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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
4
War news, education concerns, and staff changes in North Carolina and Wilmington papers. Mentions Kerensky, Korniloff, Russian leadership, rail relief, and shifts in Dispatch staff including Beasley’s welfare role and Keener’s editorship.
The article argues that near accidents, such as ladders slipping or trains on adjacent tracks, reveal dangerous patterns and teach vital safety lessons. It urges consistent precautions and a strong Safety First approach to prevent injuries, comparing it to the obvious need to lock a barn door to deter theft.
A correspondent describes soldiers at a national army training camp rejecting the term conscript in favor of selected men. They claim this reflects voluntary service and avoid Civil War style forced duty. They contrast with German propaganda and discuss central European ambitions.
The Enterprise presents four minute talks in local theaters to explain why the nation is at war. Quotations from German thought are selected to illustrate the context and provoke public discussion.
By virtue of a mortgage deed dated December 12 1911 to FE A Beneini Charlie and Ida Johnson mortgage recorded in Guilford county NC the property lot No 14 in Section Twelve High Point Development Company will be sold at public cash auction at Greensboro courthouse on August 29 1917. Mortgagee executors of Beneini deceased announce the sale of the High Point township tract to satisfy note of 350 dollars with interest.
Schedule lists expected times trains may arrive and depart from listed stations. It cautions that actual arrivals and departures at the stated times are not guaranteed.
The Indiana Insurance Bulletin reports that 75 percent of fires in sprinklered buildings were extinguished or controlled by sprinklers or less, with over 90 percent controlled at 2¢ sprinklers or less. It notes fires and smoke costs, and mentions George Walsh’s dog Don as a personal aside. Also a classified notice seeks a clerk with 10 years’ experience, WH. J. care Enterprise date 9-15-11.
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