Man Who Shuns Praise Cited As Full Man Ideology
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1929
Page
4
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Holiday lights line Main Street in a festive display praised for adding charm to the city. Merchants report strong advertising value and visitors note the cheerful atmosphere ahead of Christmas as shoppers bustle in early evening hours.
The High Point public schools are commended for focusing their Christmas programs on the story of the Christ child and Bethlehem. Teachers aim to shift child attention from Santa to Jesus and gift giving, while affirming a child’s right to belief and celebrating the day's significance.
President Hoover instructed that 36 Communists arrested during a White House protest be freed and sent to their parents instead of being jailed for martyrdom. The remark noted the youths would feel slighted at not receiving serious punishment, implying a ceremonial restraint.
The writer argues that honoring or denouncing radicals and labor leaders inflates their importance. Demonstrations in Washington are trivial and deserve ridicule. A light, biting critique may curb fanaticism better than formal opposition or martyrdom in courts.
The essay notes the yo yo fad has faded from fashion and contains an incident where a ten year old Clinton boy was injured when his team of mules bolted at the sight of a yo yo. It reflects on fleeting trends and the lasting value of intrinsic worth.
The piece argues arms limitations depend on ratios acceptable to major powers, with expectations for the London conference dampened by national pride and political expediency. It notes pacifists wrongly trust disarmament under current conditions and stresses the need to maintain defense while Wilson’s League of Nations offers the best path for reducing armaments.
Major W H McKellar of the University of the South urges the Southern conference to allow colleges to openly pay all college expenses to athletes. He argues this would end the surreptitious subsidies common in the South and nation. President Hamilton Holt of Rollins College has supported a similar plan, though no action was taken at the session in Baton Rouge.
Major McKellar argues a new proposal justifies paying athletes as education through athletic talent. Sewanee notes athletes work hard and sacrifice outside jobs, suggesting colleges should pay them openly rather than via alumni gifts. Critics expect lip service but no action.
The article weighs the possibility of Calvin Coolidge moving from the White House to the U S Senate for Massachusetts. It notes opinions on his future, the 1932 presidential scenario, and the impact of his Senate presence on national politics.
The piece calls for a formal investigation into U S actions in Haiti. It notes long term Marine presence on the island and proposes Congress adopt Hoover's idea for a comprehensive policy. It cites Harvard President Lowell alarm over the older generation and urges a reformer to lead.
City churches announce Christmas programs with First Methodist Protes tant offering morning worship at 11 and a 7:30 evening concert led by Prof. E B Stimson. Choir and violin quartet perform Tschaikowsky pieces and Mathews Story of Christmas with preludes by Stimson. Public invited.
Morning and evening services feature organ preludes and varied hymns including It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and O Little Town of Bethlehem. The man who forgot Christmas is the evening sermon, with choir offerings, responsive readings, benedictions, and a first Baptist morning worship program detailing hymns, anthems, and offertories.
Offertory pieces include Traumeri by Schumann and Thee by John H. Cornell. Hymn No. 334 My faith looks up to Thee. Sermon titled The Christian's Monopoly based on 1 Cor 21 22. Hymn No. 146 Alas and Did My Saviour Bleed. Organ postlude La So Handel.
A church program lists preludes and invocations, scripture readings from Titus 1 1 16 and Acts 13 23 48, multiple hymns including 470 56 and 510, announcements junior sermon roller skates and sermon on consecrated leaders, anthem by choir, installation of elders and deacons, offertory and benediction with triple amen.
Snoddy testified he saw a man later identified as Jonas scuffle with the sheriff and a deputy strike the sheriff. Glass from mill windows fell after firing began, indicating bullets. Defense witnesses said shooting stopped as strikers ran, contradicting state witnesses. Minish testified bleeding. Carver would have fired through the crowd. Defense funds paid for Clyde Hoey. The trial began in a venue change with 17 defense witnesses.
R P Parker a worker said union men warned him not to join the crowd for safety. The defense pressed witnesses on any resistance by strikers to loyal mill workers entering the mill. James Mainer heard sheriff plead for workers to stand back. Defendants’ relatives Kermit Fender Esley Ballard Lee Faulkner and Charles Jenkins testified. Juror John Ayres was granted permission to attend his granddaughter Martha Lou Ayers funeral as the other eleven jurors rested at their boarding house.
The Gridiron Club staged sketches lampooning Congress and the Hoover era. Notables like Jimmy Walker Senator Lafollette and Senator Brookhart attended with satirical rehearsals and a mock football game featuring lobbyists and insurgents.
Senate debate centers on a tax reduction proposal backed by Secretary Mellon and opposed by Republicans and some Democrats. A substitute plan would spend 100 million for roads and 60 million for public buildings, defeated 56 to 20. Simmons defends the administration’s approach as essential for business confidence. Vote breakdown shows 63 in favor, 14 against.
Francis Burke counsel for Republican national committees faced criticism after being left out of a key committee, highlighting disputes over representation and leadership roles within party structure.
The third grades of Leonard Street school performed an operetta titled Palace of Carelessness for an appreciative audience last week. The young performers displayed grace and fitting portrayals for their roles.
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