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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
4
The column gibes at the Kaiser and German leadership, notes Russian resolve, and predicts summer resort shifts as war shadows loom. It mentions postal delays, police files on nonregistrants, and political jabs aimed at Hoover and Chamberlain. Emma Goldman and Bolshevik mentions color the broader commentary.
The Enterprise prints the Overman bill giving the president power to coordinate and consolidate executive bureaus and agencies for wartime efficiency. Supporters praise centralized control while critics warn of excessive power in one man. The text outlines redistributing functions and directing orders to unite government operations for national security and war.
A Paris court martial found Paul Bolo known as Bolo Pasha guilty of treason for German propaganda in France and the United States. He is to be executed by firing squad and his influence on Le Journal and other propaganda efforts cited as proof.
Citizens in Guilford urge the county commissioners to inspect and improve roads in the Thomasville High Point area as warmer weather returns. They note last night’s rain worsened dangerous stretches and stress earlier dragging could have reduced travel disruption. The piece mixes road concerns with excerpts of a legal act about executive authority and funding provisions.
City Manager Thomas Murphy urged the civic department of the Woman's club to back an incinerating plant to burn and dispose of all refuse. He argued the initial cost would be offset by long term benefits and cited Winston-Salem and other North Carolina cities as successful examples. A council purchase would be a wise move.
Real attractions are offered at K of C Hall Camp Sevier Greenville S C Feb 18 A concert was given Tuesday night in the Knight of Columbus Hall by the 118th infantry the hall being packed Tomorrow night a program of stunts will be put on Free attractions are given in the K of C hall every Tuesday and Friday nights and a specially interesting program is being arranged for Washington's Birthday There will be another band concert an address by Hon Charles W Barr a prominent attorney of Washington DC and other addresses by local speakers.
United States Food Administration High Point Township division reports a new ruling allows selling mixed flours with less than 50 percent white wheat flour without accompanying cereal substitutes. Merchants may blend wheat flour with shorts or middlings up to 60 40 ratios and sell it alone, aiding wartime wheat conservation.
A poem by John Luther Long extols Empey's bravery and spirits amid injury, praising his fighting will and cheerful endurance. It celebrates his resilience with lines about jaw injury, rib injuries, a ball through the chin, and an unwavering grin as marks of character.
Flour shortage eased today as merchants secured additional flour from outside the city and millers report ample wheat stocks. The situation improved due to active merchant efforts and increased supply lines.
A wartime appeal urges Americans to cut wheat consumption by using four pounds of flour instead of five, and to bake with corn rye oatmeal barley rice and potatoes. The goal is to save one pound per person weekly, freeing 133 million bushels for allies and sustaining fighting men.
Major George T Freemen commander of the second battalion 119th Infantry is ill with a severe case of mumps at Camp Sevier Greenville S C His battalion is led in his absence by Captain Edgar H Bain commander of Company E with the unit under his care during the major s illness
The administrator of the estate of Caleb Barker deceased in Guilford County North Carolina calls all creditors to present their claims by January 11 1919 to the administrator at High Point NC or be barred from recovery. Debts owed to the estate should be paid promptly as of January 11 1919.
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