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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1929
Page
4
A concise quotation notes that virtue and intellect form inner wealth while refined manners amplify their value, aligning character with social polish. The statement links moral quality to outward conduct as a social asset.
The piece argues that many Charlotte jurors in the O F Aderholt murder trial show prejudice and closed minds. It contends open mindedness is not emptiness and that a juror can be biased yet still fairly consider evidence to safeguard a defendant's right to a fair trial.
City eyes motion picture venture to revive the hall in City Hall. Local backers argue excessive control by The American leases hurt profits, and a new plan could overcome location drawbacks and boost operations. Observers await developments.
The piece asserts the negro as the chief contributor to distinctively American culture citing W F Calverton. It argues African American past informs American art and literature and claims negro contributions are more indigenous and original than white influences in culture. The article compares Black cultural impact to frontier legends and praises spirituals in song.
A column contrasts labor dignity with cultural focus on artists. It cites Elsie Robinson on a working man’s hand and, in contrast, discusses Japanese notions of honor and suicide as a strict code driving actions, arguing Americans may lack such high ideals.
The author argues that the negro contribution defines American culture through blues literature and jazz while Native American culture largely vanished. Citing Dvorak's New World Symphony as inspiration, the piece credits the negro mood, expression, and folk tradition as distinctly American, more so than white culture.
The passage honors the anonymous hands that mix mortar, lay steel, and set type beside architects and engineers. It links tangible structures to the creative minds and hungry hearts behind them, asserting a shared source of miracles and dreams.
A Boston man slapped his wife while she slept, reflecting a troubling rise in domestic aggression claims. Police are investigating and public safety officials note growing reports of battery incidents.
Readers note that new bills arriving at month start appear larger than expected, despite prior talk that legislation would be smaller. Officials have yet to explain the discrepancy.
The text asserts giraffes live ten years and questions why many seen at beaches appear to reach a ripe old age, implying a contradiction or unusual observation about these animals.
Reported unofficially that the Graf Zeppelin's tour here was a tactic to boost American admiration for Germany and improve German image abroad.
A man receives a postcard reading Wish you were here and hurries at once to the location referenced by the message seeking a reunion or visit.
Ruth Elder and Walter Camp Jr son of the football authority were married recently. The groom appears to be a skilled judge of selections.
The King and Queen of Belgium have been traveling in the Alps incognito as tourists. Observers wonder if royal appearances were intentionally plain or merely disguises for a private moment.
A person sues Mabel Willebrandt citing statements in her Inside of Prohibition series. The suit alleges harm from remarks attributed to Willebrandt and seeks unspecified relief. The filing signals high profile interest around the publication and its commentary on Prohibition policy.
Sing Sing prison installs chairs in the library so inmates can read while seated. The article notes the measure is a modest improvement but implies it may not be strong incentive.
A Philadelphia specialist studies the hearts of 800 families, hoping to identify what installment collectors truly hold, seeking to learn what people possess beyond matters of the heart.
The quotation notes that a wife can be valued as a goat and a cow in certain African lands. It argues that proposing an investigation into profiteering would be crude.
Enterprise report notes Governor O Max Gardner will resume duties in Raleigh after a month plus break. Key tasks include Marion strike settlement, potential state arbitration board for labor disputes, paroles and pardons, public speeches, and a port project at Morehead City costing about 300000. Gardner returns on Labor Day holiday.
Raleigh reports 10 311 animal life kinds in North Carolina with insects leading at 8 039 of the total. Vertebrates number 949, invertebrates about 1 300, detailing fish amphibians reptiles birds and mammals including a seal sea cow and nine whale species. Brimley notes insects likely exceed current lists and that New York recently issued a compilation.
Mr Brimley notes North Carolina and New York both host extensive insect lists and New York plans a 50 percent increase. He says many records serve as reference to pests and indicate some species have been present for decades without harm.
Raleigh reports the final settlement of Robert P Phifer estate values at over one million dollars. One quarter supports a sister and her daughter with the principal to the art society on the daughter's death. A second fourth goes to a sister then her son with the principal to the society if he dies without issue. A nephew of Phifer’s wife would receive a fourth with the same contingency. The final fourth supports Phifer’s sister then her daughter with 30 000 to Davidson College if she dies without issue. The society may use funds for art or museum building.
The 24 year old mill worker, with twelve years in mills, speaks of union views and religious differences as potential fair context. Other witnesses include L A Davis and R W Blackwelder offering cautious or personal stances, while J A Sutton and Walter Todd face excusal and selection pauses in a capital case trial.
The article notes jurors questioned for bias against northern defendants. It reveals a juror claimed no church ties and involvement of state attorney Jake K. Newell in deeds. Prospective juror Tom Po and Jimison report the prisoners dislike him. Ray of Southern Bell and DD W Sheets of Ford Motor Co were challenged for bias and Propst was excused.
In Bloom, Pa farmers keep barter as a standard business method. Butter eggs meat and produce are exchanged for groceries apparel and other goods. Stores in smaller towns still issue due bills credit slips from a quarter century ago though workers now often demand cash from stores if needed.
Eric Kelly has returned to Poland after winning the American Library Association first prize for The Trumpeter of Krakow. He will focus his next investigation on Wilno and Nowogrodek as his objective, continuing his yearlong study.
A note highlights a high clerical presence in Siberia where a rough ratio of one monk per family marks the region, underscoring a strong religious footprint among local populations.
Lord Bledisloe chairman of the Imperial Grassland Association urges a national park in England on the American plan. He suggests the Forest of Dean as England’s first national park with tents cabins and parking to host wild flowers birds and animals.
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