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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1937
Page
4
A biblical verse from James urges asking in faith without doubt while a critic notes that faith requires adequate evidence else it becomes superstition per A A Hodge. The pair contrasts trust and inquiry with skepticism about belief based on proof.
The Enterprise reveals 180 High Point citizens have lost licenses for drunken driving since the law started. The piece calls the figure shocking for a city of about 40 000 and weighs punitive ideas like whipping versus license suspensions to curb unsafe driving and protect the highways.
Chairman Charles F. Tomlinson announces continued administrative setup during illness of Dr. T. Wingate Andrews. Jessie Mae Young will keep directing routine matters as the search for a new superintendent proceeds, aided by the board and the interim superintendent.
The death of Bishop Edwin Dubose Mouzon at Charlotte removes a dynamic force in the Southern Methodist church. He was known as a militant leader who fought for social righteousness and did not compromise with evil or expedience, even at the cost of enmity from opposing forces. The church and society may be the better for his uncompromising stand.
Carl Goerch in State magazine argues the Lindberghs should accept publicity rather than spark broader coverage by avoiding it. The piece says a discreet exit can prevent embarrassment for all and highlights the need for big figures to manage public attention responsibly.
The National Resources Committee outlines a long range development plan built on decentralized planning and state federal cooperation. It credits groundwork and inventories as steps toward a coordinated national program, but notes more talk than action to date and signals a next stage.
Greensboro businessman Mr Herman Cone sent a contribution to High Point’s Have-A-Heart campaign. He offered a neighborly gift to support free lunches for 430 city schoolchildren who would otherwise go without. Cone addressed Rev Tom Alderman Sykes and praised cross city fellowship.
A sermon on Jesus eating with sinners and the remedy of sin through His blood. It argues all are born sinful, cannot save themselves, and must accept Christ the physician and the Lamb of God whose sacrifice finishes redemption. Believers find rest and cleansing in the Blood.
Poetic lyric imagery of a In a moonlit scene the narrator longs for a romantic night with a fair maiden. Sweet maid mandolins castanets and narcissus stars frame a tender plea to hold sleep and kiss a pulsing hand as music mingles with wine.
The piece recalls a High Point party hosted by Edith Bradshaw and her mother, featuring a colored string ensemble on the porch and a nostalgic late era innocence. It then shifts to agricultural observations on peach blooming, rest periods, and the mistaken idea that soil warmth triggers early flowering, citing rest periods and air warmth as key factors.
The text echoes a quiet view of Lincoln as a man of toil and duty. Nearby, he reads by the cabin fire, seeking God’s word and human insight, catching faint heroic visions as his dreams advance.
The speaker remembers Dr. Andrews as a teacher humble before science and dedicated to passing knowledge to others. He valued culture, nature, and music, educating children while maintaining dignity during budget cuts, and he urged a horizonless view of wonder beyond the city.
The Hickory Record notes a rising tendency of churches and benevolent groups to misuse tax exemptions. The High Point Enterprise argues exemptions should apply only to property actually used for their purpose and income producing property should be taxed. The Record cites a NC league survey to gauge how much rightful tax revenue is being diverted and urges public awareness.
New Orleans sticks to its annual celebration despite flood warnings. Residents joke about the event, noting plans proceed whether floodwaters arrive or not.
The event notes Henry VIII hosted a royal dinner beginning at 6 PM and lasting until 3 AM, illustrating extravagant court hospitality and late medieval dining customs.
A literary column surveys Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck letters outlining their complex patronage and friendship. It fields critical takes on The Grown-Ups by Catherine Whitcomb and The Book of Furniture and Decoration by Joseph Aronson, plus other titles and authors.
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