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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1916
Page
5
Poem expresses a preference for building castles of air over dwelling on sad things. The speaker cherishes daily rebirth of imagination, seeking bright rooms and tomorrow’s sunlight despite impermanence. Signed by El. Hudson of Terre Haute Indiana.
Funeral services are held today for Mrs Hazel Hiatt wife of Mark S Hiatt of Matera Street. Remarks by Dr Rowe and Rev J B Thompson praise her devout church life and cheerful home. Interment follows at Oakwood Cemetery with life tributes likened to a white rose.
On Friday evening young ladies of the younger social set will host a strictly Leap Year dance. Tonight at 7 30 there is a Lente service at the Lutheran church with topic The Betrayal of Christ. The public cordially invited.
Mrs. Robert Bencini will host the Delta Tau club tomorrow at her Lindsay Street residence at 3 o clock. The Entre Nous club meeting in this week’s social calendar has been postponed for two weeks.
The Priscilla club will meet with Mrs J F Hayden at 3 30 Friday afternoon at her residence on Washington street.
Miss Elizabeth English underwent an appendicitis operation at High Point hospital last Saturday and is reported doing splendidly. Mrs C A King’s sister, Miss Elizabeth, is recovering well. Mr and Mrs H J Coffield spent the day in Greensboro. Miss Emma King, associate principal at the Normal college in Greensboro, visited her parents on South Main street. Leet O Briant of Winston-Salem was a business visitor yesterday afternoon. Little Miss Ernestine Hayes, ill with pneumonia at home on Russell street, is improving. J A Davis was called to Glendon for his father’s critical illness. Jr red Peacock returned from New York after business. D H arsons, Ed Steele, Charlie Brown, and Bob Penny were among those from here in Asheboro yesterday. Miss Eunice Sloop arrived last night to be assistant milliner at H A Moffitt’s. Mr and Mrs Frank Ogburn, weekend guests in Monroe, returned last night.
A compact, reflective meditation compares love to a flowery chain binding two hearts and marriage to a chain strengthened by effort. It notes sleep as love’s forgetfulness and waking thoughts turning to loved ones.
A concise reflection on effort and reward. The sentiment emphasizes that benefits come only from actions and investments we choose to make, not from passive desire. It frames life as a return on personal contribution and perseverance.
A large crowd gathered at the Presbyterian church in High Point at 2 30 pm to honor the late William C. Herndon who died Monday after a short illness with Brights disease. He had lived in High Point 25 years and devoted himself to church work serving as elder deacon and treasurer for a decade and attending synods and assemblies. Reverend C P Coble praised his even tempered character and lifelong service noting he had not preached but his life was a sermon.the High Point church loses a dependable and faithful member.
A concise reflection on how women judge other women by past actions rather than present character, while men judge each other by current conduct rather than history. The observation contrasts gendered perceptions in social behavior and accountability.
A concise saying notes men drift into sloppy dress overseas because anonymity prevails, contrasted with their home pride in appearance where everyone knows them. The remark pivots on social visibility and personal convention.
A reflective line posits the woman a man loses as the goddess who fulfills all conscious heart desires, framing the beloved as ultimate wish fulfillment and emotional ideal.
The article argues that love is hereditary, suggesting loving dispositions pass down like hair or eye color through generations, highlighting biological and familial influence on affection. It frames affection as an inherited trait alongside physical characteristics.
A reflective meditation on love, hope, courage, and conscience. It discusses how age adds value to love, dreams shade life, and true guidance comes from firm conscience. Imagination paired with ignorance misleads, while love’s smiles can mask doubt and folly.
Vienna March 22 reports Austrian savings banks plan special accounts for deposits of gold ornaments and jewelry. Interest will exceed ordinary rates by one percent. Banks will deliver the item to a state appraiser to determine gold content and value, then issue a book credit for the appraised amount.
Professor Karl Binding argues in Neueste Nachrichten that Germany should pursue a separate peace and refuse any peace conference. He contends Germany can pressure smaller states to accept peace or lose recognition, and urges lasting postwar arrangements and a continuing German organization in occupied areas.
Beer costs rise in Austria Hungary for the third time since the war began. A glass in restaurants climbs from four to ten cents, up 150 cents per hectolitre and two cents a class. Brewers cite scarce materials, especially barley, as justification.
Mrs. R C Soyars, High Point woman health officer, continues enforcing sewer connection requirements. Any person on the sewer line must connect, a violation of law if they fail, though she will not push the law unless necessary.
Fifty troops died and over a hundred were wounded when a Sayula bound Mexican Central Railway train derailed after a loose rail. The 15 cars carrying soldiers and cavalry horses plunged and burned on the Pacific coast extension west of Guadalajara.
Fannie Ward, famed emotional star, appears at the Broadway Friday in Tennessee's Pardner after acclaim from The Cheat. The article touts her as the driving force behind Paramount's The Cheat and predicts Tennessee's Pardner will exceed that success with Ward in full control of her performance.
The 24th infantry stationed at Fort D. A. Russell Wyoming has been ordered to the border.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to mail a cutout with name and address to Foley & Co. Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Ridgey Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tattte. Also mentions Mann Drug Co. as advertiser.
Fire in McKinney Texas yesterday destroyed the cotton compress and several storerooms. About 2000 bales of cotton burned and the total loss is estimated at 500000 dollars. Firemen fought the blaze through the night. Local businesses assess the impact on the area’s staple commerce.
Mrs. P Redkamp of Covington Kentucky reports using Foley's Honey and Tar for nearly two years. She says it helps her eight children who suffered from croup since infancy and endorses the product through Mann Drug Company.
A German home remedy recommends Hamburg Breast Tea as a simple cure for colds and grip. A tablespoon of the tea steeped in boiling water is consumed as a daily tea to relieve congestion by opening skin pores and loosening bowels. The treatment is described as inexpensive safe and fully plant based.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a 25 cent remedy for backache lumbago rheumatism and sciatica. Rub a small amount into the sore area and within fifty counts the pain should vanish promising swift relief with a harmless product.
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