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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1927
Page
4
Poem excerpt recounts Venice as the great maiden city once guarding liberty and sea, lauding its enduring fame. It ponders fading glories and prompts collective mourning as the Venetian Republic declines, echoing Wordsworth’s lines on impermanence of greatness.
Publicity from Charlotte promotes Kings Mountain Day with Ku Klux Klan figures. Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans is billed to speak, drawing criticism that the event should honor liberty and public figures like Senator George and Representative Bulwinkle, not Klan demonstrations.
A local buyer who purchased the late J. B. Duke residence offers the estate fountain as a memorial. The fountain cost about 40 000 dollars and requires 500 to 700 dollars monthly to run. He suggests placing it as a city monument funded by gifts and possibly using overflow water for public pools.
Community voices split on a dangerous versus unifying organization during Kings Mountain events. Some fear its limits on membership, while others insist all citizens regardless of race religion or birthplace have a stake in the celebration of all Americans.
The piece denounces Sunday night flogging in Birmingham as a sign of contempt for courts and officers. It warns that despite prosecutions, bandits persist and threaten public safety until Alabama asserts the will to suppress them. It calls for stronger action to restore peace under the law.
The old belt tobacco markets open with flooded warehouse floors and low prices. Farmers are unhappy as bidding runs 16 to 17 cents, three to four cents below other regions. Growers have little say in price setting while buyers bid what they will. The article suggests planters may learn they control their fortunes within reasonable bounds.
In Franconia Notch New Hampshire the Old Man of the Mountain witnesses logging men threaten the forests. The voice of the axe echoes through the valley as lumber demands imperil the trees and the scenic landscape surrounding the Great Stone Face.
A fifteen year old boy confessed to murdering a little girl and was sentenced to life in the penitentiary. An expert testified the youth has a mental age of ten, prompting debate on whether life imprisonment for mentally deficient youths is humane versus hanging, with calls for better medical evaluation and guardianship.
Conservationists urge public support for the Notch tree drive by the American Nature Association with HQ in Washington. A dollar buys a tree as a memorial to aid forest protection amid reports of salmon depletion and looming Northwest fishing shortages.
An Ohio man requested confinement in jail but was assigned a work program job instead. The strange outcome underscores unconventional custody options and the inmate’s unintended path.
A safety council officer warns that moving day is the year’s most dangerous time, noting hazards rise when landlords or tenants face rent issues and possessions shift between addresses.
The note reports Clemenceau eating cold ham and pickles on his eighty sixth birthday as a light historical aside. It hints at a forthcoming feature, possibly a half page, in a future issue.
The article argues science finds female brains equal to male brains and suggests men may accept this if women endorse the conclusion. It frames equality as a scientific fact awaiting social acceptance.
A woman told restaurant owners that the can opener is the chief divorce ally in the country, dismissing claims that men hide funds in cans and urging attention to household finances.
A European physician announces a technique to engineer superior humans, prompting sensational reaction as New York's welcoming committee is invoked in mock or ominous fashion.
Quirky phrase offers a humorous mental image suggesting resilience in the face of odd wardrobe mishaps and the idea that misplaced items can be found with a little humor.
The league declares that war must be defensive from now on. Nations seeking conflict must pursue defense rather than aggression, aligning with tightened international restraint.
A playful caution recounts a joke about marrying trombone players. It humorously warns that such partners may let things slide.
Nogales Sonora reports the execution and display of General Francisco R. Serrano and thirteen followers after a Mexico City mutiny. Other uprisings in Sinaloa Tepic Jalisco are cited as Calles government claims the revolt is fully crushed.]]
Baseball page continues with Donie Bush urging action and Miller Huggins predicting a win while Babe Ruth shields left hand from autograph seekers. Crowds press for signatures on score cards and other items as he prepares for the game.
Play by play from a baseball test game shows Ruth, Gehrig, Meusel, Lazzeri and Waner among others. Highlights include Ruth's sharp single, Gehrigs bases on balls, a double steal by Gehrig and Lazzeri, and Koenig’s two base hit for the Pirates.
The High Point high school eleven will play Burlington high here Friday at 4 o'clock on Welch field. W. C. King reports the third game of the season with bright prospects though Burlington’s strength is not well known. High Point opened with a 33 to 0 win over Liberty highs and then beat Winston-Salem 12 to 6.
A lengthy play by play covers a Pirates Yankees game with multiple at bats. Key events include Lary Waner doubling, Barnhart scoring on a single, Ruth hitting a three hit game, Milius relieving Kremer, and late-inning defensive plays. The narrative mentions Lazzeri, Meusel, Lazzeri, and Koenig among others with various outs, hits, and errors, ending with Moore pitching and a scrambling ninth inning.
In a tense inning the Pirates fail to score as Moore fanned and Bricknell is put out by L Waner. Barnhart is thrown out at first after Waner’s tough line drive and Combs handles a foul line drive.
The High Point reserves left this morning for Mount Airy to face the local high school team this afternoon. Campbell the quarterback and Mitchell the kicker are noted for their play while Yow Hackner and Ewing anchor the line. The trip also includes players Robbins Clark McFadden Dixon Hunter Paschall Pierce Braxton Lemons Culler Ellington Ridge.
A communion service and memorials to year's dead opened the Presbyterian synod of North Carolina in Concord. Rev. M. E. Hansel and Rev. R. S. Arrowood led the service with First Church elders assisting, as Wilmington Presbytery and Mecklenburg Presbytery proposed organizational and funding measures for synod missions and stewardship.
In Pittsburgh on a bright October day, fans gathered for the first game of the world series. Clear skies and a predicted 70 degrees promise comfortable conditions as sun replaces morning fog before play begins.
Chicago market notes show hogs around 12,000 head with weighty averages 200 to 240 pounds and sows steady. hog top at 11.80. Cattle receipts 10,000 with feed steers selling above 15.50, new high tops near 16.90, fed steers around 13.00, stockers scarce and mostly steady, fat cows and butcher heifers down. Sheep 22,000 with fat lambs very low and natives 13.25 to 13.50, best around 13.85. ewes steady 5.75 to 6.50.
The New York cotton market opened steady with a two point gain to a three point loss and fell after the call amid renewed liquidation by Southern and local sellers. December slipped to 20.85 and March to 21.15, with brief rallies as trade buying and cover orders trimmed the decline. Weather reports suggested a standoff but spurred slight buying. crop reports put conditions from 51.7 to 53.8 with projected 12,334,000 to 12,655,000 bales.
Cotton in Liverpool Oct 5 saw good business with prices lower. American strict good middling 12.68 and other grades listed as 12.33 11.98 11.73 11.43 11.08 10.73 10.28 amid 10,000 bales sold including American. receipts 5,000 bales and American 1,400. futures closed barely steady.
A short quip from Everybody's Weekly notes a character boasting of a rich uncle to impress Vera, only to learn she will become his aunt. The remark highlights comic consequence as social status shifts.
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