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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1926
Page
10
A group of men in Dark Town bought three gallons of whiskey for an eggnog party but found every jug contained water. They chased the bootlegger, questioned Paul Jordan who sold them the water, and police pursued leads while Jordan is free on bond in another case.
Raleigh, Dec. 28. The 1927 general assembly will consider a bill to shield timber land owners from fires on adjoining land. The proposal declares uncontained grassland or brush fires a public nuisance and makes landowners or managers responsible for origin or failure to curb such fires guilty of misdemeanor.
The Hey reunion opens with a basketball game at 7 pm in the local Y M C A gym between former High Point Hi Y members and the present club. Lineups include Ingram Ragan Wood and Forest on the old team vs Overman Raper Whitener Montgomery Myers on the Hi Y side.
A short note explains sweet butter rapidly absorbs odors from neighboring foods in the icebox unless kept covered, suggesting a simple preventive measure.
Town notes report Mayor Moffitt travels to Greensboro on business. He chose the train due to heavy rain, remarking he has rarely ridden it. Also mentioned are Liles Gatling and James P. Sawyer returning from Christmas in Windsor and praises for a local peanut show.
The Criterion Quartet led by Reginald Werrenrath will sing in High Point on January 5. The renowned group, with John Young George Reardon Frank Mellor and Frederick Thomas, has longstanding membership. They have recorded for Aeolian Brunswick Columbia Edison Gennett and Victor and offer a program of operatic arias popular songs and humorous selections.
City officials returned to work as tax collection resumed. City Manager Pickett and county tax collector Bob Parker noted renewed public tax payments with a two percent discount offered for 1926 taxes but not extended past December 31. Few residents paid county taxes despite a one half of one percent county discount.
Kiwanis club members plan a festive ladies night at the Sheraton featuring a 7 pm dinner, cabaret stunts, and dancing from 9:30 pm to 1 am. A Lexington dance orchestra will play as the ballroom is transformed into a nightclub with Christmas decor, booths, favors, and novelty gifts. Garland Daniels chairs the program committee with Dr I T Mann Lawrence Matton and Lewis L Stookey assisting. Over 100 attendees are expected, including members wives and guests, with each member permitted two extra invites. Final details are to be settled at the committee meeting at Commercial National Bank building.
In Santa Monica California the humorist Will Rogers was tossed from a pony during a polo session mirroring the Prince of Wales familiar mishaps. The incident highlights Rogers in lighthearted sporting misfortune from a casual equestrian setting.
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