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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1931
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise runs afternoon and Sunday morning editions under editor Rawley R. B. Terry. The paper lists the publication cadence and leadership, reflecting its local newsroom operations and printing schedule.
A brief religious reflection prints the verse Luke 18 38 about salvation and sacrifice. It questions selfishness and calls out noble conduct over mean ends, attributing the meditation to Hugh R Hawels.
A wave of damage suits against the city of High Point totals 127600 alleging odor from the east side sewage disposal plant. The editor urges expeditious legal handling with expert testimony, noting the plant’s cost and land purchases and warning of broader implications for nearby property owners.
The Guilford Superior Court sentenced 58 year old Will Respus to die for murder. He claimed a long record of crimes in Guilford and Northampton counties, with Guilford killings verified as unexplained deaths and Northampton substantiated by sheriff findings.
A fragment discusses a Black suspect dubbed ignorant and insane who allegedly committed multiple murders and escaped punishment by living openly in the state for 16 years. It questions police efforts to solve a series of mysterious deaths Respus claims responsibility for and ponders whether obscure victims in North Carolina receive insufficient attention.
A Fulton county grand jury in Atlanta recommends repealing the eighteenth amendment and replacing Volstead era laws with whiskey control statutes. The report notes 90 percent of cases involve prohibition violations and argues enforcement undermines respect for all law.
Forsyth county schoolmen back county wide funding to support all public schools. The Winston-Salem Journal endorses a single tax district for Forsyth, arguing standardization risks valuable local gains but could strengthen education overall. The piece urges authorities statewide to consider county wide support as the practical tax principle for North Carolina schools.
A fragment from a historical report notes the responsibility of maintaining adequate school facilities for all the children of the commonwealth. The line highlights ongoing emphasis on equal access to educational infrastructure.
The piece reflects on fortifying life through lasting defenses like friendship. It cites Mitchell on choosing friends, highlights David and Jonathan, Damon and Pythias, and Socrates, and stresses that character is caught, not taught, urging careful selection of companions who are honest, truthful, loyal, and devoted to high ideals.
A sermon extols faith as a threefold fortress for life, urging belief in oneself, trust in others, and belief in God. It cites Edington, Fulton, Alexander the Great, Woodrow Wilson, Gordon, Christ, and John Knox to illustrate the power of faith, then argues fire and firmness complete the moral shield against cynicism and complacency.
A column surveys E Spencer’s Keats biography and Mary Hoxie Jones’s Arrows of Desire. It notes Hunt’s early encouragement of Keats, his later despair, and Fanny Browne’s influence, while praising Jones’s craft though faulting some moments for light texture.
A survey of biography as a literary form contrasts popular appeal with factual depth. George O Neil blends fact and imagination in Special Hunger about John Keats, praised for style though noted for narrative liberties.
A fragment from a Jamestown newspaper reflects on sensational book reviews of The Strange Death of President Harding. The author, Mrs Thacker, repudiates the piece, claims she was duped by Gaston Means, and notes the public impact of lurid speculation amid Prohibition era attitudes and social norms of the time.
Evanston barber Mark Fuller who styles Ambassador Dawes has donated a shaving mug for Northwestern students with the longest whiskers on Hobo Day to be observed November 4.
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