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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
NEW YORK COTTON.

INV YORK Oct. 3i.-The cotton
market recovered yesterdays losses
during tOday's early trading. Th2re
was no confirmation Of yesterdays late
rumOrs that the coal strike had been
called off. but there appeared TO be
quite a general conviction that any dis
turbance would be OF short duration.
The strike news consequently did not
prevent buying on the threat Of a old
wave IN the southwest firm Liverpool
cables and hullish spot news. July was
s. points lower at the opening. but other
months were four to SO points higher
and sold about IS to As points above
last nights closing figures during the
early trading, with January touching
$500, or a new high record
The early advance Was checked by q
renewal OF December liquidation and
the market broke sharply right after
the publication OF the government re-
port, making the condition OF the crop
SILL. This evidently showed less de-
terioration than expected, but trace
interests were good buyers on the break
10 35.b0c for January, or ABOUT q points
from the early high level and 70 points
net lower.
Reports that the government had
secured an injunction against the coal
strike helped the ton Of both cotton
and stocks during the early afternoon
and there was Wall street buying on
the rally TO IS. SOC for January, or about
AZ points from the lowest and 10 points
net higher.
Futures closed very steady at advance
Of S 10 II points,
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Motorized Fire
Equipment H.;
Horses To Go

Complete motorization Of the Mem
pitts fire department by Jan. I, 1920,
approached the stage OF realization
Friday at noon, when Mike Ftzmor-
ris. fire chief, and !. S. Stephenson,
representative Of the American La -
France Fire Engine company unloaded
five bumpers and two service trucks
from Elmira, N. Y
When two more bumpers. motor
driven. arrive in Memphis. the day OF
the fire horse will have passed. At
present, the horse In being used at
downtown stations,
Motorized, the department will have
Is bumpers. 5 trucks and a water tower.
Two OF the bumpers which arrived
Friday have a pumping capacity OF
1000 gallons per minute. They carry
a 125-horsepower engine. Others TO
come to the number Of five, same
horsepower, will pump 800 gallons per
Two 6-cylinder, type "A. ladder combi-
nation wagons also are on the way
here. The bigp jumpers are type IL.
and the smaller ones type rs,
According to Mr., Stephenson's esti-
mate, Memphis will have az modern a
fire department as Is possible for a 1890
city.
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CONDITION WAS
.5l.l PER CENT ON OCT. Is

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.-The condl-
ton of the cotton crop On Oct. rs was
Bill, according to n supplemental re-
port issued today by the department OF
agriculture at the direction Of congress,
No comparative figures for last year
are available, the announcement said,
and there Is no basis for a forecast
OF production. The regular report as
of Sept. 25 gave the condition as 54.&
per cent of normal, which forecast a
production Of 1856, 900 bales.
Condition by states for Oct. rs fol-
lows: Virginia, So; North Carolina, 64;
South Carolina, 60: Georgia, As; Florida,
33: Alabama, "a; Mississippi, 40; Louis.
lana, 80; Texas, 46; Arkansas, So: Ten
~nessee, IS; Missouri, 10; Oklahoma, rs;
california, so; Arizona, SO.
Congress directed that a new esti,
mate as of Oct. rs be prepared because
members from Southern states insisted
that the Sept. rs crop forecast was
erroneous, the department of Agricul-
ture not having taken abandoned acre
age into its preparation, Today's re-
pert showed a. decline of 33 points
during the month, as compared, with Il
decline OF 7 points shown by the Sep
tember estimate and an average de.
cline Of less than five points on the
September date during the 10 preceding
years.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
y COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. Sl.-Early
fluctuations in cotton today were IT.
regular, owing to switching Of the long
interest from the near to distant po-
sitions. Gables were not as high as
due and on the opening call the most
active months were 7 to Is points down,
but Immediately after the market rose
on continued bad weather and eXpec-
tations Of a low condition report from
the government. At the end OF the
first half hour Of trading prices were
II to Al points over yesterdays close,
the distant months being the stronger.
The market jagged gradually until
the most active months were about net
unchanged at IL o'clack, the time OF the
government report on condition, The
percentage of 61.1 proved higher than
generally expected and there was an
Immediate drop of about half a cent u
pound. A few minutes after IL o'clock
January stood SO points under yester-
days close at $3.50,
The market became somewhat leGs
active but retained its i~rregularity, At
/ o'clock the near months were at net
declines OF l2 to IA points and the dis
tant months at net advances OF II to
81 points.
Spots closed steady and unchanged;
ordinary, q $500; good ordinary, 2S.DOc;
low middling, 80, 7be; middling, soc; good
middling, 40, 75c. Sales on the spot,
1850; to arrive, 1882.
Futures closed barely steady at ad-
vance of 8 to decline Of IL points.
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FROM WALL STREET
Large Variety of Shares Par
tiCipated in Early Advance
in Stock List.

NEW YORK, Oct 3l.-An unusual
variety Of issues participated in the
further substantial advance Of prices
at the active opening OF teday's stock
market, Shippings, equipments, steels
and sugars were in special demand at
extreme gains OF one 10 almost five
points Oils, motor specialIies and pa
per shares also were exceptionally
strong. U, S, Steel lost a fraction at
the outset but 500 improved with in
dependent issues Of THAI group, Rails
and coppers were tho only stocks 70
lag, the general list extending its ad-
vance within the first half hour,
Activity was resumed at midday,
steels, equipments, oils and food spe-
oialties continuing to lead. Republic,
Baldwin. Mexican Petroleum and Gu
ban-Amerioan and South Porto Rico
sugars were the outstanding features.
Extreme advances In those stocks
ranged fro 5 to rs points. Call money
rose to 10 per cent,
The closing was strong, Sales APP
proximated 1859 shares.
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MEMPHIS MARKETS

Quotations represent prices from
iobber to rstaileT)
Produce.
EggsFresh, candled, bs95sc; stor-
age, aS6D50e,
Butter-Eigin creamery. pound prints
66@6sc; country butter, 6o96lc; reno
waited, S6m4bo.
Cheese--Cream prints, 3IdSSc,
Poultry - Ducks, 2SW30c; hens, alive,
2b@27c; dressed, 2o@Soe; ROSTERS, ltw
lbci geese, nom. turkeys, I'VE, S6gSsc;
sizes, SO932e.
Fruits.
Lemons-per hox. T.50@E.5o.
Orsnges-Cnlifornia, $b,b0W6.bO;
ida, H75@5.00,
Rananaa--pound, BM 47c.
Dried Fruit-Eyaporeted apples, $50
1Shc; peaches, Ah@2Sci prunes, ID,
nom; apricots. nom
Grapos--ConcordE, pony BASKET, zfW
Csc; Malaga, crates, @2.soGa,7bi TokayS'
S2,75.
Cocoanuts-sack 100. Sto,So@li.oo.
Grapefruit--New Florida, box, $500,
Apples-1barrel stock, Jonathan R,sS
1000; Yorks, $4,000 90; Ganoa, t7;oo0
| $50; Ben Davis. tLoo9T 30; bushel bas-
| ket fruit, So 50dt3,5O.
Cranberries--Bafrei s11.0o@l1 so.
Grain and Feedstuffs.
oats-White. dray lots, soc; mixed.
chops-Per ton. less than car lots,
Corn-saeked. in drsy load lots, No,
2 white. s1.72; No, . yellow, N72; No,
MN Frede--Dray load lots, ton; bran,
$40. 90; shorts, gray, $4,000.
Hay-nimothS, less ; : car on6 l9ss'
nom; No, 1, nom, No. ., nom,
Cottonseed Products.
merchants Exchange Quotations.>
Crude oil, basis prime I. o. b. mill,
zoe ID hulls, loose, CARROTS, $500.
Groceries.
FIour-Barrel, gt-lb, sacks, S1t.s5q
1905; self-rising, sl1,Nqi2,25
Meal-Crcam, Dbl, pags l00,lb. sacks'
sssssSS;; iiS S.IS. sacks, MlgSj i Surisps s'' 10
extra; standard. t0c lower.
sugsr--Standard,. gr~anulated cane,
loo clarified, nominal,
Rice-Iiead, pound, 1874 Ql4c; broken,
| ohc.
Memphis basis, ~ zoe; roasted, bulk,
per n, nominal; green. ommon ordi-
nary, 30Q35c. Javas. BM43c.
Vegetables.
BeansaNayy, per lb., s%e' Lima per
Peas-calliornia blaek-eyed. per h.,
Sc.
Onions-Saok, 100 lbs, S75; white
wax, S. 0616.00; Spanish, crate, 81. rs;
| California bronse, cwt., A76QS,25.
Potatoes - Cwt., ali varieties, ts.0o9
OahhaEe-NorthArr. crate, $2.75ds.00.
Peppersr-Peck, 301s5c.
Cucumbers -- Hot house, N.b012.o0
| dozen,
Lettuce-California, crate, $3.50.
Celery-Bunch, Michigan, I0Ge0c.
Cauliilowers-Crate, S2.76.
Tomatoes-Home- grown, bushel, $3.50
9b 90; Tugs, $3.50,
Sweet Potatoes-Bushel. 81 2b11,50.
Carrots-Bushel basket, 1926.
Parsnips-Bushel basket, s2,25.
Hides and Wool.
Hides-No, i green, salted, s4gs5c;
partly cured, 32GS3c; green, 30mSle;
| damaged culls, half price. dry flint, 400
| 42c, dry sailed, 3SG40c, :
No. / horse hides, $50 G 800. No. 2
horse hides, S,o0qS.oo; Clues and ponies
shsspEins, 5oc@ss.oo. shsarinss. IS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
DOW. JONES SUMMARY.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.--Dispatch from
indianapolis quotes Lewis as saying
miners ready to abandon demand for
e-hour day and modification Of so per
cent wage increase, Operators IN cen
trail field meet in Cleveland today and
compromise may be effected.
Government to ask for injunction to-
day at indianapolis against miners
chiefs to prevent crippling production
In coal fields. May prevent strike.
United States troops sent / West Viz
ginia coal fields.
OIL land leasing bill passes house and
now goes to conference,
Lloyd George governments get vote
OF confidence In commons on It's finan
clal policy.
International labor conference at
Washington votes to admit delegates
from Germany and Austria,
Japan ~ratlfies peace treaty being
fourth allied power to act,
Twenty industrials 1888 off 10,
Twenty rails S025 off. IS.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
MSCELANEOUS

CHICAGO, Oct. 31,-Potatoes steady;
arrivals. IS cars Northern sacked and
bulk, $2.15G2.4O; Western russets, SO. rs;
r%urals, s2.7O@2.75,
KANSAS CITY, Oct, 3l,--Butter, eggs
and potatoes unchanged,
Poultry unchanged except hens one
cent higher, 2OQ2se.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-Butter, un-
changed. Eggs, receipts 1,72S cases,
unchanged. Poultry, alive lower; springs
2Se; fowls, lB92Se.
ST. LOUIS, oct, S1.-Poultry, geese
zoe; Others unchanged. Butter and
eggs unchanged.
NEW YORK, Oct. si.--Bar silver,
1.2l%; Mexican dollars, 92N.
NEW YORK, Oct. St.--Butter steady;
receipts, 9,4S6i firsts, 6i@s9c.
EGGS unsettled receipts, 1857! firstS
cheese firm; receipts, 4,s7s; average
Poultry, i've, steady; chickens. 27c;
fowls, 20@27c; turkeys, 3Oc. Dressed
easy; fowls, 24037ei Western chickens
ESQ 5c; turkeys, S5@t5e.
ST, LOUIS. oct. 3l,-Poultry-Geese
zoe; other unchanged.
Butter and eggs unchanged.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3l,-copper dull
electrolytic, spot and fourth quarter
2l@22.
Iron, firm and unchanged.
Anthony, SIS.
Metal exchange quotes lead quiet.
spot, $40 bid; December, $40 bid, 6.SS
INsked,
Spelter firm; East st. Louis spot
TAO bid, 755 asked, .
At London: Standard copper, spot
9100 lbs Cd; futures, &l0l los electro
| lytic spot, Ella; futures, els.
Tin. spot, G275 2s Cd; futures, e27t
Lead, spot. Gs1 Is Cd futures, esl
Is Cd.
Spelter, spot, e44 los; futures, Ri5.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
Lee CERTIORARI
IS UNCHANGED

Counsel for Mrs. Bayliss Lee in her
action for divorce in which she was al
lowed large alimony pendente lite,
have made an unsuccessful effort to
s.. j. Wilson, Of the court Of appeals,
set aside the alimony order.
They appeared before Judge Wilson
10 days ago inc argued for him to set
aside his order SO that Mrs. Lee could
collect monthly, but the best that they
got was a promise from the judge that
he would refer the matter to the court,
The lapse since then indicates that the
entire court took the same view of the
affair that Judge Wilson originally did,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
CHICAGO HELLO GIRLS
GET INCREASE IN PAY

CHICAGO, Oct. 3i.-Wage increases
amounting to approximately 81, 750, 900
annually, and applying to the entire
working force fof lower salaried en-
ployes, have been granted by the Chi
a & Telephone company, according to
a statement made by an official Of
the company. /.
The threatened strike on Monday Of
a number of telephone girls who were
not satisfied with the increase was
averted by the company. Downtown
service was curtailed for q short time.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31

R5oc; goat skins. 7So@si. 50; dry culls.
half price,
No, / tallow, s@l0c: No. 2 tallow.
7QSc; beeswax, 3263Sc; ginseng, 1890
G$l4.00; Golden Seal, N.0oR6.oO.
Wool--Tub washed, 66@75o; clear
grease, e0D65c; light bury grease, IS
RA0c; hard hurry grease, 2S@SOc,
Provisions.
Dry Salt Meats-Regular, 2oh@aie;
extras, ale,
sugar-Cured MeatS--Standard hams,
S313sc. -
Lard-Hos lard, 3oG32o; best grades
tlL25@1l,75i cottolene. Sls,sogltW;
SIS. 75@lA.25i cottolene,. fls.sogiA.se'
Crisco. $1,000; cooking oil. To-, 2sc,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
GRAM MARKETS
Wet Weather and Car Scar
city Bring Further Rise
in Corn Prices.

CHICAGO, oct si.-HiEhest prices OF
any yet In the last six weeks were
reached today in the corn market. Wet
weather and the meagerness OF the car
supply counted as the chief factors.
Opening prices, which ranged from the
same as yesterdays finish 20 &c high
eF, with December Sl.27N to Sl.2s& and
May S.24% 70 S1.9th were followed by
something Of a setback from initial
top figures.
Corn closed unsettled, Nc net lower
to an advance OF 9 cents.
Dat were slightly firmer with corn,
After opening a shade to hGhe higher,
including December ct 7ibc to uhc,
the market continued to harden.
Provisions reflected the upward tilt
Of cereals.
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LIVE STOCK MARKET.

MEMPHIS, Oct. Sl.-Hogs, receipts
light; IL to 25c higher for lights; heaviss
unchanged. Heavy, $l3.00@l3S5i me-
s @IIl rs 'i piFs, fst. SID p ,ssaSls 10 SSw stoc eisi1p
50 to 50 lbs, $ll,25gl225 50 to 1875 lbs,
Cattle, receipts light: demand good,
steers, medium heavy, s7.00@9,00 light
butchers, 36,00QS. 90; thin common. $3.50
N6.5 SO choice light stockers, $6,00@I bGi
So, 0 0 Q9 90; cutters, A7595,5oi Gamers,
81. 90 @4,5O, veal calves, good, $1,000
400; light and poor, $1,000 900; heavy
spring. good and fat, $9,00Mll,O0i poor
and thin, S5.0o@6b0,
KANSAS CITY, Oct. S1.--Hogs-Ro-
ceipts, 1000: steady to l0c higher; bulk,
diums, Sl3,S5 Ola. 10; lights, s13,35@14.0O,
pigs. $l2,00mf3. 10.
Cattie-Receipts, $500; duh and weak;
choice heavy steers, $l5.60@1S, IS, me
dunn. $l1 75915.50; common, $4,000
II 80; choice lights, s12. 65 q s,OOi COM
mon, SS,00Q12.65; butcher helfers, $685.
@is,so; cows S6.S!@u 80; Gamers, $500
Il, sOa1s,l5; stockers, $5.75Gp7b.
sheep-Receipts, 400; steady lambs,
$40. 50m15.60i culls, $s.00@12,5 so; yearling
wethers. $3.50 Pill 90: ewes, So. 006775;
culls. $3,00@b.75; breeding ewes, $3.50
@14,00, feeder lambs, Sl0,b0@l2,25.
ST. LOUIS, Oct, 3i,-Hogs-Reoeipts,
1000: 10m2bc higher; top, sl4,7b; bulk,
$I4.25@14.70; heavy, $l400@l44b; me.
dunn, $14. 25@14.75, pigs, s12, 56@f3.75.
dattle-Receipts, 1000; easier. Choice
heavy steers, $166O@1S,b0 medium,
$40. 75Q16bO; commo n, $8.5Omf0, rs;
choice lights. $lA0oGlS.2bi common,
So. 00@t40H, butcher heifers, $1,000
i6. 90; cows, s6.50ml1 so; Gamers, $500
b. $50; calves, Sl460@18.00; feeders,
So. 50@ll.60. stockers, &6.60@10.00,
Sheep-Reeeipts, ll,700; weak; no
early sales.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. S1.-Hogs-
Receipts, loo; rs cents higher; 165
pounds up, $14: 1870 to 1876 pounds,
1895; pigs, STATS throwouts, $3.50,
Cattle-Receipts, $50, active, steady,
Heavy steers, $lI.00@I3.50: beef steers,
50 .00G11.5O; heifers, Ss.00@il.b0; cows,
IS. 00@10.b0; feeders, $9,00@l1.0O; stock
ers, $,00@f0.50
sheep-.Receipts, 800; steady. Lambs,
SIC; sheep, So.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Oct, 3t.-Cat-
tie, receipts $500, steady. Beeves $500
GILL;
Hogs, receipts $780, strong. Light,
sl4. 2bQDl4.b0.
Sheep, receipts 100; steady, Lambs,
S12. 00M15.00.
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MONEY

NEW YORK. Oct. 3l-Mercantile pa
per, bm5h; sterling 60-day bills, ~;
commercial 60-day bills on banks, Alb;
commercial 6O-day bills, tlak; demand,
Francs demand. $50; cables, S,sl.
Guilders, demand, BIN; cables,
81 1915.
Iires, demand, 10,s 81; cables, 10. so.
Marks, demand, 3A; cables, $3.50,
Government bonds easy; railroad
bonds irregular.
Time loans strong: go days, 30 days
and six months, 6 bid.
CAN money strong, ruling rate ~
hank acreptanceS, An.
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Temperatures were above normal in
all. sections of the belt with maxima
a to IA above and minima II to "a
above seasonal average. Numerous
showers, mostly light to moderate. oc-
cured in Oklahoma, Eastern Texas,
Arkansas, and Louisiana with scattered
showers neal the east Gulf and South
Atlantic coast. Heavy rains; Alabama,
Evergreen 1.62; Louisiana. Franklin
ia; Oklahoma, Ddrant l'S4i McAlister
1.02.
Note-This is the last bulletin Of this
eason
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LIVERPOOL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL. Oct. s1.-Cotton, spot
in good demand, prices lower; good
middling, 1886; fully nlddllng, 25.05;
middling, 24.25; low middling, 22.20;
good ordinary, 1925; ordinary, 1925,
Sales, $4,000 bales, including 10000
American. No receipts. Futures closed
steady; November, 1880; December
zl:oSi july El'Et, o.,E
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Fortune as Bookmaker.

aaThe complainant In his business OF
bookmaker and gambler. amassed a for
tune Respondent married a good mai
and led a domestic life Age n de-
crepitude came upon complainant. De-
nestle infeiieity and unhappiness came
10 respondent and OF necessity she went
to work to help support herself. About
February, 1918, the complainant, aged
and enfeebled, sent for respondent and
asked her to work for him in his OIL.
flee, She accepted the employment ana
agreed to devote half her m to him
for SIS per week,
"A few weeks passed and he re-
quired all her time, at a salary of $50
per week. During the months that fol-
lowed, she was not only secretary for
complainant, but she was valet. nurse
and maid, He was feeble, fractions and
kind and attentive. He was apprecia-
tive and did for respondent many snttll
favors and gave her from time to time
small sums of money in addition to
her salary.
complainant repeatedly stated to re-
spondent and to others that he was
going Ito do something for Annie Reed
that would make her independent" And
when the William r. Moore Dry Goods
Co. stock was returned to him from
the bank he handed it To respondent
saying. This is what | have intended
for you, 1t Is yours. Don't let mamma
know 1t. She has a plenty. | have
given her half a million And respond
ent AYERS that complainant would not
Of his own y~olition WEIGH. but that
he stands in great fear and W of 9TH
ers, who can make him do their will,
Further answering, respondent de-
MES each and every allegation of the
bill not herelnbefore admitted, denied
or explained, and. having faith in com
~plainant's peers, IL any he has, she ds-
mands a jury to try the issues joined, .
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BANK cLEARINGs.
TO LEAGUE.

DURHAM, N. c., Oct. s1t--Represen.
tatiyes OF ID cities Of Virginia and
North Carolina met here today with ".
q. Bramham, former president Of the
Carolina league, for the purpose Of Or
ranlzlnE q class q baseball league, with
the circuit composed Of cities OF the
two states.
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coTToNsEED OIL.
BOND CLOSING.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3f.--Prices on Lib
Aux. 100. 10, first Is, $500; second Is.
g310; first iAs, 95 10: second AIS.
SS.1s: third AIS, 95,14; fourth ANS, 1925,
Victory 3%s, 99.52; Victory ASS, $3.50.
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ANDlME LINE is
'E0PENED FREE OF SHOWS

kENOS AIRES, Oct. 31.-The
k-Andine railroad announces that
Houte Ia open for through traffic
INK months interruption on &C
EAthe heavy SHOWS In the Andes,
3kNSnich time mule trains were
aver the mountains.
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Corn--No, 2 mixed, $1,43; No. 2 yol-
low, $l.44.
oats--No, Q white, 72Aa72%c; No,
3 white, 69m @I2Ac,
Rye-No, 2, S1,S64l,37&.
Barley-Si, 2S@t.3s.
Timothy-$s.50@ll.25
Clover-Nominal.
Pork-Nominal.
Lard-$26. IS.
Ribs-S1S25@19,2S.
-
KANSAS CITY, Oct. St.-Cash wheat
steady; No. / hard, 81, 30@g,53i No. ?,
$2.2S@2,5S; No. / red, $2.2SQ2.So; No.
y, S2,26@2.2S.
Corn unchanged. No. 9 mixed, $40;
No. 9 white, $l.S9; No. 2 yellow, Sl.4l.
2 mixed, 6s9fOke; No, 2 red, 7o@72he,
Rye, $3.50,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
SUGAR.

NEW YORK, Oct, 31,-Raw sugar
steady centrifugal, 7,2sc; fine granu-
tatrd 0p
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LOCAL SECURITIES.

Quotations are unofficial, being So
cured from the most reliable sources
and are based on the last known sale
BANK STOCKS.
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VISIBLE SUPPLY.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct, 31,--Hester's
figures on visible cotton supply, with
COMPARISONS:
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Mark your ballot thus on Nov g. Vote
for a man who has kept politics ct
the office OF city assessor, adv.
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LIVERPOOL
SPINNERS' TAKINGS.
INSIGHT MOVEMENT.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. St.-Hester's
figures on movement into sight;
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DAILY

Total receipts today .....42,75S
Same day last year .....23, 226
Spot sales: Augusta 2,142, Dallas 1910,
Houston 1894.
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Memphis District
Weather Bulletin
Memphis. Tenn. Oct. 81, 19l
COTTON AREA SUMMARY.

sDelaSed, Oct. 80.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-11-05
LEGION MEETS IN
FIRST CONVENTION
At Fine Meeting Two GreenyilIe Men
Chosen Delegates National Gather

At Fine Meeting Two GreenyilIc Men
Chosen Delegates NatiOnwl Gather
ing.
Columbia, Oct. 2S.-'Mecting in CO.
lumbia today in it's first convention,
the South Carolina branch of the Am
ercan Legion assembled with every
rank represented from private to ma
jor general among the delegates, and
a former private, julius II. Walker Of
Columbia, presiding as state COM
mandcr.
The convention amended it's consti-
tuition to provide that its members
shall be white, indorscd Il memorial
building rather than hospital as the
official South Carolina memorial to
men from that state who died in the
war and elected delegates to the ma
tional convention in Minneapolis next
month. Among the delegates named
were Elliott w. Springs, American
acc" and Philip III. Stoll, representa-
tivc-clcct from the Sixth South Caro-
lima congressional district. Addresses
were delivered by Henry Brcckcn-
ridge, former assistant secretary of
war; Rear Admiral Samuel Nc
Gowan, paymaster general Of the
navy, a South Carolinan; Governor
Robert A. Cooper and Major General
George W. Read, commander OF Camp
Jackson, who commanded the Second
army corps in France. Major General
W. A. Clark, commander Of the South
Carolina division, United Confederate
Veterans, was a guest Of the legion at
the convention
Delegates to the national cOnvcn-
tion elected this afternoon were: Ir-
vine +. Bclzcr, Columbia; W. d.
Workman, Grccnvillc; George w.
Wannamakcr, Jr., St. Matthews; p.
Fl. Stoll, Kingstrcc; l.. *. Lcgg,
Charleston. Bernard Manning, Spar
tanburg; Elliott Springs, Lancaster;
John j. McSwain Grccnvillc; Motrcy
johnson, Marion; Julius S. Walker,
Columbia; l.. H. kohn, Ncwberry; B.
B. Elkhoff, Norway Fl. b. Malone
Chester; Lloyd S. Smith. Easlcy; Reid
lGlkins, Hampton; l.. c. Wannamaker
Cheraw; J. ID. Smyzcr. Florence; S. c.
Williams, Norway.
No meeting place was decided upon
for the next convention, this being
left to the executive committee In.
vitatiOns were received from COlum
: bia Spartanburg and Charleston. TIL,
convention was a splendid success
readily establishing the fact that tn,
: American Legion is rapidly spreadin.
in this state.