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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1922
Page
5
A reflective verse critiques human folly and greed while acknowledging progress. It contrasts a crowd of striving people with flaws yet hints at eventual improvement through patience and grace. The speaker highlights lurching humanity, prophets misunderstood, and the slow ascent toward light.
A collection of wry observations on kings, governors, and elections. Mentions Crown Prince Georgie, Henry Ford, Will Hays, Greece, Kemal, and the Kaiser figure, with humorous asides about politics in movies and public life.
A government census report highlights North Carolina leading in the highest birth rate for the first half of the year and the smallest alien population among states. It notes 99.3 percent native stock, while New York and Chicago have high foreign-born percentages. Rhode Island shows the largest foreign stock at 69 percent. The text argues North Carolina opposes mill workers from New England.
A New York magistrate dismisses a case against a publisher and books deemed obscene and praises free speech. New York proposes a theater plan allowing public objections, a 12 person jury to review plays, and a 9 3 vote to decide, with producers invited to reform if found offensive.
In High Point the Salvation Army is praised as a world leading charity whose steady, tireless service and selfless members exemplify efficient relief for those in distress. The article lauds its reliability, pervasive help, and indispensable role in distributing charity.
The Voice of the People letter from High Point praises the Rotary club for valuable assistance in the back-to-school campaign. Professor Marr reports registration this year is larger than ever, noting the effort helped get children back in school. Signed by HOUSTON B. HIATT, M. D., President, dated Sept. 29. Lobsters and crabs abound along the shallow sandy shores of north.
Dr. George T. Harding father of President Harding drew attention in Des Moines by saying he would vote for Democrat Clyde L. Herring if he were an Iowa resident. He criticized Republican candidate Smith W. Bockhart as a socialist and warned against more socialists in Washington.
A large concourse bid farewell to Dalton R. Raper a well known High Point citizen who died Wednesday after a brief illness. The service was at 11 o clock this morning at 111 West Commerce Street with Rev. Samuel Haworth and Rev. J M Hilliard officiating. Beautiful floral offerings reflected the community esteem.
Nervousness over the near eastern situation spurred liquidation and selling in the cotton market at the open. Prices slipped early but buying supported a steady tone with December futures recovering to 26.50 after a dip from 20.35. Openings showed October 21.15, December 20.40, January 21.35, March 20.40, May 20.33.
Dr H W McCain, a well known High Point physician, is in a critical condition at High Point hospital. He suffers a septic infection from a neck carbuncle and is reported in critical danger this afternoon after 2 o clock. Friends throughout the city fear for his recovery.
Dr. Neal A. Thompson, a prominent local physician, died forty minutes after being taken to a hospital following being knocked down and run over by a car driven by E. W. Hobbs of Curry's Mill on Market Square. The front wheel passed over his body before the vehicle was stopped.
A. G. Carmichael, 55, shot himself at his Bethania home in Winston-Salem on a shotgun blast to the left side near the heart during a personal crisis. Physicians say he cannot survive the day. Carmichael leaves a wife and ten children.
In Bielefeld Westphalia a local plan sets linen for 25 mark notes silk for 50 mark notes and embroidered silk for 100 mark notes as currency. The move aims to use fabric materials to distinguish note values and enhance authenticity.
The High Point chamber of commerce, led by secretary F J Sizemore, plans a 100 page, 1000 copy information booklet on the city’s industries, labor, rail facilities, climate, and business climate. It will feature photos of buildings and plants and explanations why High Point is an ideal location for manufacturing. The publication aims to aid prospective residents and companies, and to serve insurance, bonding, and other requests for city data. The meeting program lists officials from Woodstock, Carlisle, Hellam, Kannapolis, Hickory, Martinsburg, Newport, and High Point with sessions across Oct 4 and 5 focusing on devotionals, addresses, reports, and literature.
Chapel Hill Sept 29. The phrase On to Goldsboro signals Carolina football enthusiasm before the Wake Forest game. Coach Fetzer withholds lineup details while observers expect last fall’s first-string players to start. New backs Sparrow Thomas Randolph and Merritt garner favor, with tackles Burleson Mathews Hawfield and Honeycutt hotly debated.
Rally Day service at Welsh Memorial church Sunday at 9 45 o clock with special music and adult class grouping. Largest attendance above quarterly average wins a pennant. Preaching at 11 o clock and 7 30 p m begins a ten day special meeting with Rev R B Troxler from Thomasville as pulpit helper.
Delegates from Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia Virginia and North Carolina join locals for the eighth annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Potomac Synod at the First Reformed Church. Rev Jacob G Rupp will speak on The Permanent Missionary Motive and Thursday features a pageant In the Name of the Cross performed by young women of the church. Mrs W H Causey is president.
Report of committees leading to a 1 30 p m devotional by Miss Anna Groh Carlisle Pa and election of officers. Offering and quiet hour follow the retiring president. An 8 00 p m devotional service features the pageant In the Name of the Cross with auxiliary girls Final announcement and miscellaneous business in literature and announcements.
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