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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
4
The piece, by Berton Brealey, riffs on busyness, wasteful effort, and social quirks. It skewers hustle culture, inflation, fashion, politics, and economic oddities with humorous quips about coal, windmills, currency, and public figures. It reads as a satirical collage of contemporary curiosities.
A Chicago crime report notes a bandit gang robbed a poker game. Winners were left heavily outmatched as the theft disrupted a high stakes room. Police investigated as rival crews possibly competed for the pot.
Article urges residents to register between October 21 and November 11 for a November 31 special election on expanding High Point city limits. It warns that failure to vote after registering hurts the extension and could delay future growth, stressing population and territorial goals. The piece also criticizes carnivals at county fairs as unreliable for funding.
Citizens in High Point are urged this week to subscribe 5000 dollars for the Salvation Army. The piece emphasizes the army’s work, modest staff, and low expenses, presenting the fund as a safe, effective charity for distributing aid.
The Greensboro fair association faces annual trouble with a carnival company over midway gambling concessions. Officials closed gambling stalls after pressure from residents and councils, though patrons differ on whether such games are part of a fair. The piece argues the fair should bar carnival outfits entirely to preserve traditional agricultural and industrial exhibits.
Editorial notes North Carolina's Division of Vocational Education and Department of Public Welfare report notable gains in 1921 22. Programs reach 1500 plus students in agriculture home economics and industrial vocations with funds from federal and state sources totaling about $197,846 and aiding 218 industrial cripples with 51 employed and 54 awaiting action.
The Oct 12 New York letter praises Consuelo Vanderbilt’s lasting youth amid her travels with the Duke de Talleyrand. It recalls her first international wedding to Count Boniface de Castellane and the later marriage to the Duke of Marlborough, noting the trend of American girls marrying titles.
The passage describes thieves Juliano Rosate and Sergi de Luzzzio considering various targets from diamonds to Old Masters and alarm clocks, noting their aim to burgle but not yet daring to attack a bank or an art gallery.
The article notes New York City struggles to seat large groups with 10 000 bankers attending a convention demanding expanded facilities. It highlights the Hotel Commonwealth project with a 10 000 capacity ballroom and discusses alumni plans at Trinity College for women representation and a $70 000 revolving alumni fund drive guided by Dr. Few and faculty members.
Nineteen deeds, seven in High Point township, were filed yesterday in the office of R. H. Wharton registering about $25,000 in realty trades. Readable transfers include Eb Moore to F N Southardy on Wiley and Bellevue for about $500 and High Point Assurance and Realty to J E Gibson for about $1,000 on Willonbar terrace.
Trinity college will celebrate benefactor's and homecoming day in November. The event was moved from October 3 to November 4 after the college opened a week late, with features including meetings of faculty and alumni.
The ordinance provides for extending High Point's corporate limits and calls an election set for November 21, 1922. It details boundary descriptions, precincts, registration, and the process to decide annexation with voters voting For Extension or Against Extension.
Roberta King, charged with peddling narcotics on $300 bond, was found guilty in Killett's court in May, fined $200 and banished from the state for two years. She told the mayor her home is in Alabama and she has returned there. This is the second dope peddler banished from Wilson in three weeks, the first being a white physician.
A terse comment notes that a single landlord controls a whole square block, signaling concerns about property management and oversight in a dense urban area. The remark points to possible monopolistic or neglectful practices affecting tenants and neighbours.
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