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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
4
A compilation of editorial jabs on Keating bill opponents in the South, woman suffrage debates led by Hughes and Wilson, typhoid warnings in North Carolina towns, and Perham’s alleged prize fight at the city park. The piece interleaves cites of candidates Cameron Morrison and McLean with local civic concerns and streetside labor unrest.
New York reported cotton futures at a fresh high at the open with gains of 1 to 17 points before selling pressure and scale fluctuations pulled values back. In Chicago wheat rose on Saskatchewan crop concerns with September around 1.32 and December near 1.36 amid initial gains then a further advance.
Tanenhaus Brothers open a new store on East Commerce Street in the Ragan building after moving from Clementa Cigar location. The firm, a leading Winston and Danville clothing retailer, touts fresh stock and new fixtures with a close-margin pricing policy and liberal terms. A High Point deed transfer of an English Street lot for $550 is noted.
City of High Point voters will decide on issuing fifty thousand dollars in street improvement bonds on August 15 1916. The referendum asks approval to extend and enhance city streets with ballots reading For Street Improvement Bonds or Against Street Improvement Bonds. Registrars are appointed and new registration books ordered for the election.
The High Point city council appoints ward judges for a bonds election. Polling locations are Back of Banking Co Washington street, City Hall Jordan street, Jarrell Hotel Main street, and City fire station Rankin street. Registrars open July 5 1916 and close August 5 1916 with extended weekend hours through August 6. Ballot counts to be returned August 16 1916 at noon at City Hall.
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