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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1921
Page
4
The text notes Associated Press exclusive rights to use AP dispatches and local news published, and confirms second class mailing at High Point North Carolina under the March 3 1873 act. The item is a standard newspaper front matter statement.
A national education report highlights alarming dropouts with only 139 of 1000 reaching high school and 23 finishing college. It cites repeaters in early grades as a key flaw, urges parents and teachers to act, and notes poverty is not the sole cause in both prosperous and hard times.
The piece notes repeating is most costly for first graders and causes overcrowding and disengagement. Repetition slows progress and pushes students to quit when promotions lag, while teachers urge parental cooperation to encourage steady study and timely advancement.
The Methodist Episcopal church public morals board urges Protestants to stop portraying Protestant ministers with ridicule on stage and in films and humorous publications. It notes frequent demeaning depictions of ministers as effeminate or grotesque and calls for a shift toward respectful treatment across theater, cinema, and print.
High Point has raised over 2500 toward the European Child Relief fund with a city goal of 5000. J Elwood Cox directs local efforts and asks solicitors to report by Tuesday noon as canvassers prepare a fuller update. The fund aims to support 500 ragged and starving children until harvest.
In Chicago on January 6 the Koo Koo Klan asked the courts to aid its membership drive. The group can’t meet with fewer than four members and currently has only three. Its members are said to be felons jailed for alimony nonpayment.
A man named Wiseheart inherits $2,000,000 from a Philadelphia property once owned by his breath-great-grandfather. Litigation over the blocks spanned a century and left the family seeking the missing given name in court and among descendants.
Fragmentary note marks a fifty year milestone for an event in Holland with unclear names and dates. The readable bits point to a commemorative reference but lack full context and specifics.
Piedmont League may set a higher rating and adopt a 1921 schedule after a meeting. Talks centered on trades and bat bags with scribes noting little beyond possible swaps. High Point showed interest in a key player as A. Lyon drew scant attention.
Rube Eldridge, veteran southpaw Slabster, will again wear the High Point spangles. His services were awarded to the High Point club after a controversy with the Columbus club of the American association. The Rube is pleased and so is every High Point fan.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis aims to end irregularities in baseball management and player salaries. Bill Bramham supports the move to require sworn affidavits on salaries and ban side money. These changes contribute to the decision to seek a Class C rating.
Baseball teams risking severe penalties for undisclosed payments to players face new rules under Judge Landis. The fines are designed to deter side deals and keep contracts clean, making such practices unlikely.
The upcoming president of the national commission will travel through spring to fall, visiting every league and perhaps every club, with access to all books. Bob Terry described as sartorialist at directors' meeting. M Lyon mislaid his specs risking a secretary-less session as Greensboro Bills were involved.
No admission price changes for Piedmont league parks this season. Four bits general and two bits grandstand. prices include tax. Uniforms for Piedmont players will be strikingly sharp, rivaling New York Giants gear. A new rubber-centered baseball from D and M makes its debut in Piedmont after a strong bid from the manufacturer. Legion Officers E B Smith C A Tripp G Southern elected in Greenville.
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