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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1932
Page
4
An editorial warns High Point must overhaul its credit structure as debt nears 11 to 12 million dollars with interest around five to six percent. It urges negotiating with creditors to extend maturities, reduce rates, and spread about half the debt over a long period while resolving street assessment concerns.
State highway commission leaders report a decline in gasoline and auto taxes, with the chair noting a shortfall of 3,700 dollars. The warning unsettles officials who had counted on steadier fuel tax income.
The highway commission reports income from new levies rose briefly but is now dropping, forcing scrutiny of the building program. Chairman Jeffress warns against overextending construction as maintenance needs consume funds and prospects for year end surplus dim.
A 1932 message urges readers to find peace amid hard times. It counsels a moratorium on worry, a shift from fatalism to faith, and a renewed effort to enjoy October’s beauty while maintaining social responsibility.
A piece urging citizens to engage in politics and religion through rally days in churches and Bible schools. It argues rally days stir people from ease, stress communal citizenship, and foster love courage cheerfulness generosity to build a better world here in High Point through active church involvement.
Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigns on the New Deal while recalling Theodore Roosevelt and his square deal philosophy. The note contrasts the two leaders and their approaches to reform.
The speaker argues that trusts were weakened but persist, noting Taft continued Roosevelt's efforts. The tariff system aided big industry at workers’ and consumers’ expense, farmers await relief, and the speaker contends the New Deal must start at the bottom and rise up to deliver a square deal for all classes.
The piece warns that a single chance event could trigger war and argues against wartime unpreparedness. It notes a Soviet Russia secret for a large scale chemical weapon and calls for safe disarmament after removing mistrust greed and race hatred.
A partisan call urges every voter to study, read, and think before choosing a party and voting. It emphasizes citizen sovereignty through participation and challenges those new to voting to cast a ballot despite distrust in any party.
A reflective remark links Henry Ford to temperance and notes some men turning to bootleg drinks. The passage evokes nostalgia and a plea to reclaim youth for a single night amid Prohibition era urges.
The piece surveys poets from Hunt Jackson Nye and Tennyson to Wilde Bryant and Whittier, noting autumn’s mood shifts from joy to sorrow. It contrasts nature’s sleep in winter with spring’s renewal and quotes lines on aging, death, and enduring love within a reflective literary panorama.
A discourse on growing leisure hours and the shift from long to shorter working days. The author argues rest is essential but warns against excess pleasure chasing, citing Lipton’s maxim that there is no fun like work and urging balanced duties and responsibilities.
In a call to action, the author argues prohibition rests on moral grounds and education. Citing temperance societies and constitutional law, the piece stresses outlawing the saloon as a warning to youth and a standard for living. George Bernard Shaw is quoted urging shame in drinking to preserve courage without alcohol.
A widow thanks friends and acquaintances for kindness shown during her father Perry W White’s illness and death. She expresses gratitude, nostalgia for Your Fair City, and a wish to thank everyone personally, noting she will remember their generosity.
Revival services begin today at the First Wesleyan Methodist church on Newton Street and run for three Sundays. Pastor Rev. M. C. Connor leads, with Rev. BE Henderson of Asheville preaching and Rev. J. A. Harvey of Marion College, Indiana directing music. Sunday school starts at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 00 a m and evening worship at 7 38 p m with preaching each evening at 1 30 p m. Public invitation extended.
A period piece argues against liquor industry promises to reduce unemployment claiming 1914 employment was 86 000 and a one million job claim is inflated. It cites tax figures from 1920 to 1931 showing a net government gain, with enforcement costs, fines, and revenues balancing to a positive result.
Contemp rary reads praise Hilaire Belloc The Postmaster General as a highlight of autumn satire featuring Sir Wilfrid Halterton Honest Jack Williams and Reginald Bulier among others. Also reviewed Lin Foo Lin Ching a Boy and Girl of China A Romance of Lake Conneaut and Missouri Anthology with notes on authors and themes.
Contemporary Trends reviews upcoming best sellers and notable works from Buck to Hemingway. It notes a deluxe edition of The Story of San Michele, a second large print run for Death in the Afternoon, and author Phyllis Bentley detailing her writing process and maps. It also recounts the Ceracchi bust of Napoleon and a Macmillan volume on the causes of war featuring international scholars.
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