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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1916
Page
2
Mrs. J. W. Moore, Jr., wife of a Greensboro business man, credits Tanlac with adding twenty pounds and alleviating acute indigestion and nerves after other medicines failed. She describes dramatic relief since starting the tonic and recommends it to others, noting past costs and enduring relief from Tanlac as Tanlac health expert W. L. Wharton promotes the remedy at Hart Drug Store in High Point.
A Buenos Aires committee of South American farmers condemned the heaviness of North American farm machinery, especially horse drawn gear, shipped into the region. North American agents argued large machines offer lower initial cost per unit of work, but farmers counter the small South American horse cannot pull heavy loads, favoring lighter German equipment.
In Gainesville on August 21 five black individuals were taken from Newberry jail and hanged as suspects in aiding Boisey Long who killed Constable S G Wayne and shot Dr L G Harris. Two women and three men were among the victims.
Asheville Aug 21 Jimmy Hickman left fielder for Asheville and property of the Brooklyn Robins was recalled after eight hits in nine trips. He will leave about Wednesday and report to Manager Robinson at Brooklyn late in the week. Hickman boasts a batting over .300 and is cited as the fastest man on the bases in the North Carolina league.
Washington reports Senator Tillman of South Carolina buried his famed pitchfork image in a senate speech before leaving for his state. He called for an end to sectionalism and condemned the presidential campaign’s return to old North-South antagonisms, offering an olive branch to northern and southern constituencies. He warned against reviving the sectional issue fifty-one years after Appomattox. Merchant admonition follows.
Washington reports that the senate moved toward adjournment by September 1 after passing the shipping bill enabling government owned ships run by private operators. The bill, approved 38 to 21, sets aside 50 million dollars for ship purchases and trims the shipping board salaries.
Joseph G. Wolf of Green Bay Wisconsin says Foley Kidney Pills relieved a severe backache that lasted months. The ad urges others with weak backs to try Foley Kidney Pills and notes Mann Drug Co sells them.
The timetable lists when trains may arrive and depart Casolina and other stations on the Casolina & Yadkin River Railroad. It notes that stated times are not guaranteed and may change.
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