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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1922
Page
4
The item lists publication schedule and advertising contact details for the High Point Enterprise newspaper including offices in Brunswick building New York and Peoples Gas building Chicago with standard afternoon publication cadence.
The proposal outlines extending city limits in all directions to 20,000 population, establishing a sizeable library, developing parks and playgrounds, adding a passenger station with raised tracks, creating a city planning system and more housing, paving streets and expanding sewer and water systems, and building hard surfaced roads in every direction.
Readers are treated to a playful verse about resisting early exits from lively gatherings and savoring the lingering merriment. The piece contrasts party cheer with a fear of missing later laughs as the night wears on.
Explorer Roald Amundsen vows to remain at the North Pole despite harsh weather. A second passage mentions fashion notes on new men shoes with coinlike adornments catching the wind.
The dispatches assert moonshine whisky fueled the Herrin mob slaughter of coal miners. Observers say sober men could not have caused such brutality and predict fear will drive many to flee as Illinois and possibly federal authorities face rising calls for justice.
High Point faces a 53 percent rate increase between North Carolina and Ohio River points, risking injury to shipments and manufacturing. The local chamber of commerce steps in to represent the city's interests and prevent broader economic harm across the community.
The Greensboro News argues the public tolerates strike risk, citing coal and railroad disputes. It says the labor board lacks enforcement power, but its decisions should be treated as law, predicting broader public acceptance if authority is respected.
In an Atlantic Coast and Southern Seaboard rail consensus, key lines reportedly back a Discotea consolidation to streamline freight operations across the region.
The article argues that combining three railroad systems would grant a monopoly in North Carolina, forcing higher freight rates on western shipments and harming the state’s economy. It cites subsidies to Southern, Seaboard, and Atlantic Coast Line, and warns against repealing these protections. It also explains trichinosis transmission from undercooked pork, noting 34 cases linked to an infected hog.
Letter from A. E. Tate laments the discontinuance of Community Service in High Point after 14 months of work by Cummings and Mahaffey. He credits the program with youth outreach, July celebration funding, and urban uplift, while criticizing local apathy and lack of support. Tate praises New York City Headquarters for its generous, costless expert aid and calls for renewed community involvement.
The snippet discusses fighting disease and germs with cautious living and mentions a sudden medical outbreak. It hints at scientific understanding but is fragmentary and unclear about specifics or actions. The piece reads as an early health advisory with emphasis on vigilance against illness.
Rev Milton Whitener leads services with Sunday school at 9 45 am John W Hedrick superintendent Morning worship at 11 am sermon Ex cuses Evening service at 8 pm sermon Is the Golden Rule Practicable Today
Friends Samuel Haworth minister Sunday school at 9 45 Joseph J Cox superintendent Worship at 11 and 8 o clock Y P S at 7 o clock E 7 o clock listed as church activities and times.
Rev George R Brown pastor conducts Sunday school at 9 45 with R H Shaw Jr superintendent Preaching at 11 and 6 o clock by the pastor Christian Endeavor at 7 15 pm Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 pm
St Marys Episcopal Church announces the rector Rev H N Bowne leads Holy Communion at 7:30 a.m. church school and Bible class at 4:30 p.m. with H S Coffield superintendent. Morning prayer and sermon to Masons at 11 a.m. Evening prayer and sermon at 8 p.m. Thursday is St Peters Day with a holy communion at 104. mm
Pastor F. L. Conrad conducts worship at 11 with the sermon The Tragedy of being Excused. Bible school at 6 45 and vespers at 8 discuss Thou Shalt Not Adultery as part of Ten Commandments reflections.
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church announces Rev VW A Lambeth as pastor. Sunday school at 9 46 a m, Harmon superintendent leads junior congregation at 1 a m in the basement. Adult worship with sermons by the pastor at 11 a m and 8 p m.
Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m with R L Winfrey as superintendent. Sermon by Rev J Lanter at 11 o clock. B Y P U meets 7 pm. Evening preaching at 8 o clock includes delegates reports from Baraca Phila thea and state B Y P U convention.
Rev Charles P Coble will lead Bible school at 9 45 with R E Rawson as superintendent Morning worship at 11 includes a short sermon and the ordination of newly elected elders and deacons during the service Special music features Carence Schultheiss and Fannie Foy Gospel service with singing and preaching in the evening Christian Endeavor meets at 7 15 Midweek prayer Wednesday at 8 o'clock
The Numa F. Reid lodge No. 344 A F and A M has accepted an invitation to a Mason’s service at St Mary’s Episcopal Church tomorrow at 11 o’clock. Rev H N Powne will preach a sermon for Masons and part of the church will be set aside for them, but the service remains public. Members and visiting Masons should gather at the lodge hall at 10:45 and march to the church.
Disabled veterans of the world war travel by box cars to San Francisco for the second national convention of their organization. Raymond Creelman and Robert M. Smith, national staff members, are in the city to arrange the July 27 28 gathering.
Henley on Thames June 24 Walter Hoover, American singles sailing champion, drilled in light practice last evening. He avoided full sessions but showed form that has impressed observers while awaiting more strenuous work ahead of the regatta.
The fragment suggests a population figure for the Aljeutlan islefigs located west of steaks, indicating about a certain number though the text is incomplete and cannot determine the exact figure.
N R Allen president of the High Point Merchants association returned from Wrightsville Beach where he attended the North Carolina Merchants organization annual meeting. Statesville was chosen for the next gathering. S P Burton of Asheville was named president to succeed B F Roark of Charlotte. The group endorsed the freight rate battle and urged merchants to serve in the general assembly, praising improved service and economy for the American public.
Valdosta Georgia reports the death of 75 year old Old Chick Cushing a nationally known jockey who once rode on nearly every race track east of the Rocky Mountains. He was in charge of a string of race horses at the fair grounds when found.
Theorator Andre-Louis Moreau speaks from Rennes's statue to rally citizens after Philippe de Vilmorin's death. He travels to Nantes to rally students and citizens, denouncing royal injustice and calling for peaceful, determined action to defend Brittany against aristocratic oppression.
A Ward Line steamship crashed into the Hackensack River bridge between Jersey City and Newark, completely wrecking the drawbridge. No one was killed or injured.
Screening note indicates Harold Lloyd stars in A Sailor Made Man at the Broadway. Week’s showings list the popular comic as the main attraction with crowd interest and theater timing implied for a traditional urban cinema program.
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