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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1928
Page
2
Census Bureau reports August crushings totalled 73 795 tons, down from 159 856 tons a year earlier. On hand at mills stood 117 484 tons, versus 205 433 tons last year. Crude oil output and refined oil both fell, while cake and meal and linters showed declines in production and stock.
In May 1928 Germany censored 55 long feature films with 24 locally produced and 31 foreign titles. Of the foreign works 20 originated in the United States.
Senator Robinson and Mrs. Robinson arrived at the Southern railway station in Charlotte to a welcoming delegation. Local Democratic leaders voiced confidence in a November Democratic victory and noted a troubling split among partisan voters. The visit was aimed at bolstering the party and countering the bolt within North Carolina Democrats.
Senator Robinson vents at Hoover Democrats during a Charlotte stop urging a reading of the eight year Republican record. He accuses Coolidge and Harding aides of corruption and defended the Democratic line as voters weigh party loyalty and the tariff issue amid campaign theater in Raleigh and Charlotte.
Yuma with 16 class B and three class C planes began the non stop race to San Diego and Los Angeles as fog cleared. McMillan and Herrick lead in the Stinson monoplane while others queued at Curtiss Field awaiting a safe start.
Rev C H Foster of Oakland Kentucky will pastor Reeds and Church Land Baptist churches in Davidson County succeeding his brother Rev R C Foster who resigned. The departing pastor will study at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville for three years seeking a Master of Theology degree. Meanwhile Rev E F Mumford of Wallburg is called to Rich Fork Baptist near Thomasville, succeeding Rev R C Foster who led Abbotts Creek Baptist Church.
The damaged wing could not be fixed in time and Cornell did not arrive for a preflight check. The race, offering 22 500 in prizes to the first four finishers, may start after 9 am but most flyers expect noon to 2 pm. The current coast to coast record is 18 hours 58 minutes by Col. Art Goebel and Harry Tucker in a Lockheed Vega.
Texas Republicans attack Governor Smith while Governor Moody explains his stance before the regular convention. He places party loyalty above personal opinion, denounces GOP corruption claims, and states he will vote for Smith to uphold prohibition and party duties.
Senor Cosme Hinojosa postmaster general of Mexico and Rodolpho B Soto superintendent of mails in Mexico will visit Asheville next week to meet Harry B Now postmaster general as about 500 postmasters gather for their annual convention plans were completed today Dan W Hill postmaster announced.
If your home has old fashioned windows with inside blinds that have been removed build shallow bookcases where the blinds were. They create a decorative border to windows and form a focal point for a room.
Mayor Davis announced a council hearing on the proposed routing of highway No. 10 around the city. A committee formed at a Sheraton mass meeting will invite council members to set a date to hear residents opposed to the plan with public attendance.
The narrator recalls simpler pleasures from childhood, contrasting modern urban amusements with a return to a muddy pond for a holiday. He and a companion find the pond still there with bullfrogs, lilies, and water plants, but notice 24 other fishermen and women queued at the edge and arriving by car from the city.
The piece laments shrinking secluded natural spots as real estate growth invades quiet lake and river retreats. It contrasts cherished childhood picnics with a market that favors cabins and timbered parcels over solitude and natural beauty.
Students at High Point college who wish to take art this year have been requested to meet with Miss Enoch, art teacher, at the college Thursday. Miss Enoch will be at the college throughout the day tomorrow.
The report notes that the sole commodity needing refrigerated transport in Uruguay is frozen and chilled meat.
Parents learn Castoria eases minor infant upsets and colic without drugs. The vegetable remedy soothes babies quickly, suitable for older children too. Advertises twenty five million bottles sold last year.
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