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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1930
Page
9
Bermuda vessels carry quantities of Raster lilies to New York port as part of a trade shipment. The cargo highlights ongoing botanical exports from Bermuda to the United States.
J. T. Webb Jr a Georgia federal commissioner assumed control of the Columbia Record from William Lavarree while pending litigation with Harold Hall is appealed at the New Orleans circuit court of appeals. The action follows Lavarree’s tenure and is tied to the ongoing court case.
The Knights of Columbus organization traces its founding to 1822 in New Haven Connecticut. It established its roots as a fraternal Catholic service order with charitable aims and community activities.
In New York trading on the stock exchange, bulls maintain leadership amid recurring selling waves. Total volume nears 5.3 million shares as leaders like United Aircraft and Coca Cola hit new highs while broader indexes show continued price strength despite variability.
A historical stock list highlights gains for diverse companies including American Beet Sugar, Am Tobacco, General Cigar, Reynolds Tob, and Westinghouse Electric while others like Bethlehem Steel and Canadian Pacific show smaller moves. The page records percent changes and trading figures for numerous firms, reflecting mixed market sentiment.
The Great Pyramid of Gizeh uses about 2,300,000 stone blocks each weighing roughly two and a half tons, illustrating the immense scale and labor behind the ancient monument.
Stock quotes list several firms including Adams Millis Con Oil Macy s Amer Iny Bb Com and Sou Ford ia es Gen Elee Ltd Rey Met new Sou Corp Vie Fin with sparse garbled entries. The readable items indicate a financial market update lacking clear prices or dates.
Cotton here opened easier with Liverpool cables showing losses of 10 to 13 points. After a brief rally, May futures slipped to 16.05 and July to 16.15, down 18 to 20 points from yesterday. October eased to 15.73, 14 points lower. Week summary described the weather and crop outlook as unfavorable, though prices rallied seven points late in the first hour.
When timber bamboos establish in moist fertile soil they produce shoots that can reach sixty feet or more in three to four weeks, indicating rapid vertical growth under favorable conditions.
President Hoover called the census a great stock-taking of American progress and urged officials to aid enumerators. He stressed confidentiality of census data while answering questions about the first family. He provided his own age birthplace and family origins in a written statement.
Helen Hicks of Hewlett Long Island defeats Louise Fordyce of Youngstown Ohio in the second round of the north and south women's tournament at Pinehurst one up after 22 holes. Hicks recovered from a deficit at the turn, halved three extra holes, then birdied the 22nd while Fordyce bogeyed. Semifinals set with Collett vs Orcutt and Hicks vs Quier.
In Raleigh on April 2 a 12-year-old boy Rowland Edwards on Garner road tried to see if a train would flatten an iron spike and tap like a pin. Train No 13 derailed its pony wheels but no one was hurt and damage was slight. Special agent W T Butler traced the cause and said the boy acted without intent. He was not arrested and may be referred to welfare authorities.
Charlotte welcomed air mail service linking New York and Atlanta with daily stops. The city became a stop on the route yesterday with arrivals of north and south bound planes. Two other planes on the corridor will skip Charlotte and stop only at Greensboro and Spartanburg.
Salisbury North Carolina AP reports Charles L. Coggin Rowan county Democratic chairman announced his resignation to State Chairman Odus Mull effective immediately. Coggin cited need to focus on his law practice and duties as American Legion commander as reasons for stepping down.
Yazoo City Miss April 2 Frank R Birdsall editor of the Yazoo Sentinel and state tax commission member died early today of bullet wounds inflicted yesterday by Mayor J T Stricklin who killed himself after the shooting.
President Hoover accepted an invitation to the Gridiron Club spring dinner set for April 26. The invitation came from Washington newspaper correspondents led by Charles S. Groves of the Boston Globe.
Lee Flake a negro cafe owner is hospitalized in serious condition after an unknown man attempted a hold up at his East Washington Street cafe. Flake said he fought the robber and was shot in the back. police have little information as the injured man cannot talk.
The Ingram's Market bowlers defeated Hutchen's store in a special match on the Lucky Strike alleys last night. Ingram held the high total score for the team while N. G. Bowden of Hutchen's posted the high single game score.
Chicago grain report notes near record drought in the southwest with wheat fields perish ing and strong export inquiries for 16,000,000 bushels. Official crop hints project domestic winter wheat yields around 574 million bushels versus 578 million last year, with corn and oats finishing mixed.
New York cotton opened steady and then fell 8 points on selling from local and foreign traders linked to easy Liverpool cables. Old crop May settled around 16.35 with losses, new crop in decline, October at 16.72. Renewed covering by old crop shorts followed while new crop buyers appeared. Liverpool cables showed continental demand but less aggressive home cloth demand.
A man named Sam Lewis tried in municipal court for larceny was not the same person as the Sam Lewis who resides at 228 Willowbrook Street and works for the North Carolina Public Service Company.
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