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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1917
Page
5
A playful alphabet themed verse follows characters labeled A through X as they prepare for sleep. Each letter corresponds to a child or person in bed, with lines about bedtime routines and dreams. The piece ends with Ex signaling the final nap for the narrator.
Seborn Perry, stepson of T. Wrenn, sick with measles, collapsed from convulsions Saturday noon. He regained consciousness briefly, remained ill through Sunday, with three doctors in attendance. A morning report gave a slight chance of recovery despite critical condition.
Rev. James A. Clark delivered an excellent address at the High Point Ministers' Association on the Mid-Week Meetings of the Church. Next Monday at 9:30 a.m. the association attends Bishop John C. Kilgo at Wesley Memorial Church.
Miss Violet Weant and Murphy Jr. Bame united in marriage Saturday at 5 PM in the bride’s home 308 English Street. Rev. P. D. Brown officiated in front of relatives and friends. The couple will reside in High Point.
A meeting of the Senior Baptist Young People union of the First Baptist church will be held Thursday night at 7 39 o clock in Thomas EF Dodamead's studio over Harris Brothers store. All members are urged to attend. The article also notes Col T J Wood is ill at his daughter's home on Lindsay street after an acute indigestion attack.
Mrs J J Farriss will host the W O T club at her South Main street home on Tuesday afternoon at 3 30.
Members are asked to bring their sewing supplies to the meeting. The note mentions o'clock as the start time and invites participation from all members.
Miss Louise Ingram returned to Greensboro College for Women after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs L J Ingram. Abram Bones left for Washington to attend the inauguration. Don Barker is ill at home on West Green Street. Grace Bencini returned to Greensboro College for Women after visiting her mother on North Main Street. May Younger of Greensboro visited relatives on Flint Street and returned home.
Miss Elizabeth Harris returned to Greensboro College for Women after a weekend visit with her parents on Broad Street. Miss Clara Steele went back to Greensboro College for Women following a brief visit to her parents on North Main Street.
Two reels featuring George Gray, member of Modern Woodmen, tell a true story of his war against tuberculosis. The film shows his awareness of illness and his use of the society run Sanatorium for free care and cure offered to members.
Mrs. C. C. Evinger of Terre Haute Indiana writes that Vicks VapoRub helped her two children aged nineteen months and three and a half years with croup and cold symptoms. She credits easier breathing and better sleep after each application and endorses its external use for young children. Available in three sizes 25¢ 50¢ and 1.00.
Four well known young men George Lowe Chas Kephart Rodney Snow and Andrew Lindsay have purchased controlling interest in the C B Mattocks company. Lowe and Kephart will devote full time to the store while others remain in their present posts. Mattocks retires to enter manufacturing after a brief wind down sale to clear spring and summer stock.
This morning at Bla PULZLE Municipal Court every defendant was found guilty with most charges relating to prohibition or disorder after drinking. Several individuals including Duke Welborn Alvis Moore Bert Gilliam Grady Barker Henry Johnson and James York faced verdicts or adjusted charges with costs. A seized 40 gallon whisky drum at the freight station sparked humorous asides about evaporation and oddities in law enforcement.
Essanay's feature presents three epochs of Indian warfare the 1860s battles the 1870s battles and the final three hundred years of war with the white man ending at the Pine Ridge peace conference of 1891 with Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles.
The third episode of Pathe's military mystery serial plays at Broadway Theatre today with The Silent Menace role played by a man after writer George B. Seitz doubted a woman could perform it.
The Doering quintette of young women will give a concert in the high school auditorium on Thursday night. Critics praise their programs as excellent and half the proceeds will go to the school fund.
El Paso Texas March 5. The Panhandle Cattle Raisers association opened its annual convention with major livestock industry issues on the agenda. An unusually large attendance signals the importance of sessions continuing through much of the week.
Schedule in effect October 1, 1915 shows train arrival and departure times at listed stations. Times not guaranteed and subject to change without notice.
The Piedmont theater in Greensboro joins The Enterprise advertising columns with a high class bill featuring four Keith vaudeville acts. Manager Daniel experiments to gauge audience preference between vaudeville and tabloid musical comedy among theater patrons.
A friendly message advertises a personal talk with C B Overman about life insurance problems. It promises guidance to set matters straight and provides the contact phone number 203.
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