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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1929
Page
4
A biblical verse from Matthew 13:22 warns that worldly cares and riches choke the word, hindering fruitfulness. James F. Clarke adds that conscience in the soul is the root of true courage and urges following one's conscience to be brave.
A black man found dead with a broken neck and bound wrists after quarreling with a white landlord is labeled a lynching by the coroner's jury as unknown perpetrators. The piece urges full investigation and asserts North Carolina’s tradition of restrained mob violence is threatened by this act.
General Bramwell Booth, deposed as Salvation Army commander, died penniless with only a uniform and a few books. As sole trustee of global Salvation Army property worth millions, he kept a humble life, funded by others for his children's education and a modest dwelling, a testament to his consecration.
A discussion on aviation safety notes rising public confidence amid recent fatal accidents. It cites Herbert Brucker and averages from navy army air mail and civilian clubs, plus 1928 data showing 2 583 006 miles flown with one death. The piece then contrasts Hindu critiques of Western Christianity and cinema culture with East Asian openness to Christ and the West’s missionary efforts.
Editor W N Keener of the Durham Herald laments golf’s rise among friends and businessmen. He lists past vices he has given up and prays to avoid the golf bug while hoping for peaceful days and happiness ahead. He admits uncertainty about fate.
Dr. Clarence True Wil son, Methodist board secretary, calls for using army and navy to back prohibition in a bid to suppress wets. He argues drastic administrative acts are needed to restore respect for flag and government, urging armed guards over citizens to curb alcohol use.
The speaker jokes about escaping death and taxes, calling them inescapable, and compares returning to normal life after a bout of golf fever to escaping those twin perils. The remark uses humor to frame the difficulty of resuming ordinary routines after excess.
The western world has long aimed to Christianize the orient, with early missionaries facing danger from eastern resentment of foreign devils. The old prejudice still surfaces violently at times, but the overall effort continues.
A reporter recounts air travel from Los Angeles to New York via air rail links, noting pilots radioing weather positions and detouring storms to reach Clovis New Mexico before dark. The piece argues flying has moved beyond hit or miss to safer travel. It also contrasts Count Felix Von Luckner's peaceful Caribbean cruise with his World War I raider past. It ends by highlighting public confusion over Al Capone’s Philadelphia trial and appeals.
Chicago riveters join a program to master silent welding techniques. The training aims to improve efficiency and safety on the shop floor as workers adapt to new methods and tools.
A light note reports Secretary Stimson's pet goat being held by inspectors in San Francisco. The item suggests a joking theory that Washington does not require more goats.
Brown announces a $5000 reward for anyone who can locate a string in his Welsh rarebit. Separately, several people plan to offer $5000 reward for anyone finding mucilage on postage stamps.
The piece notes half a million Americans will travel abroad this year and millions explore domestic sites such as national parks. Increased funds and longer vacations boost travel, with railroads, steamships, and cars serving large patronage and many taking to the open road.
The piece questions postwar travel surges arguing only a tiny fraction travel to enlarge horizons while most seek escape from home. It claims many view home days as mere waiting time and use trips to shed old ties rather than gain experience.
Travel is a doorway to youth and wonder, a chance to escape duties. As children imagine adventures from cowboys to actresses, adults seek travel to revive that sense of the wonderful. Yet true freedom often remains scarce once the trip ends.
With the travel epidemic many people feel ashamed to stay home. Staying home is seen as poverty or lack of enterprise. Men and women spend to travel while preferring better clothes, books, a larger home, furniture, or savings. A woman sighs she wishes it were over as she departs for an adventure.
Minnie Atkins-Edwards urges balancing new travel zeal with individuals who devote themselves to home life and can find companionship within their families. She notes the value of distinguishing the world’s hum from the song of the soul.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh arrived at Kingman airport at 5 45 this afternoon after a flight from Winslow that lasted more than four hours, longer than the usual two hour trip.
In Asheville on July 6, the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association adopted a resolution protesting press puffery. John A. Park of the Raleigh Times opened with a critique of publicity agents flooding newspapers with unpaid material, urging editors to purge free copy from columns.
Enterprise Bureau reports North Carolina moved over 15.5 million pounds of live poultry in carlots since 1923 with state aid. Through June 30, 1929, 6.414 million pounds were shipped, farmers earned $1.407 million, saving $270,000 in charges, average price 26 cents.
Ed Kirkman and Raymond Kennedy fled from the state prison farm yesterday afternoon. Kirkman faces twelve to sixteen years for highway robbery from Forsyth county, Kennedy was serving three to five years for breaking and entering from Randolph county. A posse with bloodhounds hunted them through the Roanoke river bogs as other escapees were recaptured.
A Navy seaplane training at the Naval Academy sighted five children clinging to an overturned boat in Chesapeake Bay. Lt. Edward Mulheron landed beside the craft and rescued the kids, then taxied to Miles River and handed them to a parent before reporting to the academy.
Culver City California July 6 With more than 100 hours behind them L W Mendell and R B Reinhart drive on in their Buhl Biplane Angeleno toward the new world endurance record of 174 hours 59 seconds set in Cleveland Newcomb and Mitchell had boosted the old mark and predicted the 200 horsepower motor could stay aloft for 300 hours more or until forced down.
The state prepares a list of peace justices with three per county and will supply patrolmen this week. Prosecutors in recorder and superior courts are urged to expedite cases involving highway patrol right of way to aid both officers and defendants. An arrest of a liquor runner follows a light violation in Washington where a headlight and tail light were lacking.
Durham July 6. President W G Bramham says unanimous vote favors a split season in the East Carolina league to take effect Monday. Goldsboro and Rocky Mount opposed but joined the majority.
In July a series of Homecomings drew crowds to Rocky River Methodist Episcopal Church near Liberty on the Randolph Chatham line. Histories recalled the 1785 original log church, now a modern building with a garden on the old site. Speakers from Siler City Pleasant Hill and Liberty shared reminiscences, with music by two quartets and a picnic dinner under the trees.
In Portland Dr. Robert A. Keilty told the American secretary of clinical pathologists convention that necking is rising and more vigorous than fifteen years ago, causing a spread of mouth diseases. Dr. Reilly of the United States Veterans Bureau was noted as consulting clinical pathologist.
A recent survey places Mary Pickford Ronald Colman and Adolphe Menjou as the era’s favorite screen stars in London. Syd Chaplin ranks highly ahead of Charlie Chaplin with Dolores Del Rio Clara Bow Esther Ralston Richard Dix and Doug Fairbanks among the first twelve.
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