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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1922

Page

6

New York Cotton Market Opens With Mixed Demand

New York cotton opened with renewed liquidation amid disappointing Liverpool cables. July and October futures eased to about 17.29 and 17.15 respectively before modest rallies. Domestic consumption for March stood at 518,450 bales, aiding the tone, while rain fears in Texas and Central belts supported prices. New Orleans trading showed similar patterns with May around 16.68 and 16.67 by afternoon. Spot cotton remained steady with middling around 16.50, and cottonseed oil closed unchanged. Liverpool futures showed quiet activity with mixed daily moves.

New York York Liverpool Texas Central Belt Mov New Orleans Bank of England Thia Manchester Diag

New York Stocks Open With Mixed Gains Amid Recess Ahead

Wall Street fell into uneven trading as investors took profits before Friday's recess. Early leaders included Pierce Arrow, American Woolen, Royal Dutch, and Famous Players with gains of one to two points. Copperas, chippings, leathers, and sugars posted moderate advances, while Canadian Pacific remained firm among rail stocks. Foreign exchange showed little lift from Bank of England rate cuts as high priced industrials and low priced rails drove the day, with popular issues edging upward and motor stocks among the most active.

Wall Street New York Pierce Arrow Royal Dutch Shell Trading Famous Players Canadian Pacific Wa Mexican Petroleum Bethlehem Steel Peoples Gas Lehigh Valley Cabley Bank of England Olla Motors

Wheat and cattle prices rise in Chicago market report

Chicago wheat advanced in early trading aided by Liverpool upturns and southwest crop reports. Corn and oats rose with wheat, while hogs weakened provisions. Cattle receipts 7,000 with beef steers up 10 to 25. hogs 22,000 down 10 to 20 from yesterday. sheep receipts 7,000 with lambs 25 to 50 lower. St Louis grain mixed with No 2 wheat and corn futures cited.

Chicago Liverpool Southwest Harley Timor City

New York market roundups for poultry sugar and dairy

Live poultry and dressed poultry markets in New York show steady to quiet conditions with fowls and turkeys noted. Sugar and dairy prices in New York and Chicago are listed with modest movements, including butter, eggs, cheese, and creamery products. Naval stores in Savannah show firm turpentine and rosin values with commodity quotations.

NEW York Poultry New York NEW York Dairy Chicago NAVAL Savannah Turpentine

Cobb Declines Re-Election as Georgia Historical Club President

SAVANNAH Ga Judge An drew J Cobb of Athens refused to seek another term as president of the Georgia Historical club in session here Beverly D Evans was elected to succeed him Five curators were chosen Otis Ashmore Savannah Mrs A R Lawton Savannah Mrs Gordon Saussy Savannah Judge A J Cobb Athens H R Goethius Columbus Mrs Law ton and Mrs Saussy are the first women ever elected to this position

Mrs. Saussy

Tidewater Oil Gains Lead in Market Roundup

Tidewater Oil along with Electric Storage Battery Fisher Body Associated Oil and American Woolen posted 3 to 4 point advances while Gulf Mobile and Northern preferred climbed 6 points. Reading Southern Pacific Missouri Pacific preferred Baltimore & Ohio and Chicago & Eastern Illinois preferred also showed notable gains.

New York Allied Chemical Ang Dye Allis-Chalmers American Can Car and Foundry International Corp American Locomotive Atchison Gulf and W. Indies Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel Canadian Pacific Central Leather Chandler Motors Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Mil St. Paul R. I. and Pac Colorado Erie Famous Players-Lasky Ae General Asphalt General Electric General Motors Goodrich Co Great Northern Pf Illinois Central Inspiration Copper International Harvester Mer Marine International Paper Invincible Oil Kelly-Springfield Tire Kennecott Copper Louisville and Nashville Ines Mexican Petroleum Miami Copper Middle States Oil Midvale Steel Missouri Pacific New York Central Bo's N N. H Hartford Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Oklahoma Pacific Oil Pan America Petroleum Pennsylvania Ieve People’s Gas Pure Oil Ray Consolidated Coppe Wee LG Reading Ee Ee Oy Tbm Rep. Iron and Steel Royal Dutch N. Y Sears Roebuck Sinclair Con. Oil Southern Pacific Southern Railway Standard N. J Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper Texas Co Texas and Pacific Union Pacific United Retail Stores U. S. Ind United States Rubber United States Steel Utah Copper Westinghouse Willys Overland Atlantic Coast Line Coca Cola Eeehee Gulf States Steel Seaboard Air Line Sloss-Shef. Steel and Iron United Fruit Virginia Carp. Chem American Zinc Reynolds Tobacco Tidewater Oil Fisher Body Associated Oil American Woolen Gulf, Mobile and Northern Preferred Reading Baltimore & Ohio Chicago& Eastern Illnois

County Commissioners Plan Second Eighth District Convention

The Eighth District Convention of County Commissioners meets April 26 in Athens at the State College of Agriculture. President J M Hodgson drafts invitations, with road engineers and state highway officials invited. Leaders from Clarke and surrounding counties attend as authorities seek rural road funding and county cooperation.

Athens J. M. Hodgson State College of Agriculture Jathers Monroe State Highway Department John N. Holder Clarke Hodgson Georgia Moan. Om Agricultural College Focal Board of Commissioners

Battery business expands as Clarke Storage builds new home

The Clarke Storage Battery Co. begins a new building beside its current site on Hancock Avenue near the center of the block between Hancock and Dougherty. Opening around May 10, the Willard Battery Co. products will be sold there with I N Bauer, Francis Jackson, L L Eppard, a special battery man, and Wade Parr, ex of the Motor Transport Corps, leading the expansion.

Clarke Storage Battery Co Hancock Avenue Hancock and Dougherty Willard Battery Co Messrs. I, N. Bauer Francis Jackson L. L. Eppard Wade Parr Motor Transport Corps Germany Army of Occupation

Brinson of North Carolina Dies in New Bern

Representative Samuel Mitchell Brinson of North Carolina's Third District died at 6:30 a.m. Thursday after a hospital stay in New Bern. He had arrived from Rochester Minnesota a week earlier following surgery for an organic liver ailment and had been in frail health for months.

Newbern N. C Samuel Mitchell Brinson North Carolina Rochester Minn

Brinson History and Primary Candidacy Noted

Mr Brinson was serving his second term in Congress and planned to seek re election in the fall primary. Born in this city in March 1870 he studied at Wake Forest College and UNC before practicing law. He later led Craven County Public Instruction until 1918 when elected to the 66th Congress. Survived by daughter Miss Mary Steele Brinson funeral plans not yet completed.

Brinson Wake Forest College University of North Carolina Public Instruction Craven County Mary Steele Brinson

Semenoff Surrenders To New York Sheriff

General Gregoric Semenoff former Ataman of the Commacks surrendered to New York Sheriff Nagle after two days of deputy searches. He turned himself in Thursday at the sheriff's office.

Semenoff New York Gregoric Semenoff The Commacks Nagle'n

Tarpon Fishing Safety Measured in Panama Canal Zone

The U S government warns tarpon fishing as dangerous in the Panama Canal zone. Protective measures include pipe rail fences along concrete discharge channels and warning signs. Fatal accidents have occurred when anglers were pulled in by large fish or lost footing on slippery surfaces near the spillway.

Washington United States Izaak Walton Panama Canal Zone Gatun

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