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Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
Home Burned

The home of Mr. and Mrs Clarence
Adkins, 3 miles west Of Attica, was
totally destroyed by fire last Thursday.
The blaze started just after Mrs.
Adkins started preparations for the
evening meal. Practically all of the
household articles were consumed.
1t is not known how the fire origin
ated.
Mrs Adkins mother, Mrs. Joe Al
phin, was in town Monday and collect
ed a sum from the citizens Of the town
to assist the family in obtaining a
new start. She asked the Star Her
aid to extend her thanks to each giver
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Houston Curd of West
minister, Nd, and Mrs. R. A. Canon
and son, Charles, of Murray, KY, re-
turned Monday to their homes after n
visit at the Clifford Price home here.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
Surprise Party

A bunch of the boys and girls who
attended the summer school surprised
Prof. DAILY Thompson with a party
Saturday night
Jokes and stories were told and at
a late hour refreshments of nehi and
sandwiches were served.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
Mr.. Automobile Owner
Would You Sign This Agreement!
AGREEMENT

l guarantee to pay for any injuries that my aueo,
mobile may cause, whether it be to mans property rea
personal REGARDLESS OF WHETHER AM in
THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT
In this agree to pay ALL HOSPITAL BILLS, DOC-
TOR BILLS, NURSE BILLS COST OF COURT PRO
CEEDINGS, LAWYERS FEES AND ANY OTHER
COST OR EXPENSE, AS WELL AS ANY JUDGMENT,
REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT, THAT GROWS OUT OF 4
ANY INJURY caused by my car
AS FURTHER GUARANTEE TO THE perform
of this contract PLEDGE ALL real estate, person.
al, chate and property of any kind which MAY HERE
AFTER ACQUIRE, ACCUMULATE OR POSSESS
Would you like to sign the above agreement? You
practically bind yourself to it when you become proprie
tor of unless you pay the small premium required
to persuade insurance company to your risk
MAR'1TIN 6 FISHER
AVA Your Insurance Men" III
POCAHONTAS WALNUT RIDGE
Phone ARKANSAS Phone
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
Meeting At holland

A protracted meeting will start at
the Christian church at holland on
Saturday night of this week, Aug. Z.
The services will be in charge Of
Ed. Lacy L. Holt of Tuckerman and
will continue possibly two weeks.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

Pocahontas has been full of mep-
bers of the Baltz family this week,
relatives coming from far and near,
to attend the festivities celebrating
the golden wedding anniversary of AIR
and Mrs. Geo. Baitz
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
Baby Drinks CamphOr

Warm Springs, Aug. 3.-The little
babe of Mr.. and Mrs. Ross got hold
of bottle of camphor recently and
drank part of the contents. The little
one was in a serious condition for
some time.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
Bridge Opening Day

The people Of Elevenpoint and Water
Valley communities are planning n
big celebration when the new county
bridge across Elevenpoint is opened.
They are planning a big day ana
are making preparations to entertain a
large crowd.
The steel work started last Thurs
day and 1t is believed that the bridge
will be open to traffic by the middle OF
September.
Further announcement of the open
ing day celebration will be made.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
Possum Point
(near Greenwood)

Alva Caufin spent Sunday. after
noon with his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Ordenorf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Murphy also
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Pristley spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Pristley.
Mrs. Robert Pristley had a mis-
fortune to fall and hurt herself very
badly and is unable to walk.
Those on the sick list are Mrs.
Robert Pristley, Mrs. Will Wroten
and Mrs. Isaac Adams.
Many from here attended the field
meet at Georgetown last Friday.
Marjorie Fry and friend, Harry
McCauley, also Nora WrOten and
Arthur Marvel attended the birthday
party at Willis Buffers home on Fri
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Dickerson and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Mcdowell and family.
Miss Helen Coleman spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Coleman.
Elizabeth Warrington is spending
some time with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pristley.
Wilson Tucker spent Sunday after
noon with Dwight Ardenorf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Coleman spent
Sunday afternoon in Dover.
Frank Williamson and friend, al
so Miss Lulu Hammond spent Sun
day evening with Nora Wroten.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
Laws Church

Homer r. Hopkins, Jr., attended a
party at Margaret V. Robbins OF
Frederica on Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Raughley,
Sr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Raughley, Jr., spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Raughley ana
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hopkins
called on Mr. and Mrs. II. r. Hop
kins on Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Hopkins and
son. and Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Satter-
field took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs.
C.. ]. Satterfield of Magnolia on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Argo were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman jack
son Of Bowers on Sunday, also at
tended the Friedel funeral in the af-
ternOOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyndal Hayman and
son Bobby OF Delmar, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex L. Harrington and daughter
Martha of Seaford have been guests
of Mrs r. w. Ross.
Alr and Mrs. r. w. Ross have been
Frederica and Barratt's Chapel Wis
itors recently.
Mrs. Raymond Shockley, Mrs. R.
J. Hope, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Moore were Dover visitors on Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Warrington
motored to Rehoboth on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Warrington
and Mrs. Alice Ross attended the
State P. T. A. luncheon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. COvington of DO
yer have been visitors of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Will Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Johnson spen
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
Z. c. Robbins.
Byron Morrison called on his ole
friends here Sunday.
Reynolds Robbins spent Frida!
with his grandmother, Mrs. j. 1
Robbins.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Latchum ant
family spent Sunday with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Raymond ShOckley.
J. r. Robbins and Thomas c. Rob
bins motOre dto Wilmington on Fri
day.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07

W. +. Tucker, superintendent OF
the flower gardens aIong the Ou POnu
hOuIeVard, mas Just SET out large
NUMBER oil cnrysantnemums ana ny
Grangeas IN the gardens.
Mrs. jennie Bramnall is visiting
her children in Philadelphia, MI.
and MIS-. howard Bramnall, who had
a daughter born to them last week.
Our markets are well supplied
with fresh hsh, all retailing for fair
prices, but trout are hlgh IN price.
Fred Rogers, manager of the 40
cal Drancn OF the American Stores, is
sporting Il new Ford sedan.
Mrs. ElwOCd Hurley Is spending
some time with her husband IN
Philadelphia where he is employed
as a carpenter.
Mrs. Joseph c. Godfrey spent last
week with relatives in Philadelphia
John f. Kaiser spent part OF last
week in New York City.
Mrs. Lavinia Adams spent last
week with her son, WI. Adams, Esq.
in Wilmington.
JuSLlCG VI LllG 1 NeRNC " AAAAttAAA \ .
Carter, of Lewes, spent Saturday
with friends here.
Undertaken NJ. L. Watson was
among friends here Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar B. King was in
Wilmington on Saturday.
John Harold Crate of New York
City was a recent guest Of mis- uncle,
John Kaiser here.
Joseph Derrickson who is suffer
ing from pneumonia. is still recover
ing.
Elijah c. Short of Cannons was in
town Thursday.
Charles Kinder of fredericksburg,
Md, a former Levy COurtman Of this
county, was circling among old
/ friends here Thursday.
Frank E. Lynch of Delmar was
among friends here Wednesday.
Harry J. AXE, manager of the
branch of the American Stores at
Bridgeville and former clerk in the
Orphans Court and Court in Chanc-
cry, was in town Friday.
Miss Mary Jones is spending two
weeks vacation with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Jones, here.
Mrs. o. D. Robinson attended the
graduation of her niece, Miss Eliza
beth Downing, who graduated as a
nurse from the Hahnemann Hospi-
tai in Philadelphia, last Tuesday ev-
ening.
Miss Hester Wilgus is visiting
friends in, Philadelphia.
David L. Johnson, clerk in Mark
er's meat market, is quite i'll at his
home on the Public Square.
Mrs. Patrick Sullivon of near town
who has been quite ill has recovered
and is on visit to her daughter
Mrs. Leroy Dennis, in Philadelphia
ANNA X. GREGORIUS
Office hours in Georgetown: Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, 900
until 1900, at the Old Eagle Hotel
town.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
Omar
Near FrankfOrdl

The people Of this community well
coined and are enjoying spring wea-
ther to the uttermOst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Heath are on
the sick list.
Mrs. Mae Carey is spending some
time with friends at Bridgeville.
Mrs. Maggie Kitchens is visiting
relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Alice Monroe of Philadelphia
is visiting her parents here, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Dingle.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. DerricksOn en-
tertained some of their friends on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asher Holt of Phil
adelphia were visitors here recently.
Miss Helen Murray and Miss Kath-
crime Hudson were weekend visitors
of Miss Gladys West.
Miss Iva Esham of Frankford
spent Sunday with Miss Maude
Tingle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Long and
sons spent Sunday with relatives
here.
Horace i1lChLlldl WuO 10 ChAhAOJ w
in Philadelphia visited his parents
here recently.
escing. v
Lucille Cooke, Bertha Elizabeth
Cannon, Kathryn and Sara Gum OF
Frankford were weekend visitors OF
Blanche Daisey.
Harold Murray of RoXana spent
the weekend with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Wise and
daughter of Wilmington visited the
latter's mother, Mrs. J. S. Tingle re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Hudson visit
ed friends at Clarksville on satur-
day.
Mrs. Matte Shockley and mother
of Millsboro were town callers re-
Gently.
We are sorry to report Glen Lynch
who is seriously i'll in the west re-
mains unimproved.
Mrs. Martha Hickman who has
been sick is out again.
Mrs. Anna Layton is visiting rela-
tives at Dagsboro.
L. F. Daisey and family spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. F. s
Daisey at Frankford.
Carson Thomas of FrankfOrd call
ed on friends here on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
Trinity
Near BrldgeVillel

Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua West attend
ed the funeral of Mr.. Vests "ncte
at Georgetown on Sunday.
At the school election at Trinity
on Saturday, W. f. Hastings was
elected as the new trustee to sue
ceed Charles Smith, whose term had
expired.
Miss, Grace Hastings OF Laurel
spent the weekend with his parents
here.
Mrs. Sallie Nelson, formerly of
this place, now OF Bridgeville, mas
been quite i'll with the niuInps.
A humber from here attended the
Field Day at Georgetown on Friday.
William HasuEg; who has been
quite ill for the past three weeks
with mumps is able to be out again.
BENJAMIN Davis who formerly liV-
ed near here, now Il resident OF VIII
cox. Canada, died OIL Thursday,
April 20. Funeral services were held
on Saturday and intefnCrt at Will
cox. Mr.. and Mrs. DAVIS attended tie
Kinder and Davis reunion at Bethel
NJ. E. Church last September and
visited a number of folks here.
Miss Grace Hastings spent Satur-
Gay in Wilmington.
Folk here were much shocked 10
hear of the marriage OF Miss Flor
ence Cahall, daughter of Mr.. and
! Mrs. Charles Cahall to J. Raymond
Elderdice on April %. Miss Cahall
was well known here having lived in
/ this community for several years.
Sunday school 1t Trinity Sunday,
May 9Th, at sc a. m. Preaching at
! 1890 a. m. This is Mothers Day.
Go to church Sunday.
Mrs. Della West who until two
years ago resided here, now living
at Dagsboro, died on Friday, April
23rd. Funeral services were held at
the home of her daughter at Days
I bOro, on Monday. IntermenC al
Bridgeville. She is survived by fouT
daughters, Mrs. Howard Hickman
and Mrs. Marx Willin of Fhiladel-
phia, Mrs. viii Chandler Of Days
boro and Mrs. Will Willin of Bridge
vile and six sens, Ehe and Joe, OF
Dagsboro, Paul of near Laurel, How
ard and Kenneth Of B"idgeviIle ant
Joshua of this place.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
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Development OF Tie Law Concerning Automobiles

Automobile associations, CLUBS
etD., Nu4l De OI m!meusc aas4a1aHce III
inns ru2alu ana suOulu De just as
eager ~ PUNISH tuUse' VINO violate
me. rights Oh OluerS IN the nlSuM d!a
as tuey would De me perpeuatCr oil
ANY Cmer msdemeanCr. CO-opeIa-
L4un between these assoclaIiOls anu
the district attorneys OIL tner conf
nltlnttles Nouu be very heipful IN
inns regard.
having done every thing possible IN
the regulation OF tne Automobile IL
sen. IL Is euureiy probaDie ana pro-
per that our legislative bodies SHOULD
turn tueir attention 10 the highways
over winch tney run.
lhe laws providing for the widen
ing and paving OF the highways
abolition of dangerous CROSSING ana
lncauleu tramc controls Will mater
,ially reneve the situation, II they
are assisted by the cooperation OIL
each indlHdual mOtOrlst.
There have recently been installed
at the intersections of many streets
and highways, automatic traffic con-
rrols. MnIcn the general public have
been quick to appreciate and obey
1t has been suggested that our prln-
cipal highways be divided into two
parts, so that it-wOuld be Impossible
for traffic moving in one direction to
interfere or come into collision with
traffic moving in the opposite direc-
ton.
It is possible that we may some
day reach a point where the high
ways will be controlled and operated
by the authorities in much the same
way that the tracks of railroad are
operated to day. Dangerous curves
and grades will be abolished and ev
erything possible done, so far as the
highways are concerned, to protec
the motOrist from his own negli
gence and that of the other users o
the highways, but the greatest stel
forward and the only one which cal
bring any permanent good is intelli
gent cooperation on the part of eacl
and every autOmObilist.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
Southern Corn Bread

Corn bread. that favorite OF the
South. Is another nutritious change
from the every day white bread.
Made with the recipe of Miss Rosa
Miohaelis. famous New Orleans cook,
it's a welcome part of any meal
Here are the ingredients:
q cup of sugar
4 cups cOrnmeal
IL teaspoons salt
3 eggs
Q Tablespoonful baking powder
IL tablespoonful shortening
2 cups water cor milk, or the two
zaixed)
sift corn meal, salt, sugar, and
baking powder together. Add water
shortening which has been heated.
Add stif1y beaten whites Of eggs;
Put into a hot CREASED pan. and
bake in hot oven. This can be served
with butter or with syrup.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07

LEGISLATION with regard to auto
mobiles. While OF course, no older
than the automobile itself, has kept
race with the improvement and de
yelopmcnt OF the vehicle. II shows
wonderful understanding and toler-
ance with regard to motor vehicles
no less astounding than the automO-
mile uscif.
When cne considers that it is
scarcely thirty years since there
was statute on the English books
providing that no motor vehicle
should proceed at the rate Of more
than four miles an hour and that
each one should be preceded by a
man waving red flag, one marVels
at the rapidity with which our legis-
Iatures have adopted the intelligent
and interested attitude toward auto
mobiles.
This is shown by the fact hat the
supreme court of one of our states
has said that: in all human actiYl-
Ties the law keeps up with improve
ment and progress brought about by
discovery and invention, and in re-
spect to highways if the intrOduc-
ton of a new contrivance for trans
portation purposes conducted with
due care is met with inconvenience
and even incidental injury to those
using ordinary modes. there can be
no recovery, provided the contriv-
3nce is compatible with the general
use and safety of the road"
On the other hand, the number Of
regulations relating to automobiles
has enormously increased until i
may be said that little can be don'
with the automobile by way of regu
lation without adopting laws whicl
will be restrictive of the use of th'
automobile per Sc.
A very critical period of legislH
ton has, therefore. been reached
The time has certainly come for au
tomobilists to take immediate pre-
cautions in order to protect them
selves against being deprived of thei
privileges.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
Reel Reeten Biscuits

II you have d patient right arm.
you are bound to make successful
beaten biscuits. This is another old
southern recipe of Miss Michaelis'.
quart -four
IL teaspoons OF lard
1 pint of milk
/ teaspoon salt
Sift dry ingredients. Then add
the shortening and blend by using
the fingers---Tuh until smooth; add
gradually the liquid and kuead all
together till the dough is fnTmed.
Should be a rather stiff dough. Then
lay the dough on . biscuit board and
beat with rolling pin half an hour
Knead lightly and beat again for
ten minutes, till air bubbles form all
over the dough. Then roll out and
cut with cutter in any shape and
stick top here and there with fork.
Bake in moderate oven about fifteen
minutes or til top and bottom are
light brown.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07

for you. Follow their recipes
for pleasing variety in breads.
Easy Bran Mullins
Mrs. Rorer, the Philadelphia cook
ing expert, recommends her bran
m1Tins for breakfast. "Ihey. are
very nutritious and healthful,' sne
saws. zone might paraphrase the
old saving into a bran muffin day
keeps the doctor away 1t would
hold just as true.
"These mullins are easily made"
she afirms. Beat one egg, add a
cup OF milk, a half teaspoon, SAT-,
one tablespoonful sugar, and one
tab1esnoonful melted butter. Sttt
one cupfuI flour with three level tea
spoons baking powder. and bake in
n hot oven, in creased gem pans Tor
20 minutes"
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
M1rfa for Mourishnent

Nuts for Nourishn1ent
Mrs. Rorer has a very appetizing
and nourishing nut bread, TOO
Here's how to make it:
Chop enough pecans to. make a
half cupful. Put two cupfuls ttour
in a bowl, add four level teaspoons
of baking powder, half a teaspoon
salt, and two taablespoonlIuls 90 oI
Beat one egg, add one cupful Of
milk, mix and add the -four. Beat
well and turn at once into a creased
bread pan.
Let stand 10 minutes. Light oven
minutes before bread is light.
Raisins may be substituted for nuts.
Nut bread makes very good sand
wiches if spread with butter. Cream
cheese may also be used for simple
delicious filing.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07

because y o u
t h ink you
ought to. g.
F a m o u s
cooks have un-
earthed many
delicious bread
and biscuit t
recipes from
various parts
of the country
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
BREADS AND BISCUITS AS
3 EXPERT COOKS
MAKE THEM

(Ed. Note: This is one of series
Of articles on cooking which famous
cooks are contributing to this paper')
Bread can be much more
than the uninteresting, pro-
sale "staf Of life" 1t can be
made so delicious that you eat
it because you qOGnt to, not
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
Use Oranges

Orange mullins are Just the thing
for breakfast. Toasted. they are de-
licIous to serve with afternoon tea.
Mrs. Belle DeGraf San Francisco.
formerly with the Pacific Coast
Branch of the New York Cooking
School. gives this delectable recipe:
cups -four
teaspoons baking powder
/ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
egg
tablespoons melted butter
/ cup orange juice
Grated rind of one orange
Beat eggs and add liquid. Sift
and combine dry ingredients. Add
melted shortening and first mixture.
Bake in creased muffin pans, in
moderate oven about 20 minutes.
You may serve a different bread
or biscuit every meal. These recipes
are especially helpful to women with
the lunch problem, as different sand
wich filings may be used with all
but the beaten biscuit with good
results.
Watch for NEXT weeks special cooking
article on this Page.)
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
For Oil Stoue Users

Women who cook with oil will
appreciate one of the newer oil
stove models with a reversible.
easily filled glass reservoir. The
hands do not come in contact with
the kerosene at all.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07

Who washes all the dishes three
times a day in New York City?
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
Baking Hint

The oven should always be pre-
heated a few minutes before biscuits
are put IN. They require fast bak-
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
Much Ventilation

One manufacturer is selling an
efficient oven with 10S holes. These
holes provide perfect air circulation
and carry away all surplus moisture
and all odors. This oven is espe-
cially made for oil stoves.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
c8y MRS. SARAH TYSON RORER
Pbdadtlbhia Cooling Expert

PREFER oil stoves to any other
kind. l speak from the fullness
of 80 years. experience with
them. Oil is clean, economical,
and dependable. 1t saves a
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07

world OF Work. NO. coal OF WUOu 10 cary
in, no ashes to carry out. And no dust.
"Ihave just completed special experiment
on the 1926 model Perfection Oil Stove, test
ing it under all possible cooking conditions.
/ cooked many meals in my own kitchen.
Every dish was deliciously cooked.
Immediate Cooking
"Steak began to brOil and my molasses cake
began to rise almost as soon as lighted the
burners. There was no waiting for the heat
to come up
"The bottom of every utensil used in the
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07

experiment was as clean as
china dish. No securing was
necessary. Those long Perfec-
ton chimneys certainly are in
Surance against SOOty kettles.
All at the Same Time
"I cookedmany things at once.
For boiling beef / used a very
low flame. | French-fried pO-
tatoes over a hot flame with
yellow tips about IL inches
high above the blue area. l
cooked white sauce over a
medium flame.
81 used all grades of heat at
the same time satisfactorily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-06
Business Conditions
Very Satisfactory
Gary's View, Eve SOth

New York, Oct. 5.-(Fl-On the eve
of his eightieth birthday anniversary,
which he will celebrate next Friday.
Gilbert II. Gary, chairman OF the
United states Steel Corporation. to-
dav cast his eye over the business
horizon and found conditions very
satisfactory
Taking an even broader view, he
said he was becoming more and more
convinced that serious business
slumps were no longer necessary.
that the majority of people desired
prosperity. adding that competition
from foreign trade would probably
be friendly and less injurious than
that originating in the United States
and that the Ford plan of a five-dav
week for workers was uneconomicaL
Il shall require further proof" said
Mr. Gary, before l am satisfied that
any man or any number of men can
do as much work in five days OF
eight hours each as could be secured
in six days of eight hours each"
In outlining his views on the bust
ness situation, the head of the steel
corporation explained that he was
willing to accept the prediction made
to him by one of the most promi-
nent bankers in the world. that con-
ditions in the United States would
continue to be good during the rest
of 1926 and probably throughout
1927
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-06
Break in Prices
May Denote Change
In Trend of Business

New York, Oct. 5-(P)-Another
sharp break in prices on the New
York Stock Exchange today, the sec
ond in two days, took Wall Street by
surprise and started considerable
discussion as to whether it signalized
possible change in the trend of
business. THE decline, which ran
from one to nearly nine points in
scores of issues, took place in the
face of a lowering of call money
rates, the previous firmness of which
was blamed for the recent lack OF
bullish enthusiasm.
With the possible exception of cut
in gasoline prices in Kentucky and a
reduction in tire prices in Great Brl-
tain, which would have tendency TO
reduce profits in those industries,
there was nothing in the days busl-
ness news to account for the heaNE
liquidation of stocks, some OF Whlch
appeared to be of a distressing char-
acter.
In shifting about for an eXplana-
ton of the decline, market observers
endeayored to associate the SeIllhS
with the recent break in cotton pre-
os to the lowest levels in five years.
with its possible adverse effect on tile
purchasing power ana u
tho increase of over $50,OOO,0O0 In pro-
lIers, loans last week. Some brokers'
doccrihed it as "weeding OUT OIL
weekly margined accounts, having
Nothing TO do with outside business