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s 10 TIIE ASIIEVILLE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 191& ARKXT NLWS DOINGS OF THE DUFF S : ' ByAIIman DEPENDABILITY M BP Back of the ready rvic of th Battery Park Bank, is tha history of iu conservative, development at a substantial banking institu tion. Today it strong financial condition, backed by the resource of the Federal Re serve System, has made it an important factor in the business life of this city and state. The BATTERY PARK BANK Capital t :. Member rsderal Rsservs Byataia Surplus at P-eflt im.M 1 !itePtliil syM5Mrl 11 ajjwJMpiaa5jl TF your business keeps two or more horses busy, there's just one reason why you are pot. using an International motor truck: You Don't Know What It Will Do for You! That' true. If you knew how much actual .cash it saves, you would buy an International motor truck because you could hardly make ' a better (paying investment If it added only fifty cents a day to your net profits that would be better than 10 per cent interest on the price of a model H. An International motor truck will save more than r that lot any man whose work keeps two horses busy. That is not all it does, by any means, but that should be enough to interest you, business man. Write for . our complete figures on motor truck saving, ' . , Four Models ' H. 1.500 lbs. capacity K, 3,000 lbs. capacy F, 2,000 lbs. capacity G, 4,000 lbs. capacity Special bodies for any business. ' International Motor Trucks Are Sold By SAWYER MOTOR COMPANY 15-17 South Lexington Avenue IT SELECT A GIFT. THAT WILL GIVE ; : LIGHT TO YOUR HOME r'-'-JPAOTELIER'. will add to the pleasure of Xmas, the pleasure of home and the pride of the family.. Our stock is complete and the prices and patterns range to suit your convenience. Then, too, your tree should be electrically lighted to avoid danger of fire.. " ' ' - . .-, WARD ELECTRIC CO. v "Anything Electrical" 12 Battery Park Place. . Phone 449. We are offering a SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SCHOLARSHIP with a discount of $ 1 0 on the cost of our regular Full Com mercial Course. One of these Scholarships would be a gift of inestimable value. If you are interested for yourself or for someone else call and let us give you details in regard to courses and rates. . EMANUEL BUSINESS COLLEGE Office Open 9 a. m. to S p. m. Phone 1100. 15 Haywood St. - Oldest sod Best Equipped Commercial School la the State. Lightning is more frequent In Illinois and Florida than In any other Kates. A novel accessory for medicine cabinets id a combined measuring gla.Hn and cork. SPECIALTIES SOLE . FEATUEE OF MARKET EAHLY ADVANCE IN NEW YORK COTTON NKW YOHK. iMe. 17. Hpeclaltlaa of tli eavaral groups and dlvlakin con trolled ty poul mill profeaalonal clliiuea were lha sole fxaluraa of today's Inert stock market, ralle and Olhar Invaatmtnt win being relegated lo the backsround. (Jains anions aiMtclaltlaa. notably oil, qihiJmanta, motor aubaMlarli-a, tooacoo and augare ranged from tut polnta al maslmume, liul Ihraa war materially Impalral In tha general mac I Ion u( tile final hour Tha ha-laled reversal waa attributed mora eMH.aially lo tha haavtnraa of ahlp Ing. Marini. prafrrred recovering from an rklrrnie of S polnta. Ita abrupt aet bark accoimiaiiyliiM fumlllar report of further ilrlay In ilia completion of tbu I for apol cotton In (IkjiI Involving- lha aala of tha company's, nionlha aolit about NKW YORK. I toe. 17. An aarly ad vance iu the ootion markat mat oon aldcrabl realising today and waa fol lowed by reactions, with tha close ataady, hot iu polnta nlahar to points lower. January oontraola sold up to XI. 40 or al polnta abova last nwrht'a closing figures and then broke to 1 l, cloelng at iS.fo. Tha market opened steady at an ad vance of U to it points In raaioiiaa to mm rahlmi and bullish overnight spot advices. There was oonaldarable realis ms nut tha onartnga ware rapidly ab sorbed, while there aarmed to be a broadening oummlaalon houae damn n (I for later Unilvarles. This waa ejSTOuraged by fhe reports of an Improved srade demand lha soufi, and active 46 lo lb polntA r.i v J llrltlnh toiiiing. I higher during Ilia middle of tiilirr leaurre ware freely offered, while near montha relatively nr ni.rln. mmm um1.r nrM.ur. iinri unlv u I few unlmporlant (alna were retained al the Irrrvular cloaa. sleala and minor mlacelloneoiia shares recording nominal n)Hare. Much of the early Improvement was it trlbiited to t'hairtnan (larva more opti mistic views reaped im Industrial condi tion, but yantartlav's promising crop re port was utterly Ignored by lianaporta-tloria. In keeping with recent apecitlatlve nuir old at i 09 and March an. with Jaiisary contracts sbowlnc an advance of lual X00 points fretn the low Jav.-I t'.urhrd Iiniiiedlatal4r after the puolicat.cn oS the Sovvrnmeni's crop eetlmii'e last VVtidnce ay. ttffurlng Incrras.Ml Homewliat at llila Xrl. while the din;-.nd (or near nionlha tapered off a'i'-r lha loac of lverpool, and the mirknt cased in the lata trading on reports of licarlntf private Klnnlng returns lecember sold off re t i and March to keta. more than half of today's trading I Zn. S3. There were reports that durl'iK wit made up of linlird Htatea SlrH, the past two days c ran frulght nntounl- I Hi-Mian petroleum, ahlpplngs. motors Ing to 100,000 balm hid Imm ii hooked 'or and aevrml of the more prominent etinlp- ' shipments to tine In from Unlventon and I mems. rails contrlhutlng the sinallcsl 1 New Orleans. Together with lln local' perretttagr. ' I null claimed mat during tto .'iHf ,ort a til ii i irrignt room lor rimy .;.. ihi rmin hail been booked for stilpmtint out ofi. 1'iudli.g In bondawss trior exlennlve but moatlv at tlu euTie of values, l.tl, rrty Insure 'm Inn further Irrivt'lurlty on the w-n!iraa of fourth tVa's at the new low rminl of VS.M Total sales, ar value. 4ifgrgatail M.17a.0mi. Old I Kited rttafra bond were unchanged on call. NEW YORK STOCK LIST. Hales Hlch Ixw Close An... licet Hugnr... 27 4 S Amirlcan fan !7 47V4 it 47 Amir C and tdry . 44 ! SAU 8Ti Amt.r twiimiiflva. . 1 a4 W S4 American l.lneed Amor 8. and Jtfg AmprtcHii Hues American T. nnd American Tobacco... 3 17 17V,. 17V Anaconda -t'oppor. . . ! K."V h S6 Ati-hlaon 81 9 Atlantic C. I 102 All. ti. and w. ..., ti in . nw southern ports. Tlve... I 4 2 Ml ni to l.ll .red... tl 4", 464 45', I , l(iwrr a1 Iffg ... 7 11. M'4 S ,6c. decline tc .r .... I HIS 11114 1124 Grain und t ml T . M 1H1H inn loirf Corn CHICAGO MARKETS. fHICAOO, Deo. 17. Dlfficultiea In maintaining the government averiiKo price on hosjs here 117. SO forced a decid ed break today In the value of corn, but profit. taking by shorts operated i;f(.i ward as mora than a counter-balance. Corn closed firm. to 1 net lilglicr with Jnnuary 1.6 to 1.UT4 and May 1.16 "4 to 1 J5S. Oata finished, a shadu nd nrovieions varying from to be. advance. provision. Haldwln fxx'omoflve. S Baltimore und . Heth. Steel "IT-., ruiindlan I'aclflc. C4S, M ion mo 62 'i 81 ill t 11 it !? 94 44 16 2' 4H 11V lit 1M" 57V4 49. 26 V. 4 41 67 i 10 Cutral Leaihrir t'hesapeaku and O. .. Chi . M. and Ht. I' Chi.. It. I. and Pac. Chlno Copper Colo. P. and Iron.... Corn Products Crucible at eel. . .'. . . . Cuba Cane Sugar.. Krle Oeneral Klectrle.... tleneral Motors 4 128V4 127 (treat Nor. pfd ( 7S 1 tlrcat Nor. Ore Ctf .161 11 11 Oulf States Hteel Illinois Central 1 1 MV4 8V4 Inspiration Copper .. 1A 47S 47 Int. Mer. Marine 28 21 25 W Int. M. Marine pfd... 611 1144 108. 110 international raper. . a t. Kenneoott Copper... 65 84 H 14V4 14V4 I-. and N 11 Maxwell Motors , 11 MezT Petrolesm (64 170 167V4 le7 Miami copper 4 n.n Mid vale Htnn' 14 46j.4ftk 71 b4 '6.1 1H (1 6i , 44 26 4 39't 4 58 , 11 II 160 127 7 11 2 17 January May . . . . May-. a.. k " Clofce' ... 1.15 ... 1.35 ..: .71 w 71 . is. so .42 60 .24.50 .24.12 fern January May ... tary May ... Ribs January 27.45 May 21.77 ; Cash Corn. Corn .N. 1 yellow nominal; No. 1 yel low 1 46, No. 4 yellow I.1D&1.42. Livestock. flogs receipts 40,000, market steady at yeaterdny's average; reiluctlon in re celpta from early estimate (60,000) was due to May cars being held out of yard account of embargo. Bulk of sales 11 35 fc17.0. Cattle receipts 23,000. Best steers, (an- r mwm mnA tualaM alMll. In .Imn,' Other I cattle slow to 25 centa lower. Beef cat tle, choice IS. 76 Medium V western range beer steers m.uuw cows and heifers 7.t0&12.25. Hheep receipts 17.000. market closed steady to strong. Lambs, medium, nnd 13. bUltf 14. ib. Missouri Pacifla.. N. Y. Central N. and W Northern Pacific. Ohio Cities Gas 11 Pennsylvania 17 Pittsburg Coal 21 Kay Con. Copper.... t Heading , 17 Kep. Iron and Steel.. 14 NealKard A. Ij. 8 ea board A. L. pfd... 1 Sinclair O. and Kfg. . 15 Hlnaa-Hhef H. and L . 1 Southern Pacific 82 102 102 Houthern Kay 26 91 3t Southern Ky. pfd 1 M 8 Btudebaker Cor 147 81 81. Tenn. Copper. 2 14 144 Texas Co 20 191V4 189 Tnhaeen Products .. 83 81 80 fnlon Pacific 18 110 129 129 uhlted Cigar Stores. I 106 106 105 I'nlted Fruit U. S. Ind. Alcohol ... 23 108 V. S. Rubber 82 79 IT. 8. Steel tlB 98 1'. H. Hteel pfd 1 111 Utah Copper 47 76 10 26 66 77 1 108 S 96 11 41 17 46 21 48 21 84 76 20 14 61 26 77 108 96 42 46 46 21 81 754 20 33 r.i 7 108 95 42 48 46 21 83 76 20 18 61 102 30 S3 14 15.26; 17.60; good NEW ORLEANS COTTON. NKW ORLEANS. Dev 17 After stand ing at a moderately wide net advance during the greater part of the- session today, the cotton market reacted sharp ly under realising toward the close and went 10 to 28. points under yesterday's final quotations on the weakest months. lUTnreh wna hattar aUMtained than the and at its lowest was HSWH ABOUT f' touTicT4! : ' - a . - tac-iv TV llnTTlr ZZ-.a rWlVjrw9 ' imijt UTCrZ. r JtMtmes I Jfif 1 1) J AT Tieio T)oRo ; '-TXJ BOalN4j I I BOX IMG ' Yy" T" t AT THE "MOVIES" AT TUB STR A.vb. David W. Griffith presenU Lillian I Glsh and an all-star aet, In "The! Greatest Thing In Life," at the Strand today. The atory: How to hide hen sweetheart, with the Huna walking; upfftalrs, and he too injured to move further, is one of the exciting eitua- tiona Jeajinette Beret has to face. He was too heavy for the slender girl i to carry, and her aged aunt could I not aid much. Jill about her were sacks filled with wand, protecting the still S points over yesterday s Close, laei '"" """" "-b prlcea were at. the lowest level. I the village. Then came the inspjra- rne openina; was ai me auvauw .u mm. iney wouia oury ntm in inu Va.-Caro. Chem..... Wabash Pfd. "A" .. Western Union Weatlnghouse Elec. Willys-Overland Toial sales, 411,100. 66 26Vt 103 77 96 113 sag 81 41 150 104 77 96 113 14H f!i 284 36 88 48 25 the rise persisted, with several small reactions, until the early afternoon when the trading months were 41 to 61 point over yesterday e close. Buying waa done wholly on the strength of the favorable spot news of the day. Locally, spots were quoted 38 points higher, which carried middling up to zn.ss as againai m nisjn pnuo ui mo J day on January of 27.74. it vnu rumored that Soanish Interests had boughr freight room for 100,000 bales and were in the market. Texas telegrams claimed that Japanese Interests were sweeping the markets of that slate of all offerings. The market had a good tone until longs went to realising in too great numbers. NIW YORK MONEY. NEW YORK, Deo. per. urn, 17. Mercantile pa- ai.-iin an rin v hill 4.78VI: commercial so rinv bin nn hank 4.72: commercial 60 day bills 4.72; demand 4.75.66; cables 4.76.46. Government bonds Irregular. Kallroad bonds steady. Time loans strong; 60 days, 90 days and I six months, bid. Call money, steady; ruling rate 6. Bank acceptances 4. NEW YORK PRODUCE. NEW YORK CATTLE. NKW YORK, Deo. 17. Raw sugar steady; centrifugal 7.28; fine granulated nine cents. Spot coffee Irregular, i Butter firm; cheeae Irregular. I For household use a flour bin that Blft and accurately meaaures its con sents without waste has been in- ' vented. NKW YORK. Dec. 17 Beeves, no trad ing Calves steady. Veals 14.S0ffl21.0O1, culls 10.00igil4.00; grassers 6.007.0i; yearlings 4.75HI15.60; western and Tennessee calves 9.50 11.60. Sheep and lambs irregular; sheep, com mon to prime 6.00(89.50: culls 6.005.50; lamb 12.50tf15.76; culls 8.0012.00; yearl- '"flogs1 steady at i7.76ig18.00; pigs 16.75; rougns 16. lo. ' NEW YORK DRY GOODS. NEW YORK, Deo. 17. Cotton goods were steady today with more Inquiries reported for wide print cloths. Wool goode auctions were well attended and a large volume of goods offered. Prices averaged about a third off recent asking-prices. sand. Hack after sack i oc dragged, from the walls, and envpaieid over the Buffering soldier of France, until only his face was visible. But he, mint breathe. And he would smother while the Germans were making the search. But discovery meant death after all. Then he wlrfced. Something under him was hard. He started to remove it. In his hand he held a cigarette holder that he carried always. In stantly Ue plan was completed. A handkerchief with a square removed from his mouth, was put over his face. The stem was placed between his lips, then all was covered, with Juat the rim of the hokler visible In the eand. The Germans looked ibjit did not see htm. .They threatened, bullied and prodded, and poked, hut found nothing. At last they left, and Mon le Bebe was sate. Many of the great scenes were actually photo graphed on French battlefields. The creeping Darrage is wwwn iw me first time on the ecreen. The actual bombardment and destruction of a French village by the -Hins are Uhown. Many of the scenes were taK- en on tne oattieneia oi fine bib-m and Chateau Thierry, consecrated to America, by American blood and hero ism. It is said that while deep human Interest is the absorbing and dominant note, the picture is perhaps one ot yie most spectacular ever screened. Special music furnished by the Strand orchestra. , COTTONSEED OIL. Around the Gift Table . i Every Christmas there's always one present that stands out from all others. If you want your Gift to have the place of honor, get SOMETHING ELECTRICAL Asheville Power & Light Co Salesroom lJZ Patton Ave. husband In a farm house, and one Kurtz returns and finding Captain morning after her husband had spent Strong telephoning, destroys the 1n- NEW YORK, was dull with crude, 17.50. Deo. prlf 18. Cottonseed oil es .nominal. Vrlme AT THE GALAX. AETHELWOLD HOTEL , BRBVARO. N. a MRS A. H KINO, Prop. Headquarters for Commercial Men. Modern. Free sample room. Free oar to station. Open year round. Rates. 11.00 to tl.00. Cecil B. DeMille presented "Till I Come Back to You" at the Galax theatre yesterday, where it was shown to splendid advantage, arid will be the attraction there today. The scenes ; are fecated in Belgium, just prior to i the Hun invasion. Yvonne, a young ' and beautiful Belgian, is the wife of , Karl Von Kurtz, who is presumably I a merchant, but in reality a German ! secret service agent. This was a mar riage of convenience on her part and I she hears no love for her husband. ! She lives with her brother and her most of the night with his boon com pantons, Yvonne finaa roughly trac ed map of Belgium penciled upon the white table cloth. iVon Kurtz enters and taltes it roughly from her, and she! then suspects the truth. The Gerwjans Invade Belgium and Von Kurti takes his departure. America then' enters the war. Captain Jeffer son Strong an officer of the American engineers, is detailed to destroy the Hun tanks, containing liquid fire, which the Germans propose to use against the allies. By pretending, to be an escaped German .prisoner he' gains access to the German lines, aul reaches Yvonne's cottage, then learns where the liquid fire la stored, and by means ot pigeons dropped from aeroplanes, he then communicates the news to the American commander, and tappers are Instantly set to work to tunnel under the hill to where the liquid fire Is stored. Meanwhile Von strument, and a desperate battle n. sues. Yvonne takes sixty-five orphans from a nearby asylum Into the tun nel and awaits a message from Cap. tain Strong, which does not corns The hour for the explosion arrives. Strong, to save the lives of the chil dren, and the woman he loves, cut the electric wires and prevents tn explosion Just as the button is betas, pressed. He la arrested for disobe dience of tprders, and is courtmartisd ed, and but for the Interference ot King Albert, would have been shot As it la Yvonne, who has learned that her hupband has been-- killed find consolation iri his love, v Music arranged by ths Galax pip organist. MUTT AND JEFF They Decide to Buy a Rug for Their Firep lace. ala- al. f"tAI t 1 f TT 1 1 ft a. 1 it T" . afX ft By FLC. FISHER a JSff.Atl. TMlZ OOft M "TO Mako ir cniv lA riM-PtA leva. I'tu aivfc a.r fkancs TOUiAftbS A MICE UTTlfc Ruft If YOO lt KICK IM WITH MOTt1R rf jm WITH t04 eWTT. A Mica LITTIS ROfi faABOvrt- Trt fr Y WOULO 6 I I -f"V . S .3 1 I. a w fua KI6UI YOU 60 fcoojw T0UIM AMD ficVf ewT A CLAS LITTCe ORieNTAl. You CAM 6ET A NIFTY R HERS IN FR.NC Fe firry franc V ltolyTAelc( 3mn x s te&ckrt fx Mve y lat nucarrA- S7T1 T v J, fx MIAMT T T) Jmgmj& fwe prancs -rooiAan ( MUTT, 'J e!) A'Jr A Mice FlRg-ptACt TTIf"" aTHAT ftWS BoT I FlSUU TrtCV HAD A BIS e-Tr. I Jwf I Rwfi. SOMSTHIWI fnlTr MsituB'' W W6 UM MIIV ONW- PCAt SAta tF V I FoR about 8i6PiW. Ss u.6 MtfiHT A mete I cabpct suiespsa I V- - J Y MfTVFMWS! LiJ5J1'--f uye IM COMFoftT. I : v ciV J . I IV . r 1 II AH. T ne Ala JfrFC't I . urrtBB owe 1 i i-.,t " I " f-r- I I FtsrPt! J I A' imstead of Ai Rus Foa z : ,J X - - 'j - V 1 wJ--u-- u lipiuin ' w u- .... ' . rrifir-- "t--lc""- L. AT TIIE MAJESTIC. T). W. Griffith's master production, "The Birth of a Nation." will be ths attraction at the Majestic commencinf an iiKHnenieni oi mree days on Uea 23. The merest statement regarding th ''Birth of a Nation" leaps to superla tive because there Is no other form In which It, can be written, ftynvpl facts in .relationship to its develop ments sound extravagant until you have seen the production and realized a tithe of its svveep and power. It covers the essential details of Ameri can hUtory ranging through thre centuries. . Actual battles are shown, with tens of thousands of soldiers in 1 ,1 ths conflict. 18,000 people partici- Jr pated tn the telling of the story. Three thousand horses are used to give ths cavalry and other" thrilling effects of the wild dashes over miles of terri tory. Cities were built up to be de stroyed by - fire. The total cost of the entire production was In the neigh boTtiooa oi uu,uwu. Five hundred costu mere and seamstresses worked for three months to make the cos tumes worn by the people; 10,000 yards of. cloth were worked Into the.. costumes worn oy tne women while 25,000 .yards at- white.' muslin were used up on the regalia of the Ku KJui Klan men. And yet with all thlr a simple human story of love and ro mance' weaves through the vast spread of the action and grips the hearts of the Audience. The narrative is filled with tears and smiles. A symphon-io i score accompanies the action and lends a potent force to the drama. : I To prevent unnecessary movement! a rencn gymnastic scnoot haa in stantaneous ; photographs of 'pupils made to study tneir action. , A New York inventor has patented a motor-driven toothed wheel that draws a rider upon a single nuuisa -t high soeed ovsr lea,
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