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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1916
Page
5
The piece paints a fashionable woman and parish life in a town chapel with a parade of stylish items and roles. It contrasts fashion with faith through a preacher, sermon, choir, and a rising heir tied to a Bible and bell, ending in a sober note on God.
Mrs George Matton Jr entertained the Zoe club at her home on Hamilton Street with jonquil corsages awarded to Mrs Dallas Zollicoffer and Miss Polly Hitman earning club prizes. Guests included Polly Uleitman Louise Sneed Catherine Tate Kathleen Petty Kessie Pitts and others as the event featured decorative greenery and a tempting collation.
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts a constitutional cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure, offering one hundred dollars for any unrecovered case, with circulars free and druggists selling for 75 cents.
Yesterday marking J. W. Chandler's birthday Mrs. Chandler hosted a surprise stag dinner for ten at 6 o'clock. The seven course meal featured jonquils and fern in a yellow and green scheme. Guests included T. D. Gilliam H. A. Millis Carter Dallen and others, along with Virginia Carolina Aline attendees at Greensboro ball game participants and local dignitaries.
The L T L plans a peace contest at East End Methodist Church on Sunday at 7 20 pm with Prof W M Marr presenting opening remarks Miss Ruth Reynolds will replace Edith Harrison as medal winner from the first contest Local choir will sing Devotional service by Rev W A Barber Loyal Temperance Legion work and an offering for Universal Peace are on the program with students and children participating In addition the evening features songs readings and the awarding of a silver medal by the L T S
Miss Louise Reitzel of Converse College arrives to visit her mother Mrs J R Reitzel on North Main Street. Oscar Cunningham, brother of Mrs H W McCain, ill at the city hospital, slowly improves. Miss Jessie Lawrence of Reidsville returns home after visiting Mrs J R Reitzel. Miss Helen Brockett was out. Miss Ruth Council is confined with a sprained ankle.
Mesdames Normant McCanless and Miss Ruth McCanless attend Beulah Norment’s graduating recital at the Woman's College in Greensboro. Mrs P C Fisher and son Thom as Jr visit their Ellis relatives in Trinity. Several residents travel to High Point Jamestown and Jameston for debate and a high school commencement, with additional visits from Norfolk and Florida connections noted.
Federal Judge Waddill ordered a marshal's sale of the perishable cargo of the British steamship Appam held by a German prize crew at Newport News. The sale on April 12 includes palm oil cocoa piassava shea butter cotton seed potash maize corn coffee rubber and copperas valued at half a million dollars. A libel and ownership dispute will be argued in Norfolk on April 18.
About 55 church members gathered at the pastor Rev. A. D. Shelton home last night and gave him a hearty pounding. They left many foods at the parsonage, and all reported an enjoyable time.
Earle Palmer and his wife were arrested this morning by police on a charge of keeping whisky for sale. Three gallons of the spirit were found during a search of their Beeman street house.
The policy states full satisfaction on every purchase with repairs offered if items do not meet expectations. It emphasizes no argument, customer word as final, and responsible handling of mistakes. The store pledges to carry only goods it can guarantee and to prevent dissatisfaction whenever possible.
The East End church held a well attended reception honoring the Wesley Memorial. Wesley Memorial had recently donated the Washington Street church bell and praised East End’s growth including a vestibule and steeple. Pastor W A Barber spoke on the mother church and thanked Wesley Memorial. Mrs Benn and FE Moore offered congratulations. Music filled the event as coffee and sandwiches were served.
High Point residents praise a simple buckthorn bark mixture called Adler-i-ka as a thorough laxative. The remedy is claimed to relieve most constipation and reduce gas quickly with instant action, without causing griping, marketed by The Matton Drug Co.
An old home remedy recommends starting each day with a glass of hot water and a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this inside bathing flushes toxins, improves digestion and energy, and cures bilious headaches and constipation.
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