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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1887

Page

3

Church Directory Update and Services Listed

The Enterprise presents a church directory with Mernopist preaching on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11 am and 7 30 pm led by Rev. SV Hoyle. Sunday School at 9 am. Prespyt TertAN preaching on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 11 am and 7 30 pm led by Rev. P H Dalton. Friends hold Sunday worship at 11 am and Thursday services. Sunday School at 10 am. Baptist services on 2nd and 4th Sundays at 11 am and 7 30 pm led by Rev. 8 H Thomp son with Sunday School at 2 30 pm. Episcopal services and preaching every 8th Sunday at 11 am and 7 30 pm led by Rev W L Reaney.

Mernopist SV Hoyle Prespyt Tertan P H Dalton Friends Baptist H Thompson Episcorpal Rey W L Reaney

Wintery North Carolina News Notes and Local Happenings

Local tidbits report a sharp cold snap with 20 degree lows and 22 days to Christmas. Notables include editor J H Lindsay visiting Kernersville, A H Hedgecock of Abbott's Creek bagging a 370 pound 15 month hog, and Prof Steele to give a temperance address at Oak Hill. Hog weights, tobacco trade, and factory leases are covered along with community events and court news.

Steele Greensboro Oak Hill

High Point Tobacco Market and Local Notices

Extreme dry weather keeps breaks light this week yet mid and low grade prices rise. Brights remain strong with broad demand and prices from 250 to 3100 dollars. News items include hardware sale Beeson Bros, a near fire at Lindsay & Bro, large turnips by W S Beard, shop vacancies, a new cotton mill at Randleman, and Trinity College library fundraising drive.

High Point Bess Cate Voeans Wrarrers

Community pleas for fundraising and building support

A letter urges local Methodists to organize fundraisers such as festivals concerts and lectures to support a new building for the institution. The President and Board endorse the effort and will credit all contributions in The Archive. Local merchants Cox and Hoskins advertise fresh groceries and Ritz’s taffy.

Board of Trustees

Rockingham to Host Republican Paper and North State Counts

Mr. W C Dockery plans a Republican paper in Rockingham. The Greensboro North State reports 18 Republican papers in NC. Convicts tally 1400 across pen, railways, farms, and canals today with 57 admitted and 38 discharged in November. A Farmers State Convention is set for the second Wednesday in January in Greensboro. A Johnston county man brags of wife splitting 200 rails in a day. The Winston Republican mocks Yankee ingenuity and notes corn from the South priced at 5 cents a parcel or five dollars a bushel when unpopped. John Farlow offers superior steak and roast cuts.

W. C. Dockery Rockingham Greensboro North Carolina Johnston County Winston Republican South

A Woman’s Dress Affects Health and Cough Remedies

A 19th century notice urges women to guard against cold due to dress. It advises protection against chill and recommends Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein for coughs or colds.

Taylor

Announcement of New Ownership at Wheeler Stand

Having purchased the entire stock of R. A. Wheeler the new owners will continue the business at the same stand with honest dealings and low prices. Hentey and Glapston have opened a tent opposite the bank offering goods and services.

Hentey & Glapston

Murder Near Mt Airy Shocks Virginia. Reward Offered

Five miles from Mt Airy on Friday morning the charred body of Lou Haynes was found. Authorities say Bob Leak Tilley murdered her and attempted to burn the body to hide the crime just over the Virginia line. Gov. Lee has offered a reward for Tilley’s capture.

Mt. Airy Lou Haynes Bob Leak Tilley Tilley Virginia Gov. Lee Tilly

The Spangled Banner Store Opens With Wide Door Sale

H A Alexander announces The Spangled Banner Store in Hien Pour North Carolina opening with three doors of goods. Dry Goods and notions on first floor include hats boots shoes groceries candies guns ammunition and 5 and 10 cent spangles. Second door offers a general line of articles filling a 24 by 120 foot room with jewelry a specialty. The owner laments deception in marketing and promotes plain business methods and bargains for all ages and stages.

H. Alexander Hien Pour N. C

Lime Phosphate fertilizer claims and application guidance

An advertisement for North Carolina Lime Phosphate outlines contents per 200 pound bag and argues it is drier and lower in sulfuric acid than typical fertilizers. It promotes usage rates for cotton, corn, wheat, oats, rye and grasses with potassium and kainit or muriate potash.

Fertilizer mixtures for crops and grasses by Lime Phosphate

Detailed wartime era guidance lists mixtures for wheat, rye, oats, grasses, and pastures using Lime Phosphate, Muriate Potash, kainit, cotton seed meal, fish scrap, and ammoniates. Specific rates vary by soil type from 600 to 1,000 pounds per acre, with notes on effects for clay soils and sandy land.

Bluegrass Kentucky

Also Mentioned on This Page

Enterprise N. Y Church Directory Henley & Gladston’s Jarrell’s Hall J. H . Lindsay The Kernersville A. H. Hedgecock Abbott's Creek Mr. Baldwin F. T. Baldwin Winston Stephen Osborne Shady Grove Davidson County Osborne Mr. McCormick Gordon, Pegram & Co Jordan’s Marble Yard High Point Classical Institute A. H. Lindsay J. M. Sechrest Austin Welch Main Street M. Jarre Snow Jamestown George W. Willams J. A. Richardson Messrs M. C. J. Sheaf N. A. Slaughter Danville Ed. Falk Will Carr Waughtown Methodist Church Woody Union J. Elwood Cox Statesville J. R. Frazier United States Raleigh Henderson Baltimore Bond Seymour Memphis R. A. Wheeler N. W T. L. Beeson Beeson Bros FE. E. Beeson N. W. Beeson R. J. Lindsay & Bro Lindsay W. 8. Beard Deep River Beard J. H. Tate J. B. Best Randleman Farlow and Hoffman Jarrell Swannanoa Asheville Farlow & Hoffman Twin City Church Street M. E. Church South Charlotte J. T. Bagwell Church Street Church Commissioner-of-Agriculture Robinson Goldsboro Ritz’s Trinity Trinity College Cox & Hoskins Ritz State News Farmers John Farlow Mr. Wheeler Moffitt & Bradshaw N. C. Wgh Roya Baking Powder Co Wall New York Bennet Milliner Department Pantheon Joye Shoe & Hat Store High Point N. C Tay Fide Statnery Boolsills Caskell & Go's Dore Joan H E. T. Blair High Point, N.C WE. C. Henley Undertaker High Point, NC C. B. Hayworth Ragan, Millis & Co S. Rey Stinson & Co Portland, Maine Millimnery Wm. Banks D. L. Clark J. W. Meridith Francis L. Meridith Registers Office Guilford Co N.C Court House Alfred Gordon Henry Potter E. T. Corbit Superior Court Guilford County Harry Hargrave J. AL. Mirwis Adm Hallett & Co Portland Maine Mendenhall Albert A. Holton C. P. Mendenhall P- H. Hopson E. Mendenhall N.C. Phosphate Co Raleigh, N H. A. Simmons Jarrol’s Lys DL. Clark Trey H. Thompson Penn
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