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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1917
Page
3
Washington notes the 20 percent third instalment due today, completing 40 percent paid, with 2 percent on application and 10 percent on June 28. Next 30 percent due August 15 and final 30 percent on August 30. Also a dispatch reports a Negro arrested in Texas for stealing a watermelon. We believe in law and order but doubt that.
Raleigh reports from all sections of North Carolina show the agricultural and food conservation forces push fall and winter gardens. August plantings include snap beans beets carrots collards kale rape radishes spinach turnips mustard Irish potatoes and more. A second crop of Irish potatoes is expected, with high prices prompting families to plant enough to supply households and surplus for local needs.
Amsterdam July 30 Vice Admiral Maximilian Niegeran commander of the Austrian fleet told Neuve Freite Presse he did not believe submarines would decide the war He said U boats unsettle England but are only a means toward victory He argued light cruisers are essential and a great fleet would have ended the war with Italy sooner.
A British submarine in the North Sea captured the German steamship Batavian after a brief chase. The crew abandoned ship due to battle damage, a prize crew took control, and the Batavian 11 could not reach port before sinking by opening its sea valves. The 1,328 ton vessel had been seized June 24, 1916, at Zeebrugge.
London reports a reconstruction committee plan to spend five to six million pounds in ten years on reforestation across the United Kingdom. The program focuses on Ireland where timber resources have been stripped for vit-props.
The writer describes the vast wartime logistics in France, detailing night shipments of food, ammunition, and supplies to trenches. A steady, clocklike operation moves wagons, horses, and personnel under darkness, with star shells and artillery lighting the danger, then returns to billets and rest.
Report from Amsterdam dated July 30 states a German submarine sank five Dutch fishing boats 18 miles off the coast between Scheveningen and IJmuiden. Fishermen at Scheveningen say the vessels were within the safety zone when sunk, with estimates suggesting up to ten boats lost.
London reports that American bluejackets in European waters nickname English sailors and soldiers limeys. The term, once lime-juicers for East Asian service, generalizes to all things British, including limey clubs and limey beer.
Mrs. A J Wells of Rocky Mount North Carolina reports excellent results from Foley Kidney Pills saying they provide wonderful benefit. The letter appears in Mann Drug Co advertising copy praising the remedy for overwork strain on kidneys and aging effects.
The Duke of Brunswick III, son of the German emperor, arrived at Göttingen per Vienna report to undergo treatment for a nervous breakdown. He has held a command on the western front and was ordered to take a long rest, probably for several months.
Dan and Jerry Rout, African American brothers jailed in Tangipahoa Parish for the alleged murder of white man Simeon Bennett, were taken from their cell in Amite and lynched within the city limits Sunday. Authorities report the mob action occurred in broad daylight.
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