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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
4
The provided text lists the High Point Enterprise staff and contact info including W N Keener as managing editor J P Rawley as business manager and telephones for North States and Bell Telephone connections. It also notes subscription pricing and postal registration details.
Friday July 28 1916 editorial calls the industrial committee of the Commercial club to act as a de facto chamber of commerce. It highlights seven longtime local leaders Tom Linson Rawley Cox Tate Ryan Wheeler Farriss and others to welcome incoming capital and labor and push for organized promotion of the city. It notes two large employers soon to arrive and stresses the need for a coordinated group to welcome and aid new workers and industry.
Washington reports that the Shackleford good roads law will channel 75 million dollars to states for highway construction with a 50 50 cost split and multi year installments. Critics warn against limiting improvements to main roads favored by motorists and press for backroads to aid farmers.
New York July 28. A new high record in the present movement of the cotton market was made with the opening steady and advances to 13.30 for October and 13.53 for January, a net gain of four points. The market grew stronger late in the first half hour, approaching the top.
Chicago July market notes show black rust damage advancing in infected territory causing wheat prices to edge higher. September futures climb to about 1.24 percent and December to 1.27 percent before a brief cooldown and another uptick.
Porch and street awnings made to order by W. W. Moseley and Company. Located at 217 N. First Street Richmond Virginia with another shop in Lynchburg Virginia.
A Richmond firm W. W. Moseley and Company offers janitor supplies and cleaning products. The address listed is 17 N. First Street Richmond Virginia.
Hart Drug Company under manager J A Hart installs a Humigar cage to keep cigars and tobaccos in perfect order for immediate use. Customers are invited to visit and try a smoke from the new Humigar case.
City of High Point announces an August 15 1916 election to decide issuing 50000 bonds for street extension and improvement. New registration books will be opened July 7 1916 with designated registrars and polling places across four wards.
A full blooded Holstein stock bull is offered for sale at the Cold Storage Plant on South Main Street. Asking price is $1.50.
Physicians nationwide send nervous tired patients to Dawson Springs Kentucky home of Tollo Water to cleanse the liver and restore energy. The ad says a third tumblerful dissolved bile in thirty minutes and relieves headaches dizziness and general fatigue before breakfast, with Hart Drug Company selling it.
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