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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1928
Page
4
A brief religious reflection cites Psalm 85 10 and Shakespeare to link mercy with righteousness and peace. It notes prayer teaches acts of mercy and urges compassionate deeds aligned with biblical and literary wisdom.
The editorial warns of sustained dissension at city hall over the police department and calls for thorough inquiries into misconduct rumors. It suggests reorganization, possibly combining police and fire chief roles under a single commissioner of public safety to improve efficiency and accountability.
President Coolidge appears ready to veto both farm relief and flood control bills as they reach Congress. The votes will be shaped to avoid making the veto a campaign issue, with Republicans backing passage and Democratic opponents arguing over constitutional and practical aspects. The pieces address federal aid for farmers and flood relief, with the president likely to veto.
A Harvard Yale debate style contest funded by a $125000 trust aims to spur scholarship over athletics. The first contest, in English literature among ten students from each university, will award $500 in books and a medal to each winner.
A long analysis argues college baseball has faded from importance amid professional pull and more action filled sports. It cites nostalgia, dull periods of inactivity, and shifts in student athletes toward money and other games as factors. It also touches on societal pessimism and the need for balanced historical perspective to avoid despair.
Washington April 14 congressional activity was light as the Senate held a weekend layoff and the House focused on housekeeping bills. Behind the scenes Republicans pressed White House and Army Engineer Corps aims for flood control financing with full federal support and local contribution concerns. A sparring mood touched the mace bearer debate while a pay raise attempt in the cashier’s office stalled pending a special committee report.
The Interstate Commerce Commission split over certificates of convenience and necessity for Piedmont and Northern Railroad extensions in the Carolinas. Three dissenters oppose the majority ruling. The decision prompts calls to appeal and test the ruling's legality, arguing it hampers industrial growth amid hydro power surplus and rising freight costs.
Two dogwood poems sent by Mrs J Cox and printed at request of Mrs H A White secretary of the High Point Garden Club for Sunday's Enterprise. Louise Driscoll’s verse warns against plucking the flower blooming before the leaf and recalls a legend of sorrow tied to the dogwood.
A reflective poem personifies the dogwood tree as it laments being mutilated for timber and used for autumn and spring display. The speaker recalls seasons of growth, bloom, and harvest, ending with a plea to God about the tree’s beauty and the pain of exploitation.
El Sol marks the day with a front page noting that no one was waylaid in the capital Friday night and mentions a curious line about a fifth marriage anniversary described as a wooden wedding.
Temperance is misused as a word beyond liquor. Henry Schofielda died from a stroke after overeating, Miss Hattie Dyson wore a white ribbon and died from paregoric addiction, and Nelson Stoutenburgh preached temperance yet fathered fourteen children while his wife died at forty five from excessive child bearing.
The lower house of the Irish Free State parliament is the Dail Eireann. Voltaire was renowned as the leading French author at Frederick the Great's court in Prussia.
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