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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
4
A listing shows Associated Press involvement with editors and publishers, including W S Efener and J Prawley. It notes subscription pricing and miscellany about post office class status and postal dates for High Point North Carolina.
The community approves a bond issue for street improvements, praising the voters for conscience and urging city authorities to begin paving all streets swiftly. The paper notes other opinions, cites international justice contrasts, and presents brief satirical items from various papers.
An editorial in the Greensboro Daily News argues Guilford County and the cities of Greensboro and High Point have a small fraction of North Carolina's tuberculosis cases but stresses that a single ounce of precaution is worth pounds of prevention. It calls for building a sanitarium to set a regional standard and curb the disease.
President Wilson may publish his remarks after speaking tomorrow to 640 railroad employes. The move is seen as clarifying his responsibility for the country’s industrial disturbance and its settlement process. If released, it would mark the first disclosure from the conferences.
New York news reports the cotton market opening steady with gains of 7 points on August and 3 on October, then slipping to 1 point under initial levels and 5 to 6 points below last night’s close. Early futures quoted August 423, October 14.25, December 14.45, January 14.58, March 14.63, May 14.77.
Chicago on August 16 reports an active grain market with nervous trading and steady underlying strength. Opening prices opened lower to slightly higher than the previous close, then advanced on profit taking, pushing September futures from 1.421% to 1.41% and down to 1.44% amid rapid swings.
George Gibson, catcher for the Pittsburgh National League club since 1905, is released to the New York Giants. Barney Dreyfuss announced waivers and the move to fill an injured Rariden’s spot. Gibson played a record 140 games in 1909.
London reports Premier Asquith said Britain will not restore diplomatic relations with Germany until reparation is paid for Captain Fryatt’s murder. A Commons question about pursuing Emperor William for wilful murder went unanswered. The Cincinnati Times-Star notes low car prices enabling bandits to own automobiles.
Shelby August 16 L B Wetmore of Lincoln and R L Huffman of Burke county are in the race for appointment as solicitor of the sixteenth district. Letters from local bar friends of Wetmore and Kirksey Burke county chairman were received as they sought endorsements for Huffman.
Goldsboro August 16 Jonathan the 11 year old son of D D Overton of Greenville is here with injuries after falling from an automobile driven by his father seven miles from Goldsboro. The rough road jolted him from the car he fell to the ground but no bones are broken and he is not seriously injured.
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