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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1921
Page
4
The Enterprise notes a severe house shortage in High Point with scarce small homes and rooms for light housekeeping. It cites slow action by officials, urges a housing corporation, and warns growth could stall despite Chamber of Commerce efforts to attract industry and newcomers.
A High Point column urges the city to remove private garbage and debris weekly to cut mosquito breeding. It argues for a garbage tax and better sanitation, noting millions spent on street cleaning but none on private waste. The piece links health to city planning and agriculture policy.
The Manufacturers Record forecasts a sweeping southern revival driven by a near 500 million increase in cotton value over the last sixty days. It credits higher prices, freer credit, reduced acreage, and a shift to foodstuffs and home produced fertilizers as key factors shaping a more resilient southern economy.
The state highway commission approved a High Point to Ashboro road including Randleman after pressure from J Elwood Cox. About 2,000 Randolph residents would gain direct highway access and spring construction is planned, with survey underway. Cox and the highway board receive praise for aligning with public interest and state needs.
New York reports on actors arriving home after performing aboard floating theaters on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The boats visit towns with steam calliopes announcing arrivals and audiences flock to late plays. Actors deny details, joking that the trip was a grand way to relax and build strength while preserving dignity.
A shoe shine chair chatter turns to old fashion caution as a woman asks Tony about trousers’ guard things that shield skirts from polish. Tony jokes that such garments are rusty and lost, noting women haven’t worn skirts with ankle protection in two years.
Frances Carson who played in The Band Man is engaged for the lead female role in The Blue Lagoon at the Astor Theatre opening this month. The production promises a dramatic ship burning scene presented on stage before the audience.
A writer observes New York fashion tolerance in Grand Central Station noting a stylish young woman in knickerbockers walked through unnoticed. The piece compares the scene to a modest blue serge skirt and emphasizes comfort and decorum over novelty.
The American Legion reports thousands of American WWI soldiers lie in unmarked graves, with Congress accused of underfunding the law for uniform government headstones. Gold star parents cite lack of response from the army quartermaster. About 3,000 headstones can be ordered with current funds, far short of needs. The legion seeks appropriations when Congress reconvenes.
President Wilson endorses the North Carolina conference on town and county administration to address social and technical local government issues. The White House letter urges earnest ongoing public discussion and improved local administration amid postwar growth and complex conditions.
Babe Ruth hit his 49th homer of the season in Boston sending a signed autographed ball to the Massachusetts American Legion to aid the disabled veterans hospitalization fund. The ball bears Ruth’s signature along with General Clarence Edwards and Governor Cox signatures and will be auctioned soon. Walter E. Jackson arranged the gift from Ruth at Fenway Park.
Aviation firms eye New York metro services after the Half Moon five passenger monoplane, imported from Holland, completes a two week record of 37.2 hours and 3450 miles with 499 passengers at under two cents per mile. European Fokker planes have logged extensive passenger miles without accidents in early six months. Several score of these aircraft are planned for routes linking New York, Washington, and Philadelphia by next spring.
The article notes the first woman ship barber beginning a transatlantic voyage on a major liner. It highlights the era’s shift in maritime service roles as women enter new jobs aboard ships, with passengers expecting stylish haircuts during voyages. It also touches on legendary baseball figure "Smiling Jeems" Murrie and the enduring fan passion surrounding the New York Giants.
The Constitutional League of America promotes the 134th anniversary observance next Saturday with governors coordinating nationwide events. Historical pageants and activities will be staged in many cities by patriotic Societies, with groups like Sons of the American Revolution and the YMCAs taking part.
In Peking, a four month strike that shut eight higher schools ended after the finance minister agreed to guarantee salary payments from salt revenue surplus. The teachers won, securing a reliable fund of two million dollars monthly for governing higher education. A note adds that Canada was described as the native Indian word for village and mentions a Fresno California school for girls in fig packing.
Tokyo outlines a scheme to bring the Living Buddha's son from Mongolia to Japan for education on Japanese history and achievements. Kokuminto figures Mitsuru Toyama Takeshi Inukai and Hiroyuki Tanaka organize the Mongolian society to promote better relations and development between Mongolia and Japan. Tanaka to lead mission to Mongolia to secure the Living Buddha's son's arrival.
In Papeete Tahiti on September 12 traders warn that a U S tariff on copra could devastate local industry. Copra production is below cost as plantation owners feed coconuts to livestock to avoid labor costs. Tahiti previously shipped all copra to the United States and fears loss of that market amid stagnating trade and reduced native purchasing power from falling copra prices.
Relatives in High Point learned of Fernando Gray’s death at 1:45 this morning in the Naval hospital in New York where he had been critically ill for weeks with tuberculosis. The body will return to High Point for services at his parents home on Randolph Street. He enlisted in the navy from High Point two years ago and contracted the illness in service. He is survived by his parents two sisters and two brothers.
The Weather Bureau announced the tropical storm was centered near 70 longitude and 25 latitude moving northwestward. It caused damage on the island of La Dominica as the West Farralon encountered it 65 miles south southwest of Mona Island with hurricane force winds. Officials say it will not reach the U S coast.
Judge Featherstone condemns a Greenwood mob that abducted two Black women from the city jail and whipped them. He calls on the grand jury to investigate the incident tied to an earlier street attack on white women.
An Indianapolis resident unveils a new baseball pitching machine designed to throw pitches with adjustable speed and angle. The device aims to aid training for batters and pitchers and promises consistency beyond human capability.
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