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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1934
Page
4
The United States Chamber of Commerce reports rising optimism for cooperation with the Roosevelt program. Business eyes a new push as elections boost sentiment. profits may rise where service improves, with greater security ahead.
Dr. Julian Miller lauds Dr. Alexander Graham of Charlotte for public education advocacy. The tribute notes Graham’s lifelong support for schools and his local impact beyond any state connections.
The article highlights High Point’s relatively new High College as a beacon during lean years. It credits Dr. G J Humphreys for steadfast leadership and faith that the college would endure despite talks of closure.
A Methodist Protestant conference report shows about a quarter of High Point public school teachers and a similar share of church ministers in the state trained at High Point college. The ten year old institution is praised for its service and resilience through hard years and gains in brighter times.
The editor returns after a 16 month absence to find the staff performed well in the editor’s absence. The note expresses gratification at settling back into the neighborhood and enjoying the view of the state and a better understanding of North Carolina, while valuing the grace of being home.
The piece compares Huey Long's bold moves with Upton Sinclair and analyzes Louisiana's debt moratorium. It argues the moratorium could aid struggling debtors by delaying creditor actions during economic recovery while noting potential harm to creditors and business.
A Ford sales agent in an eastern North Carolina city was honored for selling more cars in a month than any other agent worldwide. The piece links tobacco market earnings to consumer spending, noting that prosperity flows to Tar Heel farmers and workers, with no hint of frugality amid hard times.
A brief literary note by Tom Alderman Sykes praises the phrase Dumb Driven Cattle as poetry within the Realm of Life. The piece reflects on the invitation this line still holds for readers and its enduring resonance.
A call to join the Red Cross annual roll call frames giving as a heroic civic duty. The speaker urges residents to contribute through memberships to support 10 million dollars in national and local chapter expenditures, stressing disaster preparedness and community service.
Capus M. Waynick returns to editorship of The High Point Enterprise after leading the national employment service for North Carolina. The piece notes mixed feelings about the switch and expresses faith the reemployment service will continue to function without a director as the Enterprise staff did without their editor.
Capus Waynick is praised for handling his duties with the Federal Unemployment program and the public service department. He leaves the Charlotte assignment to resume editor duties at The High Point Enterprise, welcomed back by fellow editors and staff.
Raleigh Times notes Capita M. Waynick resigns as State Director of the National Re-Employment Service after sixteen months. Major A. L. Fletcher will take over. editors warn the industry loses a steady hand but expect a strong replacement and continued public service.
A group debates pronunciation of tomato and chicken noting regional variations and lexicon corrections. A New York Post item reports Jimmy Walker becoming a columnist for the London Sunday Dispatch with an open letter from Norman Kian referencing a beer parade memory.
A Charlotte Observer columnist argues that property rights have limits to protect humanity. He cites cases from rattlesnake owners to a harsh factory wage history, and a parable of a man building on sand, noting even success can yield accountability.
The passage notes that Ananias and Saphira valued money from a sale over spiritual concerns and died as punishment for their sin against the Holy Spirit. It condemns daily people who sell their souls for a mess of pottage, asserting a belief in personal property rights.
Ruth Suckow’s The Folks earns high praise as a sweeping Midwestern saga following the Ferguson family from Iowa to a broader canvas. Tolstoy’s daughter Countess Alexandra Tolstoy recounts revolutionary Russia, while Harlan Hatcher offers Patterns of Wolfpen about change in Kentucky hills and Mendelssohn biography by Shima Kaufman is praised for vivid life.
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