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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1930
Page
4
A historic Raleigh state prison built in 1869 is criticized for obsolete pine interior and nonmodern locks. The superintendent warns a tragedy could occur, urging serious study and decentralization to focus on safety over profit. The piece notes rising prison population and existing camps.
The article discusses suspicions about cabinet members' support for prohibition. It notes Stayton of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment urges public confessions of faith or lack thereof. Several cabinet members deny the claim. Secretary Lamont is the first to publicly suggest belief in enforcement.
The Vick Chemical Company merges with Drug Incorporated in a stock purchase valued at about 42 million dollars, reshaping ownership and potentially moving production out of Greensboro. Native founders and North Carolina manufacturing heritage are highlighted as significant losses to the state’s economic identity.
The Winston-Salem Journal backs small savers against a proposed policy to charge a monthly 1 fee on accounts averaging under 100. It argues banks claim losses on these small accounts while charging high rates, noting costs around 12 percent at under 100 and 24 percent near 50. It warns small depositors may abandon traditional banks for industrial banks or alternatives.
The Journal argues for a plan to aid small depositors without shifting costs to others. The discussion contrasts bank service losses from tiny balances with revenue from larger accounts and questions current small account policies and patronage linked spending.
Reports from her successful Illinois primary show Ruth Hanna McCormick spent about 252 572 dollars on her campaign to defeat Deneen for the senate. Opponent spent under 25 000 dollars. Critics doubt debate impact on voters and note her lavish expenditures align with past big spenders in politics.
A critic mocks spring tonics and spring fever as purely psychological, arguing they fail to cure mood and urging patience as the psyche settles. The piece also questions Warden P. E. Thomas’s fitness, defends Ohio prison discipline, and notes the Senate lobby committee will not reveal names of congressmen who vote dry and drink wet.
The old New York rule suggests a man cannot be arrested for driving while intoxicated if he operates a horse. The quirky statute appears to focus on auto intoxication rather than equine driving.
The Play-Liker show presents After Dark or Neither Maid Wife nor Widow in Aycock auditorium on May 10 marking the first amateur staging. William E Worley stars as Tim McSorley with tickets via Miss Nina Greenlee at North Carolina College Greensboro.
A reader from High Point North Carolina writes a pointed note dated April 30 criticizing the meaning of defeat for candidate Simmons after the June primary. The writer warns the party will be buried by defeat and quickly forgotten.
A reader declares loyalty to Josiah William Bailey over the prohibition question and criticizes J A Ruth and Simmons campaign literature. He recalls Aycock's school pledge and cites party shifts, vowing to vote Bailey. He rebukes alleged bootlegger and criminal taint in the opposition and laments internal party splits.
The High Point high school string quartet will perform its only local recital Sunday afternoon May 4 at 3 30 with venue to be announced. The quartet, among the region’s finest youth ensembles, recently won first in the state music contest at NCCW amid older competitors. Members Adelaide Crowell Francis Sloan Julia Gold Clark M T Hicks and director Virginia Frank will be joined by flutist Susan Sharp. Free admission and radio appearances noted.
High Point city health is very good with sanitation, quarantine, and clean water cited as key. Dr S S Coe reports April chicken pox totaled 12, not epidemic, and no citywide outbreak in two years. Whooping cough cases are present though generally manageable.
The earliest surviving English newspaper ad seeks a missing horse issued in 1649. It notes the owner and a reward, reflecting the fledgling paper’s role in public notices and daily life during Restoration-era press evolution.
Durham May 2 Five thousand people expected to witness Duke University's May Day events in the new stadium. Miss Maude McCracken of Durham will be crowned queen as hundreds of co-eds take part in the pageant. Alumnae plan a home-coming program and the Taurians present Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan as the closing feature.
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