Lenten Service at Lutheran Church This Evening
The third Wednesday evening Lenten service is at 7 30 at the Lutheran church. The pastor will speak on the topic Asleep on Duty. A large congregation blessed last week and more are invited to attend.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1919
Page
5
The third Wednesday evening Lenten service is at 7 30 at the Lutheran church. The pastor will speak on the topic Asleep on Duty. A large congregation blessed last week and more are invited to attend.
Mrs. W L Hargett entertained the Cornelian club Friday afternoon at her Johnson street home with 20 members present. Refreshments were served at the close by Harrison Madeline Hoover of Thomasville and Elien White.
Yesterday afternoon at South Main Street residence Squire W. G. Brown married Jonathan A. Bolling to Mrs Mary E. Culler. The bride, a well known city woman, and the groom, a substantial farmer of Guilford county, begin their life together.
The W. O. T. club met yesterday afternoon at Mrs. W. C. Jones on North Main street. Members brought their fancy work and spent the afternoon sewing. A salad course was served by the hostess.
Miss Marguerite Kirkman departed last night for New York City to spend several months studying voice culture.
Grady Beck returns home from a weekend in Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hedrick are spending several days in Raleigh. Frank Sherrod remains critically ill at his parents home on North Main Street.
Miss Ruth Cox of Ashboro visits her sister Mrs. T V Rochelle on Parkway. Mr. and Mrs. C M Gueth with C M Cecil left last night for Richmond to spend a few days with Mrs. Gueths father.
The Philomathean club will gather Friday at 3:30 PM at Mrs. E. P. Parker's home on Lindsay Street for an afternoon session.
Miss Lelia Lambert and Miss Stuart of Greensboro were hosted by Mr and Mrs E E White in this city yesterday. Miss Nora Ellis of North Wilkesboro is visiting relatives here.
J Edmondson of Greensboro is in the city today as a business visitor checked into local engagements and meetings.
Croton New York March 18 Members of the state constabulary search for two men who attempted to hold up and rob Mrs. John Anderson as she traveled from Croton to Harmon. Police believe the same pair had recently broken into her husband’s garage seeking cash. Mrs Anderson saw two men dash onto the road one signaled with a wave while the other appeared to level a revolver. She sped away striking one man and continued to her home.
The High Point Furniture Market Association reports a busy office with Secretary T. V. Rochelle handling many inquiries about the furniture situation. He has prepared several attractive folders advertising High Point products and is achieving results.
Berlin reports the government faces a hard problem in setting the price of bread made from imported foods. The present two pound loaf costs 50 to 60 pfennings and a large rise is believed to provoke further discontent after the war.
Paris reports the French commission studying a tunnel under the English Channel reached no decision at yesterday's meeting to review plans under a Franco British agreement. An appeal was filed against the death sentence of Emile Cottin, who assaulted Premier Clemenceau.
Mrs. Martetia Wright, 72, died this morning at her home northwest of the city. She is survived by her husband David H. Wright, one son Joseph M. Wright, and three daughters M J Davis Emtrha Culler and Mary Leonard, all of High Point. Funeral services Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Primitive Baptist church Mechanicsville, conducted by Rev. C A Davis. Interment in church cemetery.
Coblenz March 19 One of the large 24 centimeter German guns that shelled Ypres in 1917 was turned over to the Americans by the German delivering commission. The five railway guns may be sent to the United States as war material under American occupation. Lieutenant Rudolph Gogarten led the crew that manned one gun during the Ypres bombardment.
The film adaptation of Zane Grey’s famous novel, Riders of the Purple Sage, starring William Farnum as Lassiter, opens tomorrow at Broadway Theatre for two days. The Utah frontier tale centers on a girl’s abduction by a Mormon church dignitary and a brother’s lifelong pursuit for justice.
Paris reports the American liquidation commission will sell docks railroads warehouses hospitals and barracks built by American forces for about 165 million dollars. None can be removed profitably, so the best bargain will be taken.
Clergymen and lay delegates of the Orthodox Albanians of America confirm Mgr Theofan Noli as the first Albanian bishop. They adopt resolutions to President Wilson and Premier Clemenceau urging Albanian independence and unification under one flag, and thank peace delegates for saving southern Albanian territories.
W. A. Kunsman, manager of the Southern Rome Bed company branch, left last night for New York City to join fellow Rome Bed managers for a two week meeting.
Maj. Gen. John B. Seelely of the British War Office flew from Folkestone to Paris, covering 172 miles in 74 minutes with favorable winds, setting a new flight record for the distance.
Citizens of High Point discuss a peace treaty signing celebration reported by the Enterprise. Plans involve a choir and the High Point orchestra with other features in the works for a city event on Main Street.
J B Little a prominent Confederate Veteran in the city sustained painful injuries yesterday after a limb he had cut broke loose from a tree and knocked him from a ladder. The fall occurred while trimming fruit trees and the injuries are not considered serious.
Coblenz reports show German workers saved 25 million marks in 1914 rising to 48 million marks by 1918 due to high war wages.
The item references a dog hill paragraph involving George 7 and kd Ge with unclear context. It presents an uncertain description lacking concrete events, dates, or organizations for a clear news item.
The Wild Onion school teacher plans a Saturday night lecture on the tax question at the school building if attendees arrive. A road improvement movement toward Tickville collapsed and the Gander creek bridge nears completion. In Washington March 19, yarn and knitting needles valued at 2 316 445 will be shipped to the American Red Cross in France for war relief.
In Sao Paulo on March 19 an influenza strain has appeared in epidemic form. The government is taking steps to prevent the spread of the disease and protect public health.
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