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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-17
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writes Mrs. James Fitzgerald, Ba-
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correct the disorders Of the liver, but
improve the appetite and strength
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where.--Adv. DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-17

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umns7 You ought to--they get results.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-17
The Complete Life.

Knowledge love, power-there is
the complete life."-Amiel.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-17
Warming for eIddIes.

Motto to hang in henhouses-An egg
a day keeps the hatchet away.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-17

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
LEGAL NOTICES


Notice of Letting Contract
| Notice is hereby given that the highway
commission of Pickens county. Ala, will.
up to 10 o'clock, a. n Thursday, October
t. 1917, receive sealed bids for grading,
crawling fencing, hauling and placing
pipe and making concrete pipe, all ac-
cording to plans and specifications on file
at pr rebate judges office, CarroIlton, Ala.
the following roads: The Carrollton and
Pickens road, distance miles; state line
to Pickensville, distance 10 miles; the
Pickensville- Admission road, distance 10
miles; Reform McShas road, distance 10
miles; McShas state line road, II miles.
Approximate quantities as follws: Grad
ing, 10000 cubic yards; crawling 40,500
cubic yards; clearing and grubbing, 500
stations; pipe, $500 lineal feet; bridging.
iOO 600 feet. Plans and specificati ons may
be had at the office of Gus E. Hauser.
consulting engineer Columbus. Miss. for
So. Each bid must be accompanied with
certified check for per cent of the cost
of each bid, made payable to E. G.. Rob-
inson, chairman.
The highway commission reserves the
right to reject any and all bids. Signed:
E. G.. ROBINSON, Chm.
w. C. SPARKMAN.
CHARLES R. HORTON.
Highway Commission Pickens County,
Alabama s-5-30t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
STOCK GOSSIP

The censors are permitting press to
freely publish peace rumors, London
view being that Kaiser will soon reopen
new peace parleys.
Russia is about to institute important
reforms with object Of creating strong
revolutionary army.
United States to curtail further ex-
portation of coal to South America and
European neutrals on account of short
age threatened here.
Conferees OH war revenue bill vote
to uphold Senate action striking out
inheritance tax. Final agreement on
bill probably Friday. Cost of war to
France now totals $40, 100000.
Twenty industrials, 8L63, advance, .O8;
20 rails, 1888, off .06-Dow Jones'
The easing of the money situation re-
lieved the immediate cause for the liqui-
dation of industrials. These are the only
stocks to speak of that are being car
ried in brokers' loans. The rails are
not so much concerned with credit con-
ditions. because only few of them
comparatively are held around the
street.
Money conditions: The scarcity of time
money, which has been blamed for a
good deal of the liquidation which the
market has recently suffered, was re-
lieved today by the action of the COM
mittee of bankers. For the first time
in several weeks there was an /abun-
dance of funds available around per
cent and some loans were made at 51a
Distillers: The buying of Distillers
stock continued, and was just as notice.
able while the market was weak as it
was while it was strong. The stock is
being picked up on it's intrinsic value
New York Press.
New York-Time money has been out
in fairly large volume. 1t is said rates
will be thoroughly controlled, not too
high nor too low Certain securities
look cheap, such as r. B. G. and Lacka-
wannat Steel There is evident support
in United States Steel. There is no
change in the situation. There are
plenty of rallies but until liquidation
runs its course cannot expect any real
good market.-Hutton.
A final conference on price fixing was
held by President Wilson with members
of war industrial board. Definite prices
believed to have been recommended to
the President and If he approves, prices
will be made known shortly.-Josepthal.
Paris-According to the Petit Parisean,
the pope is about to send further peace
notes to the belligerents.-Hut
New York-Content sold 1000 Reading
and Mesto bought 2000.-Bache
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
COTTON GOSSIP
Weather

Weather
cotton region summary: Nearly sea-
sonal temperature conditions prevail
over central and western portion of cot
ton region, but over eastern portion it
is to 10 degrees cooler than average for
this season of year with minimum tenn
peratures of 46 to g.. Scattered showers
have occurred in Oklahoam and west
Arkansas and light to moderate showers
are reported from south Texas.
Not much rain fell in cotton belt in
the last "a hours Light showers are
shown on the map in south Texas. The
feature Of weather returns is the cool
weather in the Atlantics, the tempera-
ture having fallen to 80 In some places.
North Texas generally clear, 70. Cen
tral Texas generally cloudy, IA. Gulf
coast generally cloudy, rs. East Texas
generally clear, 62 Laredo, raining, rs,
half-inch rain; Corpus Christi, cloudy, "a,
light rain last night. West Texas gener-
ally cloudy, e.; San Antonio, cloudy, 10,
light showers last night. Arkansas gem
orally clear, g. Louisiana, generally
clear, Is. Oklahoma, generally cloudy, 10
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
WIDE SWINGS IN
THE CORN MARKET
Fear of Cold Weather and
Frost Damage Still
Factor

Chicago September 19.-Fresh uneasi-
ness over chances that serious crop dam
age from frost was not unlikely gave an
advantage to the bulls today in the corn
market. Frequent violent shifts in val
ues took place, and the close was IN
settled, nc to 1Ic net higher at sl.196t
L19A December, and Sl.155smi.15 for May
Oats lost 1sc to SsQ15c. Provisions
wound up at an advance of II to r.
Despite the fact that frosts which had
been looked for did not appear, the corn
market rallied quickly from a break
that took place at the outset Anxiety
been delayed, not averted, took a new
clutch as a result of forsecasts of frosts
tonight in the northwest and because OF
authoritative statements that the bulk
of the crop in such important states as
Kansas and Missouri would not be safe
until September 80. Seaboard specula-
tors were said to have been among the
leading buyers. Heavy selling on the
upturns carried prices swiftly back
ward several times, but in every case
the reaction failed to last as the abb
sorptive power of the market held out
robust to the end. Freezing weather
was reported at Minot, N. D., and UNI
settled cooler conditions were indicated
for big portion of the corn belt.
Odts Iucludteu With coN1i, Dut sho"Su
less buoyancy on account of the compar-
alive slowness of cash demand.
Incoming supplies of wheat at Mime
apols and Duluth were reported at
nearly equaling in volume the totals of
a year ago. At Chicago, however, the
arrivals We're far from amounting to
enough to meet acquisitions from millers.
Big shipments of meat stimulated a
rise in the provision list. Higher quo
tations on hogs tended also to strengthen
the market.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
CHAMBER TO NAME
NEW COMMITTEES

At the meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Birmingham Chamber
of Commerce, which will be held FRI
day morning, new plan of work Will
be outlined for the future policy of
the chamber. Thirty-three new COM
mittees Will be named. The committees
will be as follows:
Charities. federal trade commission,
military, banking and currency, taxa
ton, public utilities, foreign trade, In
dustrial. convention. transportation.
publicity, membership. vocational edu-
cation. water supply. city traffic. city
plan, fire prevention and insurance, spe-
cial, library. auditorium. entertain
ment, finance, good roads. grain ex-
change, health and sanitation, legis-
lation, miscellaneous. public policy,
travelling mems dinner. waterways.
city beautiful. acquaintance. industrial
excursion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
NEW JERSEY BOYS
DELIGHTED WITH
LIFE AT ANNISTON

To the Editor Of The Age-Herald:
We take this liberty to ask you to
put US right in the ewes OF our
southern brothers. for we believe that
you did us an injustice by the print
ing of that article headed. Making
Camp Mcclellan Unpopular at Home
in your edition of Sunday. September
16. 1917
If a Philadelphia Ledger reporter ie
responsible for it. we ask you to dis
regard any more stories from one 50
imaginative as he. for. after spending
a week here. we have failed to find
any of those fierce rattlesnakes. The
only snake we discovered SO far was q
harmless blacksnake about four feet
long. We fetched him back to camp
and we are teaching him ali the latest
military tactics.
As for the spiders and lizards, We
have taught hundreds of them to
catch flies about the camp. new
scheme in sanitation.
Now. to be serious. we have been
down to the Mexican border and
camped on the Arizona deserts for
aDOut three months, met g1la monsters,
rattlesnakes. scorpions and tarantulas.
They provided about the only excite
ment during our brief stay in that
country, but as far as meeting them
in Alabama-never. We don't believs
they were made to mar these beauti-
! full mountains and hills. for beautiful
| they are to anyone who has lived all
his life in cities and we hate to think
of the time that must come. and come
| it must when we win have to leave
! this place for other parts.
| And that wild tale of boiling hus
shower baths If that reported held his
head under one of them for about 10
minutes he would think he was some
where in the Arctic circle. He must
| be writing about some hotel he is
stopping at: at any rate, his imagina-
ton is pretty good He should be writ
| ing scenarios for the movies
VIII close with best regards to the
people of Alabama. and more power
| to The Birmingham Age-HeraId as
it were. we beg to remain, most re-
specially yours.
THE THIRD SQUAD.
Company M, Fourth New Jersey In
fantry, Camp Mcclellan. Admission,
Ala.
September 1s. 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
Private Wire Flashes

Weekly report looks favorable to corn
crop Some frost damage reported in
extreme northeastern portion but the
mention as whole is not bullish.-Wag-
ner to Campbell
Chicago: Shorts covering in corn
Babcock.
Special reports say the soil in grain
states generally favorable condition and
that temperatures past fortnight have
been too low, that corn is late and still
requires for maturity is days in Ohio up
to 10 days in Kansas. Frost damage
has not been serious.-McKinnon.
Local shorts been covering corn freely
recently. The heavy commission houses
selling on the way down has been taken
by widely short demand. No prominent
buying. bcock
Been heavy trade In corn. Tone good
and several prominent traders are dis
tinctly favorable to higher prices.-Bab-
cock
Chicago: Armour selling corn. Rosen-
baum tried to buy some and offerings
dried up, making new high. Harris, Win
throp and Wagner sold on the bulge. No
pressure on oats. Jackson good buyer
December oats.-Babcock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
EASIER MONEY MART
ADVANCES STOCKS
Selling Movement Stops
and Much Better Tone
Noted

New York, September ia decided
stock movement. The selling movement
which has made such Roadway of late
was checked effectively, and there was
a general marking up of values which
reached substantial proportions before
the end of the day. noticeable change
was the tendency to follow up the mar
ket on the rise. The inquiry broadened
as quotations were advanced, and the
strength was maintained throughout the
session.
Improved conditions in the money
market were spoken of most frequently
as a direct source Of strength. Specu-
lation has been restrained by the firm
ness Of the money market and the doubt
full outlook for obtaining accommoda-
lions. This situation was improved by
the action taken by New York bankers
to stabilize the money market The
putting out of large sums in loans re-
suited in an easing of rates. Time money
was 5@5M per cent and cal funds were
loaned as low as "a per cent
Indications that announcements regard
ing steel and copper prices would soon
be made at Washington helped the mar
ket on it's upward course. The pro-
longed uncertainty In this respect has
constituted one of the main adverse in
fluences and the tone of Washington ad-
vices today was so confident as to lead
to buying In expectation of an early set
t1ement Another encouraging feature
was the indication OF steady improve
ment in the Russian situation, which re-
lieved the fears felt in this respect since
the coming of the recent internal crisis.
The buying came largely from the
shorts, as was shown by the vigorous
bidding for stocks which recently have
been sold most heavily. These shares
led the early advance, but the movement
spread gradually through the list, and
there was signs of considerably in
creased buying for the long account, al
though the largest as a rule were In the
industrals, some of the railroads made
large advances. The movement ranged
from 1 to points in a long list of
issues representing all parts of the
market.
The bond market was irregular; tota-
sales, par value, $29O0,0O0. United States
Is registered advanced y. Liberty bonds
sold at 99.98 to 100.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
New Orleans Futures
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans: Middling, 21c; receipts,
2S0s; sales, 1886; stock, $3.50.
Galveston: Middling, 22.10c; receipts
1865; sales, 1900; stock, 142,50O
Mobile: Middling, BIC; receipts, S45;
sales, Is: stock 20,052.
Savannah: Middling. 21.50c: receipts
II, $50: sales, 1898; stock, 129,s54.
Charleston: Middling, 2O14c; receipts
65S; sales, 25; stock, 1865.
Wilmington: Receipts, S14; stock, AZ, 255
Texas City: Stock, go
Norfolk: Middling, 21.3Sc; receipts 331;
sales, q; stock, 36,402.
Baltimore: Stock. 1880.
Boston: Middling, 21.70c; receipts, 455;
stock, $500.
Philadelphia: Middling, 2s.15c; stock
1880
New York: Middling, 22.soc; receipts
174 stock, 50,91S.
Minor ports: Stock, 1882.
Total today: Receipts, 25,096; exports,
56S.573.
Total for week: Receipts, 1885; ex-
ports, 32,445.
Total for season: Receipts, 652,s61 ex-
ports, 520S37.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
CONTINUED ADVANCE.
IN COTTON PRICES.
Bought on Damage Re-
ports and of Cold
Weather

New York, September 19.-There was
rapid and excited advance in the cotton
market today, with December contracts
selling at 21.4sc or more than "a per
bale above last nights closing figures
and very nearly 2 cents per pound above
the low level of last week. That de-
livery closed at 2L23c, with the general
list closing very steady at net adj
vance of 81 to 81 points.
The market opened firm at an adj
vance of 70 to SO points with the buy
ing movement becoming more active as
the call progressed, and with the late
months showing the maximum gains
There was enough realizing to cause
some irregularity right after the call,
but more optimistic talk of peace pros
poets and bullish overnight spot adj
vices appeared to stimulate covering,
with demand becoming still more ac-
tive after the publication of the weekly
weather bureau report. October sold up
to 2L50c, January to 21.S6c, and March
to 21.54c, or n to 81 points net higher
before the end of the morning Demand
then slaekened and nearly half the adj
vance was lost under realizing and local
selling probably encouraged by less IA
vorable advices as to peace prospects.
and reports that the advance had
brought in scattered selling from the
south.
Business was much less active during
the setback. however, and as soon as
the realizing subsidized the market de-
veloped renewed strength closing within
! 16 to 20 points of the best Immediate
weather conditions in the. south were
considered favorable for picking, and led
to talk of increased spot offerings, but
continued good demand for September
shipment was reported. and unfavorable
! fea lures in the weekly weather report
inspired apprehension of reduced crop
indication at the end of the month
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
Stocks Up on Peace and Easy Money;
Cotton Strong On Bad Crop News
By G. r. AVERY

Cotton developed very great strength,
due to the weekly weather report, which.
was very bullish, showing severe dete-
rioration over nearly the entire belt and
also to buying by New England spinners
The spot demand was apparently I'M
satisfied as yet and many Texas points
reported very high basis. 1t would
not be surprising to see natural reac-
ton from this level, upon technical rea-
sons if for no other. 1t is quite rea-
sonable to suppose the short interest has
been covered and good generalship
would suggest inviting another one to
avoid trading dollars
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
Live Stock

Kansas City. September 19-Hogs: Re-
ceipts, COCO; market, higher; bulk. IL ,75@
IS rs; heavy, s1S@1s. IS; packers and BUTCH
ers, $11. 75G1S.75; light. SIT 4aa1S.4o; pigs,
SIG. 50@17. 25.
Cattle: Receipts. $500, including 100
southerns; market, steady; prime fed
steers, SIG 500i17 .25 dressed beef steers.
$12@16; southern steers, $7@11; cows, $3.50
TO- SO; heifers, 81 .5O@1S.
Sheep Receipts, $500: market. higher;
lambs, $17.75QlS.eo; yearlings. s12@l3. so;
wethers, $l1@13; ewes. $40. 50@12.
ST. Louis, September 19.-Hogs: Re-
ceipts, 4200 market, strong; light $3.50
IS. 40; pigs, s14Q17 so; mixed and butchers,
sls@1S.7o; good heavy. SIS .5oals 80; bulk,
S1S@1S.75.
Cattle Receipts 600: cows and best
steers, steady; others lower; native beef
steers. $S@17 50; yearling steers and heif-
ers. s7d16: cows, $6G10 stockers and feed
ers. Sc. 5oQ9.50; Texas quarantine steers.
Sc. 1910. co. fair to prime southern beef
steers, $9Ql12.75; beef COWS and heifers, S.
@10; prime yearling steers and heifers,
81 .50Q10; native calves, $5.750ll0.7 70.
Sheep: Receipts. 1900; market, strong;
lambs, s12I1S. so; ewes SO. 50@11; wethers,
SIC. 5o@12.50; Gamers and choppers, s5a7.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
McKinnon's Letter

Chicago, September 19.-Corn: Although
the feared frosts did not materialize and
the corn market has been subjected to
severe pressure, values have recovered
readily from depressions. Ability OF
market to take care of offerings, which
have been in large volume today, has
caused considerable comment and to a
large degree tempered bearish sentiment
and encouraged believers in higher prices.
Offerings of old corn have been practi-
cally nothing, sample market 4c to &c
higher. Claims of damage by low tenn
peratures on September 10 have been
larger in number.
, Oats: There was no appearance of ex-
port demand, either in the cash oats
market or the futures. None the less.
spot oats were steady, although slower
of sale, country offerings being at a
minimum Larger elevator interests were
buyers of September and sellers of the
December. Trade has been of rather
moderate proportions with the market
following corn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
New York Futures
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans, September 19.-The adj
vance was continued here today, the
market opening at the rise and main
tanning the improvement throughout the
session. At the highest levels most ac-
tive months were 81 to So points up.
Profit taking caused a minor reaction
late in the day and the close showed net
gains of 68 to 70 points.
Buying was stimulated by cold weather
in the western belt private belt and
official crop returns indicating deteri-
grafton over the greater portion of the
cotton region, complaints of insect dam
age, peace talk and reports of further
Improvement in the spot inquiry at a
higher range of prices Local spot quo
tations were raised by 60 points.
There were many small setbacks from
the advance during the day, but none
was wide, the market having no selling
power, especially after 10 o'clock and the
reading of the weekly drop reports, which
were unexpectedly unfavorable in their
mention of cold weather retarding the
opening of bolls and development of the
plant. The highest prices We're reached
after the trade had digested the unfa-
vorable features of the weekly returns
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
Spot; Cotton
Pig Iron
Produce Market

New York, September 19.-Butter easy;
receipts, 1928: creamery higher than ex-
tras, 441a@451sc; creamery extras, ~
score, 44@4411c; firsts, 43@4SAc. Eggs
steady; receipts, 1866; fresh gathered ex-
tras, 45a46c; extra firsts. 43Q44c; firsts,
4o1z@42c. Cheese firm; receipts, 1858:
state fresh specials, 25Ac; state fresh
specials, average run, 25@251sc Dressed
poultry firm; chickens, 24@32c; fowls,
22@30c; turkeys, 20@33c.
Chicago September 19.-Butter I'M
changed. Eggs: Receipts, 122o3 cases;
firsts 3714@37Ac; ordinary firsts. $50
S51hc; at mark, cases included, 35@37c
Potatoes Receipts. 40 cars; unchanged.
Poultry alive higher; fowls, 221zc;
springs. 211sc.
st. Louis, September 19.-Poultry UNI
changed, except hens, 21c; springs, PIC.
Butter and eggs unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
Coffee Market

New York, September 19.-Ths more
optimistic talk Of peace prospects was
accompanied by some buying through
brokers with cotton trade connections
in the market for coffee futures dur
ing today's earlier trading. The open
ing was l to 4 points higher and active
months sold about 5 to points above
last nights closing figures before &the
end of the morning. Sales. 27,25o. De-
cenber. 7.4Sc; January, 7.54c; March,
Toe; May; 7.S5c; July, &c. Spot coffee
steady; Rio rs. SAc Santos As, sac.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20

Easier money rates was given as the
reason for the improvement in stock
prices today. The truth of the matter
probably is that the continued decline
promised to develop into panicky condi-
tions and the big interests stepped in
and supported the market and bought
stocks at the bottom Gas they always
do), and the shorts seeing the handwrit-
ing on the wall took to cover All mar
kets were filled with peace rumors to-
day. There is no question but what Ger
many is on her last string financially,
and money will win this war the same
as it has all others.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
Clark's Letter

New Orleans, September 19-Of over
night foreign news, the determined eff
forts In Russia to organize new strong
fighting force and persistent rumors of
peace discussions in Europe, were prin-
cipaily attracting attention.
Market opened 80 to so points higher,
made only small concession to reaction
selling and profit taking by yesterdays
buyers, then soon advanced further on
general buying. The government crop
report was decidedly unfavorable. 1t
made decided impression on the mar
ket by it's contrast with previous flatter-
ing reports and further covering carried
December to 20.64c, after which it quieted
down and realizing caused some easiness,
but the undertone continues bullish.