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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1929
Page
4
A fragmentary quotation contrasts heedless display of knowledge with quiet mastery. Proverbswise counsel urges humility and steady study while Chesterfield urges to wear learning discreetly without ostentation.
The governor of South Carolina calls a telegraphic request from the United Textile Workers president for protection of labor organizers in Ware Shoals impertinent, prompting union leader McMahon to accuse incitement to lynch law. He says organizers will defend themselves until state protection improves, while noting conditions across states justify outsiders asking governors to urge law enforcement.
A modern turtle tale from Franklin, North Carolina recounts a reckless driving incident where a turtle left a sack of turtles in a parked car and set it in gear, driving off at a lively clip until stopped by police. No charges were filed.
A bootlegger in Asheville tells The Citizen the odds of arrest have fallen monthly, challenging the idea that prohibition is tightening. He notes public indifference to liquor-law enforcement and cites hijacking as a growing chief menace amid shifting police vigilance.
The third in a series examines Guilford County’s manager form. It notes a manager who sits on the commission, discusses salary totals for the board and manager, and highlights centralized reporting and daily field work as characteristics of Guilford’s setup.
The Citizen reports on a survey estimating Asheville's weekly whiskey consumption under prohibition. It tallies about 1,500 gallons weekly and $780,000 annually paid to bootleggers, noting impostor officers and logger interference as part of the illicit trade.
The North Carolina editorial stance finds the Chester County King murder verdict fair and convincing. It notes the jury’s likely belief in guilt beyond reasonable doubt despite reliance on circumstantial evidence and acknowledges surprise at a white man being sentenced to the electric chair in a South Carolina case.
Bruce Catton vents on the Mexican War riddle and its paradoxes. He weighs right and wrong, noting California and Texas might have been better off under Mexico, and asks if destiny or muddling through explains how history turns out. The piece ends with whimsical aside about tourists and parachute jumpers.
A Denver man reports losing a canary as police dispatch a flying squad. A senator notes no Solomon in the U S Senate today, while a Moses remains. Sports writers note Pauline’s last name spelling trouble. A voluminous reader reads every line on endurance flights.
Sky gardens become a newer trend among affluent New Yorkers as they seek stylish outdoor spaces above their homes and offices, signaling a luxury lifestyle microtrend despite urban space limits.
In a noted case from New York, a wealthy man bequeathed his fortune to a woman who had rejected him. The question of gratitude drew comment from observers and legal commentators alike.
Governor Max Gardner presses the North Carolina Highway Commission to expand prison labor in road building. He cites Virginia and Michigan as models, notes 200 convicts moved from a Sanford coal mine to road work, and says the state may use convict labor on maintenance and new construction as needed.
In sixteenth to nineteenth century Britain, women deemed nags faced harsh punishments. The scolding bridle pressed the tongue, while ducking stools doused offenders in rivers. Authorities aimed public humiliation, but history offers little on the punishment’s efficacy or origins.
Governor Gardner called a mid summer meeting of heads of all state institutions with the advisory budget commission and the governor to discuss fiscal state operations and work out tentative budgets for institutions. The session is set for Monday July 22 as Gardner departs for Connecticut.
Minnie Atkins-Edwards suggests husbands address a wife's nagging by calm talk about its harm and by aiding rest or recreation. She argues fatigue breeds irritability, and with proper relief many women can regain good humor, sparing themselves and their families untold misery.
A humorous exchange shows a carpet salesman pressuring a husband while the wife asserts influence, highlighting a domestic bargaining moment in a witty dialogue. The brief scene captures gender dynamics and sales tactics in a domestic setting.
High Point Public Library summer hours are 12 to 7 p m daily except Sundays and holidays. A selection from the Travel Collection includes works by Beebe Dale Halliburton Jakes James Johnson Kephart Laughlin Lucas Mason Mims O'Brien Paine Quennell Seabrook Singleton Stewart Street Seton and others detailing journeys and places from England Canada France Venice London and the South Seas.
London reports the Antarctic ship Discovery under Sir Douglas Mawson plans a return voyage to the Great White South. Captain EF Mills Joyce outlines dangers including crushing ice, blizzards up to 100 miles per hour, short seasons, starvation and disorientation as sailors race to complete work in the brief summer.
From Durango reports say federal General Jaime Carrillo, famed for defense of Mazatlan during the rebellion, was seriously injured in an automobile accident near Mexico City. One of his two staff officers will likely die. their cars skidded and turned over.
The Uwharrie council enters week two of encampment with 66 boys registered. Ninety percent advanced at least one rank last week and organizers aim for full advancement. Leathercraft, basketry and archery dominate activities with 15 completing leather items and 15 bows in archery. Dr. Coe oversaw medical exams and camp sanitation. a court of honor is set for Sunday at 2 30 pm. James Howell returns after a serious accident. Visitors urged only on Wednesdays Saturdays and Sundays.
Muskogee Okla report notes potato pickers swarming in all vehicles to prep for the season. The Adams family returns for a record 18th year with the father, mother, 11 children and in laws and grandchildren, all born in a wagon used for trips to fields.
Lord Provost Lewis over two years collected over $2,000,000 from citizens to build a new infirmary. One woman nearly emptied her life savings of 259 to support the cause and was dissuaded from doing so.
Baltimore residents report four bicycle accidents in a 24 hour period. Three incidents involved collisions with automobiles and one rider struck a pedestrian. The spree highlights rising traffic dangers in the urban streets.
Gladys tells her mother about an encounter at a party. She quotes Arthur Thompson attempting a kiss and she insists she defied him by daring him, expressing strong outrage at the behavior.
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