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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
4
City council will meet in adjourned session to pick a superintendent for High Point schools. The Enterprise notes nine tenths of homes are interested and cites about a dozen applicants, with trust in the council to select the wisest candidate from the field.
The Provost Marshal General Crowder's draft reform requires all men 21 to 31 to choose useful work or join the army after July 1. It aims to curb idlers in North Carolina amid labor shortages, with enforcement potentially diverting thousands from nonuseful jobs to military service or productive labor.
Miss Margaret Wilson youngest daughter of the bear gives two song recitals at Camp Sevier exclusive to soldiers after traveling from Camp Wadsworth Spar tanburg D C where she performed Thursday Barnesville Ga May 24 Authorities had not appointed Ed Collins wanted in connection with the murder of John A Willis at his farm near here early yesterday Willis was shot and killed by a negro who quarreled over a farm contract
Voices in the May 22 High Point Daily Enterprise urge the city council to enact blue laws resembling old Salem rules. The letter argues majority opinion should guide action and warns of unintended cross town travel and Sunday temptations if laws pass, invoking moral standards from a distant era.
Monday May 27 is Tag Day to raise funds for the school library. Students urged to wear a tag and donate a dime or more, with calls to place moral books in children's hands and support literacy over drinking.
John Paul Wesley of St Paul is angry and disappointed after being rejected by the U S Marine corps for defective teeth. He mocked the Kaiser as the cause and was advised by Sergeant Frank Buck to see a dentist and reapply.
Washington May 24. House members cited statements that Secretary Houston obtained deferred classification for 2 000 draft age men in the agriculture department. Resolutions call on all cabinet officers to report the number of men liable for military service in their departments for whom exemptions were requested and granted and the nature of their work.
Piedmont Camp No 62 Sovereigns announce the final vote to amend Division A Section B of By-Laws and plan first reading at the next meeting on Thursday the 23rd All members urged to attend with refreshments provided Clerk J A Johnson and Caldwell signaled as officials 524
A British hospital was shelled by German forces causing numerous deaths and injuries among doctors, patients, and attendants, underscoring renewed calls that such acts make peace efforts impossible.
May 31 is the final day to list taxes. The notice urges prompt action to avoid penalties, signed by W. C. Boren, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners.
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