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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1930
Page
4
National Advertising Representatives Frost Landis and Kohn listed in Brunswick Building 250 Park Avenue New York People Gas Building Michigan Boulevard for department inquiries and dial 4565.
A short reflective prayer quotes Psalm 6 4 asking for deliverance and mercy. It links divine mercy with human acts of mercy, invoking a spiritual appeal and a reminder of ethical conduct in daily life.
The article judges North Carolina prison officials for letting Otto Wood stay free, accusing him of incorrigible crime and urging decisive action to recapture him. It notes prior escapes and suggests the state should not tolerate a dangerous criminal who has killed before. It cites a $25 reward and calls for harsher handling.
A reader notes differences between town and rural dwellers under hospital conditions and cites Wiggam on civilization versus barbarism. The piece previews The New Decalogue of the writer and hints at evolving views on how civilization distances people from life, death, and survival.
Radio marks ten years of rapid growth since its start in Frank Conrad’s garage. Visionaries foresee a future in which radio fuels art education and entertainment across society, with vast advances including wireless energy, distant fertilization, remote control, and early TV and telecommunication innovations shaping a vast democratic industry.
Bruce Catton notes that U S population growth is projected to plateau around 140 to 150 million within a generation due to lower birth rates and tighter immigration. J J Spengler’s New Republic piece warns of social shifts and labor market changes amid a stabilizing population.
Wiggam argues civilization itself is dangerous as artificial selection replaces natural forces. He warns urban life isolates individuals from blood and death, potentially stunting brain growth. He suggests science could counteract civilization's destructive effects if adopted and advanced.
The article notes North Carolina's public school enrollment at 29 percent of the population, behind Mississippi at 33.8 percent. It contrasts enrollment with attendance, questioning padding and emphasizing the need to justify education spending through actual attendance.
The text argues that expansion offers immense possibilities and probabilities, and its usefulness hinges on the internal and external discipline guiding its development. It emphasizes the need for clear vision to realize beneficial outcomes.
The Towhee is a ground bird about eight inches long found in pastures swamps and open woodlands. The male has a black head and back a brown breast with white tipped tail and wing feathers. Its song is a clear loud tow hee e e and often heard from treetops where it sings for minutes at a time.
The male Indigo Bunting is indigo blue while the female is brownish with a hint of blue on the wings. It measures about five and a half inches, found near dusty roadsides, pastures, swamps, and edges of woods. Its song is a sprightly warble with canary like notes.
The Phoebe is a seven inch gray backed passerine with a light breast. It features a distinctive jerky call and is often found near old bridges and brooks. The bird is extremely nervous, constantly twitching its tail and scanning the surroundings.
The Wood Thrush thrives in swamps and moist woodlands with reddish brown backs and light spotted breasts. Quail require little description due to familiarity. The Chimney Swift shows tail feather spines and a solid grayish brown plumage.
The Brown Thrasher grows large at 1114 inches with a reddish brown back and white spotted breast. Its song resembles a Catbird but is not harsh. The Kildeer is a water bird smaller than the Sandpiper with very long legs, fond of sandy shorelines near lakes and streams.
A remark suggests Gerard who drafted a 64 rulers of America list may have devised a similar list for Italy. The comment hints at his prolific writing and possible cross national cataloging of rulers.
Authorities investigate a tombstone racket believed to be run by Al Capone era gangsters. The inquiry ties into illicit control over a local bier business and related trades.
The Flicker belongs to the woodpecker family with a male that has a black moustache mark and a red spot on the back of the head. It inhabits orchards and woods and anywhere trees grow. In color they are brown with black spots, about 13 inches long, and their call is a rapid couk cuk cuk or a sharp gui tu.
Henry Ford plans a new factory in France to expand his automobile business. The move signals a major European investment, diverging from contemporaries like MgrHearst in approach to the country.
A witty office boy quips that if Sir Thomas Lipton appears elegant in his yachting outfit, Scots typically dress to kilts, highlighting regional attire contrast in a playful remark.
A visitor notes a strong rose scent in the public library as summer shifts toward fall. The roses were presented to the library by Sykes, and the reader sinks into the alcove, immersed in the book titled Ask Me Another.
A Touch of Red describes red ecamelias to add color to all white dresses made of shining artificial satin for formal evenings near this winter season.
A reader criticizes the half hour high school lunch and urges parents to speak up on school policies. The piece blends reflections on life differences between towns and rural areas, and notes broader social observations from varying locales.
An observer contrasts rural and urban attitudes toward illness and death seen in hospital visitors. Rural visitors arrive quietly, eat frugally, tidy their space, and resume the day with restrained emotion. Urban visitors are implied to differ in demeanor as death and life cycle continue regardless.
A dense list of cryptic style clues and a past answer line includes terms across multiple definitions such as petroleum, debt, weight, and public notices. The fragment blends question prompts, vertical hints, and puzzle entries with mixed language lines and numeric codes.
Jim Reed returns from abroad and questions whether travel gives any insight into Europe’s condition. He says a man traveling a country cannot form an intelligent opinion on its economic or political state.
New York film star Buster Keaton, returning from Europe, plans to split time between Philadelphia and St Louis. He favors the Cardinals and notes a discovery near moviedom. An errand boy impressed Keaton and earned a Vernon job.
New York groom Bud Stillman and his bride Lena Wilson will attend Harvard Medical School courses with him. He aims to specialize in child diseases while she attends non-technical lectures on subjects that interest him.
In Santo Domingo authorities indicate stamp prices will rise as the government recalls issues bearing the image of Horacio Vasquez who resigned the presidency last February.
Miss Marte J Leary of Greenwich Conn returns from Berlin with two three month old lion cubs on leashes. She fears cages may be necessary soon as the pets grow larger and more unruly.
Women pupils of Moonlight schools in Hamilton County present a basket of preserves along with a peck of sweet potatoes grown by 4-H clubs. A larger sum is expected once the rest arrives.
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