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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1928
Page
4
Landowners along the North Carolina Tennessee border rush timbering as plans move to turn the range into a national park. The Laura Spillman Rockefeller gift of 5 000 000 remains pledged despite damage to the forest and delays in state land acquisition.
The Enterprise reports the Empty Stocking fund led by a $100 donation from the High Point boxing commission. Half goes to public welfare and half to the Salvation Army, with $50 from the Kiwanis club and $25 from J. W. Clinard. The fund lags behind last year as the flu epidemic heightens need, prompting urging readers for faster contributions.
The North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development issues a pictorial book titled North Carolina a Good Place to Live. It highlights natural beauty and industrial strength with factories valued over 1.5 billion and crops near 0.5 billion. It argues resources serve human service and welcome newcomers seeking opportunity.
The piece praises communal effort to conserve resources and improve living standards, noting a resilient state proud of its past and progress in public education and culture. It cites High Point as an example of internal growth and urges focus on state resources to stimulate local ambition and development.
Mrs Felie Baker Woodrow aunt of Woodrow Wilson dies at 91 in Columbia South Carolina. Dr James Woodrow her husband and Woodrow Wilsons uncle faced a famous church trial over evolution. He was a Carlisle England native and a Presbyterian preacher turned seminary professor.
Greensboro reports easy credit in the bootleg whiskey trade with instalment plans. A customer can obtain liquor for a dollar upfront and a dollar weekly, seen as boosting volume. Analysts compare to auto industry finance practices as prohibition enforcement solidifies and political threats recede.
A terse note outlines that instalment selling is seen as natural and signals a bootlegger facing legal or social pressure. The development suggests broader entry into entrenched markets and a shift in enforcement stance.
Two men were arrested at Manteo Roanoke Island for stealing an airplane. One man had earlier been detained in New York for customs violations. Coast guardsmen nabbed the suspects after the plane was seized and pursued.
A San Francisco circus midget drowned in a hotel bath, and the dispatch suggests loneliness as the cause. The essay reflects on crowd life, isolation, and the human capacity for courage and decency. It argues loneliness is solvable when daily life reveals acts of devotion and truth, proving humanity's nobility and potential.
Minnie Atkins Edwards argues for planting living trees rather than cut ones. A Living Tree Guild proposal would ship seven year old potted evergreens for post holiday planting to reforest and decorate homes. Outside lawn trees become a city trend, spreading festive light from Christmas Eve to New Year.
A Detroit border probe reveals police temptations by bootleggers, including offers of money and cars to ignore dock activity. The piece notes widespread graft risk, warns shoppers delaying Christmas buys, praises airmail for late gifts, and odd science links to deep sea fish studies inspiring Stock Exchange galleries.
City officials discuss placing a memorial tablet to General Smedley D. Butler once head of the police force who clashed with corrupt politicians while attempting reform. The move stems from his ouster amid cleanup efforts and political backlash.
In Budapest city policy, a man seen in a park with a female companion must show proof of marriage to her. Officials assert the rule targets nonmarital dating and aims to regulate park social conduct.
A reader argues against returning the city to politics arguing it would slow progress. They praise a nonpartisan zoning ordinance adopted two years earlier and say party opposition would have blocked it. The writer seeks reasons to justify a political shift.
A letter urges the police to stop constant motorcycle races through North Main Street Emerywood and Roland Park Parkway. The writer notes mufflers loud enough to disturb sleep from 10 PM until after midnight and asks police to restore peace.
Battery F of the 16th Field Artillery at Fort Bragg under Captain Henry B. Tisdale won the Knox trophy for field artillery and the enlisted student award at Fort Sill. Sergeant Ray B. Maynard received the next medal. presentation by Captain Tisdale will occur at the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the Revolution banquet in Boston next month.
Governor elect O Max Gardner plans to reorganize agriculture by creating county advisory boards to work with a state advisory commission. Dr. B C Brooks of State College urged county level action to improve farm information flow and link research and extension work to local programs.
Bishop Edward Rondthaler of Winston-Salem will address the High Point Rotary at the Sheraton tomorrow at 12 15 PM. He leads the avian church in the south and will discuss its role in the International Rotary movement and global impact.
The body of Mrs Irene Meath Taylor was found in a trunk and police seek her husband Charles S Taylor who vanished last week from a one room home barber shop in Memphis Tennessee. Bloodstains towels and a hatchet are in the scene suggesting foul play. Sheriff Knight hopes tips place Taylor in Horn Lake Mississippi or Covington Louisiana.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron announced plans to build a southern plant near Gadsden Alabama. The initial unit will cost about 10 million dollars and employ 1800 to 2000 workers. The facility will produce 5000 tires daily by mid summer, with total costs expected to reach 30 million dollars as the plant expands. The land, 279 acres, was accepted on behalf of the company by vice president Cc Siusser after a public subscription funded the purchase.
The narrative describes a raid tied to security concerns around an expected visit by Mr Hoover. Officials reveal two men were officially announced as arrested, with reports of five suspects picked up over a week and kept until after Hoover’s departure. Authorities aim to avert plots and public demonstrations against the United States.
Private ownership supplied all Christmas trees from New Brunswick to the United States as government land use for portation was prohibited.
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