President urged to support tariff plan in coming address
Washington dispatch reports leaders urging President Harding to back a strong tariff stance in his next Congress address. Proposals include scrapping the American valuation plan from the House bill and basing duties on invoice prices, with executive powers to adjust tariffs by currency depreciation and to address antidumping with teeth in law.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
United States
Death of S. J. Link Shocks Abbeville Community
S J Link, a well known Abbeville merchant, died by a pistol shot in his Vienna street store. The note left named executors Robert Link and J Allen Smith Sr. Surviving family includes wife Grace Smith, two daughters, a brother, and his father Dr W E Link. Funeral held at Presbyterian church with service by Dr Jas L Marrin.
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S. J. Link
Robert Cheatham
Link
Cheatham
Robert 8. Link
J. Allen Smith
Grace Smith
Mary Quarlen Link
Paul Kennedy
Robert S
The
Presbyterian Church
Jas. L. Mar
G. M. Telford
W. M. Barnwell
L. C. Haskell
J. C. King
Frank W. Wilson
T. G. White
F. E Harrison
W. P. Greene
S. G .Thomson
Lewis Perrin
J D. Kerr
A. B. Morse
Robert McCanty
Samuel Jenner Link
Willington
Mr. Link
Abbeville
A. M. Smith
Visiting Her Sister Eva Reames Departs for Saluda Teaching Sister
Miss Eva Reames leaves tomorrow to spend several days with her sister Miss Sophie Reames who is teaching school near Saluda.
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Eva Reames
Sophie Reames
Saluda
Spartanburg Figures Attend Funeral of Mr Link
Mr Frank McGee and Mrs McGee, Mr and Mrs R L Dargan and children Ivy and Misa Annie Grier, plus Joe Everatte and others from Spartanburg attended the funeral of Mr Link.
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Frank McGee
R. L. Dargan
Ivy
T. P. Quarles
Joe Everatte
Misa
Annie Grier
Spartanburg
Mr. Link
Olin Sawyer Urged to Enter Governor Race in Georgetown
Georgetown observers note Dr. Olin Sawyer, former mayor and ally of the Wilson administration, may oppose Gov. Cole Blease if he enters the race. Sawyer, praised as a strong stump speaker and wartime public promoter, faces pressure from supporters to run while remaining admired by Blease critics.
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Georgetown
Cole Blease
Blease
Olin’ Sawyer
Wilson
Dr. Sawyer
Sawyer
Colie
Garrett Attacks Republicans Over Tax Legislation
Representative Garrett of Tennessee assails the Republican lead in the extra session describing the tax law as a makeshift and a disgraceful failure. He cites Mondell and Penrose as supporting that the nation deserves a permanent stable tax system.
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Washington
Garrett
Tennessee
House
Congress
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Senate
Landru Declared Guilty and Sentenced to Death
Versailles December 1 Henri Landru was found guilty of murder in the first degree after a three week trial in the assizes court. The jury of 48 questions returned a unanimous verdict of premeditated murder with no extenuating circumstances. Landru was sentenced to die by the guillotine as defense counsel Moro Giafferi urged doubt over the evidence.
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Versailles
Henri Landru
Assizes
Landru
Sandra
M. Moro Giafferi
Gilbert
Mile. Cochet
M. Moro-Giafferi
New Open Shop Rules Issued For Railroads
Chicago December 1 The United States railroad labor board will issue a ruling adopting a open shop principle for railroads and 148 new working rules across six craft unions. The decision supersedes prior national agreements and sets the basis for wage disputes. It covers about 400 000 workers and may reach 450 000 as conditions normalize, with an estimated annual payroll saving of 50 million dollars. The board’s decision was unanimous with no dissent.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
United States Railroad Administration
Thesr
Labor Board
Speakers Named for Abbeville Teachers Institute Program
Supt J D Fulp announces strong line up for Abbeville County Teachers Institute to be held Thursday through Saturday. Dr John E Swearingen leads rural problems session in court house at 3 30 Thursday with evening address for the public. Friday features Supt Frank Evans on geography in secondary schools and a Friday musical program at the Opera House. Saturday includes Miss Mattie E Thomas on school improvement clubs and Mrs B P Boyer demonstrating stereopticon use in lower grades. Hosts seek additional host families by Monday noon.
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J. D. Fulp
Abbeville County
Swearingen
Court House
Abbeville
Parent‘Teacher Association
Frank Evans
Spartanburg
Marshal Ferdi ‘Nand Foch
Leeboard
Opera
Whch
Parent-teacher Association
Mattie E. Thomas
Columbia
B. P. Boyer
Richmond
Henry Gilliam
May Robertson
Cotton Market News Reflects Illness of Mrs Lomax
The American Legion posts announce with regret that Mrs J B Lomax is ill. The group includes almost ten thousand posts and hopes for her swift recovery as the year begins.
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J.B. Lomax
American Legion
Ireland at crossroads as talks with Britain drag on
London reports a collapse of Irish conference hopes as government and Sinn Fein press for peace without capitulation. De Valera in Ennis asserts steadfast aims and vows not to betray 700 years of Irish struggle despite imperial pressure.
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Lloyd George
Lord Birkenhead
London
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Ulster
Washington
Downing Street
United States
Ennis
Eamonn de Valera
Mr. de Valera
de Valera
Abbeville Cotton Association to Elect Delegates
Members of the Abbeville county branch of the American Cotton Association are called to a Monday session in the courthouse. Capt. G N Nickles of Due West, president, issues the call. Delegates will be elected for the boll weevil conference in Columbia. The meeting starts at 11 o clock.
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Abbeville County
American Cotton Association
Court House
GN. Nickles
Due West
Columbia
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Mr. Garrett
Senator Penrose
Candru
Teachers’ Institute
Reland
Liverpool
Mirscle
Walter Rathenau
Cotton Body
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