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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1927
Page
4
The piece argues that fied farming households living at home could educate and enrich the state. It envisions colonies of intensive soil cultivators not aiming for cotton or tobacco but focused on diversified crops and self sufficiency to benefit the commonwealth.
The federal interior department report argues the south harms itself by relying on money crops and importing food. It cites North Carolina with only eight million cultivated acres of 51 million and notes unused land suitable for colonization, citing Hugh McRae’s New Hanover colony as a profitable model.
The piece surveys ancient cave markings in Arkansas as early writing and compares it to modern picture writings by artists. It notes the universal urge to record life, cites Dan McCowan's camera as hunting without harming wildlife, and contrasts twentieth century turmoil in Shanghai with medieval ruthlessness, ending with Professor Barrow urging planning.
The Statesville edition argues the new state highway law prevents removing Route 75 from Statesville without local consent. It weighs potential cutoffs between Turnersburg and Stony Point and notes statewide effects, while editorials caution on numbering and mileage implications for Iredell and neighboring counties.
The poem laments mortality as Old Masters fear no more the sun or winter. It declares that beauty and knowledge fade and all must come to dust, a dirge voiced as a timeless reflection on death and oblivion.
A state deputy tax collector, Mr Sparger, has been at the city hall for several days offering to assist corporations partnerships and individuals in preparing returns. He reports few callers and notes direct departmental aid will end after Friday.
The Sunday Enterprise notes a High Point elementary school teacher scholarship table based on college training length. It shows High Point near the bottom among ten cities, with Gastonia top and Greensboro and Charlotte close behind, while percentages vary little.
The piece warns of a 325 million population, crowded cities, scarce fuel and food, and warns that future economists may call this era a vast economic error. It urges far sighted planning, conservation of forests, mines, oil wells, and farmland, with cities preplanning layouts to avoid New York style crowding. It notes strong resource reserves and mental capacity to meet the challenge, but acknowledges mixed blessings and the need to act now.
Congress approved a farm relief bill amid broader concerns, while readers comment that the only garden relief they can imagine is liniment. The remark captures a humorous take on the bill’s impact and public sentiment.
The famed pianist Paderewski was gifted a ukulele during a visit to Honolulu. The remark suggests he should continue playing the piano for the time being.
A spirited young dishwasher proclaims a bold program to clean up a city and amass one million by 1928. He frames his goal as a personal mission proving diligence can yield rapid financial gain.
Delegates from across the state arrive by train bus and private car for the annual Woman's Missionary Union auxiliary convention of the Baptist state conference in Wilmington. Rev J M Kester presides at First Baptist Church with Dr A Paul Bagby as featured speaker.
The cabinet in Paris today approved the tentative text of a Franco American provisional debt payment arrangement. The move signals progress in talks aimed at settling outstanding financial obligations between France and the United States.
Emily Winters is praised as a hardworking, loyal mother but her constant belittling of her husband and comparisons to other families seeds discontent in her children. Thelma and Roger grow moody, distant, and irritable, internalizing perceived unfairness at home. Neighbors see a devoted mother, yet the household dynamics reveal a troubling influence on the children.
A literary piece profiling James J. Hill and his impact on American railroads through Redner’s sketches. It traces Hill as a defining figure in expanding national commerce and shaping industry in the late 19th century.
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