Psalms Verse Refutes Ungodly as Chaff
A meditation on Psalms 1 4 describing the ungodly as not like the righteous but as chaff driven by wind, contrasting enduring paths of virtue with fleeting worldly beings.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1935
Page
4
A meditation on Psalms 1 4 describing the ungodly as not like the righteous but as chaff driven by wind, contrasting enduring paths of virtue with fleeting worldly beings.
Mr Willis H Booth of the Guaranty Trust Company argues that Europe’s trouble with Italy and England rests with Germany. He believes a solid German front could quickly resolve Italian policy disputes and warns against relying on German humanitarianism.
The piece argues that a Department of Education ruling allows teachers to teach but not advocate communism. It predicts more states may forbid teaching communism, warns activists may incite dissent, and calls for informed understanding to defend America from subversive influence.
In High Point, local schools avoid political meddling by selecting a superintendent then empowering him to hire teachers and principals on merit, not kinship or political service. Officials credit long-standing practice for a politics-free system, countering former secretary LeRoy Martin’s call for a reform law.
Raleigh judge Wiley G. Barnes ordered four young men found guilty of a violent street assault to pay 250 each plus 800 for hospital and lost time. The case involved two prominent North State College athletes and occurred on city streets last May. The judge warned against private settlements that mock justice and urged full legal accountability.
A local reminiscence recalls Julian Miller missing a job due to a undelivered telegram to report for The Enterprise. The piece lauds the Charlotte Observer’s elevation of a gifted journalist to editorship, noting his proven talent and fit to the paper’s tradition and state service.
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom launches a global campaign to collect half a billion signatures demanding end to arms buildup and a world treaty for disarmament. The effort aims to mobilize world opinion and pressure rulers to halt war profits and seek peaceful conflict resolution.
National Whirligig News reports liberal New Deal figures led by Tugwells Wallaces Cohens and Corcorans are uneasy as Roosevelt shifts right amid economic pressures. Dan Roper’s closeness to the throne and his armistice stance with big business worry liberal allies, while Britain’s manpower drain and French Laval mirror rising conservative strains.
A North Carolina editorial chair changes hands as the former editor departs after a notable tenure. The piece affirms his talents and the chance for a successful future beyond the current paper.
Statement suggests Haile Belassie is a candidate for the No bel prise in recognition of outstanding efforts for peace. The source uses a misspelled form of Haile Selassie and mentions a prize for peace.
James McMullin reports on the surge of federal lending with more than eight billion dollars in loans outstanding, plus two billion repaid, largely against hard-to-recover collateral. Banks fear future government intrusion into private credit and warn of unfair competition.
New York writer King Lardner is remembered for his sharp humor and stage wit at the Lambs grill where a crowd gathered for his quips. The piece also surveys Atlantic City show life and the Fifth Avenue sidewalk hawkers, plus Jack Dempsey’s tavern drawing crowds and autograph scenes in its first year.
The article notes Tommy Meighan’s return from serious illness sustaining a long popular support base. It highlights his 25 year loyal fan following and continued demand for autographs. It also mentions his 1904 marriage to Frances Ring who acted with him in The College Window.
A narrator recalls Shipwreck Kelly perched atop a flagpole at 50th Street and Eighth Avenue. The scene shifts to a city marathon dance as Kelly battles the wind to light a cigarette, drawing onlookers and a sense of turbulent life.
A fragment describes a camp follower known as Uncle Tom-like, linked to Dempsey and other fighters. The figure wears a Napoleon hat and Hessian epaulets, delivering sweeping lines and nickels, seen as ritual alongside Dempsey’s firm stance.
A bustling hamburger stand near Dempsey's attracts a lively crowd eager for autographs from Fred Aataire Jim dock and Carole Lombard. Patrons watch arrivals then visit for a bite and exchange of signatures.
A Baltimore woman writes she has read the columnist's piece twice and notes the repeated reading as flattering. The letter is attributed to a reader and carries a 1935 McNaught Syndicate copyright.
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