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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1922
Page
8
New York July 21 Bathers draw summer crowds as reports say wild waves rise while girls in unusually revealing swimsuits attract attention on city beaches. Onlookers remark fashion as seasonally bold and watch gulls overhead.
Architects sketch plans for a modern Negro school at the corner of Fourteenth and Cameron streets. The building will house a gymnasium and an auditorium of 1,000 seats, fourteen classrooms, and serve as the nucleus for a park and recreational grounds for Negroes.
July 20 the New Bern Bears, local baseball club, add a real mascot a bear cub making his debut at Washington. Umpire Brandon presented a film to fans as the team won two games from their opponents. The new mascot is credited with an assist.
Kernersville July 20 Architects began plans for a new Methodist church to be built here. Over $25,900 has been raised for the project and work to tear down the old church started this week.
A flock of white crows has been seen roosting in the Kinston region, drawing attention due to the rarity of white crows in this area. Reports reached this place today.
English women gain ground in occupations while Rev Constance Coltman becomes a pioneering female bride marrying parson. The Oxford graduate and West End minister urges couples to swap the word obey for mutual rings and vows as they pledge lifelong love.
Governor Davis of Ohio summoned his cabinet to an special session today to discuss coal strike developments and President Harding’s request for state governments to provide military protection for coal operators as mines are set to reopen.
Greensboro July 20. Next Tuesday ends the summer session at the North Carolina College for Women. The term set a record with 973 students enrolled. A faculty of sixty taught the courses along with numerous lectures and features by notable speakers from across the country.
In Greenville on July 20 the boll weevil invaded Pitt county cotton fields with punctured squares visible. Small weevils found inside squares. no further signs yet. County agent and others monitor for spread to additional areas.
J M Kurn announces 26 trains on the St Louis San Francisco system were halted while a family story unfolds of a father suffering stomach trouble losing weight and finally quitting work. A friend’s tip about Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy helped restore strength, with the ad promoting Hart Drug Co. and Randleman Drug Co. as sellers.
The president notes most trains run on branch lines in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas and announces that service will be discontinued today.
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