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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1930
Page
4
The text quotes Ezekiel 22 31 on wrath and retaliation. It contrasts open anger with hidden resentment and notes Bulwer-Lytton’s reflection on forgiveness versus revenge in a compact moral meditation.
The piece argues D. R. York seeks North Carolina state Republican chairmanship and could become a strong leader. It praises York's local impact in High Point, his detail orientation, and the bipartisanship value of a strong two party system for state governance and voter representation.
Democratic senators question President Hoover s call for economy in government arguing political theater or real need. The piece stresses constant restraint in public spending and accountability for using other people s money, urging prudent simplification of public services.
The text argues smaller government units should operate at the lowest cost compatible with efficiency. It notes counties and cities show less focus on economy than federal and state bodies, while most taxes are driven by local expenditures. It calls for solutions to lessen taxpayers’ burden at the local level.
A Missouri professor resigns arguing the university has become a venue lacking freedom in teaching and research. The piece recalls North Carolina’s historic academic freedom battles, noting liberalism’s victory and warning that freedom can become license if unchecked. It asserts limits exist and praises past state clashes for safeguarding inquiry.
A Virginia mountain village welcomed a new school created through President Hoover's interest in a local boy, Ray Burraker. The event drew attention to simple acts of service by ordinary people and the impact of small deeds on community morale.
The News Letter of the University of North Carolina warns North Carolina farmers fail to utilize diverse soils and favorable climates. In Wilson County 4 616 farms in 1925 only 741 reported dairy cattle and thousands raised no milk butter meat or eggs. Similar gaps appear in neighboring counties.
The report notes that about half of farms lacked a dairy cow, and nearly two fifths did not milk any cow in 1924. Two of every five farms had no hogs in 1925. Forty thousand farms had no fowl while seven of ten farms produced no hay in 1924.
The Outlook article cites Bertrand Russell praising American efficiency over Old World peasantry, contrasting Sicilian and California orange groves and noting machines and “Sunkist” branding. It cites beauty versus efficiency and observes Americans’ European travel as a sign of longing, then mentions ambassador Alexander P Moore as a playful yet valued diplomat.
A collection of witty lines on memory of a saloon called a poor man’s club the idea of humanizing submarines in war and the perils of self flattery plus observations on peculiarity sideburns and bricklayers’ pay for tricks.
A jumble of aphorisms and anecdotes references telephone reach, fog costs, a chamber of commerce, silent breakfast, office lateness, Edison and brain use. It blends quips about modern life with musings on personality and aging.
A Raleigh meeting led by Governor Gardner weighs expanding prison operations with a new large dairy focused farm. Officials propose a creamery packing plant and cold storage to supply the prison and aid local farmers, boosting revenue and self sufficiency.
Durham February 25 A visiting zoology professor from Duke University Dr A S Pearse will resume a world tour starting March 20 with stops at Keio University Tokyo Fukien Christian University Soochow and Bangkok research work at state fisheries in May and June He will teach Naples in August and sail from Southampton September 6 He will edit a new scientific journal Ecological Monographs at Duke next year.
The American Trees Association reports that four-fifths of the nation’s forests were located in the eastern United States. This finding highlights the regional distribution of America’s woodland resources and implications for conservation and land use policy.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, off Point Loma near San Diego, waits for favorable air currents to resume his sail plane experiments in the Bowlus craft named Anne Lindbergh. He flew briefly yesterday, then returned to Los Angeles for wind reports and weather advice from glider builder Hawley Bowlus.
The Secretary of State lists several new incorporation filings. The Watson Warehouse Company Inc of Wilson seeks to operate tobacco warehouses with authorized capital stock 100,000 and subscribed stock 30000. Home Furniture Store Inc of Greenville plans a furniture business with authorized 50,000 and subscribed 27,000. John B Exum Inc of Rocky Mount will deal in men’s clothing with authorized 35,000. A C Gleasener Inc of Brevard will trade in mercantile goods with authorized 50,000. North State Aviation Inc of Salisbury will distribute aircraft and parts with authorized 25,000 and subscribed 1200.
Duke University’s Taurian Players enter their eleventh year with two spring productions directed by Mrs. Paul Gross. In West Duke building they will stage daily showings in the third week of March of Ticket-of-Leave Man by Tom Taylor.
In Lexington Kentucky there has been a sharp rise in pneumonia cases in the eastern section over the past week. Reverend A O Leonard of the Second Reformed Church notes thirty cases at one time and says he has conducted twenty one funeral services since January amid several deaths from the illness.
Shelby report notes Rutherford County resident Gab ther Kennedy who died recently left a self constructed monument. He began praying at a tree near his home and laid a stone at its foot after each prayer. A large pile of stones stood at the tree at his death.
New notaries public commissioned today include J. K. Arthur of Greenville Miss Dora Barbour of Penson F N Cox of Winston Salem W P Crayton of Charlotte B K Helsabeck Rural Hall W G Holliday of Enfield Miss Nellie McClintock of Greensboro H H Palmer of Tarboro Edwin C Rochelle of Winston Salem J L Thurman of Old Fort N O Thomas of Charlotte Miss Louise Y Wagoner of Winston Salem and Miss Flora Wicker of Sanford.
Canada possesses the most extensive forested land on the North American continent, covering vast expanses essential to regional ecology and timber industries.
Davidson county politics heat up ahead of the June primary with W O Burgin potential candidate for the assembly seat once again. Sheriff hopefuls are being quietly circulated while Clerk E C Byerly expects re election. Republicans face organization questions as Charles M Hoover Sr weighs re election as county chairman. World population now estimated at 1 900 000 000.
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