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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1918
Page
3
Washington announces plans to sell 100000 tons of nitrate of soda for fertilizer under the food control act. Buyers pay cash at cost with freight from port, and applications must reach local county agents by February 4. Port shipments include Charleston Wilmington Savannah Norfolk and Baltimore.
Disciples of Christ in North Carolina marked Educational Day with church services across the state. Atlantic Christian College President Raymon A. Smith spoke at Gordon Street Christian Church on education and the denomination's progress and plans for expanding colleges and institutions, while Rev Bernard P. Smith spoke in Wilson.
Receipts totaling 9000 dollars signed by Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador, are found in the Freie Presse office during a records seizure. Editors F. W. Sallett and J. F. Paul Gross face charges for improper translations. They claim 30000 dollars was sent to the German Red Cross, but officials say only 1000 went to that group and 9000 went to the German embassy in Washington, with the rest routed to a New York stock exchange firm K. N. and K.
Washington January 22 The monthly livestock report from the Bureau of Markets shows rising stockers and feeders shipments from stockyards to farms and hints at higher meat production in 1918. Feeder hog shipments in 1917 surged far above 1916, while feeder cattle and sheep shipments also increased, signaling expanded farm preparation for market. Cattle receipts rose sharply in December 1917, hog receipts fell partly due to prior year records, and horse and mule numbers remained similar overall with regional shifts reflecting southern demand and cotton farming needs. Government war purchases may influence some city totals.
Twenty cases of whooping cough trigger four weeks of school closures in Edgecom County as a physician’s failure to report the initial case delays quarantine. More children spread the disease while attending classes, with one death and other serious complications. State Board of Health urges strict enforcement of quarantine law, citing penal action against the nonreporting physician.
Asheville authorities, facing wood shortages due to bad roads, commandeer two woodland plots within city limits Chestnut Hill and Riverside cemetery lands to secure about 300 cords of fuel. The move comes with owner J M Childs consent on Chestnut Hill after brief protest. Further lands may be seized if hauling conditions do not improve.
New York, Jan 22. All National League team chosen by official records highlights Grover Alexander as premier pitcher for 1917. Kilfer catcher, Groh at third, Hornsby at short, and Roush Wheat and Kauff lead the outfield with top fielding and batting averages.
Washington reports the food administration revoked the license of R. Jennings, cottonseed cake dealer in Shreveport Louisiana. He must cease operations by January 25 and may face fines or imprisonment for remaining in trade. The agency will handle remaining assets and honor on-hand contracts. The notice also describes a war department exception inviting able-bodied men ages 18 to 40 for immediate service in France with the 20th Engineers to cut timber and build roads, subject to approval from Major C. F. Clarke.
Sir Edward Carson resigns as minister without portfolio in the war cabinet. The prime minister advised the king to accept. Official notice says the resignation concerns the Irish question and not war conduct.
Washington January 22 In reporting the agricultural appropriation bill to the house Chairman Lever of the agriculture committee announced the total of 26943733 a reduction of 353000 from official estimates and nearly one million under the amount available for the current fiscal year.
A prominent Alabama merchant shares testimony about Dreco, an herbal remedy claimed to relieve indigestion dyspepsia and related disorders. He says he spent thousands seeking a cure but found relief with Dreco, now sold widely and endorsed locally by Ring Drug Co in High Point.
Raleigh Jan 22 The Food Administration fixed a 12.50 maximum price for flour in North Carolina stirring complaints. Retailers paid high prices and tradesmen blame jobbers and mills as margins are reviewed. Officials urge delivery charges be treated as luxuries to protect the masses. Readers urged to mail this slip for a Foley trial package.
A fragmentary timetable shows times trains may be expected to arrive and depart from listed stations. It notes southbound No 214 operates daily except Sunday with times at Station A.M.
Lieut. Col. George Robinson a retired army chaplain rejected charges of immoral conditions among American troops in France at a meeting of the local Protestant Ministers' association yesterday.
A dispatch reports about one thousand French refugees arriving in Paris from Lille and Roubaix. They were evacuated by the Germans in the last week of December and traveled via Switzerland.
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