Thoughtful biblical verse on caution against pride
A brief biblical reflection cites I Cor 10 12 advising humility and vigilance to avoid fall from prideful stance. The line urges self examination and prudent living.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1927
Page
4
A brief biblical reflection cites I Cor 10 12 advising humility and vigilance to avoid fall from prideful stance. The line urges self examination and prudent living.
Time-tired souls, gathered on the summit of years, hear Joseph P. Brown invoke the sea as pure deliverance. The poem portrays voyage as rest and majestic motion beyond toil and desert, framing eternity as a widening current and serene horizon.
Chapel Hill brace for a record crowd perhaps 25000 for the Thanksgiving game. Most visitors will arrive by car and face jams on departure from University village. The piece urges a parking plan and coordinated traffic movement to improve attendance at big events.
In Cincinnati the Remus court drama questions whether the suspect planned his wife’s murder to avoid another conviction or acted from a deranged impulse. The piece argues evolving standards of mental responsibility and leniency toward killers, noting public prejudice and resource gaps influence punishment.
Analysts warn that many feeble mentalities are prone to con homicide and urge rapid improvement in mental health programs to prevent violent acts. The statement highlights risks and the need for systemic reform.
Ruth Elder rejects returning to dishwashing to test a career path as a modern woman. Her husband seeks notoriety or adventure and could be drawn back by abandonment or non support laws. The piece argues legal and social inequality favors women in many cases, while men still bear traditional burdens.
The Guilford tuberculosis sanatorium superintendent asked a men’s group for warm clothing for fall and winter to assist patients unable to afford it. While some interest was shown, support for donating overcoats and heavy underwear from unused supplies was limited. The hospital is urged to maintain an emergency provisions department to aid those in need.
In a magazine interview Herbert Hoover argues the forces in motion since the last decade are reducing the severity of the business cycle. He cites the Federal Reserve, bigger corporate capitals, and less bank-reliant inventories as factors. He notes rising education, new investment fields, cooperative business culture, expanded foreign trade, altered merchandising, and improved economic data as signs of longer-term stability.
The article notes President Hoover expressing confidence in continued stability despite minor disruptive factors. It highlights that a long period of stability has reduced fears of a downturn, though political imponderables and internal relations remain. Hoover’s outlook is framed as reassuring ahead of the next presidential election.
Miss Jean Schoen of New York completed a fourteen months world trip in twelve ships. She reports chivalry remains, especially in the east, and notes that a true gentleman is tied to women who are ladies. Mary Garden asked American tennis star William Til den to sing the Star Spangled Banner in Paris, and he struggled with the anthem.
Red enameled skillets flood stores while many women view any frying pan with displeasure. The remark hints at consumer fashion or gendered cookware perceptions shaping sales.
A college student faced expulsion after cribbing in a botany exam. He wore a flower in his buttonhole as he attended class, drawing attention to the incident.
A national debate amplifies calls to move beyond rhetoric about evolution and implement tangible teaching and science literacy initiatives across schools. Advocates argue factual understanding strengthens democratic decision making and public policy.
The article cites Dean Wendt of Penn State noting the firefly’s cold efficient light and argues that current electric lighting wastes heat. It predicts future cold light by electricity could yield much more light at the same cost and urges reminders of ongoing scientific progress.
An Alabama man named Arthur Hitt is flogged and ousted after a still on his farm prompts white robed attackers to seize him. A later deed shows Worthington, a church figure and Ku Klux Klan member, as the buyer, while Hitt’s fate and the evidence behind the accounts remain unclear. The piece notes mob punishment in Alabama is often claimed to enforce liquor laws and monogamous standards.
The piece cites Will Durant saying busyness is the secret of grace and part of contentment. It contrasts idle minds as torturous with enjoyable work yielding peace and near happiness, noting supreme happiness may not be attainable in this world.
The excerpt cites Theophrastus through Dr. A A Roback on the flatterer. It portrays a sycophant who flatters by praise in public, notices small flaws, and signals approval at key moments to curry favor. The passage aims to capture the essences of this personality type.
A reader question follows reports of highway accidents blaming driver carelessness. The column argues pedestrians have no explicit legal right in street traffic, but drivers are morally obliged to watch for walkers and assist when turning. It notes pedestrians cross at intersections and with red lights, yet drivers should still look out for others.
A churchman argues divorce arises from sin or incompatibility and that Christian forgiveness and self sacrifice can restore harmony. He states both spouses must sacrifice pride to end constant bickering and achieve family peace.
The passage argues that suppression of evil desires defines true virtue, stating no praise for restraint where temptation is absent and commending only the man who resists sin under severe pressure. It emphasizes the value of enduring temptation as the measure of goodness.
A reflection on Americans' affinity for fraternal organizations and their elaborate trappings, linking taste for ceremony to a long standing impulse toward gaudy display and royal pageantry. The piece suggests the pull toward pomp is rooted in a basic human instinct.
A brief note presents Liles Gatling lost in thought at night, describing the writer's peaceful isolation. The fragment hints at introspection beneath a world asleep.
Raleigh, Nov 19 AP North Carolina posts the best corn crop in years with a 22.5 bushel per acre yield and 52,380,000 bushels produced in 1925 except for 1923. Silage yields exceed six tons per acre while 86 percent of the crop is merchantable nationally and by region.
Otis Jolly, housed at Caledonia prison farm via care of George Ross Pou, faced parole trouble in Raleigh on November 19. He hoped for freedom with a parole in hand but encountered a setback, underscoring how delays can derail a man’s release.
Commissioner Bridges explains the parole was ready for Governor McLean's signature when Jolly escaped two to three days before issuance. The escape cancels parole, extending his sentence by two to three years, forfeiting earned time and grade A status. Jolly lost 150 days for good behavior and must serve full term.
Lexington Nov 18 The annual roll call of the American Red Cross will be held here next Tuesday November 22 by the Lexington chapter to secure 1000 members or 1000 dollars as quota for the community H E Olive chairman appoints Hols land E Shoaf to direct the canvass and select helpers The Red Cross is the only permanent year round charitable organization in Lexington
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