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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
5
A stern motivational verse urges persistence and discipline to reach the heights. It warns against laziness and excuses, stressing that only by starting, paying the price, and staying real can one seize a crown. The speaker calls for energy, focus, and a punchy effort.
A columnist denounces federal aid focus on Europe while flood victims in North Carolina receive limited help. They criticize seed guidance and pricing as inadequate for farmers needing immediate planting. High Point contributes liberally to flood relief in the state.
Health advices urge clearing pollen sources around homes and wearing shoes year round to prevent hookworm in children. The piece stresses typhoid vaccination, hygienic living, balanced diet, regular sleep, and outdoor exercise to stay healthy after floods and heavy rains.
The letter argues that the proposed fifty thousand dollar bond will likely raise future taxes despite claims it won’t. It notes temporary revenue from a ten percent corporate commission rise may delay rate hikes, but city expenses grow and debt costs rise, warning against recurring borrowing and higher taxes as funds are strained.
A reader vents about tax increases linked to a recent bond issue without clear explanation. The writer criticizes a local printer using outside services and asks why officials avoid divulging motives while hinting at broader schemes and drought concerns.
A Wilkes County white rescuer received 1200 dollars but was praised little, while two Black river rescuers in the Catawba earned no reward yet saved two men. A 600 dollar+ subscription honors the river heroes, and an Agricultural College bulletin urges Raleigh address requests for engineering department details. Voter registration warns voters to act quickly as a new registration is required for the bond election. A street repair pitch questions costs by implying cheaper paper and labor options.
North Carolina pride runs through a column extolling sons who labor worldwide. References to London engineers, Guildford county trainbuilders, and Bertie county timbermen illustrate state impact from Europe to Asia. The piece ends noting Rev. David Sampson's death in Winston at 70 and Judge Dalton’s return home from Wilkes.
Raleigh News Letter notes Republican leaders including Uncle Joe Cannon hope to win seats in North Carolina during the coming campaign. The tenth district is seen as favorable to Democrats and unlikely for Weaver as Republican gains are unlikely there.
At a Woman's Club meeting the library department urged forming a city wide library association. A mass meeting of citizenship is planned for early September to push the campaign and organize support. Membership opens to any interested person as the club keeps the matter before the public. Ladies pledge to cut social spending to aid funding in the fall. Mrs. S. L. Davis chairs the library department.
Fairfax Harrison of the Southern Railway Company announced that for the year ending June 30 1916 the line carried nearly seventeen million passengers and recorded four fatal passenger injuries in Salisbury Jamestown and Citico. Three were caused by a collision a truck under a freight car and a bridge truss strike while a fourth stemmed from a passenger leaning out. Employee fatalities decreased by fifteen.
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment for catarrh claiming it affects blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a hundred dollar reward for a cure and notes internal dosing with 10 drops to a teaspoonful. Also promotes Hall's Pills for constipation.
Prosecuting Attorney T. W. Albertson sustained minor injuries when a car driven by J. W. Kennedy overturned last week. Both occupants escaped serious harm.
C B Welch of High Point North Carolina administrator announces to all claimants against Rachel C Welch deceased that claims must be verified and presented by July 13 1917 or they will be barred. Creditors are asked to settle amounts due promptly. Notice bears date July 13 1916.
Public auction to sell Lot No. 12 in Block B Gurley Plot to satisfy two mortgages held by E T Corbit and W P Ragan. Property fronts Lee Street in High Point Guilford County North Carolina. Sale set for August 26 1916 at 3 pm in front of Bank of Commerce High Point.
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