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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
3
The New York cotton market opened barely steady but down as trade marquee reports cited rain prospects in Texas. Prices eased with January off to 32.138 and May at 32.10, a net decline of about 25 to 34 points after initial rally from Liverpool and domestic demand.
Lettuce, cabbage, and collards suffered frost damage but market impact should be minimal. Growers will force additional plants under hot beds to catch up, while prices and supplies in Wilmington naval stores and grain markets follow fluctuating patterns.
In court this morning Judge Henry G. Connor offered a horseback opinion that the Reed amendment or bone dry law supplements state laws and does not supersede them. He noted the lack of a formal decision, while two major trials were set for the afternoon involving Walter Russell and Columbus King over whiskey sales and Mrs. W. O. Lewis accused of selling to soldiers at Fort Caswell. Several guilty pleas followed including Isaac Beaman and others from Sampson county, with sentences and costs imposed. The grand jury also indicted M. J. O Dwyer and wife for illicit distillery operations in Wilmington, as Baggett of Sampson county faced similar charges. verdicts were anticipated later.
Spot cotton in New York on January 10 held steady with middling uplands priced at 33.25 cents per pound.
Cotton markets in New Orleans ended the session weaker with prices slipping by 99 to 50 points. Traders cited unsettled demand and limited buying interest as the day’s main factors.
Spot cotton in New Orleans on January 10 is steady with midpoints revised up. Sales total 2,711 with 2,837 to arrive. prices show low middling 30.60 cents, middling 31.50 cents, good middling 32.12 cents. Receipts 6,001 and stock at 391,878.
Liverpool spot quid prices rise with good middling at 40.1 and middling at 23.49 while sales reach 3 000 bales including 2 700 American. Receipts total 15 000 bales with 14 309 American. Futures close barely steady with new contracts January 23 44 March 23.18 May 22.67 and old contracts fixed at January 22.14 January February 22.04 March April 21.86 May June 21.70 June July 21.62.
This evening rooms will be open from 8 to 10 for those unable to attend during the week. Mr Gerritt Walker near Scott's Hill suffered a stroke and rests at home. Cantwell Dancing School children depart Friday January 18 at 4 PM at Hibernian Hall. Parish Guild of St Johns holds important meeting Friday at 1 PM in the choir room.
Savannah naval stores data shows turpentine sales 43, receipts 159, stock 26,644 while rosin sales 466, receipts 732, stock 88,519. Prices quoted include letters B through WG and WWW with values from 6.25 to 7.43 and 7.60.
Reverend John M. Kelley of Mains arrives in Wilmington and will preach at Fourth Street Adventist church Sunday morning at eight and Sunday night at 7:59. He is welcomed by friends and travels to Florida afterward.
A terse wartime note urges conserve sugar as every spoonful or lump helps soldiers cross No Man's Land. The line frames rationing as a direct boost to frontline offensives and morale efforts.
Mr. Frank N. Caldwell of 509 South Front street died, prompting his son Mr. Caldwell to travel from the city to Colleton, D. C. for the funeral today. The telegram announcing the death came as a shock, with no details given about the illness.
A letter from W Williamson thanks Winter Park residents for their seodness and kindness during his wife’s illness. He specifically praises the Presbyterian Church minister and his wife and hopes to meet them again with friends of Winter Park. Dated January 19, 1931.
John Lind former Governor of Minnesota is named to the new advisory commission to assist Secretary Wilson in mobilizing labor for war service. The appointment adds a veteran political figure to the war effort and highlights bipartisan state representation in national labor mobilization.
The Winston Salem Goldsboro Beaufort sleeping car service is shortened to the Winston Salem Goldsboro line effective with the last cars into and out of Beaufort Sunday August 12. Cars will run on trains 232 112 and 111 237. Inquiries to Southern Railway System Agents or J O Jones Raleigh N C.
Walter Smallbones of Wilmington has been named by the U S Department of Agriculture as distributor of nitrate of soap imported for North Carolina farmers through Wilmington port. He serves as secretary-treasurer of the Wilmington Compress and Warehouse Co and will perform the duty without pay. Shipments totaling about 18 000 tons are expected to arrive in February for distribution in the state.
London reports January 10 that enemy artillery activity around Gonnelieu southwest of Cambrai was only slight with no other notable events to report.
A Tuesday afternoon blaze in Turkey, North Carolina, destroyed stores on the town’s railroad main street, with losses above $2,000 in stock and several buildings. Homes and a Holiness church were damaged. most insured properties were limited, and fighting conditions hampered containment.
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