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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1888
Page
2
The Enterprise details its office on Main Street with editor F Crutchfield and a subscription price of 1.00 per year. It states entries are second class and includes a disclaimer that the editor does not endorse correspondent views unless announced.
A mosaic of 1880s issues spans parties calling for abolition of internal revenue laws, Congress hiring an expert horse trainer, and a legal ruling that Bradstreet's is not privileged. The piece notes Prohibitionists planning a weekly paper, a lynching near Creswell, sugar boycotts from Rochester to Greensboro, Raleigh asylum stats, Medina court antics, and an Indianapolis dispatch on a southward negro expulsion scheme.
A fervent advocate outlines a 1879 exodus aimed at relocating African Americans to South America seeking better climate and opportunity. He cites New York as a future headquarters with agents in Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago and anticipates departures from Eastern states and southern ports to Mississippi Louisiana Alabama Missouri and Kentucky. The article also previews forthcoming Manufacturers' Record reports on the South's cotton mill growth and innovation with insights from George King and C R Makepeace.
In Webster County Georgia a court case over a herd of cattle linked to Elijah Carnes ends with the cattle awarded to Mrs. Carnes who claimed the animals were given as part of an engagement gesture. The piece also notes a surge in immigration and railroad changes while outlining Mardi Gras travel sales by the Richmond and Danville line.
General Lew Wallace has received 57000 in royalties from Ben Hur whose sales approach 200000 copies. Senate and House bills would spend about 13000000 and 15000000 respectively on new public buildings. Howard of Mor ley Michigan faced a mob when his wife left him to follow a Mormon missionary named Smith. A notice to Smith gave 24 hours to quit or face consequences. He rode on rail briefly before leaving.
In Nashville on January 29 a race in Spring Creek Oil District will end with Miss Annie Douglass marrying the winner She owns the state’s most productive wells and is known as the Oil Queen Her suitors John Lane and Nathan Overman compete from the Douglass home racing four miles out and back A banquet follows and about 8000 spectators are expected In Washington Judge Schenck seeks 20000 for a Gen Nathaniel Green monument at Guilford Court House battleground with a bill by Rep Henderson.
Special Correspondent describes Salt Lake City as it stood in 1847 with Brigham Young and his pioneers arriving to a dreary desert that now blossomed. Highlights include the Wasatch and Great Salt Lake views, Walker House and its famed table, nearby hot and warm springs, Temple Street museum, Temple and Tabernacle structures, the endowment house, Brigham Young residences, and Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution on Main Street.
The excerpt combines harsh anti Mormon sentiments about Salt Lake City governance and plural marriage with a joke about a Virginia calf hoax and a misinformed tourist mockery. It also includes a light night scene of a shooting with a cat, a club house hotel contrast, a domestic anecdote about alcohol, and an advertisement for Boschee's German Syrup claiming cures for catarrh pneumonia and consumption.
A historical advertisement describes a mysterious illness with chest pains, fatigue, yellow eyes, and digestive woes, claiming constipation and dyspepsia are the true cause. It promotes Shaker Extract of Roots or Seigel's Syrup as a cure, with testimonials from Missouri and Texas, and lists A J White Limited as the supplier.
D L Clark presents his art gallery showcasing the instaneous dry plate process with superior results. All work guaranteed first class at competitive terms in North Carolina.
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