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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1932
Page
4
A concise note cites Carlyle's idea that the modern gospel is to know your work and do it. The remark invites readers to consider personal duty and diligent action in daily life.
The 1991 legislature and governor cite a 12.228 million dollar tax savings across 100 counties from centralized road and school control and other economies. Despite a 30.4 percent budget reduction, debt service and interest exceed 40 million and 39 million respectively, forcing continued restraint while boosting commodity demand.
The passage discusses maintaining tax levels while increasing residents’ income to prevent distress, noting the rural North Carolina levy and resulting surplus as context for fiscal strategy. It emphasizes prudent taxation paired with income growth to sustain financial stability.
The fourth ward, with new precinct lines, extends pre election registration. Registrars will be on duty Wednesdays for the next three weeks in addition to Saturdays to help unregistered eligible voters get their names on the books.
The piece criticizes President Hoover for attacking the Democratic Congress while noting his earlier praise for bipartisan action. It argues the legislative branch faced crisis decisions under pressure and questions Hoover’s shift in credit and responsibility for wartime measures.
Rev R Murphy Williams of Greensboro recalls the Presbyterian minister who long served Chapel Hill and influenced thousands of University students through simple love. Moss valued living his sermon over schemes, a clear legal mind guiding a devoted pastoral life, leaving a deep state wide sense of loss.
The piece discusses how wealth and power fail to shield leaders like Insull and Kreuger from legal peril and public scrutiny. It notes Insull’s exile pursuits to avoid extradition and Kruger's fading influence despite his past stature.
The text argues that many prominent leaders are surrounded by ghost writers and others who obscure genuine merit, making it difficult for the people to accurately judge true leadership. It warns that such leadership can be spurious and dangerous.
Bruce Catton analyzes the downfall of Samuel Insull as a cautionary tale of overrating financial wizardry. He argues that wealth and empire built on pyramiding and interlocking securities crumble in a crisis, revealing leaders as less than giants.
The article laments rising fatal injuries in football and urges safer play. It notes the rules committee already adopted easier regulations last fall and calls for further action if those rules prove ineffective.
Father Chadwick at Martin G. McCue's funeral offered a blunt critique of current politics. He praised the late Tammany chieftain as a model of public virtue and warned that public life demands purity and service. The remarks sparked discussion on reform and ethics in New York.
Daily letter muses on whom Al Smith means by purging the party. It weighs Tammany Hall, Hague, Wall Street figures like Raskob and Young, the progressive wing, southern Hoovercrats, and the Forgotten Man, noting Smith’s cautious stance and need for clarity.
Juvenile Referee Adolph Stallman cared for Richard Williams alias Richard Finn a 10 year old found in a railroad station. The boy claimed abandonment and a New Orleans home but records showed no match. He finally confessed his true home in St. Louis and was sent back to his parents after discussing Pepper Martin and the Cardinals.
In Yellowstone National Park two anglers encounter each other after 15 years apart. They are William T. Morley of Callente Nevada and James L. Morley of Aberdeen South Dakota, who discover the long separation as they meet along a lonely stream.
Sally and Joan discuss marriage and a lingering memory tied to a handsome ghost from Venice. A sudden interruption breaks their quiet as Phil arrives for a business visit and hints at plans to stay, while a memory of a former love occupies Joan’s thoughts and stirs restlessness.
In London a British Association meeting featured Dr. Guest of Birmingham proposing that future job seekers carry a personal horoscope. He argued that birth details would allow employers to read a horoscope predicting honesty, math or literary ability, and suitable occupations better than intelligence tests.
Fort Worth Texas police sought Elmer for robberies. He was found in Sioux City Iowa and arrested at the Fort Worth request. He escaped three times from Fort Worth and Sioux City custody. Deputy Sheriff Frank Rimmer recovered him, but Elmer again leaped from a moving bus and fled.
In Evansville Indiana Harold Spears and his wife camped at Glacier National Park when two bears approached. Spears, unarmed with a rifle, used a skillet and a spoon to beat the bears away, driving them off without injury.
Fire department responded to Homer Hadlit's emergency call about his missing daughter. Firemen searched a well at the home but did not find her until one firefighter discovered she was actually sound asleep under them.
Quick thinking Toledo Ohio incident sees Pat Sexton, veteran station attendant, seem too nervous to open the safe. The two armed men nevertheless escape with $15 from the cash drawer, while Sexton’s display was noted as a factor in the failed attempt.
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