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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
11
The Holy City faces a drought with water rationing and reduced supply. Old houses with cisterns fare better, while poorer residents depend on public taps and street water carriers. Police monitor queues as water becomes a political issue amid the dry season.
A Jewish representative cites prayers at the Wailing Wall as evidence of rain supplications during droughts. Lord Plumer once urged rabbis to pray for rain, and after the prayers rain came. The ancient ritual involves bringing the ark to an open city space and ashes on the governor and chief judge. The ceremony today has evolved from that rite.
A fragment notes that no ashes are thrown on his majesty's high commissioner or the chief justice, implying restrained or respectful ceremonies amid modernization. The line reflects ceremonial propriety rather than insult or defiance.
President Hoover summoned three federal farm board members and its general counsel Stanley Reed to the White House for a briefing. Secretary Hyde met the president for a second time in two days. Hoover planned cabinet discussions and a possible delay of his Virginia lodge trip to start relief work promptly.
Baltimore health department reports eight heat related deaths in the first three days of the week as temperatures remain high and drought persists. Officials scanned for relief but found no signs of improvement.
Nicholas Roosevelt, Hoover's appointee as Philippines vice governor, was publicly challenged to a pistol duel by Narciso Lapuz. The episode follows a bay fishing stunt over a controversial book promotion, with readers flocking to stores for copies of The Philippines: A Treasure and a Problem.
Will Sloan, a Black man from Person County, was convicted of murder in Roxboro's superior court and sentenced to die on October 10, marking the first electric chair sentence for the county.
Charlie V. Clayton pleaded second degree murder for the December slaying of Lemuel Clayton and received a 380 year prison term from Judge Henry A. Grady. The two Claytons are not related.
Witnesses saw a man park nearby and run from a garage as flames erupted. They tentatively identified Linville as the man and his car as the vehicle described. Police testified they found Linville’s car engine lit at his home and that he admitted wearing a night suit earlier, but no oil on the clothes. Attorneys argued lack of probable cause while the defense seeks an alibi.
State officials surveyed Bourne and Plymouth forest fires that raged nearly three days covering over 30 square miles and destroying more than twenty cottages. Reports of mysterious origins prompted the inquiry. Lucille Black was a dancing instructor before she joined radio.
The August cotton report notes 14 362 000 bales as the projected total with condition at 62.2 percent of normal. Yield per acre stands at 155.3 pounds, and drought in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri sharpens cuts. Rain could boost yields while weevil presence moderates losses. Texas prospects rise 550 000 bales over 1929 short crop. Ginnings to August 1 reach 77 956 running bales versus 86 974 last year.
Opponents for Hull in the fourth district race were not listed as challengers. Republican nominees without opposition include Paul E. Divine of Johnson City for the long term and F Todd Meacham of Chattanooga for the short term.
Hiram Moore of Kalamazoo County Michigan designed an early machine for harvesting crops six years ago, described as the forerunner of the modern combine.
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