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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1926
Page
4
A moral meditation on generosity and repayment. The saying contrasts aiding others with the trouble of reclaiming loans, noting that persistent pressure risks turning a friend into an enemy. The reflection cites Matthew 5 42 and Plautus.
A family prepares in secrecy as hints of a visitor arrive. Mother sews, father saves, sister cleans, and a Grandma hustles in on the secret. The refrain repeats that somebody is coming to call, while the narrator waits and wonders.
Theosophist backers present Krishnamurti as a new world teacher though he is a 30 year old Hindu of slight build imported for the role. He has trained since 1909 and will travel to California for seclusion on a ranch while preaching a life of kindness and restraint amid debate over repentance and sin. An 80 year old sponsor watches over him, suggesting substantial resources support the venture.
Democrats compare government costs under Wilson and Coolidge to attack current frugality claims. The article notes that real reductions are rare and cites North Carolina, where Governor McLean promised careful money handling and reports a cash surplus but questions whether costs have truly fallen since the previous lavish era.
A tale of five young robbers in the Bronx who confess to bank robberies and killings and receive 17 to 25 year sentences amid a moral about relative troubles. The piece notes a New York paper’s exhaustive Valentino coverage and contrasts it with the previous night’s death of Dr Charles W Eliot.
The piece argues that North Carolina's government under an economical administration acts like Washington in spending more money. It questions whether the expansion is worthwhile and notes uncertainty about value.
The city ordinance restricting street selling outside the fire limits in High Point aims to reduce traffic congestion rather than shield grocers. Farmers with homes inside the prohibited area retain selling rights, while curb markets in other towns have mixed results.
A Yale student used a false Krupp lineage to gain attention and money. He travelled the country giving interviews and writing bad checks while posing as Frederich von Krupp Jr. and claiming factory connections. His scheme collapsed after a fraudulent paper caught him.
The emeritus of Harvard University Dr Eliot died at age two years according to the text? He spent a long life as an educator and reached the highest rank. His five foot shelf of books broadened thousands of ambitious minds. A New York newspaper ran two-column headlines on the front page with a one-column image detailing his life.
A humorous critique notes Maj. Gen. James G. Hubbard argues the infantry remains the backbone while other arms claim advantage. The piece mocks postwar bureaucratic downsizing and quips that headquarters now fights with 433 paper forms instead of shrapnel.
A river flows onward without a fixed destination, its course guided by terrain and time. The line speaks to fate and persistence, suggesting movement forward despite unknown outcomes.
A mash of sentences touches on propaganda flies germ theory oak trees jazz work promotion kinfolk judgments of popularity fossils in South Dakota and a quip about bathing suits. The text reads as a collection of assorted quotes and fragments rather than a single cohesive story.
A columnist praises the Triangle Cities as a single economic center linking Winston-Salem Greensboro and High Point. He argues shared advantages, intercity pride without jealousy, and coordinated industrial growth in tobacco denim insurance furniture and roads, with the motto One for all and all for one guiding progress.
Raleigh dispatch reports the North Carolina Supreme Court will hear 14 noncriminal cases starting August 31. The Newton highway dispute looms largest as petition to rehear the case seeks to resume work on the Newton Statesville link of highway No. 10. The highway department backs rehearing to avoid delays, while the court previously blocked construction for not routing through Newton courthouse door. If rehearing is denied, a new route must be surveyed, delaying progress.
A letter from Robert Brockett in High Point proposes selling the city lot beside the Baptist church on Main Street to fund the purchase of 100 to 200 acres for public playgrounds for children near town. The editor is asked to consider endorsing the idea.
Lieut. Cyrus K. Bettis was seriously injured when his plane crashed into a peak of the Seven Sisters Mountains on Monday. He was transported by ambulance airplane to Walter Reed hospital in Washington for treatment.
In New York, wet and dry factions split the Republican Party as the state prepares for the September 27 28 convention at Madison Square Garden. Senator James Wadsworth Jr leads the wets backing Butler for governor while State Chairman George Morris pushes Cropsey for dry governor candidate amid upstate support.
Southern Railway reports seven months of 1926 surplus at 11.55 million dollars, equal to 8.17 a share after five percent preferred dividends, vs 10.03 million or 6.80 on common in 1925. July surplus stands at 2.104 million, up from 1.695 million last July.
North Carolina inspectors will begin inspecting and blood testing breeding flocks from which baby chicks are sold, on September 1. Last year over 12,000 birds were tested. this year applications cover about 20,000 birds with an expected 30,000 tests. The program costs flocks ten cents per bird to fund disease eradication efforts for bacillary white diarrhea that threatens chick mortality.
A Bank of England note is described as very strong its paper can hold a 50 pound weight when folded.
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