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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1922
Page
5
Registrars say registration books for the special extension election remain open for two weeks to allow voters to qualify for the November 21 ballot. Many residents visited precincts to enroll, some misreading the general election closing as closing the extension, while others favor extending city boundaries.
Announcement this day states the Fairview street negro school will open Monday morning with enrollment at 8:30 at Brooks Memorial negro church. Classes will start immediately in four negro churches of High Point due to building work, aiming for 100 percent attendance.
TOKIO Oct 27. Japanese evacuation of Vladivostok completed yesterday, promising a signal for a new war in the region. Gen Dieterich, described as a die hard leader of the Russian White guard allied with Chang Tso Lin, is named as a key figure in the unfolding tension.
Washington reports rising turkey prices amid a drop in production. Agriculture data shows average prices from October to January 1915-16 at 15 cents a pound versus 32 cents previously, with census figures noting declining turkey numbers from 1900 to 1920 and challenges such as disease and shrinkage during shipping.
The cotton market opened steady after a quiet session with scattered southern selling offset by covering and end-of-week liquidity. Futures started steady at December 23.83 cents, January 23.52, March 23.60, May 23.53, and July 23.27 cents per pound.
Oct 28 Denver report says a three year old boy in Hudson area pulled the trigger of a shotgun while playing on the floor. The device discharged and killed Fred Krus a farmer four miles south of Hudson. The incident occurred as he talked with his wife, the boy pulling the stock of the gun.
In New York visitors toured United States Lines vessels to view a shift from coal to oil burning. Six Scotch boilers per ship with oil burners cut fire crew to six, heat to 70–80 degrees, and cut loading time. Three oil trips power near two round trips without refueling, transforming fire-room work and ship operations.
The Christian church near Pickett Cotton mills holds its closing singing exercises tomorrow with morning and afternoon services at 11 and 2 o clock. Prof A M Fentress of Pleasant Garden teaches the class and will lead with Fairfields and Oakdale classes assisting in the afternoon. Former students are asked to participate.
Federal Judge Hand dismisses the suit of two American steamship companies to enjoin enforcement of a prohibition. The ruling states American steamships cannot carry or sell quor in any part of the world. The decision leaves the quor issue unresolved and upheld the existing ban.
The North Carolina DAR state conference to meet in High Point plans to unveil the Alexander Martin tablet in Greensboro’s courthouse rotunda on Thursday afternoon. Alexander Martin, renowned for revolutionary leadership, is highlighted as a two term NC governor. The memorial address will be delivered by Alexander Martin Douglas, a direct descendant. Walter S Blackmer dies in Salisbury at 65 after acute indigestion. He was a prominent citizen survived by wife and three sons. son Sidney Blackmer recently starred in The Mountain Man in New York.
W P Marding former governor of the federal reserve board will leave next week for Cuba to survey the financial situation with a view to assisting the installation of a banking system similar to the American federal reserve. The report notes his new car is a Ford.
Local bakery O Brien's Bread introduces its "Made to Eat" line in High Point offering fresh loaves and pastries. The store promotes quick service and specialty breads to attract shoppers at the downtown market location.
H. Johnson says rats gnawed a new tire while his car was in the garage and credits Royal Guaranteed Rat Paste with destroying rats. The Basketéria and Mann Drug Co. sell and guarantee the product.
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