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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1916
Page
4
J P Rawley serves as business manager as W N Keener continues as managing editor for a weekly publication. The note references quarterly timing and leadership roles within the newspaper.
The July 1 1916 report notes motor car growth drives road construction interest and outlines state revenue from automobile taxes expanding to fund roads. It cites 2 445 864 registered vehicles in 1915 and about 2 275 000 rural miles, with high variation by state and per capita registrations.
Fragmentary OCR shows mention of President Wilson and rivals debating policy with references to New York pages and press coverage. The text is garbled but hints at Wilson Clark and Nat Sakis figures at a meeting, framing a two party contest with Roose page and other names.
In New York on July 1 trading in the cotton market was subdued with government acreage and crop condition reports awaited. Early quotes showed October around 13.27 and December 13.45, and futures opened steady with July 13.06, October 18.22, December 13.40, January 13.45, and March 13.63, closing barely steady.
Opening weekend trade in New York shows declines in some stocks while others hold firm. Texas company and Canadian Pacific stay firm as later specialty shares slip with Baldwin Locomotive, Crucible Steel, Industrial Alcohol, Mexican Petroleum, American Smelting, United States Steel down and Bethlehem Steel down 1 percent.
Absence of selling pressure led to a clear upturn in wheat quotes in Chicago. Opening prices saw gains from percent off to percent up with July at 1.01 to 1.01 and September at 1.04 to 1.04, followed by broad advances later.
J W Bryan of Richlands North Carolina takes charge of the local Pepsi Cola plant succeeding Mrs M M Rogers as manager. The plant, owned by W W Brown of Burlington, serves Richlands and suburbs including Thomasville and areas along the Asheboro and C and Y railroads. Bryan aims to boost bottling business across the territory and grow prosperity in the city.
In Atchison Kansas the 90 year old Grandma Anslinger handpicks strawberries at her son Jacob Anslinger’s north of town home. The aged grandmother enjoys good health and finds contentment in work.
During a railroad strike a novice engineer was assigned to operate a train. On his first trip he overshot a stop, then backed up past the next point. As he prepared for another run, the stationmaster cried for him to stop and warned that the station would be moved.
A fragment from the Baltimore Sun references Damocles declaring the sword suspended by a hair as safely balanced and challenges to demonstrate it when suspended by baldness, illustrating a metaphorical duel of risk.
A terse aphorism notes that human actions often cause most personal troubles, reflecting on human agency and the roles people play in shaping fate. The line presents a stoic, observational view of social causation.
A reflection on how character shapes leadership, citing the idea that a great man is formed by qualities that rise to meet significant moments. The quote attributes emphasis to personal virtue guiding response to historic events.
A concise remark attributed to Dryden notes that human art can fail, while nature remains enduring and uncorrupted by time. The quote reflects a common literary view on the resilience of natural phenomena versus human craft.
A fragment echoes an old testament exhortation to restrain speech and deceit, urging moral restraint and honesty in word use.
An advertisement claims Foley Cathartic offers quick relief for digestive discomfort and lists symptoms such as headache, biliousness, bloating and sour stomach. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Redkamp of Covington Kentucky about Foley’s Honey and Tar helping coughs and croup.
Paris dispatch reports that bureaucratic paper burden in France remains strong despite wartime needs. Examples show duplicated entries for soldier allowances, complex hospital reporting, and shifting circulars inflating clerical work, with reforms stalled by politics and resistant officials.
In New York City the National Education Association opens its 50th year meeting with about 30 000 delegates expected. Dr David B Johnson of Rock Hill leads discussion on improving the next generation while Robert M Yerkes outlines sanitation, hygiene, work conditions and parenting.
Stomach troubles and constipation relief praised by S. H. Murphy a Wellaburg New York druggist who has sold remedies for thirty four years. The product is described as the most satisfactory remedy and is obtainable everywhere.
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