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THE WILMNIGTQfDISPATGHv SUNDAY MQRtNG OCTOBERS 1 ; U917.
Market Review, Marine and Weather News F
WeWsectatim Desire Ymm tmeuce 'M$:rWee&:
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i-OCAL MARKETS;
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STOCKS
9
Nil.
spot
pot
spot
27 1-2
27 3-4
27 1-2
27.63
WHOLESALE PRICES.
NEW YORK COTTON
Oct. 20. Reactionary
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553 42c.
Butter, per lb., Country ..... 1 30c
Spring hicken3r apiece . ;2540c
Grown chickens, apiece CO 65c
ruaaie uucks, apiece 50 55c
Guineas, apiece 35c
uci. zu.- iteii;uuur.i , neei . , 12 13c
is reflected in a good irisn Potatoes. Jera?v JnJnt
lizlng in the cotton market j 10 pk. bags $4.40
T'l-.c nnoninc wi i harp-. N. C!. flFtlTns nniVnl ' ne tt. ot
i.y t " - - I 1 v. ..... jCUVj' J i L
Cabbage, (100 lba). $1.50
Hides. Green . . . . .
v alter the call with De- Wool, free, of bur ................ .65c
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,,iv l an advance of one point
, ('j,:H' of 17 points, and the ac
rold 10 to 23 points net
, uiicliing 27.38
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: n;ir is of the Eastern belt .! ed Hldea
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and January orn Dusiei
man showed . - ---
t Tallow
New York. Oct. 20. Speculative
Interests were aetive on the bull side
of today's short session. War issues
scored extreme gains of 2 to 5 points,
chief among these being baiawin lo
comotive and Texas Company. Leau
irio- ctonic oir rnup 2 to almost 4
points and shippings 1 1-2 to 5 1-2, At
lantic. Gulf and West Indies featuf
ing that division. Coppers threw off
their recent degression and rails
were substantially higber though rel
atively neelected. Gas shares prov
ed the only backward features, dis-
ninvitur further heaviness. Ihe C10S
flUJ ")
iner was strong, i
Sales aDDroximated 400,000 shares.
Liberty bonds were taken in large
resses an
... siM(inr vvooi, clear
tU'Iiy nau iriuiuo iimii-uuua j y00 burr 45(52)506
h:ll , ginnt-a prior to Octo-, g onions VhV VrVto V.V. . .S1.7SAmer!can eet Sugar "
pointed to a crop of lx(- Qnions 2 bu bagg Silverskin 4-40 j American Can
tol-inf into 5P. . .
001"''
ha-
I,-.,-; WITIIOUI
.;. . last cold snap. .Hulhsn ,
tiv'.ci1-.. however, secmod toj
ioice as an imniedite raar-
w oi'.
and the tone was un
; the first hour.
Oct. 20. Cotton closed
?;ea
pec lat'fi'
High. Low.
. . 28.20 28.00
. . 27.60 27.20
. . 27.22 26.79
23.5.")
26.4S
2G.90
26.73
Close..
28.15
27.29
26.9?.
26.69
26.5S
WILMINGTON NAVAL STOrJES.
Spirits 48 1-2
Rosin $5.50 and $5.15.
Tar $3.50 and 16c.
Crude $3.50, $3.50, $2.50.
NEW YORK SPOTS.
York. Oct. 20. Spot cotton
middling 2S.65.
Receipts:
Cotton 1,163.
Spirits 20.
Tar 187.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
Quote B. 5.95: D. E. F. G. 5.95 to!u.ba Cane bUga
. .... U'fl A
AA. TT " AA T O A A AC. 7." t? Oil X1I-
loC
...18c
-t
;;;,lotS at 99.10
421-8
' 68 3-4
59 1-4
.88 7-S
106 3-8
64 3-4
. 103
941-2
.. 6T1-2
58'
.. 86
.. 150 5-8
.. 77 7-8
.. 52
.. 491-2
.. 22 7 8
.. 441-2
42
. . 35
.. 30 1-8
. . 69 1 8
.. 30
.. 19 1-2
. nor- J?r Ponnrlrv
' 'American Locomotive
American Smelting & Refining
American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Copper .. .
A C L
(Atchison
iBaldwin Locomotive . . . ,
j Baltimore & Ohio
lBethlehem Steel "B" ..
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesapeake & Ohio . .
Chicago. Mil. & St. Paul
Chicago, R. I. & Pac. Ry.
CAA KIKI A LJ MAAI CTADCO
Savannah, Oct. 20. Turpentine firm n , vJfl
45; sales (-); receipts 159; hip-" mtrin.
. ents 10; stock 2u,12o.. ,n Prn(,r.t9 .. .. ..
iiuoiu i' 11 111, sait'a liii, 1 UwCifi.i'
435; shipments 796; stock 79,592.
Crucible Steel
fc.uu; ii, o.uu; 1, o.uu 10 o.ud; iv, o.ou , Motors 96 3 4
M. 6.40 to 6.43; N, 7.10 to 7.15; WG, SLrthem Pfd 100 fa-8
5 40; VW. 7.50. . MftlherT1 0rft ctfs .. .. 29 1-8
many pn.s m iuu u.t - - 95
CHICAGO GRAIN. ) Inspiration Copper .. .. .. 46 1-2
I Int. Mer. Marine pra 10
risrr rr, o.n V'nrz-if qWq zon i Ti'nTinofntt fnnnpr 34 5-8
ditions for the approach of husking I Louisville & Nashville (bid) ..
in the main sections of the corn belt Maxwell Motor Co. (bid) .. .. -
aided today in casing down prices: In Mexican Petroleum
, s Miami fanner
j aauuion, vne general iun:i;ith.t yunu- t at 1 ' 4714
sr. of short cotton, based onjed to welcome fair weather and low Midyae Stee 1 . . . .. . . . .
Orleans, Oct. 20. Frosts at
pr.inh; in the belt caused buy-
in- on opening of the cotton mar-1,,1-t-
today but the resulting rise
IV-rvinHM! to" only one to seven
hint's. Realizing met the improve
jr, , r. . an,i it the end of the first half
Vur ii-uling months were 12 to 16
r.ir.i mid. r the level of yesterday's
Offi-fin
expectations of a prolonged reaction,
r,n ;h-' part of bearish traders, weigh
ed further against values and late in
the session the market stood at a net
loss of 24 to 27 points.
Cotton closed at a decline of 19 to
27 points.
Oct. ..
Dec. .
.Tan.
March
f 11 V
High Low Close
.27.25 27.24 27.25
.26.30 26.00 26.02
.26.10 25.77 25.84
.26.04 25.76 25.83
.26.05 25.77 25.76
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS.
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.New iuia, rr.RM
steady, 25 points up; sales on ue December
;.o' biu : to iirrivi; tzv, iuw iuiu..uo !
?r,f,2; middling 27.50; good middling1
28"
Oct. 20.-Spot cotton
. ... a j. o r ivi 1 ssi 1 1 1 1 1 r nuiuvj . "
temperature during me next 00 , 7 ,7 18 3-8
hours. Opening prices, which rang- Ax , rCtr-Vi " " 74
ed from the. same as yesterday's fin- New Jrk JJentad .. ... . . j4
ish to 3-8c off. with December 1.15 1-4 gra
to 3-8 and May 1.10 1-8 to 1-4 were ern P acme
followed by moderate declines a psyjvania ! 50 7-8
around. PHtsburg Coal 47 1-2
Oats sympathized with the. weak- consolidated Copper .. .. 23 1-4
ness of corn. Kadine- ' 76 7-8
Lover quotations on hogs depress- Republic Iron & steel 80 7-8
ed the provision market. Assertions G A T. 10 1-1
were current that the current supply o'inflair "on '. . . 35
nf hner, for feeding was larger tnan c,, ov. afooi unrl Trnn . . 41
C7-- w . oiuao-ouci. Uiv-V" m.lv. -
had been generally supposed. southern Pacific 90
(Southern Railway i
Rtndehaker Co 42 34
ClOSC ' rr-n-n fnTinpr . 13 3-4
. Tovoc On ' 149
M- WW mm -
1.14 3-8 TobacCo Produets
This is a special feature line
and vou should be sure to
these dresses, before they are
all gone.
Plaid .Silk Combination in
all of the wanted colors, with
Georgette sleeves and collar?
special ............ .$15.00
Silk and Serge Combination.
Silk and Serge
Combination
A very snappy and desirable
style, with white satin collars
and cuffs, special (a . . $15.00
I. I F S V Tip I V I
see 1. 1. ymss&gmSi&msi 1 mr- - 1
linery Departmeii
Our Milliiiory Department is alive to Ihe d. mauds of
the sea'som ; Haying a full line o now and stylish.,' Export
Hats, rtcady-to-Wea and Trimmed Hats.
Two-tone Sailor Shapes Velvet Brim, Silk Beaver
Crown $4.98
SPORT HATS A full dine; received, special for this week
all of the wanted colorn, priced $3.98jfco 6.50
All trimmed hats, specially reduced for this week.
Wc Make a Specialty of
MOURNING HATS. .
Fur Neck piece, Brown Black, Gray $3.50 to $12.50
Fine Marabou Neckpiece, ...$4.98, $6.00, $7.50
Grain and provision prices:
Open.
1.15 1-8
1.101-8
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COTTON SEED OIL.
w York, Oct. 20. Thd .cotton
,1 oil market cloeed quiet. Spot
:. bid; October .. 19.00; December LARD
JT,- Januarv 17. oO; Marcn
1- "ii Tnh,l an es Z.MV uarruia.
May
OATS
December 58 3-8
May 60 1-4
PORK
1 October
January 40.10
1.09
Union .Pacific I24
United Cigar Stores a '
08 1-8 TTnited Fruit I25
.59 3-4 tt o Tnlnctrial Almhnl . . .. 117 3-4
November 23.97
17r.ii ' ntai saies -.owu uano. Tonnnrv . . .. ..
The following ladies will oc patron- Rieg
January
21.45
41.90
38.00
23.50
21.00
20.50
JL 4. A, .iJ A 4.
SAMMY EN ROUTE.
4. a v t 'i
tt TnduRt.rial Alcohol
TT Q TJnhhpr t)9 O-b
TT S steel . 106 3-4
TT o Vi Pnnnor 83 1-4
Va. Car. Chem 2
WoKncl, Pfll "A" 44
uVctlTiirliniian Ti!! fr t r i c. . . . . . . 43 1-4
(Willys-Overland 24
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I CT of fhem prnprullv DUt it.
rmin nre tootinsr Sammy away from frt n whnt thev can to cheet
home. It isn't one engine but hundreds hig trip As nearly a
All over the country Sammy is still
fn ;e,r;:i" for Somewhere, as he ha0,
! .-. n f. r weekv.. Bnf just, row "Some-
v.ii.re." that flexible war-time wuiu
the 16 national
nf them that are grumbling their stac
cato warnings at him, as he lingers
for a last joke with "the bunch". It
isn't just one woman, but thousands of
them, and of all ages, whose tear-stained
faces twist bravely into smiles, as
thev wave eroodbve. It isn't one Sam
my, but a whole army of him, who is
gaily to come back
Kaiser along.
Thprp has been a lot of talk about
how the men in khaki pull out of the
W-:. means the 16 national can- QWnv with bravado, promising
torif tnerts of the United States. To- ., t come back and bring the
vard Oiese cantonments our some
what bewildered Sammy, of the new
rational Army, still without uniform,
wi ir.u: r,revir.n military training.
..'it hour even a very definite idea
'vjr i-xr-cpt that he
.it-..
e" "on;. tt
i';'--!en. d mountaineer of the South,
?.'.!, i v. il v.er.r his new uniform when
i1.' r it about as comfortably as if
mustard plaster he 'is leav
his trip. As nearly as one man
ran know the heart of another, they
know this drafted Sammy s. lhey
have seen him in that first tragic mo
ment when he begins to realize that
his face is turned away Irom norae to
ward unknown danger. And they re
port that the average Sammy, no mat-
ter what class or wnat part ol m-s
count vv he comes from. is
more afraid of those first few hour-
on the train than he is of the battlefield.
The stories of these V men, tne
Neckwear Department
White iNet or
Organdie collars
and Jabot, a very
effective neck
piece, 69c, 98c,
$1.29.
We are showing
some etra special
values in Christ
mas handkerchiefs,
all neatlv folded
in holiday boxes. Make your selection now, 25c,
39c 50c, 69c, 98c, and $1.48 box.
A full line of new and stylish neckwear for fall
at prices "A Little Lower."
Georgette Collar sets, square cupe effect, tucked
and hemstitched, 98c, and $1.48.
. Large square sailor collars, of Crepe de Chine, 48c
Ladies' Waists
At big, and inviting line of Ladies Waists,
of Silk and Crepe de Chine
$1.98 to
3350
mi
B
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BOND
AND BACK UP THE BOYS
AT THE FRONT
a
Jo H. Re
You will find prices at Refers "A Little Lower." We Refund Car fare on Purchases of $2.00, or Over.
Co
P
ny
B, n
W B . -
low lUK meu ui ; 1 ne STOnes ui uicsB i iuv
station, to the flutter of handkerchiefs, . j one3 who have traveled in this
O- , ii. . ii ill F Vionilo TT?VPT1 Without iu l ,1 1 V ntnn.
definite idea o tfap thrill Qf bands. Even Without
is going to fight the.r uniformS( the drafted men of the
. A 1 . V.n1 T All"
new National Army nave tucn
share of attention. It is quite a dif-foront-
matter when the train is a few
miles on its way, after the excitement
of departure has died, and tney Degm
r;:l
n1- :!!!'
' -r 1 1 1
j'ini'.:'
r-,rn the silk-stockine precincts,
!if i r.r.lline out of New York tor
Vr.Mi ;,i.k. A slim French youth in the abQUt going away t& fight
!i-rn laies, me pauiuum yA Sammy, ana ne isn l LtuwiiB.
. " i.-, oiazmg up in ms vyco, c
wav with the soldiers to the canton
ments, begin where all the others leave
off. "Says Sammy to the Public" is
all very well, but "Says Sammy to
Himself" is quite another matter. tam
mv strinned of heroics and of bom
bast, Sammy homesick and human, is
the one the trainmen see.
Above the rattle of wheels aud the
shriek of the engine, an Alabama
train laden with soldiers shooK with
a beHow like that of a bull that has
Li!::;aiu 1""'"'-' Qt departure lias UlCU, auu i"v.. 0...
home he has never been ten tQ realize that home is behind them,
frnm hnfnro in his life. E - , i.l -VT-Krtfiv has flp-
lji - anu me war aucau. iuuuuj
thn Cashouse Gang, raw ,
concatinns nf Sammv en
. scnueu me ou-uv
m Hell's Kitchen, or college
, -i mi. a : rTrs- not zz 1 .i mtiA n f
:zLa la that nobody knows exactly how Sam ed his way int0 a beehive. With
out any irouDie a.t an uic x dc
tary followed the noise to its source,
a two-hundied pound Sammy possessed
of the contradictory attributes of a
rlnuhlp chin ail around, a sure-trigger
Uand, a hard head, a soft heart, and
the self-control of a child ol six. riam
like hands over his distorted face, he
is eyes, as he f f weeks Raiiroad
?: i he train near Fort Carinou. Y M C A. secretaries have been
'i young Servian, not yet six , a ' 'wit te.mGn of the new Na
'vh; in America, he is learning his. cantonments all over
;r Knslish words in the chorus of "J" C5tates Gn more than
Ku; r imr on the station platform, the f tfhave already been
! 1 ZTZA. the! "following the soldiers on wheels,"
was blubbering- at- the top of his
voice: -
"I want to go home! I want to go,
home!"
Down by the mass of shaken avoir
dupois the "Y" man sat, and soothed
him gradually, till he learned that the
man came from a mountain settle
ment where he had left a wife and
three children. NeveMn his life had
he been out of his own county before.
War? Dang it, he wa'nt afraid of
that! He'd be "darn glad to bust the
Kaiser," in fact. Only he wanted to
go ho ome.
Lots of other men in the car wanted
to go home, too, it appeared from the
murderous glances they cast at the
fat mountaineer, who dared to "'rub
it inF like this. So-the "Y". man' sent
them home for a few minutes by hand
ing around post-cards, even stamps to
the ones who hadn't any money, and
'Y" man won their hearts by
urging them to write home. : put your whole mind on your piay, to
"Go to it, fellows," he said.- "Send the exclusion of feeling homesick,
your first messages to the home-folks. ; What witll ihe unexpected moves fore-
Touyow a fromyU,!ed;on them by the train' and the
y You might have thought the soldiers j comradeship of the game, the men
had been gone from home six montnb I began to feel better
instead of a few hours. They didn't j The Y man w0
story, but they did indicate by th3Jto drink wrth the lunch the goveuv
general tenor of their messages homement had provided. They began teil
that it seemed to them a long, long : ing him how they feit about things,
time since they had thavmom-j R ain.t ar j mind
ing iram. ttiu, ! itf, rol,, away and leaviu' the kids
were well, and hoped the folks athomQ s goli. ajay arid J ,
were the same, that they were naving -"" "T ' " i
"some ride" and. meant to put seSwe ld pl'ay the game on our
"some fight,"' and sent lots of love. , fji7 nr6 gown bunch
A'ter that the secretary pau ; - - wouldn't' be
rind checker-boards a great game, - . - o nna.
Ml
rhrlrpr-hoards a great game,
checkers! . If you don't want ail your
kings jumped off-'the board, you mu&t
half bad," summoned up a young col
lege fellow.
TOWN TOPICS. .;
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Monument' to -Dr. Burba nkt.lie
Carolina Cut Stone Company has just
completed the . erection of . a mpnu,
ment in Oakdale cemetery at the grsfra
nf th Mr nr. Thomas S. Burbank.
Thin monument was erected, with;thl
permission of the family, by a number;
of the friends and patients of Dr.. Bur
bank as a loving tribute to his mem
ory and as a memorial of his untiring
and unselfish work among the sick and
the poor of our community. ;
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Congressman's Son Indicted., v
i&j United rress.) ; ' .; J
Madison, Wis., Oct 20. Byron-Nel-
tt vri . t
son, son of uongressman jouu ..uiei-, r
son. was indicted as a slacker late to-
day by the Federal grand jury. ,
sl.: .- ' - - ; gmmw. rflsnimiRRIfiSK " S-:r$l
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, 1 7 5 TT" HOW Din VOO DitSTX MOOfE "TOLD i f " o 1- y Wf
i m that too 4 MTW- vere the lsoSTu Ktfp J-f ' ONE WOLE n . x f
I BKP:MRJONE5ib. - MSE CoSo THE FUNERAL? CHEF HOURNER ; 4 UL Hlt HACT , ,
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