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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
6
Washington December 27 The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce says exports in November reached 741 million dollars, up from October and November 1918 levels. Imports totaled 429 million dollars. For the year to November exports were 7.242 billion and imports 5.528 billion, with a large 11 month surplus of 3.714 billion.
Cracow celebrated its November 2 anniversary of independence from Austria with a hymn and a city hall address by the mayor. Polish consul general Konstanty Buszczynski displayed the banner given in America by the Daughters of Cincinnati and reaffirmed American friendship. Paris is said to host 35,000 clairvoyants and seers.
Rev. R. Arthur Busham, a Presbyterian clergyman, leaves Columbus to serve miners at Athapuskow Lake in northern Manitoba. He enjoys poker with miners, bets a deck of cards against his Bible, and claims he would rather live among miners than hold a large eastern pastorate. His wife, a Columbus native, plans to join him in the Canadian mining camp.
London observers report working women's trade unions protesting as service men reclaim wartime vacancies. Viscountess Rhondda of the Women's Industrial League comments that women should thank men for support in business matters and insists on judging women by their measured efficiency.
A special Christmas music service at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Sunday evening at 7 30 features a varied program directed by the choir director. The sermon is omitted and the evening promises rare entertainment with organ preludes, anthems, solos, duets, and choral numbers performed by children, young people, and the Women's Chorus.
Manchester England December 27 The Bishop of Hereford urged at Manchester cathedral that modern “New Ideas of Marriage” threaten the Christian conception of marriage. He said the war has eroded its prestige and exposed its character by female independence and public prominence undermining social order and church authority. The divorce court reflects a society ruled by impulse rather than principle.
Providence dispatch reports that Rhode Island's general assembly will endorse woman suffrage as it convenes this week. Governor Beeckman backs the move and says he will make suffrage a special order of business, urging ratification of the Anthony amendment without delay.
Sterling Pyle, president of the New York club, is in London arranging details to merge the London and New York Royal Air Force clubs. The goal is to strengthen good relations between the two nations through the combined organization.
First Methodist on Main Street with Rev. George R. Brown schedules Sunday school at 9 45. Preaching at 11 and 7. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30. Christian Endeavor Friday 1 80. Bible school at Friends church 9 45 with Joseph D. Cox. Hour of worship 11. First Reformed led by Rev. Roy Leinbach with 9 45 Sunday school and 11 0 0 sermon New Year. First Presbyterian led by Rev. Charles P. Coble with 9 45 Bible school and 11 and 7 30 services. Public invited to all.
The Lutheran church will have no services at 11 and 7 30 tomorrow due to the pastor being out of town. Sunday School remains at 9 45, with all urged to attend. Regular services resume the following Sunday. Mr Brown is expected to return early next week.
The Lutheran church announces no morning or evening preaching tomorrow due to the pastor being out of town. Sunday school at 3 45 o'clock A M will proceed with W Kiemme as superintendent. All regular services resume next Sunday and visitors are welcomed.
Christian church announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m with R C Boyd as superintendent. Preaching on first and third Sundays at 11 00 a m and 7 30 p m by Rev LL Wryrick. Mid week Christian Endeavor prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7 30 p m. Public cordially invited to all services.
West End Baptist invites all to Sunday school at 9 30 a m with T L Chamblin as superintendent. Pastor J W Rose will preach at 11 a m and 7 5 p m. Prayer meeting is Wednesday night at 7 30 o'clock. Come and feel at home at the working people's church.
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church in W. Lambeth holds morning worship and sermon by the pastor at eleven. Sunday school starts at 9 36 am with W A J Idol organizing departments and classes for all ages.
Ossining New York December 26 delayed pardon reached Sing Sing inmate known as Big Jim on his hospital bed as he thanked officials for sparing his life. The Brooklyn assault convict named Cummings was driven to Bellevue for possible life saving surgery after a mysterious illness threatened death before release. Governor grant had requested a pardon to prevent a death in prison.
The United States Grain Corporation reported no purchases of flour this week. Shipping orders to mills were hindered by congested storage facilities for package goods at seaboard points. About 200000 barrels were offered.
In Pittsburgh a group of major manufacturers sell food and clothing to their employees at cost. A mill buys carloads of ham and bacon shipped directly from packers, another provides canned goods clothing and even children’s shoes, and a third runs a company store generating about $2,000 in daily sales. The program aims to ease rising living costs though high rents remain a challenge for many workers.
American jazz, once rejected, is gaining favor in Mexico City with Broadway style saxophones and syncopated pianos. Concerts still favor Mexican songs and grand opera pieces, while rag time remains rare on park programs. The Mexican public favors classical music and native melodies.
The article states that blood in the human body travels through the circulatory system at roughly seven miles per hour, illustrating the speed of circulation in a simple physiological overview.
Walter Earl, an American, received twenty months hard labor in London for coercive pursuit of Edith Chilman the waitress. Earl claimed Cherokee and white ancestry, stalked the woman for months, wrote threats to her family, and used violence to force engagement.
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