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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1930
Page
3
New York trading opened colorless with most leading groups retreating as buying dried up. Rail stocks rose briefly on a strong debenture sale while many issues slid, with totals around 950000 shares as the market paused and investors shifted to bonds.
Chicago investment houses raised over 1.1 billion dollars in stock and bond issues during the first 11 months of 1929, reaching the billion dollar mark for the first time in the history of the city, according to Lawrence Stern and company.
Harry Reichard and Minnie Reichard face a divorce action in Guilford County North Carolina High Point Municipal Court. A summons was issued January 1 1930 for five years separation. Minnie Reichard must appear by March 2 1930 to answer. Assistant Clerk Julian C Franklin of the Municipal Court, Jones and Fisher, Attorneys.
The City Council of High Point North Carolina approves an ordinance requiring all motor vehicle owners to register with the Chief of Police via the City Collector for a one dollar fee. A metallic sign must be displayed on the vehicle and registration valid through December 31 1530.
Grain price table from Chicago shows Wheat Corn Oats Rye and livestock notes with open high low and close figures across months Jan May Jul and Mar for futures contracts. Values include fractional percent quotes and occasional missing entries reflecting a historical market bulletin.
William Campbell, an 8b year murder convict at a North Carolina state prison, maintains a private zoo with rats, a Texas ant bear, chinchillas, monkeys, ground hogs, snakes, foxes, a goat with an airedale, rabbits and cats. He funded the menagerie from a prisoner deli business in which Otto Wood, another murder convict, is a partner. Campbell was sentenced to die in 1923 for killing a nurse at Oteen hospital near Asheville, a sentence later commuted to life and then reduced to 20 years.
Guilford County North Carolina city High Point Municipal Court action to remove a cloud of title on specified real estate. Defendants J W Moore and wife Mrs J W Moore Fred W Crane and unknown heirs and all unknown claimants must appear February 21, 1930, to answer. Clerk Irwin S. Ingram signs.
Cotton opened steady with declines of 1 to 4 points. March at 17.23 and July 17.65 as liquidation and selling pressure weighed. In Chicago, cattle and hog markets showed mixed results with higher fed steers and yearlings, strong demand for heifers, and variable pork prices amid a large week’s receipts and weigh trends.
A brief note states that copper was the first metal discovered by early humans, marking a pivotal moment in human toolmaking and technology development. The fragment suggests copper’s early use and significance in prehistoric societies.
Executor G. H. Tillotson calls all claimants to present claims against T. E. Tillotson estate by December 9 1930 and requests immediate payment of any debts owed. The notice is dated December 9 in Guilford County NC and names Meo O.97.28: 1:4.11-18 as related reference.
New York Eleanor Steele daughter of Charles Steele partner of J P Morgan enters opera debuting in The Magic Flute with Brooklyn Little Theater Opera company. Toronto Paul Geerling from the Dutch East Indies plans to wed Miss Leonie Landsorp in Toronto.
Washington January 11 reports from the National business survey conference indicate production and distribution nearing seasonal normal levels. Julius H Barnes says credit is flowing back to productive enterprise and the overall business situation is readjusting in an orderly manner with confidence in the future unimpaired.
The New Orleans cotton market opened slightly easier due to lower Liverpool cables, with losses of 5 to 6 points, then recovered 1 to 2 points on week end covering. March futures fell to 17.13 and May to 17.39 before settling into a quiet, steady end with a net advance of 16 to 20 points.
Liverpool market reports a quiet spot with lower prices across grades. American strict good middling is 10.35, good middling 9.95, middling 9.50, sales at 4,000 bales. futures around 9.14 to 9.35 for nearby contracts.
A fashion note describes the shirtwaist frock as a counterpart to the shirtwaist suit. It features candy stripe fabric on off-white with a satin sheen, presenting a refined, feminine silhouette.
Enterprise reporting from Raleigh notes brownstone, once popular forty years ago, is returning to favor per Dr. H. B. Shaw of State College. Holladay Hall’s new west entrance uses brownstone from Connella Brothers Quarry near Sanford, showing good wear and ease of shaping. The Kennedy Quarry nearby has opened a new brownstone deposit with low absorption and high compressive strength according to tests.
Dr. Eugene Coltrane superintendent of Salisbury city schools will lead Sunday morning services at Springfield Friends Church at 11 oclock announced today.
Senate debates tariff bill resumes. Republican conference meets on new committee assignments. Interstate Commerce hearings on Couzens bill. Agriculture subcommittee restarts cotton exchanges probe. Naval subcommittee reopens inquiry into William B. Shearer at 1927 Geneva conference. House considers war department supply bill. Rivers and Harbors outlines new bill. Appropriations subcommittee works on independent offices. Naval affairs reviews private bills. Elections committee takes up Lawson Owen Florida contest.
J. F. Bevans, amateur radio operator of this city, received a full report of army snow bird plane maneuvers by radio from Duluth Minnesota. The fliers left Detroit yesterday and were held at Duluth today due to a frozen motor, according to Bevans.
In New Lexington Ohio G H Starner removed a Rhode Island hen's eggs to stop hatching. The hen then returned with four dusty chicks, suggesting she had more eggs to hatch or had hatched another hen's brood.
Kerr statement conflicts with press report about protest against inviting Senator Simmons to Raleigh Jackson Day dinner. Kerr says only candidacy note was to Tyre C Taylor in confidence. Taylor denies ever briefing the press and relays his own denial from Raleigh.
In Sidney Maine on January 11 Charles Chuck Kenwood 28 an air mail pilot died after his plane crashed on Ben Couch farm amid fog and snow. He was pulled from the burning craft but died minutes later. the plane and most mail were destroyed and checks lay scattered from pouches.
The article notes that iron mining was a significant Swedish industry at least two decades before Columbus reached the Americas, indicating early industrial activity in Sweden prior to 1492.
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