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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
3
Raleigh report notes that legal challenges may undo the recent reders adoption amid claims some material was omitted. Losers hire lawyers to challenge whether the commission can extend a five-year adoption to six years and alter the start date, with governors and officials named in the debate.
The body of Private Jack Wyckoff of Company KE Statesville first infantry was found behind the second infantry encampment at Camp Glenn. He had been on a Beaufort trip with a small party and was missed Sunday. likely fell overboard while sleeping. Wyckoff, married three months, awaited discharge and was esteemed by comrades. No foul play suspected. body to be shipped home.
Details from Asheville report the Lake Toxaway dam failed Sunday night, creating a roaring torrent that emptied the 540 acre lake. The 400 by 50 foot wall collapsed under pressure as water swept away an electric plant and flooded properties. No major building damage beyond loss of power. plans to reconstruct cited amid rumors of a second lake.
A wall of water 30 feet high roared from Lake Toxaway through North Carolina into South Carolina causing crop and home damage. No injuries reported in South Carolina. Trees uprooted. Brown's hotel partly flooded. some homes along the Toxaway and Keowee were damaged. By Clemson College the river looked swollen but did not cause major harm. Crowds gathered to watch what proved a normal flood surge.
Two High Point deeds recorded yesterday. W J Staley and others sold 20.8 acres adjoining J W Harmon area to J W Harmon for 318 dollars. F K Fraley and wife conveyed a Willow Brook Street lot measuring 75 by 200 feet to Thomas Barley for 1000 dollars.
An advertisement claims Foley Kidney Pills provide prompt relief for health issues blamed on weak or overworked kidneys. It lists benefits for rheumatic pain sore muscles aching joints backache painful bladder trouble and sleep disturbance. Sold by Mann Drug Co.
In Albemarle on August 15 the old J. Ross dwelling will be torn down by owner M. F. Little to clear space for a modern picture show. The Alameda theater project adds a new entertainment venture on a prime business street.
Warning travelers to carry Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, noting the remedy cannot be obtained on trains or steamships and bowel complaints can be sudden and severe. urges preparation and availability everywhere.
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