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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1931
Page
4
National Advertising Representatives Frost Landis and Kobn list contact locations at Brunswick Building 250 Park Avenue New York People's Gas Building Michigan Boulevard for departmental inquiries and ad services.
An old newspaper snippet quotes Isaiah 28 7 on drunkenness and judgment and adds a Shakespearean plea to confound enemies with brazen revelry. The brief mixes religious reflection with a call to transform through joy.
In Washington Beaufort county, S Clay Williams new R J Reynolds president visited Representative A D MacLean as he presses to oppose cigarette taxation. The article notes his bold political activity during Raleigh debates and his aim to take the tobacco case to the people with a first notable public appearance.
A debate over the new state plan for working convicts surfaces as Guilford County officials urge justices of the peace to minimize 30 day sentences. The state highway commission plans to use prisoners serving more than 60 days, raising questions about authority and fairness.
The High Point municipal course earns high marks from famed golfer Tully Blair who calls it superior to typical new layouts. He suggests widening the first par 3 green and notes the nine holes offer unusually favorable early playing conditions with well kept fairways rough greens and promising turf growth. The Blair family donated the 71 acres and city planners expect the course to cover its maintenance through green fees.
The piece tours Versailles through history and legend, detailing Louis XIII to Napoleon III, Marie Antoinette’s life, and the Hall of Mirrors. It notes Versailles as a museum, the Little Trianon, and the palace’s impact on visitors while recalling political upheavals and royal excess.
Biographer Boris Artsybasheff displayed illustrations for Behind Moroccan Walls at the American Library in Paris after Morocco work. The Queen of Spain visited the exhibit and later met Artsybasheff at his studio. War breaks in the Holstein tale The Pastor of Poggsee set 1914 20.
Write ups reveal Mexico expert Carleton Beals and Germanist Frenssen crafting vivid portraits beyond clichés. Rafael Sabatini’s love intrigue tales and Edwin Robinson’s new narrative poem Matthias at the Door are slated. Vanderbilt’s Enterprise chronicles yacht building and racing. The U S celebration commission hires Percy MacKaye for Washington bi-centennial pageant. UNC Press releases include Diplomatic Relations with Barbary Powers and The Psychology of Foreign Language Study with analysis of methods and European attitudes.
The passage argues that 30 day sentences plus added fines burden local governments. It notes many short term prisoners cannot be profitably employed, making them a drain on public funds. Authorities recognize waste caused by lawlessness and limited work options for prisoners.
A letter writer urges a new High Point library but questions a $100,000 goal. Opinion cites past canvassing failures and estimates $25,000 to $50,000 may build now. Subscriptions and public support are explored amid war and preparedness references.
A fragment notes strong backing for a speaker’s argument as groundwork for the 1932 disarmament conference. It references international powers and preliminary discussions leading toward arms reduction talks.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty plan a country tour starting July 20 with a figure eight route across New England central and middle west southwest Pacific coast northwest and Atlantic states. NBC artist Bruce Quisenberry will accompany them and they may eat sandwiches in flight.
Robbins and Jones, Fort Worth aviators, delayed their non stop Seattle to Tokyo flight after weather forced a halt near Nome Alaska. They plan another attempt after returning to install a more powerful motor on the monoplane Fort Worth.
PORT DEPOSIT Md July 11 Liquidation of war debts repeal of the Eighteenth amendment a curb on presidential powers and revival of the 1920 league of nations proposal were urged by former Senator Joseph I France in launching his independence campaign for the Republican nomination. He spoke at Mount Ararat dairy farm as the opening of a front porch campaign.
Representatives of the Jackson Johnson Post of the American Legion said they were negotiating to bring the Max Schmeling Primo Carnera heavyweight title bout to St Louis in late September. Fight manager Jack Hurley reported from New York that Joe Jacobs, Schmeling's manager, favored 15 rounds, with Missouri now legal for such a length and New Jersey a contender as well.
Letter from R C Shepherd of High Point dated July 16 1931 commends the police department for enforcing the 46 minute parking limit and urges continued curbside rule compliance. He cites congestion jaywalking and crosswalk safety and hopes fewer officers are needed to monitor traffic.
Letter from Daily Smith of High Point N C praises Mr J H Anderson of Knoxville Tennessee and the local church, praising its pastor Dr Fred F Brown and its large Baptist membership while urging honest Christians to stand for godly causes. The piece includes social notes and mentions actors and explorers in a broader column.
Jamestown North Carolina on July 11 1981 received a letter from Ollie Wood offering a slogan for the paper. The short verse urges readers to read and advertise while urging honesty and community focus.
Local citizen argues the current city library location is inappropriate beside the jail and police station. He suggests raising about 100000 dollars from residents, including children, and donating land on North Main Street next to the Baptist church for a new library.
In a Tit Bits item a preacher ends a stirring address by urging all to rise for Heaven. A small man stays seated, and the preacher repeats the call. The man answers in a thin voice that he does not want to go to Heaven just yet.
Excavations near Knossos uncover traces of a forgotten snake worship practiced by ancient Crete inhabitants. The discovery may mark the origins of myths about serpent wisdom and serpent mothers.
A speaker urges using the finest pot to fund a new building. He asks good citizens to support a start and promises large public aid, pledging the first $56.00 himself to kick off the proposition.
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