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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1918
Page
5
A poem by Beatrice Goldie laments war's toll on families and women left behind. It condemns tyrants and celebrates those fighting for peace, contrasting distant battlefields with sorrow at home and a call for justice. The verses frame mournful sacrifice and moral judgment.
Volunteers are urgently needed in High Point to reduce baby deaths this summer. Meetings were held in every school district with women named to direct local efforts. Weighing and measuring babies is planned with records kept on mothers cards. Community fundraisers and a melting pot drive will support a French orphan.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosted its annual social at Mrs J W Harris home last week. Mrs Walter White led the business portion while the flower committee was praised for sending flowers to the sick and a hospital patient received a note of gratitude. An essay titled Prohibition a War Time was presented.
Miss Lizzie Carroll wed Mack Blair in a private ceremony at 2:50 PM yesterday at the home of Rev. James W. Rose of West End Baptist Church. The couple, both longtime Guilford County residents, were witnessed by only close family. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Millis visited Yatesville for the weekend to spend time with relatives.
A special called meeting of the executive committee will be held Wednesday at 4 PM at Mrs. Henry A White's home on Lindsay Street. Attendance of all members is requested.
Regular meeting of Union War Prayer union will be held at 4 o clock Tuesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church. Miss Ruth Stiles spent a few hours in Greensboro Sunday with friends. Mr and Mrs John Shaw spent several hours at Greensboro yesterday with friends and relatives. Capt J W Fry of Greensboro was a business visitor to the city for a few hours this morning. Miss Odessa Pool daughter of Mr and Mrs Pool has gone to Ashboro to spend a short while with Mrs Joe Smith. Tom Sienner of Winston Salem was here a short time Saturday en route to Greensboro from a stay of several days at Thomasville.
Arnald B. Huff spent Saturday in Winston Salem on business. Miss Mary Alice Speer visited the State Normal college at Greensboro. Mrs. H. A. Cecil of Thomasville joined High Point visitors yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gold and Col. Wescott Roberson motored to Greensboro Saturday night. Mrs. E Muse and Miss Leona Muse shopped in Greensboro Saturday afternoon. James Lyon spent a few hours in Greensboro Saturday night. Miss Emily Lambert and party motored to Greensboro for a short stay Saturday. Edwin Brietz was a business visitor to Greensboro.
The National Defense Council seeks to boost short haul freight by motor trucks and trailers to move goods from cities to rural areas. A Maryland sample district, 100 farmers, and J Clyde Marquis pilot the plan with state committees observing potential nationwide rollout amid growing truck lines in California and Colorado.
Poem by George FE Bowen reflecting on Stevie who went to fight, the spring and life renewed, and the call to love, duty, and a better day. It contrasts Stevie’s valor with the narrator’s wish to trade places and honor his sacrifice for peace and freedom.
Paris reports Food Minister Boret promotes a condensed wine method to cut transport needs. A surplus wine in Algiers faces shipment obstacles, but a laboratory breakthrough promises a honeylike concentrate that can be diluted back to wine, aiming to save four fifths of the tonnage otherwise required for barrel shipments.
George Creel will address the North Carolina Press Association at its Asheville meeting July 24 25. The program lists sessions at the Langren hotel with details on speakers including D Hiden Ramsey R F Beasley and W Thomas Bost. Creel will deliver the closing address as head of the information committee and extend the invitation to participate.
The thirty first patriotic celebration at Guilford Courthouse National Park occurs July 4 with Hon H M Towner from Iowa giving the principal address and Hon Charles M Stedman introducing him. Rev G Ashby Jones will dedicate the park flag and Mrs H M Towner along with Miss Katherine Stedman Palmer raise it. program includes marching bands, hymns, and readings.
In stormy conditions a British seaplane attacked two German submarines about a mile apart. One submerged quickly, the other was hit by two bombs, producing a high spray and sinking as the stern rose and the craft rolled to its side.
English schoolboys organize for summer farm work across Britain. Thousands volunteer to aid farmers on a piece work pay basis. Northamptonshire sets minimum summer wages at thirty shillings for a six day week, with after October eight hours per day and weekly rest. Mrs Roosevelt Jr works fourteen hours daily at a YMCA canteen in Aix, France.
Verona July 1 The aid from America is evident as coal becomes less scarce and Italian railways run on time again. Italy, unable to produce coal, relied on England France and now American shipments under Allied distribution help restore industrial and transportation activity. The report notes American coal contributing to Europe’s stock and reviving the wheels of industry. Also mentions Jack Powell's return with the St. Louis Browns.
A Detroit Texas Justice of the Peace praises Foley Midney Pills claiming they are the best and have done the work where others failed. The ad cites relief from backache rheumatic pains sore muscles stiff joints and frequent bladder action as kidney trouble symptoms. Mann Drug Co.
An advertisement in The Times from London on July 1 notes a chaplain of the British expeditionary force seeks a cheap hornless gramophone to replace one temporarily in enemy possession. The ad reflects wartime shortages and improvisation in equipment.
Amsterdam reports that Germany’s fruit harvest will likely be below the 1917 record, with apples, apricots and peaches under the average. Cherries and pears may fare better, and a warm spring suggests a strong honey season.
Historic advertisement touts Dr Thachers Liver and Blood Syrup as a replacement for calomel with fewer side effects. It cites Miss Susie Brewer of Chattanooga who recovered from a cold and grippe after three doses. The text promotes decades of use, a tonic and blood purifier, and a booklet for 47 diseases, with sales through medicine dealers.
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