New Orleans Cotton Market Drops Amid Heavy Selling
Wide price breaks dominated the New Orleans cotton scene last week with Friday weakness from short selling and liquidation. July led losses, down 113 points, and the week ended with a net loss of 126 to 136 points as prices fell to new lows amid political news, high money rates, weaker demand, and large late November ginning. In a separate note, Miss Billa May Braswell wed Mr. Clegg C Hamilton of Marshville on Nov 29, with Rev. E C Snyder officiating. the couple left for Marshville to begin their life together.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Dispatch
Theressure
Billa May Braswell
Clegg C. ‘Hamilton
Marshville
Louise Bramwell
E. C. Snyder
Town Sketches By John Beasley Party Nine on Bryan Street
A rough era vignette on Bryan Street known as Chinch-Row features Genivieve Earnhardt and Jim, a Dinah Buren delivery man, in a dance hall altercation that ends with a court appearance and a humorous deferral of punishment. Col. Vic Redwine offers a pithy moral while a trading tale revolving a horse and a pocket knife unfolds. Also notes a satirical anti suffrage meeting planned with Col. Bob Stevens as potential president and sly allusions to Union County women.
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Bryan Street
California
Chinch-Row
Genivieve Earnhardt
Danga
Dina Buren
Deng Co
Delvery Service
Jim
Genivieve
Jin
McTrean
Recorder's Court
Mae
Yarsah
Nash
Col
Bob Stevens
Union County Equal Suffrage League
Scotland County Horse Trade Tale Surfaces in Memory
A recollection recounted by Mr. T. P. Dillon recalls a Scotland County horse trading night. A quiet pair of horses stood tethered as a stranger offered horses for trade, but the between-horses man refused the swap, sparking tale of broker grit and stock talk among seasoned traders.
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T. P. Dillon
Duncan McKenzie
Scotland County
Only Skin Deep Beauty Promotes Quality Toilet Preparations
A campaign against cheap beauty aids warns that real beauty rests on healthy skin. The advertiser promotes guaranteed, high quality toilet powders lotions and creams sold by a seller of top-tier products.
Monroe band prepares to premiere new instruments
Members of the Monroe band will soon receive their instruments and perform. Amos Stack, a band member, provides the program for the first entertainment including Ho For Carolina cornet solo by G. Lee Jr, Clayton's March bass solo by J. Sorrow, The Storm drum piece by Whitleld, They Fed the Baby outers So I Could Find Him in the Dark Cole on baritone horn with xyphone, and F. Dillon on slide trombone.
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Monroe
Amos Stack
Carolina
G. Lee, Jr
Clayton
J. Sorrow
F. Dillon
Trade advertisement in Indian Trail grocer gambit
Local shop in Indian Trail promotes Staple and Fancy Groceries run by G W H Kizer. Highlights a varied undergarment selection, buys seed cotton at market prices, and invites customers to visit when passing through Indian Trail.
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Indian Trail
G. W. H. Kizer
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Benton’s Cash Store
Benton's Cash Store
Co-Operative Mercantile CO
Roland Williams
T. C. Lee
T. C. Lee & Co
Bivens Brothers
E. B. Bivens
C. L. Bivens
General Merchandise
J. C. Smith Company
John Beasley
Jedee
Panton Us
Gentle Reader
Vic Redwine
Mr. McKennie
Lystander
Norala
Esq
WL. Flow
The
Union Drug Co
Rexall
Monroe Tron & Metal CO
Noor Freight Depot
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