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Market Review Marine and Weather News
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LOCAL MARKETS.
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COTTON.
pot markets for cotton.
:ina h ;;pot . .
'uon spot
ik spot . .
.lington spot
.. 28
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28
27 1-2
27 1-2
NEW YORK COTTON.
,v Yorlv Nov. 10 . The cotton
,, i opened steady at a decline of
l points today with December
at 27.49 and January at 26.84
: .scattering liquidation, while
also appeared to be some trade
of the late months. Buying
not active, but it Avas sufficient
;)soib the early offerings at the
un
t!i-
10
and the tone, was steady with
pri-'
working up a a lew points right
aft or tne can. me ratner Duaisn
.(i virm of the week-end figures which
!'cl an increase of only 122,
:; ii ilos in America, for the week
.a;- :, t 1S2.435 last year, probably
li-'!;
fill!
ii to steady the market while
was covering for over the week
:i the reports on generally steady
..(i. i'Tii spot markets.
rtton closed barely steady.
High Low
Close
27.55
26.80
26.25
26.00
25.75
p... 27.65
t,p 26.96
Ma,,;, 26.44
M,v 2&2
i Jul v 25.92
27.47
26.75
26.23
26.00.
25.82
NEW YORK SPOT COTTON.
, w York, Nov. 10. Cotton: Spot?
fii; , ' middling uplands 29.10, no sales. J
NEW ORLRANS COTTON.
v: Orleans. Nov. 10. Prices were!
: e(l on the opening of the cot-
market here today, the most ac- i
,
ton
live months losing
aroiir.'l iiie first call.
3 to 6 points
Immediately af-
tf
thi' market felt a fresh demand
iip.l ai the end of the first half hour,
s o i.l four to seven points over yes-
M .uay s close on the strongest posi-!
urn?. - !
i'otron closed steady at a decline
High
IVt 26.78
l;,n '..25.98
V;::;:: 25.53
V.-y 25.24
J;!h- 25.07
Low
26.54
25.77
25.33
25.05
24.91
Close
26.70
25.87
25.36
25.08
24.90 !
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON.
Ncv Orleans, Nov. 10. Spot cot
ton -toady and unchanged. Sales on
spot 1.724;
idling 26.75;
Idling 28.13.
to arrive 665.
middling 27.43
Low '
good !
n:;
COTTON SEED OIL MARKET. j
N ow Yofk, Nov. 10. The cotton j
n e t oil market closed quiet. Spot J
1."0 bid; November 18.50; Decern- j
br 18.50; January 18.25; March 18.25;
:l v
18.63 asked.
fotasales 400 bHIe's.
CHiCAGO GRAIN.
i
("aicago, Nov. 10. Substantial buy-j
inz on the part of large houses sent !
(.:;rn values today up-grade. Opening
quotations, which ranged from 1-8 to
,'Sc higher, with December 1.18 1-8
and .May 1.13 to 1-2, were followed
by i decided general advance.
Oat:; showed independent strength
an 1 touched the highest figures in.
evo;al weeks. Reports were current
that deliveries of oats from first
Kurds were likely to fall off sharply
on recount of farmers being busy with
tOiT..
liiuher prices on hogs and cereals
;ivi- only temporary firmness to -provisions.
The market lacked any ag
gn s. ive support.
Grain and provisions prices follow:
Open Close
CORN
D"c 1.18 1-8 1.19'
Mhv 1.13 1.14
OATS -
Drr 59 3-4 .60 7 8
Mav 60 5-8 .613 4
This is goiiig tOf'KS a record breaking
season in retail selling. If ypu are short
on anything
shipped by
delay. You
Stock in the
Wooden Ware
ATLANTA
WHOLESALE PRICES.- '
E63 A f " S$ i'YV. ....'. .i' '42C.
gutter per lb., Coirotry ...... 30c
Spring chickens, apiece . ..i . 25 40c
urown chickens,, apiece ..... .6065e
ruaaie duces apiece 50 55c
Guineas, apiece 35C
Beef ....... 12 13c
Irish Potatoes, Jersey Joint,'.. .
10, pk. bags . . $4.40
N. G. Hams pound .2627c
N. C. Shoulders and Ribs, lb ..25526c
Cabbage, (100 lbs). ....$1.50
Hides, Green 30c
Wool, free of bur 55,.
Corn, barbel .$2.73
See's Wax ..15c
Salted, Hides ..'18c
Tallow ................ He
Wool, clean ........50c
Wool, burr .45 506
Spanish. Onions, the crate ...... $1.75
Onions 2 bu. bags, Silverskin ..$4.40
Onions 2 bu. bags Red 4.23
WILMINGTON NAVAL STORES.
Spirits 46 cents,
itosin $5.95 and $5.50.
Tar $3.50 and 16 cents.
Crude $4.00-$4.00-$3.00.
RECEIPTS.
Cotton
Spirits
Tar . .
.308
. 2
. 72
SAVANNAH MARKET. -
Savannah, Nov. 10. Turpentine
firm 46 3-4 to 47; sales 79; receipts
208; .shipments none; stock
Rosin firm; sales 1,044; receipts
639; shipments none; stock .
(Quote B. D. 6.10 to 6.15; E. F. G. H.
6.15; I. o.lo to 6.17 1-2; K 6.55; M.
6.75; N. 7.50; W. G. 7.60; W. W.
7.75.
HERALD SQUARE HOTEL
34th ST, OF BROADWAY
NEW YORK
EVERY comfort and conven
ience. On direct car lines
Irom all RR- Stations and
Ferries. Two minutes -walk to
the finest shops and theatres.
. A ROOMS:
125 with privilege of bath
$1.5Q per day
75 with private shower bath
- $2.00 per day
150 with private bath
$2.00 and up
Club Breakfast . 25c up
Special Luncheon . 60c
Dinner a la carte
at moderate prices
J Fred Sayers
Managing Director
23
PORK
Jan. . .
LARD
Nov. ..
44.55
27.00
23.87
23.82
23.50
Jan 24.02
RIBS
Jan. .. " ..24.00
May
in- our line, order
freight or express
have no time to
South!
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Write or Wire
WOObEN
" ATLANTA, GA. M !
.New York, Nov. 10. Stocks nur
sued an uncertain course duririg the
day's short session, some issues Qf 'the
game , class, notably the motor group,
scoring gains, while others were in
clined to react. , Leaders moved more
consistently, however, advancing - for
the Most pait. Standard rails added
to yesterday's improvement and equip
ments, especially steelsy-also hardened
although subject to occasioal pressure.
Coppers, Oils, and utilities ranged one
to three points higher, but shippings
were irregular. The closing '' was
strong.
Liberty 4s sold at the new minimum
of 99.98 and the 3 1-2 at 99.34. to
99.38.
American : Beet Sugar (bid) .. 71
American Caat'..-. .. .. .. .. 33 7-8
"American Car & Foundry . . . . 62 1-4
American Locomotive 50 1-8
American Smelting & Refining 73
American Sugar Refining . . . . 93 3-4
Anaconda Copper 54 1-2
Atchison 84 1-2
Atlantic Coast Line 97 1-8
(A. T. & T 1031-2
Baldwin Locomotive 53 7-8
Baltimore & Ohio - 52 '
Bethlehem Steel "B" 77 5 S
Canadian Pacific 136 3 ?
Central eLather
Chesapeake & Ohio . .
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul
Chicago. R. I. & Pac. Rv.
. . 62 1 2
..47
.. 39 3-4!
.. 18 S 4
.. 371-4
.. 32
.. 29 1-4
.. 261-4
.. 53
.. 271-4
.. 80
.. 151-4
.. 917-8
..25
. . 80
.. 41
.. 95 3-4
..95
.. 30 3-4
Chino Corner
Colorado Fuel & Iron ..
j Columbia Gas & Electric
Corn Products
Crucible Steel . . ....
Cuba Cane Sugar . .
-Gulf States Steel . .
Erie
Great Northern pfd . .
Great Northern Ore ctfs
General Motors
Inspiration Copper . .
Int. Merc. Marine pfd . .
Illinois Central (bid) . .
Kenecott Copper
L. & N. (bid)
..112 1-2
i Maxwell Motor Co
.. 25
.. 74 7-8
.. 271-8
.. 42 7-8
.. 221-4
.. 16 3 4
.. 67 1-4
. .103 1-2
.. 85 1-2
C5 o8
... 48 1-4
.. 401-2
.. 211-4
.. 6712
.. 70 5-8
.. 29 3-4
Mexican Petroleum . .
Miami Copper -
Midvale Steel
Missouri Pacific . . . .
Nevada 'Copper
New York Central . .
Norfolk and Western . .
Northern Pacific
Ohio Cities Gas
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Coal
llay Consolidated Copper
Reading
Republican Iron & Steel
Sinclair Oil
I Southern Pacific
81 l-i(
24 3-4;
Southern Railway
biuueuaiter v o t o-t i -vm;u ivi uuo
Seaboard Air Line (bid) .... 0 i dent Wilson within the next few days
Sloss-Shef, Steel and Iron .. 36l4iis expected to issue a proclamation
'Tennessee ' ctpper . . .. .. . .-12 regulating the bakery business. " In
Texas Co 137 3-4 'all previous price moves, his decisions
Tobacco Products . . . . . . . . 4." 1-4 j have closely followed trade commis-
Union Pacific 113 jsion conclusives.
United Cigar Stores 84 1-2 i This proclamation i expected to
"(J. S. Ind. Alcohol .. ..1071?
U. S. Rubber . .
Unied States Steel
51 1-4 ;
92 121
Utah Copper
75 3-8 ,
Virginia-Caro. Chem 27
Wabash pfd "A" . . 40 3-8 1
Westinghouse Electric 33 j
v uiys-uverianci .. . i mailer navor. une aeiivery a aay oy
UniteTd Fruit .. . .108 1-2
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EAT ENOUGH,CANDY
TO SAVE MimONS
' Its estimated costs tonight are bas-
i Washington, Nov. 10. Enough mon-jed on $11 a barrel flour a price in ex
Icy to feed two starving Belgians, and cess of current prices. In a 16-ounce
! enough sugar to supply England ori0af material costs wholesale bakers
i France or two Italy's this is what4 1-2 cents; manufacturing costs one
(America consumes every year in can- j cent plus and over head, selling costs
dy.
Our confectionery business eats uplmallv thf total is 7.4855 "cents for the!.
about 400,000 tons of sugar a year.
Herbert Hoover issued these two hints
I tonight, on the theory that word to I
'the wise is sufficient. !
at once
est
Lars
Goods
WARE -COMPANY ii
Only About 150Q Housewives
. in Wifmingtbh' HaVe Sign-
erf
Chairman J. QitcliHst"-McCannjcS:
lof the Food ; Administration; statecj.
last night that the Rational Special
'Aid had reported that 1,497 pledge
"cards had" Jjeen secured fn Jheir cam
paign, which was carried out by tfie'ir
block messengers.. While only white
I people are included in this .number,
tne numner or caras , secured ', is not
near enough Xo" ensure an effective
food administration. It is understood
that the campaign for securing pledge
cards will continue 'until every family
fin the city will have signed up. If,
after a certain period people refuse
to sign, reasons why will be asked
for. ' .
' The best reported block in the city
is that between Wposter and Dawson
and Eighth 'and Ninth streets, and was-
handled by Mrs. P. S. W. Russ. The
Cornelius, Harnett School district did
better than any other in the city.
The Carolina Heights, Carolina
Place, Winoca", Terrace and Market'
street in that neighborhood, did bet
ter than the central residtnee section
of the city. According to the reports
the interest on Market street to Tenth
and all of Third street are very back
ward in signing.
It is announced that a meeting of
the executive committee of the Food
Administration will be held at the
Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at
11 o'clock. A meeting of the Coun
cil of Defense will be held later in
the week to take the matter further.
ST OF BREAD
TO THE BIBS
Reports Show That 1 6 Ounce
Loaf Costs Wholesale Bak
ers 7 1-2 Cents.
(By United Press)
Washington, Nov. 10. First grade
wheat bread the eountry over costs
wholesale bakers just under 7 1-2
cents a 16-ounce loaf. Chain store
bakers can turn out the same product
at just under 6 cents, the Federal
Trade Commissioners reported tonight
after months of cost investigation.
Figures include overhead charges,
salesmen's commissions and similar
costs, but not profits.
Extraordinary importance is
at-
set standard sizes and quality of.
bread.
The commission recommended:
That" size of loaves be standardized
as a means to cheapen production.
Sixteen and 24 ounce loaves to prevail
because of superior qualities and bet-
(bakeries to grocers. Retail dealers
I not be allowed to return unsold loaves, j
i With tnese reforms, still cheaper!
'declared!
uieou buuuw icaun, mc tuiumioaiuu
i etc., one and two-thirds cents. Deci-
I wholesale bakeries; chain stores,
15.8494 cents. ' .
Lowest production costs were found
in the PotomacHistricf andUhe high-
est in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri.
COMMITTEES FOR
OUTSIDE THE CITY
Suburban Places to Aid in Y.
M. C. A. War Relief
Campaign.
A meeting of the representatives
from the rural sections of the county
was held yesterday at noon at the Y.
M. C. A. for the purpose of enlisting
the aid of the country folks in raising
iunds for the army Y. M. C. A. work.
A committee was selected from each
school district and the following were
appointed to serve:.
Castles Hayhes: A: Rau, D. Mc-
LEachern, B. VanBavel. ."
; Wrightsboro: Geo. W. Trask, W. D.
Rhodes, F. J. Dempsey, J. C. Cox,J.
Herbert Johnson, E. I. Herring.
Acorji Branch: J. R. Morris, I. W.
Johnson.
Middle Sound: J. N. Shepard, Rev.
G. W. Shepard, R. A, Wright, 2. tif.
Emmett, George T. Shepard:. '
Scbtts Hill: W. H. Alexander, ,K
A. Coval. ; ;
East Wilmington : T, J. Gore,. X r '-O.Brown.
.John-Kline. H. T. McXJirt.
Winter Park: J. S. Brown, J. w.,
Hale, B. B. Trask, R. PV Beasley, Will;
Farrow, J. T: Sholar, Rev. J. H. Mil
ler, Rev; J. L. Shfnn, Rev. A. J. How
ell. ' , ,
Wrigitsville : G. W. WeatDrook.
Delgado: L. W. Moore, T. R. Ames,
W. A. Woods. -
Masonboro:.. J. A. OrrelL Ad. Hew;
lett, J. P. Herring.
Sea Gate: L. Larkins. ,
Myrtle Grovp: : Henry Home, G.
Piner, J. RPrince, B. E. Hollis, Wal
ter Home. ' '
Oak Hill: -J. T; English; - v?
Carolina Beach : Capt. .Sam Lewis.
- Sunset Park: v K-vW. Price, W. E."
"Price; "Dfc Vfcfcx. Chawick, Malcolm
South Wilmington: AO. ? McEachi
Wrn,'.Owen-.Martindale, ' T--.t -.t.-.V."
:retarylof BntisR War
-Work Council Now Speafc-
( , inSbtftK:: e'f
.1 "There's; nobullet-praof job ;Jn Jthe
y.'sM.,g. X, dugouts ia.theljtrejiche
m France"' sai John X Yirgb; fid
secretary, of the British' fWr WSrS
Council, who has been sneaking
throughout the .South during thet'past
w j, aazs. ... "When I was. - in ,.France
in the' war work " of the Y, I had as'
uauceLu juiuw lais ac rirst nanaMy
own. boy, whV was a secretary in 'one
of the canteensc ,tbat . are buUt close
up .to the Jront by Ml C.i A. to
supply the troops ; with" hpt ,drmks;
just before they go over the top', or
Just after : they come back tfro&t "No
Man's Land,' told' me . of his.,; expe
rience, which is, but, an,, indication of
the perils to which the secretaries are
subject, , He . was tending the coffee-'
pot during an rtilfery duel -and ; hac
an intuition that -he ought to , get
away fromj that particular, SDpt He
' uldn't" teh wnaf- it - wag that moved
hirn, but he walked to 'another part
of the canteens-that are- built close
later to find, that, a Bosche shell had
demolished the co?e pot, the heater
and the whole, section of trenchywhile
another brave, fellow who had . been
JOHN J. VIRGO
on duty at the point lay mangled and
dead."
"Oh, I've been on ail the fronts,"
continued Virgo, "and I. tell you the
task of a Y. M. C. A. secretary is no
bed of roses. The sDirit of thp ?ni.
diers is all that it, could be but the
dangers that surround them are aw-
ful. They go through hell on the fir-
mg line, ye. out tnev o throueh a
worse hell before they get to the fil
ing line, and some of them have let
the army down. Three hundred thou-i
sand in England more than have 1
been killed by German shells in . the
whole war have been put absolutely
out of commission by social sin.
. Ana tne A1.-..y- is trying to
elp the men flht this thing. . We j
have said to therii, 'You expect your
I vvlitJ "i aweeiueari uau nome to oe
i Pure and sw,eet nd brave whlle
are away; tnen now can you expect
I less than that you shall keep yoUr-
.self clean and noble as well?' It is;
jail right to have an ambulance to j
pick them up when they fall, but we)
! believe it is better to build a fence 1
of high " ideals and clean jdi"ersion
around them to prevent their falling
"I tell you the very best invest
ment you can make with your money
is to put it into this, sort of service
for our fighting men. You can get!
I your little four per ent. in Liberty
bonds, sure, but the dividends that
will come, back In reformed charact
ers and those , who have been ... kept
true, are greater a thousand fold than
anything else could be.
"The Red Triangle is the emblem
of the Y. M. C. A. War Work. Its
three sides stand' for Spirit, Mind and
Body.' Yes, but I like to think, that
it has other meanings, too Friend
shipy Sacrifice," Service, Land, Sea,
Air, God, Government Country.
"Ah, I tell you, the man who wears
the badge "of the Red . Triangle should
be proud.of it., H bears no glitter
ing : steel or engine of destruction, but
he carries'' instead the touch, of home;',
the thing which shall enable the sol
diers to battle the awful ' course
whfcli; is . sweeping : Europe, which
shall hold them true to their higheXt
selves, -which; shall strengthen them
to prevail "against the forces of evQ
knd of the enemy, 'to win the victory
fotlreedoni add ' Memocrac, ' to whip
Prussianism,J.to restore . peace, per
manent peace, " ahd.; to do it in the
shortest 'possible: time." ;
. citff;iU A
a6 ftt Wfon-widP camnaien for
S25.00O.DO0 which the X. M'.. C. A. is'
conducting from Noveniber 11 to 19
for- Its war work, His message, com
ing from, one whohas personally seen
the work; of the Red Triangle Jul ac
tion, in fact, front one who has .direct
ed' its , service on eyery battle front
j' Europe and .-Africa, is the most
forceful that : has been or will be
heard in the South in the whole cam
paign. - ,, . ;
Austria arid Peace. -l
(By 7tnlfed Press) .
X Xuganor Switzerland, Nov." 10. Aus-
Ptriani press today : gave great promi-
nence to 'rumor; tnat -Austria is - soon
l-; forprulate proposals for ari'armi
tice. - ' ':
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GRADE AND
QUALITY
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Front and Princess
NEW YORK WOMEN TO
VOTE IN JANUARY
(By United Press)
Washington, Nov. 10. New York
I women will cast their first vote in
January.
Thanks "to two congressional vacan
cies, the women of the Empire State
will enjoy their newly won ballot
! sooner than expected, said Mrs. Car-
rrie- Chapman Catt, at a victory jubi
lee tonight.
These two special electns. .she
said, 'would show Here Congressmen
stand with the newly enfranchised! . Prof. Foererster is reported to" have
women. . 'told his colleasues that he looked for
"We are confident . that the coming
Congress will move to enfranchise
women' nationally,' said . Dr. yAnna
Howard Shaw.
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House Furnisliings
Specials For
36i54 Gongoleum Rugs or
36x72 Ctangoleum Rugs fo
54x54 Congoleum Rugs for.
Hamper Baskets, wide slat
Faultless - Carpet , Sweepers.
Scrim arid Net Curtains
Down Comforts . . . ......
Blank
ets . ; .
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GERMAN REVOLUTION
BEFORE SPRING
Smuster
(By United Press)
Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 10. News
that three pro-war allied Internatiorf
alists had met here recently with a
German Internationalist to discuss the
war, leaking out tonight caused thev.'
greatest interest here. The allied del
egation included Prof. George Davis -, -Herron
and Prof. Ha'viland Field, both
Americans, and Prof. W. H. Young, of . -
ungianp v ne penraan . represema-, ,
T tive was Dr. Foererster, of Munich
a German revolution . before spring.
Foererster. told, the conferees that all
Germaiiy"' lacks for an uprising is "a
leader. 4
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This Week
.t jr-
.... ASfcH
. .$1.50
. . . . . .: . . ; . . : . . . .'.$1.75 ?
. . .$1.25, $1.50 and $1.75
We have 1 00 to sell for
.... ... .$1.98 each
. . .$1.25 and upward
. $12.50 to $18.00 each
, . $3.50 to $15.00 a pair
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