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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1931
Page
4
Ehringhaus declares opposition to both forms of sales tax amid a divided field. The move clarifies the air as a primary looms, setting up a sharper duel with Gardner supporters and leaving Maxwell's plans uncertain.
A. A. F. Seawell, elevated to assistant to the attorney general, rails against a broad “petting party racket” involving magistrates and constables in North Carolina. He cites a Greensboro case, with the governor’s office responding, and notes possible appeals. The piece questions guilt while affirming the racket’s existence.
A comment suggests Mr. Sea Well could run for attorney general, with allies urging him to focus on a platform of safety and inclusion. The remark frames the race as a chance to pursue anti hate and pro‑love governance in North Carolina.
The piece laments Michigan's death penalty abolition after four killed and burned in an automobile. It argues three youths sentenced to life imprisonment lack a harsh enough penalty and contends state legislators should consider harsher punishment to deter brutal crimes.
The new bridge opens Roanoke Island to traffic linking it with Nag's Head, easing isolation and boosting tourism. It makes Roanoke Island more accessible while preserving its remoteness for some visitors, and ties the Wright brothers monument site to a broader state effort to promote a tourist trade.
The Lindbergh vacation proceeds on schedule with a stopover on a Pacific island 35 miles offshore and over 1,000 miles from Nome. From the island to Tokyo is about 1,300 miles, with the Japanese capital once a planned destination. The voyage likely extends around the world barring disaster, while public excitement has cooled since his earlier landmark flights.
The Federal Council of Churches laments faulty distribution of enterprise benefits and notes millions of men and women walking city streets seeking work. It cites unemployed manual and clerical workers relying on churches and relief agencies, highlighting the broad social impact and demand for systemic solutions.
Since 1855 the nation has endured eight major depressions and warns against endless drift without social planning. The social service commission notes wealth concentration with 1 percent owning 33 percent of wealth and 10 percent owning 64 percent, leaving workers with insufficient income. Bishop Cannon calls for government action to correct glaring inequalities and misery from economic maladjustment in a temperance and social welfare report.
The essay surveys world vagabonds in literature and nations. It cites Ulysses, the Wandering Jew, the remittance man, and figures like Joyce Kilmer, Rupert Brooke, and Tommies. It notes English, German, Japanese, and Egyptian wanderers, linking mobility to national identity and home.
Phyllis Bottome’s Devil’s Due is praised for observations on life and eccentric characters. Henri Gaudier Brzeska’s life with Sophie Brzeska is profiled as a frank biography by H. S. Ede, while Miss Coatsworth wins the John Newbery Medal for The Cat Who Went To Heaven. New Macmillan editions and forthcoming poems by John Magefield are noted.
Southwest Press of Dallas plans six Texas related books this fall led by a reprint of Texas by Mary Austin Holley. Holley, cousin of Stephen F. Austin, wrote letters from the Austin colony a century ago describing early Texas life to prospective colonists. The work is a historic Texiana rarity prized by scholars and collectors.
The poem invites readers to recall the Old Home Town and friends left behind, urging a visit to revive spirits. It reflects nostalgia for a welcoming place and contrasts life’s burdens with comfort from familiar faces at High Point Hospital, attributed to Blanche Berrier.
Chicago marked the Fort Dearborn massacre with a triple ceremony at the 18th Street and Prairie avenue site, Michigan Avenue fort location, and the lakefront reproduction for the 1933 exposition. John Munson, a descendant of settlers, and Red Sun of the Pottawatomies, helped unveil a bronze tablet.
A 28 year old woman who gave the name Mrs Alma Ludwig was arrested in Chicago and admitted stealing jewelry valued at 50000 from Ernest Dupont of Wilmington Delaware. She said she left the Dupont employ weeks ago with jewelry totaling 75000 and sold about one third in New York Philadelphia and other cities. One bar pin worth 2000 was sold for 100.
Captain Edward Doyle of the Wanderlust piloted the $200000 steam yacht into Provincetown harbor and ran aground mistaking a car headlight for Wood End lighthouse. He later learned the light was from an approaching automobile on shore.
Archivist Mattie Austin Hatcher compiles a biographical sketch from 125 private letters detailing Mary Austin Holley’s travels across pioneer America. The set includes reprint material and promises to elevate Holley as a major Texas figure. The Southwest Press also plans The French Opera at New Orleans by J S Kendall, a detailed study with photographs and rare materials, marking a significant addition to American theatre history.
A writer muses on rats in walls and bar traps, hints at economic impacts of crop trends, and recalls books read or lent to the Public Library. Also notes Col. Fred A. Olds and Prof. John Blair visiting with remarks on Memorial gate dedication and the writer’s fond encounter with a hearty handshake.
A new device uses a padded leather covered drum to produce friction and vibration. It claims to cure cold hands and feet by improving blood circulation.
A man proposes a device called Bume ve llum cleaner that would be operated by a regular water system from taps installed in homes. The concept relies on dust carried through sewer pipes to power or feed the cleaner.
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