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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
6
Bar-le-Duc May 12. A line 85 miles long of motor cars supplies Verdun defenders. Drivers earn war cross or military medal. The circuit functions like a railroad, with six sections, a dedicated commission, and constant movement day and night to deliver troops munitions and ammunition. Accidents are rare but fatigue and illness are common among drivers.
Judge Dalton will render a decision in the recorder's court Saturday morning on charges against R R Ragan representing Beeson Hardware for repairing buildings without a permit. The firm has removed planks and a sign from their frame storage room and may replace it with a brick building.
Yesterday's Carolina baseball scores show Asheville routing Greensboro 13 to 0 while Winston Salem beat Charlotte 10 to 12 and Raleigh defeated Durham 6 to 5.
Final notes show St. Louis defeated Philadelphia 32 to 4 while Pittsburgh and New York posted 2 and 3 runs respectively. Chicago beat Boston 3 to 1. Cincinnati edged Brooklyn 3 to 2 in 13 innings.
Washington beat St Louis 2 0 Philadelphia edged Detroit 3 2 New York won 2 1 over Chicago and Boston defeated Cleveland 6 5 in listed results with multiple city matchups.
In Virginia the reported scores show Norfolk defeating Portsmouth and Hopewell and Petersburg with modest margins while Newport News suffers a heavy loss to Rocky Mount. Chattanooga’s 38 points over Atlanta are noted alongside Birmingham’s 7 to Nashville 9.
Charleston 5 Montgomery 1 and Augusta 6 Macon 4 with Columbia 9 over Columbus 38 and Jacksonville 14 to 5.
In Kansas City Columbus St. Paul Louisville results show Kansas City 2 Columbus 6 St. Paul 4 Louisville 7 Milwaukee Toledo 6 Providence Montreal Baltimore Rochester Richmond Toronto Newark Buffalo with several matches completed and others scheduled. International action lists Providence 10 Montreal 6 and Newark 11 Buffalo 8.
A resident expresses gratitude to High Point firefighters for a quick response on Thursday afternoon. No property damage occurred, and the firemen’s efforts were credited with preventing a potential blaze from spreading beyond the family’s control.
Curtis Bayles, an American farmer, was shot and killed last night near his home close to Mercedes Texas by a band of four or five Mexicans who fled, likely across the Rio Grande. Thirty U S cavalrymen with a Mercedes citizen posse pursued the suspects.
Advertisement from Winston to High Point details cigar freshness and pricing. Notes schedules and contact O. Arthur Kirkman with fares of 1.00 round trip and 50 miles per mile for intermediate points. Provides times for suitcases and travel between Winston and High Point 204 miles apart.
The authentic Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound is praised for its proven relief of coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Due to its popularity imitators and substitutes appear. buyers are urged to insist on Foley's Mann Drug.
Trains leave Asheboro at 12 05 p m daily except Sunday for Aberdeen and intermediates. Trains arrive Asheboro at 10 40 a m and 2 35 p m daily except Sunday. For details contact L D Burkhead agent Asheboro NC or Norfolk VA traffic officials E D Kyle H S Leard general passenger agent.
Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad issues a 100000 dollar savings offer and bank partnership. Officers KEARNS Adams Rankin Millis Pollock announce four percent on time certificates. Schedule in effect October 1 1915 lists train arrival and departure times with no guarantee and change without notice.
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