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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1922
Page
4
National Advertising Representatives Forst Landis and Kohn located in the Bruns wick building at 225 Fifth Ave New York and at the Peoples Gas building on Michigan Boulevard Chicago.
A bond issue of 250000 seeks immediate expansion of the city school system and extension of city limits. Proposals include a municipal building and auditorium, a city library, parks and playgrounds, a passenger station and track elevation, city planning, more homes, paved streets, extended sewer and water, and hard surfaced roads as the population grows to 20000.
A poem from Farm Life by Clarence E Fiyonn praises the farm as a giver of honest toil and learning for boys and girls. It commends ready hands keen minds and strong hearts across social ranks while honoring those who served both country and town. An editorial note adds that American jazz is invading Germany and may prompt reparations.
Pierre V R Key reports plans for a permanent southern symphony orchestra funded by women led groups. Cities like Atlanta Jacksonville Savannah Asheville Greensboro pledge 25 000 to 5 000 dollars for a high quality touring ensemble led by an American conductor.
A collage of wry odds and ends touches on state sums for crime busting, moonshine dogs in Kentucky, Vesuvius activity, global blame games, daylight waste, alimony disputes, class and manners, and light commentary on society. Notable lines include jokes about Mars and profit, a doctor of commercial law, and a Cincinnati robbery.
Citizens in Greensboro pressured the city council to drop a proposed incinerator site. The forceful push by local women led to the plan being abandoned, a tactic praised as effective for community action and adopted by other towns.
A discussion framing deformity prevention as essential as disease prevention, comparing orthopedic surgery aims to public health goals. Emphasizes early intervention and education to minimize lifelong disability risks.
National headquarters urges posts to honor F W Galbraith Jr who died in a June 1921 Indianapolis automobile crash. Recommend half mast flags a crepe draped portrait in clubrooms or a wreath on clubroom doors. Legion notes he died in active service and labored for nation and Legion. Mort pour la Patrie.
H Nelson Jackson of Burlington Vermont the first man to cross the United States by car sailed for London on May 20 to represent the American Legion at the British Legion annual meeting. He is a national vice commander and will present greetings on behalf of National Commander Mac Nider. The message stresses strengthened ties between nations and the goal of world peace.
In Waynesboro Tennessee oil was found in a mud puddle in the American Legion post back yard. Drilling began immediately and oil was struck at 200 feet. The Legionaires intend to build a fine community club using royalties from the oil.
The National Catholic Welfare Council says Memorial Day will highlight ex soldiers and direct public attention to veterans needs and securing their just claims from the government.
A brief jokey memoir note recalls finding a five cent cigar hidden behind a two bit label in the American Legion Weekly, hinting at wartime or postwar nostalgia and collection impulses.
A revival scene features a preacher urging the crowd to donate, declaring a tenth belongs to the Lord. A perspiring congregant shouts “A twentieth!” as emotions surge among worshippers and the crowd responds with praise.
Reports to Legion national headquarters say old wooden war memorials from 1919 will be burned by American Legion posts. The decayed honor rolls, once temporary plaques, will be destroyed to prevent souvenir theft and improper display, following army regulations on burning worn flags.
A buyer questions missing depreciation as a major car factor. The dealer replies that all main parts are shown, highlighting the trade in concern of value.
The Asheville Times editorial laments frontier cruelty and condemns white mobs burning a fellow human, contrasting Indian atrocities with Western morality. It argues civilization is skin deep, noting the mob’s cheering shows Christianity’s diminished impact on some people.
The Charlotte visit for the Twenties drew thousands via car travel with highways clogged and few incoming trains carrying visitors. Observers noted the crowd likely the largest ever in the state, rivaling the wartime Wilson visit in scale.
A Raleigh News and Observer note urges support for a housing campaign focused on building and loan plans. It argues high rents and scarce, costly housing push residents toward owning their homes to save money and encourage thrift essential to home ownership.
Lawyers in Rockingham County report Ed Sisk of near Madison posted a ten thousand dollar bond Saturday for the October term. Sisk shot and killed Chief Ziplar of Mayodan weeks ago. His two sons, implicated, remain in Wentworth jail awaiting trial.
Lenoir Craven Jones and Duplin county farmers in the local farm loan association will receive about 30000 dollars in loans from the federal loan bank at Columbia. A larger allotment is expected in the fall. Only real dirt farmers on their own farms will be eligible.
Salisbury Mass Miss Mary Henderson chosen by J D Norwood state democratic chairman as hig assistant chairman Daughter of the late John S Henderson who represented the district in congress for q4 number of terms Graduate of the law wheel of the North Carolina university and a practical business woman who takes a keen interest in politics.
J and Quackenbush of Durham were adjudged bankrupt by Judge James Ke. Royd on Saturday. Liabilities listed at 12736.82 and assets at 9210. Clifford Frazier serves as referee in the case.
The passage notes that about half of El Paso’s trade is with Mexico. It also records the devil fish length range from one inch to 60 feet and Moscow street car fare at one thousand rubles per half mile.
Lucinda Druce, posing as Linda Lee, negotiates secrecy with Lontaine and Summerlad amid film industry schemes in Hollywood. Lucinda contemplates love while avoiding exposure as tensions rise with Lynn Summerlad over a wary warning about Nelly Marquis and a restless, ambitious circle.
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