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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1929
Page
5
New York July 6. Cotton mills curtailed production this week using the mid week holiday to adjust output to softer demand. Print cloth and sheeting mills operate at about 20 percent capacity. many duck mills closed all week. Wide sheetings under 70 percent capacity. combed goods similar. July production likely ahead of sales with rising stocks, prices mostly stable at low level.
Chicago July 6 hogs receipts 5000 and cattle 100, with hogs 10 to 15 cents higher on under 200 lb hogs, top 12.00 per load around 200 lbs. Butchers 256-300 lbs 16.0 16.0, 1300-160 lbs 10.85 11.90, packing 9.50 10.50. Pigs 90-130 lbs 10.25 11.50. Cattle grain fed steers up to 16.25, yearlings 15.0, cows 8.50 12.00, vealers up 1.00 1.50. Sheep 3600 head, lambs 15.00 15.25, yearlings 15.25, ewes 6.75 6.50, feeding lambs 13.35 13.65.
New York cotton opened steady after a decline tied to week end liquidation driven by uncertainty over government acreage reports due Monday. July futures climbed to 18.03 with several months rising on cover while overall activity left prices near the day’s end lower on net. Private data pegged acreage up 3.3 percent and area under cultivation at 48,496,690 acres. shipboard cotton awaiting clearance hovered around 65,000 bales.
The New Orleans cotton market opened easy amid weaker Liverpool cables with first trades down 4 to 7 points. October fell to 18.99 and December to 18.29, off 11–12 points, before later steadier trading as traders covered positions ahead of the Monday acreage estimate. Cotton futures closed steady to 3 points down. Two new oil pools were discovered near San Angelo, Texas, while disposing of waste air in shadow sand.
Arlington Park hosts the Post Ana Paddock Stakes with a $10,000 purse for 24 two year olds in a five and one half furlong dash. Le Mar Stock Farm's mor sel is favored but Caruso and Lost Agnes have backers. Rain made the track heavy and many overnight entries may be scratched.
Argie Keith Brewer, infant son of Mr and Mrs A F Brewer, died last night at 9 30 after a few hours illness. He was an only son. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 at the Dover Baptist church in Moore county. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
In Moscow, multiple families typically use a single communal kitchen for their cooking. The arrangement is a common urban living practice, reflecting shared space and resource use among residents.
A Raleigh hearing reports a tenant woman accusing George W. Hicks of assault for a long kiss on Hicks’s farm. Hicks contends the charge is a fabrication tied to eviction. The Justice of Peace dismissed the case after questioning the timing and duration of the kiss.
NavAL Stores Savannah reports Turpentine firm 46 percent with sales 572 receipts 1513 shipments 166 stock 15424 and resin firm 1800 with receipts 5363 shipments 651 stock 63156. Percentages for various grades listed from B through xX ranging 7.22 to 8.38.
Mrs. Chas. B. Coch ran has proposed printing theater programs on black paper with white ink. The design allows easy reading by holding the pages up to the stage light, a feature the theater public has long desired.
Hanford California tests Chilean nitrate of soda in cotton production to fix fertilizer value. The study evaluates cost efficiency and impact on yields amid agricultural trials in the region.
Promoters announce a 37 percent increase in returns for automobile racing, noting growth over the 1927 figures as the sport gains popularity and financial support from sponsors and venues.
The stock market saw heavy weekend profit taking in a two hour session, but rails and some specialties led a partial recovery. A $227 million rise in federal reserve brokers loans chilled sentiment yet a large member loan gain kept liquidation in check. Several names hit new highs while others fell, with total volume about 1.25 million shares as trading ended fairly steady.
Chicago July 6 heavy profit taking hit the wheat market as prices fell with some 4 cent drops. Showers in drought regions northwest and large domestic arrivals in the southwest contributed to the reaction while corn oats and provisions moved lower or mixed. Wheat closed unsettled, with July to September futures at fractional declines and notes of varied daily ranges.
In Fort Worth Texas on July 6 Robins and James Kelly, holders of a recent endurance flight record, rejected plans for another attempt while praising Cleveland pilots who briefly broke their mark. Spectators cheered as pilots expressed relief at the fast record turnover.
A Detroiter monoplane named City of Cleveland soared through darkness above the airport. The crowd roared as the record time of 12 10 52 was reached with rockets and flares in salute. The plane landed at 12 47 as police stood aside while spectators swarmed the field.
Testimony in the murder trial of 37 year old Rafe F King a Shelby filling station operator offered conflicting expert opinions on Fay Wilson King death. Defense and prosecution witnesses debated strangulation versus poisoning with an autopsy indicating choking as the cause and a defense physician noting uncertainty.
Funeral services for 19 year old Randal Lawrence Williard son of Mr and Mrs Vetra Williard were held yesterday at Lebanon M P Church with Rev Edward Suits officiating. Flower bearers included Catherine Loflin Wester Cook Willie Cook Dorothy Loflin Wade Thrift Margaret Thrift Martha Ellington and Grace Ellington. Interment followed at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
Raleigh reports the appointment of ten new notaries public including A. B. Ayers of Williamston Frank C. Culbreth of Statesville Miss Helen C. Bending of Charlotte Miss Edna Dozier of Southport W. C. Flynn of Canton G. C. Hauser of Mt Airy Ray F. Ingle of Asheville Edmund S. Pedigo of Goldsboro C. H. Surratt of Denton and B. H. Tillitt of Andrews verbal commissions issued July 6 with formal entries in state records.
A London horsekeeper keeps a stable that also serves as a small zoo with 100 horses and several non equine residents. Two Indian monkeys, a wild hare, a vixen, pigeons, rabbits, canaries and various foreign birds live contentedly among the horses.
Aboard H. M. S. Eagle Sailor Scarlett, stationed on land for shore leave, failed to ride a motorcycle properly. He lost control after mounting the bike, crashed into a wall and died. The incident highlights the peril of landbound life for sailors returning to shore.
Coleman W. Roberts announced broadened travel services through the Carolina Motor Club with reservations on steamers along inland waterways and coastlines. Agreements with Detroit and Cleveland Navigation and other lines enable motorists to ship their cars and combine driving with overnight steamer travel, saving 150 to 200 miles on trips.
Asheville tourists, leaders of the South Atlantic league first half, drop to cellar by a 6 to 4 defeat to the Augusta Tigers. Columbia Comets blank Charlotte 7 to 0. Spartanburg pitcher Leo Zientara yields four walks in eighth but Loyal Greensville breaks deadlock for 2 to 1 win. Knoxville defeats Macon 6 to 4 as Peaches rally in ninth falls short.
Trinity overwhelmed the Moffitt Underwear baseball team 18 to 0 in a Fourth of July affair at Trinity. Harris pitched four or fewer hits as Trinity circulated seven stolen bases and dominated on offense and defense throughout the contest.
Ruth Bryant aged 18 months, child of Mr and Mrs Willie Bryant, fell from a window at 509 Flint Street this morning shortly after 7. She was not seriously hurt and was taken by Yow's ambulance to Guilford General Hospital for treatment.
Cleveland judge James B. Ruhl says reconciliations have surged by 1000 percent this year as he handles about 100 cases weekly.
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