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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1929
Page
4
The excerpt contrasts moral paths and understanding, noting that purification and trial distinguish the wise from the wicked, who fail to understand unless they choose virtue or descend into vice as they progress.
Local businessman Charles L. Amos, a hosiery maker, has begun a flying venture by owning two airplanes and offering flying instruction and a limited passenger service. His efforts aim to spur a High Point airport and advance aviation as a normal, fast transportation option for the city. A. T. Wishart became the first long distance passenger in one of Amos planes, flying to Fort Worth to join his bride.
The article notes a gratifying adequacy in the High Point library and emphasizes that more important than a large influx of new volumes is the amount of borrowed books. It highlights that a goodly number above average have been read, as the librarian reports on circulation.
The article argues the High Point library ranks second in North Carolina and near the top overall, showing a strong hunger for books. It urges expansion, notes underfunding against per capita standards, and asserts easier book supply than building a reading public, praising the library’s extraordinary character.
A Camden New Jersey bank employee confessed embezzling 75000 to police, wrecking sleep and appetite as auditors reveal broader frauds. Officials warn more may follow after audits, noting the market crash will drive crime and even grave diggers. public peace efforts and reparations loom amid postwar promises.
High Point launches concert season with a Musi cal Art club program featuring violinist Catherine Wade Smith and baritone Donald McGill in a joint recital. Accompaniment by C Frank Velie. The 8 15 start includes works by Peri, Bizet, Giordano, Kreisler, Hahn, Brahms, Strauss, Mendelssohn, Schubert, and others.
Rev Dr John A Ryan of Catholic University backs three Washington reporters who refused to name bootleggers in a whiskey case. They were sentenced for contempt and the churchman hopes their pledge will be upheld, asserting moral obligation outweighs legal duty to testify. The public good and privacy of informants are cited as reasons to resist disclosure.
Tom Alderman Sykes reflects on Armistice Day recalling Kipling, the loss of thirteen million young men and twenty million wounded, and the enduring suffering of veterans widows and orphans. He credits Legion Auxiliary workers and cites a presidential remark urging remembrance.
Guilford county tobacco farmers call for an investigation of tobacco companies by Senator Simmons. They seek probes into current and framed prices and possible antitrust violations, noting rumors of similar protests in other counties. Company representatives dismiss collusion fears, citing intense competition.
A 71-year-old woman awaits electrocution for plotting with a younger man to murder a printer and claim a $14,000 life insurance. The piece argues for clemency, contending no mitigating factors exist yet urges commutation to life imprisonment, asserting society would not benefit from executing a gray-haired offender.
A man was taken into custody in a hotel after reportedly hurling furniture from a window. Police said investigators are reviewing the incident and no motive has been disclosed.
Chicago police units are instructed to keep each officer under 200 pounds as part of a new wellness directive. The order makes no mention of pineapples or related exemptions.
Writers receive a nudge toward practical activity as a garden break prompts fresh angles. A simple outdoor task can shift a movie’s pacing and character decisions, inspiring new conflicts and outcomes.
Davis E. Ross of Lafayette was named president of the association of governing boards of state universities and allied institutions at Purdue. C. F. Ward of Missouri and J. R. McColl of Michigan State named vice presidents. D. W. Springer re-elected secretary. Leslie Weil of UNC named director. Next annual meeting to be held at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
The navy announces a second sale bid for the former presidential yacht Mayflower. Bids will be opened December 7 at the navy bureau of supplies and accounts after an earlier bid failed to meet acceptance. The Mayflower, now at the Philadelphia navy yard, was discarded as a presidential yacht by President Hoover and decommissioned.
Detroit on November 9 announced by Edward S. Evans president of the Detroit Aircraft corporation plans for a 199 ton metal clad dirigible for commercial service. The same firm recently built the Flying Tin Can and had it accepted by the navy.
Longtime High Point official Dr. D. A. Stanton, treasurer of the local public schools, has 32 years of service since 1893. He led the school board through a $60,000 deficit, helped finance the first public school, and as mayor and zoning member has kept many roles unpaid. A physician by training, he promotes pupil health and sanitation while directing 15 local ventures and continuing practice at age 70.
In Elyria Ohio a gas explosion at the Timms Spring company plant killed five men and fatally injured a woman while seriously burning four others. A coroner's jury investigated the disaster as flames rose over 100 feet. Rescue squads aided by police firemen and a National Guard detachment pulled victims from the wreckage. The dead include W. H. Simpson Louis Butcher John Raple Mike Swetz and Louis Keyes. Mrs. Margaret Oltman was fatally injured.
President Hoover attended his first game since taking office, a 0-0 Navy vs Georgetown contest at Annapolis. He arrived with Mrs. Hoover in a White House limousine, escorted by Maryland state police, and sat in a reserved Navy section as the Middies led cheers for their team.
A fragmented poem fragment evokes a breath of desire and ashes of a heart. The speaker notes cold stones in an orchard wall enduring almond blossoms as night deepens. The text cites Hudson Strade in Harper's Bazeas.
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