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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1920 a
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J. FULLER LYON. h
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, When Judge Lyon passed away in C
Columbia last Friday evening, there c
passed a man of noble traits, a kindly
friend, a gentleman of unimpeach- a
able character, a husband and father 4
without guile. He was a gallant sol- e
dier, he was a man in tht days when I'
men were tried. He served his country
well, and he served his state as
faithfully, n his church he was a pil- e
lar of strength and a worker of un- e
tiring zeal. His seventy-eight years F
on earth were years of service to his a
country and his country-men. He S
won the admiration of those who a
knew him best. The man of affairs in
KneJno? tonuses and in the stores h
respected him and the man in rags on t<
the street knew that he was a gentleman
and a friend to all. He sleeps the b
peaceful sleep which his fruitful E
years earned. There are few like him. N
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THE GINNER'S REPORT fl
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The figures for the amount of cotton
ginned to November first are considerably
larger than the figures for
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the same period last year, but less
than for the same period two years
ago, when we believe the yield was 0
less than twelve millions of bales.
We believe the figures should be
construed as bullish. Certainly in this
section there is not as much cotton to
be ginned as there was in 1918, and
far less than last year at the same
date. The crop in this state was cut
off by the August rains and by the
boll weevil, and there is consequent- 11
ly little cotton except the July crop, v
and owing to the late fall and the un- c
usually good weather picking and gin- e
ning are greatly advanced over any c
year in the last few years. n
It is stated that the ten year average
shows that sixty-six per cent of 11
the cotton has been ginned prior to w
November 1st. This year is certainly ^
not below the average, and we believe n
that a great deal larger percentage y
has been ginned this year than the l*
average for the ten years. If this 8
should be true a crop of 10,800,000 11
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bales, it would surely mean such a
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shortage. in. spinnable cotton as to
give reason to hope and believe that
prices will advance.
The fact that cotton advanced today
on the figures given shows that
our deductions are correct. Unless we ,
D1
are mistaken the number of bales gin- ^
ned in the next period will begin to
show a falling off, and by December
1st, there should be considerable
ai
f?llin?r nflp Rv Hpcpmhpr IRt.n. if .
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we are correct, there should be .
such a falling off as to greatly in- ^
crease the demand for spot cotton of '
spinnable grades. This should mean
higher prices. ?
There is another thing which im- ^
pels us to the same conclusion, that is. Sl
that prices will go higher, and that is e,
the fact that every influence the pres- 'e,
ent fall has been for low priced cot- tc
ton. Other commodities have been e)
falling, there has been no demand for ^
cotton, the local buyers have been un- j vj
able to buy because there was no 10,
money in the banks with which they!
might be accommodated in a buying jjE
campaign. The Federal Reserve t
Board and the Treasury Department
I have
i which to finance and hold the crop, in
and yet prices have remained for two h<
or inree weeKs at practically the same |
point, with a rising tendency in evi-1 fc
dence whenever there was a favorable te
condition revealed. hz
This indicates to us that under fav- ar
orable conditions, with more demand, qi
cotton would at once advance. Such m
being the case, we feel bound to ad- th
vise the growers of the staple to hold, bi
and keep on holding. There may be m
some who are forced to sell some part
of the crop grown this year, but only j cc
such cotton as is imperatively de- j in
manded by conditions of necessity (th
should go on the market. If the farm- re
ers hold until December 15th, we be- Oi
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eve they will see a rising market,!
robably they will see it before that |
me.
Sit "stiddy" in the boat, and don't!
row impatient.
DEATH OF MRS. SHERARD
Mrs. Tabitha Sherard, the wife of j
ir. W. C. Sherard, of this city, died
til o'clock Saturday night, at her
ome on North Main Street after a
>ng illness. She was 59 years of age.
Mrs. Sherard before her marriage
hrithy-three years ago was Miss Taitha
Nance, of Due West. She was a
aughter of the late. Drayton Nance
nd his wife, who was a Miss Norton,
'or the last ten or twelve years she
as made her home in Abbeville! She
ras a member of the Presbyterian
Ihurch and an active worker in her
hurch.'
Funeral services were conducted
t the residence Sunday afternoon at
o'clock by Rev. G M Telford, assistd
by Dr. J. S. Moffatt, of Due West,
nterment was in Long Cane cemeery.
The following of her nephews actd
as pall-bearers as she had requestd
in her lifetime: M. G. Sherard, S.
Sherard, J. H. Sherard, T. A. Sherrd,
Bannister Sherard, John W.
hororr? w S. Sherard. Tom Sher
rd and Samuel Sherard.
Mrs. Sherard in addition to her
usband is survived by a step-daughsr,
Mrs. E. R. Thomson, by her aged
lother, Mrs. Drayton Nance, by her
rothers: Hon. Joseph N. Nance, Mr.
irayton Nance, of Due' West, R. D.
fance, of Cross Hill and F. C. Nance
f Calhoun Falls. These attended the
iineral, with the exception of her
lother, as did the following other reltives
and friends: Mr. and Mrs. R.
. Sherard, W. T. A. Sherard, Joseph j
herard, Thomas Baskin, J. F. Wil-j
>n, Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Reid, Miss
.nnie Beatty and Robert Stevenson,
f Iva, Mrs. R. D. Nance and daugh?r
of Cross Hill, Miss Nance, of Caloun
Falls, Mrs. J. N. Nance and Miss
Tance of Due West, and Miss Alma
Tance of Anderson.
A WEEK OF PRAYER.
This week in the Methodist Church
l Abbeville is being observed as a
reek of prayer. Services are held
very evening at 7:30 o'clock Friday
vening the young people of the
hurch are to have charge of the
leeting and Mrs. W. F. Nickles and
[rs. A. 0. Roche, who are the leaders
i the work among the young people
ill have charge and arrange the I
rogram. These ladies ask us to anounce
the meeting and to ask all the
oung people of the church to make'
; a point to come out to this Friday
vening meeting. An interesting and
istructive program in connection
ith the prayer-service will be aringed.
PRINGS & COMPANY
COTTON "LETTER
For the present we hesitate to feel
ullish on cotton as the opinion connues
to exit among bankers and
lanufacturers that the period of
rice readjustment is not quite over
id that prevailing trade conditions
3 not warrant sustained advances
: commodities. At the present level
f prices at which cotton has been
illing it had been hoped that readier
id easier-money might have found
s way to holders of spot cotton to
ssist them in financing the crop, but
ich has not been the case. The preset
outlook for cheaper money is r.ot
icouraging and there does not seem
? be a possibility of the banks in gen*al
being able to make anything j
at conservative nominal loans dided
among the needs of their varies
customers.
The action of the market follow...
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ig i>ue cicctiuu was uisappuinwng.
he break of almost one hundred
jirjts the first trading day after the
ectloh would indicate that underlyg
economic conditions are not
;althy.
We feel that will be some time be- j
>re confidence will be restored in I
xtile circles. Stocks of cloths in the J
tnds of jobbers are still very large \
id although attractive prices arej
loted merchants they do not care to I
ake purchases of cloth as long as I
e jobbers consistently compete for
isiness by cutting prices in a dull
arket.
We do not consider the holding of
itton by farmers a strongly bullish
fluence unless it is clearly shown
ai tnere is a nrm determination to
duce next year's cotton acreage,
ne weak point in the cotton market
has been caused by the holding over
of a part of last year's crop and then
on a declining market, attempting to
sell it in competition with this year's
crop. With textile conditions far be-low
those of last year's the market
simply could not absorb the offerings
inasmuch as two or three bales were j
offered to the'trade where only one j
was needed.
More cotton is always offered for
sale by the farmers in October and
November than in arty other months.
It therefore, is plainly shown why
that for the past twenty years cotton
mh on art average be bouerht bv the
mills during those two months cheaper
than during other months.
The last half of October and the
first half of November generally sees
most of the distress cotton placed on
the market. Statistics show that the
average price for May cotton in
March is two and one-half cents per
pound higher than for the average
price for that option during November.
We do not look for any permanent
upturn in the cotton market until the
influence* of a more active demand
from the spinning trade is apparent.
Should decided breaks occur we would
advise the purchase of March and May
contracts on a scale down.
VICTIM OF FOOTBALL
\
Emporia, Kan., Nov. 7.?Jack
Reeves, 23, fullback for the Kansas
State Normal football team and former
fullback on the Great Lakes naval
training station team, died here
today of injuries he received in the
Normal-Washburn game yesterday.
Reeves was paralyzed when his back
was twisted during a play. He never
regained consciousness.
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it's good n
has taken a
The Chandler
today, at $1895,
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Chandler produ
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have come and!
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THE CHA
KILL YOUNG MAN
TO ASSAULT GIRLS
Negroes Hold Up Automobile Near
Charlotte?Many Join In Hunt
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 7.?Two unidentified
negroes early tonight
held up an automobile party of two
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young men ana two giris, wmw, uxi
the highway three miles from Gastonia,
N. C., killed one of the young
[ men, John Ford of Lincolnton N. C.,
dargged the girls from the automobile
into the woods and assaulted
them, and made their escape, according
to telephone messages to the
Charlotte police department.
Late tonight Charlotte police officers,
witha posse of officers and
armed citizens of Gaston county
were scouring the countryside in
search of the negroes, who were believed,
however, to have made their
escape on a passing freight train.
Feeling was said to ibe intense.
The two young women were taken
to a Gastonia hospital, where it was
said late tonight their condition is
serious. Their homes are in Gastonia.
The two young men, John
Ford and Ranson Killian, both of
Lincolnton, were said to be unarmed
when attacked by the negroes. Killian
was not injured. Ford was shot
and instantly killed when he offered
resistance to the negroes in their attempt
to take the girls from the au
tomobile, according to the report received
here.
GREAT BRITAIN TO
RECOGNIZE MEXICO
London, Nov. 6.?British recognition
of Mexico is expected to follow
recognition by the United States, according
Miguel Covarrusbias, form14,!
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Chandl?
to 2j
's reduction to $1895 it
ews to the car-using p
mother big stride forwa
The Greatest Dol
Throug'hot
has alyrays been closely priced an<3
it is decidedly the greatest value
tomobile industry.
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eader of All Sixes;
t Closely Priced
s been the basic policy of the
any to build a really fine autorice
it closely. The great Chand?->-?
11 ir?ric nf mnitn] emnlovet! Ill
ction are back of that statement,
use of that policy. Chandler is
sixes and the most fairly priced.
Refined and Improved
r Radically Changed
many kinds and many, motors
gone while the Chah'dler^Six, now
'ear, lives ai^digrojvs* and every
;s its thousand's of friends. v There
Let Us Prove Chaxid
SIX BEAUTIFU
er Touring Car, S1895 Four-Passer
znger Sedan, 12995 Four-Pa:
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er Mexican minister at London, who I
resigned his post as foreign minister
under the present Mexican retrust
one another, not to attempt to
England on a mission for his government.
Since his arrival Senor Covarraba
rus has had only informal conversa-|
tions with the British foreign office:
but he takes th<? view that the recent j
statement by Secretary Colby on;
the Mexican question and also the j
legalizing by the Mexican congress I
last week of General Obregon's
election to the presidency are leading
up to full recognition of Mexico
by the United States and Great Britain.
Senor Covar, a Mexican diplomat
for 40 years, holds credentials from
provisional President De La Huerta
which if not received by the British
atfthorities by November 30, must
be reauthorized by General Obregon
when he becomes president. The envoy
is planning to reopen the Mexican
legation here, which has been
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HOLLAND TO REDUCE ARMY
The Hague, Nov. 6.?Reduction of
Holland's vArmy from 460,000 to 1
260,000 was proposed toy the Dutch
government to the parliament today,
and it is believed certain that legis- !
lative branch will adopt the proposal.
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Toledo, Nov. 6.?Announcement
was made here today that the Willys-Knight
Overland Automobile
plant normally employing around
15,000 workers, will be shut down !
tomorrow for inventory and will remain
closed for an indefinite period, j
?r is Ba<
|>1895
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Whitemaa's Orchestra
plays these lively dances
"Avalon"?Medley Fox Trot
"Bert Ever Medlev"?One-Step
Victor Double-faced Record 3570(
"Whispering"?Fox Trot
The Japanese Sandman"?Fox Trol
Victor Doable-faced Record 18690
These are the first records by Paul
Whiteman and his orchestra from the1
Ambassador Hotel at Atlantic City;
and they'll make a smasher of an
opening hit, right off the bat. Dance
to 'em! You'll never want to stop!
Come in and hear these three fox
trots and that electric QQC-Step.
They're just a few of the
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renger Roadster, $1895
mousine, 13395
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