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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1917
Page
3
A reflective excerpt urges cherishing every parting moment and urging one last earnest word. It warns that fate, time, and distance may separate friends unexpectedly. The piece stresses pressing the hand of a departing friend and not delaying affection. Selected.
The Commercial club board voted Thursday to designate Thursdays as ladies day. Women may hold meetings bowl and play cards in club rooms, expanding access two days a week with Wednesdays also open in city clubs. the Elks club has offered its building on Wednesdays.
Mesdames R. B. Terry Harry Raymond and Carter Dalton traveled to Charlotte this morning and attended The Winter Garden Girl performance this afternoon. They plan to return to the city tonight.
The senior class of Liberty Piedmont Institute Wallburg will stage Willowdale next Saturday night March 10. Everyone is invited to attend.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock Miss Hazel Briggs will host the Delta Tau club at her Hamilton street residence.
The Woman's club holds a general meeting tomorrow at 3 PM at the Elks' home. Members are urged to bring their dues.
The visiting nurse committee will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Elks home.
Mrs N F Laudenhour and Miss Annie Sheppard have returned to Winston Salem after visiting as guests of Mrs R C Charles. I N Welborn and Joseph P Rawley spent the day in Winston Salem on business. W C Jones attended a Greensboro board of county commissioners meeting. A F E Tate returned from Raleigh. John W Moon is home with rheumatism. Mrs R L Phillips underwent an appendicitis operation at the city hospital this morning and is in favorable condition.
Mrs M F Baumgardener of Raleigh arrived today to be with her sister Mrs R L Phillips who underwent an operation at the city hospital this morning.
Glenn P. Rawley linked with the Wilmington Star arrived to visit his brother J. P. Rawley. E. W. Rowell returned from Washington along with Miss Elsie Dillon who attended the inauguration. S. L. Davis also came back from Washington, and W. E. Price resumes from a business trip. Miss Bessie Lambert returns from an extended Tampa trip.
Al Moffitt returns from a business trip north. H A Moffitt also came back overnight. Seborn Perry shows slight improvement at his Broad Street home. P L Salisbury of Hamilton plans to visit Mr and Mrs J M S Salisbury on South Main Street for several days.
Tomorrow night at 7 30 the third mid week Lenten service will be held at the Lutheran church. The subject is Redemption's Price and the second part of the history of the Lord's Passion will be read. A cordial welcome to all who come.
Berlin reports widespread protests over reduced late evening transport to save coal. Horse omnibus lines have fallen from 22 with 450 busses to 16 with 350, while 5,000 horses in 1914 dwindled to 2,400. Auto omnibus lines drop to one. Taxicabs shrink from 2,598 to about 800. horse cabs fall from 2,334 to about 900. Fares rise, but more lines may not follow.
Washington March 6 Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was elected chairman of the council for national defense at a joint session with its advisory committee. Drexel Institute’s Driloward Godfrey was succeeded, W S Clifford of AT T named director, Grosvenor B Clarkson of New York secretary. Rear Admiral Robert E Peary spoke on seaplanes for coast defense.
Chicago dispatch reports Canada will grant 160 acres of homestead land to attract agricultural workers amid a 30,000 laborer shortage. W. J. White, immigration inspector in the United States, cites extraordinary inducements to ensure full crops this season.
Sam A Hoover aged 87 died after a three year illness at High Point hospital. Born in Randolph County in 1820 he moved to Indiana as a youth and returned seven years ago to High Point living at the Elks club. He is survived by sons Fred P Hoover of Bloomington Indiana and Foster Hoover of Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Elks club on Broad Street Thursday at 2 30 p m conducted by Rev Sylvester Newlin with High Point lodge 1155 in charge. burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.
Metro is premiering The Great Secret a 15 chapter mystery serial directed by William Christy Cabanne. Star cast includes Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne and Edward J. Connelly whose stage renown spans The Belle of New York and The Girl of the Golden West. Connelly previously starred in Marse Covington at Metro.
Berlin reports that both sides in the war expect hostilities to conclude before autumn due to U boat warfare. The piece notes Washington’s pending actions and mentions British minister Christopher Addison, Bonar Law’s Canada trapper ambition, and U S senator Paul Hastings once working as a railway postal clerk.
The Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad Company announces a timetable in effect October 1, 1915. The schedule lists expected train arrivals and departures at listed stations but times are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice.
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