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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1921
Page
4
The New York market edged lower after a brief advance as traders took profits on long cotton positions. Reports of a forthcoming food deal and weak Liverpool trade notes pressured prices while January and March futures fluctuated, closing near session lows and signaling a soft end to the week.
New Orleans on January 11 reports a broad price decline with intraday recoveries as March and July futures fall 47 to 63 points before closing 22 to 30 points lower. Spot prices hold steady with low middling at 9.75 and good middling at 17.50 amid large weekly receipts and talk of potential fed rediscount rate cuts.
Daily report shows Middling cotton trading around 14.00 to 24.50 in cities including New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Atlanta with receipts and stock levels listed. Totals for the season indicate receipts about 3,652,193 and exports around 2,553,033.
New York report notes room for price advances as broader market looks up and farmers pledge to cut acreage by half. New Orleans dispatch cites mixed activity with shorts covering, a liquidating trend in January spots, and improving demand at textile mills. Overall tone favors gradual advance and acreage reduction ahead of spring planting.
Liverpool and New York market notes show firm spot prices for good middling and ordinary grades, with futures closing barely steady. Receipts reach 14 000 bales in Liverpool and 16 400 barrels for seed oil in New York as broader market activity shifts to cotton yarns and wool goods.
Fred E. Taylor led the open forum in Atlanta, with tall tales of real estate as the base of wealth. Meyer Eiseman and Tom Ingersoll spoke on licensing, bonding brokers, and protecting investors, while attendees debated taxation sub-rental and housing. The session drew record early attendance for the national realty group.
Figures from the National Association of Real Estate Boards show realty bears about 80 percent of taxation nationwide. Despite a housing shortage and limited downtown space, experts predict a lasting, wholesome growth in real estate. A joint conference on legislation housing and taxation sets sessions at the hotel with officers like President Taylor of Portland and others from Detroit Memphis and Dallas attending. A luncheon and theater party for women accompany the agenda.
The Mortgage Loan company of Atlanta increased its capital stock from 256000 to 500000 at its annual stockholders meeting held Tuesday in the Atlanta Trust Company building. The firm, organized in May 1915, has paid 2 percent quarterly dividends since inception and lists T J Battes as president and J S Lewis as secretary treasurer among its officers. Directors include Stephen T Barnett L H Beck and others, with stock largely owned by Atlanta citizens.
Federal grand jury indicts Erwin Morris Sam Gardner and John Brown for peonage cruel treatment of Jarry Navin a colored worker on Morris McDonough Georgia farm. Accused joined by three others accused of beating Navin and firing on his brother's home, Navin wife killed in the attack. Charges state Navin owed 115 dollars to leave the farm under bond.
Representatives from the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce will attend a joint convention in Washington in January 1920. The meeting, backed by the South Atlantic States association National Merchants Marine association and the Mississippi Valley association, aims to block any revision of freight rates from the west and middle west to South Atlantic ports. Charles E. Robertson, secretary of the Atlanta chamber, said locals will work to avert rate changes and noted how South Atlantic ports secured wartime rate revisions equalizing them with western ports.
A union meeting in Atlanta with E P Curtis and B L Bugs discussed a proposed 50 percent wage reduction on all railway workers since 1917 for the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic line. Officials said a firm decision awaits daylong talks, with differing views on delaying the February 1 cut.
In Atlanta theaters today Kismet heads the Howard program with Otis Skinner in a defining screen role and dancers Mary Grace and Katherine Hogan adding charm. Also at the Howard are a Typhal overture by the Howard orchestra, plus News and Views and the Howard Magazine. Criterion showcases Curtain with Catherine MacDonald as a football star facing wealth and romance, plus Screen Snapshot Topics of the Day and a Criterion orchestra program.
Pearl White headlines the Strand stage in The White Moll a Frank L Packard story praised for its powerful appeal The heroine Rhoda a crook turn settlement worker navigates a perilous romance with vivid melodrama Also Hank Mann appears in a complementary act Up In the Ale is shown as an added attraction
The Paramount picture Her Husband's Friend starring Fald Bennett opens at the Forsyth. Adapted from Marjorie Benton Cooke's The In enbug by Marjorie Benton Cooke, the film is directed by Fred Nihle with Tom Chatterton leading the supporting company. Two other features accompany the main attraction.
The week’s chief film feature at the Walto theater is the Lois Weber production To Please One Woman a compelling story of a man town and the havoc caused by a selfish woman of the empire type The cast includes Claire Windsor Mona Tasca and Edward Burns in principal roles Theaters advertise other screenings and attractions for the week including Crimson Skies and Her Husband's Friend A hospital official faces larceny charges after a county car theft and subsequent escape conviction leading to a twelve month addition on the gang charge
Savannah police report a professional burglary at the Bank of Pembroke in Bryan County. Thieves entered by a rear door, took about 30000 in Liberty bonds, failed to breach the vault containing over 100000 in cash and notes, and escaped likely by handcar on a railroad. The president J G Griffin suffered the heaviest loss. Suspects fled from Savannah on the Seaboard Air Line to Rincon. no arrests by Tuesday night.
A Royal Bakers meeting at the chamber of commerce named A. B. Marvin of Perfaction Bakery as president of the Local Bakers Club. W. B. McClelland of Zakas Bakery became vice president, Mrs. R. F. Deyo secretary, and LeRoy Rogers treasurer. The club will be social first and meet monthly with plans for a luncheon at the Piedmont theater party and a dinner during the Southeastern Association meeting in Atlanta next Tuesday. T. A. McGough of Birmingham serves as association president.
The Atlanta wholesale produce trade celebrated after fifteen years with a Tuesday banquet at Peacock cafe. 115 guests attended with D N McCullough as toast master and speakers including B F Bell James Cotsakia John Trombet HB DeKristeen and W C McCullough. Bateman’s Jazz Orchestra provided music as a silver loving cup was awarded to James T Williams of the William Thompson company. Sympathy resolutions were voted for W W Mitchell who is ill. Committees including Fa Cooldine Thad Blackstock William Whittacker and Aubrey Milam were praised by members.
Interesting features of the Nun nally Candy company convention Tuesday afternoon were talks on business conditions by F Peltsch Advertising expert and by Winship Nunnally president of the company. The convention began Monday and will close Wednesday. A supper was given at the Pisdmgont Driving club at 6 o'clock Monday night.
A Berlin wireless dispatch to the Jewish News Borony reports Nicholas Lenine premier of the Soviet government in Russia is dangerously ill in Moscow. The message says German specialists were en route to Moscow for consultation. Soviet representative Dr Victor Kop in Berlin refused to confirm or deny the report.
A white convict identified as x. P. Sengie was indicted for theft of the automobile used in his escape from Bellwood camp. He reportedly escaped while in hospital care on October 18 and fled in the courty ard vehicle that Dr. Paul McDonald had briefly in his possession.
A Tuesday Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon launched a vigorous push to host an international Kiwanis convention in Atlanta in 1928 or another decided year. President Walter Barnwell urged immediate agitation for the 1923 convention, with Dr. Joseph French Johnson of New York University praising future business prospects. Johnson warned Liberty bonds are liabilities, not assets, and noted price levels hinge largely on the nation's gold supply. The Sampaina gathering could draw thousands of prominent U S and Canadian business leaders.
The speaker forecast April or May will bring gold demand matching 1917 levels and a price surge to postwar highs. He warned prices may not revert to prewar levels as 1917 moved into 1918. The weekly drawing of prizes saw two $5 checks won by Francia E Price and B Dixon Halt.
Officers to be elected for 1321 and business conditions discussed by Forrest Adair, Atlanta real estate figure. Julian V. Boehm to preside as president. New officers to be announced and introduced. Special guest Mrs. Conant Hudson, piano monologist and singer, to perform. Also noted is an Alaska government experiment with Canadian yaks and Gallowsy cattle.
Notice announces sale of acid phosphate to be received in the current week with bids due by January 15. All offers must be communicated to Baylor, Sales Manager, 1601 Bi building, Atlanta Georgia. Sale to be auctioned to the best cash offer up to that time. Also listing 1,920 tons of metaph phosphate available for delivery to Athens Georgia.
For sale 1000 tons of acid phosphate with offers open this week and until 10 am Saturday January 16. International Agricultural Corporation lists sale terms and agent contacts. Also a notice from Kaufman County Texas calls for sealed highway construction bids due February 3 1921 with multiple contracts and bond requirements.
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