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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1919
Page
5
A dialect poem excerpt by Irwin Russell depicts Bradder Brown leading a Christmas dance prayer. The speaker asks for blessing, acknowledges holiday cheer, and seeks grace to balance labor with rest while planning to dance and sing for Christmas.
A list of residents and relatives visiting High Point for Christmas including Miss Sara Mae Holliday from South Carolina staying with Mrs. S. L. Davis, plus Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Welch of Greensboro and many others from Greensboro Danville Buffalo Leaksville and Mitchell College plan holiday visits with local families.
The Woman's club of the city suspends activities until January 7 due to Christmas holidays. The first post holidays meeting will discuss a jumble sale and the finances of the district nurse fund.
Children from the Sunday schools of the First Baptist and the First Reformed churches presented Christmas entertainments last night. Large audiences attended as each student received a treat and gifts were placed on the trees for friends.
The undersigned barbers declare extended Wednesday hours until 10 PM and closed all day Thursday for Christmas. They extend wishes for a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from E. E. Plummer, T. J. Moser, C. B. Baxter, D. L. Hayes, E. H. Fletcher, and T. E. McCarter.
Motorists condemn the oil trusts as gasoline sells for 63 cents a gallon while imports cost 39 cents including 11 cents tax. Major firms like Shell and Anglo-American disclose high dividends through 1918, sparking public anger over profits and lack of explanation. In London palmistry also thrives with a narrow pool of tested mediums booked weeks ahead.
In Geneva on December 24 Samuel Bellone aged twenty one son of an Italian deputy suffered a sudden heart attack while riding a motorcycle. He died with hands on the handlebars as the bike continued for over a hundred yards before collapsing.
Miss Mary Ashby Cheek of New York City, field secretary for the Presbyterian church, told University of Oregon students that except for a few, college students are religious but not orthodox. She argues higher education fosters philosophical inquiry that yields highly analytical minds after four years.
The passage notes slang is ancient, well known in Greece and Rome with examples from Martial Aristophanes and Terence. It also mentions rats growing an extra outer coat in cold temperatures, a rapid development at low temperatures.
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