THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, SATURDAYj JUNE' 15, 9 16. a
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Nomination Coupon
- Good for 5,000 Votes in Wilmington Dispatch New Era Circulation
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NOTE Only the first nomination blank received hen properly
filled out, will count 5,000 votes. The management reserves the right
t o reject any objectionable nominations.
Those who make the nominations can upon request, have their
names withheld by The Wilmington Dispatch, who will under no cir
cumstances divulge same. Any one can make nominations. Nominate
yourself or a friend. ; - - .
Not Good After June 15, 1918.
Special Voting Coupon
Wilmington Dispatch New Era Circulation.
Good For 200 Votes
Address v.vm . . . ..- . .r.vr...-. District
For
Good for 200 votes when filled out and sent or mailed to the Cam
paign Department of The Wilmington Dispatch on or before expira
tion date. Trim carefully and not roll or fold and fasten together
and write name on first coupon.
THE HOUR TEN TONIGHT
IMPORTANT FOR ALL
NEW ERA CANDIDATES
antage of Great 250,0Q0 Special Vote Offer For Each
$25 Secured in New or Renewal Subscriptions
Participants' Names Appear Sunday
With Votes Watch For list
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The hours are growing few and
v there will not be very much time left 1
before the half mile post of the 250,
4OOO special vote offer will be reached.
(The special vote offer should be real
lized upon to the greatest extent and
leach special vote offer should be real
jized upon to the greatest extent and
i each participant should strive to the
I utmost of their ability to secure one
i or more clubs of $25.00 in new or re
Inewal subscriptions by 10 p. m. to
i night; also the new candidates that
iare entering the campaign with each
passing day should strive their utmost
to secure $12.00 in new or renewal
subscriptions by 10 p. m. tonight, so
that they can " receive the great
amount of extra votes in addition to
the regular votes.
Vote Standing Appears Sunday.
The vote standing of the different
participants of The DiBpatch cam
paign will appear in The iMspatch on
Sunday morning and the list should
be perused very carefully by every
one and especially the candidates be
cause they can very readily discover
the fact that many of their friends are
co-operating with them in not only
proffering their subscriptions but are
sending a great many of the special
free voting coupons to The Dispatch
each day.
New Nominations Every Day.
Tiace is not a dy that passes that
The Dispatch doesn't receive a great
many nominations for various young
ladies of different localities and the
list of candidates announced in Sun
day's edition of The Dispatch will
easily disclose the information that
many are entering each day because
the list of participants has been in
creased from the last, publication and
no doubt will continue to be Increased
for quite a few weeks yet. It is not
too late to enter the campaign and
be successful, and if there ever was
meaningless words they are "IT IS
TOO LATE." Such a condition does
not exist in The Dicpatch Campaign
because the organization of the differ
ent candidates and their friends is
still in a preliminary state. So each
participant should realize the fact
and strive their utmost to secure
every subscription: possible by 10 p.
m. tonight. Notice the nomination
coupon and the special free voting
coupon in today's Dispatch; they are
valuable and should be clipped from
the paper and sent to The Dispatch
for some favorite young lady.
PAULINE FREDERICK, JUNE BRIDE
In spring the thoughts of young peo
le lightly turn to love, etc. June is
jre, the month of the blushing bride
id the banner days for the florist,
te dressmaker and little Dan Cupid,
he motion picture screen may be
routed upon to give Its full quota of
lushing brides. xOt course, it is dif
mlt to see the blushes because-they,
Tm't. register very, well, butthe brides
are evident just the same with new
"creations" .in the way of feminine
wedding fineries. Take Pauline Fred
erick, for instance; in "Her Final
Reckoning," the new Paramount pic
ture, she seth many a damsel's heart
aflutter when she appears in nuptial
laces and silks that kept one of Fifth
avenue's famous .modistes worried for
many days,'
Major Langston Wants to Ap
ply Rule to Lawyer
and Traveling Men -
(Seclal to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, June 15. War against
''moral vagrancy" seems to have had
results within 48 hours from declara
tion of hostilities, according to letters
coming to the executive offices .
From towns distant, names of loaf
ers, rich and poor, are being sent to
Raleigh and these won't workers will
go on to Washington as fast as the
lists can be made up. The state is
terribly in earnest about this thing.
It has every reason to believe that
even wheat will suffer for harest and
thresher, that crops by the thousands
of acres will be abandoned for want of
tillers. There is great pessimism
among the farmers who attribute their
plight wholly to the war, but even
these admit seeing considerable idle
ness which could be well worked.
Another trouble seems to be block
ading. There never was anything to
compare with it and it is common talk
in Raleigh that men beyond draft age
are employed in running flivvers . as
aids to these . criminals. The excess
automobiles that do nothing apparent
ly but run between Raleigh and a sup
posed blockade still, impresses every
body. The revenue men are busy
getting the money necessary to keep
the government going and these ma
chine directors merely watch the rev
enuers. The department has the
names of men who seem to have no
other work. And the number is amaz
ing. Solicitor Charles L. Abernethy and
his attorneys are putting in all possi
ble licks between this date and Thurs
day of next week when the state
board of elections will meet and can:
vass the vote in the third.
Mr. Abernethy's fight for the nomi
nation over Col. W.T. Dortch prom
ises to bring into the courts the names
of some very prominent men in the
east who could hardly be called nov
ices in politics. Allegations that some
of them stuffed ballot boxes are made
by prominent citizens. The Craven
county candidate has a bevy of Ral
eigh lawyers who have a conviction
that he has been flimflammed. While
ery few people here would like to see
him nominated, there are very many
who are not certain that he hasn't
been.
Following the manifesto of the gov
ernor. Major John D. Langston would
go after the lawyers and traveling
salesmen who do no productive labor.
Major Langston has written to Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder and
suggested the application of the work
or fight rule to these young lawyers
and the traveling men. Major Lang
stan, speaking from personal experi
ence, declares that there is no more
useless pitizea in the state today than
the young lawyer who has claimed, ex
emption and been granted deferred
classification oh' account of his sup
port to someone else. There is an
imposing list of non-productive em
ployments, vendors of dope, servers of
food, passenger-elevator operators,
doormen, footmen . and others of kin
dred character. Major Langston thinks
the lawyers should be so classified.
Following his assault on the moral
vagrant, Governor Bickett has sent
out to mayors, town councils, sheriffs,
recorders and other officials letters
demanding the immediate suppression
of the labor agents. There is a tax
for this labor agency of $200, but Gov
ernor Bickett thinks it is being evaded.
He demands that it be paid on the ap
pearance of every agent. These
agents, he declares, are menaces, and
he csHls upon everybody to suppress
them.
STOCKS INFLUENCED BY
WARAND
CROP
PROS C
T
Trading During the Past Week
Lacked the Impetus of
Public Interest
New York, June 15. Stocks were
variably influenced during the week
by the increased tension in the war
situation, better industrial conditions,'
glowing crop prospects .and the un
ruffled money market. Dealings were
slightly in excess of the nervious -weak
and showed a majority of gains.
exceptions to the higher.trend were
furnished by rails, shippings and some
of the more volatile specialties, nota
bly tobacco, but at np time did the
list manifest more than slight unset
tlement. Trading lacked the impetus of pub
lic Interest, brokers advising their cus
tomers to abstain from new commit
ments -in- view of the critical
presented by the latest phases of the4
war.
The relatively backward tone of
rails was again ascribed to dissatis
faction of holders of such securities
with the policy of the adminitration
respecting the formulation of: a con
tract affecting, net Incomes. -
Steels and affiliated equipments
were in no degree disturbed by the
further federal Regulation of indus
tries, the declaration of deferred divi
der on Sloss Sheffield common attest
ing the confidence of producers.
Resumption of gold imports: from
panada and adoption of measures to
stabilize Italian . exchange were the
omy developments bearing upon, the
international financial situation
Foreign war floatations ; were irreg
ular Anglo-French ?'s and Paris 6's
yielding virtually all their recent gain.
Lamina TnninU v- '
Big week-end dance complimentary to
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rwrtihle Gold Debenture
Total Authorized Usue $60;
. . . t.,. 1010 to 1924. inclusive. ' Interest payable Tune
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CONTINENTAL. AND COMMERCIAL TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, CHICAGO, TRUSTEE
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Convertible on and after September 1, 1918, par for par,into Armour and Company 7 Per
Cent, cumulative preferred stock, which is exempt from personal
property in the State of Illinois. h
Further information in regard to this issue is given in a letter of Mr. J. Ogden Armour,
President of Armour and Company, from which we quote as follows:
' The entire proceeds of tfaisiissoe will be devoted to the reductkmof current liabilities, thereby not
increasing present indebtedness.
These debentures will be the direct obligations of Armour and Company. Ibtal assets as of
October 27, 1917, (the close of the Company's last fiscal year) were $314,174,135.89. There is no lien of
any kind upon the property of the Company except its first closed mortgage (dated June 1, 1909, due
June 1, 1939) for $50,000,000, which is a lien upon approximately $60,000,000 out of a total of $103 -801,6448
capital assets. '
During the last three years the average annual earnings- of the Company, available for interest
charges, haveeen approximately $21,950,030, and the average annual interest charge (including inter
est on the bonds ) has been approximately $4,480,000. During this period over $46,000,000 net earnings
have been retained in the d usines$, after paying cash dividends amounting to $6,000,000. In 1917 earn
ings from sources within the United States applicable to interest were over $27,000,000 on a gross volume
of business amounting to $575,000,000. The earnings for 1917 do not include any revenue from business
originating in South America, or other foreign countries, the volume of which business amounted to ap
proximately $300,000,000.
The Trust-Agreement securing these debentures will provide, among other things, that no addi
tional mortgage shall be placed on the properties and assets of the Company, which does not include
these, debentures in the Hen of such mortgage.
The Agreement will, furthermore contain a: covenant that current assets of the Company shall be '
maintairied in an aggregate amount equal to at least-one and -onehalf -times- all current liabilities,
The 7 Per Cent. Cumulative Preferred Stock, into which these debentures are convert
ible, may be redeemed by the Company at 1 1 5 and dividends. The total presently to be au
thorized will be $60,000,000, all of which will be held in the treasury of the Company to be
available for exchange for these debentures.
MATURITIES AND PRICES
OO due Juoe 15, 1919-9925 interest, yielding about 6 '
Oadoe Jfae 15. 192097 7Rand inter. i-lAm hAn 7v v
MXX due June 15. 1921 9&7R mnd intern. ilAi .ho 7i2 & j
),000 due June 15, 1922 95.75 ad interest, yiekSax about 7 W 4,'
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15. 19Z3 fQR. and mbfMf vSVUKm .W 7l2 at i
Subscription will be subject received to allotment until 10 a. m., Tuesday, June IS, with the
right reserved to close the books earlier, without notice. In sending your order It Is advisable
that you specify whether a substitute maturity will be satisfactory. If maturity selected cannot bo
allotted in full.
Temporary cerUHcates wHlle ready for deilverr en or abont Jane 2s7"
Tbe tttenents contind herein are sot guaranteed, bat sre baaed pS) fafr tion Ueh beBe-i
to be aocsrate and reliable, and ' upoa which e hare acted ta tha aforcaaae erf theae aacvnca.
Halsey, Stuart & Co., (Inc.)
Chicago New York
IHinois Trust & Savings Bank
Chicago
5rcial Trust and Savings Ban&
Chicago
First Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
The Merchants Loan & Trust Company
Chicauro
Passed by the Capital Issues Committee as not Incompatible with tne naUosal interest, but without
approval of legality, validity, worth, or security.
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