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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1932
Page
3
In Atlanta on March 7 a 7 year old girl Nell Gardner is terminally ill from a rare skin condition that makes her skin blister with any pressure. Her parents have granted Grady hospital permission for treatment.
James DeJute Jr. reported kidnaped in Niles Ohio was discovered alive in a house near Youngstown. Medical experts announced preliminary findings on a hereditary skin condition epidermolysis bullosa affecting the girl in a separate case at Grady Hospital in Atlanta.
North Carolina recorded 329 homicides in 1931, up from 304 in 1930, with Dr. James M. Parrott noting higher homicide and auto accident deaths but an overall death rate below ten per thousand, the lowest in state history. May saw the most homicides at 37, while April had the fewest at 19.
K. E. Shore former chairman of the Fifth District Republican executive committee is being boosted as a congressional candidate. The effort grew after the district committee met at Wentworth last week and named Charles T. Rose as chairman of the group.
The priest cites the sixth chapter of John to mark a joyful Lenten Mass at St Edward's church. He recalls Jesus feeding five thousand and urges believers to seek the bread of eternal life through the sacrifice. The talk links Lent progress to Easter hope and divine presence.
A Sabbath school convention at First Seventh-day Adventist church featured Rev. S. A. Wellman of Washington as principal speaker. Attendance included Rev. C. L. Butterfield Rev. A. B. Deyo and Miss Alice Case from Charlotte. World evangelism goals and vast foreign mission support were outlined with figures on languages countries and offerings.
James Madison Matthews won the Rockford to Dobson star route contract in Surry County. He will begin work July 1 as the first negro mail carrier on the route, described as a middle aged resident of Rockford.
The Charlotte office of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will serve all of South Carolina and most of North Carolina. The seven counties in the extreme northeastern corner of North Carolina will be served by Richmond. The announcement was made in Charlotte.
A group of burglars tried to steal a safe from Wad dell's store on Concord street. They dragged the safe three blocks and dented it with hammers but failed to open it. Police were alerted and investigation continues.
On March 7, 1918 Germany and Finland signed a peace treaty allowing German troops to withdraw. Reports say Prince Oscar of Hohenzollern might become king. Two Russian transports were sunk by German destroyers near the Aland Islands, the Soviet government protesting alleged hostile acts. The Western Front remained quiet as both sides prepared for a potential push toward Paris and the Channel ports.
Mecklenburg presbytery will convene in adjourned session in Charlotte on March 7. Two pastors, Rev. C. D. Whit ley from Albemarle and Rev. R. A. Young of Central Stesle Creek and Pleasant Hill churches, will be received into the body. Rev. J. W. Stork of Mt. Gilead serves as moderator.
General forecast highlights a temperate to warm week across the South Atlantic states with scattered showers in coastal regions and dry spells inland. Temperatures trend above normal values for this time of year, with brisk winds along the coast and cooling nights in interior areas.
Tom P. Jimison, who quit the Methodist ministry seven years ago after liquor charges, plans to resume preaching in Charlotte. He spent the interim practicing law and says he is happy returning to evangelistic work before seeking readmission to the conference.
Period of rain midweek with a cold start Monday bringing frost to central Florida. Warmer conditions Tuesday and Wednesday. Colder Thursday or Friday.
In Montgomery county near Troy, farmer George Saunders killed a large pilot snake. His son killed a nine rattle rattlesnake days later, and a neighbor boy killed another big rattler the same week. J W Jackson reports the tale via Asheboro. May through August are noted as months for rattlesnakes in the state.
Mrs E4e Crawford entertained the Friday Afternoon club at her Sunset avenue home with a program of modern short stories read by Mrs W L Lambert and Mrs Cleve Thayer. Mrs A J Maxwell of Raleigh and Mrs J W Maxwell of Charlotte attended as out of town guests. A salad plate followed and spring flowers brightened the three rooms used for the occasion.
Lumberton North Carolina March 7 solicitor T A McNeill said he will make a definite statement within a week on whether he will run for governor. His friends say he is almost sure to become a candidate.
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