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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1922
Page
4
John J. Tigert extols public education as America’s greatest civilizational contribution. The article argues schooling shapes character and independence, notes high per capita spending yet gaps remain, and urges continued reform and fire prevention efforts to reduce losses and improve equality of opportunity.
City records show paving contractor Robert G Lassiter and company will have paved 28 streets since their last visit, with water and sewer lines slated for installation on all or most of them. Six and a half miles of paving are included in the current program, with several streets already finished and more under way.
Poet notes that life mixes sorrow with laughter and that people laugh more than they cry despite the world’s harshness. He observes that tears offer relief but urges avoidance of gloom, then riffs on public affairs and a joke about an old Kaiser planning matrimony and another armistice.
A playful survey touches on fashion, travel, and stamps while noting plans for a summer home in Switzerland or Madeira. The piece riffs on public life as sports, politics, and social topics intersect, mentioning aviators, Turks and Greeks, and Ohio voters returning to a beer referendum.
Local chamber members discuss establishing a tourist camp close to the city as Florida-bound Klans begin their seasonal travel, signaling planning efforts amid regional travel patterns.
Local and national efforts push to cut yearly fire losses with schools and parents targeted. Officials say 90 percent of fires stem from preventable causes and a national Fire Prevention Day event coincides with Chicago fire anniversary on October 9.
A Third Ward taxpayer letters to the High Point Enterprise arguing Grimes Street should be hard surfaced to serve the Grimes Street graded school, which is expanding. He protests perceived bias toward the northern part of town and presses city authorities to fund the street to aid hundreds of daily travelers and students.
Dr H W McCain a leading High Point physician remains critically ill at the local hospital with a septic neck carbuncle and possible condition deterioration. The hospital and The Enterprise received many inquiries as friends await word on his prognosis.
The cotton market opened with a 49 to 59 point advance in New York on Oct 2 as Liverpool cables turned higher and near eastern hopes improved. First trades showed active covering and fresh buying from commissions, with cotton futures at opening: October 20.65, December 20.90, January 20.80, March 20.88, May 20.76.
High Point lodge No. 1155 Elks announced the 28 member band has contracted to play daily during the four day Central Carolina fair in Greensboro running October 10 to 13. The group will perform throughout the event.
High Point schools opened the fall term with a projected record enrollment. Elm Street School reported about 900 pupils already enrolled, with total district enrollment expected near 3,900. Buildings are being rushed to readiness and studies should begin within days.
High Point Chamber of Commerce and local groups join with the state insurance department to promote Fire Prevention Week. A 1921 report shows 166 fire deaths and over 7 million dollars in fire insurance losses in NC. Citizens urged to remove fire hazards and cooperate with fire departments and officials in the prevention campaign.
Mrs. D. M. Pollock finds a horse shoe and uses it to boost a First Presbyterian missionary circle fund drive. She reports every merchant she visited welcomed her, saying they would give to the campaign. She plans to keep the shoe for luck in future fundraising efforts.
High Point firefighters responded to a small fire at the New York bakery on North Main street shortly after 10 PM. Officials say a congested stove pipe in an oven caused the blaze, resulting in minor losses.
Miss Vivian Matson of Kansas and Miss Dorothy Gardyne of Vermont arrived to begin work at the Green street Y W C A hut. They will supervise sewing cooking Bible study and drama classes and organize activities for women and girls, inviting teachers to use the hut for work and play.
About one hundred delegates from North Carolina Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania gather in High Point for the eighth annual Potomac Synodical meeting of the Reformed Church women. The event runs October 4 and 5 at First Reformed Church with receptions luncheons a mission pageant and a stereopticon lecture by Rev Jacob Rupp of Allentown.
The 1922 amendment to Section 76 of High Point's 1915 charter forbids driving over fire hoses during firefighting, with a $10 fine for each offense. It becomes effective after certification, issued by the city council on the 19th day of September 1922.
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