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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1927
Page
4
A lyrical passage speaks of bright red roses offered to the beloved. The speaker envisions a garland intended to elevate their status above the crowd, ending with a solitary, aureoled vision of separation as the beloved crowns another as lover.
After a Raleigh review, members of the advisory budget commission report to the governor that state institutions are amply funded for maintenance and permanent improvements. They credit the executive budget system with better cooperation between branches and a more scientific, impersonal allocation of resources.
The German president celebrates his eightieth birthday and appears in good health, with popular demonstrations showing affection for him. Despite opposition from some Allied observers, many believe his administration has earned broad acceptance and kept faith with peace.
Raleigh bureau of vital statistics reports motor-vehicle deaths on state roads did not rise after the 45 mile per hour speed limit was lifted. The data suggest driving speeds remain similar to pre change and that higher limits did not cause greater danger. Across the nation 114,879 killed and 3,500,000 injured in five years, with pedestrians and children among the most affected.
The passage praises the president as a strong and dignified leader who upheld Versailles contracts, guided Germany through postwar rehabilitation, and earned world respect in both war and peace. It lauds his firm stance and strategic prowess.
The piece argues state and municipal noise laws limit horn use and that police should enforce them more vigorously. It laments drivers who create unnecessary traffic noise, links it to health and safety, and urges arrests to deter horn misuse and distracted driving.
The passage argues that movement by bus is crucial in smaller states where urban density is low. It notes traveling salesmen need daily transport to visit customers across several small cities, and a reliable bus line provides that essential service.
The fragment references a Chicago doctor's remark on child mortality linked to cigarette exposure and hints at concern over girls who chew. It reads like a clipped column noting health risks and social behavior without full context.
The article argues forests act as nature’s sponge, slowing floods by absorbing and delaying water. It cites 225,000,000 acres of logged land and urges state and federal land acquisition for forestry, especially in the Appalachians, to tame flood tides from the Ohio Tennessee and Cumberland rivers feeding New Orleans.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of High Point passes resolutions mourning the deaths of Mrs. Mary D. Cox and Mrs. Archibald Sherrod. The text acknowledges their valued membership and shares condolences, while authorizing copies for families and papers The White Ribbon and The High Point Enterprise.
The Florida based American Bakeries corporation acquired substantially all outstanding common stock of the Georgia based American Bakeries company makers of Merita bakery products. Herman Malchow becomes chairman R C Thompson president LeRoy Rogers vice president Louis Collins secretary Harry Binford treasurer. Main offices in Atlanta. Board includes eight members. Capitalization around 2.1 million dollars in preferred stock plus 58 500 class A and 90 000 class B shares. Domestication to Georgia planned.
Rear Admiral Thomas F. Magruder criticizes wartime habits in the Navy in a Saturday Evening Post article. He says demobilization was incomplete, wasteful methods persist, yards and stations remain unneeded, and some ships lack wartime value yet run at high costs. Borah praises Magruder, while some superiors seek punishment.
Presidents Coolidge of the United States and Calles of Mexico showcase a long distance telephony demonstration stretching from Washington to Mexico City via New York Ohio Texas and Laredo. The piece lauds the technical success and cordial cooperation while lamenting that Thomas A Edison was not honored for his phonograph and other innovations.
Winston-Salem and Greensboro welcome new interurban bus stations costing about 150000 dollars each as part of a statewide push to establish bus service as a permanent system. The network now transports about 2.5 million people yearly with an average fare of just over one dollar. The expansion connects with interstate routes and serves many small towns in rapid, frequent service.
Raleigh reports a new record for prisoners received in a month with 92 admissions in September, surpassing May’s 82. Dr. J C Norman notes most inmates are laborers, including one physician and one banker, with 64 white men, 1 white woman, 35 Black men, and 2 Black women. one escape and two recaptures documented.
Grace Moore, 28, born in Jellicoe Tennessee, former musical comedy star, will join the Metropolitan Opera company this season. She is currently in Antibes studying for the opera and will sail for New York on November 1. she is the daughter of Col. R L Moore a prominent southern businessman.
Farm boys are showing interest in home demonstration work and are joining girls clubs in Northampton county. Miss Lois Rainwater, home agent, reports cooking is the popular project this month.
A workman on a bridge gang in Iola Kansas uncovered a dollar watch sealed in solid concrete for 12 years. The timepiece began ticking when a concrete block was broken apart and wound.
Central Friends Church will hold a single worship service today at 11 o clock led by Rev. Tom A Sykes with a sermon Guidance Absolutely Trustworthy. Miss Chandos Kimrey of Guilford College will sing O Light of All the World. An evening Christian Endeavor installation includes May Frazier, Ione Lowe, Beatrice Crouch, David Parsons, Mabel Griffith, Walter Beck, Ruth Jarrel, Grace Bulla, and Arthur Fidler with Tom A Sykes presiding.
GREENSBORO. Federal and city officers arrest S. O. Howerton and his wife prominent local plumber firm heads. They say the couple delivered a half gallon of liquor. Police find three gallons of corn and 27 bottles of home brew at their home. Howerton bond set at 1000 dollars and his wife at 500 dollars. cases to be heard in federal court.
Dr. Lloyd T. Wilson, pastor, will preach at 11 o clock on Unity In Diversity and at 7:30 p.m. on A Rare and Remarkable Faith. Morning includes a ladies chorus singing Olivet and Lord's Supper. Evening features The Nazarene and a Blair Spencer solo.
A historic note explains a bride’s slipper technique using white kid leather. The lucky bowknot forms the strap and its ends connect with the vamp, illustrating a decorative and functional feature in traditional footwear.
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