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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1930
Page
9
New York cotton market opened barely steady with declines of 5 to 9 points amid liquidation and selling in Texas. October and March contracts slipped to 12.54 and 12.98 before rallying to around 12.80 and 13.24 as weather and crop reports influenced sentiment.
Skyrocketing drought driven buying sent corn prices soaring in Chicago with gains over ten cents a bushel from the previous day. Wheat and other grains followed the corn rally, ending with strong closes as traders reacted to the drought news and high demand.
H H Koontz, national president, returns to Lambsth Bids. Davidson bureau after attending Maryland state camp in Baltimore. He will attend Pennsylvania camp from August 19 to 29 and the New York camp on September 1.
Michigan conservation department studies lake suffocation caused by oxygen loss. Decomposing vegetation absorbs oxygen, blamed for fish kill risk and ecological impact in affected waters.
The drought hurt agriculture and the stock market opened weaker with leading shares down 2 to 4 points as traders stayed cautious. Some traders halted activity amid a sluggish market while grain prices rose and concerns grew about autumn business prospects. Iron Age reported steel capacity at 54 percent, but U S Steel rose to 64 percent. several major stocks fell over 4 points, with Diamond Match dropping more than 8. Call money rose to 2 1/2 percent amid expectations of easier funds soon.
A laborer flipping a match into a sewer manhole triggered explosions and fire that endangered thousands in Weehawken and Union City. Manhole covers flew into the streets, a worker Joshua Meyer was critically burned, and crews fought fires affecting a chicken loading yard and crates of live chickens along the Palisades opposite midtown New York.
Salisbury Beach Mass Aug 6 Chief Boatswain's Mate Louis A Pratt was fatally shot by fellow surfmen Monday night. He reportedly believed he had been wounded by rum runners as dim light and a rifle-like crack preceded gunfire. Surfman Cleo Falkingham testified Pratt said he thought the craft was a rum runner.
Wilkes county farmer K. Lockabill reports his plain clock stops just before rain. He claims the clock reliably predicts showers, stating it has been tested many times and never predicts rain after it starts.
In New Orleans on August 6 the cotton market opened lower with losses of 4 points on lower Liverpool cables and bearish western belt weather. Prices slid to October 12.58 and September 12.78 before a slight rally, then closed with net gains of 10 to 11 points as weather and crop reports were bullish.
North Carolina will use the eagle for the Democratic ballot and the elephant for the Republican ballot in November. A. L. Bulwinkle of Gastonia is declared the Democratic nominee for Congress in the ninth district after a second-primary vote of 15,834 to 13,642 for H. C. Jones. The board kept the sample ballot count at 209 per type despite Republican requests to increase it.
Publicity director H E Wilson reports strong entry interest for the Guilford Randolph County Baby Welfare show to be part of the High Point Fair. With many new entrants today, registration may close before August 30, listing Eleanor Mavis Hauser and others among ages from 6% to 32 months. Entries continue for the Miss High Point contest.
M A McAuley aged 55 died at a local hospital at 4 am after a brief illness. Born in Montgomery county he was married to Abbie Haywood and survived by two sons D M and H P McAuley and four daughters including K M Green and Lillie Charlotte Ruth McAuley. Also survived by three sisters E T Ingle J F Milton and Clyde Ratliff. He lived at Candor Route 1 and had run a cafe in Asheboro. Funeral plans were not finalized with services likely at Wadeville tomorrow and burial in the church cemetery.
In 1868 Brigham Young, Mormon leader, announced the doctrine of celestial marriage linking eternal unions to exaltation within the church. The policy emphasized eternal family bonds and temple practices central to LDS theology.
A compact price notation lists various coin and stamp values including 50¢ 20¢ 23¢ 25¢ 34¢ and references TS 20¢ and 25¢. The terse line suggests cataloging or sale prices for numismatic items.
A dated puzzle page lists across and down clues with numbered items. It shows sample answers and a vertical theme of wordplay including multiple definitions and cross references. The page also includes the note Yesterday's Answer and a mix of unrelated letter strings.
The council approved the 1920-31 budget and discussed delinquent tax list advertising. Bids for county advertising were heard from The High Point Enterprise at 45 cents per column inch and The High Pointer at 29 1/2 cents per inch. The contract was awarded to the Enterprise and The High Pointer after review.
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