30 Sep 1915
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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
1
William J. Bryan will address Greensboro Friday night October 8 under the Young Men's Christian Association. He will discuss war and peace, a topic he has lectured on since resigning from President Wilson's cabinet.
John Wade a noted bootlegger from High Point was captured on the Greensboro High Point road with a car packed with liquor. He pleaded guilty to possessing whiskey for sale and was sentenced by Judge Shaw to 12 months in the county jail after being caught distributing liquor to a crowd. The case followed a tip that he would be at a point on the High Point road with contraband for sale. Wade was held to Superior court on $1,000 bail at the preliminary hearing.
The Jamestown and Springfield Canning Clubs display samples in Allen Bros window and will exhibit until next Wednesday. Friday, young ladies canvass the city to take orders delivered through retail grocers. Miss Grace Shaeffer, county demonstrator, leads the clubs in promoting their first class product and a worthy cause.
In Greensboro last week creditors named D N Welborn permanent trustee of the Mutual Furniture Co. Clements and Blummer visited to purchase furniture for the Mc Adoo hotel annex. Another buyer was O W Stewart from Boston.
The committee favors connecting the Asheboro Guilford road via the old plank road which remains a good path. The project would cost about $6,000 with High Point contributing $700.
The North Carolina State Sunday School Convention of the colored race met in session last week at the First Congregational church. Councilman S. L. Davis gave the welcoming address. Reports were positive, showing awakening among colored Sunday School workers. Several prominent colored individuals attended, and the meeting was very enjoyable.
The Thomasville City Council voted to borrow 10 500 to support city and school funds, start Green street sewer work, and fund surveys and bids. Council named committees to explore street paving costs and motor truck options for Eagle Hose, with census and attendance posts adjusted.
Glen Turner died Wednesday morning after a trapdoor fall causing a concussion and head injury followed by a stroke. He was 33 and had been an invalid since childhood.
The page highlights numerous ads from High Point Milling Co Comstock Electric Co Mattocks Thacker Leonard-Beavans-Stamey Co Seead Wood's Dry Goods Co Gilmer Bros and Home Banking Co. Readers are urged to study every word to find discounts on shoes sweaters lamps and other goods plus a School Thrift Club note from the bank.
A verse imagining George Washington’s return to observe modern progress from Mt. Vernon to New York and Broadway. It muses on changes in war, technology, and liberty, noting his values of peace and life, and ends with the reassurance that Washington will not come back to this era.
The four city schools opened Monday for another term with promise of record enrollment. A large number of new pupils entered as enrollment already exceeds the average. At the South Main Street building, appropriate exercises were held with citizens delivering talks on service and helpfulness.
Julia Terry colored was ordered jailed on perjury charges after she testified against Fred Turner for selling whiskey and later refused to testify. J.P. Sartin and T.R. Petty paid fines for drunken and disorderly conduct. Pearley Matthews paid costs for stealing two watermelons from the M P Children’s Home. Everett Brower of Seagrove received 30 days on the road for carrying concealed weapons and having a stolen bicycle.
City tests show water virtually free of contamination yet officials urge continued boiling as a precaution until a definitive analysis confirms safety. Authorities emphasize maintaining boiling to ensure removal of any remaining harmful bacilli.
In a talk with Clarence Mattocks this week he praises his store’s cash system sale running through October 16. He claims cash buys better prices, provides ready money for merchants, and saves shoppers 10 to 15 percent, a trend catching on nationwide.
Tuesday morning at 8:30 an alarm from Box 18 reported a small kitchen fire near Corner Bay and King street. Cloth caught fire but was quickly extinguished by occupants and a bucket of water before wagons arrived. Eagle Hose Co. wagon damaged in the turn injuring a pole and staff, with riders thrown to the ground.
The New Year’s saving club of the Home Banking Co. proves popular, and Cashier Crowson launches a School Thrift Club starting Saturday to teach city children to save pennies for needed items. The move aims to aid the community and gain long term value, with Crowson praised for the innovation.
The Civic Department of the Wo man s Club protests dirty grocery premises and calls for health officer action. They seek screening from flies and proper food handling, citing cruelty to animals and lack of police support in a case. Mrs John Wilson Clinard is named the new secretary.
James M. McGhee, 66, father of ex-chief E A McGhee, died at his Morris street home. Born near James Town, he married in 1872 and is survived by wife and three children E A McGhee A L McGhee of Norfolk and Mollie McGhee. Funeral was held at home Wednesday, conducted by Rev G T Rowe.
Merchants report the best Saturday business in some time and speak of "electrical prosperity" fueling upbeat forecasts. Factory payrolls exceed thirty thousand dollars, averaging around one hundred twenty five thousand monthly when considering various payment routines, with small businesses paid in cash or checks not counted by banks. Observers expect stronger times and a quick improvement across the bread hopper region.
The Winning of Barbara Worth a Harold Bell Wright stage production with a large New York Company and grand scenery will be shown at The Grand Opera House Greensboro on Thursday September 30 with matinee and night performances. Local theatre parties formed expect attendance, weather permitting.
Karl Lehman field secretary of the United Society of the Christian Endeavor will give an afternoon talk at the Friends church and an evening address at the Presbyterian church. Public is cordially invited.
J. H. Dobbs succeeds C. F. Tom Linson as secretary and treasurer of the Manufacturer's club. The other officers will be elected tomorrow night.
A. W. Council died shortly after midnight from diabetes following an appendicitis operation last week. He spoke with his nurse about leaving soon, was a deacon at First Baptist Church, and leaves a wife and several children. Funeral arrangements had not been announced.
The community notes several patients recovering from recent illnesses and operations. Jewel Pickettis remains at Mrs J J Welch’s home, Cashier Crowson was on the sick list, E G Smith underwent appendicitis surgery, Dr J T Burrus traveled to Denton for an operation with nurse Miss Muse, Ed T Kearns is convalescing, Mayor Pickett is almost fully recovered from blood poisoning while his son John convalesces from typhoid, Geo Wood is out after a relapse, and Geo Lowe recovers from an appendicitis operation.
Miss Mamie Wood wed Oscar Howell in Thomasville with Rev. M L Kesler officiating. Gurney Welborn, once of the city, married Miss Florella Beck in Charlotte. Miss Grace Lewellen became Mrs Chas Hamlin in Mechanicsville with Rev Stubbins presiding. Pauline Boone of High Point wed W S Cleavenger of Kansas in Greensboro last week.
City Pythians are urged to travel to Greensboro with Greensboro No. 80 to witness the Knighthood conferment on four candidates from High Point Lodge. Automobiles will be ready near Ring Drug Co. at 7 o'clock. others should catch the 6 o'clock train. Committee members include Geo. T. Woods and others.
A historical note on Jud Shaw who ran a general merchandise shop selling dry goods, shoes, hardware, and more yet failed to advertise. Outsider mail order firms advertised boldly and drew away trade, while Jud prospered little despite honest goods and fair treatment. The piece underscores the impact of advertising on small town business.
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