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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1931
Page
4
A brief religious quotation noting Mercy and truth preserve the king and his throne is upheld, followed by a contrasting line about mercy often inflicting death. The date shown is Monday, February 2, 1931, and two ancient sources are cited.
A critical opinion argues absentee ballots should be abolished noting their misuse and potential for fraud. It contends secrecy cannot be guaranteed and ballots are often prepared in advance, undermining citizen rights and inviting manipulation by political workers.
The North Carolina and South Carolina legislatures are debating reforms to public education. South Carolina proposes reducing college and university years to three and adding a high school grade to compensate, a move critics say costs more than it saves and harms educational vitality.
The American Business club sparks broad debate on a new city charter. It published a concrete charter draft to guide discussion, stressing nonpartisan intent and the aim of better governance for a city of High Point's size. The High Point Bar association will ensure legal soundness, with The Enterprise offering publicity to differing views.
The text argues that reducing high school instruction to a college year would lower instructional efficiency and harm state institutions. It warns standardizing agencies would disfavor such a radical change, risking South Carolina colleges being dropped from standard lists and graduates losing competitive standing. The author contends lawmakers know little about the issue.
The Moravian Church loses a revered figure as Bishop Edward Bornthaler dies. For over fifty years he preached hope and love, shaping civic righteousness and faith across North Carolina and the South. He loved mankind and the potential in people, guiding communities with devotion to faith and regional progress.
A bill in the state legislature seeks a constitutional convention in 1933. Governor Gardner urged the move in his early message, noting many needed changes. Despite support, Raleigh shows pessimism. voters decide, yet legislators should act swiftly and move to matters under their final authority.
T. C. Z. notes that the ultimate decision on whether to call a constitutional convention lies with the electorate, emphasizing popular sovereignty in constitutional processes.
Essayist Helen Welshimer contemplates America’s skyline ambition and Cass Gilbert’s warning that future climate may force the height race to end. She argues that while buildings may fall, vision endures, and America will continue to build upward even as the world reconsiders urban form. The piece contrasts modern towers with nostalgic recollections of cow pastures, livery stables, and simpler boyhood freedoms that vanished with changing times.
A playful headline challenges the belief that trousers were worn only after marriage. It notes a fashionable trend shift featuring a prominent woman adopting pants as part of a style revival.
Film producers who adapt stage successes for the sound era seem to believe in making amendments to a good many acts.
Report notes a proposed French cabinet touted by furniture makers as resistant to wear but described as collapsible, raising questions about practicality and quality. The item, presented with a period flourish, invites skepticism about durability.
A quirky remark suggests squash racquet enthusiasts are unfairly labeled as gangsters encroaching on the pumpkin market, reflecting local tensions between sports crowd and agricultural trade.
A condemned man speaks in bleak irony after his death sentence is commuted, declaring that no noose is good noose. The remark captures grim resignation and dark humor as the outcome changes.
In a Sunday letter, GEO. H. CROWELL praises Highland congregation led by Rev. C F Womble and Superintendent, noting il lness with the Flu and strong attendance for Sunday School and preaching. He lauds the new church, Adams Millis backing, and shares reflections on Jesus as healer and guide and the church as a City on a Hill.
A nostalgic poem celebrates a boy’s letters to his mother as the most cherished, surpassing romantic notes. It contrasts youthful ardor with a mother’s steadfast care, noting how a mother’s pride and prayers frame a son’s life and aging, her hands forever guiding.
In High Point, unemployed residents seek work as a new can nery is proposed. The plan targets female and unskilled labor to ease the local job shortage and provide employment opportunities.
Violinist Jascha Heifetz turns 30 and reflects from his Park Avenue home on a life in music. He speaks of striving to be a better man, the enigma label, family life with wife Florence Vidor and daughter Anna Josepha, and his reluctance to discuss charity while noting music remains his chief passion.
A Business Man argues that cannery work supports steady employment for workers and continuous farming activity, noting that canning avoids the boom and bust cycles seen in other industries. He urges city welfare groups to back establishing a cannery to aid the local economy.
R. Smoak a Greensboro travelling salesman suffered painful but not serious injuries when his Buick sedan skidded while he shifted a suitcase from front to rear. He struck a telephone pole at 210 West Lexington Avenue about nine this morning. Sechrest's ambulance was summoned but he refused hospital care, noting notable side pain.
Clinton reports Sampson County will be $50 000 behind in teacher salaries by May 1 due to slow tax collections and inability to dispose of tax notes. Superintendent D W Carter said teachers will stay at posts and schools stay open despite a $15 000 existing shortfall.
The famed virtuoso, who debuted in New York in 1917 at age six, prepares his fourth globe spanning tour. He values Ravel among modern composers, owns three violins including a legendary Guarnerius used in concerts, and maintains a Beethoven bust in his drawing room. He fasts before performances and loses about two pounds per show.
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was hospitalized at Sibley Hospital in Washington on the eve of a church board appearance to answer charges. Details on the illness remained unavailable as hospital staff declined to comment.
Moscow observatory thinker Prof. V. V. Stratonov predicts humans will dodge spaceships beyond Earth within a century. He compares interplanetary communication to early aviation, saying progress will mirror its rapid development.
Berlin forecast by Fritz Von Opel envisions rockets flying from Germany to America within 200 years, reaching 5000 miles an hour. He says fares will be cheaper than present ship rates due to rockets making several daily trips.
An employer describes a night watchman must stay alert for burglars and noises with one eye asleep and both ears open. The applicant offers to send his wife around, prompting a humorous exchange in Tit-Bits.
T A Shelton fifty a furniture worker in this city is in High Point hospital in an unconscious condition after falling from the running board of a car near the West End Fire House on Taylor street yesterday afternoon. Fireman saved him after he stopped breathing and revived him. he refused to go to the hospital at first but later was carried back in.
J. T. Ryan secretary of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association left for Raleigh to attend hearings before the North Carolina Corporation Commission. The session concerns a petition to raise the freight rate on logs in the state and he is expected to remain in Raleigh through Wednesday.
Trustee R R Ragan will sell at 12:00 noon March 5 1931 at the North door of High Point Municipal Court House in Guilford County North Carolina the lands described in a February 25 1929 deed of trust from 8B H Osborne and wife Ida B Osborne to secure a debt. sale is subject to taxes and prior liens with a 20 percent deposit required at sale to bid. Dated February 2 1931. R R Ragan Trustee. D H Parsons Atty.
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