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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1930
Page
5
An unclear, damaged OCR text mentions a person described as Chick speaking, a confrontation with a swat eye red Gent spotted him, and he was escorted to the Finnegan to prove innocence. The passage lacks coherent details or verifiable names.
A mixed local column from Brinkley notes social visits and upcoming events. Mrs Otho Formby travels to Hot Springs and Little Rock then Alexanders, La to join her husband. Mrs Ada Swicegood Jefts to Little Rock. Mrs John R Wilson arrives for a month with her sister in town. A duck supper honors Miss Rosebud Rector of Shreveport. The Woman's Missionary Society meets for a full day prayer service. James William Cantley visits from Cutchill College with his mother Mrs W M Cantley.
Mrs Hagelman was remembered at yesterday afternoon funeral in Oran with many locals including Mr and Mrs D H Thompson and Mayor R T Boyatt. Miss Mary Greening, who had visited her parents Mr and Mrs E S Greening, returned to Dallas after the service.
Blytheville First National Bank did not open Monday morning. A notice on the door stated the bank was closed pending a merger with Farmers Bank & Trust. Officers and directors of both banks were reportedly silent on details.
W S Atkins pledges a “small bank for the small man” while Arkansas Bank & Trust Co. of Hope sits in receivership. Depositors led by Gent and Booth challenge liquidation, urging a disinterested liqui dator as needed. Plan for reorganization falters amid low business mood and ties to Home Fire Insurance proceedings. Injunction chatter around Atkins’ role remains unconfirmed as litigation costs loom.
An oil painting of the late Senator Robert M. La Follette hangs in the state museum as a gift from a rival who lost to a La Follette ally in Wisconsin politics. The donor, a man defeated by Philip F. La Follette, now governor-elect, funded the only elder La Follette portrait painted during his governorship.
Exports to November 28 amounted to about 3 100 000 bales, down from a year ago. Weather Bureau notes most cotton picking finished with some fields lingering in the north. Quality remained steady, with premium staples 14 16 inches and longer in demand in white grades. Demand centers in the South and New England show preference for high grade lengths, while lower prices affect yarn goods and manufactured goods movement.
MEMPHIS U S Dept of Agriculture reports the cotton market fell in the last week of November with prices sliding from 14 to 5 16 cents per pound for Nov 22 to 28. Demand was fair to good, exports matched last year, and the 28 day average price across ten markets stood at 9.74 cents. Spot sales totaled 215131 bales, up from the prior week and year.
In a regional market report, traders note strong demand for American cotton persisted through the recent past, supporting prices and signaling robust overseas interest. Analysts caution about supply shifts but emphasize ongoing buying by mills and exporters.
Harmony Mrs Mabel Yarberry taught at Harmony school and hosted a Thanksgiving program on Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs I Dickson moved into the community. Mrs Sammy Hodnett and Thad Vines family visited. Louie Richardson welcomed a son born Sunday morning christened Tver Mealy Daugherty. Aliah Mealy and Daugherty visit Louie Richardson this week. Jim Karber and Melvin Jordan visiting St Louis. Ophia Karber returned to the Ozarks after weeks at home.
Chicago correspondent reports a bridge strategy: when partner opens a trump or no trump, bid a four card suit to give partner a choice of three suits. Example hands show bidding multiple suits to force game chances, emphasizing 4-4-4-1 distributions and success with tailored suit bids over no trump.
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