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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1936
Page
4
A brief reflection contrasts Job’s rebuke of human filthiness with Walpole’s late life wish to apologize for mankind. The pair juxtaposes old biblical warning and a satirical author’s regretful view, framed as a personal musing on human nature.
The French government abandons the gold standard amid fears of destabilizing the franc. League reports favor devaluation for global trade, with U S and Britain wary of French politics. France faces a hard option as gold reserves shrink and stabilization talks loom. The piece questions whether France’s move will aid or impede European currency stability.
A dispute over North Carolina PWA allotments pits Capus M. Waynick against Dr. Ralph W. McDonald. Waynick says the state was slighted. McDonald argues the state may have benefited more than others. The broadside from McDonald adds indirect pressure to action.
A letter from W. H. Tucker of Seagrove urges liberal Democrats to reject the existing machine party leadership in North Carolina. He criticizes the McDonald and Hoey factions, praises Gil liam Grissom as a reform candidate, and urges backing Grissom in the November election for governor.
McIntyre presents a stream of vivid cultural snapshots from stage and street. Names like Victor Moore George Kaufman George Fitch Louis Mann and Bohemia appear amid vaudeville and city scenes from Cincinnati to East Liverpool.
The article notes a forecast drop to about 50 degrees and filming for His First Long Trousers at the local high school with Richard Eshelman in the lead and Miss Julia Marsh in support. Moving Day on October 1 looms as more homes are available this year. A. B. Horney records show 1,000 homes erected last year in High Point.
Mr and Mrs P D Gold of Florida visited yesterday hosted by Mr Golds sister Mrs Gilbert Clark and cousin T J Gold. Miss Bernice Ross of Chicago will arrive from Philadelphia to spend a few days with Mr and Mrs S Schwartz before returning to Chicago. Mrs H A White will lead the program at the Woman's club meeting the first of the season at the Country club Wednesday at 1 oclock.
Lee Slater Overman and F M Simmons will represent North Carolina in the U S senate and open the Democratic campaign in High Point at the armory tonight at 8. W N Keener of The Enterprise will introduce Overman. Buick thefts and other city auto crime alarm residents as the month’s biggest sensation. Mrs Mary Cauble Hayden dies at her son’s home on East Washington Street, just short of her 79th birthday.
A reflective leather of literary memories spans Vanity Fair references to Thackeray, Meredith, F. Marion Crawford and The White Sister. It touches on travel to Europe, the Took the Veil era in American letters, school memories, and urban scenes from Park Avenue to Waldorf. It closes with vivid mentions of distant places and tall tales.
John G. Dawson of the state Democratic Committee says Republicans are hopelessly wrecked by the Democratic governance given to the people. Rescue workers in Ironwood Michigan race to reach 43 miners trapped since yesterday after a cave in half a mile underground. three men died in a cage collapse. Jackson County leads the state in livestock improvement via State College program through August 1. Southeastern Florida digs out after last week’s battering storm. about 40 known dead, over 1,000 injured, and 3,000 homeless as restoration proceeds.
Rodney Snow departed for Philadelphia to resume his junior studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. L. J. Ingram returned from Greenville South Carolina where her son Charles resides. Mrs. LeRoy Briggs returns tonight after a Boston summer. Miss Clara Gurley departed for Boston to enroll at the Curry School of Expression.
News briefs report British forces entering Combles on the Somme, a German stronghold hindering Franco-British offensives. Boston maintains a secure lead in the American league. North Carolina National Guard moves toward Mexico as Justice Clark notes 3200 voters would be at the border and would not vote. Some London papers claim British mood is holidaylike not doing her bit. Egg prices rise to 66 cents per dozen.
A column mocks industrial spying and labor tensions while recalling Japans stance in the Far East. It reviews Dr. T Win gate Andrews North Carolina school expansion figures and presents a long biographical vignette of Bill Nye from humble beginnings to editor and postmaster, with humorous self commentary.
A reflective poem where a drone and a single person chase romance by the sea. The verses compare sea imagery with courtship as lovers pursue reunion while dining and wooing, ending with a hopeful refrain of lasting pursuit toward a shrine.
A $10,000 bill was found in New Jersey. A politician at a public event referenced the nation's sad plight and noted the discovery likely has not yet been missed.
The piece imagines thousands arriving in a city to begin work and seek companionship. It laments the old street sprinklers and industrious workers who kept up the town while predicting newcomers may feel overwhelmed, lonely, and unsure whether to persevere.
Two young entrants faced a wash rule before the freckle contest in New York. The winner was announced after cleanliness check and final judging.
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