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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-09-07


Candidates Cards.
STATES ATTORNEY
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the Democratic nomination of
States Attorney for Cecil County,
subject to the forthcoming primary.
ALBERT D. MACKEY,
Elkton, Md.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
wish to announce that I shall be
candidate for the House of Dele
gates at the coming Democratic
Primary Election.
F. J. KINTNER.
l hereby announce my candidacy
for the Houes of Delegates, subject
to the Democratic primaries.
FREDERICK STUMP GILPIN,
Third District.
hereby announce my candidacy
for member of the House of Dele
gates, subject to the Democratic
Primary.
RICHARD B. MERRITT, SR.,
Warwick, Md.
/ hereby announce myself candi-
date for House of Delegates, subject
to the Democratic primaries. The
support of all voters solicited.
SYLVESTER PRESTON,
North East, Md.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Candidate for Republican NOM
nation for County Commissioners,
short term. Your support is earn
estly solicited.
FhANh II. WILLIAMS, Jr.
l hereby announce my candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
County Commissioner, Short Term,
and respectfully solicit the support
of all voters.
SAMUEL r. HARRIS,
Fifth District,
I hereby announce myself candi-
date for County Commissioner, long
term, subject to the Democratic
primaries. 1 ask the support of all
voters.
w. H. BROWN,Ty
Cecilton, Md.
hereby announce that l am
candidate for Long Term County
Commissioner, subject to the Demo-
cratic primaries.
]. FRANK BLAKE, Childs, Md.
Having decided to be a candidate
for County Commissioner, long term,
subject to the Democratic primaries,
take this means of soliciting the
support of all voters.
JAMES P. MCCOY,
Cecilton, Md.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for County Commissioner,
long term, subject to the Democratic
primaries in September. / solicit
the support of all voters.
HARRY H. HOWARD,
Chesapeake City, Md.
FOR SHERIFF..
hereby announce my candidacy |
for the nomination for Sheriff of |
Cecil County, subject to the Demo- /
cratic primaries. The support of
all voters is respectfully solicited.
CLINTON J. YERKES.
hereby announce my candidacy |
for Sheriff of Cecil county, subject
to the decision of the Democratic
primaries in September.
LAWSON c. TOSH,
Rising Sun, Md.
G. y. HUTCHINS
Dealer In high grade Fertilizers Hav
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-12
F|REMEN HOST
At So. AMBOY
Fair and Block Dance Being
Held This Week by Pro-
gresSive Hose Company

SOUTH AMBOY, June IL. - The
lair and block dance held under the
auspices of the Progressive Hose
Company and their auxiliary, start
ed Saturday night in the MaXfield
section of the city and proved to be
l great success. Thousands of peo-
)le visited the scene of the activities.
About one hundred automobiles n
med along the roadside, and in and
bout the grounds nightly.
The fire ladies, progressive, in
lame as well as otherwise, are maxi
ng a bold effort to raise funds to
AIRY out their long cherished wish
o make their company the best in
he city. The money derived from
he fair and dance will go toward
improving the company's equipment.
The affair will be staged for the
,ntire part of this week, closing
With a bang on next Saturday night.
The MaXfield section is literally
transformed into u regular Coney Is
and. Everything m~entionable is on
lale at the fair and the willing work.
srs, not all members, are working
hard to carry on the fair in a most
becoming style. The booths are ar
ranged, in an excellent manner, and
decorated in a most becoming fash
ion. A ten piece orchestra is fur
nishing the music for the entire
week. A huge high powered colored
lighting effect is played continuously
from atop the fire house on the great
crowds, that surge in and about the
grounds.
= Chairman al" Ginter, one of the
husky firemen is wearing his old
familiar yard wide smile, even
though he is kept busy.
Mayor and f1rs. Daniel G. Chase,
were among the throng that attend
ed the first night of the affair. There
were also many other notables, in
Guiding Chief of the Fire Department
Michael L. Maggie. Large delegations
from Perth Amboy, Keyport, Mata-
wan and nearby places were also
noticed
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-12

City.
Assemblyman and Mrs. Harold G..
Hoffman with their daughter enjoy
ed a motor trip to points of interest
along the shore route Sunday.
John Salmon spent Sunday with
friends in Sayreville.
Things are shaping themselves
| along the lines of the American Le-
gion jubilee to be held the week
| commencing July Z. The committee
will in all probability be named at
the next meeting of the post Thurs
day night. Commander Mulraine is
anxious that a large number of the
Legionaires be present at this meet
ing to help on the program of activ-
tiles during the j"bilee.
James Berry, of East Orange, well
known in this city, visited with
friends over the weekend.
George Gundrum, Jr., and Phelix
Malanaphy motored to Matawan on
Saturday.
Richard Carroll motored to the
home of friends at New Brunswick
Sunday night.
John Dooling with a number of
relatives and friends were out-of-
town motorists Sunday.
Harry Rufner motored to the
home of friends at Asbury Park yes
terday.
David Dill motored with a party
of friends to Keansburg Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Coats motored with
relatives to keansburg yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nilsson with a
number of relatives were out-of-
town motorists Sunday.
ITO fi a atFot, f1o .rrOA1. A,1 -. -
~ceptionally great. although the con-
sensuS of opinion is that this years
traffic is not as heavy as the last two
years. Congestion at Morgan is still
noticeable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Emmons, of
Matawan, visited with friends on
Stevens avenue the latter part OF
last week.
Lawrence Corson motored to the
home of friends at Newark over the
weekend.
James Wallace and family were
out-of-town motorists Sunday.
j. L. Cohn motored with a party
of friends to Railway yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Stephenson
have returned to Camden after
spending several days with relatives
in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred T. Kerr and
Mrs. James Gordon motored to
Perth Amboy on Saturday where
they witnessed the laying of the cor
n%erstone to the new Masonic temple.
Contractors Moran and Buskey
are giving the Timmons business
place on Broadway a new coat Of
paint.
Edward VanPelt entertained a
number of his friends at his home
last night.
Louis Rosenberg visited with
friends in New York City last night.
E. L. Pepper, well known cigar
manufacturer, with a factory in this
city, spent yesterday on business in
this city. Great and extensive i'm
provements are being made to the
factory at the corner of David and
Feltus streets.
Miss Winifred Gibbons, of New
York, Luke A. Lovely post service
officer, will be in this city tonight.
Miss Gibbons is working hard to in
terest ex-service men in the insur-
ance the government is placing in
the reach of all ex-service men.
Tonight the regular semi-monthly
meeting of the common council will
be held at the City Hall at s o'clock.
Miss Freda Martin has resigned
her position as bookkeeper at the
First National Bank. Lawrence
Trinley has accepted a position in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-12
SOUTH AMBOY

James Gallagher with a party of
friends motored to Asbury Park yes
terday.
Joseph Morris and a number of
relatives visited with friends at New
ark yesterday.
Mrs. NJ. j. Mccarthy is entertain
ing relatives from Brooklyn at her
home on Augusta street.
john Z. Mcclure was a Trenton
visitor Friday of last week.
j. Raymond Smith with a party
Of friends from Keyport motored
to Asbury Park yesterday.
William Briggs was a Red Bank
visitor yesterday.
Joseph Novack motored to the
home of friends at Camden yester-
day.
Milton A. Coats visited with
friends at Keyport Sunday.
Captain Daniel Salmon, ST., spent
Saturday with friends at New York
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-12

that institution.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shultz and
family, formerly of ~Sayreville, have
moved to their old address on David
street, this city.
Milton Rue was a New York City
visitor yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert NJ. Cole we're
out-of-town visitors yesterday.
James Walker, of Elizabeth, spent
yesterday with friends in this city.
James Douckaz motored with a
party of friends to Newark yester-
day.
A big series of events is scheduled
commencing on Monday of next
week by the students of the South
Amboy high school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
DAILY BUSINESS EDITORIAL
Christian F. Enslens First Birmingham Dime
By RICHARD F. JOHNSTON

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  this the of the Confedacy He his trade 
 what moved opened black smithing and wagon shop in Birmingham. that shop the renang of loose horseshoe Mir Ensen often showed the tasman only of his but of the Birmingham which he predcated his success mercantile and his there that he laid the foundation of Jefferson County Savings bank For decades that institution stood business with which they carved the big that is. Age-erad building being erected Enen then at but that be handsome building To this MT Ensen
  had known
 of the history The building magnfently the country Birmingham field purchasers with difficulty raised the $10000 with which d @ his slogan of fits % with the othe small things out of which Birmingham has fitting geHerad has the aest building
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
PRICES POINT UP
 M QUIET TRADING ON BOND MARKET

NEW YORK, July 9.-Bond prices continued to point upward in todays quiet trading with speculative buy ing rather than investment demand furnishing the impetus for the de- mand while there were heavy spots In groups of bonds, gains largely ex- Ceed losses at the close.
 Foreign issues moved in an cratic manner. Most of the French and cen tral European liens improved slightly while the Scandinavian issues group lost. Dominion of Canida 51As, off to 1929 broke l A points and Mexi- were either unchanged or slightly higher.
 In the railroad group, New Haven issues, which had been severely de- pressed on publication of the joint New England railroad committee re- port urging drastic reorganization, showed a rallying tendency with the convertible 6s rising 112 points. Mod crate gains also were recorded by a number of speculative mortgages with a few scattered gains of point or more by such investment liens as Louisville and Nashville refund- ing ) 1as.
 A gain of 1ss by International paper 5s, series B, was one of the fea- lures of the industrial group. Re- ports were current today that so per cent of the holders of Derry Is had assented to the reorganization plan, The call for the deposit of Mexican bods was issued today but added nothing to previous official state ments on the subject
 Total sales (par value were s7777OO0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
>rw YORK SUGAR MARKET

NEW YORK. July 9.--The raw sugar market was unsettled today by the selling of 1T.360 bags of Cubas by an operator to local refiner at 5lsC, cost and freight, equal to 6.91c for eenrrIfugal This sugar was ordinarily shipped abroad but found no market there and was brought back and sold here. First hands however, were not offering at this level and they asked 5lac and freight. equal to 7.2Sc for cen trifugal but with the market so unsteady refiners were inclined to hold off and no further transactions were reported.
 Early advances in raw sugar futures were followed by sharp declines and the undertone was Unsettled uy the action of the raw and refined markets a result of the resellinC of sugar here which was originally intended for export. There was scattered covering and q little Wall Street buying during the carly operations and active positions showed advances of 4 to points, but the decline in both the raw anu refined markets and unsettled senti- uent led to scattered liquidation and prices broke. showing net declines of to "a points at the lowest. Partial rallies followed on covering and final prices were 10 to IS points net lower. Closing Sop teaiber. 5.t5e; pecenl Der, 4.57c; March, 3.65c; May, %.7oc.
 The market for refined sugar easier and prices were from 25 to 50 points low er with fine grsnula ted quoted from s.75c to 9c. The decline was due to the offer ing of about 2.0oO tons O, refined sugar In abroad but, found no market there. Tho demand. However. while fair, was far from sea sonal. and second hand sugars were still said to be available below liners list quotations. Refined futures nominal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
FOREIGN BONDS
U. S. CROP REPORT

WASHINGTON, July s.-Forecsst Of this years corn crop at 2S77, 0000 900 bushels, or 140oo, 900 bushels smaller than last years crop, and this seasons potato production at 3s2.coo0oo bushels. as com pared with last years record production of 451,1s5.o0o bushels. featured the July crop report Of the department of agri- culture issued today.
 The area planted to corn this year was announced 103. 112. 900 acres or 1o0.7 per cent of the 1922 acreage. Area planted to other crops was announced follows:
 White potatoes 3S92, 900 acres.
 Sweet potatoes, 1.007, 900 acres.
 Tobacco 1,762.0 900 acres
 Flex seed, 2,2so,oo0 acres, and rice, sS3.ooo acres.
 Condition of the various crops on July 1 was: Winter wheat. 76.S per cent of a normal. Spring wheat, SPA per cent. All wheat. 7s.3 per cent. Corn, S4.9 per cent. Oats. s3.5 per cent. Rye. 75 per cent. Barley. SIS per cent White potatoes, s6.4 per cent Sweet potatoes. S2.s per cent. Tobacco s2.5 per cent. Flax seed. s5 per cent. Rice, S6.4 per cent. Hay, s1.1 per cent. Apples, 7s per cent. Peaches, 63.s per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
LIVE STOCK

CHICAGO. July s.--Cattle: Receipts 23,ooo; active; better grades beef steers and yesrlinss generally steady with last weeks high time: lower grades uneven {: iii5o, several loads averaging i.ss7 to morous loads sl1SiI.s6; best yearlings sl1.G. others ,lo.7s9ll.?o; bulk beef stock and veal calves generally steady; bulls strong to 6c higher; heavy bolognas upward to s52S; stockers and feeders scarce, firm; bulk stockers and feeders, ,5,5OQ Q7so; bulk calves to packers, slo.6O dl1.5o
 Hogs Receipts, $500; better kind fair lower buIE de.!raSls iso to 275 pound buteher: t5.2697s5; strong weight pigs mostly 's,so&7 estimated holdover 25,ooo. top westerns and native fat lambs 75c lower; in-bstwoen grades off more: sort ing heavy asa top westerns, s5S;sc; bulk good eulls mostly ss9s6o; sheep scarce steady practically no yearlinss or aged wethers offered. few medium and handy $50, ''
 KANSAS CITY, Mo. July s-cattle ter grades of beef steers and yearlngs fully steady; top steers. {losB; yearlings 3lo 20; other classes of steers and bulk of cows mostly s4.6oGs. few at $50. urs Suik bulk bolognas stf4.5o: calves steady: vealers largely ssG9; stockers and feed bulk desirable kinds N.6o@715: few at $740; canners and butchers weak to l5c lower, mostly S29S
 Hogs; Receipts. 1a.ooo very little do- pers at s7.so. or 75c to SOc lower: mack CTS bidding 25c to 35c lower on butchers:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
Short Market Flashes


 ENID. Okla, July 9.-TeNas and Okla been granted credit of s4.OoO OOO in the federal intermediate bank at Wichita, Kan, to assist in handling the 1923 wheat pool. 1t was announced here today. Cred its and loans at low rates also are said to Nave been arranged for at Dallas, Calves ton and Fort Worth, Tex, and New Or leans, La.
 sCHICAGo, July s.-The American Train Dispatchers' association through It's pres railroad labor board for an increase in wages of chief dispatchers assistant chief dispatehers and trick dIspatchers on the I.ouisvile and Nashville railroad Southern Railway System. Texas and Pacific. and the Missouri Pacific railroad.
 NEW YORK. July 9.-The Royal Dutch Shell company has signed a contract with the Silica Gel refining process. While details were not announced, 1t was stated that the Royal Dutch concern is given the and abroad. but that it does not prohibit tho silica gel corporation from entering panies. Royalties said to be at the rate of 10 cents a barrel on all refined products.
 MONROE. La. July s-rhe Brown Paper Company. Inc, of Monroe. organ Orange, Tex has awarded the contract for the construction of $e.00O, 900 paper mill near West Monroe to the Morton c. Futile company of Boston, Mass
 CHICAGO, July 9-President D. w Felt of :he Brotherhood of Railroad Sig nalmen of America, filed application with tho United States railroad labor board for an increase in wages of the signal de pertinent employees of the Southern Rail way System and subsidiary lines and the Jackson Terminal company. The request in both cases is for the establishment os . rate ranging from 50 cents hour for helpers to q hour for gang foremen
 NEW YORK. July 9.--German marks continued their course toward the vanish . ing point today, being quoted here at dollar. At the nominal rate of exchange of f3.s cents each. in effect before the war, this number of marks would have cost $63,466.50. Today's drop followed publication of the German bank state ment showing increase of nearly four trillion. two hundred billion marks in note circulation last week.
 NEW YORK, July s.-Another slash was made In the price of refined sugar in tho local market today Granulated was cut to s.75c by one refner. This is ta cents below the high price of the season. The drop was due 10 reofterinB of 2.o00 tons of refined sugar which had been shipped abroad and was returned because foreign market could be found, The sack domestic demand also was com trfbutinG factor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
OIL SHARES AGAIN MOST ACTIVE IN CURB MARKET DAY

NEW YORK, July 9,-Substanttal buying orders were received at the opening of todayfs curb market when the whole list pointed upward, but these became exhausted around mid day and thereafter became irregular and dull
 Principal activity and strength again centered in the oil shares, but the leading issues showed only frac- tional changes on the day. Gains of l to 2ta points were registered by Prairie Pipe. Magnolia Petroleum, Eureka Pipe, Buckeye Pipe and Prairie oil and Gas, but the turnover was small in each case.
 A gain of points by Gillette Safe- ty Razor on the announcement of a settlement of the strike of company employees was the outstanding fea- ture in the industrial division. Glen Alden Coal advanced points on a sale of co shares. Roamer Motor es- tablished a new top at Il A and then eased off. Other motors were quiet.
 Narrow and irregular fluctuations took place again in the mining group
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
.4RKET IS UNABLE ? ABSORB PROFIT .4KING OFFERINGS

EW YORK, July 9.-The upward | 'vement of stock prices which has pn in progress for three days, le to a halt late today when the 'ket was unable to absorb, ex- at concessions, the profit taking r rings of traders who had bought ks for a turn. The selling was iuenced to some extent by higher money rates. Speculative un- tainty over the ultimate trend of
 market was reflected in the
 nparatively light volume of trad
 Weekend developments, which in- z .Uded the announcement that an ac- ( I'd had been reached between all and Turkish representatives at ] usanne were regarded as favor e and probably accounted for the
 m tone at the opening Higher
 tces for copper and zinc also had
 favorable effect on sentiment, as
 1 the publication of the combined
 " income reports of class one rail
 ads showing a return of 6.33 per C nt on tentative property valuation.
 One of the most interesting fea- tures of the day was the sharp rally 2 .t 1tldN are anu IlutSuH upon lilt : lnouncement by Vice President Williams that no change in, the S9 vidend rate was contemplated. The ock. which had sold as low as 95.
 lmped to 100l2 and then fell back tp 100A, where it was up A. on ! le day. One sale of Jersey Central as made 9&4 polnts above the irevious transaction.
 During the morning Wall Street
 as flooded with rumors that some ghly favorable development was impending in the foreign situation. 'uropean cable dispatches are being
 agerly scanned at present because it is generally recognized that an 2 2reement on the reparstions situa- etus to American export business with reSultantly higher commodity nd security prices.
 Standard industrial stocks showed few important changes on the, day. 'nited States steel Baldwin, Stude : aaker, and American Woolen yield d frsctionally while American Can, >naconda and American Smelling registered nominal gains.
 Call opened at , per cent, advanced co 512 and then to 6. The rela- lively high rate was attributed to he withdrawal of funds in conuec- ion with some Canadian financing. Ene tirnG money narkel Was uull with brokers bidding D per cent. anI ankers asking 514.
 The feature of the foreign ex- change market was the establish ment. of a new low of .00o3Ss cents by German marks, Coincident with the announcement of weekly in- crease of more than four trillion marks, or one-third of the previous weeks total circulation. Other ex- held steady demand sterling being quoted at 4.56t and French francs around 5.S5 cents.
 Days total sales 55S,2O0 shares.
 Twenty industrials averaged S9.2S,
 High 1928: 1o5.3S low S7.S5.
 Two railroads averaged 7S.72, net
 High d923) 90.63; low 1885,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO. July s.-Potatoes stronger
 prices slightly higher. United States shipments, STA; Saturday. s8. Sunday ar rivals. 1oS; track, PA. Oklahoma sacked Bliss Triumphs and Irish Cobblers. $3G3.25, poor some heated low as $40. Car lot sales: Virginia cloth topped stave barrels Irish Cobblers, $6.76Q7; Kansas sacked early Ohios, No. 1, mostly a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
CATNAN lEEn OIL

NEW YORK July 9.-COtton seed oiI was quiet, with the price trend lower due to scattered liquidation on the decline in lard. prospective liberal outturn of seed this season and slow trade demand. Clos inE prices were 3 to 20 points net lower. Sales 5000 barrels. Prime crude, 9c; nominal. Prime summer yellow, spot. io.40G1lc; July. 1O.4Oc; September, 1o.3lc; December, s52c-all bid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10

BERLIN. July 9.-The statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany of June 30 is as follows:
 Total coin and bullion increased 359,- s5o.O 900 marks; gold decreased 4oOoo, 900; treasury and loan assoclatlon notes m banks decreased 463.7sSOOO; bills of ex- change and cheque increased 1o00,4lb, e30 900; discount and treasry bills in creased 5.440022. .463.OO0; advances in- creased S6.ss6.451,000 investments in. creased 10s.6s6.0O0; other assets increased 256s37T94, notes in circulation tn- creased ,322.76s.0Oo; deposits in- creased 2.5ss2S3. .O7s,0o0; other liabilities
 Total gold holdings. 716s12oOo marks whereof l4o ,O32,OO0 is deposited abroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
CHICAGO STOCKS

CHICAGO, July s.-Armour preferred 75h; Armour of Delaware preferred. sbh Diamond Match. 11o; Eddy Paper, 32; In land Steel. 33h International Lamb. 1l% Swift & Co.,, 1o2; Swift International YelInw Taxi qo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
HORSES AND MULES

EAST ST. LOUIS. Tiff, July e.-Most of th. 600 horses and mules estimated to have arrived today westerns con signed for Tuesdays special range sale. at about steady prices compared with last week The quotations follow
 Horses: Good to choice drafts, s14oT good to choice chunks. s7o 100; medium 10 good chunks, 31017o; choice horses. $40065: fair to good southern horses. s30 q D45; smooth -r1outhed southerners. S10 @25.
 Mules: Draft 1s to 1T hands, s1s6a 250; sugar, 1S to 1s2 hands sl76 226 :; top cotton 15.2 to Is hands, s1s0a16o f; cotton Is to 15.2 hands, s115&125; cotton, small, $30G75.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-10
METAL MARK EFT

NEW YORK July 9.-Copper quiet; Tin firmer: spot and nearby s3S.5o; fu- lures. sSs.37. Iron steady; No. north . .rn s2s.5o43o: No. northern, S28 q 30; No. southern. S2692S. Lead easy spot s626. Zinc firm; East St. Louis spot and nearby. s6. Antimony, spot s6So R6en