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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1916
Page
5
The Enter prise asks readers to report any High Point visitors or High Point residents traveling elsewhere by calling telephone number 12. The note expresses appreciation for community cooperation.
A rural letter reveals a son Billy in Denver facing trouble as his father notes failed guidance and a looming scandal in the Legislature. The page also reports Crisco Hedgecock wedding in High Point, Lazenbys leaving Statesville, and local college news as friends return to Greensboro.
Saturday afternoon at his home Master Keith Harrison celebrated his ninth birthday with a pink and white cake, candles, and decorated place cards. A list of child guests and boys present followed, along with notes of civic visitors and local club notices later in the day.
Miss Beulah Nor mant of Greensboro Woman's College spends the weekend at home. Jo J. Parris and son with Dorothy Wood visit Mrs. F. H. Wood. Fred Snevram of High Point spends Sunday in town. W. J. Ellis and W. F. Ellis Jr. return from a trip to New York and Philadelphia. Mrs. Baxter Pugh of Stanley stays with Rev. and Mrs. Crowder. D. N. Welborn, of Hopewell, not feeling better. Marvin Andrews back for the weekend.
J J Farriss spoke before the West End Baptist Baraca class and Sunday school, an address well received. Superintendent G W Clark will organize similar talks by prominent High Pointers, starting with T J Gold and Farriss, continuing through the year.
Rev L A Peeler presents a library of about 75 books to the Earnest Workers led Sunday school at First Reformed church. J W Hedrick accepts the donation for the school and L C Furgurson is elected librarian with plans for ongoing additions.
Julius Smith spoke to Baraca and Philathea classes at First Baptist Sunday school on The Christian Church and Its Difficul ties. He traced church history from its beginnings to the present and urged shared work, modern blunders, division of labor, and succession planning within the church.
Berlin reports that wartime readers increased but newspaper revenues did not rise. Advertising income fell sharply while editorial costs and paper prices surged, forcing some papers to suspend publication. The society urges government price controls and paper consumption restrictions during the war.
High Point police saw no arrests Saturday or Sunday and none by Monday. Recorder Dalton presided over a dull session. Only case: state versus Eck Tucker for alleged drunk and disorderly conduct. Tucker had eluded prior service. capias served previously. Costs and fine totaled $16.95.
Vienna reports a ministerial order cutting weekly flour allotments in the country from 400 to 300 grams per person. The rule excludes single lodgers in hotels or pensions from flour and limits each person to bread only if no home. No family may draw more than one kilogram of flour plus bread every two weeks.
Sofia dispatches report Serbian archives captured by Bulgarians at Nish show evidence of corruption involving two French writers. Henri Barby editor of Le Journal allegedly received 40000 francs for his book Epopee i Serbe and Denis book Grande Serbie reportedly published at Serbian government expense. C. B. Mattocks store closes for a special sale.
Vitagraph comedy follows an elder sister who fakes a British fiancé to escape being called an old maid. A witty plot with mistaken identities ends in a real engagement as Colonel Smith uncovers the ruse. Leading roles by Lillian Walker Louise Beaudet Frank Currier and others.
J. E. Erwin of Winston-Salem North Carolina rose from severe stomach disorders after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He praises the live-saving powers of the remedy and urges others with similar ailments to try it with a money-back guarantee at Hart Drug Co.
Stomach sufferers across the Southeast and nation report quick relief from Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. Two Carolina readers, W. K. Davenport of Parker and J. E. Erwin of Winston-Salem, credit the remedy with relief and life savings. The ad promises an absolute guarantee if not satisfied.
Leeds reports progress on a British Dyes company plant to rival German production. A 250 acre Hindeersfield site is being developed with much of the works to operate in spring. Britain expands vegetable dye output while Swiss imports rise as raw materials flow abroad.
Rev Q C Davis of East Durham Baptist Church will join Rev J M Hilliard at Greene Street Baptist Church for a revival series starting Sunday March 5. Hilliard preaches Sunday while Davis delivers his first sermon Monday night. Davis is a noted Durham area preacher whose visit is highly anticipated.
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