Cotton market quiet as prices hold after early advance
The cotton market opened steady with a 5 to 9 point gain due to firm cables, but futures eased to around 17.85 to 17.94 as selling increased after Liverpool activity and a cargo cover scare. Local buyers in New Orleans followed a softer English market and easier tone.
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Associated Press
New York
Liverpool
Privace Calios
Aamer
Galveston
New Orleans
Jan. O
New York Cotton Prices Mixed in Early Trading
Market report notes futures for February through October listed with varying bids and quotes. No clear trend emerges as traders weigh supply signals and demand cues in early session activity.
New Orleans and Liverpool Cotton Market Notes
The article reports on New Orleans spot and futures cotton prices with Liverpool and New York activity. It discusses opening, closing, and mid day shifts, and offers a long forecast analyzing supply and demand for the current season, including United States carryover, export trends, and domestic mill consumption.
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Sidi Tathes Wa
United States
New Year Reflections Mark 1917 as a New Kingdom
The article surveys market notes with grain and livestock prices and then shifts to a historical reflection. It recalls France’s royal bugle custom at a king’s death and proclaims 1917 as the new year and potential new era.
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France
Danger year for the South warns cotton farmers
H G Hastings president of the Southeastern Fair Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce cautions that 1917 is a danger year for the south. He warns against increasing cotton acreage as high fertilizer costs and labor limit production of food and forage crops. He urges farmers to prioritize bread, meat, and gardens to avoid a repeat of 1914’s cotton overproduction disaster.
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Atlanta
H. G. Hastings
Southeastern Fair Association
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Hastings
Correcting Breakfast Habits with Chamberlain Tablets
Those who eat breakfast at eight or later and have dinner at six risk indigestion by short intervals between meals. Allow at least five hours between meals and consider Chamberlain's Tablets to support digestion and restore natural stomach function. Obtainable everywhere.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised In 1916 Ad
An old advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as highly effective for hacking coughs and colds. The piece contrasts cotton market shifts, asks if prices are too high, then asserts cotton's rise reflects general trends, ending with New Year wishes from Johnston, Storm & Co. on Dec 30, 1916.
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Johnston, Storm & CO
North Carolina General Assembly Opens Biennial Session
Raleigh January 3 The North Carolina general assembly convened for a sixty day session with reduced workload expected after ratification of amendments. Proposals would limit local and private charters while enabling general laws for chartering railroads banks and similar entities. The Municipal Association seeks bills to draft charters by voters or governing bodies with state review and voter ratification.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina General Assembly
General Assembly
North Carolina Municipal Association
Board of Municipal Control
Corporation Commission
Senate
House
Assembly
At the Movies Strands Show Weekend Lineup
Thursday features Strand with Clara Williams in The Criminal and Elite with Vivian Martin in The Stronger Love. Friday offers Strand with Kathryn Williams in The Redeeming Love and Shielding Shadow and Elite with Jane Gray in Man and His Angel and Helen Holmes. Saturday presents Strand with Charlie Chaplin in The Rink and Mabel Taliaferro in Sunbeam. Elite showcases Pearl White in Pearl of the Army first chapter with Luke comedy.
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Clara Williams
Elite
Vivian Martin
Kathryn Williams
Jane Gray
Helen Holmes
Charlie Chaplin
Mabel Taliaferro
Sunbeam
Pearl White
Weather Outlook and Cold Season Advice in Early January
Special to the Banner reports Atlanta area forecasts through Thursday with fair and colder conditions, plus notes on overcast regions from the Mississippi eastward and potential rains in Athens. Additional storms near the St Lawrence valley and North Dakota may bring westerly winds. Pacific coast unsettled and high pressure over southern Florida. A Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey ad promotes relief for colds and bronchial symptoms at 25 cents.
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Satlanta
Athens
Georgia
Mississippi River
Lower Lakes
St. Lawrence
North Dakota
Pacific Coast
Florida
Mississippi Valley
Dr. Bell
Mature Ambition in Middle Age Reflected in Quote
A Houston Post quote suggests after fifty a man prioritizes a good stomach over muscular shoulders. The remark frames mature ambition as practical health over physical prowess.
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Gotch
Houston
Georgia Railroad Timetable Effective September 3 1916
The notice lists Athens schedules for the Georgia Railroad with trains 60 52 64 51 53 and 65. Train 60 runs daily from Athens at 3 35 am while train 52 runs daily except Sunday at 4 pm. Train 64 operates Sundays at 4 30 pm and train 51 runs daily except Sunday arriving Athens at 12 59 pm. Train 53 arrives Athens at 9 30 pm and train 65 arrives at 12 30 noon on Sundays.
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Georgia Railroad
Athens
Athena
Gainesville Midland Ry Schedule Timetable No 19
Gainesville Midland Railway timetable from January 23 1016 lists trains from Athens with Nos 2 4 and 1. Train 2 departs 7 20 p m and train 4 departs 2 20 p m. Train 1 arrives 11 40 p m and train 4 arrives 6 40 p m. Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points with Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gaines Wille for Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north and south.
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Athens
Belmont
Winder
Monroe
Georgia Rail
Gaines- Wille
Gainesville & Northwestern
Southern Railway
Southern Railway Athens Bench Train Schedule
Daily trains depart at 8 30 a m and 1 00 p m with Sunday and weekday variations. Arrival times are listed as 1 40 p m and 6 50 p m. Public information available from agents A H Williams and J B Shelton.
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Southern Railway
Athens
Sun
A. HB. Williams
Commercial Ag
J. B. Bhelton
Ticket Agt
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