Obscure Quotation Reflects On Stubbornness
A fragment notes obstinacy and vehemency in opinion as sure signs of stupidity as a commentary on people refusing to listen and turning away.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1938
Page
4
A fragment notes obstinacy and vehemency in opinion as sure signs of stupidity as a commentary on people refusing to listen and turning away.
The article argues Britain and France may seek a new understanding with fascist Spain and Italy after the conflict, while democratic powers fear aiding a dictatorship and question whether a true Spanish democracy can emerge.
Davidson county battles anti slot machines as upholding state law prompts evasion attempts and moral questions. Separately northern and southern Methodists debate union at Birmingham general conference with a two thirds rule and leaders like Bishop Denny and Senator Glass opposing or backing the move.
The argument traces slot machines as a social issue, arguing laws arise from community conscience and the need to keep families fed. It suggests regulation is justified where machines ruin homes, while defending a boy named Jackie and seeking fairness in an estate dispute involving his mother.
The article notes Jackie Coogan’s four million dollar boyhood estate shrinking to 545000 by age 23 and compares it to broader declines where fortunes once large fall to modest sums or vanish, highlighting pervasive financial misfortunes across similar cases.
Analyzing a saved example of The Birds of America, the piece traces John James Audubon’s through the odds journey from failed ventures and imprisonment to selling drawings in England for sixteen thousand dollars. It highlights his relentless idea and the rise from poverty to fame and wealth.
A religious excerpt asserts God’s absolute sovereignty and an eternal, unchangeable purpose guiding all events. It argues God’s design governs creation and history, citing biblical verses to support a fixed, divine plan that cannot fail.
Miss Mamie York is named editor in chief of Hi Po and Milbourne Ames becomes advertising manager. The Senior Christian Endeavor society launches Forward With Christ at Central Friends church. A Kenilworth Art Exhibition award goes to Mrs. R P Royer for The Painter and Daisy Maud. The Acems Millis merger forms after health hosiery mill tie up. Snow blankets Cumberland and Shenandoah valleys.
Local drive reports sales to date at 8950 dollars with volunteers promoting war bonds. Draft selectmen list lists eighteen African American volunteers heading to Camp Jackson on Tuesday amid ongoing mobilization.
Charles B. Driscoll offers a loosely connected column in New York Day by Day, reflecting on cruise ships at piers and memories of Stockholm and old ships. He mentions Belinda Jelliffe, a psychologist’s wife, a Kansas editor’s widow, a Spanish market on Pearl Street, and a scottie injured by an ice truck. The piece weaves personal reminiscences with odd anecdotes and local color.
Patchy items share brief notes on local people and events. Morgan H. Brough visited Gree yesterday while Thomas E returned to Fort Caswell after a few days away. Clara I. Cox spent a few hours in Greensboro at noon. Mrs Arnold B Huff traveled to Salisbury to visit friends and relatives. American forces hold part of the French line as British artillery is called for. Casualty list names 156 Americans with 18 in action and four missing. Gus W. McLean named to War Finance committee. Germany seeks exchange of healthy prisoners for incapacitated soldiers.
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