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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1922
Page
5
The poem speaks of the magnetic pull of city lights drawing people from distant travels back to urban glow. It contrasts mountains seas and deserts with the glamour and enchantment of ten thousand cars and blazing signs that summon the dreamer home.
With only three days remaining, individuals face mounting pressure to settle debts ahead of impending bill-collector actions. The notice underscores urgency for timely financial arrangements and communications with creditors.
A newspaper note indicates Mr. Daugherty will be replaced after the first of the year, suggesting the impeachment efforts were not in vain.
High Point garners attention in major city newspapers despite lacking a police census. The city’s emergence as a news item highlights its growing profile and unseen municipal data gaps.
Pacific coast ciphers unfold as authorities chase clues linked to Clara Phillips Bergdoll amid a regional boom. A Denver mint robbery sparks scrutiny over rare five dollar bills, now scarce and sought by investigators.
The article notes that rum-running has grown into a distinguished profession and that some bootleggers are now posing for photographs.
The fellows who make radio speeches at least are safe from any booing by their audiences.
A reformer calls alcohol a false stimulant while noting many users take it seriously and wood alcohol causes much headiness. The Turks are troublesome in peace as in war. The old year ends with a payday providing some solace.
Despite expert predictions of good times in 1923 the outlook is decidedly better with expectations of stronger sales and consumer activity heading into the season.
An urging year start exhorting citizens to take an active role in city public schools. It argues that parents and nonparents alike gain from schools and stresses voters and taxpayers must ensure funds and policies are carried out. Protests by engaged residents bolster American democracy and national future.
Freight car loadings for the week ending December 9 show 1,919,828 cars in 1922 compared with 741,341 cars in 1922 and 837,953 cars in 1920 and 761,940 in 1919. Movements reflect actual business activity and suggest one of the biggest years in history.
Forty five members of the Young Mens class at Wesley Memorial Church were entertained at a Sheraton hotel dinner hosted by teacher W R Hall and member G S Wilson. The event centered on fellowship with short addresses and featured a gold fountain pen presentation to Wilson and a perfect attendance gold pencil won by Clyde Allred. Speakers included James Farriss and Paul Stamey. The toastmaster was Wilson. The ball room was decoratively set with white carnations and music by the Fred Deitz Orchestra.
Richard Washburn Child, chief American spokesman, joined allied delegations at a near east conference capitulations meeting in Lausanne to declare that Turkey must receive guarantees to replace former foreigner protections the Kemalists have abolished.
The 1922 recap highlights Commercial National Bank moving toward a modern bank home and a new municipal building with offices, police and fire space, plus an auditorium. A country club east of the city, a second ward school, Alawin apartments, and a Methodist Protestant college project are under way. Street paving expands as the city plans further growth and a Y M C A and library loom on the horizon.
The High Point Rotary club hosts its semi annual ladies night at the Sheraton hotel at 6 20 this evening. A special program awaits Rotarians and Rotary Anns with an enjoyable evening anticipated.
The article notes a push to print all Gov Thomas W. Bickett papers during his 1921 to 1923 era. Representative J. E. Everett and associates back a volume of speeches and proclamations, highlighting Bickett’s wartime rhetoric and stance on women suffrage.
Navy men at the Brooklyn navy yard collected about 1060 to give a real Christmas to 1000 poor children living around the yards. The money funded a tree and gifts for each child, demonstrating generosity despite modest salaries.
Mrs Frederick Scho of Philadelphia honorary president of the National Congress of Mothers and chairwoman of Child Welfare in the National Council of Women presented the proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit child labor at the institute of government trustees meeting. The board approved a resolution to study the amendment and will report at the Washington convention next month.
The article notes China’s shift from adopting Western games like Mah Jongg to introducing Chang Chee. Chang Chee is described as a relatively new Chinese game from around the Christian era aimed at teaching youths the rudiments of war.
The Brooklyn Teachers Association expanded its offerings by adding a golf lessons course to its list of subjects for members. The addition broadens professional development options for educators in the district.
A committee of five women at the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital discussed selecting names for an anticipated hundred or more babies to be abandoned next year. Miss Eaith Hooper noted the task is not easy and aims for solid, lasting names to guide the children's lives.
Friends report Mrs. FB L Albertson recovering nicely from a severe influenza attack at her home located at 705 Hamilton Street.
The biennial report by the North Carolina Corporation Commission urges state regulation of motor vehicle transportation, semi annual bank examinations, and federal action on coal pricing. It notes banking growth since 1922, bank closures, and the need for an expert to improve freight handling. it also highlights hydro electric capacity and telephone utility economics.
In Hagerstown Maryland Judge Frank G Wagaman sentenced Luther Brill and Raymond Pomeroy to seven years and Harry Ditmer with Wim Fraker to five years each in the penitentiary for their roles in the July 28 assault on Walter Thompson of Baltimore and Dewey Batt of Winchester Virginia, Western Maryland Railway employees who were tarred feathered and robbed by masked assailants.
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