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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1931
Page
4
A dated quote from Alfred de Musset appears on Thursday March 5 1981 noting that vanity and dignity are incompatible. The brief item presents a literary remark rather than news.
An editorial argues against expanding the North Carolina State Highway Patrol from 37 to 89, calling it economically wasteful and blaming it for no clear road safety gains. The piece favors a driver’s license program to reduce highway danger and urges the house to kill the patrol increase while supporting other safety reforms.
A defeated Republican candidate Mr Pritchard files to contest the Nov election seating winner Mr Bailey claiming irregularities would show he actually carried the state and that more than 113000 votes were stolen. The comment notes such charges are common but calls the claim ridiculous.
The text argues a wise man does not publicly declare unless certain of proof. It notes that attempting to prove 113,600 ballots in the last senatorial election were illegal would be a Herculean task. It mentions Senator Nye's committee examining North Carolina election and dismissing it.
The Young Men's Council of Asheville plans private prosecutions to indict those responsible for Buncombe County's political and financial collapse. A three member special committee will work with the solicitor and seek funds to back the prosecutions, while pursuing additional indictments. The piece lauds youth involvement and notes broader political context from the recent congressional session.
The Raleigh Times questions the meaning of thirty North Carolina banks set to reopen noting reopens stem from stockholder agreements and time deposits. It argues reopening does not restore depositor trust and urges stronger legislative oversight to curb fragile banking conditions.
The seventy first session of the national congress concluded with no need for an extra session to pass appropriations. Critics of the legislative branch are urged to respect its role alongside the executive and judiciary. The piece argues Congress works as other branches, despite occasional uncertainty and internal division.
A 1930 review in the Journal of the American Medical Association highlights medical advances from artificial lungs to virus research and vitaminD benefits. The piece notes longer life expectancy from new tech and vaccines, while also recounting Ellen Warner’s loyalty after a robbery and the U.S. Navy’s shift to seatitles for submarines.
Princess Cafe leads February cleanliness scores with 99 percent rating by city health officer Roy Shiplett. George Washington Cafe and Friendly Cafe follow with 98 and 97 percent respectively, as the full list shows a wide spread across city eateries and drugstores.
A Trinity area canning project gains momentum with 3000 dollars pledged and 30 farmers providing vegetable acreage. About 50 farmers attended a Tuesday mass meeting at Trinity school auditorium where Mr. Ketchum shared a dozen years in canning, urging wholehearted local cooperation and practicality in the plant’s early years. Guilford county agent J S Wagoner urged cooperative marketing and noted help from the Greensboro Dairy Cooperative Society.
Funeral services for Horace L. Freeman were held at his brother N L Freeman’s home on Morris Street attended by many relatives and friends. The service featured quartet performances of Nearer My God to Thee Abide With Me and Jesus Lover of My Soul. Pallbearers included A E Futrelle D W Hoskins E T Kearns G H Kearns W S O'Neil and B C Harmon. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery in the family plot.
Capt. Jan Fraser, blinded in the war, returns to England and pursues law with help from friends and family who read him hundreds of books. His memory and determination enable him to pass the bar examination despite his impairment.
English author and philosopher Bertrand Russell attains the title after the death of his brother, the second Earl Russell, in Marseilles. The former Earl, aged 65, was known for unorthodoxy and a prior bigamy conviction by the Lords. Russell’s rise follows a life marked by controversial marriages and reformist writings.
Washington March 5 The Wickersham commission may run out of money before finishing the vast crime survey ordered by President Hoover. With only 250000 appropriated by Congress and July 1 approaching, officials warn several of the 10 planned surveys could be unpublished. Ten of eleven members push ahead on reports about lawlessness among government officials and pen al institutions with probation and parole.
Sixty four years ago Sir Alfred Yarrow, famed ship builder, brought over a dozen typewriters from America. None in his firm could use them, so he advertised for a typist, then changed the ad to read a shorthand writer who can play the piano, as no one in England then knew what a typist was.
A fragmented crossword style prompt lists clues and numeric positions, mentioning Palm Beach, Salt Lake City, and assorted terms. It appears to be a crossword answer key or puzzle snippet rather than a coherent news event or coherent notice to summarize.
A sixteenth century hand carved lectern from north Italy was donated to the University of North Carolina library by Rev. Aaron Burtis Hunter of Raleigh. The seven foot high piece sits in the rotunda and features floral relief, birdseye maple inlay, grotesque lion heads, and a double face desk that can hold two books and rotate. It is designed for standing reading and likely used in a church choir setting.
Oceanic islands arise from multiple causes including ocean floor uplift when topography rises above the sea. The report notes that island emergence can be due to seabed configuration and other geological factors shaping surface exposure.
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