North Carolina Newspapers

--t- . ,t.aif:-fiv uatitei', . ....... .,. . ;rV IJtW-iiltllljtli:- liiii'liilur j :x .V 4 .- ' 8T0CK8. ! : ' BElfifi BUILT ERE COTTON.; mi L-i " : . 2 :, . . . . VII'-" - lgton spot .,19 5-8 WHOLESALE on ire York, May 12 . -The cotton ??- !?c 2 showed renewed firmness at (aZ ' :-:W5c 3:3 .nPirn'- today.) Reports! of an I pTSil tww . v ' ' to 650 erS " Pot demand, and rumors I ISf1 - c imPr0!L rcessful methods had SWv, ..: .... i;35c mulr . ". , : DWk 19 found tor aeaims w budim. Sweet Potatoes, Whk . ' VwVaX Irish Potatoes sack , . , , .$7.50 S' S" amSPuad ..... .2526c N. C. Shoulders and Ribs, lb w . . . . ,24c Oran5es,,:Caiifomia V. ....$3.50 Oraages, Florida .. .. .. .. ....$4.00 Bananaa, 7-8,, bunch .. i .U.40 to $2.00 LemonsIancy: . . . . . . . . . . .. . .$4.75 Apples, barrel .. $4.25 to $6.00 bag, Florida, pound .. .. ....12c gtdes.Gfeeii 20c Wool, free of bur, .. . . .... 22 to 25c Com, bushel. $1.95 BeeaWax ... .. .. .. 29c Salted Hides .. 19c Tallow .. .. .. .. ioc Wool clean 380 Wool, burr . . . . 25c rine! of the early buying, although the ,her niap was considered favor m and marine war risks " to Havre p higher. Houses with western rthpr local covering The mar- piI steady at a decline of four selling up to 19.79 before the end f.Jer while October touched 19.17 1, npw crop months generally show- 'ln " t OA tn 95 YVmto ing rotton closed steady. Highr May ji'.iy .10.85 .-!! S7 .19.21 .19.2S .19. r.O LOW. 19.-5 19.61 1S.9:! I9.nrt 19.08 Close. 19.85 19 70 19.09 19.1S 19.22 NEW YORK SPOT. Xew Voik. May 12. Cotton: Spot mUUMing JO.li). quiet NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Xew Orleans, May 12. Although the rnffOU nlal luni u u H""11'3 niuuuu ,hP noening here today, it had a .mo.lv linueriuilf, auu auuu very advanced ' "Wilmington naval stores. Spirits , 42 1-2 Rosin $5.00 and $5.25 Tar $3.00 and 14 1-2 cents Crude.. $3.40 $3.40 and $2.40 Cotton RECEIPTS - Wow "VM-V Man 19 fTX7V.11 Ot.nnl . ODerations , nroceeded -mm - eTtrem s .caution in the first hour of today's set, sion.. Dealings were the lightest of any recent similar period, offerings being limited almost entirely tot the usual market-leaders. Fractional gains and losses were about evenly disr tributed at the outset, but: heaviness soon developed .in Utah Copper, Texas Company, . American Telephone and Baldwin Locomotive, those issues' los ing from half a point to. a full polm. St. Paul was weakest of the rails, tar ing two points. Reading and other coalers also shaded. United States) Steel lost a moderate fraction, bu rallied. Shippings, Industrial Alcohol, and prominent equipments were steady. Rails, utilities and specialties were again the backward features of today's market, pressure being most pronounced upon St. Paul, which made a further decline of amost 3 points to 70, the lowest price in almost ten years. The preferred stock fell 2 S-4 to 11 1-4. Other heavy rails included the coal group, except Lehigh Valley, Pacifies and Louisville and Nashville. Indus trials, munitions, equipments and ship pings recorded gross recessions of 1 to 2 1-2 points. Many of these losses were Wholly retrieved in the covering movement of the last lialf hour, steel 1 o , . j and related shares making net gains. bpirits . 4 I The closing was irregular. Sales ap- fvualu 1 ! nrnTimatprl 9ZC 00ft sharps Tar 173 j Bonds were heavy. SAVANNAH NAVAL STORES. Savannah, May 12. Turpentine, Allis-Chalmers 23 7-8 . i .j A if .5 . a c rx J n . i , on heavy buying uaseu uu iue cumin- - nnu, 1-4; saies, ; receipts, ued peact talk in Europe and reports 206; shipments, 94; stock, 9,620. nf crop damage in tne tooutn. At tue J Kosin. nrm; sales, ; receipts, 805; Sugar end of the first half hour trading months showed a net gam 01 zz 10 z points. AflnouncemeuL ui me piaviuK ui large government orders for cloths and a sudden increase in the spot demand, which, it was said, resulted in heavy spot trading after hours yes- terday, put prices to new mgn levels, where they stood 29 to30 points over yesterday's close late in the session. Cotton closed sieaay, ai a aeenne of 11 to 16 points. High. May 19-50 shipments, 304; stocks, 73,852. Quote: B, 5.75; D, E and F, 5.80; G, 5.85; H, 5.855.90; I, K and M, 5.80; N, 5.95; WG, 6.006.15; WW, 6.106.25. July .. October . December January . .19.22 .18.64 .18.73 .18.75 Low. 19.43 18.89 18,30 18.39 18.72 Close. 19;43 19.03 18.5Q 18.60 18.70 NEW ORLEANS COTTON. New Orleans, May 12. Spot cotton steady, 19 points up. Sales on the spot, 5,533; to arrive, none. Good ordinary 18.31 Strict good ordinary 18.81 Low middling 19.31 Strict low middling 19.50 Middling 7 19.69 Strict middling 19-88 Good middling r. ...20.06 Strict good middling 20.24 COTTON SEED OIL. New York, May 12t The cotton seed oil market closed firm. Spot 16.00 bid May ..16.10(g) 16.50 June 16.30 16.47 Julv . :16.45a16.47 August 16.4616.47 September 16.4916.59 October 16.3916.40 November 15.93 15.95 December 15.89"15.92 Total sales, 14,000 barrels. EGGS AND POULTRY. New York, May 12 Butter, weak; receipts 5,8r0, creamery higher than extras 39 to 39 1-2; creamery extras, W score, 38 to 38 1-2, firsts 36 1-2 to 37 Eggs Irregular receipts 22,564, fresh gathered extras 37, fresh gather ed storage packed fiirst 35 1-2 to 36 1-2: fresh PfithororJ fifste 5-1 tn 25 1-9. Cheese Firm. receiDts 4.109. State fresh specials 2G 3-4 do average run Live Poultry FirmT broilers 35 to 42, fowls 20, turks 1G to 18; dressed quiet, prices unchaneed.r SUGAR. New York. Mav 12 Thp market fr SUEflr flit uron i7 o a ro oior tnrlaw iin- continued selling which seemed der CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago, May 12. Summary stop page of trading in the May delivery of wheat did notlong delay fresh ad vances in other options. July deliv-. ery leaped up 13 to 2.59, as against 2.46 ta 2.48 1-2 at the opening and compared with 2.49 3-4 to 2.50 1-4 at yesterday's finish. Meanwhile . Sep tember soared to 2.27, a rise of 9 to 10c over night. The market was ex tremely nervous. Corn followed the same course. Trade was very light. After opening 1-2 to 1 3-8 lower the market rallied sharply and scored decided gains. Traders in oats took their cue whol ly from the action of other cereals. Buying power, though, was not great ly in evidence. Strength of hogs and grain caused provisions to average higher. Firm ness was most aparent in pork and ribs. American American American American American Anaconda . 913-4 . 411-4 . 65 . 66 ,. 38 . 97 3-8 .109 1-2 .118 .190 . 77 3-4 BUSY SET OF THESE 1 The Members of Hie Quarter master's Department Pur Chasers of All Supplies. Washington, May 12. The buiest department of the army sent time, and probably for a long time to come, is the Quartermaster's Department. No one outside of the service can have any idea of the num ber an variety of duties that the of ficers of this department have to per form in time of war. As laid down officially, it is the duty of the Quartermaster's Depart ment, under, the direction of the Sec retary of War, to purchase and dis tribute to the army all military stores and supplies, requisite, for its use, which other corps are not directed bv law to provide; to furnish means for transportation for the army, us military stores and supplies, and to provide for and pay all incidental ex penses of the military service which other corps are not directed to pay for and provide. Nominally the duties of the Quar termaster's Department embrace all details of the army organization af- j American Beet j American Can I Amer. Car and Foundry . . American Locomotive . . . Cotton Oil (bid) Smelting . . Sugar (bid) . . . Tel. & Tel. .. oTbacco (bid) . . Copper Atchison 99 1-2 Atlantic Coast Line (bid) ...108 Baldwin Locomotive 54 Baltimore & Ohio 69 Bethlehem Steel (class B) 1213-4 Canadian Pacific 158 3-4 Central Leather 83 1-4 Chesapeake & Ohio 3 .. 56 Chi., Mil. & St. Paul 717-8 Chi., R. I. & Pac. Ry. (2nd). 39 1-2 Colorado Fuel & Iron 47 1-4 Consolidated Gas 105 1-2 i Corn Products 23 5-8 I Crucible Steel 05 l-z Cuba Cane Sugar 42 1-2 Erie 23 1-4 General Electric 152 1-51 General Motors .. 1051-2 Great Northern Pfd 104 7-8 Great Northern Ore Ctfs 30 5-8 Illinois Central .' .. ..100 7-8 Inspiration Copper 55 Inter. Mer. Marine Pfd 78 1-2 International" Nickel 41 1-8 International Paper (bid).. '.. 36 3-4 Kansas City Southern 19 Kennecott Copper 44 3-8 Louisville & Nashville 119 3-4 Liggett & Myers (bid) 220 Lorillard Co. (bid) 185 Maxwell Motors (bid) 50 Mexican Petroleum . . . . . . T. 87 1-2 Midvale Steel 561-4 National Lead 54 3-8 New York Central 871-2 N. Y N. H. & Hartford . . 37 7-8 Norfolk & Western 119 1-2 Northern Pacific . . . 99 1-2 Pennsylvania 51 7-8 Ray Consolidated Copper 28 7-8 Reading 86 3-8 Re.miblic Iron & Steel . . .... 79 7-8 at the pre-1 Seaboard Air Line 12 3-4 MEM u come from Wall street and' Cuban interests. Dromnted hv th T.iheral of-1 fantinv rtnihiner food and Quarters, but wings in the spot market. Closing pnees were 7 to 11 points net lower, ay 5:10; July r..21; September 5.28; Ueeember 4.29 Raw .suar Pncv TTinlocRoa Fi 22 in practice the work covers much more ground than these items suggest. Every officer of the department must be an accurate and intelligent book keener, for every article: of the sol- fentrifugai 6.21; refined steady. Finejdier's equipment is in. the care of the fioahnnrH Air Line Pfd. (bid) . . 25 Sloss, Shef. Steel & Iron (bid). 46 Southern Pacific 90 7-8 Southern Railway 24 1-S Southern Railway Pfd 52 1-2 Studebaker Corporation 87 1-2 Tennessee Copper 15 3-4 Texas Co 203 1-2 Union Pacific 132 3-4- United Fruit (bid) 134 1-8 United States Rubber 54 1-4 U. S. Smelt. & Refining .. ..54 United States Steel 116 United States Steel Pfd. (bid). 117 Utah 1 Copper 112 1-2 Virginia-Caro. Chem. (bid) 413-4 Wabash Pfd. B 23 Western Union 91 Westinghouse Electric 47 be accounted for. Blankets, tables, buckets, brooms and many other articles in addition to arms and other equipment are in keep ing of the company quartermaster and he must be able to produce or account for them at all times. He is responsi ble for the cleanliness and hygiene of the soldiers' quarters. He is respon sible for the men being well fed ana For New Bern-Baltimore Line. Exchange of Federal Cem etery Keepers. H. Garrett,1 who has lor three and one-half years had charge of the Na tional cemetery, this city, has been ordered to go to Mound City,, 111., and take charge of the f cemetery in that city. Mr. Frederic .wagner, who has had charge of the cemetery at' Culpepper, Va., has been selected to fill the 'place here. : News comes from Elizabeth City where the Virginia-Carolina Naviga tion Company have one of their steamers in course of construction, that work on this vessel is progress ing rapidly and that it will probably be in readiness to put' into service some time during the latter part of July. Laborers are at work, building a dock for the boat at the foot of Middle street in this city, 4f To the tune of 16 to 1 the baseball team of the New Bern High school yesterday afternoon walloped the Morehead City High school team on the diamond at that place. Today the local team is crossing bats with the Beaufort team at that place and they are expecing another victory. News vas received here today of the death at Bayboro this morning of Mrs. W. C. Gibbs, aged 50 years, and one of the most highly esteemed residents of that section. After having been confined in St. Luke's hospital, this city, for seven weeks, Mr. Leslie Davis, one of the most prominent citizens of Beaufort, was yesterday dismissed from that in stitution and returned home. The closing exercises at the Dover High school were held last night and were attended by scores of the peo ple of that section. Captain Leonard Van Egmond, com mander of the local branch of the Salvation Army, leaves this afternoon for Philadelphia, Pa., to attend the National convention of the Salvation Army. The cotton growers of this section are up in arms over the proposed tax of : $2.50 a bale on the fleecy staple and telegrams galore, are being sent to Senator Simmons urging him to use his influence in preventing such being placed on cotton. The local lodge of the Improved Order of Red Men is rapidly growing and this is giving the members much pleasure. At the regular weekly meeting held this week nine new members were given the first degrees in the order and it is understood that others now have in their applications. The Haymakers, a degree of the lo cal lodge, have recently taken over the musical organization known as the People's Concert Band. Mr. J. K. Willis, one of New Bern's leading undertakers, returned last night from Burlington, N. C, where he has been attending the annual convention of the North Carolina Funeral Directors and Embalmers' Association, of which he is a member and past president. Recent action taken by the Board of Aldermen excludes all possibility non-residents purchasing lots in Cedar Grove cemetery and of bury ing their dead here. The ordinance now so reads that before an owner of a grave or lot can offer it for sale to a non-resident, he must first offer it to the city and the matter will end right there, for the city will buy it. For the first time in many months, according to a report compiled today by Mr. D. G. Smaw, local registrar of vital statistics, the number of births in this city last month failed to exceed the number of deaths. Twenty-nine births and 29 deaths was the record for the month. The majority of the teachers at the Craven County Farm Life schooi passed through New Bern yesterday en route to their hpmes, where they will spend their vacation, the school having ended the 1916-17 term on the previous day. .. Leading? American Financiers Welcome British Mission in New York New York, May 12. America's most distinguished leaders of indus try, commerce and finance, today paid high honor to Arthur J. Balfour, Brit ish secretary of state of foreign af fairs and members of the war mission, at, a reception and luncheon at the chamber of commerce. The historical importance of the event was interpreted by E. H. Out erbridge, president of the chamber, when in bidding welcome to the for mer British prime 1 minister and his associates, he said : "This chamber, now entering its 150 th year of active life, having re ceived its original charter in 1788 from King George III., has ever par ticipated m great world events, in all of which social and political, com merce must go hand-in-hand." Men whose names stand out in the vast industrial life of the United States manufacturers, bankers, ship pes, merchant joined 4n;.' uproarious acclamation of the British states man. "Mr. Balfour," said Mr. .Outer bridge, "we have been proud to wel come many of your distinguished countrymen here before, but we are pruder still to welcome you and your commission here today." Alluding to the new world that will spring from the agonies of the war, as a new civilization, new humanity and vitalized Christianity, Mr. Outer bridge added: "This war is daily creating and will ultimately bring a regeneration of i spirit, a brotherhood of man, more momentous in its consequences to the world' than any other influence to flow from it." Among the 900 persons present were: J. P. Morgan,-Jacob H. Schiff, Otto Kahn, John Claflin, Willard Straight, James A. Farrell, A. Barton Hepburn, T. DeWitt Cuyler, George B. Cortelyou, August Belmont, Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, William Guggenheim, Cornelius Vanderbilt, F. W. Woolworth,' Frederick I). Under wood, Benjamin StroVig, Jr., Frank Trumbull, Henry Morgenthau, Henry I Clews, John D. Ryan, and Dr. Nichol as Murray Butler. - TODAY'S SCHEDULE. - National League. Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Boston. Cincinnati at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia. All clear. m f 4, HUDSOW EASILY American League. New York at Chicago. Boston at Detroit. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Washington at Cleveland. All clear. Southern League. Memphis at Atlanta, clear. Little Rock at Birmingham, clear. Nashville at New Orleans (two), partly cloudy. Chattanooga at Mobile, clear. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Match fas Void of Every thing of a Spectacular Na ture Hanson Refereed. Yesterday's Garhes. At Boston 3, Pittsburgh 2. At New York 8, Cincinnati 2. At Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 0. At Brooklyn 6, Chicago 8. Standing of the Clubs. Won. Lost. New York 12 5 Chicago 17 St. Louis . . Philadelphia . . Cincinnati 11 Boston 8 Pittsburgh 8 Brooklyn 5 ...li ...11 9 9 10 15 9 16 12 Pet .706 .654 .571 .5241 .423 i .471 1 .333 . .294 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday's Games. At New York 6, Chicago 1. At Philadelphia 1, St. Louis 0. At Cleveland 4, Washington 3. At Detroit 1, Boston 2. WILL PERSHING CQ TO FRANCE Renewed Speculation in Wash ington Over Visit of Army Head. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 12 Revival of speculation as to the mission in Washington of Major-General John J. Pershing was met at the War De partment today with the statement that nothing could be given out in I that connection at this time, and that i Secretary Baker regarded such spec ulation as prejudicial to the public interest. ' It was pointed out that Secretary Baker has assured the press that an nouncemeiits would be made promptly on any decisions reached aa .soon as they could be given out without pre judice to the National interest. The Secretary 'jias classed movements of high army officers as matters which should not be speculated upon, as speculation might tend . to reveal pre maturely the military plans of the government. Under this general restriction both the Secretary and departmental offi cials declined to comment in any way on reports that General Pershing might command the - expedition to France. .. . " Standing of the Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet. Boston 14 5 .737, New York 12 7 .632 Chicago 14 13 .519 Cleveland 13 12 .520 St. Louis 12 12 .500 Detroit 8 13 .381 Philadelphia 7 12 .368 Washington 7 14 .333 IN THE MINORS. North Carolina League. At Winston-Salem 7, Charlotte 3. At Asheville 7, Greensboro 6. At Durham 8, Raleigh 1. Virginia League. At Rocky Mount 0, Lynchburg 1. At Portsmouth 2, Norfolk 5. At Newport News 4, Petersburg 2. Walno Ketonen beat Burt Hudson last night with apparent ease. The first fall extended over a period of i 38 minutes, Ketonen employing a. head scissors and arm bar, while the second fall was won with a body scissors and half Nelson in eleven -minutes. From the spectators' vlew-f point the Columbian never had a , chance, although he was on the bt fensive a goodly part of the time. Hudson apparently did not possess sufficient strength to handle the Finn, regardless of the holds he locked him in, and what happened was no more than the crowd expected at all stages of the contest. It is very doubtful if Hudson showed the class he exhibited the night he took Ed Aberg into camp with apparently as much ease as Ketonen handled him on last evening. Fritz Hanson ref ereed the match. Ketonen further demonstrated the fact that he is as strong as an .ox, especially in the shoulders and body, and with this feeling grew the con viction that he is almost as slow. Ketonen may have speed one never' can tell but he has failed to uncork anything of a sensational nature dur ing his two matches before local au diences. There is absolutely nothing sensational in his work, and. natural ly the interest that is aroused by spectacular wrestling is never born in a crowd that watches the Finn per form. His every action is deliberate and the men are usually on the floor the greater part of the time. Hudson sought to talk Ketonen into action last night, but he might as well have been talking to a wooden man. The Finn did not intend to be thrown, and it would seem that he is willing to wrestle indefinitely in that slow manner which few wrestlers employ. Any fan present could have fore cast the result after the match had been underway five minutes. Every one knew that the sturdy FInnlander could emerge a winner, the only doubtful point being the time it would require for him to turn the trick. Hudson prolonged the match to a certain extent by going off the mat, but superior strength eventually told and the Chicagoan again emerged a winner without having had to draw upon his wonderful reserve power. American Association. At Kansas City 6, Columbus 4. At Minneapolis 7, Toledo 3. At St. Paul 2, Indianapolis 3. At Milwaukee-LouisVillecold. International League. At Buffalo 1, Richmond 10. At Toronto 4, Providence 11. At Montreal-Baltimore, wet grounds. At Rochester-Newark, cold. FUNERAL OF MR. DAVIS. granulated 7.50 to 8.50 quartermaster's-, department and must 'given plenty of variety in their diet. Services at St. John's Episcopal Church This Morning. Funeral services for Mr. Arnold G. Davis, who died at his home,' No. 209 Chestnut street, at noon yesterday, were held at St. John's Episcopal church this morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. R. E. Gribbin,. rector of the church. Interment was made in Oak dale cemetery. AT SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST The quick and orderly distribution of meals is his special province, and he is expected to see that there is no waste. Fine Program Has Been Ar ranged For Tomorrow. The following program will be rendered-at Southside Baptist church to mofrow morning at the 11 o'clock service under the direction of the Men's Bible class, in observance of Mothers' Day: Song By congregation. Prayer Rev. W. C. Hall. Piano duet, "Capricante" Misses Jessie Mercer and Lucille Moore. "Our Class and Our Mothers Day" Southern Association. At Atlanta 4, Memphis 1. At Birmingham 6, Little Rock 1. At Mobile-Chattanooga, wet grounds. At New Orleans-Nashville, wet grounds. South Atlantic League. At Macon i, Augusta 5 (ten in nings). At Columbia 37 Jacksonville 0. At Charleston 8, Columbus 5. J. H. Curtiss. Solo, "Meet Mother ,In the Skies" Mrs. J. J. Batson. Piano solo (selected) Miss Leona Caldwell. Declaamtion, "Mother" Mr. Albert Fales. Piano duet Miss Emma Rich and Miss Mattie Beck. Recitation Miss Edna King. Clarionet solo, "Long, Long Ago" Mr. Stuart Hopkins. Solo and quartet, "Tell Mother I'll Be There" Master John J. Curtiss, and Messrs. T. Voight, J. W. Curtiss, W. G. Hall, J, H. Curtiss, Benediction Mr. J. S. Canady Miss Emma Lee Rich, accompanist. Mr. W. F. St'ubbs, master of ceremonies. i TOWN TOPfC. Small Fire The fire department was called to box No. 72 to extin guish a blaze caused by a spark from a chimney at the home of Mr. J. F. Long. The damage was trivial. At Hallsboro Rev. J. S. Crowley will occupy the pulpit at the Presby terian church at Hallsboro tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Communion of the Lord's Supper will be cele brated. Trip to Sea The steamer Wil mington will leave its dock at the foot of Princess street tomorrow f morning at 10 o'clock for a trip down the river and out to sea. The vessel will arrive back at 5:30 o'clock. Small 1 rminfl trio fare charged. MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of the power of sale contained in 11 fprtflin morttraire made bf Andrew Boney and wife Lour Bonejr to Samuel I Blossom, bearing date the 22nd of August, k 1912, and duly registered In Book 09 page I 272 of the records of New Hanover County, the undersigned will sell, at public auction, to the highest .bidder, for cash, at tt Court House door In the City of Wilming ton, N. C, on Wednesday, the 9th day of June, 1917, at twelve o'clock M., the follow described property, to-wlt: Beginning at a stake on the east edge of right-of-way of the Wilmington and Wel don railroad; running thence 8. 15 paaC' right-of-way of said railroad 66 feet to a stake; thence S. 74.09 E. 822 feet to a ditch; thence N. 9.15 E. with ditch 66 feet to a stake; thence N. 74.00 weat 822 feet to the beginning, said property being on east slda. of Wilmington and Weldon railroad about 500 yards south of Castle Hayne depot. This 9th of May, 1917. JOHN D. BELLAMY & SON, Attorneys for Mortgagee. 5-8-30t ; BIIS11RJ(SIIRJ(S (UP Ft&TflHIIEER illot YOU T ANOTHER dcc: n i .. i : rTTr. 0 FROM FREHCHCHEr- I JSJ TO ft FIDO ATE I imND- I J 1 J . ! .. , , 1 -i -lui V