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! v {t \ Fbjic i * * : % t I AMI \ / PACT TfflB K m i Y ; 7 r , ? ....... *>i I k ft? YEAR. NO. 18. BUDGET FOR 19 * / ?& 1L iLi?=d9 ^ #. i 1 0 ? SEMI-WEEKLY. 21 KSEISS52 JL^r-lVJL VI > LANCASTER, Ik S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER : 24, 1920. ways i wages" SliL^I WW U SUBSCRIPT] 35,000 MILL | WALL I ON $2.50 A YEAR. STREET FEELS ? WILL BE $7,000, Leastwise Budget Comn Will Make Such Recomm iioiyto General Wml HiJfa W0RKE Y ( Y 1 yji ^e^uct'wn fj^r I Y I M Agreed Oi RSTO BE CUT SLU of 22 1-2 Per Cent. Numeroi i By Manufacturers Recoi II River Plants. MP IN VALUES us Issues At the Lowest rd In Years?Drop 2 To 22 Points. COMPLAIN OF HIGH T s m . In Sol Tin{j Taxing Problems nent Improvements W: Foregone Next Year?W qniro Levy Of 14 Ml T?x?t>le Property. AXES Perma- <tf/f g&JSsL iii Bo \jiy 111 Bo- JSjlll ) I 11a On jT| U X y?>'\ effectiv >Vsk <* T?'*til?? Cniiti To I>?H'I<I? YvJ^ Il4'J?M-tlon? \]w( < hi Part rj/jK Kntirrly CI E ON JANUARY 3 TIGHT <. w to Next Week Kntlre I ? On Acn-ptanc** Or <'upper -Miwt of Mllln Arc MontTime and Some Are Are 1 loned. Tide. MONEY THE CAUSE .tut lint HUfld, n anil Mo torn Suffer the Dividend Paying Itaikt L"n?ble To Re?iNt the COLUMBIA. S. C., Dec. 2J state budget commission will mend an appropriation of e mately |7,000,000 for the o[ j of the state government, its menta and institutions for This will be a decrease of alx and one-half million dollars fi \e> pyjSce/ iere d\eru<l&] C5J/ jroilin^f ^feardKriire PAUL iflV wace reducti f?r t ho 35,00 I: 3 rtty was anno JiS ferenco betw? ou*w y| I manufartur m -jlCdJ llg toxtilo counci KR. Mass.. Dec. 23.?A NEW 1 011 of 22 1-2 per cent actions 0 mill operatives in this shares, t ujiced today after a con- year, the >en the Phil River cotton enced an s' association and the of quoted 1 The reduction which issues do nRn/.tifo Mn fnmint... 'I natnhliulw i'OHK, Dec.. 23.?On transapproxlmating 1,700,000 he largest turnover of the stock market today experiother drastic readjustment i values, which forced many wn from 2 to 22 points and estimates submitted to. It, wl tailed $9,868,206.59. This mean a levy of approx|mat? mills on a valuation of hetweei 000.000 and $450,000,000 in i property, as estimated by tti tax commission. This levy, h could be reduced because of tl eys from other sources whir llch to- a| ~^v woui.i pfl^gMlTIQ ??4 4S4 tie mon- Eh must H] lESSMW, $WoC joyous kea tke ^jloW ?T rts &re bea tfknstma? L ?" ?f ' ho 2 mom hers of f ^ 1 :W elation. hrinfc : jj lino with the ^ 0'^0r ' ^ rurv iif *; nil jail lid I > > ? nuiwimiw 100 mills controlled by ords for he manufacturers' as so- The c< s this textile center into violence reduced scale of wages longed r ton milling centers of branch o i. tensive ii msey, president of the depetuien il. said that general and rela .11 .1... I...I11.. I.. tl'nlvlr U ii ii 111*71 uun ur w lun i w from 1 to 4 years, dlapse, which exceeded in any movement of the proeaction. encompassed every f the list but was most exn the group of so-called init steels, coppers. motors ted shares. 'wlmif fn.l oilt.AenA /?/xn .1 I bo turned into the Bta'e trees dor the budget law. '"I have not vet oompleb study of our 1 <?21 budget ii its dot alls," stated Governor chairman of the commission when questioned relative to agitation in the state at preset I will recommend a reductlor IMost of tl m \ ? oit httr pliiao/l ild l>e held early next tions in i oti acceptance or rejec- in tins c< ut. Loam than one third world, tr lives h?'r?> arc union specific ? the action of tho textile slump ot lly is accepted as the viction t the workers. in and 01 le mills in tho city arc ed the er or rnnnino /\n rml eo<l 1 In u it In awiuuiuu uinvior vwnur trade and industry. not only nun try but throughout the aders declared there was no levelopments to explain the her than the growing conhat many war millionaires rt of Wall street have reachid of their financial tether. of mien t^i/loru oaonrlml tho propriattons from the year with the exception of the api tion fur the public schools, satisfied further that with otl ommendations which will he s ed to the legislature, the I 1921 can. and will, he mater! duced. I expect to discuss thi question tajietall in my annu ? * ^ schedule. K ? : works, which l\ mm =r ' Iron Works '^ eiKht cotton : ( IXiTIIINti ftSSSfflli " ATTKMI" <1 CP/to ilniiwi nr?TrkV The American print credit sit embraces the Kail River market l corporation, controlling operators mills, was closed today stitutlom vs. usual cal this time CMOS' KEFS AX ed in. T TO "HOB WORKERS" It is a Tlu.. O 1 TV,. - 1 lh..< Knr. uatlon has closed the money :o the country's speculative i. although local hanking In* aver that no more than the lllnc of loans customary at of the year has<been engagiccepted as a fact, however, 1, ?. I. .. K/VAM ? A-'.* Wf While he has made no at! to the effect. It is understoi the governor will ank the essembly to propose a bond I the people In a reforendui tton, jt. e issue to cover ten of permanent Improvements, theory Is that to arrive at a itement ^ mated clothi ; today issued ."/ .'ivJ?.,',??V- : the recent %0 ; ' ^ : manufacture ffli) ' would be re< <flj;})) : and a piece A. ; ; restored. Th - be an attaint ? ftvppvthi n c ? ?'CV. lit" illllt&lprjf- it?ai UUJI ng workers' local union their rea; [ a statement regarding of the c< announcement by the ing the i rs association that wages reserve I luced 2 2 1-2 per cent, interests work system of payment hot" din is action was declared to stock in; >t to "rob the workers of shutting hbe t r\ vTao n. 1VC? u<i ? r- umi SI Z IZfi, iiv uiii^ ources to meet requirements >minp year, this policy havacit approval of the federal >oard and other conservative News of the day which pctly uj?on the action of the arket was provided by the down of many mills and fac vitiate estimate or the wants Gate alone permanent lines, mission of engineers should Vbtnted to make a thorough s the wants of each institution tlYltjr and report in detail to iBlatlTe bodies before the elec ordered. y Along this line it ran he i luthori- | rows rule >reVermo 11 ,1_ i is bajnish' ?re it see "Ti ?. 1 ^ ? years of lab< 1 an standard ; cent break ii manufacture ' ferred to as C? warfare rath * and arbitral ''The unic I - SIT t l>> it II t?r: ? ????' Hilling >"? icr?, >r to establish an Anieri- "invento I of living." and the re- of eases 1 n relations betw.een the 'or thp rs and the union was re of wage "a resort to industrial unsettlei er than to negotiation rurt dot ion." Itepiogic m wants to eontlnue to some of i|iru.ini in .^c? r.n^iauu, lur ry" purposes. In a majority, these are likely to re-open afholidays on a reduced basis schedules. Much of today's nent was produced by an ab:line of about 22 points in steel, which is controlled by the larRest factors In the } IK ^tlvely stated that the budg , / I ioisslon will turn its face I / I appropriation for permane I t>rovements for 1921, this, of I Including new buildings at s J titu/lons of higher learnin | state-operated charitable an< J ? factional activities. I ' There is a cry throughoi ail ttvc wot r oj M is Jbryj fiShristrn t,,e w,,ri<?r? 1 JL : * investigntion ; : inent." the ! ; ? inp with th j *\ < y attempt on t turers to ret m ii ii ., he opposed ; .till his employer through only thr i. discussion and judir- and Van statement said, conrlud- relations e assertion that "any than sev he part of the manufac- point, luce their standards will Aniom is a matter of self-de- kindred In part t t \\ iioit i . ,31 .. i\r|niiKic i riovcreu pp points of its loss at 50,adiuni steel, which has close with Replogic dropped more en points, rallying Just one c other coppers, motors and specialties the reaction, due o the disorganized state of I state at the present time fo I from the burdens of taxatioi -I there have been many and aa' remedies suggested. but r 'J them have been from the wr 1 *le The general rry seems (I - that the burden Is from th 7 ]government. Even a casual ; ? ]of the state's finances show vurioun no8( of COTTON WINNINGS on* an- TOT A I, 10,878,26 to bo e ?tnto unalvRis Onsus Bureau Announce that, bor l*p to pc(rm,,i,r NOW WAR FINANCE 1 5 BALES RECEIVES FIT This \uni- Itcsolulion to I'rovl I :t?For Farmer* Iti'ady F MEASURE IRISH HOME fAL ACTION GOES ON S Itle llrllif For This \W??k In i* or Signature Amended Wli 7 IMTTSFIK RULE BILL Announceme STATUTE HOOK ? " of tho woole Form Only Slight!) rontral and on It Kirnt Left I rnnntv Vl> WOltSTKD MI I.I <S fix point CK WAIJK ltKIH'(TIO\ hell I.D. Mass . Dor. 23. ? declines nt was made today that only nor rent, wage reduction nionts, v into eflort shoDl;* in all course o n and worsted mills in lark of s northern Herskshiro Shippi lU'nnn ') inn nn/1 1 AAA iiunuicn, ran iroin rnree to s. the market for those isip neplipihle. Oils suffered of two to four points with ntnal recoveries, and eqnipI'htoh naturally follow the f steels, also reflected the upport. nps, recently among the I' /'Whould all but purely goveri ' functions acting for the peopl Whole, be eliminated. South ( eonld be operated on about mill levy, or $513,877.16. us i flgorea tor expenditures* ln< IS only onee available at this tii I this amount, $288,296.41 is m executive department, $156 i mental Booth Carolina, 1,3( 'aroHna WASHINGTON. Dec. : a one- oxcluaive of linters, plnnp Ing the December 13 amounted 19. the 265 running balee. .inclu ne. Of round balee. which w< for the 295 34 a" ha,f lmIe8, half 14,050. Of tin* Prcs >3. Cotton WASHINGTON. Dp d prior to ,,vo onactment of the to 10 878 - <llreot,nK revival of 1 corporation as a me dinj? 198,- fQr farmorH against pre counted . was completed today \ is of Amer-1 without a record vote Ulent. Con c. 23.?I.eglsla- LONDON. Df Joint resolution home rirle hill n the war finance be placed on th( >asure of relief week In a form c falling prices, eel from the shai vhen the senate, left the house of c >. concurred In of lords today, a persons are' lmont*. ' the 11 mills >c. 23.?The Irish h?VP been rl( ow is safe and will date has e> statute book this ?uming open >nly sllphtTy aroendpe In which it first rrT wAtiRS onimons. The house A|ioMSll ' fter a brief debate. ...-vv. weakest normally employed In wer Several of the plants tlrularly ised for some weeks and ,ijp8 und been set for their re- pnratton, ations. Issues to vldend ? in PKH CUNT. AND ground u THK MONTHLY BONl'H wlcha swt elements ttf the entire raare heavy at all times, parAtlantic OJulf and West InAmerican International corthe latter beinp anions the make a new low record. Dipayinft rails held their ntil the final hour, when the >ep of the liquidation be K?r the judiciary and $70,281 U legislative branch. fact of the matter is t m burden for taxation 1 Hftovhtles, mostly In lex! Hm purposes voted by ttie Hjllres, and from the For Instance, the c pays a 91-mlll le j.41 for ican-Kgyptlan. and 1,291 Sea Island, the census b hat the nounced today. a from Ginnings last year to lea for amounted to 9,396,64 people munici- eluding 103.662 round ba ;lty of hales of American-Egy vy, the 6,236 bales of Sea Island. bales of tim|8fl amendments e ureau an- flGctlon 8UKge8t,nK 11 reserve board extend to farmers. The reso December the president. 6 bales, In- Senators and repre ties, 27.104 divided today in the! ptlan and a risible veto. Sor j president would vett liminatlng the] agreed to all the lat the federal to the bill hy the I liberal credlta The only amen lutlon now goes the lords today a the lower house sentatlves were either area In Ir? r opinion as to UP * parliament lie believed the not name the oflfe 3 the measure, Ipk* within three diviiajt.w amendments made stanle commons. head offices dment discussed by today posted ras that adopted by reduction in providing that " A five per ce dand refused to set jg abolished, i the executive could a hftif to stn it a second time un- time is annou years after Julie 1 a i r-K, mass.. i?ec. came too v Iron Works here, with Ing, one In New Hritain, Conn., transport notices of a 15 per cent, of five pi wages, affective at once, a target int. monthly bonus also publlcath and drop from time and "melon," alght time for all over- points, inced. Tradln strong to be resisted. Readof the sheet anchors of the atiqn list, finished at a loss >tnts. and Southern Pacific, of the bears ever since the >n of the terms of Its forfeited two and one-half e in bonds eireeded $32, B\wtobla, 71 1-2 mil {dflTllle, 87 mills i J^V 82 3-4 mills. C ^|r Ills are for th ' Jf\perty ,n cha - 8umt?r. * 88,295.71 11b; the This year's ginnings by ind the IowB. )f these Alabama, 607,939; Ar e state. irleston ArVansna, 885,203; 16,081,- 37,802; Florida. 17,55 >5, and 1,323,752; Louisiana. 35 ;_ M",wu . . , . I while others were Inc a es ? ! lief that wllh the ell vice to the federal re izont, 66,- proval of the execufih California. en 'he measure. 3;G eorRla. Leaders who were 4.798; Mis- the final enactment ol rl, 49,592; however, expressed lined to the bo- noxt both houses ruination of ad- liament adopted Horve hoard ap- 'or It. re would he frlv- ? LUXURY TAXI* responsible for ABOLIHHED f the resolution. OTTAWA, Ca confidence of taxes on luxuries of the Rrltlsh par- MANCFAtTt a resolution asking AVOIR RK NEW YOR ttonal associj I IN CANADA today Issued BY GOVERNMENT that "contrai n.. Dec. 23.?All | that nianufa? In Canada, except-j garded wage ono.ooo. KKHH STRIVING TO days of tl l)l'(TMWf? IN WaGKS partial r? K. Dec. 23?The na- h*?vy los itlon of manufacturerr. ?d In the a statement asserting were at I< y to published reports ?turers generally rereductions as necessary. ltR\f also one of th? most act!to ip year. Liberty isstnee made >coveriea from yesterday'* sea at the outaet, but reactlater dealings when stocks oweat levels. T AT nKSVRHRCTlON 1ALKD AT AMHBITRN. QA. T ^ =-- \m 11 i I , Optoma,! ine,r anniiy to orerr Ida a veto bothl "?K alcoholic liq WL^ey were [*?d Playing card* ister, S. L. iiors, confectionery ^*i*nufaclurer , have been abolish- ^^n|ry^ar?^ * in all sections of th?|A3IIBl trlTlng In *r?rjr.poMltol?j county & tb? reduction* and cur-1 MAK It fRN, Oft., Dee. 13.? uthoriMfl? My was m.