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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
6
Enrollment in American public schools rose near normal in elementary grades across 1411 cities and 696 counties, despite the war. High schools showed only a quarter of the usual rise, driven by girls while boys declined except in the senior year. rural and city trends differed.
In Columbia on January 24 the house quickly passed a resolution ratifying the federal amendment for absolute prohibition and ordered it enrolled. Ratification now requires the signatures of the president of the Senate, the speaker of the house, and the governor.
Norfolk, Va. January 24 The New York Philadelphia and Norfolk steamer due here yesterday was delayed by bay ice and arrived an hour and a half late. Passenger service will be temporarily suspended due to ice conditions. Tug boats are said to be caught in ice jams and navigation marks swept away by the floating fields. The N Y P N steamer reached its destination nearly two hours late amid great ice movement impeding traffic and forcing the discontinuation of passenger service at night.
The South Carolina House voted to abolish the state tax commission and replace it with a board of state tax assessors after heated debate. H Powell of Chester labeled A W Jones, the commission chair, as "the Kaiser of South Carolina whom we are trying to depose."
On the 22nd day of 1918 R B White and T J Hutchens announce the withdrawal from the firm White and Hutchens. They state all outstanding partnership debts will be paid and the dissolution is effective from the date.
The Piedmont Building and Loan association held its annual meeting. W. Idol, secretary and treasurer, reported a substantial year despite high costs and low loan demand. The board was reelected with George A. Matton as president and W. Idol as secretary treasurer. Loans total 98 in the year for 93 850 dollars. total shares paid in 227 945 dollars with 454 stockholders.
Moscow riots during an anniversary celebration of Bloody Sunday left forty killed and about two hundred wounded, as demonstrators clashed with authorities on Tuesday, per dispatch from Petrograd dated January 24.
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