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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1931
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows an exchange number 4565 and department references. It lists advertising representatives Frost Landis and Kobn at Brunswick Building 250 Park Avenue New York with office names including People’s Gas Building Michigan toward.
A dated reflection from August 9, 1981 presents a biblical proverb from Isaiah and a quote from South about deception. The brief meditation contrasts calling evil good with the transformation of falsehood into action, warning readers to beware moral misdirection.
The faith and loyalty of High Point college supporters are tested as the college faces a depleted treasury and unpaid salary bills. A $75,000 bond sale is under way with $9,000 locally, backed by the college’s assets, as the Methodist Protestant church seeks to place an equal amount outside the state. Benefactors are urged to invest for the college’s continued service and potential self sufficiency.
A tobacco industry commentary argues buyers cannot set prices in auction warehouses due to supply and demand. It urges growers to form cooperatives to regulate production and avoid surplus that fruits no profit. The American Tobacco Company president addresses buyers in producing states.
A call for conservation of American forests and natural resources. The piece urges replacing pioneer greed with rational, scientific stewardship, stressing psychology of conservation over conquest and turning high pressure salesmanship into high-minded stewardship. It cites Glenn Frank and his essay urging sustained efforts to restore and protect landscapes and resources.
The article argues that cigarette makers cannot dominate leaf supply as big four firms take limited shares of bright tobacco. President George W. Hill contends buyers should organize to boost leaf prices, but notes no single company controls enough of the crop to be blamed. The tobacco farmer must help himself.
At the turn of the century 4 163 people lived in High Point. By 1990 the city reached 36 745, rising from 9th to 7th in state rank. Furniture and textile industries fueled growth, improving conditions, earnings, schools, and facilities since 1900.
Analysis notes banks fail in diverse ways beyond overdraft practices. It contrasts famed dam names with those deemed problematic, suggesting reputational and structural vulnerabilities in leadership.
The sermon reflects on Ananias' bold encounter with Saul upon his Damascus arrival. It praises the line Brother Saul as a sign of Christian unity and humility and compares the moment to other biblical meetings. It comments on courage, conversion, and the power of grace guiding action.
A column announces Rafael Sabatini selected works in one volume with Captain Blood and Scaramouche, plus other authorial releases from Houghton Mifflin and Minton Balch. It notes Walter Meckauer prize wins, Ellery Walter’s Russia trip and forthcoming books, and various publication dates and authors tied to publishers.
A biography on a long traveled fox terrier to be titled Igloo by Jane Brevoort Walden with a foreword by Admiral Byrd is slated for Putnam’s fall juvenile list. Also new Sacco Vanzetti material and Tagore anniversary milestones shape autumn reading with noted sponsors and editors.
In Asheville a jury heard that Central Bank and Trust Company discounted 825000 in notes for Colonel Luke Lea of Tennessee Publishing. Witness Wallace B. Davis faces conspiracy charges with Lea and others to defraud the bank as trial enters its third week.
H C Rogers, a six year veteran of Lexington police, submitted his resignation to Mayor J A Smith and the city police committee effective immediately. He cited inability to enforce laws after his suspension connected to the August 1 incident involving Rev B D Fritcher of Oxford, mistaken for a “suspicious” person.
The Jist an Old Custom Marksmen of Hollandtown Wisconsin hold an annual event begun eight or six years ago. A wooden bird sits on a 44 foot pole and the shooter who downing the last piece is crowned king.
The column blends folklore notes with observations on readers and famed writers. It recalls a youth named Jackie near eighteen who plans for agriculture or textiles after high school, seeking outdoor work and meaningful study, while the writer muses on life, work, and the social scene of Jamestown.
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