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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1929
Page
4
A quotation from Revelation urges rebuke and repentance with zeal for virtue. Addison warns decay of virtue in a nation tied to citizens’ zeal for their country’s good.
North Carolina and New York are not alone in bank merger news. Chicago reports a major story. Detroit announces a $700 000 000 merger. Mergers in Massachusetts Illinois and Ohio follow. The will to merge could reduce banks of importance to a dozen or fewer. Banks may become large chains serving nationwide needs.
The Colorado banker C. D. Waggoner has been likened to Robin Hood yet his actions differ. He allegedly stole from New York banks to cover deficits at his local bank, benefiting patrons rather than himself, though he faces likely prison despite some local admiration.
A concerted effort by powerful business groups to reduce city noise expands in New York. Organized forces backed by large capital aim to curb the din that lawmakers and citizens say harms health and commerce.
A critic argues city noise harms residents and raises the danger of a deafening future if crowds keep shouting. He urges educating the public to reduce unnecessary din, claiming it affects nerves and could make urban life intolerable over time.
The article argues that growing interest in football could solve higher education funding. A strong team and good management can render endowments unnecessary as gate receipts cover losses, funds from football finance athletics, and larger stadiums with advertising may erase scholastic fees. Football has become a big business.
Hopeful of electing General Albert L. Cox of Raleigh as national commander, American Legion members travel to Louisville to attend the convention. Cox, a war hero, led an artillery regiment under Governor Bickett that served in France, earning the respect of his men and supporters.
A North Carolina commission on judicial reform hears Judge Hoyle Sink advocate removing the grand jury as a costly antiquated organ. Indictments often arise outside the jury, and the system’s value is debated against time and county costs. One man’s suspicion contrasts with twelve jurors.
County clubs resembling city civic groups are forming nationwide, per University News Letter writer R. E. Price who notes Rutherford county sparked the trend. The Rutherford club began in 1922 at the suggestion of cotton man K. S. Janner, with a second club following.
The Outlook rebuts Niles Bruce’s claim that play publicity is only marginally valuable. It notes reviews do not predict box office, yet well planned publicity boosts shows, with examples like chorus girls in bathing suits extending a musical’s life and Helen Morgan in court lifting Show Boat. It argues public interest is driven by publicity that makes people want what is offered.
A columnist ponders why football teams do not use charging drills against revolving doors to condition players. The idea is presented as a provocative training concept with potential fitness and discipline benefits.
Recent naval investigations reveal substantial Shearer related controversy within the department, stirring questions about leadership and integrity. The reports point to internal conflicts and repeated missteps attributed to prominent figures connected with Shearer.
More than two hundred delegates gather in Columbus Ohio for the Autumn Council of Seventh-day Adventists with leaders from the North American Division and eight world divisions. The article notes 135 countries, 347 languages, 11,000 ministers and extensive budgets, highlighting last year’s $4.6 million foreign work and this year’s over $5.5 million requests, the largest in denomination history.
Raleigh reports nerves faded as the 16 communists and strikers await trial for the murder of Gastonia police chief O F Aderholdt. Prosecution shifts to second degree murder to speed jury selection and reduce challenges. officials expect a calmer, more conservative proceeding.
A bride and her husband move into a four story walk up where their baby Junior's perambulator triggers complaints from tenants on multiple floors. One by one the wheels face eviction until the family breaks their lease for a home with a baby garage. The piece jokes on urban living while noting that babies complicate city life and commuting offers one fix.
George Isenberger of Clarion Ta a railroad laborer says he bought a home an automobile and reared a family of nine on a never exceeding 75 dollar monthly salary.
Joseph Mayott, 54, Spanish American War veteran, lives at the Sawtelle soldiers home and suffers Paget's disease, a rare ailment that slowly reduces bone size. Doctors have studied him with 400 exams, noting no pain or immediate danger, though shrinkage could stop any time and may extend his life by decades.
Statistics reveal the highest Berlin divorce rate is among 25 to 35 year olds. The next largest groups are underage couples and those over fifty. In the year, 417 couples who had lived together more than 25 years separated, with no details on remarriage or solitude.
A fleet of new streetcars has been introduced in Berlina featuring faster travel and increased passenger capacity, signaling upgraded urban transit for the city.
An article discusses milk as a near perfect food, detailing its calories and nutrient content versus other beverages. It explains protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals in milk and contrasts with coffee, tea, soft drinks, and juices, noting enrichment options.
Clement Brockmeyer, a 22 year old farmer in Cape Girardeau Missouri, expects to harvest 800 pounds of ginseng roots from two acres at 12 dollars a pound, totaling about 9600 dollars for this year. A dried roots crate once bought him a cheap automobile.
In Austin the Texas land office shows pay declines from clerk to commissioner. W. J. H. Walker, now commissioner, loses about 800 dollars annually versus his prior chief clerk salary of 3300 and a fixed constitution salary of 2500.
In Auckland officials report a national sheep census shows a record total of 29,011,447 sheep, marking both the highest Dominion total and the largest yearly increase in at least eight decades.
In Wilson North Carolina on September 28 Atlantic Christian college beat Campbell college 6 to 0 as Vestal Campbell fumbled a punt recovered by Strickland who ran 22 yards to the one yard line and scored the decisive touchdown. Campbell failed to threaten the Bulldog defense.
In Paris, Drs Contremoulin and Robineau report research showing success when metal devices are properly engineered and firmly fastened to broken bones. They argue nature uses man made hinges and that current methods often fail due to insufficient rigidity and design.
William Robinson, 61, of Nottingham, born 1919, has registered the birth of his thirtieth child. By his first wife he had two children and by his second wife six. He has known what it is to have one child born and another die on the same day. Robinson was gassed in the world war and has been on the industrial disability list since discharge from the army.
In New York the market angered by a concentration where about six shares drive most activity. Traders say the list this fall may resemble a lazy symphony with a small group of stocks doing the heavy lifting while others lag.
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