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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1922
Page
10
Preparations for the winter furniture showing at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building run January 15 to 27, with exhibitors rearranging after Christmas. Advertised widely, the event aims to attract buyers from across the south and beyond. An entertainment committee will be formed soon to arrange visitor amusements. The fall market supplied strong business, and officials expect the winter show to crown six months of solid activity.
The Sunday school of Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant church will present its annual Christmas program tonight at 7 30 in the church. An elaborate program has been arranged with a public Christmas tree and a treat for Sunday school members. The public is invited to attend.
Rev. Milton Whitener of First Reformed Church was elected president, replacing Rev. Samuel L. Haworth. Rev. J. E. Lanier of Green Street Baptist becomes vice president, and Rev. E. J. Harbison of East End Methodist is secretary and treasurer.
The younger children of the Friends Sunday School will have their Christmas party Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in the church basement, instead of Sunday afternoon as previously stated in The Enterprise yesterday.
Ernest Burton was arraigned on a charge of operating an automobile while intoxicated but was acquitted. Judge Walter Royal presided in police court today.
George Penny was operated on yesterday at Guilford General Hospital and is reported resting fairly well this afternoon.
Irving C. Long 38 a Cone Export and Commission manager and director shot himself at his aunt Mrs Caesar Doane's home in Greensboro amid depression. He planned to marry in January and leaves parents Mr and Mrs M D Long of Asheville and two sisters Mrs Gunstav Lichtenels of Asheville and Mrs Sidney Berry of Baltimore. Born in Marshalltown Iowa, he had lived in Greensboro about twenty years.
A large church gathering at Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church featured the annual Christmas program led by B. C. Harmon Sunday school superintendent. A donation drive raised more than expected, totaling 103 new one dollar bills counted on a string across the room for the orphanage.
Many Sunday school members who were to take part in the Christmas program at the First Baptist church are ill. The event is canceled but the white gifts should be brought Sunday morning to be presented in the classes. Each class will hold exercises in its room.
E. N. Allen at Guilford General Hospital with a broken arm after slipping on ice on Wednesday night. He fell while walking on the street and broke his arm just above the elbow.
Chicago officials proposed a law to jail speeders, introduce card indexing and fingerprinting of reckless drivers, and curb fixing of violations. They cited coroner records showing an average of two deaths per day from automobilies, with only one year in 18 having fewer deaths than the prior year.
Marion LIL December 22 Defense motion to strike state evidence and direct verdict of not guilty denied at trial of five men over Herrin riots murder charges.
Washington lawmakers move to adjourn after tomorrow’s session and resume next Wednesday. The Senate is planned to take a similar Christmas recess, extending the holiday break.
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