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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1920
Page
5
Poem fragment quotes John Jordan Douglass urging readers to plant roses and lilies along life’s road. It contrasts grief with beauty and calls love the gardener to ease sorrow and keep spirits from despair. The lines evoke travel, endurance, and quiet acts of care.
The Earnest Workers society will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Hedrick’s North Main street home. On Friday at 7 30 p.m. the senior Christian Endeavor group meets at Mrs. Young’s White Oak Street home. A supper for the Earnest Workers guild is planned Saturday at 5 p.m. in the Time Test room next to Quality Shoe store with public invited.
The First Baptist Church women announced plans for a Valentine party on Friday evening the 15th. The exact venue will be announced later. Organizers hope the city will join in making the event a delight and a success.
Saturday afternoon 3 to 5 30 Mrs Samuel D Brash hosted the Sorosis club at her daughter Mrs Harry Raymonds North Main Street. The group played rock at four tables then enjoyed a salad course. Guest of the afternoon was Mrs Robert Brockett with many members present.
The Supreme Court granted Rhode Island leave to file original proceedings to test the validity and enforcement of the federal day law amendment. Chief Justice White issued the permission without comment or a hearing date. Attorney General Rice filed motions per a legislative resolution authorizing action.
Miss Grace Tatum of Cooleemee will wed Dr Floyd C Shugart of High Point in a quiet ceremony at the bride’s home this afternoon at eight. The couple plan a wedding trip to Washington and New York before settling in this city. Shugart departed for Cooleemee earlier, accompanied by R H Swaim.
One of historys most destructive quakes struck Yeddo in 1703 killing about 190000. The disaster reshaped urban planning and prompted relief efforts across Edo period Japan.
The Mission study class of the junior division No. 1 at Wesley Memorial Church met at Mrs. F P Ingram s home on English street. Twenty five members attended the first meeting and engaged in studying How and Why by Mary Helm about home mission work of the Methodist church south.
Mrs. T. J. Gold will host the W. O. T. club at her Oakwood court home Tuesday afternoon. A program of interest is planned and attendance is hoped to be large. Mrs. J. A. Walker of Petersburg is visiting her daughters Miss A. E. and Margarette at Mrs. Arthur Ellison’s North Main residence.
B R Thurman left for a several days business trip to Norfolk. A S Caldwell and T J Gold expect to depart Monday night for business trips to western points. Ray E K Carney of Kenosha Wisconsin spent yesterday in High Point as guest of Mr and Mrs J H Shields. G A Whitbeyer of Syracuse New York is in the city on a short business visit.
Dr. Max Bones departed Saturday evening for New York to spend several days on business, according to a brief notice in the local column.
Mr. and Mrs. C Shields spent Sunday in Greensboro as guests of relatives and friends.
Miss Ollie Spoon attended the Saturday matinee of Pollyanna at the Municipal theater in Greensboro. R L Jones and R J Brown visited Lexington for a few hours Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs C T Stewart of Charlotte were weekend visitors in High Point. W R Thomas of Owensboro Ky was a business visitor in the city Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Liles and Mr. and Mrs. Vander Liles of Greensboro visited yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Williams on Steele Street.
Mrs. J. L. Kirkman returned home last evening after visiting her daughter in Newport News. She was accompanied by Mrs. Ivy Smith of Newport News who will stay here for a time. B. Knox of Statesville was a weekend visitor in High Point.
L. C. Lane of Goldsboro is in High Point on business. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jarrett and family have returned home after a several day visit in East Bend. D. E. Gray of Boston was a business visitor in High Point Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Coma Covington and Mr and Mrs Wade Marsh spent Saturday evening in Greensboro attending the Municipal performance.
J. S. Williams from Orange, Virginia visited the Ellison household on Thurston Street yesterday, exchanging greetings and news with the residents.
A compilation of weekend and Saturday business visitors includes H. A. Baer from New York City in High Point, A. L. Woods of Greensboro in High Point, J. H. Mason of Charlotte in the city, and Bob Rackley of Greensboro also in High Point. Other travelers visit Greensboro, Lexington, Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, Salisbury, Winston-Salem, and Mount Gilead.
The Wilson literary society at High Point high school will hold elections Tuesday with three parties vying for leadership. Nominees include Robert Brown for president on the strict constructionist ticket Hal Reynolds for the loose constructionist and Miss Montros Ballard for the independent.
Boston January nineteen shoewear exhibit features shark skin leather or shagreen a durable leather from shark hide now developed for shoes book bindings trunks bags and harnesses expanding beyond its traditional uses.
Production of nitrate in Chile’s Tarapaca region will restart at wartime scale as demand for explosives rises. About 20,000 workers laid off after the war will be rehired, with exports already totaling 759000 tons and an additional 250600 tons expected, largely destined for Europe.
Members of the Humane Society of High Point and city officials warned parents about boys in multiple city sections shooting blue birds. They cited federal and state laws governing bird shooting and promised prosecution for violators. Mrs. R. C. Soyars, leader of the society, urged parental caution to stop the killings.
Hackensack police mourn the death of Jerry an Irish terrier who swam the Marne during the battle and escaped bullets born in Belgium adopted by American soldiers brought to Hackensack by soldiers given to Fire Commissioner R. K. Storm a car strike broke his leg and he was shot to end his suffering
E M Stone of New York, attending a Boston shoe convention, built four factories from a shoestring of under $1000 in 1912. He says the business grew from mules, the blackless boudoir slippers popular for years. He notes brocades from Japan are hard to obtain due to labor problems.
New York cotton futures opened steady with March at 86.50 and July at 33.10. Prices moved off initial gains as selling touched the market, spot brokers bought, and Wall Street demand pushed March to 36.58 and July to 33.22. The report notes continued strength from cables and goods markets amid a broad economic context. Compulsory education has for ages been in vogue in China.
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