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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1916
Page
5
Mr and Mrs W G Shipman hosted an elegant auction at their Gatewood Avenue home. Mrs Rob Walker won the ladies prize ivory hair receiver, James Lynch took the ivory card holder, followed by a salad course with hostesses and guests including Mary Lily Fisher and multiple local residents.
This week includes Loyal Temperance Legion at 334 North Main Street, Wom an's club at Manufacturers' Club with W. E. Smith lecture, Soros's club, Priscilla club, and Auction club meetings. Mrs Hart entertained Over The Tea Cups club on Eng lish Street, prize wins noted for Mrs Comstock and Mrs Willis, with guests listed.
A small package of Hamburger Brust Thee is touted as a remedy for colds and grip. A tablespoon of the tea poured into boiling water is consumed as a daily tea or before bed. The ad claims it opens skin pores, relieves congestion, loosens the bowels, and drives a cold from the system. It is described as inexpensive, vegetable, safe, and harmless.
When your back is sore and lame or lumbago sciatica or rheumatism has you stiffened up don't suffer Get 8 95 cent bottle of old honest Jacobs Oil at any drug store pour a little in your hand and rub it into the pain and by the time you come to the soreness is gone. It is magical harmless and stops lumbago sciatica quickly.
Sherif I. J. Finch of Thomasville visited the city yesterday. Lee Briles of Caraway is here today. Randolph prospects look bright. Mrs. H. C. Lewis leaves for a two week visit to Reidsville and other towns. Mrs. N. R. Sills heads home to Greensboro after a week with her daughter on Lindsay street. Miss Cecile Holt of Burlington is weekend guest of Mrs. H. A. Bencini. Frank Wineskie returns tonight from a long business trip north. Mrs. F. H. Wood shows improvement. Mrs. H. J. Coffield is better though still ill. Mrs. R. B. Welborn improved. Dorothy Snow progressing. hopes to return home soon. Mrs. Hunter Sechrest improving. D. F. E. Bullard recovering from knee operation. G. E. Hutchins leaves tonight for Lynchburg and Richmond for business. Miss Polly Heitman leaves for St. Louis for special treatment. Genevieve Moore arrived yesterday and visited parents on Washington street, heading back to Greensboro tonight.
Greensboro January report states counsel for Ed Walker and Jeff Dorsett seek no further action after a last plea for commutation failed. Governor Craig indicated the evidence justified the verdict though a one week reprieve was granted for review. The case mirrors a nearby lynching in Gurley’s murder, with circumstantial evidence and orderly trial noted.
Reidsville reports a surge of growth as Marshall Field and Company plans a million dollar year for Leaksville Spray including a large knitting mill at Leaksville. Forty to fifty new dwellings are needed to house workers amid rising demand while Southern Power crews build lines toward Leaksville Spray. Thomas B. Fitzgerald sells Willow Oaks to R Ivey Smith for 50000 cash, keeping some belongings. Will o Oaks was once Dr John G Breadnax’s home in the Meadows Virginia North Carolina region.
West Raleigh January 22 The A and M college celebrates the impact of North Carolina boys corn clubs with a report by T E Browne to the U S Department of Agriculture. Three hundred club youths spent a week on campus last summer illustrating the program’s reach and progress.
Six names have been presented to Representative Stedman for the High Point postmastership. Beyond J. J. Farriss and Robert L. Pickett the other four applicants are not widely known. It is believed Stedman will appoint either Farriss or Pickett, the week’s two declared candidates, with a decision expected today or Monday. W. C. Jones returned from Washington, where he was on business and connected with Pickett’s candidacy, but offered no comment.
A Greensboro delegation including A. M. Seales FE J. Davis S H Hodgin and Dr S B Turrentine will visit High Point tomorrow to drum up support for the laymen’s convention to be held in Greensboro February 9 13 They will address local churches in the morning and Sunday school workers at Wesley Memorial church at 3 30 in the afternoon aiming to boost High Point representation at the Greensboro gathering.
The Local Highs face Liberty-Piedmont Institute of Walburg tonight at 8 in the armory in the season opener. Prof Marr coaches the squad with Captain Raper evaluating who makes the final lineup as they prepare for likely next Saturday with Pomona.
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