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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1917
Page
4
Industrial data for High Point shows 15 000 population over four square miles with 940 feet elevation and 58 degree mean temperature. 1915 death rate 11.6 per thousand, ample water and cheap power, five banks with deposits over 2.4 million. Freight bill 1.5 million, manufactures valued at 5 million, per capita output 700 dollars.
One hundred years ago today the first state legislature of Indiana, meeting in Corydon, finished its session and adjourned. Seventy-five years ago today in 1842 Catholics and Protestants in Switzerland clashed over education under clerical control. Fifty years ago today in 1867 the French government announced withdrawal of its army from Mexico. Twenty-five years ago today in 1892 Montgomery Meigs, Union quartermaster general, died in Washington D.C. Born Augusta Georgia May 13 1816.
A Raleigh column rails at sensational calls and political quibbles with humor about distasteful gags and the press. It jokes about soured eggs aimed at actors and notes the Australian ballot push in North Carolina. The writer riffs on hog pens and reform talk as the year opens.
The piece complains of confusing U S diplomacy over peace notes and German actions, noting conflicting statements by administration officials. It argues the nation nears war, cites the Sussex pledge, and predicts more clarity as events unfold with the Entente ending hopes for peace.
The Asheville Citizen denounces the U S ultimatum to the Mexican government and Pershing’s chase after Villa. It condemns repeated parley with Carranza, questions spending of 67 million dollars, and warns that Mexican turmoil could erupt at home. It urges focusing on domestic problems rather than foreign intervention.
Greensboro Mayor Thomas Jefferson Murphy argues hog pens must be barred from the city, noting past ordinances and a long history with the issue. He cites a prior case where a shoat in a yard led to a dismissed charge and praises a city ordinance detailing hog restrictions.
A columnist argues that 1916 foreshadows a new South with stronger banking business and industry. The New York Annalist praises the region's potential, noting growing wheels of industry from Dixie to the coast, while criticizing excessive government bulletins as waste.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Kenyon Iowa proposes a senate resolution to curb wasteful printing. It asks the Senate Printing Committee to identify which government bulletins and books may be suspended and to seek further paper-saving measures across departments.
Sheriff Merkel of Berkes County Pennsylvania grieves a one third pay drop as prosperity reduces workload. The 1916 fees cap is $6000, yet his earnings likely fall near $4000 due to fewer warrants and arrests.
Allentown officials faced the high cost of living as the city hall improvement bid reached 7 000 over the 36 000 appropriation after council rejected all tenders. Contractors say the allowance is too low for the project.
Medical officers of the New York police and fire departments find mortality and illness rates lower among firemen and police than the general public, indicating it is safer to be a fireman than a citizen.
Freeland Pennsylvania inaugurates a fresh air cure for tramps with the lockup heated on cold nights while Burgess Davis defies the heat shutting windows to force lodging. He argues many able-bodied men should not be idle. In Wichita Kansas federated clubs plan a clubhouse, first for women in the state.
Kate Dwyer leader of Labor Women of New South Wales is named to a senate seat at the University of Sydney. She becomes the first woman called upon to fill such a role in the British dominions.
From New York Harry Raymond sent a playful correspondence card to The Entprise. He declares three slots reserved in the Autom for New Year's Eve and invites a return explanation, noting the playful tone and reserved spots.
In a High Point office a lanky man asks to print a weekly or daily paper. The clerk explains a daily delivery costs ten cents a week or five dollars a year by carrier. The man balks at the price, while the text notes paper costs seven cents per pound in carload lots and firearms are banned within city limits.
Mrs Emma C Van Sickle dies near La Crosse Wisconsin and expresses her last wish to be buried in her private cemetery on a corner of her farm near the graves of her five husbands. The obituary notes her home and final resting place.
Local notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the effective internal treatment for catarrh. Testimonials promised, ingredients described as a blood tonic blend, with sales through Toledo firm J. Cheney & Co. and universal druggist availability at 75 cents.
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