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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1917
Page
2
Sybil recalls her trip abroad and meeting Janet Hedler after receiving generous support from Landry Jones. Janet boasts Landry’s looks and wealth, while Mrs Hedler warns that character matters more than appearance or profession. Sybil questions jealousy over Landry.
A speaker comments on a man’s appearance and notes she understands he is very successful in his profession during a light conversation. The remark reflects approval of his looks and career status.
A Shelby area farmer Joe Short was killed when the car carrying Tome McCoy and others plunged off a 40 foot embankment at the Weaver bridge on Shelby Sharon road. McCoy saved others by steering the car into the ditch but Short died five hours later. James Champion in a buggy was avoided. Three other occupants escaped serious injury.
Health reports show 96 deaths in camps for the week ending November 16. Measles and pneumonia epidemics hit hardest where southern troops train, with Camp Travis Texas posting the highest rate and Camp Meade Maryland the cleanest. National Guard camps in Greenville South Carolina Macon Georgia Fort Worth Texas Hattiesburg Mississippi Alexandria Louisiana and Fort Sam Houston show poorer conditions. National Army camps at Columbia South Carolina Fort Riley Kansas and Fort Sam Houston also below prior standards.
Washington reports that wartime relaxation of labor rules for women and children is being reversed in France Germany Italy and other nations. The Children’s Bureau notes longer hours lower age limits and dangerous work were common, with calls for new schooling and stronger protections despite war.
Hickory reports M Sides of Connelly Springs struck by passenger train No 11 yesterday morning and died at 5 45 p.m. He left a wife and 11 children including EB Sides Tom Hinton Artie Jackson L L Bryson and several others in Gastonia Linville Falls Summersett and Greensboro. He was a boarding house keeper and was crossing the tracks with lunch boxes when the engine struck him.
Mrs Effie EB Kleppe of Averill Minnesota reports rapid relief after three weeks at Fargo sanatorium for rheumatism and kidney trouble. She began Foley Kidney Pills and achieved complete relief with one bottle, per Mann Drug Co.
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