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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
5
A reflective verse on starting anew frames a column of social notes. Selected guests, visits by Vera and Verta Idol, Blanche Shattuck’s New York trip, and Greensboro acquaintances share brief personal updates alongside a medical note about O A Kirkman's improving condition.
Mrs A H Sisson entertained last evening for Mr Sissons birthday with only Miss Kathleen Petty and Dr O D Baxter as guests outside the immediate family.
The regular Friday evening dance is slated for tonight at the Commercial Club at eight o'clock. Music and dancing are planned for attendees in the club's main hall.
Mrs Carter Dalton hosts an afternoon auction as a social event in honor of Miss Kathleen Petty, a bride in the fall. The gathering features complimentary refreshments and associate guests in a cordial setting.
Lawrence Austin improves from scarlet fever while Frank Sherrod recovers at the city hospital. Mrs. P B Rogers plans a two week visit to Southport and relatives in South Carolina. A H Sisson returns from a business trip to New York. Violet Johnson resumes activity after illness. Mrs. W W Dinsmore returns to Montgomery after weeks with relatives on Lindsay street. Misses Grace and Marguerite Bencini and others visited Greensboro yesterday afternoon. Miss Faye Huntley of Winston-Salem featured in the social column.
Fall silk offerings feature new plaids for waists and a range of black silks including Duchess satin Charmeuse and Taffeta. Prices run from 1.00 to 1.50 per yard. See Black Silks, touted as stylish and popular for dresses and coats.
North Carolina and several listed individuals including J C Hunt and G B Koonce appear in an entry tied to venues and names across Greensboro Winston-Salem Asheville and Charlotte, indicating a regional context or event listing with multiple persons and places.
Baibridge Col by, who backed Theodore Roosevelt at the Progressive national convention in Chicago, now declares support for Wilson and announces his entry into the Progressive party primary for the U.S. Senate in New York.
Mrs Bridge instructs George to stop at the grocer for butter tea and crackers and to visit the tailor and milkman for repairs and favors. She also asks him to call her sister in Trenton and arrange a Tuesday visit. The humor hinges on endless requests eliciting the line Good land, aren't you men terrible.
He lets others pay the car fares and his best girl hears it is too hot for the theatre. He smokes others’ cigars or cigarettes, calls Christmas gifts foolish, and shuns birthdays. He tracks free events, is last at the lunch counter, and eats big meals when someone else pays.
A local committee asks a Scotch millionaire to join ten donors by contributing one thousand dollars each to fund a new library. The Scot replies that he will provide the final thousand dollars himself, effectively covering the goal.
A golf instructor tells a client that teaching golf is an all day job. The client asks why since only an hour has passed. The professional replies that each lesson requires extensive time to teach the sport.
A parent jokes about avoiding the home college due to crowded traditions tied to her name. She refuses to let her son imitate the stunts she once did as a student, signaling strong nostalgia and caution.
A visitor praises the county's lack of prisoners over a year, while a local replies that slick lawyers may fool the system, implying crime may still exist beneath the surface.
Karl Bonham, Royal Conservatory graduate, and Rose Gillespie, trained in London and Boston, will appear at the High Point auditorium Thursday evening September 21 at 8 o'clock. Bonham is hailed as a wonderful artist and Gillespie as a singer of rare voice and charm, with noted training and stage experience.
Capetown reports details from Bloemfontein trial of Von Der Merwe and Schonken on high treason for seeking Boer support led by Gen DeWet. DeWet warned against uprising. hearing adjourned. DeWet led Orange Free State forces in the Boer war, later convicted, and paroled in 1915.
In Rich Square on September 15, George Moore, a Black man, killed a four year old negro boy and severely beat his wife. Moore fled likely on a freight train as local authorities search river plantation area for the suspect.
In Statesville on September 15 Sam Jones, a Black man, jailed in default of $200 bond, is charged with stealing brass from a Southern Railway engine. The brass fixtures valued at about $50 were removed after a hot box halted the engine, and Jones allegedly sold them to junk dealer Charlie Williams via L Arner. Williams was released, Jones given a hearing.
Chapel Hill reports about 40 players appeared on Emerson field as coaches hope for numbers to grow. The squad undergoes stricter conditioning drills as soreness fades and preparation begins for a tough upcoming schedule.
Miss Mason's Letter notes reversed seasons in Buenos Aires and contrasts heatless houses with North American warmth. The author recalls coal prices, steam heat scarcity, and a luxe Plaza hotel with lockless keys, ending noting a Harrods ice cream soda symbolizing cultural contrast.
Kinston Sept 15 A W Oats of Greene county drew a check on the local tobacco market for more than 1500 dollars for a single day’s sales. The season’s strongest check yet and more than a million pounds of leaf had been sold in the week through last night.
Elwood camp No. 729 W. O. W. plans a lawn party at Greene street car line end Saturday night starting 7 30. Proceeds will benefit the degree team. Date noted as 9 14 31.
Dr Haven Emerson city health commissioner announces research authorities have been testing to identify the carrier and transmitter of infantile paralysis and report that rat fleas are responsible for spreading the disease.
Virginia Kenney administratrix of W M Kenney deceased of Guilford county NC calls creditors to exhibit claims by September 14 1917 at 807 South Main Street High Point NC. Debtors urged to pay promptly. Notice dated September 13 1916 signed Virginia Kenney and Attorney T W Albertson.
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