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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1917
Page
5
Poem notes Annabel May knitting for soldiers with rose ribbon bags and appliqued flags. It jokes that men must untangle and wind wool as part of her plan. Minna Irving will advise on Fridays. another yarn shipment arrives. readers urged to join, sign finished pieces.
Miss Berita Cook and Percy Payne were married Tuesday evening in a ceremony at the bride’s parents home performed by Rev. A G Dixon. Only close friends and the bride’s family attended and the couple plans to reside in the city.
Red Cross room overseers gain authority to dispense yarn at headquarters and will maintain an accurate record of yarn amounts issued and finished items brought in. The update settles procedures for knitting and related work.
Two visitors arrived today at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Jackson bearing twin girls.
The Daughters of the Confederacy will meet Monday afternoon with Mrs. J. Bad Wirkman for an afternoon session.
Burns has been confined to his home for several days. Mrs. W.HE Plummer visited Greensboro yesterday with friends. M.C. Price, of Greensboro, was a business visitor in the city. M.J. Kivett arrived from Camp Sevier to spend time with his mother. John Carroll, local scout, now at Greenville, S.C., spent the weekend here. Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Gaffney of Philadelphia are guests of the Chandlers in Roland Park.
Mrs Albert Mendez leaves her mother Mrs W G Bradshaw to join Lt Mendez at Camp Wadsworth base hospital where he serves as dermatologist.
Mrs. M. Brown traveled to Greensboro this afternoon to join her mother Mrs. M. PF. Burton for a trip to Durham. They plan to visit Holt Burton, her brother, who is a hospital patient recovering from a serious operation.
Mr and Mrs Asa Biegs depart for Raleigh Wendell Greenville and other eastern points. They expect to be away about a week or ten days.
Lieut Bruce H. Carraway is expected to arrive in the city this afternoon from Camp Jackson in Columbia South Carolina to spend a few days with Mrs Carraway.
Delegates arrive for the biennial supreme convention of the Order of the Alhambra in Syracuse. The event opens with dedication of a memorial tablet on Indian Hill marking the first Mass site in New York. Oration by Rev. John G. Coyle of New York City.
Athens reports a major Greek move to use U.S. agricultural equipment to unlock Macedonia and Thessaly’s wealth. Large orders, including 200 tractors and 1500 auto-rakes, depart New York. A new $8 million company backs the push to turn Balkan lands into self-sustaining granaries.
Kansas City marks Old Glory Week starting today with daily attractions along the Kaw. A grand outdoor pageant will feature thousands of performers and national speakers, including Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, addressing patriotic meetings at Convention Hall Monday night.
Paris reports receipts from the Bank of France show a sizable stock of gold still in private possession. Withdrawals occur at about 2,000,000 francs weekly. Police in Nice seized 22,000 francs in multi country gold coins from a recently interned Austrian. The gold was turned over to the Bank of France and securities valued over 1,000,000 francs were sealed.
Nearly a hundred escaped Russian troops are in London awaiting repatriation. They occupy their idle time by frequent meetings where they discuss grave state affairs and pass resolutions. They recognize seven factions of political thought and plan activity back in Russia.
Americas foremost financiers will gather at Atlantic City N J September 22 for the forty third annual convention of the American Bankers association. Noted speakers include Secretary McAdoo George M Reynolds Lord Northcliffe and Carl Vrooman discussing war related financial issues.
Beginning September 15 the export duty on sisal fiber is set at 5 percent of its foreign market price. The secretary of finance will determine the average sales price used for taxation every two months based on foreign market quotations.
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