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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1920
Page
4
Entry indicates the item is registered as second class matter at the High Point North Carolina post office under the act of Congress dated March 3 1372.
The item urges Christmas purchases and Salvation Army dinner gifts, mentions a January bond election, and notes varied local stories from a 99 year old passport applicant to Utah county officials. It questions immigration policy in 1491 and advocates European relief funds with a $10 life-saver pledge for a child.
The piece argues Filipinos should choose independence quickly, contending they are best judges of their fitness for self rule. It asserts the Philippines will be free soon and warns against delaying by any rebellion, drawing a parallel to unrest in Ireland and England.
In a brisk remark the congressman Frear is highlighted as the leading advocate for Philippine independence. The piece notes his push for greater freedom for Filipino people and suggests a timely political thrust before any potential rebellion.
A constitutional amendment proposed by Representative Arthur of Oregon would move inauguration to the second Monday in December. The piece argues faster travel and quicker transition in the modern era, noting rapid cross country transport and urging earlier action for Congress and the president after elections.
The speaker suggests adding a clause that members of Congress must take their seats the same day the president is sworn in in early December. The aim is to accelerate legislative action by aligning seating with the inauguration.
Citizens prepare for a January 18 special election on a proposed bond not to exceed 600000 for a modern centralized high school. The issue aims to provide adequate facilities for college entrance, replacing scattered eighth grade programs with a single accredited high school serving the township. Voter reentrance and Saturday registration sessions will occur before the election across seven precincts.
A historical note argues that rural and county districts deserve education on par with city students and endorses a centralized high school as the remedy. It emphasizes equal educational opportunity and unity between urban and rural communities.
Under and by virtue of a Guilford County Supreme Court order in the matter of the estate of Dorothy Hiatt and Lawrence Wiatt minors C A Hiatt Guardian, a commissioner will offer for cash at public auction the described lot in High Point Township Guilford County at two oclock Tuesday January 4 1921.
In section 20 of the High Point Development Company's registered plot the property in Guilford County is described as one fourth of an acre more or less in book 53 page 961. The resale is ordered because of an increased bid over the prior bid. Dated December 16 1926 Walter Royal Commissioner.
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