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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1930
Page
7
Market notes show mixed activity for grains with wheat and corn posting varied prices and months. Rice and oats appear less active while lard and beet prices show scattered quotes across multiple figures, reflecting a shifting commodities scene.
The New York market closed near yesterday's levels with cautious gains in U S Steel and other industrials while leaders slipped early on selling. Bearish pros feared oversold conditions but buying revived, aided by modest advances in American Can Woolworth Radio General Motors GE and Public Service of New Jersey.
Cotton markets opened steady with prices easing in early trades. October slipped to 190.80 and December fell below 11 cents, extending to 10.97 amid light buying. By hour end, support from buyers steadied the market with futures closing modestly down.
The New York cotton market opened steady with declines of 4 points in some local selling. Trade demand was weaker around the 11 cent level for December, while October and March prices edged down to the mid 10 cent range as Liverpool hedging appeared, and overall activity remained restrained.
French trans Atlantic pilots Capt. Dieu donne Coste and Lieut. Maurice Bellonte are honored in Minnesota. They will receive honorary memberships in the Third Infantry at Fort Snelling and attend parades and a luncheon. They plan to leave for Omaha Monday morning after a stay in the Twin Cities.
The eight foot Neuse river channel from New Bern to Goldsboro was presented to Major W A Snow district engineer in Kinston. Local representatives urged federal support citing cheaper freight rates and projected annual trade of 185000 tons in and 60000 tons out.
Wake Forest welcomes Prof. R. Robert Herling from Princeton New Jersey as assistant professor of social science succeeding Prof. Carl J. Whelan who this year will teach at Princeton University.
Judge Moses Shapiro hears Minnie Shoat recount her familiar story as police reveal she was found intoxicated and under narcotics influence after an apparent attempt to walk home to Winston-Salem. She asks to be let go but remains in jail as the judge contemplates.
Jack Weaver reports a first class robbery at his barbecue place in Asheville. A safe was battered open, about 3175 dollars stolen, plus some jewelry and looted shelves reported. Local police investigation underway.
London report says Dr. William Teasdale Wilson 79 sat dead at his New Milton home for a week while his wife left him undisturbed believing he was in spiritualist trance. Autopsy showed death on September 13. friends recall his lifelong zeal for spiritualism and trance states.
Williamston North Carolina September 20 officers stopping a liquor raid found Henry Dave Daniel a Negro youth crouched in a car tonneau He admitted killing 86 year old Civil War veteran William Wright Ange whose body was dragged from the Roanoke river Sunday Ange claimed the killing was accidental and said Ange had cashed a pension check moments before Daniel was sent to the state prison at Raleigh amid fears of a mob.
Ottawa September 20. The house of commons planned an all day session to finish the government tariff bill. Joined by a Ways and Means committee, debate was extended and only two resolutions approved by adjournment. One extended dumping provisions of the customs act, the other bars importation from non Versailles treaty countries.
Durham September 20 Duke University Blue Devils finish a week of scrimmage in nearly par condition and should be ready for the South Carolina game next Saturday. The Duke Gamecock matchup will open the Southern Conference schedule with no other conference games that day. A practice game closes this week’s gridiron activities at Duke.
New York reports cotton goods markets unchanged overall. Print cloths saw some new business for later delivery while sheetings and fine goods remained quiet. Burlaps stayed steady and raw silks edged up as finished products sold better. Japanese markets remained weak.
Georgia posted the nation’s lowest per capita cost of public school education last year at 23.07 dollars. The figure highlights statewide spending efficiency and remains a focus for policymakers and educators.
Chicago discovers a raid on the La Paree club after two agents used mailed Madison Wisconsin invitation cards to gain entry. Robert Richardson and Patrick Ewing planned the raid, obtaining six officers and seizing owners Frank Gunning and wife plus three employees. Thirty patrons were released after identification.
Davidson College reports enrollment rising to 619, up from 603 announced last week. President Dr. Walter Lingle says the gain surpasses prior years despite financial downturn, with October 1929 and 1928 figures at 605 and 603 respectively.
The 19380 Davidson county baseball title will be decided tonight as Hasty faces Nakomis, winner of Lexington’s Big Four league. Nakomis has an 18 win total from 14 pitched games. Hasty may start Cecil, county league ace, for Haaty.
The Davidson president notes the spirit among professors and students is unusually good and reports freshman class up to standard. He says this could be one of Davidson's best years yet.
Herbert M. Campbell, indicted for murder in Arlington county the April 12 slaying of Mary Baker, was released on $30,000 bond to face arraignment in the District of Columbia Supreme Court in Washington on October 7. His lawyers plan to contest extradition and oppose any bail renewal at arraignment.
Washington society braces for a gala season as daughters of officers join the social circuit. Miss Lucille Swift, daughter of Col. and Mrs. L. Palmer Swift, will be presented October 31 at a tea dance at the army navy and marine country club. Miss Charlotte Hannum, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Hannum of Baltimore, visits Brigadier General Herbert Deakyne’s family and sparks a string of parties with Rosalind Deakyne.
Greensboro AP report notes about 1,800 students registered as the North Carolina College for Women begins its new session. In ENOTR a bicycle accident left Paul Craig, a Lenoir youth, seriously hurt after his bike collided with a car driven by Willie Corpening, a Negro resident.
Jake Vanderburg accused of threats against Mrs. Ella Green in North Carolina waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to superior court after previously being acquitted of murdering five family members.
AYETTEVILLE N C AP Judge I M Meekinas suspended the sentence imposed on Jacob Saleeby youngest of four convicted for concealing assets in bankruptcy. The move comes in a bankruptcy case highlighting asset concealment and federal action among the defendants.
Alisbury North Carolina AP reports R O Kyles and his wife Daisy are acquitted of attacking their daughter Helen 14. The verdict ends a high profile domestic crime case drawing regional attention and court proceedings.
Pete r Cassidy dies in Sheville North Carolina after an automobile crash that left him with a broken back. Russell Hawley the car driver is held by authorities.
A chapel atop Laures mountain 7800 feet high in Aosta region honors three Alpine climbers who died last August Dino Charrey Jean Charrey and Dino Norat. The dedication marks a memorial to their deaths on the summit.
The High Point North Carolina City Council passes an ordinance authorizing bonds up to 175000 to acquire land for street purposes. The issue funds local improvements with at least 25 percent specially assessed and taxes will be levied to pay principal and interest. The ordinance takes effect on passage and requires action within thirty days to challenge its validity.
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