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EXPORTS STILL
GAINING;COTTON
MARKET STRONG
By Victor Barron.
(Market Correspondent of The
Times-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, March 7.—With sensa
tionalism entirely absent, the cotton
market ruled strong, but comparative
ly quiet last week.
Expectations of an early peace, to
gether with persistent buying for Liv
erpool account, optimis ic advices from
English trade sources, unfavorable
weather and heavy exports furnished
(the chief incentives for the week’s
gain.
Final prices on the New York mar
ket were 55 to 80 points higher on
old contracts for the week and 64 to
93 points up on new contracts. Okl
contracts at New Orleans finished the
week 25 to 55 points higher and new
contracts exhibited a gain of 67 to
71 points.
May contracts in New York were
■under more or less pressure, the
selling being attributed chiefly to spot
firms and mills, against purchases of
the actual. »
Business in old contracts was neg
lected and those having crders to ex
ecute in those options experienced
some dufficulty in closing them out.
The time for final settlement of old
'©ptions expires May 1.
The substantial rally in sterling ex
change was considered a bullish item,
* Liverpool—24,om) bales for the week—
while heavy sales of the actual at
indicated that foreigners anticipate in
creased exports rfom this side.
Exports totalled 147,534 bales
against 16,848 bales the same period
last year. This brought the total out
go so far for the season up to 3,615,-
858 bales, as compared with 3,311,496
bales the previous corresponding pe
riod—a gain of 304,362 bales.
Further evidence that mills are
feeding off their surplus stocks of cot
ton was shown by this week's state
ment of Hester, showing 126,000 bales
were taken by spinners, against 127,-
000 bales the same week last year.
Spot firms reported a falling off in de
♦ mand from mills and in turn they are
tolding aloof to considerable extent.
Those favorable to the market assert
the mills are buying hand-to-mouth in
expectation of wearing down spot hold
ers. Some of the bears claim that
the actual will sell aoout even with
May option before it expires. Con
servatives have issued warning to
spot holders that if they weaken at
this time they will have a hard job
sustaining values, but if they stand
pat for a few weeks longer peace no
doubt will have been declared and
the world-wide demand for cotton will
have begun, which alone will be suffi
cient to add several cents to • each
pound of cotton within a brief period.
It generally is conceded —even
among many bears—that the acreage
this year will be drastically cut. Al
though the bear crowd ar? firm in their
belief that the reduction will not be
more than 10 or 15 per cent., whereas
those builishly inclined are confident
the reduction of 33 1-3 per cent, will
be disclosed when the government’s
acreage estimate is issued early in
July. Messages from all sections of
the belt confirm sieh views.
Unfavorable weather has further de
layed new crop preparations, which
together with inferior fertilizer and
small use of such, will work against
anything like a normal crop from the
prospective acreage. This is not to
mention the probable effect of the boll
weevil and red spider, which are ex
pected to thrive this spring. In the
sections where the weevil has already
invaded, the acreage is said to have
been, or will be, cut tremendously—
considerably more than a third.
Briefly stated and to make a long
story short, the bear crowd and spin
ners are skating on thin ice and abso
lutely without the merest shadow of
support in their continued attack on
the price of cotton.
Today one year ago spot cotton—
Atlanta spot cotton—reached the
highest level since the Civil War days,
36.35 cents a pound, while the actual
at New York sold at 35.70 and at New
Orleans 34 1-2 cents a pound.
Compare this price with the quota
tion of today. Compare the facts sur
, rounding the market a year ago with
those of today. The difference is so
absurd that it is sickening to one
with common intelligence to look
upon.
A year ago, with the war at its
height, submarines scouring the ocean,
America just, getting into the war, ex
ports a mere shadow of those of to
day, mills were buying all the cotton
offered, regardless of’quotations. But
today with the great war at an end,
exports heavy, another short crop on
the way, labor still scarce, cost of
living and production as steep as ever.
i Places President Visited Shown in Great Film
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ROBERT ANDERSON
. as
“MONSIEUR CUCKOO.”
Os great historical value and of un
usual interest at this time are the
places visited by President Wilson
during his stay in Europe, many of
which are shown in D. W. Griffith’s
“Hearts of the World,” to me seen at
the Opera House, Friday night, April
11. and Saturday mattinee and night,
April 12, Three characters from the
play are shown herewith.
On the second day of President Wil
son's stay in London, he took luncheon
at the executive headquarters of
Premier David Lloyd George at No. 16
Downing Street, London, both the ev
terior and interior of which are shown
in the prologue of “Hearts of the
World” and later in the production
when the British Premier is seen
shaking hands with’ Mr. Griffith and
congratulating him on the success of
his masterpiece. Again, when the
President visited the battlefields of
if not heavier, and the entire foreign
world bare of cotton and badly in need
of pillions of bales and American
manufacturers looking forward to un
recedented foreign trade, mills on this
side are holding off the market for cot
ton-trying with all their might to
keep the price down below the cost
of production that they might replen
ish their depleted stocks at cheap
prices.
If cotton was worth 36 cents a year
go, it is worth considerably more than
that today. And the South can dic
tate the price from now on if Southern
farmers and merchants will absolutely
refuse to sell a pound for a few weeks
longer and carry out the acreage re
duction of 33 i-3 per cent, to the' let
ter. i |
SPRING FEVER
Following Colds, Grippe, Thin,
Watery or Poisoned Blood
(By Dr. Valentine Mott.)
At this time of year most people suf
fer from what we term “spring fever’
because of a stagnant condition cf the
blood, because of the toxic poisons
stored up within the body dvri-g th:
long winter. We eat too much meat
with little or no green vegetables.
Bloodless people, thin, anemic peopb
those with pale checks and lips, whi»
have a poor appetite and feci that tired
worn or feverish condition in the spring
time of the year, should try the refresh
ing tonic powers of a good alterative
and blood purifier. Such a tonic as drug
gists have sold for fifty years, is Doc'o
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. ]
s a standard remedy that can be ob
lincd in tablet or liquid form. Mad<
•ithout alcohol from wild roots an.
v arks.
Occasionally one should “clean hogsc’
•ith castor oil or tiny pills made up o’
.e May-apple, leaves of aloe and jalap
nd sold by almost all druggists in this
ountry aa Doctor Pierce’s Plczsanf
’diets.
Fairburn, Ga.— “l just enjoy recom
mending Dr. Pierce’s remedies to m;
riends. I have found them to be so bene
cial, 1 feel I must have some of them i
he house at all times. The ‘Favorite Pre
scription’ is so fine for the nerves I try t<
Keep it on hand, also the ‘Pellets’ as the;
seem to benefit me more than anything o.
the kind I can get. The ‘Golden Medical
Discovery’ has been used in our home witl
perfect success for a dry hacking cough; i
cured the cough where all other remcdic.
failed.” — Mrs. 8. 8. Walker.
HOW
RHEUMATISM
BEGINS
. The excruciating agonies of rheuma
tism arc usually the result of failure of
the kidneys to expel poisons from the
cyst cm. If the irritation of these uric
ncid crystals is allowed to continue, in
curable bladder or kidney disease may
result. Attend to it at once. Don’t
resort to temporary relief. The sick
kidneys must be restored to health by
the use of some sterling remedy which
will prevent a return of the disease.
Get some GOLD MEDAL Haarlem
Oil Capsules immediately. They have
brought back the joys of life to count
less thousands of sufferers from rheu
matism, lame back, lumbago, sciatica,
gab stones, gravel and other affections
of the kidneys, liver, stomach, bladder
and allied organs.
They will attack the poisons at once,
clear out the kidneys and urinary tract
and the soothing healing oils and herbs
will restore the inflamed tissues and
organs to normal health.
All others are imitations. Ask for
GOLD MEDAL and be sure the name
GOLD MEDAL is on the box. Three
sizes, at all good druggists,
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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DOROTHY CISH
as
“THE LITTLE DISTURBER.”
France, he journeyed over the very
roads and across the many battle
fields where Mr. Griffith and his staff
of players and cameramen traveled in
securing the reinarkagly interetsing
scenes shown in "Hearts of the World”
The coming of peace has made par
ticularly timely and of unusual his
torical value this latest of the Griffith
super works. On account of the end
ing of the great struggle in Europe,
the production is being viewed with
increased interest, it being a well
known fact that Mr. Griffith and his
company spent the greater part of
eighteen months in France securing
the scenes that have electrified thea-
■ AMUSEMENTS |
“To Him That Hath’’ —An Appreciation
This is just simply an appreciation
inpaid for, unsolicited:
SkovgaarJ came to town this morn
ing—Skovgaard, the wonderful Dane.
He will be at the Auditorium tonight,
and you, if you are not there, it won’t
be my fault, for, as best I can I’ll tell
you about him. I heard him once—-
this magical Dane with the physique
of a Viking and the heart of a little
child sat for two hours that seemed
only as many minutes and heard him
weave all human emotions into melo
dy; love, anger, joy, hate, despair—
hark the music of fountain brooks, the
laughter of little children, wild Hun
garian Waltzes, sweet tender folk
songs athrob with half-forgotten mem
ories—heard him and was comforted.
Tonight, tomorrow you’ll have a mem
ory—and it won’t soon be forgotten.
—“G” in the Jorunal, Greenwood,
South Carolina.
Skovgaard and the Metropolitan
Company will appear at the Americus
High School Auditorium, under the
auspices of the High School, Wednes
day, April 9.
For Weakness After Grip or Influenza
take GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC,
which is simply IRON and QUININE sus
pended in syrup. So pleasant even
Children like it. You can soon feel its
Strengthening, Invigorating Effect. 60c.
Nervousness and
Headaches Caused
by Acid-Stomach
There is a much closer connection
between the stomach and brain than
most people imagine. It is because of
this close connection that indigestion,
belching, sour, gassy stomach and
other stomach miseries—all of which
are sure signs of acid stomach—are so
often followed by severe attacks of
blinding, splitting headaches.
Nervousness, sleeplessness, irritabil
ity .mental depression, melancholia and
many other disorders which affect the
brain can also nearly always be traced
to the same source—acid-stomach.
So often you hear people say “I am
so nervous I think I’ll fly to pieces;”
or“ltseems I never get a good night’s
sleep any more, my nerves are all on
edge.” Little do they dream that acid
stomach is the direct cause of their
troubles because very often there are
no pains in the stomach at all. So you
see, you can’t always judge an acid
stomach condition bj’ the way your
stomach, itself, feels.
If you are weak, nervous, unfit—if
you are not up to your old time form
—if you lack your accustomed enthu
siasm, energy and pep—make this test
and see if it isn’t acid-stomach that is
holding you back robbing you of
your health, strength and vigor. Get
a big box of EATONIC—the wonder
ful modern medicine that so quickly
puts an acid stomach to rights. It is
in the form of pleasant tasting tablets
that you eat like a bit of candy.
EATONIC rids the stomach of excess
FATO NIC;
FOR your acid-stomachQy
GEORGE FAWCETT
as
‘THE VILLAGE CARPENTER.”
‘re audiences not only here in Ameri
ca but throughout England and France
as well. It was David Lloyd George
himself who said to Mr. Griffith: “This
is the greatest undertaking you have
ever attempted. God speed you in
your great work.”
It is also of interest to note that
although “Hearts of the World” con
tains so much that will live in the
history, it not in any sense a war
play, but rather a romantic story con
cerning the people to whom the war
came. The principal scenes were tak
en in the French villege of Ham, where
Mr. Griffith took advantage of the
marvelous scenery, the quaint old
walls, the silver streans and the glory
of the blossoms. All of these delight
gul surroundings have been set in a
frame of hymphonic misic, played by a
special orchestra that travels with the
production.
Soldier Brings File
of ‘Stars and Stripes’
Elon R. Burton, who has just re
turned from France, is in Americus
visiting his aunt, Mrs. J. E. Courtney,
of 216 Furlow street. His home was
at Dawson, but during his absence in
France his father died, and he will
make his home in Americus, or wher
ever he can find employment at his
trade, which is that of pressman.
Mr. Burton, who was a member of
the 28th division, Second army, spent
Kis time in France on the staff of The
Stars and Stripes, the official publica
tion of the A. E. F., but was a member
of the circulation department and as
such was with the 28th division at the
front most of the time, and saw most
of the heavy fighting the Second army
’ was engaged in from August 7 until
the close of the war. He brought
back with him a complete file of The
Stars and Stripes, of which he is
very proud.
NEGRO CHURCH REVIVAL.
A series of revival meetings is in
progress this week at Mt. Olive Bap
tist church (colored) with the pastor,
Dr. J. H. Ponder, doing the preach
ing. Prayer meetings are held every
'afternoon from 3:30 to 5 o’clock and
preaching each night at 8:30. • Old
time singing and good preaching are
promised and negro soldiers and
strangers, are invited. The church is
j located at the corner of Jefferson and
Poplar streets.
acid. Brings instant relief from indi
gestion, heartburn, sour belching, food
repeating, bloat and gas and makes
the stomach cool, pure, sweet and
comfortable.
Dentists warn us against the bad
effects of acid mouth, pointing out
that the acid eats through the enamel
of the teeth, causing them to decay.
You can easily imagine then the
amount of damage excess acid will
cause to the delicate organization of
the stomach!
Thousands of people are using
EATONIC and the results obtained are
so remarkable as to be almost unbe
lievable. Yet their letters of gratitude,
many of which are received daily,
prove absolutely that EATONIC does
all and even more than we claim. The
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great value of this wonderful remedy.
A learned Michigan doctor wrote re
cently: “I have had such wonderful
success with EATONIC that I want
every one to know how quickly it will
neutralize the acidity of the the stom
ach (acid-stomach) and the stomach
will soon be sweet and normal again,
and the sick man well and happy
once more.”
So be sure to get a big box of
EATONIC from your druggist today.
If it fails in any 'way to give you the
kind of satisfaction you want, take it
back—he will refund your money. He
doesn’t want one penny of your money
unless EATONIC helps you.
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priate wording, in verse or in prose.
An Easter Card from Mother, Brother or Friend
at Eastertide is appreciated. .
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