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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1928
Page
4
The High Point council faces selecting a city manager with a view to permanency. A manager should serve across administrations, not be a political pawn or a transient appointee. Long tenure demonstrates real capability, while frequent changes hinder progress and policy implementation.
The Senate subcommittee report finds no large Smith funds spent in North Carolina and indicates the state leans toward Smith more than Simmons or Turlington imagined. The Raleigh hearing suggests efforts to “capture the state” were unfounded and aligns with critics who warned against Tammany influence. James H. Pou weighs in on the findings.
The Redpath Chautauqua presented a musical play based on Burns poem The Cotter's Saturday Night. The piece recalls simple home pleasures and Saturday night social recreation from a bygone era, contrasting with modern movies and mobile entertainment while praising wholesome fireside life and family training.
The piece notes Smith gaining astuteness while anti-Smith factions in North Carolina worry about preventing his rise. It highlights Simmons losing grip on party machinery, a potential leadership shift, and a large Community Chest drive aiming to raise fifty eight thousand dollars for the Y M C A Y W C A Boy Scouts Salvation Army and Board of Public Welfare to boost city growth.
The piece frames High Point's growth by civic spirit rather than property values or population. It emphasizes the Community Chest drive as a philanthropic measure of the city’s spiritual and benevolent life, noting that true city vitality lies in private life and civic pride rather than dollar figures.
The essay argues public agitation for repealing antitrust laws comes not from giants but from smaller firms fearing disruption. It notes giants can lower per unit profits via scale while paying higher wages, and asks whether collective small firms might mirror such effects. Future industrial balance remains unpredictable.
A group of youths chased a sedan after it cut in and one struck the driver. The car crashed into a safety zone, killing a pedestrian and injuring others. The assailant faces manslaughter charges. the piece warns temper and retaliation endanger driving safety.
A New England woman sues an antique collector for selling a $20,000 table for $3,000 while knowing its true value. If she wins, collectors fear a flood of fraudulent bargains. The piece notes the difficulty of finding valuables and misrepresenting worth.
Atlanta May 22 A steady session under Moderator Harris E B Kirk pushed the Presbyterian church United States toward docket closure. Major actions included study of divorce grounds, budget approval of 3 million dollars, salaries set at 6000, and continued office funding via Christian education and ministerial relief.
A London professor with a talking flea envisions dialogue with a Boston lady who owns a talking dog. The glib pets, both ladies, could reveal their views on breeds, biting a House of David member, and their perpetual schoolgirl complex, should advertisers miss the cue.
An Italian earthquake expert predicted a quake recently but sources indicate Mussolini likely called off the forecast. No details on location or timing are provided.
The excerpt notes different car ownership ratios per population: one car per 53 people in the United Kingdom, versus five per 53 in the United States, 11 in Canada and Hawaii, 12 in New Zealand, 17 in Australia and Denmark, and 46 in France.
A sailor, drunk at times, joins an early Salvation Army service and improvises a hymn with unfamiliar words. The Army keeps him, works patiently, and guides him toward their methods. This exemplifies their human touch as Community Chest begins its campaign. The note adds a quirky aside: the tomato is classified as a fruit by Australia’s trade ministry.
Timeline entries note Rhode Island approving the U S Constitution on May 22 1790 Martha Washington death in 1802 and Ulysses S Grant defending Vicksburg in 1863 as his second assault is repulsed.
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