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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1922
Page
4
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In High Point last night Chief of Police Blackwelder used calm dialogue and restraint to defuse a potentially violent mob. The crowd yielded to his reasoned approach, winning praise from citizens and officials and sparing Guilford county a lynching incident.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lectures on spiritualism arguing life continues after death on higher planes. He doubts table tapping and mediums, says the dead often happier, tests of communication remain unsettled, notes Margaret Cameron's The Seven Purposes as an influential work.
Roger Babson argues that nations can have too much money and warns against inflation. He says prosperity should be measured by goods, not gold, and that modest loosening of credit may help, but large currency or credit expansion would raise living costs. He defends the Federal Reserve Board as a prudent, clear thinking body.
A fragment describes Europe facing a broader economic mess than the rest of the country combined, highlighting widespread concern over financial instability and its regional impact.
The editorial defends marking ballots as not wrong but urges voters to decide independently. It notes many electors vote as directed at the polls and supports secret ballots to protect individual choice. It suggests that Once women gain voting experience they may influence changes in ballot methods.
Visitors toured Greenville in a Carolina Virginia Acquaintance tour led by the chamber of commerce with over 50 cars. Officials listed include Robert E. Woodside and W. F. Robertson. The group later faced reports of a mob. authorities investigated and mob action was denied. A Black Point assault case drew crowds and police response with hundreds assisting in the manhunt for the suspect.
Police chief in High Point asserts guilt not proven and promises all prisoners remain in jail as mob pressure grows. Mayor Tredrick and Sheriff Stafford with deputy Caffey deploy special officers to quell potential riot. figures say one man sent to Raleigh and another to Sualisharp jail.
Mrs Ruth Freeman Reynolds aged dies suddenly in Atlanta Ga where she had lived three years She had lived in Archdale before marriage to James Nahan Reynolds and worked for Shipman Organ company Her funeral will be at Hubert A Tomlinson Archdale home tomorrow at 4 pm with Rev Lewis McFarland Rev W A Lambeth and Miss Clara Cox officiating Interment in Springfield cemetery Pallbearers named Survivors include three sisters two brothers a niece and an aged aunt
Guy Garrick and Dick Defoe chase two men and a girl who planned a daring hold up at a fashionable New York radio dance. Ruth Walden may be used by criminals, leading them to the Sea Vamp, a yacht like houseboat Ruth frequents with Glenn Buckley the so called demon lover who alarms Ruth’s mother and the pair.
Ruth outruns Garrick and Dick in a violet and white swimsuit on a coastal spree. On a houseboat Sea Vamp they meet Glenn Buckley Vira Gerard and Captain Brock while Garrick spots a diamond clasp linked to Vira. The group uncovers a camera and radio gear hinting at a connection to a theft and a hidden clue.
Chicago reports a peace bid in the building trades strike as Fred Mader agrees to resign and unions accept the Landis wage award. With Mader and Tim Murphy recently released from jail, sources say projects worth 200 million pounds may proceed.
Trinity white man Cousins, injured last Saturday night when his car collided with another, remains in serious condition at Burrus McCain Hospital. He suffered severe head injuries and was slightly improved yesterday. Also injured were other occupants. Parker Waynick returned home from Alderson, West Virginia.
Eigh ty people are believed to have per ished in the sinking of the steamer Villa Franca near Posadas on the Argentina Paraguay boundary. The ship carried 30 first cabin and 70 second cabin passengers plus 100 drums of naptha. A survivor says sleeping passengers woke at 1 40 am to flames and a blast as the vessel sank four miles offshore. Some passengers swam ashore. an American family was reportedly saved among a few first cabin occupants.
Two soldiers were killed and two fatally injured when a truck from Camp Hollabird veered off an embankment near Westminster Maryland while carrying ten soldiers to Buffalo. Privates Parent and Herschner died in the crash, with six others injured. A separate line notes American flags presented to British Rotary clubs as a token of Anglo Saxon friendship.
A speaker explains his father’s stomach illness from years and multiple doctors. After using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy on a friend's suggestion, the father regained strength and appetite. The ad claims the product clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation in stomach liver and intestines including appendix and offers a money back guarantee at Hart Drug and Randleman Drug in North Carolina.
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