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New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
His Holdings Should be Revised


OF bonds 1 have bought from time to time
as an Investment and while had a good
position felt l could afford to take few
ehances Sh for bigger income from them.
shortly, however L will have to depend
entirely on the interest of these bonds for
q livelihood. Would you advise keeping
enen1 IN all or would you suggest selling some
OF the weaker ones If any. and what do
you suggest in their places? For your in
formation, II the whole amount averages
a. i, Per per cent I can do very nicely, hold
$s'oo0 government French Republic s per
cent 1875; 900 Kingdom OF Belgium 7 Il
per cent, 1915; $4,000 Elder Steamship
company. com Inc first mortgage 7 per cent
gold bonds; $4,000 Liquid Carbonic Com
pany per cent ten-year sinking fund
gold notes. $1,000 Marland Oil Company
ss-!ss,r Isn-yesr per cent gold bond, $1,000
y per cent ten-year sinking fund gold
bond, $4,000 Middle West Utilities Com
pany hfteen-year per cent secured gold
notes, Series A: $500 Public Service Com
pany Of Northern Illinois ten-year per
cent collateral gold notes. Series A; SO, 600
American Public Service Company five
$4,000 Kansas City Power and Light Com
pany hrst and refunding mortgage twenty
year per cent gold bond, Series A; $4,000
Pennsylvania-ohio Power and Light Com
pany first and refunding mortgage 7ls per
cent sinking fund gold bond $2.5oO St
bona serss San doo poo per gold
kansas & st. Louis 4 per cent; 81, 900 In
ternational Mercantile Marine per cent
sfVo D w. Straus per cent bonds eleven
shares Hotel Commonwealth at par, twenty
shares common The Arto Company Uni
versal Records Orange. N. j., at par; six
shares Harroun Motors Corporation, Wayne
Mich, cumulative preferred; 100 shares
Harroun Motors Corporation, Wayne.
Mich, common; ten shares Patchogue
Plymouth Mills Corporation per cent
can Telephone and Telegraph, $1,000 per
cent Liberty bonds, $500 Az per cent
Liberty bonds.-T. J. Nj.
Answer-You could get per cent
with higher degree of safety than
you have at present. If you were to
hold on to your French IS, Belgian
7hs, Kansas City Power and Light
first IS, Pennsylvania Ohio Power and
Light 712s, st. Louis, San Francisco
prior lien As Series A, International
Mercantile Marine 6s and Southwestern
Bell Telephone bonds and the Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph stock,
and divide the proceeds from the sale
of the remainder of your securities
among Northern States Power first
and refunding 5s due 1941, Pacific Gas
and Electric general and refunding 5s,
due 1912, Northern Pacihc-G Great North
ern joint 6hs due 1886, Kingdom of
Denmark 8s due 1946, Bush Terminal
first 5s, due 1860, and De La
val Separator per cent notes due 1881,
Southern Pacific 4s due 1929, Baldwin
LOGON otive preferred per cent stock
and American Car and Foundry 7 per
cent preferred.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Chinese Piece Goods Trade

The import trade is recovering gradu-
ally from the depression The cotton
piece goods trade at Shanghai, which
showed improvements in white during
the week ended April Q, indicated
neftaf tone in blacks during the follow
ing week The piece goods auctions
were generally more brisk in character
The members OF the British Chamber
OF Commerce interested in piece yoods
met to try TO arrange standard form
OF contract and the compilation Of a
register Of piece goods dealers.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Dubiske Stocks Not Good Enough for
Him

Question: will appreciate 1t very much
II you will give me your opinion on the
following questions What do you think of
I'll. w. Dubiske & Co.? Are they reliable :?
Are Dubiske securities good investments
for man who has only a few hundred
dollars every year to invest "A. j. B.
Answer-You do not say what Du-
biske security you are considering, but
there are none among them that we
know of which are entitled to a rating
good enough for a man in the position
you describe. We suggest that you
bug seasoned issues which are mar
ketable.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Prices Irregular
In Short Session
OF Curb Trading
Business in Small Volume
Because of Absence of
Many From Market; Carib
Reacts After Early Rise

Business was restricted in the short
session of the Curb Market yesterday
by the absence of many leading traders
and prices at the close presented an
irregular trend
Carib Syndicate was in demand for
time on the report of the passing of
control to the Texas Company, but
profit taking caused a reaction and the
close showed a fractional net decline
at s. Other oil shares held fairly
steady, although Simms was slightly
lower at 7A.
Glen Alden Coal was offered at con-
cessions just before the close and
dropped to 40A, but United Retail
gained fraction at II. Virtually all
stocks moved within narrow range.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Columbia Gas and Electric

Question-Do you think the dividend on
Columbia Gas and Electric fairly safe?
Would you consider this a business mans
investment &C. s.
Answer-Columbi Gas and Electric
common stock is speculative, because it
is sensitive TO earnings, market con-
ditions and other considerations. 1t
may have attractive speculative posi-
bilities for business man, however.
The company seems to be in good shape
and is showing large earnings.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Du Pont Earnings Make Bond Good

Question--How do you regard the new
issue OF du Pont de Nemours 7 "a per cent
bonds as to safety? Are these bonds a
hrst lien on the assets of the company p
w. H. d,
Answer-The du Pont issue is not a
mortgage, but the earnings Of the COM
pany are and have been so large that
It is entitled to good rating, in our
opinion.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Man. Sixty, Should Make Exchanges

Question: own So 900 OF Third Liberty
bonds, 81 900 Second Liberty bonds, $500 of
First Liberty bonds, 81, 900 Victory bonds
and Is shares of Republic Iron and Steel
10 SHARES Of
Would you please advise as to which to
sell? am sixty years of age and have to
Government of Switzerland per cent and
Danish Consolidated Municipal bonds per
ccnt-A. g. w.
Answer-We suggest that you keep
your Liberty Bonds. Your Victory
notes and your preferred stocks rep
resent present market value of about
S4,S5O and current return of $3.50,
or close to per cent. But we do not
think the stocks are conservative
enough for you. Both Republic Iron and
Steel and Smelters have an irregular
dividend record, and we take it that
you cannot afford to forego any Of
your income Therefore we suggest
that you sell the stocks and the Vic
tory notes and invest in the following:
one Copenhagen 51as, 1914, at about
rs; one Standard Oil of California,
1881, at 101 "; one Northwestern Bell
Telephone, 1941, at 98, and two Kansas
City Southern first SIS, 1850, at about
55 The total cost will be about S4,874
and your yearly income $685., more
than your present return. If you do
not care to add few dollars to the
return from the sale of the securities
buy twenty shares of American Bank
Note preferred instead of the Kansas
City Southern. The company has no
funded debt and we think the pre-
ferred stock is high grade. 1t pays 6
per cent and is selling at par, $50, or
little under. We believe that these
securities will place you in a much
stronger position and give you greater
III
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Woman Tempted by L. R. Steel Stock,
Tired of Peoria & Eastern Income 4s

- Question: hold one $1,000 Peoria
Eastern per cent income bond, which has
paid no interest for good many years
Several years ago 1 deposited this bond
with an investigating committee, paying
SIS for the privilege, but still no interest
Any 4Eformation which you may give me
regarding the present status OF this Sc
curtty, so that can make up my mind to
either hold 1t or sell 1t for what little It
viii bring, VIII be greatly Appreciated
II. C. T.
Answer-The Peoria & Eastern in
come bonds, due 1890, are secured by
fourth lien on 1913 miles of railroad
from the Indiana Illinois state line to
Pekin, III. A protective committee was
formed for them in 1914, but their
chance of ever paying any interest is,
in our opinion, small. A reorganiza-
ton, may at some time take place in
which some new securities will be ex-
changed for them, but if income from
your investment is Of Importance to
you we would advise selling them. In
terest is not cumulative.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
H,s $4,000: likes French Bonds

question SIS, o0e- Do you con-
ser the ne' ear II per cent French
,ternal sol bonds. maturing June
1sn, sa ss1aent ii. H. q.
Answer ew French loan is as
rood as tho IL of the French Re-
sube, whic. IN excellent record
isr paying b If $4,000 is not
rore than elt of your total in
rsstments &c your business, we
tsiuk the / sw uld be a good buy
sor YOU. If : re than 10 per cent,
We think VI hnAd diversity. We are
Inclined to ne Belgian, Swiss and
Danish SIS q T. lie various United King
dom dollai lads higher than the
French. be 5e of the tremendous
inancial bun 's,s OF the government at
Paris
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Investment Information

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New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Charging Small Borrowers as Par C.r,

ouestion--Would you please advise me II
the toilowtns stocks are sound? Tbe Ma
1870 smas nIuitable Investment Corporation Il
oonsnt the stock through T. H. spence <,
Co, lnc.) | am drawing nor rent AL
dends holding four shares preferred three
shares common. amounting in a1l r. $40
and have one share preferred. one shars
common amounting to $3.50, In the Rogers
R siiIR PRODUCTS Company, a New York cor
poratlon, houEht from the Same neonIr,
also ten shares or Loew's, at s2s sbara
! would pe thankful for your valuable ad
vice, as this is all my savings and ~.
TO work hard.--M Miss j. D. -" ''
Answer--4our stocks, especially the
Loew's. are too speculative for vour
savings, In our opinion. A woman in
your position should not buy ANYTHING
but seasoned investments, and by that
we mean securities which have such a
record that the principal and interest
can be considered safe. Movie stocks
do not fall into this category. The
National Equitable Investment Corpo.
ration is IN the money-lending business
and we are informed that it il and
has been making good profits, for it is
permitted by law to charge as much
as 30 per cent year interest on loans
TO small borrowers, which loans ex-
perlence has shown to be safe if thew
are selected with reasonable discrim-
lnation. We would not put a dollar
into such company if it paid 100 per
cent dividends, for the simple reason
that we would not charge any human
beng that interest rate. That is what
you do when you buy the stock. This
may be bad financial doctrine, but we
are willing to stand on it, There are
few safer investments than tax liens,
and they pay extremely we'll, partly
because most people are ashamed to
touch them. We cite that fact to show
that though, theoretically, sentiment
should not deter man from grabbing
all the dollars he can, it frequently
does. We have no information at pres
ent about the Rogers Milk stock.
Woman Tempted by L. r. Steel Stocks
Question--Win you kindly tell mo what
you think Of the l.. r. Steel Service Cor
poration of New York for an Investment
1 have about 900 to invest. Would you
consider the company or corporation re-
liable Mrs. r. A n.
Answer-We advise you not to put
your money into the L. R. Steel stock.
1t is speculative and has no market.
We suggest that you choose among the
seasoned investment issues which we
frequently mention.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

A full column OF inuess-
naent questions and Gnssoers
is published i'm The Tribune
erery ,oeekday.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Open. High. Low. Last.
British Indian Trade Cut

Unlisted. tsells cents per share.
Smyrna times., 1921-06-22
GOVERNOR sTICKs>To woLCoTT
viii Present Senator's Name for Con-
firmatiOn For Chancellor Along With
His Other Judicial Appointments

Governor Denney Saturday issued
statement reiterating his intention of
appointing Senator ]. O.. Wolcott as
Chancellor of Delaware. He asserted
he would not reappoint Chancellor
Charles M. Curtis, denied there had
been any deal in connection with the
appointment and said the United
States Senatorship was not a factor.
Governor Denney is a Republican and
four of the six State Judges are Re-
publicans. Senator Wolcott is a DEM
ocrat and if his appointment is con-
tlrmed there will be three Republicans
and three Democrats. Senator VOL
colt, after agreeing to accept the ap-
polntment, asked the Governor to
withdraw his name because of adverse
criticism. The Governor says he made
the judicial selections after careful
consideration and consultation with
many widely known persons, all of
whom endorsed his selections. "It
has been my firm belief he continues,
the appointments to the bench should
in no sense be political appointments.
[ ONhdIO1 WO4COIL duU L nave D66u
close friends from boyhood. l be-
lieve him to be, and it is generally
conceded he is, one Of the best quail
fed men in the State for Chancellor"
: $50 far as l am aware, it is not Of
: great Importance whether Senator
! Wolcott, who is a Democrat, is to be
/ in the United States Senate for the
next year, or whether some Republi-
e can shall occupy the place." the Gov
/ ernor asserts. "Some people are en-
: deavor;ng to create the impression the
= Senator was offered the place on The
4 bench so a particular friend of mine
t might be named by me to succeed him
5 in the Senate. Nothing could be far
d ther from the truth than this. If
it Senator Wolcott's place should become
Y vacant, l would consider the appoint
i ment of his successor a political ap-
= pointment, and l would not think OF
e making such an important political
/ appointment without getting a con-
l. sensus of opinion from the Republi'
l. cans of this State as to whom they de-
is sired me to appoint. AS l view it
l. the question for the Senate to decide
le is whether Or not l have named mel
ct fit for the Bench. l cannot permi
~ myself to be drawn away from a per
lie fectly plain duty by adverse criticism
al regardless of whether that criticism
rs comes from the Democratic party o,
10 from the Republican party" 1t is be
to lieved the Senate will confirm all O
Id the appoirs snleEts when it meet Jun
ne 27. The others are: Chief Justice Jas
SIS Pennewill, Republican, reappointed
is W. Watson Harrington, Democrat
v Kent county; and Charles S. Richards
;ic Republican, Sussex county, associat
or judges.
Smyrna times., 1921-06-22
RETURN FROM TRIP OUT WEST
John d. Reynolds and P. E. Pleasan-
ton Inspect Grain Elevators in Ohio

The special grain marketing COM
mittee appointed by the farmers of
southern New Castle county to inves-
tigate the practicability of a farmers
cooperative grain elevator for Della
ware, has. returned from a successful
inspection trip through Ohio and Indi-
ana as the guests of the Farmers
Grain Dealers Associations of those
two states. J. d. Reynolds and P. E.
Pleasanton, Chairman of the Towns
end and Odessa Farm Bureau COM
munities, respectively, composed the
committee. Eleven grain elevators in
the two states mentioned were in
spected. The committee was impress
ed with the grain marketing system in
the West and came home feeling that
a farmers cooperative grain elevator,
from the standpoint Of agricultural
interests, would be the greatest thing
that ever came into Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1921-06-22
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
Rev. ]. M. L. Eckard, Pastor, An
nOunces Services for The Week

Rev. ]. M. L. Eckard, Pastor, An
nOunces Services for The Week
The missionary meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Evans on Thursday
afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. There will
be readings from the new study book
and the ladies are invited to bring
their sewing. Also will all those who
wish to contribute to the Christmas
boxes please bring the offering on
Thursday afternoon. The Sunshine
Chapter of the Westminster Guild will
hold its fourth annual picnic at the
home of Miss Lulu V. Robinson on
Friday afternoon, June "a, at $50. A
full attendance is desired. AT the
morning service on Sunday the sub
iect will be Like People-Like Priest
Sermonette subject will be "Prisms"
Special music by the young people of
the Sunday school. Evening theme
"Deep Sea Fishing" Last Sunday at
the Presbyterian Church Mr.. Town
send Jefferson sang Gilmour's "He
Left the Ninety and Nine, and Mr..
]. Edwin Hoffecker and Mr.. Jefferson
sang, "He Died of Broken Heart" !"
by Dennis. Both efforts were highly
appreciated by the audience.
Smyrna times., 1921-06-22
SCHOOL ELECTIONS IN KENT
Voters Turned Out in Harrington and
Dover But Were Indifferent Elsewhere


AT the annual school elections
throughout Kent county, Saturday,
there were contests in but two of the
five special districts-Harringto and
Dover. At Harrington the largest
vote was cast, approaching that of a
regular election. There were two
commissioners to be elected and three
candidates, John H. Bullock being un-
opposed to fill the unexpired term of
Commissioner Kent. The fight was
between Mrs. Clara Harrington, wife
Of Garrett S. Harrington, and Edward
B. Rash. The vote for Mrs. Harring-
ton was 1856; for Rash, 5O4. At Do
yer the issue was agitation for new
school house on the site purchased by
School Board two years ago. But
one commissioner was to be elected,
to succeed Charles N. Lloyd, whose
term expired and who declined to
stand for reelection. James Hall An
derson and Howard Buckson were the
candidates. Anderson received 229
votes and Buckson, 212. At Caesar
Rodney special district Frank c. Ban
croft was reelected without opposi-
tion. At Milford it was difficult to
even get out enough votes to make a
respectable showing. Colonel Theo-
dore Townsend was reelected unani-
mously. At Smyrna special district
Howard R. Jones was reelected with
out opposition.
Smyrna times., 1921-06-22
SUSSEX SWAIN LAYS SEIGE
Has His Marriage License But Par
ents of His Sweetheart Object

Armed with a marriage license
made out in regular form and procur-
ed from the Clerk of the Peace of
Sussex county in Georgetown, Clyde
M. Damerson, aged "a years, from
Alexandria, Va, is laying seige to the
home of William H. Rogers, in Selby-
vile, waiting a chance to marry his
19-year-old daughter, Elva M. Rogers,
at the first opportunity. The Rogers
family are guarding the girl, but
Young Damerson declares that their
vigilance will relax some day and that
when it does he and Miss Elva will be
married. Dameron had charge of the
loading of fruit express cars during
the past strawberry season and fell in
love with the girl. After a weeks
courtship he asked permission to mar
nv her, but her parents refused. Co
ing to Georgetown last week he secur-
ed the license and now, with that inn
portant paper in his pocket, he is
closely watching the Rogers home for
the first sign of carelessness to take
the daughter away. In the meantime
Miss Elva is not left alone minute.
Morning News.
Smyrna times., 1921-06-22
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
w. G. Arthurs, A Former Resident of
the KentOn-Hartly District Dies In
Wilmington Aged 81-Other Deaths


William G. Arthurs, aged 81 wears.
died at the home of his son, Quincy
Arthurs, 629 East Eighth street, Viii
mington, on Thursday, January 16.
Mr.. Arthurs was born in Wilmington.
After his marriage he moved to near
Hartly, and lived there for a number
of years, later moving to Brooklyn, N.
Y. Mr.. Arthurs was very we'll known
in lower Delaware. He was a house
carpenter by trade. The deceased was
| an old school Baptist and was MEM
Der of Bryn Zion Church, near Kenton.
He was a staunch Democrat. Of late
years he had been spending half of
the year with his son, Gurney Ar
thurs, in Wilmington, and the other
half of the year with his daughter,
Mrs. Mary Mckinney, at Brooklyn, N.
Y. The funeral services were held
Saturday evening at the residence of
his son, Gurney Arthurs. Sunday af-
ternoon, at 2 o'clock, there were fur
ther services at Bryn Zion Baptist
Church and interment was in Bryn
Zion Baptist cemetery. He is surviv-
ed by six children, Quincy Arthurs,
Mrs. Mary Mckinney, Mrs. Lizzie
Larson, Nathaniel and Harry Arthurs
and Mrs. Ethel Serinson, and a sister,
Mrs. James Wright.
Death of Mrs. Wakeman D. White
Mrs. Annie Wilson White, aged 60
wife of Wakeman D. White, brick
mason and contractor of this town
died Wednesday afternoon last after
an illness of number of months. She
was a patient sufferer which she bore
with Christian fortitude. Mrs. White
was born and raised near CheswolC
being a daughter of John and Caroline
(Foraker) Wilson. Aside from he
home duties she was greatly interest
ed in Jerman Chapel. She is surviv
ed by her husband and seven children
as follows: Mrs. Walter ]. Osborn ant
Mrs. Nathaniel Riggs, Chester, Pa.
Watson w. White, Camden, n. j.
Harry H. White, Fort dupont; Ray
mond D. White, Philadelphia and Mrs
George H. Hall and Charles G. White
! of Smyrna. Funeral services wer
: held at Jerman Chapel Sunday after
;, noon and interment was in Odd Eel
: lows cemetery.
f Mrs. C. T.WatsOn Dies in Philadelphi
: Mrs. Charles T. Watson, widow o
Captain C. T. Watson, Milford, VIII
"a for about ten years has been living
sr Philadelphia, died in that city, Wee
sr nesday morning, following a stroke
ID paralysis. Her remains were taken
N Milford by train, and funeral service
= were held on Saturday in Christ Epi'
copal Church in charge of rector, Re
. Thomas V. Wingate, and intermeI
or made in the family plot in Chri
Church yard.
Smyrna times., 1921-06-22
CROPS SUFFERING FOR RAIN
Long Drought Blights Early Potatoes
No Fruit of Consequence This Year


Delaware now is threatened with
the loss OF its potato crop to add Eo
the misfortune of the farmers. The
continued dry spell is causing the po-
tato plants to scar and flop over, while
the potatoes in the ground have been
stunted by the lack of rain and are
rotting. This condition is general
throughout the State, inquiries of
farmers in the three counties have re-
vealed, and the growers face a heavy
loss from the failure of this crop. The
plants and the potatoes in the ground
are now in such condition that it is
hardly likely a heavy rain could save
the greater portion of the crop, al
though some of the plants might be
stimulated sufficiently to thrive. Some
farmers, discouraged over the blight
ing of the potato plants, have plowed
them under and are preparing the
ground for some other crop. Other
crops are suffering because of the
drought, and farmers and truckers
are hoping that satisfying rain will
fall soon. Rural New Castle, Kent
and Sussex counties have had practi-
cally nothing in the way of rain fol
| several weeks. The showers that came
to Wilmington last Friday did not ex-
tend far into the rural county. In Kent
and Sussex counties, peaches are un'
known this season, all having beer
destroyed by the freeze and frost'
earlier in the year. Apples are mo-
abundant, either, and that crop will D'
far below a normal yield. With pros
poets ahead that the Gamers will no
put up large pack this year, toma
to growers down-State do not mt
much to cheer them. The grape ylel'
will be diminished because OF tn
: black rot following the rains AM
{ frosts of spring. One crop that ha
! Welded well is wheat. Farmer
: throughout lower New Castle an
2 Kent counties have cut their whea'
D and many of the growers in the coun
: try about Wilmington now are dom
5 so.