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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
7
Dorothy Mitchell cites M. L. Shipman’s December 1 1914 report on North Carolina wages. Cotton mill workers ranking near railroad workers in pay, with mills offering higher hours and education. farm labor shows the lowest wages. The piece argues cotton mill people have better opportunities and living costs are lower in mill villages.
Greensboro May 21 W H Blautia faced Munici pal court over a barrel marked potatoes from Richmond Va containing forty pints of whiskey. A drayman testified deliveries were made to him and another similar barrel was also delivered. Blautia claimed he ordered one barrel of seed potatoes and sold the contents as good potatoes. He received ten months on the road for retailing. Berlin May 21 Crow flocks have vanished as naturalists say they fled Prussia to feed on dead horses from battles and roadside remains Seacoast towns report fewer birds than in prior years.
Hendersonville May 21 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs adjourn after officer elections and business. Pattie Beck elected secretary of the Rebekahs. Grand lodge appointive officers named. Plans set for next year including unwritten work contest and a Bible fund collection for the orphans home chapel.
Thomasville May 21 Rev John B Swartz pastor of the Emanuel charge of the Reformed church handed in his resignation last Sunday He had served this charge about eight months and had made many friends among all denominations who will regret his decision to leave Also noted is a burglary at City Pressing club with 10 suits stolen valued at 200 dollars and a following church notices and local social updates including sermons guest preachers and road projects in Davidson county and Guilford county
Chicago reports that AL stars will autograph baseballs and other items sent by President Johnson to Canadian troops in France. The game gains traction among French and British troops behind the lines as Canadian forces introduce baseball to the soldiers.
Jim Gallimore of Snider Emmons township was jailed in Lexington after allegedly firing a shotgun at 75 yards, wounding 16 year old Cora Gallimore near her brother Charles Gallimore's home. He claimed the act was a drunken reckoning over rumors. he is described as 35, unmarried.
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