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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1926
Page
4
Meditation on Jesus as comforter in sorrowful times. The speaker urges divine light to dispel desolation and keep believers in companionship with God. A New York fire report follows about a baboon rescuing a kitten, showing a willing animal response amid disaster.
In Winston-Salem the North Carolina Automotive Trade Association gathers as Governor and Revenue Commissioner address auto dealers and drivers. The piece notes motorists fund state and local budgets via ad valorem taxes and fuel levies, while toll roads and city levies add to the car toll. It highlights widespread vehicle ownership and taxation as drivers accept costs for roads and state programs.
A San Juan tale recounts St Patrick as a legendary pest remover. Islanders claim he cleared a vast ant colony and repelled snakes and reptiles, save for a lone flat headed lizard from Ireland. Patrick’s name was drawn thrice from a hat before his selection.
The federal case against Ponzi in Florida was dismissed as the court found no grounds to target a single individual for attempting to sell Florida land above its value.
Dr Winifred Sackville Stoner of the League for Fostering Genius travels from the south to locate latent geniuses. After Florida’s commercial atmosphere she finds 100 in Atlanta and 30 in Athens Georgia, arguing the quest is about nurturing thinking and feeling rather than breeding livestock.
Frank Page urges state action to require higher driver qualification standards than those he believes the present system permits. He asserts the need for tougher tests and criteria beyond the initial payment barrier.
The vote reveals a regional divide with a majority in some areas favoring liquor and a minority in others. The pattern suggests differing cultural and political attitudes toward alcohol across the country.
City officials pause a proposed ordinance that would label a citizen a misdemeanant for seeking the cheapest lighting. A committee of council member, a private user, and a Public Service Co. worker will survey conditions, balance private and public interests, and report alternatives for setting rates and avoiding duress or monopoly.
Forty Detroit high school youths form a band of automobile thieves. A Chicago schoolboys’ pastime is mocked as imitation bootleggers and gunmen with toy cap pistols. Crime-prevention groups discuss antidotes as they seek effective corrective measures for youth crime.
A writer urges swift punitive action to discipline youths and restore lawfulness. The piece defends corporal punishment as humane and contrasts past wartime reverence with modern disrespect at patriotic sites, noting Coolidge assigns guards to the Unknown Soldier tomb to deter photo ops.
General Smedley Butler has had his teeth removed yet remains outspoken against liquor. He continues to bite the hand that feeds him liquor in public remarks and comment.
Earl Carroll states a minister would not have been shocked by his party but does not specify the minister or provide details about the remark.
North Carolina moves toward standardized power sources as the Southern Power Company expands into Mount Airy Elkin and nearby towns. The shift follows droughts that strained municipal systems, highlighting the need for reliable regional electric supply across the Piedmont and western counties.
A woman sues a motion picture producer seeking a royalty for The Ten Commandments while no Moses descendant has claimed a copyright to date.
The piece argues the Coolidge third term talk is driven by allies and press aides, with no clear declaration from Coolidge himself. It notes farmers and westerners oppose him over policy, irrigation cuts, and a belief the presidency cannot exceed two terms. It warns achieving a third term would require improbable outcomes.
A High Point letter from March 156 1926 questions why town leaders do not add a sidewalk behind the new Exposition building from Commerce to the graded school on South Wrenn Street. The writer notes the lack of sidewalk in the heart of town and criticizes the Wrenn Street sidewalk behind the Motor Service Co as looking bad to outsiders.
City health department told the council that a High Point cafe served white and colored customers from the same dishes. No local law bans the practice, but officials pledged to back license revocation if violations continue. Cafe owners face possible license denial by May 31 and June 1 for other infractions.
In San Juan a pest crisis devastates crops and grazing as worms and pests decimate produce and cattle. The Spanish Inquisition chief and Porto Rico's bishop convene clerics to select a patron saint by drawing names from a jar. A small boy draws Saint Patrick's name for aid.
In a Raleigh scene clericals debated a Saint Patrick as protector of Ireland. After three drawings and days of correspondence the choice settled, rain followed three weeks washing fields and prompting celebrations by C H Hedgewood, William Payne and Worth Davis. Also notes Bank of Efland robbery case and peach crop damage in the Sandhills from cold snaps.
County superintendents and the North Carolina education association converge in Raleigh for a two session conference at the house of representatives. Topics include county school funds, teacher placement, high school reorganization and rural school administration with 60 to 100 superintendents expected.
The Women’s Missionary Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church South wrapped up its seven day annual convention in Raleigh this afternoon. The group will reconvene next year in Shreveport Louisiana. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at noon in St Peter’s Episcopal Church for George H. Brown longtime associate justice and former superior court judge.
Federal Judge I M Meekins will hear bankruptcy proceedings against the Tri-State Tobacco Growers Cooperative, brought by five Virginia members, in Raleigh starting March 28. The change from March 22 in Fayetteville allows time for extensive testimony.
About 2000 Mecklenburg county elementary students present the Children of Old Carolina pageant at Independence Park. The performance is scheduled for April 16 in Charlotte.
Governor McLean will speak at the Automotive Trade association convention in Winston-Salem this evening, outlining policy goals and industry priorities for the region.
Charlotte mayor Harvey Moore, back from New York where he signed city bonds, may resign to take a textile official position in Concord. The move follows optimism about leaving his current post.
A sun dial that tells time within half a minute on a standard clock face has been perfected in Austria. The invention promises precise solar time reading using a refined dial design and calibration.
The Broadhurst announces space for 200 families at a Thursday night event described as the season’s largest family gathering.
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