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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1927
Page
4
A short pairing of biblical and classical lines reflecting on loyalty and certainty. The verse from Luke 11 23 and a Euripides saying warn that wavering minds reveal weak resolve and mark allegiance in moral battles.
A Wilde excerpt laments laws as uncertain while noting prison walls as bricks of shame. It reflects on the long days of incarceration and the enduring injustice that condemns men behind bars since early human conflict.
Chicago voters turnout topped a million with over nine tenths of eligible residents casting ballots in a highly charged mayoral election. The result, likely influenced by urban crime concerns and police strength, prompts hopes for a cleaner government though worries persist about political ties to criminal elements. The race featured Republican and Democratic flows with Tribune and Hearst papers shaping public sentiment and a significant African American vote potentially deciding the outcome.
The city faces a weakened proposal as the party backing a switch from electric street cars to automobile buses loses momentum in the plan. Officials debate next steps and potential impacts on transit service and funding.
High Point considers contracting with Mr Hawkins to test five second hand buses instead of ten new ones. The plan seeks a practical municipal transport option, safeguarding streetcar service duties via an interim concession from North Carolina Public Service Company while evaluating a broader, cost effective system for a 30 000 population city.
The state boasts five years without a lynching, the longest clean record in the South. Authorities credit vigilant policing and lawful action for reducing mob violence, arguing continued lawful repression will strengthen anti lynching sentiment and public safety.
The author argues China now harbors growing anti American feeling while noting past friendships. The piece cites Boxer indemnity, British influence in Far East policy, and suggests a spokesman could have better protected foreign lives and property in Shanghai than naval force.
The piece notes 1926 coal mine deaths totaling 2,250, urging attention to mining safety amid a national coal strike. It also compares Western reporting on China with French views, cites New York indictments of two men for bilking women with bogus anti-fat preparations, and cautions against mail order remedies.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews says the young generation is enjoying a new mental freedom and resents prohibitions. The adjacent column mentions rouge pots dating to 3000 B C found in Ur.
An Asheville Citizen essay argues that while America and Europe diverge on individualism, the postwar trend favors an omnipotent state and broad regulation. It warns of a future where government dictates daily life from dawn to bedtime, producing standardized citizens and pervasive taxation.
City sanitation officers supervise the annual spring cleaning across wards. Ward one completed by last Friday while ward two now underway. Workers will spend about a week per ward with residents urged to place rubbish in front of homes for collection and disposal at incinerator or dump.
The Young Women's Christian Association committee endorsed the industrial department effort to host Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood of New York, a staff worker and lecturer for the American Social Hygiene Association. Four lectures will be delivered Friday to high school and grammar school girls, including colored students, followed by a general meeting for women.
The report recalls the moment the United States declared war on Germany with President Wilson signing the war proclamation and a commemorative pen from Mrs. Wilson. It notes the loss of the war leaders Wilson Marshall Clark and the changing roles of Pershing Clemenceau Joffre and Haig as history moves on.
In a reflective note on figures like Hindenburg and Foch, the piece mentions wartime leaders living in exile and political figures in Europe. Locally, the Yadkin river route 75 project will see a $145,000 contract to Riker and Yount of Reidsville as the highway commission plans more district road work. Preparations near completion for the annual city banquet promise broad societal participation.
The North Carolina Highway Commission let three road projects in the fifth district. Low bidders include W F Bowe Jr of Augusta Ga on project 548 for 10.5 miles of concrete surface from Fayetteville to Cumberland County line. 18 feet wide and six inches deep. Foster-Copenhaur Co of Charlotte bids low on project 5780 a two mile hard surface in Randolph County near Liberty. A concrete bridge contract is also noted with work to begin soon.
The High Point Christian Endeavor Union will hold its quarterly mass meeting Friday night at the annex of the Central Friends church. A. J. Koonce announces the program with Tom Alderman Sykes delivering the principal address. Refreshments will be served and plans made for the upcoming annual banquet. Easter Sunrise service details to be announced.
A five foot alligator weighing about 50 pounds was netted last Saturday at Carolina Beach near Wilmington and brought to High Point by W. J. Olive. Olive, back from a beach trip, may display the reptile here. The capture was made with help from Capt. Austin of Albemarle and L. C. Lincoln, a Hollywood by the Sea landscaper visiting for beach development.
Sanford April 6 AP Selection of a jury from a special venire of 250 men from Hornet county was the all day routine to day preliminary to trial of four men arraigned for the killing of Sheriff James L Turner January 13 The little Lee county court house was jammed with veniremen and spectators Bud Davis Macon Harrison Tom McAvenue and Parker Robbins who had entered pleas of not guilty were to be placed on trial in Lee superior court here following refusal of Judge N A Sinclair of Fayetteville to grant the change of venue Defense had maintained sentiment in this county was prejudicial to the four men
A compact synopsis outlines the life of Dr W A Gilroy, detailing career milestones and scholarly work. It presents a biographical sketch arranged by stretches, noting key periods and contributions in medical and professional life.
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