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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1917
Page
4
The piece argues for strong war support and home front effort. It cites General Tasker Bliss and wartime leadership, urges flying flags, planting gardens, and conserving food. It condemns unpatriotic talk and stresses feeding troops through domestic production.
The piece argues that defeating the German government and Hohenzollern dynasty is essential to end the war. It notes President Wilson’s real aim to defend democracy, discusses anticipated German revolution, and lists Kaiser promises as evidence of a hoax. It weighs Germany’s military capacity and the long path to peace and balance. It contrasts mail order and local merchants in High Point, stressing community interdependence and merchant education of the public.
The merchants of High Point organize a merchants association to combat evils of trade and stabilize business. Cities nationwide recognize the value of commercial organization to counter mail order rivals and secure a stable future. Local merchants welcome the move as a step toward stronger, unified commerce.
A stirring wartime poem invokes citizens from every state to unite behind President Woodrow Wilson. The speaker calls on Americans from Virginia to California and Maine to California to shoulder the gun and march into war, with one hundred million behind them.
Delegates at a Planters hotel convention in St Louis discuss whether the Socialist party should oppose war in the current crisis. The five year gap since the last national gathering ends as the convention extends into next week amid talks of potential alliance with Progressives and Prohibitionists.
Voice of the People from J Elwood Cox asks High Point to hold a mass meeting and urge all citizens to display the United States flag to show patriotism and support for the President after a trip showing flags in other towns. He notes strong patriotic meetings in St. Petersburg and other cities.
The Enterprise urges universal civic response to President Wilsons call to arms. It praises American unity and sacrifice, urging a city gathering to show support for freedom worldwide and the nations flag. The note ends with a reminder of the Garden Mart on Saturday April 14 for pie lovers.
The Associated Press reports London April 9 that England and Wales had the lowest infant mortality last year at 91 per 1000 births. With an estimated population of 36,250,000 the birth rate stood at 21.6, the death rate at 14.0, and the marriage rate at 154 per 1000.
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