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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1915
Page
6
San Francisco marks the Panama Pacific International Exposition closing with a 21 gun salute, night lights, and a concerted finale. Attendance surpassed seventeen million. a final financial report showed net income of 1.41 million on six and a half million gross with vast international participation and major speeches by prominent figures.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin Sledd of Wake Forest college provoked strong comments at Louisburg College on December 4. He criticized Mr Billy Bryan’s opposition to the President's preparedness program and declared harshly that Bryan should be carried out to sea with weights, a figurative remark reflecting his view on the war. He had just returned from Europe after a year of study.
Ann Arbor December report details Dr. Ray E. Hall of Portland Oregon showing a wireless relay system that records and sends messages on tape and drafts them on a typewriter. The device records over 100 words a minute and can relay via wire lines, potentially linking sea and land networks.
At a bankers convention in Newcastle on Friday it was stated that national savings in the first year of the war grew from 1 39 901 000 to 3 000 000 000 dollars and that the second year would see savings exceed 5 000 000 000 dollars reflecting public self restraint to meet war costs.
New Bern reports a surge in lumber trading as mills across eastern North Carolina operate day and night to fill orders. A local mill man says his plant runs at capacity, shipping finished product rapidly. Over the past week more than a dozen barge loads headed to northern ports from New Bern, with several more in port loading.
The New Store at 134 South Main Street offers candies fruits hot drinks and lunches. Local shoppers are invited to visit the Crystal Confestionary Store and sample its varied menu.
Schedule effective October 1 1915 shows train arrival and departure times at listed stations. Times are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice. W E Price general manager.
A South Bend Tribune quip notes that many pictures hung in homes or offices deserve harsher judgment, suggesting fashionable portraits invite criticism rather than admiration. The phrase critiques decor choices with a pointed, wry edge.
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