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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1931

Page

4

Thought for Sunday October 4 1931

A brief devotional note quotes Corinthians and urges readers to prepare for spiritual battle as the trumpet sounds clearly. The meditation emphasizes readiness and steadfast faith in the face of uncertainty.

Departure of a Splendid Sportsman Lipton Remembered

Sir Thomas Lipton, famed yachtsman and Glasgow born Irish-Scotch entrepreneur, dies after a life defined by bold trials for the international yachting cup. From a rice plantation laborer in South Carolina in 1865 to a vast commercial empire, Lipton’s optimism and daring shaped both sport and business in a long, storied career.

Scotland Ireland Lipton Glasgow America South Carolina Sir Thomas

Plan to curb promiscuous begging by coupon system

The Salvation Army post launches a city wide ticket program with merchants to curb begging this winter. Stores issue coupon books. beggars must fill with their details and request. If genuine, the Army offers shelter and food in exchange for work. if not, the plan aims to deter shiftless beggars by tracking requests.

Salvation Army

City Tax Fight in High Point Aims to Hold 1.20 Rate

The High Point city council seeks to keep the ad valorem tax rate at 1.20 per 100 while cutting municipal costs by about 200,000 in the coming year. Debt service runs around 865,000 this year, about 200,000 higher than last year, with interest exceeding the tax income. The budget relies on city salaries, utility revenues, and taxes to balance the books.

High Point

Salvation Army coupon plan targets beggars and aid efficiency

Salvation Army officials endorse a coupon system to distinguish between genuine need and vagrants. The move, they claim, will save merchants time and help channel assistance to those in real want, reducing general misery in the city.

Salvation Army

Cannon's Treatment of an Affront in Church Leadership

Bishop Cannon angrily denounces Bishop Mouton for discourtesy at a Roanoke conference and laments perceived slights from fellow bishops. The episode follows prior charges and hints at deeper divisions within the Baltimore conference members after evidence in Washington.

Cannon Mouton Baltimore Roanoke Washington Mouzon

The Tobacco Market and Its Harsh Auction System

This editorial criticizes the leaf tobacco market, describing the auctioneer driven sales as opaque and unfair. It argues farmers receive only what buyers decide, with surplus leaf giving buyers power to fix prices and push growers toward bankruptcy.

Cooperation Could Change Tobacco Profits For North Carolina

A historic warning argues NC farmers mismanage tobacco marketing. It rails at indignant mass meetings and market threats, urging smarter plans and self reliance. The author promotes cooperation and diversification into manufactured tobacco products to unlock world profits.

North Carolina

Fire on Carmel Mount Ahab Jezebel and Elijah

The Sunday meditation recounts Ahab and Jezebel’s evil worship of Baal in Israel, Elijah’s challenge atop Mount Carmel to prove the Lord is God, the failure of Baal’s prophets, and Elijah restoring the altar with twelve stones while dousing the sacrifice with water for divine fire.

Irael Ahab Oman Jezebel Zidon Israel Jereboam Nebat Ethbaal Zidonjians Gog Elijah Isra Obadiah M. Carmel Baal Mt. Carmel Palestine Carmel Haifa Holy Land Baal Ecclesiastics Prophet of Mediterranean Abraham Isaac Jehovah Amyend God

Elijah on Carmel Fire Demonstration and Modern Faith Reflections

A reflective meditation on Elijah’s Mount Carmel confrontation, the fire that consumed the offering, and the moral implication for modern faith. The piece weighs divine signs against belief, urges honest challenge to false systems, and compares ancient demonstration to contemporary spiritual power.

Musicians Make Hit At College By Heer Mann Trio

The Heer Mann Trio at High Point college produced the most artistic musicale seen there. The Mendelssohn trio showcased each performer in the first and last movements with blended tone in the second. A second set of old Italian airs and dances evoked courtly imagery. An antique Strad violin from 1746 and a 1690 cello impressed the audience, and the trio was later hosted at Pennyburn by Mr. and Mrs. George Penny, who welcomed another visit.

Heermann High Point College Mendelssohn Strad Pennyburn George Penny High Point

Cat-Kangaroo Report From Camden Tenn

A Camden Tennessee cat owned by G. W. Spence displays kangaroo like traits with larger rear feet, leaping ability, and a short heavy tail used for balance as observed in the pet.

G. W. Spence Camden, Tenn

As You Desire Me and Other Modern Plays

A critical survey of Pirandello’s As You Desire Me noting its Berlin and villa settings, the Strange Lady’s quest, and the conflict with her husband. Also reviews James Stephens Strict Joy and Other Poems and Vahdah Bordeux A Modern Magdalene along with several other literary notices and author profiles.

Luigi Pirandello P. Dutton Broadway Samuel Putnam Berlin Undine Vienna Pirandello James Stephens Macmillan Stephens

Lipton remembered as affable international figure and yachtsman

The Jamestown Weed recalls Sir Thomas Lipton born 1850 in Glasgow, later knighted and a famed tea and yachting enthusiast. It notes his charity, business ascent from a Glasgow grocer to global celebrity, and his failed yachts Valkyrie and Shamrock while reflecting on a New York reception and a humorous theatre anecdote.

Sir Thomas Sir Thomas Lipton New York Tom Prince of Wales Thomas Johnstone Lipton Glasgow Scotland New Orleans South Carolina America Raymond Hitchcock Flora Zabelle George Cohan Raymond

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