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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
5
A sobering lyric from the Michigan Christian Advocate urging readers to comfort the lonely pupil who failed to pass. The despairing child sits apart while others celebrate, and the plea calls for kindness to the dullest in class.
Miss Adelaide L. Fries announces Alumnae Day plans for Salem college on Monday May 28 with a 12 noon business meeting in Memorial hall. Officers will be elected and a buffet luncheon follows in the campus or library if weather turns. Tickets at 1 dollar each urged to be bought by May 19 from Mrs. B. B. Vogler.
Mrs Dora E K Richardson announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Sara Richardson to Chester Carl Haworth. The wedding will be solemnized June 5 at Springfield Church near the city.
The Sorosis club will hold a meeting Friday afternoon at 3 30 with Mrs S J Brash on Johnson street.
Col. and Mrs. William F. Clegg and daughter Sarah Burton Clegg of Greensboro visited yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Clegg and her child were guests of Mrs. J. P. Rawley. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Trotter and their children, also from Greensboro, spent last evening in the city with friends.
Mrs W H MecGlamery and children and Mrs Wiley N Hinton of Greens hore were guests of friends in the city for several hours yesterday afternoon. C K Wrenn of Siler City is a business visitor to the city today. W L Stone of Asheville is spending a short while in the city. He is a guest at the Elwood. L E Green of Charlotte is a visitor to the city today. C W Roberts manager of the Henderson chamber of commerce spent the city browsing local contacts.
Afternoon in the city finds the Henderson organization near a grand opening while Greensboro visitors Mr and Mrs Junius I Seales and Mr and Mrs Richard Moore spend time in town. Miss Irma Tapp local high school faculty member confined to her Hamilton street room not seriously ill. William S Dickson of Greensboro a business visitor yesterday. Mrs J W Chouldler visits her Hopewell mother for weeks. Albert L Freeze W M Dyer and J P F McCrary Elks lodge members head to Raleigh for state convention. Russell D Korner of Charlotte spends day on business. P P Thomas of Goldsboro attends I O O F grand lodge sessions. Mrs J A Erison of Atlanta visits Mrs J K Grimes South Main street.
Belmont farmer rigs a motor car to pull a plow, raising ground turnover to nearly three acres per day versus one acre with a horse. A double gang plow could yield four to five acres. The device attaches to rear springs, plow hitched by chain, driver guides the car at about six miles per hour.
The Cuban military commission arrived in Washington to discuss ecoration of Cuba's forces with the U S war effort against Germany. The Panama commission also arrived offering use of ports and territorial waters to guard the canal. Both nations express gratitude for U S sacrifices and support.
J H Morris of Route 4 visited Oxford last Saturday and reported peas in full bloom potatoes growing well and a corn field worked. He plans surplus for home and public sale while his chickens boosted the farm’s income with a 65 egg nest. Morris previously raised Granville County’s largest collards.
A prominent farmer says cotton and corn stands across the county look strong at this stage. In Dayton, manager Nee of the Central league champions plans to convert outfielder Miller to catcher, predicting he will become a first-rate backstop.
New Orleans hosts May 16 to 22 convention sessions on consolidating home and foreign mission boards and the Sunday school board with a plan for a missionary training school. The event draws about 5,000 laymen and ministers from across the South and includes preparations for a $25,000 yearly drive over 25 years to fund evangelistic work in New Orleans.
A. M. Hunsucker of Bogue Chitto Mississippi reports relief from rheumatism kidney and bladder trouble and dizziness after using Foley Kidney Pills. The ad notes disordered kidneys cause pains in side and back sore muscles swollen joints and tiredness. Mann Drug Co.
Bluebird presents The Sign of the Poppy at the Rose theatre with Hobart Henley in a twin role. The drama follows Chang raised as Chinaman seeking vengeance on the Marston family, alongside another modern society tale As Men Love about friendship, marriage, jealousy, and reconciliation amid fashionable scenes and lavish gowns. The cast includes Miss Stedman J. W. Johnston and Helen Jerome Iddy in notable roles.
House Peters and Myrtle Stedman reunite as co stars in Lois Zellner's Pallas Paramount production As Men Love at Broadway today. The virile society drama pairs Peters a popular photodrama star with the young beautiful Stedman, noted for her grace and elegance.
A reader notes that Walter Johnson may no longer terrify most American League clubs as his pitching power seems to wane against a broad league threat.
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