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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1929
Page
4
An aphorism attributed to Ovid reflects that when one believes they can commit sin, the temptation grows weaker. The idea of capability invites restraint, suggesting power diminishes desire rather than inflaming it.
The public library marks Children’s Book Week with special emphasis on librarian service to young readers. The Library Journal’s children’s issue features essays on standardization of reading and criticizes mass book clubs that bypass independent curation by children’s librarians.
R L Brewer, nineteen, held on charges of store breaking and larceny, was being transported back to High Point when a collision occurred with a car driven by North Carolina secretary of state James A Hartness. Brewer helped load the injured into a passing car and offered aid despite the crash. The secretary and both officers were reported injured. vehicles were disabled.
A defendant who walked four miles into Durham and surrendered shows resilience. The remark notes this does not affect the charge he faces, but portrays him as a young man still capable of reform. It suggests prison could test whether correction proves stronger than punishment.
The American Association for Old Age Security argues against poorhouses and charity for the elderly. It urges national pensions to keep grandparents in the home with grandchildren, noting many nations have replaced old relief with pension systems while the United States lags behind China and India.
A syndicated column argues Hollywood trends favor the beautiful man, noting women’s shifting influence in scripts and star power. It questions the rise of feminization in film and the enduring lure of handsome male leads amid evolving gender roles.
The Malden shrine draws thousands to a priest’s grave after sixty years beneath the dirt. The piece argues Massachusetts’s shift from early settlers to modern politics with Curley and a Catholic influence in Boston. It links pilgrimage to Lourdes like devotion and notes St Anne de Beau Pre’s relics and Quebec ties.
The fragment describes a shrine where pilgrims discard crutches, trusses, medicine, and spectacles before departing without lenses. At Beau Pre St Anne is credited with cures while at Malden the curing agent remains unnamed.
The piece argues Russia’s May Day style celebration masks coercion under Communism and recalls czarist crimes. It warns against American swagger over Russia’s failures and calls for a wiser view of oppression, despotism, and the historical roots of the Soviet system.
The article discusses the Federal Reserve Board's tools to curb excessive credit for speculation. It notes rediscount rates, pressure on member banks, and bankers' acceptance bills as checks, with emphasis on the moral influence of the second. predicts stabilization of rediscount rate around 4 percent and asserts the Fed can maintain broad credit access without allowing monopolies.
A witty proverb notes that trouble is the one thing easy to borrow and hard to repay, suggesting the persistent burden of consequences from pressing problems. It frames trouble as a social and personal burden rather than a financial loan.
Advocates push for swift action on equal rights, stressing urgency to avoid being left behind. Leaders call for timely reforms and broader participation as momentum builds.
A man advocates a broader waterways program arguing it would reduce the cost of alcohol. He contends improved transport and wider access would pressure vendors to cut prices. The stance reflects debates on infrastructure and regional trade.
A reader disputes official figures showing 612 broadcasting stations nationwide, arguing that the neighbor’s tally suggests a figure more than twice as high. The remark hints at potential undercount or confusion in industry statistics.
News notes China suffers from conflict while Europe hosts the international chess championships. The juxtaposition underscores a global divide as top players compete abroad amid regional turmoil and political tensions.
The remark contrasts two groups as a social observation about driving, implying reactions range from courteous to hostile. It notes a division between respectful behavior and scornful looks from passing motorists.
President Hoover cancels almost all engagements to prepare for a White House meeting with eastern trunk railway leaders. Secretary Lamont says existing government and private agencies will carry out any planned program to coordinate commerce, industry, and government for steady business progress during the conference. A coordinating body may be created after preliminary talks.
Washington reports total government expenditures for the first four months of the 1930 fiscal year fell by 114.17 million dollars from the prior year due to smaller public debt payments. Ordinary outlays rose slightly while debt retirements dropped, with Interior, Agriculture, and Labor showing declines.
Annie Aretta Yates died at her Glenola home after a two week illness. Born March 31 1914 she was the daughter of E B Lamb of Greensboro. Survived by husband Claude Yates daughter Stella parents and siblings J T Jackson J B Stowe Nellie Lamb Rev Lamb and Victor Lamb Funeral at Glenola Baptist Church with Rev E C Roach officiating and burial in the church cemetery.
Funeral services for Jacob A. Haynes of Thomasville Route 2 were held Sunday at 2 30 p m at Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev O L Ruth officiating. Pallbearers included Raymond Meredith William Kennedy W O Hilton H M Robbins G T Embl er and Ralph Hilton. Flowers carried by Mary Haynes Hattie May Knighter Maude Embler Ethel Culler Pauline Pardue Rose Haynes T M Hill Addie Foust Lucile Hilton Verta Pope Wanda Proctor and Mildred Proctor. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery.
A statement asserts the oceans hold enough salt to blanket 700000 square miles of land to a one mile depth.
Four people are believed dead after a plane on the Marseilles to Tunis run crashed off the Corsican coast. The wreckage was recovered with no sign of the four crew and passengers. A distress call preceded a silence as poor flying weather in France worsened in the past week.
Los Angeles November 18. Pola Negri the screen actress is named in three federal income tax liens for 1924 1925 and 1926. The Treasury seeks for 1924 $15868.80 for 1925 $13491.74 and for 1926 $39319.46. Miss Marjorie Berger the Hollywood tax counsellor is to face trial on similar charges tied to other film figures.
Greensboro Daily Record marks its 40th year of publication. The paper began November 17, 1890 with four small pages. Founders include Joseph M. Reece Harper J. Elam and John C. Benson. Benson sold his stake soon after start for $13 to Elam and Reece.
Carl Williams, cotton representative on the federal farm board, will address farmers and business men in Raleigh at 11 am at Hugh Morson high school auditorium. In the afternoon he will confer with the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative Association board of directors at their headquarters before returning to Washington.
A note explains bees endure winter best when kept at 40 to 47 degrees Fahrenheit. The guidance emphasizes steady, cool conditions to help colonies survive until spring.
Pasadena reports a fire on a burning building after a ten ton truck halted. Fire Mechanic W C Trepp forgot the wrench to turn on the hydrant, leading to three buildings destroyed and three damaged. Fire Chief seeks demotion for Fire Captain W L Hildreth and demotion for Trepp on inefficiency charges.
The Gold Coast apartment of William A. Gardner, a retired stock broker, was robbed of jewelry and valuables valued over 18,900 dollars. Mrs. Gardner and her daughter Mary discovered the loss on their return from a weekend trip, while Gardner was in New York. The stolen jewelry had been entrusted to Mrs. Gardner at her 30 year marriage and had been taken from a bank vault a week earlier for an opera outing.
H Tillett Harris, 84, noted Confederate veteran from Durham and Granville counties, died in a Raleigh hospital. A member of Company D Eighth North Carolina Regiment, he was wounded near Petersburg in fall 1864. Native of Granville, his funeral services were held this afternoon.
In ten months London records show about two thousand engagements ended. The figure highlights fragile engagements amid social shifts and changing courting norms.
In Oxford North Carolina two men died and a third was near death from burns after two barrels of commercial alcohol exploded at a filling station yesterday afternoon. Harold Freeman and Gilbert Overton both 20 years old were fatally burned. Raymond Freeman was seriously burned and hospitalized.
The Elm Street School Parent Teachers Association will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m H G Owens speaks on children's literature and Mrs Fred B Klein reports on the State P T A meeting at Hendersonville last week The program aligns with Book Week observed nationwide this week.
Funeral services for Velma Louise Jackson, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Jackson, were held at 317 Walker Street yesterday at 3 pm. Rev C F Womble of Highland M E Church officiated and Oakwood Cemetery received the interment. Pallbearers were W W Anderson C W Jones A T Perkins and J H Shelton.
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