Cotton market quiet ahead of government report
New York June 1 cotton trading subdued as investors waited on the government report. Early steadiness shifted to slight advances with October near 28. vill and fluctuations through the morning amid nervousness over the European marine situation. Prices closed weak with spot cotton steady at 22.65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iew
Dureaau
Opera
Governot
Meerde
Liverpool
Jers
Ocmye
Jing
New York
New Orleans Cotton Prices Jump After Afternoon Rally
Trading on the New Orleans cotton market opened quietly as traders awaited the USDA condition report. Fresh buying in the afternoon pushed active months to gains of 58 to 68 points over yesterday’s close and closed steady with notable advances across near and distant months.
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New Orleans
Bureau
New Orleans Spot Cotton Rises With Active Sales
New Orleans June 1 spot cotton gains 25 points. Sales on spot total 1613 to arrive 543. Prices range from good ordinary 20.06 to strict good middling 21.99 with middling 21.44 and tight middling 21.86. Receipts 188, stock 205,697.
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New Orleans
Exchanges to Close on Registration Day in New York
The Stock Exchange Cotton Exchange Produce Exchange and the Coffee Exchange will close in New York on registration day messaging that implies a coordinated market pause across major commodity and financial venues.
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New York
Stock Exchange, Cotton Exchange
Produce Exchange
The
Coffee Exchange
Liverpool Cotton Statistics Report June 1
Weekly cotton statistics show total forwarded to mills at 000 bales with 30,000 American. Stock at 132,000 with 406,000 American. Imports listed at 30,000 with 22,000 American and boris at 1,000.
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Liverpool
Boris
Liverpool Cotton Holiday on Cotton Exchange
Liverpool cotton market observes a holiday on the cotton exchange as of June 1.
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Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
Cotton Seed Oil Market Closes Easier In New York
The cotton seed oil market in New York closed softer with spot and futures easing. June at 16.30 bid, July 16.45 to 16.48, August 16.41 to 16.42, September 16.43 to 16.45, October 16.45 to 16.47, November 16.05 to 16.06, December 16.03 to 16.04, January 16.00 to 16.02. Total sales 19,900 barrels.
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New York
Sugar Market Slips Amid Tax Uncertainty at Washington
Raw sugar prices ease as uncertainty over a proposed tax in Washington prompts liquidation. Prices for July and September futures fall several points with large weekly turnover center on 19,200 tons.
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New York
Naval Stores Prices and Stock Activity Report
Wilmington naval stores show spirits and rosin prices with small gains and little crude activity. Savannah market reports turpentine and resin prices, with firm quotations and large stock totals, while New York stocks close with mixed early gains and notable steel and industrial moves.
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Wilmington
Savannah Naval Stores
Savannah
Coffee Prices Steady In Futures Market
New York June 1 report shows No. 7 Rio coffee at 101 4, with July 8.13 and September 8.22 futures steady as traders wait for further guidance from the market.
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New York
Mrs Walter Jones Very Ill in Newport News Hospital
Friends of Mrs Walter Jones formerly of this city now residing in Newport News Virginia regret to learn she is extremely ill at Riverside Hospital Newport News Mrs Jones is a daughter of Mr and Mrs John Morgan of this city Mr and Mrs William Attner sister of Mrs Jones left last night for Newport News
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Walter Jones
Newport News
Riverside Hospital
Mrs Ellen Geary Deans Dies In May 1917
Mrs Ellen Geary Deans died Thursday May 31 1917 at 11 o'clock at the home of her daughter Mrs M J Corbett 119 South Fourth Street Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Deans
Ellen
Geary
M. J. Corbett
South Fourth Street
Try This to Banish All Rheumatic Pains
A 50 cent bottle of Rheuma promises quick relief from rheumatism and sciatica by countering poisons in joints and muscles with a harmless, certain remedy. If relief is not achieved, money is refunded. Ad by R. R. Belldmy offers Rheuma supply and guarantee.
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R. R. Belldmy
Advt
Three Cases Tried Before Recorder in County Court
Harlee Bellamy Evans colored was sentenced to sixty days on the roads after pleading reckless driving and violating the driving ordinance before Recorder George Harriss. A second case charging Jim Brooks colored with disorderly conduct was not pressed. The report notes soldiers guarding bridges along the line and appreciation after reading this paper.
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Harlee Bellamy Evans
George Harriss
Jim Brooks
Death of Infant Daughter Nannie I Jordan
Mr and Mrs Luther Jordan of 89 Delgado mourn the death of their one year old daughter Nannie I Jordan at 1240 a m today. The funeral will be at their home tomorrow morning at 10 o clock with burial in Bellevue Cemetery.
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Luther Jordan
Delgado
Nannie I. Jordan
Bellevue Cemetery
Notable Local Residents and Business Moves Today
Mr A P Bowman visits friends in Pittsburg Pa. Theodore Hashagen Luther French and William Bunting return from Donaldson Military Academy for the summer. John H Bonitz son of Mr and Mrs Clayton Floyd visits on business. G P McKeithan John Montgomery and Oliver Craig depart for Richmond to seek work with American Locomotive Works. Mrs H E Bonitz appointed first lieutenant of Company A Corps of Cadets State College. B L Barnes resigns as superintendent of Union Seed & Fertilizer to take another post in Birmingham. B F Keith of Keith visits on business. R R Taylor arrives to join the Orton Hotel staff succeeding E H Sessums who moves to Zinzendorf Hotel.
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A. P. Bowman
Ttsbburgh
Theodore Hashagen
Luther French
William Bunting
Fréin Donaldson Military Academy
John H. Bonitz
Clayton Floyd
Nichols
G. P. McKeithan
John Montgomery
Oliver Craig
Richmond
Customs
B. F. Keith
Keith
R. R. Taylor
Yadkin Hotel
Salisbury
Orton Hotel
E. H. Sessums
Winston-Salem
Praise for the Coast Artillery North Carolina National Guard
Captain W H Peace United States Army praised the Wilmington Light Infantry Coast Artillery Corps for high readiness and strong personnel. He noted nearly full war strength in most units, superior officer training, and heavy equipment already forwarded to concentration camps awaiting soldiers.
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Wilmington Light Infantry
Coast Artillery Corps
North Carolina National Guard
W. G. Peace
Coast Artillery
W. H. Peace
United States Army
Captain Peace
Peace
Cotton crop condition report shows 69.5 percent of normal in May
The Agriculture Department reports cotton is 69.5 percent of normal on May 25, with state by state figures from Virginia to California. Cold, frost, and drought delayed growth, replanting rose, and labor shortages east of the Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
States
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
California
Mississippi River
Postal Telegraph-Cable buy Liberty Bonds for employees
The Mutual Investiet Credit Union announced by President Edward Reynolds will purchase Liberty Loan bonds for Postal Telegraph-Cable Co employees. Bonds are paid via installments with interest from payment dates at 3 12 percent. buyers receive a 7 percent yield with no extra charges. A large number of bonds have been subscribed.
Atlantic Coast Line seeks to discontinue Maxton Sumter passenger train
W H Newell, superintendent of the Rocky Mount division of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, asked the Railroad Commission for permission to discontinue one passenger train between Maxton North Carolina and Sumter. A hearing will be held later before the Commission.
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Maxton
Sumter
Columbia State
W. H. Newell
Rocky Mount
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Railroad Commission
N. C
Funeral for Mrs Deans at St Mary Pro Cathedral
The funeral of Mrs Mary Geary Deans, mother of Mrs M J Corbett, who died at Mrs Corbett’s home 119 South Fourth Street yesterday morning, will be held from St Mary Pro Cathedral at 11 o clock tomorrow morning. Interment will be in Oakdale Cemetery.
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St. Mary Pro-Cathedral
Mary Geary Deans
M. J. Corbett
Corbett
South Fourth Street
Oakdale Cemetery
Adjourned City Council Session Set for 8 Tonight
City Council to meet in adjourned session this evening at 8 o'clock called by Mayor P Q Moore. Only routine matters will be considered, unfinished business from the last regular meeting.
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P. Q. Moore
Building and Loan Offers New Savings Series
Orton Building and Loan Ass'n announces a new savings series starting Saturday June 2 in the Southern Building. Shares priced at 25 cents with maturity value of $100, offering a safe, sure way to save through James & James, Inc. office.
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Orton Building & Loan Ass’n
James & James, Inc
Southern Building
Orton Building & Loan Ass'n
British Recruiting Mission Opens Offices in New York
Telegraphic sparks report that British recruiting offices opened in New York as a campaign begins to enlist about eight hundred thousand British subjects in the United States. Briga deneral W. A. White will outline objects in a statement due Monday. President Wilson may address the United Confederate Veterans in Washington Monday with A P Hillcamp assisting. House Immigration committee questions Secretary Wilson's authority over Mexican farm laborers under farm labor programs.
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New York
Brigadil Neral 'W. A. White
Wilson
United Confederate Veterans
Washington
Convention
A. P. Hillcamp
Petersburg
House Immigration Committee
Pastor Lehnert Arrested for Sedition in Liberty Loan Denunciation
Rev. Charles L. Lehnert, pastor of the Central German Methodist Episcopal church, was arrested in Minneapolis yesterday by Department of Justice agents on a warrant alleging he made seditious statements in denouncing the Liberty Loan.
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Charles L. Lehnert
Central German Methodist Episcopal Church
Minneapolis
Department of Justice
Liberty Loan
Orton Free of James & James Inc
A fragment notes a share value of 26 cents and a maturity worth $100.00, referencing Orton free of James & James, Inc. in the Southern region.
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