The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 215, Ed. 2 Monday, November 5, 1923 Page: 2 of 12
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THE HOUSTON POST: MONDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 5 1923
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DRASTIC SLASH IN
: jj COTTON FORECAST
- CAUSES NEW HIGH
f Cont'd from Pf. 1.)
irfha mature of producers' progaganda.
' .. Na eter theerv would explain the
' eaara ri to 200-point limit prices
' 4-. and anexeeuted buying order at the
i' limlti representing ss they did new
f Ugh levels nartkulaflj since tier
r ? . ekj baldly iaea been aay eitaaajve
'!'-V? apacnlatiT short Interest
Prior to the publication of the hu-
fv reau report Friday the futtiree ruar-
seta bad shown snuca. strength with
4 "i reajtsloi fairly ell absorbed on re-
actions of hardlv moro than 40 points
: 4' from the previous week's clone which
steadied Peoember at New York frac-
i tionally above SO cents.
Braki 30-Cant WaH.
' In fact the 30-cent mark socmed to
' ba the poiat on which the markets
' pivoted since advaaces much above
bat level seemed to bring out id-
's creased telling while declines below
80 cents for December. New York
appeared to uncover supporting or-
ders. The rally in I'nited States Steel
common stock shout midweek as a re-
' aalt of the declaration of an urn's
parted eitra dividend which stimu-
lated the stock market ba.-k into mil
" bob abare days helped utain cotton.
' potwithitandiug that the pound eter-
! Bog dropped to a new low level for
tba year at New York.
The renewed emphasis on the dm-
Mrativelv short supply however was
tba overshadowing feature in citt 'ti.
tba official estimate of 10.-J4ni.Ki
haiaa showing a reduction of 7ii7;OOi
MJea from tne enu-'piemaer uu.wi
(er 11 .01 MOO hales.
Washington explained that the coo-
- tftioo ivsraged 47 S per cent against
4t.8 on September 23 or a loss of
- aily 1.7 points but ths acreage ahaa-
'daacd tba heavieat on rewrd was
i: taken into consideration. Whatever
j- the basis of the cut. however. the
t latest reTisioB brought the official
" figures more in line iLh ideas pre-
vailing in the trade.
I Texas waa more fortunate than
smaat ether cotton States except pos-
aibly North Carolina the latest esti
'f saet'ee for these vo States showing
baereaaas aver tba mdSp:cn;ber is-
. dicauofis.
.. Riaea ia Prieea.
Tba range in cotton last week fol-
iwa: Hesstss Spots.
Hose
Thia Last
Iliah Low week
week
!; Middling. 81.0 80.00 31.70
30.231
39.19!
30 03 I
2!i9fli
29.S3
Ntw Orleait Fstsres.
December 32.2R C?"5 31-tvO
. Januarj.. Xi o 31.1 1
Mrh... 32.M SMS 3170
f fiaj 31.W 29.42 3155
Maw Yark Fstsres.
C ' Pacamber 82.90 30.11 32.25
'-'i January. 32 24 29 53 31.83
J March... 32.33 29 63 31.90
;V 3J 322 29.60 31.08
80.89
30.15
30.16
30.18
County Women's Club
Form at Nacogdoches
l KACOGDOCHES Teias No. .-
' Fader tha direction of Miss Margie
Neale of Carthage the woman of
Nacogdoches county have orgar.iied
tbe County Women's club with Miss
j Lata rthip of Nacogdoches resident
Mra. Gus Irwin of lisrrtson. first vice
president; Mr. Abb Carriker of Cush-
aac second vice president; Mra. V. E.
Sisspson of Oak Ridrt. third vice
praadnt: Mrs. C. IL Watkins of
Douglass fourth vice president; Mrs.
Gilbert Pack of Chlreno. fifth rice
president; Mra George f ewell of N-
. eogdochea. secretary; Mra. A. W.
Birdwal! of Nacogdoches parliamen-
tarian; Mra W. ri. Dsv:s of Nscog-
doeees chairman publicity committee.
Tbe object of the County Women's
ctaba la to promote the organization of
eMamnaity rluba in every section of
tbe county through whi'h the women
af the county cmn bs reached in any
. wwrthy movement for economic aoaal
; or educational betterment.
Community clubs have already been
art up at Douglass Melrose and Gar-
riaon. where the local wnmen are uk-
t- Isfi lively interest m the movemect.
I Tbe eo'inty organnstion will meet
at Nacofdch-s on the Drst Monday
- iB each mnne)i. Rerrtsentativee fr"m 1
be
all organised commumties will
present
Methods of Marketing
Farm Products Improve
WASHINGTON. Vnv. 4 Orderly :
marketing (arm products i bci.-r
greatlv stimulated by the ev:mn.ti"i; '
of improved marketing practices.
brought shout by fe'iersl t..arkt in- I
veetigston dunt.g the iat )ear. tr."'
department of agriciltiirc unouarn
Among the improven."its showing tii-'
greatest expansion arr toe inspection
Pi larm proaucts si tuip ibg In"'-'
ase of standard g-ads ne'eed use
f warehouse fa-.htii ui.'ier federal
aupervi-.on -..perst e marketing
and prompt distribution of u-nrket
awe.
CONZALES LEGION ELECTS.
OUAl.r.!. I'ia. N v 41 be
American Legion he! ! its anrj:a! elec-
ben of officer at the regular meet-
tag Thursday night. t wt.ch time a
banquet erioyed hy the xen.hers.
tba following "ffieers be Eg -l-ciu
lor lae euMiing ver: rot co.-r.t: !.
.far H. V. Robertsi.n. vh e command
eea. L W. Hoskins Joe Orant 1m.
' W. T. Iiawe and Tu. h. i.st ad
C .-j yntant Abe tfcid!-rg; f csi.ee off .-
" car Claude Iiullosei execut.ve 0ff.
V ears. H. C. Kobinson L C. Hsrrel!
V C. T. Morene K. W. Thu'.etneyer. '
M. Nelson; publicity offic-r. W K
Doaovoai post historian. I) S. II.-
kins: Ataericamam officer. V.
;k Bradley; sergianl at arms. Wiluc
"svj." Valght; chaplain C. T. Morene 'I:.-
t ' report ( tbe finance officer nhmv-d
' . . t. - 1 . I : 1 1.
lav lrgiuu la soou lllilir-iiii '-u'l-
.C . l.'U. i .
wan isr sum ui iiatijiK uo u
I'Z m the building and loan at-
4- eiation to form a nucleus for a future
f ' borne for the J region.
A neglected
beginning of many
i L l ' r- aaaa epfcto atpy fM
l irgstatiaf aswaa Caad lays
Tune In Tonight
Houdini To
5&r
y
1&
If
Harry Houdini world famoua aelf-llberator magician and myatery ax-
pert tonight will speak over the radio from The Houston Poat'a station.
Heudlni's address which starts at 8 o'clock will be devoted te a brief dis-
course on "The Sane Side of Spiritualism" a subject to which Houdini
has given quite a bit of study He la on the apposite side of
the fence from Sir Oliver Lodge Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and other
who believe In thia subject.
POST GETS STORY
FROM U.S. CRUISER
OVER DIRECT RADIO
(Cont'd from Tg. 1.)
the crew was so submerged in the flov
of humanity that thay could do lit-
tle m'ire than keep in of.ler the
stream of people pointed along the
routes which had been laid out to
permit as much a possible to be seen
wb'ie avoiding rniiftnion of traffic.
On Saturday the ship had received
the Tisit of the manajer of the
Chamber of Commerce and other
nntar-'ea concerted with the g-udance
of affairs of thia city but Sunday
was "all Houston Pay." Yet it was
not confined to residents of Houston
alone for manv visitors were from
I states some coming from as far as
Nehraska.
I To practically all the Tiaitera it
I wa the fir-t vit they had ever msde
I oc of I'ncle Sam's firhtina h:ns.
1 The Tacoma is the first warship
other than destroyers to enter the
Tort of Houston.
View Large Guas.
The large guns with the mechanism
for q-iick handling the signal appa-
ratus and method. for bouses.
I berthing and feeding 330 men of the
: ship's complement all excited interest
for seaways are not landways and in
i the course of the pat few eefunes.
special methods have been devised
i and improved to enable the larje
i crews of ships to live in an improved
fashion available on ship and yet
j leave room for the armament am-
I munition and stores that must be
carried to enable her to fulfill her
. mission.
i There were many items of human
interest a cae of a dear old lady .
who has had three grandeons in the
r-v"1 -cvic
but nevtr han an oit- t
portunity of seeing a warship such as j
I her grandson bad served upon.
S'-.nna;.. "ne ger.'ierr.an iritr-idiiced
; hin;e;f and proved to be a former;
' nv-i n.an w had been a hipn.ate
with the captain many years ago. j
In tne vast thromts that vited
"TounK America" was in evidence)
' v!Mia..y and vocslly. Kverything about
a -hip pitues curi'is.tv. and be is not i
I a real boy if he doesn t want to try I
evervthir.g he ici wlic-h will work i
The automatic life buoys were
'nt'Vd and t:jo wa? pruaiptly tned i
ar.-l w-.rked tbu giving an ihib;t.on
:i"t or. the rr"gr!im m the copper
unT wth jt. i lt.d torches flouted
ntlv aft in the harbor.
As0 Harior troaectloe.
T!; .rT ti nded pur-
pls li in.rju.rr the people of this
nty th. wnderf'il harbor that
bpjng created at their very drwr
brii.s tri'iiir Rrowth and prosper-
I lty t. their city.
xie occasion was one which It is
i . .
' t0 'r:J' the Tlr'to" as "
I brought satisfaction to the personnel
! of the ship to be able to let more of
. the people of our great country get
in perioi.al toucfc w:th one of the ln-
! strumenn whi'm their government
ims niains to see that the peace hap-
i pi: ess and prosperity of the Ameri-
can i (.; 1 e rnav advance unchecked
by t-he mrnane from without.
An invitation to attend the Iris
thea're in a body has been accepted
by offiirs and crew of the Taooma
ai.'. inej have signifed Tuesday eve-
n.: i at 7 p m. as suitable time to
-e.- ! eiiontior al p.cture showing
''r.t:.ti;s d.-cijverii.g America which
n
i .
le by the Yale University
I ie.
i Mr. Ilinr'sr. extender) the invitation
j by wireless and acceptance was mads
in the same manner.
cough-rAe
a dangerous disease
WHEN your strength is exhausted
and tba delicate tissues of your
throat and lunge are raw snd sore from
coughing you may fall an easy prey to
disease bronchitis pneumonia even tu-
berculosis. That is why it is so important
to break up coughs promptly.
For more than fifty years thousands of
families have relied upon Or King's New
Discovery to stop coughs it does this
quickly Tad naturally without any bad
after -effects whatsoever by stimulating
the mucous membranes to throw off the
clogging secretioas. It has an agreeable
taste All druggists.
Dr. KING'S
AaTWaVSCOVUr
Radio Fans
Chat Over Ether
v? . life
VeVWV k f
1
Arrange Community
Fair at Huntsville
Houston Poat Special
m XTSVlLLE Texas Ne. 4.
The Huntsville community fair plana
are about complete and November 9
and 10 will tee the court house filled
with farra products achool exhibits
and domestic prua-taking articles
from all over Walker county.
The lawn will be arranged for tbe
sock and poultry exhibits and the
u'.hlctic events will take place there.
The babj contest and parade are
exciting the greatest Interest and a
record-breaking crowd is expected.
The Sam Houston State Teachers'
college department of vocational agri-
culture will enter some fine animal
und the exhibits from the office of
Farm Commissioner Walker Sayles of
Perfect
performance-
Beauty too !
The) new Wahl Pea lfl a
qoisibt engine-turned design U
thoroughly practical writing
instrument. It if tbe moat
recent development in black
glibber fountain penf.
Yon don't have to shake
Wahl Pen. It is alwaya ready
to write. The ink begins ta
flow the instant the point
touches paper.
But Wahl Pen never floods
and never alains the fingers.
The comb feed regulates the
ink flow perfectly And the
Wahl special filler fills the pen
absolutely full of ink every
time.
The rrerLuting nlS Is I
wonder. It is 14-karat gold
tipped with the hardest finest
iridium. It writes so smoothly
that it seems just made fog
jour particular itjle
Wahl Pen is g perfectly
talanccd that it feels great in
ytrar writing hand. It ia an
outstanding fountain pen mado
by the makers of Eversharp
Ask to see it. Select the stylo
that appeals to you most.
Price f2.60 op.
Hade ta tbe TJ I A. by
THK WAUL CO Gaicag
WAHL
Telephone
WILLIS-PAYNE COHON COMPANY
SOS Capitol Avenue. A Few Steps From Anywhere.
Cotton Spots and Futures Stocks and Grain
Members New Orleans Ceiten Exchange. Direct Wire Service.
Our dally Market Letter sent en request Diving latest Information
an Cotton Stacks and urain.
ERNST & ERNST
AUDITS - SYSTEMS - TAX SERVICE
723BaMUMH0STtsVsjM OrTICOIalftwiCllaVXmt
WINGS 274 MILES
AN HOUR BUT PAL
SETS COURSE PEAK
(Cont'd from Pf. 1.)
course. TJiere ver very few feet
to apace.
On his first flight Williams cot-
ered tbe course I. times before he
was satisfied. His average rpeed for
the total of 12 kilometers was figured
from bis filth with seveutb and
eighth attcmpa.
Brow contended himself with just
four trips for where on some of hi
flights Williams had been disquali-
fied because be did not oro the line
St jut the right altitude or for some
other technicality his rival on the
other band displayed the greatest se-
cure c v. He descended after hi
fourth flight because signal panels
spread on the fteid advised him he
had smashed the record.
Williams took sii flights on his last
attempt. His record was figured from
the last four. The statistics fol-
low :
Williams First flight:
Attempts Seconds per
Seconds
Attempts per (cg
1 2M.0
2 2.10
Ppeed
on Leg
238.1
208.4
2.W2
3 20 2
4 24.8
270.
This rave Williams an averaaa of
2A3.3 miles per hour.
Hrow:
Seconds
Attempts per I.g
1 2i
Speed
on Leg
2-"V2
2rt8.4
2R3.1
274.2
2 2fl0
3 25.3
4 24.4
Average speed 265.01) miles ner
hour.
Williams Secead Flight.
Beronde Speed
Attempts per Leg on Leg
1 25 5 203.1
2 23.0 2W.4
3 23.3 2MU
4 25.0 2R4
Average speed 2G0.6 miles cer
hour.
Both aviators were spattered from
head to foot with oil and dust and
their faces were covered with
grim.
Charlotte Youth Is
Killed in Auto Crash
Associated Press Report
CHARLOTTE N. C. Nov. 4
Spencer Tanner. 22. son of S. I).
Tanner widely known textile manu
facturer was instantlv killed last
night when an automobile in which hp
was riding driven by Edward Dowd.
son of W. C. Iowd turned over on
the hlahway between this citv and
Fort Mills 8. C. to which the two
were going following the wedding of
a prominent oouple here.
the penitentiary will be exreDtionallv
good.
Domestic departments are filling up
rapidly and all spare in the court
bouse will be occupied.
Exhibits- from the rural acheols are
unusually large.
Jdrti by
Ikt mtktrt ef
EVERSHARP
PEN
Preston K2
TWO GULF COAST
TRAINS WRECKED;
ENGINEER KILLED
(Cont'd (rem Tf. 1.)
o'clock this morning. Tba wheels of
the rear truck on the tender left tbe
rails tba locomotive mi ttodag
breaking loose from the rest of the
train consisting of a mall car a bag-
gage car and thre roaches. The
coupling was shattered and the air-
brakes automatically set. The train
which was traveling slowly at the
time camr to a stop within a few
tan taan i atnrra.w
PEDEN IRON
ajsotyarroN. bm Atnomo
Fast
I Jam. M JJit JaM.
NEW ORLEANS
The Gulf Coast Lines now offer a faster and
better service between Houston and New Or-
leans on "The Orleanean" a thru train car-
rying a thru sleeper to Memphis and Chicago
(via I. C. R. R. from New Orleans). Conven-
ient connections at New Orleans with the im-
portant trains on other lines to points North
and East.
Leaves Houston at 8:20 a. m. Beaumont
10:45 a.m. and arrives in New Orleans at
6:55 p.m. Returning "The Orleanean" leaves
New Orleans at 1 1 : 20 a.m. arrives Beaumont
7:35 p.m. and Houston at 9:55 p.m.
Traveling on "The Orleanean" will make your
trip more pleasant. Modem steel equipment;
Diner; and every travel comfort with fewer
hours en route. Try it.
For Further Information Reservations etc.
Communicate With
E. A. FARR D.P.A.
Phone Preston 990. Houston Taxaa
tS I.. a... ...... ........... I .......M.IIllllUtltMlSTTTlTTTTXJl
Just to Leave Money to
Your Family Does Not
Always Protect Them
They need the experience of some
one skilled in matters of finance in
the handling of funds and invest-
ments. A Reliable Trust Company Can
Best Serve Such a Need
You are Invited to confer
trust officers at any tlma
cost or obligation.
HOUSTON LAND &
TRUST COMPANY
Founded 1875.
Resources Mora Than $4000000
Complete Trust Company Service
NOVEMBER
$3000.00 Loan on 16000 00 ralua Insurants 1400000
3260.00 Loan on $6500.00 value Insuranoa $4000 00
$5500 00 Loan on 1 1.500.00 value Insuranoa $7000.00
$5000 00 Loan on $9500.00 value Iniuranta $5600.00
$4000.00 Loan on $7750.00 value Insurance $5000.00
All above are First Mortgagee and run tram Twe ta Five Yeara.
1 Semi-Annual Interest.
"IT'8 QOOO IF WE OFFER IT"
GENERAL SECURITIES COMPANY INC.
Carter Bldg. Heusten Taxaa.
Ii
SECURITIES
OUGHT AND SOLD
NEUIIAUS&CO.
Brazoria County) Votes .
Large Road Bond Issue
rREEPOBT Tens No. 4v-Th
largest bond issue far roada in Braao-
ria county was carried tha past weak
when tha Columbia and West Colum-
bia district voted bends to tha amount
of 1850000. This amount will ba
Ud for tba improvement ef 111-2
miles of highway together with tba
additional amount allowed as aid by
the State.
yards. Neither tha locomotive tender
or any of the coaches overturned.
Tha wreck a ware generally attrib.
tiled to soft spots In tha read bed.
One trainman said that in bis thirty
vears of service on various railroads
he had never aeen sues damage dona
to the track and roid bad by any oth-
er wreck.
"UNIVERSAL"
Electric Home Needs
PERCOLATORS
GRILLS and RANGES
TOASTERS Etc.
A big stock af Universal Hem Neede.
Send ua your order or writs today far
catalog and price. '
sxoraas m rsxw
5b STEEL. CO.
rr woitb. aarrKPostv
Service Between
mm
HOUSTON and
with our (
without
OFFERINGS
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BERING-CORTES HDWE. CO.
CLft THEO. BERING JR. Inc.
HALL HDWE. CO.
JNO. McCLELLAN & CO. Inc.
TEXAS LAMP & OIL CO.
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