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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
2
W N Care of Wilmington says Tanlac improved his wife Mrs Care who had been told surgery was her only hope. She was unable to eat without pain and depended on light soups but after starting Tanlac she can eat freely and perform housework, prompting neighbors to corroborate the change. Hart Drug Store sells Tanlac in High Point where the Tanlac man explains its merits daily.
In Grand Forks North Dakota on September 15 the Norwegian Danish settlers topic is discussed. Paul fjelm Hansen’s 1869 migration press work drew fellow Nordics to the region and kept them coming. A bronze Hansen memorial tablet will be placed in the Minnesota Historical Society rooms in St Paul at the twenty first annual session of the Norwegian Danish societies.
Oak Ridge Institute opened with over 100 new students enrolled and more arriving in the next week or two. The literary societies meet tonight as classroom work advances, athletic activities start, new tennis courts are ready, and coaches Johnston Holt Whitaker plan basketball baseball and football practices all afternoons.
Dallas Texas September five General public opening announced for a five million dollar union passenger station modeled after the Kansas City terminal.
Washington reports a U S land case where the Catawba Indians seek return of 164000 acres in South Carolina leased to the state for 99 years. Attorney Lorenzo Medlin says no treaty with the federal government exists and the lease may lead to a landmark dispute as the term expires. The tribe is described as industrious and has been recognized as an independent government by the United States.
Rocky Mount, Sept 15. Rewards totaling 1800 are offered for Leroy T. White, a 27 year old Bertie county farmer sought for the murder of his wife Sallie Mountain, 23, beaten with a revolver butt and found in her home. A note claimed he would drown himself. authorities fear mob action if captured. A guard protects the dead woman’s brothers. the governor added 100 to the bounty.
Francis L. Dell traveling salesman was arrested in Edenton under the federal white slave act by Deputy Marshal J R Williams. He had a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner T B Wilson and was bound over to the October federal term on a $500 cash bond. Dell registered at an Edenton hotel with a woman who posed as his wife, identified as Mrs Loretta MekKernom of Washington DC, with MekKernon as the prosecuting witness.
Mary the elephant, who killed her trainer after a circus performance in Kingsport, Tennessee, was hanged in Erwin on September 15 before about 1,500 spectators. A Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio railroad derrick car was used in the execution.
Warrants issued for Joe Chamberlain Drewry Sale Maury Parker George Monk and Kenneth Smith accused of simple assault in a Raleigh dorm hazing of G W Tiencken a Wilmington freshman at A and M college Some defendants were released on recognizance Judge Bond rejects bloodhound testimony and frees a black store robber amid courtroom humor Raleigh chamber of commerce pushes for a local packing plant citing state cattle hog and sheep totals and values for year figures
Governor Whitman granted a respite to October 2 for Thomas Bambrick sentenced for the murder of Patrolman Geo Dapping. Tests of the electric chair had been conducted today with Bambrick assisting in wiring. A Sing Sing convict, Frank Meehan, claimed Bambrick did not shoot Patrolman Dapping.
An old age health ad urges keeping liver and bowels healthy to feel and look younger. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for constipation or biliousness and claims easy use and wide availability.
A Pacific Coast liner Congress burned completely off Coos Bay Oregon killing no one. The vessel's 253 passengers and 170 crew were rescued by vessels including the dredge Michie and the gas schooner Tillamook. Captain Cousins and his crew supervised a safe transfer to rescue craft.
Long Branch New Jersey September 15 The plans for President Wilson re election campaign were outlined with McAdoo Burleson and Tumulty to refine at a Monday meeting with Vance McCormick and Homer S Cummings Wilson will not tour beyond Shadow Lawn for now speaking only to non partisan groups He will contrast administration achievements with Republican criticisms and stress industrial preparedness and national prosperity.
Southern Railway announces a low round trip excursion from North Carolina to Jacksonville St Augustine Sarasota St Petersburg and Tampa to depart Greensboro Salisbury and Charlotte September 26 1916. Pullman sleeping cars and high class day coaches on a special train with seven to ten day return limits. Reservations in advance advised.
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