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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1929
Page
4
A brief aphorism attributes value to following guidance and careful listening. The speaker invokes Emerson to emphasize humility and attentiveness as paths to the correct word. The note reads as a reflective aside rather than a news item.
The analysis notes a nearly 200 million dollar surplus at year end, despite flat average net incomes. It argues tax structure benefits high earners and big集中 wealth, suggesting wealth concentration grew from 100000 gains to larger single incomes and implicates tax policy in the surplus.
The Maine commissioner of education told the National Education Association in Atlanta that women have become 42 percent of national wealth since women gained access to colleges. The claim implies large earnings growth, but most wealth remains accumulated by men and women have not built major industrial fortunes.
The article asserts Bobby Jones as the greatest golfer of all time, noting his consistent top finishes in major contests against pros and amateurs. It argues Jones earns the throne not by luck but through superior skill, with recent victory reinforcing that experts often prevail despite upsets.
A Texas justice of the peace who advertised in a local paper to warn bootleggers admits he drinks and will enforce the law. The piece questions enforcement, society’s priorities, and the rising role of machines and urban life in eroding the individual. It cites traffic deaths and contrasts murder, public safety, and family loyalties with broader social trends.
A $200000 war chest funds a Southern organizing drive by the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers aided by the United Textile Workers. Leaders say organizers will be sent to North Carolina Tennessee Virginia Kentucky Alabama Georgia Texas and Louisiana to unionize 59 southern mills and curb overexpansion risks.
The trial opened with jurors chosen from Chester and surrounding areas as the panel reached twelve after 25 minutes. The group includes five farmers, three merchants, an insurance agent, a mechanic, a carpenter and a coal yard employee.
A North Carolina schoolchild question hints at misconceptions about the United States eastern peak heights. The passage notes uncertainty over which peak ranks highest east of the Rockies and signals a correction to common assumptions.
A U S Geological Survey team reports Mt Guyot on the Smokies border between Swain and Haywood counties stands at 7 025 feet, 297 feet higher than Mt. Mitchell. If confirmed, North Carolinians may adjust to a new high, while a taller peak on the Tennessee side could still await verification during the national park survey. Asheville Times reporters learned the news after joining federal surveyors last week.
A bandit shoots a confectionery customer in a midwestern city after the victim cannot provide money for a box of candy. The column uses the incident to argue that society treats human life as cheap and that war is an insufficient explanation for rising violence and casual murder.
The note compares a dramatic milk production gain of cows to public policy, saying cows improve by 15 percent while insisting Congress is not comparable to a cow in seeking farm relief. It uses a playful analogy to critique legislative effectiveness.
The government reports a fiscal year opening with the lowest debt level since the war. Tax receipts rise on stronger capital gains as prosperity and lower surtax rates boost income. Customs duties total $602 million, while miscellaneous internal revenue falls to $607 million due to repeals and exemptions. Postal expenditures increase by $195 million, including a $52 million item.
A Chester court selects the first jurors in the Rafe King murder case after a delayed start. Judge Henry overruns a motion to quash the indictment amid multi party voir dire. Jurors from Chester and nearby areas are chosen while defense challenges continue.
King George and Queen Mary arrived in London from Windsor, resuming official duties after a six month illness. They traveled in an open landau to Buckingham Palace after a moment at Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens. King Alfonso of Spain greeted the royal reception upon arrival.
Miss Effie McGregor, principal at John Burroughs School in Minneapolis, heads a list of nominees to be announced today for upcoming elections. Maine rural schools supervisor Florence Hale has withdrawn her name until 1931, with a traditional male female presidential alternating plan. William F. Russell of Columbia Teachers College warned federal control risks bureaucracy, urging federal and state aid with strings attached. James K. Rogers of the National Physical Education Service urged comprehensive physical literacy, not old fashioned drills, to fit 20th century speeds and strains.
The Southern Textile association will open its two day convention in Asheville on July 5 with a program stressing the human relationship. Speakers from Georgia Alabama North Carolina South Carolina and other southern states will participate.
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