1. rHEWlLMINGTON.DISPATCH; W13)NESDAYyAE VviPAGE TORES (V; 'lit TV7 - -r . n - l COTTON NoW York, Jan. lO.-i-There was a re w;i1 of active realizing at the open "ni' 'of thR cottonmarket here ' today, ,,i nn r starting" out at a decline of ' (0 i-i points, active months sold i 4:! points lower. Spot houses nod buyers, however,' and the wen , "nofort the end of the first halfj trading. hour Ntnv York." Jan. 10. Cotton, futures do Cl irregular- Open. Close. ,1 HI! 1H 1 1 March- - May July - -October 18.04 ' 18.22 18.47 18.47 17,06 ..18.40 . .18.00 ..18.00 . .18 5-8 . .18.63 .18.80 .18.81 .17.40 Vow York spot Wilmington spot Charleston spot Savannah spot. . Norfolk spot . . LIVERPOOL COTTON. Open. Close Ton-FVb 11-15 11.12; March-April .. .. ..11.20 11.17 May-June .. 11.24 11.21 July-August 11.23 11.19 Onen, steady. Close, steady. Mid- dling, none. 11.46. Sales, 8,000. Receipts, WILMINGTON NAVAL STORES Spirits 52 1-2. Rosin $5.25 and $5.50. Tar$2.60 and 11 cents. CrU(le $4.00, $4.00 and $3.00. Receipts. Cotfon Spirits Rosin . Tar . . Crude 171 70 2 SAVANNAH NAVAL STORES. Spirits 53 1-2. Rosin $6.25. CHICAGO. ..$28.40 $1,83 3-4 to 1-2 56 7-8 to .57 97 3-8 to .97 1-4 15.02 1-2 16.071-2 Pork . Wheat Oats . Corn Rihs .. Lard . "People should marry their oppo- sites." ' they diyoure SHReDt "Most people are thev did." Ex. oHRDLU U convinced that THROUGH SLEEPING CARS TO RALEIGH. Through sleeping cars are now oper ated between Wilmington and Raleigh, daily except Sunday, on the following schedules: 3:20 A.M. Lv. Wilmington -Ar. 1:15 A.M. 6:15 A.M. Ar. Goldsboro Lv. 10:25 P.M. 6: 43 A.M. Lv. Goldsboro Ar. 9: 25 P.M. 7:40 A.M. Ar. Selma Lv. 8:38 P.M. 8 : 52 A.M. Ar. Raleigh Lv. . 7 ; 25 P.M. Sleepers will be open to receive pas sengers after 10:00 p. m. and may be occupied, southbound, until 7:00 a. m. For reservations and further infor mation, PHONE 160. .. I ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of the South. l!lllll!l!!lllll!ll!lllllllllllllinilllllllim GOOD FOR VOTES 1 1 For 1 Add ress In the Dispatch Grand Prize Contest, subject to conditions gov erning same. 1 i-K . Coupons to be counted must; be carefully trlmmea around border and deposited unfolded and in an envelope or fastened .together. This coupon . will be void after January 13, iniiiuiiiiiTiiiiiiHiiimiHfiiiufiiiuiiiViiiiiniiii o fe-S m4T!j - , Hl:,: " " I KEEP OH!HE I N L Uh HEAUTHX ? J U fffeUT HES j ' o SJ Sn r V o-v H,M? J sleeps z J: . Jr v : PRhixw ! ! HTHNKtHE ) : ;js? -. LOCAL MARKETS ' , ..35o Butter, 1 lb.r Country y' 25c Spring Chickens, apiece.'. 25c to 60c Grown Chickens, apiece . .60c to 60c Puddle Ducks apiece - Guineas, apiece .. .. ,."TT35c Beef.. 9c to 10c Sweet Potatoes, bushel .. 55c to, 65c Irish Potatoes, sack $4.75 to $4.90 N. C. Hams, lb. ; . .... 22c am. v. owouiuers ana kids, lb. . ..22c Orange, Florida $3.00 Bananas, 7-8, bunch Lemons, fancy . .$1.10 to $1.40 ' $3.50 . . . . $2.00 -v .$1.30 Tangerines iy. Celery, bunch Apples, barrel $3.25 to $5.25 Bell Peppers, bush. .i. .. .. ;50c Onions, llO lb. sack .. .. .;.t$5.25 Cabbage, lb . ..sc to 3 l-2c Beans, Lima ,. .. mi .V .. 8 l-2c Peas, Black eye . . . . . . . ... . . 8c Turnips, Canadian rutabaga. . . .2 l-2c Pork, lb.. ..He to lll-2c Corn, "per bushel ..... 4 . . .... $1.20 Hides, Green, ........ . . . ,26c. Peanuts, N. C. ........ $1.20 to $1.25 Peanuts, Spanish ,. ..$1.15 to $1.25 Peanuts, Va, 70 to 80 cts. I WOOl .i .39p Beeswax .... . . . . . 28c f SUNRISE AND SUNSET Thursday. -' Sun rises .... .' . . . 7:18 Sunsets .. .. 5:22 Stage of water in Cape Fear river at Fayettevillei N. C. at 8 a. m. yester day, 8.2 feet. WEATHER REPORTS. January 10, 1917. Temperature. I - - - .-- . , ... , i ' ' ' ' : la. WEATHER -I S at 8 a. m. 4 5 2 S BH 1 s j s ;s" i Asheville .. ..clear 58 34 j Q Atlanta . . .pt cldy 60 46 0 Charleston . . : . clear 68 48 0 Charlotte pt cldy 64 42 j 0 Chicago ....snowing 46 30 .04 Galveston .... clear 70 j 60 0 Jacksonville t:lear 72 58 j 0 N. Orleans . . .pt cldy 76 64 0 N. York ...cloudy 4&; 36 0 Pittsburg . . .pt cldy 48 j 3S"p.04 Raleigh clear 64 40" ( 0 St. Louis clear 56 j 40 0 Washington . . Cloudy 56 j 36 f 0 Wilmington ...clear 66 J 46 0 BIDS WANTED FOR FIRE HOSE. -Sealed bids will be received by the City, of Wilmington, N. C. until 12 o'clock m., February 1st, 1917, for 1,000 feet of 2 1-2. inch Rubber Lined Fire Hose. Specifications will be furnish ed intending bidders upon application. Address correspondence to D. m! Bunt ing, Purchasing Agent, Wilmington, N. C. " 1-9-tf 1 1 ftTdCKft " v 2 ' . v " New -Tork, - Jan. lo. a Gecline .of ten points in Bethlehem Steely -rith f rpm one to two points recession in oils and shipping, marked todav's jVcarly dealings.. ' 'T Specialties .also lost ground while coppers :rwre dull and hesitant. United, States Steel moved within a narrow radius and rails without any definite trend:' Heaviness became more general before the, end of the first half bour.; Allis-Chalmers American. Beet Sugar . ..29 . . 92 3-4 . r 46 .. 76. . .; 49 . .104 7-8 ,.109 1-2 ..123 1-4 . . 82 .104 1-8 .117 7-8 .54 1-2 ,. 83 3-4 .475 .158 1-8 . 901-S . 64 45 ,.1301-2 . 21 . 63 1 . 49 1-4 . 32 .168 .115 1-8 . 35 7-8 .104 ,. 571-8 ,. 79 1-4 American Can ........ American Locomotive- American Cotton Oil American Smelting . American Sugar American Tel. & Tel. . American Tobacco Anaconda Copper , Atchison . . . , Baldwin Locomotive I... Baltimore & Ohio . . Bethlehem ' Steel , . t Canadian Pacific Central Leather ... Cheasapeake & Ohio . . . . Colorado Fuel & Iron . . Consolidated Gas .... Corn Products Crucible Steel ...... .. Cuba Cane Sugar Erie ... .. General Electric Great Northern pfd .. . . Great Northern Ore Ctfs Illinois Central ....... Inspiration Copper Int. Merc. Marine pfd International Nickel .... 40 International Paper 44 1-2 i Kansas City Southern 24 1-S THREE .. . . .. THREE Kenneqott Copper 44 5-8 Louisville & Nashville .... ..131 Liggett & Myers (bid) ...... 270 Lorillard Co. (bid) 222 Maxwell Motors Mexican Petroleum . . 102 1-4 National Lead 59 New York Central . . . . .' . .. 101 7-8 N. Y., N. H. & Hartford 45 1-2 Norfolk & Western 133 Northern Pacific 108 Pennsylvania 56 1-2 Ray Consolidated Copper . . . . 26 1-4 Reading 100 Republic Iron & Steel . . Seaboard Air Line .. .... Seaboard Air Line Pfd 77 3-4 16 7-8 38 3-4 Southern Pacific 96 Southern Railway .... Southern Railway Pfd. . . Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper .... . Texas Co. .. .. ... .. .. .. Union Pacific . 30 1-4 69 104 14 1-2 2381-2 143 United Fruit . . -149 United States Rubber 62 U. S. Smelting & Refining . . . . 62 United States Steel .. 110 United States Steel Pfd 120 1-4 Utah Copper 104 Virginia-Caro. Chem. (Bid) . . . 41 1-2 Wabash Pfd. B. ... 29 Western Union . .96 1-2 Westinghouse Electric 52 5-8 v KENMY'S Special Blend Goffee The Cup Favorite 25c Per Pound. C O. Kenny Co. Phone 679, 16 Sdf Front Prompt Delivery, ft i i "HIT" 'I i "J I : ' CQUTJCIL TODAY SUfJIC.. SAYS RUfljlQR Findings of Special tommittee Investigating " The Payr' Roll Matter:, The following which is the report of the special committee appointed by Council to investigate 'the pay-roll matter, will be read with interest. The report was made to Council; iu regular session thi$ ihorning, and was ordered filed. The "report follows.' Your committee, appointed", to inves tigate matters contained : in r an atf i-j davit signea Dy Mr. - JA W. Mathejivs, dated July 29th, 1916,, held a meetlr in the city clerk and. treasurer's of fice on the night of August 10 th, and inquired into the facts Of the case so far as it lay in our power to do so. The following witnesses were ex amined: J. W. Mathews, Arthur Branch, W. H. Blair. It was contended by Mr. . Mathews that he never received the . sum of $9 appearing, on the pay-roll for wees, ending June 17th, 1916 ; that on the week following his return to work he asked Mr. Branch for his money, and Mr. Branch replied, As he had not worked that week he was not en titled to any money." Mr. Mathews further stated . that he had called at the city clerk and treasurer's office and found that his name was on the pay-roll for that week for the sum of $9, after which he lodged complaint above referred to. , . rie further stated that subsequent to lodging this complaint Mr. Branch offered him $9 in 'Settlement of the matter in the presence of one Mr. Jacobs. Your committee therefore sent a conveyance" for Mr. Jacobs, who declined to appear, alleging ill- ness. Mr. Mathews also stated that he had been offered $10 in settlement of the matter during the past several 'days by Mr. B. F. Brittain, Jr., Mr. y Brittain being present admitted mak- 517-8'ing this offer, but stated he had done so without knowledge or consent of Mr. Branch, simply, as an act of friendship to Mr. Branch in order that the matter might be disposed of without notoietyi Mr. Branch testified that it had been his custom in paying laborers employed by the Sewerage Depart ment to take the money over to the j city sewerage lot and there deliver it to each of them in person. In case j an employe was not there to receive his monpv he sometimes sent it to him by another employe.. At other times he would carry it to the em ployees house and leave it with his family. Mr. Branch stated that if Mr. Mathews was not paid the money referred tc in person, he, Mr. Branch, disbursed it in either of the ways above referred to. The transaction having occurred several months ago, it was impossible for him to make any positive state ment as to just how the money had been paid to Mr. Mathews. Your committee finds upon inves tigation that it has been the custom for the sewerage department pay-roll ..." , These German prisoners in Serbia are resting a few minutes from ditches for their captors. All the available Serbian men are in the army ' by prisoners of war said the women. Reported That Teutonic Boat - 4.To6lc nglishy Vessel2 Just Before Its' Capture; ; New' York, v Jan. 10. persistent ru mors th at a German raid er - has been met in the , Atlantic ? Ocean, and has been sunk by a British cruiser, are current today ; in well ; informed ship ping circles. Details are lacking. The Lamport and. Holt Line , owners of the steamship Voltaire I- announced today that ' rumors have reached them that he vessel is in a'""Bermuda port. Line officials said Jhat.they had heard that the Voltaire after being captur ed by a German raider was re-captured and taken to Bermuda. , The Voltaire left Liverpood Nov. 28, bound for New York, j MI8S REGISTER DEAD. Funeral Will Be Held From Residence , , This Afternoon. I Miss', Magnolia Register, aged 40 years, daughter of Mr. Rufus Registtr, qf No. 2l'l Market street, died at her home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, after a long illness. The funeral will be held from the home this afterno.on at 3' o'clock and the interment will be made in Belle vue cemetery. to be signed ia its entirety by Mr. Branch, the rolls plainly showing the fact. ; Mr. Branch, in his testimony, frank ly admitted carelessness in the meth od of paying these employes and says he now realized that by follow ing' this custom he has laid himself liable to charges of this nature. He denies, ever having offered Mr, Mathews any money whatever to set tle this case, but states that he feels that on account of the custom fol lowed by him in the paying of these rolls, being unable to prove the pay ment thereof except by his own state ment, he feels a sense of indebted ness to Mr. Mathews for the amount e involved. j It is also denied by Mr. Branch that Mr.v Mathews ever brought this com plaint to his attention and ' that his first knowledge of the details of the complaint came from the newspapers. Mr. Blair confirmed the statement made by Mr. Mathews as to his visit ing the city clerk and treasurer's office, and told the committee what he knew Regarding the preferment and filing of the affidavit; The evidence in this case resolves itself into the question of veracity between the contending parties, and after carefully considering the mal, teyour committee is of the opinion that there is not sufficient evidence to warrant further action in the mat ter on the part of the Council. Your , committee respectfully recommends that in order to avoid a re-occurrence of a matter of this kind in the future all pay-rolls be paid in the office of the city clerk and treasurer. Respectfully submitted. Committee. , '- "'" - - .. t Hon't make the -fatal mistake of re garding it hs a trifling' matteri 11 Au? thorities agree that Catarrh is va. in- lection4 of the blood.- 'Consequently, sprays, salves and 16tions can' ai foro only temporary , relief,; because they do not reach the source" of the disease, the blood.' When you depend on these temporary .remedies alone your case is likely to grow steadily Trorse until it becomes chronic and possibly affects the ' lungs." . " ' , i tf :. But' even if the infection does not go this far, the continuous dripping of mucous in the throat, the constant WEDDING OF MISS MACK ,IS TO BE HELD TODAY. Buffalo, N-. Y Jan. 10. A number of. prominent guests from out-of-town came to Buffalo today to attend the wedding of Miss Norma Emily Mack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Mack, and Philip Frederick Metz. The brideelect, whose father is a Buffalo newspaper publisher and a Democratic leader of National promit nence, achieved distinction hen, last August, she accompanied Lieut. Jra A. Bader, an army aviator, in a flight Over Niagara Falls. She was the (first of her sex to spiral over the great cataract, and the airplane in which she was riding dipped over the brink of the falls at a speed of nearly-80 miles an hour. , ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of The South EXCURSION FARES $38.10 New Orleans, La. . Account Annual Meeting "Western Fruit Jobbers Association. Tickets will be sold Jan.' 27 and 28, limited Feb. 5. $22.45 Tampa, Fla. Account Gasparilla Carnival. Tickets will be sold Jan. 31 to Feb. 5, limited returning until Feb. 20. Limit may be extended to March 3rd upon payment of $1.00 and depositing with joint agent etc. $13.95 Atlanta, Ga. Account Southeastern Land Show and I the National Association , of Builders ! Exchange of the U. S. , Tickets will be sold Jan. 31 and Feb. 3, 10, 11 and 14, j limited returning until J?eD. zu, dut. may be extended to March 6th by de-j positing and paying $1.00. $23.45 Pensacola, Fla. $24.55 Mobile, Ala. $28.75 New Orleans! La. Account Mardi Gras Celebration. Tickets will be sold Feb. 12 to 19, in clusive, limited returning until March 2nd, but may. be extended until March 19th by depositing and paying $1.00. PROPORTIONATE FARES FROM OTHER POINTS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE, "The Standard Railroad of the South." 1 PHONE 160. notice: is hereby given that an applicatlou will be made to ,the Governor of North Carolina on Tuesday, January the SOth, 1917, for the pardon of Andrew Splcer, convicted of murder in the second degree at the March Term, 1914, of the Superior Court of New Hanover County. All persdns wishing to file protests- must do so before the time above mentioned. This 27th of December 1916. ANNA SPICER. EMMETT H. BELLAMY, Attorney. 12-27-14t-J their ask of digging drainage and most df the manual labor is done ' f ' V ',,"'' S r ' " " - ' ' i spitting ..and 1 hawking" . and evil " odouj 01 unto oreain . win not omy cause misery to you, out win make yput; presence oonoxiQus uouiers. o. o. a-' which has been the " standard, blood ' Hiedicine for fifty' years, will relieve your catarrh because it will purify your - blood and relieve it of - the ac cumulated poisons. S. S. S. containa no : mineral or habit-forming drugs. S. S S. is on sale at all druggists and . the advice of our medical department -is at your disposal, free of charge. Swift Specific Co., 302 Swift Building, Atlanta, Ga ' Newfoundland is4 now as dry as a covered bridge, but, like all covered bridges, it won't te Jong in develop ing; a leakVRochester Herald. ; : osinon mailt la on tor a lifetime mmomUI nnnnrtnn ltia fa ar many and th jkay good. Not only tola, but tha dltferent Una of goranuMBt work are so vari4 that thara Is a position for you in vour eAosm Una of work, tt yob ar an Amaricaa orar H, you ara ellKlbl tor a EOTernment poaitton one you pass tha required lu aerrlca axarnlnatlan. . This you can raarn tadoat hom, and in your apar time, tb rough the help of the International Correspondence Schools. Hundreds f I. G. S. studanta hara won bish positions in govern meat service. Yoa can do th aam. Everything; mad clear and ahnpl. For fun particulars aad fra book lvin list of arloaa courses and nam of auccasaful studanta, trrtte today to S - mTmTmjacmtroiscmi,ioi889,rtoi,ri. to the Man About to Purchase A Winter Suit or Overcoat We Say: SOLKY assortments to day are equal In every respect to any stock usually shown in the Fall, the prices ranging from $12.50 to $30.00 Our method of Buying does not allow our stocks to "run low" at any time, which ' fact makes it ob vious to any -clear-thinking man that a sale to clean up broken lots Is never an issue at SOLKY'S. Designed by Kuppenhelmef and Strouse Bros. by specialists fa miliar with the preferences of Metro propolitan New Yorkers, SOLKY'S Suits are not only individual in line and fabric, but being tailored and sold right. For the man who demands 100 per cent, for his money, and an infinite variety of models and fabrics to se lect from, 'we say without reserve:" There is no better stoek of suits and ' overcoats than SOLKY'S and no time like the present for choos ing. . J. & Company .We also have a full stock of Under wcur and Furnishings. One-Price . Clothiers and Furnishers.- ' " " , - ' Work -r -tfrvGL sJ I Smnt Is on lor m tltettne. Th jrrkls1l , m t mamimmiai nnxrnn nmm Tor uffinanflin -a ..i Wo uJ'o o 6 ? ffl. Solhy 1 - V :: 1 't ',