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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1927
Page
4
A compact, moody excerpt evokes autumn as a living, shadowy scene. The speaker reflects on sorrowful beauty and the oppressive atmosphere surrounding a figure, using vivid imagery of withered flowers and a gloomy, imprisoned feeling in nature and soul.
Yale faces a crisis as Bruce Caldwell is ruled ineligible after proof he played for Brown as a freshman. Princeton urges Yale to play Caldwell, but Yale must enforce its eligibility. Caldwell has left campus and Yale’s bills loom while eastern title hopes hinge on the upcoming Yale Princeton game.
A half million dollar distillery was found near Detroit's main street just after voters chose a new mayor. The discovery fuels claims that local officials tolerated violations of the prohibition law, suggesting a breakdown in enforcement and possible complicity.
The court defines a depositor draft as currency comparable to coin and upholds the bad checks statute as valid, preventing currency adulteration. It rejects imprisonment-for-debt concerns, though the decision is not by the full court. Justices Brogden and Clarkson dissent. Justice Adams is noted as a scholarly figure in the opinion.
The court with Chief Justice Stacy and Justice Connor upholds a statute deeming issuing a check without funds a misdemeanor. It labels the practice a nuisance to trade and notes the new burden of proving the drawer’s knowledge of insufficiency. The decision aims to curb improper check writing and improve business reliability.
The Red Cross plans to use 102000 dollars from its funds and gifts to aid Vermont flood victims, with a need for a larger fund to restore normal conditions. The disaster worsens as cold New England weather sets in, unlike Mississippi flood sufferers. New England rarely relies on aid yet often answers calls from others, and the country should respond promptly now.
Lloyd Squire assistant editor of the Waterbury Record became a local hero in the Winooski valley flood. He drove a team of swimming horses for 20 hours delivering relief and quinine to Duxbury residents. He crossed the river on a steel cable to aid others without sleep until exhaustion.
In Waterbury Vermont residents learn that the man who probed their weaknesses and celebrated their virtues is seen as a hero. The piece suggests locals hope the memory endures. In Chicago the debate over home rule in the Illinois legislature continues. Bill Thompson is depicted as keen on King George.
A playful query asks how Shakespeare’s plays would fare if Big Bill Thompson learned he was born in England. The rumor suggests national or editorial recontextualization of canonical works.
A Chicago woman who lost her fingers in a motor accident has her toes grafted to her hands, enabling surprising dexterity as she moves through Washington society and even can kick a piano to pieces.
The Union Times praises pecan cultivation as a high return, low labor crop. It cites T. C. Crosland of Bennettsville with an estimated 15,000 pounds of pecans this year, potentially $4,500 at 30 cents per pound, and asserts ten acres of pecans could out-earn ten acres of cotton, urging county farmers to invest with faith and patience.
University News Letter figures show Cabarrus County at 7 005 cars as of October 14 with 5 8 people per car, ranking 14th in the state. Mecklenberg Rowan and Iredell exceed Cabarrus, while Carteret posts the worst ratio. The piece notes the automobile transforming rural life, consolidating schools and churches, and linking city and country communities, with broad implications for leadership and regional integration.
Gov. A. W. McLean opened the southeastern flower show at Kenilworth Inn Asheville praising flowers as universal symbols with spiritual meaning. He said flowers provide comfort, beauty, and inspiration beyond mere physical necessity, touching the soul from cradle to grave.
Sheldon Clark and Harry Jeffries faced grand jury questions about who ordered Burns detectives to shadow the Fall Sinclair oil story and the relationship to Harry F. Sinclair. W. Sherman Burns and records of Burns Detective Agency offered potential answers as tensions rose with district attorney Neil Burkinshaw.
The court refused to dissolve the faith, allowing members to stay in the colony under a receiver. Claims for fraud will be settled, after which property reverts to the colony. Title to holdings in Benjamin and Mary will pass to the receiver, with further appeals possible.
King Ben, vice president of Sinclair Exploration, and Day and Clark allegedly served as contacts to detectives. Day refused to testify citing self incrimination. A warrant was issued for Day on conspiracy charges to influence the Teapot Dome jury. he waived a preliminary hearing and was released on $25,000 bond.
President James T. Ryan and Secretary F J Sizemore of the High Point chamber of commerce are in Sedgefield for a state wide meeting of chamber officials. About 70 officials from across the state attend. The afternoon business session was to discuss state wide problems and strategies to attract new industries. Additional local chamber officials were expected to join the session.
Greensboro meeting of 28 state civic leaders failed to reach a consensus on forming a statewide chamber of commerce. A committee was named to revise by laws and propose concrete recommendations, with a report due later today. C. O. Keuster of Charlotte urged a centrally empowered state chamber, while others opposed the idea.
The Swedish academy awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature to Italian author Grazia Deledda, making her the second woman to win. The 1927 prize was postponed to next year.
Plans for the Emma Blair school fair to be held Friday night are complete. The event runs from 7 30 to 10 o clock with prizes donated by local merchants for the largest pumpkin sweet potato gourd turnip pear cabbage chrysanthemum dahlia candlesticks loom spinning wheel bed spread embroidery and related items. Attractions include a Big Show booths side shows and refreshments plus The Old Plantation The Old Fashioned Room The Baby Show Fishing Pond Athletic Stunts and fortune telling booths.
Walter M. Stanland Brunswick county court recorder and seven others from Charleston S C faced federal charges in Wilmington on a Cala bash whisky seizure. The defendants include George Williams James Nolan Maynard Heenan Jerre Davis R E Snow A R Perry and Ralph Jones. The trial opened amid a large legal team and signals a lengthy contest.
Sammy Rority eight year old son of a Hillsboro mill employee appears cheerful after losing an arm and a leg when struck by a train two weeks earlier. He plans to buy a rolling chair with his savings of sixteen dollars and has not yet learned of a twenty five dollar gift from a local Bible class.
Bruce Caldwell, Yale backfield ace, ruled ineligible, began return to college after a phone talk with Yale coach Tad Jones urging him to complete his studies. Caldwell left Ashton Illinois for New Haven and resumed his college duties this morning.
In St Louis on November 10, 49 year old Charles Palmisano, head of the M. Lonogo Fruit Company, was shot and killed by three unidentified assailants. Police suspect a renewed feud between Italian gang factions sparked the attack.
Hotel Oxford, recently built at a cost of 150000 dollars, will be formally opened tonight in Oxford. Thomas Matthews, for Ben Lloyd, owner, will be in charge of the event.
Curtis McAulay of Montgomery county bought a hunting permit from game warden C F Baldwinw Troy. The license was canceled when the parson refused to accept it as authority for the wedding, prompting a report to the department head.
The Rotary and civic club joint gathering at the Sheraton hotel is set for tomorrow at 6 30 pm with Duke Power officials and Duke Foundation expected. Rotarians pledged full attendance and donations of clothing for tuberculosis patients were requested to be sent via The Enterprise.
An Evening News quip has a school inspector sighing that he wishes to be a boy again because he has forgotten what he once learned. The remark humorously contrasts a lifetime of schooling with memory lapse.
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