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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1921
Page
4
New York January 24. Cotton market shows early irregularity then sharp advance aided by stronger cables and Liverpool buying. March to 14.88, May around 14.60, January 16.61 with later months up modestly. Census shows 12,016,465 bales ginned to Jan 16. exports 20,637 today. Port stocks 1,448,360. receipts 25,367.
In New Orleans on January 24 strong upward momentum dominated cotton trading. Prices rose toward the day’s high, March near 14.36, bolstered by bullish European political news and favorable Liverpool results. Census figures showing 12,010,000 bales ginned to January 10 supported optimism despite some larger private forecasts.
New Orleans January 24. The market ruled remarkably peacable given expectations of 40 000 bales additions being tendered on January contracts to New York tomorrow.
The American Products Export and Import corporation led by ex-Governor Richard L Manning reports shipment of about 3,000 bales to Europe since Christmas, with 2,300 more bales sent since January 20. The effort aims to reopen European markets for Southern cotton and provide credit, while domestic operations grow. Shipments abroad proceed under careful terms amid banking and mill investigation, with optimism for long term demand and stockholder safety emphasized.
Bank clearings and quotations from local markets show a decrease from the prior week. Clearing totals and cotton spot prices are listed with figures such as 650,397.92 for the period ending Monday and 18.68 for the cot ton market in Atlanta.
Stock market notes from Atlanta list cattle and hog prices with grades and weights. Prices shown include steers 750-859 pounds at 6.50 to 7.00, cows 750-750 pounds at 6.00 to 6.50, veal calves near 5.00, prime hogs 165 to 250 pounds at 7.00 to 7.25, and heavy pigs 100 to 180 pounds at 7.25. The report also includes cotton seed product figures and miscellaneous market data.
Paul Warwick reviews the Broadway musical Mary at the Atlanta theatre. Marguerite Zender stars as Mary with Richard La, Joseph McCauley, Jon Smith Marks, Gaston Marceau and Jack Keene in key roles. The show blends music and dancing with playful comedy and a simple love plot, featuring a portable neck down house scheme and a vivid stage production. The company includes Carolyn Lilja and dancers Tiney Belmont, Carlos Peterson, and Inez Ball. Performances run through the week with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
The Amusement Directory lists the Lyric Brock theatre programs with Keith Vaudeville and Leona La Mar headline acts. Loew’s Grand features Arthur Deagon and Rex Adama in midweek shows, while the Howard presents Hartbound with Winham Standing and Mahlon Hamilton and a strong supporting cast in the week’s top feature.
Douglas MacLean stars in The Rookie's Return at the Hialto with Paramount. The article praises his energetic work and hands on involvement from story selection to direction, citing years of stage and screen experience. The plot centers on a returned soldier in a humorous narrative.
The January offering by Poyee & Co. and the Guarantee opened at 10 o clock for the $30,000,000 Belgian loan and immediately closed after oversubscription. Officials concluded that the thaw had been oversubscribed as the announcement reached Leas.
A lively stage adaptation likened to a 1918 William Neldig style production opens Monday at Forsyth theater. Wands Hawley leads as the clever reformer with Walter Hiers and Sylvia Ashton delivering light, entertaining performances amid a cast of college social satire and witty romantic entanglements.
A Strand screening of Robert McLauchlin's The House Without Children is praised as a strong and engaging drama. The tale follows a London girl who enters a childless New York household, exploring parenthood, romance, and dramatic themes with vivid storytelling.
A midweek bill at Tudor theater features Tiger Trae with Frank Mayo in a tale by Max Brand set in New York slums, highlighted by a dramatic fistfight with AL Kaufmann. Also at the Criterion Louise Glaum headlines Love from Louis Joseph Vance with Natelie Strom as a lead.
Fragmentary text discusses a moral found in a purpose that dominates a journey and an infant sister seeking comfort through a musical program by an orchestra. Mentions entertainment, youth, and a family dynamic amid unclear context.
A ladies only morning matinee at Keith's Lyric theater bans all men. Miss Leona LaMar, famed as the girl with the thousand eyes, will answer questions on psychic abilities while attendees submit inquiries. Frances Grant, England's first female film producer at 26, is highlighted in the feature.
Florence Alabama January 24 Hamp Forby was arrested late today near Deighton in connection with the shooting of four prohibition officers and wounding two others Saturday He was brought to jail here Jake Smith thought to be the leader of the raid and moonshiners attacked the officers more than a dozen enforcement deputies seek him.
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