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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1917

Page

3

Cotton market eases after lower U.S. census crop count

Wilmington Savannah Charleston Norfolk and New York report a smaller than expected crop gain of 2 498 381 bales before September 25 versus 4 1 989 last year and 2 904 063 two years ago. Cotton opens steady with a modest advance then softens as traders await the government crop condition report. Local markets show limited Southern selling and lighter activity in the ring.

New York Bint Ty GS Heray

New York Spot Cotton Steady at 26.20 Middling

New York on Oct 2 reports spot cotton steady with middling grade at 26.20 cents per pound. The market shows steadiness as buyers and sellers hold prices.

New York

New Orleans Cotton Market Opens With Weaker Tone

New Orleans October 2 opening buys traders edged in as smaller ginning returns delayed demand. Early trading showed less steady tone with main months easing from prior highs and activity focused on nearby positions as buyers awaited clearer price direction.

New Orleans

New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices Rally

New Orleans markets report spot cotton firm with 19 point rise. Sales total 1 758 bales to arrive. Prices held at low middling 23.69, middling 24.02, good middling 24.82. Receipts 8 298 stock 83. Got.

New Orleans

Liverpool cotton market quotes and futures, Oct 2

Spot cotton remains steady with prices down a few points. Good middling at 19.17 and middling 18.72, sales reach 3,000 bales including 2,500 American. no receipts. Futures close steady with January at 18.02 and March at 73.75, plus fixed price Qld contracts for October to June.

Liverpool

Cotton seed oil prices firm on New York market

The cotton seed market closed firm with spot at 17.50 and futures led by October at 17.56, December 16.87, January 16.88, March 16.98, and May 17.10. Total sales reached 34,100.

New York

Chicago Grain Markets React to Frost Relief in Corn

Chicago opened with corn prices easing after assurances most of the crop escaped frost danger. December and May quotations fell from yesterday, while oats held firmer on weather. Western meat stocks' big reductions supported the provisions market after an early decline in hog quotes.

Chicago

Wilmington Naval Stores Price Report

Spirits priced at 44 cents per gallon Rosin noted as N A Tar listed at 3 dollars 50 cents and 16 cents Crude recorded at 3 dollars 75 cents in three quoted offersReflects market rates for naval stores goods in Wilmington region with multiple grades shown and no additional details provided.

Wilmington Rosin—N D. Tar

Parochial Colored School Opens With Expanded Staff

The St. Thomas colored Catholic school opens with a strong record and expanded teaching staff. Sisters in charge have made costly improvements, aiming to educate the colored race and enroll children of all denominations with emphasis on good moral character.

St. Thomas’ Colored Catholic School

Stage of Water in Cape Fear at Fayetteville

Stage of water in the Cape Fear river at Fayetteville North Carolina at 2 a m yesterday was 10.3 feet.

Cape Fear River Fayetteville N. C

Local defense case settles after guilty plea and suspended judgment

Jimmy Allawos a white Northside merchant pleaded guilty in the Recorder's court to carrying a gun and was fined fifty dollars plus costs. A second charge involving a young woman Lena Tee was paused with guidance that he not approach her premises again. A suspended judgment loomed if trouble arose. William Lord Brown a colored youth faced an account of minor offense. case moved to juvenile docket then nol pros. Grace Oldham a white girl also saw similar disposition.

Jimmy Allawos Northside Recorder’s Court Mrayor Burton Allawos Lena Tee William Lord Brown Grace Oldham

War Front Sighted From Flemish Cottage

A United Press dispatch from the British front describes vivid night scenes of shell and flame across 62 miles of the line from Armentieres to Lens. The writer notes flares, searchlights, balloons, and bombs lighting the sky with a deadly beauty, while civilians nearby comment on potato bugs and farm life between battles.

William Philip Simmns United Press Armentieres Lens Notre Dame de Lorette Vmay Ridge Furnes Gasino Grand Hotel Ostend Flanders United States America Painee Dome of Heaven

Professor Calhoun Dies in Selma Family Notice

telegram from Miss Mary Kenan Calhoun announces the death of Prof. John C. Calhoun at the family home in Selma Alabama. He taught in Wilmington and Williamsburg Virginia, is survived by his wife Mary Graham Calhoun and daughter Mary Kenan Calhoun, and was a descendant of statesman John C Calhoun.

Socia Barbara Seabrook Dozier High C.calder Jone ‘Episcopal Church R. E. Gribbin May Wright Taylor Milton Calter Sprunt,Jr R. E. Calder C DeRossett William Helen Willard Daniel Preston Dozier Murchison Bank Coast Guard Service Miss Mary Kenan Calhoun James Williamsburg Old Historic College of William and Mary Mary Graham Calhoun Kenan Mary Kenan Calhoun Calhoun John ©. Calhoun

Postoffice Receipts Rise in September Quarter

Postoffice receipts for September totaled 10 257 70 dollars. The July through September quarter reached 36 660 23 dollars, up 515 from the prior quarter and higher than the same period last year. Postmaster H M L Green notes a steady quarterly rise and reports a record in mail handled last Sunday, the busiest in 16 years.

Green

Catarrhal Deafness Cure Promised by Constitutional remedy

An old advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated by a constitutional remedy. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation causes rumbling hearing or deafness and offers Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the solution with a $100 reward for any case not cured.

Ball Hall

Rheumatism Proclaimed Weather Prophet in Ad Claim

An advertisement touts rheumatism as sensitive to weather, linking sudden temperature changes to attacks. It promotes Rheuma by R R Bellamy as a two week, inexpensive treatment said to reduce swelling and pain without heart injury, with refund if relief is not achieved.

R. R. Bellamy Advt

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