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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1935
Page
4
A devotional verse reflecting Isaiah 42 17 and a personal note on trusting Christ through love. The message emphasizes God’s attentiveness to the poor and needy and the author's vow to trust as love grows.
The piece argues for including a municipal hospital and medical center in PWA projects, noting past rejections and the ongoing loss of medical services. It laments jealousy and infighting among doctors, urging a prompt, professional expansion of care to serve a central city and its industrial community.
Heirs by blood of the late Smith Reynolds, the tobacco heir found dead by a bullet wound, signal willingness to fairly divide the enormous estate amid a long running legal squabble. Marital heirs have shown caution in the settlement talks.
Smith Reynolds case shifts focus to a proposed family settlement as Smith's sisters and brother ask the court to consider terms without addressing other litigants. The Reynolds siblings petition to withdraw from the case and resume legal rights if trials proceed, arguing that parents and brother would not want protracted litigation. Public interest has fed sensational coverage, but the family urges a quiet resolution for the sake of the deceased and their children.
The Enterprise city editor, famed for a weekly Contemporary Trends review, accepted a talk request to title Good Books That People Read but amended it to Good Books That People Don’t Read. He undertakes a large, demanding task with his usual scholarly vigor.
The text portrays Schopenhauer arguing philosophy is art, true insight of genius, not science, and notes his view that nothing is to be had for gold but mediocrity. It connects these ideas to five Supreme Court justices examining government gold cases.
Reports from the Middle West praise a comeback of general stores once essential to local life. The stores sold coal oil calico pitchforks and peas and offered a social center around the stove and cracker barrel. Competition from specialty shops diminished the general store but new strength returns with broad offerings and social appeal.
The passage suggests that America's recovery hinges on communities gathering locally around shared spaces like a stove and a cracker box. It argues unity was lost as merchants and men specialized, eroding common connection with fellow citizens.
Asheville Citizen condemns a United Press report from Flemington describing a New York cameraman entering Bruno Hauptmann's cell with a sheriff to photograph him in distress. The piece calls for disciplinary action against the sheriff and Cameraman and denounces the newspaper’s complicity as barbaric and morbid.
James Wise a Negro laborer from High Point wandered into Greensboro and began chopping wood in a backyard. Police arrested him after he declared he had been called to chop wood, labeling his action as proof of insanity.
The Fayetteville News and Observer argues if Hill bill passes and NC voters approve liquor control, the state should tax wines and beers less or remove taxation to promote their use. It claims moderation aids health, reduces hard liquor excess, and reopens viticulture to boost state revenue.
A nostalgic verse traveler longs for his old home town despite worldly journeys. He recalls humble life, simple eats, and a welcoming shack, contrasting broader life’s fame with unchanged community ties. He notes the yearning for genuine smiles and community warmth.
A group of Republican representatives debated Lincoln Day speeches by Hoover Frank and Roosevelt era policy critique. They agreed the party lacks alternatives to New Deal programs and considered debt growth and public works as rallying points while searching for convincing alternatives.
By James McMullin, the article notes the firing of Jerome Frank and other liberal members of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration foreshadows a major policy change. Within a week Secretary Wallace approved official recommendations, suggesting a shift in administration approach.
Philadelphia writer George Horace Lorimer rarely visits New York preferring Philadelphia and Chicago roots. The piece notes his disdain for Gotham, anecdotes about friends like Al Smith and Bernard Baruch, and musings on his shifting views toward agriculture policy and farm cooperatives under Tugwell. It also mentions criticism of Frank’s AAA legal division and broad concerns about federal credit and bank loan figures.
Al Trahan, a stage routine dog owner, returns home after a night out with friends. His terrier gorges on candy laced with brandy while Trahan socializes at a bar, then heads home to a coldly skeptical wife who calls him out for a walk. Banks say they want reserves used, government cites potential credit expansion.
Col. EK M House endures his first New York winter amid changes in travel and writing work. He maintains a strict routine of rising early and walking a mile each afternoon, and is reputed as a prodigious reader of history. A guest recounts local Ohio town scenes and a nickname given to a gentleman at table.
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