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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1918
Page
7
New York cotton prices fell as traders digested Washington price control talk and poor Liverpool results. Spot cotton set at 31.96 middling, while local markets showed broad price lists for eggs, butter, poultry, beef, potatoes, hides, wool, corn, peanuts, apples, and citrus. Wilmington naval stores prices and receipts are listed with spirits, rosin, tar, and crude values.
New Orleans on January 22 saw a subdued market as fear of government price fixing dominated trade. In the first half hour prices slipped 4 to 30 points amid a barely steady, quiet opening.
Spot cotton prices in New Orleans show middling 30.87 cents per pound, revised quotes with 13 points off. Sales on spot 2,000 bales to arrive 100, low middling 26.62, good middling 31.62. Receipts 7,038 bales, stocks 420,147 bales.
A large consignment of rubber boots and shoes has just arrived at Peterson and Ruff's, offering a broad selection for immediate purchase.
Spot cotton quiet in Liverpool with unchanged prices at 23.78 for good middling and 23.26 for middling. Futures end quiet with New contracts for January at 25.24 and March 22.83. Old fixed prices show January 22.01 and May-June 21.57.
Washington reports that an alleged plan to blow up every ship in an American harbor was investigated and found baseless. Officials say crank rumors circulated nationwide and no foundation was found after a weeklong probe. Naval guards had been increased unrelated to any specific threat. Battling Nelson plans to move into boxing management in the future.
Classified notice seeks a room in a private family for weekend stays. Applicant prefers steam heat and a good locality. Respond to The Dispatch with the contact address.
The New Hanover county committee to manage United States government nitrate distribution has chosen the American Bank and Trust Company as the depositary for purchase funds. County Agent J P Herring will oversee applications which must be filed by February 4 for up to 100000 tons available on a pro rata basis if demand exceeds supply.
Hogs receipts 50 000 slow with bulk 16.35 16.70 pigs 12.75 15.30. Cattle receipts 22 000 weak native steers 8.35 13.85 stockers and feeders 7.00 10.70 cows and heifers 6.00 11.75 calves 9.00 5.00. Sheep receipts 22 000 weak wethers 9.70 13.25 lambs 14.40 17.60.
A Red Cross meeting for the Carolina Place unit is set for Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 at the home of Mrs Arnol Stovall 212 Wrightsville Avenue. Mrs Stovall the chairman desires full attendance.
Mrs. Sarah Jane McGowan 78 widow of Captain James M McGowan died at Harper Tankersley sanitarium Monday afternoon after a stroke of paralysis. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 30 from W A McGowan’s home 607 South Front Street with interment at Oakdale. Survived by son W A McGowan grandson Harry C McGowan and nieces Mrs Alice Pierce Baltimore and Mrs E H Cranmer Southport. Honorary pallbearers Dr John T Schonwald and W M Cumming. active pallbearers R H Gieschen B F King J C King Calvin Gore Joseph Tilly Major C H White.
The funeral for Mr J Wallace Carmichael who died at 806 Orange Street will be held Wednesday at 11 00 AM from St Johns Episcopal Church conducted by Rev D E Gwathmey rector of St Pauls Episcopal church Interment will be in Oakdale Cemetery
Washington ordered tighter precautionary measures for all Atlantic coastal water fronts. In South Atlantic ports the waterfront went under martial law at night with Naval Reserve detachments and 50 regulars from Fort Caswell, under Capt. H. A. Metts, aiding in guard duty. Federal fuel curbs aim to speed shipments to seaports and relieve congestion. Detachments of the Ninth Company Reserves will reinforce duties until further notice.
Circles 1 and 2 of the church will not meet on Wednesday afternoon as announced. The meeting has been postponed.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a guaranteed cure for catarrh with yearly sales breaking records. It claims daily use ends catarrh and related ailments, urging readers to locate a hard rubber inhaler and buy Hyomei to breathe through the passages and heal the membranes.
In Goldsboro North Carolina on January 22 the local American Red Cross chapter elected Miss Kate Brown of Kinston as paid secretary reflecting rapid chapter growth. Brown is known statewide for her work with the Oxford Orphanage newspaper during years of traveling for the cause.
A vintage advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable case of catarrh. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces and promises improvement in general health after a short period. The notice invites testimonials and notes Toledo, Ohio makers F. J. Cheney and Co. and nationwide druggist availability for 75 cents.
In a 1915 Wilmington foreclosure, L Clayton Grant as commissioner will sell to the highest bidder at the courthouse door on a January Thursday at noon. The property, part of Lot in Block 88 on Craig Alley, runs 60 feet along the alley, 60 feet south, and 60 feet west and north to the beginning, as per city plat. Signed L Clayton Grant, Commissioner.
This notice states a six week time window for claims against the estate of Augusta Bernds with American Bank and Trust Company named as administrator. Creditors must present claims by December 3 1918 or be barred. Debtors should promptly settle debts with the administrator.
Southern Railway announces the Winston-Salem Morehead City Beaufort Sleeping Car Line will be shortened to Winston-Salem Goldsboro Ling Car. Trains 232-112 and 111.237 will continue to be handled. For details contact Southern Railway System Agents or O Jones traveling passenger Raleigh NC.
In New Hanover county default on a mortgage by Herbert Eskins and Viola Eskins prompts a foreclosure sale by Mechanics Home Association. The bid will occur February 4, 1918 at 12 o'clock at the county courthouse, on a parcel from blocks 5 and 6, 64 in Wilmington with specifics on Wooster and Seventh streets.
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