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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1934
Page
3
City figures show total tax receipts eight months in edged at $354,500 of a $1,060,000 year target with $461,000 past due. Special assessments realizations stand at only five percent of totals, prompting Manager Knox to urge immediate action to shore up this revenue source.
Plans are complete for the Lord Cornwallis Marker unveiling by the Alexander Martin chapter of the D A R in Jamestown Monday at 2 PM. The marker marks the site where Cornwallis and 2400 troops forded Deep River before the 1781 Guilford Courthouse campaign.
Raleigh March 3. New business firms for High Point and Morganton were granted charters today by Stacey W. Wade secretary of state. The High Point incorporation was Textile Mortgage Loan Company of High Point a real estate insurance and mortgage business with $200000 authorized capital and $300 stock subscribed. Incorporators are R B Terry R H Walker and Carter Dalton all of High Point.
Photo layout captures scenes from an April ice storm in High Point. Elm Street homes and the Elm Street school, North Main street trees, Ardmore circle, Woodrow avenue, Guilford avenue, and Johnson street all show downed limbs, broken poles, and damaged wires. Images credit Phil Warner and others.
Mrs Emma H Pulliam a 58 year old High Point boarding house operator held without bond on a first degree murder charge awaits trial in Superior court The victim Lee H Harvell was found burned in his East High Point home on December 22 and a heavy docket opens the criminal term Monday
Two men from the country solved a parking problem by turning a Ford with the front wheel on the curb and rear end protruding into the street. Officer Shields noted the violation but the duo corrected the stance and left. A Lexington murder case follows as a woman charged with murder awaits trial and Solicitor Koontz argues she dreamed too well.
The Young People's Christian Endeavor Society at the First Reformed church plans a 6:30 PM meeting. Abel Whitener will address the group on the topic Jesus In Poetry.
The Atlantic Insurance and Realty Company and the Atlantic Building and Loan Association relocated to the upstairs suites at 101 South Main Street, in space formerly used by the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company. E. C. Criddlebaugh, secretary and treasurer, cited better facilities, more space, and greater customer convenience as the reasons for the move.
An American Business club member urges city residents to choose stronger tree species over fast growing maples and to use proper cabling to prevent storm damage. He notes silver maples break easily, advises against topping trees, and emphasizes pruning weak limbs and decayed areas to protect homes and utilities.
Fire Chief E K Ingram reports February city fire loss totalled 2694 with seven cents per capita. Building value rose despite fewer permits four. largest permit 25000 for Millis estate remodeling on South Main.
Fred Merrill reports his year and a half old collie Buddy vanished after a sleet storm. A Sheraton hotel resident said a friend found a dog matching the description on a car running board with a Florida license, as she prepared to leave for home. The dog reportedly took a warm Florida ride and may return in a few weeks.
Local CWA officials posted a detailed wage schedule effective March 2 for projects in North Carolina. Unskilled labor starts at 30 cents per hour, foremen rates top out at 80 cents for skilled supervision, with most classifications seeing rate changes. The schedule covers carpenters, plumbers, electricians, roofers, steam fitters, painters, truck drivers, blacksmiths, machinists, foremen, timekeepers, tool checkers, and more across urban and highway projects.
Globe Industrial Bank, Industrial Loan and Investment Bank of Forest City, and Bank of Leicester will liquidate and pay depositors in full after restrictions since last March. State bank commissioner Gurney P. Hood ordered all remaining restricted banks to operate unrestricted or close by tomorrow night.
Walter L. York the Globe Industrial bank cashier said after a Raleigh dispatch that the bank has paid all depositors in full and that new accounts receivable are being handled in liquidation.
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