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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1931
Page
11
One of our best listings is a nearly new brick veneer bungalow on Blaine Avenue. Construction is first class and interior finish is very attractive. Priced at $5000, a price we consider reasonable in the current market. Showings invited.
A property listing notes strong interest and a revised price likely to attract buyers. It cites 125 feet frontage and 250 feet depth at 402 East Farriss Avenue for 10 500 with minor repairs and redecorating. Also lists a Boulevard lot beyond Lindsay at 950 and a lost black and white spotted hound dog with a reward from phone 44370 A-1-12 eal Rents.
New York cotton rose on trade buying and week end covering with July up to 10.58 and May near 10.36 while October touched 10.90. The market closed steady with gains of 11 to 18 points as Liverpool cables and foreign crop estimates influenced buying and covering. Shipments awaiting clearance stood at 93,161 bales, down from last year.
New Orleans April 11 fair activity in the cotton market with a generally upward trend. Cables were lower but locally the market moved higher as shorts covered and large players shifted from bear to bull, closing 13 to 14 points up from the previous close. Liverpool prices were weaker and May position liquidation weighed on some contracts.
New York April 11. Late selling followed early buying in today's stock market producing a standoff with the smallest Saturday turnover since August. Prices rallied briefly but faded, with Johns Manville Westinghouse and McKeesport Tin Plate among the soft spots. Rail stocks held steadier, steels and utilities showed brief strength, and U S Steel closed slightly higher.
Pupils from Davidson county elementary schools gathered at the Lexington high school for final contests after six group preliminaries. The top school earns a silver loving cup from the Schoolmasters' club. Prizes include 25 and 15 points in reading, written and oral English, and 15 and 10 in storytelling and spelling.
Managua, Nicaragua, reports partial recovery after the quake. About 800 residents left the city in two days while others return to ruined homes. Water system restored and sewers cleared. Medical officials warn a typhoid danger. Lighting still absent but being repaired.
Work has begun on a new grain elevator at Amarillo designed to hold one million bushels. The structure will rise 160 feet and support local agriculture by expanding storage capacity. Construction advances mark a significant investment in regional farming infrastructure.
Farmers from nearly all townships in Davidson County met in Lexington to organize the county board of agriculture. Dr W H Darst spoke on pure seed value. The gathering planned tobacco growers’ organization and farming progress plans. Ad erholdt reelected chairman Greene vice chairman Allred secretary.
Governor Roosevelt, visiting New York, informs Governor Gardner he cannot attend the Chapel Hill bar association meeting on May 6. He plans to be at Warm Springs, Georgia, that day and has promised not to leave during May.
The Enterprise Bureau reports NC farmers will expand planted acreage for major food and seed crops in 1931. Corn up 7 percent barley up 46 percent wheat near normal. oats up 30 percent and soybeans up 15 percent. Potatoes and hay also rise amid live-at-home campaign gains.
Davidson county commissioners meet near the Old Gum Tree as spokesmen from Thomasville and Midway defend the landmark to route a highway. For two years the gum tree had seemed to win, with highway 109 rerouting near from Thomasville to Winston-Salem.
The City of High Point Municipal Board of Elections calls a Municipal Primary for April 21 1931 and a Municipal General on May 6 1931 to nominate a Mayor and two councilmen from each ward. Registrars are appointed for each ward precinct with listed locations and names.
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