THEWIUMINCTON DISPATCBWEL JANTJARYJSO, ;1 91 8 ."'ti.. . ; It.'' : . . PAGE SEVEN 4 J i Market Re COTTON. .'- . .20 .V..... .v.... si i.4 ............ ;iv ... ... .-rr.. "A. .30 yorfolt ; . NEW YORK COTTON. York Jan. 30. The cotton mar XeLaA'a. firmer tone during to- 3 ..i-rrading and after open- i advance of one to nine m ,nvp months sold about 6 to jiBts, hicihor on trade buvinsr jipoinw" "e reiatively'N. C. Hams,I! d c07InHne to ao.nNoriS points N-C. snoulders "and ribs fhf;her while July sold at? 28.46 Joints above last night's closing ;SP relish overnight snot ad- Jf ' j rannrtR that sDinners still tlces pai of cotton to call t n (TMIII1 f Hid tbe local ring were factors on ue advanc t tan advance muou " " - fAfton rf 6 t0 12 points. 3fay juiy October December High .29.29 .28.93 .28.63 .27.23 .27.00 Low 28.96 28.64 .28.35 27.02 27.00 Close 29.12 28.7 28.43 27.0G 26.91 local markets: . v (Wholesale-Prices.) 1 Eggs (scArce ;J&&:V- 50 Grown chicken ,vv .. V . . . 70 to 90 Puddle ducks 1T.,;... .V 60c Guineas- .. .. v.-;;v.k.40c Beef (dressed) ...... . . ..." . . 13 to 14c. Irish potatoes (bag) . . . . . . . . $5.00 Irish potatoes, Maine grown, Irish Cobbler seed; potatoes, 150 lb oag ,. .. .. .V .. V. J-:;,.:M.8S 32 to 35c vaDDage, 100 lbs. (scarce) . .f 4.35 Hides, -green ..... . . . ..... 17c Wool free of , burr, .. .. ... . 55c Corn, bushel, 2.00' Bees wax.. .. 80 to ?,2c. Salted hides .... .... ..... 18c Tallow .... .. .. .. ..10 to 12c Onions, (2 bushels) .. .. .. ,4 $450 Peanuts, N. C, and Va... $2.15 2.20 Peanuts; Spanish :, v.; ... .. . ?2.15 Apples, Winesap, bbl.. . . . .. . $5.76 Apples, Yorks and other yaxieties, . .$5.90 Oranges, box .. .. . ..$4.254.75 NEw YORK SPOT COTTON. to York, Jan. 30. Spot cotton yet; mmaims i STOCKS. 41 ' 4 f 4 New York, Jan. 30. Steels and oth er., equipnients . were , the strong fea- tures at : the opening ,of today's stock market, the short interest again be ing driven to cover, united States Steel's first transaction consisted of 6,500 shares at a maximum advance 4f a point. . General Motors made an in itial gain of 3 1-2 points and other motor issues tended - higher , with va rious specialties. Shippings were re actionary with moderate irregularity in rails. Liberty 3 l-2s established a new low record at 97.48. Spirits .Rosin . jTar . . (Crude Crude Tar .. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Vflw Orleans, Jan. 30. Steadiness irailed in tne eany iraaxng in cot- m here today. On the opening there Cotton . rr M TO 1. nniTITR TT-niTl .33 a c flic hthe market fell to a decline of to 4 points on tne mosi acuve icnths. Buying met uus smaii ue- lue and at tne ena or tn nrsi nan jnr, prices were 17 to 18 points over wterday's close. Cotton closed very steady. Hign .low navAl stores. N. P. N. D. ... 3.50 vand 16 ..!. ...4.00, 4.00, 3.00 arch .. Slay taly ptober . December 30.53 30.02 29.62 28.24 28.00 30.23 29.68 29.29 27.98 27.75 Close 30.30 29.77. 29.35 28.03 27.30 NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON. New Orleans, Jan. 30. Spot cotton seady, 37 points off. Sales on the toot I.754 bales; to arrive .390, Low killing 29.25; middling 30.50; '1 good Qdling 31.25. Receipts 10,196; stock 420,517. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Liverpool, Jan. 30. Cotton: Spot in etail request, prices easier good biddling, 23.64; middling,. 23.11; low Wddling, 22.59; good ordinary, 21.59; lordinary, 21.06. Sales, 2,000 bales, including 1,800 merican Receipts, 7000 bales includ. pg 3,200 American. ; c.-. " Futures closed quiet. New con tacts: January 23.64; March 22.82; paT22.21. Old contracts, fixedi JanaryT prices; Jajnuary 21.96; Jamiajry-Febru- pj 21.86; March-April 2L65; M$ty tune 21.52; June-July 21.44. Receipts: . . ... . . ' ... 53 .205 CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago, Jan. 30,-rBetter weather conditions than had been looked for gave the corn market today a slight downward slant, . Opening prices. which ranged" from unchanged to fig ures l-4c lower with March not auot ed and May 1.25 to 1.25 1-4, were fol lowed by-a trifling general decline. Some export inquiry put temporary firmness into oats. Disappointing small arrivals of hogs caused an upturn in provisions Sellers were scarce. Grain and provision prices: Corn-1; : Open. March.. . May .'. ."! 1.25 Oats m . . M m . .83 14 .m .801-4 March .. May .. . Pork January . May .. . Lard January , May .. . Ribs- Close 1.27 1.25 3-8 .84 .81 1-8 May 47.50 47.60 .. ..46.65 46..85 mL-m 25.22 25.45 ..25.35 25.50 .. ..23.95 23.95 ., ..- ..24.60. 24.70 American, Beet Sugar American Can ....... Am. Tobacco. 0 L A. T. & T. . American Car & Founrry 1 . . .- . 1 . 78 . 38 161 . 90 :. 104 1-2 . 71 3-8 Amreican Locomotive .... 5T American Smelting & Reining. 81 3- American Sugar Refining ...... 105 7-2 Anaconda Copper 62 3- Atchison : ... t- 85 Baldwin Locomotive .......... 61 Baltimore & Ohio ... ....(...... 51 Bethlehem Steel "B" ......... 76 7-1 Canadian Pacific 143 1-J Central . Leather 64 3- Chesapeake & Ohio ........... 52 7-! Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul ...... 43 1-! Chicago, tt. I. & Pac. Ry. 201- Chino Copper . .. ............ 43 Colorado Fuel & Iron (b) ..... . 36 1-: Columbia Gas and Electric .... 34 5-: Corn Products 33 Crucible Stel 5&1- Cuba Cane Sugar 30 7-! Erie 151-4 General Motors 124 1-2 Great Northern Pfd. Gen. Electric ...... Gulf State Steel .... Great Northern Ore Ctfs. ..... Inspiration Copper , Int. "Mer. Marine pfd. ........ Ills. Central Kennecott Copper .... 89 5-8 130 6-8 89 271-8 451-2 911-2 95 3-3 32 7-8 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Chicago, Jan. 30. Hogs: Receipts, p.009; strong. Bulk, 16.10g 16.40: 8516.45: rough, 15.85 .fur. ommai' iara 50-ou' 9 7S(Si1KKnft -ito 4.20. Cash Quotations: Corn No. 2 and No. i.3 yellow nominal; No. 4 yellow 1.63. Oats No, 3 white 86 1-4 to 87 1-4; standard. 8ft 3-4 tOv 88. Rye No. 2, 2.18; Barley 1.40 to 1.73; Timothy 5.00 to 8.25; clover 31.00 to 30.00; 516.00; pigs, 12.7515500. Cattle: Receipts 7,000; strong. Na- pre steers, 8.7514.15; stockers and eeders. 7.5010.75; cows and heif- fcs.6.5012.OO; calves, 9.0015.25. Sheep: Receipts 13.000: firm. Aethers, 10.4413.50; lambs, 14.75(2 17.85. COTTON SEED OIL. Jfew York, Jan. 30. The cotton eed oil market closed quiet. Spot WO bid; March 20.30: Mav 20.25. No fales. BURNING TRASH IN BASEMENT. prm Failed to Register When Pull edUsed Telephone. Bunrinsr trash in thf VmeomoTtf rf p flve-story brick building occupied P Thomas F. Wnnd. shin rTinnrllor m grocer, located at the foot ofi npceas street, threatened jiamage ednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Wthe prompt arrival of the 'firemen Jwented spread of. the. flames, and -9 damage was insignificant. Only aemicals were used in extinguishing to blaze. Some delay in the arrival of the FBmen waB occasioned when Alarm L'7 . ' "nt and. Princess street, k register when it was pulled, larters was. rearhaH. hv -ao. 61 hoWfir-oi. ami Yiv:. a.v.ivi... no '"f vmci ocuuiuutsu .men and apparatus -there in iew minutes. CAMPAIGN GOING GOOD "Tag Your Shovel' Day Cre ated Much Interest The "Tag Your Shovel" campaign was formally organized in the city public schools" Tuesday morning and mucn interest and entnusiasm was manifested by t&e pupils. The offi cers of the Thrift .Stamps Clubs, re cently organized in the schools, have been placed in charge of-the "Tag Your Shovel',' campaign, his will en sure the systematic distribution of the tags, of . which more than 5,000 have been sent here by State Fuel Admin istrator A. W. McAllister, of Greens boro. . Prof. John J. Blaif, superintendent of the city s'chdols, stated this morn ing that the children are responding splendidly to every appeal - made. A strenuous effort will be made to estab lish a record for the State and it Is confidently predicted that the Wil-1 mington schools will win out in the contest. The senior class of the High school apepared at assembly Wednesday, morning, each member wearing a tag, and the sight - presented a most in spiring appearance. ' Louisville & Nashville 113 vMaxwell Motor Co. ... , 27 Mexican Petroleum 901-2 Miami Copper 323-4 Midvale Steel 431-2 Missouri Pacific 21 3-4 Nevada Copper .. .. .. .. .. 18 7-8 New York Central . . . . . . . . 70 Norfolk, and Western 1031-4 Northern Pacific .. ., 841-4 Ohio Cities Gas .. .. .. 391 Pennsylvania 46 Pittsburg Coal .... 46 3 Ray Consolidated Copper .. .. 23 3-4 Reading . . . . . . 73 1 Republic Iron & Steel . . .. .. 76 3-8 Sinclair. Oil .. .. .. .. .. . 331-4 Southern Pacific .. 83' Southern Railway 231- S. A, L. . . . . 71-2 Sloss-Shef. Steel and Iron bid) 40 Studebaker Co. 511-2 Tenn." Copper " ... '171-4 OiitO VjU . .. J.OV Tobacco Products .... 54 7-8 Union Pacific .. .. . . .. 1141-4 United Cigar StoreB .. .. .. 943-4 United Fruit . . . . . 122 1-2 U. S. Industrial Alcohol .. 120.3-8 POLITICAL AIOUiICEMEIITS HOW DOCTORS TREAT REGISTER OF DEEDS B. F. KING Your Support Will ;Be Appreciated, , l:30;20days:j. To the DemocraticVoters of New Han- over County: a I take this method to inform yon that I will be a candidate for the of fice of Registrar of Deeds of New Hanover County at the primary elec- tion to be held March 19thl918, and respectfully eolieit your support HENRY HORNE. Ask any physician or druggist ana he will tell you that the best and only effective remedy for a bad cold, sore throat or la grippe is what lie calls a brisk calomel purge," which means a big dose of calomel at bed time. I3ut as the old style calomel has some very unpleasant and dangerous nuan- uues pnysicians ana druggists are now recommending the improved nausealess calomel, called "Calotabs Which is purified and refined from the sickening , and dangerous effects' and whose medical virtues are vastly im proved. One Calotab on the tongue at bed time with a Bwallow of water, that's all. No salts, no nausea nor the slightest.' interference with your diet, pleasures or work. Next morning your cold has vanished and your en tire system is purified and refreshed Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-five cents Your druggist guarantees Calotabs by refunding the price If you are not de lighted. Adv. Candidate for office of REGISTER OF DEEDS To The Voters or New Hanover County: 1 win be a canmaate at the ap proaching Democratic primary for the nomination to the. office of Register of Deeds of New Hanover County. I will appreciate your support. J. D. EDWARDS. 1-30-30-tj. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS Walter H. Blair Your Support Will Be Appreciated 1-30-tj. THE TIDES THURSDAY. Wilmington Southport . Masonboro. High Water. Low Water a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m 12:60 1:12 6:51 7:13 10:17 10.39 4:18 4:40 10:08 10:30 4:09 4:3 WEATHER REPORT WEATHER at 8 m. m. Temperature, o s 2. XI d o 5 C4 COLDS AND liRIPP E NOTICE. PLANS FOR HOUSING SHIEYARD EMPLOYES Washington, Jan. . 30.-Appropria tion of $50,000,000 to fcelp in ho'usine the great army of ' shipbuilding work ers now being recruited was endorsed todays atV conference attended by Sec retaries Baker; Daniels and Wilson, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt : and Chairman Hurley and Vice Chairman Piez. A. bill to provide this amount now is pending in Congress. . :. Other appropriations for taking care of the Influx of workers in In dustrial centers where war contracts are being filled probably will be urged later. Housing questions affecting otner man shipyards workers will be handled by the Department of Labor. COLDER WEATHER DUE HERE FRIDAY U. S. Rubber .... .... U. S. "Steel".. .. .. Utah Copper .... . . . . Va. Car. Chem. .... . Wabash Pfd. "A" .. Westinghouse Electric Willys-Overland .. .. t 65 1-2 93 1-4 81 1-2 411-2 411-2 40 1-8 17 3-4 Meeting Thursday Afternoon. The women of the Church of the Covenant and their friends are Urged to be present at a meeting to be held at the church Thursday afternoon at 3: 30 o'clock for the purpose of organ izing the women's work of the church. Mrs. Baker, president of the Presby- tery, will explain the work and assist in the organization. A good attend ance is earnestly hoped for. COMMISSIONER'S SALE By virtue -of a decree of tae Snperioi Court, made on the 9th day of January, 1918, in the case therein pending on "Fran Suggs, Administrator of Richard . Sugg, versus Janie Suggs, Frank Suggs and is. A. Todd " the undersigned will sell, to the highest 'bidder, at public auction, for cas,1 at the Court House door In the City of Wilmington, on Friday, the 8th . day or February, 1918, at twelve o'clock M., tnu following described lot of land m said City of Wilmington-: Beginning at a point tn the Eastern line of Wilson Street '182 reei Jf orth from . the Northern line "of Nun ''s'rreet; runs thence Northwardly with the "3Etern line of Wilsotrrstreet Sfr feet : thence Eastwardiy ana parallel with won street 82 1-2 feet; thence Southwardly and paral lel with Wilson street 83 feet : thence West. wardly end parallel with-Nun street 82 feet to the .beginning, and being part of lot 4, block-uu according to tne official plan of the city of Wilmington. This fitn day of January, 1918. WILLIAM M. BELLAMY, ; 1 a.w.iw. Commissioner Asheville, raining .... Atlanta, raining ... Charleston, cloudy ... Charlotte, raining .... Chicago, cloudy Galveston, cloudy Jacksonville, cloudy .. New Orleans, cloudy . . New York, Pt. cloudy. Pittsburg, cloudy Raleigh, raining ..... St. Louis, clear Washington, cloudy Wilmington, raining 44 54 70 60 14 88 78 54 86 26 42 28 36 64 34 42 46 SO 12 38 62 44 18 16 30 14 2 87 .10 .72 .02 .32 0 .22 0 .28 0 0 .30 0 0 .10 COMMISSIOirmr ALE By virtue of a decree ot tmr Superior Court, made on the 27th day of December, 1917, made in the case therein pending of "Alice Larkins and husband John Lark ins versus Thomas Harriss, et al," the un dersigned will sell, to the highest bidder, at public, auction, for cash, at the Ccurt House door in the City of Wilmington, on Monday, the 4th day of February, 1918, at twelve o'clock M.. the following described lot of land In said City of Wilmington: Beginning at a point in the Northern line of Queen street 80 feet East from North, east Intersection of Queen and Secona streets ; runs thence Enstwardly along the Northern line, of Queen street. 42 feet; thence - Northwardly and parallel with Second street 88 feet; thence xWestwarGiy' and parallel with Queen stret 42 feet; thence Southwardly and parallel with Sec ond street 86 feet to the beginning, ana being part of Lot 6, Block J4, aecrdtag to the official plan of the said City of Wil mington. This 3rd day of-January. 191R. WILLIAM M. BELLAMY. l-3-S0d Commissioner. l!II!l!ll!INnnil!!llllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIII!L'!!IIIIIIlllI!lllllllli 1 J. B. McCABE and CO. 1 Certified Public Accoun- 1 tants. g Room 810 Murchison Bank Bldg. . 'hone 996. WILMINGTON, N. C. illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIlllHIIIIIIIUllllllIIIIIIIIlIliniTi Registration of German Aliens. In pursuance of authority of the proclamation of the President of the United States, dated November 16, 1917, notice is hereby given that 1. All natives, citizens, denizens or subjects of the German empire or of the Imperial German government, being males of the age of 14 years and upward, who are within the United States and not actually naturalized as American citizens, are required to"1 register as alien enesnws. 2. This registration shall extend and apply to all land and water, con tinental or insular, in any way within the Jurisdiction of the United States. 3. An alien enemy required to reg ister who fails to complete his reg istration within the time fixed there for or who violates or attempts to violate or of whom there is reasonable ground to believe that he is about to violate any regulation duly promul gated by the President of the United States, or these regulations, in addi tion to all other penalties prescribed by law, is liable to restraint, impris onment and detention for the duration of the war, or to give security, or to remove and depart from the Unitad States in the manner prescribed by sections 4027, 4069 and 4070 of the United States Revised Statutes, and to all other penalties prescribe 1 in the several proclamations of the President of the United and in the regulations duly promulgated by or under the authority of the President. 4. An alien enemy required to reg ister who shall after the date fixed for the issuance' to him' of a registration card be founF within the limits of the United States, its Territories or possessins, without having his resis- tration Card on his person, Is liable to the aforesaid penalties. Time for Registration. - The Attorney General of the United States has fixed the time for registra tion of German alien enemies as the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th days of February, 1918, inclusive, from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m., on each of said days All German aliens are required, under heavy penalties, to present themselves for registration to the registrars in their localities, and- to register them selves In accordance with the te quirements of law. Places of Registration. 1. In cities of 5,000 or more inhab itants registration will be made bo fore the chief of police or such as h3 may have designated as assistant reg. lstrars. 2. In non-urban areas or in subur ban districts not within the jurisdic tion of the chief of police, of a cit of 5,000 or more inhabitants, regis tration must be made before the local postmaster. Method of Registration. 1. Registration shall be made by affidavit of the alien enemy required to register, to be executed in tripli cate, accompanied by four, unmount ed photographs of the registrant not larger than 3x3 inches in size, on thin paper with a light background Each photograph must be sighed by the applicant across the face there of so as not to ebscure the features if the applicant is able to write, which signature must be made in the presence of the registrar. Each allon enemy required to register shall be required to register nis finger prints 2. A registration card will be is sued by the registrar and delivereVl to the registrant. Information and instructions to reg istrants will, be given by the chiefs Washington; Jan. 3i),A disturbance that developed-in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday is causing general rains in Southern States and snow and ice in Virginia, says a special bulletin is sued today by the Weather Bureau. Tbis afternoon and 5 tonight it will cause general snows in the Middle At lahtic States. The severe cold, wave prevailing in the West and North west, the bulletin says, is expected to reach the Atlantic coast by Friday, except along the South Atlantic coast. The cold weather will continue for several 1 days. SHOOTS GIRL DEATH AND COMMITS i' hummr Villi llll 0UIU1UL A: Double Tragedy' inDpnu tory Room at University , ;.: of Georgia ' Forty-five young women students are taking courses in journalism at the University of Wisconsin. Twenty-five women are employed as elevator conductors in one New York department store. ADDITIONAL SOCIAL. ' MARRIED THIS AFTERNOON. Miss Ruby Rozpll and . Mr. Wilbur Leonard Eason, both of Rocky Point, were married at the office of Justice G. W. Bornemann Wednesday after noon at 2:30 o'clock, the "Judge" per forming the ceremony in his own in imitable manner and climaxing the happy event with a concert on his ac cordeon. The wedding was well at tended, - Justice Bornemann . insisting upon members of 'the Pickert Stock Company signing the marriage license as witnesses. Athens, Ga., Jan. 30. While, threo students were asleep in the" dormitory;. room at the University of Georgia- early this morning, Jamie Johnson, ; bov friend, and his 18-vear-old sweet- heart, Bell Hill,, whom they had taken ; in for tne nignt, were snot to aeain ra : the same room. Johnson left a note . for his mother saying he wasois- gusted with life and had decided to -end it all. The coroner's jury render ed a verdict of murder and suicidelti f Johnson lived at Jeff erson about 10 miles from Athens, and the girl lived in the same county. They ? ar rived here last night and registered : at a hotel as man and wife, Later they were joined by Tom Holiday, one of the students. The Actions of t the party aroused the suspicion of : th clerk who asked them to leave Holi- day. took Johnson and the girl to thai room which he shares with Howard1 Dadisman and A. W. Pendergrass.5? ? vThe three students testified today before the coroner's jury that the" couple told them they were on their way to Atlanta to be married and wanted a place to spend a few' tourg until train time.' They swore'theyi were asleep when the shots were fired J They awoke just, in time to see TJohn-4 son fall dead across the body ofth girl. of police or postmasters upon appli cation. Registrants are required to agala present themselves before the regis tration officer after 10, but before 15 days from the last day fixed fot registration, to obtain a registration card upon which he must sign his name or make his mark, and place his left thumb print in the presence of thQ registration officer. BART M. GATLING, Chief Registrar in Non-Urban Areas for Eastern District of North Caro lina. r tf 8 OPEN NOSTRILS! EMD A COLD OR CATARRH How To Get Belief When' Bead and Nose are StuffediUp, Count fifty! Your cold in head or f catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos- your neaa win ciear ana you can breathe freely. No more snuffling;; hawking, mucous discharge, dryness;1 or headache; no struggle for breatn at night ' " Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist and apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream in your nostrils. It penetrates through1 every air passage of the head, boo th-i ine and healing the swollen' or ; UnT flamed mucous membrane, giving 'oa- instant relief. Head colds and cai tarrh yield like magic. Don't ' stay, stuffed-up and miserable. Relief is sure. Adv. - . js 4 - - i Charles Peterson,, of St. Louis, ahdr Yamathe Japanese wizard, are mem-" bers of Willie .Hoppe's billiard troupe this, season. The threecue experts ; are giving' exhibitions from coast .to coast. "V-?f''y ONLY T HREE MORE DAYS I jf you are loolung for Shoes at aJow; price visiil our Shoe Department while this sale is4n progress, Vi Ladies' $3.50 and $4.00 button shoesat . ..-.$1,98 ; Ladies' $5.00 Patent anbVGun Metal LAcebots. M at '. .1 . . .: $38li Men s Regulation Army Shoes, at . .v .$4.50 And children's shoes at prices unusually lovr. And Remember WPAY YOUR CAR FARE J. H. Rehder & Co. 615, 617, 619, North Fourth Street I BRINGING ZIP FATHER BY McMANUS I VfAHY VOO TO 00 FOLLOW. M6? 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