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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1927
Page
6
The Canterbury club holds its first fall meeting at 3 30 PM at Mrs Charles W Perry’s Ardyn Hills home. A Hoover reunion set for Sunday September 11 features speaker Oscar Redding of Asheboro and a family picnic dinner.
Miss Cecélia Scott visits Miss Mary Elizabeth Perry on North Main street. Mrs F J Sizemore and son Francis visit Winston-Salem. Edna and Jessie Kearns return to Greensboro College. Mrs T V Long visited Washington D C staying at the Colonial hotel. Elizabeth and Florence Thomas return to Petersburg Virginia after visiting Mrs J P Crowder on Steele street. Mrs Jack Kester and others shop in Charlotte. Mr and Mrs J P Welborn return from Roaring Gap and Blowing Rock. Dorothy Reitzel departs for Meredith College Raleigh. Mary Badgett Byrum leaves for Greensboro for the new session. Helen Marsh returns to Greensboro College. Katherine Whitener leaves for Greensboro College session.
The proposed cancellation and higher rates for carload furniture shipments anger High Point manufacturers. Rates from High Point to Richmond would rise from 84 to 1.04 dollars, 204 miles. Other routes to Philadelphia and Jamestown show similar increases. The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association and NC shippers oppose the changes and vow to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for hearings and justification.
Southern proposes canceling existing less carload commodity rates and applying class rates for most items, with increases for key High Point goods. Notable shifts include News print paper 5th to 4th class, Wooden sash 3rd to 1st, Doors 3rd to 2nd, and Wood working machinery 2nd to 1st class. The Interstate Commerce Commission framework sets varying percent-of-first-class bases, predicting significant rises for many items.
A New Jersey man and others described as underweight gained about 28 pounds after using McCoy's Tablets. The ad promises an ironclad guarantee: four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes must yield at least 5 pounds and improved health or the purchase price is refunded. Mann Drug Co. and local drugstores are listed as sources.
Rapid City dispatch says President Coolidge prepared to end his municipal stop and head back home as plans to close up shop near the end of the visit fell into place.
Widely known philanthropist Mr. B. L. Morrell of Herb Juice Medicine Company arrives in High Point to open a campaign for better health. He will set up headquarters in a downtown drug store inviting free tests of his preparation.
After a three month stay in the Black Hills the President and Mrs Coolidge trimmed their engagement lists to clear government business before a three day trip to the national capital. Washington will wake to find them back at home with a fall program ahead after weeks of rest and play in western South Dakota.
Turkish authorities say a band infiltrated from Greece admitted plans to use hazardous material to target President Mustapha Kemal's train on his return to Angora in October. The disclosure follows investigations into the thwarted plot.
The island of Samos was captured by the Turkish army on August 28. The accused are now on trial in the criminal court at Stamboul. READ ENTERPRISE WANT ADS, THEY BRING RESULTS.
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