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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,; FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1923. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 102
Finds The Albemarle
Much Favored Section
Crops in Three Counties to North of Albemarle Sound Set
Standard of Excellence Unsurpassed in Two States
Says Elizabeth City Merchant
Liack from a one week's motor'
trip through Eastern North and
South Carolina, C. A. Cooke returns
to say !t&at the crops in the three
countlea'north of Albemarle Sound,!
Pasquotank. Camden and Currituck, 1
excel any. that he aaw In any three I
counties of the two states, though
he travelled all the way across East
ern North .Carolina and as far south 1
?s Georgetown County In South Car-|
oltna.
Not oaly does Mr. Cooke say that
the crops of the counties bordering I
on the northern short of Albemarle
Sound excel those of any like area he'
passed throaghTbut also he Is of the
opinioa that business conditions are I
as *.ood In Elisabeth City as In any
town in the eastern half of the two !
states; and that too despKe the fact
that Elisabeth City last year weath
ered a period of very decided depres
sion on account of heavy losses by
the farmers on their Irish and sweet
potato crops and the further fact that
in the case of the towns to the south
Mr. Cooke passed through them
when the tobacco season was at Its
heicht.
Mr. Cooke took the trip to make a
visit to his brother. N. W. Cooke, at
Andrews. South Carolina. But he
chose different routes for the going
and the return expressly that he
miuht get a line on two things; first,
crop conditions in general, and. sec
ond. the ravages of the boll weevil
in particular.
"We left Elizabeth City," says Mr.
Cooke, "on Sunday, August ID, go
Ins by way of Rocky Hock. Coleraln,
Windsor. Williamston, Wilson. Fay
ette^ille. Lumberton and Florence to
our dfestination at Andrews. George
town County. South Carolina. The
return trip was made by a different
route entirely, Columbia, the state
capital, being our first objective on
leaving Andrews.
"In Perquimans. Chowan. Ilertle
and Gates we found the crops very
nearly as good as in Pasquotank. In
Wilaon. much to my surprise, they
were not so good, though in Johns
ton we came again to crops that
compare very favorably with ours. In
Cumberland, again, the crops were
not so good and from there on to
KiTipstree conditions seemed to grow
woiae and worse. I was rather sur
prised to see the extent of boll wee
vil damage around Fayetteville.
"Very little cotton, comparatively,
is being planted in those counties of
South Carolina last affected by the
boll weevil. The farmers, apparent
ly. are relying altogether on their to
bacco patches as a money crop. Oth
erwise, they are^ trying to live at
home and wait out the scourge of the
boll weevil's first arrival in full
force. They seemed in the main to
be eking out a bare living and that
was all.
"When one gets into the belt
where the boll weevil is In its third
year of heavy infestation, cotton cul
tivation is being undertaken again on
a scale of about one-third the acre
age put in cotton before the weevil's
coming and I found the farmers In
this belt looking for from a half to
three-fourths of a normal yield.
"My brother's farming operations
are a case in point. IMfore the boll
weevil reached Georgetown County
he used to plant about 4 00 acres of
cotton a year. From this in a normal
year he expected a yield of from BOO
to 600 bales of cotton. In 1921 he
put In his usual acreage and got 60
bales. In 1924 he practically quit
cotton altogether and tried to grow
truck, but with 111 success, and the
same thing Is generally true of the
South Carolina cotton farmer. He
can t make a success of truck, either
because his situation is not favorable
and his lands suitable for it or else
because he doesn't know how to grow
It. This year my brother has 136
In cotton and expects a yield
of 115 bales.
"Ho good a crop In a belt in which
the damage from the weevil was so
heavy only two years ago Is due to
two factors. One of .these factors Is
the fight being made to combat the
weevil. The other Is the exceedingly
favorable cotton season this year.
Cotton thrives and the weevil pines
: in dry weather. And in the belt of
which I am now speaking the dry
wrather lasted this year until August
"To combat the weevil, my brother
is using the methods of cultivation
j recommended by the Government, he
is burning the squares and he la pole
onift* with Hill's mixture. He use*
Hill's mixture in preference to cal
cium arsenate ^iot only because It at
tract- the weevil as well as poisons
him. hut also for the reason that the
[ powfh r has to be used at night while
| the mixture may be used in the day.
The machine that is used to pbt out
the mixture is drawn by one or more
mules or horses. The one-mule ma
chine sprays two rows at once; the
two-mule machine, three rows.
\ "The method of poisoning used by
my brother is expensive, the picking
ui? and burning of the squarea and
?he poisoning process together, with
very cheapest sort of labor, cost
him about $10 an acre, nbt I
id a very clear and forcible dem
istratlon of the value of poisoning
comhst the weevil. When my bro
ler went to South Carolina took
mother Ilertle boy along with hfm.
TWO ARE KILLED
IN EXPLOSION
Philadelphia. August 31. ?
Two workmen were killed to
day and ten others Injured
when a large nathaline still ex
ploded at the dye and chemical
works of Barrett ? Company.
The bla?t rocked the neighbor
hood and the flre that followed
destroyed a buildir^. Two of
the Injured nay die.
Saturday Dawns
September Morn
Stores' Half Holidays End And
Many Vacationists Come
Home
With Saturday of this week comes
the dawn of September morn.
With It also comes the end of Fri
day afternoon half holidays for local
business employes and employers, the
settling down to work and the open
ing of fall ibuslnesB.
4 Many vacationists already are back
on their jobs again. and soon the
Old Home Town will welcome others
! back. Club meetings will (begin
I again, both the serious kind and
the more frivolous sort.
College girls and boys will be get
ting off to their taskspretty soon,
armed with new clofhes'and vacation
jsmiles, ready to tackle the problems
I of higher learning, not to mention
! social and athletic activities.
The Elizabeth City schools will be
gin later than usual, and Sc'outmas
.ter Scattergood expects to have time
I for a cruise with his scouts as soon
| as their bout can bo got ready.
' Pastors of churches, most oJf them,
.will be iback in their pulpits Sunday,
: expecting their congregations to be
present In full fore? of numbers.
| Sunday school attendance it is hoped
I will show gains, also.
| And so. whether one feels that
"The melancholy days are come, the
saddest of the year," or whether
lone greets the new month with xest
for work to be accomplished, the
> time at hand.
The summer season came to a fit
ting climax Friday afternoon with
the Kiwanian outing on which sever
! al hundred boys and girls were the
'guests of the Elizabeth City Klwanis
I Club, with a big picnic of the Wood
men of the World, at Dawson's
IBearh. and with other smaller af
fairs of the kind.
DECIDE OPERATE
FLEET INDIRECTLY
1 i
Washington, August 31?\t a con
ference with President Coolldge yes
terday It waiT decided to operate the
Government fleet indirectly by the
Government through several subsi
diary corporations.
FOUR ARE INJURED
WHEN AUTO JUMPS
' Ashevllle. August 31.?Four were
seriously Injured, one probably fa
tally. when an automobile Jumped off
the road near Rat Cave last night
and landed 76 feet below. The auto
was comparatively undamaged.
NEW BERN OFFERS
JOB TO ALABAMA MAN
New Bern, August 31.?The por
tion of secretary of the local Young
Men's Christian Association, recent
ly made vacant by the resignation of
Beemer Harrell, has been offered to
C. R. Coons, present secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. at Ressemar, Ala., who
formerly was of Hickory, according
to an announcement by L. R. Smith,
'irp.trtfnt nf Ihe local y. M. C. A.
They bought their land together and
'then divided It and are now farming
?Ide by tide. The other Bertie boy
*u John White. He Is unlng the
??me method, exactly to combat the
weevil aa my brother, except that he
I* not putting out polenn, and my
brother will make a quarter of a bale
for the roads of South Carolina
which, he say*, compare very favor
ably with those In North Carolina,
especially when the sharp contrast
between the prosperity of the North
Carolina farmer and the distress of
his South Carolina neighbor Is re?
m" mbered.
"It took longer." savs Mr. Cooke,
"to go the miles from here to
Wlnton than It did to go any other
100 miles of our rntlrr |rmrn?-v.
When I hear a man say In public
or when he tella me In private that
our section Is getting more than Its
share of the State's road money. I
consider It sn Insult to my Intelli
gence."
New Series Open In
Building & Loan
Bookings Now Being Made Of
Subscriptions To Stock In
Seventeenth Serie*
The seventeenth series of shares in i
the Albemarle Building & Loan As
sociation will open Saturday. Septem-j
ber 1, Secretary-Treasurer W. Ben
Goodwin announced Friday morning,
and stock subscriptions in this series
are already being booked.
Now In Its ninth year, the Albe
marle Building 6 Loan Association
has had a steady and substantial
growth, and has played an active part
In helping to make Elisabeth City a
community of beautiful homes, many
of the most attractive of the new res
idences on Main street West of Elm
and on Church west of Culpepper,
admittedly the most attractive of the
newer residence sections of the city,
being the direct result of money
made available for home building by
the Albemarle Building it Loan As
sociation.
No business organization In Elisa
beth City has a sounder or more
progressive directorate and manage
ment than the Albemarle Building A
Loan Association, with J. I\ Kramer,
himself a designer and builder of
modern homes, as president. W. Ben
| Goodwin, secretary-treasurer. has
.held that ofTice from the organisa
tion of the association. Other offl
Icer8 are W. H. Zoeller, flrst rlce
? president, and S. G. Etherldge. sec
ond vice-president.
I The following are the directors: J.
i P. Kramer, J. B. Leigh. J. C. Saw
yer. A. G. James. W. Ben Goodwin.
I A. R. Nicholson. S. G. Etherldge. M.
iG. Morrlsette. Noah Burfoot, Jr., W.
H. Zoeller. W. H. Weatherly, Jr.. and
O. P. Gilbert.
I The members of the loan hoard
'are M. G. Morrlsette, J. C. Sawyer,
i A. G. James.
Livestock Show
Offers Many Prizes
Will Be Held At Kansas City
In November With $25,000
In Premiums
I Kansas City. Aug. 31.?Premium
money to bo offered for four breeds
'of beef cattle at the American Royal
Live Stock Show, to -be held here
j November 17 to 24, will total more
! than $25,000. according Jo an an
nouncement by show officials. In
I addition, there will be silver trophies
! valued at more than $2,000. There
will be cash prizes also for hogs,
j sheep, draft horses and mules.
Cash offered In the cattle carlot
[classes eyeeds $7,000; for six breeds
I of hogs, more than $7,500; carlot
swine classes $1,800; seven breeds
of sheep, more than $2,100; carlot
!sheep classes, $740; for draft horses
{and mules. $7,800, and for the even
horse show, $14.00.
A class for boys' and girls' live
! stock clubs of Kansas City's trade
i territory has been added to the of
ferings this year. The cash prizes
offered amount to $1,800, in addi
tion to special prizes.
?College students will have an op
portunity to win cash prizes In Judg
ing contests and herdsmen, grooms
and shepherds may try for cash priz
es for the best kept and most appro
j prlately decorated exhibits.
'MANNING OFFERS NO
HOPE FOR RELIEF
| Raleigh. August 31.?Attorney
General Manning last night Issued a
statement on the oil situation sug
gesting that certain conditions would
be a remedy but offering to officials
{hope for relief In the situation In this
: State. ?
| Retailers claim that they are be
ilng stifled by big competitors. The
Attorney General said that the vary
ing prices are due to freight charges
j varying.
MORRISON AT HAMI.ET |
Raleigh. August 31.- Governor
Cameron Morrison, who left the cap-1
ital Wednesday night for Hamlet,
where an uncle was reported ill. will
go to Ashevllle Friday or Saturday
to All an engagement with a dental
specialist. It was announced at the
Governor's office. Monday the Gov-,
ernor has an engagement to speak at
a Labor Day celebration at Canton.
MIHM ? ATHKItlNR AI.UKIITSOV
I.KAVKH FOIl NKW I'OMITIOX
Miss Catherine Albertson left
Thursday for Greensboro where she
has accepted a position In the Rxten
tlon r>rpartment of the North Caro
lina College for Worn e a us secretary
of the State branch of the Parent
Teachers Association. This office
was created in July when the college
agreed to co-operate with th?> State
branch of the P. T. A. In '?Jtahllshlng
the office In order to orrinla.- local
branches of the association In as
many *chi ols as possible In th<* state.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Prltchard and
son, Clsrence, snd Mrs. L. C. Darls.
returned from Norfolk Wednesday
after visiting relatives there. 1
COTTON FORECAST
BOOSTS MARKET
Government Reports Based
011 Conditions of Crop on
August 25 Predicts Crop of
10,888,000 Bales.
Washington. August 31.?This
year's cotton production was forecast
today at 10.888.000 bales of 500
pounds each by the Department of
Agriculture.
| The forecast whs based on the con
dition of the crop on August 25
which was 54.1 per cent of normal.
Indicating a vleld of about 124.8
pounds per acre.
The forecast for Virginia is 93.050
bales and for North Carolina 71,885.
Fhre Dollar* llulge
New Orleans. August 31.?A bulge
of $5 a bale was recorded in tke cot
ton market hers todsy in discount
ing the government's report on the
growing cotton crop.
Cotton Option* Jump
New York, August 41.?Active
cotton options Jumped a hundred
points In the local mar':*;! today af
ter the ?;overnm.?nt ren .u was pub
lished.
MINERS HAND
I PINCHOTANSWER
Willing lo Negotiate Further
j But Dissatisfied With De
tails Operators Withhold
Response from Publication
(llr The AuorliiMl Pr?M)
Harrlsburg, August 31.?Miners'
representatives today handed Gover
nor Pinchot their answer to his pro
posal for settling the anthracite labor
controversy without suspension. /
j . The reply declared themselves
I willing to negotiate further on the
| basis of his suggestions hut dissat
isfied with several particulars of his
ofTer as made.
The operators withheld their re
sponse from publication.
ltgV. X. K. (JKKHll AM
(X)MKH HACK ON VISIT
?Rev. N. K. Gresham, formerlj
! member of the faculty of Shilol;
1 High School, now pustor of Daptisl
? churches in Sampson county, passed
through the city Friday on his waj
to spend two weeks with Mrs. Ores
; ham's parents. Mr. and Mrs. I. L,
1 Gregory, of Gregory.
Plan To Change
Bogs To Gardens
Massachusetts Expects Won
derful Transformation To
Take Place
1 Boston, August 30.?The trans
formation into pastures and market
gardens of hundreds of acres of
!swamp lands and submerged areas, is
j foreseen by John W. I'lalsted of the
I Massachusetts Department of Agri
culture under the state drainage and
| reclamation law passed by the 1923
legislature.
The wet lands of the state, it is
Estimated, cover from 300.000 to
! 500.000 acres, and range from small
jsized bogs to one large swamp of 7,
lOOO acres. Many accessible swamps
can be drained and tilled, Mr. I'lals
ted points out, and the soil may be
made to produce crops of hay, vege
tables or pasturage, thus helping to
meet an ever growing ne?*d for agri
cultural land In these days of rapidly
expanding towns and cities.
Financing has been the main prob
lem In former reclamation projects
in Massachusetts. The present law
provides thr?s separate methods:
Funds may be raised by assessments
in a given district, and deposited
with the state treasurer; the mem
bers of the district may vote to incur
debt, to be liquidated according to
Che terms of the law; or the old
method of financing by appropria
tions by county commlfudoners may
l>e adopted.
The law Is held alf?o to apply to
lowlands In need of Irrigation, and It
Is believed that such territory may
be developed with the dlMrlct meth
ods outlined. The Intent of the art
Is declared to be to help the people
to help themselves. It Is a private
matter supervised and encouraged by
the state, and. according to agricul
tural authorities represents a move
ment of the greatest promise.
pfc?nr at ciM.vriixv
?Mr. snd Mrs. Thorburn Hennett.
Mr. snd Mrs. J. F, Hughes. Mr and
Mrs. W. L. Small. Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Foreman. Mr. snd Mrs. Frank
Sellg. and Dr. Linwood I<ehman en
joyed a picnic supper at Chantllly
apd s sail on the "Hello" Tuesday
evening.
Fop South Mills GueNt.
Rdenton August 31 ? Miss Mary
Luclle Jones st the Hsy View Hotel
gsve a rook party last night In honor
of her cousin. Miss Margaret Jones,
of South Mills. Those present
were the Misses IssbeJIs snd Mary
Nejsm. lis and Bvelyn I?eary, Annie
Orlflln. Tauloo (Kingston. Marguerite
Goodwin, Helen Runs, Alma fifedler.
and Mrs. Holmes.
SCHOOL OPENS
OCTOBKK FIRSTl
Elizabeth City schools, ow
ing to iU'Cciwary work to be
done in the new Hluli School
building. will oi?cn on October
the first instead of September
17.
ThiS was the decision reach
ed at the meeting of the board
of school trustee at the meet
ing Friday -**/?ni!ig. aftei car
ful consideration.
KU KLUX FIGHT
AT PERTH AMBOY
Police and State Trooper*
Fight Mob Without Avail,
and Reinforcements Join
Mob from Nearby Towns.
Perth Amboy, N. J.. August 31.?
A mooting of the Ku Klux Klan was
broken up here by a great mob,
causing a riot and pitched gun bat
tle In which many were Injured and
several badly beaten, and police and
state troopers fought the mob with
out avail. at 3 o'clock this morning.
After several hundred Klansmen
had left the hall swearing to "come
bark 10.000 strong," 150 Kfensmen.
bwtlnii In their hall by a mob
numbering many thousands, which
the police fought In vain to break
up. and hundreds of Klansmen are
arriving hourly from nearby towns. .
Parch Amboy. N. J.. August 31.?
Battling between the Ku Klux Klan I
and mobs was resumed on the.
? streets here today as members of the!
order tried to escape from the hnll I
! where they had sought refuge duty
ling an attack on the Klan last night;
j In which more than a hundred per*
I sons are reported to have been In
jured.
BOY SCOUTS GO ON
GOVERNMENT CRUISE
Rocky Mount, August 31 ? Over
100 Hoy Scouts of Rocky Mount,
I Wilson,. Whltakers, Spring Hope,
Tarhoro, and other towns In this sec
Ulon have gone to Norfolk. Va.,
where they were to board of govern
ment yacht for a cruise about Che&
1 iipeake IJay and up the Potomac
river. Among lheri>olnts of inter
' , e?t the Scouts were to visit are Fort
Monroe. Mount Vernon, the Norfolk
? i Navy yard. Arlington and the Na
tional Opltal, where they were 40
'.visit President CooHdge, if arrange
j ments for the visit, could ?be made.
I They are expected to return hero
September 8.
(STOCK EXCHANGE
SUSPENOS HICIITEK
New Yo?k, August r. 1 ? Suspen
sion of > rnt*'*l Rlehter of Ricnter &
i Company of Philadelphia was an
jnouncod today from the rontrum of
the Consolidated Stock Exchange at
| the openlnc of business.
?
Bailey at Rockingham
For Labor Duy Speech
Raleigh, A it east 31.?Joslali WI1-1
Ham Bailey. attorney of the State
capital who Is mentioned In political
circles a? a gubernatorial candidate
In the 1 f?24 elections, has been In-'
vlted by the Woodmen of the World
1 of Rockingham to he a speaker at a
'Labor Hay celebration at Rocking
ham next Monday.
HOSPITAL XEWH
1.1*0 Anderaon of Parnonnge street
returned home Tneaday after an op
oration for appendicitis.
Capt. Albert Drlnkwater of Fast
Rurxeni *twt la at the hospital for
medical treatment.
Fverett Arnold of Relcrosa la Im
proving aftter an operation.
| R. L. Owona of Routhern Avenue
who auffered a broken leg returned
(home Tneaday after ibelng at the
ho?nltn1 for treatment.
Frank Cohoon of Eaat Lake re
turned home Thursday receiving
.treatment for a cut foot which wan
I the result of an accident while cut
ting loga.
I Mrs. Agm-s West of Columbia la
I Improving after an operation.
Leonard Morrlsette of Orandy re
Iturned home Thuraday after an op
erallon.
Mra. If. C. Harrla of Weat Main
itreot and little aon who waa horn
Aumiat 22 will return home Sunday.
Mlaa Oracle Mae Whit* of Route
One who underwent an operaHon on
August 26 la Retting along well.
Harry Perry of Weat Church
street nad hla tonslla removed on th#?
28th.
I Mra. A. O. Tlllett of Washington.
D. C.. underwent an operation on
the 2*th and la getting alone nicely.
1 Mra. J. D. flavin of Route fine Is
Improving, after an operation Thura-j
] dav
| fleorge William* of Cvprena street
Ih*d tonalla removed Wednesday. j
I Mlsa Minnie !/>p Thompaon of
(Rerklev. Virginia, had her tonsils re-!
; moved Wednesday.
OUfftev Neodham of Colnjock had
1 hla tonalla removed Wedneaday.
Chrlatopher Perry of Camden had
hla tonalla removed on the Iflth,
Mlaa Elisabeth I?ayden of Charry,
street had har tonsils removed on
the 28th.
GREEK REPLY ?
NOT ACCEPTED
Agree to I'art of Italian Ulti
matum With Hcuprvalions,
But ('annot Accept Rest and
Situation Is Serious.
<!?f Tb? AMOrl?t#d Pre?? 1
Rome, August 31.-?The Italian
cabinet today found the reply to Its
ultimatum to be unacceptable, says
the Stefanl agency.
Threatnm Xewft|M|ier*.
Rome. August 31. ? The Italian
government in a semi-official state
ment today urged the newspapers
not to publish the movements of the
Italian military or naval units,
threatening aevere measures agalnfet
those who do so.
The Messagero says It Is reliably
Informed that Greece's refusal to pay
the Indemnity of 50 million lire for
the alaylng of the Italian boundary
misalon and her request for modifi
cation of the Italian demands regard
ing aalutlng the Italian flag are con
sidered by the Italian government as
absolutely unsatisfactory.
Hi tost I on Serioufl
Athens. August 31 ? The Oreek
government last night replied to the
Italian ultimatum, accepting with
reaervatlons certain conditions of
the ultimatum but refusing to concur
In others as not compatible with na
tional honor.
The situation Is serious.
FULL RECOGNITION
IS GIVEN MEXICO
Formal Announcement of
Resumption Full Relations
Between Two Countries Is
Made at Washington.
Washington. Auuunt 31.?The
United States and Mexico have
agreed lo resume full diplomatic re
lations according to a formal an
nouncement made by the State De
partment today.
Restoration of relations carried
I with It full recognition by the I'nlt
' eel Stntes of the government of Pres
, Ident Obregon.
. " I
Pari Owner Ciant*
Accused of Perjury
N?'W York, AunjUnt 31.?The Ft i\
oral grand Jury which has boon In
vestigating the afTalrH of the bank
rupt brokerage ftrin of K. M. Puller
& Company today Indicted Charles
Stoneham. part owner of the Giants,
on the charge of perjury.
CRAPE PRODUCTS
SCHOOL SUCCESS
The srhool conducted by Mrs. Cor
nelia Morris of Henderson In the
Chamber of Comrm rce rest rooms
Thursday for -the making cf grape
products wan attended by the home
demonstration nKentH of this section
and by a number of leader* In home
demount rat inn work In the Coutity.
MU Pauline Smith of Waalilng
ton. district agent,.wus present. Mist
Hel? n Galther of Perquimans Coun-%
ty. Miss Klin Knight. of Chi.wan,
and Miss Marele Albertson of Pas
quotank.
Scuppernong, Concord and Mlsb
;trapes were t;?e?'. Cold pressed
g?ape Juice, Jelly stock Jelly, and
tin im paste wer" made.
The Instruction wan very helpful
(U'd the agent- ar<? enthut-lastlc over
the school, particularly an grapes are
at hand now for making these dell
clous products.
The agents were most appreciative
of the kindnesses shown theiri by
Manager Stalling of the Gas Com
pany and by Secretary Job of the
Chamber of Commerce.
HOUSE OF LORDS HAS
FEARS ABOUT COLONIES
London, August 31.? Pf*r that
American Influences may eventually
affect the relations between Kngland
and the Ilrltlnh West Indfen ban In
vaded parliament and earned Mmo
member* of the house of lords lo
urge that the government lone no
thne In strengthening the existing
bond with the Ilrltlsh colonies.
Viscount Hurnham has urged that
special representation at the Imperi
al Kconomlc Conference be given the
West Indies, snd that better com
tnunlcsHon on the sea and under It
be established at once with that part
of the Umpire. He polnta out that
communication at the present time Is
very had. a condition that does not
obtain with any other part of the
Kinplre. Almost all of the news sup
plied to the West Indian papers
cornea from America, and reflects the
American point of view.
'XVTI'ON MAltKKT
New York. August SI.? Spot cot
ton closed steady with a 75 point ad
vance. Middling 26.35. Futures
closed at the following levels: Octo
ber 2 5. Of,-I ft, December 25.02-ftti,
January 24.75-81, March 24.81, May
24.79-85.
New York. August 81?Cotton fu
tures opened today at th? following
levels: October 24.40, December
24.28-30, January 83.15-14, March
24.00.