McLaurin Advocates State Warehouse Systems for Cotton
J L McLaurin writes to the Yorkville Enquirer arguing that cotton prices must be stabilized by regional warehouse and banking systems. He criticizes the Federal Reserve Board and Treasury policies, urges gold reserve practicality, and urges states like Georgia North Carolina Louisiana and Texas to consolidate warehouse systems to protect producers.
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Hor Jno
L. McLaurin
Grist
The
Yorkville Enquirer
Europe
Houston
the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Mr. Houston
England
Captain Kidd
Treasury
Star Chamber Board
Washington
Harding
United States
McSwain
France
Georgia
North Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
South Carolina
John L. McLaurin
Governor Harding on Farm Marketing
Excerpt from a Clemson College address by Governor W. P. Harding, head of the Federal Reserve Bank, advocating gradual and orderly marketing of staple crops. He urges open markets, reasonable profits for farmers, and warehousing to avoid market dumps, price spikes, and strains on transport and banks.
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Clemson College
W. P. Harding
Federal Reserve Bank
South Carolina
Readjustment in Business Causes Congratulation
A Philadelphia Public Ledger writer argues that the right corrective forces have begun in business and culture. As prices fall and credit tightens, finished goods drop while raw materials and commodities plunge, signaling a needed market reset and future consolidation.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
American Woolen Co
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co
Prices as Good as Last Year in Laurinburg Cotton Market
The Laurinburg Exchange notes last fall prices at 28 to 28 1 16 cents and 27 cents for key dates in 1919. In 1919 contracts averaged 21 to 33 cents while this year contract prices hover near 35 cents. About a thousand bales have been sold locally this month with daily gains in volume.
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Laurinburg
Pee Dee Baptist Association to Meet at Dillon Next Week
The forty third annual Pee Dee Baptist Association session will be held at First Baptist Church in Dillon on Tuesday and Wednesday October 12 and 13. Rev. Watts and Drs Derieux Jones Burts Cody McGlothlin Whiteside and Maxcy White will attend and speak at sessions and special services. The association serves Marlboro Dillon and Marion counties.
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Pee Dee Baptist Association
First Baptist Church of
Dillon
T. J. Watts
Sunday School Commission
W. T. Derieux
The
Mission Commission
C. A. Jones
Education Commission
C. E. Burts
General Board
W. M. Whiteside
Baptist Hospital
Columbia
Maxcy White
Greenwood
Connie Maxwell
Z. T. Cody
Baptist Courier
F. J. McGlothlin
Furman University
Association
Marlboro
Marion Counties
South Carolina Democrats raise funds statewide totals
The South Carolina Democratic apparatus reports collecting about one third of the national target with a statewide urging to all supporters to contribute promptly. General Willie Jones lists county totals led by Richland with 2,723.00 and Spartanburg 1,028.00, among others.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
National Committee
Southrn
Senate
Wilie Jones
Abbeville
Aiken
Allendale
Anderson
Bamberg
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Calhoun
Charleston
Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Colleton
Darlington
Dillon
Dorchester
Edgefield
Fairfield
Florence
Georgetown
Greenville
Greenwood
Hampton
Horry
Jasper
Kershaw
Lancaster
Laurens
Lee
Lexington
McCormick
Marion
Marlboro
Newberry
Oconee
Orangeburg
Pickens
County fair opens October 19 in Dillon
Dillon County prepares for its first fair opening on Tuesday October 19 at 9 am. Judge Joe Cabell Davis announces a major carnival from Norfolk with two free acts daily and horse racing each afternoon. Exhibits are arriving. officials expect full buildings and a strong opening week.
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Dillon County
Joe Cabell Davis
Norfolk
Dillon
Davis
North Carolina
Three Negroes Lynched by Mob in MacClenny Florida
Three men Rayfield Givens Ben Givens and Fulton Smith accused of complicity in the murder of farmer John Harvey were seized from Baker County Jail by an armed mob at 1 am and shot. Jim Givens, believed to have fired the fatal shots, fled and remains at large. A fourth man Sam Duncan was later found dead, bringing the total death toll to four in the Harvey case.
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macClenny
Fla
Rayfield Givens
Ben Givens
Fulton Smith
John Harvey
Sweat
Jim Givens
J Witch
Mr. Harvey
Tillurvey
Knabb
Turpentine
MacClenny County
Bill
Glen St. Marys
Sam Duncan
Harvey
Duncan
Dillon Census Drop Surprises Town Officials
Dillon reacts to the census showing 2 205 residents, up only 448 since 1910. Local observers note many more stores and housing, with corporate limits expanded, but mill villages outside the count add about 1 000 people unseen by the census.
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Dillon
Beet Sugar Industry Growth in Early 19th Century
The first beet sugar factory opened in Germany in 1801 but progress stagnated until the Napoleonic wars. Britain cut overseas sugar shipments and continental Europe sought alternatives. By 1830 the beet sugar industry still lacked a firm hold.
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Germany
Local notes and obituaries from Hamer Lodge area
County news records M T Wormack of Orangeburg addressing Hamer Lodge K of P. D W Bowen and A T McKenzie attend Hartsville district convention by auto. Death in Zion section. Elizabeth Stephens, five weeks old, passes. Cotton harvest slows after storm. prices low. Community sentiment and social visits noted.
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M. T. Wormack
Orangeburg
Hamer Lodge
K. of P
Messrs
D. W. Bowen
A. T. McKenzie
Hartsville
Jule Smith
Pleasant Hill
Joseph Herring
Raynham
N. C
W. A. Bowen
Zion
Charlie Stephens
Te Dorell
Elizabeth
Local notes from Sellers precinct voters and community life
The column lists eligible voters including Mrs Lucy Sellers Watson and Miss Jessie Smith in Sellers precinct. It comments on prohibition and politics, reports Rev W C Foster’s Antioch sermon, delegates to Dillon, and a Ladies Cooperative Club meeting. It also notes Mattie Price elected a federation delegate, and visits from Mr Corey Watson, G B Bond, Martus Hamer, and others in the community.
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Dillom
O. R. Edwards
Sellers
Hom James Norton
Mullins
Cotton Hope From Reserve Banks Seen for Farmers
Senator Smith says he conferred with Secretary Houston and Governor Harding and was assured the Federal Reserve would lend all possible aid amid credit strains. Harding reiterated cotton men’s points, Houston denied a planned export corporation, and a lower discount rate for farmers was suggested while urging southern banks to support producers. Charlie Allen of Clio was en route to Philadelphia to visit his brother.
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Washington
Smith
South Carolina
Houston
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Yestem
American Cotton Association
Treasury
Ytrals
Collan Association
America
Federal Reserve System
Charlie Allen
Clio
Dillon
Philadelphia
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