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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1932
Page
9
Robert C. Hook offers gardening advice urging planting by the moon and careful soil, seed quality, and preparation. He emphasizes harmony with nature, motivation to grow a better garden, and referencing a booklet by BE B. Morrow, extension horticulturist.
The Commerce Department reports U.S. cotton exports rose about 2 percent in the first seven months of the season, reaching 5,925,000 bales since August. Japan led with 1,695,000 bales, China up markedly, Italy up 97,000, UK at 863,000, while Germany and France fell and January February exports totaled 1,890,000 bales, worth about 73 million dollars.
The North Carolina agricultural extension circular No. 122 advises High Point gardeners on ideal planting times for potatoes beets parsnips carrots radishes turnips and onions. It emphasizes using large Irish potatoes with at least two eyes and notes March 22 23 24 25 and 28 29 30 as specific windows with varying hours and productivity. It promises future lists of additional vegetables and guidance for best yields.
This week's listings highlight crops that grow underground producing their yield below soil. Items emphasize root vegetables and tubers, noting market interest in crops like carrots beets onions and potatoes without above ground boasts. Producers stress soil health and seasonal timing for best harvest quality.
The Bible School Workers conference of the North Hamilton Street Church of Christ will meet tonight at 7 30 oclock. Matters of importance to the group will be taken up. The Prayer Meeting committee shifts to a single service at 8 oclock Friday night at 7 30 oclock.
The Central Friends church invites all young people to Friday evening service in the annex. Last week’s event featured an illustrated talk by minister Tom A Sykes and a social hour with humorous readings by Miss Mamie Lemmond. Alumni are asked to give brief talks this week.
Elijah Parker aged 52 who served six years as superintendent of the Jamestown city water station died at a local hospital this morning. Survived by his widow Della Coffin, a step-daughter Willie Mae Coffin, a brother James Parker of Old Fort, four half brothers Armand Bristow John Parker of Old Fort and Ben Parker of Spartanburg South Carolina, and two half sisters. Body to lie at Sechrest Funeral Home tonight.
Mrs. Pickett declares she has prayed for light on how her two children and pets were poisoned. She links a recent fire to an attempt to burn her house. She notes an insurer cancelled coverage after prior fire losses and recalls the dog and cats poisoned around July amid the coroner’s inquiry and imminent trial.
President De Valera said Irish houses remained closed on St Patrick's Day as in years past. He called for breaking down North South boundaries and proposed merging the governor generalship into the presidency of the Irish republic.
Officials say the new theory about servants is false as the investigation continues. The chisel evidence weakens the link between the Thornburgs’ disappearance and the Lindbergh case, and unused leads in Creston and a blue sedan sighting are deemed nonessential.
Twelve prayer meetings will be held tonight in city homes co operating with Wesley Memorial Methodist church evangelistic effort. Good attendance has marked the 23 previous meetings and thirteen more will be held tomorrow evening. Services begin at 3 30 and all are welcome.
The Colored Post of the American Legion will assemble tonight at 8 o'clock at James Bailis’s home on Alder Street. Members will discuss important matters at this meeting.
A resident, eager to confirm safety, ran a mile to a fire station after his Cambridge home caught fire. He passed a dozen no alarm boxes on the route, emphasizing personal attention to protection and quick response.
In the night Sue, worried he is ill and unable to speak, plans to visit Jack Thornton. Lacking funds, she asks Ruth for help and considers contacting family and friends. She debates Ted or Harry Becker as potential sources before making the call.
In Columbus the Ohio State University fraternity count declines from 81 in 1929 to 77. Average membership falls from 39.9 to 84.5 across the campus as numbers tighten.
In Paris soothing music from phonographs and other media aids therapy in mental and related illnesses. The report notes the original name of the Hawaiian Islands as the Sandwich Islands.
On March 17 1918 the War Department reported American casualties totaling 1856. Germans repeated a raid on American held sectors near Toul and briefly occupied trenches. American counter attack drove them back and several prisoners were taken. Kaliserlauten was bombed and the Russian fleet escaped to Sebastopol.
Two luxurious motorbuses built in England for an Indian prince are fitted with special window glass. The glass allows occupants inside to see out while preventing people outside from looking in.
Heavily insured U S foreign service officials and the Association of Life Insurance Presidents estimate the global total life insurance exceeds 147 billion dollars. The figure reflects policies across states and international markets and underscores the scale of the life insurance industry worldwide.
The Civil Service Commission invites applications until April 12 for an associated dairy husbandman in the bureau of dairy industry, Department of Agriculture, based in Lewisburg Tennessee. Salary ranges from 3200 to 3800 dollars yearly and full information is available from W T Winslow, secretary of the local examining board at the post office.
A new supply of rat poison was put on sale today at the city hall and will be offered for the remainder of the week. The sale is announced by Dr. W. J. Mc Anally city health officer. The cost price remains the same as for previous supplies.
John Gally sues for 5000 dollars alleging injuries from an auto accident. Judge Thomas Dowd presiding as the case moves before court.
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