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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1924
Page
2
A produced string of humorous and pithy maxims on labor, travel, manners, and daily life. The lines mix old proverbs with playful quips about work, invitation, self-reliance, and domestic life, reflecting light social humor and observational wit from a newspaper snippet.
A nostalgic note recalls tin types with family images and old fashions. The piece contrasts past portraits with today’s gowns and hats while commenting on political maneuvers and police fame in Chicago and Washington. Governor Morrison is quoted criticizing taxation.
In Chicago the Women's Western Golf Association championship is decided after tomorrow's 18 hole final. A Dallas player totaling 86 trails a Chicago winner with 85 while a Memphis competitor shares third with a Chicagoan and last season's champion. The article also notes southern prospects in tennis and sports growth, highlighting Atlanta figures and broader regional potential.
The Enterprise advocates a two zoning plan and a zoning commission for High Point. It urges advance publication of terms to inform the community before enactment. The piece warns against haphazard growth and the economic harm from unchecked development and missing building lines.
Governor Morrison at the state building and loan association convention in Raleigh criticizes pre Aycock North Carolina government as the sorriest and most unprogressive in the world. He praises Aycock for arousing the state in educational matters while implying prosperity began four years ago.
The piece argues Governor Morrison did not alone spark reform in North Carolina. It notes his courage and patriotism, but contends many progressive moves began before him and required materials and funding the era could not always provide. The writer questions long term good government and warns against overestimating Morrison's role. The analogy of making brick without straw is used.
City Council in regular session last night approved on its first reading a city planning and zoning ordinance. A five member City Planning and Zoning Commission will be created with terms from one to five years, officers elected from among its members, and meetings funded by a limited per diem if approved.
The ordinance details the High Point city planning and zoning commission’s authority to study resources, prepare plans and maps, regulate subdivisions within a mile outside the city, and submit recommendations to the city commissioners. It covers street naming, park designations, public spaces, and open hearings before districting maps are adopted. Violations include penalties for subdividing land without commission approval or selling lots from rejected plots, with fines and possible imprisonment.
In New York June 18 closing and opening trade sent prices unevenly. Oils offered poor resistance while confident buying surfaced in some issues. Atlantic refining fell 1 3 4 points as tobacco issues resumed accumulation. Oil shares stayed sensitive to unsettled trade with weak support for certain motor and accessory stocks. Foreign exchanges opened steady amid dampened trading conditions.
The New Orleans cotton market opened quiet but steady as first trades show gains of 4 to 8 points. July eased 16 points to 27.94 while October fell to 24.92, off 13 points from the opening high. Liverpool buying was firmer with 8,000 spot bales, and West Texas reported hot winds and sand storms. Futures closed steady with modest advances despite the day’s uneven moves.
In New York on June 18 nervous trading followed reports of high Southwest heat affecting crop progress. Liverpool opened weaker but New York steadied on covering. July rose to 28.58 while October moved to 25.65 as offerings increased. futures closed firm.
A long list of corporate shares and percent changes appears, featuring Allied Chemical to Woolworth with varied gains and losses. The passage ends with a note on military flags and a Sioux meaning for Minnesota.
Doctors warn nine of ten people suffer from excess acids flooding the system. Indigestion diarrhea dyspepsia and foul breath are linked to this. Anti-Ferment is sold to stop acid formation neutralize existing acids and soothe the bowels for relief. Sold by Manni prig.
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