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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1923
Page
1
A collage of quips and commentary spans European armistice signals to U S political jabs. Notes on industry prices, theater and radio satire, and social trends mingle with fleeting regional updates and a chill of postwar optimism.
The Manufacturers' Record lauds North Carolina as a leading furniture center and notes its rapid industrial growth, road building boom, and social progress including lack of lynching in 1922. It also reports B W Kilgore announcing leadership changes in livestock marketing for the division of markets with Mr. Lewis returning to Kentucky. Gorell Shumaker oversees the vacancy process as three to four qualified applicants are considered.
Editorial argues the Peacock affair erodes respect for the law, noting the slaying of Chief Taylor and questioning the complicity of friends who aided him. It links radical world unrest to oppression and law functioning, suggesting wealth and influence skew outcomes.
The Manufacturers Record lauds North Carolina for a $120 million highway program across state, county, and federal levels. It credits the state with rising employment, boosted ambition, and measurable progress in material and educational development despite foreign immigration concerns.
The article surveys 1923 prospects with higher agricultural prices boosting purchasing power, near full employment, and a cautious stance amid rising wages and potential coal strikes. It covers wage vs price dynamics, farmers' income declines, textile reductions, and Mellon’s fiscal notes on debt management and tax policy including surtax cuts and tax-exempt securities.
The Greensboro Record notes the 1923 legislature promptly moves to investigate state departments including the geological survey and tuberculous sanatorium. It doubts sensational outcomes, predicts minor irregularities at most, and questions the value of abolishing or expanding funding for these agencies amid political gossip and routine inquiry.
RALWICGH Jan 17 The resignation of V W Lewis who has had a long tenure on the board was announced today leaving a vacancy and prompting discussion of interim arrangements and future appointments.
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