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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1919
Page
5
A call to real success through disciplined labor and humble living. The author urges moderation, culture over wealth, avoidance of arrogance, and learning from daily life, books, and adversity. Emphasizes finding joy in labor, laughter, and the成长 of the soul as it pursues wisdom and a hopeful view of each dawn. S. H. Church.
An institute organized by Christian Endeavorers will be held here on October 24 at the Friends church with meetings at 3:30 4:30 6:00 6:45 and 7:45. All city young peoples societies are invited with programs available later from this society.
High Point hosts a one day Christian Endeavor institute on October 24 with speakers Sicharl Lehmann of Chattanooga and Charles E. Evans of Lexington. The event is part of a series touring major southern cities including Brooklyn Martinsburg Baltimore Richmond Norfolk Danville and Charlotte with state union officers likely to attend.
The ladies aid society of the East End church hosted a pie party at 7 30 pm for church benefit. An attractively arranged fishing pond entertained attendees and the event cleared 45 dollars for church use.
Miss Mary Alexander will entertain the W. O. T. Club Tuesday afternoon at four oclock with a sewing party at her English street residence. Full attendance expected.
The woman's missionary society of the First Baptist church will meet Monday at 3:36 PM at Mrs. T. F. Wrenn's home, 800 Broad Street. All members urged to attend.
Mrs. Dr. H. B. Hiatt will host the women’s guild of St. Mary's Episcopal Church Monday at 3 o'clock. The event takes place at her home in Roland Park and all members, old and new, are urged to attend.
Vienna reports that the Austrian cabinet led by Dr. Karl Renner resigned tonight and was immediately reconstituted under Renner with plans for a few important charges.
London reports a Daily Mail piece by Jane Doe arguing love costs rise. The feature cites chocolates at four shillings a pound, theatre outings taxed, engagement rings 75 percent higher, rent advances 25 percent, blankets twenty dollars a pair, perambulators over fifty dollars, and milk at twenty four cents a quart. It laments many British women remain unmarried as men preserve themselves.
Mrs. H A White, president of the High Point Woman's Club, received an invitation from the Greensboro Woman's Club to attend a reception at the O Henry on Wednesday October 22 at eight oclock. Mrs C C Hook, state federation president, will be honor guest. Members should reply by Monday noon with attendance numbers.
The Wesley Memorial Methodist church Ladies Aid Society will meet Monday at 3 PM at Mrs. J. E. Kirkman's Washington street home. Hostesses include Mrs. Oscar Kearns Mrs. Frank Ford Mrs. Copeland Mrs. Betts and Miss Blanche Freeman. Plans will be made for the chrysanthemum show bazaar and annual dinner. Full attendance requested.
The New York cotton market opened with substantial southern selling and weekend profit taking as weather maps improve and bullish stats appear. Early futures showed modest gains for October but declines of 10 to 25 points overall with December near 34.00 and other months lower.
Glenn Young, famed for aiding in rounding up blockaders and deserters during the great war, toured High Point with a renowned Belgian war dog. The dog, noted for its size and intelligence, can trail automobiles by scent and tires. Young hinted at pursuing a man but offered few details.
The Metho dists of High Point and western North Carolina end their conference year with a Greensboro opening at West Market Street Church on Wednesday at 9 AM led by Bishop A V W Darlington. Eight laymen from each of 11 districts will vote, with Fred N Tate chosen to represent the Greensboro district. The historical society will speak on early Methodism, and Sunday school events precede the main session.
A Boston Herald glosses laborers with pride as workers are praised for their diligence and value, underscoring social respect for labor in a historically rooted local tone.
Charles Amos received a telegram from Mrs Amos in Reidsville Virginia reporting ill children and she will return with them. Mr Amos hurried to Washington to meet them. Mrs C C Prince and Miss Valette Jones plan to return tonight from Atlanta. Homer Wheeler and his mother depart Monday for Max Meadows Virginia. Octavius Hararis returns from a western business visit. E B Bunting of Penny Bros Greensboro visits the city.
The Elwood Hotel registers include B Hoffin of Greensboro and C B Ennis of Charlotte among a list of North Carolina residents. Other names appear from Greensboro to Salisbury and nearby towns, including Fay and Carthage, with multiple Greensboro entries.
A large audience in the high school auditorium last night enjoyed a concert by the Williams negro singers. The program was well carried out with each number in its own class and the songs demonstrated strong training and quality.
In San Jose California Professor W V Cruess of the University of California demonstrated turning wine grapes into grape jam. Vine yard men cook a sizeable portion of the local wine crop into jam and obtain prices comparable to winery offers.
London reporters note English women resist Paris corset trends opting for elastic tricot belts. While some athletic and working women wear stiff corsets for support, many fashionable women prefer bands around the hips that avoid restricting movement. Actress Miss Ethel Levy still favors long corsets.
New York cotton closed steady with October at 3420, December 3228, January 3367, March 3367, May 3338. Market observers note little variation as futures remained unchanged across most contracts.
Greenville South Carolina Piedmont notes a local quip blaming higher living costs on makers not using fathers’ old pants to sew little Willies. The line satirizes fashion and industry while echoing local thrift humor.
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