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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1917
Page
5
A verse dialogue satirizes Kaiser Wilhelm and his son the Crown Prince as they debate World War I outcomes. The poem notes failed campaigns at Verdun, rising Allied resolve, and the cry for peace amid mounting losses and public pressure.
City committee of women reports seven day campaign total subscriptions of 157 950 for the second Liberty Loan issue. Top giver is Mrs L J Ingram with 40 850, while Mrs H A Millis and Mrs Gurney Kearns led in subscribers with 34 and 32 respectively.
Prof Tl H Beneke of the State Normal and Industrial college Greensboro will address the Woman's club and the public on The Social Industrial and Economical Conditions in South America. The speech is set for Wednesday at 3 30 in the Elks home on West Broad street with an invitation to all interested in the city.
One week remain to send all fancy works for Wesley Memorial church chrysanthemum show bazaar to Mrs Oscar Kearns. The show will be held Thursday and Friday November 8 and 9 at the church.
Miss Thelma Walters attended the Adelphian society initiation and entertainment at State Normal and Industrial College in Greensboro on Saturday evening.
The Over the Teac ups club will meet with Mrs W T Parker tomorrow Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock. The note invites members to attend the gathering at Mrs Parker residence for a social afternoon.
Mr and Mrs 8 Peebles visited Charlotte and Camp Greene yesterday. A B Huff went to Salisbury for a short business visit. Mr and Mrs Joe Lee spent yesterday in Charlotte with friend Harry Flam. Flam returned to Reidsville after a weekend with family. Elmer Shields visited Greensboro with parents. Wade Marsh spent yesterday afternoon in Greensboro with friends. Lyman Redding Alexander Rankin Louis Peawue Willie Walker and Barker Warner visited Greensboro yesterday afternoon. Mrs FE Parker travels to New York for several days with her brother. J W Orange of Orange Brothers went to Grand Rapids on firm business. Charles Sisson of Greensboro was in the city on business. Mr and Mrs Robert Kennedy of Rushville Ind are in the city with relatives and friends.
Commercial National Bank reports 1 1459 250 in second Liberty Loan bonds subscriptions by Saturday. Local share 460 000, remaining 999 250 by friends and patrons outside High Point. Bank president Wood Cox lauded for leadership and county women and Boy Scouts for support.
A Public Health Service expert states that rural youths fail draft medicals more often than city youths due to lack of school medical inspections. He notes that 75 percent of defects arise from rural school conditions and urges statewide medical inspection. The North Carolina law beginning November 1 will expand county screenings to address these gaps. A wartime civics analogy urges households to locally source food to ease transport strain.
A Washington woman describes recruiting her maid Mary into the U S food administration plan during World War I. She uses a personal appeal linking Mary’s brother in the trenches to national duty, stressing waste reduction and substitutions to feed soldiers. The letter urges cooperation across households and races to support democracy abroad.
Oakwood court lots owner A Wheeler announces private sale for a limited time after an auction was interrupted by a telegram from auctioneer J L England who could not attend. Lots described as desirable with modern improvements and attractive terms aim to satisfy buyers and Wheeler.
The saying links everyday greens with political memory, urging action to honor the past by repurposing vegetable leaves rather than discarding them, framing waste as a symbolic token against Prussianism.
A wartime note warns that small weekly flour savings by citizens could pressure the Kaiser’s war effort. The piece implies civilian thrift impacts frontline supplies and morale, urging continued restraint and support for national security.
Women suffer backache swollen ankles and rheumatic pains from overworked kidneys. Foley Kidney Pills are recommended as good medicine for kidney trouble by Mann Drug Co.
In the Western District of North Carolina a bankruptcy court sale is set for October 31 1917 at 11 am. Thacker's Shoe Store High Point assets include merchandise gents furnishings book accounts supplies and fixtures free of encumbrances. Also sold are a National Cash Register Hoffman Pressing Machine and half interest in a Ford automobile all subject to mortgages and court confirmation. Inspect by contacting the trustee K k Freeze.
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