christmas dinner to save a child's life in Europe. The appeal, led by J. Elwood Cox, supports European relief and cites Henry Hoover's call for every American family to participate, with a suggested ten dollar donation per child.
Officers expect the admirals to learn fleet unity and ship handling while captains train in ship tactics. The general board will review reports to gauge navy efficiency. Before departing, fleets will visit the Canal Zone and South American ports from January to May, with the Atlantic fleet voyaging to Cuba Canal Zone and Peru and the Pacific to the Canal Zone Valparaiso. Joint maneuvers are scheduled for January 24 among 16 other units.
Bus schedule listing from Greens boro Guilford Hotel with departure times 8:30 am 9:30 am 1:13 pm 1:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm and 5:16 pm plus additional 0 to 0.30 and 0.00 pm times for High Point to Greensboro service.
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