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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1922
Page
4
Fragmented notes mix a poem about a sea made dry by Mr. Daugherty with satirical one liners on pricing limits aviation rumors and political jokes. The piece references dry seas, a three mile limit vanished, and humorous quips about elections, football, and local town life.
The Greens boro Daily News argues traffic on the Winston Salem toHigh Point route will never match Route 60 before the new concrete opens. The Enterprise counters with heavy traffic on the new road and urges public library support, highlighting cooperation from citizens and city officials for a site opposite the Sheraton hotel.
Editorial notes a revival of interest in horses as transportation returns after war and automotive rise. The Horse Association of America reports September sales of 41,327 horses, up 89.4 percent from 1921, with demand rising as firms reintroduce horse-powered short hauls. Cotton markets bolster southern horse and mule trade, and stockyards in Atlanta Fort Worth San Antonio Memphis and Montgomery show rising activity.
Public meeting hears Miss Palmer urge three essentials for a library: trained staff with local insight, an appealing book collection including children’s reads, and accessible location. J Elwood Cox recalls Carnegie commission history and notes city council support, while Mayor Hedrick proposes using North Main Church streets site for library and Y M C A.
Members of the Woman's club of High Point deserve commendation for launching a renewed effort to establish a public library in the city. The announcement signals community support and ongoing advocacy by local civic groups.
The Gastonia Gazette reprints Rock Hill Herald and High Point Enterprise clippings on library adoptions. It notes women lead drives for library buildings in Rock Hill and High Point, while Gastonia volunteers struggle, with men failing to move initiatives beyond talk.
The proposed building would serve as an admirable leasing place for two or three of the bachelors of the city and could become a fine location for a public library, reflecting plans to expand civic facilities.
The North Carolina conference of the Methodist Protestant church will open at Henderson next Wednesday November 1. High Point delegates include Captain A M Rankin treasurer of the conference Children’s Home and Dr George R Brown pastor First Methodist Protestant with R H Shaw Jr as delegate. Moton Welch Memorial and Suits English Street churches will also attend though delegates from those churches are not learned. Men of the British navy must enlist for 12 years.
L D Mendenhall denounced state county and municipal debt arguing for a pay as you go policy. He criticized road and school funding waste and the Wilson administration while praising Harding. He urged crowds to pressure registrars over missing registration books.
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