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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
CoFFEE.
BOND CLOSE,

NEW YORK, Aug. 1s.--Final prices
on Liberty bonds today we're: Shs,
9s.T4; first As, s4.00; second 4s, . 80:
first 4As, 94.2o; second AS, 80 .16;
third AS. "a. So; fourth ANS, 1912; Vic
tory 3%s, 1865; Victory Ans, 9s,64.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
SUGAR.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.--Raw sugar
steady; centrifugal, 7.2Sc; fine granu-
lated, 5000,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19

Yellow tinged, 900 points lower; blue
stained, 500 to 400 points lower; yellow
stained. 400 to 500 points lower.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
ToMoRRow's ESTIMATED.
GRAIN MARKETS
Opens Strong With Oats
Up Also, But Provisions
Go Lower,

CHICAGO, Aug, ls-The corr market
started strong today on commission
house buying. which found only limited
offerings available. Opening prices
ranged from &c TO &c higher, with
September tl,TSh ole, December Sl.4t
sl.42, and May fl.S7GlS7h. on the
decline May touched $t.35. but worked
back to about opening figures.
The market closed strong, 81 95hc
net higher.
Oats followed the course Of corn. but
within narrower limits. After opening
unchanged to &c higher. with Septem-
Der at TN 012hc, the market sagged
somewhat and then assembled TO about
yesterdays finish.
Provisions dipped at the opening, lard
being 20930o lower,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
LIVE o MARKET.

LOUISVILLE, ky., Aug. l9.-hogS,
receipts 500, steady; 1876 pounds up,
1905; 100 to l65 pounds, $ls.75; pigs,
SlL75; throwOnts, $3.50, down;
Heavy steers, $l4.oO@i5.OO; beef steers,
I'll. 0O313,00; heifers, SS.00@11. so; cows.
g SOQlo.5o; bulls, $6.5OQS,0O; feeders,
Sheep, receipts 1900. steady. Lambs.
$3.50; sheep, $500; bucks, $500, down.
CHICAGO, Aug. l9.--Hogs, receipts
$4,000; lower. Top S2l.l0; heavyweight
SlS.25G 20,50j middleweight S1s,S0@20.75 Is;
pigs $l6.504 1900
Cattle, receipts IS, 900; medium beef
steers and butcher cattle, steady;
calves uneven to Csc to SOC lower;
steers medium and heavy. choice and
prime ls.00@18.50; medium and goo1
$12.50616.00; veal calves light and
handyweight 3l9.50Q2O. so; stocker
steers S7.25@11.00.
Sheep, receipts 5000, strong. Lambs,
81 pounds down SIS. 50@lS.50; culls and
common $l0.50@1 100; y~earllng wethers
$40. 75GlS IS; ewes, medium, good and
choice 5000 IL, 90; culls and common
$3.00@7.5 so.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1s.-Hogs-Receipts,
$500; lower. Top, $2l.35; bulk, $21. con
sl25; medium weight, $2O.7SGz1.S So; pigs,
Csttie~Receipts, $500; steady. Beef
steers, medium and heavy weight,
choice and prime, SIT. 500 1850; medium
and good, 81. 75@14,50; veal calves, light
and heavy weight, SIS. 00QlS.o0; stocker
steers, $500 $1,000,
Sheep-Receipts, IL, 900; no sales.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
Vegetables
Groceries,

Four-Barrel, 24-lb sacks. $ll.25@
l.. 10; self rising, $11.40@12. 40.
1896; 50-lb. sacks, $1,000; 26-lp, sacks,
5000; 10-lb. sacks, $1,000; burlaps,
30c extra; standard, 40c lower.
Sugar-Standard. granulated cane,
Toe; clarified, nominal,
Rice-Head, pound. 13Ql4hc: broken,
9hftl0c,
Coffee -- Arbuckle's roested, case,
Memphis basis, II. 20, roasted, bulk.
per b., nominal; green, common ordf-
nary, 20M 922c; prime, c4@27c; fancy,
CQG6pEr. lava 2b6n3Qr
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
LOCAL SECURITIES

Quotations are unofficial. being 20.
cured from the most reliable sources
and are based on the last known sane
ahu o"' Many sT,,rvs
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
Cottonseed Products.

Merchants Exchange Quotations.l
Crude Oh. basis prime, 2tc h.; hulls,
loose, CARROTS. S7,25 ton meal, Z per
cent SIG. 90
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
BANK CLEARINGS.
MEMPHIS MARKETS
Quotations represent prices from job
her to rAtailprO

Quotations represent prices from job
Der to retailer,)
Produce.
Eggs-Fresh candled 46G47c, storage
44Q45c,
Butter-Elgin creamery, pound prints,
biq56c; country butter, S0@40c; reno
waited, 50@61c.
Cheese-Cream prints, 36h 63shc.
Poultry-Ducks, 9R@30c. hens. aiive.
24@ 26c; dressed, 2S@30c; roosters, 15@
Ice; geese, nom. turkeys, live, nom,;
springers, 32m85c.
Vegetables.
Beans-Navy, per lb.,1lhq12c; Lima,
per h., lac.
Poas-California black-e:ed. per h..
7Q7hc.
o~nions-sack, 100 lbs. s4.76a5.00.
Potatoes--Cwt., all varieties $1,000
$50.
Characterization crate $A00M450.
Peppers-Basket. 45Wo0c.
Eggplants-Dozen, $T.5Om2.90.
Lettuce-Bunch, Mich, soc.
Cucumbers-Crate. $1,7B62 o..
Snap Beans-Bushel, $4,000 5 90.
Observation-Disclosures, bushel, $500
@3.50.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
Grain and Feedstuffs.

oats-White, dray lots, 94c; mixed.
93c,
chops-Per ton. less than car lots,
SIS. 90.
Mil Feeds-Dray load lots, ton; Bran.
$500; shorts, gray. sos, 90,
No. I, $500; No. 3, $500; alfalfa.
choice. $500; No. /, $500; No. 2,
$1,000
Corn-sacked, in dray load lots. No.
3 white, 2,25@$2 30: No, 3, yellow. 81, rs;
No, 8 mixed, S2,20.
Provisions.
Dry Salt Mcats-Regular. 29hgsoMc;
sugar-Cured Meats-Standard hams,
40m43c.
Bacon-Tanov selected. b1056c.
Lard-Hog lard, $40 40c; best grades
Of compound, 29Q30c; Snowdrlft, case,
SIG. 5O@t7.00; cottolene, S14,20615. 40;
Crisco, Sl3, t0@l9.2 rs; cooking oil, h., 28c.
Fruits.
Lemons-Per box, S7.50mS.00. ,
Oranges-California, So 25@6.50.
Bananas-Pound, 6h@7c.
Dried Fruit Evaporatcd apples, ESQ
2sc; peaches. nom, prunes, H., 20W23c.
Peaches-Bushel, 81 OQ3.25.
Cantaloupes-Wcstern. regulars, So 90
$50, Colorado pink meats, flats, $i.5Oq
LIS.
Watermelons-Per cwt.. large sizes,
50. 90. small, s200D2.bn.
Apples-Bushel, 81 001450; barrel,
Maiden Blush $40, 50G11,50.
Hides and Wool.
Hides-No. I, green, salted. 46T 4sc;
partly rurod bfoA6r' erco~ t"@a1n'
damaged culls. half price; dry flint, As
@47c; dry sailed. 43945c.
No, / hoise aides. Sl2. 90 mli00 No. 2
horse hides, Sl"UhM l3.00: CLUES ana
ponies, half price,
@75c; goatskins, 75cqSi7 rs; dry culls,
half price.
No. / tallow. S9l0c; No, ? tallow,
7@Sc, beeswaX, 32m35c; ginseng, ti2, 90
E1i5.00; Golden Seal, A.00N5,00.
Wool--Tub washed, 65@T5c. clear
grease. 6oGr6tc; light bury grease, 80
A4Oc; lard bury crease, 26M30c.
Cottonseed Products.
80.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
COTTON MARKETS
MEMPHIS COTTON.

Memphis cotton closed nominal. MID
IlinW 895n. Sales $50.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-02-13
BRINGS ALASKA TO ATTENTION
 OF SETTLERS

The Alaska bureau of publicity, in charge of D. J. White, has issued Vol l. No. l, of monthly bulletin devoted to exploiting the resources of the ter ritory. It is chock-full of interesting data, and as it is intended to circu- late 5000 copies of the document, it is not doubted that practical results will be accomplished. The following is from the bulletin:
 All things considered, the year 1918 was prosperous one for Alaska, re- gardless of the fact that the war con ditions were responsible for greatly reducing the man power of the ter ritory and to such an extent that many of her industries were materi- ally crippled while others entirely suspended operations. .
 Outlook for 1919.-Never was the future of Alaska brighter than at present Before the ink was dry on the armistice terms the eyes of thou sands of soldiers and sailors were turning to this country with the view of casting their fortunes with "The Land of the Midnight Sum-" and every steamer from the south now brings to Alaska many young men who enlisted or were drafted from here and who are anxious to return. The same steamers bring hundreds of letters to the Alaska bureau of publicity from others who have never before been here but who are averse to returning to the prosaic city, small town or country lives they formerly lead.
 The Mining Industry@The year 1918 was particularly one of disaster to the mining industry, the output of the past year being $13,000,000 less than in 1917 when it was $42,OO0, ,00O. The decrease in the output of last year was due to various causes, prin- cipal among them being the scarcity of labor and the high cost of supplies and material. Of the mineral produc- tion in Alaska for last year about $10,0OO,000 was gold, $17,000,00O was copper and the remaining two millions were silver, lead tin and coal. The output of coal during 1918 was 60 per cent greater than for any previous year, due to the opening of the vast coal fields contiguous to the govern ment railroad and north of Anchor; age.
 The Fisheries.-By far the greatest industry in Alaska at the present time is that of fishing. While the com plete statistics for the year just closed are not yet available, there is no doubt but that the returns from the fishing industry in Alaska for 1918 were largely in excess of those of 1917 when they aggregated $51 1,OOO,- 900, there being no less than fifty-two new canneries and forty salteries op- erated last year for the first time Halibut fishing in Alaska waters is continuous the year round and the canneries operate about eight months, from March 1 to October 31. It is estimated that the fishing industry employ from 12,000 to 15,O0O persons from six to eight months in the year and 5000 persons all the year round.
 Lumbering.-While yet in the early stage of development, the lumber in- dustry in Alaska is destined to be-
The Cordova daily times., 1919-02-13
Cordova Daily
 Times

and hamlet in Alaska offers some thing in the way of business enter
 prise to the man who does not quit while making the, grade"
The Cordova daily times., 1919-02-13
REGISTRATION NOTICE

The registration book of the town of Cordova will be open at my office, in the corner store, Nicholson & Cur rier building, First street, Cordova, every day from 12' o'clock noon until 8 p. m.
 The registration book will be closed at o'clock p. m. Saturday, March 29, 1919.
 c. H. LAMPREY, Registrar.
 The Daily Times job plant is we'll equipped for all classe of com. mercial printing.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-02-13
MT. Business
 Man

By the recent addition of many new type faces and other equipment we have made of our JOB DEPARTMENT one of the finest in Alaska. We are now in a position to handle your orders with even more neatness and dispatch than before. How about that order for sta- tonery you were wanting right away?
 Just step to the phone and call us we will do the rest
 Prices? We'll, you will find them always RIGHT.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-10-18

ty-eight years old. j. f. Richard has been
in the employ of the same office forty wears
Uzziah Miner, of Fay Okla, who has
been employed as a clerk in the office
of the Register of the United States Treas
ury since April has been promoted to
Assistant Supervisor in the Division of
Interest Coupons. He is graduate of IIar-
ward University 49, and he saw active
service in France with Battery ''F'' 349th
Field Artillery.
a site 300 $50, at Auburn Avenue
and Courtland Street, Atlanta, Ga, now
occupied by the Wesley Memorial Hospital
has been sold to II. f. Perry President
of the Standard Life Insurance Company
and of the Service Company of Atlanta,
cOlOred, and will be converted into an off
ice building for Negro lawyers, physicians,
fraternal associations, insurance companies,
commercial agencies etc.
The Berry & Ross Manufacturing Com
pany colored business in New York City,
has added first-class clothing DOLL toy,
novelty and notion store to it's enterprise.
The Elroy Manufacturing Company, Inc,
at ST. Louis, No. which manufactures ev-
erythng necessary for undetakers, is a
concern owned and operated by Negroes.
Apart from the private office and general
office there are ten departments IN con-
nection with the factory, including a ma
chine room, storage room for lumber, a
polishing rOOm drawing and design de-
partment, sewing room, a vanishing and
drying room, a stock room and shipping
room. The president and manager of the
company is j. w. Bronaugh
The United Investment Corporation has
been organized in Atlanta, Ca by Negroes
with a capital stock of 100000 $50 900
Of which was raised at recent meeting.
The ultimate end of the enterprise is the
supplying of funds to Negroes of the South
for the building and owning Of homes On
the board are j. B. Long, Captain A. Y.
Walden, Charles McArthur r. II. Single
ton, =. James Brown, William DriskoIl,
w. F. Body, S. G.. Cummings
Negro, Green Springfield. at Corsi-
Dana, Tex, very black, and white haired,
has oil lands to the value of half a million
dollars deep test well in his 400 acre
farm is expected to add a million dollars
to his fortune.
In Chicago, a Negro daily-The Chicago
Evening World, has been started with II.
A. Donaldson, City Editor. The paper sells
for two cents
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-10-18

Dorsey presented the play 'Everywoman."
There was mixed audience, including
many prominent citizens who witnessed the
successful performance.
''The Smarter Set' Negro comedians,
etc.. headed by S. Tut Whitney and j.
Homer Tut, will present this season under
the booking Of Klaw & Erlanger "Children
of the Sum- in two acts and ten scenes,
representing the Swanee River Japan, In
da Persia Thebes and Ethiopia
The Friedrich Douglass Film Company
in Jersey City, n j., owned and controlled
by Negroes, has added to it's productions
"Heroic Negro Soldiers Of the World
War;" in two parts directed by DR.. Will
lam S. Smith,
The Democracy Film Company, Of Los
Angeles CAL, Negro enterprise, is pre-
senting "Injustice,' written and directed
by Captain Leslie IT, Peacccke, as an ans
wer to the "Clansman.'
Percy Granger, the distinguished Aus
traian pianist, who makes his home IN
America and whose appreciation of Afro
American music and musicians has been
particularly noticeable, states that in a
list of works taught and heard during his
Musical College were works Of R. Nathaniel
Dett, the Negro composer. Mr.. Granger
adds that he will play Dett number on
his programs this coming season. He fur
Their states that cOlOred student, Mrs.
COrnella hampton Forrest was one of his
best pupils at the Chicago Musical College.
Industry
The Liberian Haberdashery Company has
been organized by Negroes in Cincinnati,
Ohio, as a $4,000 corporation. Thomas B.
Richmond, 10 Temple Court Building, is
attorney for the enterprise.
A colored woman, Margaret Myers of
Marysville, is the champion peach pitter Of
California. Her wage at local cannery
is $14-$2O per day.
The Mississippi A. and M College re-
ports that in 1918 the membership of Ne
gro farm clubs increased 400 per cent over
the previous year. Five boys produced an
average Of 1OS bushels of corn to an acre;
1875 boys reported sale Of hogs amount
ing to $6253.38, at profit of $3,4741O
In 1918 through the United States De-
partment of Agricultural and State Col
leges there were organized in the South L.
L.
913 members, and 1862 girls clubs, with
5O,995 members. The total colored member
ship is 1O3,377. The women in these clubs
have organized III cooperative poultry
breeding assertions and fifty cooperative
egg circles
Negroes in St. Louis, No., have organ
lied the Cooperative Association of Liberty
and subscribed $4,000 in cash and pledges
for the stock Of the store The Rev. B.
G. Shaw, pastor Of the Metropolitan A. NJ
E. Zion Church, which has membership
of 1000, is president of the association.
At meeting held in Metropolitan A.
M. b. Church, Philadelphia, Pa, $4,000
was subscribed by Negroes for a local de-
partment store.
The Order Of Sleeping Car Porters of
Canada has been chartered by the Cana
dian brotherhood Of Railway Employees
A4l
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-10-18
SHILLADY AND TEXAS.
From The Crisis


fer to rent out Texas and live in He'll.
He may have exaggerated, but he had
some supporting facts Texas was settled
by white Southerners in order to extend
slave territory; it was forcibly stolen
from Mexico in 1897, largely because Mex
leo tried to abolish slavery in 1929. There
upon Texas became the center Of the African
slave trade and the "most shameful vio-
latiOns Of United States slave trade laws
were perpertrated through Texas. Dur
ing the years of Texan independence slaves
were rushed in at the rate OF $4,000 or
more year and the annexation Of Texas
and the Mexican War were movements
to extend Negro slavery.
Out of this past has risen the present
Texas. In that state the first public burn
ing alive Of Negro took place, at Paris.
Since 1899 Texas has lynched 1913 human
DEMONSTRATING second only to Georgia and
Mississippi in this horrible eminence
Notwithstanding this the Texas Negro
forged forward Encouraged by his first
great leader, Norris Wright Quincy, he has
bought 21,1S2 farms with nearly two mil
lion acres of land, worth $25,OOO,0OO.
Starting with nothing fifty years ago nearly
one-third of these black folk are now land
owners.
10 reward Negroes for their thrift and
struggles Texas gives them no voice in
their own government, taxes them without
representation and enfOrces ".)im Crow
travel, more irksOme than in any other
state because Of the immense Texas dstan-
ces. The Negro schools Of Texas are bet
ter than in many Southern States and there
are fourty four high schools for the $780, 49
Negroes of the state, but 25 per cent of the
Negro population is still absolutely illit-
crate and according to the Houston Post:
''The rural schools for the Negro children
where they exist at all are a joke.'
Is it not natural for the Negroes of such
a state to endeavor to escape slavery?
Music and Art
John Mccormack the noted Irish tenor,
is said to be educating young Negro bari
tone Ross Houston, of Shelbyville, ILL.,,
at Fisk University; musical education is
to follow his academic training.
r. Nathaniel Dett, the Negro composer
has secured a leave Of absence from his
position as Director Of Music at Hampton
Institute, to devote his time to study at
Boston, Mass.
IIya Schkolnik, the concert master Of
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conduct
ed A. Walter Kramer's "Symphonic Rhap-
sody on Negro Themes' at concert given
at the Stadium, New York.
George W. BrOome, of Medford, Mass,
is manufacturing a series Of photograph
records by Negro artists. eco Down
Moses,' by Harry T. Burleigh, and evil
lanele," sung by Mn. Florence Cole
Talbert, are announced in September.
The Denver Musical Association, for the
purpose Of encouraging study, higher
standard of music and the use Of compO-
sitions Of Negro composers and the folk
lore songs, has been organized, with Nine.
Lillian Hawkins Jones, president.
Mrs. Azalia Hackley has held folk-song
festivals in Montgomery, Ala, Greensboro
and High Point, n. G. They have been
largely attended and very successful
Over two hundred Negro musicians met
no No A.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-25
Another Stacker
 Barred
Swede Refused to Fight For Country But Wanted To
 Be Citizen.
CLAIMED EXEMPTION
 FROM DRAFT IN WAR

Because he claimed exemption in the draft as a citizen of a neutral country, John E. Nelson of Melville avenue was forever barred from citi- zenship in this country when he ap- piled for second papers in the Super for court this morning. When Nel- sons name was called United States Examiner Church told Judge Curtis that Nelson's questionnaire showed he had refused to fight for the United States. ThereupOn the court cancel led Nelson's petition. The records showed that Nelson could have avoid ed his present predicament if he claimed exemption on the ground of dependency inasmuch as he has a wife and four children.
 Nelson was born in Sweden in 1882. He came to this country in 1902 and has resided here ever since. He took out his first citizenship pa pers in April, 1916.
 A class of 1 5 girls from the Bridge port High school, who visited the court to observe how citizens are made, witnessed Nelson's downfall.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-25
Car llegiie Workers
 Return
CT a d u a fly Deserting Strike Ranks It Is
 Claimed. NO MORE FIRMS
 ARE SHUT DOWN

Pittsburgh, Sept. 25-Neith- CT side in the steel workers strike in the Pittsburgh dis trict made any claim today of great changes in the situation. The fourth day of the walkout found western Pennsylvania comparatively the same.
 Corporations announced today that the gradual return of men which set in the second day of the strike con- tinued today. The return, it was said, was not large but was steady and qualification was expressed by steel company officials with the situation.
 Secretary William z Foster of the steel workers national committee, said today he had no reports of further shut downs but was in re- ceipt of information from different parts of the Pittsburgh field that gains are being made by the strikers. Mir. Foster added that interesting de- velopments may be looked for within the next few days. He would not in dicate what the nature of the de- velopments would be. The strike leaders summed up the situation by stating that the situation was better than ever.
 The officers of the Carnegie Steel Go. said more men had gone to work at Homestead the Edgar Thompson works at Braddocks and that the best
 Continued on Page Four)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-25
Domestic Troubles
 Aired In Court

Four Bridgeport men were arrested on the complaint of their wives last night, and arraigned in court this morning charged with non-support-
 Harold Beck, of 516 Newffeld ave nue, was ordered to pay his wife $10 a week for nine weeks, S8 for one week and ST a week during the re- mainder of the year. He was also ordered to produce a bond of $50 or go to jail for two months.
 Michael Latzke, of 234 Hallet street, told Judge Wilder that on ac- count of severe headaches he was unable to work and provide money for the support of his wife and two small children. Latzke will give his wife s10 a week or spend six months in jail.
 Earl D. Contrell, of 515 Fairfield avenue, appeared in court to answer charges of non-support, but his case was continued until Ooc. 27 under bonds of s15O.
 Louis Balint, of 465 Bostwick ave- nue, the fourth man who was ar rested for non-support, failed to ap- pear in the city court this morning He forfeited a bond of S2OO. Another warrant for Balint's arrest has been issued.
 bush-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-25
SeCrofCd
 Money In
 Farmhouse
Police Recover $42,5OO of the Money Taken From
 Postoffice.
BILLS WRAPPED IN RAGS AND BURIED

Chicago, Sept. 25-wIth the recov- cry of $42,5OO found buried on the Wisconsin farm ot Onuery (John) Wejda, father of John s. Wejda, clerk in the Chicago postOffice, who Is said to have planned the robbery, the amount recovered from the S234,- 600 stolen from a registered ship n7ent from the Chicago Federal Re- serve Bank to the Standard oil Com pany of Indiana, at Whiting, Ind, Thursday, today was brought to s1S1, 800. The money was found wrapped in old rags and buried in a milk can. It was the younger Wejda's share of the loot, according to officers.
 The missing money is believed, the police say, to be in the possession of man who disappeared with the ar rest Tuesday night Of the younger Wejda, and Leo and Walter F'ilip- kowsl1i. The Filipkowslis with the missing man, are said to have done the actual robbing. Much of the money recovered was placed in safety deposit boxes by them or members of their family.