High Point Industrial Profile 1916 Fact Sheet
Industrial Department summary lists High Point as city of diversified industries with eighty-one factories producing hosiery furniture silk street railway cars organs mirrors buggies veneers coffins underwear overalls bedding wheels plate glass paints varnishes building materials and more. Daily carload figures include hosiery one, furniture forty, building material over three and sixty six daily trains. Telephone subscribers rose 115 from 1915 to 1916 and 1$ in 1914-15. Five banks held 850000 capital and surplus with deposits totaling 2415599.27 as of September 15 1916, a decade growth of about 100 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Roving Opinions From The Community Pages
A collage of letters and remarks touch on New Year resolutions postage costs university stunts and political figures. The writer mocks figures like Colonel George Harvey and Henry Bryan while debating wartime literacy moral questions and government austerity backed by implied local references including Asheville and Hickory.
Peace talks gain momentum across nations amid war weariness
A British publicist Cosmos and writer Hall Caine push for lasting peace as dispatches from Berlin and London reflect growing war fatigue. The United States has offered good offices and may need stronger action, while global hope for peace rises despite no clear breakthrough yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Watson Acquitted Again Over Obscene Mails Charge
The article reports Thomas E Watson again cleared of sending obscene matter through the mails. It criticizes government prosecutorial effort and notes Watson and his Georgia magazine gained publicity. The piece speculates on possible Catholic church involvement behind the prosecution, but offers no firm conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas FE. Watson
Gold and an Apology in German Note on Marina Sinking
Ambassador Bernstein cites Berlin saying the submarine commander mistook the British merchant ship Marina for a transport. Seven Americans died when the ship sank. Germany offers gold and an apology, while critics ask if travel bans for Americans aboard ships at risk of being mistaken for transports would better uphold international law.
Rising Young Woman Praised as Lightest of Period
The Richmond News Leader lauds Mrs Ruth Law as the lightest woman of the period, noting the remark is a compliment rather than a reflection. The Wilmington Dispatch includes a жар of affection with the line I love you dearest and exclaims To arms Aw Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Dispatch
Ruth Law
Richmond News Leader
Government to break up trusts to curb food prices
The Henderson Dispatch argues the government should act to dismantle food trusts as an alternative to embargoes, aiming to reduce skyward prices and restore affordability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Dispatch
Democrats to control Congress stir loyal Democrats
The Wilson Times notes that Washington reports Democrats will control Congress. The piece praises Democrats as faithful servants and asserts they have a right to command, reflecting party pride and national loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wilson Times
Villa Heads North After Escapes Across Border
Reports indicate General Villa is moving north while evading capture abroad and remaining a central figure of upheaval. The Salisbury Post notes his elusive maneuvers stir concern as observers hope for a decisive confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Salisbury Post
Argentine President Hipolite Iigoyen Rumor
The Wilmington Star reports a claimed new Argentine Republic president named Hipolite Iigoyen. The note likens the name to gas and jokes about political stability in Argentina versus the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Argentine Republic
Hipolite
Iigoyen
Argentine
Wilminegton Star
Figuring It Down Debt Burdens Democratic National Committee
The Democratic National Committee faced about 8.3 million in debt after spending over 1.5 million in cash. The piece notes debt as a common Democratic trait across state, national, and local levels, with a wry Union Republican aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic National Committee
Union Republican
Allied Arts club hosts first annual Thanksgiving entertainment
The Allied Arts association of the Petrie company hosted its first annual entertainment and reception on Thanksgiving evening November 30. About forty guests attended a 6:30 dinner with oyster courses and pumpkin pie followed by sleight of hand and conjuring acts. Music came from a local string orchestra, and attendees included L C Petrie and J V Orange families. Regular meetings of the employee group are held weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Arts Association
A. A. A. Club
L. ‘©. Petrie Company
W. Rutherford
Messrs
C. W. Orange
Farmville
F. L. Orange
J. V. Orange
High Point
L. C. Petrie
J. W. Orange
D. L. Hayes
J. P. Laffoon
Ada
Allied Arts
Petrie Company
Postponed High Point Chapter R A ML Convocation
The regular convocation of High Point chapter No 70 R A ML is postponed to the third Friday in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
R. A, ML
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Enterprise
THE
Associated Press
Asa Biggs
M. Brown
J.P. Rawley
North State
Bell Telephone
N.C
Industrial Department of the High Point Com
Mercial Club
George Harvey
Uncle Sam
the Newspaper Institute At
Chapel Hill
Finance
Uni
Redfield
Ture
Mr. Bryan
Asheville
Mount Calm
Hickory Record
And
Natur
Ally
Count von Reventlow
Statement of the
Germany
New York Times
the Times
Cosmos
London
Hall Caine
Times
British Empire
Berlin
Reichstag
Ing
America
Watson
Georgia
Lars
Lic Church
Church
Tered
Ambassador Bernstein
Act
Berlin For
Eign
Com
Mander
Marina
State Department
Morris
Compa First Flor
Bank of Commerce
H. A. Millis
Pres
W. R. Morrow
Sec
Treas
Dixie
Violet Mersereau
Commercial National Bank
High Point, N.C
J. Elwood Cox
C. M. Hauser
Active
V.pres
H. Dobbs, E. H. P J. J, Griffith
Secretars
I. L. Goldman
Commerce Street
North Carolina Public
Bulletin NO. Ill
Intelli
the Public Service Company
Chas. B. Hole
R. E. Andrews
Tannenhaus Bros
Godkin
Valiere
Mann Drug Co
Mann's
Sander
Everett
Greensboro, N. C
R. H. Melvine
E. Commerce
Riverside Refining Company
Cleveland
the Postal
West Green Street
Clark Store
Home Banking Co
S. C. Clark
Guilford County
S&s. C Clark
Lindsay Street
North Main
J. T. Ryan
Standard Tailoring Co
S. Main St
First Baptist Church
Ed V. Price
Beeson Hardware Co
Dr. Pierce
C. H. Shelton
Elks Club
Western Union
Mechanicsville
J. H. Moton
Fallston
R. G. Lassiter and Company
Wachovia Bank
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!