Wallace Warns Agriculture in Severe Low Phase
Secretary Wallace told the Boston Chamber of Commerce that prices for major farm crops are at record lows and that reduced production could drive prices up. He urged better credit, lower freight rates, and federal supervision of grain markets to lift agriculture from a critical period and prevent a shift toward urban industrial dominance.
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Boston
United States
Wallace
Agricultural Department
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Europe
England
Shortest Day Explained By Solstice Almanac
Today marks the winter solstice and the shortest day as the sun sits farthest south of the equator. Conversely June 21 is the longest day when the sun is farthest north of the equator.
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Equator
Royal Arch Masons Elect Officers for Ensuing Year
Hesperian Chapter No. 17 Royal Arch Masons elected F. E. Harrison Jr as high priest W. E. Hill as king J. L. Schroeder as scribe Otto Bristow as treasurer and H. S. Howie as secretary at a Monday convocation to serve the lodge for the coming year.
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Hesperian
Royal Arch Masons
F. E. Harrison, Jr
W. E. Hill
J. L. Schroeder
Otto Bristow
H. S. Howie
Legion Supper Plans and Legion Reorganization
A South Carolina American Legion supper is planned for Thursday with G A Neuffer Jr sending regrets from Morris Lumpkin of Columbia. Ernest Rosenberg of Greenwood will attend possibly with other out of town speakers. Women’s committees form an auxiliary, decorations, programs, and invitations for ex servicemen. Reorganization is the main objective amid anticipated large attendance at 6 p.m. in the courthouse.
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G. A. Neuffer, Jr
Morris Lumpkin
Columbia
South Carlina American Legion
Lumpkin
Ernest Rosenberg
Greenwood
American Legion
Legion
D. T. Smith, Jr
Court House
Fines Ordered Against Cunard Line for Immigration Violations
Washington reports Secretary of Labor Davis has ordered fines against the Cunard steamship line and seeks diplomatic protest to Britain over alleged willful breaches of immigration law. He cites the Aquilla’s December 10 arrival with 300 Hungarians despite Hungary’s quota exhaustion. Davis requests legal opinion on action amid ongoing steamship disputes since the new act limits annual entries.
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Washington
Davis
Cunard Steamship Line
State Department
New York
Aquilla
Immigration Bureau
Hungary
United States
Daugherty
Department
Cunard
Secretary of State
Premiers Lloyd George and Briand Hold Conference on German Reparations
London reports a lengthy talks between Prime Minister Lloyd George and French Premier Briand focused on German reparations and January February instalments. An official communique says discussions covered general economic questions with experts to report tomorrow. No immediate plan for a supreme council meeting. possible economic conference on European exchange stabilization. Briand called the talks cordial with continued detailed discussions expected tomorrow.
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London
David Lloyd George
Aristide Briand
Lloyd George
Germany
France
Great Britain
Supreme Council
Walter Rathenau
M. Briand
Three Negroes Arrested in Tolbert Purse Theft
Three men were arrested this week in connection with a Sunday night purse theft from R. R. Tolbert Jr. Sam Walker led sheriff to Henry Proffit who showed 50 of the money. Walker later named Phil Campbell, whose involvement was disputed. $20 remained hidden under Tolbert’s shed eaves and only five cents is unrecovered.
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R. R. Tolbert, Jr
Sam Walker
Henry
Walker
McLane
Phil Campbell
Mr. Tolbert
Phil
War Secretary to Answer Ford on Muscle Shoals Deal
Washington described as weeks away from closing the nitrate and water power project talks at Muscle Shoals Alabama after Ford engineers delivered a letter. Secretary Weeks will reply personally with a statement clarifying Ford’s estimated construction cost and the status of negotiations.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Weeks
Detroit
Muscle Shoals
Ala
J. W. Worthington
W. B. Mayo
Mr. Ford
Cotton Ginned Totals Reach 7.8 Million Bales This Season
Washington reports the census bureau data showing the cotton ginned by December 13 totaled 7,799,458 running bales with 122,849 round bales counted as half bales of Sea Island. State figures include Alabama 581,080 Georgia 913,623 Texas 2,097,836 and North Carolina 767,072 among others.
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Washington
Sea Island
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
States
Christmas Weather Forecast Hits Eastern Half Of Nation
The Weather Bureau forecast a cold front moving southeast from the northwest bringing abnormally cold weather across the eastern central states including Kentucky. Much lower temperatures were expected along the Atlantic coast by Thursday with subzero readings reported in the northwest and as far east as Duluth Minnesota and northwestern Nebraska.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Atlantic
Duluth
Minn
Nebraska
North Dakota
Montana
Canadian Northwest
Navy Lieutenant Commander Bell Visits Home Folks
Lieutenant Commander R. E. Bell, a native of Abbeville county who trained at Annapolis, is visiting relatives and old friends after nearly four years in the Navy. He served in France with the transport service, and most recently as naval attache in Paris before departing for New York on November 30. He hopes for reassignment to the west coast.
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R. E. Bell
Abbeville County
Annapolis
Bell
France
Transport Service
Paris
New York
Bond Forfeited After No Show in City Court
H Simpson arrested yesterday for liquor possession and concealed weapons failed to appear in city court. He forfeited his $75 bond when trial did not commence this morning.
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H. Simpson
Moving on Children Perish in Cotton Fire
Florence reports a cotton fire killed Louise Oliver aged 11 and Alcese Oliver aged 3 after they trapped arms while trying to save each other. Their bodies were recovered from embers and buried at Marietta North Carolina. Louise Oliver's mother remains hospitalized after an operation.
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Florence
Louise Oliver
Alcese Oliver
Ed Sellers
McLeod
F. H. Martin
First Baptist Church
Aleese Oliver
Marietta
Schools Qualify for State Aid in Abbeville and Due West
Abbeville and Due West high schools have qualified for state aid per the State Superintendent of Education. Abbeville will receive 2820 dollars and Due West 1220 dollars. Both schools had substantial aid from this source last year.
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Abbeville
Due West
State Superintendent of Education
Tariff Fight Over Cuban Sugar Looms in Congress
Washington December 20 power struggle over the Dyer anti lynching bill and the Fordney tariff fight on sugar Cuba dominated the day. Democrats argued constitutional and states rights issues while Republicans faced pressure to vote along party lines. Debate focused on federal handling of lynching, Cuban sugar rehabilitation, and the economic impact of a high duty with fears of long term losses to American sugar interests.
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Washington
House
Morrow
Senate Tariff
Panama
Representative Mondell
Representative Dyer
Judiciary
St. Louis
Rules Committee
Congress
Cuba
Island
Republic
Thunderwood
United States
Negroes in Jail for Theft and Deception
Ed Miller a negro was jailed Saturday on a theft charge for cotton seed from Norris Wakefield. Gussie Lanier and six other negroes were jailed on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretense.
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Ed Miller
Norris Wakefield
Gussie Lanier
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Cunard Line
Secretary of Labor
United States Congress
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Antelyngh Bill
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Senate
Smoot
Utah
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