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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1923
Page
6
Chief L W Blackwelder urges strict enforcement of North Carolina dog laws in Guilford County. Read sections require metal tags for dogs, forbid roaming without permission, bar unlicensed dogs, and authorize killing trespassing dogs in defense of live stock.
Peyton Tunstall a 63 year old Southern railway engineer longtime Danville to Norfolk run was found dead in his bed in a local boarding house. Doctors indicate a heart seizure and he died peacefully in sleep. He lived in Norfolk but stayed in Danville every other night. Survived by his widow and two daughters. Body to be taken to Norfolk for burial.
In Henderson on February 16 an employee of the Henderson post office presented I. J. Young, who retired as postmaster on February 1, with a handsome walking cane. The cane heads were inscribed with the date and initials. Young served nearly six years as postmaster and earned the respect and admiration of local government employees.
F. J. Sizemore secretary of the chamber of commerce received a letter from the New Bern chapter of the Red Cross thanking High Point commerce for aid to stricken families after the New Bern fire last fall. The chamber sent large packages of clothing in response to the call for help.
Newark reports its third infant death in three weeks from suffocation in bed caused by covers. John Klein six months old son of Otto and Mrs Klein was found dead as deputy county physician Mr Minningham cites coal shortages pushing parents to share beds.
Glenn Myatt, the Milwaukee catcher recently sold to Cleveland for 50000, will quit baseball to join his father in law’s business in Houston. He reportedly signed a contract yielding 4000 dollars yearly, but seeks permanency outside baseball despite Tris Speaker’s satisfactory offer.
Ted Kid Lewis will defend his British welterweight title in a twenty round bout at Albert Hall with Roland Todd as a slight favorite. Todd previously pushed Lewis through twenty hard rounds to a disputed verdict. many spectators disagreed with the outcome.
Referees award Lew the verdict after a close contest with Todd believed to have earned at least a draw. Both fighters appear in peak form and the betting line holds even money.
The funeral for R. V. Brawley, who died at his home on Davie Avenue, was held at 4 p.m. from the residence with Rev. C. E. Raynal and Rev. John W. Moore officiating. Burial followed in Oakwood cemetery. In Waynesville, Police Chief Jim Stringfield fractured his skull and Prohibition Officer W. T. Moffitt suffered a broken leg when their pursuit auto wrecked while chasing a liquor-loaded car.
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