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PAGE TWO GREENWOOD COMMONWEALTH, GREENWOOD, MISS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1933. CHICAGO MARKETS OPKN HIGH LOW CLOSE DELTA GINNINGS Cong. Whittington Contest which the Junior Chamber of Commerce is I bespeak for tho committee In Wheat- MARKETS Approves Xmas Trees TODA a a i 3 Dec 85 87n July 85:4 Corn Dec 40 May 54 Juiy. 65 Onts Total Crop 1932 89,914 62,042 27,964 5,602 48,656 32,251 20,688 81,299 28,819 85 80'4 84 4(1 53 54 3V 38 '4 3(1 8C4 85- 47 54'4 55 Vj Mi 39 37 Vi STOCKS COTTON To Dec. 1 1933 101,836 58,8157 31,042 3,357 50,428 34,589 17,317 98,736 32,130 27.846 61,876 30,206 To Dec.

1 1932 84,750 57,909 27,562 5,271 47,905 30,107 18,815 79,339 27,383 25,929 57.272 33,774 NEW YORK STOCKS (Final Quotations) Bolivar Coahoma Humphreys Issaquena Leflore Quitman Sharkey Sunflower Tallahatchie Tunica Washington Yazoo charge or tnc contest xno cordial and hearty co-operation of tho entire citizenship of Greenwood," iO By The Associated Press MANOS, Brazil The daunt-less Lindberghs headed over wild mountainous and jungle territory on a flight toward Trinidad. LONDON Clarence Guy Gordon Haddon, who says he's related to King George was committed for trial on a charge of trying to extort money from the roc Mr.y Juiy 3(1 '4 37 '4 NEW YORK (A') The stock market was subjected to intermittent profit taking today, but the activity showed a to dwindle on the declines as offerings were with All ('hem mid Dye 147 Am Beet Sug 10 1-2 Am Can 9. 5-H NEW YORK MARKETS IPrev OpenlHigh Low Close close Kye 25 1-2 Dec 85 8(1 84, 64 3CV4 38 36 64 (10 43 49 411 425 487 530 437 512 33,025 60,295 34,922 526,137 fil Hi drawn. After a brief sell-off in i Am Car Kdy Am ComI Ale Am Fur I'ow Jan 10.07 10.07 9.92 9.95-!av 10.20 10.20 10.0S 10.10- 52 1-2 July 61 i Barley The Junior Division of tn Chamber of Comincmi is in receipt of a letter from Congressman Will M. Whittington approving and endorsing the plans of the organization in sponsorinK the Christmas Residential Light-in Contest.

Congressman Whittington says: "I am glnd to endorse and to encourage the program of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in promoting a Christmas Residential Outdoor Lighting Contest. "The holidays should be filled with cheer and joy. The real spirit of the Clnistmas time should obtain in uvcry home. Children always remember- their Christmasea. "I can think of nothing that will promote a more enjoyable and delightful Christmas in Greenwood than the LiglUing 10.02 10.18 10.112 a last half hour, there were TOTAL 548.200 10.34 10.35 10.23,10.24-2 496,076 S3 Zd9 number of moderate recoveries 29 Am Ginned during period 25,754 Doc Mhv 44 50 I 44 50 '4 43 49 a Above statement prepared from reports direct from Cen easy, onlv Closed Y.

7 to 8 down. Spots 10.151 and the close was fers approximated 000 shares. down. sus Bureau to Greenwood Cotton Exchange. Am Sm Hef 13 Am Sug Ref 1-2 Am 120 1-4 Am Tob 75 Am Woolen 12 5-8 July Lard-Dec 415 Jan 500 At The Lyric Wednesday and Thursday 415 485 Rao 425 500 542 Anaconda Cop 1-2 1 Bellies NEW ORLEANS MARKETS Prev OpenHigh Low Close jciose 10.01 10.01' 9.90! 9.90-92' 9.9S Mar 10.17 10.17 10.07 10.07-08 10.14 10.3110.3110.2110.22- 10.29 Special Prices On Tires.

Get our prices before you buy. Tire Sale lasts another week. 513 Tire Accessory Company. -8 Arm 111 2 A SF 5(1 ACL 41 2 Jan 512 -O- Atl Ref 30 1-4 i Auburn Auto 55 1-2 Aviat Corp 7 3-4 I B) 25 5-8 1 NEW YORK Stocks and turned a little dull today under sporadic profit taking, but there was a steady to firm tone displayed by most speculative categories. The dollar was moderately higher in foreign exchange dealings as the domestic gold rate vas again unchanged ami currency stabilization talk was t.till heard in Wall street.

Sterling dropped more than 2 cents after early small gains and the Fier.ch franc eased around .03 Closed 7 to N. O. Spots 8 down. 9.894 down, -o 9 1-4 COTTON rnsdall NEW ORLEANS 1G 5-8 Al-1 Beudix Aviat NEW ORLEANS i though cotton was rather quiet UeUh Steel 30 3-4 Bunion 21 1-4 todav. prices held steady, show cf a cent.

Grains and cotton CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO (JP) Wheat No. 2 hard 88; No. 3 hard (weevily) 85 3-4. Corn No. 1 mixed 51 1-2; No.

2 yellow 51 1-4 1-2; No. 3 yellow 51; No. 2 white 51 1-2; new corn No. 2 mixed 50 50 1-2; No. 2 yellow 50.

No. 3 white 49 1-2 50; oats No. 2 white 37 3-4 38 1-2: No. 3 white 37 37 1-4. No rye; barley 43 70; timothy seed 5.50 6.00 cvvt; clover seed 11.00 13.85 twt.

ST. I.OIIS GRAIN ST. LOUIS (TP) Cash wheat No. 2 red 88 1-4 Corn No. 2 yellow 51 51 1-2.

Oats No. 2 white 38. ing narrow fluctuations for much Borg Warner 19 7-8 of the session. The market Bucyrus Krie 8 gained slightly in early trading Burr Add 16 1-4 on much better Liverpool cables Gal Hoc 4 3-8 than due and steadiness of stocks Can Ale 29 but later eased on lack of buy Can Pac 23 3-8 1) 72 3-8 ing support. I Ca.se (J 40 8 moved narrowly, but saver was under some pressure.

Bonds Mere a trifle irregular. Steel improved on revolts of expanding mill operations. U. S. Steel preferred got up a point and the common, together with Bethlehem, advanced fractionally.

Small gains were also recorded by Chrysler, American Telephone, Deere, Standard Oils of New Jersey and California, Louisville and Nashville, Consolidated Gas, Postal Teleiraeh preferred, Internation- After advancing 2 to 3 points ii in early morning with March at NW 10.17 and May at 10.31, prices Ch declined four points on March St Pf 10.13, and 2 points on May to RI 10.29. At noon the market ral- I Chrysler lied two points to levels one to Coca Cola 1-81 1-2; 3-Xj 3-4 3-4 1 52 90 Colo I 4 two points net higher. COFFEE of Baldwyn. In the early afternoon, how-1 Cohini V. 12 1-2 ever, March eased to 10.12.

urjCoIum Carbon C1 NEW YORK (JP) Coffee, Rio No. 7 8 1-8; I 4, 9 1-4. Rio fu- two points net lower, while other Cinil Soh steady; r. Santos No. Telephone ami Public Service 1 dosed I (iniwlth Somh were 1 Con Gas Con Text of New Jersey.

Armour prefer-! months were inactive, red sagged about 3 points and Exports for the day Ii. S. Smelting, Mclntvre, and 458 bales. res 5.000 0.13; 1-ft I 1-8 7.S The market continued to ease I barely steady; sale-. Dec.

M't-h. 0.22b; July G.H2n; i Santos futures easy; bags. Dec 8.45b; May S.75H-; Jnlv O.llii. Ceil bags. May G.4.-J.

it.000 K.Glib; Sept off during the entire afternoon Can Oil Ins Mot ii K1 "all'S i 1..1, owing to easier stocks and wheat! Con and to a decline in sterling. Con Holidays are Busy days There is a hustle and a bustle during the holiday aea-aon that keeps every member of the family busy. So many things must be done trips to make last minute purchases suddenly remembered details general contusion. A time like this emphasizes the value and convenience of a telephone in the home. Almost magically, you Can be everywhere at once.

Your friends can reach you with equal ease. As a practical present for the entire family and practicality is an important consideration this year the telephone is ideal. Every day in the year it will add to your family's comfort and happiness. In addition to it daily helpfulness, telephone service is an assurance that the doctor, fire department, or police department may be quickly summoned if needed. Probably the idea of giving a telephone as a present for the whole family is new to you, but it is worth thinking over.

For information about the service, just get in touch with the business office or ask any telephone employee. Southern Bll MADGE EVANS JIMMY DURANTE ROBERT MONTGOMERY ao EUGENE BIIE3TE BELOW 1 1-2 Prices made new lows in the 1 IS 7(1 2 14 91 S. Industrial Alcohol lost about a point each. Union Pacific, Santa Fe and N. Y.

Central eased. Notwithstanding the apparent better feeling toward equities 1 generally, brokerage houses re-sported that the public had been little more than nibbling in the past week or so. There been some pickup in odd-lot fcuving, it was said, but the vol BITTER AND TCGGS CHICAGO M1) Putter, weak; creamery specials (93 seore) 20 20 3-4; extras (92) 19 3-4; extra firsts (90-91) 18 1-2 Con Oil IM Corn Prod Curtis Wright loug Aire Pupunt El Kndieott Johnson Eni'' Pub Svc late trading with March at 10.07 and May at 10.21, or ten points under the highs. The close was steady at or near the bottom showing net losses of 5 to 7 points. i NEW YORK COTTON NEW YORK (VP) Cotton was 3-4 firsts (88-89) 15 1-2 18; 4 1-2 Erie 10 5-' Evans Prod 3-4! Fox Film A 14 1-S Fretport Tex 47 1-2 1 GOLD PRICE SET WASHINGTON, Dec.

12 (IP) The government's gold price was set at $34.01 an ounce today for the tenth successive time. London's price today was $32.13 an ounce on the basis of sterling opening at $5.08 1-2. The RFC quotation for domestic gold has remained unchanged since the day after Thanksgiving, but treasury officials insist the gold policy is continuing unchanged and all newly mined domestic gold is being purchased at this price. seconds (80-8 fl) 15; standards (90 centralized carlots) 18 3-4. Eggs, 3,932, steady, prices unchanged.

POTATOES CHICAGO (ff) Potatoes, 52, on traok 238. total shinmpnt.s ume here was quite small and 1 not of the character that accom- panies the usual bull market. It was found that most of the smaller purchases were for cash, with margin speculation at a low ebb. i i I Telephone and Teleqraph if A a Co. nnipt aea'm todav and prices held IMtO 9 Elec 20 1-21 Foods 37 within a narrow range.

Early Gen rf z. nnintc ill Gen 4 response to steady Liverpool i Ge A 34 Gen Mot 480; steady; supplies moderate, I demand and trading moderate; A. M. BOROUGHS, District Manager 1 The interest of the profesision-j ais, at the moment, seemed to be about evenly divided between ac-' tivities at Washington and indi- cations of growing improvement in the business and industrial situation. The unchanging gold iYi cnnia nimvtjat'S Teas; 10 18 1-8 14 3-8 3 10 5-8 cables were followed by reactions i under scattered selling promoted by the steadier ruling of the dollar, but after easing from 10.20 to 10.16 for March, prices steadied on trade buying or eov-'.

ering. March was ruling around Gen Ry Sig Gillette Gold Dust Goodrich Graham Paige Gt Ir Ore Ctfs Wisconsin round whites U.S. No. 1 1.25-30; few higher; combination grade 1.15-20; Idaho russets U. S.

No. 1, 1.60-65; few litglier; combination grade 1.35-45; few higher; U. S. No. 2, 1.30-?."; North Dakota Red river Ohio's 1.50; Colorado McClures 1.55-62 1-2; mostly 1.60-62 1-2.

Cl Gt Ry Pf 22 tu I 10.17 in the mid-afternoon mar-1 LIVESTOCK CHICAGO VP) Hogs, 37,000 including 12,000 direct; active 10 15 lower than Monday; pigs 2.25-65; packing sows 2.30-60; medium weight 200 250 lbs 3.20-30; heavy weight 250 350 lbs 2.90 3.25; pigs, good and choice 100 130 lbs 2.25-75. Cattle calves light weight steers and yearlings moderately active, steady on better grades, weak on common and medium offerings; vealers steady to 25 lower, at 4.00 5.00; slaughter cattle and vealers: steers, good and choice 550 900 lbs 5.25 6.85; 900 1100 lbs 5.00 6.50; 1100 1300 lbs 4.25 6.25; 1300 1500 lbs 3.75 5.65; emmon and medium 550 1300 lbs 2.75 5.00; vealers, good and choice 4.00 5.50; medium 3.00 4.00. Sheep generally asking around steady on desirable fat lambs; sheep and feeding lamb undertone firm; light weight ewes 3.25 occasionally 3.50; lambs 90 lbs down, good and choice 7.00-60; ewes 90 150 lbs, good and choice, 2.25 3.50. SUGAR FUTURES NEW YORK OP: There was little activity sugar futures today and in absence of any aggressive demand prices were lower. March contracts after selling at 1.21 declined to 1.20 while May reacted from 1.27 to 1.25, or 2 to 3 points net lower.

The late market was around these levels. Halm 5 tko i ket with active months net un- 7-8 1-4 I Houston Oil New 4 I ministration, satisfied with the changed to 1 point lower. 1-1 3-8 I Hudson Mot I brightness of the trade picture, may have decided to let the dol- LIVERPOOL COTTON Refin 3 RAW SUGAR 1 NEW YORK (fP) Following Jar and gold ride along on LIVERPOOL (Pi Cotton, their present values. 11.000 bales including 200 Am- Lid Ii Int Int Harv Mer Mai-Nick Can Spot moderate business wno not so long ago were (oyle; prices eight points higher; 42 3 31 4 14 13 20 A Int uuvmiii Liie purcnase 01 btucivs notations in pence: American aud Int a decline ot 2 points late yesterday to the basis of 3.23 for spots no further business was reported in raw sugar early today, although it was believed that more could be had at this level. Futures opened at declines of or.

the ground that ground that currency in- tl.ict 00(j middling 5.98; good 1 flation was a certainty, now are HjfiS: strict middling 1-2 expressing the opinion that theiil l8. middling 5.33; strict low nance of issuing greenbacks to 5i8. middling 4.93 trict good ordinary 4.73; good Kennecott Kroger Groc Lehigh Port Kennecott Krog tiro Lehigh Port Lw Myers 24 14 13 20 1-2 24 14 80 1-2 1 point and the market later showed a further loss of a point on some positions. May con-; tracts after selling at 1.27 sold off to 1.26 or 2 points net low- ordinary 4.43. Futures closed quiet and steady.

Dec. 5.09; jan. 5.09; Mch 5.11; May 5.13; i July 5.15; Oct. 5.18. i COTTON SEED AND MEAL pay bills "is considered distinctly remote." The "sound money" advocates were also encouraged by unofficial reports from the capital that the administration was preparing to answer critics of its monetary policy by presenting a balanced budget.

Irade analysts, optimistic for er, with the general market at midday ruling about 1 to 2 points Lorillard (P) 17 7-8 La Oil 1 3-4 51 1-2 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (JP) Prime cotton seed meal (41 per cent) jjack futures closed steady. Closing I jrath Truck 37 Alkali 38 1- net lower. Refined prices were reduced 10 points by fume local and out of town refiners to the basis of 4.40 for fine granulated with prices now ranging from 4.40 to 4.50 for fine granulated. fob Memphis Dec.

19.25; continued economic improvement jrj r.ext year, pointed out that cor-; j.m 19.85; Feb. 20.40; Mch. 4 1-4 9 3 5-3 23 3-4 Miami Cop Mo Pac Montg Ward porauon activity may De ennan- Anr. 21.40: May 21.90; ced by- the fact that there will 2-)I0; Jul 22.85; sales 800. Prime be comparatively few funded debt cotton see(j futures closed bids Milton C.

Smith Greenville Mayor GREENVILLE, Miss. (JP)M. C. Smith, Greenville manufacturer and Chamber of Commerce president, was elected mayor yesterday over E. G.

Ham, incumbent, by a vote 439 to 288. 8E POULTRY CHICAGO (JP) Poultry: maturities in 1934. Industrial Memphis Dec. 21.50; Jan, companies, it was found, havejgi.so; Feb. 21.50; Mch 21.50; maturities of only about i Apr.

21.75; May 22.00. Sales 000 in the coming year compared lne Motor Prod 29 1-4 jXash 24 5-8 I Nat Pow Lt 9 3-4 37 NY NH 17 7-8 160 7-8 Ncr Am 15 1-2 25 1-4 with more than 82,000,000 -O- 59 trucks, firm; hens 8 1-2 11: leghorn hens rock springs iO 1-2 11 1-2; colored 9 1-2 10 1-2; leghorn chickens roosters hen turkeys 15; young toms old toms 11, No. 2, 10; ducks 1933. MARKETS AT A GLANCE NEW YORK 0 6 8 1-2; geese 9 1-2. Dressed turkeys firm, prices unchanged.

THE MAGIC CHEF CAS BURNER i sit Stocks easy; leaders sag in i Qtis Stl late selling. Ifac Bonds irregular; U.S. govern-1 p-a-d Mot ments easy. jparam Pubx Curb heavy; gold mining issues i p0Mny (JC) weaken. jlV.m Foreign exchanges easy; dollar Pb-liips Pet rises moderat Pullman 4 18 4 2 54 31 16 48 WELLINGTON, Z.

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd sailed the second time for the Antarc tic. 1 Cotton steady; local and Newpure Orleans selling; easiness stock Oi! 11 7-8 7 3-4 Cbde 4G 1-2 Unit Aire 33 1-2 It's ko easy to start cooking on FOREIGN EXCHANGES NEW YORK (P) Foreign exchange easy. Great Britain in dollars, others in cents. Great Britain demand 5.08; cables 5.08; 60 day bills 5.07; France demand 6.08; cables 0.08; Italy demand 8.22; cables 8.22.

Demands: Belgium 21.55; Germany 37.25; Holland 62.34; Norway 25.48; Sweden 26.15; Denmark 22.64; Switzerland 30.05; Spain 12.67; Portugal 4.67N; Greece .88 1-2N; Poland 17.80N; Czechoslovakia 4.61N; Jugoslavia 2.18N; Austria 17.65N; Rumania Argentine 33.07N; Brazil 8.50N; Tokyo 30.75; Shanghai 33.50; Hongkong 37.25; Mexico City (silver peso) 27.90; Montreal in New York 100.37 1-2; New York in Montreal 99.62 1-2. nominal. lower; easier spot mar-barely steady; trade market. Sugar ket. Coffee se'ilmg.

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Quote 3.50; 3.60; 3.62 1-2 65; 3.65 67 1-2; 3.70-75; I 3.80; 3.90; 4.05-10; 4.15 WG 4.20; WW 4.60; 4.65. 666 Liquid, Tablets, Salve, Nose Drops Checks Malaria in 3 days, Colds first day, Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes, MONEY NEW YORK (JP) Call money steady; 1 per cent all day. Time loans-steady: 60 days 1 1 1-4; 3 .6 months 1 1-4 per cent. Prime commercial paper 1 1-4. Bankers acceptances unchanged.

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