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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
4
The article argues for stronger music education in public schools to develop native talent from early life. It criticizes viewing music as recreation, urges sustained instruction beyond singing, and notes limited funding and staffing hindering progress. It emphasizes hard work and desire to learn over natural talent.
At Caney Creek Kentucky a small group forms the Caney Creek Community Center to educate mountain children. They work amid poverty and feud, raising health and hope while funding their mission with small donations as they pursue a lasting impact.
An essay decries the sale of the Bolsheviks jewels as absurdly valuable and notes the Orloff diamond among pieces tied to Crime and upheaval. It argues most are worth little in practical terms and reflects on guards, temptation, and the human cost of wealth.
A busy week features the Strikers returning to work, a tariff bill signing, a veto on a bonus, straw hats barred, and Bulls and Pointers in a clash as college football kicks off Saturday with the pigskin hearing the first thump of play.
The Statesville Daily notes committee findings likely oppose selling state stock in the North Carolina and Atlantic and North Carolina railroads to fund northwest rail development. Public sentiment and sectional interests favor continued state aid, with moral critiques and self interest shaping opposition. A stray anecdote about a starving man and police support ends the piece.
The Charlotte News argues the railroad strike caused widespread losses with no clear gains. It estimates striking workers, railroads, and the public all suffered substantial economic damage, leaving an account with only liabilities and no profits for anyone. Strikes, it says, never pay in dollars and cents.
A letter to the editor argues for naming the new combined Rankin and Jordan street Trade Street. The writer says business streets deserve a strong commercial name instead of family names and urges adopting the name now as the Washington street link opens.
New York report notes eight year old Sammy Holander spent his fortune in a quest to recapture a dog discarded from an automobile. The dog had recently run away after being kicked out, prompting the boy to gather his remaining possessions in pursuit.
Mrs Campbell, head of the national council of women music department, organized The Drama Producing and Releasing Company to create film symphonies. The Soul of the Violin is ready for production at offices on Broadway, capitalized at 500 600, with prominent businessmen and club women backing the project.
A brief door sign over a Canal Street hardware shop proclaims the owner’s succinct business motto I go I sell Everietink indicating a simple shop policy and product focus.
Patrolman George Campbell remembered Adam G Waichel of Brooklyn after a two year manhunt for an ordinance breaker who gave a wrong address. He located Waichel in Port Jervis and arrested him again, bringing him in.
Theatre observers call Marie Tempest the era’s finest comedienne and note her subtle, sincere artistry. A circulating tale claims she insisted on casting discipline after a co star broke lines, sparking laughter during rehearsal and prompting a replacement to preserve her standards of authenticity.
Governor Morrison announces reappointments to the state board of dental examiners Dr J B Spurgeon of Hillsboro and Dr J H Wheeler of Greensboro. Also announced are reappointments W H Lord of Asheville and William C Northrup of Winston-Salem and the appointment of James D Lynch of Wilmington to the board of architectural examiners.
Walter Brooks special deputy sheriff at the Biltmore estate was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Lawrence West and Emery Lance. Judge G H Brown sentenced him to forty years at hard labor with a $40000 bond. The sentence split thirty years for Lance and ten years for West.
In Hendersonville on September 21 R H Eaves was believed fatally wounded after an altercation at his home near Horseshoe. Zero Cagle is jailed charged with the shooting. Officers say Cagle was intoxicated when arrested and a still was found at his home later. The trouble began when Eaves told Cagle to vacate the property.
Charlotte officials said a contract for 50,000 horsepower of the 89,000 total expected at the Mountain Island plant is being signed. Completion is in 18 months to two years. The $8,000,000 hydro project signals strong industrial growth and demand for power in the state.
Seventy gallons of whisky and a quantity of brandy were found in a raid north of town on M. H. Goins premises. A Hudson car and a colored man, Geing, were arrested and the liquor and vehicle seized. Geing posted bond for a hearing before Magistrate Hauser.
Asheville prepared to entertain North Carolina’s Confederate veterans at the annual convention next Tuesday. Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt will open Biltmore House and grounds, with Fred L. Seeley at Grove Park Inn hosting. About six hundred veterans are expected. the last time here was twenty years ago when over 3,900 attended.
Salisbury September 21 The hearing in State v J F Barrett former labor leader and editor of a labor paper will be held Friday but is expected to be postponed due to the superior court session and attorneys’ busy schedules Barrett faces charges of drunkenness disorderly conduct and carrying a pistol during a soldiers on duty period in the wake of the late strike
Waynesville selects two mile east site near Junaluska mountain for Waynesville Country Club to build an 18 hole golf course with tennis courts a club house and a swimming pool. Construction to start soon with completion hoped in early next summer.
Mooresville awards Thompson-Caldwell Construction a contract for a mile of concrete sidewalk on the west side of Broad Street from Moore Avenue to the city limits. F R Sharpe handles grading and James Sherril takes a concrete sub‑contract. City now has sixteen miles or more of concrete sidewalk.
Miss Jane Wright and Fred Hethcock were married at a private home ceremony officiated by Rev. O. L. Ruth on a Wednesday evening. After a brief bridal trip they will reside in High Point.
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