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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
15
US Dept of Agriculture notes hogs 55 000 head with direct 14 000. prices mostly 25 lower. Cattle 7 000. calves 2 000. Vealers weak. steers 600-1300 lbs 9.25-14.00. cows 4.00-7.50. Sheep 19 000. lambs mixed with 90 lb to 99 lb and ewes down to 1.00-3.75.
Mrs. Millie King of Denver North Carolina age 92 among Lincoln county’s oldest citizens. Mrs. E. P. Scrum of Newton widow and pioneer industrialist in Catawba county after 15 years of illness. Mrs. Maggie T. Morgan of Hertford widow of John Anderson Morgan a Confederate Army veteran acclaimed for daring exploits.
The stock market moved down from a steady early level with fair selling volume. Several issues fell 2 to 6 points to new bear-market lows while liquidation remained orderly. Notable declines included New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Norfolk and Western, and U S Steel among others.
Grace Brandon, a blonde stenographer, testified that Major Charles A. Shepard planned divorce before Mrs. Shepard’s illness and death at Fort Riley in 1929. She said Shepard admitted feeling heartbroken and that his wife was drinking herself to death.
Cotton opened barely steady in New York on December 11 with declines of 3 to 7 points amid easy Liverpool cables. Trading was fair and liquidations persisted, though buying by some southern houses steadied prices near 10.51 for May and 9.95 for December. Rallies followed as traders covered, yet prices again eased from intraday highs.
Railway Officer Wilbur Brown fatally wounded one robber named Harria while being shot in the abdomen during a confrontation with assailants trying to rob a box car in Greensboro. Police held two suspects and sought a third.
Mrs Campbell reports spotting a charming hat in a shop and asks Mr Campbell to try it on. The brief exchange from Nottingham, England, is noted in the post.
Chicago grain markets show wheat deliverable for July sinking to a new low for the season with limited buying beyond government sponsored purchases of stored wheat. Corn and oats also weaken while provisions slip modestly as investors grow cautious amid broad market softness.
At a Burlington Alamance hotel banquet Kenzie B. Dofflemeyer was elected 1931 captain of Elon College football. The Elkton Virginia resident, 25, a junior halfback who played two years for Elon, weighs about 165 pounds.
Nine defendants were found guilty of unlawful assembly after mass picketing at Riverside mills in Danville. They received thirty days in jail and $50 fines. an appeal was noted. Police testified they blocked a street and halted a mill workers’ car during the protest.
Senator Wagner from New York urged Congress to pass permanent unemployment prevention laws. He criticized President Hoover for delaying a lasting program and cited election returns showing public disapproval of the administration's approach to unemployment.
Cotton in New Orleans opened the day softer as Liverpool cables ran lower and a New York bank failure weighed on sentiment. December and January dipped below 11 cents, with rapid early losses then partial cover reversals. The market drifted lower into noon with little reaction, closing near the day’s lows in a quiet session.
The Library of Congress announces a record year with 196,632 volumes added plus notable acquisitions including a $1.5 million Vollbehr collection and a Gutenberg Bible. It also establishes a college faculty of special advisers and expands aeronautics holdings.
A fragmented remark cites bias against girls as a reason for financial strain and emotional frustration. The speaker, named or described obliquely, laments repeated accusations of bias and financial hardship.
Two chancery suits filed in Nashville ask receivers for the Tennessee Publishing Company and Southern Publishers Inc. The Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company seeks a receiver for the Tennessee firm while the Bank of Tennessee and Nashville Trust seek one for Southern Publishers Inc. They cite Colonel Luke Lea as a common factor in the involved newspapers. Luke Lea Jr. calls the Tennessee suit a surprise and says the firm is solvent.
George Otis Smith of Maine testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that he supported exporting power to benefit the people of Maine. He cited a 1924 letter to the Maine Public Utilities Commission advocating friendlier views toward power companies and endorsed mixed federal and state regulation of power transmission while opposing government operation of power projects.
The Kopper Kettle on the Greensboro highway beyond Five Points and run by Mrs. W. W. Smith is designated a grade A station by the State Highway Commission for meeting all requirements. It is the only grade A station on the highway between Winston and Burlington.
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