Forgiveness and Forgetting: A Moral Reflection
A Bible verse from Ezekiel contrasts transgression with righteousness and life. Beecher argues forgiveness should erase wrongs completely like a cancelled note destroyed beyond recall.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1929
Page
4
A Bible verse from Ezekiel contrasts transgression with righteousness and life. Beecher argues forgiveness should erase wrongs completely like a cancelled note destroyed beyond recall.
The Smokies park project edges toward public use as land acquisition shows Tennessee ahead with 118,000 acres secured and North Carolina at 42,000 acres. Condemnation for 50,000 more in North Carolina proceeded, with $500,000 of the $2 million state appropriation drawn. The effort aims to protect forests and streams, pledging preservation of the region in its original condition.
In North Carolina and possibly elsewhere, murder trials often convict more on circumstantial evidence than on direct proof. The author notes killers who act openly and surrender may avoid punishment, while those who deny guilt amid circumstantial links face harsher outcomes.
Aged 90, John D. Rockefeller credits diet and physician guidance for his “perfect health.” The piece recalls his earlier dyspepsia and a century-spanning claim of a million for a cure. It notes researchers learned foods antipathetic to him and devised a diet, suggesting broader use of personalized nutrition for longevity.
Raleigh author Nell Battle Lewis advocates defense fund support for strikers jailed over the Gastonia police chief murder. She calls for moving the trial from Gaston County, framing it as a potential heresy trial on opinion and warning of justice prostitution.
Bruce Catton argues law observance is selectively enforced, using Ohio horse racing as a case study. He notes officials dodge enforcement, betting flourishes, and laws beyond prohibition go unenforced, urging honest compliance and reform. He also praises golf fans who play when spectators watch, illustrating genuine enthusiasm.
The steamship Prince George carrying 249 passengers collided with coast guard patrol boat Agassiz 65 miles east of Boston Light. One passenger Miss Seretha Nickerson of Greenwich Conn. injured. two crew members of Agassiz severely hurt. Prince George damaged with a six foot hole. Agassiz’s bow crumpled but less water ingress. Coast Guard court of inquiry underway.
The text notes a pattern where the defendant who argues becomes free, while the offender who hides nothing about the murder often wins release. It highlights irregularities in legal outcomes and the tension between defense tactics and verdicts.
The city has entered the amusement business with a city hall auditorium lease. Historically munic ipal theaters in North Carolina towns rarely profit, often returning control to private hands. The current refusal to renew the lease suggests the city questions whether such “insurance” against competition was needed.
The discussion centers on ensuring a fair trial for suspects and opposition to a substitute judge. The speaker questions Governor Gardners choice of Judge Hoyle Sink to preside and argues against replacing an experienced judge T. J. Shaw who is due at Gastonia for circuit duties.
The quotation list sketches Henry Ford’s home of the future as kitchenless and ponders odd proposals from Lane Fourth supporters. It mentions Henry Mason Day’s rest plans and contrasts business ventures with the irony of fun not paying.
Federal agents arrested 21 persons in Arkansas raids and included a clergyman among those taken into custody. The law enforcement action targeted alleged criminal activity in the region.
An editorial writer notes that anyone can play good golf for a short time, a claim that might buoy the 101,000 United States golfers who have spent 20 years or more trying to break 100.
Williams and Yancey push the Pathfinder from Old Orchard toward Rome as weather and fuel logistics shape the risky trans Atlantic leap. Report details the plan via Cape Ortegal Corsica Bayonne and around Sardinia, with numerous aircraft and prior failure history noted.
Mr and Mrs W C Richardson of Rome Georgia are visiting W W Ellington at his residence in the area.
C A Hoyle has been named supervising principal of both Chapel Hill and Carrboro Schools for next year. He has served as Carrboro principal for several years and the boards merged the posts after B A Stevens resignation. Hoyle will devote about two thirds of his time to Chapel Hill and one third to Carrboro, with the two campuses only minutes apart by road.
Paris reports former Crown Prince Carol of Romania plans to leave for Bled, summer home of the Jugoslav monarch, to see his son, the boy king Michael. Queen mother Princess Helen of Greece and Dowager Queen Marie of Romania accompany him, amid speculation on reconciliation with Helen after a three year separation.
Fairmont resident Troy Bullock, seriously hurt in a July 4 automobile wreck near Myrtle Beach, died at a Conway, South Carolina hospital early today.
Robert Lindsay Kersey aged about 56 died yesterday at a Morganton sanatorium where he had been a patient for a week. He was a farmer living three miles east of the city, born November 31 1879 in Guilford County, son of the late John Parker and Sarah McGhee Kersey. He is survived by three brothers and four sisters. The body was brought to the Wiley home and funeral services are set for Tuesday at Ebenezer Church with interment in the church cemetery.
Mary Clodfelter's services were conducted today at Bethany Reformed Church in Davidson County. Pallbearers included H. B. Rothrock Joe Kidd Floyd Campbell T. O. Whittington J. Hollingsworth and W. M. Cauble. Flowers were provided by Katheleen Embler Rena Clodfelter Frances Clodfelter Annie Laura Patterson Elva Clodfelter Mildred Clodfelter Faye Clodfelter Clara Hayworth Mrs Gus Mackenfuss Mrs John Lloyd Pearl Ridge Mrs Ralph Clodfelter Mrs Joe Clodfelter Mrs Noah Hedrick Ozelle Meacham and Mary Sink.
Ernest Ray Hunsucker seven month old died this afternoon at 12 15 at his home 124 West Commerce street He was son of Mr and Mrs M Allen Hunsucker He is survived by his parents one brother James two sisters Mary and Ann and grandparents Mr and Mrs John Stack Burial will be conducted tomorrow at 2 o clock at Oakwood cemetery.
Researchers note that many quartz pieces harbor tiny hollow spaces filled with water. These microcavities may influence optical properties and could inform geological studies of mineral formation.
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