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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1934
Page
11
Chicago produce market shows firm butter and creamery items with varied extras and car counts while New Orleans cotton opens easier amid Liverpool cable declines. December cotton dips to 1207 with early losses, October and March movements mixed as traders price old and new crop positions.
Cotton futures opened barely steady with declines of 6 to points as liquidation and foreign selling press the market. December fell toward 12.06 and July near 12.10 while buying and covering limited losses. Near months saw shifting demand as Liverpool cables show preference for distant months.
New York eggs trade steady to firm at 9 948 cases with mixed colors. Re refrigerators hold standards at 22 1 2 to 22 3 4 cents. first grade 25 25% and other mixed colors unchanged.
Butter in New York trading shows 10,250 pounds firm with creamery butter higher than extra at 29 1 4 to 30 cents per pound. Extra 92 score 27 1 4 to 29 1 2 cents. 90 score centralized 27 1 4 to 27 1 2 cents. Cheese sales total 35 429 dollars with quiet market and price changes noted.
Cotton growers in North Carolina who took options on government owned cotton for the 1933 plow-up program have been paid 1,309,664.80 dollars through September 30. Charles A. Shef field, state director of the program, said today.
The market dozed fitfully with selective buying at times but major leaders drifted downward. Wheat rose about a cent after Winnipeg pegging, while other grains hesitated and cotton fell moderately. Bonds were mixed and quiet, with U S government securities down slightly and foreign exchanges steady. Investors brushed off Ford’s prosperity statement as hopes for an upbeat start faded.
Greensboro November session reports Irvin Davis previously convicted of receiving a possibly stolen item and ordered to serve two years in state's prison with stripes. Clay Eaton of High Point jailed for twelve months on the roads for receiving a radio known to be stolen. Billie Smith Daniels embezzlement case continued.
A court record notes a robbery case with Eddie Mozingo receiving life imprisonment for involvement in the Bennie murder. Fred Wade pleads guilty to second degree murder and serves 30 years. Claude Clemmons gets a new trial for murdering Louise Roberson, after prior acquittal on arson. Chief Justice Stacy cites error in retrying defendants to secure conviction.
In Raleigh on November 1, the North Carolina Supreme Court denied a final appeal for Tom Johnson Prestop Howard and Johnny Hart of Sampson county. Their murder conviction for the December 1933 killing of filling-station operator Howard Jernigan was overturned for an error, setting their execution date for November 16. Eugene Davis, implicated in the case, pled guilty and received a life sentence.
North Carolina state highway revenues for October totaled 1 620 273 85 dollars, up 185 869 09 from October 1932, according to Revenue Commissioner A J Maxwell. Auto license sales for 10 months reached 6 573 988 47, up 1 366 902 89. Gasoline tax rose by 114 871 in October to 1 400 785 35, with fiscal year gasoline receipts at 5 603 742 24, up 570 409 46.
London leaders debated delaying the disarmament conference to later this year or next year. No decision was made and Arthur Henderson, the president, was asked to decide. Attending were Norman Davis Hugh Wilson Pierre Laval’s contact team and other British and American officials.
In Raleigh on November 1 the fate of George Whitfield, Guilford County man scheduled for execution tomorrow, remained undecided as parole commissioner Edwin M. Gill said a reprieve may be possible. Whitfield was convicted of criminal assault and recently failed to have his case reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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