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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1930
Page
4
A brief aphorism urging trust in God for great outcomes using minimal resources. It invokes the biblical miracle of feeding thousands and attributes guidance to Horace Bushnell.
A London Disarmament Conference sparks contrast between optimism by Lady Astor and a wary newspaper observer who predicts dissolution. The piece argues peace will not come from talks alone, warning that mistrust and military spirit hinder disarmament and stressing faith and goodwill as the real path to reduced armaments.
A contemporary discussion argues that merging Chicora College and Queens College, two Presbyterian women's colleges, mirrors business consolidation trends. While some see financial motive, skeptics warn that small schools risk losing value beyond mere cost savings as they struggle against larger endowments and strict standards.
The small college has been the leaven in the educational life of the country and serves a purpose larger institutions cannot. It develops individuals, uplifts communities, and sends top graduates to post graduate work. Wealth should support these colleges despite economic pressures. Many national leaders are graduates of small colleges.
Editorial argues that hostility to the Soviet Union stems from their policy of overthrowing other governments and propagandistic activity, not from economic power. It cites religious persecution and anti religious oppression as further grounds for disapproval, urging rights and peaceful relations on Russia's terms.
New York Lt. Governor Herbert H. Lehman says credit conditions have improved and that sufficient funds are now available to finance sound manufacturers and merchants. He cautions that recovery depends on leadership by bankers and business leaders, and on prudent individual effort and collective action to avoid a long recession.
The speaker argues that recovery requires community effort and coordinated action across society. Government can lead but manufacturers workers farmers merchants and bankers must all contribute. Credit fluids and no wartime price distortion support a slow return to normal conditions across localities.
A long reflective essay contrasts an old Michigan couple and their steadfast faith with modern skepticism. The couple, now retired in California, endured loss and hardship yet keep hope bright and contentment intact. Their example questions the cleverness of critics who fear unlikely faith in a skeptical era.
In a bold notion an explorer requests a balloon capable of penetrating the mammoth cavern in New Mexicc. The idea imagines using aerial ascent to explore deep subterranean spaces and contrast suggests a separate plan for a submarine to scale Mt. Everest.
A string of brief North and South Carolina items reports Morrison wounded in a pistol incident with his brother in Charlotte. a coroner's inquest set for Beverly Payne Jr. death. a Georgia banded hawk killed by a 14 year old in Claremont. Mooney Player dies in a Spartanburg highway crash. Elizabeth Simms and Ruth Strikeleadhner injured in Spartanburg. Squire Wilson, Laurens County pensioner and ex Confederate cook, dies. Stacy Smoak, 17, Dorchester deputy sheriff’s son, killed by a car near Harleyville.
Editor The Enterprise appeals to High Point veterans to strengthen the American Legion Andrew Jackson Post by joining now. The letter notes Congress charter status and the Legion’s push for disability care and Reed-Wainwright support, urging membership to back national legislation and hospital facilities for World War I veterans. O O. L. Bodenhamer, National Commander
Major Wade H. Phillips, Lexington attorney, was chosen president of the Lexington chamber of commerce for the coming year at the directors meeting. He succeeds H. E. Shoaf. B. C. Philpott was elected vice president and T. E. McCrary treasurer. Frank Adolph reported strong progress in the membership renewal by mail campaign.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to summon Attorney General Mitchell and the Hoover law enforcement commission for a two week delay on considering Norris’s prohibition inquiry resolution. Norris plans an executive session to question them on enforcement views ahead of a broader inquiry.
Charlotte reports of mothers surrendering infants spur M. M. Gray county welfare chief to warn that it is illegal to give away babies under six months without consent of the domestic relations court.
Hawley Bowlus, holder of the American glider record, landed at 2 43 a m in San Diego after setting a new American mark of 9 hours 5 minutes 27 seconds. He fell short of the world record of more than 14 hours held in Germany.
Tarbel Patton was killed and Dr. Lyle D West and Pilot Lester Wingle were seriously injured when a Chattanooga, Tennessee bound airplane crashed near Smyrna Georgia today. The victims all hailed from Chattanooga.
The-world alliance meeting in Athens begins tomorrow and runs four days with representatives of Greek Orthodox churches. Dr John Moot president of the Y M C A is among the American delegates.
The Winston-Salem Twins, a Piedmont league entry, announced they want to sign George Ferrell the former Guilford College outfielder and brother of Cleveland pitcher Wesley Ferrell.
In Reidsville on February 24 an anti chain organization named Rockingham County Community Builders was formed by local home retailers and others in sympathy with the movement against chains. G Strader was elected president Garland Gilley secretary and Charles T Somers treasurer of the organization.
A brief opinion asserts Spain’s telephone network as the world’s most perfect. The claim highlights efficiency and advanced communications.
Henry Edward Russell of Davidson College, son of Georgia Chief Justice Richard R. Russell, is improving rapidly at Rex Hospital in Raleigh after suffering three fractured vertebrae in a Davidson versus North Carolina State wrestling match. Chief Justice Russell and Mrs. Russell are visiting their son. Russell plans to return to Atlanta tomorrow.
Eugene Byfield a noted hotel owner and sportsman died from injuries after last Tuesday fall from his polo pony. He was 46 and well known as a man about town in Chicago.
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