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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
7
Markets show a small decline and limited activity in May and July contracts with May option liquidation active late morning. Prices for May at 11.83, July around 11.99, and October near 12.23 reflect a cautious trade amid holiday cover and steady new crop deliveries as Liverpool reports weekly cotton statistics with American shares dominating exports and imports.
Southern Railway Magnolia Compress Co. reports 119 bales. L. & N. R. R. Clarke Davis & Co. 5 bales Ladd & Co. Baker Lyons & Co. 1 bale H. G. Grimley 5 bales Well Brothers 46 bales exports compressed 442 bales transit 1 124 bales total 1 624 bales Steamer Alma Planters Cotton Co. 4 bales.
New Orleans on April 20 saw the market rise two to three points from yesterday as demand from shorts balanced bear sentiment linked to the submarine issue. Active months advanced, spot sales reached 2,140 bales with 200 to arrive, middling at 1.88. The market closed steady with little net movement.
Tracts range from 40 to 10000 acres offered by the M and O Railroad with maps and price lists available. George Kilborn at 403 North Royal Street near Union Terminal Station Mobile Alabama is the contact, Bell phone 957 J for information.
New York stocks show firmness with gains in crucial issues such as Crucible Steel Baldwin Locomotive Mexican Petroleum and Bethlehem Steel while motor shares wobble Willys Overland slides. United States Steel opens flat then shows slight strength as overall investment activity remains steady though unsettled later in the session.
The April 20 market showed cotton futures closing firm. Spot at 60 bid, April 10.65 bid, with Bay 10.70. June 10.81 10.85, July 10.388 10.89, August 10.87 10.90, September 10.76 10.77, October 9.70 9.15, November 9.00 9.04. Total sales 11,200 barrels.
New York market report shows butter receipts about 9,400 with creamery values around 35 to 92 and various grades. Cheese firm with 1,355 boxes and fresh specials quoted around 16 to 17. Dressed poultry prices listed: chickens 17 30, fowls 16 22, turkeys 32 37.
Official notice states Assessments Nos 305 and 396 are due and must be paid or penalties may apply. It directs members to call at 1-2 South Conception Street for details and payment concerning the society’s burial fund and policies.
Cotton spot in Liverpool shows gains with good middling at 8.02 pence a pound and nearby grades around 7.82 to 7.58. Trade volume reaches 6,000 bales for speculation and export, 1,000 bales. receipts 25,400 bales. Futures quiet with May-June 7.63, June-July 7.61.
Chicago market notes show hog receipts near 24 000 head with a weak tone and varied steers cows and calves prices. Cattle receipts around 3 000 head with a steady market and lambs and sheep offerings steady with ranges for wethers and lambs.
Quoted market prices show bananas oranges cabbage lemons onions and more with no arrivals and little movement. Various items listed include Jumbos bananas at 3.40 per case Florida oranges at 2.80 per box California oranges at 3.50 per box and potatoes 3.15 to 3.25 per 150 lb sack.
Turpentine firm records no sales with receipts of 10 casks and stock around 880 casks. Rosin firm also shows no sales. receipts 512 barrels, shipments 283 barrels, stock 66 734 barrels. Prices listed: B D E 4.40 to I 4.60, K 4.70, M 4.85, N 5.10, WG 5.25, WW 5.35.
Omaha reports show Henry Ford widening his lead for the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's preferential primary. Democratic senator Hitchcock appears to be renominated by about two to one, while William J. Bryan runs sixth among seven delegate candidates for four at large seats.
In Montgomery Alabama on April 20 the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling that John Skally a clerk for a shoe company sued for breach of contract and was awarded 547.50 by a jury in the law and equity court. The defendants appealed.
The American bark Skoda arrives with bones and dried blood after a storm damaged voyage from Montevideo. Captain Alley reports favorable winds after repairs. the ship will be permanently fixed in Mobile. Also discharging at Mobile and Ohio docks, the John Francis from Aux Cayes carries dye wood amid rising freight. Inchmoor sails under sealed orders for a British port, piling loading ties for the fleet.
A list of ships at various docks including Corinto from Honduras at Pier 1 Carmela repairing, Oscar G at Ollinger Bruce, and Golden repairs at Gulf Dry docks. Vessels arrive, load, or overhaul from Cuba Martinique Haiti and other ports along with local dock actions at Ollinger Bruce Turner Terminals and L N docks.
The Gulf Coast Horticultural Society plans a boat excursion on the bay steamer Jas. A. Carney during its annual meeting next Wednesday and Thursday in the Battle House auditorium. Speakers include J. A. Wade and professors from Auburn and Mississippi. Prof. William Morris of New York is absent. Officials urge orchardists and horticulture workers to attend amid a campaign by W. H. Reynolds's committee.
Medical authorities warn that auto intoxication underlies many ills. Excessive mental and physical strain harms organs, leading to toxins within the body. Symptoms include fatigue, headaches, digestion issues, and nervousness. Tanlac is pitched as the remedy, sold in Mobile by Van Antwerp's Drug Co. Also public notices describing property sales and an estate administration for Abraham Levy.
Annie Brooks to Sam Smolkin for 5000 dollars. Josephine Cooper to William T. Sturtevant for 1 dollar and other valuable considerations in sections 9 and 10 township 7 south range 2 west. William T. Sturtevant and wife to Katie L. Groom for 1 dollar and other valuable considerations in sections 9 and 19 township 7 south range 2 west. Norman Harris to Katherine Harris and other minors for 500 dollars, lot 12 in division 6 of Owens Griffin Farle and Sims sub division of the St Louis et. Sara J. Duncan to C. I. Bixler for 250 dollars, lot 4 of the Orange Grove Tract.
A cluster of small ads seeks a working housekeeper for a Magnolia Springs farm, an Army recruiting note for able bodied men ages 18 to 36, an office boy under 16, barber shop trainees from Moler Barber College in New Orleans, and shoe shop help at Walk Over Shoe Store. Also a five room bungalow for rent at 62 N Reed.
Katherine B. Spurlin as assignee of a mortgage on Allen Robertson’s real estate in Mobile County Alabama will sell at public auction on Monday May 1 1916 at 12 m at the Mobile County Courthouse door for cash the property described by start on Chinquepin street and Maple streets. The sale aims to pay the indebtedness secured by the mortgage executed September 1 1912 and assigned to Katharine B. Spurlin. Auctioneers Foreman and Meador lawyer G H Kruempel appointed.
Lost notice near Marine and Broad. funeral notice for Lauderic Drage of Baton Rouge Louisiana details a burial at Magnolia Cemetery after services at St Johns Church.
Classified notes advertise immediate possession at 926 Day Street with sturdy improvements, a large lot, and fruit trees. Also offered are three fine young milk cows with calves, a horse, buggy, harness, and horse equipment described as high class and safe, with contact details for C H Dees and P O Box 1147 in the city.
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