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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
3
New York cotton markets opened weak to steady with reports of heavy rains impacting eastern belt crops. Prices fluctuated with Oct and Jan futures touching gains before retreating, while spot activity remained quiet amid rain damage concerns and shipping factors from the eastern regions.
New Orleans Sept 6 active cotton futures rose early on hedge selling but finished with a net loss. Prices swung with spot demand from interior buyers and heavier after noon offerings pushing the market down. Spot cotton sold 25 points below and futures closed steady to 48 points lower.
Liverpool notes steady spot prices with pool middling at 18.00 and sales totaling 2,000 bales, including 1,900 American. Receipts reach 1,000 bales, no American. Futures steady with fixed price quotes for upcoming months.
The cotton seed oil market in New York closed easier on September 6. Spot K60 bid and futures for September 15.57, October 14.44, November 15.16, December 14, January 15.14, February 15.11, March 15.34, and April 15.35 with total sales around 100.
Jesse Pomfrey began his forty-second year of confinement at the State prison in Charlestown serving a life sentence for murder. After 49 years in solitary, he was freed from the solitary constraint following Governor’s council action and now enjoys privileges shared by other life prisoners.
Savannah markets report turpentine and rosin activity with firm sales, receipts, and shipments for the period. Quotes list various grades with per hundred weights from 5.35 to 7.25 in several labeled terms.
Two thousand Cudahy Packing Company employees in Kansas City walk out causing an almost complete shutdown of plant operations. More than 65 percent of the labor force is involved. reports say some Wilson and Company workers have also struck.
Secretary Lansing opened formal talks with Viscount Ishii the head of the Japanese mission in Washington. Neither side disclosed topics but it was stated that Japan would propose the subjects for discussion.
New York on September 5 reports green sea turtle prepared in various ways as a substitute for beef. Uptown hotel chefs have added several turtle dishes to their menus to conserve beef supply.
Frank Chambers aged 89 died at his home near Kenansville after a fall and pneumonia. Survived by an aged widow and children Dorothy in New York Emma Castine Rocky Point Mrs Powell Claude Hamilton near Warsaw Nell and Master David Chambers near Kenansville Margaret and Charlie Chambers of Warsaw. Rev. Robert King conducted the funeral.
Former examiner in chief at the Patent Office, James T Newton, has his nomination confirmed by the Senate to serve as Commissioner of Patents. The action caps his long career in patent examination and office leadership.
The American workers, conveyed to the Trade Union Congress by Messrs Lord and Golden, stated their resolve to abolish Prussianism and its values. They refused to take part in any conference with enemy nations, asserting German workers’ support or moral cowardice in their government actions.
The Senate voted 72 to 1 to keep the Finance committee plan for a total levy of 1.286 billion dollars, boosting war taxes and ending major fights over war profits taxation. Debate continues on the income tax section with a vote due tomorrow, while amendments to raise individual levies were defeated.
Members of the Wilmington Home Guard gather at St. Matthew's Lutheran church at 8 tonight for an address by Colonel Walker Taylor. Captain M. Schhibben and First Lieutenant William Murphy lead the unit, which has been drilling twice weekly and is in fine condition. The talk is expected to be worthwhile and all members are urged to attend.
A letter mailed to Hugh MacRae A B Skelding and Raymond Hunt expresses employee gratitude for Tidewater Power Company officials hosting Beach Day on September 4. The note thanks the officials for hospitality and pledges cooperation to improve employer employee relations and efficiency.
Fragmentary notice reports sunrise and sunset notes for Friday with unclear times. The readable portions include phrases about sun rise and sun set but lack full details or locations.
Warsaw Sept 6 A Red Cross business meeting at the president Miss Anna Pierce home discussed co operation with farmers and tobacco buyers to fund Red Cross work for soldiers. A ladies committee was formed to solicit tobacco from farmers and ship it to Carter and Faison warehouses each Monday morning for sale. The group praised farmer and buyer contributions and outlined future fundraising activities including a benefit play by Miss Bessie Horkheimer in Mount Olive.
James Hawlins of New Hanover county, who served 16 years of a 21 year sentence, and John Perry of New Hanover, convicted of burglary at 13 and serving a life term, were pardoned today by Governor Thomas W. Bickett. Perry is 40 and Hawlins was imprisoned in the state penitentiary.
Statewide survey of food resources and consumption begins with New Hanover officials ready to proceed. Mrs Annie P Pretlow leads city efforts under county supervision of Mr King. The commission was sent by Mrs Jane McKimmon and aims to detail expected actions.
The stage of water in the Cape Fear river at Fayetteville North Carolina stood at 11.0 feet at 8:00 a.m. yesterday.
The report notes that female workers at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad shops have an average wage of sixty dollars per month, highlighting gender labor in industrial employment.
Mortgage sale of Mosley and wife to Wilmington Loan and Trust Association set for October 7 1917 at noon in the Wilmington NC city hall. Sale covers Lot 2 1/2 in Bladen and Sixth streets area described as western Sixth street frontage 33 feet, 165 feet deep, with parallel lines and parcel details. Attorney John Jayce & Son listed as representatives.
State legal notice from New Hanover County North Carolina that Mary Alline Johnson and Edward Chatham Johnson minors and others are defendants in a Superior Court action. The suit seeks sale of described lands and reinvestment of proceeds under the 1905 revision. Court date set for the Monday after the first Monday in September 1917, October 22, 1917.
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