Daily Word of Cheer Personal Notes from Kinston
A cheerful column notes Mrs. C. F. Harvey of Kinston, state president of the U D C, hosting at Mrs. W. H. Plummer’s Elwood home. Mrs. J. F. Taylor of Kinston delegates to a U D C convention and stays at the Elwood. Miss Lucy Seymour Black visits her uncle Robert Brockett’s home on Johnson street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Harvey
Kinston
W. H. Plummer
Elwood
J. F. Taylor
U. PD. C
Lucy Seymour Black
Robert Brockett
Johnson Street
Literature Department to Meet at 3 45 Wednesday
The Literature department of the Woman's club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3 45 with Mrs. Julius C. Smith. The topic is Revolutionary and Civil War Songs and Southern and Union Songs of Sentiment. New members are invited, and full attendance is desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voman’s Club
Julius C. Smith
Auxiliary Meets in Fortnight Meeting at Mrs Johnson Home
The Woman's Auxiliary held its regular monthly meeting yesterday at 2:30 PM at Mrs Richard Johnson's Caarrick Avenue home. Members discussed various business matters and enjoyed a social hour with refreshments served to a full attendance.
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Woman's Auxiliary
Richard Johnson
Caarrick Avenue
Ladies Aid Meeting Notes Local Visit Receipts
A Ladies Aid gathering was held yesterday at Mrs D H Hall's home with about 20 members present. Visitors included C D Partin of Durham and E F Carr of Durham Hosiery Mill. Mrs W B Baker of Reidsville left after visiting Mrs J R Long. Greensboro visitors listed A M Kirkman H I Brooks C G Smith B C Campbell J S Hunter and Miss F Steele. Mrs W M Y Perry and niece Mary Gurkin are visiting Mrs E A Edwards on South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
D. H. Hall
Aid Society
W. B. Baker
Reidsville
J. R. Long
Greensporo
A. M. Kirkman
H. I. Brooks
C. G. Smith
B. C. Campbell
J. S. Hunter
F. Steele
Mrs J K Wagner Improves After Week of Illness
Mrs J K Wagner, who has been ill for the past week, is reported to be improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Wagner
Mrs Faison and Mrs Fruger Lead Confederate Chapter Relations
Mrs I W Faison and Mrs Gordon Fruger both of Charlotte are listed as U D gnesia of Mr old Mrs Iton Prockett. Faison is a former state president and Fruger a former state director of the children's chapter of the Confederacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Faison
Gordon Fruger
Charlotte
U. D
Iton Prockett
Faison
Fruger
Children’s Chapter
The
Confederacy
German reply on Baltic troops unsatisfactory says council
Paris reports the supreme council discussed the German reply to the allied demand for withdrawal of General von der Goltz's troops from Baltic provinces. The reply is viewed as unsatisfactory and Marshal Foch is instructed to draft a new note.
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von der Goltz
Baltic
Supreme Council
Foch
Damages Claim Against Carranza Government Capped
Senate investigators heard that damage claims against the Carranza government in Mexico would not exceed 25 million dollars. The estimate came as Thomas R. Lill led resumed hearings with American accountants hired to install an efficiency system for Carranza's administration. The witness assumed the present Mexican government did not accept liability for damages beyond its own acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Thomas R. Lill
Carranza
Mexico
Passenger Steamer Lexington Rammed by Submarine in Hell Gate
The Lexington bound for Providence with several hundred passengers was rammed by a submarine in Hell Gate New York. The vessel steered toward the Astoria shore where launches and row boats rushed to assist. The Colonial Navigation company steamer reached dock at Astoria after the collision.
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New York
Lexington
Providence
Hell
Astoria
East River
The
Colonial Navigation Company
Aosta Aims to Delay D Annunzio at Fiume
Paris reports the Duke of Aosta was sent by the government to Fiume to urge Captain D Annunzio to suspend operations and await an Allied decision on the city situation, per Rome advices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Duke of
Aosta
Fiume
D’annunzio
Rome
Convicted for Wife Murder in Virginia
Lawrence Guthrie of Halifax county was convicted and sentenced to life in the state penitentiary for killing his wife near South Boston and cremating the remains after confessing to the crime weeks earlier in Danville Virginia on October 7.
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Danville
Lawrence Guthrie
Halifax County
South
Boston
State Penitentiary
Rioting wounds five in Oakland streetcar clash
Five men including Police Captain W F Woods were slightly wounded in rioting sparked by the San Francisco-Oakland terminal railways resuming street car traffic on the sixth day of the strike. In Moscow a funeral procession bomb killed ten and injured 28 seriously, with many others lightly hurt.
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Oakland
Cal
W. F. Woods
San Francisco-Oakland
Helsingfors
Moscow
Chicago Bread Prices Rise Across Retail Market
Chicago reports bread prices up one cent per loaf with current rate 11 cents or two for 21. Bakers raise price by half a cent per loaf. Hourly notes include Mr. and Mrs. W H Plummer and Mrs W A Bass in Greensboro. Attorneys Hedgecock and Parsons visited Thomasville yesterday.
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Chicago
W. H. Plummer
W. A. Bass
Greensboro
Hedgecock and Parsons
Thomasville
Delegates Arrive for U D C Convention in High Point
The High Point page notes U D C delegates arriving for the convention with city tours by the chamber of commerce and hospitality from the Elks and Commercial Club. Highlights include address by Mrs Josephus Daniels and songs by Mrs Newton Baker, with Cameron Morrison to speak Thursday. Mrs J F Hayden becomes first vice president of the state at Thursday's election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Newton D. Baker
Secre
Chamber of Commerce
Elks Club
Commercial Club
Woman’s Club
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
Henry White
Woman's Club
Chas. D. Dowd
High Point
J. J. Farriss
Felix Harvey
N. C
U. D C
J. F. Hayden
Newton Baker
H. A. London
Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Hayden
Housewives Call for Cost Cutting Tips to Help Readers
The Enterprise invites housewives to share practical economical ideas in short letters under a few hundred words. Submissions may be printed to help others reduce living costs. names can be withheld if desired.
High Point Vets Attend 10th Confederate Reunion
Confederate veterans from High Point travel to Atlanta for the 10th reunion of the war between the states. Thousands gather as the city decorates with Stars and Bars and Stars and Stripes. Attending from High Point are Tom Wood A M Idol John Little William Marsh H Amuels A R Hammer and Rev J M Hilliard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
High Point
Messrs
Tom Wood
A. M. Idol
John Little
William Marsh
H. Aamuels
A. R. Hammer
J M. Hilliard
Death of Harper's editor Henry Mills Alden at 82
Henry Mills Alden longtime editor of Harper's magazine since 1869 died in New York after a long illness at age 82. He led the publication for decades and shaped his era's literary journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Mills Alden
Harper’s Magazine
Nettie Thurman Guest in Statesville Visit
Nettie Thurman and her companion B. R. Thurman are spending time in Statesville with a guest, Miss Day.
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Nettie Thurman
B. R. Thurman
Miss Day
Statesville
Secretary Baker Seeks Senate Opposition to War Sentence Remission Bill
Secretary Baker asked the Senate Military Committee to report unfavorably on a bill to remit all wartime sentences for soldiers except offenses punishable under federal law. He warned the measure could harm army morale in future emergencies and urged rejection.
Fire in Burtis Bay kills two Standard Guano workers
In Baltimore on October 7 a fire partially destroyed the Standard Guano Company plant at Burtis Bay. Two Black workers died in the blaze and officials placed the loss at about $1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Standard Guano Company
Burtis Bay
High Point Commercial School Reopens After Cul Pepper Meeting
The High Point Commercial School, closed for the Cul pepper meeting, will reopen tomorrow.
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Beavans
Ladies Aid
C. D. Partin
Durham
E. F. Carr
Durham Hos
Iery
Moffitt Furnishing Co
Washington
Caranza
Dannunzio
Chicago Bread
Georgette
F’rines
Wales
Lady Huntingfield
Hleanos Crosby
Rhinebeck
N. Y
U. D.C
Veterans
Walter Leonard
Tary
WW. A. Lambeth
Wesley Memorial Church
Stanton
T. J. Gold—Commercial Club
W. O. Spencer
Suffrage League
Gertrude Weil
N. C. Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Clara Cox
United Confederate Veterans Gen
James I. Metts
Women’s Chorus
Babie
Walter Woodard
Solo
Mrs. Newton Bak
N. C. Division
Anna Jones Wooten
Margarete Kirkman
A. FB. Alexander
English Street
J. F
Enterprise
Terprise
High Point Vets
U.D.C
United Daughters of the Con
Ters
STORS
Bill
Ker
High Point Commercial School
Culpepper
Stewart
United States Tire CO
Minneapolis
National Motor Company
Westernorth Carolina
Davie Street
Greensboro, N. C
Parson’s Motor Corporation
Auburn Avenue
Atlanta, Ga
Southern Distributors
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