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Pocahontas star herald., 1924-08-08
Will Timer Writes
To the voters Of Randolph county,
Ladies and Gentlemen:

To the voters of Randolph county,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Our campaign is near to close.
We now have only few more davs
until the election.
want to thank you one and all for
the good encouragement have re-
ceived and also the klndnesses ana
hospitality you have shown me in the
campaign.
/ have done my utmost to see each
and every voter in the county, bun IL
has been impossible for me to do so.
Now, / am asking every voter TO
give my candidacy consideration in
the coming election to be held next
Tuesday, August -.
You all remember | made the race
for this same Office four years ago.
Our present assessor has served his
time and is now handing It back to the
voters. You have got to make another
selection.
Four Of us boys are now coming
forth and asking for the position and
you are going TO give it to one of us
boys. am asking you TO give II to
me.
II would be a great surprise to me
and TO my many friends for me to go
down in defeat this time. Two of my
worthy opponents have never before
asked for the honor Of serving you as
your tax assessor.
The assessors Office Is very i'm
portant Office. II you believe that l
am the man who possesses the degree
Of qualifications and man who stands
four square and win give justice TO
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-08-08
From w. H. Phipps

To. the voters of Randolph county:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
l am now making my last appeal to
you through the columns of the Star
Herald in behalf of my candidacy for
reelection to the office of County and
Probate Clerk. You people know the
kind of service that have given you
you know whether my dealings with
you, both as an official and as a pri-
vate citizen, have been such as to
merit an endorsement at this time you
know whether l have been true to the
trust reposed In me when l promised,
if elected, that i would try to take
care of your interest and give you the
very best possible service.
Let me say just here ladies and gen.
tlemen that l have never looked upon
this Office as being mine-I have never
felt that l even owned anything in it,
but have looked upon it as belonging to
the people and that l have been your
servant, and as such l have tried to
let this Office serve the public. / have
tried to take care of your interest and
to extend to the public, in general.
every courtesy possible. 1t has been
a pleasure to me to give you this ser
vice and to extend to the good people
of Randolph county such treatment
and courtesies as | feel that you are
entitled to, and if you good people
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-08-08

every one and look after the interest
of the tax payers, then your vote for
me will be appreciated. We all realize
that we are burdened with taxation.
You all know that l am young
man and my life is before me. II
has always been the height Of my am
bition to serve my county and people in
some official way-and l am lust ask
ing for a promotion in life. II would
be the greatest earthly honor that you
could confer upon me at this time hy
making me your next tax assessor.
Now after waiting for FOUR LONG
YEARS, am coming back asking Won
TO endorse my candidacy, making me
your next assessor. II | am elected
your next assessor will do my utmost
to serve the people and handle the
affairs of the Office in such way and
manner that you can never regret hay-
ing voted for me.
On next Tuesday. August ~. IL Won
see fit TO leave my name unscratchod
there Is not boy in Randolph county
who will appreciate your vote anv
more than ]. Respectfully yours.
Adv. w. II. Timer
STAR HERALD WANT ADS PAY
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-08-08

than you would by giving him the same
number of years In different Offices
and especially an Office like the county
clerks? Now ladies and gentlemen Il
elected at this timeand I serve the term
out my period Of service will be only
eight years and that would not be
nearly so long as some of our other
county officials have served-in fact
the term Of office in many places is four
years and a reelection in such places
means eight years; therefore since a
second term i'm many places means
eight years feel that we are not ask
ing too much for an endorsement at
this time.
Let me ask you this question: What
is the difference between giving a man
eight years in the same office and Civ
ing him the same number of years in
two different offices? You see he
would have the duties of two offices to
learn in the one case and the duties
of only one in the other. Don't you
think that if there is any difference it
is in favor of keeping him in the same
office? Friends, the County Clerks
office is the foundation of county govern
ment and the County Clerk who figures
your revenue is no doubt the most inn
portant of all other County officials.
Why? Because the County Clerk is
your county's bookkeeper and it is
not only the duty of the County Clerk
to keep up with the revenue but there
are many other duties incumbent upon
this official too numerous to mention
in this letter.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, Mr.. Wal
rond has great deal to say about
couple of letters written by me some
time back when Mr.. Stacy and 1 were
making the race for this same Office.
True, | wrote these letters knowing at
that time perhaps as little about the
duties and responsibilities of the Coun-
ty Clerks Office as my friend Mr.. Wal
rond now knows. But after having
learned more fully the Importance of
this Office and what it means to the
tax payers see it differently now, as
does every other former clerk see il,
who has had the experience of this
Office, and not only that, but the tax
payers are beginning to realize more
fully the importance of this Office and
what proper administration of same
means to them.
wish to say again, ladies and gen.
tlemen, that Mr. Walrond has tried to
lead the people to believe that the
County Clerks Office paid a fabulous
salary and that since serving you as
your County Clerk have become very
full handed by reason fthe fees
from this Office. Let me say right here
that the County Clerks Office pays
less by far than that of any other office
in the county, considering the amount
of work that it carries. / have been
receiving about $1S00OO per year as
your county clerk and the bulk of this
is payable in county scrip.
Now ladies and gentlemen, I am in
this race because my friends have
asked me to make it and because
believe that can give you better ser
vice for another two years than have
been able TO give you in the past. Let
me say further that l do not intend to
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-08-08
WOOD FOR SALE

Any kind, any amount, any length,
any time, any where. Call 81 or 81.
Pace & Thompson,
81 II. POcahOntas, Ark.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
LOANS CAUSE SURPRISE.
Brokers Astonished by Small
Amount of Money Wanted.

NEW YORK, November 22.-Fail-
ure of brokerage loans to show a
large increase. despite the heavy
daily turnover in the stock market.
has been partly due. it was said, to
the disposition of the public for the
most part to finance it's purchase of
stocks through local banks. A large
amount of high-grade securities also
have been absorbed by banks, instI-
tutions and private banking firms.
Although millions of shares have
been bought daily. the money bor-
rowed from banks by brokers to sup
ply the needs of customers has been
astonishfngly small. Many brokers
assert their loans are not much
larger than prior to the start of the
bull movement after election day.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, Md, November p
(speciaD D.-Potatoes. new, 100 pounds,
GOAL so; barrel. 1.50a2.00: sweet po-
tatoes, barrel, 1.50a5.o0; yams. barrel,
s.ooa3.so; beans. bushei, s.ooa4.oo;
beets, 100, 4.o0a5.00: brussels sprouts,
quart, 15a25; broccoli and kale, bush
el, 50a65; cabbage, 100. 3.00a5. 90;
savoy, bushel. 50a75; carrots, 100,
3.00a5.00 caulifower. crate, 1.25a2,25;
celery, crate. 1.75a4.00. cucumbers,
bushel, 2.50a5.00; eggplants, crate
4O0a500: lettuce, bushel, 5Oa1.00;
onions, 100 pounds, 75a2,10; oyster
plants, 100. 7.00as.00; peas. hamper.
3.o0a4.5o: peppers, crate. 3.0oa5.00;
pumpkins. 100. 10.00a20.o0; spinach.
bushel. 65a75; squash. crate, 3.00a
$50; tomatoes, crate, 5.00a6.00; tur-
nips. bushel, 75as5.
Apples, packed, barrel. 3.00a1.00;
bushel, 75a200: loose, barrel, 1.50a
800: bushel, 50a1.0o; cranberries, box,
450a6.50: grapes. basket, 17a1S;
grapefruit. box. 2.25a3.25; oranges.
box, 3.00a4.00: pears, basket. 20a30;
bushel, 1.25a3.25.
Selling Prices Mt Noon.
wheat-No. red Winter, spot,
I62h: No. red Winter, garlicky,
1.611s; No. red Winter, garlicky,
1.57h.
Sales-None.
Corn-Cob, new yellow, spot, 5.35
and $50 per barrel; track corn, yell
low, No. 2. 1.34.
SaleS-None.
Oats-No. 2. new, s11a per bushel;
No. 3. 60h.
Rye-Nearby. 1.10a1.2o; No. rye,
spot, 1874.
Hay--Receipts. 81 tons. There is a
fair demand for desirable grades of
timothy and light clover mixed hay
and for such the market Is steady.
Medium and low-grade hay in free
supply and prices on everything from
No. 8 timothy down are very irregu-
lar.
Quotations today-No. timothy
1s50a2o. so; No. timothy, 1S.ooals.o 90;
No. 1 light clover. mixed. 1s.50a19.00;
No. 1 clover, mixed, 17.50a1S.00; No
? clover, mixed. 15.o0a16.0o.
Straw-No. / wheat, new, 12.00a
1900; No. l rye, 13.O0aI40O
Evening star., 1924-11-22
FREIGHT TRAFFIC UP.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November 22.-Loads
moved on the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad during the first half Of No
vember show an increase over last
year. The total for the period was
88, ,999, compared with 83,796 for the
same period in 1923. Total loads
moved on the road during the second
week in November amounted to
41,964. against 1924 last year, a sub
stantial gain of Z per cent.
Traffic of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad for the first week in Novem-
Der shows and increase, compared
with the corresponding period last
year. Total revenue freight loaded
and received from connections for
the period ended November 8 amount
ed to 69,056 cars, compared with
67,7e1 for the corresponding period
in 1928.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
LEADERS MARK TIME.
Saturday Selling Considered Fairly
Well Absorbed.
BY STUART II. WEST.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 22.-While
the main body of stocks today were
following a rahter uneven course. a
sufficient number of individual moves
among both rails and industrtals were
in progress on the upside to give
the list a strong appearance. There
was heavy selling in many directions
for the purpose of realizing, but the
market bore up well under this prof
ittaking.
The recent industrial leaders of the
type of United States Steel common
were disposed to mark time and the
losses were inconsequential. The
sharpest declines occurred in special
ties like Sears Roebuck, but these
were not> surprising in view of the
equally sharp gains they had made
during the past week or ten days.
Rails Again Actual.
Buying operation among certain
low-priced rails carried such stocks
as Rock Island, Pittsburgh and West
Virginia, the ST. Pauls and New
Haven to their highest levels. Most
of the oils either held steady or were
Inclined upward. Tobacco Products
was the feature of the tobacco group
while International Nickel. selling at
q new high Well above Il, leatureu
the metal shares.
1t was the heavy buying in several
of the low-priced rails which really
LED the entire list upward in the sec
ond hours trading. Rock Island, the
St. Pauls and New Haven were among
the best performers in the railway
section. The Street continued to talk
about prospective dividends and
merger possibilities.
Rock Island Jump.
The feature at the close was the
great run-up in Rock Island above
AZ, which set in motion once more
all the old stories about the road
being taken over by the Southern Pa
cific. The st. Pauls were very strong
at the end, and the big pool reputed
10 be operating in international
Nickel suddenly got busy with it's
speciality. The close was strong in
the leaders of the list, but with prices
elsewhere rather variable.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
CHICAGO GRAIN PRICES.

CHICAGO, November 22-Reports
of wet harvest in Argentina led to
decidedly higher prices for wheat to-
day during the early dealings. The
advance was helped, too, by asser-
tions that the big movements of
wheat from the Dakotas and Mime
sofa had virtually come to an end.
Some of the buying of future de-
liveries here was said to be on
foreign account, and there was gos-
sip also of liberal new export busi-
ness. Opening prices. which ranged
from q to q higher. December 15OA
to 1.5o1z. and May 1.5s to 1883, were
followed by material further gains.
A pronounced let-up in country of
ferings of corn to arrive did a good
deal to send corn and oats upward in
price. After opening at II decline to
1 advance, May 1.19 to 1.19ss. the corn
market scored good gains all around
Oats started unchanged to y high
er, May 5s to ssh assn. and then con-
tfnued upRrade
Evening star., 1924-11-22
FURTHER ACTIVE
TRADING IN RAILS
New French Loan Also Draws
Attention to Foreign
Bond Issues.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, November 22.-Further
active speculation in the rails, prin-
cipally St Paul and New Haven, re-
adjustment in the foreign group un-
der the influence of the new French
loan and slightly lower level for
high-grade investment securities
were the features Of the bond market
at the close of the week.
Interest in New Loan.
OF these the most interesting was
the action of the foreign issues. The
new French loan now scheduled for
offering on Monday will run 25 years,
carry Z per cent coupon and be
priced at "a. This is approximately
a 7k per cent basis and explains the
recent decline in listed French bonds
to a point where they yield about the
same. 1t also may have had some
thing to do with the falling back in
the German rs. which today sold at
exactly the same price as the French
Is will be offered at.
Both these bonds run for % years
and are, In other respects, SO similar
that their future market course will
form an interesting comparison.
Incidentally, Australian Is are SELL
ing point and more above the quo
tations for the other two issues in
this group.
Foreign Group Active.
Trading in all the foreign bonds
was very active. Sinking fund sup
port for the French 7I2s is operative
at par. where the bonds sold today.
French Cities 6s, however, without
sinking fund support, sustained ad
ditional, but small. losses. United
Kingdom 5Ias of 1897 sold today at
their best price.
Buying in the st. Paul and New
Haven bonds went on today at about
the best prices of the movement. The
st. Paul As Of 1925, at 76. were up
points on the week and there
were substantial. but smaller, gains
in the longer term issues.
New Haven Is at 81. which Is a lit
tie below their best quotation of yes
terday, were up 3A points on the
week, while the franc rs at 96A were
up more than six points. All this
improvement can be ascribed to con-
fidence in the success of the refund
ing operations which both roads con-
front next year.
Liberty Loans Quiet.
High grade railroad savings bank
mortgages continued heavy. There
was not much important change in
United States Government loans, al
though the Treasury Az were down.
This sagging tendency in high grade
bonds makes all the more remarkable
the prompt sale this week of the
5000, 900 Delaware and Hudson re-
funding Is Of 1943 on a 4.s2 per cent
basis. Along the same line, testi-
mony to confidence in easy money
was the marketing of $12,925.000 1lli-
nois Central Az per cent equipments
to yield about 4.6S per cent.
The investment market Is in good
shape to absorb the French loan next
week. This weeks total was only a
little over $50,000,000.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
MAKES $4,000, 900 DURING
ADVANCE IN STOCKS

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 22-The
sensational advance in prices has
given rise to many rumors of kill
ings" in the market by large opera
tors, but the actual facts are shroud-
ed in secrecy.
1t is definitely known, however, that
one large automobile manufacturer
has paper profit of nearly S3.000,-
600 in 10000 shares of United States
Cast Iron Pipe that he acquired at an
average price around $50 a share 1t
sold at STAT share last week, but
was back around s135 yesterday on
selling attributed to this man. While
this line of stock was acquired months
ago, nearly half of the profit repre-
sented has been registered since elec-
tion day.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
FINANCIAL NOTES.

NEW YORK, November 22.-H. s.
Wilkinson, chairman Of the Crucible
Steel Co. of America, told stockhoid-
ers at their annual meeting that the
company's volume of business was
steadily increasing. orders in Octo-
Der having been 20 per cent larger
than the month before, while Mo-
vember thus far had shown a corre-
spending gain over october.
Surplus Of the Pacific Oil Co. in the
first nine months Of 1924 amounted
to $S,4S2,115, equal to $2.42 a share,
an increase of $1.618,543 over the
same period last year, when earnings
were $1.96 a share.
Stockholders Of the Alabama Com
pany have ratified the sale of it's
physical properties to the Sloss- Shelf
field Coal and Iron Co. for Ss,675, 900.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
EARNINGS REPORTS GROW,
Railroad and Utility Concerns
Make Fine Records.

NEW YORK. November 22.-The
preliminary report of the St. Louis
and San Francisco Railway for Octo-
Der shows an increase of S94S,00 in
net operating income to $2,450, 900
compared with the same month last
year. Gross earnings gained $725,-
900 to 1,s11,000( while surplus of
about s1,25S,000 after taxes and
charged increased s1,047,OOO.
Central Power and Light Co. of ST.
Louis continues to show increases
in gross and net earnings, For the
IL months ended September 80 gross
gained 22.S3 per cent over the previous
year to $4,105,24 while net increased
about 25 per cent to $1,411,0o0.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
MILLS MORE ACTIVE.
Census Bureau Makes Much Better
Report on Cotton.

Cotton spinning activity showed
marked increase during October, the
total number Of active spindle hours
for the month being over a billion
more than in September this year, the
Census Bureaus monthly report to-
day disclosed. October was the most
active month in the industry since
January this year.
Active spindle hours in October
numbered 7,5S2.569,221, or an average
of 2O1 per spingle In place. compared
with 8,381.886,213, or an average Of
223 per spindle in place. during Octo-
Der last year, and 6,414,S02,010. or an
average of ITO, in September this
year.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, November % Omitted
States Department of Agriculture).-
Cattle-Receipts, 1000 head; fed
steers Of value to sell at $50 upward,
25 higher; heavies showing sharp up
turn from weeks low time: highly
finished steers and yearlings scarce;
best of shortfed kinds predominant
ing; top yearlings, 1910; highest of
year: best heavies, 1890: warmed up;
plain quality native steers and west
ern grassers, 25 lower: spots more:
stockers and feeders showing decline;
thin light stockers, 35a40 down;
country demand better grade stock
ers and feeders broad: best cows and
heifers. 15a25 lower; Gamers and cut
ters, 18a15 Off: bulls, steady; vealers,
weak to so lower. Weeks bulk prices
follow: Fed steers. 7.75a10.75; grass
steers. 5.25a6.75: fat cows, 3.50a5.4O:
heifers. 4.25a6.75; Gamers and cutters,
2.S0a3.10; veal calves. s.00a9.o0;
stockers and feeders, 4.5oa6.20.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 head; today's
markets steady; fat lambs mostly
1850; culls. 11.50: for week, around
1900 direct and SO double-deck rang
mostly so lower; fat sheep, SO high
err: feeding lambs, 25a5o lower.
Weeks bulk prices: Fat wooled ma
tives and fed Westerns. 13.5oa14.50;
top. 14.75; closing. bulk. 13.5ea13.75;
closing top. 1885; clipped lambs
1175a12.00; top, 1925: yearlings,
l1.O0a12.00; wethers. S.00aS50; top,
500: handyweight fed Western ewes,
7.50as.0o; top, $50; natives mostly
5.50as.00; feeding lambs, 13.50a14.5o:
top, 1855: highest of year.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head: most
1y 15a25 lower; lightweight, 25a35
off; light light and slaughter pigs,
SO higher; top, $50; bulk good and
choice, 225 to 800 pound butchers,
s00aS.45; $50 to 200 pound weights,
largely 7.75aS.75; 140 to $50 pound
kinds mostly 6.60a7.60; bulk packing
sows, 8.50aS.9o; strongweight slaugh-
ter pigs mostly 6.00a6.25; estimated
hoidover, $4,000. largely common and
medium underweight.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
COTTON QUOTATIONS
BIT LOWER TODAY
Crop and Ginning Reports Basis for
Some Sales Among
Traders.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 22.-The
cotton market opened steady at a de-
cline of to 16 points under a re-
newal of the selling movement
which developed after the publica-
ton of yesterdays crop and ginning
reports December contracts sold off
to $3.50 on the further liquidation in
preparation for possible notices on
Monday or. about 16 points shortly
after the call Offerings were alb
sorbed by trade buying and covering
at the decline, however. and prices
steadied up later. although the un-
dertone was rather nervous. The
amount of cotton on shipboard
awaiting clearance at the end of. the
week was 17s.000 bales. against 49,
600 last year.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

Capital Traction Colo at a. S at a3 at
SO. at 80. 10 at 80, 10 at 80, ) at s3
10 at S.. D at 81
Washington Rwy. Elec. pfd-1O at 1872,
20 at 1871, 20 at 7sl2, = at 7SS
140, 10 at 40.
Riggs National Bank at 3Ol.
Merchants Bank and Trust Colo at 1SO.
Lanston Monotype-5 at 772
AFTER CALL
Washington Gas Light-IO at So 30 at 81
Washington Gas is '33-So, 900 at lU2
Capital Traction 5s-S1 600 at 9s1.
MergenthaIer Linotype at I6s, 10 at les
20 at 16S.
Washington Gas IS $500 at 1O0N.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING
BONUS FOR EMPLOYEES
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
NEW YORK, November 22.-Horn-
blower & Weeks. one of the largest
commission houses, has notified the
$50 employees of its various Offices
throughout the country that a spe-
cial Thanksgiving bonus will be given
this year in appreciation of the extra
work performed by its staff in the
last two weeks. This will be IN
addition to the usual Christmas bonus.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
PARTIAL RECOVERY
/ AFTER EARLY DROP
Heavy Profit Taking and Bear
Selling Force Prices
Downward.
By the Associat ted Press,

BY the Associated PreSs.
NEW YORK, November 22.-Exten-
sive profit taking, combined with con-
certed bear selling, drove stock prices
lower in todays early trading, but
subsequent execution of buying or
ders awaiting a reaction and renewed
accumulation of minor shares brought
about a partial recovery.
Many leading issues yielded l to 2
points on the early wave of sellinS
with U. S. Cast Iron Pipe breaking 4
points and Sears Roebuck 6. Prices
steadied later as operations for the
rise were resumed in special stocks.
Rock Island rebounded to new
high level at 46& on buying credited
to interests identified with the South
ern Pacific. Wilson & Co. preferred
jumped points on reported progress
in the reorganization of the packing
company, while Union Bag and Paper
United Cigar Stores and Pittsburgh
and West Virginia mounted az to As
points.
The closing was steady. Sales ap
proximated 100000 shares.
LEADERS MARK TIME.
Evening star., 1924-11-22
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK.-Stocks steady. Rock
Island leads rally in minor shares
Bonds irregular. Wilson issues rally.
Foreign exchange firm; sterling and
francs higher. Cotton steady; spot
houses buying. Sugar higher; trade
buying. Coffee firm, European and
Brazilian support.
Evening star., 1924-11-22

Spot cotton quiet five points up.
Sales on the spot none: to arrive, 100.
Low middling, 22.45; middling, 1896;
good middling, 24.45. Receipts, H.
5O7 bales; stock, 345,527.