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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1922
Page
4
A bond issue of $250,000 aims to expand the city school system and extend city limits. Plans include a municipal building and auditorium, a city library, parks, a new passenger station, a city planning system, more homes, paved streets, sewer and water extensions, hard-surfaced roads, better garbage disposal, and reaching 20,000 population with boundary expansion.
Beginning today High Point voters have three weeks to register for the June 6 bond election to decide on $250000 for school improvements. The plan aims to relieve crowding, expand staff, and add a new building before autumn, with 100 percent registration urged for mothers and all voters.
The Carolina Playmakers visit High Point tomorrow marking their first local appearance. They tour the state to show student written folk play productions rooted in North Carolina lore. The group seeks no financial aid and aims to uplift popular interest with high artistry and Carolina talent.
No new developments reported today in the Home Banking Company embezzlement case involving Basil H Hedgecock former cashier held in Greensboro jail. Bank doors remained closed and auditors continued reviewing books as preparations for a preliminary hearing in High Point move forward next Saturday.
A health column warns that infected and enlarged tonsils and adenoids can cause mouth breathing earaches hearing loss and susceptibility to diseases like diphtheria scarlet fever measles and whooping cough. It advocates examination and surgical removal as a simple effective procedure for affected children.
The article discusses the white star symbol with the motto Serve America support the Constitution used by the W C T U in a national canvass. It notes Kathleen Norris suggested the star and quotes Mattie White urging banners and stars to oppose liquor and uphold law.
Henry P Davison of J P Morgan and Co died on the operating table in New York today. The Morgan office announced the death at 2 o clock. He had been taken to the table at 1 30 this afternoon for a second operation to remove a tumor pressing on the auditory nerve.
The Kiwanis club will hold its regular meeting at the Sheraton hotel Wednesday at 12 15 PM. W T Parker chairs the program committee for this session.
At a late 19th century table, Lucinda Bruce and Dobbin rekindle memories as her husband Belamy Cruce observes. Amelie Severn and Bel exchange glances while Luccinda confronts age and beauty versus desire, questioning what else Bel seeks beyond new attractions.
Lucinda rides home with Bel after a quiet drive, wary of his excuses and indulgences while assessing their wealth and power. Bellamy begins a day of restraint, noting prohibition era temptations and the toll of dissipation on his memory. Lucinda sits in her boudoir, a porcelain vision in lace, as guilt and longing mingle in their shared domain.
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