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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1916
Page
5
The social editor of The Enterprise asks anyone knowing visitors in High Point or High Point residents traveling elsewhere to call telephone number 12. The appeal thanks the community for cooperation.
A short verse from the Richmond Evening Journal laments a former owner’s finances and a beloved, worn automobile. The speaker recalls past wealth and pride in the car with satirical humor about its failing condition and the urge to buy another. The piece blends nostalgia and financial hardship.
Mrs. O E Mendenhall hosted the Tea Cups club at her Gatewood avenue home with four tables of auction. Mrs. B S Cummings won the high score and took a mahogany flower basket while Mrs. C Durland received the visitors prize, fancy slipper trees.
The Christian Endeavor society of the Friends church will meet tonight at 7 50 with Miss Juanita Harmmer as leader. The topic is Christian Endeavor Ability and Force. Calendar notices request club meeting and party notices for next week be phoned in by 12 o'clock Saturday.
Washington debate pushes postmasters to act as recruiting agents for the army and navy. Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards argues civilians in other nations recruit and urges small fees for postmasters plus medical examiners to certify recruits. He states shortening service could remove major enlistment objections and aid mobility to foreign posts or distant U.S. locations.
Revival services are in progress at the Friends church in Oak Hill with both afternoon and evening sessions continuing into next week. Good music and a cordial invitation to all are offered.
Yesterday only deed in High Point recorded as J. W. Hedrick and wife to J. W. Searce for a lot measuring 73.5 by 160 feet on Stanton street. The consideration stated as 50 dollars.
In Norfolk on February 4, 225 British prisoners freed from the German liner Appam dined at midnight as the Dominion line steamer Jefferson sailed to New York. The Appam baby, a months old child nicknamed Riley, slept through festivities while its mother, a widow, traveled with the party. Lady Merember commented that West Africa is no place for children.
Regular meeting tonight at 7 50. Work in past and most excellent masters degrees. J H Dobb EF H P Jas J Griffith Sec
In Lexington on February 4 a shotgun in the hands of a five year old discharged, killing the eighteen month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Crofts. The tragedy happened while only the two children were in the room after the elder picked up the gun. The incident follows a barn disturbance report and a lapse in unloading the weapon.
Salisbury Feb 4 Judge Walter Clark spoke on equal suffrage at the courthouse under the Salisbury Equal Suffrage league. He was introduced by Hon Theo F Kluttz after a dinner hosted by Col and Mrs John S Henderson. County prosecutor T G Farr announced Democratic bid for county judge.
The Christian Endeavor play at Friends church is moved from Thursday to Friday due to a banquet at the Elwood hotel. Thursday night program relocates to the First Reformed church with several out-of-town speakers. Friday night the play returns to the Friends church.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Jad Salts to keep kidneys clean and relieve backache. It claims a four ounce dose in water each morning will flush kidneys, neutralize urine acidity, and prevent bladder issues, touting ease, safety, and a local druggist endorsement.
J Wesley Pearce aged 78 was found dead in his bed at the Masonic and Eastern Star home near Greensboro where he had lived since September. His death, attributed to acute indigestion, marks the first fatality at the home since it opened. The Wake Forest lodge A F and A M and Greensboro Masonic lodges escorted the body to Wake Forest for interment.
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