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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
4
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A collage of remarks on crime politics weather and local quirks. Mentions Senator LaFollette Raleigh court procedure and a proposed gala day on Centennial Avenue with Wheeler planning a peace celebration. Greensboro bans a longtime blind fiddler highlighting city duty and residents debate public sentiment.
Insurance Commissioner Young warns that most fires are preventable and urges daily precautions. He cites Bethel in Pitt County where careless smoking nearly wiped out the town and notes North Carolina loses millions yearly to fire. The message: make every day a fire prevention day.
The Charlotte Observer lauds a North Carolina road network link from Greensboro to Charlotte as a model three decades of improvement, praising hard surfaced sections and ongoing grading toward Kannapolis while noting local towns like China Grove and Landis will soon be connected, despite wartime concerns.
The inquiry into Senator Robert M. La Follette’s loyalty is held in secret in Washington. The article notes his prior denouncement of the war aims and ideals and states that criticism is welcome while claiming he has not attacked the government’s conduct.
Essay argues German language as a tool of imperial policy to influence immigrants. It cites Pan German aims, rising German instruction in U S schools, and recent bans in Toledo Cleveland Baltimore Milwaukee Chicago. It cautions consequences for German culture and urges German-born citizens to separate from Hohenzollern’s influence.
Dwight Brittain on short furlough visiting his parents and awaiting recall to service. Prof. F S Blair Guilford College spoke on prohibition at Center and Summerfield. Teachers and pupils toured the pinnacle last Saturday for a fine day. Mrs Sandy Florence returned from a Greensboro hospital after a successful operation. Albert Sherrill left for Trinity Randolph County to assist Rev T B Johnson at Fairview. Clyde Smith departed for Columbia South Carolina to join the military service. Summerfield laws contributed many fine young men to the country.
Washington reports indicate railroads deliver about 2500 carloads of food and necessities daily to training camps for the National Army and National Guard. The effort covers 16 large non productive cities of 40,000 people and 56 smaller towns with populations from 500 to 3,000 as part of war effort logistics.
In St Mark’s Square a tablet records an Austrian bomb fall near the Basilica in August. Similar memorials have been placed in other damaged buildings. At the Albrizzi Palace three bombs struck. one bomb remains embedded in the wall at its impact point.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association will convene in the director's room at Commercial National Bank on Monday night October 29 at 7 50 o clock. V A Idol Seetreak September 29 1917 16 1 me
The City of High Point will accept bids until Oct 6 at 12 noon for a 750 gallon triple combination motor pumping fire engine and 1000 feet of fire hose. Bids must state delivery time. The city may reject any or all bids by order of the City Council. T. J. Murphy City Manager Sept 26 1917.
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