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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
4
Newspaper items list a variety of wartime notes and social quips including Haig Nivelle cited as a bitter dose for Germans, prices for ham sandwiches, forest conservation for ships, plus fashion and gender comments. A Greensboro Record praise for High Point mayor Billy Ragan is noted among civic items.
An appeal argues against censorship in the espionage bill and warns Congress against restricting press freedom. It urges citizens to contact their senators and oppose a gag law that would curb reporting on government actions and the war. The piece invokes Washington and Jefferson and Virginia heritage to defend universal liberty and warns of an autocratic drift in the United States.
Editorial cites David Lubin and Herbert Hoover warning of a 150000000 bushel deficit in staple crops and warns that current American consumption could deplete food stocks for France and Britain. It urges individual saving and support for meal tickets and bread lines to prevent England’s collapse within months.
Professor Charles E. Vawter is freed on the unwritten law plea after killing Stock ton Heth Jr. The verdict pleases Virginia readers though the case is aired in lurid detail and leaves a sense of sensationalism.
The New Republic argues that German submarine output is already over 50 percent successful and warns against complacency. It urges continued ship production and food output despite Western front gains and a push for internal reform, stressing Americans must stay informed and avoid denying the submarine threat.
A frost and freeze tonight damaged nearly all vegetation in the Newton area including tree leaves and crops, leaving truckers wary of further cold spell impacts as cool weather persists.
A wartime plea from American soldiers to England proclaims kinship across flags and tongues. It asserts Anglo-Saxon heritage, shared speech, and mutual defense, urging steadfast support and readiness to fight together if war comes, signed by W. E. P. French, Major, US Army.
A northern visitor praises Sand Hill's community effort led by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Sand Hill Board of Trade. They built James R. McConnell Memorial hospital near Sand Hill Farm Life School, plan a 400 dollar portrait of Sgt James R. McConnell, form Red Cross chapters, and organize local auxiliaries to boost public health and relief services through First Aid classes. The visitor commends ideal cooperation and inspiring spirit.
The editor quotes Mayor W. P. Ragan urging the board of councilmen to remove factional members, investigate applicants, appoint morally suitable Christians, and balance appointments between parties as an equal, single citizen’s guidance for city governance.
The eighteenth annual meeting of the Illinois State Historical Society opened in Springfield on May 10. Prof. E L Bogart of the University of Illinois was the principal speaker at the initial session. Tomorrow’s program includes an address by President E L James of the state university.
Marshall Field III grandson of the Chicago merchant and noted as a wealthy young heir has begun enlistment as a private in the First Minnesota Cavalry marking a move from trusted social position to military service during the wartime period.
Readable fragments show a Sunday edition schedule with times 5:00 1:20 5:22 and 12:45. No names or places are given. Fragmentary text suggests a broadcast or publication timetable without clear entities or outcomes.
Train times listed for Southern Railway with departures from High Point and arrival at High Point. Services include No. 107 from Lake Point at 2:10 pm and No. 141 from High Point at 8:15 am, No. 143 from High Point at 8:00 pm, No. 125 from High Point at 2:45 pm, No. 142 to High Point at 7:05 pm, No. 136 to High Point at 12:20 pm, No. 134 to High Point at 5:45 pm.
There is more catarrh in this region than all other diseases. Local remedies fail. catarrh requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is taken internally and acts through the blood. A $100 reward offered for any case it fails to cure. Sold by druggists 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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