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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
5
Anonymous poem lamenting broken lyres and singers left unsung. It contrasts noisy fame with silent grief, urging concern for those who endured suffering without recognition, and ends with imagistic reflections on enduring melodies beyond mortal life.
Greensboro will host the North Carolina Equal Suffrage association state convention Friday night at 8 in the Municipal theater. Mrs Walter Mc Nair Miller, first vice president of the American National Woman s Suffrage association, will deliver the principal address. Mrs Charles Malcolm Platt of Asheville, president of the state group, will attend.
The visiting nurse committee announces Miss Bertha Nichols will begin duties next Monday January 15. A trained, local nurse from High Point with deep knowledge of the city, she seeks public cooperation and support.
A meeting of the board of directors of the Associated Charities is scheduled in the directors’ room at Commercial National Bank tomorrow evening at 7 30.
Mrs. E. E. White and her young son came back to Greensboro today following a brief visit with Mrs. H. W. McCain. Last night, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Farriss left for Raleigh to attend the inauguration and inaugural ball.
Mrs. H. A. Smith departs on No. 36 to Washington for several days. G. Sam Bradshaw from Greensboro visits the city as a professional guest yesterday. A. G. Moore of Greensboro also visited for out of town business. Miss Bessie McClure travels to Burlington to visit friends. Rev. E. C. Glenn from Greensboro was in town yesterday afternoon.
Miss Pauline Pegg of Greensboro travels to the city for several days as the guest of her aunt Mrs. W. W. Hayworth.
Mrs. Edward Davis and her children from Petersburg Virginia conclude a visit to relatives in Burlington with a short stay in the area before returning home.
Greensboro hosts several guests including Miss Ruby Teague of Burlington visiting friends. W P Ragan stopped in the city as a business visitor yesterday afternoon before returning on an evening train. W C Jones traveled to Raleigh to attend Governor Bickett's inauguration.
Judge Frank J. Murasky awarded $25,000 to the parents of one year old Mary Rubio against a graduate midwife for neglect of the baby's eyes at birth leaving them sightless. The state health board notes preventable ophthalmia neonatorum from germ infection and urges eye cleaning with silver nitrate after birth, a practice many states require.
Trinity College reports the Farnightly club of Sigma Upsilon donated a 12 volume set of C Henry works and Yale presented a complete 10 volume set of Silliman lectures. Prof. Hedrick releases Notes on the Law of Sales for law students as Rev Dr Bradshaw begins revival services February 4.
Statesville January report shows only two white couples obtaining marriage licenses in Iredell for January. Early Hager wed Lottie Abernathy while Robert A. Miller married Mamie Curlee. Miller, a farmer near Statesville, formerly worked at Statesville Roller mill. Curlee was with Johnston Belk at marriage.
Lloyds announces the British steamer Baynesk of 3286 tons has been sunk and the British steamer Lynfield of 3023 tons is reported to have also been sunk.
High Point police report a two week wave of milk thefts across all residential areas. They also chase a growing number of strange negroes tied to public works crews as a woman loses about $20 after three boarders vanished and a trunk was broken. no suspects named yet.
Ever Ett Crozier, a Colorado farmer, returns home to discover his wife dying and five children shot dead. The children range in age from 2 to 12. Mrs Crozier dies soon after and a note on the table accuses Crozier of infidelity and says she does not want the children to grow up in a house of shame.
Charlotte January 11 The campaign to support ministerial relief ends with a $137 500 addition to the endowment fund raising the total to $53 500 The interest plus annual church gifts will place nearly $160 000 in the relief department next year to aid 75 retired ministers 146 widows and 64 orphan children under 14 years old.
Foley's Honey and Tar is recommended for heating colds and coughs. It soothes inflamed membranes in the throat chest or bronchial tubes, loosens phlegm and stops tickling in the throat. It contains no opiates and is sold by Mann Drug Company.
To the Citizens and Tax-payers of High Point Township. Having been reappointed deputy sheriff and tax collector I would be very glad if you would call at my office, No. 109 East Washington street, and settle for your 1916 state and county taxes. Respectfully yours, J. L. Parrish, D. S. 1-8-4t.
An ad touts Tollo Water from Dawson Springs Kentucky as a quick laxative remedy. It asserts regular bowels and active liver will clear the skin, selling 15 cent bottles and wineglassful doses before breakfast to cleanse the stomach and bowels and improve skin condition. Hart Drug Company and others stock it.
Ernest Franklin aged three, son of Mr and Mrs A C Franklin of Danville Virginia, suffered severe burns Monday afternoon when his clothing ignited while playing with fire. He was wearing an Indian suit and a group of children tried to stamp out the blaze. The injuries extend from his ankles to above the knees but are not thought permanent, though scars may remain.
Copenhagen reports King Christian will despatch ratification of the Danish West Indies sale to New York today. Congress is to appropriate 25 million dollars for the purchase, with final transfer and a temporary island government to be arranged by the executive department before possession.
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