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Norfolk spot 4 .
avannah r.pot' .
:harl3ton spot
NEW YORK COTTON.
New York, Jan. 26. The cotton
market wa3 unsettled and irregular
arly today. Notwithstanding- unfav
raljle press comment on the German
iancellbr'8 speech, the more optimia
ic vjew of peace prospects still seera
i to prevail around the ring. This
as supposed to account for some of
he scattered Wall Street or Western
elling, while there wa3 also selling
n reports that the Fuel Administra-'ot-had
notified Fall River manufac
urcrs not to operate their plants on
atufday,- afternoons or night during
.he ' present emergency; The mar
ret opened steady at a decline of five
:oints to an advance of eight points
Tith;, active .months selling about
hree to eight points net lower short
y after the call. "Trade interests
7ere moderate buyers-at the decline,
lowever, causing rallies of a few
joints before the end of the first
.our;,, . .
Cotton, closed firm.-
' .'.'."'. - High, Low.
Close
30.31
29.83
29.47
28.14
27.90
larch '
lay.:;.. ,
July! . .. .
... 30.50 30.15
.. .. 30.03 29.65
... .. 29.72 29.30
.. .. 28.36 28.04
Dec;
; NEW YORK SPOT -COTTON.
-New Tork, Jan. 26. Cotton: Spot,
;uiet; ; middling uplands 31.60.
1 -NEW ORLEANS
COTTON.
I. Nervous and
i : New Orleans. Jan. 26
irregular, fluctuations featured the
trading Jiere todsfy, the market going
aotJ-very far either ahove or
above or oeiow
he : close of yesterday. From a de
cline of one to five points around the
opening call it rose to a level 7 to 14
points i over yesterday's- last quota
.lons. Trading was small in volume.
Cotton closed steady 10 to 18 points
.own. ,
i t ' ' ' High Low
Close
29.03
28.71
28.42
27.15
27.00
Iaich. -j
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29,32 28.93
28.98 28.60
28.68 28.31
27.36 27.02
fuly.
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V NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON.
New" Orleans, aJn. 26. Spot cotton,
steady and unchanged. Sales on the
;pot'887; ,to arrive 865; low middling
19.62; middling 30.87; good middling
51.62. '. ' ; .
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CHICAGO GRAIN.
1 Chicago, . Jan. 26. Unfavorable
.veather. for the crop -movement put
the corn market today on the upgrade.
Opening prices, which ranged from the
Pamelas yesterday's finish to l-8c high
er twith, March 1.26 3-4 and. May 1.25
.0 1-4, were followed by a moderate
Jurther advance.
Oats jumped to new high price rec
ords f or the season.
Lack ' of - selling pressure caused an
advance , in provisions. Lower quota
tions on -hogs were ignored.
V, CHICAGO LIVE, STOCK.
Chicago, Jan. 26. Hogs: Receipts
:0,000. ! Dull. Bulk 15.40 to 15.65;
ight- 15.00 i to 15.55; mixed 15.15 to
-75;"4 heavy 15JL0 to 15.80; rough
5.10 to 15.25; pigs 12.00 to 14.25.
Cattle: Receipts 5,000, Weak. Na-.
ive"steers 8.30 to 13.75; stockers and
ieeders 7.25 to 10.40; cows and heif
ers 610 to 11.65; calves 9.00 to 15.50.
Sheep: Receipts 4,000. "Weak. Weth
3rs 9.75 to 13.40; lambs 14.50 to 17.75.
WU-M1NGTON
Spirits N. D.
Rosin N. D.
Tar $3.50 and
Crude $4, $4,
NAVAL STORES.
16c
$3.
Receipts:
Cotton
103
126
rar.
pcf Czrz lor Allied Purchases.
Washington, Jan. 26. Assurances
that adequate numbers of railroad
cars .will be furnished for transporta
tion to seaports of allied purchases of
faMstuffa'was given, by Director Gen
e'rii McAdoo today in a conference
with: Sir Richard Crawford, commer
cial advisor of the British embassy;
Andre Tardieu, French high commis
sioner,; and Count Di Cellere, ; the Ital
ian -ambassador and high commis
sioner, ' .
! ? t : i Militarists .Warned.
Amsterdam, Jan. 26. Philip Schei
demanh, president of the Social Demo
cratic party In Germany, answering
Chancellor yon Hertling's speech in
the main1 committee of the Reichstag,
j warned: the military leaders of the
imperial government thai-if they did
not ' bring about peace between Ger
many and Russia ','they would be hurl
ed from power," s
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Gorky. Wounded.
.Petr9grad,' Jan. 26. Maxim Gorky,
widely 1 known Russian author and ed
itor :oJhevSvWbdnaia Zbizn, was
5trujkln the jieck and slightly wound
ed by ;a.,stray shot while driving in
n cab today, according to a newspa
rer report published here.. The shot
ras fired from an unknown source.
An. Ultimatum to Russia.
Ilelsinfors, Jan. 26. The Finnish
', -3 ate-has sent an .ultimatum, to , the
lus sian 4 government : demanding ' that
lussia -cease ..supplying arms: to Fin
' h rioters who assisted by Russian
Idlers, :are committing acts of ;vio--ce
every .day or otherwise war will
3 proclaimed Immediately.5 - The Rus
a. answer Just - published contains
promise to demand that -the' arms
3 returned."-. ; :.. J,
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STOCKS.
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New York, Jan. 26 Trading in
stocks during t6day's brief sejsjpn re
flected next -Monday's" holiday and
the uncertain attitude of the' specula
tive element. Prices hardened , soon
after the opening but yielded moder
ately on pressure against United
States Steel, Coppers and Equip
ments. Rails were relatively the
strongest features, Pacifies, Norfolk
and Western and some of the low
priced Western groups scorixfg ex
treme gains of one to . almost two
points. These were partly sacrificed
in the final dealings. The closing was
firm. ; Sales 275,000,
American
American
American
American
American
Beet Sugar .. .,
Can .... . .
Car & Foundry . .
Locomotive . ...
Smelt. & Refining
77 1-8
36 7-8
71 1-2
56 1-2
82 5-8
105
61 1-8
American Sugar Refining (bid)
Anaconda Copper' . . .. .. .. .
Atchison ..... . ...... ...
Baldwin Locomotive .
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel "B" ... .. .. .
... 84
... 61 2-8
. . . 50 7-8
.. 751-4
.,.142 1-4
.. 64 5 S
Canadian Pacific . . . .
Central Leather . . . .
Chesapeake & Ohio . .
Chi., Mil. & St. Paul
Chi., R. I. & Pac. Ry
Chino Copper .. .. .. . .
Colorado Fuel &"Irpn ..
Columbia Gas and Electric
Corn Products
Crucible Steel .. ... ...
Cuba pane Sugar , .
53
43 3-4
20 3-S
42 3-8
iz
33
32 5-8
56 3-2
315 8
15 1-4
Erie
General Motors . .
Great Northern Pfd.
..117 1-4
.. 88 3-4
.. 26 3-4
.. 45 3-8
.. 911-4
.. 32 7-8
..113 3-4
.. 26
901-2
.. 321-2
. 43 7-8
.'. 221-8
. .187 3-4
.. 701-4
..1031-2
Great Northern Ore Ctfs
Inspiration Copper
Int Mer Marine Pfd.
Kennecott Copper .. .
Louisville -ft Nashville
Maxwell Motor Co. ;
Mexican Petroleum
Miami Copper ..
Midvale Steel
Missouri Pacific .
Nevada Copper
New York Central . .
Norfolk & Western ..
Northern Pacific (bid)
Ohio Cities Gas ., ..
83
36 7 8
46
451-2
23 5-8
73 1-4
75 3-S
32 3-4
82 3-8
231-4
50 1-4
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Pennsylvania .. .. . . ..
Pittsburgh Coal .......
Ray Consolidated Copper
Reading .. .. .. .. .. .
Republic Iron & Steel
Sinclair Oil .. .. . ..
Southern Pacific .
Southern Railway
Studebaker Co
Tennessee Copper
151-4
.149
...... 54 1-8
Texas Co. . .
Tobacco Products
Union Pacific
..1141-4
United Cigar Stores . .
941-2
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
. ...1191-8
.... 561-4
U. S. Rubber ..
United States' Steel
91 1-4
82
41
40 1-4
1714
Utah Copper .. .. ..-.. .
Wabash Pfd. "A" (bid)
Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland .. M'W -....
A. T. & T. .. . ..1041-4
Illinois Central ....95
Atlantic Coast Line (bid)
89 7-8
87 1-2
71-2
Gulf States Steel (bid)
Seaboard Air Line (bid) . ,
Sloss-Shef. Steel and Iron -..,.
39 1-2
120
401-8
United Fruit
Virginia Caro. Chem..
General Electric
(.- .129
An Ultimatum ta Russia.
London, Jan. 26. Kishinev isreport
ed to be surrounded by Rumanian
troops, according to a Petrograd . dis
patch to the Exchange Telegram Com
pany and hot fighting is said .to be
in progesr between the Bolshevik!
Savannah, Jan. 25. Turpentine dull,
45 1-2 sales none; receipts 9; ship
ments 'T; stock 25,931.
iRosin steady; sales 448; receipts
259; shipments none; -stock 90,410.
Quote: B D E F G H 6.15; I 6.20;
K 6.50; M 6.80; N 7.20; WG 7.40; WW
7.50.
SPECIAL SALE AT KERR, N. C, ON
the A. & Y. R. R. Monday, January
28th, we will offer for sale any part
. or all the following unusually low
prices. Locomotive, rail, log cars,
track tools, switches and frqgp; log
tools, log carts, buggies, wagons,
mules horses, belting, shafting, pul
leys, three boilers, two engines,' one
hoisting engine, one edger, .pnfe saw
milL conveyors, log hauls, small
" cars, . dry kiln, planer, cable, chain,
sprockets, dust Conveyor, ; fan,
emery stand, axes,, shovels, tube
expanders,, stocks and dies, .ham
mers, tongues and all machinery,
tools and appurtenances used by
the Babcock ; Lumber Company.
Prices will be very attractive '-and
all offered subject to prior . sale.
Lingo Oity Metal Works, Wilming
ton, N. C 1 ; l,36-2ti
IR. SALARIED MEN TAKE PART
earnings, invest in shares Carolina
Building & Loan Association .and
see how easy it is to save tor: the
rainy day. Ask about, how it. works
at Moore's Agency, 123 Princess.
E. T. Taylor, President X. W.
Moore, Secretary,
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ROWDEN COTTON SEED. THESE
seed saved; from cotton that a Dulled
full 1 1-16 in..to 1 1-8 in. and brought
a premium or One Cent per Pound
over other short cotton. This rot-
ton Is a good producer and ' turns
?LweU at thG S111- pr bushel
52.00, 10 bushel lots, $1.90, 50 bushel
lots, $1.80, t, o. b. here, J: C. Miller,
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TO THE RAHROAO TR GLTF WAS A mK') Tf
TRACKS 30 SHE'D GET THAT Guy piTcWu 4v
BUSINESS
SPECIALS
MESSENGER SERVICE.
For this service we use the 'Pos
tal Telegraph Cable Company's
messengers. They will call for
your "ads," In the,, tame manner
and quick tlm4 ai .they . How 'fcover
the city for telegrams, night letter
grams, cables, etc.
For further information as to
"ads," call 176, but for telegraph
service call fPoetal Telegraph."
WANTED -TRAVELING MAN TO
travel this territory. Salary and ex
penses to right man. Must be a
hustler. Permanent position, if can
make good. Address, "Traveling
Man," care Dispatch. l-25-3tj
FOR SALE VALUABLE PIECE OF
Nixon street property. Heart of
business district of Nixon street Lot
admirably located for confectionery
j store. See James Owen Reilly,
agent. . 1-253 tj
FOR SALE A GOOD GENTLE
horse for draft and buggy, for sale
on account of having an auto. Phone
1711-J or 606 Chestnut street
1-25-3U
PINE WOOD DELIVERED ANY
where in the city. $6.00 a cord.
Phjone; 750&J. l-25-7tj.
ONION SETS AND IRISH COBBLER
Maine grown seed potatoes, Just
received several cars; send us your
orders; do not delay, Bear Produce
and Mdse. Co.,- (wholesale) phones
452-453, Wilmington, N. C.
ja 22-tf...
WE HAVE IT HALIBUT STEAK.
smelts, Finnen haddock, salt mack-
erel, smoked bloaters, pickled her
ring, smoked white fish, Kippered
herring, tomato herring, mustard
sardines, and full line of domestic
. and . imported sardines and salmon
and full line of groceries at the
lowest prices. May's Delicatessen,
'Phone 1322. 124 4t.
AUTO TIRES WHEN THEY NEED
repairing take them to The Pair,
2 in 1. We will lixthem so that
they are as good as new.
1-24-lmo.
ORDER EARLY FARRIS' HOT SUP-
" per Rolls. "They save hours In the
kitchen." Phone 626-627.
... 1-23-tf
FURNITURE WE BlY SECOND
hand furniture. Best prices, given.
Castle Street Furniture Co, 705
Castle Street Phone 102 6-J.
1-21-7U1
OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED
Don't matter if broken. I pay $2 to
- $15 per set. Also cash for old gold,
silver, and broken jewelry. Send
. by parcel; post and receive check: by
return mail.' Will hold goods , 10
days for sender's approval of nly
-offer. L. Mazer, 2007 So. 5th St,
; PhUa:. Pa. 1-15-30 ti.
ALBERT BAKER WANTS BOYS
. and girls to play violin." Begin now
and take part in , recitals. Call for
Information?- Studio 106 North
Front, over Munson'Compamy.
1-24-3U.
PECAN TREES- FOR SALE $10.00
per hundred. 15c each for less than
; fifty. . . D. 'O. Westbrook, R: F. D.
, - l-2ft.it ii
look 1 am ""Selling best na-
tive beef round steak 25c lb. Lom
steak 25c, chuck steak 20p, roast 20c,
stew 15c, native pork 30 to 35c per
lb Ham, bacon, sausage at cut
prices. Hoyt Kennedy, phono 670.
l-9-30tj
VANTED BY EXPERIENCED MAN
under thirty exempt from Draft po
sition. Asst Cashier good bank.
Now cashier small bank but desire
change for excellent . reasons. Ref
erences. Address "M. Z.", care Ris
patch, 1-21-7 ij.
FOR RENT COTTAGE NO. 719
- Orange with garage and wood house.
Phone 1874-J or 26. 12-8-tf
WANTED TO EXCHANGE 5 ACRE
farm in Florida, suitable for Or
ange growing or trucking, for new
Hanover County real estate or, Au
tomobile. If interested call or write
1218 So. Third St l-22-7tj.
WANTED FIFTY CABORERS,
white or colored, to clean land.
Guaranteed three years work. Ap
ply M. Lance, Carolina Beach. 8-31 tf
WHEN YOUR BOY GOES INTO THE
Trenches see that he takes with him
your portrait He
above 'all the gold
and Kendrlx.
will treasure it
on earth. Foltz
12-13-tf
CAR ORANGES, CAR APPLES, CAR
Irish potatoes, lima beans and
black-eye peas Just received. Send
us your orders. Bear Produce and
Mdse. Co. (wholesale) Phones 452
453, Wilmington, N. C ja 22-tf
UNREDEEMED WATCH, SOLID
gold, 14 carot, Hunting case, Long
ines movement worth $45.00, unre
deemed price $27.50, at Chas. Fink
elstein. Phone 642. 1-23-tf
FOR SALE PINE WOOD DELIVER-
ed any where in the city $6.45 a
cord Phone 4702. 124-7tij.
WE HAVE A BATTERY FOR YOU
to use while yours is being charg
ed. Free inspection at any time
Wilmington Storage Battery Co., 21
No. Second street 1-24-3U.
An Illustration of the Best Life
Insurance Policy Issued
Amount f 10,000
M Double IndemiUtr '
If death, occur by accident while
on a train, trolley, steamship or oth
er common " carrier, tha policy payi
120,000 instead of $10,000.
Disability Protection. '
If permanently cllated before age
'65 from any cause accident, blind
ness, paralysis, tuberculosis, in
. Banity. or anything else all further
premiums are waived and you receive
an income of $1,000 a year for life.
At death the full $10,000 is paid, le
gardless of the premiums waived
and the income already paid to yon.
Annual Cash Dividends
This policy pays dividends an
nually after the second year. Had
this policy been taken but . in 19o-i
. the cllvlden ds - for 1817 alone would ,
have been $100.00. The longer it is
carried the cheaper it becomes and
the more it Is worth.
1MB!
.- After the second year you can al
ways borrow from one-third to two
thirds of the amount you have paid
In without jeopardizing the policy,
and you can insure the loan mak
ing the policy-free of debt In case
of death. - ,
C. L. DICKINSON. Agt.
T'Pwne 859.. ; Office 101 Princess. ,
WE DELIVER ALL. MAGAZINES ON
date of issue when so requested
Phone your wder to 745. Gordon's
News Stand. 10-T-li
TOLEDO SCALES NO SPRINGS.
Honeet weight E. A. Shands, Jr.,
now representing Toledo Scale Co.
In this territory. Phone 630..
12-2&-tf.
THE MOTTE BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Inc.. offers superior . advantages to
those seeking a business education.
Positions secured for all graduates.
Write or phone 706 for catalogue.
1-21-tf.
TO THE INSURING PUBLIC AS
all Insurance Offices are closed on
Mondays in compliance with request
of the Government the Saturday
Half Holiday will be temporarily
susDended and offices will be open
all day Saturday. Local Board of
Fir Underwriters. 1-23-5U
jnii!i!HiiHiiHiiiiiiuiHninnnininiHiiHiiinimiHHiinHii-
Builders
Supplies
I W. B. THORPE & CO. j
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Water and Ann streets M
s,
I Phone 789.
Hiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiranininnmiiiiiinniiifiiimiiuiniiiimlii
Are at Issue, 85
Paid-TJp Kxtensloos
After you have carried this policy
for three years you can stop paying
and the Company will carry your in
surance tree for six years and 193
days. - After 10 years, the company
will carry you for 31 years and 311
dayB, and so on.
Amount Obtainable y
This policy may b, wDtained in any
amount from. $1,000 to $25,000, the
latter sum being the Company's limit
for this particular poKy. Payments
may be- made annually, semi-annually
or Quarterly.
Policy Becomes Full-Paid
At age 05 all payments cease-and
$10,000 goes to your heirs when your,
die, or you can have $3,090 Jn caab
for yourself - '
The Company , . -v
The Issuing compAnj- is the strong-
est In the werld assets $866,988,841.
67 and it-does business at, a lower ,
cost than any -other,, which accounts '
for the large dividends returned to
policyholders.
If you need life insurance yon want
thls-contract. Exact details for your
' own age gladly furnished on reauest.
ij
5-Issued by tke XJ. COTmit: to assist in finances
our war agamst tW Central PoVers.
, These' Stamps rhafiire in 1923 and net the owner 4
per cent ComjpQund lnterwtlf Tphpugh you may not te
able to do but aj small Ht rfemember your country is caj.
, ing you to,do. your part Will you do it?
5 stAmpsfor sale here
the fmmm SAVINGS
CORNER FRONT iANp PRINCESS STREETS
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! JoMx fPiiMe Sam's
1 - War Saidiigs
Glub
Buy War Savings Stamps. A profitable, simple,
secure, investment paying 4 per cent compounded, re
deemable at any time upon ten days' notice, issued in
'two denominations, 25 cents and $5.00.
25 cents and $5 seem small amounts but remember
that a single strand in a cable has no strength but thous
ands of these srj ands bound together uphold the Brook
lyn Bridge.
Do your bit.
A country worth fighting for is worth saving
for. -
W. B. Cooper & Co.
Wilraington, N. C.
Lick A Thrift Stamp
and help lick the Kaiser.
Thrift Stamps 25c. War
C. W. YATES COMP'i
W. S. S.
Buy War Savings Stamps Everywhere.
BIG BUSINESS
Stands squarely behind, the Thrift Movement
Get in line and help your government. Thrift Stamp
and War Savings Certificate Stamps for nale here
Murchison National Bank
W. S, S.
Buy. War Savings Stamps Everywhere
VULCAN
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One horse . . . . . . .:!.,$ 8.50
One and one-half horse . , 1 2.00
Two horse .......... m U, . 1 5.00
NEW GROUND PLOW . .1 3.50
Gape FHardware Company
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Savings Certificate Stamp $4.12
PLOWS
Wken Jetovak's Glonj
Fills All Tke Earth.
A-very Interesting and Timely
Free Bible Lecture to be Given by
Pastor O. Magnuson,
of Brooklyn
I' At the Grand Theatre
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, at 8:00
Uhdep Auspices of the Internation
, a! Bible Students Association.
: No CoUection!
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