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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1916
Page
5
The local chapter of the W C T U will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. F E Johnson 338 North Main Street.
Personal items from the town note Miss Marylily Fisher and Mrs. W. L. Armstrong leave for a few days in Morehead City while Miss Maude Furgurson visits Danville and several residents are mentioned visiting relatives or traveling to Asheville Wilmington and Mount Vernon Springs.
Dallas assistant superintendent C. Barker of a candy and cracker company was shot and killed as he left his office. The shooter, claiming to be Mrs G C Barger, said to be Barker’s wife, was taken into custody. She admits the shooting but offers no further statement. The pair reportedly formerly lived in Chattanooga Tennessee.
Guilford county Republicans kicked off their campaign with a Saturday night meeting at White Oak. Speaker Frank A. Linney, candidate for governor, and A. Reynolds of Winston-Salem addressed a fair crowd. W. P. Ragar of High Point was on the program but kept away by a cold. They criticized the Democratic party’s conduct of state and national affairs.
Petrograd reports Russians crossed the Tcheriovka river and captured a Teutonic position held by Austro German forces. They took 2,721 prisoners and six machine guns, per the war office.
Richard C. Kerens, former U S ambassador to Austria and St Louis native, died at his daughter's Philadelphia home, according to dispatches received in St Louis.
In St Louis on September 4, the tenth annual ten mile river swim under the Missouri Athletic Association draws stars like Mike McDermott of Chicago, Herman Laubus of St Louis, and Bud Goodwin of New York. A host of lesser competitors will also swim from Chain of Rocks to Washington Avenue, promising a top field.
Miss Florence Blair starts a piano class at her studio on 329 North Main Street in the Graded School building. Classes run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on opening day.
In Asheboro on September 4, Frank A. Linney delivered a vigorous stump speech against Democracy amid a large Republican rally. Presley Brown spoke briefly, then Linney dominated the program with vivid metaphors as Dr. J. D. Gregg pledged to debate.
A82 Lincoln cabin memorial ceremony by Theodore Roosevelt in 1909 and Taft in 1911 culminates as the site becomes a national property with an endowment for maintenance. The granite hall sits above a spring on a hillside, features Lincoln inscriptions, and is surrounded by a protective bronze chain.
St Paul campaign by United Travelers denounces a law forcing hotels to display in lobby a complete price schedule. Douglass Barnes calls high late arrival rates a road agents tactic, framing the issue as indoor sport. Enterprise ads promote want columns.
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