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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1917
Page
5
A short verse on how neglected acts of kindness haunt the heart at dusk. It emphasizes tender words, letters, flowers left unsent and the regret that follows. Margaret KK urges Gamma Zeta club to note a change in the record.
Miss Pearl Sink wed EK A Hatcher Jr at the home of Mr and Mrs A Sink in Thomasville at 11 this morning. Rev I N Mercer officiated in a simple ceremony witnessed by close family. The couple, after a wedding trip to Washington and Norfolk, will reside in High Point near Mr Hatcher’s Richmond home.
The Gamma Zeta club will meet with Mrs Carter Dalton on Johnson Street Friday afternoon at 3 50 instead of Thursday due to a conflicting meeting. The address notes Springfield and October 17 as the nearby dates.
The Entre Nous club will meet tomorrow Thursday at 3 30 PM with Mrs John Tate at her North Main Street home. Members are asked to bring their work to the session.
The W. T. club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 o clock with Mrs W Chasé Idol at her Hamilton Street home.
Maude White left today for Raleigh to attend the state fair and spend a few weeks with her sister Mrs James De Ray. R L Caviness of Dereensboro was a business visitor to the city this morning. Mr and Mrs Al Moffitt and Mr and Mrs H A Moffitt motored to Raleigh for the state fair. Mrs John T Rees and Mrs McDowell of Greensboro were visitors to the city this morning.
New Haven Conn October 17 Rev Anson Phelps Stokes secretary of Yale University has declined the call to be principal of Hampton Institute succeeding the late Dr Frissell The assertion came from William H Taft chairman of the board of trustees In a letter Stokes said the role would help the race problem but he must continue to devote his strength to Yale during President Hadley s administration
Washington reports a large share of this year's wheat crop grades No 3 or better under federal standards. USDA notes 76.7 to 81.2 percent of Hard Red Spring wheat, 72.5 to 89.9 percent of Hard Red Winter and Soft Red Winter wheat graded No 3 or better in Minneapolis Chicago and Kansas City during varying July August and September periods.
The Forest Service reports naval stores operators can gain about 30 percent more turpentine and 35 percent more resin by chipping twice weekly and using ¼ inch streaks. Net profits could rise by roughly 22 thousand dollars per fifty crops, though tree vitality may suffer in the first year.
Washington urges saving skim milk as a valuable food and cottage cheese maker. Farmers and creameries should convert skim milk to cottage cheese or use it in cooking. The dairy division will guide home and creamery production. Also mentions a potential Yankees management change and criticizes pilot Wild Bill Donovan over a passport issue.
At the National Dairy show in Columbus Ohio October 18 27 the Southern Railway system and lines including Mobile and Ohio and Georgia Southern and Florida present an exhibit to attract northern farmers to southern dairy farming. The display features southern feed crops such as corn velvet beans soy beans crimson clover cowpeas lespedera alfalfa and various grasses to prove frost risk and feed advantages in the south.
Curtis A. Peters, a New York attorney, was named tempo rary receiver of the estate of Mrs. Mlandhe A. Wing ee who was killed in Concord North Carolina last August. Gas ton B. Means the business agent is jailed in Concord awaiting grand jury action. The receivership covers furniture valued at 25000 and bank and safety deposits in New York.
A promising naval reserves football eleven at Newport, R. I., features players such as Hutchinson from Yale, Barrett from Cornell, Green and Gerrish from Dartmouth, McSpadden of Michigan, Dunn of Wisconsin, Burke of Virginia, Williams and Corcoran of Fordham, plus Bagley and Austin of Exeter, with Cupid Black and others in the lineup.
Eastern golfers dominated the circuit by capturing amateur professional and junior Western titles, claiming three of the four available championships in the west this year.
Washington announced new credits of 50 million to Russia 25 million to Britain 20 million to France and 8.3 million to Belgium raising total U S credits to allied nations to 2 7114 billion.
Mrs. Anna Pelzer of 2526 Jefferson St Omaha Neb writes that Foley's Honey and Tar cured her daughter and that neighbors including Mrs Benson used it with success, with many in the neighborhood speaking highly of the remedy.
Bids will be received by the City of High Point until Oct 6 at 12 noon for one 750 gallon Triple Combination Motor Pumping Fire Engine and 1 000 feet of fire hose. Bids must state delivery time for the fire engine.
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