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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1929
Page
4
The quotation notes liars undermine truth like salt miners who erode foundations yet leave enough standing to prop an edifice, attributing the line to Richter and implying a critical view of deceptive practices.
The jury found the Marion factory clash just and the sheriff and deputies acted within duty using necessary force. The judge urged restraint and stated officers may judge the degree of force, warning against excessive misuse as criminal. The decision signals caution in appointing lawmen to prevent tyrannical power and riots.
Mr Tillson, gardening editor, argues for rational use of evergreens in homes. He suggests restraint relieves guilt from possessing a Christmas tree and holly, guiding owners on tasteful display without excess.
A landscape gardener advises that cutting a Christmas tree or evergreen boughs can be done without harm. He notes trees grow naturally and thinning helps the wood, holly and evergreens pruned carefully will regrow plentifully. He urges readers to consider this for home decorations.
The alumni of the University of North Carolina are urged to donate to the Loyalty Fund not for large gifts but to increase participation. The piece argues the state’s support is insufficient and stresses alumni obligation and impact on university standards. It also discusses commissions and President Hoover, suggesting a sociological study of America could reveal societal directions and the value of character over wealth.
Governor Gardner declares North Carolina must stop expanding and consolidate gains as in a grim lesson from Columbus County voters rejecting a county hospital bond issue. He cites Hoover’s call to work and warns that joy rides end either by slowing down or a wreck, urging prudent management of finances nationwide.
John Dewey leads a people’s lobby calling for fairer national income distribution. The group argues that a few 11,000 Americans hold one quarter of workers’ earnings and urges higher wages over bigger profits to boost prosperity.
Dr. Howard Oduma has been named to an unofficial three year commission to survey social trends funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The appointment marks another Hoover effort to study national conditions through a private funded panel with limited disclosed terms.
A retrospective note recalls Dwight Mor row of Amherst college chosen by his class as the student most likely to succeed. The author questions whether such class predictions are reliable and asks if Amherst students are sharper than others in judging future fame and fortune.
A column notes Arizona aims to preserve dinosaur footprints, while Kansas and Texas contemplate similar paths. It recalls Pat Hurley as secretary of war, Senator Brookhart urging tougher prohibition enforcement, Alabama’s Democratic party ousting Heflin, and fashion shifts with longer dresses alongside stock market jitters.
The article urges conserving local evergreens for Christmas decorations and outlines trees and shrubs suitable for growing at home. It promotes pruning to prevent depletion, suggests species for Christmas trees such as Red Cedar and Norway Spruce, and lists holly, ferns, Pachysandra, Vinca minor, and other evergreens for ground cover and decoration.
A railroad commission proposes open access to all terminal properties on fair terms to prevent discrimination. It favors merging eastern lines into five large systems, with the C&O absorbing Erie and Pere Marquette, and the Wa bash route linking Wheeling and Lake Erie and others. The Illinois Central would gain Yazoo, Mississippi Valley, Gulf, and St. Louis lines, among others.
I C orders mission to learn wishes on legislation. Senator Watson of Indiana urges early congressional action while Senator Pittman of Nevada and Wheeler of Montana attack the plan in the Senate. Wheeler calls merging Northern Pacific and Great Northern a great calamity. Fess and Watson discuss compulsory legislation as Commissioner Eastman argues for slow, careful steps.
Berlin professor Franz Simon of the Physio Chemical Institute stirs debate by arguing the earth's center is solid, not molten, maintained by immense external soil weight pressure.
Greensboro December 21 P C L Shuping Guilford county democratic executive chairman released survey results showing strong opposition to re nominating U S Senator Farnifold M Simmons in 1930 The questionnaire sent to 750 democrats drew about 600 replies with only 67 favoring Simmons and many calling for a rival candidate and a party wide contest
A jury out dispute escalated into riots as workers resisted police actions to move into the Marion mill. President Baldwin of the company and others were injured amid clashes. A later riot followed when strikers targeted furniture belonging to a Clinch employee.
Secretary Hyde announced the apportionment of a 4.5 million dollar federal fund to build roads in and near national forests. States receive shares based on national park area and parkland value. Allocations include North Carolina 12,915 dollars, South Carolina 1,508 dollars, Tennessee 11,925 dollars, and Virginia 15,085 dollars.
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