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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1929
Page
4
The fragment reflects a moralizing note urging charity and tenderness toward others through thorough self examination. It quotes a line attributed to Fenelon emphasizing self-scrutiny as path to kindness toward faults.
George W. Wickersham head of Hoover's law enforcement commission says federal and state agencies should cooperate to modify prohibition laws so they are reasonably enforceable. He favors a division of enforcement duties, with the national government blocking interstate illicit traffic and states handling internal regulations.
Miss Georgia O. George reports at a Midwest cosmeticians conference that half of United States occupations relate to making women beautiful and 4,389,078 people work in beauty related industries. She notes much spending goes to labor saving devices and recreation, yet universal beauty remains unrealized.
High Point ministers at their association meeting proposed to advise local merchants to close all stores on Saturday night so employees can get a good night’s sleep and attend church on Sunday. They stressed no demands were being made on merchants.
Local ministers advocate cooperation with merchants to reduce Sunday sales. They praise drug stores and service stations that close during church hour and suggest shoppers switch to Saturday purchases. Preachers in High Point are liberal and seek city welfare with no fanaticism. They urge consideration of Saturday night and Sunday business adjustments.
North Carolina Governor O Max Gardner told the governors conference that laws alone cannot reform society. He urged reform to come from within public sentiment, arguing against “noble experiments” and for voluntary change rather than compulsory laws.
Secretary Stimson announces a new Washington post role titled treaty editor. Rumor suggests a prominent figure from a comic weeklie may be chosen for the appointment.
The piece argues that modern life rests on trust in others from bank officers to druggists, noting how a New York bank collapse tests everyday confidence. It then highlights river-transport revival in the Midwest and reassesses naval submarine disasters as inherent risks despite progress.
In New York the taxi fleet has been reduced in size, changing city traffic. Pedestrians have learned to dodge the remaining cabs as they navigate crowded streets.
The island of Yap can ship 169 people to the United States as immigrants each year. The text hints at confusion or garbled phrases around the term Yap and a reference to repetition of the word yap.
Quarry operators and contractors oppose a possible two year contract for prison stone with the highway commission. They warn of reduced competition, higher prices, and job losses, while supporters cite steady supply and uniform pricing for highway projects. The dispute centers on prison labor and potential impacts on private quarries and bids.
Leaders from major churches and universities will address the religion and education conference at Junaluska Lake. About 3,000 delegates from Methodist Episcopal Church South attend the four day program beginning tonight. Key talks cover Christian education and the nation’s need with presiding officials from Emory Duke Yale and Oberlin.
I O Schaub dean of State college agriculture and Prof W H Darst director of the farm crops seed improvement division will deliver the two principal addresses at the 26th annual farmers picnic and field day at the Piedmont branch station farm near Statesville Iredell county Thursday The event draws about 7000 attendees and includes a program for women with speakers Mrs Rosalind Redfearn and Miss Martha Creighton among the main female speakers The program also features welcome by William A Graham and musical numbers with time for visits to field plots barns and recreation
Four Charlotte men R S Query V P Loftis R J Smith and Victor W Wheeler will speak at the summer session of the Carolina Retail Lumber Dealers Association at the Oceanic hotel Wrightsville Beach August 29 and 30. Other speakers include L V Harris Tarboro E K Blain Jr Greensboro R H Henry Hickory Judge Cameron Burlington F C Niblock Concord R M Davenport Spartanburg W T Spencer Gastonia J M Atwater Burlington J A Gunter Jonesboro Hugo White Warrenton J C Kendall Florence L F Ross Asheboro and George W West Atlanta.
The 1892 Chile affair settlement was reached when U S Minister Eagan accepted 75000 in indemnity from the Chilean government after a civil conflict and a mob attacked American sailors in Valparaiso. The apology and payment defused the incident.
Poem fragment contrasts modern progress with contentment. Braley notes faster travel and gasoline scent, asks if contentment remains. Ends with poke at contentment as for cows, reflecting on progress and restlessness.
County commissioners authorized selecting grand jurors for the remainder of the year and the regular trial juries for the August term of court. Venire from the jury box will supply six months grand jurors and trial jurors from districts including Abbott Creek Arcadia Cotton Grove and Lexington, naming numerous residents and local figures for each panel.
Raleigh July 17. New notaries public commissioned include A. T. Brown of Greensboro M. S S Backer Southern Pines Frank A. Carr Cranberry W Luther Cates Burlington F D Fowler Burlington Miss Sallie EB Woods Goldsboro P I Harper Star.
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