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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
4
Poem by Berton Braley recounts a chain of playful drivers meeting misfortune as each car collision reduces the count until none remain. The rhyme ends with a moral that those who drive may read. The note adds a Fayetteville jab about football in winter.
A fatal accident occurs when a car plunges through a bridge, killing the occupant. The report notes a separate political scene with unanimous support for a sen ate resolution praising Mr. Wilson, while the GOP chorus reportedly drowned out in the background.
President Harding blasts Senator Borah in a political clash over a proposed plan. The exchange centers on executive power and possible use of strong measures, drawing sharp responses from both sides as the policy fights unfold.
A fragmented Columbus scene notes malcontent feelings and a patrol to stock saddies for bucking chariots. It mentions birthday quietness for Mr. Wilson, Irish women amid fear, and Greensboro police rounding up bank robbers before banks were touched, praising policing efficacy.
The Y W C A in High Point has become a valued community asset. Its hut on Green Street offers meetings, classes, clubs, a library, and a cafeteria serving both workers and the public, with events, hikes, and group activities welcoming girls and women from the city and beyond.
Newspapers in New York and Philadelphia tout High Point as a major industrial hub. The New York Times highlights its furniture growth while B C Forbes notes High Point as the second largest U S furniture center after Grand Rapids.
The piece surveys state chambers of commerce across 26 states listing counts by state and population figures. It extols the chamber movement as vital to civic pride and progress, praising High Point's chamber leadership and community-minded landlords like J Harris Jones and family for benevolent acts.
New York letters note Manhattan rests on solid rock while the city sets record building activity. Experts expect 1923 to surpass this year with building permits totaling over 550 million dollars across all boroughs, signaling a massive construction boom.
Volt'n school girls in this city contribute 15060 to the Louvain Memorial library fund chaired by Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University. The students lead city schools in giving in response to Dr Butler's appeal and pledge 10000 for a stone schoolhouse in devastated France, already raising 5000.
Booth Tarkington writes charming dialogue in Rose Briar with Billie Burke as a dainty heroine. A surprise emerges as Tarkington reveals he can compose songs and offers Friendship sung by Burke. Frank Conroy and Allan Dinehart give standout performances as two men seeking answers.
In a Long Island suburb a local real estate man unveils a sign promising life insurance with every lot. The bold pitch suggests a risky sales tactic and raises questions about the dealer’s business ethics and risk management.
New York reports the wealthiest Christmas in thirteen years with holiday spending around 250 million dollars, up nearly 20 percent from last year. Articles of incorporation outline a National Theater led by Nicholas Murray Butler David Belasco Otto H Khan Lee Shubert Augustus Thomas and Whitney Warren among others to foster amateur dramatic clubs and bring Broadway shows to wider cities quickly.
North Carolina representative W A Deaton of Catawba announces support for a free text book program for public schools and a fully equipped state medical college. He favors highway construction, tax equity, aid for Confederate veterans, and a possible Durham University Durham University medical college merger under a state charter.
The New York Bakery long run by Jacob Traub was sold today to EB H Stewart and C C Harris owners of Harris Baking Co at Danville Virginia. Stewart will manage the High Point plant which becomes Harris Bakery Plant No 2. Traub will leave for Philadelphia to make his home after six months in High Point.
A man described as Myers was slightly injured last night after he tried to catch Train No 46 as it pulled out of the local station. He missed his hold and fell to the ground. Police and station staff assisted him. Dr. D A Stanton treated him. The initials Myers could not be learned.
A Greek church wedding tradition uses two rings in the ceremony one silver and one gold.
High Point likely fronts no new ball park for 1923 as efforts to secure Welch Park have stalled. Officials remain silent on plans while Welch Park may host Piedmont league games again if no new project advances.
A Sheraton Rotarians banquet featured a one act play with four bald Rotarians in holes and wives selecting husbands, folk and negro quartet singing, a telepathy sketch, a debate that tied, a balloon blowing contest won by Mrs. Gold, and a funnel race won by Carter Dalton. The night closed with song and streamers.
Millard Hendricks Leon Millikin Ernest Baker and F D Hendricks returned from a hunting trip in Smithfield township Randolph county They brought back a number of rabbits squirrels and quail Mr Millikin visited his sister Mrs Roy Bulla in Asheboro before returning home
The piece notes growing agitation around the Medical College with potential results. It references long legislative involvement, prior campaigns, and state officials including Sheriff Bryant Harrison and Jackson Weaver. Weaver’s pardon and release are described amid questions about the delay in freeing colleagues like Col Grimes and other state officers.
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