High Point Extends City Limits in Landmark Vote
In a special election High Point voters approved extending the city boundaries by five eighths of a mile north and south and a half mile east and west by a majority of 479. The move includes most industrial plants and raises population estimates to at least 21,000. Precinct 5 opposed annexation. overall turnout was strong with heavy late voting.
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High Point
Citizens’ Committee
Highland Cotton Mill
Enterprise
City Council OKs 250600 Bond Issue For Municipal Building
The city council in regular session approved at first reading a 250 600 municipal building bond issue. Sealed bids will be received until December 7, 1922. The bonds will bear 5.25 percent interest, payable semiannually, and mature in 30 years.
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Walnut Street
Commerce
Lee Streets
Vail Street
Vail
Ingram
Pickett
Lewis Payne
Mr. Solomon
Commerce Street
Cable Street
A. E. Taplin
R. L. Pickett
Management blamed for Spangler mine explosion death toll
Barnesboro Pa November 22 The management of the Reilly Collieries company mine No 1 at Spangler was held responsible for the gas explosion on November 6 that killed 77 men in a coroner s verdict. The jury found the blast was due to use of open lights despite knowledge of explosive gas and inadequate fire bosses and ventilation.
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Barnesboro
Reilly Colleries Company
Spangler
Miremen Called By False Alarm
Southside fire station received a 7 o'clock call reporting a fire on Best Street. The crew responded, but no fire was located.
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Miremen
Southside
Best Street
Coal Company To Pay $35,000 In Two Weeks At Frostburg
Frostburg Md Nov 22 The Consolidation Coal company will issue its largest two weeks pay since the strike began at week’s end. The amount will be between $34,000 and $35,000 and will bring renewed Christmas business hope to local merchants.
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Frostburg
Consolidaton Coal Company
City plans faster census count after boundary extension
Officials say the expanded boundary allows the city to be counted before the 1930 federal census and to receive growth benefits. Chambers and local groups expect immediate steps toward city planning and development using the expanded territory.
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Chamber of Commerce
High Point Builders Pen Sketches of Men of Affairs
Carter Dalton is highlighted as a distinguished figure in High Point Furniture City with a career path from Greens boro to High Point. The article outlines his early moves and education at Chapel Hill and Harvard Law School before returning to practice law in partnership with Dr. Dred Peacoeck from 1913, with further continuation noted on Page Four.
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Furniture City
Harry Palmer
New York World
Carter Dalton
Dalton
High Point
Greensboro
Famil
State University
Chapel Hill
Harvard Law School
Aftereheck
Dred Peacoeck
Prison Population Rises 10000 in Five Years Nationwide
Census Bureau data show the United States prison population growing from 140,186 on July 1, 1917 to 150,131 on July 1, 1922. The report lists 163,189 people in custody awaiting trial or serving sentences, with 5,540 in federal penitentiaries and 44,288 in county facilities, among others.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Charlotte Hits To Play Asheville In Western Final
Charlotte and Asheville high school football teams will meet in Salisbury for the western North Carolina semi finals. The Shelby Monroe game winner will meet Greensboro highs at Davidson College on neutral ground. Victors from Saturday contend in the western championship finals.
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Salisbury
Charlotte
Asheville
Western North Carolina
E. R. Rankin
University of North Carolina Extension
Shelby Monroe
Greensboro
Davidson College
Blaze Breaks Out At West High Street Mattress Factory
Fire crews were summoned at 2 30 this afternoon from the South Side and West End stations to extinguish a fire in a cotton pile at a mattress factory on West High street. The alarm came via box 87 at Ashe and West Green streets. Firefighters arrived quickly and contained the blaze.
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South Side
West End
West High Street
Ashe and
West Green Streets
Bandits Rob Mail Truck At Checkerboard Field
Armed bandits held up a Chicago post office air mail truck near Checkerboard flying field, kidnapped driver William Hogan, and escaped with 450 pounds of highly classified registered mail destined for western points. Hogan was later found on the north side.
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Chicago
Checkerboard Flying Field
Central Post Office
William Hogan
Hogan
Mother appeals for help to learn fate of murdered son
Mrs Anne F Garrison of West Monroe appeals to President Harding Congressman Aswell and the press to aid in determining whether her son Thomas F Richards is dead or alive after the August murder of Richards and Watt Daniels by masked men in Merouge Louisiana.
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Monroe
Anne F. Garrison
West Monroe
Thomas F. Richards
Watt Daniels
Merouge
Harding
Aswell
Georgia’s First Woman Senator Serves One Day
Mrs. W. H. Felton of Georgia becomes the first woman senator, serving 22 hours and 35 minutes before her successor is sworn in. She calls the brief tenure a romantic incident and historical fact, praising women’s role in politics amid applause and laughter from senators.
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Washington
W. H. Felton
Georgia
Walter F. George
Felton
United States
Hardwick
Ter
Sunday Suulks Close Township Institute Here
The High Point township Sunday school institute ended at Wesley Memorial church after sessions that began Sunday afternoon. Dr Joseph Broughton of Atlanta spoke on parent teachers cooperation and the evangelistic role of teachers. D W Sims and Miss Magee led groups and stressed leadership and advertising for the school.
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High Point Township
Wesley Memorial Church
Joseph Broughton
Atlanta Ga
Miss Magee
Dr. Broughton
D. W. Sims
Broughton
Dasy Magee
Sims
Woman on Hunger Strike To Regain Husband Love
Skowhegan Maine Nov 2 Mrs Louis Britton is in the second week of a hunger strike she began to win back her husband who has filed for divorce Neighbors say the strain of hunger and cold is evident in her appearance The husband who lives on an adjoining farm refused to discuss the matter
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Skowhegan
Maine
Louis
Britton
Wfe
Opening of the 132Ww road celebrated by two chambers
Committees from the High Point and Winston-Salem chambers of commerce plan a Thursday meeting to finalize a celebration for the opening of the 132Ww concrete road between the cities. The event will include a basket picnic, speeches, and a parade with leaders from both cities present. A banquet at the Sheraton hotel on December 5 will be hosted by the High Point Kiwanis club with Winston-Salem Kiwanis guests.
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Chambers of Commerce
High Point
Winston-Salem
Chamber of Commerce
Citzens
Winston Salem
Powers consider Turkish western boundary claim at Lausanne
Ismid Pasha presented Turkey’s demand for all territory within its 1913 frontiers in western Thrace. Greece’s Venizelos opposed the claim, backed by Jugoslavs and Romanians who favored the Maritzar River as the western boundary and rejected any plebiscite on sovereignty.
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Lausanne
Associated Press
Thrace
Ismid Pasha
Commission On
Turkey
M. Venizelos
Greece
Maritzar
Europe
Ismid
No Chance to Drink in London Court Testimony
Margaret Wild amith testified in Marylebone court that she does not believe her husband drinks and that she puts him to bed every night at 9 o'clock.
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London
Margaret Wildamith
Marylebone
Witness Heard the Shots Fired in Hall Mills Case
Mrs Emma Vorhees testified before the Somerset county grand jury investigating the Hall Mills murder in Somerville New Jersey recounting her sighting of activity on the Phillips farm around 10 o clock the night of the crime. Special Deputy Attorney General Mott and prosecutors outlined aims to prove motives behind the slaying. George Sipe cattle dealer also testified for most of an hour as the case moves forward.
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Summerville
WN. J
Associated Press
Emma Vorhees
Phillips Farm
Hall_Mills
Somerset County Grand Jury
Mott
Hall-Mills
Jane Gibson
George Sipe
Masked Women Parade Stuns Atlanta City
In Atlanta on November 22 1922 about 309 masked women marched through downtown as part of the Dixie Woman’s League described as patriotic. The white costumes with red and blue trim and V shaped hats recalled Ku Klux Klan imagery leading the parade with mounted police and a band. Newsboys dubbed them “women Wu Kluxers” as locals questioned the purpose.
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Atlanta Ga
Atlanta
Dixie Woman’s League
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Parker Appeals for New Trial in Thomas Murder Case
Supreme court heard John J. Parker defend a new trial for C G Red Thomas sentenced to 18 years for second degree murder in Cabarrus County. Parker laid out 42 exceptions amid complex pleads as District Judge Stack plans to leave the bench.
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Raleigh
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
C. G
Red) Thomas
Cabarrus County
Parker
Bis Ray
Thomas
A. M. Stack
Monroe
Lee Robinson
Walter Brock
Brock
Morrison
Stack
Big Southern Power and Cotton Mills
Federal Reserve
Theank
Richmond
Walker
General Assembly
Wilton Mclean
Bailey
Mr. McLean
Max Gardner
E. T. Cansler
Ned Parker
W. C. Ceoughenhour
John G. Dawson
Col
Watts
Assembly
House Rules Gives Ship Bill Right of Way
Washington November 22 the house rules committee approved a resolution granting the administration shipping bill unrestricted amendment rights and a final vote on its passage set for November 29 by a straight party vote.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Administration
Fire at Allentown Crockery Company Claims Night Watchman
A blaze in Allentown Pennsylvania caused by an undetermined origin destroyed the Allentown Crockery company building. Property losses reached $250,000 and 73 year old night watchman Theodore Bhaeffer was killed.
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Allentown
Allentown Crockery Company
Theodore Bhaeffer
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Fifth Precinct
High Point Builders
Mrs. Felton
Senate
Ich Point
Rea Thomas
Notables
EN Raleigh
Harnett County
Walter D. Sler
Lillington
Ku Klux
Walter West
Leonard Dowd
N. B. Thornton
Oliver Allen
Thornton
Anderson's Creek
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