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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1927
Page
4
The poem honors古 old masters Thais Cassandra Helen and their fame as lights through time. It recalls their radiant faces burning like candles against darkness and suggests future observers may still glimpse their glow in oblivion.
Hudson Maxim, famed for his inventive genius and robust physique, dies leaving a legacy beyond explosives. A self made scholar, he mastered diverse sciences and pursued muscular fitness, blending scientific passion with personal discipline. His work on destructive agents is noted, yet his broader contributions to knowledge and humanity remain substantial.
The camps provide summer coaching for a rising athlete with winter ambitions, aimed at training American youth for officer roles in military emergencies. Interested individuals can obtain application blanks and details from a reserve officer on the paper staff.
A critical column questions U S policy in Nicaragua arguing disarmament of Liberal forces to keep Diaz in power. It denounces U S intervention as imperialistic and harmful, suggesting foreign critics view it as defense of financial interests and a threat to global honor.
City council repealed last night a special sales tax on merchants aimed at funding city needs. Merchants argued extra bookkeeping would exceed revenue, and the new mayor backed repeal. Observers deem the levy unjustifiable and a relief to business interests.
Fifteen to twenty young men in the city may attend a month long summer training program under seven southern camps from June 14 to July 14. Camp locations include McClellan Alabama Barrancas Florida Moultrie South Carolina Bragg Screven and Oglethorpe in Georgia with Fort Bragg near Fayetteville for first year courses. The government bears the cost and instruction covers military basics athletics citizenship and hygiene alongside discipline and character development.
A discussion on forest loss and erosion links floods to ruined crops homes and lost lives. The piece cites rivers like the Mississippi, notes the role of forests in controlling runoff, and references Charles Lathrop Pack of the American Tree Association noting that streams from national forests support over 700 western cities with about 2.5 million people.
The American Tree Association distributes 16 forest primers to schools stressing the need to plant trees at river headwaters. It links Mississippi flood lessons to the River of Sorrow in China and urges snow holding and rain retarding trees to regulate runoff and stream flow.
The Smithsonian Institution pursues the origin of the American Indian tracing early settlement via Bering Strait migration. It aims to confirm a long held hunch and unravel unknown histories, hoping to reveal an absorbing tale of the continent’s red men.
An Arkansas man fleeing a flood reached Kansas City with all his belongings in two pasteboard boxes. He lost his home stock and savings but proclaimed he was lucky because he had escaped with his life. He judged fortune by survival, not possessions.
The article notes Tammany Hall will not establish branches in other cities. It calls the decision wise and suggests the rest of the country will be glad to see Tammany stay as a strictly New York institution. It adds that political machines are a concern beyond New York.
The text notes the Atlantic and Pacific fleets stopping in New York and hints at naval hostilities possibly arising if women consent. It exaggerates to joke that fleets may protect nightclubs for Midwest buyers and muses Chicago as the only other likely stop amid local strife with British rivals.
Amid ongoing Mississippi flood relief, new schools for refugee children are being established across affected counties. Even during the flood, residents stress continuing education as a path to stability and future opportunity.
Reported sightings describe pink sea creatures off Canadian shores fueling a new tourist wave from the United States. Authorities caution unclear evidence and urge verification before wide spread travel plans.
The Greensboro Record honors Julius Martin Weatherly a Guilford County native who taught for sixty years in North Carolina and earned honorary degrees from UNC and the University of Pennsylvania. The editorial extols his cultured intellect and faithful service, noting such teachers deserve greater recognition and remuneration for their pivotal role in shaping leaders and society.
Five member organizations have submitted budgets for the 1927 28 campaign totaling 49020 02. The largest request comes from the YWCA at 16170 for year round work. other funds include YMCA 10696 27 Board of Public Welfare 8531 86 Boy Scouts 7531 86 and Salvation Army 65 21 20. Colonels and lieutenants have been chosen to lead the drive with five captains and 30 workers under each, totaling about 250 volunteers for the single round-up day.
Mother's Day is praised across High Point with church services gifts and flowers as families honor mothers. The column extols Fremont Older's public courage confessing fault and seeking Ruefs pardon, marking it as the era's highest masculine bravery.
A compact waste-basket placed under the sink streamlines daily chores by reducing trips to the trash and keeping cleaning supplies within easy reach.
Raleigh officials hold meetings across the state under the highway commission to test automobile headlights for conformity with the new state automobile laws.
The Farm Servants' Union and the Farmers' Union of Mid and West Lothian in Scotland have agreed to reduce weekly wages for farm servants. Men will earn $8.75 down from $9.50 while women will receive $6 down from $6.25.
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