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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1917
Page
5
A verse recounts a woman arguing against voting then voting, a husband voting twice, and a courtroom reference as Lirana Sheldon sits in judgment. The piece uses dialogue about women's suffrage and domestic roles to critique electoral participation and marital influence on votes.
The Young Woman's Missionary Society of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church will meet Monday afternoon at 3 30 with Mrs P A Jones on Hamilton Street. All members should attend as delegates to the Western North Carolina Conference meeting in Asheville will report back.
The Woman's Guild of St Mary's Episcopal church will entertain at the Riks home on West Broad Street Wednesday afternoon and evening with a game social to benefit the rectory fund.
Miss Avery Wirkman will entertain the Deltan Tau and Garum- Zata clubs next Wednesday at 3 PM in honor of Mrs. John A. Tinday Jr. The event will be held in the afternoon and aims to provide a social gathering for the clubs.
The Episcopal church schedules a gathering Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Young on Louise Avenue for a community meeting.
Fine-Claver, Miss Aliie Fine and Fred Claver, residents of the city, wed this afternoon. Justice of the Peace W. G. Brown performed the ceremony at the Farriss Printing company office with the required witnesses present.
The Y W A of the First Baptist Church will meet with Mrs Lawrence White at her Morris Street home Monday at eight o'clock in the evening.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet with Mrs. D. A. Stanton on Hamilton street Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
A series of Greensboro residents and visitors were noted in the city yesterday and last night. A. B. Cozart of Greensboro and W. Jones spent the afternoon on business in the city. Murrell Land of Salisbury visited briefly. Bruce Craven of Trinity was in town en route to Raleigh for business. Jesse Crutchfield of Greensboro also spent yesterday afternoon here on business. Miss Clara Blair of Guilford College is weekend guest with relatives. Miss Mildred Clark Wilh Finch Dorothy Faucette and Mrs Grace Taylor of Guilford College join Blair for the weekend. Archie Allred left for West Philadelphia to join Brill Car company engineering.
Mrs Ruth Goll Spicer of Goldsboro is in the city visiting her sister Mrs Gilbert W Clark. Mrs AKE Teeter is recovering from illness. Mr and Mrs J Elwood Cox plan to return Monday from visits to Washington Philadelphia and Briarcliff NY where Mr Cox attended the American Bankers association meeting. Rosenthal of Bingham NY, a major eastern furniture buyer, visited the city today. Mr and Mrs Charles Hamilton Mrs Archie Merrian and Mrs C M Brown spent the afternoon in Greensboro.
Local banks announce they have subscribed to Liberty Bond issues and will act as bond agents without fees. The ads state banks will supply bonds to residents with surplus cash, aiding the government war effort.
Swiss officers on leave returning from the Swiss Alsace frontier say German officers in Alsace and Lorraine are starving. At Swiss outposts villages pay high prices for food and Swiss neutrality limits aid. A German deserter says his company would desert for Switzerland but would face return and execution.
New York reports that about 3,000 delegates from Maine to California will attend the Northern Baptist convention in Cleveland, Ohio, May 16 to 22. Clarence A. Barbour of Rochester Theological Seminary will preside. The convention oversees the American Baptist Foreign Mission, Home Mission, and Publication societies with major annual reports and authority over denominational work amid wartime questions.
London May 12 England experiences a bee keeping boom as many take up apiculture to substitute home produced honey for sugar. Demand is so strong there are no more hives available and dealers are at their wits to meet requirements.
Amsterdam may 12 reports from German papers say Prince Adolph brother in law to the German emperor was seriously wounded in the head by a shell splinter.
Advice warns not to use kerosene to start fires or as a floor or wall polish. Emphasizes proper handling to prevent fires and injuries.
National Child Labor Committee reports 62 percent of farm replies say city school children are not needed. Illinois and Vermont farmers cite inexperience and unneeded labor. Most say 14 or older acceptable, but only 12 percent want children without qualifications. Supervision urged. plan available from the committee in New York City.
Tomorrow is Mothers Day throughout the country with widespread observance. White flowers will be worn by those whose mothers are deceased while colored flowers denote love for living mothers, a custom that grows in popularity each year.
Melbourne report notes Senator J C Stewart urging dethronement of monarchs including the King of England after the war. Prime Minister Hughes dismissed calls to curb treasonous remarks under the War Precautions Act, saying such statements render a speaker unfit for even guillotine. A Springfield gas explosion kills a woman cleaning silk gloves with gasoline.
An error in yesterday’s Enterprise states the United Daughters of the Confederacy presented the local Elks with a portrait of General Robert E. Lee instead of an American flag in recognition for the use of the Elks home on several occasions.
Rene Vivian, head of the Preach war commission, arrived in Ottawa on May 12 to begin duties amid regional tensions and oversight responsibilities.
A public safety notice warns parents and guardians to store matches securely to prevent child imitation and accidental fires. Officials emphasize locked cabinets and supervising children near lighters and flames.
Southern Railway authorizes a round trip fare to Raleigh for the state convention May 15 to 17 at 3.30 dollars. Tickets go on sale May 13 to 1h inclusive with final return by May 19 at the Southern railway passenger office. City of Raleigh announces preparations for the event.
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