Distress is Human and Rest Is Godlike Quote
A fragment quotes H. Mann on distress being human and rest divine. The line reflects a philosophical view rather than a news event or report.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1938
Page
4
A fragment quotes H. Mann on distress being human and rest divine. The line reflects a philosophical view rather than a news event or report.
The article discusses President Roosevelt's campaign style in Kentucky for Senator Barkley, Chandler’s influence, and the tension within the party over presidential intervention in primaries. It notes supporters’ fear of overreach, critics’ charges of compromising standards, and the debate over intervention candidates and mass appeal to voters.
Justice Heriot defends Little Switzerland's claim of 50000 against Carolina Highway Company for a right of way across Mitchell property for the Blue Parkway. The paper notes land seizure references and that the tract totals 498 acres valued around 15540 with owner Clarkson mentioned.
Justice Clarkson rails against tax book values in a case over 75 acres of a 498 acre tract. The Little Switzerland Company seeks $50,000 from the state amid development boom in Altapass Wild Acres Lake Tahoma Lake Lure Laurel Park and similar North Carolina sites.
The Thompson gold mine near Stony Hill church in Stanly County plans to reopen. Owner W L Cotton says the amalgamation and concentration method will extract free gold using copper plates and quicksilver before ore goes to concentration and smelting. The town recalls earlier pocket mines and hopes the new process brings profitable gold and jobs.
In a Fayetteville Observer letter, D Scott Poole recalls claims that whisky hidden by owners and Yankee soldiers softened Confederate troops at Gettysburg, juxtaposing it with historic cries of Joffre and Confederate charges, calling Barleycorn a pestiferous old.
In Rockingham County the ex governor J C B Ehringhaus studies debris of the Burgin Deane runoff while L P McLendon watches Davidson results. High Point faced election fraud charges but avoids broad blame as scrutiny spreads statewide.
A 1934 column urges gratitude for basic comforts amid hunger in New England and war risks. It highlights a sales hack from Paul Robinson of Strauss Brothers and quotes ex Treasury Secretary William H. Woodin on music as mental cleansing. A joking note mentions a cow spared by a close brush with a train and a July cap slump forecast by clothing makers.
The article discusses FCC equal treatment rules for political candidates, risks of political libel in broadcasts, and uniform rates. It then shifts to debt figures for 1937-38, estimating total and per capita debt, inflation of interest, and projections toward 40 billion dollars, with notes on recoverables and Morgenthau. It ends with David Cushman Coyle criticizing American efficiency.
The article notes total government debt and credit agencies at 4.014 billion as of May 31 and calculates per capita debt near 225 dollars. It argues repayments have reduced deficits but not direct debt reduction and warns about nearly five billion in contingent liabilities likely not fully recoverable at face value.
A collage of remarks from rulers and celebrities including Mayor La Guardia and Orson Welles. Items touch on education slogans, theatre as shelter, picket lines, WPA wage cuts, reaction to Goebbels on Jews, fashion notes, a baby with 14 fingers and 14 toes, London's early commuter fares, and a quip about rising wealth and study of phthisis.
A. E. Tate returns from Kiwanis International in Seattle noting quiet business but bright fall trade prospects. July 18 set heat record at 97 degrees. Rev. Tom Alder man Sykes calls for more discipline in modern life. Mrs. S. S. Saunders and son visit Boston. J. Wesley Smith back from Wrightsville Beach. Cliff Jones visits his Chicago relatives. Miss Mary Lyndon returns from Lynchburg with friends.
Amelia Earhart returns from Europe where she completed the trans Atlantic flight and is being honored in Boston Massachusetts today. A fourteen member committee denounces New York night clubs as a menace to morality. Herbert Hoover will be formally notified of his Republican presidential nomination at Land Stanford University on August 1.
District deputy L. C. Sinclair and S. C. Schaub travel to Atlantic City with High Point Elks for the national gathering, praising patriotism as the event runs July 9 to 13. Also wedding report Miss Maud Owen and H. E. Ellett wed with Rev. Gilbert T. Rowe officiating.
Charles B. Driscoll reports a growing mood of optimism among New Yorkers and visitors as business activity shows tentative improvements. Brokers and World’s Fair planners note cautious gains, while holiday travel softens traffic and crowds thin in Manhattan amid a midsummer Sunday hush.
Police Commissioner Lewis Valentine saved the department from disgrace and protected his reputation by publicly apologizing to a housewife jailed for innocently handing over a revolver found on a bus. Valentine rose from the ranks and built a record as a capable, intelligent head. He rejected backing down to protect his men and condemned the wrongful imprisonment of a reputable citizen.
Dr. Loring T. Swaim describes a year and a half battle to quit smoking eight to nine cigarets daily during a quiet New York flight. He faced a psychological crisis, theft temptations, and gutter cigarette cravings, finally cured by religious influence.
Edwin F. Cudlipp Jr driving teacher of Jamestown New York says girls make better drivers than boys because they are willing to be told and realize their responsibilities when driving.
Senator James J. Davis argues dictatorship is impossible and intolerable in our land. Yale University President Charles Seymour praises the adaptable mindset of the successful man, linking intelligence to adjustment within the environment.
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