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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
4
A poem by Berton Braley laments worn ships longing to sail while a world in famine stirs debate and a chorus of odd news items cuts through the page. It mixes maritime longing with sharp vignettes on bootlegging, Berlin, divorce, celebrity legs, and quirky headlines.
The piece argues the coal strike is an nation wide emergency requiring federal action not a hands off approach. It criticizes Governor Morrison for focusing on government interference rather than solving fuel supply and suggests a plan to reopen mines to avert widespread suffering.
A 1920s era public safety note urges cautious driving at railroad crossings amid over a million new cars licensed in the U.S. It warns that luck is not a safety plan and stresses looking and listening for trains before crossing. It contrasts risky bets with the value of life and urges sober, cautious behavior at crossings.
Governor Morrison makes clear the state will deploy troops only to protect life and property. The state should not take sides in the railway strike or aid executives, but must supplement local forces to preserve order and enforce the law. Strike leaders urge restraint and lawful conduct, while rights are debated but cannot justify violence.
The document argues against Ford's 100 year lease proposal for Muscle Shoals, calling it unregulated and harmful. It favors Senator Norris's development plan as best for farmers, southern states, and widespread power distribution, urging government control and fair pricing.
The North Carolina Lutheran summer school at Mt Pleasant features a strong faculty for Sunday school work mission study stewardship young peoples groups church music and pastors course. Notable instructors include Dr D Burt Smith Rev O F Blackwelder Dr W H Greene Rev Ross Stoever and Dean A O Voigt with a program highlighted by a hymn singing course led by Stoever and a weeklong training for church workers.
The North Carolina Association of the Deaf opened its four day convention in Raleigh at 10 o'clock with Mayor Eldridge giving the welcome in the House of Representatives. Governor Morrison is slated to speak and several social events are planned for the gathering of over three hundred delegates.
Vincent Astor, New York millionaire, burned on the hands when a hydro airplane he was to ascend caught fire in the bay near the New York Yacht Club. Pilot Clifford Webster started the propeller, a leaky gas pipe ignited, Astor rushed to the plane with extinguishers and boarded it. The blaze damaged the craft but Astor planned repairs and the party moved on by boat to New York.
In Palmyra Syria a flying physician locates and visits large patients among wandering Bedouin tribes using an airplane. The tale highlights a remote medical outreach method bridging urban care and nomadic communities.
Basement specials are advertised in Fridays Enterprise from Feldman’s with details on pricing and availability. The note indicates a Friday window for these offers and includes Feldman’s as the source.
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