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BRITISH HEM
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STATESMEN DISCUSS THREAT
OF WORKMEN?SPECULATION
AS TO WHETHER APPEAL TO t
'] COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW DISPUTE
OF THE MINERS?50,000
' tirADV
TO 100,000 TRANSrOKi wwiuvERS
ARE IDLE. , .
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London, Oct..21, (By the Associated
Press.)?The cabinet discussed to- c
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night the grave situation arising out
of the threat of the railroad ' and
transport workers to force the government
to negotiate wi&i the min- n
ers. Whether any decision was '
reached was not disclosed up to 10.30 a
o'clock. ,
Two grave questions are exercising 0
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/the political an^ndustrial world, tho
first,' to what extent the labor leau- ^
... ers are losing. control of the workers;
second, whether a political crisis c
and an/appeal to the country will de- p
velop out of the miners' dispute.
It is stated that James Henry v
Thomas, general secretary of the National
Union of Railway Men, has
exerted the greatestefforts to get ?
the action taken ijy the railway men 1
postponed for a few days but that ^
his influence was overborne.
Premier Lloyd George was in in- '
. formaf conversation 'with some of"
the labor leaders today but little
hope seems to be entertained that
the government will Recede froita its
position, insisting upon ah increased
output or submission of, the dis- j.
pute to an independent tribunal as a ^
condition for an increase in wage". p.
Even had the government been
inclined to recede from this posi- ,
tion it is felt it could hardly do sol
. now in the face of the railway men's J.
threat.' /Undoubtedly the solidarity |,
. of the workers as shown by the ac-1 i
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tion of the railway ajid transport | f|
workers, come somewhat as a sur? j 7
prise to the public ^because the min? j ^
ers' strike unpopular with almost I q
the enttre community. The seeming j ^
N inconsistency is explained by some ^
of the labor leaders as 3ue to the
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universal belief among the workers a
that the governemnt under pressure
of big business interests has ' decided
that a halt must be called to the
continual increase in wage.
.Robert Smillie, the miners' leader
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speaking in Glasgow tonight, accused
the government of desiring to re- ^
move the hindrasces to cheaper and ^
greater production which were found ~
in the present powers of the trade
unions. He promised that if increased
wages were granted, the miners
would cooperate with the owner and J
increase th^e output to 20,000,000 tons
in four or five months.
London, Oct. 21?The.effect of the ?
coal strike is appreciably felt by the .
various unions affiliated With the na- ^
tional transport workers federation,
the members of which are being ,
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thrown out of employment in increasing
numbers by the coal stoppage.
The reports of the stoppage of
work from various branches which
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were laid before the executive committee
on reassembling today were
serious. From ?#>0,000 to 100,000 f
transport workers are idleS^nd hundreds
of thousands of other workers
. "in other callings hav? been obliged
^ to remain idle according to Secretary 1
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Williams. The Clyde area was espe- ^
cially affected. At Newcastle, Cardiff
' and other coal ports the work of load-ing,.vessels
decreased and it is exr ^
Tpectfcd that unemployment will be in^^n^ified
as the supplies of fuel di- ^
M?nv steamers are lvinsr idle I
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' .for lack of cargoes and the seafaring
- community on the northeast coast is
already beginning to suffer hardships.
In northwest Durham several
burglaries hive occurred.
CALLED BACK TO SEE FATHER
Mr. Dotson, manager of the Davis <
Produce Company, in this city, who s
, returned to Abbeville this week <
from Mountain City, Ga., where his 1
father has been sick, was called i
back there today by a message announcing
that his father is dying. '
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IISHOP RUSSELL PREACHES ft
AT SACRED MEART CHURCH
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Announcement is made that N
Jishop William T. Russell, Catholic
Jishpp in South Carolina will preach
,t Sacred - Heart Church Sunday
vening at 8 o'clock. Bisllop Russell
omes to Greenwood this week-end n
nd Sunday morning will dedicate E
he new Catholic Church at that n
lace and administer confirmation, c
In the afternoon the Bishop plans ?
o drive through the country to Ab- c
eville in order to preach to the 0
ongregation of the loctal Catholic c
hurcA. The Bishdp is one of the n
lost eminent divines in his church /
s is evidenced by the high office he ^
olds. He is a preacher of uncom- e
ion power, and those who hear him a
nil enjoy a great treat. He will be *
ccompanied here by Father N. A. E
lurphy, of Spartanburg, who is S1
n"e of the most beloved men in his
hurch, and a popular churchman in n
is home city. " . ?
The members of the Catholic
hurch reqilest us Jto say that the * '
ublic generally is invited and Urged t:
o attend these services. There is a t(
relcome for everybody. It is not
ften that'the people *of the 'City 0
ave an opportunity to hear a great 0
reacher like Bishop Russell and 11
/J/\ Tirol 1 n/?r?onf +.ho invi
UC J n?l UV TI W1 vw ?*vvvj#w atjon
so cordially extended 4hem by s1
he ^Itholics.
/Monday morning at 7:30 Mass will v
e in the church Conducted by the ^
tishop. , .
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NEW WAREHOUSE. h
^Messrs J. S. Stark and C. ^E. WiK
amson have completed arrangements C1
or the operation of the old Furniture 111
'actory buildings as a warehouse
nder the State Warehouse Act. The 0
uildings are undergoing some needed t(
epairs and will be ready for cotton ^
i the next few days.
George, King of Cotton Row, in- ^
orms' us that hereafter he will be
Dund* at the new warehouse, where
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e will watch all the 'cotton ' stored C
aere, put out any fires except the fire
n the end of the good cigars given
im by the grateful friends from
rhom he has bought cotton, and oth- n
rwise behave himself as is meet for v
cotton man. . e
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The cotton market, after receding
ixty poirtts yesterday, turned strong ^
nd cotton futures advanced. more (han
$5.00 per bale. Spot cotton in
4.1
few York advanced 50 points to 21 u
ents. ' 0
On the ocal market there was not ^
luch improvement. The b|st price n
iintod tn no /vn enf+nrrAioro ma; 90 ''
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-4 cents. 1
There seems to be a feeling in the ^
otton trade, according to the state- 11
lents of. brokers, that the market is
a a fair way to show improvement in P
he next (week, unless the^e is a gen- tl
ral strike of laborers in England. A S
ill passed in parliament today giving n
he government war powers in case of P
general strike indicates the use of f
n iron hand against Red and Bol- tl
hiviki proceedings, and the end of tl
he strike, we think, is at h^nd. e
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OSTAL OPERATORS 3
WALK OUT IN BODY p
Chicago, Oct^ %1.?Approximately ?
00 operators employed by the Postal t]
telegraph company in Chicago re- a
igned in a body tonight. They went* v
:ut after two fellow workers had s
>een discharged. ' j
Union officials said no strike had 0
>een called, but it was reported the a
nen who.resigned were making a pro- ^
est against intolerable working conIrtions
and expected the movement to
ipread. "
RETURN FROM TEXAS d
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Mr. J. S. Gibert, and son, A. E. t
jribert, and two granddaughters, Mis- a
;es Margie Guillebeau and Louise c
Gribert returned Wednesday from t
Houston, Texas, where they went to ,
attend the Confederate Reunion, i
rhey also visited relatives in Brown- i
wood, Texas while away. g
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1ILITARY RULE
NEEDED IN HAITI
lust Be Continued, Says Admiral?
Naval Officer Studies Conditions
Of Country
Washington, Oct. 21.?Achievelents
of 'American intervention lin
taiti wil have been "lost!' unless
lilitary occupation othe country is
cntinued "a great many yqars,"
tear Admiral Harry S. Knapp, reently
sent to Haiti at the inquest
f the state department to study
onditions declared in a x statement
lade pubjic here toftight.
Replying to a letter from Charles
IcKinley of Portland, Ore., forwardd
by Secretary Daniels and asking:,
mong other questions when the
fnited States would withdraw from
[aiti, Admiral Knapp's statement
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"I can not answer "this for the adiinig|ration
but in my personal view
^e work of the American intervenon
will have be%p practically lost if
ae United States withdraws its Iniliiry
force fo^ a great many / years
/come.
"I am not hopeful that the old" idea
f graft, or public office as a means
f private gain can ever be exterlinated
from those who have reachi
manhood under the old corrupt
;andards. I personally believe it
'ill take at least a generation to deelop
in Haiti sufficient men of a
igh enough standard of ethics to
rovide personnel for. aiv honest adlinistration
and back ground of
onest population for its support."
Replying to questions regarding
iatment of natives by the 'Ameri->
ms Admiral Knapp denied that wot^n
and children had been skilled or
lat "srtangeation, floggirjg,' or
ther cruel practices had been used
> extract information from natives.
. "full answer" could not be given
) the. latter question, however, until
e'rtain allegations had been investiated,
he added.'' I
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OTTON GINNING
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New Orleans, Oct. 21.*?A move-,
lent was inaugurated here today inolving
the closing of every cotton
in in the South for a period of 30
aysr beginning November 1, as- a
leans to revive confidence in the
emoralised cotton market.
,W. B. Thompson, president of the
lOuisiana division of the American,
lotton association, has forwarded
ecommendations to .the president of
lie association to begin the work of
rganizing the cotton men at once
rith this purpose in view. This
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love on tfee part of Mr. Thompson
s in accordance with the plan set
orth by the officials of the Louisiana
rinners' association and ohtre promlent
ginners of the state.
In the event that the movement
roves successful, it is estimated
hat 25,000 gins throughout the,
outh will be affected and would
lake it impossible for tfye cotton
lanters to market their crop beore
December 1. .The promoters of
fie movement express their belief
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Liau ix an out: tunvu ^uincio TTUI
nter into the agreement to close
own for 30 days cotton will reach
0 cents a pound by the end of that
eriod.
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It is stated that the ginners of
iouisiana will proceed at once with
he organization and that practically
11 the gin operators in this state
nil adopt the proposed plan, irrepective
#f whether the other states
oin them or not. The Texas division
f *V. ? oaonniafintl Kqo VlOOTl
J. tUC VsVSWWlA MOOUV-lMl/iVU UUW wvva?,
sl^ed\to cooperate with the moveaent.
SELLS HOME. V
Thomas H. Cobb has sold his resilence
in.Fort Pickens to Mr. Stanord
Woodhurst. The price agreed to
ie paidj is $2,000. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb
ind their interesting family of ' chilIren
will return to Atlanta to make
Vieir tinmp.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodhurst will move
nto their new residence as soqji as it
s vacated by Mr. Cobb and will bejin
house-keeping. _
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MR. A. ROSENBERG
DIED THURSDAY MORNING
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At Home of His Son in Greewoo^L?
Prominent Merchant of' That
City?Funeral Today.
All Greenwood was shocked this
morning to learn of the death o^ Mr.
A. Rosenberg at the home of liis son,
Mr. S. W. Rosenberg on Blake(
Street at 3:_0 a. m. today. Earljr^ in
the night, Mr. Rosenberg had an attack
and called a physician butv became
better it was thought. Early
this morning he again suffered an attack
of some form of heart disease
and died before a physician could
reach him. He has bfeen in failing
health for several years but his end
was not expected. He was "on the
street yesterday and semed as well
as usual. t r f'
\ Mr. Rosenbejg is survived by his
widow, who was Miss Weinstock and
five children, Dr. H. J-. Rosenberg of
Atlanta; Messrs S'. "W. Rosenberg,
Greenwood, M. L. Rosenberg, Atlanta,
JS. R. Rosenberf, Charleston,
and Miss Evelyn Rosenberg of Greenwood.
Also surviving him -are two
brothers, Mr; M. Rosenberg, of New
York and Mr...Pi Rosenberg of Abbeville,
and a nephew, Mr. J. H. Rosenberg
of Greenwood..
Mr. Rosenberg was. 61 years of age
For the past 37 years he had been in
business here -and won many friends
in all wa^cs of life. He ha3 always
Kuan nnta/i fnv ViicofonorAcifv AnH VllS
public spirit.
The funeral will be conducted- at
9:41 o'clock tomorrow morning at
the residence of his son, Mr. ?S. W.
Rosenberg at 124 Blake St., v by Dr.
Marx of Atlanta. Interment, will be
had in the Hebrew Cemetery in Columbia.
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Mr. Rosenberg's Career.
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Mr. Rosenberg was a native of
Prussian Poland. He left his native
land at the age of 16, in 1875 and
came to America to join .his brother,
Mr. P. Rosenberg, at that time in
business In Abbeville. ' He stated
'once/in talking of his arrival in New
York that he had on his "best clothes"
as they were est^med in old country
but the first thing his brother, did
was to take him to. a clothing store
in New York ancf give him an out
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and out new suit of clothing.
In a short time he came on to Abbeville
with his brother and. in a short
time was finding out'things in his
hew home. He spent ^some time in
school at Abbeville and then began
work as a clerk for his brother. ,
In 1884 Mr. Rosenberg came t^
Greenwood to begin business for
himself.?Index Journal.
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DARGAN WINS CUP
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R. L. Dargan, of Abbevile, but
who is stopping in Spartanburg for
convenienlce, hlas won the cup among
the agents of Equitable Life Assurance
Society again this year, having
had that honor also la^t year. The
cup is warded to the agent who
makes the highest score ii> his territory.
A certain amount of insurance
is allotted to each agent to be written
in his territory, and the agent
writing the greatest percentage of
th allotment wins the cup.
Mr. Dargan is making a big success
as an insurance writer, and his
friends in Abbeville are happy with
him in his prosperity.
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CANNED BEANS
B. E.-Evans, of Route ' 4, Greenwood,
S. C., was in the city yesterday
with a wagon-load of canned tomatoes,
corn-field beans and home-made
syrup. The tomatoes and beans were
canned on the model farm of Mr.
Evpns. They presetted a fine appearance,
looking better even than "store,
bought."
CHILD BETTER.
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rne llUie girl 01 iYir. ana Aura.
Thomas H. Cobb which has been ill
with typhoid fever is considerably
improved, and the physician hopes
that it will be out again at an early
date. ,?
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CHIEF JUSTICE GARY , &
HAS PNEUMONIA ATTACK
The friends of Chief Justice Eugene
B. Gary are greatly concerned
about his condition. The physicians
in charge of the patient Rave diag- ,
nosed his case as one of pneumonia.
As yet only one lung is involved, '
but his ^temperature has been extreriSely
high and on account of the
feet that he' is now about, sixty-five
vears of acre * and a man- of frail
physique it is recognized that lie /is
a vlry ill man. '
The Chief Justice went down to
Columbia at .the beffining ' off last _
week, and, was engaged in the work .
of the court until Thursday, when
on advice of a physician he returned
to Abbeville. When he arrived home
he,thought he would be better in a
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few days, but the cold he had contracted
did not yield to the usual
simple remedies and in a few clayt.
he was confined to his room. * * , 1
Last night his i condition ., was ;
thought to be somewhat better . and
this morning he was holding " hyr '
owh.
' MRS. REESE BEREAVED
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The friends of Mta. M. Bradley ,
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rveese win ue grieveu tu ueai <vx wc
1 death of her mother, Mrs. Charlotte
K. Wardlaw, whose death occurred at 1
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her home at Oxford, Miss., yesterday
morningj, October 21st, in the eighty- J
first year of her age.
Mrs. Reese received news of ^he ^
serious illness of her mother Tuesday
&nd left immediately for her be.dsjdfet J
and was ^present when the messenger ,
of death called.- *" 1
Funeral services will btf held in 1
Oxford today. Mrs. Wardlaw was a ,
member of the 'Presbyterian church. ,
Her husband who precgdeA her to the
grave was of the Wardlaw family of
Abbeville. .
Before her marriage Mrs. Wardlaw
was a Miss Kilgo, of Camden, S. C. '
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HUTIE A HERO i
'"I^. Miss
Johnnie May - Lynch, who
was English teacher in the local high
school for three years, is now at
Waynesville, N. C., where she holds
a similar positoin. It seems that
some of the school children up that
way have been practicing letterwriting,
and one "dropped a line" to
Hutie Bradley, of Abbeville,', football
artist and midnight oil burner.
In a lettfer from Miss Lynch she
states, "The Press and Banner is a
great comfort to us. The school girls
since getting a nice letter from
Hugh Bradley, ai;e very much interested
in the accounts of Hutie's
progress in the football field."
We should not /be surprised if
i TTntie receives an invitation / to
spend the summer in Waynesyjlle
next summer so that he might ?ioW
the boys up that way >h6w to grow a
muscle, play football, baseball or
any other kind of old game,, while ,
making love to the pretty mountain
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PLEAS BIBBS AND THE WEEVILS
Pleas Biibbs, (colored), a kind of
iirst lieutenant for Col. James E.
Taggart, Uncle Pat McCaslan, and
some of the other natives of the
Hopewell settlement was here yesterday.
He tells us that the boll
weevils have taken entire ' jurisdiction
of his country and that the people
down that way are going to be
' driven from their homes. Notwithstanding
Pleas told us he was making
a "putty good" crop, and when
we saw him last he was lost in Medir
tation (a good , cigar he bought
from Co-Ops Mercantile Co.)
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HURT IN hALX w
Mrs. J. D. Kerr, the better-half of
the propietor of the Main Street
Emporium and paymaster of the
Dutch Kolone, had the misfortune to
i fall a few days ago at her home on
' Greenville street, sustaining a badi
ly sprained arm and other injuries.
' She is improving from her hurts,
however.
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PLANS FOR ORGANIZATION OF
$12,000,000 COTTON EXPORT
CORPORATION ADOPTED AT : ?4
A MEETING Of BANKERS AND
REPRESENTATIVES OF COT- ;
4/ON INTEREST HELD IN
WASHINGTON.
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Washington, Oct. 2L?Plans fo,r , ;
th organization of a' $12,000,000
eotton export and cpxp financing ,
corporation were adopted at a meeting
here late today of bankers . and
representatives ol# cotton interests- ' L>"$
s/ttending the conventkm'of the American
Bankers' association..
. The mfeeting approved suggestions
eontained in a report of a committee
leaded by Robert F. MaJdox,. Atlanta
banker, to move at once, In the
direction of preliminary steps toward
organizing the corporation^ ?
rentage arrangements provide for
the payment of half of the capital
3tdck or an initial working fund of 1
$5,000,000 capital, and $1,000,000
surplus. - a
Capital subscriptions, the plan''suggests,
will be'based on an assess^ ' :
ment qf $1 a bale on cotton raised
in the respective states thereby miaking
the organization one of farreaching
' influence throughout all
territory which has had difficulty in
financing the movement-of the cotton
crop. T&e decision to call er^the
initial payment of only half of the
total captiaf meanfc therefore . that
the subscriptions will be prorated ,
among the purchasers . of stock On '
the basis of 5o cents per bale. '
Under. Edge Act.
It was made cle^n by speakers at
the meeting that the purposes of thev
corporation which will.; be organized '
under the Edge act, amending the
federal reserve act is not to hold
the cotton crop- but to insure the commodity
b6 moved /'at ~a
when the market is stagnant;'' - /
Under provisions <of tlie Edge act, j .
the corporation is enabled to handle '
e/tAAn4voikl<lAil .o'rMtAMMAtlf r^4r '
nout outc|;wQuvra VJ,
the purchasers to the amount of ten
times its capital and surplus or, in
the case of the > proposed corpora- i
tibn the ability to handle i ac-' .li
ceptances of cotton purchasers to
the amount of $60,000,000.
Although there was no specific' '
mention made .there were indications
that formation of the corpora- >
tion wpuld immediately open the ?' '
way for the sale of cotton' in Eu- . rrone
when the ffemand is/ estimated m
at three to four miBjpn. bales.
No Br^d Promise*
The committee informed those In
attendance &t the meeting1 that it
would make "no extravagant prom- ^
ises," but that it hoped that the esr . /.
tablishment of. such ' a corporation (
would be "of tremendous benefit" . ^
to the >South. The meeting was told ' 3
also that the corporation would hot
prove a "remedy for; all ills," although
it would make possible the
provisions'for market tibie in time'
of emergency as the cotton produc- '
ers are now passing through.
Although theeorporation may in \:*.the
future extend its operations , to
other commodities, those in attendance
urged that it devote its , re- ( v' r '
sources at first to the handling V of
this crop alone. The way was 4ett
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open, however, for such enlarge- ^
ments and suggested extensions fcan 1
be made as needed speakers, declared.
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Dallas, Oct. 21.?Assurance that
the federal reserve board will cooperate
withthe farmers to the full- ''
est extent by granting banks longer
credit on cotton notes was .given ^
this morning by Judge W. H. Ramsey,
federal agent for the federal
reserve board in the Eleventh dis
trict, in addressing a statewide con
ference of ginners, bankers and *
business men here.
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Judge Ramsey asserted that the /
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