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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
4
A Charlotte paper condemns two young suffragists who tried to gain the President's attention in New York. It calls the act ill-timed and seeks to avoid alienating public support, noting police barriers and mixed reactions. The piece also comments on wartime neutrality and German conduct, and ends with a jab about a political figure receiving a dubious club membership.
The 1911 Met Life study of 1,572 typhoid cases finds 9.23 percent in-hospital deaths and a 54 per thousand death rate in the first three years after recovery. Tuberculosis, heart disease, and other conditions account for post-recovery deaths, underscoring lasting impact.
The Wake County Board of Education unanimously elected State Senator D F Siles of McDowell to succeed Prof Z V Judd as county superintendent. Siles built a strong McDowell schools system and led educational reforms in the legislature favoring elected school boards and superintendents. He is UNC graduate Prof Giles era successor.
The Fayetteville Observer questions Britain's control of the sea as Germany evades blockade and targets merchant ships. The piece argues Britain must resume naval power to protect its own and international seaborne commerce.
Concord Tribune notes that daily papers warned of a British liner Lusitania sinking two days ahead, with syndicates circulating images of officers and passengers and a full obituary of the vessel. Germany vowed to sink the ship and carried out the threat with clocklike precision.
The Reidsville Review cites a Milton advertisement describing enslaved people to be hired for one year starting January 2, 1825 at Mulberry Island. It also offers for rent the Mulberry Island farms with dwelling, owned by the Seales estate, in Rockingham County.
The piece notes widespread gains in prosperity across the country with better conditions in the South and other regions. It cites dispatch reports of increased operations, large orders for improvements, and a diminishing wartime mood, predicting continued improvement.
The Asheville Citizen’s Elder Caine is described as pro Allies and pictured taking part in a spring cleaning effort to beat a Turkish rug, as reported by the Wilmington Dispatch.
Correspondent reports from Havre that Germany learned the secret of a special powder produced at a Belgian plant near the Dutch border. The factory lay flooded when Belgians evacuated. Germans reopened it, workers refused, and secret vaults with plans were found. They reportedly dried 30 tons of flooded powder. The powder was used for cartridges at Herbsthal arms factory near Liege.
Prof W G Sneed, longtime leader in High Point city schools, resigns as Elms Street principal to take the Pomona school post at Greensboro. He is praised for untiring efforts to improve public education and receives heartfelt best wishes from officials and patrons.
New York May 20. Poor responses by Liverpool cable to late steadiness ease push cotton futures at the open. Prices fall 1 to 8 points before buying lifts them within 2 points of yesterday. Opening quotes include May 9.22 May 9.41 October 9.77 December 9.98 January 10.00.
In New York trading on May 20 prices moved downward overall with war specials rising 1 to 3 points. Standards fell fractionally while secondaries edged up slightly as light activity and the foreign situation restrained confidence.
North Carolina Guilford county Superior court orders a resale of tract land in High Point. Commissioner to offer the 0.30 acre lot at Bank of Commerce door High Point for cash June 1 1915 bidding starts at 770 dollars with 10 percent raise. J Goldstein commissioner signs.
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