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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1929
Page
6
Local society notes describe the Philomathean club gathering with Mrs W T Jones on North Main Street at 3 PM Friday, inviting full attendance. It also lists other meetings including Stevens Bible Study with Mrs W T Sink at Link Street, and various community events and visits in the area.
Rev G H Hendry of Concord preached last night on Scarecrows during revival services at Welch Memorial M P Church Mangum Avenue He compared scarecrows that deter birds from fruit to human scarecrows that bar Christians from full spiritual life He urged listeners to bring courage and power to fight sin.
A reflective line contrasts the world’s highest elevations with the unseen depths explored below sea level, noting that depth has offered more dramatic discovery than height. The remark hints at scientific or exploratory themes about Earth’s extremes.
The text notes that bees’ wings beat at a rate of 190 strokes each second, indicating their rapid wing motion and propulsion.
The notes warn Capone to hand over cash or Frank will confess under pressure. Frank claims he will expose murders ordered by Capone and discuss the Ben Newmark case and the New York trip. Mrs. Biege hints she may aid with information on Al Brown as officers press the inquiry.
W E Marion 63 of Irwin Tennessee died at a Spartanburg hotel after a sudden heart attack. He worked as an engineer for the C C O Railway for 23 years. Survived by widow and son Harry Marion of Irwin. Body to be taken to Irwin tomorrow for burial.
A large pile of old style currency totaling 180 tons sits ready for processing by a macerator and incinerator operating at full capacity to dispose of the money.
New York figure Silvia Paavalainem returns to service for Mrs. Henry Clay Frick as a washer woman. The article notes her speculative stock gains reached 35000 dollars on paper but disappeared after a market break.
Raleigh Oct 15 Nearly 40 million dollars has been appropriated by North Carolina General Assemblies over 30 years to aid public elementary and secondary education across counties. State School Facts shows funds by year and by program from 1899 1900 to 1929 30 including per capita, equalizing, rural libraries, rural high schools, adult illiteracy and more.
Miss Julian Bradham of Rocky Mount will make her first radio appearance tonight at 6 30 on WPTF Raleigh and perform each evening at the state fair before the grandstand. The 16 year old, crowned Miss Personality in New Jersey, will also broadcast from the fairgrounds nightly.
Tyro consolidates a new school with Cline and Marlowe of Hickory as general contractor and Salisbury Heating and Plumbing handling the heating work. The general bid stood at 25 748 dollars while heating bids reached 4 000 dollars. The project features a large auditorium and twelve classrooms planned by Percy Bloom, architect of Salisbury.
F. J. Sizemore of the High Point chamber of commerce received notice by letter of Curtiss Flying Service plans to send a plane from Logan Field Baltimore to High Point for aerial photographs. Several images of public buildings and manufacturing plants were to be taken, with no date given but plans to proceed soon.
A list of five corrections identifies a missing counter between ten and twenty and notes four balls on the table instead of three. It also states billiards rules and grammar fixes, including how's placement and a scrambled word Pump kin.
Mrs. E. D. Driver of Raleigh North Carolina describes constant back and chest pains headaches and leg swelling. She credits Cardus with steady improvement and renewed strength after months of use and urges others to consider its benefits.
Lexington October 15 The Davidson county road program will proceed after a county commissioners vote. Three new road sections were ordered in Midway Thomasville and Conrad Hill townships. The board also turned over 14.7 miles of county road from Thomas to the Forsyth line to the state highway commission for temporary maintenance along the Gum Tree road.
Report notes trees growing on the north or shaded side of a hill produce timber described as more durable than that grown on the sunlit south side, suggesting site conditions affect wood strength.
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