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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1927
Page
7
Kinston June 21 AP The Caswell Training school superintendent Dr W H Dixon says many fear the institution only teaches reading writing and arithmetic. He notes 350 residents with 125 receiving real training and 225 lacking worthwhile training and refutes the idea of Caswell as a normal school for normal children.
A historical discussion describes segregated training for low and mid grade imbeciles, advocating simple daily tasks and industrial work. It praises march training and supervised labor, claiming 20 months to fit a pupil to a single task and noting improvements in behavior and efficiency through such programs.
Charlotte July 21 report says W J Craig route 1 Mecklen burg county cultivates twenty acres of cotton daily with a two row tractor. One man operates the machine which also beds fertilizes and plants in spring. The tractor halves production costs and is used for corn and other crops.
The old Berlin palace not used since 1888 is so filled with bric-a-brac that only three rooms will be available for Hermine, former wife of the Kaiser.
Raleigh June 21 AP A program of unusual interest for cotton manufacturers will be offered to members of the Cotton Manufacturers Association of North Carolina at their midsummer convention at Grove Park Inn Asheville Friday and Saturday. Speakers include Edgar Watkins of Atlanta and Dr D D Dyer of Vanderbilt University with tentative rites for Carter Glass Homer Ferguson and W S Lee of Charlotte. Election of officers will feature the business session. The group emphasizes cooperation as the industry recovers from a long low period. Current officers are J E Gamewell C C Hill J H Lepark and Hunter Marshall Jr.
Asheboro June 21. Dairy farming is booming in Randolph county reports County Agent B E Millsaps Jr. D C Poole of Asheboro route 2 has bought the first registered bull in the community. New Market township farmers quit churning and sell buttermilk to creameries. Mendenhall brothers of Trinity township increase to 590 Guernsey cows and heifers plus three pure bred herd bulls.
Washington June 20 AP Representative Tilson Republican House leader urged chairmen of the two house committees with jurisdiction over flood control to call their panels into session before congress convenes to consider the flood situation in the Mississippi Basin.
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