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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1935
Page
2
Exhibitors at the Southern Furniture Exposition building rush to finish setups for the mid summer market opening July 22. Paul W. Casey, manager, notes painters and carpenters at a dozen spaces, samples already moving onto the floor, and strong prospects for a well attended, vibrant market with solid business volume.
The Boy Scouts of Uwharrie council High Point district hold the regular Court of Honor Tuesday night at 7 30 in Wesley Memorial church. The Junior Court of Honor meets Tuesday at 4 in Scout headquarters at 106% West Washington Street. All Scouts receiving badges or awards are asked to attend the Junior Court. Committee: C. EB. Diffendale, C. Delk Smith, Garland B. Daniel.
Indications point to a summer market above previous years with furniture prices rising. J. T. Ryan of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers association notes higher raw material costs and manufacturers plan to exceed those increases to regain profits. Final market preparations fill the exposition building, with all space spoken for.
Cotton farmer projections show a 12 cent average for the crop with a 500000 bale carryover. The 1934-35 season opened with 7746000 bales carried in, 9479000 added by the 1934 crop, and the June 1 U S supply at about 8474000 bales. About 4400000 bales were held off the market by the 12 cent loan and 000 bales in the producer pool leaving 3274000 bales free for June and July. Domestic demand projected at 600000, mill stocks 979000, and 600000 in transit yield a free market balance of 359000 bales. Domestic and foreign demand lag. exports about 38 percent below last year and Europe purchases have been weak, with hope for a pickup late in the season.
The exchange centers on a death act with Wheeler opposing any bill, threatening to go to the country and fight opponents. The text notes an estimated seven million cats in New York state, highlighting sensational figures tied to the discussion.
The High Point Randleman Asheboro and Southern railway will be consolidated with the Danville and Western under a single management. Local officials report no official change yet, but both lines will share leadership. Southern Railway remains principal stockholder. W M Archer, current local superintendent, will move to Hickory to head the Carolina and Northwestern Railway, with HQ from Chester to Hickory around August 1.
Police and prosecutor disputed robbery as motive in the slaying of a New York attorney. Ferris gave multiple versions of the events with Dickinson during a taxi ride. After the shooting he discarded the weapon, helped move the body, then drove the party to Chicago. The four women then split up in Fort Wayne and later disappeared.
Real estate activity shows gains with Georgian style homes priced from 3500 to 10000 dollars. Northwestern University plans a 16 story office building at Jackson and La Salle in Chicago’s loop, costing about 1 million dollars. The structure, largely leased to an insurance company, will begin after January 1, 1936.
John Cavas, manager of The Princess Cafe in High Point, says demand for frog legs is insatiable this season. The cafe serves two to three thousand pairs annually, but this year over four thousand pairs have already been ordered and more calls keep coming in. Last year demand was decent, yet drought limited supply. This spring favored the frogs and boosted appetite among High Point diners.
Real estate transfer figures show increases from 50 to 600 percent vs a year ago. Trust deeds and mortgages filed totalled 20,812,589 with HOLC mortgages at 1,432,596 compared to 3,451,892 a year earlier. Transfers aggregated 2,330,336 against 1,423,335 building permits 182,000 versus 59,400.
Flores the papal delegate now in San Antonio and at least five bishops ex pelled in recent years would be allowed back. Former President Adolfo de La Huerta and two former presidential candidates Jose Vasconcelos and Gilberto Valenzuela also could return. Vasconcelos representatives said he would refuse to come back, claiming he was elected president in 1929. No official sign the government will ease anti church policies. unofficial sources foresee some relaxation.
The plan seeks about 60 million dollars for parkland across Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee Unaka and other regions. It lists Pisgah Nantahala Cher okee Iwharrie Enoree Wambaw Croatan and Long Cane as project areas with specific costs and acreages for each site.
Loyal Chinese forces converge on Tungchow near Peiping to drive out mutinous Manchurian soldiers. Martial law is declared and police are reinforced after rebels attacked the gates of the forbidden city and sought refuge there, amid reports of American mission homes and missionaries nearby.
RALEIGH July 1 A daring escape by Ralph Davis a 30 year prisoner for second degree murder in Iredell county was halted by night guard Ralph Stevens on death row at the state prison. Davis who had cut a way out of a safe keeper cell in the basement after a prior incident at Caledonia prison farm was recaptured. Authorities seek how he obtained two small hack saw blades. Warden H H Honeycutt noted Davis was a desperado in Iredell and Rowan counties with lengthy sentences including a sheriff killing in Iredell.
German novelist Thomas Mann warned in Washington July 1 that communism is coming. He said the world is becoming communistic without full awareness and that he personally would not be happy under such a system.
Funeral services for 65 year old Mrs Carrie Workman widow of A W Workman were held at Springhill M P Church. Rev O L Ruth and Miss Clara Cox led the service. A local VFW post pallbearer group and several family members attended. Interment was in the church cemetery. She leaves a son L A Workman of High Point a daughter Mrs Ella Hall of Dawson Pa and a sister Mrs Mary Brady of High Point. She had lived in the city 36 years.
Libby Holman, once a Broadway torch singer, rehearsed for her debut on the legitimate stage tonight in Accent on Youth at Ogontic playhouse. She stays under guard with her two year old son Christopher Reynolds nearby as Hartwig’s Manhattan repertory company brings the summer show to Kennebunkport.
Hatson Nesbit, 23, a white farmer from Trinity in Sumter County, was jailed on murder charges after confessing to killing his father Hampton Nesbitt near a sawdust pile with a two shot gun blast. He met his father, then shot him twice. motive not disclosed. The case heads to criminal court in Sumter this week.
The first dark horse WU. 8. presidential candidate was James K. Polk. He was not voted on until the eighth ballot and secured nomination on the ninth, advancing a surprise path to the ticket.
A fragment reports that over ten million people are treated annually at university hospitals, indicating a broad scope of medical care and health system burden.
Constipation indigestion biliousness headaches gas rheumatic pains and kidney and liver disorders are addressed by a remedy sold and guaranteed by Mann Drug Stores. Economy in High Point and Mann's Store in Thomasville promote this product.
House adopts teller voting to record ballots without showing members’ names while the Senate considers a subsidy for the American Merchant marine urged by President Roosevelt. Executive orders extend the national labor relations board and related boards to August 1, with a Wagner labor disputes bill looming. Governor Pears on to testify that a Harlem Negro prominent in the Virgin Islands affair is involved.
In Spartanburg South Carolina a young white man killed by a Southern Railway train Thursday night remained unidentified until Theodore Parris was later located alive in Laurens. Parris father W H K Parris said the confusion arose when relatives went to notify the mother of the accident. Local officials continued efforts to identify the body.
Paraly sis cases continue to spread in the Albemarle region and from Jones Guilford Union and Surry counties. Additional sufferers include two in Granville and one each in Beaufort Buncombe Caldwell Franklin Harnett Iredell Robeson and the city of Rocky Mount.
The phrase numbers racket fuels public agitation surrounding a high profile case. Authorities contend with organized crime links while supporters argue for due process and reform. Local officials emphasize vigilance and legal action to curb illicit betting networks.
Treasury experts report that ancient Egypt levied inheritance tax as early as 700 B C, with a flat assessment about 10 percent. The piece notes Roosevelt program discussions, including a tentative schedule proposing 4 percent on legacies up to 36000 and 75 percent on amounts over 10 million.
State health officials report 242 infantile paralysis cases in May and June with 11 polio deaths this year. Eight cases appeared on Saturday and eight on Sunday due to no mail Sunday. Three new typhoid cases raised the year total to 153, while total fever cases through June 30 reached 150, up from 70 last year, and 232 fever cases occurred in the first half of 1933.
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