Colton Quote on Friendship and Enmity
A Colton aphorism warns that openly sharing thoughts with friends invites enemies to learn unspoken truths about him. It emphasizes caution in expressing private opinions to protect reputation.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1929
Page
4
A Colton aphorism warns that openly sharing thoughts with friends invites enemies to learn unspoken truths about him. It emphasizes caution in expressing private opinions to protect reputation.
An editorial notes Georges Clemenceau as a warrior-figure in a less hero-worshiping era. It argues his ten absolutes and constant mutation define leadership, while modern pacifism and shifting ideals temper public adulation and await future reassessment of his legacy.
A column reflects on five sisters confined in Forsyth County Jail for vagrancy and explores how upbringing and environment shape crime. It compares social fate, heredity, and civilizational progress while noting a separate Raleigh execution of a Black man, Ernest Fox, for murder and a posthumous doubt about his guilt.
The Tiger of France Clemenceau expresses for dying in the sight of men. The veteran leader, famed for duels and wartime resolve, declares policy as victory and vows to wage war in home and foreign politics. He seeks a death amid men, with no women nearby.
By T A Sykes local readers mourn Guy Henry a High Point engineer of quiet strength and dignity. He helped with the camp bus for local youths and enriched community life during his short stay. He did not belong to a single church but belonged to Christ and to us all.
The North Carolina highway patrol, more than a mere traffic squad, earns praise for courteous service and lower accident rates. In Charlotte the unit, led by Lt. W E Vernon, draws college trained men and strong public acceptance, while critics note light and brake checks and urge a larger force to cover 7000 miles and enable a statewide driver's license system.
Regular services will be conducted at city churches today. A joint program for members of the Order of United American Mechanics and Daughters of Liberty is planned at First M. P. Church tonight. Prof T C Johnson will preach at First Baptist with pastors from other churches taking part.
The text portrays Clemenceau as a relentless fighter who never sought quarter. It notes a peaceful early period in America where he practiced medicine taught French and horsemanship, courted and married an American woman who later divorced him and took three children from France to the United States. It adds that his second marriage failed to bring quiet domesticity and that his death among men remains true to his combative nature.
A fragment discusses dying confessions and a purported case of Ernest Fox, aged 19, portraying how last statements cast doubt on guilt.
An op-ed argues lawmakers should use leakproof luggage to prevent disclosures and protect sensitive materials. It calls for practical travel reforms and standardized security practices to safeguard government information.
A quirky editorial imagines robotic help in service roles and jokes about recent violence in Mexico during a presidential vote. It then shifts to a humorous aside about springtime wildlife and animal shapes in Chicago.
Reports describe a minor tremor felt in the east recently, but officials say it could be sound from a family moving out of an upstairs apartment, leaving uncertainty about the event.
The president conferred with major railroad officials and could have spoken about how engineers handle Pullman cars in yard operations. The remark hints at improving efficiency and safety in locomotive yards under federal attention.
A Wyoming man claims a jackrabbit kicked him over a fence in a curious hunting or livestock incident. The report notes the unusual nature of the encounter and its odd consequences for the man’s day.
The remark notes that counting a deceased voter's ballot is not unusual in some histories, citing past instances where individuals who had died were nonetheless represented among elected figures.
The service features an organ prelude Andantino by Capocci followed by Hymn 586 Come Ye Faithful People Come. Scripture reading and prayer precede Anthem O Lord How Manifold by Barnley. A Children's Story on the First Thanksgiving, then Cantilene by Shelley and a Psalm of Thanks giving solo by Allitson. Norman Fidler. The message The Most Beautiful and Wonderful Story in all World by Tom Alderman Sykes. Closing prayer and Organ Postlude Chanson de Triomphe by Turner.
An evening service features organ preludes including Hymn 587 O God Be Beneath Thy Guiding Hand and Hymn 26 Sun of My Soul. A male chorus performs My Anchor Holds, with Tom Alderman Sykes delivering the message A Christ for Everybody or a Christ for Nobody and Harris closing with an organ postlude.
The 11:00 service features organ preludes and hymns including Largo by Dvorak and Come Thou Almighty King. Choir and congregation sing, followed by an anthem Praise the Lord Jerusalem, prayers, offertory Pax Vobiscum, and a sermon titled This Church's Greatest Need delivered by the pastor.
Evening worship with organ prelude and multiple hymns led by the choir. Scripture readings include Jer 15 15 and Matthew 7 1 14. Services conclude with night prayers and a junior choir piece and sermon on ambassadors for Christ.
The service features an Anthem by the choir and a sermon on Christian care. Hymn 299 invites worshippers to seek a closer walk with God as part of the liturgy.
Southside Baptist will hold two services. At 11 a m there is a Thanksgiving service with church members urged to attend for a very important business transaction. At 7 30 p m the sermon topic is The Plague of Lice delivered by Rev O A Elmore.
Prof C R Hinshaw of High Point College is elected to lead the Sunday School at First Methodist Protestant to succeed E L Douglas. The session starts at 9 30. Adult and junior services meet at 11. Rev Roy I Farmer leads the adults and Rev FE Lester Ballard directs the children's worship.
Readers and musicians perform a sequence of preludes hymns anthems and sermons. The service features chimes a baptismal tone with hymns such as Charge to Keep, Jesus Saviour Pilot Me, and They Who Seek the Throne of Grace. Sermon and postlude conclude the morning program led by Holloway Capocci and Renaud with solo and male quartet pieces.
In a northwest blizzard on Lake Winnipeg two fishermen died from exposure as a third companion escaped to safety with severely frostbitten feet likely to require amputation. The victims were Fred Coach of Gimli and Meny Magnusson of Narbourg. survivor Jacob Schmidt of Camp Morton endured hours in the gale.
Friends report Miss Ellen Pierce recovering rapidly after an operation at High Point hospital on Monday. She is expected to go home within a few days, and her progress is welcomed by those close to her.
Editor urges all citizens to attend a mass meeting at Wesley Memorial Church on Sunday December 1 at 3 p m featuring Dr Charles M Sheldon of Topeka Kansas world famous editor preacher and author of In His Steps He calls for personal thought and life toward peace goodwill and a less war torn world.
Mutinous to the end, Clemenceau refused rest and pushed his final memoirs despite doctors warning. He kept writing through illness, saying his book would be ready by October while a heart attack and congestion followed. Pershing and Stimson mourn the French leader as the Tiger’s forceful resolve and wartime legacy are recalled.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy held their closing convention session on the Mississippi coast as officers were inducted. Mrs. L. M. Dashinsky of Troy Alabama becomes president. Reports highlighted scholarships and Confederate memorial efforts, with Texas chosen for the 1931 meeting in San Antonio.
The Deaf Community of High Point seeks the name and address of the middle aged cafe man reported to have his hearing and voice restored by Evangelist Erickson last Tuesday night. They question lifelong deafness and schooling and demand details of how the healing occurred. KE C. Smoak 314 Montlieu Ave.
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