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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1931
Page
12
Arizona’s state fair starts a six day horse race meet with an investment betting plan. Investors buy shares in horses for the duration and receive dividends if their horse finishes in the money. Races total seven or eight daily with no harness horses.
An exchange at The Result Diner finds a customer complaining about a chicken instead of an egg sandwich. The waiter apologizes for the delay in calling the order, adding a touch of humor to the misstep.
In July 1584 two ships under a patent from Queen Elizabeth, led by Sir Walter Raleigh with Arthur Barlow and Philip Amidas, landed on its shores marking the start of Carolina’s present form. It notes the naming in honor of King Charles II and the early exploration period.
A 1929 report shows golf goods far ahead in value and quantity with 2,819,400 dozen golf balls worth over 7 million dollars, 3 million clubs and 2 million shafts from domestic factories, and 430,357 golf bags manufactured. Baseball goods totalled 699, and roller skates reached nearly 2.6 million units.
Freddie and his beloved reach a field with a ferocious bull. She pleads to cross and asks him to face death gladly. He replies he would, but the bull is very much alive, halting the plan.
The excerpt traces North Carolina’s birth from the land between 31 and 36 degrees latitude. It notes English interest, Raleigh reports of mild climate and hospitable natives, and early colonial ventures led by Green, Drumond, and subsequent settlers along Roanoke and the Chowan, marking the first permanent settlement.
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