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THE "FAMILY NEWSPAPER
Delivered by "Carrier
Vo. 23, No. 233.
HIGH POINT, N. C SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916.
5ubcri-tlc5a Price $3X3 Per
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THE FRANCO-BRITISH
FORCES ARE CLOSING
IN ON COMBLES TOWN
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Mfilll EKIEE III -HUMEROUSCOHTESTS
French Aviator Took Prt i
56 Aerial Fights, and VUil -V
the Rhine.
GREECE STILL UNDECIDED
U Reported That if Entente
Accepts Newest Proposal,
Greece Will Enter War.
(By the Associated Tv .)
Apparently the Franco-Brith forces
on the Somme are preparing to close
their grip on Comblea.
Last night the French war office re-
iJ tk. f . small fortified I
position and some trench sections close
toCombles and today it announced that ;
Venrh natrols have penetrated stiili
nearer the edge of the town- bringing
back prisoners.
On the French front south of the
c .rfiiw. u .ntlv nmluhlv !
in preparation for assault. welcome Senator Lee S. Overman when
Airmen on both the British ndn conug Tuesday evening to make the
French sections oi the line have been
- busy Yesterday French aviators took
part in 56 aerial engagements in which
four German machines were s1iut down.
British naval aeroplanes have raided im
portant German aviation stations in Bel
gium, inflicting notable damage on the j
aerodrome at Kt Dnis Westrom, aecord-j tee to be on the job." This committee
ing to the British official report.. L, "meet the senator'at the train, es-
A French aviator haar visited thej-t ,;, to the hotel and then escort
Rhine rvgion and dropped bombs in the !),, the armory,' where the speaking
V Palatinate and also st Mannheim, where j wpj Weld a 8 o'clock.
-Paris reports fargrfLinage:;--:.:;. i : y ' r' Mendenhsll also announces that
"--Tfrf ftresltwtion.' ronth"iiie coul. , he has" made arrangements with- the
ple'i.' Athens reports that definite pro- Jspringfleld band to furnish the 'music,
posals have Wjv made to "the entente jxhe band will give a thirty-minute con
acceptance of which will Insure the entry icert wn the square at T:30 aud then will
of Greece into tho' waf.--.-FormerIre-to the armory.
mier Venizelos is quoted-Tra-'declarmg j
that if the government controlled by the
court does not act the nation itself nnwt
defend 'its own interests.
, The .revolutionary fever is reported Kirkman, W. S. Copeland, D. H. Milton,
spreading but a mutiny on one of thejw. A. Ring, Harry Raymond, L- B. Wil
ships of the Greek navy, the armored j Hums, Carter Dalton, W. P. Pickett, J. It.
cruiser Averoff, is declared to have been i Lon?i Robert Brockett, C. C. Barnhart,
quelled. 5
Bad Weather in Maced'onia.
l"aris, Sept. 23. The French commu
nication on the progress of hostilities
along1 the Macedonian front given out
by the war department this afternoon
says: . y "'. y ;
- "Bad weather has interfered with oper
ations all along the front in the Orient
and there has been only a few skir
mishes in the vicinity of Doiran lake.
No nfantry actnlty-has been reported."
Bulgarian Successes Reported, r ,
Berlin, Sept 43. (By Wireless ' to
Kayville.) Bulgarian ' successes on ;'' the
Macedonian front on the extreme west
erly ed of tha line and east of the Var
dar are announced in the Bulgarian of
ficial statement of September 22.
r Trenches between Fiorina and Lake
Prespa were captured, while 'in the Var
dar regioh an attack by the entente
troops, preceded by artillery preparation,
' was repulsed. " '- . . '
f i Germans in Retreat?
Rome, Sept 23. (Via London.) The
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r treat of the Oerman afniy under Field
Marshal von Mackensen in; the Rumanian
p-o vince of Dobrudja " continues, 'accord
insr to a teleprm received by, the Wire
less Press today. front' Switzerland.' The
Danuli?1fortrec8 of Silestria recently cap
tured by the "Germans Jind Bulgarians is
csl to have been abandoned to the Rus--fian
and Rumanian' forces. :' ,
' Attack Teutons oa Both' Flanks.
Berliir, Sept23. (Via London.) Rus
sian and Rumanian troops in, Dobrud
ja ' have been attacking Field Marshal
von Mackensen' forces on both flanks of
the battle line, according to the war of
fieu announcement, this afternoon. The
attacks, which on one flank weer near
.the Danube and on the other southwest
of Topraisari, 14 miles osuthwets of Con.
tana, were repulsed.
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You Are Welcome.
Come out; tomorrow morning at 0.45
and join our Baraca class. ;Ve are a
.part pt mtLwoxH-y'L movement or
a million? new members and the First
Reformed Baracas will welcome you as
'one of that million,
Lore luC off,
You are a stranger
NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
X)FF FOR BORDER TONIGHT
(By the Associated Pre.)
Morehead City, H. C, SeptJ.
It was expected at Camp Glenn
tcday that the first detachment of ;
the North Carolina national juard
ordered to El Paso for border duty
would leave late today.. The de
parture of the troops has been de
layed pending the receipt of
woolen clothing and overcoat. A
carload of this equipment arrived
last night by express and the
juartermaster's department was
busily engaged todsy distributing
the clothing to the soldiers.
The first train was expected to
go thorngh Wilmington and An- -
RECEPTION COMMITTEE
T MCCT Cf II (IVFRMtN
111 LL I 01 lis UlLllllInU
Chairman Mcndenhall of the High
Toint lfc.oer.tie committee has ap. i
j pointed a reception committee consist- j
iv. j
opening address of the High Point Dem
ocratic campagin.
"Make it a point to be there," Mr
M-ndruhall says to each of the1 fifty,
"just as much as if yon wwe the chair
man. There will be no chairman and
jt up to each individual of the commit
The receiition committee as
named is
a follows:
V. R. Davis, C. M. Hauacr, R. 0. Lind-
sav
Dred Peacock, J. L. Seehrest, J. K.
C. 1). Smith, Eugene Parrihh, S. L Da
vis,.Wescott Rolwrson, V, N. Tate, A. M
Briggs, 'Arthur Lyon, H. A. Millis, W,
T Parter. CI. A. Mutton. IL K. InsTam. i
J. II. Vestal, R. R Wheeler, J. W. liar-
ris, A! K. Tate, R. B. Terry, G. Wj Clark,
T. J. Oold, W. J. Armfleld, L. J. Ingram,
R. A. Wheeler, W. II. Ragan, T. W. Al
bertson, W. O. Shipman, A. M. Rankin,
C. Jones, W, R. Morrow, J. D. Cox,
E. A. Hammer, I). II. Hall, C. F. Long,
D. M. Pollock, W.-J. McAnally, B. S.
Cunimings, M. K Burke, Wr. F. Brown,
C. C. Muse, J. E. Wagoner, J. T. Burrus,
J. J. Farris, J. M. Hedrick, L. C. Sin
clair, J. F. Hoffman, N. SI. Hodson, W.
C, Idol, W. N. Keener, V. A. J. Idol,
W. L. Stamey, E. 8, Hutchinson.
PRESIDENT TODAY BEGAN .
HIS "PORCH CAMPAIGN"
(By the Associates' Press.)
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 23-Presi-
dent Wilson's program today calls for
the first of a sereis of speeches planned
to be 'delivered' at Shadow La,wn in liis
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"porch campaign" for re-election. He
plans to address a large delegation of
New Jersey business men on the attitude
of the administration toward American
business. '.The-general public was to be
admitted to, the Shadow Lawn estate
ana several thousand people were
petted to be present.
ex-
JOINT COMMISSION HELD
. NO MEETING TODAY
(By the Associated Press.l
New London, Conn., Sept. 23-r-No joint
meeting of the Mexican-American com
missioners was held here today. Secre
tary Lane and Judge Cray of the Amer
ican delegation, planned a cruise, and
Other members of the jont body are in
New York and Boston.
CLASS FROM NAZARETH v ;. r , :
HOME HERE TONIGHT
-A class from the Nazareth orphanage
J'jlljve.-iuconcertatscWLaudi- L
torium tonight J The class is said to
have a splendid program-and each boy
i and girl is thoroughly trained, promis-
:nj 6n evening of rare rntertainment.
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DISTRICT ODD fELLOVS
-"MET HERE YESTERDAY
' The semi-annual district meeting of j
the Independent Order f Odd Follow j
was held here yesterday afternoon and;
evening with Repiton lodge No. 63. There J
'' are three counties jfo this district, Guil-;
iford, Randolph and Rockingham, having'
a total. of nine lodges and a member.
! ship oi something; more than 700. ,. j
The meeting was called to order at. It is only a few hours now until
3:30 o'ekk yesterday afternoon byjteacher and pupils will start their eight
President J. F. Roacher, of Mayodar
n, and 1
there were about 20 delegates in- attend
ance? The afternoon session was de-
i
' voted to the appointment of committees
land revision of the bylaws.
At the evening session, after a dis
i cushion of matters pertaining to the fra
'ternity, the degree of Friendship was
conferred by the team from Repiton j
lode. This team is said to be one of I
) the best in the entire state, and is get-'
!ting ready to exemplify the work before
i the North Carolina Grand lodge meet-
Ing here next May.
, The next district meeting will be held
st White Oak next March, the date to
mimed later. J, R. loung, of v High ! others interested in the schools" that
Point, is district supervisor. might be called his inaugural address.
' The reports filed yesterday show that j It is a fin? summary of the situation as
the order is in a good condition, and the i it stands today and in full it is as fol
prospeets for conoid rable increase in! lows:
memliership durins? the .fall were s'h1 to J "The, city schools wJU open next Mon
be excellent. It is hoped that when thi day morning. Everything seema to
ttoK 5s ,,"ld te (k
W,U l"?' n'w. ,0?re8 Resented,
one ai Keiasvme aua me otner at -bin.
honvilh'.
STEAMER WENT ASHORE
OFF COAST OF MAINE
DURING A HEAVY FOG
Portland, Me., Sept. 23.-The Kastern!annot be bui,t for a11 time to come in
Steamship corporation's steamer, Baya l'roBpe" community. To expect
State, bound from Boston to Portland, 1 9Uch a thln wou,d to eont'lude
wenl ashore on Halycomb rock, jut oried had Paid or wou,d Pav th6
the tip of Cape Elizabeth during gity visit.
heavy fog today, "High Point has a school population
The 2,-iO passengers were taken off in j of 36. We shouM havein attendance
lifeboats. The sU-amer lies ViA andl Monday -at least. 2,750 children. As
dry - in dangfroiir pWtfonrThrewp
of 60 men remained aboard the vessel.
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BOSTON AND BROOKLYN
ARE STRONGER ENTRENCHED
(By the Associated Press.) """""
Chicago, Sept. 23. Boston till main -
tains its lead of two and one-half games
over Chicago and Detroit one half game-
game behind Chicago in the contest for
the American league championship. Ah
all three leaders won their games yes
terday there, was no change in their
relative standing. In tht National
league, Brooklyn is entrenched (in first
place two and one-half games- m front
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W ad oimon urooaiya ami
and Boston has 17.
GEORGE LOWE GOES
WITH HART'S DRUG STORE
George Lowe today ceased his rela
tions with the business department' of
The Enterprise after twelve months of
efficient service. He has accepted an
important position with the Hart Drug
company.
"Militarism Abominable."
r New Pork, Sept 23 A letter from
President ' Wilson declaring that the
spirit and principle of militarism . was
"abominable" to him was made public
here , today by "the Student Pacifists,"
an organization which is arranging an
snti-militarist demonstration on j Sep
tember 30. in oppolstkm to the new state
legislation requiring military training in
public schools, y ,
Oxford Orphanage Class.
It is a pleasure to announce that the
singing class from the Oxford orphanage
Is to visit our pepole. Too .mwch credit
cannot be given to the work 6f the
orphanage, as shown in the splendid
training of the children, where each lit
tle performer acts his or her part In a
most interesting and thrilling way. In
High Point September 27.
Bad Fire in Jacksonville,
, Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 23. Fire at
the plant of the Florida Cot-ton Seed Oil
mills -last night destroyed on the large
buildings, a quantity of cottonseed and
five box cars loaded with cotton seed.
The loss was estimated at $140,000, ful
ly covered by insurance. Origin of the
nre has not been determined. '
-War Creditt -Voted.-
Paris, Sept. 23. The chamber of dep
utiei yesterday unanimously voted war
credits "for." the remainde'i "t,
amounting to 8,838,000,
Under the Most
Circumstances
Will Open Monday Morning
Everything is in readiness for the ,
opening of the 1916-17 session of the ;
High Point schools at 8 o'clock Monday
morning, September 25. The time is
drawing near for that auspicious event J
months' work toother.-
Not only is everything ready but Su- imJ u in tl,cir P0" to pull down all
perintendent Man believes that the!18 work' I am trying to do. To be sure
schools are opening nnder most gratify- j much of this is to be Uken as a matter
ing conditions, that the enrollment will I of cour8e for th'n re those who can
reach 2,750 pupils, and that the year will ! ever 8e thin8 the doughnut but
be the best in the history of the schools.
This is Mr. Marr's first year as the su-
perintendent of the schools, he having
been elected in the earlv summer to sue-
ceed Thornwell Haynea, who became,
O Sf
president of Birmingham college.
In the beginning of his administration
as the superintendent of schools Mr.
Marr is highly optimistic. He has pre
pared a statement to "the patrons and
j Pint the W that they wilj
der most gratifying conditions.
r ill open uu-
The at-
tendance bids fair to be a recti
record break-
er. There is very little doubt in my
mind but that the question is goinjr to
arise as to how we are to house all who
come. Yet, that is nothing over which to
worry. If we are to continue to grow
as a city we just a8 well expect th
schools to grow, too. A school house
m,ThJw:lng h..0R around Simper
) lc,u' " ur .uoer. xor iio yenrn
I we have had a total (enrollment of ap-
i proximately 55 per cent of the school
! population'. It seems to me that it is a
(commentary on our attitude toward the
I welfare of the children in High Point to
' have very little over one-half of the
children in school. This problem of
school attendance is one which- we must
,
STOCK MARKET BROKE
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New York, Sept. 23. For a week-end
market today's two hour session of the
stock market wis probably without par
allel. , Trading in the first hour amount
ed to more than a half million sift re
with no diminution of activity with the
approach of the close.
There were numerous spectacular fea
tures but all were eclipsed by the further
rise in United States Steel which touch
ed U7Vi a new record, shortly after 11
o'clock.
Other leaders rose to highest prices in
their history, notably coppers. Dealings
embraced every branch of the list but
the movement was far from uniform,
rails making comparatively little head,
way with reactionary tendencies in ship
ping issues and some equipments and
munitions.
United States Steel closed at 117 aft
er a decline to H.6 making a net
gain of. 3 points. The stock con
tributed approximately 25 pw cent of
the total of 1,181,700 shares which es.
tablished a week end record in the local
market for many years. :r
t Other stocks to mount to new records
inclueded Central Leather and Maxwell
and Stutz motors.1 So tremendous were
the dealings toward the close that the
financial ticker was almost 10 minute
behind in its report.
FUNERAL OF MRS. HODGES
HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
The funeral service over remains
of Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges oocurred yes
terday afternoon and interment was in
Oakwood cemetery.-; Dr, Sylvester New
lln conducted the service, Mrs.. Hodges
died at her home Thursday night after
an extended Illness. She was 68 yetrs
of age and is survived by her husband,
W. S. Hodges, and three daughters,
Ir. Staley : Improving,
D. F. Staley, who was operated on at
the city hospital last Wednesday for ap
pendicitis, is getting along splendidly.
MORE RECORDS
Auspicious
City Schools
face sooner or later. The sooner we en-
ter into it the better. j
J wiuh to appeal to every loyal citut
;zer in the city to help boost the schools. i
I have been very much stimulated of late ,
i by. the attitude so many people have
jtaken toward the schools. On the other
ihand there are those who persist in do-
the hole. Including tnvself lmnnv tho
number I must say tha't there is not aj city "f-Weatcheater county today
single teacher or principal in yourJDe8aB to Vl1 n the question of rat if y
schools who is not conscious of some ing 'the labor delegates who yesterday
shortcomings. V e demand to be treated ,
as human beings subject to all "the ills;
that flesh is heir to." Boost the schools
and consider us a part of the system.
We ask no special privileges from your
hands other than a fair chance to make
these schools as good as any in North
Carolina.
"The problem of public education is ai
interwoven into the life of the communi
ty that it can wver be solved or work
ed out to the best interest of every child
until patrons, citizens and school officials
work together in perfect accord. No in
dividual should be so selfish as to feel
that his child s the essence of perfec-
i t'OI meanness and therefore demands
! abundar.e of privileges from teachers
and pupils. School life is real life. The
laws of nature work as accurately and
finally here as they do in the work-a-day
world. After all school is W solely
a place to prepare for life, but a place
where youth comes to know that he -has
a place of his own, rights ot his own, as
well as coming to know that others have
rights which he must not confiscate. Any
school is a success that cai bring this
fact home to the pupils.
"Liberty is hereby given to every pa
tron and interested citizen to feel at
j.b.oni iit liecjty schools. Learnjto Jtnpj
me teaencrs. lou will had a welcome
in their rooms. A friendly bit of advice
from you given to any of jour teachers
will go h hmif way toward making your
schools more efficient in service.
"1 tnmt you will come to the opening
on Monday. Stay for the preliminary
(Continued oq page eight.)
LAST GASP OF M
PLAN OF ENLISTMENT
Washington,' Sept. .S3. The find, re
wards of $3 for regular army recruits
secured by postmasters under the new
national defense act, the war . depart
ment announced, have been paid to Post-1
masters William J. O'Donley, of Utica,
Okla., and Joseph M. Shipman, of Greens
burg, La.
War department officials frankly de
scribed the new recruiting system as "the
last gasp of the volunteer enlistment."'
They pointed out that in giving a $5
premium to postmasters for each recruit,
the government has made a supreme ef
fort to obtain soldiers without resorting
to compulsory training.
They predicted that should the plan
fail to secure sufficient troops they
would have to resort to some kind v& a
system of compulsion.
MONEY SECURED - -
FOR COMPLETING
THE SEWER LINE
t'Hy Manager Arthur Lyon announces
that he has secured the i?30,0OO loan
authorized by the city council at Unmake an addraa to the pupils who have
meeting last Tuesday night. The loan
is to be ued for the prosecution of the
East Green street sewerage extension,
which has been making such rapid an. cation at the First Eaptist Sunday
economical progress of late. v 1 ' ;be state mmnon day and proration day.
, The council told its city manager to'Mhool and the public is extended a most
secure the loan "at the cheapest rate i a.rdial invitation to attend the "rally
possible." And so Mr. Lyon secured the1, Jay" exercises. "
$30,000 from a Baltimore concern at the
rate of 4 per cent, which, in the par-j
lance of the street',- "is some low rate." j
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GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER
'. !' 'RECAST FOR NEXT WEES
(By the Associated rress.i ;
Washington, Sept. 23. Cenerally fairj
n-am f Iiaw nA mniloroA t0iiirwraf urea will ,
prwail 4nt he- otbeaterinkUUa'dring
the week beginning tomorrow, Rccordmg
to the weather bureau's weekly forecast
Issued today. There are no indications
of a d'iturbane in the Wet Indhs.
VOTE Oil fflllL
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CALL FOR STRIKE
j If All Respond to the Call It YVZ1
Involve 750,OCO Men
and Women.
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NOT ' ONE OF '"SYMPATHY
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WF wexune itt
Ride on Cars Operated by
Non-Union Men.
lliy the Associated Press.
New ork, Sept. 23. Trade unions in
called for a "ircnesrl sunon-ion f wn,t-
next Wednesday morning. The labor
chiefs appealed to all wage earners to
tay at home until the traction compa
nies make it possible for them to ride,
in street care without offense to then
union allegiance.
It is asserted that no such action
heretofore has ever been taken by trade
unions of the country nor has a strike
involving so many trades been called. Its
maximum effect would be to call from
work 750,000 men and women.
Leaders in the movement refrain from
calling it a sympathetic strike. They
declare that many of the unions have
already voted to ratify their recom
mendations and that any union maa
who does not quit work Wednesday will
be Senouneed as a traitor; ' .
The call for cessation of work is baaed
on the grievance that men of uuion af
filiation cannot ride' to their employ- '
ment except in cars manned by non
union conductors or motormcn ami un
der tho protection of police ..
Statements issued by leaders indicate'
that ther are incensed at Mavor Mitch.
no w milling tub ue biuou rewuy 10 usei-
nuuiary power xo restrain violence ana
that they consider the city to be domi
nated ' by the traction interests, :To-
wnat extent- they expect the. unions to
respond, to the suspension, call , was not
disclosed. j . , ;
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AT THE FIRST BAPTIST
The First Baptist Sunday , school has
made extensive preparations for "rally
day," whkh will be observed tomorrow
and the workers, now confidently expect
to reach the aim as set last Sunday,
which is 500 in attendance and $100 In
ecllTtfon. H 5s realized that this is al-.
moat twice as well as was done iust a
year ago, but Superintendent A. E. Tate
and the teachers believe the aim can be
reached. ),,', .. . - ,. : '..-. ,
"If every member of the Sunday
school will do his or her duty tomorrow
we will certain reach the aim," declared
Mr. Tate. v And further, if each one keeps
his or her promise the aim will be more
than be reached. For everybody present
last Sunday said they would bring a
visitor for the rally day exercises.' ,
The program has been prepared for to
morrow's exercises and it is believed
that its rendition will be both interest
ing and beneficial.. Tomorrow will be
rally day the rallying of the forces to
gether for the fall drive but it will also,
state minion day and promotion day.
The pastor, Rev. J. A. Clarke,, is expect
ed to make a short address on- why
church members should attend Sunday
school ; some member of the Baraca class
will make a talk on state missions; some
member of the school will deliver tho
diplomas to those who have finished the
as'n ading eourse; another
membeT will
been promoted from one grade and de
partment to a higher grade jn the, school.
In all it, is to be au . interesting oc-
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RevN J. A. Clarka Returned. 9
P.ev. Jame .4. Clarke returned yes
itcrday aftcrwmn from Abbott's Creek
I Baptist church, w here for the past week
j,ie h y& a mwi Mlccessful meeting.
ifirent interest was manifested and sev-
members w're added to the
church as the result if Mr. Clarke's
jHPffr.'nK.
Wealhcf.
Fair tonight end Sunday;
vn.L'e wire;.
DMORROW IS RALLY DAY