Keener and Rawley Named Editorial Team
The navigation shows W. W. Keener as managing editor and J. P. Rawley as business manager in the newspaper’s masthead. No further details are given for roles or dates in the visible text.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1916
Page
4
The navigation shows W. W. Keener as managing editor and J. P. Rawley as business manager in the newspaper’s masthead. No further details are given for roles or dates in the visible text.
Citizens from Greensboro and High Point join forces with county officials to press for an immediate high class highway between the two cities. The united appeal aims to satisfy residents and thousands of yearly visitors by securing county action tomorrow.
Providence Feb 7 Mrs Elizabeth F Mohr was acquitted by a jury of soliciting her husband Dr Franklin Mohr's murder. Victor Brown and Henry Spellman were found guilty as the actual killers. The verdict followed a long deliberation as Miss Emily Burger’s assault with intent to kill charge was noted.
A Greensboro man reports overwhelming support for Burton among North Carolina Republicans. He notes straddler dynamics with Progressives favoring Teddy and the old guard leaning toward Hughes. The piece also mentions global war sentiment and recent diplomacy notes at a Textile association meeting in Charlotte and a Child Labor conference in Asheville.
The cotton market opened steady with a 3 to 4 point advance on steady cables. May contracts traded around 12.05 and July near 12.19, but demand remained mild and prices eased back toward Saturday's close to about 12.00 for May and 12.14 for July. Other futures quoted at March 11.84, May 12.05, July 12.17, October 12.28, December 12.35.
New York traders opened with a cautiously hopeful tone as Lusitania tensions eased. Stocks advanced across sectors with Baldwin locomotive and copper issues leading gains, United States Steel up sharply, and rail shares like New Haven and New York Central rising. Lackawanna Steel fell on merger abandonment, down 5.5 points.
Free sellers by leading houses pushed Chicago wheat prices down today. Opening quotes ranged from lower to 4 advance, followed by a broad decline and a moderate rally. May futures opened at about 1.524% to 1.33 and July at 1.24% to 1.245.
New York Feb 7 Pan-American Petroleum and Transport company is launched with incorporation in Delaware. Authorized capital stock 1500000000, including 1250400000 common shares and 25 billion preferred. It will take over Mexican Petroleum company and the Caloric company, both controlled by California interests led by K L Doheny.
Broadway screens the Paramount feature The Immigrant starring Veleska Suratt. The scene of a gigantic dam bursting to flood a country house required temporary construction and three explosive takes. Filming demanded over two months of intensive work to secure the final effect.
A reader lampoons a Saturday night item on boys arrested for playing cards in the armory. The letter defends the scouts defend- ers and praises officers who climbed a ladder to peep in, while bumbling through misspellings and jokes about identify cash on checks and silk haze.
The Enterprise publishes a reader opposition to the proposed street improvement bond issue. The letter argues taxes are high, bonds already exist, and funds should not be spent on streets in the western end, noting poor road conditions on Washing Street and lack of transparency in spending.
Jamestown High School swept High Point in a Saturday night doubleheader, with the girls winning 25 to 6 and the boys edging the locals 21 to 14 in a tense, well attended game. Gibbons starred for Jamestown in the boys, while Marian na White led the High Point girls with fouls keeping them from field goals.
The first baseball game of the season at Trinity ended 7 to 6 in favor of Trinity. Despite early season weather and limited training, the home team's play was considered creditable.
New York February 7 Governor Whitman reaffirmed his run for the Republican nomination for governor expressing satisfaction with his stewardship. He denied any readiness to join a ticket led by Burton Bo rah Cummins or Hill with Hill to be given the New York gubernatorial nomination.
Local notice proclaims exclusive High Point agents for Adler-i-ka a simple mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients claimed to be a thorough bowel cleanser. The ad asserts one spoonful relieves most constipation and promises instant action without gripping effects.
Voters of High Point North Carolina are called to an election on March 7 1916 to decide issuing bonds totaling 50000 dollars. City council orders the bond issue as part of a new registration and election process with voting in all wards.
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