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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1921
Page
5
Local coal dealers say prices will not fall and may rise as supply tightens. A West Virginia company warns of reduced tonnage and imminent car shortages, urging customers to stockpile while cars are available and production lags behind 1917–1920 levels. A government report shows 1921 output well below prior years, signaling rising demand and higher prices.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers led by Professor Samuel C Prescott report caffeine in moderate coffee consumption is a safe stimulant with no harmful after effects. The study notes caffeine mildly boosts heart activity and mental focus, with rare sensitivity in some individuals and no permanent harm when used responsibly.
Danville's High Point crew collected 17 hits but bought only four runs as Virginia's Rodger limited them after Friday struggled. Waldron started Danville scoring, Sessions homered for High Point, with Murphy driving a late-long homer. Danville wins 6 4 in a May 21 game. box score lists 1,100 attendance.
Teague delivered a two base hit in the 10th as Greensboro beat Winston-Salem 6 to 5 in ten innings. It was Greensboro’s second extra inning win in two days after a 12th inning triumph over High Point.
Yesterday in New York 10 beat Chicago 6 while Brooklyn 2 defeated Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis Boston 3, Cincinnati 5.
Scores from multiple city matchups show St Louis 5 over Washington 4 and Chicago 6 over New York 5 while Detroit 12 beat Boston and Cleveland 16 over Philadelphia 3. Other results include Chicago 6 over New York 5 and New York City versus unknown opponents with a 5 score.
Jersey City faces Reading in a tight four five game. Newark posts a six. Baltimore edges Rochester four to five. Syracuse loses to Rochester three to four. Buffalo falls to Toronto seven to zero.
District scores list for Birmingham New Orleans Memphis Mobile Little Rock Atlanta Nashville and Chattanooga showing outcomes. City matchups include Birmingham 1 New Orleans 12 and Nashville 6 Chattanooga 8 with other results cited.
Baseball score roundup shows Kansas City 4 Louisville 7 Milwaukee 12 Indianapolis 7 St Paul 4 Toledo 7 Minneapolis 12 Columbus 2 with multiple teams posting decisive innings and late rallies.
In Newport News Portsmouth defeated Norfolk 2 to 1. Suffolk won 1 to 0 in 11 innings. Rocky Mount Richmond game was interrupted by rain.
Holy Cross beat Pittsburgh 15 to 3 at Worcester. Georgetown defeated Lebanon Valley 8 to 0 in Washington. Illinois 5 defeated Wisconsin 0 at Urbana Champaign.
Savannah dispatch reports a fatal clash during a moonshine raid in Laurens county. George Crawford, a county policeman, was killed and a negro moonshiner died in the confrontation with Crawford or Deputy Dan Renfro of Laurens, who accompanied the raid.
The article highlights High Point becoming a progressive educational town with over 4 060 students enrolled. It notes a possible new Methodist Protestant college and a South Carolina man hoping to send his daughters there. It credits furniture industry as global advertising, calling High Point the Grand Rapids of the South and predicting continued growth.
The board backed establishing a Methodist Protestant college in High Point as crucial for local education and denominational balance. Dr R M Andrews, NC conference president, thanked High Point for its reception and support and praised the visit.
Major L. C. Sinclair and wife with sons Carson Jr and Ira return home after months in a Florida winter residence. They drove over 900 miles by automobile. Major Sinclair will take a position with the Myrtle Desk company.
Bruce Carraway of High Point will deliver the annual commencement address at Ashboro’s negro graded schools next Wednesday night. The town has prepared an elaborate program and several white residents from High Point plan to attend in Randolph County capital city.
Bernard Coyne, claimed world tallest man at eight feet one inch and 300 pounds, died in Sioux City at age 24. The youthfully named giant wore size 24 shoes and was widely known for his extreme height and brief life in May.
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