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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1916
Page
4
The Forsyth county murder commutation of Ida Warren and Samuel Christy draws sharp criticism of Governor Craig. He defends the decision as just, noting mercy should not be denied when the law does not demand execution for a woman. The piece also comments on local dispatches about road distances, political figures, and headline misstatements in press reports.
A citizen argues against spending 30 000 to 40 000 dollars on a club house for the Manufacturers' club. He envisions a multi story exposition building near the railroad costing under 100 000 dollars with show rooms, a manager, by law controls, and free membership for non residents to spur investment and benefit the town's furniture industry.
A meditation on targets and ideals using Jehu from scripture as a model. It argues that true success hinges on individual power, full effort, and a definite aim, with the ideal driving decisive action in any sphere.
The cotton market opened irregularly with May 2 points lower while other months rose 1 to 3 points. Early trading saw the list up 7 to 10 points from last night’s close, with Liverpool buying support on the advance. July reached 12.20 and October 12.25. May 11.96, July 12.10, October 12.20, December 12.25, January 12.41.
Special stocks led the market at the open with the war group singled out for sales while the representative list remained comparatively firm. Bethlehem Steel gained 5 points and several metals and chemical shares fell. New York Central and Chesapeake and Ohio showed strength among rails as United States Steel held. Marine preferred rallied later in the morning.
In Chicago on March 22 fears of a late spring in the northwest and slow movement boosted the wheat market at the open. May futures showed gains around 1 percent to 7 percent, trading near 1.0854 before a further rise and a sharp upturn.
A biblical vignette portrays Noah envisioning rising waters and building an ark with his own effort. Neighbors jeered as he persisted, driven by a clear aim to ride the world’s greatest storm. At last the moment arrives and the voyage begins.
In New Orleans a bystander vows to strike at slavery. The scene at the slave auction inspires him to strike for liberty, and his act becomes a symbol of America’s final escape from the traffic of human bondage. Lincoln emerges as a hero with an enduring ideal.
The passage portrays Paul as a magnificently equipped master of Jewish truth reborn on the Damascus road. He embraces a singular purpose to center his life on the Cross of Christ, making one absorbing aim his guiding force.
An observer expresses hope that High Point will push propositions with real merit and present itself as a clean cut, Square city and a beat town on the map to live in, aiming for genuine progress.
The text urges clear life goals and resolute action. It warns that without a defined target one cannot aim or succeed, advising to decide the objective and then exert full effort to achieve it. It emphasizes discipline and determination for reaching personal aims.
Wrought the prosperity of market gardeners and farmers, it has passed only by Syracuse, but has taken away what little business she had.
War has devastated Syracuse Sicily once the world's richest port. The six crewmen of the American schooner Albania sailed homeward as hope faded for the 23 000 residents, with wartime gains flowing to other Mediterranean ports like Corfu Brindisi Taranto Saloniki and the Gallipolis as fleets and transports bolster those cities.
In Peking on February 14 Prince Chucheng han of Outer Mongolia met Emperor Yuan Shikai. The envoy delivered eleven white mules, camels and gifts as tribute. Yuan Shikai rewarded the dignitary with jewels and a second class Chia-ho decoration, signaling a settlement of disputes over Outer Mongolia’s loyalty to Chinese authority.
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