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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1928
Page
4
A memorial reflection cites that true love gives life for friends and that love endures beyond the grave. Lowell notes the enduring power of affection and blessing from those who have passed away.
A Georgia postmaster under the Wilson era dies by his own hand after alleging pressure from Republican campaign demands. The debate centers on why a $2,700 annual federal postmastership remained with a Democrat while campaign funds were sought. The piece questions political incentives and calls for inquiry more from curiosity than guilt.
Julius Rosenwald of Chicago arrives in Raleigh to attend the dedication of the four thousandth Rosenwald foundation school for negro education at Method. The Chicago merchant is praised as a major ally of black advancement, likened to Lincoln for aiding liberation from ignorance.
A New York Times report notes Professor Hamilton of the University of North Carolina is tasked with reconstructing southern history by collecting family records letters and memoranda from Maryland through Missouri. He seeks diaries and letters unseen or unpublished to illuminate the South’s past despite losses from war and pillage.
The passage asks the people of the south to take interest in the university’s design, arguing the effort will yield valuable results. It notes southern dissatisfaction with partisan histories and suggests this project offers a chance to recast much of it, highlighting abundant 18th and 19th century correspondence as potential sources.
North Carolina remains deficient in milch cows versus the national average, with about 180000 fewer cows. The state averages one cow for 9.02 people, hindered by scarce pasturage and a shift by tenant farmers to cotton and tobacco, though renewed interest in dairying shows promise for enduring rural prosperity.
A speaker denounces national corruption and calls for renewed faith in God during Easter. He laments shrinking coinage motto, condemns party loyalties, and urges a revival of trust in Christ to heal the nation from scandals and moral decay.
A 1928 High Point Enterprise column laments political trust in cleverness over faith and urges Americans to return to God. It extols the Kingdom of God as the guiding aim, calls for church renewal, and quotes scripture while urging civic and religious emphasis on right living and public morals. The piece includes a reader letter urging reverence during Lent and Friday religious observances.
A Good Housekeeping writer cautions parents against pushing children into specific careers or family businesses. She says parental insistence can ruin sons or daughters by steering them away from their own interests and talents.
A waitress Tillie Varvar of Idle Hour Cafe Ino Busy Prep is described as craving refined elegance and recalling a gent who blows soup to cool it. An oil treaty news from Mexico City thanks Dwight Morrow and Calles for peace efforts, while Tillie volunteers as a nurse during a smallpox outbreak, showing virtue amid vulgarity.
The eastern and western champions meet in Chapel Hill for the State championship finals. Wilson represents the east city schools, Jackson the east county schools, Alexander Graham School of Charlotte the west city schools, and Derita the west county schools. Goldsboro and Jackson vie for state honors in the community club division, while Atlantic Christian College and Catawba College contest the college titles. Finals occur Friday for high school and Saturday for college and community divisions.
A clipped Parisian satirical yarn shows a tramp denying a grieving woman and claiming another bottle in his pocket as consolation. The exchange underscores sharp social satire and urban mockery.
A tense moment unfolds as the hero races to place a life saving call before time runs out. He reaches the warden only to hear a busy signal, blocking the confession that could prove the doomed man’s innocence.
A timeline noting April 3 birthdays of Washington Irving, the 1862 DC slavery abolition bill passage by the Senate, 1865 Federal troops in Richmond, 1893 Thomas F. Barard becoming first U.S. ambassador to Britain, and 1918 WWI war cost to the U.S. at about nine billion dollars.
Earl Wadsworth and Pitcairn Aviation announce the New York to Atlanta air mail line will open May 1. The route links New York, Hadley Field, Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond, Greensboro, Spartanburg, and Atlanta with connections to Boston, Hartford, and New Orleans, promising substantial mailing time savings nationwide. The ten cent postage covers half an ounce and the schedule lists stops and timings from New York to Atlanta and return.
Funeral services for William Leroy Thomas six year old son of Mr and Mrs John A Thomas were held at Grays Chapel M P church in Randolph county yesterday afternoon conducted by Dr Lloyd T Wilson pastor of First Baptist church in the city Burial followed in the church cemetery Pallbearers were Raymond Bennett Denny Lineberry Sam Safford and Scott Church Flowers were carried by Fannie Moody Cleo Safrell Una Mae Crawford Irma Hern Ruth Crawford Arline Modlin and Ellen Pierce
A sentence noting that Winston Churchill is the name shared by a British statesman and an American novelist, highlighting the dual use of the name in distinct fields.
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