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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1927
Page
6
The Amigo Bridge club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock with Mrs. H J Calcisure. Mrs Fidler and Mrs Cox will attend at her home. The friends of Mrs W B Evans note her illness at 906 East Green Street.
Mrs L R Johnston and Becky attended the Lowe Ellis wedding at Elon College with Becky as ring bearer. Mrs Isaac Fidler and Mrs T D Cox visited Lil lington, returning to New York and Mount Olive respectively. Church classes plan outings and lessons at First Baptist with leaders and locations listed.
Mrs Edith Harville entertained her bridge club honoring Miss Pearl Snyder bride elect. Guests used bridal tallies with a mini wedding towel mark for Miss Snyder and prizes went to Mrs Cassie Dunn high and Miss Rena Little low. Other attendees included Mrs R L Haney and many more at the Country club.
Mrs. W. AW. Brown and her son are guests of Mrs. Brown’s sister in law, Mrs. Joe McLaney, at the Hardie apartment. Mrs. W. J. McAnally and her son Charles are spending the day in Durham. Kenneth Abels, son of Mr. and...
Mrs. Cox of High Point noted for Christian character and civic work. Survived by a large number of nephews and nieces and relatives in Florida Idaho and Greensboro. She was a longtime member of the High Point Friends church and active in the W W T U and Woman’s club. Funeral services set for Thursday at 10 in the High Point Friends church with interment at Guilford College family plot.
The New Orleans cotton market saw an unsettled first hour followed by a rally after the August consumption total of 633,434 bales. Prices jumped as December reached 22.72 and March 22.81 amid firmer undertone and bullish crop reports.
Wall Street opened with strong undertone as large blocks traded. Pennsylvania, Freeport, Texas, International Telephone and International Harvester hit new high records. Postum saw 11 200 shares move at 124, unchanged. Western Pacific opened up 3 points.
W C Rannells tour promoter of Asheville escapes further charges after prosecuting attorney withdraws the case for obtaining money under false pretenses. A peaceable outside settlement was reported. Rannells released from city jail after a week in custody. The prosecution and defense anticipate further proceedings in Spartanburg South Carolina.
Twenty five foot breakers swept the waterfront as two National line ships the Jalisco and the Navajoa were reported missing. Fishermen from Mazatlan faced possible peril while some craft may have found safety on the Baja California peninsula. A deadly tidal wave killed a child and damaged the Hotel Delmar sea wall. Guaymas and Yavaros endured floods and pier losses while Mazatlan escaped major damage. The storm traced from near Tehuantepec across multiple states, with wind at Guaymas recorded at sixty miles per hour. Survivors described villages wrecked and families perished in the tidal surge. kumamoto and Mazatlan noted outages and transit disruption.
The New York cotton market rose 13 to 19 points due to renewed demand and unsettled southern weather. December touched 22.48 and March 22.75 before easing 15 to 20 points, with Liverpool and the Continent reported as buyers early and improved inquiry for cotton cloths and India business pending.
Geneva Sept 14 AP. Dr Fridtjof Nansen of Norway introduced a plan for a voluntary universal arbitration pact at the League of Nations assembly commission on disarmament. The proposal seeks global arbitration mechanisms as part of disarmament efforts.
W L Stribling and Leo Diegel questioned if their recent bout was a benefit. They were fined 100 for taking part in a framed fight but later the boxing commission ruled the match Marquis of Queensbury lawful and ordered payment of the purse. City official Hopkins said funds will go to welfare, noting the referee called it no contest and a court found stalling. He urged litigation for payment.
Charlotte Sept 14 AP with 14 entries in 25 50 and 100 mile sprints 11 in 75 mile stock car and six in 10 mile amateur event the mile and quarter bowl of the Carolinas Speedway buzzes from dawn to dusk as final preparations for next Monday speed classic proceed. Notable entrants include Pete de Paolo Harry Hartz Cliff Woodbury Ralph Snowberger Frank Lockhart Tony Galatta Al Melcher and others in the sprints.
Asheville dispatch reports Capt Kepner of the United States Army recounting the Gordon Bennett balloon race from Detroit. He described buffeting winds and a 29,000 foot descent toward York, where his aide Lieut Eareckson lost consciousness from oxygen lack during the high altitude flight before returning to Scott Field Illinois.
The First Presbyterian church of Lexington observes its centennial with events starting Friday. Dr L T Wilds Jr of Hendersonville will deliver the opening address and Dr W T Thompson of Richmond will preach next Sunday. The church remodeled at a cost of about 25000 dollars, adding space to the Sunday school. Rev J R McGregor, pastor, arrived from Georgia three years ago and is well regarded locally.
Potatoes receipts 124 cars on track 285 total shipments 809. Market dull as Wisconsin sacked Irish cobblers sell around 1.75 to 11.75? not clear. Minnesota sacked early Ohios 1.35 to 1.60. Idaho sacked rurals 1.60 to 1.75. Conditions cited.
Chicago hogs 13 000 slow early sales mostly to shippers yard traders and small killers big packers active bidding lower early top 12 15 bulk desirable packing sows 10 00 10 35. Cattle 10 000 fed steers 25 cents higher grassers strong to 15 cents up she stock steady to 25 cents higher desirable heifers showing most advance bulls 10 to 15 cents higher vealers 25 cents higher best heavy steers 15 40 yearlings 15 25.
Stock prices rose in today’s market led by high grade industrials and rails. A policy rate cut spurred the recovery amid slight midday weakness in a few specialties. The Pennsylvania railroad directors approved a 300000 ton steel rails order for 1928, the largest in company history.
Liverpool cot ton market shows steady prices with American and lint grades listed. Spot readings include American strict good middling at 12.97 and strict middling 12.27 with sales of 10 bales, receipts 12,000 bales and futures closing barely steady with September at 11.47 and July at 11.58.
The Y M C A and Methodist Protestant baseball teams meet this afternoon at Welch Field at five to decide the first half winner of the Commercial league. Both squads are at full strength and promise a stiff contest for the half title.
Foreign exchanges show varied quotations across nations with Britain at 4.85 and 4.80 on six day bills, France near 3.92, Belgium 13.92, Germany 23.79, and Shanghai 61.37 percent. Cotton prices jump over $3 a bale in late New York trading, lifting around $6.50 from yesterday’s low on a bullish government consumption report.
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