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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1926
Page
6
Ten small size sweaters for one and two year olds in brown or white plus one lot of boys caps will be sold tomorrow. All items are in pretty colors and valued up to one dollar, offered for only 25 cents to close out.
Mrs Craven Page and her little daughter are staying several days in Winston-Salem with relatives, enjoying the hospitality of family members during their visit.
In Paris a foundation stone for a Saint Joan of Arc church will be laid next May 9 in fulfillment of Cardinal Ammette’s vow made during the 1914 siege threat. A site of 0,000 square feet between Paris and Saint Denis has been purchased, where Joan prayed before her troops and after the failed mission.
The chamber of deputies spends over 28 million francs yearly with a one million plus shortfall after 1924 changes. Printing costs rose to 1.5 million, last year exceeded by 1.1 million, other running expenses up 1.5 million, totaling a 2.6 million franc deficit. Night sessions and higher letter usage drive the rise because deputies may mail letters without postage.
Severe Paris winter brings unusual style change as fur stockings appear in the Bois de Boulogne buried in three inches of snow. Rabbit, squirrel and skunk skins reach above the knee worn with heavy low shoes. sizing and high material cost limit adoption while thin silk stockings remain dominant.
The Paris jewelry trade sees a rapid style turnover as the franc weakens and buyers seek durable metals and stones. A Place Vendome jeweler showcases a diamond ruby emerald brooch in a red and white rose design with matching wristlet, amid Hindu Chinese Persian and Byzantine style shifts.
paris school boys produce a string of funny errors in freshman English essays. a pupil claims pyramids separate france from spain while another calls a demagogue a recital from which people drank beer. geometry errors and marine lifeboat confusions show wide gaps in knowledge.
The chamber of commerce revealed a dress shirt manufacturing concern seeks a High Point site and is in the $100,000 class. Secretary Sizemore noted a telegram asking if local capital would back the project and cooperation. He requested more details as interest appears.
Washington January 11 Representative John W Langley of Kentucky was denied an appeal by the Supreme Court after conviction on participating in a conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition law.
A Paris railway buffet at the Invalides station remains shuttered and padlocked. The city won a council of state dispute over indemnity for the station ground, but railway authorities refuse to open the door.
Mrs. W. G. Williams died in a Greensboro hospital. Funeral arrangements or burial place were not announced. She was sister in law to Mrs. R. E. Russell of Oak Hill district and to Rev. J. S. Williams of Asheville, with many relatives in the state.
Funeral services for Arville C. Cecil were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove M. P. Church conducted by Rev. G L Reynolds and Rev. Mr. Pike. A large crowd attended. Floral tributes were carried by Mildred Pope Kathleen Payne Elda Clark Della Cecil Mabel Cecil Anetta Payne. Pallbearers included McLean Cecil Clyde Hedgecock Ernest Burton Fred Cecil Edwin Cecil Percy Payne Thomas Shoaf Lawrence Cecil Vent Cecil. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Mrs J H Hailey of Winston-Salem recounts a dramatic recovery after using Karnak three years of health decline with indigestion nervous exhaustion weight loss and insomnia. Four bottles stopped her troubles restoring appetite digestion sleep and strength praising Karnak in an advertisement. Karnak sold in High Point by Mann Drug Co and by leading town druggists.
Washington January 11 Senator Gary of Rhode Island was chosen to lead the Democratic senatorial campaign replacing Senator Jones of New Mexico.
Paris dispatch reports Thomas Jackson Felder of Nashville Tennessee died today. Born in Americus Georgia in 1870 he was one of the dollar a year men who served the American government during the war.
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