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Market '-Reyiewqrinqmmther News 77 ' - - . - COTTON. , sPot jj NEW YORK COTTON. York, Feb. 13 There was a NeW . t iromnnl aniline at the deal --01 rtttnn market today. T; Mattering liquidation, owing to 4 'lower cables and favorable the,hpr m the South over the three te !diournment. First prices were W 7 decline of 16 to 24 points sequence with May selling at u and I Jul at 2888 on tne cftlL ntht scattering rains reported in SSutbweat were not considered LPlSt to break the drought, how suff while private advices from ftnston claimed that the agricul S? bill so often referred to. had e written without any reference "'Vine any power for fixing prices I S amurai product. This , to steady the market and 5 were rallies of 10 or 12 points on covering. NEW YORK SPOT. c jfew York, Feb. 13. Spot cotton. 811 4- Cotton closed steady. 101 ' High Low Close . ,-30.22 29.98 29.99 JarC& ' ..29.69 29.44 29.47 S 29.15 28.88 28.93 ilw "" ..28.03 27.64 27.92 jjgS-r.." NEW ORLEAilS-XOTTON. , Xew Orleans, Feb. 13. Reports oi rains in the -western belt over the holidays cpused selling of cotton lu-rii today which put the market 20 ors30 points down in the first half hour. The new crop months made the wid tst declines. NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON. New Orleans, Feb. 1& Spot cotton quiet and unchanged. Sales on the spot 1,094; to arrive 754. Low mid dling 29.38; middling 30.63; good ' .;nr OL LUC middling 31.39; receipts 7,585; stock 435,829. Cotton closed steady at a decline of 2 to 26 points. High Low Close March 29.25 29.04 29.04 May 28.70 28.48 28.49 July .28.25 27.95 28.06 October 27.06 26.67 26.93 December 26.84 26.79 -26.78 CHICAGO LIVE STOC Chicago, Feb. 13. Hogs: Receipts 16.000. Strong. Bulk '15.8516.25; light 15.6016.30; mixed. 15.70 16..30: itiJj 15.6016.257 rough l0F15i7?i NativsteSrs ; 8.4013:80 i vstodkers and feeders 7.20 10.25; "cows " and heifers. 6.3011.60: dalves-'.BO 14.00, . , ' .; h Sheep:.- jleceipts ' IfiWT. ;V Sfron. wetners 9.7ci3.20: : lambs : 13 1100. ' - COTTON SEED OIL. MARKET. IV New York, Feb. 13. The cotton ed oil market closed quiet. Sot wme. March and May 20.30: ?ales yEATHER " REPORT it . . - i- . . Temperature. ;WEATHER at S . m. 4t A -Is as O egJS to eta C4 IAaheville, clear . Atlanta, pt. ciudy lharlostnr. ri.. j 6: 66 68 68r 44 66 76' 76: 50 40 54 56 48 34 52 64 5C 44 0 .25 .26 .01 .08 0 .01 .10 0 ,0 :?l 0 .3J ... iMcago, cloudy . Galveston, foggy Jacksonville, raining.'!! J Orleans, cloudy.', York, clear ...... Jtslmri;, cloudy ..... ggy I Loulr, clear pt cloudy ngton, cloudy 62 84 72 I 52 ,54 ! 3 ;62 74 46 56 J WHAT-. TH BRlNgWG JERRY- LOOK AN AOVANCG I" a I UKfc. ATh UTWJtMf r: I I t ' irrt--.e-ri-rnMJ I ' " -X'- 11 " ' i i I MATT ' I 1 UCn-t CiVlTOTVT-- IV V7U' I i i ca I - - - " "n i l wvi e--w - s m ' - - - - a i l m mT I sf --t v A i CiT FOf :.;.'- UUUAL. MARKETS. 'y.y , ivrneieaauo rnoee,) Butter .r-w Spring chickens 40 to 60c! Grown chickens .. . 70 to 90 Puddle duck . ... wCfiZ Guineas .. .. . H 7;.40c Beef (dressed) ... IS to 14e Irish potatoes (bag) .. ... .. $5.06 Irish potatoes, Maine grown, Irish Cobbler seed potatoes, 150 !b N. C. Hams, fo 32 to 86c N. c. shoulders and ribs . . 30 to 82o Cabbage, 100 lbs. (scarce) .. ,,$4.35 Hides green 17o Wool, free, of burr, ...... 6s Salted hides .... .... ,4 lgg Tallow . . y7 . . . . . . . . . 10 to 12c Onions. (2 bushels) 4 $4 50 Peanuts, N. C. and Va... $2.15 2.20 Peanuts. Spanish . 2.15 Apples, Winesap, bbl., . . . C75 Apples, Yorks and other varieties, -.. .. .. ..$8.90 Oranges, hoi $I.2B(34.75 WILMINGTON NAVAL STORES. Spirits 43. Rosin N. D. - " J Tar 3-nad 14c. Crude ?4, $4, $3. Receipts: Cotton S3 CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago, Feb. 13.--Corn prices showed some tendency to ease down today, owing to the fact that receipts here were tfce heaviest so far this season. Opening prices, which rang ed from, 1-8 to 1-4 3-8c lower with March 1,27 and May 1.24 7-8 to 1.25, were followed by a moderate rally and then a fresh sag. Absence of selling pressure led to firmness in oats market after weak ness at the start. Provisionsjaveraegd lower in conse quence of scattered liquidation by holders. Grain and provision prices: Corn Open. Close. March .. 1.27 1.27 5-8 May 1.24 7-8 1.25 5 8 Oats March .. .. . .82 1-4 .73 7-3 May . 791-2 .81 Pork. May 8" Lard May 25.32 25.5 July 25.40 25 65 Ribs May .. .. ... 24.55 2480 Cash quotations: Corn, No. 2 and No. 3 yellow nominal; No. 4 yelijw, 1.5001.82. Oats, No. 3 white, 85Q 86 3-4 ; standard, 85 1-2 87 1-2. Rye, No: J, 2.172J8.; BarieyJL65.i timothy, 5,00 8.25."; Clover, , il.OOaar rmgrfMv PotkMminal. Lard: 25.60Ribs, .6724,1T. - : . y. M. C. A. Aeroplanes Made Better Show ing Than Submarines on the Second Day Today's early afternoon report of the divisional commanders in the T. M. C. A. campaign, submitted at a luncheon at 1:15 at the association, showed that an additional $1,021 had been raised- toward the $8,000 neces sary for the continued proper conduct Of the institutipn. 18he tota raised during the first and second days of the scheduled three-day campaign totals $4,688. Today's report meeting was poorly attended, a majority of the team cap tains finding it advisable to hold their reports., until tomorrow and at tend the noon meeting at the Cham ber of Commerce. This explains the day's small figures. Tomorrow, the final day of "the campaign, is expect ed to see the $8,000 goal reached. The Aeroplanes came back strong and "showed up" the Submarines, who carried off first honors on the initial day. A total of $441 was raised by the division. Mr. Jesse Roach is commander of the Aeroplanes. The UP FA THER MATTER OH! i'H 4mrrV JPERSTITIOUa A HARD J. CAMPAIGN -1 vi,v.-.:.-.t-f . v-.- .- , r y " . , , ..,.,.r.,..- . i....... i, iii 1.11. !.-.....,. i.,n ....in ...I. i. .., ,, .,1 . .. , -j- 7 : WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA., WEDNESDAY . AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 1 3, 4 4? 4 4 4 .. ' STOCKS. t- ' ; 4 444 ftew York, Feb. 13. Resumption of operations on the Stock Exchange af ter the triple holidays were attended by, a general demonstration ot strength. In the first half hour's ac tive trading, gains of one to four points were made by such diversified issues as Atlantic Gulf, Marine pre ferred, United states Steel, Crucible Steel, Virginia Iron, Baldwin Locomo tive, General Motors, General Elec tric, Studebaker, Industrial Alcohol, American Sugar, Sumtera Tobacco and Ohio Gas. Rails were almost the on ly backward features, although Can Kjan. Pacific scored an advance of. 1 1-2 points. Liberty issues were re actionary, the second 4's making a new low record of 95. American Beet Sugar .... 78 American Can 39 3.4 American Car & Foundry .. 73 American Locomotive .. .. .". 61 1-4 Am. Smelting & Refining .'. 82 American Sugar Refining .... 104 C-S Anaconda Copper 02 Atchison " 88 3-4 A- T- & 'TV 7.105 5-8 Atlantic Coast Line 90 Am. Tobacco .i64 A. T. G. & W. T 113 Baldwin Locomotive 68 14 B- & O 50 3-8 Bethlehem Steel "B" .. .. .. 761-4 Canadian Pacific 1471-4 Central Leather .. .. .. 6914 C & O 53 Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul . . . . 41 - . Chicago, R. I. & Pac. Ry 203-8 Chino Copper . . 43 1-2 Col Fuel & Iron .38 Columbia Gas and Electric . . ! ! 33 1-2 Corn Products 34 7-8 Crucible Steel .. 59 1-2 Cuba Cane Sugar ! 30 3-4 Erie .... .... .. 1412 General Motors 136 Great Northern Pfd. 90 Great Northern Ore Ctfs 26 7 8 Inspiration Copper 44 3-4 Int. Mer. Marine pfd 96 Kennecott Copper .-. 321-2 L- & N. 1113-4 Maxwell Motor Co 29 Mexican Petroleum 89 3-4 Miami Copper .. 30 3-4 Midvale Steel 44 3-4 Mo. Pacific .... .... . . . . 21 7-8 Nevada Copper 18 3-4 New York Central 701-8 Norfolk & Western 10 34 Northern Pacific 831-2 Ohio Cities Gas 41,1-4 Pennsylvania 45 Pittsburgh Coal 49 Ray Consolidated Copper .. .. 23 3-4 Reading . . . 74 1-4 Republic Iron & Steel 761-8 Sinclair Oil . . . . . . 37 Southern Pacific . . '. 83 1-4 Southern Railway 28 14 Studebaker Co 51 1-8 Tennessee Copper .. .. .. 161-8 Texas Co. .. . . , 155 Tobacco; Products .. .. ... 541-8 Union- Pacific, v.- . . . .114 1-8 United Cigar Stores .... .... 94 5-8 U. S. Industrial Alcohol ....1261-2 U. S. 'Rubber. . . 571-2 United States Steel . .. . . 94 Utah Copper ... . .... 81 Wabash Pfd. "A".. 41 Westinghouse Electric .. ; . . . 40 58 Willys-Overland .. .. .. .. .. 181-4 Illinois Central.. . . .. .. .... 94 Gulf. States Steel . . 91 1-2 Seaboard Air Line ........ 8 Sloss-Shef; Steel und-Iron .... 46 United Fruit .. .. .w .. .. ..1271-2 Virginia-Caro. Cham. . . . . .... 39 General Electric. .. .. .. ..187 5-8 LIVERPOOL COTTON. Liverpool, Feb. 13.--Cotton: Spot negleeted. Prices unchanged, good middling '23:60; middling 23.08; low middling 22.65: irood ordinary 21.56: ordinary 21.03. Sales 1,000 bales included 800 Amer ican. Receipts none. Futures closed quiet. New contracts: March 22.82; May 22.11; July., 21.55.. Old contracts, fixed prices: February 21.93; February-March 21.84; May-June 21.59; June-July "21.51. CENTRAL POWERS CALL ON RUMANIA Amsterdam, Feb. 13. The Berlin Tageblatt says that the Central Pow ers have, addressed a demand to Ru mania to enter peace negotiations and requested an, answer by this evening. The newspaperss say the demand did not take the form of an ultimatum with an inherent threat. Submarines, Mr. Van Leuven, com mander, raised $210. The executive committee reported $870. ' VHAT'6 vRONf XOORE NOT01rV TO WORK-ARE ITHINK AMAN HA CjAO LUCK FER tEVEN - TEAR V - Meeting Will 'Be Held 'ot'M Chamber : of Commerce Tomorrow Morning The executive 'committee ror New Hanover county of , the National War Savings Committee will meet in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow for the purpose of 'hearing reports of the work Of organisation that has beeri in progress here since the beginning, of the work, and to plan further' activities in the matter of -perfecting a thorough net work of organization machinery throughout the country. tJUrthg the month of January the work of the committee was confined large! to the organisation of War Savings Societies in the schools of the city, and county. There have been organised to date 83 of these school societies; 0 In the cit yof Wilming ton, and Hi in the eonhty4 Of the to tal' number of societies 64 are white school societies and 19 are colored school societies. Oaly" ifew more schools remain to be organized in the county. . 1 Recently the effons of; the commit tee, under the direction of Chairman Jos. W. Little, have been directed to the matter of the appointment of sales agencies for Thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificates. The gov ernment has asked for the appoint ment of 120 sales agencies in New Hanover county. In addition to the banks and postofflces of the county, Which received their appointment di rectly from the Treasury Department at Washington, the local committee and the Wilmington postoffice have made the following appointments of sales agencies: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. Charleston &. Western Railway Co. Southern Express Co. . - United Cigar Stores Co. S. H. Kress & Co. The F. W. Woolworth Company. Southern Bell Telephone & Tele graph Co. Alexander Sprunt & Son. The A. David Company. Wilmington Printing Co. Jackson & Bell Co. I. Shrier A Sons. The Baxter Tobacco Co. Geo, Honnet I Wilmington Grocery Co. Geo. W. Hoggins, Inc. I Boylan & Hancock. J. M. Solky. Shrier & Solomon. W. M. Cumming. H. F. .Wilder. ,- J. W. H. Fuchs. E. G. Story & CO. The Manhattan Co. A. t O. Schuster. . James Owen' Reilly. James M. Hall. Belk-Williams Company. C. R. Hooper. Clark-Lynch Lnmber Co. Southslde Drug Company. Mann, Atkinson & Watters, Ine. The Payne Drug Co. B. T. Hopkins. Walker Taylor. W. A. McGirt. Thos. H. Wright. Tidewater Power Company. John 9. McEachern Sons. C. W. Yates Company. M. l. Starkey. L. W. Moore. James it James, Inc. The chairman of the committee for New Hanover county is exceedingly anxious to make the full quota of ap pointments at. as early a date as pos sible. All patriotic business hou&es who have not as yet applied for ap pointment as sales agencies are urg ed to communicate with Chairman Little at once. The government Has alloted to New Hanover county for sale during the year of 1$18, $704,814 of Thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificate Stamps, no small undertaking, every one will agree. Th question is square ly up to the citizens as to what they will do with this tremendous respon sibility. The local committee will need the aid and loyal support-of ev ery one, for it only means the small task of selling stamps equal in amount to $20 for every man, woman and child, both white and black in the county. In the language Of Governor Bick ett: "To the timid this task is a ter ror to the heroic it 1b a challenge." While the soldiers are fighting in the trenches it's up to us to fight at home by economizing and saving; by buying Thrift Stamps and War Sav ings Certificate Stamps. "Liek a Thrift Stamp and help lick the kais er." j VHAT MAKE'S VOO THINK THAT? THEN IT SITk LOCAL SlhflOT 5 . : WDERWRTTES ; BIG COMPANY v.- (Contiued : from ' Page One) . pens. When the first subscriptions were taken and the paltry sum of $185,000 raised, Mr. Taylor stated that the subscriptions were being made , as though the subscribers were to be called upon for that amount of money. This probably gave all present the clearest conception of the proposition they had had and absultely no timer ity was shown in bolstering the mark up to where it properly belonged. In outlining the proposition, Mr. Taylor stated that things were mov ing more rapidly in Wilmington just now than in many a day, and that the matter in hand had crystalized more rapidly tahn anyone had any idea it could a few short days ago. He told of the visits of Eastern and Northern promoters to the city and of the conferences that had been held with them and he offered his proposi tion with the endorsement of the most substantial men in the city. It was explained that the formation of the trust company was for no other purpose than to show concrete evi dence of the faith that Wilmington has in the men that will be elected to the directorate of the proposed, com pany and is officers. All funds paid out will go out under the double check system and misappropriation of money will be almost &a impossi bility. It is only through this man ner, the speaker said, that loss can possibly come to those who subscribe and as Wilmington men will be in control no fear is felt along taht line, the speaker continued. The capital stock of the operating company will be $2,500,000 and the capital stock of the trust company $1,000,000, half of this latter amount to be subscribed by Wilmington in terests and the remaining half mil lion to come from outside the city. The Other Interests guarantee against rise in price of material and laoor which assures a profit far in excess of the amount invested. The money paid out by the operating company for. materials and labor is double checked by the underwriting corpor ation and this assures good faith all around. The operating corporation is to take half, the stock of the under writing corporation and the operating corporation is to give to the under writers half of its stock. It might be well to state that the operating com pany does not actually get half of the stock of the trust company as the balnce of power is left in Wilming ton through a division of the stock. Charter has already been applied for and the corporation is to be strictly a North Carolina affair and one of the biggest men in the State will be president of the trust company in event he is acceptable to Wilmington. If this man is not wanted for the of fice, a Wilmihgtonian can be elected, as a majority of the stock will be held here. Operations are to be started in the immediate future in the event the project goes through and there is no reason to imagine that it will not. The minimum payroll will be $200,000 per month and it will result la the filling of the city's empty houses and will not only arrest the flow of labor from this city and section but will start an influx as skilled mechanics will be necessary and the wages paid very attractive. There is absolutely no question as to the integrity of the men of the op erating corporation, the speaker said, as they have business interests in va rious sections of the country and are known to he men of ability and integ rity. The proposition is not of the "wild cat" scheme variety and wilLbe of a permanent nature continuing to grow with the passing of time. Perhaps one of the best explanations was of fered by Mr. G. Herbert Smith, who stated that the city was offered a $800,000 profit investment with no chance cjLlosing for merely signing a note fctisW.OOO and putting up $2i, 000 in 8?sv Hon, John D. Bellamy's opinion, so expressed in the meeting, was that it was a feasible and practical proposi tion and that the city would rue the day she turned it down in event ac tion of this nature was taken. It bears the endorsement of the heads of the principal banks of the city and of men who have made fortunes through their good business judgment. When presented this way, Wilming ton could not do other than accept it. Mr. Malcolm G. Little as been ap pointed advertising manager for New Hanover county. Already he has giv en the movement much publicity by distributing literature to the sales agencies, the War Savings Societies, corporations and business houses. OO HTNOVTHAT BOlLOlN 1 U5E0 To LtArH AoAlNtiT - t9T8. CAMP GI1EBIE IT I: Sugeon General Gorgas Calls Secretary Bakers Atten- -don to the Camp Washington, Feb. 13.- Unsanitary conditions prevailing at Camp Greene were called " ta the attention of Sec retary Baker today by Surgeon Gen eral Gorgas in a memorandum setting forth that bad drainage, insufficient material" and fevercrowdinfir are en dangering the health of men quarter ed there, ' Although sick rates are not notably high and measles and pneumonia cas es appeared on the decline at the last health report, the Surgeon General suggests to the Secretary that unsan itary conditions mentioned in his memorandum should be corrected at Once "to prevent increased sickness and mortality which may result from their continuance," .The chief reason givgn Jby General Gorgas for the unsanitarv conditions is the wet weather character of the soil, and the temporary nature of the camp. Knee deen mud has interfered with the removal of garbage and there has not been enough fuel for burning it, ne says. Limited facilities for hfiatinir w&tav or bathing has resulted in men be- cmomg dirty. Water from kitchens, bath and latrines, the memorandum says, is removed by ditches, surface drainage or stands in pools. The fth nr. acter of the soil, it mivh. win mvA it slow to dry .but and flies and other unsanitary conditions may be expect ed with the cooking of warm wAutnr Shortage of supplies has held back me wors: until the overcrowded con dition of the camp has led to establish ment of quarantine areas in th rH ments. The work on quarters for nurses has been held nn hpfatioa n. terial has failed to arrive and re-con- sw-ucuon or tne operating and labora tories buildings of the has which were recently destroyed by nre, nas Deen seriously affected, Gen 3ral Gorgas save. General Gorgas . recommends that additional tentaee be Drovided art that men may be quartered five to & tent -nsteaa or eight, and the installation 01 a sewer system for the entire camp, it is understood that Secre tary Baker does not believe th w- Department would be justified in mak ing tne expenditure for a sewer svs- tem ieiMiaiieaa v Put your money in , 2 in 1 Tires and get more mileage FAIR 2 in 1 901 N. Fourth Phone 738 POLITICAL A!i!iOU!ICEMEIITS For- County Commissioner JOHN R. MORRIS Your support solicited. 2-8-eodtL CLERK SUPERIOR COURT I beg to announce to the public my candidacy for the office of CLERK SUPERIOR COURT And will heartily appreciate your support. W. N. HARRISS. 2:8:30:fJ FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. To the Democratic Voters of New Han over County: I am a candidate for the office of County Auditor, subject to the will of the voters in Primary to be held March 19th, 1918, and will appreciate your support. JOHN A. ORRELL. 2-10-sun, mon, wed, fri. BY MWiCOilTION WELL -THEY TORE IT DOVN- PAGE NINE. 1 i 1 . 1 Fo Sheriff . . 1-'. r . .; w vuvuuvxi; Any effort of yours in mjj behalf will be appreciated.: ! FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS B. F. RING Your 8yppert Will Be Appreciated. SERVICE EFFICIENCY To the Democratic Voters of New Hand ¬ .-Hi over County: hi r I take this method to inform ymvi; that I will be a candidate for the of ? 1 1-::.. Hanover ' County at the primary ele Geo 2-8-tf 1 1 'rt - PI eleejl tion to be held March 19th, 1918, respectfully solicit your support. HENRY HORNE . ? Candidate for office of REGISTER OF DEEDS To The Voters of New County: Hanovfti I will be a candidate at. the ap preaching Democratic primary-tor the nomination to the office of ReglEte.ij I will appreciate your support. ' j. d. edwards;-! : ' : . '' 1-30-30-tj.j - -FOR-REGISTER OF DEEDS Walter H. Blair Your .Support Will Be Appreciated '4 l-30-28Ui FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER To the Democratic Voters of NewJ -r t . j- ! nano ver v;ouniy : I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of County Commis- j! sioner, subject to the voters in thef ; Primary Election to be held March. Y; 19th next . ' . i . St VftllT ailTTVrf TffiTl ha onnraniifiul V S Iff . : . r - i IF- r J. HERBERT JOHNSTON. puu uu wcu c n-wij.mi To the, Democratic Voters nf.-JCew' -Hanover County: ft T m . . i . mm ! I i aereoy announce myseu as-a can-j i (! dtdate for the Legislature., f rom New n i TT j . j. ' , l ' ... 1 Ik owjutisj county, fjuuject xe ue wiu .! ;.i tne voters at the Democratic Mlmanr H -; to be held in March, pledging myseUt'4 to abide by a decision of the samo.I and-if elected to give my best efforts;?: in oenaii oi tne people, or tms county.? Respectfully, " EDGAR D.WILLIAMS.1I This February 2, 1918. 2-2-6tJ.jij Voters of Hanover County: ; i lifct I beg to announce myself a cand&jiU date for the Office of " Register C' of Deeds of New Hanover -County at then Primary Election to be held March l$th, 1918," and will appneciate any), support given me r JOHNIHAAR 2-2-27t-f. FOR SHERIFF Your support will be appre . . i . i -FOR "il AMI I ft I AJtliafllAsiOM . 5-r uun i t LummiooiuRcn C. W. TRASK Your Support Will Be Appreciated I 2-5-4-2tiJ. For County Commissioner-;.;. W. P. McGLAUGHON Your Support Appreciated i McMANUS .? ft . y r i; -p. n , j . . 1 i, I: .1 t ri it: m h; 19 'V'; mn 11 i iili m i if i v i ti ll i; i 1 1 : ! ,'1 if ; ; . ; - - . . .".... -' . . , 1