Hamer Outlines Marketing Plan for Cotton Coop
Columbia correspondent reports R C Hamer president outlines a cooperative marketing plan to reform cotton selling. Proposals include grading weighing warehousing pooled selling direct marketing cost of production surveys and uniform varieties to stabilize prices and raise producer earnings. Membership requires 400000 bales and a five year marketing contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Cooperative Marketing Association
South Carolina
American Cotton Association
R. C. Hamer
Mr. Hamer
Cooperative Association
Big Packard Truck Crashes Into Embankment Near Abbeville
A county Packard truck on the Due West road two and a half miles from Abbeville ran off course Friday morning. No one was injured and damage was minimal. the vehicle was embedded in an embankment and later dug out and towed to the gang camp for repairs.
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Abbeville
Mistrial Ordered In Lanford Case In Spartanburg
In Spartanburg on June 19 a mistrial was ordered in the Lanford murder case after juror illness halted testimony. The court recessed to complete evidence, bail was set at 20000 dollars, and Judge Sease noted the case as potentially bail eligible but stressed not deciding guilt. Defense said a two juror requirement could not be waived.
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Spartanburg
G. G. McAbee
T. E. Lanford
Glenn Foster
Court of General Sessions
Toto
Thomas .S Sease
Sease
Miss Best to Sail for Japan Mission Work
Miss Louise Best daughter of Rev J H Best of Cokesbury has completed Metho dist conference training and will speak at Gilgal church next Sunday about her planned work in Japan. She sails from New York July 18 and will begin duties as a missionary under the Methodist Episcopal church South. The Rev Mr Best, her father, pastors the Cokesbury district and Miss Best will occupy the pulpit next Sunday.
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Louise Best
J. H. Best
Cokesbury
Methodist Conference
Japan
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mr. Best
Miss Best
Parole Granted For Two Abbeville Inmates
The clerk of court announces parole for Bush Williams and Jim DuBose. Williams, convicted of murder in February term, is parole until August 15 while the pardon board considers full pardon. he is said to have bone tuberculosis preventing gang labor. DuBose, convicted in 1912 of murder, is paroleable during good behavior.
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Bush Williams
Jim DuBose
Williams
DuBose
Mob captures Black man after fatal assault near Plum Branch
Herbert Quarles, a Black man, was hunted by a large posse across multiple counties after allegedly choking a white woman near Plum Branch. About 5,000 rounds were fired as he was captured, chained to a tree, and reportedly killed by the mob despite officers’ attempts to protect him. The incident follows a past conviction and marks a brutal, racially charged vigilante action in McCormick County.
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Greenwood
Saluda
Edgefield
Aiken Abbeville
Newberry
Lincoln County
Georgia
Plum Branch
Savannah River
Herbert Quarles
Callison
McCormick County
Sumter Plant of Osteen Publishing Destroyed by Fire
A fire at the Osteen publishing plant in Sumter destroyed the Sumter Daily Item The Watchman and Southron facility with losses above 100000 dollars. The blaze began in the advertising room late last night and caused extensive damage to adjacent stores and buildings while the armory hall and other structures sustained smoke and fire impact.
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Osteen Publishing Company
Sumter Daily Item
Watchman
Southron
Sumter
The
the Watchman and Southron
Daily Item
Linotype
CG. P. Osteen
H. G. Osteen
George Haskin
Lyon Brokerage Company
Jones Rosa Company
C. P. Osteen
Armory
Sumter Light Infantry
Mr. Osteen
Haskin
Lyman Company
Jones- Ross Company
Y. T. Andrews
Masonic Temple
Back at home in Abbeville visits by Spartanburg pair
Mr and Mrs R L Dargan of Spartanburg are visiting Abbeville among friends. Mrs J Link escaped from the woods where she was thought to be at large. Sheriffs from Mc Cormick Greenwood and Edgefield counties and Sheriff Harrison of Lincoln county Georgia aided in the search for the negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon Blease
Newberry
Edgefield
R. Lb, Dargan
Spartanburg
Abbeville
J. Link
McCormick
Greenwood
Harrison
Lincoln County
Georgia
New Prohibition Enforcement Scheme Proposed in States
Washington reports a plan to create a separate prohibition enforcement unit in each state headed by a state director. The overhaul, presented to Senator Penrose and Senator Watson, would abolish current multi state districts, centralize control, save about 150000 dollars, and introduce a mobile force under Director Haynes. The plan depends on Treasury control of prohibition jurisdiction.
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Penrose
Watson
Republican
Indiana
Senate Finance Committee
Haynes
Treasury
Prohibition
Ford Stolen From Eureka Hotel Parking Lot
Mr. J. M. Nickles found his Ford missing after parking at Eureka Hotel for years. Three of four accused youths were arrested. Davis fined $100, others cleared of intent. Car later found stranded on Church Street. theft likely a spontaneous joyride with gas exhausted.
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Luther Davis
Jen Linwright
Turner Brown
Allen Boykin
Davis
Church Street
Nickles
New York
Abbeville to Anderson County line road paving bid set
Abbeville County Highway Commission will open bids on July 7 for a 16.5 mile paving project along the Antreville road between Abbeville and the Anderson County line. The heavily traveled route is expected to benefit residents along the corridor.
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Abbeville
Food price declines across retail and wholesale markets in May
Washington reports May 1921 price drops with retail food costs down 4.8 percent from April and wholesale prices down about 2 percent. From May 1919 peaks, retail foods have fallen 83 percent and wholesale prices about 44.5 percent. Butter, cheese and sugar led declines while onions, cabbages and oranges rose. Regional changes show Milwaukee and St. Paul down 8 percent, Jacksonville and Savannah about 4 percent, Atlanta and Charleston 4 percent, Richmond 3 percent.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Jacksonville
Savannah
Atlanta
Charleston
S. C
Richmond
Two Homes Burn Near Railroad Shops
Fire Sunday morning destroyed two small frame houses tied to the Wade Cochran estate near the railroad shops. Occupied by Black families, they lost all household effects. One house was a total loss when firefighters arrived. the second could have survived if not for low water pressure likely from distance to the pumping station or a small main.
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Wade Cochran
League Faces Setback in Yap Moonpotamian Questions
The United States failed to gain a diplomatic victory as the League of Nations council rejected recording this country's wishes before final agreement. The dispute centers on Yap and Moonpotamian issues, delaying resolution.
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United States
Resgard
Council of the
League of Nations
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Hamer
South Carolina Cotton Association
Lanford
Cham
Bers
McOrmick
Sunday
MT. Vernon Church
Tion
Blair
Internal Revenue Bureau
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