Cotton Outlook Mixed as Prices Rise on Unequal Supply
Long passage from Senator John L. McLaurin argues cotton stocks may be insufficient despite favorable government figures. He cites market manipulation, war depletion of cotton, and rising costs, warning of a 1919 1920 short crop and urging a large reserve stock and price-driven demand reduction.
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Yorkville Enquirer
Buffalo Lithia Springs
John L. McLaurin
McLaurin
Federal Administration
Baruch
War Industries Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Ford
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
State News In Brief From South Carolina And Beyond
Black leg appeared among cattle in two sections of Anderson county last week. Former Governor Cole L. Blease will not run for Congress in the Seventh district to succeed A Frank Lever. Clarence Setzler, a Negro, charged with killing Robert Wicker in Newberry county, was arrested in Jacksonville, Fla, and brought back. The Senate confirmed Lever to the Federal Farm Loan Board. John W. R. Pope, a Columbia banker, drowned off Sullivan's Island while aiding women drifting at sea. H. C. Harvey reelected mayor of Greenville. several aldermen defeated. Cols. W. F. Harrell and J. M. Jenkins arrived aboard the Rotterdam. Harrell famed as two gun Harrell. John Meeks fined for shooting his mule. Denmark milk cows drop 22 percent due to war impact.
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Cole L. Blease
Congress
Seventh Congressional
A. Frank Lever
Clarence Setzler
Robert Wicker
Newberry County
Jacksonville
Fla
Newberry
Cannon G. Blerse
Senate
South Carolina
Federal Farm Loan Board
Herbert Quick
John W. R. Pope
Columbia
Columbia National Bank
Sullivan's Island
H. C. Harvey
Greenville
C. B. Martin
Harvey
Allen J. Graham
Joe W. James
B. W. Allen
Board of Aldermen
Col. W. F. Harvey
Marion
States
Rotterdam
Sixteenth Infantry
France
Col. Harrel
Harrell
Col
J. M. Jenkins
Yorkville
Proper Term in Referring to Late War Between the States
At a Confederate reunion in Greenwood this week a resolution was adopted opposing the term Civil War for the 1861 to 1865 conflict. The resolution argues the label is improper and reflects unjustly on the Confederate States and their actions during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
United States
Pittsburg couple returns marriage license over large family plan
Stanislaus Trenski and Mrs. Mary Danska returned their issued marriage license at Pittsburg after deciding the combined eleven children would be a heavy burden.
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Pittsburg
Stanislaus Trenski
Mary Danska
Farmer claims beans deter potato bugs in Missouri crops
A Missouri farmer suggests dropping a soybean or two into each hill when planting potatoes to deter potato bugs. He promises not only healthier potatoes but also an extra bean crop as a result.
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Missouri
Former German Crown Prince Seeks Liberty in Holland Fight
A New York Sun report from Wieringen, Holland, details Frederick Wilhelm and his father the Kaiser seeking fair treatment as the Allies press for surrender. Dutch officials say the former crown prince can leave Holland anytime, but worry over a political trial and the impact on peace. Meanwhile petitions in Germany flood the Dutch government, including a 2 million signature surge.
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Holland
Germany
Frederick Wilhelm
Karl H. von Wilgand
New York Sun
Wierngan
Lbertyary
Crown Prince
The
Hague
Kaiser
England
Prohibition Bill Passes House Despite Possible Veto
The House voted about three to one to pass a strict prohibition enforcement bill. A girl in the gallery waved a flag as votes were announced while officials expect possible changes in the Senate and a presidential veto remains debated. The measure imposes reporting, possession, and ban requirements with heavy penalties and broad enforcement powers for violators.
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Wilson
Poe
House
Senate
Austria Receives Allied Peace Terms After June 2 Delivery
The terms of victory peace are now in Austrian hands. The Austrian delegates received the first section on June 2 at St Germain and the final sections on Sunday. The package includes reparations and financial clauses, military reduction to 30 000 volunteers, abolition of universal service, and control of armaments.
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St. Germain
M. Durasta
Austria
Germany
Parag Ty
German Officers Betrayed High Command to Pershing
Washington dispatch reports two German high ranking officers who defected to American authorities in 1918. operatives of the American military justice corps extracted plans of the general staff and western front movements. after surrender, associates sought punitive action while plans to move the informers to safety faced secrecy and risk.
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Pershing
New York
Military Justice
Washington
D. C
Agamemnon
von Hindenburg
Ines
France
Switzerland seeks League of Nations membership
Current events report Switzerland has asked to join the proposed League of Nations while President Wilson remains bedbound from acute dysentery. The Mexican situation dominates Washington politics as revolutions unfold, a kidnapping is reported, and a bank cashier faces a large theft case.
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Switzerland
League of Nations
Wilson
Honduras
Washington
Lawrence L. Shipley
State Department
Ralph T. Moyer
Harrisburg
North Penn Bank
Philadelphia
Veterans and military and civil matters highlighted in brief
A stream of diverse items covers military history figures and policy moves. It notes a 87 year old veteran who joined in 1851 and went to Japan with Perry, a bill to restore all honor and pay to disciplined service members, Col Ansell’s resignation and fight for reform, a Norfolk race riot during homecoming celebrations for black troops, a favorable judiciary committee report for H H Watkins, a Chicago dirigible collapse killing eight, and a Georgia governor ratification stance on women’s suffrage cited as dictatorial.
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United States Marines
Japan
Admiral Perry
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Samuel T. Ansell
Col
Ansell
Norfolk
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
H. H. Watkins
Federal Court
South Carolina
Chicago
Wilson
Dorsey
Georgia
J. J. Flynt
Democratic Executive Committee
Atlanta
Dempsey's Rise From Shoe Shiner to Heavyweight Champion
A portrait of William Harrison Dempsey in early Salt Lake and Provo lore. Stories recount his start as a Provo bootblack and dishwasher, early four round bouts, and forecasted star status as the new world heavyweight champion with local photographers and fans tracing his ascent.
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William Harrison Dempsey
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Dempsey
Salt Lake City
Provo
Salt Lake
Jack Dempsey
Garden City
Billy Willams
Jack
William
Williams
Willard
William Boshard
Boshard
French Children and the Cigar Box Showdown in LaPallice
A WW II diary recounts interactions with three local French children in LaPallice who pestered Allied troops. After gifts of candy failed to deter them, the narrator fed them chewing tobacco labeled chocola, causing chaos and later remorse.
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Lewis M. Grist
Government Surplus Groceries Sold In Carload Lots
York County residents may buy surplus army subsistence from Captain A J Graham in Atlanta. Prices are about 20 percent below government cost for canned meats and vegetables, with zones set by suppliers and shipable in carloads of 30 000 pounds or more. Municipalities may offer goods at cost to the public.
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York County
Dial
South Carolina
A. J. Graham
Transportation Building
Atlanta
Captain Graham
Graham
Optical shopmen bound over on tax fraud charge
J. A. Whittemore and O. L. Walters of a Columbia Main Street optical shop are bound over to Federal court charged with falsely listing a $5 sale of glasses as $4 plus a $1 war tax. The government alleges the price and tax were misrepresented to the customer.
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J. A. Whittemore
O. L. Walters
Main Street
Columbia
British Leaders to Receive Earldoms and Cash Prize
The government plans to grant earldoms to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and Admiral Beatty and awards of 500000 dollars each for their distinguished service during the late war.
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Sir Douglas Haig
Admiral Beatty
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