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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1931
Page
4
In Raleigh the push to lower real estate taxes centers on revaluation. Some prefer postponing the 1929 statute until 1932, others resist. House and Senate seek a March 15 start, not April 1, while warning that rushing revaluation raises costs and bond carrying charges.
An epidemic of influenza affects distant communities including Chapi Hill and London. Reports from the British capital reflect not only local troubles but the broader reach of flu across the British Isles and Europe. Overseas cases appear milder than wartime waves, signaling a shift in the outbreak pattern.
North Carolina experiences a broad flu outbreak described as mild and not dangerously severe. Reports suggest the state faces widespread infection but a hopefully steady death rate, possibly aided by wartime immunity to the flu germ.
A Raleigh stranger mistaking the governor’s mansion for a hotel entered the front hall and wandered into the library where Governor Gardner hosted friends. The incident suggests the governor is unusually accessible compared with predecessors and questions guard vigilance at the Mansion and executive offices.
A dispatch from India notes Henry Ford is building assembling plants in Bombay Calcutta Madras and Multan. Gandhi leads nationalist urges for primitive machinery as a path to liberty while Ford seeks to sell cars in India potentially enabling four plants. The clash pits modern industry against anti modernization aims.
A British former prime minister Baldwin recounts his financial decline after holding iron industry shares. He explains he could have sold at peak prices but kept holdings to protect his family name and public trust, despite such losses and market shifts.
An essay contrasts 1758 cabin construction with modern house building, lamenting loss of individual craftsmanship for speed and economy. It questions whether today’s sturdiness and pride in handiwork have declined, noting no one could build a cabin from wilderness that would last 172 years. The piece then critiques corn sugar labeling changes and cites a medical journal warning that undermining the food and drugs act harms consumer awareness. It concludes with traffic fatality data and Colorado governor Adams’s two-year record of clemency decisions as a curious, possibly unique governance note.
A report notes butter selling at 50 dollars per pound in Moscow. The item sparks debate on whether Russians deserve praise or criticism for the price and scarcity.
Workers relocating a 1758 log cabin in Pittsburgh’s new airport area faced careful disassembly to preserve a historic relic. The cabin, built in western Pennsylvania’s wilderness era, embodied early frontier craft and memory as plans moved the structure to a new memorial site.
Office sage notes trend toward bare living as Scot patrons ignore close fits. A New York judge and a park idler are both chased off the bench, reflecting a public mood of casual upheaval.
In a pointed aside the British figure Lloyd George assigns excessive coal production as the cause of joblessness. The quip suggests the old king coal is a merry dole.
A recent graduate says he will not seize unfair advantage while the economy remains subdued, choosing to wait for better conditions before seeking opportunities. He emphasizes ethics over rapid employment and plans to reassess when markets improve.
Washington report notes simmering discontent with Republican led rules as Democrats push back on tight control. Insurgent Republicans threaten bolts if independent proposals are not eased. Forecasts say next House could see changes regardless of which party organizes, with fragile majorities and defections likely.
The North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development announces an essay contest titled A New Land Policy for North Carolina open to all high school students. Prizes total 17.50 with medals for the winner and the school. Essays limited to 1,500 words due by March 31. The contest seeks ideas on how best to use the state's land beyond agricultural areas.
The construction engineering department at North Carolina State College was granted a student chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America. State College is the first US institution to receive this honor. The charter stems from a 1930 graduation class visit to Washington that impressed the association officials, says professor W G Geile.
A trial at Michigan State College uses colored glass windows to alter light and render chicken blood indistinguishable in hopes of preventing cannibalistic behavior among flocks.
Dr. Howard W. Oxley of Mountain Grove Missouri is appointed as the new educational adviser to the Liberian government, bringing his professional expertise to improve Liberia’s schooling system.
Raleigh reports the state with coast guard aid launches a crackdown on non resident trawlers violating three mile limit. A coast guard cutter will deploy a fisheries inspector along the coast from Cape Lookout to Cape Hatteras to curb trawling infractions linked to a fleet near Ocracoke inlet.
Guilford College students met in chapel and voted by a large majority to install an honor system during the current examination week. The move, favored by students and faculty, followed prior agitation with discussions led by Professor Carlyle Shepard and Dean Clyde A. Milner clarifying points raised.
A reader’s puzzle page lists vertical and across clues with definitions such as Aperture Beer Tatter Titles and Companies. It hints at a future discussion of a lame duck amendment to the Constitution amid a miscellany of wordplay prompts and historical context.
St Mary's Episcopal church in Kinston shows representative government by electing its vestry from varied local professions including two bankers a salesman a utilities man a druggist a newspaperman a country club grounds keeper a superior court judge a paying contractor a police sergeant a wholesaler and a tobacconist. Maia has 3 506 700 acres in inte cultivation.
Richmond Va Jan 17 T M Carrington chairman of the tobacco association of the United States says bright tobacco growers must gain independence from the money crop to improve economics. He urges less reliance on home marketing, notes large 1930 crop and overproduction, and praises extension services teaching self reliance.
A casual exchange about a vegetable garden follows a remark on its progress. The dialogue hints at seasonal harvests and nearby community chatter.
Production across 4 141 factories reached 1 597 027 000 pounds in 1929, reflecting broad dairy output.
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