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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
5
Alfred Noyes presents a lyrical meditation on kingships in nature and love. A speaker crowns a fallen oak as throne and questions the sunlit world’s rewards while pondering heaven, beauty, and the quiet power of a single bird’s song.
A navy blue straw hat suited for sudden gales features a narrow brim elevating it from tam styles. A soft crown avoids turbans with a tam-like silhouette. Cherry taffeta accents the crown while a central straw twist and two straw joins through the brim provide the sole trimming.
The February business meeting of the Women’s club met in Elk’s club parlors with strong attendance despite bad weather. President Mrs. H. A. White led as treasurer reported a neat balance. committees discussed influenza relief, literature events, and a forthcoming talk by John Magill on the Smith Towner education bill. Plans for a local YWCA and details for forming a city branch were explored, with results to be reported at the March session.
North Carolina delegates travel to Macon Georgia for the regional W C T U conference convening yesterday and today. Five regional conferences are planned for this month and March with national officers presiding over each event and state presidents assisting. The meetings aim to unite temperance workers and outline the union’s five year plans with speeches by renowned speakers. The gatherings promise inspiration from direct contact with movement leaders and varied temperance topics.
Mrs M H Brown hosted a Wednesday afternoon meeting of the Junior Society of Main Street Methodist Church on Mallory Street. President Miss Lenta Petty led the session with Pauline Hicks in charge of the program and a two team contest to recruit members by June 1 with the loser entertaining the winner. Dainty refreshments concluded the enjoyable afternoon.
The Peacock Philathea class of Wesley Memorial Sunday school will meet Friday evening at Mrs. Walter G Reich’s home 801 East Green Street. Several gentlemen friends are invited as the class plans future social gatherings to help members get acquainted and enhance the group's social life.
The Philathea class of the First Baptist church will meet this evening with Mrs. James A. Clarke. A full attendance of members is desired.
The funeral for Mrs. Rachael M Paschal who died yesterday evening at 6 30 at her home near Muirs Chapel was conducted at her home this afternoon at 1 by Rev J T Rodgers and burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery in this city.
Public Service company manager J. H. Jennings is sidelined by influenza this morning. Mrs. T. M. Stanton and daughter Annie Ruth recover from flu. Robt. Brockett confined at home with grippe. Vannah Tomlinson, Hi Horney, B. H. Hedgecock, and Mrs. H. A. Cecil with influenza. Hedgecock reportedly seriously ill. W. L. Tabb and son improving after a week of illness.
George Barndy of Richmond and Pierce Wych of Charlotte are in town on business while Redcliffe of Henderson spends a few days here. J W Riley of Baltimore joins the business visitors and Mrs W A Bass remains ill with influenza with no improvement. Mrs Mervin J Kivett is also confined at home with influenza.
A. S. Dyer, a business visitor, arrived yesterday in this city from Charlotte to conduct meetings and assess local opportunities.
A. B. Ahard of Birmingham spent Tuesday and Wednesday in the city on business.
J. W. Chernault and his younger son are reported to be suffering from influenza in the latest health update. The family is listed among those afflicted in the community outbreak but details of treatment or prognosis are not provided.
Fred Watson a traveling salesman from Charlotte is in the city on business. J F Baily of Mocksville is among business visitors registered at the Elwood. J Alexander W M Garrison and J M Garrison all from Charlotte are spending a few days in the city.
Greensboro businessman H. N. Warner visited yesterday while W. C. Ward of Tryon stayed as a guest at the Elwood. Mrs. W. L. Stamey is confined at home with a severe cold. Miss Mary Harmon shows slight improvement after a week long influenza illness.
North Carolina cities move to close public places including schools and theaters as the influenza outbreak grows. Raleigh reports 130 new cases, raising the statewide total to over 1,600 with Winston Salem leading in new cases and pneumonia. Health officials defer centralized closure guidance, leaving decisions to local authorities.
The funeral for Lee Briles who died Monday at his Maxmeadow home after influenza and pneumonia was held today at Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal church at 2 oclock. Dr J H Barnhart presided with Rev AV Lambeth assisting. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery. Floral tributes were numerous.
Mrs Grace Ford, returning from Baltimore and New York, buys millinery for her new city shop. She will move the Ford florist to the northeast corner of Washington and North Main, with street entrance from Washington. The shop aims to open by March 1.
The missionary society of the Methodist Protestant church postpones its White Sale planned for Friday and Saturday this week. The event will now take place on the same days next week due to bad weather and widespread illness in the city.
J B O Bannon, a business visitor from Charlotte, is in the area today meeting local officials and exploring possible opportunities. He plans to tour key facilities and discuss potential partnerships with regional firms.
Pueblo state prosecutor Mitchell was notified that the exequatur of William O. Jenkins United States consular agent was cancelled on February 1 The federal government awaits Pueblo court action before requesting Jenkins leave Mexico A decision was expected in the coming week
A reader reports a lost wrist watch and offers a reward mechanism through The Enterprise office. Return details and contact pathways are requested for verification and collection.
The Bombay Improvement Trust will buy many one ton trucks to replace bullock carts, citing high costs and slow delivery of carts. The engineer says trucks will cut conveyance costs by about half, while workers fear layoffs as bulls lose work pulling carts.
C E Sperks of Roseburg Oregon attempted suicide for the twelfth time in San Francisco on February 5. Police say he is not responsible for the act, and hospital staff report he was found with a throat cut and a razor in hand but saved at Central Emergency Hospital. He cited despondency over ill health and domestic troubles.
Geneva reports former Greek king Constantine has cut ties with his mother Queen Olga and his brother Prince Christopher after Christopher married Mrs. W. B. Leeds last Sunday. Constantine reportedly would have declined the wedding and still hopes to return to Athens.
The city council has closed theatres schools and banned public gatherings so no Elks meeting will occur tonight. A Vestry meeting of St Marys church is set for eight o clock at the home of Mr and Mrs B R Thurman on Lindsay Street with all members asked to attend.
Kansas City Mo Feb 5 Lee Dickson seventeen sought to imitate David Harum but was jailed for six months after trading a rented horse for ponies and selling the buggy and ponies following a guilty plea in court Judge Latshaw imposed the sentence based on the sequence of property trades and the boy's admission of guilt
San Diego reports storekeeper C. A. Wahlgram was lured into a back room by a woman who asked to adjust her dress. While he retrieved his vest, $49 in bills disappeared from the vest, prompting a warning he will not permit another woman to handle his garments.
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