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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1919
Page
5
Miss Mildred Bedford has joined the staff as society reporter for The Enterprise. Her telephone number is 855 and items for the social page should be telephoned to her as early as possible in the morning.
Mr and Mrs BE A Snow and Dr W A Hayes who had been in Bennetsville South Carolina since Sunday afternoon are returning to the city this evening.
Robert Silver departed yesterday for Philadelphia to begin his studies at a local school. He will enroll in classes and start the new academic chapter.
David Stanton is reported very ill at his residence on East Green Street with members of his family nearby. The notice notes his condition without further medical details.
A group of Christian Endeavor sisters hosted a farewell supper at Hamilton Wood's home for students leaving for college. Miss Stella Anderson heads to State College for Women while Herbert Gurley goes to Chapel Hill. The gathering, though sad to lose Guilford friends, was a successful send off.
Mrs. W H Plummer has returned from an extensive visit to Boston New York and Washington. In Boston she was a guest of Mrs Frank Rickett, a former resident of this city.
Miss Hattie Fowler of Statesville returns home after spending the weekend with Miss Milderd Bedford.
The Tea Cups club plans a Thursday 10 o'clock gathering at the home of Mrs T J Gold. The Christian Endeavor city union will hold a meeting this evening at Friends Church.
William D. Simmons Jr departs for Lexington Virginia to enroll at Washington and Lee University for further study.
John A. Smith arrives in Greensboro for a business visit. He plans meetings with local firms and follows with potential contracts and networking engagements in the city.
Parker R. Anderson of Greensboro spent several hours in the city today, meeting local residents and stopping at noted spots before returning home.
Miss Fannie Smith Walker leaves tomorrow to enroll at Salem College in Winston-Salem, marking a new chapter in her education.
J J Horne of the Rocky Mount Telegram is noted as a business visitor in the city.
Miss Nettie Thurman of Memphis Tennessee visits relatives Mr and Mrs B R Thurman of this city.
Mine owners and mining engineers from across the country will gather in Chicago for a session of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers starting September 22. They will debate mine valuation methods and tax laws addressing the industry’s wasting assets and coal supply concerns, with representation from the Internal Revenue Service.
Prayer meetings at Wesley Memorial Church prepare for the Culpepper revival set to begin Thursday at 8 PM. Rev C P Cobb led a session on the value of prayer. Tonight at 8 PM Rev Samuel L Haworth will speak on Making Spiritual Preparation for a Revival. Song service starts 7 45. Culpepper letter urges board of stewards to attend.
In Manchester and Belton district the claim that U S coal trade leadership rests on mining machinery sparks reaction as electrical and compressed air cutting equipment known as iron men spreads rapidly with one large plant adding an extensive power system to support the tech.
Shots were fired through the windows of six Los Angeles Railway cars in outlying residential districts. No one was injured. Platform workers had struck weeks earlier and service has continued with non union personnel.
The Durham hosiery mill team and the regular High Point squad are set for Saturday with all regulars except pitchers. Jesse Rube Eldridge may pitch for the semi pro squad. Plans for a Spencer game the following Saturday are under discussion with high likelihood of arrival on September 27.
Ben F. Allen of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and James R. Patterson of Portland were killed in a collision on the Columbia highway while returning from a Wilson party tour. Injured: Robert T. Small of the Philadelphia Public Ledger and Stanley Reynolds of the Baltimore Sun. Patterson drove. Reynolds and Small taken to hospital with injuries not all specified.
Bart Gatling A Wayland Cooke and J J Farriss local Greensboro postmasters will go to Washington tonight to appear before a congressional committee probing post office conditions. They are members of North Carolina executive committee of postmasters.
A statement to The Associated Press from Leon Salinas, sub secretary of Commerce and Industry, argues Mexico can nationalize lands used for petroleum. It traces mining and hydrocarbon dominion from colonial laws to Article 27 of the Constitution, now before Congress for revision to address foreign company holdings. The record cites 1793 Mining Statutes of New Spain, Juarez decree, 1884 mining code, and later constitutional backing for national control and concessions in exploration and development.
Mrs. R. T. Pickens and Miss Lucille Pickens will travel to Winston-Salem tomorrow so Miss Pickens may enter Salem College as a student for the upcoming year.
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