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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1928
Page
4
A compact meditation notes that boasting of tomorrow is foolish as future days are unknown. It compares futurity to an aged friend whose legacy should be valued, drawing on Colton and Proverbs to urge prudent thoughts about time and outcomes.
The article reviews McLean's county government reform, noting substantial fiscal improvements in about half of the state's 100 counties since the 1927 law. It says legislators approved his proposals, with more state aid to counties as the next focus, and no further reforms planned.
In a prison tabloid editorial the Prison News argues crime rises due to underlying causes. It urges addressing crime at its source rather than solely tightening laws or increasing penalties, citing preventative care like doctors keeping patients well. It notes defenses of crime via legal help and questions capital punishment as a sole remedy.
A commentary argues that crime thrives where laws are weak and enforcement is inconsistent. It stresses that humane parenting and laws aimed at the common good, administered with fairness, foster respect rather than fear and can curb delinquency.
The second new church in New St. Marys opens today on North Main street as Bishop Penick of Charlotte leads the first service at 5 PM in the main auditorium. The parish, formerly meeting in a small downtown church, now joins with St. Marys Presbyterian in a landmark architectural upgrade.
Greensboro hosts the second annual intercollegiate track meet, praised for strong support and organization. The piece argues track offers wider participation than team sports and promotes personal discipline, initiative, and independence through individual and collective competition.
The piece argues for rapid college growth statewide citing Dr. J Henry Highsmith and a projected 13 500 high school graduates this year. It contends that emptying colleges by moving all current students would hurt the state’s education system and urges expansion to absorb graduates.
The piece notes colleges lose few students yearly and high school output will soon exceed capacity. Ambitious graduates fill colleges to overflow while many do not wish to continue schooling. It argues for successful efficient small colleges and notes expanding capacity will be harder than adding spots.
The death of Dr. W. H. Pegram ends a 55 year Duke University tenure and marks the last personal link to old Trinity College. He witnessed the college move from its original site to Durham and saw its evolution into a major university. He was a son in law of Trinity’s president and briefly served as acting president upon that officer’s death. His funeral marks Duke’s loss of a personal tie to its earliest Randolph County roots.
High Point college journalism class will run the Enterprise editorial and news operation for one issue on Wednesday under Prof. T C Johnson. Students have trained hands on writing and have contributed to the paper regularly. City readers can expect vivid, well reported coverage from the student team.
A detour is defined as the longest distance between two points in a playful note on routes. The piece also jests that in America couples unable to maintain amicable relations may pursue an amicable divorce as a paradoxical idea.
Readers note a spring fad ankle corsage and a political update with Mussolini deeming handshakes undesirable. The leader signals no immediate need to seek re election.
Readers choose varied pleasures with some preferring comic strips and others enjoying the D A R blacklist as a source of amusement.
A dispatch notes Ford shows interest in the British Isles and hints at bringing back an antique as part of his plans. The remark suggests a likely nostalgic gesture accompanying any homecoming.
A notable guest in New York claims Chicago envies Gotham’s subway system while noting the city’s harsh training for mayhem in the streets and transit.
Japan will spend 8.22 million dollars in November on the coronation of Emperor Hirohito. The note adds that Japan also does not produce much oil.
Red and green lights regulated the event like traffic as speakers, chosen by their declared lights, took the stage at the Kansas City Methodist convention. The report notes all speakers appeared in order and were deemed proper by the organizers.
The doctor cites golf and fishing as health supports. The common belief among anglers and golfers is that these hobbies promote well being.
Representative Sabath of Illinois offers the house a resolution to end the practice of American women seeking admittance to foreign courts. The article notes a lighter mood as there are few good shows in Europe, leaving people amused.
A local boast in Oregon claims a man can chew fifty sticks of gum at once and play a cornet. The wager challenges him to sit on a flagpole, swim the English Channel, and consume fifty flapjacks plus one hundred cups of coffee en route.
A recently razed Oklahoma building revealed a missing corner stone and its alleged contents of old liquor. The improvised moral warns about weak protections for historic remnants.
A memorial poem recalls baby Billy who rests with angels in Heaven. The verse laments the parents grief and cherishes the child’s purity and memory, noting his tender sleep and divine love as a comfort to the family. The piece is presented as a tribute by Irvin G. Clapp.
Pastor Milton Whitener announces six sermons on Sins of the Inner Life starting tonight with Prejudice. He outlines Jealousy Pride Covetousness Hatred and Selfishness for successive Sundays. Morning service notes Boys Week observance with a Boy speaker and a sermon on Some Characteristics of the Boy Jesus.
Crowds gathered on river bluffs as water poured from seepage near the flood pipe at the Saluda dam. News of the leak triggered evacuations of about 250 residents and alerts along rail embankments while engineers assess damage and the city plans to rebuild.
Irma Smith, former Fairview Street School student and current Normal High senior, is elected May Queen after Fairview students sell the most May Day Tags. The three Negro schools gather on the Normal High lawn each May Week for a joint May Day celebration with parallel rings of games and dances.
Counsel for Senator Couzens argues the commissioner lacks authority to reopen the Ford stock case. The board affirms the right exists if gross error or circulation error is found, while the senator’s counsel calls the proceedings persecution citing a former commissioner's $9,489.34 valuation and prior closure.
The narrative notes a ewe living five years, yielding five wool fleeces and producing an average of four lambs per year. The account emphasizes steady productivity across the animal's lifespan.
The piece notes Tennessee as a potential swing state with both parties eyeing November. It discusses Henry Hull as a possible Democratic vice president, the possibility of a wet plank altering his stance, and other Democratic names like Donahey Barkley Ayres and Jesse H Jones. It also says Republicans offer little VP talk until a nominee heads the ticket.
Lt. Harlan Holden at Pope Field announced a wartime style air drill with 50 attack planes on standby for 20 second readiness to move against mock troops. Spectators may view from 600 yards as anti-aircraft tracer firing is demonstrated at night. The armada will then travel to Augusta then Fort Benning and loop around major Army camps before returning to Bolling Field.
In a telegram to the Washington committee Governor Ritchie says he has no campaign chairman treasurer or fund and has not made any expenditures. He offers to testify and suggests meeting on Wednesday May ninth if desired.
The North Carolina State Bankers Association closes its convention with a unanimous denunciation of a proposed federal Muscle Shoals operation bill. They call it unwise unfair and un-American and warn it would force government manufacture and sale of fertilizer at retail prices against citizens. The Asheville Banking Institute wins the attendance cup for the year with Major W. D. Harris accepting on behalf of J. C. Seabury.
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