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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22

NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES
 NEW ORLEANS April :1.-The market was very dull and narrow affair today as far as trading was concerned. The opening prices, although 12 to 34 points down from Thursdays close, proved to be the high levels of the day. with May 24o1c; The, market declined pretty steadily all day with only slight rallies until May finally traded down to 2s.5oc. July to 2747c and October to 2s.61c or S4, 96 and 69 points respectively under the previous close. There was 6 slight rally in the last few minutes of trading due to covering by earlier sellers. but the close showed net losses for the day of "A to 79 points on old crop months and 57 to 63 on the new crop positions.
 The market. was largely nominated by owing to the usual Easter Monday holi- day there and that the New Orleans mar ket will be closed tomorrow owing to state election day. which is by law a legal holiday. Owing to these Influences there was a general inclination to liquidate long commitments, particularly as to the weather over the holidays, since Thurs. day last. has been favorable and the general tenor of dry goods reports was un- favorable. Private reports were also re- ceiyed during the day reporting good states generally, including Louisiana
 Bearish feeling was also encouraged by an easier stock market and by rather light mill takings for last week. the total For a time during the morning the tight ness of the May position in this market and in New York checked the decline in that month. but later on selling was re. sumed. although July was the weakest month in the list, instead of May, as has been the case heretofore
 Talk of possible strikes amonr tbe laborers in New England mills was A contributing factor in the weakness dur ing the afternoon and more or less anxiety a depressing influence
 Trading in both futures and spots will be suspended in the New Orleans market tomorrow, ~ nv
 NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES
 A. NEW ORLEANS. April 2I.-The felIoWIna are me opsnine highest lowest and eIosIn0 quotations on the Mew Orleans Cotton Exchange: '''''
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COTTON BREAKS
 70 TO SS POINTS
Good Crop Weather And Unsettled Stock Mar
 ket Responsible

NEW YORK, April 21.-Reports Of favorable weather for the new crop in the south and the, unsettled ruling of the stock market were considered chief ly responsible for a break of about 70 to SS points in the cotton market today. Contracts for July delivery sold off to 27.78c and closed at 27.90c, or about 12 points up from the lowest. The general market closed steady at net de- clines of g to S1 points.
 The market opened easy at decline of % to 43 points. Owing to the con- tinuation of the eastern holidays, there were no Liverpool cables and the mar ket seemed to- be very favorably i'm pressed hy reports of good weather in the south over the holidays. Con- plaints of continued depression in the cotton goods markets were also factor on the decline and active months soon showed net losses of about 40 to 5S points. Rallies of several points on bullish southern spot adviees met an other furry of hquidati during the early afternoon and the market later weakened under Wall street, local and southern selling. May declined to 29.42c and October to 24.2Sc and the close was within to F points of the lowest.
 Port receipts today. 11,S1O; United States port stocks, 547.573: exports. 25, ,444, making 4,S96,6SS so far this
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GRAIN s.o PROVISIONS
GRAIN EXPORTS

WASHINGTON. April 91.-Grain exports from the United States last week totaied S6l.o00 bushels against 1,43o, 900 bushela for the previous week.
 The totals as compared with tho week previous made public by the commerce d e- pertinent today, follows:
 Wheat. s2o.0 against 575,ooo: barley. 261. 900 against 1oT,o00; corn. 1Ss.oSo against 637.00o; oats. 1000 against 1. .ooo an dCanadian wheat flour in transit to- taied 277.0oo barrels against 1000 bar rels. '
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STOCK MARKET BREAKS SHARPLY
Crash Results Under The
 Weight Of Selling f Pressure

NEW YORK, April 21. - Stock prices broke sharply today under the weight of the large volume of selling for both accounts. Selling pressure extended over wide list but was most effective in the steel, oil, sugar and textile issues.
 A break of more than IT points in Congoleum. believed to represent the enforced liquidation of a bull pool unsettled the general list soon after the opening. The first sale of this stock was a block of 13,00O shares at the spread opening price of $49 to S3o share, as against S52.25, the closing price on Saturday. Total trans actions in this issue exceeded 100000 shares.
 Selling became more active after midday as a result of .tlre pessimistic interpretation placed by traders on Chairman Gary's remarks at the annual . meeting of the stockholders of the United States Steel corporation. His statement that further recessions in business actviity are likely because of the fact thatthis is presidential year was seized upon by bear operators as an excuse for an attack on the steel shares. United States Steel, common. was hammered to within 4 of a point of the years low at 955sbut it rallied later to 961s, off 2ss. Republic and Gulf States Steels dropped more than two points each
 Reach New Levels
 Heavy liquidation of the oil shares sent practically all of the active is. sues. including Standard Oil of New Jersey and California, Maryland. Cos den and Pacific, to new low prices for the year.
 In all. 66 stocks established new low records for the year during the session. which was one of the most active in the last two months. So great was the decline in industrials that it sent the average 20 leading stocks in that group to new 1924 minimum The average of 20 leading railroad stocks is now about half point above the years low
 Included in the list of new lows were American Can, Dupont. United States Industrial Alcohol, General Motors, American Woolen. National Lead and Baltimore and Ohio. Outstanding strength was shown by Chesapeake and Ohio, which crossed 75 for net gain or nearly points on reports that the I1OPCSCU kCI OI the road With Nickel Plate'' would result in the common stocks of each being placed on per cent basis Permarquette advanced 212 points.
 Call Money Holds
 Gall money held at per cent all day. Time money and commercial paper markets were quiet with Az per cent the ruling rate
 Owing to the observance of Eas- ter Monday holiday abroad, trading m the foreign exchanges was quiet l Demand sterling and French francs recorded new 1924 highs at S4.3S51 and 6.36R cents, respectively, but eased off in the late trading 7 Total stock sales. 9S2, 100. < Twenty industrials averaged 90.45; previous day, 91.7S.
 High, 1924. 10124; low, 90.45.
 Twenty railroads averaged S1.45: previous day, S187.
 High, 1924, S6.32: low, S1.00.
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HORSES AND MULES

EAST ST. LOUIS, April 21-Trade in the horse and mules market was steady, with only fair supply offered. Quota tions @tt0' F =
 Native horses: Good to choice drafts, $16b @ 226; medium to good drafts, S1100 165; good to choice chunks, S75 o 100; me- dium to good chunks. $5O0T5; choice southern horses. $e0990; fair to good southern horses. $s0960: smooth mouthed southerhners' @s0; plugs, ts@15.
 Native mules: Draft mules, Is to II hands. $175@240: sugar mules. 1s to Is , hands, $125 @156; cotton mules ,15 to 16.2 hands, fS04125; small cheap mules, S25Q65
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POTATOES

CHICAGO, April 21.-Potatoes: Trad
 cars total United States shipments sat, urday. GA Sunday, 22. Wisconsin sacked ToHnd sH whites. Sl2o@1,S5; bulk, sI.e5@ round whites. $115@125; sacked ID eS e4 River Ohio's, $I.409150. ne"
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COTTON SEED OIL

NEW YORK, April 21.-Cotton seed OH was lower today under general liouida
 bearish census report which inSicataS that March consumption of refine doII was but lS4.o0o barrels. Closing bids NH, were near the lowest and 19 to 20 points barrels. one-half of which representeS switches. Prime crude Ss.62is sales. prime summer yellow spot, $1O: May. sI0. $l0, all bid. SS'ooer'
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SPOT COTTnN

NEW ORLEANS, April 21-spot cot ton quiet' 75 points down. Sales on the spot, 16S; to arrive. 469. Low middlinr 381Oc: middling, sOc; good middiine. Sl.l2c; receipts, 4.ess;\ stock, 132,s57.
 NEW YORK. April 21.-Cotton. Shot quiet; mlddling. 2S.sOc O|'
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RAW sUGAR
HUBBARD BROS, & co,

Members New York Cotton Exchange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Produce Exchange. Associated Members Liverpool Cotton Association, Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil feY future delivery. Special consignments ee spot cotton for delivery.
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NEW YORK METALS

NEW YORK. April 21.-Copper steady; SIectrolytic. spot and futures. 1Sh 31$ssc. Tin firm; spot and futures, $4s.S7 349,5o. Iron steady; No 1 northern, $22. DO O 23. % {; No. northern. s21.O a 22 %: No. south ern, S22.00d 22, 90. Lead steady; spot
 s7.S79s25. Zinc steady; spot and fu- tures Ss.O5Ss.le; Anthony. spot asS7
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NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK, April 2t.-Feliovlns are tedays hleh, iew and closing prices ef honds on the New Ysrk Stock Exchange, and the total sales of each
 UNITED STATES BONDS UnItsd states bends are quoted in dollars and fhlrfv. .aeanhs SoItara
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TWO DORMITORIES
 DESTROYED BY FIRE
College Suffers S2OO,-
 900 Loss As Halls Burn

wILMoRE, N. Y, April 21.-Mary CrawfOrd-hall and Glide hall, both dOrmitories for girls, and the power plant at Asbury college, were destroy ed by fire here today with an esti- mated loss of $200,000
 Arrival of a fire engine from Lex ington, about 25 miles away, saved other college buildings from destruction, and relieved the population of the fear that the fire might spread to the town.
 ALPACA EXTREMELY SMART ''
 Silk alpaca in various beautiful shades is one of the pleasant surprises of the season. Pale gold. candy-sticks pink. beige and gray are among the popular shades.
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CASH GRAIN


 st.. Louis, April 11.-whsat: Cash, No. 2. red, t1.ite1.1s; No. .. t1.tl.
 Corn; No. , white. soc: No. ya- osts:.No. ! white. .soMe; No. :. 4sHc. Futures: wheat. May. s1.osS; July. Ser: Ss,s: May May. ;:Ss. .:$s; July. "so.sr
 CHICAGO. April s1-wh...: No. I, hard; t1osx @tis; No. {. hard. si.osM Corn: No. ,, mixed. 7sMo; No. :. ysi- oats; No. F white. 1xe"Ho: No. < Barley: ss07oc
 Timothy seed: 'sozs. Glover ssea: sioSov
 Lard. s1o7,. Ribs. ,1ola. Bellies. KANSAS CITY. April s1.-wheatt Nc. 2. hard. .1@l.a4; No. 2. red. sl.Io@1.il. Corn: No. 2. yellow. 7sc; No. 2. mixed. ''6g:'SS, o.ss: Nc. ,. white. Soc.
 TOLEDO. O., April s1.-ciover sesds si.S oIs prms s.s. ' p4 'is ,s; 9%sss, 1sssss. seed prime. ss.7o; May. s'.7s.
 FLOUR ss.s506.5s barrel shipments, s1.sss barrels. Bran, $22.
 COFFEE FUTURES
 NEW YORK. April 21.-The market for coffee was quiet but irregular today. The opening was unchanged to points high CT on local buying. with July selling at 13.o6c and December at 12.o0c during the early trading. Houses with New Orleans connections sold later and prices eased off to 1s.ooc for July and i1.7se for December, but recovered part of the loss. closins net points higher to 10 points lower. Sales were estimated at 43,0o0.
 Closing quotations: May. 1s.soe; July, 1s.ooc; September, 1z.30c: October, 12.15c; December. 1ls7c; March, 11.s7o.
 Spot coffee duh and nominal. Rio Ia, 15Ac. Santos +s. 1e& @19hc. Owing to the holidays in Brazil there were very few cost and freight offers with bour- bon Shs and 6s quoted at 1ehc. Rio buying rate 50 reis lower. Brazilian port receipts. 4s,ooo; Jundiahy. az.ooo.
 RAW SUGAR
 NEW YORK, April 21.-Ths raw sugar market today was steady and unchanged at 6.1bo for Cubans, duty paid. Sales included 10000 bags of Porto Ricans for prompt shipment Early advances of to points in raw sugar futures as a result of covering and commission house buying the unfavor- able labor reports from Cuba were not ferings from trade interests under which prices broke 12 to Is points from best closing, unsettled and 2 to points net lower. May closed, 442c; July. 4ssc; September, 4e4c; December, 4.21c. With no improvement in business, re. fined prices continued at former levels of S@S.25c for fine granulated
 Refined futures were nominal.
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NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES NEW YORK. Aprii zi.-Ths fsiiowins are the spenins, hiehsst lowest and closing quotations on the New Yerk csttsn Exchange:
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GRAIN SUPPLY

NEW YORK, April 21-The weekly vis- ible supply of American grain shows the following changes. in bushels;
 Wheat decreased 1.S49O0O. Corn de creased 652.0O0. Oats decreased 1.403 900. Rye increased 56.OOO. Barley decreased 0,000
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NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, April 2I.-Fsiiswins are teday's sales. hish, ew and closing prices of stocks listed on the heu Vsrk Steek ExshaHpe:
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NEW YORK CURB
IEDUsTRIALs

NETWORK. APrii 2i.--FsIIswins is the official list of transactions the New York Curb Exchange giving all stoeKs and bonds traded tn:
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. April 2I.-Cattle: Receipts, 500; bulls 25e to 75c lower; beef steers. s7.25@s.5O heifers s7.OOG 500: cows, $6.o0@7.O0; feeders, $45O@ 6 50; stockers, $3.5O96O0.
 Hogs: Receipts, 1000; medium and heavy hogs and throwouts, Dc lower; 200 pounds and up. $7sO; 166 to 200 pounds, &7.7O; 13O to 165 pounds, s6.sO; pigs s4.55 @5.55; throwouts, $5.75 down.
 Sheep nominal fat sheep, $6,009 100: choice lambs. &12. .0O@16.0O.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 21-Cattle: steers $s.5O09.95; beef steers. S6,5O@s.OO: heifers $5.O0@9.OO; cows, S3.5OQ7OO; feeders, $55OQ5.7 stockers $S.OOQ65o.
 Hogs; Receipts, 2ooo steady to '5c pounds, $6.9O; pigs. $45O@5,5O; throw outs, $5.s0 down.
 Sheep: Receipts, 60 steady; fall lambs t14.0O Q 16.Oo sheep, s6,OOqS .OO.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES , NEW ORLEANS. April 2I-The feiowIHa ara sne opsn,ne hIghest lowest and s!SsIn0 quotations on th0 New Orleans Cetton EHehaNae:
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CINCINNATI. O. April 21.-Hogs: Re ceipts. 53Oo steady 10 15e higher: heavies $500; packers and butchers. $500; me sows. s5.OOa6.c5 pigs and lights, ;4Oo@ TAO.
 Cattle: Receipts 500: steady: steers 3sOo@ 100; calves steady, s40o11i co,
 Sheep: Receipts 100; steady. $1.0od 5000; lambs steady. $500 916.OO; spring lambs $13,0002000.
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MINNEAPOLIS. April 2l--FIour un- changed to loo higher; family patents, s5.3506.5s barrel. Shipments, s1.sss barrels. Bran. $22. -ea
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fetal sales Of beads today were siI.sss, 900. cen pared with 900 previsus day and ooe year age.
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NEW YEAR PARTIES AND SOCIETY AT ASHVILLE

ASHEVILLE. N. C.-The present week in the Land of the Sky has been so springlike that visitors have turned to the golf links and wood- land trails for amusement. Club swingers have been cut in force at both the Biltmore Forest and Ashe- ville Country clubs. while a New Years one-club tournament attracted many men and women on the latter course. Afternoon tea was served l following the tournament. Bridlf
 paths are now ideal for riding and this sport is turing scores of Vis- itors. Frequent fox hunts are being planned throughout the winter.
 Mr. Walker D. Hines. director of | railroads during the war, has been spending some time at the Manor with his wife and daughter. Miss discuss politics further than to say that he considers William Gibbs Mo Adoo the strongest possible demo- cratic candidate for President. He remarked that the formation of IS large corporations to operate smaller that present activities of the inter- state commerce commission would bring future consolidation of railroad lines under government control:A
 Dinner parties to celebrate the ad- , vent of the New Year were legion in Asheville A notable affair was ar ranged by Mrs. Edith s. Vanderbilt and her daughter, Miss Cornelia Van derbiIt, at Biltmore House. Mir. and Mrs. c. c. Memminger and Miss Christine Memminger also entertained dozen friends at dinner at their 1 home on Victoria Drive. Several hundred merrymakers motored over to Wentworth Inn Monday evening to see the New Year in. The hotel management carried out an elaborate
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program for the entertainment of
 Mrs. Charles Luberski. . guest of New Years Eve party at the Piping Hot tea room. An afternoon bridge party given early In the week by Miss Kathleen Lange 1t her home. |1"Witchwood," was among the recent prominent social affairs.
 Mrs. Edith s. yanderbiit was hos. Boys club of the. Asheviile Young Mems Christian association at her residence, Biltmore House. Various athletic contests were arranged. Will liam Purvis won a siivcp trophy In the rope jumping contest.
 returned to Ashevilie from Birmins. ham. where they spent the holiday season with relatives. Mrs, Oscar R. Hundley and Miss Margaret Hundley left Black mountain for BirrninGhan,, where they will remain until March.
 Mrs. c. ". Hampton entertained with four tables of bridge at her ernoon in honor of her house guest, Among the prize winners were Mrs. | Samuel B. Laird. Mrs. Charles A. Hildebrand. Mrs. Franklin Robb and Mrs. Frederick Hughes. Mir. and Mrs. J. Waiter Haynes and Mir. and Mrs. P. B. Haynes of Me- ridian, Miss, have left for Columbia, S. C., after spending a week here | with friends.
 Hugh Hillhouse and son of Bir. mingham have joined Mrs. Hillhouse at the Hillside Terrace for sojourn | of several days.
 MT. and Mrs. V. F. Roswell of Dc. catur. Ala, are passing, fortnight at the Margo Terrace In Asheville. Charles L. Harkins of Anniston. Ala. and K. B. Wasson of Birmingham are among the late arrivals at the Jen- kins hotel.
 ; VIC. Edwards of Birmingham is located at the swananona-Berkeley hotel.
 Manufacturers of automobiles have benefited substantially from the eighteenth amendment, said James | Rattray. assistant vice president of the Guaranty company of New York, who was an Asheville visitor recent ly. Referring to the growth of the marked: The automobile industry is | the miracles and mystery of this de- cade. In 1915 there were 2,445,664 | motor vehicles registered in the United States. In 1920 there were 9,231,341 registered in this country. The number increased to t2.239,114 last year. There Is about one car to every eight persons in the country, ranging from ono to 3.s persons in Alabama. Although California may be- saturated. the prosperity that the south is experiencing should make it good market for automobiles in the coming year. G saa
 With the attraction for the saloor
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RECEPTION OF NATIONAL
 IMPORT TANCE IN JANUAR

rooms of the leagues headquart that President Lincoln fs said to h} often conferred with General Ord When General Grant came to Wal inrton there were no suitable offil for him in the old war department he established his headquarters | the house across the street. Hist{ books tell of the days when Presidl Lincoln frequently walked over fri the White House--the big state, VI and navy building was not built til ---"to talk things over" with Gene| Grant. It was from this house t1 General Grant went to the VII House in 1889.
 Then later, from 1892 to 1897, was the home of Clara Barton q the cradle of the Red Cross. Al the Red Cross moved to other qua| CTS, and until 1921, when the leas established its. national offices. house was used by the depot quartl master. It was in the present rec tion rooms that Major Archib; Butt. we'll known in Btrmfngha having visited relatives here and VI General Taft's aide during his v, here, and beloved aide to Preside| Roosevelt and Taft, who went del with the Titanic, had his desk some time.
 The house. built by General I'd son of the war of 1S1? will be years old in 1925. Genefal TowsI who was later paymaster general the army, lived in the house until death in 1854.
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ENGAGEMENTS

Mrs. Fits Hawkins the their daughter Katherine Ay Mr. Frank Un dewood Leonard the wedding take place in February
 the her daughter Kathleen Hobson Mr. Frede rick Richard Maxwell Jr the wedding take Janua 30 Mrs Edward A. Mohns the of their niece Miss Louise Eane MT John Franklin of the wedding Goltsman and Mrs Max Davis the Pa the wedding to take place February 20. No cards. Prochep Charles Brkowiz the men of her daughter Ann Mr. Samuel Prochep the we'd ding to take place January 23. and Mrs. Joseph H. McGiffert of Euaw the of their daughter Mone Martin Johnston Boigee the ruaryr6.
 ButlerFenneiMr and Mrs. John Allison engagement of their daughter Willie Hind Mr. Ernest Butler, the wedding to beian event of February Graysoniaggard-Dr w. A. aggard Dr. O. Haggard Gadsden Ala Mr. w. J. Grayson of this city, the wedding take place January.
 NierMr Miller of Florence announce the engagement of their daughter Mamie Ruth McCarry, the wedding to take place
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Not only of national social impor- tance. but a very convincing evi- ence that the National League of Women Voters Is what 1t says 1t is, "Non. .PArtisan in Politics" will be given to those who attend a recep- ton being arranged at the national capital for the wife of an ex-Presi- dent, who is republican and the wife of an ex-President who is a democrat, TWO of the receiving party will be tho chairman of the woman's democratic committee and the chair man of the woman's republican com
 Mrs. William Howard Taft and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wives of the only living ex-Presidents of the United states, will be honor guests of the National League of women Voters at . reception in the leagues national headquaDters. 532 Seven teenth street, Tuesday, January 15, from to [ o'clock. More than 1900 invitations to meet Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Wilson have been issued to prominent women of officials ana social Washington.
 Mrs. Maud Wood Park, president of the league; Mrs. Harriet Taylor Up. ton. vice chairman of the executive committee of tho republican national committee. and Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, vice chairman of thel demo- cratic national committee, will re. ceive with. the distinguished guests.
 The reception will take place in a house of historic importance in the last century. It was fn the main
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MRS. TALLEY HONORS
 MRS. BALDWIN AT LUNCHEON

At beautifully appointed luncheon Dyer Finley Talley entertained a few of her 2 friends complimenting Mrs Lorenza Baldwin of Jacksonville. Fla
 The rable in the private dining room of the club had for canter a plaque of red roses and ferns artis- tically arranged.
 The lovely and painted place cards held the Following names
 Mrs. James M. Mason, Mrs. Dunbar Sibley, Mrs. H. M. Henderson, Mrs. Walter Kelly, Mrs Mansfield Latham Mrs. Walter Rountree, Mrs. William W. French, Mrs. Victor ProweIl, Mrs. Jack Eaton, Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. Talley. After the luncheon, several games of bridge were enjoyed.
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D'NAITE CLUB
 ELECTS OFFICERS

At the last regular meeting of the D'Naite club the semi-annuai cleo tlons were held with the following officers being elected: J. c. Mikul, president; Jack Morrison, vice presi- dent; Howard Collins. secretary; Bryant Shelburne, treasurer, and rom Boone. social secretary.
 The personnel of the club is as fol- lows: j. C. Mikul, Jack Morrison Howard Collins, Bryant Shelburne Tom Boone, E. R. Saeger, Burt Sac ger Charlie Lane, Marion Tidwell Ralph Inscho. Bill Atkins, Harry LigEett and Charlie Leland