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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
4
A political column notes Senator Overman’s amendment to the espionage bill guiding wartime newspaper censorship. The change replaces a harsher clause, allows discussion of government acts, and sets penalties up to ten thousand dollars or five years.
The editorial calls for vigorous prosecution of anti regis tra tion agitation during wartime. It argues pacifist groups threaten national unity and should be jailed and the New York convention on democracy shut down to curb anti government demonstrations likely to trigger riots.
An editorial lauds High Point city council for increasing teachers pay as a farsighted move that will attract a higher quality workforce and raise school efficiency. It argues better wages improve training and national life, urges unity against disloyal acts, and stresses public support for wartime victory.
In Nash county a group of young men aged 18 to 20 have been paying taxes and receiving liquor while posing as 21. With the June 5 national draft registration, county officials plan warrants and court action for nonregistration and potential perjury or conscription penalties.
Washington June 1. The steamboat inspection service weighs relaxing current license rules for officers of vessels in the new merchant fleet. The board of supervising steamboat inspectors will meet Monday to discuss new regulations. Norfolk Va June 1 L Fritch named general manager of Sexboard Air Line railroad succeeding C S Lake. Meals for Wellesley college girls are cooked on electric ranges. The adjutant general's department handles records orders and correspondence of the army.
A reader urges others to try Foley's Honey and Tar for a severe winter cough citing personal relief. The letter mentions prior medicines failing and endorses the product as effective for coughs and colds.
A writer cautions against alcoholic patent medicines for blood health noting kidneys filter impurities. The ad promotes Acid Iron Mineral as a natural iron supplement not a patent remedy, claiming it protects teeth, stomach, kidneys, bladder, and nerves. Send one dollar for a large bottle via Kerrodine Chemical Corp Roanoke Virginia.
The Order of the Black Eagle remains the empire's top decoration with nobility patent. California plans a 15000 cost to replace executions with electrocution. Earlier, the first electrically driven cotton mill in the United States started in Columbia South Carolina twenty years ago.
Mrs. R. B. Welborn of 313 Federal Washington St High Point says kidney trouble and backache plagued her for years until Dean's Kidney Pills restored her health. She urges others to try the proven remedy and notes the 50 cent price from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Executors named to the estate of Z A Burns announce claims must be presented to the attorney or court by May 31 1917. The notice requires all creditors and others having claims to exhibit them for settlement. The executors are M W Gant and others in Winston Salem North Carolina.
City interurban service between High Point and Greensboro offers multiple morning and afternoon departures from the Ly. High Point Elwood and Guilford Hotel in Greensboro. Tickets available at hotels. ride with Red Star marked cars. local fare seven cents per mile with door pickup and drop offs. one free suitcase. express service with sober drivers. phone listed for special trips.
This timetable lists Southbound No. 21 arrivals and departures at Denton stations with daily morning and afternoon times. Times are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice.
A fragment shows multiple train numbers and arrival or departure notes at High Point with associated car counts or times, indicating various trains No. 107 141 143 1385 13 and No. 142 136 134 arriving or leaving High Point.
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