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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1916
Page
5
A poetic scene set in Sleepy Hollow with shadowy figures, a headless Hessian, old Dutch church, and a silent stream. Autumn leaves, frost, and moonlight frame the eerie mood as harvest and goblin imagery weave through the old Mohican trail.
Miss Lila M Keith of Currie wed Julius A Smith of Wilmington in a 3 pm ceremony at B F Keith home near Currie. Rev John Jeter Hurt officiated with Miss Aline Keith maid of honor and Waring Smith best man. Guests included many Wilmington Fayetteville Burgaw and Wake Forest attendees. A reception followed and the couple departed for a honeymoon visiting Washington and New York before settling in High Point.
The U D C will meet Wednesday afternoon with Miss Helen Brockett at 3 30 instead of this afternoon as previously announced.
Mrs. M L Coggins of Lexington visits daughter Mrs. John A Holmes on Lindsay street. Several lists of guests arrive from Philadelphia Atlantic City and Winston-Salem visiting local residents on Washington Steele Hamilton and Lindsay streets. Greensboro and Raleigh visitors also appear in the personal notices.
Senator Walter Mapp of the Virginia assembly will address the Municipal ball Tuesday night in Danville under the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. He helped draft the stringent prohibition act set to take effect next Wednesday morning and will discuss the shift toward a wetter Virginia.
London reports Foghorn McDonald a famed Canadian soldier known for his thunderous voice and mining days. Once a private, he receives a promotion to major in a ceremony among comrades, with veterans praising his leadership and bravery on No Man's Land.
In Toledo Ohio on October 30 missionary Charles T Liggs told the American board of commissioners for foreign missions that Turkey entering the great war has devastated mission work in the Constantinople region. He cited loss of young men deportations and closed missions along the Dardanelles and in Rodosto, with churches used by troops and halted publications. He noted new access through Red Cross relief and Moslem interest, and gratitude from Armenian Patriarchs. The end hopes peace will open paths to preach the Gospel.
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