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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1928

Page

5

RALLIES FOLLOW EARLIER DECLINES IN COTTON MARKET

New York May 26 The cotton market fluctuated as early declines gave way to rallies on unsettled southern weekend weather. October rose from 20.62 to 20.81 before closing at 20.70 with a net market change of points. July and December saw brief gains amid expectations of showers and a quiet start due to a holiday abroad. Shipments awaiting clearance totaled 99 756 bales.

New York Liverpool Brownsville Tex Texas Louisiana

Turpentine and Rosin Market Totals in Jacksonville Trade

NAVAL STORES REPORT Jacksonville May 26 shows turpentine firm at 48 3 4 with sales 112 receipts 529 shipments 276 and stock 19 410. Rosin firm records sales 1 401 receipts 1 490 shipments 1 220 stock 61 157 with price quotes ranging from 6 60 to 9 35 for various grades and types.

Naval Stores Jacksonville Fla

Local textile trade shows modest gains and limited demand

Exports of coarse yarn cotton rose slightly yet orders remained limited. The burlap market firmed modestly while local activity was featureless. Woolen piece goods trade stayed at a small scale with few transactions.

Cotton market in New Orleans little activity as holidays loom

New Orleans May 26 There was little activity on the cotton market with Liverpool closed for Whitsuntide and Wall Street trading suspended. Prices opened lower on favorable weather then rallied on week end covering. October at 20.16 down seven, closed 20.24 up one. July 20.45 October 20.24 December 20.20.

New Orleans Liverpool Wall Street Shorts

Yokohama Silk Market Sees Steady Prices Amid Speculation

Raw Silk New York reports active speculation in Yokohama market with steady prices here. A number of fair print glob sales occurred while the overall situation remained quiet.

New York Yokohama

DAILY COTTON TABLE AND MARKET NOTES UPDATE

The report lists port and interior cotton movements with prices, receipts, exports, sales, and stocks for major ports including New Orleans Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk and New York along with interior centers like Memphis St Louis Fort Worth Little Rock Atlanta Dallas Montgomery and others. It notes totals for today week and season and mentions a political item about Mellon General Edward Martin becoming Pennsylvania state Republican chairman.

New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore New York Boston Houston Memphis St. Louis Fort Worth Little Rock

Cotton Oil Futures Steady After Mixed Corn and Lard

The New Orleans market reports a steady to higher tone in cotton oil futures. Prime summer yellow oil rises to 9.70, crude to 9.62 to 9.87, with futures closing steady at June 9.70 and subsequent months 9.80 10.00 10.03 10.13.

New Orleans

Wheat prices slip after drought relief hopes fade

Chicago May 26 AP The wheat market retreated as drought relief expectations weakened after earlier rallies driven by Northwest crop reports. Free selling dominated trading, tempering gains and leaving prices lower.

Chicago Grain Chicago Northwest

Market Coffee Quiet as Rio and Santos Rates Move

Spot coffee trading quiet in New York on May 26 with Rio 7's quoted at 15 1 2 to 15 56 8 and Santos 4's at 23 3 4 to 24 1 4, reflecting subdued activity and rangebound prices.

New York Rio Santos

New Mystery and Classics Added at High Point Library

The High Point Public Library lists new fiction including The Greene Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine. Books may be borrowed free of charge. Library hours run 2 to 9 p m daily except Sundays and holidays, with Beauty and the Beast mentioned as another title in the collection.

High Point Public Library Greene S. S. van Dine Beauty and the Beast

Mother Held in Kidnapping and Drowning Case

Mrs Lorene Ford told police her two year old daughter Betty Jean was kidnapped and drowned by four men. The child died from a head blow before the body was thrown into a nearby river. Ford and her alleged accomplices Douglas Ford and Frank Knight were held in Shawnee Oklahoma.

Lorene Ford Betty Jean Shawnee Okla Douglas Ford Knight

Ambition and Struggle in 19th Century Tales

A London girl from humble origins pursues elite life in May Edginton's The Joy Girl. Hugh Walpole offers a dramatic portrait of social England in Wintersmoon. Olive Higginson Prouty explores the clash between conscience and desire in a woman of strong ideals in Conflict.

May Edginton London Hugh Walpole Els England Olive Higging Prouty

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