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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1922
Page
4
National Advertising Representatives listed for Forst Landis and Kohn with offices in New York Chicago and Brunswick Building High Point North Carolina. Entry notes second class matter at the post office under the 1872 act.
A mix of quips and notices fills a page. A High Point YWCA plea urges a $10,000 drive to fund a growing center with teen and young women clubs, meals, housing, and programs. The piece touts past gains and calls for support to expand facilities and services.
The American Lumberman reports retail lumber trade growth nationally with city building gaining momentum and high dealer demand. Oil, mining, and industrial sectors stay active while agriculture lags but improves. Stocks stay low as retailers push consumption. production climbs, though not as fast as orders. Pacific coast mills run 1 percent above normal for May 13, with Southern mills posting record weekly bookings since the Southern Pine association formed seven years ago.
The High Point Chautauqua Movement announced at the closing session that the chautauqua is assured for next year. The assembly met a high standard with strong programs and ample patronage, enough to justify another year. Local supporters say the aim is wholesome entertainment, not profit, and more than fifty contributors guaranteed funding under equal contracts.
The Pensacola Journal condemns illicit liquor production as filthy, vile, and dangerous. It describes condemned concoctions and equipment, arguing exposure in court should deter drinkers and act as a strong temperance message. It warns that viewing the distillation process may convince even the hardened drunkard to quit.
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders freight reductions that will ease the gap between freight charges and service costs. The move is expected to restore confidence, accelerate normal conditions, and guide railroads to a long term profit as traffic volumes rise.
The Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co announces no district manager in High Point and states all local agents work independently of each other with Greensboro as the home office. A. R Perkins of Greensboro is named manager for the surrounding area, and any other so called district managers act without home office authority.
Advice for suburban home planning emphasizes avoid damp sites ensure clean water prevent sewage contamination and proper heating lighting and ventilation. Discusses sewered versus unsewered towns water sources wells street mains and the need for water analysis and sanitary disposal methods.
A list of area churches notes morning worship at 11 o'clock with sermons by various pastors. Some locations postpone evening services due to commencement at the high school and auditorium while Sunday school begins at 9 30 and 8 45 for different congregations.
A notice announces an 11 o clock morning service at St Marys Church. The high choir will sing for the commencement sermon at the school auditorium. Samuel Haworth pastor and Joseph Cox superintendent lead Sunday school at 9 45. A cordial welcome to all. No evening meeting due to the high school commencement. Mid week gathering Wednesday at 8.
Kenneth B. Crandall known as Casey Crandall, longtime Charlotte newspaper man, died at 7 a.m. in a Greensboro hospital after a nervous disorder. A former sporting editor of the Charlotte Observer and staffer at the Charlotte News, he was 33 and survived by his widow. He was born in Lawsville Pennsylvania and worked previously in New York andBronkton.
The body was taken yesterday to Charlotte where the funeral will be held at the Crandall home on Sunday. Rev A A McGeachy of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. The deceased is survived by Mr and Mrs William A Crandall and Miss Maude Crandall of Charlotte.
In Richmond Virginia the Third Presbyterian church established the John R Cumbea Memorial Scholarship a 5000 dollar perpetual fund to support training at Unto Sological Seminary Ginter Park reflecting Cumbea’s legacy as longtime elder and church leader.
Rich mond Va May 24 Thos RB Morton a longtime figure in local labor circles has been named superintendent of the city home by Dr Friest C Levy director of public welfare succeeding the late Dr Robert G Cabell Miss Elsie Kren gle former chief nurse becomes assistant superintendent
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