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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1927
Page
4
A brief prose fragment pairs a biblical verse about laying down life for friends with a Virgil line on love conquering all. The text presents timeless reflections on love, loyalty, and selflessness in terse, rhetorical style.
The speaker requests to be remembered after death, urging no long mourning. If remembrance fades briefly then returns, the speaker asks not to grieve. Better to forget and smile than remember and be sad, preserving a vestige of thoughts.
Judge J M Meekins addresses the federal grand jury on the limits of press access to civil litigation. He notes the press has no absolute right to all case details and emphasizes the original purpose of open courts to prevent secret proceedings. He warns against censorship by courts while defending broad press liberty over government muzzling.
In reaction to a movement urging public endorsement before the convention, President Coolidge reaffirms his self-elimination from the race. He states he is not a candidate and does not want the office again, underscoring his firm stance on continuing retirement from politics.
The item notes politicians arguing a party plank focused on enforcement rights. It highlights ongoing disagreement over policy scope and practical applications within the party agenda.
The court, applying the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, upholds state power to operate segregated schools. Mississippi originated the case involving a Chinese child born in America, with citizenship not being central. The ruling, written by the chief justice, affirms a state's right to require attendance in separate white and colored schools.
The committee split along party lines to set a maximum $250,000,000 cut in the draft for the new revenue measure. It aims to secure a safe margin for budgeting, with the administration backing the plan. Officials caution about unpredictable business outlook next year and the risk of a revenue slump. A large treasury surplus is favored over a deficit.
The piece notes President Coolidge reducing public appearances to honor his privacy, citing past engagements with diverse groups in 1926 and 1927. It contrasts gratitude as noble with weak handshaking politics, praises Cuba’s pension for General Wood’s widow, and salutes Baron von Steuben's role in American independence.
A critic argues that films often misrepresent Rio de Janeiro by depicting it as a dismal, squalid village where residents spend all hours dancing. He notes how cinema uses atmosphere to tell stories and warn that such stereotypes are common in movie depictions.
A collage of quotes and asides covers politics and international affairs, noting Nick Longworth as a possible president and critiquing Palestine travel limits, Nicaragua elections, and marines guarding polls. It mocks mints of mincemeat for sailors, jokes about Adam’s age, and cites Charles Schwab’s 1912 overcoat while endorsing Newton Baker’s Armistice Day plan for a League of Nations pathway.
A fierce critique of Mencken portrays him as a destructive unhinged critic who mocks society, shuns culture, and seeks sensationalism over constructive insight. The piece argues criticism should aid improvement and temper cruelty with compassion.
Report mentions a group in St Paul that calls Apdy Wolstead in the early morning hours to provoke him about a famous act. They may have found a method of attack that, if organized, could pressure professionals to quit, or at least reduce daytime alertness to avoid prohibition concerns.
A breezy analogy suggests a nation would flow if politics moved as a new jaza dance. The piece muses on how a sweeping popularity surge might simplify issues facing politicians.
Public notice announces the second drive for a $1,000 rally benefiting the Gibsonton orphanage and home for the aged to be held at the New High Baptist Church in Greensboro on Thanksgiving Day November 24 1987 at 7 30 p m Rev J B Ellis pastor urged gifts baskets and singing to mark the day. The Woman's auxiliary of the High Point association supports the effort. In court Cincinnati lawyer Edward Nixon testifies in the Remus murder trial as a judge historic bench guest Judge Henry J Hersey of Denver joins Judge Chester Shook to hear cases before the jury is seated.
Lawyers for Mrs. Imogene Holmes Remus in her divorce case presented arguments in Cincinnati Ohio as hearings continued. The proceedings noted the involvement of counsel and the ongoing legal dispute affecting the Remus family.
Proposal by M L Corey and H Ward receivers of Tobacco Work suggests electro graph records machine output on a ribbon and stoppage. The text notes atoms comprise protons and electrons and that hair’s breadth once measured sixteen hairs wide is now used for infinitesimal space.
The Growers Cooperative seeks to market 19 million pounds of dark tobacco in Europe before Judges D L Grower and H C McDowell in Virginia districts while Judge Isaac M Meekins of North Carolina disagrees but will confer with the Virginians. Receivers say no grounds for court action over maladministration and note 36 million pounds on hand. They warn of statute of limitations and prolonged receivership if sued and criticize past administration policy.
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