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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1916
Page
4
The note lists W. N. Keener as managing editor and J. Prawley as business manager, with no further details. It appears as a staff credit snippet from a historical newspaper page.
A 1916 plea notes 10 000 stranded in the mountain counties after floods. It urges rapid relief funds from all towns to cover food clothing and basic needs, praising High Point contributions of 153 and urging a city-wide $1 000 drive to aid Wilkes Ashe Caldwell and other counties.
Greensboro Record reports the Woman's club of High Point plans a public library in the busy city after a mass meeting. Miss Clara Cos leads the drive, with praise for women’s public-spirited work and a hope the club may spur a local chamber of commerce. The piece also comments on Judge Bond in a suffrage controversy and notes Britain’s blacklisting of American firms.
In New York on July 24 heavy rain in the eastern belt kept the market steady at first with futures 4 to 9 points higher only to ease. October and December prices fell to 13.04 and 13.20 respectively as selling intensified. Opening quotes showed July at 12.97 and nearby months around 13.09 to 13.27 with March at 15.44.
In Chicago on July 24 cooler weather eased fears over black rust and aided the bears in wheat trading. The day opened with mixed moves from percent declines to percent advances, September at 1.18 to 1.49 and December around 1.21 to 1.22, then a moderate upswing followed by a broad sag below Saturday’s close.
Police chase a white man suspected of cashing bad checks in High Point and Greensboro. The man, possibly linked to earlier incidents in Winston-Salem, used checks on W M Barnes of Greensboro and Wachovia Bank, T he suspect fled before arrest and authorities warn more bad checks may be connected to him.
A flood relief drive in Durham raised 674 dollars soon after opening. George W. Watts wired 250 to lead the list while John Sprunt Hill donated 100. President Southgate of the chamber of commerce formed a relief committee to plan immediate actions.
An editorial line from Washington argues that Lower California will stay neutral while advancing, contrasting sharp social aims with a broader stage of civilization. The piece also notes critics of Mr Hinzhes could reconsider after observing his work with the Progressives and the regulars.
Mortimer Edgemont and Globe towns along Wilsons Creek and Johns River faced massive damage. At Mortimer 52 Wo Ritter Lumber Co dwellings were destroyed, with vast losses to goods and commissary. roads, railways, and tramways were washed away, and residents fled to hills as waters rose rapidly. The Globe academy and dormitory were ruined, crops damaged, but two thirds of the corn crop is salvageable and farmers press to market. Lenoir fared best with power and water intact, while the Catawba trestle near Lenoir to Hickory will hinder shipping yet supplies remain ample.
Washington July 24 President Harrhcem of the Southern Railway Company cites W F Ward senior animal husbandman in the U S department of agriculture summarizing cost comparisons for raising cattle. North Alabama and West Alabama show markedly lower costs than corn belt states, with 12 to 15 month cattle costs around 4 69 and 4 41 per hundred pounds versus higher levels in the north.
San Antonio July 24 Villa has not attacked Torreon nor cut communications between Torreon and the border but was moving southward through Durango toward Torreon six days ago, according to General Bell. Army officers here doubt Carranza supporters that Villa is cornered. An American traveler said Villa planned to be near Inde, Durango, July 17 and then head toward the Torreon district.
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