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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1927
Page
4
Old Masters and Whitman Clash Over Modern Living
An excerpt from Walt Whitman's Song of Myself contrasts humans with animals. The speaker emphasizes animal placidity, lack of longing for wealth, and absence of religious pretensions.
State Game Law Debate Prompts Mixed Reactions
Senator Hines of Guilford voted against a state wide game bill passed in the senate. Only Senator Carl of Wilkes opposed it. Proponents hail game protection while rural residents fear loss of hunting freedoms. Supporters stress conservation and economic importance to counter wild life destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hines
Guilford
Senate
Carl of
Wilkes
Guilford County
North Carolina
Statewide school tax faces delay amid cost concerns
Dr E C Brooks and other critics argue the Graham bill would strip counties of control and hinder teacher pay, risking uneven salaries as five percent leeway favors large counties. They urge the legislature to reject the plan to avoid undermining local economies and school funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Brooks
Brooks
North Carolina Beauties and the State’s Beloved Sights
Miss Nell Battle Lewis lists ten beauties of North Carolina from a reader contest. Notable entries include the State Capitol, Christ Church, Chapel Hill churches, Duke University estates, Moore county peach blossoms, mountains and ocean views, and portraits by Walter Hines Page and Reynolds. The piece blends cultural landmarks with personal reflections on the Tar Heel spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Nell Battle Lewis
The
News and Observer
Miss Battle
State Capitol
State House
Christ Church
Chapel Hill
Stringfellow Memorial
Blowing Rock
Playmakers
University
Bellamy
Wilmington
James Bryan
New Bern
Kirkland
Hillsboro
Orton
Sprint
Cape Fear
Moore County
W. L. Poteat
Edward Kidder Graham
Josephus Daniels
Walter Hines Page
State Hall of History
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Raleigh
W. J. Peele
Scotland County
Burgaw
Duke University
French Broad
Lake Drummond
Duke Estate
Charlotte
Episcopal Church
Peter G. Gerry
Biltmore
Sunset Mountain
Asheville
Randolph
Guilford
Swannanoa River
Pamlico
State fiscal shift prompts fear for local governance
The piece argues that changing the system now would worsen local government prospects as the state struggles to improve it. It calls for a liberal equalization fund and deferring statewide school taxation, with Graham's proposal kept for later after the readjustment of the spending spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Raleigh urged to fund own State fair rather than seek state aid
Editorial questions Raleigh’s push to have the State donate 200 acres and $200,000 for a State fair in the capital. It argues Raleigh should finance and operate its own fair like Winston-Salem and Greensboro, noting fairs boost local trade and profit, and cautioning against state subsidies that would advantage one city over others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
General Assembly
North Carolina Agricultural Society
Agricultural Society
Fair
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Sutton state-wide game bill passes after long fight
Enterprise Bureanu reports the Sutton state-wide game bill cleared both chambers with a large majority and moves toward a state game commission and warden. The measure classifies the fox as a predatory animal and allows a continuous open season, effective June 1 to avoid impacting this hunting season. Governor to appoint the game commission and warden after review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Bureanu
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Sutton
House
Senate
W. L. Long
Roanoke Rapids
Fred I. Sutton
Lenoir
Last Week for the Present Congress in Washington
The sixty ninth congress enters its final week with a turbulent Senate likely to stage fireworks over the Boulder Canyon dam measure while the House moves to finish its appropriations work. Filibusters loom on the dam and Tyson emergency officers bills as Johnson clouts push for cloture and a vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sixty
Congress
Senate
House
Boulder Canyon Dam
Johnson
California
Bomb Explodes Outside Former Judge Palmieri Home
In Brooklyn a bomb exploded in front of the home of John Palmieri former city court judge, after threats demanding 50 000 from anonymous letter writers. The Palmieri family four children slept through the blast escaping injury as windows in the front were shattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Palmieri
Brooklyn
What’s the matter with women nowadays in the speaker’s view
A male narrator argues women are restless and ambitious not content to home life. He cites Eve and a poem asserting women are wild and seek space and power, insisting such desires have always existed from Grandpa’s days to now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve
Grandpa
Restless Women Seek Purpose Beyond the Home
A reflective piece laments changing roles as homes lose crafts and community stays shrink. It contrasts empowered grandmothers with restless granddaughters and urges pity and prayer to guide women back to meaningful paths amid shifting industries and expanding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandpa
High Point Girls Face King In District Title Showdown
High Point high school girls basketball teams up with King for a championship tilt tonight. The winner meets Winston-Salem players at Thomasville on a date to be set. For High Point the probable lineup includes Jennings, Chappelian, Hamil, Totty, McAnally, and Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
King High School
Winston-Salem
Thomasville
Jennings
Chappelian
Hamil
Totty
McAnally
Caldwell
Underworld Feud Blamed for Philadelphia Shooting
Four gangsters in a speeding sedan fired on a group outside a Philadelphia night club early today. One man, John Bricker, was killed, two others injured, including Mickey Duffy who was shot multiple times. Doorman Farl Brown also wounded. Police arrested four suspects for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Bricker
Mickey Duffy
Farl Brown
Senate probes Mexican oil concessions figures
Washington Feb 24 The senate approved a Norris resolution asking Secretary Kellogg if companies tied to Edward L Doheny Harry F Sinclair or the Mellon interests hold Mexican oil concessions or have accepted the new Mexican oil concession The resolution was approved without debate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Washington
Senate
Edward L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Mellon
Mexico
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Heat of water exceeds air by twenty onefold in heat
The report states that the heat capacity of water is about twenty one times that of air, highlighting water's greater ability to store heat for the same mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Pennsylvania
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