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MANY INDUSTRIES IN ENGLAND WILL SOON CEASE WORK Pound Sterling Takes Decided Droj ?There Are Persistent Reports of Efforts to Settle the ControYersy. London, Oct. 19.?(By The Asso ciated Press.)?Disorders occurred u white hall this afternoon in connec tion with the coal miners, strike during a demonstration by unemployed men who had sent a delegation t( , ?' Premier Lloyd George # in Downing street. Several persons were injured in attempts to break through a police cordon and others were hurt when some stone work from a window or the treasury building fell. London, Oct. 19?One effect of the coal strike upon financial London has been weakening of the poundr. sterling which has dropped to $3.4 i or buying in order to cover actual and prospective coal shipments from the TTnitfld States to EuroDe. The effect has already been seen on continental exchanges all of which moved against Great Britain late last \teek and 4t ' which were again slightly weaker tof! day. Persistent reports of effects to settie the coal miners' strike partially relieved the spirit of anxious uncertain^ ( ty of the British nation today. For the moment these reports seem to have greater basis in hope ?han in actual information. John Robert ClyI t nes, former food controller, ahd one of the most moderate of the labor leaders, has expressed confidence in a settlement within a week if both sides could be brought together to discuss calmly the controversy. He ad vocates as a basis of agreement the granting to the miners of half theii demands, and the submission of the \ . ?t ' ^ . remainder to an impartial tribunal. J. H. Thomas, general secretary of the National Union of Railway Men, has made moderate statements, and both these men are relied upon to do \ their utmost to shorten the strike.. Newspapers contrast the attitude ol ., Ciynes and Thomas with that of C. T, v Cramp, president of the National Union of Railway men, who has giver .'mifiiiont nrominv tft TnPm}lPrR nf ; Si^aiUVCIUV ?v ??? ?that union of "the serious situation which will be created if the miners axe defeated/' ( They also call attehtion to an utterance by another prominent laborite, Edwin Bevin, se ere tars of the Dock Workers' Union, who in v a speech yesterday accused the'government of having engineered the strike, and charged it with double dealing. The position of the government regarding the strike is entirely different from that 1912, when it intervened between owners and miners to set?7,, : tie the dispute. ^ The government, as a result of the war, has been placed in the positron of the directorate it the mining industry, the finances of which it con MILLER < nBHBMtmUHB ' ,. Phone - D Fancy C 1 Country r t . ? F.dcfs nn *-,aow %%* * r l . Shoes : Dry1 r,v V-' tt Prompt Telepho \ f V . r w ^ ! | Miller i A M > t 11 . ?-J 1 = trols and consequently it is interest ed in the prosperity of the coal trad< I which is yielding a large sum t?- thi exchequer. It is maintained the gov > ernment wholly suports the premier': intimated readiness to explore ever] avenue toward settlement, and wil facilitate almost any movement to ward reopening of negotiations. Sucl - a movement, it is suggested, may b< i started at today's meeting of the par - liamentary committee of the trad< -1 union conference, with the \executiv< I I /lAmmlffoa /v? IqKat* norfxr onH la, I vuiuiinvKcc vx i/av imwa vj ? ) bor leaders in parliament. > The country awaited anxiously i ' report from the meeting held thii ! morning of the council of transporl I workers which includes more thar II twenty unions, covering the dockers I the bus tram workers, the commercial > and transport men and the coal trim i mers at the ports. The council, how ever, after a private meeting adjourn i ed until tomorrow night without an[ nouncing its policy. ' ! Meanwhile J. H. Thomas, John R ; Clynes and other prominent laboi leaders are urging moderation and 1 compromise, while the governmenl I although making no move, let it be Known it was quite reauy tu iieguti' ate. With the shipping, steel arid iron ' and other industries already hard hit many thousands of men are out oi work this morning in various parts oi the country, arid it seems certain bj 1 the end of the week that the total will be many scores of thousands unemployed, as numbers of factories 1 will be able to operate only short time without new stocks of coal. The gen; ( eral public already has begun to feel the effect of the restrictions on coal supplies for lighting and for storing ' away. The people awoke today to find themselves faced with sharp fall weather which demanded either fires ! nr warmer clothine. If the cold snai continues it undoubtedly will have ai important effect upon the coal situa tion. I _ ? PREDICTS 1921 PRICE OF COTTON BE HIGH " * Columbia, Oct. 19.?"Cotton wil bring the highest price in 1921 thai i it has ever brought," said B. Harris : commissioner of agriculture fo: tj South Carolina, in a statement issuec i today. '.Reports which I have receiv ed from all over this state and fron other parts of the cotton belt, indi ' cate that, more small grain is being i planted thaji ever before, and nexl year will see the greatest amount oJ ! diversification the south has evei ! known," said the commissioner. Th< result of the diversification, he says will be a small cotton crop, and it wil * ' ? ?i? tt ???? v,. rnng a nign price, vu uama o?jo u% can already see the beneficial result! of the cotton conference in Washing ton last week. ? t At Lima, Peru, ^the sun is scarce ly ever hidden by clouds for a day throughout the whole year. * ? EVANS | ????* * V v ? 1 ouble Nine v Iroceries Prnrliiro 1 I V/V^MVW d Butter Goods : Hats i Dolinorii L/ VCIWI ^ NRe me :: 99 I c Evans I \. ' I ; v , .'HARRIS BULLISH j DESPITE PRICE! a - Commissioner Says Cotton Famim 5 At Hand?Closing Down Mills j Means Gain For Farmers 1 ?Talks of Bankers i "I am more bullish on the cottoi i market than I have been in the las - ten years," said Comrfcissioner Harrii ? yesterday. "I hope that the cottoi > farmers of the South will be bull - from now on. Some of them hav< been helping the bears too much. Thi i sooner -drill coton go up if the farm j ers stick to the bull s^de. No matte: I how much the interests juggle witl t the futures market just remembei they can't spin contracts. [ "I maintain that, according to th< law of supply and demand, we fac< - law of supply and demand, we fact the most acute famine in spinnabl< cotton in all history of cotton. Th< law of supply and demand can not be ignored indefinitely. It is the natura law and should govern the prices ol [ all commodities. Now, spots holders t don't get scared when you hear of i > cotton mill shutting down or curtail . ing. If they are not making monej l now out of manufacturing, uoa pitj t them, for cotton is going higher. "By the way, I wonder if the pres ent status of marketing is what Mr r Harding of the federal reserve boarc [ and Secretary Houstqn call 'orderlj . marketings.' I would fear to see th< 5 market when it becomes disorderly > according to their judgment. . "In many ways I consider condition) I worse now than at this time in 1914 [ when our people were the innocenl 't sufferers of a financial crisis brought I on by Var in Europe. I find thafl I some are placing the blame upon th( \ secretary of the treasury and the gov ? feraor of the federal reserve board. ] i believe that there was no provocatioi . for such a radical deflation of value: as we have seen. No one seems to bi willing to admit responsibility?but J claim this, it was not brought abort ' by natural causes. Farmer Great Producer. I, * "The farmer is in the vast majori t ty in this country, and yet he has th< > | least to say about the making of th< laws under which he lives. Th( 11 wealth of the wor|d is produced form "jthe soil, in agriculture, mining, etc 11 The manufacturer takes the raw ma *1 terial and adds a few dollars to it Rvalue. There is not a-bank in th< ^ world that has produced a new dolla: ^ I Money that is produced goes througl : the bank and it charges percentage 5 and interest and creates health foi ? the bank. 1 . ' 1 "The merchant does not produce : ! .new dollar. He buys his goods, puti 3 them on the shelf and sells them loi " a profit. That profit is not a new dol lar made, but a dollar 'turned over.' "The new dollar is the oily thinf ' that counts, Why, at this time, shoul< r' this great deflation come when pro ducers have produced their new crop ready for sple, at their own expense' I would like to exonerate the bankeri . -r i_i_; ? T ?- T4. ui mis state as xai no x vau. ?i> occun that Mr. Houston's and Mr. Harding! Idea of orderly marketing is to picl tjie crop and sell it as fast as you can matters not whether there is a profit "As a matter of fact, very little money can be had to keep it off th< market. Even in California and Ari zona, they have their difficulties. A delegate from Arizona in Washingtor last week made this statement. H< produces a long staple, selling foi $1.50 per pound last year. He had 20( bales;, put them in a warehouse, wenl over1 to a banker and applied foi $25,000. The banker asked him if il was for an acceptance or if the own er wished to hold his cotton. Wher ' ? " J 4-V* /* AnmAi* iiri oil ari 4-i 11iiumicu tuab wic wwwci niguvu ^ store his cotton, the banker said 'You can' hold' it off the marekt.' A1 the money that is needed to buy cot ton is reported to be available, bu ' * 1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In Probate Court. Notice of Settlement and Applicatioi For Final Discharge HI 1 VT.l! 2.1 i. i-l. _ C i- J | iaKe iNULice liibl uii uic mat uoj u. November, 1920, I will render a fina account of my actings and doings a, administrator of the estate of M. S Langston, deceased, in the office o: judge of probate for Abbeville Coun ty, and on the same day will apply foi a final discharge from my trust ai such. All persons having demands agains said estate will present for payments j on or before that day, . proven ant authenticated or be forever barred. J.- HOWARD MOORE, 110-1?3t. Administrator. 3 S . ' : , n ; ~ none for warehousing. These orders >1 appear to be uniform from Carolina to California in the cotton belt. e "It is all right, some seem to think lor the manufacture to warehouse his product and hold for a profitable price But it is a crime for the producers to hold theirs for a profit above thg i cost of production. No, it isn't fair, t and such wrong conditions will evens tually adjust themselves. 1 Caught Every Year. 3 "Althought they were loaned money J freely' to make this expensive crop, * the farmers are now told that they - must help themselves. I hope that this f is the last time that the farmers Will i get caught in this same trap which r has been getting them for 60 years. Surely the farme? should have as i much intelligence as a bird and a bird ; will avoid a trap in which he has once ' >; been caught. But the farmer will get 1 ; caught in the same old trap and with i no bait at all. &e just walks in. * "Now, just remember that every 1 day the cotton manufacturing plant f stands idle, manufactured goods are : t getting scarcer, for the people are i 1 wearing ^clothes just the same. Don't < " get disheartened because you see that ] r a plant here or in Ne# Bedford has r Bhut down, but just congratulate ' yourself that a great many of them < have ne cotton. V "To my knowledge, we have Whip peu me ucars live yvma aim wc ate r going to whip them again worse than ' they have ever had it. By May or ' June 40 cent cotton is g6ing to look cheap to them. All that the farmers ; J have got to do is to sit steady in the ' boatj deflate the cotton acreage from . k 33 to 50 per cent by lowing in small . * ' i grain and planting good crops. ^ "If this is^ done, it will cut the fer- . 5 tilizer bills in half, there will be few- ;1 * > , J er mules sold, and in less than six months you will see cojtoh selling' . 1 above the price set by iche American J Cotton association."?The State. * I GINS OF YORK COUNTY ' . " REDUCE THEIR PRICE& York, S. C., Oct. 19.?Local cotton ginners' announced a reduction of 20 i "j cents per hundred pounds for ginning 5(The' action was taken, it was stated, : 51 because of the low price of cotton. ' I} I ii "The :: II ' ~ ?! n dOSDI [i ' ii LOCATED j 'mmm II TVTEWi III W N. Mail ?K i Jl j Market, to our lf{ i Street. Our ;|| latest things in ] when it comes jij The Ladi 1 i j To Visit i 1 ? 'ffi iS; Our line consis ii| 1 . > 3} season and you f j | assure you 51: and a service y f ffl w n/vniM I BU5LM j | Trinity Street iFiPiwpinnnnwnnpini Si IJIJIJIJIJIJIJ1JIJIJIJIJ LJ rP < . Y - N * * I ^ ' I ? 201! || Smashing Rec Clothing i] American V I 9 Washington St. FIRST S. C. ARRESTS \ FOR GIN WARNINGS Columbia, Oct. 19.?Jake Burton and Ben Barton are under confinement in Johnston, S. C., charged with complicity in the posting of cptton fins at that place: These are the'first arrests made in this state in connection with the activities of the so-called "black-76," night riders who have r ' T'- ' ' , . ijj\ warned gin owners to close their gins until the price of cotton goes up. * WHY THEY DO IT. , ' ' *- T: . . ? .< A salesman was showing an elderly lady the virtnes of the car hesells. He made a number of turns and at the proper times extended his Varm as a turning signal. The old lady watched the proceedings for some time. Then she craned her neck and looked at the! m 1 "Mister," she .said sternly, tapping him on the shoulder, "you just tend to your driving! It' don't look like rain, Due u it snoum i'li ier you know;"?Argonaut. "-.'V' .'.y. ' v . , The season of the Florida Winter league, opening November 11, -and dosing February 22, will have no fewer than seven holidays to help swell the gate receipts. Biaaniaiannmaziaa ' ; . ' , , . : J ' C l e a n : A H I 'S Mi . , , ON TRINIT\ emoved our place of n Street, formerly oc< new and sanitary buil fixtures how consii refrigeration and are, to cleanliness. " si.'' H V ' ' ' / * \ * es Are Especiql 1 :? and Inspect Qui ts of all meats, fish ir continued patronag le best the market al ou will appreciate. iLL'S MA / ' ' . 1 DISCOUNT [ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn " ~~~~ r;. ( \.. ' ? ii h!:" I aaoi* I I lucuuxib on au | i our Store 1? Woolen Mais I Abbeville, S. C. f CEDAR SPRINGS GIN RECEIVES WARNING ; Spartanburg, Oct. 19.?A notice was found posted on the 'Cedar Springs ginnery, >four - ^ ibis city, this morning stating that - ^ the opinion of ctizens of &crc6aiaifc*;; nity the' plant should be cToaed until there is a increase in 'the price, of the staple. The notice was signed "Night Sidr era" and .was fastened to titap gin house &oor withtwojnatches. No atr i , tention was paid to the warning and the ginnery is running as usual toMcMASTER WINS SUJT Against henry ford Columbia, Oct; 19.?A verdict. $49,999 against the Ford^Motoi* pany, and $1 against .the Union Aat* company, of Charlotte, N. C. was ?* nounced-today in the case broughtJ^y S. B. McMaster,., Columbia, df?lerr against the Ford company for a Ijalf million - dollars,McMaster alleged damages by reason of an order of the Ford dealers of a wide guage attachment. The jury had the case ' more *"""2.??_ Ireland has 350 cooperative creameries. : ' ' larket" ? iWhI ' STREET j| |[ :upied by Hill's j j ding on Trinity {| ?ts of the very j s second to none [ f fe j! ly Invited i| r Place I I j ? h and oysters in j j ;e is solicit. We ill . ' 1 j fords in meats, J | ; I* RKET | Abbeville, S. C. 11 . ( ? ?< . ; . S Hi i ' N. ' '...- ' .. . ....' . ' ' -"l-k " ...