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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1917

Page

5

Musical Benefit Recital Delights Greensboro Audience

A benefit recital at the auditorium drew an appreciative crowd. Mr. Smith, a baritone with clear enunciation, and Mrs. Jesse Alderman, a top violinist, headlined with Miss Bessie Alderman on piano. Highlights included Don Juans Serenade and Days of Long Ago, with the notable Folksong by Hildach plus Smith's own composition. Greensboro and High Point claim shared pride in the performers.

Smith Jesse Alderman Bessie Alderman Don Juan Schaikowski Searle Alt. Smith Squire High Point Mr. Smith

Mrs Lingle to Speak in City on Public Welfare Talk

Mrs Thomas W Lingle of Chapel Hill and former Federation of Woman's Clubs president will speak tomorrow at 3 20 p m at the Elks home on West Broad street on The North Carolina Board of Public Welfare. A musical program follows with club members performing. Members and others are urged to attend.

Chapel Hill Federation of Woman's Clubs Elks Home West Broad Street North Carolina Board of Public Welfare

Met Youth Faring Up the Hill Poem by Douglas Malloch

A poem tracing Youth through stages on a hill, from twenty to thirty years past, youthful song remaining vivid. The speaker notes Youth’s evolving trials from famine to storm, yet his heart and song persist as time passes. The piece concludes with the belief that one never truly grows old.

Douglas Malloch American Lumberman

Cummins and Troutman Wed in Albemarle Nuptials

J Clyde Cummins and Miss Doris Troutman united in marriage at the bride’s Albemarle home on Sunday October 21. The couple vow their future in Spartanburg where Cummins serves as chief engineer for the government at Camp Wadsworth. Revered L A Peeler officiated in a simple ceremony with close friends. Mr and Mrs Cummins leave for Spartanburg to join Cummins on duty.

J. Clyde Cummins Doris Troutman Albemarle H.C. Troutman Mr. Cummins V. Cummins High Point Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg S.C L. A. Peeler First Reformed Church Carmamins S. C

Tea Cups Club Meets Mrs Hiatt in Roland Park

The Over the Tea Cups club will meet with Mrs Houston B Hiatt at her home in Roland Park on Thursday afternoon. All members are urged to be present promptly at 2 o clock.

Houston B. Hiatt Roland Park

Cox Lloyd Wedding Solemnized at Mangum Avenue Home

Miss Emily Cox and George Wesley Lloyd were married Sunday at 12 15 PM in the home of Rev J D Shelton on Mangum avenue, in a ceremony attended by a small gathering of relatives and friends. The couple plan a future in High Point after a visit to Columbia South Carolina.

J. D. Shelton Mangum Avenue Emily Cox George Wesley Lloyd Columbia S. C High Point James Cox Eeds Williamson Lula Royals Lizzie Cox Emma Davis Bessia Chilton Frank Pierce Olin Beek M. C. Culler

Miss Leona Muse Hosts Autumnal Evening

Miss Leona Muse entertained at her South Main home in honor of Mrs. Chariton funter Ross an October bride and Mrs. James E. Smith of Fairmont West Virginia. Autumn flowers and ferns decorated the rooms as five tables of progressive rock followed an ice course. Guests included Dorothy Snow Aliah Pickett Marianna White Emily Brooks Edna Wall Maude Owen Lettie Smith Clarice Newlin Dorothy Henley Virginia Henley Adeile Peacock Frances Wood Catherine Harmon Juanita Moffitt Thelma Walters Margaret Rankin Josephine Wood Mrs John Peacock Mrs James F. Smith and Mrs Charlton Hunter Ross.

Leona Muse South Main Street Chariton Funter Ross James E. Smith Fairmont W. Va Dorothy Snow Aliah Pickett Marianna White Emily Brooks Edna Wall Maude Owen Lettie Smith Clarice Newlin Dorothy Henley Virginia Henley Adeile Peacock Frances Wood Catherine Harmon Juanita Moffitt Thelma Walters Margaret Rankin Josephine Wood John Peacock James F. Smith Charlton Hunter Ross

Guest of Mrs Millis Heads to Town For Club Talk

Mrs Thomas W Ling, of Chapel Hill, will deliver an address before the Woman's club at the Elks home tomorrow afternoon and will be the house guest of Mrs H A Millis on South Main street during her stay.

City Thomas W. Lingle Chapel Hill Woman's Club the Elks’ Home H. A. Millis South Main Street

Personal notes from Greensboro and surrounding towns

Frank Wineskie left yesterday for Pittsburg to spend a week on business. George Lowe visited Greensboro then traveled to Rocky Mount for the winter. Mrs. Carter Dalton and Mrs. Thomas J. Gold were in Greensboro yesterday. J. Elwood Cox returned from Richmond after attending a Friends meeting. Asa Biggs and wife spent last evening in Greensboro. Miss Penelope Cobb is in Greensboro on business. Miss Margaret Rankin visited Greensboro briefly. Miss Carew of Asheville stays with Mr. and Mrs. C C Seawell on South Main Street.

Frank Wineskie Pittsburg Margaret. Rankin Greensboro

Reception in Honor of High Point Teachers

A Woman's club hosted reception honoring the High Point graded school faculty next Friday night the 26th from 830 to 11 at the Elks home. Members of the Woman's club and their spouses are expected along with city council members Ministerial Association and Ellis lodge and their wives. A brief receiving line will feature club executives and faculty followed by a musical program.

High Point Gven Woman's Club Elks’ Home City Council Ministerial Association Ellis’ Lodge

Mrs Frederick Shelly Leaves For Passadena California

Mrs Frederick Shelly departs this morning for her home in Passadena California after visiting friends and relatives in this section.

Frederick Shelly Passadenia Cal

Eastern Star Meeting Tonight at 7:30

The regular meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock.

the Order of the Eastern Star

Community Fair At Lane's School Tomorrow

Greene county's only community fair will be held at Lane's School near Snow Hill on Wednesday. W. C. Ed Yata is president and Calvin C. Eason is secretary and treasurer. Farmers from across the county will exhibit. Health education and agriculture experts will lecture. Fine displays of work and racing stock expected with tobacco prominent. Premiums include blue and red ribbons. Orators include J. E. Debnam B. T. Ferguson and R. W. Freeman.

Ee Snow Hill Greene County Lane’school W. C. Ed. Yata Calvin C. Eason Health, Education and Agriculture J. E. Debnam B. T. Ferguson Greenville R. W. Freeman Wilson

Subscriptions Fall Short But Hope Rises In Liberty Loan Drive

Philadelphia leaders reported total subscriptions today to the second liberty loan about 12 million dollars, below the daily average needed to reach the district’s 415 million dollar maximum quota. Overall district sales were estimated at about 170 million dollars so far.

Philadelphia Liberty

Richmond Hotels Ban Meat on Tuesdays

Richmond officials announced that starting today no hotel in the city will serve meat on Tuesdays. Restaurants and lunch rooms are expected to follow suit to conserve food supplies.

Richmond Hotel Men’s Association

Soldier-Woman Letters Urge Food Administration Duty

Washington woman Frances urges sister in Michigan to join the Food administration effort. She urges substitution, avoiding waste, and gaining family cooperation to conserve, ship more wheat, and back the war. Each home has a duty to act, turning homemaking into soldiering.

Washington Michigan The Food Administration Washington, DC Edith Dearsett Jack Frances

Liquor Entry Rules Issued and Recalled by Treasury

Washington on October 23 reports the treasury department issued then recalled instructions to customs collectors allowing entry of distilled spirits produced abroad before October 3 for non beverage use. The issue arose from Lawrence Becker's interpretation of food and revenue laws and is awaiting attorney general decision while the food control prohibition stays in effect.

Washington Treasury Department Rowe Food and Revenue Lawrence Becker Department of Justice Becker

Leading tenor in Pom-Pom held in Roanoke jail

Jerome Hayes, star tenor of Pom-Pom, is confined in Roanoke jail after a disorderly conduct case on a train involving soldiers. The production crew left for Memphis while Hayes remained for several days as government agents questioned him. He paid a $20 fine after the charge was sustained.

Danville Jerome Hayes South Roanoke Memphis Hayes

German Town Mourns For Men Lost In Raid

Zurich reports Fredrickshaven mourns four Zeppelins lost in raid over England. Crews mostly from there trained locally. King of Württemberg sent condolence messages to families. Swiss papers call the disaster a death blow to Zeppelins.

Zurich Switzerland Fredrickshaven England King of Wurttemburg

Clerks Transferred as Road Walkouts Ebb

Local clerks moved from Coast Line general offices to walkout sites in Wilmington as President Wenley reports conditions are normalizing. Clerks volunteered for service at their new stations, signaling a smooth redeployment amid the strike situation.

Wilmington Coast Line John KR. Wenley

New Enemy Property Custodian Plans Bond Drive

Washington October 23. The new enemy property custodian will begin by seeking subscriptions to Liberty bonds totaling many millions of dollars. On taking office he found numerous letters reporting money for credits and other property held by American interests for aliens.

Washington

Pershing on Inspection Tour of French Lines

General Pershing visits the French lines of communication on a multi day inspection. The French provide a private railway car capable of carrying an automobile for the journey, with the car rolled out at the nearest rail point and completed by motor travel.

General Pershing France Associated Press Pershing

Florence Kelly Dies From Liberty Parade Injuries

Florence Kelly a 20 year old white girl from Greeneville Tennessee died early Sunday after injuries from being thrown under a large truck while riding into Newport News on Thursday. She wore men's clothes and had worked three weeks as a water boy at Camp Hill. Efforts to contact her family failed.

Newport News Florence Kelly Greeneville Tenn Camp Hill

Neighborhood Colds Said to Improve with Foley’s Honey and Tar

Mrs Anna Pelzer of 2526 Jefferson St South Omaha Nebraska says Foley’s Honey and Tar cured her daughter’s bad cold and neighbors report using Foley’s Honey and Tar and Foley’s Medicine for coughs with good results. Mann Drug Co.

Anna Pelzer Jefferson St Omaha Neb Foley Benson Mann Drug Co

For Sale Household Items Include Bed and Dresser

Classified notice lists for sale iron bed child bed dresser chairs kitchen table crate baskets gas heater. Item locations appear at JIS lm street with date 10.25.

Lm Street

Promyvt Action Inverts Trouble

A medical advertisement describes a constipation remedy that claims to cleanse the digestive system and improve liver function without nausea. It promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as effective, noting they keep bowels regular and stomach sweet, with no post-use after effects. Mann Drug Co.

Mann Drug Co

Cardui praised by Tennessee woman for relief from womanly troubles

Mrs J B Gadd of Hixson Tennessee recounts suffering from left side pain for years. After using Cardui she reports strong improvement and credits it with curing her symptoms. The ad urges other women to try Cardui for headaches backaches sleeplessness and fatigue.

Cardui Cardus

Women Suffer Kidney Trouble Symptoms Warned

The piece notes that women of varying ages experience backache swollen ankles and rheumatic pains often from overworked kidneys. Foley Kidney Pills are recommended as a remedy.

Foley

Hidden sugar found in Buffalo warehouse

Federal agents reported to Washington the discovery of millions of pounds of sugar in barrels and bags stored in a Buffalo warehouse. Notations indicate the sugar had been arriving over several months and total an estimated 10,000,000 pounds.

Buffalo Federal Secret Service Washington

Worth Their Weight in Gold

Reading man praises Foley Kidney Pills for backache rheumatic pains and swollen joints and says the pills restored ability to work after months of pain and illness.

B. H. Stone N. 2d. St Reading

High Point Tax Notice for 1917 Due in October

City taxes for 1917 are due at the office of city collector R. C. Soyars. A two percent discount applies to taxes paid during October, per city manager Tr. J. Murphy.

High Point R. C. Soyars Tr. J. Murphy

Also Mentioned on This Page

Troutman-Cummins Mrs. Hiatt Cox-Lloyd Miss Muse George Lowe C. W. Comstock W. H. Pickard Rocky Mount Carter Dalton Thomas J. Gold J. Elwood Cox Ind Meeting of Friends Afr Asa Biggs Grensboro Penelope Cobb C. E. S. Meeting Phoenix Lane Liberty Parade NEW Coats Avirre New York Manu Facturers Tee Petey Beavans Hixson Coats Atlantic Erty Wachovia Bank and Trust Company W. C Wescott Roberson Julius C. Smith Insurance Department
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