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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1932
Page
4
A compact excerpt contrasts Revelation 2 10 with a view that genius is largely energy. The passage links enduring tribulation and faith with the promise of a crown of life while noting Matthew Arnold as the source of the second idea.
Mr. Ford supports Hoover for reelection but diverges on monetary praise. He calls the next big job the improvement of the money system and favors a practical administrator like Hoover. Ford argues money should serve humanity, not dominate it, and cites Fordian views on fair distribution of labor and earth’s bounty.
North Carolina ranks 42nd in literacy with about one in ten people aged ten and older unable to read or write. After decades of compulsory schooling, the illiteracy level still pulls the state’s average above the national rate, per state education official figures.
The 1930 census shows 4.28 million Americans aged 10 and over illiterate, down 648 thousand in a decade as population rose 16.1 percent. North Carolina ranks 42nd in illiteracy, with about one in ten adults illiterate and high county rates.
The A B Club highlights its yearly public service and announces a new project to raise $1,000 to complete a gymnasium at High Point College. The effort emphasizes timely work by members and the benefit to the college’s physical program and available labor.
The article praises President Juckson and Secretary Edgar Hartley of the Y M C A for recruiting Charles I Amos to lead the upcoming fundraising campaign. It discusses High Point’s past community best plan, its mixed success, and a shift back to multiple solicitations to meet the needs of several agencies during tougher economic times.
Secretary Mills argues a Democratic congress shares blame for excess public spending in recent years. The piece notes the difficulty Democrats would face meeting the charge and the risks of a divided government where the executive and legislature differ. The President claims he cannot push economies under current conditions.
Will Rogers, guest of the American Colony, joked he is Americas gift to those who missed the Prince of Wales. He quipped about tariffs, recalled coming to Argentina in 1901, and shared his varied career path from cattle trader to wild west show performer. He praised Argentine Polo star Manuel Adrada and forecast a win for the Argentine team next month. Rogers planned to depart today via Brazil back to the United States.
Raleigh Oct 20 the second NC constitution amendment allows voting on proposed changes at a special election or general election. It shifts from waiting two years to a possible immediate vote, aiming to eliminate extraneous political matters and focus on fundamental law changes.
Night break in at the Saleeby fruit stand in Badin yields a cash register containing about ten dollars an employee watch and two diamond rings reported by authorities.
W T Joyner of Raleigh North Carolina is named assistant general solicitor. Henry D Walker is appointed solicitor both based in Washington. Joyner will head the law department for matters formerly assigned to John B Hyda and will represent all Southern lines except the CNO and TP apparatus. Walker, Kentucky native, has long served in the railroad law department in Washington and will report to the general counsel and the general solicitor.
Raleigh reports the Roanoke River rose an extraordinary 21 feet in 24 hours and flooded bottom lands at Weldon with water 10 feet above the bank. Denson of the Weather Bureau says Weldon river level reached 32 feet and could crest above 40 by Thursday night or Friday, though damage is expected to be limited as most lands are idle or harvested.
During the middle ages French noblewomen sponsored poets and entered their works in recurring poetry contests at court and in city circles, shaping literary culture and rivalries through curated verse competitions.
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