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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1929
Page
4
The excerpt reflects on spring with flowers on earth and birdsong. It juxtaposes Solomon's verse about the voice of the turtle with Bryant's note of a sweet prime of the year.
The Journalism Department at High Point College again runs the Enterprise for a day. Students practice news gathering and writing as their final examination, graded by practical work rather than memory tests. The arrangement reflects strong ties between college education and city life.
A Saturday night shopping trip reveals urgent traffic fixes. Double parking, untimed signals, and trains blocking streets create congestion and wasted time. Proposals include forbidding double parking, timing lights, stationing police at corners, and enforcing curbside parallel parking to speed movement.
A letter suggests lining up vehicles to move north and south to reduce Main street congestion while allowing side streets to absorb parking. Parking on side and back streets is possible, or cars could occupy rail tracks after midnight to free space. The writer favors the first option and asks for public opinion.
The article examines Taft's critique of modern college life and the decline in scholarship citing social distractions. It contrasts Taft's view with Dean Doyle's report claiming today’s students hold higher ideals and moral standards than earlier generations. The piece questions Taft’s sweeping verdict and favors Doyle’s assessment.
The 1929 High Point drive sets a $66 000 quota as residents are urged to fund local relief, with emphasis on centralized social work, efficiency, and the need to help the destitute despite hard times. The appeal cites past donations to disasters and urges generosity to reach and exceed prior totals.
A call to fund the Board of Public Welfare and other city charities emphasizes love and duty to help the destitute and youth. The piece argues that funds are essential to rebuild the downtrodden and mold healthy citizens, urging citizens to support the community chest.
Gov. Fred Green of Michigan vetoed a bill to restore capital punishment and argued it burdens the poor while favoring the rich. He warned that money and influence tilt justice in murder trials, calling for broad legal reform to level the playing field across civil and criminal courts.
Washington May 21 Some old members of Congress doubt the Hoover administration can push farm relief and tariff reform in the special session. Debenture riders on the farm bill could be added to the tariff bill, risking a clash between houses and possible adjournment. Many legislators fear the tariff measure will not satisfy either farming or industrial interests.
Mrs. M. T. McKnight a longtime Mooreville teacher claims a school attendance record of 25 years with only one absence. She surpasses Elma Love of Kingstree and Miss Helen Easter Deans, noting no tardiness in 25 years except the day her mother died two years ago.
In London a new female occupation emerges as window box girls visit homes to tend flower boxes. They install a seasonal display, return monthly to refresh plants, and receive a fee for each box cared for, keeping blooms throughout spring and summer.
Wisconsin athlete Bo Cuisinier considers turning professional in baseball and would join the Chicago White Sox if he signs a contract. The decision hinges on opportunities in major league play and timing.
Wake County officials learned from F P Spruill of Rocky Mount that county valuations differ widely from actual values, with farm land often overvalued and town property undervalued. The $6.5 million state equalizing fund would likely yield only a small check if any. Spruill’s figures show Raleigh proper valued at far more by his minimum estimates, prompting renewed scrutiny and admission of discrepancies by local commissioners.
Durham May 21 Walter F. Doby chief of police hero and president of the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police asks police departments across the state to send as many officers as possible to the University of North Carolina police school August 14 to 24. The tentative program aims to benefit local police, state troopers, sheriffs and deputies, rural police and peace officer candidates with practical and theoretical instruction.
A program outlines instruction in crime deterrence, small arms handling, fingerprinting, and detective methods. It includes target practice and physical training with jiu jitsu boxing wrestling and first aid. Also a course on practical government law and procedure for law enforcement personnel.
A leading amateur golfer around Boston is inactive for several weeks after undergoing recent surgery connected to an operation named Francis Ouimet.
The piece recalls General Ulysses S Grant being nominated six years earlier by the Republicans amid a nation ready to elect a military hero. It notes his shift from Democrat, the slogan Let us have peace, and electoral results with Grant winning 24 states three southern, Seymour eight states, and three southern states not voting due to Union readmission issues. It mentions General Lee leading Washington College at the time.
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