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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1913

Page

11

Notice in Chancery at Mobile Alabama Case 10753

In Chancery at Mobile Alabama Philip Graham com plaint against J A Phillips et al No 10753. Fall Term 1913 order notes J W Fristoe and Barelli heirs possibly alive non residents of Alabama with unknown heirs. Describes land in Mobile County and requires plead or demur by December 24 1913 or case confessed. Notice to be published weekly for four weeks in The Mobile Item. Carl Holzborn Register.

Mobile Alabama Philip Graham J. A. Phillips Court of Chancery Southwestern Chancery Division State of J. W. Fristoe Kansas Joseph Barelli Francis Joseph Barelli Revena Como Italy J. M. Clark Anthony M. Barelli County of Towit Mobile County Mobile Item

Railroad official visits Mobile to handle territory business

District Passenger Agent E. C. Runte of the Louisville and Nashville railroad arrived in Mobile Tuesday night from New Orleans and spent Wednesday in the city looking after the business in this territory.

E. C. Runte Louisville and Nashville Railroad Mobile New Orleans

Turpentine and Rosin Prices at Savannah Market

Naval Stores report from Savannah on December 3 lists turpentine sales 63 casks with receipts 654 casks and rosin sales receipts 2 930 barrels. Price quotes include several grade letters with values around 3.55 67 1 2, 5.65, 450, 5.25 and 96.25.

Savannah

Mobile Cotton Market Summary and Receipts

Market remained steady with 450 bales sold. Prices shown for several grades, including good ordinary and middling, are listed with day’s receipts of 2912 on the current day and 8,569 for the week. Exports to the United Kingdom and the Continent are noted along with stock figures for Mobile and U.S. ports and year totals.

United States G. Brit

Cotton futures open steady as Texas crop talks loom

New Orleans December cotton futures opened steady with initial gains then slipped, amid large Texas crop estimates. Buyers and sellers eyed private reports of 13.6 million bales and 4.665 million bales in Texas, while overall market turned easy and closed modestly lower. Spot cotton remained steady with middling at 133-16 cents.

New Orleans Texas

New York Cotton Futures Open Higher Then Fall Under Liquidation

Cotton futures opened up on December 3 in New York amid limited buying and weak sentiment. Reports of large Texas and national crop estimates, steel trade fears, and a looming Fall River strike kept buying restrained while prices drifted lower midday and closed mostly steady with spot cotton quiet.

New York Liverpool Texas Fall River Gulf Pccideee Son Neney Ehedeeerot DUBS H. Ee Vcees Stine Vmtess” Kisee

Liverpool Cotton Prices Steady in Fair Demand

Cotton spot in fair demand with prices steady led by mid dling at 7.90d and good middling around 7.56d. Sales totaled 12,000 bales, mostly American, plus speculation and export. Receipts 39,000 bales, American 35,200. Futures closed barely steady with multiple forward spreads listed.

Liverpool

Molasses and Leather Firms Mentioned in New York Trade Brief

Sugar and Molasses markets report activity in New York with a molasses firm identified as Hides easy and Bogota price at 28 1 2 to 29 1 2 cents, alongside a leather firm reference.

New York Bogota

Law and Equity Court Dismisses Fidelity Case

In the law side proceedings Judge Berney presided. F D & Deposit Co of Maryland had costs paid and the case dismissed. Thursday calls include H Pringle vs R B Somerville Rawleigh Medical Co vs H H R Turner Baxter & Co vs Randolph Weeks L E Lister vs Grand Bay Land Co Jno E Mitchell vs Adama AA Agency. In the circuit court Judge Brown presided Wednesday Geo Portiss vs Mobile List and R R Co on trial. Thursday calls include F W Cole & Son vs Horace Weaver Arthur McGrue vs Mobile Light and R R Co.

LAW and Equity Court Law Side Berney F. J Adama AA Agency J. Circuit Court Brown Geo. Portiss Mobile List R. R. Co F. W. Cole & Son Horace Weaver Arthur McGrue Mobile Light and

Fresh stock of garden seeds received at IGO

IGO reports new shipment of assorted garden seeds including cabbage varieties. Limited stock available for eager gardeners seeking fresh seeds for planting season.

Igo

Wall Street gains and losses as market opens steady

Active stocks opened higher with Erie in demand and Canadian shares recovering. Prices edged up for Union Pacific Amalgamated Steel Reading Canadian Pacific and others but overall trading remained cautious with bears cautious and a mixed close as prices held near yesterday’s level.

New York Erie New Haven Steel and Amalgamated Union Pacific Amalgamated Steel Reading Canadian Pacific Louisville Nashville American Tobacco Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil American Smelting & Befing American Sugar Refining American Tel. & Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & North Western Chicago, Mi. & St. Paul Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado & Southern Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rio Grande General Electric Great Northern Pfd Great Northern Orr Ctfs Illinois Central Interborough-Met Interborough- Met Inter-Harvester Loulaville & Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas & Texas Lehigh Valley National New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People’s Gags Pullman Palace Rock Island Co Pfd Southern Pacific Southern Railway United States Steel Wabash Western Union New York & New Haven

Money market and bond report from New York

Call money sits at 4 3-4 to 5 1-2 percent with ruling rate at 5. Close at 5 6 1-4 percent. Time loans steady for 60 90 days at 5 1-2 to 5 4 percent. six months 4 3-4 5 percent. Prime mercantile paper 5 1-2 to 5 8-4 percent. Sterling exchange steady. sixty days 4.81 35. demand 4.85 55. Commercial bills 4.80 1-2. Bar silver 65 67 5-8. Mexican dollars 44 1-2. Government bonds firm. rail road bonds irregular.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange

Confirmed Thief Patten Returns to Prison in Kansas

Arthur Patten, 29, with a nine year freedom record, is jailed again in Topeka on a wagon wheel theft charge. His pattern includes reform school, parole, food theft, burglary, and a penitentiary sentence, with Governor Hodges once paroleing him for lack of opportunity.

Pres Topeka Kas Arthur Patten Patten Reform School Reformatory Hodges

Doctor sent for child finds burning drug store

Henry Williams of Cedar Street near Texas rushed out to fetch a doctor for a sick child at 1:30 AM Wednesday and discovered Dr. E A Peterson’s drug store in flames at the southeast corner of Cedar and Texas. He raised the alarm, fire units arrived too late, and the building owned by Mrs. Wiley Orr was nearly destroyed.

Henry Williams Cedar Street Texas E. A. Peterson Wiley Orr

Cash Grain and Provisions Chicago Prices

Closing prices for cash grain and provisions list Wheat No 2 red 94 to 96 cents No 2 hard 88 1 2 to 84 cents No 2 northern 88 1 2 to 289 1 2 cents No 2 spring 88 to 89 cents Corn No 2 yellow 76 1 2 cents Oats Standard 40 1 2 cents Rye No 2 63 1 2 to 64 cents Hay Timothy 4 to 5 dollars Clover 10 50 to 14 dollars Provisions Pork 21 25 Lard 10 70 Ribs 10 50 to 11 25 dollars.

Chicago

Freight bale totals across Mobile lines shown

New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad-Export comp lists 119 bales. Southern Railway Train No 70 towar d Touart Quinn 45. Farmers Company 43. Begill-Phillips 32. Frank M Ladd 29. Davis Wilson Gaillard 16. Baker-Lyona 5. Lott-Blacksher 5. Export comp 100. total 275 bales. Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Train 78 Bevill-Phillips 120. Baker-Lyons 61. Farmers Commission 27. Davis Wilson Gaillard 6. RB Pope 5. Frank M Ledd 4. Lott and Blacksher 1. Bashinsky and Co 80. Transit 72. Export 1. total 2 283 bales. Mobile and Ohio Railroad Train 62 Farmers Commission 8. Bevill-Phillips 7. Export comp 220. total 235 bales.

New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Southern Railway Touart and Quinn Farmers’ Company Begill-Phillips Frank M. Ladd Davis, Wilson, Gaillard Baker-Lyona Lott-Blacksher Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Bevill-Phillips Baker-Lyons Farmers’ Commission Company RB. P. Pope Frank M. Ledd Lott and Blacksher Bashinsky and Company Transit Mobile and Ohio Railroad Farmers' Commission Company

Congressmen Tap Till For Good Roads

Congressmen from the South introduced bills proposing millions for road improvements. The measures ask for up to 100 million dollars, with varying appropriations to run for the current year and future fiscal years. Representative Candler of Mississippi urges highway work coordinated by agriculture and state departments with federal support. Representative Heflin of Alabama backs demonstration projects on public roads.

Associated Press Washington Congress Representative Candler Missippi Department of Agriculture United States Heflin Alabama

Strikebreakers shootout in Indianapolis tensions rise

In Indianapolis a shooting broke out between sympathizers and strike breakers during a strike by teamsters and chauffeurs. Several men were arrested as wagons carrying strike breakers were attacked. Union officials pushed to secure a tentative agreement requiring employers to pay the minimum union scale and end discrimination against union members.

Associated Press Indianopolis Ind Teamsters Teamsters’ Union Labor

Rev Hugh S Williams Dies in Memphis at 66

Rev Hugh S Williams a noted Southern lecturer and minister died suddenly at his Memphis home from heart disease. Born in Wales he studied there and served churches in Chicago and St Louis before moving to Memphis. He was 66.

Associated Press Memphis Tenn Has Spencer Williams Soern Wales Great Britain Chicago St. Louis

Endorsement sought for Bishop Candler act in Carnegie case

Natchez Mississippi December 3 A move endorsing the action of Bishop A. Candler condemning the Andrew Carnegie gift to Vanderbilt University was introduced at the opening session of the annual Conference of the Episcopal Church South. The matter was referred to a committee.

Associated Presa

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