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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1917
Page
4
The Enterprise invites brief letters on topics of current interest from readers. Writers may include their names with the submission or opt for anonymity.
A cutting assortment of letters and anecdotes discusses woman suffrage, with critic comments on Eve as first suffragist and a Washington activist. The piece mocks Birth Control Review references and includes jabs at politicians like Roosevelt and Clark in a periodical voice.
A column laments Britain’s submarine menace and urges the United States to reveal the real war status. The piece argues censorship damages morale, calls for governmental honesty, and warns misled publics prolong conflict while recalling a Carolina murder case and Shakespearean tragedy as contrast.
James Wilcox seeks a pardon as his appeal after the white plague death sentence is denied by Governor Bickett. Charlie Walker faces electrocution after losing his bid for a new trial in the supreme court, with the case likely to reach SCOT. Wilcox was convicted of killing his sweetheart Nellie Cropsy in Pasquotank County Court.
The article explains that counties and cities with populations over 30 000 must obtain blanks and regulations from sheriffs or mayors. Absentees and the sick should ask clerks to fill cards, but cannot receive certificates. Absentees may register by mail and must ensure cards reach by registration day. Officials and institutions must follow sixth day instructions and await complete regulations five days after the proclamation. The President can call public officers to help, with patriotic citizens expected to volunteer as registrars.
The U S government made a second loan to Great Britain totaling 25 million dollars. Secretary McAdoo transferred the funds to the British ambassador for a short term, to be rolled into a larger loan after the forthcoming big bond issue. An impending 3,100,000,000 loan to France was expected within days.
The Enterprise publishes the first authorized statement on raising the war army of 400000 men with Civilian-led methods under the War Department. Provost marshal directs registration and if eligible men fail to respond, other methods will be used though shirkers are not expected. About 7 percent of the precinct population will need to register.
A reader from Amberg Wisconsin reports a severe winter cough cured after using Foley’s Honey and Tar. The letter claims no substitutes match its effectiveness for coughs colds croup and whooping cough and promotes Mann Drug Co. as the supplier.
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