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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1931
Page
9
Cotton opened steady with a small decline in March, while later months stayed mostly steady on buying fueled by Liverpool firmness and India reports. Liverpool cables noted covering and Bombay buying ahead of an expected Indian boycott lift, with prices shown for March through January futures.
Fred Sparger deputy commissioner of revenue and special income taxes for the state Department of Revenue assists local taxpayers at 116 West Washington Street with filing returns due by March 15. He will stay in the city through Friday and then no further state income tax help will be provided after his Friday night departure.
Mrs Dorothy Wilbur Noah soprano and Max Noah bass with Miss Gail Wilbur as accompanist will perform at Roberts Hall auditorium High Point college tomorrow night at eight. All three are Guilford college music faculty members and are well known in the city.
New Orleans cotton opened quietly today as Liverpool cables improved but the market remained influenced by a softer stock market. Prices edged higher in the morning with May up to 11.40 and October to 11.90 before easing, as mixed activity and shifts in futures carried through the noon session.
Postmaster O R York returned from Washington optimistic about starting work on the new local post office within months. He praised David H Blair for assistance, and with Mayor C A York and City E M Knox met George B Simonds, Treasury official in charge of building, last Friday. York, recovering from a October paralytic stroke, traveled by train due to travel strain. Treasury officials promised to cut red tape and have plans ready for bids within two months.
The Connor road bill returns to committee as the House rejects Senate amendments and sends the measure to conference. Committees favor bills limiting night work for women and minors, creating a 55 hour week, and enabling constitutional rewrite by commission. An unfavorable Senate report blocks the Jeffress Young constitutional convention bill. A reciprocity bill on auto license privileges surfaces from inter-state talks.
Mrs. Fannie C Harper died after a stroke on January 5 at Stanhope near Spring Hope North Carolina. She was a Methodist church member and is survived by three sons W A Harper Ernest P Harper Lloyd L Harper of Spring Hope a daughter Mrs C D Thigpen of Jacksonville Florida two brothers N B Finch of Spring Hope and W A Finch of Wilson and a sister Mrs W W Richardson of Spring Hope and ten grandchildren.
Lima Peru March 3 Twenty two army officers taken prisoners after an unsuccessful uprising at Lima and Callao Friday February 206 have been released by the new provisional government. The government headed by Dr Ricardo Leoncio Ellas chief justice of the supreme court awaits word from negotiations sent by airplane to Arequipa seeking collaboration of insurgent leaders there.
Fire early this morning destroyed the one story frame dwelling of Denson Shepherd on South Main Street extension near Ellington Florist shops. The house was completely destroyed but most furniture was moved to safety and the family sleeping inside escaped without injury.
New York March 3 Dr Charles Gray Shaw longtime NYU professor and best selling author warns American men that women have outdistanced them culturally. He cites men’s focus on physical culture and business while women excel artistically and mentally, predicting women may soon surpass men in creative culture. He notes college trends show women pursuing cultural subjects and laments poets and sculptors turning to design and construction.
The New York market showed a dull session with narrow changes and steady major shares. Traders focused on earnings, dividends, and trade news while wary of tomorrow’s steel trade reviews. Key losses included North American and United Carbon. U S Steel General Electric and others drifted lower. Gerard Swope of GE suggested conditions may not worsen though sentiment remains cautious.
Former Policeman J. L. Kivett sued Detectives C. H. Whitlow and R. R. Smith for 7.50 after claiming his car was damaged when pulled in by the High Point officers. A special hearing before Magistrates G. W. Brown and Muce acquitted the detectives, who testified they towed the abandoned car from a side ditch thinking it might be stolen.
Emory and Henry College in Emory Virginia hosts a debate on Free Trade tonight in Roberts Hall auditorium starting at 8 o clock. Emory and Henry team members H R Johnson and H R Cramer argue for free trade while Dwight Davis and Clay Madison of High Point College argue against it. Judges are R B Snow Charles Spencer and James Lovelace. Dr P S Kennett presides.
Bruce H Carraway reported 209 local veterans filed bonus loan applications in Washington yesterday with checks totaling 000 to be received here between now and Thursday. An additional 112 applications from veterans of the election were sent to the Charlotte veterans bureau by special messenger. Carraway said he brought back new blanks to aid locals seeking the 50 percent loan clause.
Mr and Mrs H A Millis have returned from a two week motor trip through Florida visiting points of interest in the south.
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