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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1922
Page
5
Rosetown report notes Soviet decrees banishing many scholars and professionals who opposed or questioned the regime. Pravda says exile is only first step. government will reward loyal intelligentsia while rooting out any open or secret attempts to restore bourgeois rule.
Morris Bain and Newton streets were read and approved for advertisement of assessments. Thomas Allen urged immediate paving of Burne Street between Greensboro and Guilora avenues, citing current machinery in the area. Action on Allen's request postponed. Ed Hoover pressed to open Scarboro Street crossing English Street, with Grayson and City Manager Pickett tasked to investigate. Council adjourned after general city matters.
Negotiations under way to build a trunk railroad from North Wilkesboro to Tennessee with High Point as a coal car hub. Secretary Sizemore reports a request for annual coal car counts from High Point and outbound shipments west. A governor’s commission investigates feasibility.
John Kidd files in Guilford Superior Court Greensboro alleging injuries from an auto collision on West Broad Street August 3 caused by an car owned and operated by A J Gemayel. Plaintiff represented by Thomas J Gold of High Point.
Wilmington's second annual food and fashion show opened today as the biggest commercial event in the Eastern Carolinas. Indications point to the largest festival of its kind in the state’s history.
Conrad, well known president of this city, was tried on the charge of possessing whisky for sale, transportation and receiving, and was sentenced to twelve months on the roads.
In regular session last night the council approved prior minutes and authorized advertising street paving assessments for Thurston, Jordan, Best, Jones and King streets while deferring two other requests.
The High Point Grocery Co. received a car load of government released Corn Beef Hash. Libby, McNeil & Libby packed the cans, each 2 pounds net. It carries a 50 cent value but is sold at 20 cents by grocers. The hash is noted as of finest quality and listed in hotel and Pullman menus.
An advertising brief touts painting services from Marietta Paint and Color Co promising a fresh look for houses. It highlights cosmetic upgrades as a value, with the firm reachable at phone number 2775.
A promotional note says Morning Glory Flour from The Clinard Milling Co. is a superior choice with no need for complaint. It emphasizes quality and consistency and urges using the product in daily cooking.
An advertisement discusses wage expectations and hiring costs for housing, urging ownership via J. Sib Burton, a real estate auctioneer, with a listed phone. It then pivots to a social claim about women's worth tied to income and promotes Viss bie and Hen Scratch Feed from Monarch Feed & Grain Co. A final note critiques carpenters using Fowler Lumber Co. materials with a second phone number.
A fragmented ad style notice mentions EK. M. Glover at Red Bell Shoe Store and Jack Edwards manager. It echoes honesty as best policy and frames a personal finance or insurance angle with phrases about downing Nes and lies.
Friends of Josephus Daniels ex secretary of the navy and Raleigh News and Observer editor plan a dinner at the Sheraton hotel next Tuesday at six. A political speech by Daniels will follow in the high school auditorium.
W L Stamey of High Point seeks stock and management for Revolution Veneer and Panel Co. in the city. He lists new buildings and machinery, a 48 by 126 foot building, a boiler and boiler house, and other preparations. Several applications are on hand. a decision will be made soon.
Advertiser seeks a furnished three room rental suitable for light housekeeping in the central Oregon region. Property owners or managers with available units are asked to contact the listing proposer directly.
An ordinance from 1922 sets a public vote on extending High Point North Carolina city limits to include a described boundary. It specifies registration, polling places, and election procedures for November 1, 1922, with provisions for school and bonded indebtedness adjustments if the extension is approved.
North Carolina general assembly enacts provisions for High Point to enlarge its corporate limits through a voter referendum. The city governing board may call an annexation election by ordinance detailing territory, voting, polling places, registrars, judges, and procedures, with publication requirements and result declaration.
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