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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
4
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to republication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
A compilation of editorial opinions and war chatter. The piece notes Bellew and Lloyd George remarks, suffragist clashes, cartoonist Cassels joining the New York Evening World, and drafts. It surveys Haig's Ypres offensive and the anticipated spring push with American troops en route.
The piece argues for brutal reprisal against Germany using “compound interest” bombs and discusses American bias toward harsh measures. It notes German aerial attacks on England, French reprisals, and calls for elevating Major General Pershing to full general before or after his accomplishments.
The Southern railway faces heavy war time traffic but trains 44 43 11 and 46 run crowded beyond capacity. Train 11 from Greensboro each morning is packed with standing passengers as cars remain dirty and uncleaned since the war began, prompting criticism of neglect.
Congress to consider reviving the general rank for Major General John J. Pershing. The measure would elevate him to a title historically held by Washington Grant Sherman and Sheridan, a distinction described as the army’s most coveted honor and worthy of national attention.
New Bern reports cotton buyer TM Jack Pearce of Pollocksville predicts prices will reach 30 to 40 cents per pound by season end and seed could hit ninety dollars per ton within two weeks. He says he is buying cotton at as high as 25 cents to back his forecast and bets on the staple rising.
A minister asks who is paying debts and most rise. He then asks who cannot pay and a poor man stands out. He explains his failure to meet obligations is to run a newspaper, and the standing subscribers who once paid up are revealed as his readers. The scene ends with a plea to pray.
Will McLean 22, a Black man, was shot by J M Wallace as McLean tried to enter Wallace home. Twelve 22 caliber bullets struck him. he ran about 100 yards and collapsed. Coroner's jury rules the death justifiable. Authorities allege McLean terrorized cotton mill area residents for two weeks prior.
A mix of witty remarks and brief anecdotes includes a professor scolding girls on marriage and an Irish post office clerk quip about overweight letters. A Western skipper profits from quick hunting, earning fifteen thousand dollars for six sperm whales.
A reader from Reading, Pa reports backache and rheumatic pains hindered work until Foley’s Kidney, Bladder, and Rheumatic Pills relieved them. The product is praised as “worth their weight in gold” for restoring ability to attend to business.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the High Point Perpetual Building and Loan association will be held in the director's room of the Commercial National Bank on Monday night October 2 at 7:50 o'clock. Secretary Roe V. Anodt announces the notice dated September 29, 1917.
Bertram Bros of Green Bay Wisconsin endorse Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable cough and cold remedy. They report using it to relieve croup ease breathing and ease suffering in varied northern weather. Mann Drug Co.
Advertisement claims catarrh is widespread and incurable locally but can be healed by Halle Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. The remedy is taken internally, targets the blood, and includes a $100 reward for any car failing to cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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