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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1929
Page
4
A terse religious quotation from Colossians is featured in a public notice or reader item. The fragment emphasizes warning against being beguiled by enticing words, reflecting moral instruction in a community publication.
In Farmville Governor Max Gardner discusses serious deficiencies in state farming. He notes NC imports about 250 million dollars of food and feed yearly and urges diversification to keep wealth at home. He cites dairy and farm-ownership gaps among 283,482 farms and warns continued external purchasing limits growth. He suggests an embargo on imports could transform the state.
Cardinal O Connell opposes Einstein theory while Einstein remains uninterested and cold at church criticism. The piece argues Galileo faced church pressure yet truth persisted and notes genuine Christianity remains intact despite scientific inquiry.
The line suggests the modern scientist’s pledge to continue inquiry and not renounce his insights. It frames dedication as a driving motive for ongoing study rather than a withdrawal from advancing knowledge.
The dean of men at George Washington University distinguishes between collegians and the public image of college life. He observes most students are serious minded neat in dress and conduct, with hard drinking and bad manners as the exception. He notes a need to acknowledge improvements in today’s youth.
The piece notes unanimous judicial support for Harry F. Sinclair's jail term for contempt after he refused Senate questions in the oil investigation. It argues the sentence should stand but doubts linger on actual punishment and whether Sinclair, a wealthy figure, will serve full time. Stewart's firing is also cited as a connected consequence.
The piece argues that the cotton mill strikes involve thousands and that blame should not rest only on workers. It calls for an intelligent survey of workers and conditions, noting little public data on white labor, wage levels, and living standards. It stresses industrial peace as essential to southern economic prospects.
In a bleak suburban lot on the edge of a midwestern manufacturing city sits a vacant windowless house long uninhabited. Neighbors recently observed a moving form near the ruin signaling a change in the quiet streets.
A frail homeless man named Loren Peters stares toward death after eight days in a derelict house. Police rescue him, then he is housed at Warfarers Lodge where he awaits an uncertain future amid urban poverty. The piece links his fate to a broader moral question for 1929 America.
Calvin Coolidge offered no remarks to reporters in New York as speculation swirled over his public stance. Readers are reminded of era when villains in stage dramas embodied clear evil, contrasting with today’s media chatter.
Attorney General Brummitt outlines how county boards of education prepare budgets, approve extra teachers, and handle salaries under the Hancock law. He notes discretionary powers for boards and county commissioners, and details for special tax districts and six month terms.
Fossil hackberry seeds found in Phillips county Kansas over four decades ago are dated at 15 000 000 years old. The seeds were discovered with rhinoceros bones roaming the American plains. Stored at Carnegie Museum, the seeds were studied by Betty Watts Brooke of the Pennsylvania College for Women who identified the specimen and explored causes of arrested vegetation.
L. B. Williams clarifies that the 1929 High Point charter amendment remains valid and not repealed by 1917 Home Rule provisions. He argues the General Assembly holds authority to grant amend or repeal city charters and that later acts supersede earlier ones.
Long sleeves show an increase in length and design elements with growing complexity. A few gathers appear at the top of sleeves now and then, signaling evolving tailoring trends.
Sixty four years ago today the Civil War ended when Lee and Grant met privately at Appomattox Court House. Grant avoided bravado, apologized for not bringing his sword, and allowed peaceful terms, with no grand parade as he prepared to head to Washington.
High Point police say in 48 hours they seized over 50 gallons of corn whisky and arrested multiple violators of the prohibition law. Fifty gallons were taken at once, including 45 gallons from J Ott Teague’s car and five gallons from the Campbell home. Campbell faces prohibition charges, Teague faces a separate charge and possible federal action under the Jones law.
A back door and escape were reported as the raiding party slipped away. Whitlow Wall and Belton were identified as participants. Authorities note a surge in arrests on whisky charges over the past 48 hours.
Governor Gardner appoints North Carolina's contingent to the Thirty-ninth Confederate Reunion in Charlotte June 4 to 7. The delegation includes Lieutenant Governor R. T. Fountain and five senators plus five house members led by Speaker A. H. Graham and joined by Francis Winston John Shaw Graham Hobbs Garland Lattlemyre H. F. Hutchins. The joint committee will be hosted by Charlotte.
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