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Newark post., 1912-06-05

are now lodged therein, and which
are constantly in danger of de-
struction by fire. Its lease expired
in May. 1912, and cannot be re
newed for more than a year except
at a prohibitCry figure.
"The State Of Delaware has no
fit place for the proper preserva'
ton of it's archives and historical
data. The Historical Society pro-
poses to build a suitable fireproof
building that will afford safe stor-
age. not only for it's own collec-
tions but as well for the ancient
archives and records Of the State.
the counties. the cities and towns.
and the individuals of the State.
Reflection will convince You
that interest in. knowledge Of and
veneration for the history Of
community affect beneficially the
patriotic, religious, intellectual,
and moral character of the people
of the community increasingly
with each succeeding generation.
eve believe nothing Of a pa
triotic. educational or charitable
nature has ever been undertaken
in this State which would confer
greater benefit upon the people
than the cOnsummation of this
project.
"Seventy-tive thousand dollars
will buy a site. and furnish prop
er building. Then our historical
material can be so preserved as to
make the name of the State honor
able among historians and arch
aeOlOgists instead of derision and
a reproach.
1T is the purpose Of the His
tOrical Society to make the pro-
posed building the State center for
matters of historic and patriotic
interest. and to this end all the pa
triotic societies of the State will
be invited to join us in our efforts
to secure the funds needed
eve invite your careful consid-
Grafton Of the address prepared by
the president of our society fol-
lowing this page, and request that
YOU will fill out the subscription
blank on the last page Of this
booklet for an amount as large
as yo,lr means will permit.
"Scventy-tivc thousand dollars
are needed and we hope that your
contribution will be in keeping
with our needs. We propose to be,
Gin the building operations as
soon as a sufficient amount is
/ pledged. but as the money will not
all be needed at once. we desire
that the funds pledged shall be
paid in installments that will add
h the convenience Of the donors
Our needs are imperative. the dan,
ger from delay is imminent and we
. therefore ask you to forward
your subscription at once
"Nery respectfully yours.
"The New Building Committee oI
the Historical Society Of Della
ware"
Newark post., 1912-06-05
HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEW
BUILDING PROJECT
Committee Issues Letter to People
Of the State

The public is responding liberal
ly to the appeal of the Historical
Society Of Delaware for $40, 200
with which to purchase site and
erect suitable fireproof building
in which to care for and protect
its historical collections, books
and manuscripts.
Josiah Marvel. chairman Of the
committee on new buildings, which
committee has the work in hand,
reports that the public at large
seems to be much interested III the
project and that subscriptions are
being received in each mail. He
says that the interest is greater
than was anticipated and that
there is apparently a strong desire
that there shall be a place where
the historical archives may be
preserved.
A pamphlet recently was issued
by the society in which is contain
ed this appeal:
"To the People Of the State OF
Delaware The Historical Society
of Delaware appeals to the people
of this State for $4,000 with
which to purchase a site and erect
suitable fireproof building IL
which to care for and protect its
priceless historical collections, its
books and it's manuscripts.
"The old building now used by
the society, although venerable IL
itself and worthy of the mos
careful preservation, is utterly un
fit to serve as the depository of tn
priceless historic treasures which
Newark post., 1912-06-05
Assign the Life Boats

The Scientific American Of May
18th prints a suggestion for life
boat accommodations, which pro-
vides that when the steward as,
signs the passenger his seat at the
table. he should also assign him his
seat in lifeboat. The number
and position Of the lifeboat should
be entered upon a card and the
lifeboat pointed out to the passen-
ger. The Japanese, with charac,
terlstic provision. already have
followed this practice on one of
their important steamship lines.
Newark post., 1912-06-05
ATHLETIC OFFICERS ELECTED

The Delaware College Athletic
Association held it's annual spring
election for officers for the new
athletic year which begins June
first. The whole student body
seemed to unite in their search
for the most capable men for the
positions.
Ephraim p. Joils. '13. was unani-
mously elected president Of the
Athletic Association to succeed
Howard 7. Ennis. who graduates
this year. The remaining officers
were elected as follows: Vice pres
ident, Thomas J. McLaury, l3;
secretary. John z. Gonce. l3 !;
treasurer. Wallace A. Sawdon,
'13: manager Of baseball team,
Artisan Smith. 10; assistant man
ager Of baseball team. Alfred {.
Connellee. II manager Of track
team. Wallace A. Sawdon, '13; as
sistant manager of track team,
Archibald Dean. IA; manager Of
tennis team, j. Eugene Gonce, '13 F;
assistant manager Of tennis team,
Elmer Hoch. IA. Many Of these
men were elected unanimously
and only four real contests We're
made.
Before the election the individ-
ual victors in the indoor track
meet between the Freshmen and
Sophomores were awarded their
medals. The tardiness Of the as.
sociation in presenting these med
ais was due to their being held
up by the manufacturers.
The idea Of an official news
paper reporter for next year wa:
also considered and decided to b.
acted upon at the next and las
meeting Of the association to b.
held at 1.3O o clock on June IS, 81
that visiting alumni may attend
meeting again. At that meeting tn
baseball team will have their D.
awarded also.
Newark post., 1912-06-05

Interesting exercises were held
at Dover on Memorial Day when a
granite shaft to the memory OF the
Revolutionary soldiers from Del
aware was unveiled. 1t marks the
place Of the last review made OF
the soldiers on the historic Dover
green Just prior to their march on
the Southern campaign. The mon
ument bears the following inscrip-
ton:
To commemorate and preserve
to Posterity, the undying fame OF
the Patriotism and Valor of the
Officers and Soldiers of the Della
ware Line, who, in May, 1870,
were reviewed on this Green for
the last time Immediately prior to
marching on their immortal
Southern Campaign in the War Of
the American Revolution.
And from which campaign but
few survived to return to their
Native State.
"This monument is erected by
the Delaware Society of the Gin
cinnati and the patriotic citizens
of the State of Delaware, May, A.
D. 1872
William p. White. vice-presi-
dent of the society. presented the
monument and gave an interesting
sketch Of the organization he rep
resented
"In May of 1888. at the close of
the Revolutionary War in the can
tonment on the Hudson river, the
historic and patriotic military or
der of the Society Of Cincinnati
was founded by the officers Of the
American Army.
"This society was designed to
be a society of Friends to endure
as long as they shall endure or any
of their eldest male posterity. or in
failure thereof the collateral
branches who may be judged
worthy Of becoming its support,
ers and members
1T was founded on certain i'm,
mutable principles to wit: To pre-
serve inviolate the rights and lib.
critics secured by the war; to pro,
mote and cherish union Of national
honor between the respective
States; to render permanent, the
cordial affection subsiSting among
the officers and especially to as
Sist by acts Of bcnefcence accord
ing to the ability Of the society
such officers or their families as
miqht he in need Of aid.
"Eaeh State society was to NEE
two or three times each year anC
dnlewatcs from these State socie
ties were to meet once in thre
years to constitute the general SO
ciety.
I'm course Of time from variou
causes. seven Of these State socie
Newark post., 1912-06-05

"Real thinkers know the value
of a wise Indifference, and that is
why they are often the most gen
ial men; unworried by the tran
sient. they can smile and wait, sure
of their eternal aim. -
"We discover how deep per-
son is when we find how much
pain and sorrow he can absorb and
still go on joyously with his life. y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
EARLY DECLINE IN COTTON RECOVERED Market Later Closes at Ad- vance-Selling Heavy on
 First Advance

New York April 2s-The cotton market was nervous today. but an early decline under heavy realizing was recovered, with the market closing steady at a net ad- vance of l@6 points.
 The opening was steady at an advance of 146 points on firm late cables from Liverpool, and predictions of unsettled weather in the belt. Selling was very heavy on the initial advance, and from the talk around the ring it seemed that local sentiment was inclined to be reac- tionary, if not actually bearsh, on eX- pectations that the south would get stretch of good weather after some fur ther showers, and feeling that price of above 11l4c went long way toward dls- counting a late start for the new crop in view of the other crop supplies still available Prices eased off in conse- quence and the market before the end of the first hour showed net decline of about f to points. Buying of May by trade interests and covering in the later months by recent sellers checked the set back around this level and the market rallied to about the closing figures of last night.
 Offerings seemed to increase on the bulge, and the market was very irregular until in the afternoon reports began to come in of rains today in Texas, parts oi Arkansas and parts of Georgia. These ad. vices combined with the readiness with which the market had absorbed the heavy early selling, imparted rathar a steadtai tone to the situation. and closing prices were within a point or two of the best oi the more active positions. The demand for May from leading spot interests at tracted considerable attention during the day.
 Some of the May buyers seemed to be selling July, and this trading was sup posed to be in preparations for notices tomorrow The official forecasts were for generally unsettled weather in the belt with showers or thunderstorms in practi- cally all sections, except west Texas Local weather experts, however, reported that a new high barometer was forming
 in the extreme west and predicted that these showers would be followed by a spell of clear weather.
 Receipts, 15o94 bales, against 1924 last week and 4602 last year. Today's receipts at Galveston, 6661 against 1275 last year; at Galveston, 1796. against 6SS last year. and at Houston, 100, against 1117 last year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
New York Cotton Futures
Daily Cotton Movement

Galveston: Steady; middling, 12c; net
 receipts, 661; gross receipts, 66l sales, 1900; stock. 203. 935; to Great Britain, 735: coastwise, 1919. New Orleans: Steady; middling, 13c; net receipts, 1796; gross receipts, 2126; sales, 790; stock 107, ,304.
 Mobile Steady; net receipts, 491 {; gross receipts, 491 stock, 12.113; coast wise, 330.
 Savannah: Steady; middling, II F e; net receipts. 35S1; gross receipts, 35S1 i; sales 150, stock. 102, ,499; coastwise, $50.
 Charleston: Steady; middling. II 9s e; net receipts. 25S; gross receipts, 25S; stock. 26,S26.
 Wilmington Steady; middling. | 9s c; net receipts, 336, gross receipts, 336i stock 21 ,930.
 Norfolk: Steady; middling, II Bc; net receipts, 9245 gross receipts, ,2245; sales, 1OO4; stock, 47,502; coastwise 2397.
 Baltimore: Nominal; midling, il %c; stock, 7469. New York: Quiet, middling, 11.s5e; gross receipts, 1533; sales. 75; stock, |151,559 continent, $50; coastwise, 1470. |. Boston. Quiet; middling, 11.s5c; net receipts, 146; gross receipts, 23sS; stock, l19.7O4. Philadelphia: Steady; middling, 1210c; stock, 2083. Brunswick: Stock, 1917. Gulfport: Stock, 10037. Texas City: Net receipts, 6So; gross receipts, 6S0; stock, 794. Total today at all ports, net, 15,094; Great Britain. 733; continent, $50; stock, 715.731. Consolidated at all ports. net, S7,5s6; Great Britain, 3O.S79: France, s14. .45S; ointment, 2S,26s; Japan. 14,115. Total since September 1. at all ports, net 11.35s,75S; Great Britain, 3303, 406; France, 1,104,426: continent. 4,067. .487; Japan, 4SO534; Mexico, S588.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
SPECIAL RATES
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Low Round Trip Summer Tourist Rates to Many Points in the nor,-,. northeast, south and southeast. Tickets on sale daily from May 15 to September 30. final limit for return as late as October 31. 1912.
 Dallas, Tex, and return a2a .0
 Account National Association of Ad- vertising clubs of America. Tickets on sale May IS, 15 and IT. limited for re- turn not later than midnight of June 5. 1912
 Louisville, Ky, and return ......3 .312.O5
 Account general assembly of the Presbyterian church In the U s. A. Tickets on sale May 13 14 and Is, with final limit for return not later than mid night of June 4, 1912
 Oklahoma City, Olxia., and return s27 G5.
 Account Southern Baptist convention. Tickets on sale May 10 to 14. inclusive; final limit for return May 31. 1912. Louisville, Ky, and return ..... .S12.O5
 Account the International Order of the Kings Daughters and Sons. Tickets on sale May 6. 2 and 8. limited for return not later than midnight of June 1, 1912.
 For sleeping car reservations and de- tail information call on or write to F., Sid Jones, D. P. A., Birmingham, Ala. Phone Main BIT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour: Firm.
 Rye: No. 2, 95@96c.
 Barley. Feed or mixing, s5cM$1.05; fair to choice malting, $1.22Q1.35. Timothy seed: $6m11.
 Glover seed: SLICED. 50
 Mess pork: $1S.50@ 18.62H.
 Lard: In tierces, $10.47k.
 Short ribs: Loose, $t0.10.
 Butter: Steady creameries. 2s@31ci dairies, 24M2Sc
 Eggs: Steady receipts. 34,070 cases at mark, cases included, 17@175ci ordinary firsts. 17Ac: firsts. 1Shc. Cheese: Steady Daisies. 16i F e Is E . Twins. 16t4 @16hc; Young Americas t51k @15Ac; Long Horns, 15A O '51ac. Potatoes: Steady; receipts, 34 cars Wisconsin. s1.27; Michigan s1.30.
 Poultry: Live, dull; turkeys, 14c chickens, 13 31zc; springs. unchanged. Veal: Steady. 7@11Ac.
 St. Louis Grain
 St. Louis, April 25.-Cash wheat No. 2 $1.1S; No hard, s1.1sa1.17. Corn No g. SoaS24c: No. white. S41suS5c. Oats No. 2 571kc; No. white, 5S19a59c. Close: Wheat May. s1 1873; July. si si.Osa4@1 .0s7s; septem- Der. $1.05la. Corn, May, s2hc; July, 7s7sc Oats, July, 54c; May, 571sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
CORN MAKES ANEW
 RECORDFOR SEASON
Attains 81 Cents Per Bushel. Close Nervous in
 Wheat

Chicago, April 25.-Corn sold here to- day at S1 cents a bushel, May delivery, the highest price in Chicago for a num- Der of years. It was also the first time this season that the option had gone above the so cent level. Short sellers were in alarm over the small amount Of cereal not already under contract to be shipped away. The close, which was firm, showed an advance or ssd$4c to 1ssc net. Other leading staples, too, all scored a gain, wheat lsc to Adasc; oats shade to 1hc and provisions 71sG25c.
 Violent actions in the corn trade result part of the shorts, who were confronted by the beginning of lake shipments and by the fact that receipts here though somewhat larger, had proven relatively seant, out of all proportion to the needs of dealers active on the bear slee.
 At times the pit was In such turmoil that prices varied as much as full cent between transactions made at the same instant in different parts of the crowd. Nevertheless. even at the height of the furry, there was no heavy selling of any of the futures. The bulge, however, was said to have brougnt from the coun- try an avalanche of requests for bids.
 Sales to arrive here were reported to aggregate 75o,000 bushels. The scare re- garding the mea eagerness of the corn sup ply did not appear to be confined to Chi cago. Values averaged about cent high CT In nearly all outside markets During the session May prices here fluctuated from 791kc to s1c and in the end were at S0Ac. a rise of 19se compared with 2i hours before.
 Unloading of a. great deal of wheat by longs took out some of the ardor of the bulls in that grain. There was like wise considerable short selling of Sep tember on the theory that it Is excep- tional if not unprecedented to find an opportunity for such an operation at so high level. Crop reports were con flicting, especially from Kansas. The main influence against the bears came from the strength of corn. On the other hand, weather was excellent for the grow ing wheat, cash demand was light and Argentine shipments promised to be 1000, 600 bushels this week against 2,120,000 bush- els year ago. July ranged between S1 .091z@1. .09ss and s1 10ss, with the close nervous, but AG2sc up at s1.104@1 10as.
 Sentiment regarding oats depended in the main upon the course of corn. lm- portant realizing sales. however. were made by prominent holders. Upper and lower limits touched for July turned out to be 54ssQ5474c and 54ssc. The close, 54ss d541ac, represented a net gain of a shade,
 Provisions ranged sharply higher de- spite sales from packers. The cause of the advance as in the case of everything ole nt, ba dFQad of famine.
 Future quotations were as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, April 25.-(Special )-The fear of further rains from the low barometer now over Kansas and Nebraska brought about a steadier market today, which, while at one time lower, did not show the weak undertone of yesterday.
 Finally the market closed steady at to points higher on the distant deliv- cries. We think the fluctuations of to- day show conclusively how much the mar ket is under the control of the daily weather predictions. It Is apparent to the casual observer that the north Is now largely long of cotton after con tinuous advance since early in last Decem- Der and their position is based on the rainy weather from that time until now
 Tenders on May are expected tomorrow as present differences hardly pay per cent on money necessary to pay Tor carry ing this stock.
 Liverpool should recover somewhat to- morrow, depending, of course, on the weather outlook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Our Provincial Newspapers
Pritehett in the Atlantic,

i1tEfy ID. ITlltnetl III lilO AlidHlit.
 The strongest of our newspapers, with their staring headlines and exaggerated attention to matters of a personal and oftentmes of trivial nature, are very local. They print certain world news to bo sure, but local happenings are treated at such length in their columns as to overshadow news of real significance from other countries and from other parts of our own country. In the recent campaign over reciprocity in the Dominion of Can ada it was quite evident that the Cana dans felt some soreness over the fact that American newspapers gave such scant attention to important Canadian events. They complained even of the New York metropolitan dailies in this re- spect The complaint may have a sound basis, but the Canadians might have re- membered that the New York newspapers are entirely impartial in their neglect of matters outside their own neighborhood. or rather in the exaggeration of local unimportant happenings. Kansas and Oklahoma and Mississippi have just as much cause to feel irritated at the forget fitness of the metropolitan dailes as have Quebec and Ontario and Manitoba. Indeed, it is out of this situation that there has arisen in- the United States a class of vigorous weekly publications which take the place or the strong na- tional newspapers of other countries, and seek to deal with the news of the world from national rather than from d local standpoint. Colncident with their rise. the dallles of our great cities have tended steadily to become local organs of public opinion and local newsgatherers. No ed- itor of an American newspaper has to- day widespread a constituency of readers es had Horace Greeley 60 years ago. Many causes contribute to this re- suit, and one of them lies in the circum- stance that the American paper is made primarily with an eye to local consump- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
L;verpool Cotton Statistics

LiVerpool April 25.-Spot cotton cIosed in fair demand. Prices 10 points lower. American middling fair, 7.19d good mid ding, 6.s1d; middling, 6.57d; low middling, G. 27d; good ordinary, 5.S5d; ordinary b.5ld. Sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which 800 were for speculation and export and included $500 American. Receipts. 10000 bales. including 9600 American. Futures opened easy and closed irregular. April, 6.361kd; April May, May-June, June-July, 6.33d; July-August, 6.33i5d: August-Sep- tember, 6.3l1kd eptember-october, 6.29d; i; October November 6.Nd November-De- cember, 62512d December-January, Jan uary February. 6.24lad; February-March, March-April, 6,25lhd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
PITTSBURG FIRM IS
 FORGED TOlSUSPEND

Pittsburg, April 25.-Announcement of the suspension of the stock exchange house of Seully, Painter X Beech was made on the floor of the Stock exchange this morning after the filing in the United States court an application for a receiv- CT. Sculy, Painter & Beech hold member ships in the New York Stock exchange, the Pittsburg Stock exchange, the Chicago Stock exchange and the Chicago board of trade. The firm comprised Charles A. Painter. James Scully. Daniel Beech and Edward Farley and did a large business
 MT Painter said:
 We are unable to give statement of probable liabilities The suspension was brought about when some of our best se- curitigs were thrown out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Montgomery Market

Montgomery. April --(Special.)--- The local produce market was un- changed. The same variety of vege- tables were on hand that have been offered for sale for the past several days, the prices being unchanged.
 Eggs have taken a jump from 20 cents to- 25 cents. the advanced price being due to the scarcity.
 Young chickens are hard to get and are high, the prices being beyond the reach of the average housewife. Straw berries are being sold by street ped- dlers at 10 cents a quart
 Butter sold at 30 cents and 40 cents a pound.
 The cotton market was quiet. Strict middling sold at 11A cents and mid ding at 11ss cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, April 25-Cotton seed oil ox- cited and higher on active covering of shorts and good speculative buying on the strength in lard, scarcity of offerings and aggressive bull support. Sales totaled 2s,700 barrels. Futures closed 1493l points net higher. April, 6.72q6.S0c; May, 6.75@ 6.76c; June, 6.S4Q6S6c; July, 6.S9G6. soc August, 6.9646. 99c; prime crude, g. eOc bid 1; prime summer yellow, 6.71a6. soc; prime winter yellow. 6.S0dSc; prime summer white, 6S0Gl7. soc.
 New Orleans. April 25.-Cotton seed oil :: Prime in barrels. refined per pound (. 75e; choice meal per cent ammonia, per long ton, $2925; choice cake, per cent anl- monia, per long ton, BPS. .25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: steady: middling. 11Ac; net receipts. TOO; gross receipts, 100; ship ments, 154s stock, 67.700.
 Augusta: Steady; mddling. 12c; net re- ceipts, 511; gross receipts, 727; shipments. 1357 sales, 336; stock. 57,277.
 Memphis: Quiet; midding, 11ssc; net receipts. 3O6 gross receipts, 426; shipments, 2294 sales, $50; stock, 52.1l0.
 St. Louis: Steady; middling, 11%c; net receipts. 779; gross receipts. 1551; ship ments. 800; sales, r; stock, 23535.
 Cincinnati: Net receipts 1082; gross re- celpts 10s2; shipments, 999; stock, 13,192.
 Little Rock: Quiet middling, 111Ac; net receipts, 18S gross receipts, 1sS; shipments, 100: stock. 15.466.
 Total today: Net receipts, 4572; gross receipts. 564; shipments. 7o9s; sales, 763; stock, 232, 2s0.