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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1916
Page
4
The document lists W N Keener as editor and J P Rawley as business manager, outlining leadership roles within the newspaper organization. It reflects the historical staffing of the publication with named individuals responsible for editorial and management duties.
Volume 1916 report calls for securing proper grounds in High Point to host two Guilford Wake Forest and Guilford Trinity baseball games. It notes expected large local attendance from Quakers Methodists and Baptists and urges a chamber of commerce to act. The column also items political and international notes with commentary on Yuan Shi kai Willian of Germany and President Wilson amid war and domestic politics.
Bishop Kilgo delivered a sixty to seventy minute sermon stressing that religion must come first over education and worldly pursuits. He argued Jesus spoke with authority, not through logic, and urged a religious center guiding the universe, with education playing a secondary role.
Constantinople reports Turkey will switch to the Gregorian calendar to align with allies. The fiscal year starts March 1 new style, with the year counted as 1334 by Turkish and Hegeira reckonings, changing from February 29 old style to March 5 new style.
Cotton and Finance reports Liverpool market opening higher but not fully matching Saturday. New York prices declined 2 to 6 points from Saturday close. July contracts rose to 12.07 and October to 12.15 as early trading began. Cotton futures opened steady with May 11.90 July 12.05 October 12.12 December 12.25 January 12.34.
Trading opens amid heavy mood as the Sussex sinking likely costs American lives. Mercantile Marine and other blue chips fall 1 to 2 points while Crucible Steel and key oil issues lead. Ratios ease slightly with pressure on Harriman Northern Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio and Western Maryland. Deals focus on steel blocks and light volume persists.
Wheat prices rose after initial declines on reports countering news of American deaths in the Sussex torpedo incident. May futures opened around 1.07 and July near 1.45, then traded higher, clawing back losses by the session’s end.
Associated Press report notes Republican senators did not act on border policy after hearing assurances of military protection. Senate conference headed by Gallinger directed to issue a statement. Democrats caucused to discuss tariff repeal’s free sugar clause amid border debates. Also a separate Athens dispatch says a French transport carrying troops from Saloniki hit a mine and sank. 73 passengers were rescued.
Fragmented numbers and times appear as a rail timetable snippet with station and line references. The text lists multiple No. and Mo. entries with various times such as 7:45 am 2:10 pm and 2:45 p.m. alongside partial route mentions like Asheboro and Ashebere, all jumbled and unreadable in places.
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