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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1927
Page
4
Poem excerpt referencing the hymn Lead Thou Me On from The Pillar of the Cloud by John Henry Newman. It portrays guidance through darkness and distance from home with faith remaining steady. The speaker seeks continued guidance until morning and reunion with loved ones.
Stacey Wade steps down from the 4500 dollar a year post to take a higher paying job with a Durham based company. The governor and many citizens praise his six years leading the bureau and his prior service as chief clerk.
Old colonial Sabbath law faces challenge as Greensboro golfers plan Sunday rounds at Sedgefield. Magistrate pushes arrests, but public sense favors personal worship over enforced rest. Similar clashes arise in Wales where injunctions limit Sunday play, signaling North Carolina courts may temper such restrictions.
The writer critiques Britain's strict divorce rules via Lord Birkenhead's remarks on cruelty and infidelity as grounds, noting wives left in limbo with imprisoned or insane partners. He then rails against traffic horn honkers, urging patience and calm driving to reduce accidents.
The text argues that invoking a Greensboro statute could revolutionize Sunday life in the state by restricting activities like golf and enforcing recreational exercise, depending on its validity. If upheld, magistrates could face widespread citizen opposition and enforcement challenges.
President Hoke of Catawba College urged state colleges to curb the use of hired players in athletics. The piece notes many colleges hire help to boost on field success, comparing it to professional sports, and questions whether such practices align with a college’s primary goals.
A Massachusetts high school spent 4500 dollars for football uniforms and outfitted the team with specially built shoes at 11 dollars per pair, reflecting the rising costs of fielding a quality football squad in a mid sized city.
The payroll for a team includes a coach an osteopath a dentist a trainer and a rubber. With stadium costs and travel expenses the piece notes high school football now resembles Broadway production spending.
The article notes Levine returning from Europe declines movie offers to avoid making a show of himself. It suggests his remark about not “making a show” was a misstatement for not continuing to draw attention to himself.
Dr C Fred Williams of South Carolina asserts crime is more shaped by environment than heredity, noting physical and mental defects contribute to crime. He cites urban pollution of virtue, societal hypocrisy, and nations with undereducated citizens as factors behind youths and young women acting as they please.
The Gastonia Gazette reports on the Clover Community Club in Clover South Carolina. It blends civic club and chamber functions with farmer business ties, monthly meetings, and educational programs featuring speakers such as Clemson College economist W. H. Mills.
A reader comment in Statesville Daily argues that courtroom sickness is overstated and blames liquor cases for many illnesses among defendants families. The piece questions mercy versus justice, notes bootleg activity, and criticizes penalties as often ineffective and financed by illicit profits.
The Northwestern North Carolina Education Association wrapped its convention with calls for an eight month school term for every child, increased state funding for public schools, and broader rural access. Dr. A T Allen highlighted the evolution of public attitudes toward education from colonial times to the present, noting reforms such as rural schooling, consolidation of high schools, and longer rural terms. 1,095 teachers registered, with 300 additional attendees not registering, marking the largest meeting for the association.
The second annual meeting of the Latin Teachers Association concluded after two sessions at the high school building. Miss Marie Denneen presided. talks by Miss Denneen Miss Evelyn Martin Mrs C L Reynolds and Miss Ida E Millis were practical in nature. New officers elected: Edna Geiger president Evelyn Martin vice president and E Scarborough secretary. Dr Donnie Martin of Winthrop College gave the principal lecture on Rose journals from a year in Rock Hill.
Mrs. Sarah Rebecca Frazier 54 wife of D O Frasier died suddenly at 719 Monthea avenue at 3 30 this morning after planning to attend a Lexington funeral. Born March 24 1873 in Davidson County she was active with Central Friends church. Survived by husband four children two sisters and funeral set for tomorrow at 2 pm at Central Friends church with Rev Tom A Sykes officiating. Interment in Springfield cemetery.
Ten hotel bell boys, all African American, were arrested by local police after a raid on the Sheraton found approximately five gallons of whiskey in pint bottles in lockers used by the bell staff. The manager and night clerk are named witnesses at a preliminary hearing set for Monday.
Raleigh dispatch reports Franklin County welfare officer E. C. Perry believes a 45 to 50 year old man held in Louisburg jail is insane. The northern or western man cannot name his home, or tell his past, and reportedly pulled cotton plants from the ground for his sack. Welfare officers seek proper placement as the state board reviews the case.
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