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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1931
Page
4
A brief reflection cites Peter 4 16 urging believers not to be ashamed when suffering for their faith and to glorify God in such trials. The verse emphasizes steadfast witness and spiritual resilience amid hardship.
The 84 year old inventor Thomas A Edison has died, leaving a lasting legacy of progress and light. The tribute honors his genius and tireless effort, and also salutes his devoted wife who supported his restless life.
The Chicago gangster Al Capone, long the city’s most notorious criminal, finally confronts legal jeopardy not for bootlegging or racketeering but for evading federal income taxes. Federal agents’ efforts culminate in a grand trial, signaling punishment may finally reach the famed “Scarface” figure after years of public notoriety.
The public doubts punishment for Capone, believing lawyers can endlessly appeal a case. The notion persists that imprisonment is avoidable, barring a dramatic final sentence after seventeen years in confinement. The piece argues this view clashes with long-standing beliefs about legal fairness and gangster treatment in America.
The Raleigh Times argues Robert W. Winston cannot adequately biography Robert E. Lee. It notes Winston’s past works on Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis show insight but warns Lee’s distant era and scarce sources doom any true life. The piece laments Lee’s figure lost except in the hearts of the people.
A nostalgic meditation on romantic images of Caribbean pirates sparked by a brief dispatch about gunboats patrolling Cuba’s north coast. The piece muses how tales of privateers color memory, recalling youth’s glamour and the lure of distant seas, even as the reality behind the phrase remains guarded and uncertain.
The piece reflects optimism over a potential business rebound, citing White Motor Co. truck orders, with 161 new orders in the first ten days of the month signaling renewed confidence. It contrasts this with ongoing tensions in Manchuria, explaining agricultural pressures in China and Japan and why competition for Manchuria is likely to persist.
The piece notes ongoing postwar casualties from unexploded ordnance on old battlefields in France, Belgium and Italy and echoes deaths in the United States from souvenirs. It compares these to war wound and disease deaths, arguing war's cost endures long after peace. It urges war's antiwar lesson.
A. Williams and Governor Gardner are highlighted as opposing views on a North Carolina plan to call a special General Assembly session to consider cotton relief. Williams, head of a major Southern dry goods house, argues farmers need less political relief and more relief for urban mechanics, praising Gardner’s approach as sound business policy. The piece also notes sharp satire about Huey Long and Chicago police in brief side remarks.
A schooner foundered in a gale and required towing to safety. In nautical lore, it typically takes more than one schooner to rescue a vessel that is three sheets to the wind.
In the state department each morning two men meet with Secretary Stimson. Japanese ambassador Katsuji Debuchi and Chinese chargé d affaires Yung Kwai visit Washington for daily talks on the Manchurian crisis.
In Washington the Japanese ambassador Debuchi and Chinese envoy Yang Kwai avoid each other as they visit the state department. Debuchi, a career diplomat and China expert, presides over duties when Yang Kwai is absent, while Yang Kwai, the aging Washington resident, leads the legation. Debuchi returned from the arms conference to become Japan’s vice foreign minister, now pressed into work by the Manchuria crisis.
Edison died Sunday morning ending a career marked by invention and service. Mrs Edison and six children stood at his bedside as doctors noted he chose not to prolong suffering after learning recovery was impossible. His body was moved to the Edison library for public viewing with guard of honor by four employees rotating every 15 minutes.
Mrs. Edison cared for Thomas Edison during his final illness, standing by his bedside as he failed to take nourishment. She remained at his side, holding his hand and patting his forehead while he slowly faded, averaging only two to three hours of sleep per night for two weeks.
Edenton October 19 A collision near town left one Negro dead and six others plus a white child injured. Twenty Smith of Norfolk died of internal injuries. Willie Little of Norfolk suffered serious facial lacerations and a broken ear. The other car was driven by Wood Lamb a Hertford white man with two children aboard. One child lost two teeth. Lindsey Carrington of Norfolk drove the Negro car and fled the scene. he was arrested and to face a hearing tomorrow.
The Interstate Commerce Commission was urged to cut freight rates on coal from Rock Creek Wind Rock and southwestern Virginia to High Point and Salisbury by 6 cents per ton to 2.92. The plan aims to standardize coal rates across North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida. Railroads argue inland cities currently pay higher rates due to mileage based distinctions.
Funeral services for William Fletcher Jackson were held at Yow's Funeral Home chapel yesterday at 3 PM. Rev. C B Womble of Highland M E church officiated. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery. He died at the home of his parents at Fairmont Park Saturday afternoon.
An inquest was called today to investigate the death of David Brogden a 26 year old from Winnsboro after an automobile collision. Otis Darby of Gastonia whose car hit Brogden was held for the inquest.
A Jackson Day dinner is planned this winter by the Young People's Democratic organization, likely in Raleigh, with possible speakers from national ranks. Observers note leaders have met with Tyre C. Taylor and a near unanimous executive committee vote supports holding the event, aiming to boost unity for the upcoming presidential campaign and related Senate and Governor contests.
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