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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
5
A poem about a dreamer who loves the stars. He envisions distant worlds and celestial paths guiding his journey beyond Earth to far horizons and the Pleiades, imagining a voyage among the stars as the truest life.
Mrs FE Parker entertained the Over the Teacups club at her Lindsay street home with games and refreshments assisted by Mrs Richard Johnson and Mrs Wilbur Jones. Prizes for top scores went to Mrs Robert Walker and Mrs B S Cummings. Attendees included Mrs O B Mendenhall Mrs W G Shipman Mrs Comstock Mrs Harry Raymond Mrs J A Hart Mrs D M Pollock and others.
A list of High Pointers attending the Hutchison Lind Say wedding at Lexington Wednesday evening omitted the name Ed Hutchinson from the bridegroom's relatives compiled list.
W T Jerome of Greensboro visited the city this afternoon on business. F E Davenport of Winston Salem spent the afternoon here on business. Mrs J O Neal Craig and Eva Woodburn came from Salisbury to visit Mrs J D Mann and will stay for the Mann Peacock wedding next Tuesday. Claire Henley and Annie Bell Harris of Greensboro visited briefly last night. R A Sills of Greensboro was in the city last evening on business. Mrs M Crowson went to Elizabeth City to spend time with her mother. F Tomlinson, president of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers association, attends the semi annual event.
J T Ryan secretary of the Furniture Manufacturers' association will return from Charlotte tomorrow after attending the semiannual meeting. Fred N Tate A F E Tate and O F E Kearns are among attendees. Carter Dalton came back from Raleigh after sessions of the code revision committee of which he is a member.
The Over the Teacups club in the city voted to stop serving refreshments at weekly meetings to support national food conservation. President Mrs J A Hart and Mrs O B Mendenhall led the effort, arguing meals suffice and avoiding luxuries. The move marks the first known statewide example of a women’s organization embracing conservation.
From The Associated Press French Front. German attacks aimed at Cerny and Craonne along the Ailette valley and near Laon are repelled by French defense. Artillery duels persist as German forces target Hurte Biz Farm and Craonne to threaten French advances on the Rheims Laon road.
Governor Bickett spoke in Charlotte on April 27 urging support for the selective draft to raise an army. He argued war taxes property and life must be uniform and that the volunteer system taxes patriotism while placing a premium on cowardice.
London officials say the imperial conference will likely not consider adopting the metric system after the war, despite advocacy for metric standardization in the British empire. The statement dampens hopes that metric measures will be legalized during the current conference.
The first chair of agriculture in Australia is established at Sydney University. The foundation yields its holder 10000 dollars a year, marking a notable development in Australian higher education.
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