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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
4
City proposals include a 250000 bond for immediate school system expansion, city limits extension, a municipal building auditorium library, park development, new passenger station and track elevation, city planning, more homes, paved streets, sewer and water extensions, garbage disposal upgrade, and population target of 20000 upon expansion.
A humorous verse roundup lampoons overpaid sellers and overbearing elites. It contrasts their lavish lives with exhausted workers, mocks material excess, and hints at rebellion against inequality. The piece blends social critique with light political edge.
Newspapers urge stronger bank scrutiny after a High Point bank closes under state commission orders amid shortages rising from 10 000 to about 67 000 dollars. State examiners note lax oversight and loans on poor security threaten depositors while officials vow protection.
Reports from several towns indicate hunters shoot the American eagle for publicity. The bird is increasingly rare yet harmless and not damaging. The piece urges federal laws to protect the national bird, drawing a parallel with buffalo protection and national ideals.
The suspension of Babe Ruth and another star keeps them out of the lineup for thirty eight days. The Yankees, without Ruth and Meusel, watch teammates and substitutes win games, and the club sits tied for league leadership with St. Louis.
The Playmakers announce a May 9 gathering of hostesses for performers led by Prof. Frederick Koch. The season opens in High Point with three works including The Lord's Will and In Dixons Kitchen, featuring Hubert Heffner and Mary Yellett, plus the folk drama Trista. The troupe tours Greensboro to High Point, with nine actors covering nineteen roles.
The assault on the Death Trail ends as a flood of snow, ice, and rock crashes down. Barry Houston and companions overcome the disaster and reach safety, while deeper tensions rise over a hidden plot and a missing truth connected to Julienne.
Barry Houston corners suspect Fred Thayer in a boarding house as the sheriff arrives for the Renaud murder case. Thayer finally breaks and admits, I killed them both, after denying involvement and insisting the ring belonged to Julienne.
Henry Vanstory and his brother J C Vanstory lease the Cleveland Springs hotel near Shelby. Col Frank P Morton of Greensboro will be resident manager and plans to open the hotel about May 25.
At J G Mase's burial in Morganton two white robed Klansmen arrived in a car and placed a large cross of red white and blue flowers with candles on the grave. They handed the minister a sealed envelope with resolutions of respect before quietly departing.
A columnist asserts a husband should be helpful around the house and that no home is complete without one, framing domestic partnership as essential.
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