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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1926
Page
6
The Faithful Bible Study class will meet tomorrow afternoon at 8 oclock at the home of Mrs. Clar ence L. Pierce at 613 Richardson street. The lesson is Acts chapter 20.
Mr and Mrs D H Parson and their sons David and James are expected to depart tomorrow night for Atlantic City and will be away about ten days. W C Beavans has returned from northern markets with new fair and winter merchandise. Frances Harrison visited Sumter South Carolina and returned home. Dr and Mrs F G Woodruff and daughter came back from Jefferson. Mrs W T Bannerman of Wilmington will visit Mrs H L Cook tomorrow. Garland Alderman family returned from Asheville. A S Parker and Mrs Carter Dalton spent Sunday in Charlotte. Mrs Henry Clark has returned.
Flapper Fanny indicates only a few shopping months remain before Christmas and visits Mrs. Roy Spearman in the Monroe apartment before returning home to Reidsville. Local guests include Ben Cooper and baby from Statesville with hosts Mr and Mrs Frank Wineskie, and M L Coggins plus George Coggins from Lexington visiting J A Holmes on Colonial drive. Roy Spearman returns from Chicago after attending a National Association of Commercial Photographers convention. Eleanor Idol returns from Merry-Wood camp Sap Phire North Carolina where she spent the summer.
For years we faced high costs running a fire in every room and the expense of digging a basement and installing a fur nace. An Oil O Matic representative estimated eleven hundred dollars to install the oil system, so we resolved to keep using the old grate and stove method.
A homeowner recalls choosing the Queen Anne Parlor Furnace after bitter Novembers and Aprils. The furnace heated every room efficiently, costing less than basement digging, keeping the house warm with minimal coal and a single night fire. Contact High Point Show Case Works, Frank Gurley, or call 2135 for details.
Martha D. Lanier 56 widow of Solomon C. Lanier died at 1113 Adams Street yesterday afternoon after moving to High Point a decade ago from Handy Davidson County. She leaves children Ross Lanier Walter Lanier Jetter Lanier Carlie Lanier Mrs George Beck and Mrs H F Farmer. Surviving siblings include John W. Snider Andrew Williams Mrs Cicero Lomax Mrs Davis and Mrs Lowe Gallimore. Funeral at Tom's Creek tomorrow at 2 p.m. with Elders McMillan and Davis officiating.
Funeral services announce a burial at the church cemetery at Tom's Creek tomorrow after a residence. The service is scheduled for 12:30 o'clock.
In London a rumor spreads that officers have questioned General Miguel Primo de Rivera's authority as dictator premier since 1925. Dispatches note Civil Guard at railways and three warships heading to Tangier. Rory Matthews, 50, begins a 30 year sentence after losing a failed appeal for murder. he killed Dan J. McLeod in July 1925.
NEA report notes women now enter most fields with notable exceptions such as mining electrical engineering and locomotive piloting. The Exposition of Women’s Arts and Industries in New York will showcase roles from cigarmaking to sea captains with international representation and leaders including Laura Lee Rogers Mary Dillon and Rose O Neill among exhibitors and organizers.
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