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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1930
Page
18
Washington reports August cottonseed crushing in the new cotton year reached 165 770 tons, up from 120 623 last year. On hand stocks at mills end August 31 stood at 214 965 tons, versus 160 652 a year earlier, with various by products also showing higher production and stock levels.
A short exchange in Nottingham reveals a fiancé asking about earnings before marriage. The response notes twenty five dollars a week as an income, framed as a career rather than a job, reflecting attitude toward finances and future plans in the era.
The Rev W H Lingle chief of Presbyterian foreign missions in Changsha China arrives in San Francisco carrying four letters that claimed he had been killed by bandits all four reports were false Lingle a Salisbury NC native is brother of Dr W L Lingle Davidson College president He had been one of the last missionaries to leave Changsha during a raid by reds and bandits previously thought dead or captive.
New Orleans cotton futures started weak on Sept 12 as Liverpool cables suggested soft demand. October and December prices fell to near 11.90 and 11.18 before a steady close, with declines around 20 to 23 points from the prior session.
Miss Agnes Hicks of Highgate England seeks to break the Women's Channel Swimming Record this year. She has received 90 marriage proposals, including two from Russia, as public interest grows around her bid.
Bulls push shares higher in late trading as professionals target utilities and diverse sectors. The session shows renewed but modest public participation after three weeks of gains, with activity concentrated in merchandizing, food, and manufacturing stocks.
Traders expect a week-end rally to sustain confidence before Monday. Early session dipped but recovered by noon led by American Water Works American Power and Light National Power and Light Electric Power and Light Consolidated Gas National Biscuit Coca Cola U S Steel Westinghouse Electric McKeesport Worthington Gillette gaining one to two points. International Telephone Curtiss Publishing Vanadium Auto Strop Eastman up 2 to 8. Leaders International Business Machines and Newton Steel advance six or more. Case slips a few points while Sears Roebuck under pressure. Paris fashion says women should wear socks turned up as fashion noted. Air taxis at 100 mph by a German firm threaten rail fares.
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