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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1919
Page
5
The U D C convention will run October 7 through 10 in High Point with state members and ex officers expected to attend. Social events for the visiting ladies are planned, and accommodations for delegates remain under final arrangements as homes are sought.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 to 5 Miss Mabel Long hosted a birthday party at her South Main street home with friends. Bessie Stroud won a prize in one contest. Refreshments of cream and cake were served to a long list of guests, both girls and boys, and a group photo was taken before departure.
The Alexander Martin Chapter of the D A R will meet Tuesday at 4 30 PM at the home of Mrs H W McCain on Joanson Street. Attendance is urged for all members.
Members of the home department and visitors are urged to attend the rally day exercises at the church tomorrow September 28 at 9 30 a m. The home department honor roll will be called at this meeting.
Wesley Memorial Methodist with pastor W A Lambeth offers evangelistic services at 11 am 3 30 pm and 7 30 pm led by Rev Burke Culpepper The afternoon service is for men only The overflow at the night service is invited to the Sunday school room Sunday school begins at 9 30 am with W A Idol as superintendent Culpepper will address the class after the lesson period
Mr and Mrs M C Crowson of Roland Park motor to Greens boro this afternoon. W E Price was out of town yesterday on business. Clyde Chenault will spend tomorrow in Greensboro visiting friends there. Mrs Charlie Brown will spend the weekend in Greensboro. Dedre Pierce has just returned from a visit to her sister in Washington. W A Bass and Edgar Hatcher of People's House Furnishing Company leave tonight for New York. Dr C Welborn and Charles Amos will leave tomorrow night for New York City. J P Rawley expects to leave tomorrow night on a business trip to New York. J A Farris H A Millis E P In gram Frank Brown and George A Matton have returned from a trip to Moore county. Hugh McRae and Matthew Hale prominent Wilmington businessmen are in the city and stopping at the Elwood.
E. M. Hicks of Statesville is a business visitor in the city. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Price are visitors in Greensboro this afternoon. J. C. Welch Jr. has returned from an extensive business trip to Atlanta and to points in South Carolina.
Judge T. D. Bryson of Guilford County Court ruled the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners acted within discretion in denying A. Hamlin a North Carolina license. Hamlin alleged inadequate training but failed to obtain mandamus to overturn the board’s decision. The decision cited that writs cannot reverse tribunal judgments.
J. J. Farriss, president of the chamber of commerce, announces efforts to relieve crowding at the Southern railway station where southbound trains discharge passengers on the right. He says lives are endangered and conditions worsen in rain. The chamber is in correspondence with railroad officials and the secretary seeks relief from the director-general of railroads in Washington. Farriss believes definite steps will be taken soon.
The steel strike at United States Steel Corporation plants remains in a stalemate with no clear path to settlement. Train workers in Youngstown announce a railroad brotherhood action for tomorrow as officials push for federal involvement. Strike leaders say arbitration would end the walkout, a key point in ongoing negotiations.
David T. Yow, long employed with J W Sechrest and Son undertakers, accepts a post as government fire truck driver at Camp Jackson in Columbia. He has prior experience with the High Point fire department and will leave Monday for Columbia.
High Point baseball fans expected a different outcome today after Spencer won the opener 6 to 6 in a three game set at Welch Field. Ernest Carter leads the locals while Eldridge started the first game and Zackary was slated to start the second, drawing strong interest for his big league pedigree.
Washington Star quotes Senator Sorgum questioning the value of majority rule. He defines a majority as often simply people tired of thinking for themselves and adopting another's view.
St John Webb of a stevedore firm testifies that in 1914 longshoremen earned $18.50 weekly. With the eight hour day, ten hour shifts paid 65 cents per hour plus overtime at $1, their current average is $39.60 weekly, up 118 percent. He says a proposed raise would lift pay to $66 weekly, a 263 percent jump from 1914.
The cotton market opened steady in New York with October at 29.30 cents, December 32.50, January 32.60, March 32.85, and May 32.87 cents per pound.
Finder may claim eight dollar reward by presenting at High Point Enterprise. Lost between Beavan's store and the Reformed Church on September 27.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes a shopper declines German made goods and questions if a toy is American. A store clerk invites the customer to test the doll, which exclaims it supports voting rights for women.
New York September 27 The General Education Board announced a gift of 20 million dollars from John D Rockefeller to improve medical education in the United States The contribution will support medical schools and related programs nationwide.
The Duke of Saragossa, a wealthy noble linked to the royal family, is the preferred locomotive engineer for royal train journeys as unrest in Spain grows. King Alfonso travels by train with the duke at the controls.
Insurance pitch fragment mentions premium protection and contacts Carson Burns and Charles Kephart with a phone number 818 for full protection.
A Missouri woman Mrs. Jane Goodwin claims Number 40 relieved her 17 year battle with dropsy and bad blood after trying multiple medicines. The ad touts Number 40 for blood disorders and other ailments, made by J C Mendenhall Indiana and sold by Hart Drug Co.
Henry M. Neese, a prominent Alamance county farmer and Sunday school worker, was killed yesterday afternoon when his hay rake team of horses bolted. He was about 40 and leaves a widowed mother and a sister. Burlington dispatch.
Viscount Edward Grey the new British ambassador and party left New York for Washington in the special car Constitution at 10 30 a m today aboard the Baltimore and Ohio line officials reported.
Under a Guilford County Superior Court order Esther V. Kivett as administrator and as individual estate owner sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the 52.54 acre parcel in Jamestown Township adjoining John Hayworth Byron White and others. Sale set for October 21, 1919 at 10:30 A M on the premises. Esther V. Kivett Commissioner signs the notice.
City issues a notice that all water and light bills are due on or before October 1. Nonpayment will lead to service discontinuation. City Manager RL Pickett signs the notice dated 9 23 51. For sale old papers APPLA Enterprise office.
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