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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1934
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows rental and price snippets with decimals and a date line reading Wednesday January 2 1084. Names or places are unreadable. no clear event or entities to anchor beyond generic price references.
A compact reflection cites Deuteronomy 24 17 on not denying a stranger or widow their rights and recalls Manu opposing justice that harms the vulnerable. The snippets frame law, mercy, and social duty across ancient sources.
The Lexington Dispatch urges turning idle furniture plants into operating facilities to create steady jobs for skilled workers. It notes the Knox Manufacturing Company and other plants remain idle, stressing the furniture industry's recent downturn and the potential for a community asset if the plant is revived.
In Raleigh municipal court Roy Askea a known political worker was tried on assault charges after he and a constable arrested Jessie House whose husband faced a worthless check accusation. House who earns $12 weekly could not meet the demanded sum and was physically seized by Askea. The incident centers on a $12 check and coercive repayment amid CWA payroll ties.
The trial revealed Asken extorting usurious interest with police aid. He was fined $20 and the aiding constable $10. The Raleigh News and Observer urged a broader investigation into Asken’s lending, alleged checks on illiterate borrowers, and possible CWA roll abuse.
Mrs. Hallie White Bird denounces honeysuckle as a menace to soil and landscape while praising clover and vetch as better, cleaner alternatives. She warns CWA roadside plantings may spread the weed, urging a shift to useful, soil enriching species.
Bruce Catton argues devaluation and a large federal spending program sharpen focus on the securities act. He notes the act lets investors sue for misstatements, claimed to chill Wall Street's ability to issue new securities. The piece weighs whether this protection hinders industrial recovery.
The author argues Congress will face calls to modify or repeal the securities act to spur business revival but warns caution. Distillery stocks with strong prospects have sold, suggesting conditions outside the act affect markets. The act stands as social control over money changers, and modification must be proven necessary beyond doubt.
Comptroller General McCarvel temporarily blocks the government emergency housing corporation from spending 100 million on slum clearance and low cost housing, deeming it unconstitutional. Washington expects possible new legislation to bypass the obstacle, while noting the constitutional question. Meanwhile a German law abolishes unions, fines workers, and gives employers control, tightening state control over labor.
George Fort Milton argues in Culture in the South that the old trio of faiths in the South Hell calomel and the Democratic party has faded. He suggests today’s South centers on Roosevelt recovery and relief as its guiding tenets amid changing beliefs and modern politics.
A case filed in Omaha hinges on the value of happiness as the basis for a $60,000 legacy claim. Analysts note that larger suits often rest on the word promise. The outcome will hinge on contract and testament interpretations in court.
The report notes Al Smith faced boos at a New York Tammany Hall banquet but argues his popularity remains substantial. It also compares Mussolini’s brain trust with Roosevelt’s, suggesting Roosevelt’s leadership team outshines Mussolini’s in substance.
A military official states bayonets will not be used in future conflicts. The remark is paired with a humorous note about supplying can openers with corn and beans in the future.
A Detroit woman received a load of vegetables from her estranged husband amid ongoing alimony disputes. The delivery sparked local discussion about financial arrangements and personal tensions within the former couple.
A humorous protest questions why Ruth’s legendary long balls deserve uniform limits when other feats are counted by standard bases. The piece defends Ruth’s power as a defining record and gauges the fairness of adjusting scoring rules.
The North Carolina Supreme Court decided four High Point related cases among 40 total. It remanded Albertson habeas corpus for re hearing, upheld costs for Carter in a parking dispute, left Miller divorce jurisdiction for trial, and ruled no error in Dixie Oil claim voided by payment on note assignment.
Proceedings list several appellate decisions with many cases affirmed, reversed, or remanded across Guilford Wake Davidson Forsyth Rockingham Alamance and other counties. The long roll calls cases such as Mitchell v Ins Co Wake and Osborne v Pender are noted as affirmed or reversed, with others like Bank v Oil Co Guilford and Gordy v Chair Co Davidson.
J H Jennings manager of the High Point branch of Southern Public Utilities says a white unidentified man has approached several homes claiming to investigate high gas bills. He is not a company representative and genuine employees carry proper identification. A local woman also asked if the man worked for S P U and might be seeking entry for illegal purposes.
The High Point Board of Public Welfare appealed for several beds this afternoon saying beds are badly needed. Donors are urged to contact the Welfare board at once to help provide the necessary sleepers.
The High Point chapter of the Order of De Molay will hold its regular meeting at the Masonic Temple this evening at 7:80. All members should attend as the first degree will be conferred on Lawrence Wagger.
A word puzzle lists clues for both horizontal and vertical entries. Across include figures like a golf teacher and a god of thunder while down clues cover items from coffee pot to celestial and natural terms. The grid interweaves names and common terms in a themed word game.
The High Point zoning board now handles granting permits for gasoline stations instead of the city council. City Attorney Grover H. Jones drafted the ordinance clarifying the transfer of authority to the Board of Adjustment of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Reinstatement of F. E. Kennedy and E. L. Davis of High Point Route Two as deputy fish and game wardens announced by county game warden A. M. Benbow after a communication from R. Bruce Etheridge, director of the State Department of Conservation and Development. Etheridge cited a full investigation and noted protests against their continuation were not based on facts making removal advisable.
The Stringfield Ensemble of the North Carolina Symphony Society will give a chamber concert in the Odell building at Greensboro college on Monday evening January 29 at 8 30 for the benefit of the scholarship student loan fund under the aus pices of the Euterpe club of Greensboro. All music lovers of High Point are invited. a small admission fee will be charged.
Rev R I Farmer of the First Methodist Protestant church will lead this evening's mid week prayer and praise service at 7 30 The discussion centers on Wordsworth the poet of life as the second in a series on Poets Of Faith
Mrs. Maud Van Deusen of Collinsville Oklahoma says Black-Draught helps with dizzy spells bad taste in the mouth muddy complexion and feeling “all down and out.” She takes a dose every other night for about a week and feels better. Children are offered the pleasant tasting syrup form.
At the close of the service the Men s Chorus will hold a rehearsal. This group has performed pleasing numbers in the last two vesper services and will present special selections again next Sunday evening.
Dr W A Lambeth opens a five week series at Wesley Memorial on evangel and missions based on The Sound of Trape ts by Bishop Arthur Moore and edited by E Stanley Jones. First edition sold out in a week. a second edition of 100000 is underway. Lectures begin at 7 pm each Wednesday in the main building.
High Point Monarch club schedules its regular meeting for tomorrow night at 7 o'clock at Charlie Hodgin's lodge on Hayworth Springs road. The notice lists committees A Coke Cecil J Snider N L Garner and Chari Hodgin in charge. All members are urged to attend.
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