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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1917
Page
2
J Warren Kerrigan leads the cast in The Measure of a Man at the Rose next Thursday with Louise Lovely as the female lead. The plot follows a former divinity student who becomes the lumbermen’s sky pilot after returning west and bonding with the community.
Miriam Nesbitt gained early notice from Charles Frohman after a five day study leading to a leading role opposite James K. Hackett. She later moved from stage to film and co starred with Marc MacDermott in The Last Sentence for the Kleine-Edison company, set to screen at the Rose theatre next Friday.
The Mack's Musical Review by veteran showman J. B. McLaughlin arrives at Piedmont theater Greensboro. The troupe offers three distinct, entirely new bills with tasteful chorus and refined vaudeville plus new scenery and electrical effects.
Frank G Carpenter, famed columnist, toured High Point and its 70 furniture factories last year. His article praise cites High Point as the Grand Rapids of the south with beds chairs and tables sold nationwide and even street cars built for major cities. He notes southern industry expanding with annual output around 4 billion dollars benefiting every southern family.
Colonel Harris L. Roberts, attached to the 23rd United States Infantry at El Paso, transferred to the retired list on his own application after nearly forty years of active service. A District of Columbia native, he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1880 and reached colonel in March 1914.
Madame Bertha Wallich, famed American stage star, appears in William Fox photoplay Love and Hate at the Rose Theatre next Monday. The plot centers on a wife driven to rebellion by a lover who ruins her husband, a decree of divorce, and a murder thwarting the lovers.
Paris reports Captain Delange commanding the American escadrille was killed while flying near Ham on the Sonmme front. The piece also quotes a line attributed to Stuart Normes from Love and Hate about politeness.
Whistunday to be observed as a day of united prayer for war success. Impressive services planned in St. Pauls with expected attendance by royal family and leading government representatives.
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