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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
2
Citizens aged twenty one through thirty one must register as required by federal law. Penalties include one year imprisonment for failing to register and for making false statements about fitness or ability. Registrants abroad or away from home may register by mail through the local Superior court clerk.
June 11 opens a one-week term of Superior Court for criminal cases set aside to hear High Point cases only for the first time. Manufacturers fear higher freight rates will harm local industry while army personnel remain exempt from registration. Mrs. Belzorah Stamey, mother of Rev. P. F. W. Stamey and Dr. E. L. Stamey, is feeble at her daughter’s home in Pilot Mountain.
A humorous essay defines bachelors as two types self made and girl made. It satirically notes their loneliness, frugality, and aging struggles from thirty to beyond fifty. It humorously lists (and lampoons) their mischiefs, social roles, and eventual grave usefulness in society.
June White Sale features 10 new children's white dresses with lace and embroidery at 50c and 1.00, Middy Blouses at 50c and 1.00, boys wash for ages 2 to 6 in navy styles at 1.00, Ladies white silk and Lisle stockings at 25c 35c 50c, white wash cottons for skirts waists blouses dresses 36 inch skirting 25c, and 36 inch striped veils in white and colored at 25c.
Our Special June White Display presents numerous summer styles at economical prices. The exhibit features white tub skirts lingerie waists crepe de chine waists tub silk waists Georgette waists children's dresses sport blouses hosiery corset undermuffins millinery and more. Come today to see these white items described as too beautiful to print.
Commercial National Bank in this city subscribes for 100 dollars to the Liberty Loan fund. Mrs. B. E. Moore announces the W C T U will collect linen and bandages to be sent for the war effort to dress wounds and aid soldiers.
Washington reports store news and window displays align with a nationwide Marine Corps recruiting week June 10 16 to enlist 4000 volunteers. Merchants harmonize advertising with a patriotic push to strengthen the corps for overseas duties and rapid training.
Washington D C May 29 A move to discontinue some passenger trains on the Southern Railway System is asked of state railroad commissions. E H Coapman vice president in charge of operation says the step will conserve coal supply release men and equipment and clear tracks for troops and supplies for the army and navy. He notes large concentration camps in the South will demand Southern capacity and asks public cooperation for the government during this crisis.
A columnist recalls a Virginia trial where a not guilty verdict followed a home tragedy involving a professor, his wife, and a society leader named Heth. The piece uses John Barleycorn as a metaphor for alcohol's destructive pull, urging sober living and warning of repeated cycles of sin and death.
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