Assessments Spark Suburban Annexation Debate in High Point
High Point's 1922 assessed valuations total about 21 million dollars with a tax rate of 1.25 per hundred. Annexation of nearby suburbs and industrial sections would add millions to the tax base, potentially raising the overall tax burden despite city services now covering suburbs at taxpayers' expense. Seven large manufacturers would join the extension, totaling 1,625,155 in assessed value, with the largest at 727,774. The broader potential value could reach 7 to 8 million when residential lands are counted, suggesting extension would raise taxes rather than cut them. Suburbs now receive city policing free of charge, prompting argument that they should share in police and fire protection costs.
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High Point
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Enterprise's Platform for a Greater High Point
The platform calls for extending the city limits in all directions to create an ample city pounds. It proposes a larger city with parks, playgrounds, a new passenger station and elevated tracks, a city planning system, more homes, expanded paved streets, sewer and water extensions, and hard surfaced roads guiding growth to a 20,060 population once extended.
Prohibition Voiced In Verse About Worldly Pleasures
The piece rails against debating Prohibition noting the world offers many interests from ships to art to wedding rings. It laments the topic’s ubiquity and expresses a desire to avoid talk of booze, preferring lighter concerns and personal friendship.
Circus Brings Dismantled Spark to Greensboro and Beyond
The Greensboro crowd size is muted by the circus counter attraction as crowds attended the show. Performers express relief at a restful break before spring, while governor addresses a small audience. The piece juxtaposes court martial stories and gossip with reflections on show life and public interest.
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Greensboro
Civil Service
Tuberculosis Deaths in Guilford County Discussed
A Guilford County editorial notes 87 deaths from tuberculosis last year, 4881 nationwide, with 15 percent among farmers. It urges periodic medical exams, free diagnostic clinics by the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association, and personal readiness to treat curable cases to reduce losses among farmers and railway workers.
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Guilford County
North Carolina Tuberculosis Association
North Carolina
Railroads Cite Losses From Improper Packing in 1921
Editorial notes 1921 losses and damages to shippers reach about 96.75 million dollars with 30 percent due to improper packing and marking. It highlights industry efforts by railroads, shippers, and government agencies to cut waste through better packing, standardized practices, and improved handling and billing.
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Forbes Magazine
M. C. Krarup
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Department of Commerce
Little Theatre Movement Gains Artistic Ground
Scribner's Magazine notes the little theatre movement expanding beyond amateur staging to serious artistic merit in cities with audiences and trained performers. It cites Provedence Town Players in New York and the theatre guild as early examples and predicts a future of permanent community theatres with paid workers driven by service to art rather than Broadway profits.
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Provencetown Players
New York
Eugene O'Neill
Teatre Guild
United States
Legion Men In Session Here
Members of Andrew Jackson post of the American Legion met in the chamber of commerce rooms to report on the national convention in New Orleans and to plan Armistice Day events and officer elections. Dr I Thurman Mann and Horace Haworth led discussions praising the large and enjoyable convention in the southern city.
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New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
I. Thurman Mann
Horace Haworth
Great Southern
High Point
Armistice Day plans dominate legion meeting
The local post elected officers on December 1 for a one year term. They discussed preparations for Armistice Day on November 11 and urged all ex-service men and High Point citizens to participate, promising the best celebration yet.
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Legion
High Point
Big Circus Moves Into Winter Home
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus ended its season in Greensboro with large crowds. Two special trains carried workers to New York and Chicago via Cincinnati, while animals and gear headed to Bridgeport Connecticut for winter quarters. Many performers shipped their own horses to private winter quarters.
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Greensboro
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Bridgeport
Conn
Bishop Wilson Heard At Meet In Statesville
The Blue Ridge Atlantic conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opened in Statesville with the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Serving as suffragan Bishop, Rev. John W. Moore presided. Rev. C. M. Whitey was chosen secretary, Rev. J. Ja treasurer, and Rev. S. W. Johnson statistician for the coming year.
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Statesville
Blue Ridge Atlantic
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilson
John W. Moore
Broad Street Methodist Church
Ion
C. M. Whitey
Ja Jtreasurer
S. W. Johnson
Italian ministers move to reopen stock exchange
Rome reports Minister of Industry Rossi and the Treasury minister reached an agreement for the immediate reopening of the bourse. The decision was announced semi-officially yesterday.
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Rome
Industry
Rossi
Treasury
Liquor Car Over Embankment in Ridgeway Tragedy
A touring car loaded with moonshine from North Carolina plunged fifteen feet over a bridge near the Norfolk and Western tracks in Ridgeway Virginia. William Saunders of Reidsville NC died instantly. George Allen Pink Perkins and Oscar Allen were injured and later jailed in Martinsville. The bridge is known as a death trap due to its sharp right-angle approach.
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Ridgeway
North Carolina
Norfolk and Western Railway
William Saunders
Reidsville
N. C
George Allen
Pink Perkins
Oscar Allen
Martinsville
S. T. Neal Dies at Reidsville
Word arrived that Stephen Turner Neal died at his home in Reidsville on Tuesday night. He had resided in the city for many years and was known in local circles. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Reidsville
Neal
R. B. Glenn
Winston-Salem
Cleveland
Wilson
Stephen Turner Neal
Pays Then Dies In Patterson Gas Tragedy Note Left
In Patterson New Jersey a man found dead in a gas filled boarding house room left a note to the proprietress stating Enclose, is a dollar bill for the gas I used. The note accompanied the body of Mrs. Carrie Kimball.
Hotel Dynamited in Bristow Oklahoma Incident
In Bristow Oklahoma a hotel was blown up in an explosion rumor says several hotel steaks were badly bent and damaged.
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Bristow
Okla
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Ireland
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Scribner's Magazine
Andrew Jackson Post
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