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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1930
Page
4
The quote contrasts religious and literary reflections on love and sacrifice. It cites St. John 15 18 declaring greater love in laying down life for friends, then notes love does not ease life but compels choosing the hard path as George Eliot remarks.
The record notes that the dent was enrolled not only when the building was erected but also during the years it has been in use, indicating sustained involvement across the active period and subsequent years.
A committee representing the local American Federation of Labor asks Mayor C. A. York to convene a mass meeting of citizens to discuss relief through immediate construction work. The plan also includes funding for aid to women and children in need, aiming to ease unemployment and demonstrate cooperation between capital and labor.
The High Point college basketball squad claimed a third consecutive Little Six championship amid facilities woes. Lacking a university gym, players trained at the YMCA, yet still defeated older, better equipped programs. The piece urges local donors to fund a campus gymnasium.
The piece discusses George Washington as America’s great hero while noting flaws in his character. It argues Washington should symbolize timeless principles rather than temporary policies and warns against elevating past ideals as binding in modern times.
The resignation of Dr. Harry W. Chase as UNC president prompts regret as he accepts the Illinois presidency. He leaves amid offers and belief Illinois offers broader opportunities, urging North Carolina to match its potential with a strong successor. Trustees face a heavy task in selecting a leader who sustains Chase’s work and ideals.
Announcement states Dr. Francis P. Gaines will resign as Wake Forest president to take the post at Washington and Lee University. The move follows prior hopes for UNC leadership and marks a loss of two top education leaders in North Carolina.
An Antioch college economist argues industry should value employees over stockholders in hard times, challenging the view that 98 percent are financially incompetent. He argues firms cutting jobs should still support workers, while Ford hints at using navies for metal, echoing swords to ploughshares imagery.
A concise quip suggests testing the dictionary guru Webster with a playful jab about word use. The line hints at linguistic rivalry or humor rather than a formal event or person. It reads like a witty aside in a broader discussion of language.
A playful quip on modern dances, bridge etiquette, editors and the Odes of March. It contrasts leaving enemies behind with doctors and hints at Congress adjournment to curb parrot fever.
A publicity drive advances the potato image with a free slogan The Eyes Have It. A Scotchman reports a hold up in Chicago as gunmen in the city display bold violence and even murder.
A Kentucky bridegroom seeks marriage using a dog license. The remark questions his life path. J. Hamilton Lewis plans a re election bid for Illinois Senate. If whiskers justify such deeds, Lewis may follow suit.
AP reports unsafe school buses in Worth County. Wilkesboro considers a 1000 watt radio station at 640 kilocycles. Rowan tax delinquents face suits. Raleigh ministers broadcast weekly Sunday lessons. Hickory honors fire aid to Newton. New Bern unearths ancient cannon for courthouse square. Wilson plans largest tobacco warehouse by uniting Center Brick and Watson warehouses.
Dr Gaines a leading preacher and author, known across North and South Carolina for civic speaking. A Wake Forest president pick, he came from Furman University and formerly taught English at Greenville D C. He holds AB from Richmond College MA from Chicago PhD from Columbia and DL from Duke.
Fern owners are advised to give spring tonic care including tea watering and soil loosening. consult a florist about special fertilizer and keep the potting dirt loose for healthy fern growth.
Flashes Of Life from New York Broadway will travel to Palm Beach for a single performance of Stepping Out. The entire cast will be moved to Florida for the garden party show, a revival of the old Broadway hit.
Two bell boys at the Prince George hotel received gold medals and $19 each from management after refusing to obtain liquor for a guest, reflecting reverence for the eighteenth amendment. In Atlanta, Dr Charles H Herty discussed a sugar that lets people eat sweets without gaining weight at the Georgia press institute.
Paris reports suggest a change in French policy at the London naval conference as government shifts from right led by Andre Tardieu to a left cabinet under Camille Chautemps. The fragile majority may force Chautemps to align with leftist policies to avoid early defections and possible collapse.
The event commemorates President Hoover’s wreath ceremony at a stone obelisk base with naval aide Captain Allan Buchanan. Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution held exercises in Continental Hall as Alexandria hosts Mason graves decorated with flowers. Boy Scouts led a Mount Vernon pilgrimage to place wreaths on Washington’s Tomb.
The Four Minute Men mobilize to raise 74 million dollars for Chicago city government. Immediate need includes about 12 million to cover overdue salaries for 48,800 public employees. Phillip R. Clarke of Central Trust Co leads a drive organized by Silas H Strawn Citizens' Committee to prompt contributions.
Howard, great niece of Washington, oversaw activities as Washington celebrated the 198th birthday. In Washington and Alexandria, Virginia, sunlit ceremonies honored the nation’s first president with special services in the House and Senate and readings of Washington’s Farewell Address. Herbert Hoover attended the Virginia events.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg led the Senate reading as Vice President Curtis selected him. The chamber showed vacancies as members attended ceremonies elsewhere. Representative John Q. Tilson presided in Longworth's absence and noted the 200th anniversary commemoration planned for 1932. Page recalled speaking at the Washington monument dedication 45 years earlier and noted 13 states had formed commissions for the bicentennial cooperation.
EW CASTLE Pa Feb 22 four persons are known to have died in a fire that destroyed a small building once used by the Pennsylvania railroad as a passenger station at Edenburg near here early today
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