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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1923
Page
6
Hoover advises government to delay private construction amid stalled private building and pushes fair play for public works. February blizzard relief in the south cuts the boll weevil impact, and Harding allies urge re election with theories including his golf schedule. Florida sentiment tilts Republican. A New York critic praises a singer with a “voice with a bead on it.”
A collection of short notes mentions Von Hindenburg denouncing France as wicked. It notes another Hindenburg line and a windstorm blamed on no returning congressmen. Also references Dempsey's upcoming fight, Kaiser’s new grandson, April’s arrival, a Texas singer entering grand opera, Pittsburg jail with a radio, and prisoners reacting to weather reports and time signals.
A collage of quips and observations from 1923, touching on Babe Ruth troubles, gas prices, a balloon race cancellation, tick‑plagued cattle, fashion pins, courtroom trials for actors, family life, aging, songs, dressmaking, autos vs lions in Mexico, a long‑lived Cincinnati alligator, a hell debate, hotel fires, and an Oklahoma shooting over telephone eavesdropping.
British economist Sir Josiah Stamp warns that New York gold reserves nearly half the world supply pose a real danger to the United States. He argues the location could flood imports and inflate currency, risking economic and social ills if money flows too easily. The piece notes the Bank of England’s influence and the Federal Reserve's conservative policy to date.
A Raleigh based commission, formed by a sparsely funded legislature, begins examining the case of John Smith and the broader tenant farmer situation in North Carolina agricultural districts. Lawmakers ponder how to spur ownership ambition and improve conditions, with only 1800 dollars allocated for the inquiry.
The veteran senator John Sharp Williams returns to his southern farm after announcing retirement from six more years in the U S Senate. He seeks the simple pleasures of rural life, preferring home over national affairs and Washington life. His legendary vitality remains admired, though he departs public service with mixed reflections.
Coblenz reports 455 of 1450 Rhine and Ruhr newspapers suspended by occupation authorities for periods from three days to months. Rhineland suspensions total 288 with 43 journals forbidden multiple times. 63 papers outside the area barred from circulation in occupied territory. Prison sentences rising.
Officials imposed fines up to 1 400 000 marks on 2 editors and 381 publishers. Eighteen editors and nine publishers were deported with their families amid the crackdown.
Paris March 19 The United States refused to offset its occupation costs by the value of German ships seized in American ports. Eliot Wadsworth assistant secretary of the treasury presented the stand to allied representatives in the reimbursement talks.
Bev erly R Thurman becomes chief executive of Ritter Lumber's new wholesale department and moves to Columbus Ohio. Clarence English of Asheville succeeds him in High Point as head of the local office. Thurman praises Columbus and notes High Point as a desirable addition to its territory.
Wilmington March 19 Bert E Dallas former Atlantic Coast Line yardmaster will face trial the latter part of the week for the slaying of Joe Southwell locomotive engineer during the rail strike last summer Dallas is at liberty under bail of 10 000 his January trial ended in a hung jury Mrs R H Lewis prominent young woman also to be tried this week on a manslaughter charge in the death of W C Rafter hit by her automobile last month
S H Tomlinson, president of the Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing firm, was critically ill with pneumonia since Saturday. Doctors and specialists were summoned Friday night, and by late today he was reported much improved and out of danger.
President and Mrs. Harding depart Palm Beach aboard the Pioneer for a northward cruise expected to end Thursday or Friday in St Augustine. The party carries fishing tackle and bait and may fish on the trip. One or two rounds of golf are planned, including a round at Daytona course.
Numa F. Reidlodge No. 844 Acc 9 and A Me invite Master Masons to a degree session tonight at 7 30 o'clock at the lodge. Visiting Master Masons welcome. By order of C E Nabors W M and W E Herndon Sec.
Charleston hosts the Rotary International thirty eighth district conference with over 600 attendees from twenty eight clubs in South Carolina and western North Carolina. Leaders include Thomas P. Lesesse Carroll H Jones and Jeffrey Lydiatt with speakers Christie Benet and Roger Moore. Visitors tour the Charleston museum and Folly Beach oyster roast is planned.
The article reports on ongoing efforts to secure adequate tax revenue for the state, noting large projected needs and limited prospects for meeting April demand. It mentions key commissioners Hanes Cox and Hill, along with new appointees Kistler and others, and highlights the political friction over highway projects and public works.
W. A. Durham of Belmont, Charlottesville says Tanlac increased his weight by thirteen pounds and gave him remarkable endurance. He details prior poor appetite, bloating, gas, constipation, headaches, and fatigue, noting Tanlac restored his health and appetite. Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 35 million bottles sold.
Under the power of a deed of trust E W Fowler and wife Edna Fowler grant C A York trustee authority to sell Lots 68 and 69 in High Point Township Guilford County North Carolina at public auction for cash. The sale will occur at noon on Thursday March 29 1923 on the premises described as the West side of Putnam Avenue with Lot 68 measuring 40 feet by 153 22 feet by 154 feet and Lot 69 40 feet by 154 feet by 154 77 feet.
A notice referencing property located on the South side and 40 feet in the rear in the North Park division of High Point. The plat is recorded in Plat book No. 3 page 79 with the Guilford County Register of Deeds, dated February 26, 1923, by trustee A York.
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