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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1931
Page
11
Large lot offerings north of Coble's Filling Station with several homes nearby. Motivated sellers advertise rock bottom prices for cash buyers or sale on terms, claiming they bought the houses to liquidate below cost today.
J L White Inc provides Hood Bank Building contact details with office and residence phone numbers 2683 and 8473 respectively for inquiries and business communications.
Chicago market notes show Liverpool wheat quotes climbing as securities and cotton strength buoy demand. Wheat opened about 1 cent higher, then held near the initial range. Corn moved L2 to fractional gains after an initial decline, with irregular early action and later firmness.
New York reports a renewed uptrend in stocks with rails leading gains of 10 to 15 points in Santa Fe Norfolk and Western Union Pacific and Lackawanna while American Telephone New York Central New Haven American Tobacco and Allied Chemical climb. Trading resumes after short selling ban as wage cut talk clouds outlook and midweek statistics offer faint recovery signals.
Cotton in New York opened steady with active buying sparked by international firm tones from Liverpool Bombay and Alexandria and by a broader effort to unwind old straddles between New York and Liverpool Prices rose with December to 6.62 and March to 6.92 before moderating midmorning gains. Market firmed again on favorable weekly export views and strong stock market tones.
New Orleans September cotton trades opened buoyant after gains in Liverpool and London silver. October rose to 6.23, December to 6.59, with intraday highs near 6.46 for October and 6.71 for December amid active buying, short covering, and a bullish ginnings report anticipated at 9 o'clock.
英格兰制造一辆能载百吨的强力轨道坦克式机车，车身极长以致后部需一名助手乘坐并通过电话与驾车员保持联系。
Chicago livestock prices show mixed shifts with cattle and calves steady to modestly weaker, hogs uneven with 140 to 250 pound ranges, and sheep strengthening slightly. Slaughter cattle and weaners remain steady to lower while fat cows and bulls show mixed gains or declines amid steady to higher demand.
Queens-Chiccora College announces fall enrollment at 332 with President W H Fraser making the disclosure. The figure marks a notable enrollment level for the institution this season.
Gaston Cagle 58, born February 22, 1873, Montgomery County, died at 6:30 am in a local hospital after being brought from Ether last week. Burial in Ethel tomorrow. Survived by wife Carolina Needham, children Minnie, Charles, Lewis, Elijah, Chason, Susie, Jonathan, William, and sisters and brothers. Funeral at White Oaks Church tomorrow at 3:30 pm.
A paragraph from early relief and labor reports notes wage cuts in initial months and rising focus on living standards. Walter S. Gifford heads relief HQ while Hoover cites prior talks with business leaders and bankers. Officials hint wage reduction is not favored. no formal comments issued yet.
The New York and Chicago stock exchanges lifted the short selling ban, reporting daily positions. Prices surged in early trading with U S Steel up sharply, Bethlehem Steel rising, and rail and utility shares gaining, while cotton climbed as expectations of inflation in commodities grew.
Wall Street absorbed talk of early relief for railroads possible via higher freight rates or wage cuts after recent steel and related sector cuts. Active short covering lifted rail stocks with Delaware and Hudson and Union Pacific jumping sharply. Industrial and utility groups also rallied with gains of several dollars, while United States Steel and major industrials climbed, and American Tobacco surged.
The final vote occurred amid disorder as the commission urged communities to handle their own relief work. Mr Savage appealed Legion members to cooperate with existing agencies in unemployment relief. The beer declaration was submitted after the main report portion was adopted without discussion.
The American Legion endorsed the Hoover wartime debt moratorium urging prompt congressional approval when Congress meets in December. It also urged strong armed forces, peacetime munitions, navy strength per London treaty, and air force removal from the Army and Navy. It directed its legislative committee to push a law barring 3,000,000 illegal aliens from working in the United States.
R C Lewellyn filed for absolute divorce against Maggie H Lewellyn in municipal court. The couple wed September 9 1908 in Surry county and separated November 5 1924, with the suit grounded on separation.
Detective Captain George Wimberly travels from this city to Reno Nevada to obtain a divorce decree for Virginia Perdue from Fred Delapp who allegedly deserted his bride after their July wedding. Private prosecutor Dr W McAnally has been retained to press wife desertion charges.
Harvey C. Twining entertained the American Business club at its country club dinner with clever monologues rich in negro humor and a poignant Italian in court piece. Guests included F. H. Quarrels Jr and J. Gurhey Briggs. Dr. J. B. Richardson won the attendance prize.
William D. Harris, on trial for using the mails to defraud, contends that Central Securities Company policies were handled by Wal ace B. Davis, the president. He admits he would have run the company differently if in charge and says Davis promised a plan to substitute real estate bonds for collateral while acknowledging the use of bank certificates.
Johnny Pike a local Negro was convicted in Guilford superior court at Greensboro this afternoon of larceny and receiving stolen clothing. He pleaded receiving stolen property and was given a two year suspended sentence on a five year good behavior condition. Judge Wilson Warlick imposed the suspension.
An elderly news vendor who prayed at a crippled man’s grave is identified by a local woman who knew her in Virginia. The vendor, noted as an author of several books, traveled from Drake’s Springs to Florida, California, and beyond, and had toured the grave for two hours while asking for nothing but privacy.
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