Settlement halts soft coal strike with joint agreement
In Cleveland Aug 15 operators and miners unanimously approve a settlement ending the soft coal strike in part. A wage scale is ready for signing and ratification set for the afternoon. The pact keeps miners at the pre strike wage and creates a future settlement committee with production limits of 60 000 tons annually.
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Greement
Cleveland
Pri
Philadelphia
Senate
House
John L. Lewis
Joseph Pursglove
Lewis
New Druggist Arrives in Abbeville at McMurray Drug
Rthar M. Greene of Greenwood joins McMurray Drug Company in Abbeville replacing Dr. Hale G. Brice. Greene previously worked with Hodges Drug Company of Greenwood, bringing seasoned experience and a pleasant demeanor that Abbeville residents welcome as he makes the town his home.
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Rthar M. Greene
Greenwood
McMurray Drug Company
Abbeville
Hale G. Brice
Greene
Hodges Drug Company
Progress on New School Building and Facilities
The walls of the new school building are half completed and progress continues. Pluming and steam-fitting work has begun and grading on the athletic field is underway. The field will be 300 feet square and located behind the building in a natural amphitheatre.
Southern turns to outside help in railway operation
The Southern Railway, after no strike settlement progress, under Fairfax Harrison announces it will hire available help to keep trains running. He says every effort to settle has been made and now the road must be run with protection for workers, urging all employees patrons and citizens to support the company. If this means war, let it come now.
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Harrison
Washington
Southern Railway
Fairfax Harrison
Ea Company
Federal Reserve Considers Special Farm Rediscount Rate
Washington officials report the Fed board is weighing a proposal for a special farm rediscount rate of 3.5 percent, half a point below the current reserve rate, to help banks lend on agricultural paper secured by farm products. The plan, not yet approved, follows a 1915 farm rate that was later abandoned.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Jail hold for transporting liquor in Abbeville case
Walter Jackson and Wayne Polbert, both held in Abbeville jail, face charges of transporting liquor. They waived a preliminary hearing and await trial at the September 1 term of court.
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Walter Jackson
Wayne Polbert
Ware Shoals
Abbeville
Lord Northcliffe Dies at 64 After Illness in Germany
Lord Northcliffe, Britain's leading publisher, died peacefully yesterday after a two month illness from infectious endocarditis. He was stricken in Cologne during a world trip incognito. Aware of his condition, he fought to recover as bullets warned of no hope. He will be buried at St Mary Le Bow cemetery Finchley with a funeral in Westminster Abbey.
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Great Britain
Cologne
London
Lord Northcliffe
Germany
Northcliffe
England
Times
Lloyd George
Ireland
Northcliffe Press
St. Mary le Bow
Finchley
Westminster Abbey
Jurors Named for September Court Sessions in Various Districts
The September term of the General Sessions Court convenes September 6 with Hon H F Rice of Aiken presiding. Lists of petite jurors cover Abbeville Due West Magnolia Cold Spring Lowndesville Long Cane Diamond Hill Shelton Beauford and nearby towns. D Poliakoff heads to New York to buy a full stock of sons and plans to offer low prices to customers on return.
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Hon
H. F. Rice
Aiken
Aibbeville
R. H. Crawford
J. B. White
W. G. Dennard
Magill
JE. T. Ethridge
RC Wilson
C. Lamar Richey
Cal McCurry
J A. Willliams
J. J. Woolbright
Magnolia
C.J.S. Gibert
J. M. Ellie
H. A. Wilson
W. C. Levern
Cold Spring
J. G Williams
E Aj Richey
W. J. Evans
Smithville
G. R. Tolbert
Lowndesville
J. F Burdette
C. Shaw
A M Bonds
R. E. Clinkscales
B. Cook
Long Cane
W CG Botts
G R Dusenberry
G A, Mc
D. Poliakoff
New York
Ford offer guarantees fertilizer manufacture in Muscle Shoals plan
Gray Silver of the American Farm Bureau argues to Senator Harreld and colleagues that Section 15 of Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals contract commits to manufacturing and supplying commercial fertilizers. He notes Ford's pledge to produce 40,000 tons of nitrogen and to use economical power, with scope for other fertilizers including phosphates and potash from nearby resources.
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Washington
Harreld
Oklahoma
Congress
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals Project
Gray’ Silver
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ford
Silver
Silveris
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee
Farm Population of the South by Race on Jan 1 1920
The Commerce Department reports 16 827 834 people on southern farms based on the latest census. White residents total 11 780 848 and black residents 5 044 489 with 52 497 of other races. The count includes farm inhabitants in Delaware Maryland DC and West Virginia.
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Washington
South
Department of Commerce
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
West Virginia
State Candidates to Speak Here Tomorrow
Georgia visitors Mr and Mrs E M Carnes among others will address Abbeville residents at 11 oclock tomorrow morning The meeting will be moved to the Opera House if weather turns bad Abbeville people are urged to attend and give the speakers a warm welcome
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Thelma
Devera Carnes
Abbeville
Monroe
Inding
W. C Rogers
Roggrove
Court House
Opera House
Georgia
London Meeting Breaks Down Over German Reparations
The 13th allied conference on German reparations collapsed with no agreement as Britain demands a moratorium and France refuses without guarantees. Italian mediation failed and the event ended with a rare public display of policy discord between Britain and France.
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London
France
Great Britain
M. Poincare
England
Briand
Germany
Clerks Vote Against Walkout Over Equipment Hazards
Members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks in Needles Camp, employed by Santa Fe, voted tonight not to walk out unless there is a stronger cause than hazard from defective equipment and the presence of guards.
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Needles
Camp
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Santa Fe
Boy Has Tonsils Removed at Abbeville Hospital
Brownlee Sharp of Antreville underwent tonsil removal yesterday at Abbeville Hospital and is recovering well after the operation.
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Brownlee Sharp
Antreville
Abbeville
Interest of Shaw Har Per Burts Favors New Road Plan
Masters J H Shaw W A Har per and ex sheriff R M Burts visited Abbeville to back a proposed new road. They urged support for the project and discussed its local impact and funding needs.
Wallace urges end to farm labor disputes for national fairness
Leesburg Va August 15 Secretary Wallace urged farmers and workers to stop bickering and resume production. He warned if groups prey on each other the nation could face Russia like chaos, noting farmers bear the burden of deflation while producing large crops.
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Leesburg, Va
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Wallace
Russia
Judge Gary Signs Order In Warren Child Custody
In habeas corpus proceedings held in the Court House Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary signed an order giving possession of the Warren children to the father Joel Warren. Mrs Warren was represented by Hon J Howard Moors. The children are nine seven and four years old.
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Court House
Warren
Eugene B. Gary
Joel Warren
J. Howard I Moors
Cotton Market Closes Higher on Local Trade
The local cotton market rises with futures for Oct at 20.70 cents and Dec at 20.74 cents. Jan futures trade around 20.60 and Mar near 20.62 as activity closes for the day.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Viscount Northcliffe
Census Bureau
E. M. Carnes
Wau Senu UN
Earl Balfour
Signor Echanzer
Mr. Lloyd George
Poincare
Lanters
Secretary OF Agriculture
Leesburg
Virginia
Farm Bureau
Gary
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