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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1927
Page
4
A reflective verse line notes life as a tale told and hours that unfold like Penelope’s loom. It ponders how one hour reshapes what follows, echoing Augustine’s meditation on memory and fate.
Poem laments lost love and unreachable future as the speaker contemplates a green isle of memory and dreamlike visions. The verse contrasts bright longing with the overcast present.
A northern center calls for state legislation to ban revolver carry. North Carolina, despite a history of homicide, declines Gov. s bill to harden penalties. Transit of experts argues gun possession endangers all, with old-timers recalling safer days without weapons.
The piece argues a constitutional cap of 2.50 per hundred on property tax could force funding shifts for an eight month school term and affect credit and local governments. It also notes New York theater moral reform and housing poverty needing decisive action, with no immediate policy moves.
The piece notes South Carolina resists opening Sundays while Washington cleans its code. Washington has 183 bills repealing 531 Code sections and 300 Remingtons. Massachusetts Ohio and Pennsylvania follow. The Observer urges a focused elimination legislature in North Carolina to weed out archaic statutes and keep only relevant laws.
The statehouse debate highlights the Royall bill as a call for frugality and sound fiscal judgment in public offices. Officials are urged to adopt stricter budgeting and prudent governance in light of the proposed measure.
An Atlantic Coast Line Railroad agent previews a forthcoming interior department report on southern farm communities and rural development. He says the plan could foster self reliance within 25 years, reducing food imports and state bankruptcies by boosting home production.
Aimee McPherson, Los Angeles evangelist, draws on a night tour of New York to warn of social decay. She claims a vivid, tobacco hazed vision shows a future of jails, hospitals, crippled children, and doom, with the refrain whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
A reporter notes two thousand crows were shot dead by farmers in Salem County New Jersey. The line about imagination not fleeing the earth adds a stark, reflective aside.
A Boston man received a $150 fine for selling liquor to his father. The incident was noted amid an apparent Father and Son Week celebration context.
Raleigh February 24 Representative R O Everett introduces an agricultural and industrial labor commission to survey women in industry amid party disunity among women leaders over who should conduct it. The bill proposes a five member program with three governor appointees, but women fear loss of control and credit.
A total eclipse of the midnight sun is scheduled for northern Sweden on June 29 1927. At that time the sun remains visible all night north of the Arctic circle.
A 1927 King Features piece argues not all misfortune is divine plan. Mildred, 29, trapped by family and poverty, exemplifies the need to fight for better outcomes rather than passively accept fate. The essay condemns fatalism and urges resilience and self effort to overcome hardship.
Greensboro Police club Inc non stock incorporation issued by North Carolina secretary of state. Incorporators include W P Whiteley L E Dempsey and J kh Swaney of Greensboro. Authorized capital 150000 with 309 subscribed to Whitman company and others.
Commander De Pinedo arrives at Port Natal Brazil from Fernando Noronha completing the southern trans Atlantic leg of his flight to the Americas.
Elephants small sailboats and Japanese pagodas serve as motifs for heavy silks used in evening wear creating an ornate decorative theme.
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