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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1916
Page
4
Voters in High Point face a August 15 election on issuing 50 900 dollars in street improvement bonds. Supporters argue bonds fund half the paving with property owners and the street railway paying the rest, a pure business matter decided by a majority. Campaigns will feature speakers from all parties urging support or opposition.
Letter from W P Ragan asking Enterprise editor for guidance on the $50 000 bond issue and the fate of city commissioners. He questions political moves by Dalton and a divided board, asks who will go to the legislature, the impact of Johnson street versus Silman’s store, and whether the bond issue will be void if Datson is elected. He seeks clear answers to four questions to vote wisely.
Bi Ragan questions the proposed street improvement bond and targets The Enterprise while urging public input. The piece says the speaking campaign aims to push city officials and local Democratic leaders to reveal information, signaling an unusually active public discourse before the bond election.
Cotton futures opened steady then eased on news of unsettled early trading. Prices moved from gains to declines with December near 14.34 and January around 14.41 as futures for October 14.22 and May 14.75 were shown.
In Chicago on Aug lower cable quotas depressed the wheat market. Opening prices fell several cents with September at 1.31 to 1.32 and December at 1.3544 to 1.36, followed by a moderate further setback.
Charles Reith grew up in Baden Baden and cherishes family relics from the German cavalry. He expects German arms to win and keeps in touch with sailors from the raider Eitel. After visiting Hampton Roads he plans another trip to Norfolk to visit the cruiser and its crew.
A Knoxville letter dated August 3 1918 from Ring Drug Company of High Point North Carolina discusses compliance with the North Carolina Pure Food Law and the state board ruling on ice cream. It asserts use of high grade cream extracts and fruits and notes butter fat content and interstate shipments. The firm offers to provide a placard for the fountain at their expense to indicate if the cream is frozen from milk or imitation.
Mrs. W. N. Cox of Purley IiC writes that years of nervous dyspepsia and poor health improved after using a blood remedy recommended by S. G. Woods. She credits relief to the product sold exclusively by Matton Drug Store in High Point.
Advertisement claims concentrated Tollo Water from Daw sor Springs Kentucky will unclog the liver and stimulate bile flow within thirty minutes. It urges a third of a tumbler of plain water before breakfast, then a wineglassful daily to maintain health, and sells through Hart Drug Co.
Miss Clara Boyd announces a selective program offering piano harmony and sight reading instruction. A limited number of pupils will be admitted to each class to ensure individual attention and steady progress.
One of the happiest men in High Point is Charles Reith. He is going to Norfolk tomorrow after receiving a card from the commander of the interned German raider Prinz Eitel Friederich granting him permission to visit on board the ship. His extreme pro German sympathies explain his joy. His father was an officer in the...
On August 10 at High Rock an excursion fundraiser is hosted by East End Sunday School with W. H. Davis and Miss Lottie Barber as committee in charge. Tickets cost 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for children.
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