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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1921
Page
6
The city council approved a progressive salary increase for the city physician and expanded duties. Previously the $20 monthly pay left the office underused, but with higher pay and public support the physician should become an efficient and capable official serving High Point.
City council votes to establish a city physician to prevent illness and educate residents on hygiene. Advocates compare to police and fire protection, arguing prevention yields big dividends and warrants a commensurate salary.
The fight to enforce Prohibition cites shipboard smuggling as the toughest hurdle. Federal officers at New York intercept a raft with liquor valued at 50 000 and narcotics worth 75 000. Crew members reportedly resist arrest with pistols while insiders with money fund illicit trades.
Chattanooga extended a gracious invitation to Confederate veterans to hold their naval reunion this year after earlier hesitation due to lack of southern city support. The city hosted veterans before, with another reunion hosted in 1911, and expects favorable late October weather. Local citizens pledge thorough care for attendees during the event.
A reader complains about the city employing three health workers for overlapping duties in High Point. The letter notes Washington distributes health pamphlets and schools teach personal hygiene, arguing the expense is excessive.
Public notice from High Point on September 10 states that occasional hygiene lectures in public by the city physician would suffice as health instruction at Snow Park.
A city physician warns that syphilis and other diseases can spread via shared drinking cups and dirty glasses. He cites Camp Greene soldiers and factory workers, urges sanitary fountains and individual cups, and emphasizes the difficulty of removing all contaminants from drinking ware.
Four men interrupted a craps game at 40 Allen Street and fled with 10 000 in cash and horse shoe pins while wearing blue and white polka dotted bandanas, reviving a stylish old time crime motif in New York.
Vascar college alumnae plan a national drive starting next month to raise 3 million dollars for a salary endowment. Headquarters are at 598 Madison Avenue City from which the appeal will be directed. The fund aims to raise top salaries to 5000 dollars a year for the highest paid instructors and 1200 dollars for the lowest paid assistants.
A Holland America liner received gifts marked for Mr Houston including cigarettes candy cigars and a horse shoe but the man was not aboard nor booked. Crew paged him everywhere and the gifts will go to widows and orphans of Dutch seamen per custom while the mystery of the missing passenger remains unsolved.
In Manhattan a motorcycle sidecar now airs Pekinese pups as a novelty transport. A traffic cop on Fifth Avenue complains the fad spreads, noting a Parisian-like trend with a chauffeur driving the bike portion while three dogs ride in the sidecar.
Nearly 1,066,000 in rent money for neither landlord nor tenant sits in Bronx Borough Municipal Court. The court is overcrowded with cases and cannot dispose of them for months, keeping the funds in limbo while other uses for the money are imagined.
The Dutchess county fair featured a mule race between Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs J Gris wold Webb. Mrs Roosevelt won the Hudson River valley championship of mule driving, a notable honor following last year’s winner Mrs Vincent Astor.
Direct Riga to Paris railway communications have been opened for the first time since the war marking a resumption of international train service between the Baltic capital and France.
Preparations are complete for the cradle roll rally at the First Baptist Sunday school led by A. E. Tate. Mrs. R. E. Ranson will tell stories and older members will speak as the church hour expands the service.
Rev. George R. Brown will lead Sunday school at 9 45 am with R H Shaw as superintendent and a 11 am sermon by the pastor. No evening service due to union revival. Missionary societies meet Monday at 2 30 pm with Mrs J B Spencer on Lindsay Street.
Friends Samuel L Haworth minister Sunday school at 9 45 with Joseph D Cox superintendent Worship at 11 00 Intermediate C E at 6 45 Evening meeting at 7 30 Pastoral committee Monday 7 30 Mid week meeting Wednesday 7 30 Y P S C BE Friday 7 30
The New Birth will be the morning theme at services led by Pastor Dallas R. Krebs this Sunday. The afternoon sermon discusses The Marks of True Man as part of the church’s current series.
Green Street Baptist holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by Superintendent R L Remfrey with morning worship at 11 o'clock and a sermon by Rev Jno E Lanier The evening service is canceled due to Green revival cooperation Junior and Senior B P U meet at 6 30 p m each Sunday evening
Morning worship at 11 o'clock with sermon on Jesus and the Dead. Bible school at 9 45 led by Superintendent David Cauble. Vespers at 7 30 with subject Hypocrisy.
Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church South led by Rev. T. Barber schedules Sunday school at 9 30 a m with W H Davis as superintendent and morning preaching at 11 00 a m likely with Rev Jim Green in attendance. No evening service due to union meeting at West Green and Willowbrook streets.
St. Mary's Episcopal holds services by Rev. Thomas L. Trott at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday morning Sunday school begins at 9:30.
Wesley Memorial Methodist led by Pastor W A Lambeth with Sunday school at 9 30 a m under Superintendent B C Harmon. Morning worship at eleven features anthem The Silent Sea and solo Eye Hath Not Seen by Vera Idol. Evening service canceled to allow attendance at the Willowbrook Street tent meeting.
The First Presbyterian Church at South Main and open streets will hold services at 10 a m and 7 34 p m with Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by Robert F Ranson. Rev C P Cobl away on a South Carolina meeting, Rev Dr D I Craig of Reidsville will conduct tomorrow's services.
Tokyo reports a keen interest in Metro Film Co of America v Nippon Katsudo Shashin Kaisha as the case tests moving picture copyrights in Japan. The suit claims Nippon Katsudo Shashin shows a Metro film under a Japanese title without authorization. If Metro wins, foreign films may require manufacturer permission before showing in Japan.
Miss Vera Paschal departed last night for Virginia to participate in a concert scheduled for Monday evening September 12.
The Grand Army of the Republic will convene in Indianapolis from September 25 to 29 marking the fourth time the city hosts the encampment since 1866. Activities include church pulpit addresses, a governor hosted reception, daily business sessions, a veterans parade, a campfire, and a closing automobile trip to Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Tahiti sees a film surge as actresses and crew flood Papeete while locals marvel at civilization and fashion. Police ban ultra fashionable beachwear as part of movie era tensions on the South Seas island.
The body of Essad Pasha former Turkish general and Albanian dictator lies unclaimed at Paris municipal mortuary after being shot 14 months ago. No claimant appears forthcoming. if none is made within eight months the city will bury it in a municipal cemetery or Potter's field.
In Sofaa September 10 the Bulgarian government accepted in principle a British river syndicate proposal to form an Anglo Bulgarian company to operate boats on the Danube. The move aligns with England’s policy to secure a preponderant position in river traffic on the international waterway.
Mary Abramhamson, aged one, was scalded when a cup of hot coffee spilled on her head in London. She died from shock, authorities said.
London reports a large run of salmon in the Severn River, noted as the most plentiful since 1887, with observers highlighting exceptional numbers for the current season.
A violent tropical storm hit Trinidad Thursday causing two deaths and about 150000 dollars in harbor shipping damage. The storm, moving west by northwest, was the worst in living memory for locals.
Sious Falls South Dakota September 10 Two men were killed at West Sioux Falls and many farm buildings destroyed by a tornado that struck just outside the city limits. The storm damaged Corliss Hartford and East Sioux Falls with telephone and telegraph communication disrupted.
Tahiti will not open any pearl lagoons for diving this year due to an unusable market for pearl shell. Officials say four to five million francs worth of pearlshell from the Paumeius in 1926 remains in first hands at Tahiti.
Mrs. T. W. Stoner returns to High Point after visiting Salisbury where she stayed with her sister Mrs. S. P. Vail for several weeks.
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