The Tongue Across Cultures in Ancient Sayings
A compilation of proverbs from Greek Turk Persian Chinese Arab Hebrew and sacred writers on the tongue. They warn that the tongue can wound or save and link self control with spiritual integrity.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1919
Page
5
A compilation of proverbs from Greek Turk Persian Chinese Arab Hebrew and sacred writers on the tongue. They warn that the tongue can wound or save and link self control with spiritual integrity.
Paul McFarland of Richmond and his brother Earl are due in High Point to spend the holidays with their parents Mr and Mrs John Lindsay and family. Mrs Grace Bedford spent yesterday in Lexington. Thomas Turner has returned to Cincinnati after visiting his sister Mrs Helen Turner. Odelle Peacock Marianna White Nellie Muse Catherine Harmon and Myrtle Davis Lois Welborn are home for the holidays from Greensboro colleges and local schools.
Friday night in the Jamestown High School dining room the home economics department hosted a dinner for alumni. About ninety attended with guests from High Point and Greensboro including Treva Horney and representatives from State College for Women, Greensboro College for Women, Guilford, and the University. Isaac Cashatt served as toastmaster and Gene Noble delivered the keynote address. Miss Sadie Fristo supervised the five course dinner.
Saturday evening the overseers and section hands of the Highland Cotton Mill in this city and the Amazon Cotton Mill in Thomasville were entertained at a dinner by O L Wagstaff and J W Kaneer. The dinner was at Hennessee cafe in Greensboro with J J Barnes as chief speaker. Afterward they attended a theatre event.
Last night Miss Epsie I. Cox and R P. Brockett were married in a simple ceremony at the bride’s parents’ Adams street home conducted by Rev. L W McFarland. The couple, both of this city, will reside in High Point with only family and close friends in attendance.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Walker. No further details are provided.
A full Friends church audience praised the choir and outsiders for the sublime cantata The Salvation of Israel. Miss Florence Blair led the organ, with soloists Mrs H S Coffield Mr and Mrs Gurney Briggs Dr F R Taylor and B R Thurman inspiring. Dan W Smith of First Presbyterian directed with skill and clarity.
Miss Elsie Crowson a Belmont student arrived in High Point to spend Christmas with her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Crowson of Roland Park.
Miss Lillie Way Baker visits with her sister Mrs. J M Salisbury in Ro land Park for the holidays. Rev L W McFarland of the Friends church returns home for the season after field work. Mrs McFarland, a Wilson teacher, also returns home for the holidays.
Miss Ava Jordan improves after an operation at the local hospital Friday. Miss Lucille Goldston departs for Washington DC to spend Christmas with her sister. Mrs. C L Morton of Winston-Salem visits relatives in High Point for the holidays.
Friends announce Venetia Smith has fully recovered after a period of illness, celebrated by family and local contacts.
Carper Waynick returns from Alderson West Virginia to spend Christmas in High Point. Clarence A Rhodes and his daughter Janie of Richmond join Mrs Rhodes and sister Mrs John Scruggs forthe holidays. Harriett Cargo and daughter Bettie of Evanston Wyoming visit Mrs Sam Dutton at 208 Hawthorne Street.
A house on Adams Street owned by L. Rhyne was almost destroyed by a Saturday night fire believed caused by a defective flue. The insured dwelling triggered a prompt response from box 12 and the fire department.
Grady Owen of Washington, North Carolina, is in High Point to spend the holiday season with family and friends.
A. Cook of Winston-Salem visited High Point yesterday. Mr and Mrs L B Groves plan to leave for Henderson Wednesday to spend Christmas with relatives.
Newport R I December 22 One hundred thousand persons have applied through the British consul in this state for passports to Bermuda Cuba and Haiti this month. The exodus is said to involve people of independent means or good salaries planning unhampered vacations on the islands.
C R Ford and wife of Washington New Jersey were guests yesterday at the Elwood. Jack Edwards of Greensboro spent the weekend in High Point with his parents Mr and Mrs E A Edwards.
Miss Hattie Millner of Reidsville, sister of Mrs. W H Plumer, is spending the holidays in High Point as the guest of Mr and Mrs Plumer.
A noted scientist estimates the Earth surface receives about 36 inches of rainfall annually. The figure reflects worldwide average precipitation across land and sea regions.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Williams accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Frazier and Misses Louise Withers and Helen Whittaker spent yesterday afternoon in Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Taplin and family left this morning for Lumberton to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives.
Arnold Haworth returns to Charlotte after spending the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs J W Haworth in this city.
A boy and a girl were born to Mr and Mrs L C Trexler on December 22. A notes mention a Ceylon tallpot palm leaf capable of covering twenty men, illustrating the plant’s enormous size.
In response to demand from businesswomen shoppers and afternoon callers, New York designers reveal new outlines and variations of classic bags. Four models are sketched and on display along Fifth Avenue, reflecting evolving purse styles.
Thrift week begins January 17 1920 with lectures sermons and economic talks urging Save first and spend afterward The treasury department reports a steady thrift education campaign since the armistice noting we saved over 1 billion in war savings stamps and 8 billion in bank deposits while Liberty bonds totaled 20 billion in purchases Women are urged to lead thrift efforts as luxuries rise postwar Diamond fur and platinum demand are cited as signs of shifting spending patterns The government promotes saving investments in government securities and building financial resilience for the future
The first cargo of the new crop of Cuban sugar, totaling 24 090 bags, arrived in New York today and is consigned to an American refinery.
The American Cooperage Company, the largest barrel plant in Maryland, offers the highest prices for old empty barrels. Main offices at 11th and Fayette Streets, Baltimore, Maryland. Morris Latinsky, proprietor.
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