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Newspaper

Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1917

Page

3

Market Review: Mixed Cotton and Stocks Trade May 29

New York spot cotton quiet at 21.79 as markets opened lower on profit taking. Prices recovered mildly with declines of 60 to 75 points from Saturday highs before closing steady on favorable weather and muted private crop signals. stocks, rail and industrials dipped then steadied with notable activity in United States Steel and other majors.

New York York A&b Ar Wall Street Sue Cehi United States Steel N. C Florida BCGR Occa American War and Foundry DUTF American Tel Anaconda Copper Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Atl Gulf & W. I. S. S. Lines Balawin Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel Canadian Pacific Central Leather Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Great Western Chicago, Mil St. Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Crucible Steel Cuba Erie General Berane General Motors Great Northern Gulf State Steel Kennecott Copper Louisville & Nashville Mexican Petroleum Midvale Steel Missouri Pacific Nevada Consolidated New York Central N. Y N. H. & Hartford Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Ohio Gilles Gas Pennsylvania BS Ray Consolidated Copper Reading Rep Iron & Steel Seaboard Air Line Sinclair Oil & Refining Sloss, Shef Steel & Iron O Southern Pacific Southern Railway Southern Railway Ptd Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper Ce Ae U. S. Ind United States Rubber Utah Copper Virginia Carp. Chem. Yee Dita Virginia Coal and

New Orleans Cotton Market Edges Higher on Mixed Trade

Cotton prices moved with uneven activity as later losses by profit takers were partially offset by small long positions. By noon the market declined 12 to 14 points but closed irregular with a net gain of 3 to 13 points. prices ranged from 20.00 to 20.98 cents.

New Orleans

Liverpool Cotton Market Report Shows Steady Demand

Liverpool May 29 cotton prices mark fair demand with good middling at 14.26 and low middling 13.85. Sales reach 8,000 bales, 7,200 American, receipts 4,000 bales including 3,900 American. Futures show irregular activity with May around 13.65 and 13.47 for May, and other contract lines listed up to February-March 12.44.

Liverpool

Cotton Seed Market Ends Steady With Mixed May Prices

New York cotton seed market closes steady as nearby months show mixed quotes. Soot and June at 16.40, July around 16.45, August 16.40 16.43, September 16.44, October 16.32 16.35, total sales 33,500.

New York

Savannah Naval Stores Market Report May 29

Turpentine firm at 41.12 to 42 with 709 receipts and 281 shipments. stocks 10,979. Rosin sales not listed. receipts 1,832 and shipments 4,348, stocks 64,623. Quoted prices for various grades range from 5.05 to 6.10 with WG and WW at 6.10.

Savannah Turpentine Rosin Firm

New York Market News May 29 Butter Eyes and Poultry

Butter prices steady with receipts totaling 10 366 creamery higher than extra at 44 41 2. Eyes ferm receipts 27 128 cases fresh gathered extra 38 1 2 39 and firsts 36 37 1 2. Cheese unsettled with 16 439 receipts including 4 295 in transit for export and poultry live steady no prices set with chickens at 23 30 fowls 19 12 turks 18 35.

New York

American Ambulance Unit Joins Battlefront Movement

Paris May 29 Ambulance section No 26 of the American field service began moving to the front under Albert M Hyde of New York a Harvard man The service anticipates 240 recruits this week and similar numbers weekly thereafter.

Associated Press Paris Albert M. Hyde New York

Grudge ends in tragedy at Hibriten Valmead ball game

In Lenoir on May 29 John Coffey shot and killed Albert Kirby during a baseball game between Hibriten Academy and Valmead. A long standing feud preceded the incident as officers pursued Coffey, wounding him in the leg before capture. Coffey offered no explanation beyond wishing he had not acted.

Lenoir Hibriten Academy Valmead John Coffey Albert Kirby Coffey Deal Kirby

Sugar Market Moves Amid Mixed Futures Trading

In New York on May 29 raw sugar held steady as refined futures swung within Harrow limits. By noon the undertone remained steady with the spot market. prices edged up two points before closing irregular as liquefied sales occurred. July 5.18 September 23 December 5.08.

York

Coffee Riots Stir New York Markets May 29

Reports from New York on May 29 note unsettled coffee markets with futures steady. Prices for July rise to 8.26 and September to 8.39 amid ongoing social unrest linked to coffee riots.

New York

Sunrise and Sunset Times Page Note

A compact notice shows sunrise and sunset times for a Wednesday, listing approximate daylight hours. The readable fragment includes a 7 A Wednesday reference and an inconsistent sequence of letters and numbers, indicating OCR artifacts around times.

Davidson College Observes Class Day with Oratorical Contests

Special to The Dispatch Davidson May 29 The annual College Orchestra and Glee Club concert and the oratorical contests marked yesterday's events with prize presentations and medals. Class day exercises included salutatory by Andrew Brown and valedictory by L H Bikel. Junior oratorical contest featured five speakers on topics from peace to Renaissance in Asia. Medals awarded to declaimers debaters and essayists across societies. Today includes graduating exercises trustee meeting class reunions and alumni banquet.

Davidson Glee Davidson College Andrew Brown E. BR. Price W. H. Neal R. H. Ratchford D. TI. McKeithan L. H. Bikel G. C. An L. A. Charblish W. C. Cummings Asia J. L. Fowle W. G. Humphrey G. F. Webber Who R.D. Hall A. S. Potts Phi. Society W. M. Currie EU. Society A.S. Potts W. GC. Cummings Hu. Society R. W. Causer Hugh Hamilton E. H. Hamilton William Love S. R. Keesler G. C. Bellingrath

Salem Female College holds 115th commencement events

Winston Salem May 29 The grand concert highlighted the college's 115th commencement with the Thurs day Morning Music Club Apollo Club and former faculty members Mrs Lilla Mallard Parker and Mrs Nell Starr delivering praised performances. The alumnae luncheon featured a pergola gift from the class of 1917 and the class day pageant A Glimpse of Olden Times as Seen by a Modern Girl. Lieutenant Governor O Max Gardner to give the literary address on commencement day.

Dispatch Winston-Salem Salem Female College Apollo Club Lilla Mallard Parker Atlanta Nell Starr New York General Alumnae Association Salem O. Max Gardner

Water stage on Cape Fear at Fayetteville reported

Stage of water in the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville North Carolina measured 3.4 feet at 8 a m yesterday indicating current river level.

Cape Fear River Fayetteville N. C

Brazil considers naval measures against Germany

The diplomatic commission of the chamber of deputies urges Congress to authorize the president to use German ships in Brazilian navigation and to seek accords with the Allies to ensure free foreign commerce and to revoke neutrality decrees. It calls torpedoing of the Parana and Tijuca attack gross violations of neutral rights.

Associated. Press Rio de Janeiro Entente Diplomatic Commission The Chamber of Deputies Braz Congress Germany United States Brazil Parana Tijuca Vermany

Trinity Finals Begin Next Sunday

Durham May 298 With the bacca laureate sermon by President Few Trinity's commencement will begin Sunday night The commencement sermon will not be delivered until Tuesday morning when Rev James S Montgomery D D of Washington City will be heard The annual literary address will be delivered by Hamilton Holt LL D of New York City editor of The Independent and one of the most forceful speakers of the country The feature for alumni is the annual dinner and address before the association by Dr John Franklin Crowell ex president of the college The evening papers in New York City will not publish Memorial Day editions to save white paper an estimated 250 tons.

Durham Few Trinity James S. Montgomery D. D Washington City Hamilton Holt LL. D New York City the Independent John Franklin Crowell

Wood Prices Listed for Oak Pine and Mixed Loads

Oscar P Peck lists oak wood and mixed wood at 1.50 per load and pine at 1.35 per load. All wood sent C. O. D.

C. O D

Storm Rips Tennessee Towns Killing Many

Seventeen dead in Tennessee as Sunday's storm devastates towns from Cumberland to Hawkins counties. Reports indicate heavy property losses in Dyersburg Linden and Lebanon with mining camps under company care and town reconstruction underway in Bradford Majestic Village Springs and others. Brazil votes 136 to 0 on first reading revoking neutrality in the war with Germany and the United States.

Penng Bradford Majestic Village Tennessee Bville Fenn Cumber- Taird County East Brazil Germany United States

Ironized Paw-Paw Tonic touted as ideal spring medicine

An advertisement features L Whiteman of Norfolk Virginia praising Ironized Paw-Paw Tonic for heart trouble nervousness indigestion and insomnia. It claims spring cleansing benefits and urges readers to buy through Elvington's in Wilmington or Interstate Drug Co New York with a $1.00 price and mail order service.

Iron Man Martin, & Co Main Street Wilmington Elvington Interstate Drug Co., Inc New York

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