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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1921
Page
4
A jumble of short notes cites social trends and personalities, from dress and dance to prohibition and labor. It mentions willful fines for smoking or drinking, public figures, the Hoboes Union offering aid, and reflections on unemployment and dodging work amid a stream of satirical lines.
A 1920s study notes 20 000 people joined a mass singing event in Boston, praised as a tonic for morale amid unemployment. It highlights National Federation of Music Clubs promoting community sings at 500 clubs annually and argues song, not opera, strengthens American spirit.
Resolution adopted in London unites 2 090 000 churchgoers across nations to press for disarmament ahead of Washington talks. Churches and schools may lead efforts, while psychologists note love and hate extremes. J M Taylor and Rebecca Brewer wed a third time after two marriages. American troops on the Rhine and German debt are discussed amid postwar tensions.
A lighthearted quip notes that every fifth Chicago marriage ends in divorce. The suggestion is to marry five couples then skip one, implying a playful approach to the city’s marital stability.
A terse remark suggests critics fear discussions at the Hughes led disarmament gathering resemble talks delivered through whiskers, implying evasive or coy diplomacy and public skepticism about the proceedings.
In New York on September 17 an unusual political experiment unfolds as Alderman Arthur V. Gorman, ill, is aided by his wife in his re election bid. His opponent is Mrs Mabel T Falco, a woman candidate, raising questions about female voters and attitudes toward women in politics.
In a sixteenth street boot stand a girl sits at a shine asking her mother if it is modest to sit where her ankles show. The mother rebukes the open seating, while Gertrude defends the view that modesty lies in not hiding ankles. The exchange highlights changing social norms.
Washington reports Miss Ethel Smith, secretary of the National Women's Trade Union League legislative committee, says women are becoming better unionists. The league represents 600,000 working women in AFL affiliated unions and highlights a 4000 member Bureau of Printing and Engraving women’s union.
The drama titled Main Street will be produced in New York next month under Stuart Walker's direction. Critics here say Broadway audiences will soon see the city’s stage essence reflected on stage.
Margaret Wilson daughter of the former president purchased the c''d Stuyvesant Fish residence at 8 East Fifteenth Street. Friends say her four year interest in the city’s public forums may bring her back to live there to participate actively.
A report from the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church shows 620 missionaries in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The society supports 994 boarding schools, three college departments and nine English schools, with literature in nine languages and care for 209,569 patients. Foreign property totals 3,215,470 dollars, with 326,950 U S members and 3,012 auxiliaries. Last year contributions exceeded 2,000,000 dollars.
State of North Carolina Guilford County Superior Court Judge James L Webb appoints receiver in the case of M J Kivett vs W W Jones to sell all partnership property including groceries fixtures books accounts and auto track at public auction to the highest cash bidder. Sale details to follow in the order of the court.
The Rand school of social science plans to open in New York on September 26 without a state license under a law requiring private schools to be licensed. Algernon Lee says he is prepared to be a martyr if jailed. The law carries a maximum 60 day jail term and was pushed by Senator Clayton R. Lusk. Morris Hillquit, former Socialist mayoral hopeful, will defend Lee if arrested.
The premises at 108 E Washington St High Point NC will be sold at 12 noon on Monday September 26 1921. This notice is dated September 6 1921 and signed by J Allen Austin Receiver for the mecew 3wk.
Mortgagee under a 1919 deed by E Z Smith and wife Kattie Smith to Bette Corbit will sell at public auction on the premises in High Point township Guilford County North Carolina for default on the indebtedness. The deed is recorded in book 321 page 243. The sale is conducted to satisfy the mortgage debt.
At two oclock p m on Wednesday September 28 1921 a tract of land in High Point township Guilford county described as lot No 3 section 5 Blair and Jordan plat recorded in plat Book 2 page 33 76 by 150 feet and at the same time and place under the mortgage power a dark bay mare about 14 years old named Alice will be sold for cash. Bettie Corbit mortgagee dated August 25 1921. 8 27 9 3 10 17
Notice that the Royal Cafe partnership of Christ Potezos and Louis Ganelos is dissolved by mutual consent. From August 31 1921 Louis Ganelos operates the business, Potezos not responsible for post dissolution debts, and Ganelos assumes prior debts. Signed September 1 1921 by Louis Ganelos and Christ Polezos.
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