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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
4
Robert Brockett signs to explain his stance on amendments at F P Conrad's store Monday night at 7 30 and aims to show why amendments should be defeated. Mrs Newcomb questions Miss Wise’s academy confusion arises in Tid Bits dialogue with Mrs Binks and Lucy’s large family introduced.
Today marks birthdays of William Dean Howell born at Martin's Ferry Ohio 80 years ago. Thomas M Balliet dean of New York University born 65 years ago. Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson Princeton Theological Seminary born Ligonier Pennsylvania 51 years ago. Walter W Warwick treasury comptroller born Scioto County Ohio 45 years ago. Annie Sutherland Washington actress born 50 years ago. Dr Walter G Clippinger Otterbein University president born Franklin County Pennsylvania 44 years ago. Dr Richard H Jesse former University of Missouri president born Lancaster County Virginia 64 years ago.
Two young sisters from Randleman were chased to High Point police court after leaving home to work. They cursed their boarding mistress who tried to counsel them. The justice sent them to another city for two days, highlighting the lack of state institutions to reform wayward girls.
President Wilson exposes a German scheme to ally Japan and Mexico against the United States and urges national unity. He vows to uphold American honor and ideals, ready for war if peace cannot be secured, insisting America must stand united.
The piece ponders why some are drawn to travel and drift, criticizes birth control among the poor and guardianship of the rich, and portrays the derelicts as unseen lives roaming cities. It contrasts wealth and poverty, the wanderlust, and the view of births controlled for the poor while restrained for the rich.
A letter in a New York paper questions lavish spending on lapdogs by the rich, arguing that wealthy families should raise children instead. The writer claims most poor families bear six children while the rich produce pets, condemning starved children and urging society to value offspring over dog ownership.
A disputed railroad wreck tale tells of a tramp crushed while riding the rods. The victim’s name is unknown and the piece laments derelicts and the puzzle psychologists seek to solve. The author notes greed for gold drives men to toil and endure hardship as comfort and wealth elude them.
Mrs W L Armstrong expresses gratitude to friends for many kindnesses shown during her recent bereavement.
Cut out the slip and mail five cents to Foley & Co. at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago MI with name and address. Receive a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic.
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