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gust 9, 1939
Wednesday Evening, August 2, 1939
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Tune In On KRBO
PAGE ELEVEN
cords
DEEDS
fe to W. D. Gul-
I feet of lot 4, of
sion of part of
of Abilene, $6,000,
a nusband to Belle
4 of Mrs M. E.
. lots 5, 7 and 8.
idition, $500, July
wife to A. K.
south 1 of lot 11.
ts addition, $400,
vife to Belle Well-
Mrs M E Well-
ots 5, T and 8,
idition, $500, May
in and Nusband to
2 of Mrs. M. E.
f lots 5, T and 8,
ddition. $500, July
VEHICLES
De Soto four dor
• Royal four door
Co., Dodge four
ury fordor.
Ford fordor.
Ford tudor.
1. Ford tudor.
1, Merkel, Ford
FBICT COURT
ge Presiding
n D. Horrell, suit
on.
1 M Buie, suit for
€
WITH STEELS AND MOTORS JOINING UPTURN-
Utilities
Lend Defeat
Induces Long
Lead Stock List Higher
Laughter Jr. to their daughter, born
Tuesday afternoon at Hendrick Me-
morial hospital A granddaughter of
Mrs. Arthur Sears, who has two
other grandchildren, Judy is the on-
ly grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Dan
T Laughter. Mrs Laughter is the
former Jewel Sears. ‘i
THE MARKETS
AT A GLANCE
INVAR
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ened it eagerly. ‘
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Term Buying
NEW YORK, Aug. 2—(P)—Led by
the utilities the stock market ral-
lied from a poor start today and
leading issues registered gains of
* fractions to as much as 2 points
at their best.
At the opening the list found it
hard to move ahead and it was
not until near mid-day, when trad-
ers sought the power company
shares in some force, that the re-
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
• NEW YORK, Aug. 2—(AP)—Sales,
closing price and net change of the
15 most active stocks today:
Colum G and El 40.800 8‘s up “s.
Comwith and Sou 38.200 1 44 up ‘?
Cons Edis 20,200 33 % up 1 %.
Nat Pow and Lt 19,400 9 Bs up as.
Loft 18,100 19 44 down %.
Chrysler 18,000 82 % up 44.
United Corp 17.800 S Sis up %.
Eng Pub Sve 17,000 18 As Up 1.
North Am Co 16,700 25 ‘s up "a.
Elee Pow and Lt 15,700 9 %s up
Celanese 15.400 28 t up 1.
US Steel 15,200 52 14 up %.
Am Wat Wks 14.600 12 44 up 1.
Yellow Trk 14,200 IT 14 up 14.
US Rubber 13.700 46 % up V
covery swing appeared.
Steels, motors andspecialties
joined the utility bloc on the up-
side as the session wore on.
Elimination of the administra-
€ tion’s lending bill from further con-
sideration at this session of con-
gress was one of the factors in in-
ducing commitments on the long
side, brokers said.
Other business news was consid-
ered constructive, although the
continuation of strikes in the auto-
• mobile industry was deplored. For-
eign affairs were studied but had
little market effect.
Stocks to hit new 1939 highs in-
cluded Western Union, Brooklyn
Union Gas, American Can, du Pont,
Celanese and Burlington Mills.
Other gainers were U. S. Steel,
Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrys-
ler, American Telephone Consoli-
dated Edison, Anaconda, Phelps
Dodge, Westing house Electric, Union
Carbide, Philip Morris, Santa Fe,
Bendix, Sears Roebuck and U. S.
Rubber.
Minus signs were attached to U.
S. Gypsum, J. I. Case, and a scat-
tering of others at the close.
CHICAGO, Aug 2—PP—Wheat
prices resumed their advance to-
day after yesterday’s temporary set-
‘ back, gaining a maximum of 1%
cents on a pickup in demand and
• new reports of crop deterioration.
Offerings caused a reaction from
the best levels, however.
Wheat closed unchanged to %
higher. September 654-6. Decem-
ber 66-66‘s; corn unchanged to %
higher, September 42-42%. Decem-
ber 42*-*: eats unchanged to %
up.
(Aug. 2. By Associated Press)
New York
STOCKS—Firm; utilities in
late rally.
BONDS — Improved; local
tractions lead upturn
CURB — Higher; power &
light shares head upturn.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Steady; guilder reacts.
COTTON—Lower; spot house
and scattered selling.
SUGAR — Uneven; foreign
selling, trade support.
COFFEE—Easier: profession-
al selling.
Chicago
WHEAT — Higher; unfaver-
able crop reports.
CORN—Up slightly; revived
export inquiry.
HOGS—Lost early advance.
CATTLE—Steady to slightly
lower.
Produce
FORT WORTH
FORT WORTH, Aug, 2.—-Prices to pro-
ducers on products delivered at Fort
Worth as paid by principal buyers:
Turkeys, No. 1 per lb 10 cents; old tom
turkeys 8; Ne. 2 turkeys 6; spring chick-
ens 11; hens, light, 7; hens, heavy 9;
stags and roosters 7.
Eggs, No. 1 candled, per dozen 14; eggs.
No. 2 candled 8
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2.—Springs 10%:
14; broilers 10% 12%; other produce and
poultry unchanged
CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Aug 2.—Butter 1,179,640,
steady; creamery-90 score, 22%: 90 cen-
triized carlots, 28 %$ other prizes unchang-
Eggs 11,085, unsettled; storage. packed
firsts 16%. extras 17%: other prices un-
changed.
Poultry live, 43 trucks, hens steady
chickens easier; leghorn hens 11; leghorn
broilers under 2 ths, 14, 2 lbs up 18%:
colored springs 15%, Plymouth Rocks 17:
Plymouth Rock fryers 16; ducks 44 lbs
up colored 10% white 10%. small colored
10, small white 10; other prices unchanged
POTATOES
CHICAGO, Aug 2.-(UBDA)—Potatoes
72, on track 216, total US shipments 242;
sacked per cwt. Nebraska cobblers 85 per-
cent or better US No. 1 quality, unwashed
1.20-30 washed fine quality 1.35; Missouri
cobblers generally fair quality few sales
1.10; Idaho bliss triumphs US No. 1. un-
der ice 1 40-65 russet Burbanks US No. 1,
under refrigeration medium, 1 80-90; long
whites US No. 1, few sales 2 00-05
Wool
1 Abilene
Today
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs J. B Clark at 2:45 o’clock
this morning at Hendrick Memorial
hospital. The Clark home is at
134 Ross avenue.
Lee Bowman underwent an op
eration for removal of his tonsils
this morning at Hendrick Memori-
* al hospital. He lives at 608 Pecan
street.
Cupid, Up on
'License' Laps
Divorce Decree’
- Dan Cupid riding Marriage Li-
cense rounded the turn into the
homestretch yesterday holding a
good half-lap lead on Incompati-
bility. up on Divorce Decree.
Clocked at the seven month post,
Cupid boasts 262 marriage licenses
* issued in Taylor county during 1939
over a total of 121 divorce suits
filed.
According to Co. Clerk Vivian
• Fryar there were 37 marriage l-
censes issued in July, one less than
the year before. Twelve divorce
suits were filed in 42nd district
court and set for trial in the Sep-
tember term.
In June there were 45 marriage
licenses granted and 24 divorce
cases filed May showed 40. licenses
and 24 divorce cases; April. 36
marriage, 24 divorce; March, 41
marriage, 14 divorce: February, 31
marriage, 12 divorce, and January
* 32 marriage and 15 divorce
County and district clerks refused
to estimate how many marriage li-
* censes were never used nor how
many licenses were soon changed
r - court decrees.
New York Stock
Exchange
NEW YORK, Aug 2.—(AP)—Sales (n
hundreds, high low and closing quotations
today on the New York stock exchange
Al Chem and Dye 1 172 172 172
Allis Ch Mfg .... 5 37 36% 37
Am Can.. .....25 103% 100
Am Pow and Lt ... 78 5% 5%
% - Ded end • e 47 12% 113s 11%
. 9 15% 15%
18 464 454
Am Rad and St S
Am Roll Mill
101 1
56
1
st
Am Smelt an
Am Tel and Tel 48 169% 1674 169
Am Wat Wks .....146 12% 114 124
Am Woolen ..... 3 4% 44 4 s
Am Zinc L and S 1 5’ 5% 51
Anaconda ... 77 27% 26% 274
Atch T and S F .. 24 29% 28% 29%
Atl Refining ......2 20% 20 20
Aviation Corp ... 20 4% 4% 44
B ,
Barnsdall on .
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel ...
Borden Co ..
Budd Wheel .
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146 12%
5 13% 13% 134
43 264 25% 25%
75 64% 61% 63%
9 215 21% 21%
4 4% 4% 4%
Callahan Z Lead .6 1 1
Calumet and Hec 18 64 5%
Cerro De Pas 8 36% 36
Certain Teed Prod .4 7% 1%
Chrysler Corp .....181 8342 81%
Colum G & El ....384 841
Com! Solvents ..... 24 124
Comwith and South .38
Consol Oi ........
Cont Can
Cont Oil Del ..
Corn Products .
Curtiss Wright
Douglas Aircraft
Du Pont . ..
El Auto Lite ..
El Pow and Lt
Freeport Sulph
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Grain
CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.—Wheat futures ral-
lied at the opening today influenced by a
strong Liverpool market and further re-
ports of crop deterioration in Canada.
Opening % to % cent higher, September
654-65, December 65% %, Chicago wheat
later reacted Corn started 16-% higher,
September 41-42%, December 42*-*,
CHICAGO TABLE
BOSTON
BOSTON, Aug. 2.—(USDA)—Strong
prices were being paid for fair quantities
of a few grades of territory wools on the
Boston wool market today.
Fine territory wools in original bags
brought 67 to 69 cents, scoured basis, for
good French combing length, and 65 to 67
cents, scoured basis, for average to short
French combing length. Graded French
combing length fine territory brought 67
to TO cents, scoured basis. Combing quar-
ter blood territory- wools were moderately
active and firm at 57 to 59 cents, scoured
basis, other grades of territory wools and
fleecs were rather slow at unchanged sell-
ing prices.
Livestock
CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (USDA)—Salable
hogs 900: top 6.80 sparingly, good a m d
choice 180-240 lbs 6 50-75; most 240-270
lbs 6 10-70; 270-302 lbs 5.55-6.20; 300-330
lbs 5 25-65; good light butcher sows 5.35-
75: Most 300-360 lbs sows 4.85-5.40: 400-
500 lbs kinds 4 25-75
Salable cattle 8500: calves 1000; light
yearling steers 9 25-10.00; extreme top
10.25 paid for 1200 lbs steers; fed heifers
around 9.75; bulls 7.00 down: vealers 10.50
down; most calves 9.00-10.25.
Salable sheep 1500; spring lambs good to
choice offerings to packers 8.70e0 freely;
top 9 00; several medium westerns to pack-
ers 8.25 sloughter ewes 2.50-3 50
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2.—(USDA)—Hogs
salable 2000; very slow; good to choice
180-240 lbs 6.15-35; early top 6.35: me-
dium and heavy weights 3.75-4.50.
Cattle salable 408: calves salable 800;
strictly good to choice medium weight
steers 9 00-50; early sales grass steers
6.00-7.50; good to choice vealers 7.50-9.00.
Sheep salable 3500; trucked in native
spring lambs down from 8 00; Colorados
held above 8.60; Texas wethers 4 65.
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FEATHER IN HER C AP—An eagle feather that signifies her new title, “White Eagle
Plume,” was given Helen Keller, blind lecturer, by the Stoney tribe at Banff, Canada. Left to right:
Polly Thompson, Miss Keller, Chief Jacob Two Young Men, Chief Walking Buffalo.
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Gen Foods .......
Gen Mot .....
Goodrich ........
Goodyear ... ....
Gt Nor Ir Ore Ct .
Gt North Ry Pf
Houd Hershey B
Houston Oil ....
Howe Sound ...
Hudson Mot ...
Hupp Mot .....
Int Harvester
Int Hydro Elec A
Int Tel and Tel
Johns Manville .
Kennecott Cop
Loews Inc ...
Lorillard .. .
Marshall Field
Mid Cont Pet
Montgom Ward .
Nash Kelv
Nat Biscult ...
Nat Dairy Pr ..
Nat Distillers ..
Nat Pow and Lt
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North Amer Co. 161 254
Northern Pac .....18 10%
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Pse Gas and Elec 17
Packard Mot 23
Pan Am Airways 1
Panhandle P and R 2
Penney ........ 4
Penn RR .........43
Petrol Corp ......1
Phelps Dodge .... 22
33% 324 331
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14% 144 144
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Phillips Pet .......19 -
Plymouth Oil .......1 191
Pub Sve NJ ......49 41
Pullman ... .......18 2T%
Pure Oil .........11 1%
RCA ...
RKO .....
Reming Rand
Repub Steel
Sears Roebuck
Servel Inc
Shell Union Oil
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Socony-Vac .....65 11% 11% 114
Southern Pac ..... 35 15 144 15
Southern Ry .......30 17% 17% 17%
Std Brands........17 6% 6% 65
Std Off Cal .......24 26% 25% 25%
Std Oll Ind .......9 25% 25% 25%
Std Of NJ .... 24 41% 41% 41%
Stewart Warn 5 9 8% 81
Stone and Webster 126 13% 12% 134
studeniker - ,0 5% 8% 8%
32 364 333 36
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Tex Pac C and O
Tex Pac L Trust
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Trans and West Air 16 114
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Union Carbide 42 84
Union Oil Cal 3 16
United Aircraft ... 30 37
United Corp......180 3
United Gas Imp .. 70 14
US Rubber ... 137 46
US Steel .... 152 sa
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Walgreen Co 3 22
Warner Bros Pict 10 5
West Un Tel .. ... 98 28
West El and Mfg .. 25 110
White Mot . 12 9
Wilson and Co.... 3 3
Woolworth 25 49
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CHICAGO, Aug. 2 —Grain table:
Wheat: Open High Low
Sep ........65%-65 66% 64%
Dec .......65%-% 66’ 65%
May ......66T-1 67% 66
Corn:
Sep .......42-421 42% 41%
Dec ......424% 42% 41%
May........45-45% 454 4444
Oats:
Sep ........27%
Dec ........284
May ..... 29%
27’ 27%
28% 27%
29% 2875
Close
65%-1
66-66%
66%-67
52-524
424-%
45
27%
281.
29%
CHICAGO CASH
CHICAGO, Aug 2.—Cash wheat: No. 3
red tough 68; No 1 hard tough 69%:
sample hard tough 65: No. 2 yellow hard
684, No. 2 mixed 671-68; No. 2 mixed
tough 66%: sample mixed tough 64
Corn No. 2 mixed 49% mainly white; No.
1 white 571-58; sample 40
Oats No. 2 mixed 28%; No. 1 white 31;
No. 3 white tough 28%.
FORT WORTH CASH
FORT WORTH Aug 2.—Fair demand
was reported for grain
Wheat No. 1 hard, according to protein
and billing 76-83
Barley " o. 2 num 52-53
Sorghums No 2 yellow milo per 100 lbs
nom 1.11-1.13: No. 2 white kaffir nom 98-
1.02.
Corn shelled No 2 white 694-70.
Oats No 2 red 37-89
KANSAS CITY CASH
KANSAS CITY, Aug 2.—Wheat 84
cars, % lower to 1% higher. No. 2 dark
hard 671-694: No. 3. 654: No. 2 hard.
66%: No. 3, 65-67%: No. 2 red, 63-634;
No. 3, 62-624.
Close: Sept 60%: Dec 61%: May 624.
Corn 4 cars, M to 2 higher; No. 2 white
nom 53-55; No. 3 nom 52-54: No. 2 yellow
nom 441-46; No. 3 nom 44-454: No. 2
mixed nom 431-45: No. 3 nom 43-4412.
Close Sept 40’: Dec 39%
0ats 3 cars: unch to 4 higher No. 2
white nom 281-29%: No. 3 nom 21%-29
Financial
BAR SILVER
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. -Bar silver 34%.
unchanged.
NEW YORK CURB
Am Cyan B
Am Superpower
As G and El A
Cities Service
Cosden Oil Me
East Gas and F
El Bond and Sh
Gulf Oil
Humble Oil
... 13 28% 28 28
.. 7 % 11-16 11-16
.. 7 11-16 %
... 10 6
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120
%
Niag Hud Pow ....
St Regis Pap ....
United Gas
Un Lt and Pow A ..
64
314 31
59 58
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1%
24
U. S. BONDS
NEW YORK, Aug 2 —Government
bonds
TREASURY
3% 43-40 une
34 49-46
4% 52-47 ...
2% 53-49
3 55-51 ...
60-55
HOLC 3 52-44
Sales High Low Close
2 103.8
. 1 112.7.
4 121.30
. 1 107.1
6 112 10
71 109 28 109.25
56 *108 29 108 28
Averana (not Price
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2—(P)
—The average price of middling
cotton at 10 southern spot
markets today was 11 points
lower at 9.39 cents a pounds;
for the past 30 markets days
the average was 9.38 cents.
14 Grandparents
‘Belong’ to Baby
DeSOTO, Tex., Aug 2 — P -
James Edward Pickard, six-weeks-
old son of Mr and Mrs. M. R.
Pickard of DeSoto has a galaxy of
living ancestors. These comprise
14 grandparents, great grandpar-
ents, great-great grandparents and
great-great-great grandparents
. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
W H. Headrick of Cockrell Hill and
Mr. and Mrs. J M Pickard of De-
Soto. Great grandparents are Mr
and Mrs. R R. Headrick of Mans-
field and Mr and Mrs. J. R
Grounds of Wheatland, Great-
great grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Julian Counts of Erath coun-
ty: Mr and Mrs. T. J Chowning
of DeSoto and I. M. Pickard of
Ovilla. Great - great - great grand-
father is a Mr. Brooks of May-
pearl
Mrs. Mead Speoks
To Kiwanis Club
Mrs. E P Mead, who recently
returned from Jerusalem, spoke on
"The Holy Land" at the Kiwanis
club luncheon today at the Wooten
hotel.
Other entertainment included
several whistling numbers by Paul
C. Witt of the ACC faculty. He
was accompanied at the piano by
his daughter, Pauline.
Invocation was by Hilliard Fath-
erree Chairman of the program
was Robert B. Wylte
Visitors were I E. Reynolds, Fort
Worth: L. A. Doyle, Anson: J. H
Patterson, Wichita Falls: Roy Ar-
ledge. Dale Ackers and Charley
Lockhart.
FORT WORTH
FORT WORTH, Aug. 2. (USDA)—Cat-
the salable 2.700; calves salable 1,600; bulk
slaughter steers of value to sell from 7.50
down; three loads yearlings 8.75; medium
grade yearlings down to 6 50; good cows
up to 6 00: most butcher and beef cows
4.25-5.50; bulls 4.25-5.50; few slaughter
calves 7.50 down.
Hogs salable 700: top 6.20, paid by
shippers and city butchers; packer top
6.20, paid by shippers and city butchers:
packer top 6.10; bulk good and choice 180-
240 lb averages 6.05-6.20; 160-180 lbs
5.50-6 20: packing sows 4.50-4.75.
Sheep salable 2.500; most medium
spring lambs 6.50-6.75; yearlings 5.50-6.00;
aged wethers 3 75 down; aged ewes 3 25
down: feeder spring lambs 6.25 down;
practical top 6.00: feeder yearlings mostly
5.25 down. 9
DENVER
DENVER, Aug. 2.-(USDA)—Cattle sal-
able 1,200; calves salable 100: bulls 5.35-
6.00; fed light steers 8.75-9.10; fed heifers
8.25-9.50: best held 9 50; beef cows 5.75-
6.25; vealers 9.50
Hogs salable 500; good 180-240 lbs 6.25-
50; 240-270 lb 5.75-6.35: butchers 5.00;
good 380-60 lb sews 4 25-50; 360-500 lb
3 35-4 25
Sheep salable 10,500 solid-mouth
ling breeding ewes 4 00-5.00
year-
OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug 2.—(USDA)-
Cattle salable 2300; calves 900; bulls 6 00;
better kinds yearlings and calves 7.50-8.50
Hogs salable 1800; early sales to packers
up to 6.20; shippers and small killers pay-
ing 6.20-30; bulk early sales good and
choice 170-230 1ba 6.15-30; packing sows
3.50-4.25.
Sheep salable 1100; spring lamb top 7.75
on shipper accounts; most sales to packers
7 00-50 throwouts and feeders 5 56-6.50;
fat shorn ewes 2.00-75,
Cotton
NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, Aug 2.—Cotton fu-
tures opened steady 1 to 3 points lower
here today under overnight selling orders.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Aug 2.—Cotton futures
opened unchanged to: 3 lower Oct 9.13;
Dec 8.95: Jan 8 79B; Mch 8 73; July 8.38.
B-bid..
Trade buying late in the morning helped
prices get above opening levels The mid-
day market ranged 1 higher to 4 lower
Mid-morning prices slipped 3 to 44 points
net lower as Bombay buying was offset by
local and wedge selling.
LIV ERPOOL SPOTS
LIVERPOOL. Aug 2.—Cotton 3.000
bales, no American Spot quiet, prices 1
point higher Quotations in pence Ameri-
can, strict good middling 6 00 good mid-
idling 5 65; strict middling 5.45; middling
5 30: strict low middling 5 00; low middling
4.45: strict good ordinary 4 00: good or-
dinary 3 65 Futures closed 3 higher to 2
lower Oct 4 54; Dec 4.46: Jan 4.45 Mch
4.46: May 4 46; July 4 45
NEW ORLEANS sPoTS
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 2—Spot cotton
closed quiet 19 points down Low middling
8 16: middling 9 31; good middling 9 86
receipts 2.249
NEW YORK FUTURES
NEW YORK Aug. 2 — Cotton futures
closed 8-12 lower
Oct ......
::
Mch .....
May
July
Middling
High
9.15
8.97
..8 84
8.78
8 57
Low
9.02
8 83
8 72
8 61
: Sa
8.40 8.30
spot 9 69N N-nominal
Close
9.04
8.74N
8.65
8 48N
8 30N
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS Aug 2.- Mixed private
production estimates coupled with hedge
selling and liquidation depressed cotton
prices here today and the market closed
steady 7 to 12 points net
— 5 - Low
Oct
Dec
Jan.
Mch
May
Open High
$.26 9.26
$.92 8.92
July. 8.46 8
9.12
lower
Close
9.16
off 12
of f 11
off 10
off 10
off 9
off 7
COTTONSEED 01.
1 NEW ORLEANS Aug 2 —Cottonseed oil
closed steady; bleachable prime summer
yellow 5 80 nominal prime crude 4 624
nominal Sep 5.26B Oct 5.31B Dec 5.46B,
Jan 5.49B: Mch 3.58B B.bid
- TEXAS sPoTS
DALLAS Aug 2.—Cotton 8.84; Hous-
| ton 9.15: Galveston 9.12
Local FFA Boys Not to
Attend Annual Camp
Annual area encampment of Fu-
ture Farmers of America from
about 30 counties will begin at Lake
Cisco Wednesday morning. The
encampment will last through Sat-
urday noon with swimming boxing,
baseball and other athletics the
highlights of the meet.
J. I Moore, vocational agvicul-
ture instructor at Abilene high
school, said that none of the FFA
members in Abilene were planning
to attend.
In 1875, Nevada passed a law
prohibiting camels from running at
large upon its highways. Camels
actually became a nuisance there
after they had been introduced for
use in transportation work across
the desert
During the gay nineties, “soap
grease wagons" were a common
sight in Chicago. They collected
grease, bones, and fats from houses
and exchanged bars of laundry soap
for them.
Every ton of coal, when burned,
dissipates into the air the equiva-
lent of about 68 pounds of sulphur-
fc acid.
Portugal is the real birthplace of
the ukelele.
XIT Reunion Recalls Texas Deal
Of 3,000,000 Acres for Capitol
DALHART, Aug. 2—(UP)—How
the great red granite Texas capi-
tol at Austin was obtained by the
state in exchange for 3,000,000
acres of Panhandle land was re-Ti
called here as plans were made fer
the fourth annual XIT Association
reunion Aug. 7-8.
The story of the famous XIT
ranch, which extended from Lub- :
bock to the top of the Panhandle
in an irregular strip averaging 30
miles in width—is a study in su-
perlatives. Such an army of cow- i
punchers was retained that at one 1
time B. H. (Barbecue) Campbell, 1
first general manager, ordered a !
freight car load of brown cigaret 1
papers for the staff.
In 1875, the Texas constitution- I
al convention set aside 3,000,000 I
acres of West Texas and Panhan- i
die lands to finance construction of 1
a new capitol building. I
The government was dilatory, ,
NYA supervisor, said he would pre-
sent the application to Mayor W.
W. Hair for his signature this aft-
ernoon.
Terms of the project call for
$7,608 from the NYA and $420 in
sponsors’ funds, to he met equally
by the city and county. The proj-
ect will employ 45 girls for 10 and
a half months. ------------
Present plans are to rent a house
to provide space for the project.
The girls will work at sewing
I clothes, at leathereraft, and other
things. All products will go to the
surplus commodities storehouse of
the Texas relief commission.
AUGUST PROGRAMS
LAUNCHED BY
AUXILIARIES TO CHURCHES
(Continued from Page 6)
sentence prayers.
NOUR homes were opened Tues-
T day for meetings of- circles
the First Methodist Woman’s Mis-n
sionary society, largest attendance,
being that of circle 1 at the home,
of Mrs. Frank Fain. Mrs. L. W.
Cledger, a new member, and four-
teen other members joined in an
Outlook program, directed by Mrs.
Fain. A three-part leaflet was read
by Mrs. J. E. Lawson, Mrs. George
Bowers and Mrs Oscar Pollards
Prayers were said by Mrs. J.
Hamblen and Mrs. C. E Fulwiler.
Mrs. Fain served a tea plate. —
ENTERTAINING circle 2, Mrs. w:
D O. Upton served refreshments,
to 11 members and three visitors:
following a program from the Out-
look, Mrs. H. P Widmer was pro-
gram leader and gave a devotional
and Mrs. B. R. Wagner and Mrs.
L. P. Walter gave special prayers.
Mrs. Sam L Dryden read a leaflet.
MRS. s. E. PASS gave the open-
ing prayer and scripture read-
ing for circle 3, meeting at the
home of Mrs. W. G. Posey. Mrs.
Walter Cox read a leaflet and clos-
ing prayer was given by Mrs. A. E.S
Barber. Refreshments were served,
to five members.
MRS. H. E. BRITAIN directed all
meeting of circle four at the
home of Mrs. Horace B. Hargrove.
Mrs. Rufus Thomas gave the devo-
tional and Outlook item, and!
Mrs. Tom Blan. said a prayer. Re-
freshments were served to 11 mem-t
bers and three visitors.
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however, until fire destroyed the
old capitol, and on Nov. 9, 1881,
Gov. Oran M. Roberts called a
special legislative session of pro-
vide a new building. The legisla-
ture contracted with Charles B
Farwell and John V. Farwell,
brothers, of Chicago, for the Far-
wells to erect a new capitol. The
Farwells were to build a $3,000,000
structure and be paid with
the
3,000,000 acres of land.
NEEDED RAILROAD FIRST
It was a gargantuan undertak-
ing in those days. A railroad had
to be built so that • the fine red
granite of Burnet county could be
transported to Austin. Ox cars also
were used extensively. Construc-
tion of the capitol was begun in
1882, and today that same build-
ing is the seat of the Texas gov-
ernment. It is the largest state
capitol in the nation, and its dome
stands seven feet higher than the
national capitol in Washington.
Because their funds were so de-
pleted in construction of the cap-
itol, the Farwells had to go to Eng-
land to obtain backing to develop
their land kingdom. But by 1885
it was the XIT ranch and hooves
of 150,000 cattle thundered over its
dusty plains, its foothills, and in-
finite fields. The English debt was
liquidated fully by 1909
The XIT then was the largest
tract of land in the world within
one system of fences.
ORIGIN OF NAME
Ab Blocker, a famous old trail
driver still living, and Campbell
are credited with giving XIT its
name The name was not chosen
because it could mean “Ten in
Texas’ —because it embraced what
later became ten counties—but be-
cause Blocker and Campbell be-
lieved that the brand would be most
difficult for cattle rustlers to dis-
tort
Blocker, who lives at Big-
wells, Tex., is 82, and still
rides his horse to town daily,
said that he and Campbell per-
fected the branding iron design
by squatting in the sand and
drawing with sticks until they
found a symbol that suited
their needs. The only way
rustlers could distort the brand
was by making the IT part into
a cross star, and that was im-
possible unless the T was cross-
ed crookedly.
Many were the alumni of the
old XIT Thousands learned to
ride, rope, shoot, brand and herd
on the vast range. But most of
them are dead now, and the com-
paratively few who remain are to
come here for the reunion.
For the last three decades the
XIT has been gradually split up
int smaller ranches and wheat
farms. The XIT itself, however,
still comprises 350,000 acres in this
section, including the old ranch’s
Buffalo Springs northern division
headquarters, 32 miles north of Dal-
hart
Heirs of the Farwell brothers
still control the IXT, through the
Capitol Freehold Land Trust in
Chicago.
Texans Thirsty
Austin, Aug 2—PTexans evi-
dently were thirsty in July. 4
Revenue from liquor, beer and
wine taxes for the month was $423,-
NO. 5—Hope she’ll be the
fifth of Barrymores to land on
Broadway inspires Diana Barry-
more Blythe (above), now at
Ogunquit, Me., theater. Her
father’s John Barrymore.
629, an increase of approximately
$40,000 over July, 1938.
Girls' NYA Work
Project Planned
Application for a girls’ home-
making project to be sponsored by
more than $8,000 in national youth |
administration and city-county
funds was signed this morning by
Co Judge Carl Hulsey.
Orris M. Cosby Jr., Abilene area
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