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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
6
The narrator recalls a tense night with Landry after a demanded explanation of a telephone call to Louisa Lawrence. Suspecting trouble, the narrator seeks counsel from Dwight, and hints at Louisa’s illness while probing Landry’s stay and motives amid jealousy and suspicion. The scene ends with plans for further discussion tomorrow.
New York officials urged heightened drive for the second Liberty Loan as New York district totals only 216.3 million. Banks were advised to solicit small subscriptions under partial payment plans and support gradual repayment. Treasury will issue registered bonds, aiding buyers who wish to keep bonds at home. earliest bonds started at 100 dollars.
Washington reports few specific complaints of coal shortages despite cold weather. Fuel Administrator Garfield said after a White House conference that the administration has received telegrams claiming an acute coal situation but they lack details for investigation. Most reports show individual consumers receiving needed supplies.
A shooting incident occurred late Sunday near the home of Orsona Martin two miles north of Spray. Fieldsmith Mangum fired at Martin then shot Mangum in the arm and left eye. Mangum was taken to a Danville hospital and is expected to lose the eye but recover.
Sir Edward Letchworth grand secretary of English freemasons died in London yesterday. He was 81 years of age.
Mrs. Bucknell of Mardy Nebraska reports lumbago relief from Foley Widney Pills. She claims the pills helped with rheumatic pains and general aches during a damp spring. Meon Drug Co.
Mary Anderson de Navarre returns to the stage as co author for The Garden of Allah, adapted with Robert Hichens. The drama opens at Municipal Theater on Thursday October 18 with matinee and night performances on its fifth annual tour.
Reviewers hail The Seven Pears as a romance thrill serial with rapid action. Chas W Goddard authored the story and Melie King stars with Creighton Hale as hero and Leon Barry as a strong villain in the melodramatic plot.
Charlotte Ives supports Sothern in Vitagraph Blue feature The Man of Mystery headlining an all star bill at the Rose Theatre. The production draws from Archibald and Gunter with Frederic Thomson directing. Ives’ parrot acts alongside her in key scenes, a gift from a famed admirer.
Army officers and commissioners presented to successful candidates at the Des Moines Iowa negro officers training camp. The four months course ends and new officers will be assigned to regular national guard or army units as needed. Most will likely hold only company command at first. The War Department has fully worked out policy for mobilizing negro troops and its details aim for efficient use and satisfaction.
Washington reports the American Red Cross cables 50000 dollars for Chinese flood relief. The total 260000 dollars, sought by Paul Reinsch, will be sent in the heat wave season. Dispatches warn the post flood conditions are among the worst in the country’s history.
Amsterdam dispatch reports that a Reichstag debate on war aims, scheduled for Monday, has been postponed to Tuesday as parties held meetings to discuss Saturday’s siting and the imperial chancellor Dr. Michaelis moved to headquarters.
Copenhagen reports the Reichstag has decided to hold up the salary appropriation for Karl Helfferich as new vice chancellor and return the measure to committee. Dissatisfaction follows Saturday's debate and a rising trend in majority parties to consider a vote of no confidence proposed by radicals.
London reports a British officer's letter from the Salonika front describing Bulgarian prisoners terrified at capture. A soldier offers cigarettes to ease tension, while one man drops his rifle and surrenders, swapping fear for a moment of human contact.
New York on October 9 reports cottonseed oil futures at 1911/2 cents a pound a new high. The October option climbs 175 points as crude gains and frost signals trigger short covering. The rule limiting movements to 25 points per day has not yet taken effect.
Wilson and company of Chicago have contracted with a Mobile packing company to kill between 5 000 and 6 000 Argentine cattle monthly at the Davis company packing house. Steamers will bring cattle from Argentina every four weeks.
The district board of western North Carolina passed on several Guilford county names for military exemption including Ernest L. Minor Robert M.M. James Everett McDaniel William A. Curtis Thomas H. Erington Alexander A. Florence Clarence F. Garrett Cletus A. Ward Fred Raigh Johnson Henry M. Amick Ernest B. Clapp Ralph Gestie Lambeth Robert Donnell P. J. L. Pegram James W. Staley Joseph B. Gann William S. Welch Francis C. Fry Mayfield Wenhock. The North Iredell Community fair at Harmony on October 6 was a success with good exhibits of farm products stock and fancy work.
Forty eight Winston-Salem youths gathered at the board of trade rooms at 10 a.m. and rode to the passenger station to board trains at 11 20 for Camp Jackson in Columbia South Carolina. One hundred fifteen men were ordered to report though some have exemption or pending appeals. McKinley Falls was sent to Miami to join Winston-Salem recruits. John M Johnson a respected citizen died at 220 South Broad Street after months of illness aged 64 leaving five children and siblings in the city and Ohio.
A federal government stock sale in St Louis yielded 3 329 Alaskan seal skins for 110 60 total. Average price 55 50 per skin, 12 to 20 percent below last April’s market. More than 15 000 undressed Bos island seals brought 15 400. These skins were not consigned by the Uruguayan government.
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