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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1929
Page
4
A compact reflection contrasts Psalm 39:6 on vain riches with Pope’s line on life as a passing river. The note frames human nature as fleeting and disquieting, urging contemplation of wealth and time.
The Chicago court scene features a presiding judge denouncing witnesses calling a liar and urging the case to be not pressed as prosecutors resist. The jury remains the finder of facts while the judge objects to orderly procedure and threatens to set aside any guilty verdict, highlighting serious questions about judicial restraint and public confidence in the court.
The article notes that despite disruption in Wall Street trading and lower share volumes, brokers loans easing and credit costs normalizing present compensations. It argues the incident could spur renewed enterprise as business leaders return to active work, echoing Henry Ford’s call to focus on productive effort.
The article notes newspaper publishers are pushing for action against mounting newsprint charges as paper prices climb. It expresses sympathy for publishers while urging restraint and caution in reactions to the rising costs.
The premiers of Ontario and Quebec conference to set $60 per ton as a fair price for newsprint, rejecting $55 as insufficient. The piece argues Canadians must curb demand as American consumption of Canadian forests grows, urging substitutes like cornstalks for newsprint production.
The pope elevates five new cardinals raising the College of Cardinals to 63 members. Italian members still hold near majority though not an actual one, and the recent red hats included both Italians and non Italians. The cardinal’s pay tops out near five thousand five hundred dollars after a recent papal raise.
Greensboro weighs disposing of its nine year city manager as debate grows over managers as frequent candidates for new posts. The piece argues managers gain efficiency when anchored, noting many seek new posts, and defends stable leadership as essential public service across towns.
The Ames Extension Service offers guidance on safe durable and artistic toys for different ages. It stresses washable baby toys, avoidance of small parts and harsh noises, and selection of blocks and age appropriate activities to foster development and thrift. It also notes urban soot pollution from coal and its impact on city life and cleaning household fabrics.
Secretary of State Stimson's views on Manchuria were sent to Tokyo by Ambassador Debuchi after talks with Stimson. Tokyo said no immediate action would be taken and Russia's invasion progress appeared limited. A Russian communique warned further punitive measures might be necessary.
The piece notes how modern children rarely know the game of playing horse as cars replace hitching posts and keep parents from acting as Pegasus. Caroline Ticknor’s project on famous horses underscores a shift from horseplay to automobiles in American life.
A press dispatch notes thirteen children are living while two have married, signaling a small yet growing family presence. The remark underscores the social pattern of early unions among offspring.
A Harvard scientist reframes the electron as a tiny parking place, saying its size equals less than a millionth of a millionth of an inch. The remark humorously compares subatomic scale to everyday space.
Senator Allen jests about months spent listening to oratory to gauge each senator s attainments. The remark signals public fatigue with political rhetoric and a critique of prolonged debate.
An eastern newspaper notes a photographer’s studio offering to enlarge babies for two dollars as part of a dated advertising claim. The line implies a promotional gimmick tied to portrait work and early photographic services.
A recent Illinois ruling states that anyone who knows a neighbor relative or friend possesses liquor and does not report it to authorities is a felon. The remark about changing a song to sing of felons is noted as a humorous aside.
The Rotary club heard a music program and Dr. R. M. Andrews of High Point College spoke on Thanksgiving spirit. Singers and an orchestra, directed by Prof. E. B. Stimson, performed. A memorial for Guy P. Henry was read and Andrews’ address will be printed tomorrow.
Red Cross Seals are sold in Asheboro by the health department of the Asheboro Women’s club under chairman Mrs. Co L Crawford. The town joins the national drive as bells toll Friday November 29 to ring out disease and ring in health. N C Cox 70, a longtime resident, is critically ill at his South Cox street home. His son Clifford N Cox, a local attorney, is known in town. Mrs Frank Jayne of Leaksville visits Mrs R C Lewallen. Virginia Lowe returns from a ten day visit to Dunn. P D Buck called to Wilmington Monday for his brother’s serious illness.
N. L. Garner, national vice president of Monarch clubs, spoke at a Winston-Salem luncheon today. The meeting at the Robert E. Lee hotel started at 12 30. Garner, elected vice president at Asheville's recent national convention, previously governed the Carolinas district.
In New Orleans acting Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley and American Legion head O. L. Bodenhammer backed a drive to stamp out radicals. Four suspects were detained with two charged under a state law banning advocacy of overthrowing the U.S. government. Aronson and Davids faced prosecution. Morgan and Leonard Brown were held as dangerous characters after raids at a cotton mill and Marine Workers League HQ.
Attorney J. W. Winborne opened the defense in Marion arguing the North Carolina Supreme Court defines rioting as a disturbance by three or more persons. He contended the Clinchfield mill village gathering August 30 aimed to keep strike-breaker possessions from his home. Witnesses linked Hoffman with armed men. Winborne asserted there was a riot.
Mr and Mrs George T Wood and their son Carl are spending several days at Paradise Point. Miss Mary Duncan and Miss Irene Douglas McAnaily arrive from Salem College Winston-Salem this afternoon to spend Thanksgiving with Dr and Mrs W J McAnaily.
A motion picture of burglar Harold Roller confessing to multiple robberies was shown in court with an audible recording. Judge James Gay Gordon Jr. ruled the recording admissible, suggesting a potential new era in criminal procedure. A district attorney observer from North Carolina attended.
California authorities said the Bears would accept an invitation to represent the west in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena if invited. Team members voted affirmatively. no official invitation yet. The Bears, defeated only by Stanford, were a logical West pick with last year's Georgia Tech game as a past context.
The High Point Lions club met at 6 30 in the private dining room of the Sheraton hotel with full attendance. Rev T A Sykes urged participation in the Industrial Dollar Day campaign led by the High Point Community Chest.
A. J. Koonce chairs and Rev. W. R. Shaffer H. A. Cecil Nathan Bales and A. Wells are appointed to arrange the presentation of the charter on Charter Night sometime in January.
Washington news reports Representative Edward Everett Denison of Illinois appeared in the District of Columbia supreme court and posted bail of 500 in a liquor possession indictment. The action followed his November appearance before a clerk.
Trustee V A J Idol will sell at public auction on December 28 1929 at 2 30 p m on the premises in High Point Guilford County North Carolina a parcel of land described as adjoining L P Cagle and FP W Reynolds corners containing 5100 square feet more or less with cash terms. The sale follows a deed of trust dated November 18 1927 securing a 1200 note by FE W Reynolds and Maude Reynolds to High Point Dera petual Building and Loan Association as recorded in Book 579 Page 135.
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