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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1917
Page
5
A singers reunion begins at Bethel Reformed Church on Sunday October 7 with four programs by various High Point choirs and groups. Sunday 2 30 p m Monday Tuesday and Wednesday night programs start at 7 45 p m. Everyone is welcome to participate and attend.
Yesterday afternoon in Greensboro the marriage of Miss Sallie VP Brimmer to A. M. Giles was performed by Rev. S. M. Rankin in the registrar of deeds office. The bride hails from Spray and the groom resides near the city.
Miss Lula Smitherman of Mocksville Ind is selected as teacher for the third grade at Main Street School. Superintendent Marr secured her earlier and the city council affirmed the appointment last night.
The Ladies' Aid and Marnest Workers societies of the First Reformed church will hold a joint meeting at the church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Special business is to be transacted.
The Entre Nous club will meet tomorrow at 3 PM with Mrs G H Kearns on South Main street. All members are urged to attend as this will be a business meeting.
Personal note stating Rev. Lewis McFarland departed today for Indiana to visit friends and relatives before attending the Five Year Meeting. The item emphasizes travel for religious gathering and family connections.
Mr and Mrs R F Rice of Greensboro were visitors to the city this morning.
The American tanker Westwego arrived from a European port recounting a navy department note of a six submarine assault on a convoy. Two ships and a submarine were sunk as submarines trailed daylight and dusk attacks, with likely vessels named as Delphic and Middlesex but not confirmed.
Washington reports a bill introduced by Representative Raley of California proposes $10,000,000 to pay family allowances to enlisted personnel in the army navy and marine corps. A separate measure by Representative Crips of Georgia seeks preferential civil service status for World War I veterans.
Washington reports changes to export license rules to ease foreign trade while blocking shipments to Germany via its allies or European neutrals. The adjustments aim to prevent aid to Germany and maintain controls on sensitive goods.
Stockholm reports the Swedish ministry has resigned while King Gustav requests ministers to retain their portfolios for the time being as a caretaker measure.
Advertisement offers a cutout slip to mail name and address to Foley & Co at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago HL for a trial package. The package includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup along with Foley Whitney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets from Mann Drug Co.
Sligo in the west of Ireland with about 10 000 inhabitants is declared bankrupt. The town hall is seized for debt and sheriff s bailiffs control municipal buildings. A government inspector cites lack of prudent management and tax collection failures among defaulters including local officials.
Over a half hundred babies have enrolled for the Better Babies Contest at the state fair October 16 to 19. Admission now welcomes all children four years and under, and mothers seek to learn about adenoids tonsils teeth eyes ears and other health needs. The contest emphasizes health improvement over mere appearance and offers a ten dollar prize for the best score improvement since last year.
Statesville October 3 W L Neely resigns as fire chief and inspector to run a grocery at East Front and Salisbury with C D Bailey owner Kerr acts as fire chief. Board met after weekend recess. E Z Cansler resigns as member replaced by J T Finch. General Julian S Carr visited Statesville. Miss Mary Norman from Charlotte visiting Miss Charlie Tomlin.
In Danville Virginia on October 3 the first parcel post tobacco was auctioned on the local warehouse floor. Fifty pounds sent by farmer J L McClain from Tennessee sold at 37 dollars per hundred. The warehouse held 700000 pounds with sales blocked. Labor shortages kept tobacco trucks running overnight to clear piles.
Raleigh October 3 Adjutant General Young orders immediate organization of new state militia units to be formed in seven chief population centers with 100 men each. Charlotte Wilmington Winston-Salem Durham Asheville Greensboro and Fayetteville will receive officers and commissions once elected, followed by equipment procurement under Governor Bickett.
Boyd's Conservatory of Music at 220 Broad Street announces new enrollment for pupils. Offering instruction in piano voice harmony sight singing and kindergarten in a full program for beginners and advancing students.
Miss Clara Boyd and Miss Eve lyn Boyd plan to open a music school in the Broad Street home once occupied by Mrs Frances Pickard at an early date. The sisters will conduct lessons in piano singing and music theory for local residents and students.
The New York Journal of Commerce cites Mr. Hoover urging the American public to ration sugar for two months. It contrasts French consumption of about one ounce daily with American four and a half times that, urging restraint to support France as it endures Lille, Verdun, and the Marne. A French soldier remarks that France took two arms for humanity, not merely sugar.
Washington October 5. A conference between presidents of international trade unions and the joint army and navy wage adjustment board discussed a sliding wage scale tied to cost of living increases for navy ward and arsenal workers. No decision was reached.
An ad presents Foley's King of Malaria Chill Tonic as a remedy for chills fevers and sweats. It claims quinine taste is improved and the tonic benefits of iron purified minerals enhance appetite strength and vitality. Mann Drug Co markets the product.
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The annual meeting of High Point Perpetual Building and Loan association stockholders will be in the Commercial National Bank director's room on Monday night October 29 at 7 30 o'clock. V A J Idol secretary treasurer announces the meeting on September 29, 1917.
Public auction in High Point North Carolina on October 1917 at 10 30 a m offers about fifty residence lots on North Hamilton street and a 200 foot by Jordan street parcel on North Main, plus a 19 acre farm two miles north. Terms vary with cash needs and deferred payments at 6 per cent interest. Auction by American Land Co acting for executor L P Burns with attorneys listed.
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