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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1930
Page
14
Registration for the annual Yard and Garden contest tied to the City Beautiful campaign closes with 427 entrants. The event runs through fall for judging and prize awards. Notable registrants include Mrs J Fred Tesh and Flora Wilson among many others in White and Colored divisions.
Royal Arch Masons are urged to attend High Point Chapter No 70 R A M meeting Friday night at 8 09 with important business to discuss. All members and visitors are invited by High Priest Lande F Smith and secretary Thomas Seery to attend.
Fred Owens a 19 year old African American worker at Economy Drug store South Main Street was badly burned when a bottle of sulphuric acid exploded in the rear of the shop. He was taken by Sechrest's ambulance to High Point Hospital and treated for facial and eye injuries with hope of preserving his sight.
A Greensboro Superior Court term begins Monday May 26 featuring numerous High Point criminal cases. On Tuesday the second day, a large batch of High Point matters is set for disposal. The calendar lists offenses including reckless driving, larceny, embezzlement, and assault with deadly weapon among others.
Mrs. Mary Helms died suddenly at her home 612 Longstreet High Point aged 63 She was born in Georgia November 18 1888 daughter of Robert and Mollie Foster and moved with her family from Griffin to High Point last October Surviving are her husband two sons four daughters one brother and one sister Funeral services will be held at her home tomorrow at 3 30 PM conducted by Rev W H McCurley burial in Lebanon Cemetery
Claude Smith and Charles Gueth of High Point chapter No 70 Royal Arch Masons attended the annual Royal Arch Masons meeting in Concord. Gueth was named a statewide steward. A Lee Dubson and Smith were inducted into the priesthood degree at the Tuesday session.
The residence of Wi W Payne on Route 4 was struck by lightning during a storm with hail last night. A roof hole opened but overall damage to the home is light.
High Point voters may switch party affiliation before or on primary day under a ruling by Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt. Independents can declare a party at registration or on primary day to vote in that party’s primary, subject to challenges.
Evangelist I W Gerringer at Welch Memorial M P church outlined three aims of the Holy Spirit. He said the Spirit is a comforter reveals the will of Jesus Christ and empowers believers to do God's will. He urged a complete surrender to divine will for revival blessings and noted the Spirit convicts the unsaved warning of judgment. Continued on page.
Mrs Zenis Martin, prominent in the Friends church, died this morning at her daughter Mrs Samuel Haworth’s home in Guilford College. She had been an invalid for several years and funeral arrangements were not yet set as the family awaited word from her husband, a missionary to Cuba.
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a pleasant method to shed 15 pounds in a month. It claims increased energy, health, and a clearer complexion, with an 80 cent four week supply and daily half teaspoonful in hot water.
The Greensboro unit of Battery BE 252nd Coast Artillery underwent a Federal inspection led by Captain George A. Patrick of Columbia with Major Dempsey of Raleigh and Major Franklin Kemble of Wilmington. Officers from Greensboro attended, and the unit awaits its 155 millimeter Coast Artillery gun for training ahead of the summer encampment at Fort Moultrie Charleston where the weapon will be fired for the first time.
An advertising notice promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia for babies and children with feverishness colic gas and upset stomach. It instructs dosing by age and claims quick comfort and bowel relief and offers a free information book from The Phillips Co. street address in New York.
Route 61 between Archdale and Julian route 69 was finished after 18 months work announced by J W Mills engineer fifth district The new road shortens travel from High Point to Liberty Siler City Pittsboro Durham and Raleigh by about 14 miles Two concrete bridges were built over Deep River and Polecat Creek near Center Church Paving on the Carthage Calvary church Route 74 segment will start Monday.
The advertisement proclaims MELLO GLO Face Powder as the purest powder, government-approved color, and a French process for smooth spreading. It claims no pastiness or irritation, reduced pore visibility, and longer wear with no shiny noses. Mann Drug Co. promotes the product.
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