Lancaster cotton hold strains prices and local bank grows
Special to News and Courier from Lancaster notes farmers resist selling cotton at current prices, adhering to county convention resolutions. Only one bale sold. Bank of Lancaster reports strong dividends and stable management. Also reported are a wreck injuring J Blair, a hastily wed couple in Raleigh, and a drunken shooting incident in Lanes Creek township. Officer E Cole case ends with arrest. Will Springs in custody in Charlotte jail.
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News and Courier
Lancaster
Bank of Lancaster
Col
Leroy Spain
LG. Blarrison
Number of the Prisoners
The Foreign Office in Tokyo reports General Nogi states that the Russian prisoner delivery under capitulation was completed on Saturday. A total of 878 officers and 23,491 men were captured, with 441 officers and 229 orderlies having given parole. Generals Smirnoff Fock Gorbalovsky and Admiral Willmann chose to be sent to Japan as prisoners of war.
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Legiion
Foreign Office
Tokio
Nogi
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Willmann
Japan
Merchants Plan Cotton Warehousing Conference
The Business Men's Club of Waco has called a conference of merchants from cotton growing states to meet in New Orleans on January 25. Aims include coordinating with the Cotton Growers Convention committee and bankers to devise a plan for warehousing cotton across the cotton growing regions.
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Business Men’s Club
Waco
New Orleans
Cotton Growera’ Convention
House census bill aims to publish cotton figures together
Washington January 7 The House census committee approved a favorable report on a joint resolution by Rep Burleston Texas directing the secretary of commerce and labor to have the census director publish alongside the ginners report annual statistics on surplus cotton consumption surplus held by manufacturers and exports. The move aims to help farmers get better prices and prevent a glut that could flood stores with 6 12 and 7 cent cotton harming manufacturers and market stability.
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Washington
House Committee On Census
Burleston
Texas
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Former Gov Lloyd Lowndes Dies Suddenly in Maryland
Cumberland Md Jan 8 former Maryland governor Lloyd Lowndes died suddenly at his home after rising and preparing for church services. Mrs Lowndes saw him collapse and called for help as he was found unconscious on a bed. Death attributed to heart failure.
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John Dees
J B Enbank
Lanes Creek Township
Dees
Monroe Enquirer
Cumberland
Lloyd Lowndes
Maryland
Rise of a Southern Nation, Industrial Power Ahead
Yorkville Enquirer suggests a shift in power as the southern nation becomes a thorough organizer, abandoning floor maps for Wall Street and aiming to become masters of the entire industrial and financial world. The editorial frames a dramatic realignment in global influence.
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Wall Street
Yorkville Enquirer
Call to Catton Growers Association Meeting in Lancaster
A call to meeting of the Catton Growers Association of Lancaster County urges cotton farmers to convene January 14 1905 in Lancaster. The letter argues for organized action to counter cotton price slumps and outlines plans to hold cotton 60 to 90 days, reduce acreage 25 percent, raise funds in the South, and unify local associations under President I J Strait and Secretary Geo W Jones with business for Senator J H Hodson’s Senate election noted.
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Association
Lancaster County
Lancaster
South
Smith
Heath Jones Company opens as liquidation buyer
The Heath Jones Company, successors to Heath Banking and Mercantile Co, announces liquidation of the estate of Jas M Heath and invites bargain seekers. They claim renovated stores and divided stock into departments including groceries, gentlemen's furnishings, dry goods, and millinery with many inducements to attract public trade.
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Heath Banking & Mercantile CO
Jas. M. Heath
Gent
Shoes at First Cost Bargain Counter This Month
The store announces a 30 day clean sweep ahead of spring goods. Moving shoes led to broken boxes and a discount sale. Shoes include Drew-Selby Godman and other recent makes. Bargain counter pricing applies to first cost.
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Suchas Drew-Selby
Godman
Great Reduction Sale Offers Clothes at Actual Cost
Abundant clothing on offer with drastic price cuts for cash. The advert urges customers to inspect the stock to see bargains firsthand, noting the rush prevents full details from being provided.
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Cotton Statistics
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