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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
1
The local exemption board notified the first 200 eligibles to appear before the examining board on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday one third each day. Dr Hiatt and Dr Jackson conduct the exam with Dr Stanton to decide any dissatisfaction. Ninety seven men are wanted from the 200 enrolled, others to be called the following week if needed.
Washington reports from the Food Administration show soaring food costs in Germany with fats and fowls expensive. Well fed geese fetch 11 to 19 dollars each while goose fat sells at 5.36 dollars a pound and fresh fowls reach 1.01 dollars per pound. An egg ration in Hamburg limits one egg per person per week.
A list of items for a soldier's comfort bag includes toothpaste brush pocket knife 50c safety pins ae pins darning needle pocket comb mirror spool cotton white and black, pipe 25c shoe laces chewing gum stamped envelopes writing pad pencil soap handkerchiefs red bandanna handkerchief testament cards and bone buttons.
George Shuford of Anson County declares his last will and testament while gravely ill. He bequeaths movable estate to his wife Rody for life and, after her death, divides remaining assets among his children with each receiving ten pounds. He disinherits prior wills and signs with witnesses on August 16, 1762.
In Danville Virginia on July 31 a Black man named George Barksdale offered to whip soldiers one by one on Union street. He was stoned and fled to a poolroom where a crowd of soldiers was dispersed by police. Three tobacco warehousemen warned he would return with a pistol. Barksdale was jailed and Mayor Wooding ordered full evidence gathered for the case.
New York July 31 164 marriages were performed breaking the previous record as many bridesgrooms were of military age. Licenses issued reached 294 but clerks had expected more due to lines outside. United States marshal Thomas D. McCarthy and deputies barred any draft age men without registration cards from entering the bureau.
J H Wendt was convicted in Recorder's Court for soliciting labor without the fee and fined. he appealed and Bond set at 50 dollars. Local company M shows strong enlistment, while others report fine turnout. Several visitors and residents are noted, including Mrs Cyrus Davis visiting relatives, and Mr and Mrs Luther Jones of Newark visiting Greensboro. William Stone dies near the city. services at Shady Grove Davidson county led by Rev H H Robbins. Edwin Jones from Greensboro spent weekend with parents. Rev C P Coble aiding meetings at Buffalo Presbyterian. Frances Burkhead visiting Mrs L J Ingram in Soo Chow China. Dr E L Stamey and family visit W L Stamey in a Cadillac. Mrs S H Farris of Washington visiting the city. Secretary Crowson of Mutual Building and Loan invites new August 15 start. investment urged. Hickory exceeds 150 war quota. 39 men spared. Sarah Wood of Randleman elected second grade teacher at Main Street school. Florida farms advertised as safe investment. editor ready to provide details. David Yow and Charles W Hayne elected patrolmen to replace resignations. Home Banking Co offers free soldier services including vaults and notary work. City council moves to pay for petitioned streets. ro Mac people seek equal street standards and request a canoe, granted. WANTED to correspond with real estate or livestock auction sales. England Real Estate and Live Stock Public Auctioneers, Greensboro.
Lieutenant Ely P. Denson of Honolulu says he will leave July 21 for Gettysburg to join the 7th Infantry. He expects to be in High Point for several days around August 8 to visit his father, mother, and other relatives.
Sealed bids to 8 p m August 13 1917 for a steam turbine driven pump 1400 GPM total head 50 feet steam pressure 100 to 125 lbs Condensing outfit preferable for economy City Manager T J Murphy announced.
Civic ideals pledge loyalty and public duty while farmers are urged to grow more wheat this fall. Officials advise on seed, timing, and cultivation to boost home supplies and counter potential shortages.
Washington July 30 The Railroads' War Board asks public service commissions and state and local authorities to suspend efforts not directly aiding the war. Chairman Fairfax Harrison notes railroads face unusual strain transporting men food coal and munitions and urges conserving rolling stock capital and supplies. A separate note mentions a union service at Friends' church with music and a talk by L H Putman for the North Carolina Children's Home and Aid Society.
The Main Street school lawn hosts a farewell supper for Company M this evening funded by the Commercial Club and the Industrial Department. Fried chicken lemonade and ice cream will be served. Rev. Sylvester Newlin will give the blessing, Mayor W P Ragan will speak and present the flag and a war phonograph.
Washington July 29 The War Department says fully 24 000 physicians or two out of every nine of military age will be required for the new American armies plus 120 000 enlisted men for the medical corps. Half to be ready by October 1 with 200 a day entering camps at Ft. Riley Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Oglethorpe Fort Des Moines and Allentown three months training for officers and men. About 13 500 in training now. The system mobilizes 22 to 55 year old physicians and draws from each community in proportion to available numbers to ensure protection.
A clipped literary collection of quotes on reputation character forgiveness and divine strength. Notable lines from Proctor Brooks Longfellow Stevenson and Isaiah verses celebrate generous living and thoughtful manhood.
An advertisement from The Arctic Ice and Coal Co promotes Coca Cola bottled in a sanitary process. It touts sterilized bottles pure water and syrup, claiming a refreshing beverage with millions of fans. Phone 109 offers prompt crate delivery service.
Greensboro efforts to reduce its draft quota fail as High Point and other districts refuse to raise theirs. The final figures will stand despite Greensboro's appeal.
The Review reports Central Engineering and Construction Co seeks authority to name prices for rocmac asphalt projects on East Washington and Centennial streets while R G Lassiter & Co remains a competitor. The piece questions competition fairness and whether Lassiter should secure all contracts, noting rocmac claim of city savings and durability versus asphalt.
Physical examinations are underway and local examination boards issue calls. The Review promises to report the decisive work of these boards as major news for subscribers.
Dr R Moton Tuskegee Institute leader addresses about 2000 black employees of Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. He praises white support, warns against riots like East St Louis, urges six day work weeks, saving and banking money, and urges pride and loyalty while noting opportunities in Newport News.
Washington July 30 The Railroads War Board has adopted a policy to move empty freight cars between line owners to speed lumber delivery from Southern forests to army cantonments and shipyards. Lumber for cantonments comes from the Carolinas Alabama Florida Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas. Two extra cars have been allocated to the lines in these states. Mississippi and Alabama supply most of the lumber for new wooden ships, and the extra cars will hasten lumber to the shipyards.
The Department of Justice will probe Dr. H. Q. Alexander for treasonable utterances in Salisbury this week. In his speech he urged young men to resist the draft and refuse to leave for service on foreign soil.
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