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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1933
Page
5
Leaders across industry note progress in 1933 with expectations of further gains in 1934. They cite improving morale, strong Christmas trade, and rising production in furniture and hosiery, while acknowledging unemployment absorption and temporary CWA support as key challenges.
Rev. F. L. Conrad of Emmanuel Lutheran Church predicts a calm, stabilizing New Year with clearer vision and less fear. He cites rising civility, neighborliness, and charity, plus a slight spiritual awakening, and hopes 1934 will make amends for 1933 with forgiveness and mutual humility illustrated by John 13:14.
Mayor S. Grayson urges High Point residents to welcome 1934 with determination and optimism. He cites improved bank deposits and loans, calling for shared social and spiritual progress while resisting coercion, echoing King George and urging education morality and religion.
Hosiery plants are operating with reduced capacity amid ongoing production constraints. Officials report shifts shortened and output down from normal levels as supply chain factors pressure the textile sector.
A coroner's jury arraigned penitentiary prisoner Hubert McGaha for the slaying of fellow inmate Charlie McCormick. McGaha, already serving a five year term, faces the investigation in Columbia.
Von Blanton, 60, a farmer, rushed to obtain a doctor for his ill daughter and drove off a bridge near Nichols 8 C. on December 30, killing himself in the accident.
Washington December 30 A $1 000 000 subsistence homestead project will be built in Pender county North Carolina known as Penderlea Farms The plan calls for 4 500 acres to house between 800 and 400 families with a government loan to Pendlelen Homesteads Inc Governor Ehringhaus heads the board of visitors Hugh McRae Wilmington will be president The land was bought for 29 500 and homesteaders will be drawn from relief roles focusing on diversified subsistence farming instead of single crop cash farming
O E Kearns, prominent furniture and hosiery manufacturer, praised North Carolina for leading in recovery and predicted the nation would move toward substantial prosperity in 1934. He urged cautious, sound policy and voiced confidence in ongoing administration programs to rebuild the economy.
J Ed Millis of Adams Millis Corp reports 1934 looks brighter for the hosiery trade. He says nationwide curtailment tightens supply to match demand and retail Christmas buying surpassed store expectations, signaling potential new business. Millis remains cautiously optimistic about continued controlled production benefiting the industry and its workers.
In New Bern on December 30 Charles L. Abernethy Jr. met his old friend George Holland and gave a playful hug. The fountain pen in Abernethy’s hand pressed into Holland’s ribs, breaking two ribs. Abernethy, a former collegiate wrestler, is the son of a North Carolina congressman.
Raleigh December reports show both state textbook commissions tentatively approving sub committee work on social science courses for elementary and high school grades for next year.
Cleve Shuler a 45 year old resident of Balsam died after being thrown from the fender of a car during a collision near Waynesville. Police and investigators conducted a routine inquiry into the incident. The accident occurred on December 30, according to Waynesville dispatches.
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