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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
2
Civic leaders ministers and heads of local organizations attending the Wednesday preview of King Vidor's Hallelujah at the Paramount theater praised the film as great. Guests offered enthusiastic remarks about the picture's significance and artistry, signaling strong community endorsement.
Attendees from High Point faculty and local residents respond to a film depicting Southern Black life. Comments praise music and evoke nostalgia while critics call it a tragic portrayal of the Negro, with varied opinions on its message and value.
In Columbia South Carolina the United Commercial Travelers of the two Carolinas begin their 24th annual convention with a first session. The gathering will close the next day after a memorial service for deceased members.
The Baptist association elected officers for the coming year and selected the 1931 convention city in a brief gathering. Key leaders were named and plans discussed for the upcoming gathering.
Samuel Ek Bennett and his wife were presented with a belated wedding gift two months after their marriage. Deputies found a liquor plant on their property and arrested the couple. Bennett received a six month jail sentence and a $500 fine.
Carolina brief recalls four military prisoners James Rogers John Grimm Gus Phillips and Jack Gay who fled Fort Bragg. Each is offered 50 reward for capture. Davidson College notes R H Silver from Mansfield La wins freshman oratorical contest. Big Sam Dorsett attacked by a bear at a filling station on Highway 10 suffers leg injuries. W L Bell 78 president of Bell and Harris Furniture Co of Concord dies after three weeks illness in Charlotte.
Alban G. Widgery, professor of philosophy at Cornell University, will join Duke University as a visiting professor in the upcoming fall term. The appointment underscores Duke's plans to expand its philosophy program and engage with prominent scholars.
NALISBURY N C AP The North Carolina Industrial bank has opened a branch here.
Mothers on Montford avenue can’t threaten children with police. Patrolman W. G. Andrew has long kept watch at the Montford school crossing from 8 to 9 each morning and now wears fresh flowers as spring arrives, making him look like an animated flower garden at the bell. The article notes 75 California peaks exceed 13 000 feet in elevation.
Critics praise King Vidor's Hallelujah for Metro before its Paramount release. The film described as a gripping, landmark negro picture debuts in New York after world premieres at Embassy and Lafayette theaters.
Contemporary critics laud Vidor's Hallelujah for authentic portrayal of the African American story. Reviewers from Times World and Herald Tribune hail its humor dignity and artistic achievement while Daily Mirror commends its feeling and cinematic sincerity.
Gary Cooper stars in The Texan a Paramount all talking film set in the pampas. Cooper again plays a breezy hard riding cowboy who finds adventure and love echoing his recent success The Virginian at the Broadhurst theater.
Cooper stars as the Llano Kid a Texas outlaw drawn to South America by a suave crook. Fay Wray plays Consuelo the Spanish beauty in a tale adapted from a Q Henry story. John Cromwell directs this two day engagement with vivid action and romance.
Osteopaths from North and South Carolina gather in Asheville for the 27th annual joint convention. Dr. John M. Hiss of Columbus presents Clinical Pathology on Foot Conditions, a motion picture covers osteopathy tech issues, and Dr. E G Hornbeck of Rocky Mount speaks on The Osteopathic Theory of Disease Verified by the Laboratory. Dr. Arthur M. Dye of Charlotte presides, and Dr. Emma B. Hale of Spartanburg leads the South Carolina society.
The field museum in Chicago houses a giant prehistoric oyster shell nearly 12 inches in diameter, originally discovered in Argentina. This rare fossil highlights ancient marine life and reaches significant size for its species.
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