Cooper to urge lower levy in North Carolina 1921 budget
Governor Cooper announced he will urge the 1921 budget be reduced from the 1920 total except for public schools. He says department and state institution appropriations should be cut, with schools the sole exception, aiming to materially reduce the 1921 levy and will outline details in a later annual message.
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Columbia
Cooper
General Assembly
John G. Richards
Winthroy College
Wages Cut for 200000 Textile Workers in Philadelphia
Wages of more than 200000 textile workers in Philadelphia are set to fall by 10 to 30 percent in the near future. Notices of a ten percent cut appeared in Turkish toweling mills. Wilton and Brussels rug makers will inform unions of a 25 percent reduction effective January 17. Hosiery workers face 15 to 25 percent cuts, while coarse yarn spinners sweater knitters and related knit fabric workers face 10 to 20 percent reductions.
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Philadelphia
Numeg Oe Aetite & Eladed
Wilton
Brussels
Wealthy farmer and sons jailed in whiskey raid
Union South Carolina December 21 Joseph Smith a wealthy Cherokee county farmer and his two sons Ned and Able Smith were arrested in a police raid on an alleged blind tiger. They were fined 50 dollars each and sentenced to 12 months on the chain gang by County Judge Townsend after arraignment in city and county court.
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Union, SC
Joseph Smith
Cherokee County
Ned
Able Smith
Townsend
Bryan casts himself as latent Democrat in Harding era
William Jennings Bryan, in Marion, says he is a latent Democrat and will influence the Senate on the League of Nations treaty ratification and a constitutional amendment to require only a bare majority for war. He praises Harding’s leadership and plans for international peacemaking and nonpartisan questions for the next four years.
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Marion
William Jennings Bryan
Harding
Bryan
United States
League
United States Senate
Senate
Congress
Government sues J no D Rockefeller for 292678 tax fault
The government filed a suit against John D Rockefeller seeking 292,678 alleging an incorrect income tax return for 1916. The complaint claims he failed to report 60 104 shares of Illinois Pipe Line Company and 67 176 shares of Prairie Pipe Line Company.
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New York
Government Today
Jno
D. Rockefeller
Judges for next year assigned to South Carolina circuits
The supreme court yesterday named judges for next year to the Anderson and Oconee county circuits. The Roth circuit will include Judge George E. Prince of Anderson Judge Thomas Sease and Judge Ernest Moore.
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Supreme Court
South Carolina
Anderson
Oconee County
Roth
George E. Prince
Thomas&, Sease
Ernest Moore
Florida visitors arrive for holidays in Abbeville
Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Preasly and their daughter Mary arrived in Abbeville on Tuesday to spend the holidays with Mrs. J. F. Bradley, bringing a pleasant seasonal visit for local hosts.
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H. E. Preasly
Mary
Abbeville
J. F. Bradley
Home Rule Bill Becomes Law in Britain
London reports the Irish home rule bill now safe and to be placed on the statute book this week with minor amendments. The Lords approved commons amendments after debate and a stipulation on mutual Parliament offers, sending the bill back to the Commons for final formalities before royal sanction.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Commons
Lords
Ireland
Lord Kirkenhead
Supreme Court opinions handed down in murder and search cases
The South Carolina supreme court issued several murder case rulings and reversed lower court decisions. Albert Wilson, a negro, denied a new trial and ordered back for resentence after being convicted for killing Bryan Butler on a street car near the University of South Carolina. Amos Holmes of Aiken county granted a new trial for killing his wife in 1903. George Mason, a negro, granted a new trial after reversal on judge’s charge error. Wagstaff and Hargrove, state constables, upheld after appeal in the search for whiskey without a warrant, preserving verdicts and likely impacting future similar cases.
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South Carolina Supreme Court
Albert Wilson
Bryan Butler
University of South Carolina
High Tribunal
Wilson
Supreme Court
Amos Holmes
Aiken County
George Mason
Arthur Howe
Florence County
G. W. Wagstaff
A. C. Hargrove
H. M. Graham
Florence
Graham
Wagstaff
Hargrove
General Sessions Court
Ower Court
Townsend Smith Visits Abbeville For Christmas Season
D Townsend Smith arrived in Abbeville on Tuesday to spend the Christmas season with his home folks. He has spent months in St. Louis learning the shoemaking trade and plans to travel through South Carolina after the holidays.
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D. Townsend Smith
Abbeville
St. Louis
South Carolina
Insurance firms quit Mississippi in price restraint case
New York reports 138 fire insurance companies suspend business in Mississippi. Their policies total about 1.25 billion dollars as the firms face a Mississippi revenue agent charge that they conspired to restrain trade by maintaining same rates.
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New York
Mississippi
State Revenue Agent
McAdoo Attacks War Finance Policy on Credit for Farmers
W G McAdoo issues a public statement criticizing the revival of the war finance corporation and credit to farmers through the federal reserve system. Southern members cheer as he urges a liberal policy and lower reserve bank rates, praising his stance as aligned with congressional views. Byrnes of South Carolina hails the critique as confirming their farm help position.
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Washington
W. G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
War Finance Corporation
Congress
Treasury
McAdoo
Byrnes
South Carolina
Treasury Department
McAdo
Dial Seeks Senate Action on Cotton Futures Amendments
Senator Dial of South Carolina said he would ask the Senate Agriculture Committee to take up after the holidays his amendments to the cotton futures act. The proposal requires cotton delivered under contract to meet one of three USDA established grades, removing seller option to deliver in any graded class.
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Washington
Dial
South Carolina
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Cotton Market Slides on Weakness as Futures Fall
The January futures closed in New York at the season's low, with New York spots down 25 points and futures down 60 to 65 points. Local market offered little cotton, with best bids from 15 to 16 cents.
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New York
Martin to Preach at Presbyterian Church Next Sunday
Rev. James L. Martin D. D. will preach in the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at eleven o'clock.
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James L. Martin
D. D
Presbyterian Church
Greenville Aims Parity With Southeast Prices
The Greenville chamber of commerce committee led by T Q O Lawton will publish its plan after investigating coal and meat pricing to keep Greenville rates on or below Southeast city levels.
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Greenville
Southeast
Chamber of Commerce
T. Q O. Lawton
Coal Records to Be Investigated by Senate Panel
Washington December 21 records at the National Coal Association headquarters were placed under subpoena by the Senate Reconstruction Committee. Agents seized correspondence and material tied to the summer transportation tie up and coal shortage and will question association officers in open session. The inquiry, authorized by a Senate resolution, follows a forthcoming committee report criticizing the industry.
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Washington
National Coal Association
Senate Committee On Reconstruction
Calder
New York
Senate
F. P. Miller
Association
Recess Question Spurs Senate Clash Over Holidays
Washington December 18 The senate debated a Christmas recess with the house awaiting action on reviving the war finance cooperation. Senators Thomas and Townsend opposed a three day recess while leaders considered a holiday suspension under a gentleman's agreement. The house plans a short recess but has not acted on a New Year break.
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Washington
Senate
House of the
War Finance Cooperation
House
Revenue Stopper Arrests in Calhoun Falls Slaying
Will Revenue alias Will Rice was charged with killing Will Daugherty in Calhoun Falls. He was captured Tuesday night by Deputy Cann at the Steve Murdock plantation near the Anderson County line. Daugherty died after skull injuries from a wood blow following a dispute over a fifty dollar repair bill for Daugherty’s car.
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Will Revenue
Will Rice
Will
Daugherty
Calhoun Falls
Cann
Steve Murdock
Anderson County
Revenue
Rice
Murdock Place J
No Scout Meetings Postponed to January 4 1921
Rev A J Derbyshire announces no Boy Scout meetings until January 4 1921. The notice states a temporary halt and schedules resumption after the holiday period.
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A. J. Derbyshire
Boy Scouts
First Cotton Shipment From South Carolina Faces Ocean
Charleston observers hail the S S Hawaiian arrival marking the first stapled cotton export under the American Export corporation. About 600 bales from across South Carolina are loaded for Bremen via New York, with shipments to Poland and Czecho Slovakia showing promising credits and terms. The cargo includes 1100 bales in total and signals revived cotton exports as grower-friendly prices emerge.
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Charleston
Pacific Coast
South Carolina
California
New York
Bremen
Germany
American Export Corporation
Columbia
Poland
Otton
Mule Killed After Truck Collision Near Irwin Bros Shop
A mule belonging to the Abbeville Ice Plant was struck by a county truck near Irwin Bros. shop on Tuesday. It suffered severe injuries and had to be shot to end its suffering at the request of the Ice Plant manager, with Deputy Sheriff Cann carrying out the act.
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Abbeville Tee
Irwin Bros
Lewis
Messrs Twin
O Deliverice
Cann
Mr Sondley Loses Farmhouse in Friday Night Fire
Richard Sondley, county editor, lost a frame house on his farm last Friday night. The two to three thousand dollar structure, ceiled throughout, was only partially insured by the Abbeville Greenwood Mutual Company. Loss exceeds policy coverage.
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Richard Sondley
Insurnce
Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Company
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