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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1916
Page
8
London society reels from revelations that titled and prominent people lent their names to fraudulent war charities. The government committee’s report lists fake charities and weak oversight, noting dummy patrons and misuse of funds. A founder was jailed for diverting charity money to private use.
In a growing trend, Japanese pupils protest teachers in middle and high schools. Strikes arise from dislike of transfers or new instructors. In Takaoka, over 200 fourth and fifth year students protested a headmaster pick. A middle school teacher was dismissed for alleged dangerous thoughts linked to a historic figure.
Correspondence of Associated Press from Peking notes Yuan Shi-kai’s life shaped by superstitions. He sought fortune tellers and astrologists, believed a fortune predicting death around age eighty, and urged youth through tonics and charms. He used ginseng, lion's blood and deer horn tonics to stay youthful.
Raleigh August 2 1916 chairman T D Warren mails call for state Democratic executive committee to meet in the senate chamber Raleigh on Tuesday August 8 at 230 pm to draft rules for a primary selecting a Democratic candidate for Superior Court judge in the third district for September 9 1916 and to handle other business.
David Blow died after weeks of agony from scalding inflicted by his wife who discovered his infatuation for another woman. The incident occurred in Washington, N. C., when she poured boiling water on him as he slept. she is jailed awaiting further action.
Earle Bitting, third baseman for Asheville in the North Carolina baseball league, has been sold to the Memphis club of the Southern Association for about 1500 dollars, according to Associated Press reports from Charlotte dated August 4.
British firms in Shanghai have adopted a daylight saving plan as of August 2. The move aligns local business hours with seasonal time shifts to improve efficiency and operations.
Washington reports an FTC inquiry into news print paper prices. Publishers allege collusion among manufacturers, while industry reps deny it, citing rising demand and poor returns on capital. Commission aims to draft a report after hearings.
Statesville August 2 The grand jury at Iredell Superior Court found true bills for murder in the first degree against three defendants all in jail awaiting trial. Homer Matheson is accused of ambush shooting his brother in law Claude Warren while Warren plowed near his home. Roland Wood a negro is charged with stabbing to death Bill Philer near Mooresville Junction. Raleigh Miller a negro shot and killed Lester Hagan on the town outskirts Friday night. Janie Lazenby a negro woman with Raleigh is to be tried as an accessory before the fact. Matheson trial set for next Thursday Wood trial set for the following day.
A Malayan schooner was boarded off Manila by Chinese pirates who massacred the crew. Only two men survived by swimming ashore as the Siamese government ordered a gunboat to pursue the killers.
Reports from Nogales Arizona say a carload of dynamite exploded near Empalme Sonora killing about 60 Carranza soldiers and wounding 40. Investigators consider it possibly an intentional act. Several Empalme buildings were damaged.
Every family should keep this preparation during hot weather. It is claimed to be valuable and cost effective for the summer months and for the purposes it is intended. Buy it now.
In Guilford County North Carolina Superior Court administrator L E Ritchie of the estate of John A Arey deceased notifies creditors to file verified claims within twelve months from July 14 1916. Claims must be presented to L E Ritchie administrator of the estate. J Allen Austin con.
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