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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1917
Page
5
A conference of volunteers begins Monday at 10 a.m. and runs through Tuesday at the First Baptist church. About 150 ministers are expected to volunteer for missions across the state with leaders and attendees including Walter N. Johnson C M Murchison Edward Long W R White and many others.
At yesterday morning’s Alexander Martin Chapter D A P session the Red Cross topic was discussed but no action taken. The group will keep the matter open after Congress adjourns as Mrs. Albion Millis and Mrs. R B Terry plan to travel to Washington Sunday night to assist the national Red Cross. Mrs Bruce Carraway read a paper on the battle of Guilford Courthouse. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs Fred Eshelman on the first Thursday in May.
An unusually large crowd from High Point watched the Virginia Cavaliers play the North Carolina Tar Heels in Greensboro this afternoon. Many fans stayed for the annual dance honoring the teams, a long standing social feature of the early ball season.
The Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church holds its regular monthly meeting Monday at 3 PM in the church. The Pattom circle leads devotionales and programs on missionary work including Until the Uttermost Parts of the Earth and Current Missionary Events. All ladies are invited.
Miss Ira Marshall has shown great improvement today after a prolonged illness described as an attack of indigestion.
Preparations are underway by the senior class for the high school play At the Kind of the Rainbow on Monday night April 28. Rehearsals have been held, tickets are on sale at J A Hart Drug, Matton Drug, and Ring Drug. Special music, both vocal and instrumental, has been secured for the event.
Miss Irene Saferight and Julius Stillwell were quietly married Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Matilda Johnson on Adams Street with Rev. F. Fid dler officiating. The couple, both well known in High Point, will reside here.
The Woman's Guild of St Marys Episcopal church will meet with Mrs KK P Parker Monday afternoon at three o clock. Members are requested to be present.
Personal items note Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gol visiting Greensboro for the Virginia Carolina ball game along with several High Point residents including Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Prince and Misses Virginia and Dorothy Henley. Other locals and guests attend and travel between Greensboro Lexington Salisbury and Willowbrook Street for Easter and social visits.
London April 14. At the forthcoming conference of colonial representatives a proposal to establish a government department of minerals and metals will be discussed. A bureau of mineral information would provide facts on all mineral deposits in the British dominions to develop the empire's resources.
Chicago on April 14 saw wheat futures surge with May prices climbing to 2.231% to 22.24 and July at 1.89. A broad upward turn followed, with May peaking at 2.2554 as gains broadened across contracts.
In Lausanne Switzerland on April 14 reports say German authorities in Alsace confiscated all copper containing lightning rods and ordered seizure of all copper and platinum used for lightning rod preparation in the district.
Washington Apr 14 The 26th continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution opens Monday with hundreds of delegates in town. Election looms for president general between Mrs Guernsey and three rivals led by Mrs Squire Horton and Mrs J Hamilton Lewis. The society, dating 27 years, claims nearly 100000 active members and has organized relief and preservation efforts while maintaining a patriotism center in the capital.
High Point Enterprise data shows average six month circulation 1 824 copies. Publisher details include Asa Biggs editor managing editor and Parker R Anderson as vice president with bonds from High Point Savings and Trust Co Merkanthler Linotype Co named as security holders. Sworn April 13 1917 before notary M C Crowson with commission expiration July 17 1918.
New York stage critics discuss the 1916 17 season amid wartime uncertainty. Highlights include Sir Herbert Tree’s Colonel Newcome and future transfers like Lilac Time and Peter Ibbetson with a Ban Barrymore cast.
A discussion notes that offering excessive free advice appears to undermine how people get along. It suggests that generosity in counsel may reduce accountability, respect boundaries, and lead to misunderstandings in everyday interactions.
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