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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1916
Page
4
Public notice shows editorial and business staff details with telephones and dates. mentions Post Office second class matter status under the act of March 3, 1872, and regional phone connections.
In High Point on Tuesday 359 of 858 registered voters backed bonds for street improvements, a 71 vote defeat that critics say reflects political opposition to the administration. Officials defended a clean education campaign while urging unity to advance city progress.
Yesterday’s market moves include a 20 acre Greene township parcel from W M Hanner and G A Foster to H A White H L Nance and G A Foster for 87500. White Manufacturing company later gained the tract for 800 stock shares valued at 7500. Additional deeds cover High Point parcels and a 642 acre tract in High Point township.
Blanche Sweet, a world famous actress, will appear at the Broadway Friday in The Ragamuffin. The photo play showcases her unusual performance with praise for her handling of the role. Known as one of the youngest yet best stars, she once worked under D. W. Griffith and gained recall for The Secret Sin. News from Lasky studio confirms The Ragamuffin as her greatest screen work to date.
The Williams colored singers perform at the colored Normal coffee tonight at 8 oclock with special accommodations for white audiences. The troupe tours globally and offers jubilee songs lullabies ballads plantation tunes ragtime and sacred numbers. A large crowd is expected.
A series of special services begins tonight at 7 30 at the Lutheran church with weekly sessions through the Easter season. Devotional subjects will be discussed and the general public is invited to attend.
The cotton market opened with a small decline and improved selling orders around the ring. May reached 11.60s, July about 11.88, December 11.05, with May at 11.62 and other months near 11.84 to 12.20 as the first hour passed.
Trading opened with Kennecott Copper selling 5 000 shares at 57 amid rumors of early dividend disbursement. Crucible Steel fell 1 point while most issues showed mixed activity. Later prices signaled a downward drift with few gains, as Union Pacific and New York Central remained comparatively firm.
Prospects that a government farm reserve report from Washington would be bearish weighed on Chicago wheat. Opening prices dropped from 74 to 1.74 percent lower, with May at 1.12, and July around 1.09 to 1.10, followed by a further decline.
High Point resident Mrs. J. H. Jennings of 220 Willowbrook Avenue credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with stopping severe back pain and restoring kidney function after trying many remedies. The ad notes the price is 59 cents and urges readers to ask for Dean’s Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
The contest drew many letters from city school youths with twenty one prizes planned. Judges postponed final selection to tomorrow to allow a final read of entries as they pick winners for the four cash prizes and the top copy prize.
Relatives of Lusitania victims cannot collect insurance with a war rider, as ruled by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Shearn. Mrs Albert Lloyd Hopkins sought $40,000 from Connecticut General Life Insurance Co after her husband, head of a shipbuilding firm, perished on the Lusitania.
The notice explains severe congestion on Eastern railroads and urges shippers to consult with Southern Railway before sending shipments. It asks for delivery details to determine embargo status, aiming to avoid preparing shipments that cannot move and to keep goods flowing to unembargoed destinations.
Old newspaper ad touts Wyeth s Sage and Sulphur compound as a simple cure for faded gray hair. It claims the mixture darkens hair evenly, thickens and adds luster, with a 50 cent bottle and a quick daily application.
In Guilford County North Carolina Harry Raymond sues Old Dominion Veneer Corp for 6000 dollars alleged commissions unpaid from 1915 and 1916 under contract. A warrant of attachment was issued February 7 1916 against the defendant's property returnable to the March 1916 term in Greensboro. M W Gant Clerk.
In Jamestown township a court ordered re sale of land due to a default by H O Wheeler. The commissioner will offer the described tract for sale to the highest cash bidder on March 4 1916 at 2 o'clock p m on the premises.
State of North Carones describes property of Luther Nenned PaneaetA Hodson estate and others on Silerasian road with bounds given by Hodson and Dean lines. The parcel contains 55 acres more or less with 20.2 acres excluded from sale. Sale terms require 25 percent good faith deposit. failure to pay consigns to highest bid under court confirmation.
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