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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1916
Page
4
Item appears as a clipped newsroom record showing standard AP byline and postal registration marks. Mentions business manager and telephone connections, with historic post office classification details and date references.
The Sun and The New Republic discuss city manager plans praising lower costs and better budgeting. Durham faces urgent need for businesslike administration as it experiments with municipal water ownership and seeks an expert head to improve finance and services.
The Hickory Record celebrates its first anniversary with praise for Farabee and staff for building a strong daily paper. The piece notes the difficulty of starting a newspaper, predicts future success, and salutes the editor with the honorary title Colonel for Col. Farabee. It also notes state politics and a strike wave context.
New York September 13 the cotton market opened firm with gains of 14 to 18 points. December touched 15.48 and January 15.54 on the calle, with 45 to 50 points higher than Monday's low. Short-lived selling from the Southwest eased prices by about six to seven points, with quotations around 15.80 for December and 15.43 for January alongside 15.55 March and 15.72 May.
The municipal court opened with one minor case but Judge Dalton spent two and a half hours handling about six cases involving Black women. He aimed to “clean up” a troublesome section of the Negro town after a fight at the Palmer sisters’ house. Five women were convicted and fined, one acquitted. Bert Chambers paid $2.60, Bertha Palmer $7.50, Lula Robbins and Beatrice Palmer $5 plus costs.
A Greek official told the Associated Press that if anti Venizelist factions remain quiet for ten days Greece will officially enter the war with the Entente. King Constantine and Premier Zaimis discussed the situation, with Entente hopes rising despite arrests of German and Austrian agents and tensions over Saloniki. Serbs welcome Greek joins. Gen. Sarrail could benefit from Greek troops who fought Bulgars previously.
Commissioner in Willis versus Patton case announces sale of Lot No 4 in S E Willis lands at noon October 12 1916. Sale location is Bank of Commerce front in High Point NC. Property described as 50 by 150 feet facing Prospect Street per Guilford County plat Book 2 page 68.
A British observer walks the Somme frontline trench system noting its tight construction a guard’s helmet style and the calm routine of troops. He interviews Saxon and Prussian prisoners earning insight into their fear and the strain on German lines as the war edges toward a winding conclusion.
Guidance claims loss of appetite signals the need to cleanse and sweeten the stomach to restore healthy action, presenting eating as a pleasure. It frames digestion as a felt balance and urges specific actions to rekindle appetite.
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