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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1930
Page
5
Double funeral services were held yesterday for Pleasant Livengood 76 who died after surgery and his wife 70 who died a day earlier. They were longtime Abbott’s Creek natives and Bethany Reformed Church members with survivors including daughter Orlie Stone of Greensboro and son Paul Livengood of Thomasville. Dr J C Leonard of Lexington officiated at Bethany church in Thomasville.
Rocky Mount July 29 A 15 foot fall from a leafy perch ends tree sitting endurance for William Andres 17 with a fractured skull a broken shoulder and internal injuries. He was part of a crew competing for merchant prizes and fell from a platform hitting an iron pipe. doctors say recovery doubtful.
Charles W. Cook, a Philadelphia sculptor, weighs a 22 pound pulp statue of George Washington made from newspaper pulp. He says he upholds Washington in everything as he presents the quirky piece.
Official Weather Bureau records show temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7 am in the principal cotton growing area and surrounding regions. The report lists temperature highs and lows and total rainfall for the period, reflecting conditions in Charlotte and nearby locations.
North Carolina peach shipments from the Sand Hill area have surpassed 1929 totals. By Sunday 1,359 carloads had left the state, beating last year’s 1,250 carloads, with prices holding and strong demand for Tar Heel peaches reported by the state federal market news service in Candor.
A report to the American Institute of Architects attributes increasing construction site accidents to modern speed demands. The study highlights tighter schedules, new methods, and rushed work as key risk factors.
Lieut. Mike Mills of the Chicago police testified before a congressional committee on communism. He described communism as a threat from the I W W and urged calm, noting 132 meetings and 13 demonstrations in Chicago since January amid a sluggish business mood. Police Commissioner Alcock said the movement was well in hand. A newsboy selling the Daily Worker was detained outside the committee room before being released after the panel viewed the paper.
Raleigh July 29 The eight month term will be used in 22 counties during 1930 31 announced by A T Allen Superintendent of Public Instruction Hyde was last county to join with a special tax three Nash districts will extend from six to eight months This follows 18 counties in 1928 29 including Camden Carteret Currituck Durham Edgecombe Gates Guilford Henderson Lenoir Mecklenburg New Hanover Northampton Pamlico Pasquotank Transylvania Vance Washington and Wilson.
Frederick L. Jenckes resigns as president of Mansville Jenckes, owner of textile mills in Rhode Island and North Carolina, citing ill health. The company produces cotton fabrics.
Wardens tell Commissioner Patterson that 10 to 25 percent of criminals can be reformed with the right treatment. Nearly all agree segregation of prisoners and ample work are essential to success.
A Chicago department store teaches its younger employer the details of shipping and geography by installing a miniature railroad across its roof, depicting a large surrounding area for educational display and training.
Canada produced 2,185,379 gallons of maple syrup and 8,208.27 pounds of maple sugar this year, valued at 5,250,620 dollars.
Mrs Jonn Osborn of La Junta Colorado says after her daughter's birth she started Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports better appetite sleep and energy allowing her to do housework and care for six children. She would recommend the medicine to others.
Short dispatches report on Macdonald Smith likely challenging for the British Open at Carnoustie. Galant Fox praised in Saratoga training rounds. Laura the Jersey cow dies in Towanda with 50 descendants. Bronx kids make a one cent golf course from cans. naval academy rejects a 6 foot 4 inch 225 pound applicant. Nicholas of Romania flies and military planes crash. Brookline bans hitchhiking in local news.
In one of the richest towns, town meeting ordinances authorize arrest and fines for anyone standing on a road and begging rides from motorists. At Chateau Ver-Sur-Mer Newport, a prohibition change group forms with Mrs. Maude F. Wetmore hosting.
Forty nine boys selected for the annual Edison scientific scholarship plan to quiz the inventor himself asking for information familiar to most American boys. The event centers on Thomas A Edison and his approach to student inquiry during the examination period.
Hiram Moore of Kalamazoo County Michigan is credited with inventing the precursor to the modern combine harvester about 94 years ago, marking a pioneering step in agricultural machinery.
Three new buildings costing 170000 dollars have been erected at Oklahoma A. and M. College. The project adds facilities to the campus and reflects continued expansion and investment in higher education.
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