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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1926
Page
5
Citizens urged to donate to Florida relief as devastation lingers in the southern state. Contributions listed include individuals and local firms totaling 505.50 with many names, amounts, and organizations supporting flood and disease relief efforts.
West View Methodist church in the western High Point area will hold its first service Sunday at 2 30 PM. Speakers include Rev J B Craven Dr E K Mee Larty Dr George H Crowell Fred N Tate and J W Clinard. About 100 locals contributed from five cents to 500 dollars to fund a small oak hill church and a future larger building.
Governor Angus W. McLean addressed several thousand at the Wilkes County fair in Wilkesboro. He praised northeastern North Carolina for diverse crops and urged other regions to diversify beyond cotton and tobacco, presenting figures to support the shift for statewide farming.
Chicago market snapshot lists poultry receipts and price ranges for fowls springs and turkeys, plus a broad roll call of major stocks and industrials trading with varied percentage figures. Notable names include American Can, Am. Sugar, Armour, Atlantic Coast Line, Baldwin, California Pet., Chrysler, Consolidated Gas, General Electric, General Motors, U.S. Steel, and many others with percentage changes and bids.
Butter prices rise with receipts of 4939 tubs across creamery extras 44 percent standard 42 percent extra firsts creek firsts 387 percent 40 seconds 33 to 36 percent Egg prices unchanged with 4395 cases received.
Copper dull with spot and futures at 14 1 4. tin steady near 69.50. iron irregular with No 1 northern at 20.50 21.50. lead steady at 8.75. zinc steady in East St Louis at 7.37. antimony spot 14.00.
Market observers report 74 cars on track 289 total shipments 949 with trading fair and market barely steady. Wisconsin sacked round whites quoted 225 to 340 with quality and condition driving prices. Minnesota North Dakota Red River Ohips 235 to 255. Colorado brown sacked 245 to 265. Idaho rurals 240 to 260.
Chicago Sept 30 Wheat opens 18 cents above yesterday closing, up to 318 and climbs with early momentum from large buyers. Scarcity of nearby Liverpool supplies boosts sentiment. Corn oats and provisions also firm as corn starts unchanged to 318 higher and advances slightly.
New York AP reports steady foreign exchange quotations in cents for September 30. Rates listed include Great Britain 484 38 4, cables 485 1 4, France 282 1 2, Berlin 2382 1 4, Japan Tokyo 4862 1 2, Shanghai 6443 3 4 and other currencies.
The New York cotton market opened easy with declines of 8 to 16 points as southern selling and yesterday's liquidations weighed on prices. October shorts and cover trades attempted rallies but were stifled, December slipped to 1434 and March to 1465, while overall tones remained unsettled after the first hour despite better signals from Liverpool and a firmer home and Indian demand.
The New Orleans cotton market opened weaker on September 30 as Liverpool cables pressured prices. December futures fell to 14.35 and January to 14.41, about 26 points under the prior close, with minor support near the day’s end as unsettled weather influenced the market.
Wall Street opened with uneven moves as Central Leather preferred Baldwin Warner pictures and Radio Corporation rose, with RCA reaching a 1928 high. Atlantic Coast Line slipped about 2 1 2 points on the first sale and By-Products Coke fell 11 4. All. Chem. & Dye edged lower.
The state salary and wage commission approved 34 400 in increases and eight new positions. Of the total 12 200 was direct salary and increases and 13 200 funded eight new posts. Increases issued to 145 of 218 applications, with highway commission employees receiving the most.
Checks totaling about a half a billion dollars in dividends and interest are expected to reach thousands of security holders from 660 corporations. The money aids around 1,000,000 families moving in town as leases expire. Gene Tunney rejects a 100,000 theater offer and plans golf and possibly Hollywood work. Jack Dempsey faces legal actions while Mrs. Dempsey and Estelle prepare six weeks in New York for a movie project.
Newark reports crowds flocking to the Marine recruiting office as would‑be volunteers push to be first. In Philadelphia the Athletics gain $300 each after rain spared them a doubleheader with Washington, avoiding a potential AL tie and cuts from the upcoming big series.
Bucky Harris plans to marry Mrs. Margaret H. Eckert, a former nurse who cared for him during hospitalization after a pitched ball incident. Ossie Bluege will marry the same day, marking a high profile Union in Washington baseball circles.
Gilbert Saxon Terwilliger, a Florida contractor ruined by a hurricane, arrived in Highland to claim his bride Irma Alice Hudson. The ceremony follows her return to her parents’ Highland home where the storm had struck. Irma’s father cultivates fruit in Bradenton, Florida.
Franklin Kentucky reports John Denning, a farmer, saw three camels and an elephant in his yard yesterday. He debated calling a doctor or police before circus workers recaptured the animals a few minutes later. Washington scene notes Nebraska aides to Mrs. Wilgebrandt abandoned a bread and water diet after 48 hours and attended a banquet, arguing the penalty could serve liquor-law violators.
In Crookston Dr. Clarence True Wilson argues prohibition requires a strong leader like former Gov. Hays. He believes such leadership could curb bootlegging as effectively as mail robberies once were controlled. In New York Mrs. E S Woods seeks 96 rose colored pearls lost at Texas Guinan's night club party.
The report shows reinstitution of three positions in the department of public instruction with total salaries of 2700. It sets new salary ceilings across departments including automobile license division 1100 revenue commission 1890 corporation commission 200 board of health 1800 adjutant general 120 state auditor 120 child welfare three increases and two new positions 2520 library commission 1320 agriculture 300 labor and printing 1530 insurance 1140.
Tremendous rains overnight cripple traffic on both main lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Arizona. Flooded creeks and washouts disrupt service across southern Arizona. SP reports rerouting all traffic via Santa Fe lines from El Paso westward and says full service may not resume for two days.
A hearing in Louisburg addresses a bill of discovery on money paid out by H Harris and Brothers of High Point. Judges consider delaying to Oct 27 while David Harris prepares a written transaction report and five days prior notice. In New York, Rogers Hornsby heeds his dying mother's wish and stays with the St. Louis Cardinals as they prepare for the World Series against the Yankees.
Henry Bell and four daughters in Dunn district reportedly harvested 1 223 pounds of cotton last Monday, surpassing existing county records from a field already picked.
Apex Chief J L Castlebury has no clues to the identity of about 25 hooded men who entered Apex one night last week. They burned crosses at three residences and knocked on another door then left quietly. The chief says it was a warning and did not cause disorder.
Senator F. M. Simmons will speak at the Rocky Mount fair next Wednesday. Governor Mc Lean and several other notable figures have signified their intention to attend the event.
Funeral services were held yesterday for Chas. L. Beach a Morganton High School student who died from injuries sustained during football practice last week.
A half ton color wash was given to a South London vicar as a surprise. Immediate volunteers including the curate a sailor a waiter and two clerks began painting the church following the gift.
Jackson Mississippi September 30 1930 AP Governor Henry L Whitfield warned the depression from cotton price declines is affecting all southern business and urged cotton state governors to appoint a delegation of five business leaders to confer on relief. He asked governors to telegraph their approval and suggest a meeting venue.
William T. Dewart, formerly Munsey book-keeper, now controls about $13 million in Munsey assets including two New York newspapers and real estate. He announces a plan to employee ownership begin immediately with the Mohican chain and other holdings to be consolidated as Munsey properties are sold or transferred.
Charley Hoff Norwegian pole vault champion files a $100,000 suit against Amateur Athletic Union officials charging influence over U S immigration to force his departure after temporary admission ends October 1 The complaint names W Prout F W Rubien and R Weaver as defendants and cites a letter from Ben D Hoff commissioner of immigration New York Harbor stating his extension request was denied and he must leave by October 15 Hoff holds that A A U officials coerced action through their foreign relations committee and Southern Pacific division president role.
New York September 30 AP reports the Amateur Athletic Union denies pressuring immigration authorities to expel Charl Hoff. The denial responds to reports that Hoff sued the A A U for 100000 dollars.
The article notes that there are more than 45,000 miles of electric railway in the United States, highlighting the extensive expansion of urban and interurban transit networks.
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