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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1917
Page
7
Special to The Enterprise Washington February 24 reports from 160 wood pulp mills show 3,419,000 cords of wood used and output of about 2,229,000 tons of pulp in 1916. Mechanical pulp led with 973,329 tons, sulphite 892,110, soda 314,085, and sulphate 49,053 tons. Final state breakdowns, costs, and wood types will follow.
Catcher Tub Spencer returns to the Detroit Tigers behind the plate this season. Fritz Maisel and Joe Gedeon duel for the New York Yankees second base job this spring. A West Virginia league may form including Wheeling Huntington Parkersburg Fairmont Clarksburg. Wambsanas slated to play short for the Indians with Chapman shifted elsewhere. Joseph J. Lannin seeks to sell the Buffalo club. Comiskey seeks a first baseman by trading a top pitcher. Rowdy Elliott buys a California prune orchard possibly retiring. Cincinnati president proposes turning Reds ballpark over for training soldiers. Pirates depart for Columbus Ga training camp March 10 with three weeks there before exhibitions. Stovall aims to bring Cubs surplus talent to Vernon. Ganzel appears to have signed more major league talent than peers. Unsigned players face camp expenses or signing. Connie Mack denies plans to trade McInness Strunk Bush or Schang. Heinie Busch leaves managing to enter Cincinnati insurance. Jimmy Smyth holds out for more pay as Ebbets weighs his hitting in the NL.
The article urges men under 35 to enlist in the Regular Army as a key national defense force and outlines enlistment terms, training, and pathways for provisional units to join, noting the Greensboro recruiting office and a High Point visit next week to answer questions and accept applicants.
Largest automobile and accessory show ever seen in the southeast opened today at the Atlanta auditorium and runs through next week. The display includes nearly all notable exhibits from New York and Chicago shows with most prominent manufacturers represented. Dealers and visitors from Georgia South Carolina Florida Alabama and East Tennessee are expected in large numbers.
A reflective quote attributed to Horace Mann on habit as a daily thread of life, suggesting the power and persistence of routines.
The Cuban American International Horse Show opens on the grounds of the Cuban American Racing association and is expected to be a major event. The government funds $25,000 in prizes, with many leading U.S. breeding establishments and notable Americans attending, including Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney from New York.
John Habberton born February 24 marks seventy five years at his Westwood New Jersey residence. His career peaked with Helens Babies selling about a quarter million copies and being translated into several languages. Although later works surpassed it critically they did not reach the earlier book’s fame.
New York manager Bill Donovan leads a dozen battery men toward the Yankees training camp in Macon Georgia. Pitchers and catchers are due to report Monday and all players must arrive by week’s end for workouts ahead of warm up games with Boston and Brooklyn.
Boston and statewide effort promotes Go to Church Sunday in Massachusetts to maintain public interest in religion sparked by Billy Sunday’s Boston campaign. Massachusetts Federation of Churches sponsors the nationwide church day.
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