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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-.Weekly.. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, July 28, 1920. > Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. I
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HOPES AMERICA AND
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ARCHBISHOP MAN NIX. AUSTRALIAN
PRELATE ' MAKES
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VIOLENT ANTI-ENGLJSH
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SPEECH WHICH CREATES
STIR IN ENGLAND?REFUSED
' TO LAND IN THAT COUNTR/ '
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London, July.26.?Premier Lloyd,
George announced late today that
Archbishop Mannix ,the Australian
prelate who made violent anti-Ei.g-1
lish utterances in the United States >
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recently will not be allowed to'
land in England.
London, July 27.?Here is the1
full text of - the sensational speech1
made a few days ago by Prenver'
Hughes of Australia, at Bendifjo,'
which created a profound stir
throughout the British Empire:
"Today the British Empire is sur-1
rounded by enemies. It is being at-;
tacked by Bolshevism, Sinn, Feinism !
- ' and Germanism. The British Empire J
is a league of nations bound to(VAfViaf*
Vvi? floe ftf Kl r\ r*A o ti r] rana T-f
ujf W VO Ui UIVVU UIIU ittVWi AX
you break Britain you break Au
stralia.
"When we see ia our midst,* there- ^
fore, men who would break up this (
British Empire and plunge a dagger j
into its very heart, what are you to j
thick of such men except that they i
are traitors? I care not what youi
think of England as England, but I,
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am concerned about what effect (
that will have on Australia. It
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means death for us and because of :
that I shall smite them hip and ((
thigh. ~ * '
"When Archbishop Mannix said '
that the sentiments he uttered,'
were supported by the bulk of .the,
pep -le of Australia, he said that
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-; :i?c crue..
rle i?niy one objective, and i
thai is the des. ruction of the ein-i
p. re, br at any rate the founding of (
a republic of Ireland. I am not go-j
ing tc say that Ireland ha? no ('
grievance, .but I am irrevocably op-'
posed to a republic of Ireland and i
will fight it tooth and nail by everyt
means in my power, because it.
means the dismemberment of. the :
empire, and the dismemberment of i
the empire means the destruction of i
Australia. I
"Mgr. Mannix says his one hope:
is that Englar^d and America will
be enemies and that Ireland will i
fight England, and that America 1
will fight England.
"If that hope is realized we will
see a war the like of which the
world has never seen. Hope for the
peace-of the world lies not in the
league of antions, but in that firm
alliance of understanding and co-;
operation which has existed for over:
a hundred years between America,
anl Britain and between the British;
Empire and America. I
"If it were necessary to choose
between the kaiser and that man as
to which was the greater criminal, I.
know which one I would choose. The I
kaiser was pushed into this, but
Mgr. Mannix went on his own free i
will.
"The Australian people repudiate
him. They want America to understand
that Australia is part and parcel
of the British Empire and intends
to remain there. Australia
holds out the hand of friendship to
peaceful nations, particularly America.
We realize that America's
destiny and our own coincide in the
Pacific ,and we want America's aid
xnere."
FORMER PASTOR IN CITY.
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Rev. H. Waddell Pratt former pastor
of the Presbyterian church is a
visitor in the city today. Mr. Pratt
reports that his good wife is in fine
health and that they are making
headquarters at Athens, Ga. while he
is carrying on the endowment campaign
for Columbia Theological seminary
in Georgia.
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| BIG FIRE IN McCORMICK |
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Five Residences Destroyed by Fire
! In McCormick Yesterday After- ]
j noon*?$15,000 Loss Partially" |
Covered by -Insurance
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McCormick, July 27.?One of the
most disastrous fires that has oc-'
'curred in the town of McCormick j,
since the year 1910 was that which
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swept one side of the entire block of ^
the town of-McCormick this after- .
noon. In its path five residences 1
were destroyed, entailing approxi- (
mately $15,000 loss in the buildings
and furniture. The fire seems to j
have originated in the ceiling of a
store room the residence owned by 1
John Cheatham, and L. N. Brown'
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and occupied by Mr. Corbett.
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From this the next was a residence .
owned by J. B. Harmon and occu-'
pied by Otis M. Redd was soon de- ^
stroyea. TJhe fire then continued t
along Oak street, destroying the entire
line of five residences between .
Gold and Virginia streets. Mo or- '
mick is without water works or fire
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fighting apparatus and the entire'
town seemed to be threatened at
one time when the wind began!I
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blowing. It is unlerstood that most.1,
of the contents of the residences .
was saved land the buildings approximately
covered by insurance j
so that the loss will not fall so1
heavily directly on those losing
their/buildings. 1 ,
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NEW CRASH COMES !r
IN GRAIN PRICES '
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Chicago, July 27.?Sensational-^
breaks in prices took place in the 1
wheat market today, and the finish jr
of trading shpwed losses of 11 3-4 j
to 14 cents a bushel in addition to '
, a
an extreme drop yesterday of 8
cents. The new crash today was due
chiefly to selling of stop loss
character by discouraged holders.
March delivery closed at $2.37 as ?
aaginst $2.51 last night. i
' Drop at Kansas City
>. Kansas City,. Mo., July 27.? e
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Wheat futures dropped thirteen
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and fourteen cents today and corn
futures were dowiv five cents a
bushel at the close of the grain mar- v
ket. ^
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Today's break followed an equally
sensational drop yesterday whert
corn and wheat made a decline of
from seven to eleven cents ref
spectively.
Oats which dropped from 3 1-2 1
C AAn^n r-ll /Ml" /\ /] n fl ^
LU VJ vcoiciuav OUVWCU CI c*c1
cline of fro:n 2 to 5 cents today..
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IN PURSUIT OF NEGRO 1
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Greenville, July 28.?Enraged s
Anderson citizens ai^ pursuing officers
who have their custody Scott
Garner, a 14 year old negro who isj
alleged to have attacked a young
married white woman at Anderson
last night, according to a long dis- e
tance telephone message here. . i.
The young woman was standing ^
in front of her home waiting for j
her husband who had gone to put ^
his automobile in the garage, when
the negro is alleged to have seized;/
her. Her cries brought her husband 'c
to the scene and her assailant ran. U
Officers later arrested Scott Gar- j
ner and the woman identified him'
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as the person who had attacked her. ,
LIEUT. LONGSHORE < !
BURIED AT ARLINGTON 1
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Mr. E. H. Longshore received a i
message from the quartermaster >
general this morning stating that the i
funeral of his son, Lieut. Furman B. t
j Longshore late of Co. G, 369th In-,1
'lantry would fake place at Arlington ?
j Virginia, National cemetery at 2:30 .1
i o clock Friday atternoon. uoi. L-ong- <
! shore left this afternqon to attend 3
j the funeral of his only son who died,
j at Brest" 18 months ago from pneu- i
. monia.
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COLUMBIA VISITOR - j,
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Mrs. R. C. Philson has as her visi
tor her sister, Miss Eliza Boggs j
Horton of Columbia. Mrs. Philson j:
and children and Miss Horton will,
leave shortly for a month's stay in ,1
the mountains of North Carolina. 1
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BODY OF E. B. GARY, JR. .
RESTS IN LONG CANE
Fir?t of Abbeville Soldier* Who j
Died Oversea* to Be Returned to
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County. Immense Crowd Pay
Tribute to Young Soldier
The body of Eugene B. Gary, Jr.,
the oldest son of Chief Justice and
Mrs. Eugene B. Gary, arrived from
France this afternoon and now rests j
n the family plot at Long Can6j
:emctery where his grave will be'
;ended by the loving hands of his
>arents and his sister, Mrs. Eliza
Jary Briggs, who lives with her
>arents. on Greenville street. . |
The body of young Gary was ac-1
:ompanied from Hoboken by Pri-'
rate S. W. Gilbert \a young soldier j
from Camp Lee, Virginia.,
An immense crowd of sympathetic
riends of the Gary family met the'
>ody which arrived on the Seaboard ;
restibule at 12:17 today.
The pall bearers were comrades'
>f the deceased and friends of his |
pouth ami Were in uniform. They
vere: Lts. W. D. Wilkinson, R. E.,
}ox, F. E. Harrison, Jr., Carroll I
Jwetenberg, W. Joel Smith, Willie1
ones, Amos B. Morse, Jr., and 1
<Ieil Swetenberg.
The funeral procession went im-'
nediately from the S. A. L. depot to
he grave in Long Cane cemetery I
yhere rector A. J. Derbyshire read
h? simple and impressive commitnent
service from the Episcopal :
itual ai\d the body of the young j
oldier who made the supreme sac-,
ifice was laid to rest in his native!
:eath. A special choir rendered the j
nusic at the grave. i
Eugene B. Gary, Jr., was the oldist
son of Chief Justice Eugene B.i
nd Mrs. Eliza Tusten Gary and
ras 27 years of age when he .died, i
Narice durine the early staees of the1
rar the deceased had attempted to
ass the physical examination but '
ras both times rejected on account1
4 weak eyes. His persistency, how-!
ver, won out the third attempt and ^
e was mustered into the motor,
upply; branch of the quartermaster1
ivision of the army. Young Gary j
/as assigned to Motor Truck Co.
45 of the 428th Motor Supply
?rain. After training at Camp'
oseph E. Johnson, Florida, his outit
was ordered overseas. While on ;
he voyage only a few days out
rom Brest the soldier. contracted
nfluenza and died from complica-j
ions following the day after he j
anded at Brest. His death occurred'
)ctober 14, 1918 and his body was
?uried in the American cemetery in
he French seaport until it was
tarted home a few weeks ago.
klANY WILL ATTEND THE
REUNION OF OLD HICKORY j
Columbia July 27.?Every part;
>f the state, it is said, will be repre-j
isnted at the second annual re
inion of the Thirtieth Division of I
;he A. E. F., to be held at Asheville, i
C., September 28 and 29, at'
vhich General John J. Pershing1
vill be the chief speaker. Governor'
"''rvrxwr*** Uop oIpa knnn 4 A ^
juwpci xiao aiajj uccn mvibwu w ,
peak, as have Governors A. H?|
Roberts of Tenessee and T. W. I
Sickett of North Carolina. Many]
nen from all parts of South Caro-1
ina will attend this reunion.
The meetings of the men of Old
lickory will be held in a big tent,
ilready secured from the ^overnnent.
According to officers of the
eterans association, ten thousand
former Sammies are expected to at;end
this gathering in the Land of
;he Sky. Efforts are beimc made to
secure a one-cent railroad fare.
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Every state in Jhe union, except!
Jtah ,is represented in the Thiitieth I
Division.
Other prominent men to be inritied
to address the reunion are
Major General E. M. Lewis, who
uommanded the division; Brig.
General Faison, Brig. Gen. Tyson,
Major Genarl Read and others.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Klugh and J
sons, T. A. and Jack left today for a
two week's visit to friends and relatives
in Columbia, Ridgeland and
Florence.
AMERICA RETAINS
THE YACHT CUP
Resolute Retains Cup For America
In Match Over Lipton's Shamrock
IV Which Decisively Demonstrates
Her Superiority
New York, July 21.?Resolute
won the fifth race of the v international
series against Sit Thomas
Lipton's Shamrock IV, thereby retaining
the America' cup for America.
The challenger was a mile astern
when Resolute crossed the line to'
the accompaniment of the loudest j
ovation given the winner of any'
race in the series. Shamrock had
closed rapidly in the last hour.
While waiting for Shamrock to
ffnish, Sir Lipton's yacht Victoria1
ran by the Resolute and all hands I
joined in three cheers for the vie-'
torious yacht and her crew. ..
At 3:10 the Resolute and Sham-j
rock IV had covered only ten miles, j
Shamrock, after leading from the
start, was passed by the American 1
defender short after. 3 o'clock. The
wind at that time was very light,
however, and it began to look like
another postponement.
At 3:08 Resolute tacked to port
and healed across Shamrock's bow. ^
The wind, however, was uncertain j
and set her off. Being unable to i
cross she tacked to starboard on j
Shamrock's lee bow, fifty yards
ahead. '
RECORDS BROKEN
IN AUTOMOBILES
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Over 83,000 Registered in south
Carolina
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South Carolinians own more auto-'
mobiles this year than any previous
period in the history of the state,
according to^ the _ number of licenses
issued ;btf the state highway commission.
"Yesterday the license de-1
partmeflt had issued approximately
84,536 tags, indicating that this
many cars are now being operated
in Soutif Carolina.
While the exact number of machines
is not to be computed from
these figures ,this is the nearest approach
to he correct total that can
hal at this time. Highway officials
estimate that here have been possi-;
bly l,OtfO duplications of licenses'
from losses by the owners. This
would bring the total today to 83,- i
536, whi(?h is by far the largest j
number of cars ever registered in i
the state. Last year ^0,14$' liceneses j
were sold by the commission. Officials
of the department believe the
total would be materially increased
if every car owner in South Caro-i
liae provided himself with a tag for i
his machine. Many auto owners]
have not complied iwth the regula- j
tions, highway officers' say.
MUCH WHISKEY SEIZED
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Toledo, July 27.?Three carloads!
of whiskey, valued, federal prohibi-1
tion agents say, at $800,000, was
seized by government authorities |
here today. The cars were shipped
from the William Gaines distillery j
at Glenn Creek, Ky., according to j
the avents, and were consigned to
Boevin and Wilson Company, Montreal,
Can.
KING JENNER
WILL RECEIVE JEWEL
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King S. J. Link, mainstay of The
Press and Banner block, is entitled
to another jewel in his crown for
this afternoon he presented the hardworking
(?) force i>f The Press and
Banner with a tremendous luscious |
watermelon, the biggest we have
seen this year.
Long live the king! '
MRS. WARDLAW ILL !
The friends of Mrs. M. B. Reese
will regret to know that she has received
news of the serious illness of
her mother, Mrs. Watt Wardlaw at
her home in Oxford, Miss. Mrs.
Wardlaw is well known in Abbeville
and ha^many relatives who wish for
her a speedy recovery.
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CLUB BOOKS CLOSED
All Who Failed to Enroll by Li
Night Have Lost Opportunity t
Vote in the Democratic
Primaries.
Thte enrollment books of t
democratic olubs over the . sta
we're closed last night and all wl
failed to get therr names on one
these books have forfeited their o
portunity to vote in the comii
democratic primaries.
A check of the three books in tl
city show that an Average nun>b
of voters have enrolled. In fa
some of the clubs show an increa
particularly the Abbeville cott<
mill club which has enrolled II
members which is 30 more , thj
were enrolled in this club two yea
ago.
Club No. 1 shows 279 names ai
Club No. 2 has 445 names making
total in the three clubs within tl
corporate limits of the city of 87
"Thjs is about the same enro
ment as that of two years ago" sa
Capt. J. L*. Perrin, who is today i
ceiving. thee lub books frdm all ov
?i... r>
me wwuiiij', v^a|/t, f cum is actu
for County Chairman Howa
Moore who is absent from the pil
500,000 GALLONS OF OIL
' SEIZED BY NAV
Washington, July 27.?Seizure 1
six United States destroyers <
50^,000 gallons of fuel oil from tl
Asspciated Oil company, at * Si
Francisco yesterday was under a
tftority of the Lever act, it y w
stated today by the navy depai
ment. Officials explained that i
structions had been given to mal
sucn seizures wnen on . compam
refused to deliver oil on requisite
Ciders issued under the Lever law
~ Navy supply officers indicated tl
belief that several oil companies <
the Pacific coast, which have repr
sented their output as being- suffi
ent only to supply private contrac
were withholding delivery of the
apportioned quotas to the navy
compel "seizure." 'Such a cour
might be held, they said, /..to pla
the companies in a stronger positii
legally in the event of suit beii
brought for failure to deliver ' <
private contracts.
VIRGINIA VISITORS.
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Muyor Thomas Hanvey, of Por
mouth, Va., who also holds the po
tion or First Assistant Shop Jf'orem
of the Navy Yard at that place, j
complied by Mrs. Hanvey and li
siste., Mis? Grace Bell, of Por
mou.h, and Postmaster SamueL Mc
taguc, of the same city, nrrived
Abbe'ille Monday tiiey ha
J been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kc
! r.edy ,md Mrs. Mary I. Kennedy.
Thei;c vis..-or; r.vo on t.isir way ba
to P tsmouth. They attended t
Dem.jrat.j Convention in ^*an Fra
| cisco, wheve Mr. Hanvey and ft
Mon: gue weie delegates, and fr<
I ther.- mad? an extensive trip throu
ISout/.arn California, Texas and ol
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I er str.tes.
B :h of the gentlemen believe th
the ("emocrats nominate^ the rig
man when Cox was named for pre
dent. Th:y ray he is a vote gett
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and has a nne cnance 10 win. jh
Adoo, they say,''never had any rt
chance to be nominated being heavi
handicapped on account of his reli
tionship to the president.
The visitors are leaving this aft*
noon over the Soaboard for th<
home in Portsmouth.
HIGHEST PRICE
FOR WATlRMELOf
A number of the youngste
ahout the citv have recently paid
nearby farmer the highest price f
[watermelons in the history of t
county. The party of watermel
feasters paid $1.50 each for wh
melons they got, but they got *t
pick of the patch and the fun
gathering them themselves which i
suppose accounts for the high pri
paid. We understand that none of t
youngsters have cared for the sig
of watermelons since the feast.
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COUNTY BANKS 10
' GUARANTEE MONEY
te COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMIS- 3
k?f SION, RECEIVES GUARANTEE ||
p- FROM FOUR BANKS YESTERlg
DAY TO FURNISH $84,600 TO V-ljjjM
he MEET GOVERNMENT^. RE- ;J1
er QUIREMENTS' ' , |
se There was a full meeting of the ;l|
jn county highway commission yester- . Jl
55 'day- morning in the' office of the
in chairman,' J. S. Stark. Sealed bi<fs - 'M
rs'were received for the loan of $54,- .fij
1600 to the commission which money *9
id | was necessary for the commission to 'J
a have that the requirements of the ;J|
he government might be met in order
9. to secure federal aid in conatruc11
tion of new highways in the coanty. ';f|
ys ;At least this was the impression -'jJB
e- given the board by the state high- , 'JS
er way chairman prior to July 1. 3
ig j Acting upon the state chairman's
rd advice Col. J. S. Stark hatf made
by. arrangements with -the Planter's
Bank to furnish this money . at .,, .6
per cent so that the report might bfe
^ made on July 1 that the commission
had secured the money ar. fedbr- .'?j
3y! 1 aid f? niroH nn this ^ifn orwi- V'hH
it .was necessary that the coun.y :j
he | commission make this report. ^ . .-'iS
in j Since that time a new sta'.o '|3
u" chairman has taken over the offi. j
as and he reported to Dr. S. G. Tho:.i- y<M
son recently that-the state comm.*- / jm,
n" sion was willing to take the ?Ui.v- '
ie antee of the banks that this monoy
es would be furinshed as it ; ' *
>n was needed which meant that th*
loan would not hate to be negotiaie
ted by July 1 as the previous stcte)n
chairman had ruled. "~Y
e" I The<* commission therefor^ yefctar- '
'c* day rescinded its previous action
^ and called upon the bankers to sign . -' J
!" the guarantee to furnish therii $54,- ..*9
600 when needed at 6 per cent in- uja
se,terest. Of the banks represented at '.-M
ce the meeting yesterday four stated. ,! ^sB
311 that they would sign such ar. agroS
*? ineiiL. ine xour were rarmers ann
Dn Merchants Bank of Due Wtfst, Pco- '
pies Savings Bank, County Savings
Bank and Farmers Bank of Abbe- " ?
j The county commission then noti-.
fied all the banks in the county thai' -'.J
sl" they would be given until Saturday, 1
an July 31 to either join with these I
iC~ four banks od vto decline. After/* all j
ier of the banks have been heard fronfv
",tne commission will pro rate the
m~ amount of the loan among them and j
m these banks will furnish the money
ve as the county commission calls for
. ' This method of meeting the re- ; > ~j
quirements of the government highway
officials will save the; county
/> a m m icai An nnifo o n nof en m in i*i_ J
*r' tcrcst as a great part of this money
will not be needed for several
^ TY\
^ mDiitiis. ^
i The conflicting opinions of t two . j
c .'ffarent heads of the state high'ht
way comm'ss*on cause^ the change
. n the plans of the county commia- |
sion.
j The county engineer has his force
aji f surveyors at work on the Abbe- J|
ville-Due West- Donalds road this j
week where they are straightening
I out a lot . of the curves and making
the grades easier. *
ilFj ATTENDING HOUSE PARTY |
i Misses Mary and Sara Perrin, and *y]
IS j Owen Spee"cl, Albert Morse and f.|
Gottlob ' Neuffer left Wednesday^
rsj morning for Athens, Ga., where they " *;
a will attend a house party given by
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or Mrs. Van Noy Wier.
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on niJ3fgjSJSfgJSJBJ3i3J2l3ISI5fSI5EJ5EI5JfiEJ3l8EI3
at COTTON MARKET
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of January 30.60
ve March " 30.35
ce May 29.83
;he| October 32.50
;ht December y 31.30
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