Tobacco habit debate stirs North Carolina doctors and Methodists
Southern Medicine and Surgery highlights new studies on tobacco use, citing Dr. W. E. Dixon and Cambridge University findings. The piece notes nicotine’s varied effects from mild stimulation to narcosis, possible cardiovascular links, and the social tensions in a tobacco farming state awaiting clearer scientific guidance.
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Southern Medicine and Surgery of
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South
W. E. Dixon
Royal Society
British Medical Journal
Pharmacological Laboratory
Cambridge University
Virginia
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Dixon
High Point Library Appeal Urges $5000 Boost
The article urges funding for enlarging the High Point High School library, noting the city has already raised praise for the need but still must reach $5,000. It argues equipping the faculty and expanding the library is crucial as the school builds a strong educational system with a 3,500 book nucleus.
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High Point
Tobacco use and vascular health debated by Tar Heels
The passage questions whether strict tobacco moderation prevents vascular degeneration and asks if nervous benefits offset heart and stomach damages. It urges the medical profession and wider society to study tobacco effects, asserting national well being hinges on the answer and on collective medical and public scrutiny.
Justifying lecture on magistrate embezzlement trial prompts reform call
A Mecklenburg magistrate’s embezzlement case leads a Superior court judge to condemn widespread coercive collection practices by magistrates in North Carolina. The judge urges a future house cleaning of J P ranks to curb oppressive enforcement and protect the poor in civil collections.
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Justice of the Peace
North Carolina
J. P
Governor touts North Carolina as future great industrial state
Speaking in Durham the governor predicted North Carolina could become one of the two or three greatest industrial states. He cited favorable climate, labor peace and efficiency amid praise for educational improvements and progress.
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Durham
North Carolina
MaeLean
Governor's theory on labor calm in North Carolina
The governor argues that state policy and education foster peaceful labor relations. He questions the idea that low pay drives workers to unrest and suggests North Carolina’s conditions support industrial growth, potentially making it a leading manufacturing state.
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North Carolina
Taft Proposes Jury Reform Full of Caution
Former President Taft now chief justice calls for examining juror selection to weed out those with weak intelligence or high emotion. The piece warns perfect juries exist only in perfect communities and cautions against turning juries into professional bodies. It notes juries reflect their communities and highlights the mining town versus university city contrast.
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Taft
United States Supreme Court
The Boy Must Educate Too Says Father Fox
Father Fox of Marquette University urges that college is essential for future doctors lawyers and engineers but stresses the boy must have both the wish and the will to study. He questions the value of a college surge and criticizes social motives driving enrollment. He notes New England flood recovery progresses with mail by air and rail restoration aided by Red Cross and Yankee grit aiming for Thanksgiving readiness. The piece ends with a reflection on preventing future disasters and a quip about matched fighters and lawyers.
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New England
Boston
Hoosac
Red Cross
November musings across politics and headlines
A compact collection of witty notes on winter rest for janitors, cheap divorce in Russia, Lindbergh’s popularity, war scars, and wary politicians. It weaves November imagery with oddball headlines like California Girl Runs 2 Miles, while questioning whether the Iman escaped.
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California
Politician Pack Congress Trip for Flood Relief Push Abroad
Mayor Thompson led 1500 supporters to Washington to sway a Congressional flood relief panel. Observers expect the committee to seek Red Cross aid for its members as it works. Meanwhile Ambassador Morrow’s meeting with President Calles prompts cautious public diplomacy by Americans in Mexico City.
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Washington
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Red Cross
Morrow
Calles
Mexico City
Sunday Sermon Reflects On Salvation And Worldly Pleasures
A speaker questions modern priorities, arguing that many ignore salvation for current thrills. The sermon laments people chasing temporary pleasures and trivial achievements while overlooking lasting peace, righteousness, and the afterlife.
Where is Christianity
Questioning the place of Christian faith in society. The speaker asks who truly lives Christ’s teachings and laments the scarcity of Christians and the difficulty of applying Jesus’s principles to daily life. insights into moral concern and social critique are offered.
Criticism of Church Leaders Over Golf and Prohibition
The writer accuses church leaders of failing their calling by focusing on Sunday golf and cigarette smoking. They claim leaders seek to fill pews through legislation and coercion, neglecting the souls already in the church.
Abandoning Church for New Christian Brotherhood
A reflection questions whether people abandon traditional church and teachings in favor of finding genuine Christian brotherhood outside the church and within broader faith communities. The excerpt suggests growing divides between established religion and lived faith.
Christian Preacher and Golf on Sunday Contrast
A preacher causing discord by lacking understanding and compassion is deemed more unChristian than one who plays golf on Sunday. A preacher who judges others more harshly than a smoker who shares fellowship commits greater sin.
God of love not hate preached by the hopeful preacher
A preacher denounces damning souls outside the church while urging a god of freedom compassion and love. He argues against oppression and condemnation, seeking mercy for all.
Taxpayer protests high assessment and whiteway plan
A letter from a reader opposing a 33%+ assessment increase cites rising taxes and questions spending on Jones Street whiteway lights. The writer argues sidewalks funded by private owners, safety for students, and criticizes city plans for a grand school setting versus practical infrastructure.
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Rawson
High Point
Jones Street
Whiteway
Council Street
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Col
George Penny
Council
Removing Core Beliefs Leaves Nothing in Religion
A rhetorical critique argues that stripping away core Christian essentials such as belief in Genesis and the divinity of Christ undermines religion. It questions the value of doctrines and rituals detached from foundational faith.
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Christ
Preachers urged to blend faith with evolving thought
Clergy should cling to Christian principles while interpreting religion with modern insight. The church should lead civilization, not lag behind, and science and religion should work in harmony as new discoveries magnify God's glory.
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Church
Reflections on Suppressed Feelings and Profit Motives
A contemplative piece questions who benefits as suppressed emotions surface. It ponders the dynamics of sentiment, secrecy, and potential gain or harm in expressions once restrained.
Moralizing meeting of city YWCA and YMCA sparks question
A short write up notes a World Fellowship meeting with under 25 attendees including two speakers and four secretaries. The author asks why over 1,100 members did not attend and suggests members pursue politics education philosophy art more than church activities.
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Young Women's
Young Men’s Christian Associations
Fair City
Changes in Southern Railway schedule announced
Officials of the Southern Railway company announced schedule changes to take effect this morning. Train 136 departs at 6 33 a m, train 45 at 1 26 p m, train 12 at 4 44 a m, train 39 at 7 10 a m, train 36 at 9 05 p m, and train 35 at 25 a m.
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Southern Railway Company
Biloxi Man Released From French Foreign Legion
Bennett J. Doty of Biloxi Mississippi has been released from the remainder of his five year enlistment with the French Foreign Legion after 11 months of service. His desertion case drew international attention and led to a pardon on the condition he complete the term. He is now returning home.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Item Today
Bennett J. Doty
Biloxi
Miss
French Foreign Legion
Doty
Foreign Legion
Legion
Bishop Penick To Speak Here At St Mary's Tonight
A banquet meeting of the men s club at St Mary s Episcopal church will be held at the parish house Tuesday night at 6 30. Bishop Edward A Penick of Charlotte will speak on the aims and purposes of the men s club within the church.
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Edward A. Penick
Charlotte
Life Reflections Echo on Passages and Wrecks
A fragmentary musing recalls a past wreck at a transit hub and the idea that fast trains never stop here. The terse exchange hints at memory, resilience, and the unpredictable rhythm of life.
Dr Andrews to Preach at First Church Service
Rev R M Andrews D D president of High Point college preaches at First Methodist Protestant this morning at 11. Musical program includes Berceuse Faure and There is a Green Hill Far Away. Junior Church led by Rev E Lester Ballard at same hour. evening topic Dependance of Christians Upon One Another. Sunday school at 9:30.
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Raff
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Volckmar
Southern Medical Association meets in Memphis for 21st annual session
Dr W L Jackson of Guilford General Hospital reports the 21st annual Southern Medical Association meeting held in Memphis Tennessee drew about 2500 delegates with high praise for the city and programs. Asheville will host the next convention. North Carolina representation was small with fewer than 20 delegates from the state and only a few from Greensboro Winston-Salem and High Point. Prominent physicians including Dr Mayo Dr Young and Dr Barker spoke during technical sessions.
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Memphis
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Guilford General Hospital
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Asheville
Jackson
North Carolina
High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
W. J. Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
N. Y
Hugh Young
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Barker
Baltimore
Haggard
Nashville
J. Shelton Horsley
Richmond
Pittsburgh Blackmailer Admits Threat in Letter
Frederick G. Wipe a former German Army spy confessed to sending a threatening letter to Mrs. William Thaw Jr demanding 5000 dollars after beating a maid in the Thaw mansion. He was arrested as detectives trapped a citywide network in an elaborate sting.
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Frederick G. Wipe
William Thaw
Thaw
Wipe
College personals highlight weekend visits and campus events
Rev and Mrs. A G Dixon visited their daughter Vista on Thursday night Jewel Hughes a High Point college graduate guests at college Eva Ellis spends weekend with friends at N C Co W Estelle Moore with Minnie Caffey Gertrude Rule visits Mae Woolen in the city Faculty and students to visit colleges to study student government Helen Barker spent Sunday in Martinsville Va Attendees at High Point Wake Forest game Minnie Caffey Mae Woolen Gertrude Tule and Pauline Hunter Mae Edwards weekend at home Mary Beth Warlick weekend at Duke Inez Trogdon visited friends in Danville Va Lella Motsinger visiting aunt Mrs Hayworth Parkway Minnie Caffey Greensboro with sister Mrs Spoon Katie Lee Barnett hosts Ruby Jones from Graham Grace Wood East Green Street Frances Hatton.
Belgian Glass Blowers Seek Work Abroad After Automation
Highly skilled glass blowers from Belgium lose jobs due to new machinery that increases output with fewer workers. They seek positions in glass factories in other countries, exploring alternative lines of employment in the industry.
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Belgium
Georgia Supreme Court Reverses McKie Murder Conviction
The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the lower court ruling in the 1926 Augusta murder case of Mrs. Lillian L. McKie. She had been sentenced to life for killing her husband George A. McKie. New trial granted due to improper admission of letters she wrote to her husband.
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Georgia
Lillian McKie
Atlanta
Oday
Georgia Supreme Court Today
Lillian L. McKie
George A. McKie
Augusta
Slender Dip in Cotton Spinning in October
The census bureau reports October cotton spinning activity dipped slightly from September while remaining above October last year. Active spindle hours reached 8.704 billion with an average of 238 hours per spindle, and 32.5 million spindles operated during October.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Thanksgiving program at Fairview Street school amid eighth grade event
The seventh grade led Friday morning devotionals with remarks by Daisy Gray and several songs including Come Ye Thankful and Now Sing a Song for the Harvest. The program featured readings by Mary Richardson and Sarah Walden, a Thanksgiving proclamation, and Victrola tunes. An upcoming primary department Thanksgiving fiesta is planned for Wednesday from 1 to 2 30 PM. J A Beauchamp, Boy Scouts representative, visited the school this week.
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Daisy Gray
Mary Richardson
Annie Laurie
Close
Robin
Sarah Walden
Princegl O. E. Davie
J. A. Béauchamp
Boy Scouts
Cattle Numbers Rise By 82,000 Over Two Years
Report notes 82,000 more cattle in the British Isles than two years earlier. The detail highlights a notable growth in livestock totals across the region.
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British Isles
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