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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1917
Page
4
The Enterprise items discuss labor and political figures including Samuel Gompers and Wilhelm, report on a front page headline about a killed woman, and reference the ex czarina ill in Siberia. It notes a serial story of the Black Watch, police shortages in High Point and city policing figures from Wilmington Durham Charlotte and Asheville, plus commentary on Russian prisoners and German atrocities.
A 1910s portrait of Herr Grossheimer from Chicago to Berlin shows a once-idealistic merchant who becomes a fierce anti democratic German nationalist. The speaker recalls meetings in 1905 1911 and Berlin and notes Grossheimer’s shift from cosmopolitan admiration to vehement critique of the United States and England.
An American hospital behind the firing line in France was raided by German planes resulting in the death of an American doctor. The piece condemns shelling of hospitals as barbaric warfare and warns that Americans abroad will face retaliatory violence as the war continues.
Editor James H. Cowan of the Wilmington Dispatch is appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to represent Wilmington. He sets up temporary offices in Washington to scout and attract new enterprises to Wilmington. Cowan formerly led the North Carolina Press Association and is highly regarded among state editors.
City officials argued that Main Street could stay in its current state for years but warned that with a small expenditure it could be repaired to first class condition. The discussion stressed immediate action to improve the street’s usability.
The narrator notes a dramatic four horsemen cavalcade described as the sons of the Kaiser riding at a gallop down Unter den Linden. The scene prompts a prophetic, ominous sense of a looming world menace as the observer briskly returns to Herr Cronheimer.
Arrangements are under way to lay the cornerstone of Spencer's new Central Methodist church on Sunday afternoon September 16. An address by Rev. Dr. BE Bain of Greensboro and remarks by Dr. J. C. Rowe are planned, with Bain delivering the principal address and Rowe formally laying the cornerstone. The event aims to attract citizens of all denominations as the walls rise and foundation work nears completion.
For a malarial condition with chills fevers and sweats take Foley's Ning of Malaria Chill Tonic. It blends quinine without bitter taste with iron to cleanse strengthen and energize the body. Mann Drug Co offers this tonic.
An old veteran argues for immediate local home guard formations to meet a potential riot or insurrection. He notes Greensboro’s Rifle club of 100 and urges High Point to organize, proposing volunteer service funded by communities and government surplus arms.
All Sovereigns of Piedmont Camp No 62 are requested to meet at hall on Sunday afternoon September 9 at 1 30 to attend the funeral of deceased Sovereign A P Haney. Other camps invited to join.
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