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Leather forecast.
September 9
Temperature, j
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pvil!(1 . Cloudy 82 .62
Sum Hear .. 90 60
2,rlPSion. Cloudy 86 - 76
' ,.,n,tr t'oudy I 90 I 68
u-:lPo. Hoar .. - 22
Jjlvrtf. pt cloudy 188
' ...,nvilP l)t c. . I 86 I
62
80
76
78
62
58
68
62
66
;at0rle;U!, cloudy. I 90
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pitt.-.buvR cloudy . 78
RaleigH cloudy . . 92
Loms clear .. 78
'VasliinP," 'lear -I 94 I
SUNRISE and SUNSET.
Sunday.
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6:26
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Sun sot.
?taae of water in Cape Fear River
at pavtiteville, N. C, at 8 a. in, yesr
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LAST STAMP DOCUMENT
HAS BEEN ISSUED
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh. Sept. 9 Raleigh Demo-
Crat? wore uihibu ltiai ingui. wiieu
olonel Bill Osborne telegraphed that
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the last sianip uucuuieiii nau ueeu
(Siifd and after this date the hold-
r3 of nicrt pages, notes, marriage li-
:er.?es and kindred papers would not
Se held responsible Cor this duty.
The best campaign act to date," a
prominent ueuiuiai. a.iu, iuiLueumi-
v following the Osborne manifesto.
He was not so sure oi me strise set-
lenient, bat he was certain that no
Republican could attack the an
nouncement of last night. The re
scinding oi' the rule will take thous
and? from Collector Bailey's receipts
next month.
The Democrats are celebrating in
great shape today. Governor Henry
Stuart, of Virginia, is in Lumber-
ton, and Attorney-General T. W. Bick
ett is in Albemarle. The Lumberton
?.!!y is to be made one of the biggest
hings that the Democrats will have
n the campaign. Governor Stuart is
a man whose citizenship talks and he
. said to be a first-class campaigner.
THERE'S a piece of news in the
paper, Grandma," said young Mrs.
Kane. "The Doane's are going to move
to Ohio!" ;
"The Doane's who are thd Doa
ne's?" inquired Grandma Kane.
"They have been here just a year
and they live Tight over, there," re
plied Mrs. Kane.
"Oh," said the old lady, "snch a near
neighbor then you will miss her,
won't you?"
Mrs. Kane looked uneasy. "Not ex
actlyI haven't seen enough of her.
But I wish I'd known about their going
away. I'd have called again. I just
haven't had time to dress up."
"Dress up!" repeated Grandma
Kane, wonderingly. "I wouldn't stop
to dress ui we didn't in my day. I'd
just run in of a mornin "
"It's different now," young. Mrs
Kane reminded her, primly; "until
you know people better you're suppos
ed to make formal calls. And Mrs.
Doane isn't the kind you can run in
on, anyway. She comes from the city,
where she's been used to style, and if.
J'd run in, like you say, she'd just think
I didn't know any better, and set it
down to my ignorance. I would've
asked her here when the club met last
time, but I thought I'd wait until I
got my dining-room papered and my
new curtains up and some fingerbowls.
I wasn't going to let her think just
because I live out in the country, I
don't know what's what."
Grandma Kane gasped. "Well, - I
s'pose I am behind the times, Linnie,
but in my day "
The telephone bell rang. Indeed, it
ng many times that afternoon and
the messages Mrs. Kane brought back
were much the same. All of the wo
men. it seemed, had been just on the
Point of calling on Mrs. Doane or in
citing her to their homes.
"We've decided to have a sort of re
option and tea here at my house, to
morrow afternoon," announced Mrs.
Kane, with an air of relief. "I told
:bem I'd dress up and call on her this
ever
mg.'
Grandma Kane put away , her knit
ting. "Now, that's nice," she said
porously. "If it'd been me, I'd a'
d, every one in town holdin' off
1;ie that, and I know just how She
keif. Go right along over now.- And,
1 ir in." she urged, "don't drees up."
a; im innirofi flnwn over her
lull J JL KJKM Afc. V, . w w - -
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m light percale. "1 can't go in this,"
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LOCAL MARKETS. (
r , Country Produce.
Eggs, dozen .
32
22 26
309 40
45 55
W
soo ss
8 10
'76 1.00
.75 1.00
23
17 18
1.00
1.50
1.00
55 65
80 85
G 70
4.00
1.25
1.00 1.50
8.00
3.00 3.50
75
4.00
Butter, lb 2
Spring Chickens, eac!
Hens, each 4
Puddle Duck'
Guineas .. Li
Beef J
Sweet potatoes, bushel
Irish Potatoes. bushel ...
N. C. Hams, tb
N. C. Shoulders & Ribs lb,
Field Peas, bushel
White Peas, bushel ......
Corn, bushel.-. .. .. .. ..
N. C. Peanuts bushel w
Spanish Peanuts, bushel
Virginia Peanuts, bushel-
Oranges mnrida , . .. ..
Limes, per 100
Bananas, bunch
Lemons, Fancy
Apples
Bell Peppers, bushel
Onions, per sack
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE.
Having qualified as administratrix of the
estate of ueodore 8. Biddle, deceased, I
hereby give notice to all .persons having
claims against said estate to present them
iv iuv un or uerore me isz nay or August,
or this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery; all persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate payment.
, This the 1st day of August, 1816.
li FTRMfi"' A w iimrT tt
Administratrix of Theodore S. Biddle.
8-l-law-6w-tues-j.
MILLIONS OF EGGS HELD
IN COLD STORAGE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Se'pt- 9. Two hundred
and twenty one firms are holding
nearly five million cases of eggs, about
143,000,000 dozen, in cold storage, ac
cording to -latest reports to the de
partment of agriculture.
The official shows that these figures
are 10 per cent less than a month ago.
Judge W. M. Bond, of Edenton,
holds the court which begins here
next week and runs almost unbroken
ly to the first of the year.
Judge Bond will have two capital
cases on his docket next week and
will have some of the most interest
ing minor cases to try. One of these
will be a Chatham county case which
is brought against Jacob Schwarts,
a market man of Raleigh, who is de
fendant against men who sold him
beeves for which he gave checks, and
then, it is alleged, refused to pay the
checks. The two Chathamites claim
that they lost about $5,000 and in civil
court were given verdicts. They are
now proceeding on the other side of
the docket.
she demurred It's; bnlx i honse
dress "
What If it is?" demanded Grandma
Kane, "it's clean. Here put this lit
tle shawl over your head."
When she returned a little later,
Mrs. Kane found her grandmother
busying herself about the kitchen.
The bread-board was spread with
yellow dough, rolling pin and tin cut
ters. On the table near by were sev
eral large baking pans, and on the
stove was a kettle of hot lard.
"Well," said Mrs. Kane petulantly,
as she came in, "I wish I'd dressed up
like I wanted to. She always looks
just so herself, and it makes you feel
like there's a spot on your dress some
where and that your hair's looking
six ways for Sunday. She's awful
hard to get acquainted with so stand
offish. I don't think she wanted to
come a bit she acted as if she'd like
to get out of it but didn't know how.
And if you'd see how funny she looked
at me when she saw me come In with
just a shawl over my head! And I
saw her looking at my hands without
any gloves."
Grandma Kane had stopped In her
work and was staring in a puzzled way.
"Well," she said presently, a disap
pointed tone, "I was just going by how
I'd feel myself. Times change, I know,
Linnie, but I didn't s'pose women'd
jphanged any, down in their hearts,
from the time when-1 lived out on a
prairie and was so thankful for the
sight of a nelghborwoman's face."
And, then for the first time Mrs.
Kane seemed to notice what was go
ing on about her.
"Why, Grandma, what are you do
ing?" she asked.
"I was just making some doughnuts
and sugar co'okles I thought they'd
be nice to-morrow with the coffee,"
explained, the old lady.
"Grandma, dear! I know what de
licious cookies and doughnuts you
make,, and they're just what I'd have
for a club meeting or if some of the
ladies were going to run in," her
granddaughter said. "But I'm going
to entertain Mrs. Doane formally. Mrs.
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I STOCKS.
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(By Associated Press.)
New York (Wall Street), Sept. 9
Reading and shipping shares lead the
list to higher levels today at the ac
tive opening, jthe former making a
hew high quotation for the year of
112 3-8, with gains of from- 1 to 13-i
points in -Mariaes, common and - pre
ferred, respectively, while; Atlantic,
Gulf and WesMndies made, a new rec
ord at 79 1.2. Other rails moved for
ward with Reading. Copper and
Zinc issues were well represented in
the movement and several paper
stocks supplemented recent gains.
Likewise Mexicans, United States
Steel and Lackawanna Steel rose sub
stantial fractions.
Allis-Chalmers 24 .
American Beet Sugar . . . . . . 91
American Can . . . .' 64 1-4
American Car and Foundry . . 63 1-3
American Locomotive . . . . . . 78 1-2
American Cotton Oil (bid) 53
American Smelting 105
American Sugar (bid) 109
American Tel. & Tel 133
American Tobacco (bid) .. ..223 12
Anaconda Copper 88 1-2
Atchison 103 1-2
Atlantic Coast Line . .il3
Baldwin Locomotive 83
Baltimore & Ohio 86.3-8
Bethlehem Steel .. . , 490
Canadian Pacific . . 177
Chesapeake & Ohio 61 1-2
Chi., Mil. & St.- 'Paul 92 7-8
Chi., R. I. & Pac. Ry 16 3-4
Consolidated Gas 137
Crucible Steel 84 5-8
Erie 37 1-2
General Electric (bid) 1711-2
Great Northern Pfd 116 1-8
Great Northern Ore Ctfs 42 3-8
Illinois Central 101
Inter. Merc. Mar. Pfd. Ctfs 122 1-4
Kansas City Southern (bid) . . 23 7-8
Louisville & Nashville 1281-2
Liggett & Myers (bid) 294
Lorillard Co. (bid) 235 "
Maxwell .Motors 85
Mexican Petroleum 1111-4
Mis., Kan. & Texas (bid) 10
Missouri Pacific 3 7-8
National Lead (bid) 65 1-4
New York Central 104 5-8
N. Y., N. H, & Hartford 58 1-2
Norfolk & Western 129 3-4
Northern Pacific 109 1-4
Pennsylvania 55 3-4
Reading Ill 1-2
Rep. Iron & Steel . . . . . . . . 61 1-2
Seaboard Air Line (bid) .. .. 15
Seaboard Air Line Pfd. (bid) .. 36
Sloss, Shef. Steel & Iron 54 1-4
Southern Pacific 97 5-8
Southern Railway 213 3-4
Southern Railway Pfd. (bid) .. 67
Studebaker Corporation . . . .124 1-4
Tennessee Copper 27 1-2
w8he
Arnold says shell fix up my table the
way they have it In the city and she's
going to poiii' Just tea, with lemon no
cream, and we'll have thin sandwiches
and sweet wafers."
"And you can't pass around any of
these doughnuts and cookies?" asked
the old lady - ! "
"Oh, no, dear," replied Mrs. Kane,
"they don't have it that way in the city
where Mrs. Doane came from, you see.
But never mind, we'll eat them up just
the same "
The next morning, after cleaning the
f CH, SATUfttiAV - AF00Na?ttRjBER-9'
News
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COTTON.
1
fBv Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 9.Tli3&dtf
market opened steady at an advance
of 1 to 8 points today android 'about
14 to 16" points net higher during the
early trading. The close was irregu
lar. Open.
.15.12
15.37
.15.39
15.42
.15.70
.14.35
Slose.
14.96
15.13
15.21
15.36
15.55
October . .
December
January . .
March
May . .
N. Y. Spot
SPOT COTTON.
Wilmington cotton
Charleston cotton . . .
Savannah cotton . . ....
.14-1-2
.141-2
.14 3-4
Receipts.
1e.
Spirits.
Rosin .
Tar . .
Crude
Cotton
240
23
5;
420
NAVAL STORES.
i Spirits 44 1-2.
1 Rosin $5.50 and $5.35.
Tar $2.75 and 11c.
Crude $4.00, $4.00 and
$3.0Q.
SAVANNAH
Spirits, firm. .
Jlosin, firm. . . .
NAVAL
STORES.
44 1-2
. . . .5.85
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Wheat $1,531-2
Corn 73 3-4
Oats 48 3-47-8
Pork 26.80
Lard 14.27
Ribs .. 14.10
He "Has your father said any
thing about me?"
She "Yes. He said that you ought
to have been a big- league manager."
He "Did he say why?"
She "Yes. Because you are always
explaining why you aren't doing any
thing this year and boasting about
what you are going to do next year."
Puck.
Texas Co 200
Union Pacific 139 3-8
United Fruit 1651-4
United States Rubber 581-4
U. S. Smelting & Refining 74 1-2
United States Steel 103 3-8
United States Steel Pfd 118 1-2
Virginia Caro. Chem 43 1-2
Va. Iron, Coal & Coke : 54 1-2
Wabash Pfd. B 26 3-8
Western Union 961-4
Westinghouse Electric 61 1-8
Kennecott Copper 53 1-4
Total sales 675,700
tripped across the sf reet to the; Doane's
house, Mrs. Kane tools her best plates
and ' cups , out , of . the , china', cabinet,
washed them and "; stacked them care
fully, on the kitchen; table Then she
got ; her;, wedding silver out of the
trunk upstairs, and ) her : embroidered
lunch cloth and monogrammed table
napkins.
'It's too bad I couldn't have; new
wall paper and curtains,", she lament
ed, "but , I'll ; just draw, the shades In
the dining-room and light the candles.
I'll show, her I -know., as .much about
style aj , tftey - do In .the city. I'm
whst
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FOR IE STATE
Interesting Summary Giverj
of Hhe Crops in North
Carolina Up to Sept 1
Washington, D. C, September 8,
A summary of the September crop
report for the State of North Carolina
and for the United States, as com
piled by the Bureau of Crop Estimates
(and transmitted through the Weath-
4.
er Bureau,) United State Department
of Agriculture, is as follows:
Corn State : September 1 forecast,
59,100,000 bushels; production last
year (final estimate,) 64,050,000
bushels.
United States: September 1 fore
casf,,. 2,710,000,000 bushels; produc
tion last year, (final estimate,) 3,054,-
I 535,000 . bushels.
Au vy neat siaie,: .rreiimmary
estimaie; 10,342000 bushels; produc
tion last year (final estimate,) 10,355
000'. bushels.
United States: September 1 forecast,-1
611,000,000 bushels; production
last year (final estimate,) 1,011, 505,
000 bushels.
Oats State: September 1 forecast
5,100,000 bushels; production last year
(final estimate,) 8,050,000 bushels.
United States: September 1 fore
cast, 1,230,000,000 bushels; production
last year (final estimate,) 1,540,362,-
000 bushels.
Rye State: Preliminary estimate,
495,000 bushels; production last year
(final estimate.) 575,000 bushels.
United States: Preliminary esti
mate, 41,994,000 bushels; production
last year (final" estimate,) 49,190,000
bushels.
. Tobbacco State : September 1
forecast, 194,000,000 pounds; produc
tion last year (final estimate,) 198,
400,000 pounds.
United States: September 1 fore
cast, 1,220,000,000 pounds; produc
tion last year (final estimate,) 1,060,
587,000 pounds.
Potatoes State: September 1 fore
cast, 2.900.000 bushel; production last
year (final estimate.) 3,150.000 bushels.
United States: September 1 fore
cast , 318,000,000 bushels; production
last year (final estimate,) 359,103,000
bushels.
Sweet Potatoes State: September
1 forecast, 8,630.000 bushels; produc
tion last year (final estimate,). 8,925,
000 .'.bushels.
United States: September 1 fore
cast; 69,300,000 bushel; production last
year (final estimate,)
bushels.
74,295,000!
428,600 tons; production last year
(fina" estimate.) 648,000 tons.
United States: Prelimhiary esti
Pearl Franklin Godfrey
house."
goipg to wear my silk . dress, because
I'll be going in ; on - the- five o'clock
train to that lecture with Charles if
you're sureTyouH not be afraid to be
alone -"
"111 ; be,, all r right," ' Grandma Kane
assured her.
V As a rule, the women of the little
village went to . their afternoon func
tions at two or two-thirty, or as soon
as they were through, with' the lunch
eon dishes, and left when the four
thirty train came through, so that
the would -have plenty of time to get
rr.i
wig
HISS
Miss Mary Wohlford, 22, a studen
to be the youngest woman head of a c
Escondido, California, Gas and Electr
Miss Wohlford bought in the proper'
She is taking a course in electric
her graduation will assume active m
mate, 86,200,000 tons; production last
year (final estimate,) 85,225,000 tons.
Apples State: September 1 fore
cast, 2,320,000 barrels; production last
year (final estimate,) 1,972,000 bar
rels. United States: September 1 fore
cast, 67,600,000 barrels; production
last year (final estimate,) 76,670,000
barrels.
iPeaches State: Estimated . pro
duction 1916, 897,000 bushels; estimat
ed production 1915, 1,955,000 bushels.
. United States: Estimated produc-
tion 1916, 36,99,000 bushels; estimated
i production 1915, 63,460,000 bushels.
Cotton State: Aug. 25 forecast,
661,000 bales; production last year
(Census,)- 699,494 bales.
United State: Aug. 25 forecast, 11,-
BY
home and prepare supper before the
six o'clock express came in. But Mrs.
Arnold, who had a rich, sister in the
city and so knew "what was what,"
gave them their cue, and it was al
most four o'clock when the guests be
gan to arrive.
Everyone was standing about, talk
ing children or housework, until word
went around that the guest of honor
was coming up the front walk. Then
Grandma Kane looked about in amaze
ment at the women who a moment be
fore had been behaving so naturally,
and wondered what had come over
them. She did not know that they
were demonstrating that, even though
they did .live in the country, they
knew "what was what." She looked
at Mrs. Doane for some explanation
of the change, but could not find it.
She wanted to go up and put her arm
about the little woman and ask her to
take off her things. But she did not
dare. Her impulses had received a
sudden check in the last few hours,
and now she shrank back into a cor
ner and listened to a conversation in
which she could have no part. It was
all prefaced by "I saw in the paper
where " or "Did you see in the
paper where " and concerned books,
plays, the opera, the doings of royal
ty, and millionaires' various social af
fairs. Presently Mrs. Doane was Invited
into the dining-room.
When the clock struck five, the for
mal affair came formally to an end.
Mrs. Kane was going into town on the
five-twenty, she explained, and all the
others chorused that they must be
leaving at once. Mrs. Doane, who had
said very little,, shook hands all around
and departed.
Mrs. Arnold, looked after her with
satisfaction. "I guess she was some
surprised to find we could do things
the same as In the city," she said.
"You see, Grandma," Mrs. Kane told
the old lady,- "what I said was right.
Mrs. Doane's not the kind you can, be
informal with. She's , been used to
things just so.
"You're sure you won't be lonesom
now?" she insisted, as she was leav
ing for the train. "We'll be back.h
the eleven-thirty. Get yourself a good
supper and don't, touch a dish. I'll
'tend to everything the 'first' thing in
the morning."
Grandma Kane kept on as far as
the walk with her grandson's wife,
and stood' looking after her as she
went down the street arm in arm with
Mrs. Arnold. Then she turned 1 back
toward the house. But she did not
go in.
RACFTMRPF
VHtroD.
t at Stanford University, .is believed
orporation in the country. When the
ic Light Plant was put up for auction
ty.
al engineering at Stanford and upon
anagement of the corporation.
800,000 bales; production last year
(Census, 11,191,820 bales.
Peanuts State: September 1 con
dition 81 per cent., compared with
the ten-year average of 83 per cent.
United States: September 1 con
dition 85.2 per cent., compared with
the ten-year average of 84.6 per cent.
Prices (The first. price given below
is the average on Sept. 1 this year,
and the second, the average on Sept.
1 last year.)
State: Wheat, 131 cents and 119
cents per bushel. Corn, 105 cents and
98 cents per bushel. Oats, 66 cents
and 62 cents per bushel. Potatoes,
86 cents and'59 cents per bushel. Hay,
$16.40 and $16.90 per ton. Cotton, 14.6
cents and 8.6 cents per pound. Eggs,.
22 cents and 17 cents per dozen.
I; She acted, instead, like t6 . child
Scheming to do some forbidden thingj
I When both figures were lost to view,
she tripped across the street tL he,
Doane's house. 7
. "It's me," she sang out, as shebpen
ed the back door. "Just Mrs. Kane's
grandmother that's visiting across. ..the
street."
Light steps came running dowir'thei
stairs, and Mrs. Doane came Jntqjtha
kitchen.
"Oh," she stammered, with surprise
"I why, come in."
"I thought I heard some one say Mr.
Doane had gone on to Ohio and you
was all alone," says Grandma Kane.
"I came to' get you to come over and
have supper. There's no one there
but me," she hastened to add, as Mrs.
Doane drew back and looked suddenly,
"stand-offish." "I'm all alone and you!
can come just like you are. Don't
take your apron off. Is that a kind pf
a wrapper? I'm going to get into1
mine. Land knows, I can't cook ioi
the best I've got," she giggled. i
Mrs. Doane, who had been standing
very still, staring, now said suddenly
"All right. Let me Just get a shawl
and lock the door." '
"My, wouldn't Linnie have a fit!'
chuckled Grandma Kane, as they sat
down to supper at the kitchen table.
"We always eat lunch here ourselves,"
she explained, "but not when there's
company. And this old china and the '
kitchen knives and forks! And bacon!!
Why, Linnie'd die! You know, in the
city, they only have bacon for break
fast, but where I live, on the farm we
have it for supper too, sometimes. I'
like it with fried potatoes and then it
goes good with coffee. I was just dying :
for a good cup of coffee after that stufC
with lemon in. 'Course, I wasn't go
ing to say anything I know it's stylish.
but, honest, wasn't' it Just awful?"
' Mrs. Doane looked astonished. Then
she lowered her voice, too. "Yes, I
didn't like it either," she confided tim
idly. "But I I drank it anyway. II
was so scared with every, one looking
at me." " .'1. j
"You've been lonesome like out herev
ain't you?" asked Grandma Kane,
"I've lived out on the prairies where I(
never see a woman's face, so I know
what it is." '
Mrs. Doane gave a little gasp. "OhV
no, you don't," she cried, "if that's the
only kind of lonesome you know. You
don't-get half so lonesome with just
trees , and space, as when there are.
people all . around and they won't be
friends. Yesterday, when Mrs. Kane
camp, over, it was the first time any
one" had dropped in like that without
a hat or . gloves, you know and It
was all I could do to keep from crying,.1 ,
I was so glad." i
Grandma Kane snorted. "1 always
did say that a hat and visitin' cards
was no kind of fixings, for a place like!
this," she muttered. .
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