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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1917
Page
5
The poem evokes Paul Revere’s night ride and calls to arms as a symbol of vigilance. Local reports note social visits and movements in Greensboro and surrounding areas with several residents attending or planning events.
Mrs Agnes Elford of West End visited the city Tuesday and Wednesday as guest of Mrs Benjamin Ek Moore en route to Goldsboro for the state convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs Sylvester Newlin represents the High Point union with about 40 members and planned to attend the Red Cross convention in Raleigh before proceeding to Goldsboro.
The women of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church anticipate the year’s chrysanthemum show to be the grandest yet with blooms described as the prettiest in years. Helpers are asked to deliver handmade items to Mrs. Oscar Kearns by next Monday.
Mrs Murphy II and Mrs T J Murphy have been confined to their home with illness for several days and today her condition was not improved.
A 1917 era column advocates expelling Robert M. La Follette from the U S Senate while arguing for strong anti Kaiser agitation. It urges decisive action against him and asserts public opinion should override senatorial courtesy to remove the Kaiser from Congress.
Green Bay Wisconsin dealer Bertram Bros endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a good reliable cough and cold remedy. The product relieves croup eases breathing and helps in difficult breaths as claimed by Mann Drug Co.
Mrs Belzorah Stamey died at Pilot Mountain after a long and useful career. She was wife of the late Rev Alexander Stamey and mother of four ministers including Rev Whitford Stamey. survived by several children and many grandchildren. The obituary notes her active life, family ties, and burial near Snow Hill Church at Snow Hill Galax.
Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, 72, will receive birthday greetings from colleagues and messages from across the country. A Louisiana native and Confederate Army veteran, he practiced law in New Orleans, served in the Louisiana Senate, and sat on the Louisiana Supreme Court before moving to the U.S. Senate and, in 1904, to the U.S. Supreme Court. He became chief justice in 1910 under President Taft.
Three special elections will produce new Republican members to preserve the party’s House majority. Pennsylvania’s 28th district fills the Bleakley vacancy, Connecticut’s 5th selects a Hill successor, and Massachusetts’ 6th fills Gardner’s seat after his resignation for military service. About 200 Oriental women, mainly Chinese or Japanese, study in U.S. higher schools.
A Hardy Nebraska resident Mrs T Bucknell reports recovery from an attack of lumbago with Foley Kidney Pills. The damp spring caused suffering from backache and rheumatic pains, and she says the pills helped her.
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