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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1931
Page
7
With under two weeks to filings for mayor and council, no entrants have appeared at the Municipal Board of Elections. Rumors point to Horace Haworth as a probable Republican mayoral candidate, but no confirmation exists. Democratic favorites remain secret, and several current council members may not run.
The March report shows the High Point Public Library circulated 8,222 books last month, a gain of about 1,500 over March 1980. Librarian Miss Willie Welch notes 140 new members enrolled and 191 reference questions answered at the desk.
Political observers expect public opinion to favor conservative businessmen to steer the city for two years under a new charter that creates a nine member governing board. All candidates will be elected at large rather than by wards, signaling a likely more intensive 1931 campaign. No insect will attack the banana, he is immune from disease.
Dorothy Bowen Paul Bulla and Mabel Koonts travel to Winston Salem to debate U.S. independence for the Philippines against Richard J. Reynolds High School. Judges include Ralph McDonald Salem College and C. R. Hinshaw High Point College. Local and Greensboro teams aim for Aycock Memorial Cup finals at Chapel Hill.
Alexander H. James, 23, sentenced to 99 years in a San Antonio murder case tied to a Christmas Eve held up at Mrs. W. C. Chamberlain home. He shot Vester Coltrane, a Fort Sam Houston soldier, while defending his hostess. Trial lasted three days with jurors chosen after two days of questioning. James, about to become a husband, showed emotion for his wife and mother as verdict delivered.
The Rev R C Farmer spoke on The Drama of Calvary at First Methodist Protestant Church during Holy Week services nightly at 7 30 except Saturday. He described Christ as eternal love on Calvary, contrasting Christianity with other religions and noting the Passion’s relevance to past present and future.
High Point Public library will loan nine of the ten top renter fiction titles this month based on nationwide reports to a New York retailer. Librarian Miss Willie Welch announced the list, including Grand Hotel by Vick Baum and Back Street by Fannie Hurst, among others like Seed, The Love of Julie Borel, Reader I Married Him, Portrait of Caroline, Festival, Cakes and Ale.
Commercial National Bank received a $50,000 US Treasury draft as the initial deposit on the postal savings account for High Point and vicinity. The government deposits pay two percent interest to lenders and bank deposits at two and a quarter percent, with the local bank designated as the depository after years as a federal funds depot.
Anne Douglas Sedgewick and several fiction titles are highlighted as worthy reads. Nonfiction works include Cosmic Religion and This Thing Called Broadcasting among others. The piece closes with a vivid account of a Bavarian lake echo where a pistol shot yields a mounting, thunderous rebound from cliff and forest.
Mrs. L. A. Kay of Thomasville recounts a two year battle with rheumatism, weight loss, and insomnia. After using Natex from Mann's Drug Store at 105 S. Main St, she reports full relief from rheumatism, improved health, weight gain, and nightly sleep. The Natex man is selling the remedy daily in town.
James B. Lovelace and Sam H. Denny were elected delegates to the American Business club national convention at Ponca City Oklahoma in June by the local chapter at its weekly dinner. Previously Lovelace and Tomlinson were named delegates to the Charlotte district meeting but Lovelace withdrew due to a national nomination. John T. Moffitt was elected as club president and J. Saunders Dallas as alternate. Rev George T. Tunstall spoke on Optimism and Walter E. Crissman introduced him. Attendance prize went to William A. Tomlinson.
High Point welfare board and unemployment committee plan a joint session tomorrow at 4 pm in the municipal court room to review work completed in the past month. City council members are expected to attend as officials from both organizations report progress and outline plans to tide the city over until warm weather sets in.
The Bible study series at First Presbyterian Church continues through Friday night after starting last Monday in Holy Week with strong attendance, according to Pastor Dr. C. H. Nabers.
Lions clubs from Point Greensboro Winston-Salem and Kernersville announce a joint event to celebrate international contact week at Sedgefield manor in Greensboro on Thursday April 23 at 7 pm. Judge G H Hastings will speak, William H Sullivan will host, with a golf tournament and musical acts from Pal mer Memorial Institute Sedalia and a Kernersville magician Paul Fulp.
Sechrest's ambulance was dispatched this morning to the corner of North Main Street and Lexington Avenue but attendants found no injuries wrecked cars or evidence of an accident.
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