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lPYtW.Tf>Nr SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1921. NUMBERS.
Ii|^Say
' ?oort oi common pleas, which has
Jteea jn session tor two weeks, was re
f. jTuosday noon on account ox
V"'tbe death of Judge Sease's sister,
^fa{^s,n5^nrred at Prosperity TuesW'
> <Ry to&Ctting. The court will resume
Monday morning.
bigger cases disposed of
|||. . aincethe last. |Bsue of The DispatchB:
Hims was that of H. R. Giles against
|^*;'33fceIWOfitern railway, in which avergpF,
'diet of $15,000.00 was given to the
||||i^tftetpttff for actual damages. The
r '?.ease was the result of a train running
gpT- " into* an automobile at a crossing befe^j^ahjreeh
Batesburg and. Steedman,
Wkwhich caused the wrecking of the
and Injury to one or more perk,
sops riding in the automobile. The
^^^jjSSSa'Qff was represented by Timmer'
ma n & Graham and A. D. Martin of
Lexington bar.
v - Other cases tried are as follows:
J. T. Wannamaker vs. Perry Furtick
resulted in a verdict for the
f. | plaintiff for $125 actual damages.
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xne eaae wtut uit vcsuu vx ?u auw
jjfe? "y^ In the caie^of Mrs. Nellie Parsons
v; ) v&jpj. 8. Ketnet and G. A. Guignard
^fediptwaa returned for $199.01
^V"-: plaintiff against Mr. Guig\
X verdict of $210.75 was returned
| for the plaintiff in the case of J. B.
Co,, vs. W. A. Rish.
* In the case of Wilcox Ives Co. vs.
R. H. Brazzell the defendant was
|^3:$fre<i>.verdiet of $400.00 on a counP&
3?$?r_iRiit. .The suit.was brought by the
Wi&ox Jves Co. to collect a note given
in payment for fertilizer. The de|
fendant entered a counter suit for
damages, which it was alleged the inferior
fertilizer caused. The jury
' ja^fcAhe defendant $400 and on-pay
meat of note.
Court will meet again next Monday
th?,. third week, with the following
Jurors to serve:
Wi D. Price, R. Webster King:,
i George O. 3>errick, Unus E. Black,'
'r Wflbur W* Harmon, J. Bunyan Ky.
.ase^^Jlamea W. Bedenbaugh, Clarence
jl. Kelsler,. Jeff A. Leaphart, A. D.
?; Fallaw., John H. Busby, C. P. Heise, ,
Dated Wv Sharpe, John E. Senn,
Thomas J. Schneider, H. B. Price,
S.'.A. Mathias, John E. Fulmer, EdV
^gar L. Price, D. Mayes Price, Os> '/eat
Q. Hite, D. W. Backman, John
'* $ JU 1 Taylor* J. W. Reeley, George li.
tiease, Felix A. Hallman, Samuel J.
Boyle, Pierce J. Risinger, C. C. Boland,
Otis Drayton Smith, J. Ott
Spradiey, Charlie L. Shull, George W.
Shumpert, J. Quincy Taylor, Hugh
W. Gibson, Sol. A. Day.
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FOUR BUILDINGS
BURN IN CAYCE j
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. Four buildings on the J. M. Kreps j
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property at Cayce were destroyed by
~ lire at 2 o'clock Monday morning. The
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fire wiped out the meat market and
^ green grocery of James Davis, and
! | Sickling's arber shop and a res
.P^turant. "The flames had their own j
way and leaped across an alley de'
stroyed a two-story frame building
which was. unoccupied. The property
was insured, it was said.
The burned buildings were situated
at the corner of Main street and the
State road to Orangeburg and Char|p^
iestao.
% BIG SALE AT TAPP'S
LEXINGTON STOKE
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? By referring to the double page advertisement
in this issue of The Dispatch-News
you will see that The Jas.
L. Tapp Department store here is
patting on an immense sale of good
merchandise at rock bottom prices.
The people of Lexington will do well
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to visit this well known store during
this great sale, which will commence
Yriday, November 25, and continue
from day to flay until January 1, or
Until the entire stock is sold out, and
it As predicted that, the stock of goods
prill not last at. the prices at which
thej^are offered. The people of this
community know that when Tapp ad*
verjlaes bargains all' that they have to
do is go to his store and get them.
Mr? Tapp and several of his mana<
" gers have been here for the past few
days arranging for this sale, which
By'will 2ao doubt prove a great saving to I
B tbe-p^pole of Lexington.
BURNS TO RESIST (l
RETURN TO STATE (/
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Special to The State:
Mobile, Ala., Nov. 21.?Sheriff
Heise from Columbia, S. C., will arrive \
nere Tuesday morning to return wltli ;
G. W. Burns* an automobile salesman ft
wanted at Columbia on the alleged /.I
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charge of obtaining money under false 1
pretenses. Burns, who is connected.^1
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with Adams Motor Car company of ;
this city, was taken into custody more ,
than a month ago by Sheriff W. H. <
Holcombe, Jr., on a telegram from il
Columbia (S. C.) authorities, charging
him with obtaining money under false [i
pretenses. Influential citizens fur- \
nished bonds in the sum of $500 for "1
Burns and he has been at liberty since ;i
that time and announced he would
not return to Columbia without a fj
legal battle. He said tonig?ht he was (1
prepared to resist the Columbia au- j
thorities to return him for trial. /i
Sheriff Heise left Columbia Sunday }1
morning for Mobile to get George W. :
Burns, who is wanted in Richland
county on a charge of disposing of n
property under li6n. The sheriff
reached Montgomery, Ala., yesterday ,<
morning, and wired from that point ]
for information. Governor Cooper is- !
sued requisition papers to bring
Burns to Columbia.
George W. Burns is charged by a
Lexington bank witn naving secured
thA Innn of 25.000 on several motor
cars and that the collateral was disposed
of by him. The warrant
charges Burns with disposing of '
property under lien. Sheriff Heise is
expected to return to Columbia Thursday
with his prisoner.
The Burns Motor company was lo- :
cated it the southwest corner of Main '
and Calhoun streets and George. W.
Burns was the promoter of the. big
enterprise. The firm did an extensive 1
motor car business an dthe plant oc- '
eupied several buildings. Burns left
Columbia several months ago. Later
the Bank of Columbia bought the
plant. The Palmetto National bank
is now the owner of the lots and buildings
formerly owned by the Burns '
Motor company. The stock of the old '
concern-was sold at public outcry and :
,was bought by various parties.?The '
State.
ENTERTAINMENT AT
STEEDMAN SCHOOL.
i An entertainment consisting of exer- ]
cises by the children of the school and
music by Mr. Joyner will be given at '
atofldmon or>Vir?nl rin "RVirlav nisrht. De
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cember 2. The entertainment is
being put on in celebration of the installation
of a piano, and the proceeds '
will be applied to the purchase price.
Refreshments will be served during
the evening.
ANXl'AL BAZAAR OF
LADIES' AID SOCIETY
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The annual bazaar of the Ladies' ;
<Aid Society of St. Stephen's Lutheran
church will be held on Thursday and
-Friday. December 2 and 3. in the rest
room of the DuPre Auto Company's
building. The ladies will have on
display for sale fancy work of all j
kinds, and the public is asked to look \
over the offering and help out a good i
cause. Refreshments will be served
both days.
VETERANS OF WAR
ASK DEBS' PARDON
Washington, Nov. 14.?An agreement
was made today with President
Harding by eight members of
the "World War Veterans' association
and others who won congressional
medals of honor or distin-j
guisucu oci > n c anai un uuim^ i??v ,
war, to present memorials asking the j
pardon of Eugene V. Debs, serving a!
sentence in Atlanta penitentiary.
The memorials also asked the release
of 140 other men confined in
federal prisons after conviction upon
various charges having to do with the
obstruction of the government's activities
during the late war. The
decorated ex-service men asserted
that the prisoners were "moved by
the same ideals as moved us" in op-1
posing war.
A. G. Cooper and John M. Levitt,
respectively national chairman and
chairman of the eastern division o'f
the War Veterans' association, Carl
O. Parsons and George H. Mallon, of
Minnesota; C. K. Slack, of Wisconsin; <
Burger Loman and John J. Kelly, ol 1
Chicago: Sam Dreben, of E. Paso, and: 1
D. C. Poindexter, of North Dakota. '
presented the memorials. j i
THANKSGIVING DAY j
WILL BE OBSERVED
On account of Thanksgiving: day,
:he schools of Lexington will take
ioli.day tomorrow and Friday. School
was in session last Saturday to make
up for the coming Friday. The
banks of the town will also be closed
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J.na.HK3glVlil&, <XUU tuc man vaiiivto
svill also get a holiday. It is expected
that most of the business houses
here will close for the day.
In observance of the day, union
services of all the churches of the
town will be held in the auditorium of
the high school at 11 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The Lexington community fair will
also be held tomorrow at the school
building, the exhibits being on display
in the wooden building. After the
union services of the churches dinner
cvill be served on the grounds, and in
the afternoon a match game of basket
ball will be played between the
Lexington high school girls and the
Chapin high school girls.
With Thanksgiving the bird season
spens, and no doubt a good many
hunters will be in the fields tomorrow
for their share of the feathery flock.
BIRTHDAY PARTY AT CHAPIX.
.Last rriaay atternoon irom tnree
o'clock to five, Mrs. Robert W. Frick
entertained at a birthday party for
her little six-year old son, Robert
Laban. *
The dining room was beautifully
decorated in pink and white crepe
paper and chrysanthemums. The
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same color scheme was carried out
In the hail and the living room.
Twenty-one little folks enjoyed the
party.. Lively games were played
throughout the evening, the most interesting
one being a contest game in
which the little people searched for
hidden peanuts. The prize, a story
book, was won by Elton Clark.
After the ceremony of blowing out
the six tiny candles on the birthday
cake had been gone through with,
Mrs. Frick, assisted by Mrs. Ada Farr
and Mrs. Lawrence Shealy served a
course of lemonade and cake and
candy. Tiny dolls tied with pink ribbon
were given the little girls as
favors, and whistles tied with white
were given the boys.
Little Robert Laban received many
pretty presents.
DARLINGTON LEADS STATE
IN COOPERATIVE MARKETING j
Columbia, Nov. 21.?With a total of j
8,000 bales signed up, Darlington!
county is leading the state in the cot-1
ton cooperative marketing campaign j
according to officials of the South j
Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative;
Association. Contracts ' representing
2,220 bales were received from that
county this morning. Spartanburg,
Dillon and Marion counties are running
close to Darlington in the number
of bales signed.
The continued growth of the sentiment
for Cooperative marketing is reported
from every section of the state, j
it was declared this morning. Alfred j
Scarborough, member of the organiza- j
tion committee, returning from a trip j
to Greenwood and McCormick coun- j
ties reported the people in those coun-i
ties ar^ in a very favorable attitude :
towards the plan. The ^bankers of j
both counties look with a strong favor i
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upon it, and Mr. Scarborough said he j
expected little trouble in signing the!
necessary number of bales in those;
two counties.
Harry G. Kaminr, president, said j
this morning that the association felt j
confident over the outcome of thej
campaign. The people of the state
are becoming more and more convinced
that it is absolutely necessary
to do something, he said, and the corporative
marketing of cotton, their |
principal crop, seems to be the first |
important step to take.
we are oner^ng uie xarmers some- j
thing practical and something that j
leads to a definite goal," said Presi- J
dent Kamnier. "It is a simon pure |
business proposition and I am delight-1
ed to see that they are realizing this." j
TACKY PARTY.
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A tacky party will be given at Cross!
Roads school house on Saturday;
night, November 26, for the benefit!
of the school. Plenty of amusement]
for young and old will be on tap, "and j
besides refreshments will be served. !
riie puduc is corniany iiivitea 10 hi-1
Lend this social gathering.
death of a beloved
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christian woman
Mrs. Mary 'Cummins Wilson died at
her home in Lexington on Sunday
morning at 4 o'clock and the remains
were laid to rest at St. Stephen's
churchyard Monday at noon, the Rev.
A. B. Obenschain conducting the services.
Mrs. Wilson was a hightoned
Christian woman and was held in high 1
esteem by all who knew her. She was |
80 years of age. j
Mrs. Wilson was born in the Dutch |
Fork of Lexington county, March 22, J
1842. At the age of 15 she was confirmed
a member of the Lutheran'
church, of which she remained a loyal j
and faithful member until her death.1
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He was the eldest of four sisters and i
at th* death of their mother, she became
a mother to the other three.
Even when Sherman's army invaded
out State and their home, she stayed
with her younger sisters, kept them in
the house with her and no doubt kept
the house from being burned. She bore
the many insults heaped upon her by
the soldiers because of the love she
had for her home and sisters. She was
the faithful and devoted wife of the
man to whom she was engaged before
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the Confederacy, notwithstanding
that during his faithful service he lost
his right arm, she was true to her
promise to marry him and was loyal
to him until their separation, which
was caused by his death some fourteen
years ago. j
No less faithful was she to her
children and grandchildren. As long,
as sh$ lived she had the keenest interest
in the welfare of those around
her. j There are tfro sisters now living
who well remember how often she
came to their home in times of sickness
and death. All her neices and
nephews knew "Aunt Mollie" as one
who was always ready to come and
minister to their needs when they
were sick. This noble trait of hers
was not confined to her own family,
for there are hundreds of living witnesses
and possibly more who are not
living who would be glad to testify to
the truth of this statement.
The beautiful floral tribute together
with the.shutting down of the mill for
three hours was evidence of the es-1
teem in which she was held by the
community in which she spent the
last 28 years of her life.
She is survived by five children, as
follows: Mrs. C. W. Duncan, Columbia;
Mrs. W. E. Moyer, Darlington;
Mrs. D. W. Denny, Vaucluse; Miss
Alice Wilson and Mr. J. C. Wilson,
Lexington.
Tli& out of town people attending
Mrs. Wilson's funeral were: Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Moyer and Mrs. W. B.
McGirt, Darlington; Mr. and Mrs. I*
W. Denny, Vaucluse; Mrs. J. L.
Dominick, Mr. Harry Dominick and
Mr. James P. Wilson, Newberry; Mr.
and Mrs. Musco Samuels, Aiken; Mrs.
Tom Hook, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duncan,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Heron,
Miss Essie Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
George Wilson. Mr. P. W. Wilson,
Mr. Charlie Davis and Mr. Harry
Davis, Mr. George Denny, Columbia;
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Clark, Durham,
N. and Miss Mary Ona Denny,
Rook Hill.
VA LPES DECLINE
AS VOLUME GROWS
Washington. Nov. 2 0.?Exports of
cotton and cottonseed oil advanced
sharply in volume, but declined in
value in October as compared with the
same nionui ;i year ?tgu, uccuruuig 10
foreign trade reports issued tonight
by the commerce department.
Exports of brcadstuffs, meat and
dairy products and mineral oils during
the month decreased considerably
as compared with October, 1920, total.
Cotton exported in October amounted
to 874,000 bales valued at $91,028,000
compared with 583,000 bales
worth $91,247,000 a year ago. For the
ten months ended with October the
total was 5,000,000 bales, valued at
$408,000,000, against 4,000,000 bales
worth $952,000,000.
Cottonseed oil exports for October
aggregated 10,000,000 pounds valued
at $931,000, against 7.000,000 pounds
worth $1,000,000 during the same
month last year. For te.\ months cot
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lonseea ou exports loiuut-u wouruuu.000
pounds, valued at ?22,000,000
against 120,000,000 pounds worth
$26,000,000 in the same period of'
1920.
SENATORS TALK
OF NAVAL TERMS
Washington, Nov. 14.?Discussion
of the American proposals for limitation
of naval armament broke out in
the senate today within an hour af-ter
it convened.
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, a Democratic
member of the foreign relations
committee, brought up the sublent.
derlariner he endorsed the Am
erican plan "wholeheartedly."
"I regard it as the greatest one step
yet taken toward disarmament," saidl
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Senator Pomerene.
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The Ohio senator referred to his
resolution for suspension of naval
construction during the conference,
declaring it would help and not embarrass
the negotiations.
The Ohio senator said he hoped
the naval committee would report
his resolution and said that if nothr
ing was done soon he would move
to discharge the committee and bring
the resolution before the senate.
Senator Poindexter, Republican,
"Washington, acting chairman of the
naval committee, said that if congress
had adopted Senator Pomerene's proposal
when it was made last May, thei
present American proposals would
have been precluded.
Replying to statements of Senator
Pomerene that work was being
pressed on the 1916 program, Senator
Poindexter said the "facts were
that progress was greatly reduced."
"Work is almost- suspended on a
large part of the program due to lack
of appropriations," he added.
Senator Walsh, of Montana, a
Democratic member of the naval
committee, said he had felt it unwise
to suspend the 1916 program until
some limitation agreement had
been reached and that the $300,000,-1
000 spent on the program had not
been wasted.
The discussion ended without any
intimation of probable committee action
on the Pomerene resolution.
"FARMING UNDER BOLL
WEEVIL CONDITIONS"
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Clemson College, Nov. 20.?To help
meet the present situation in farming
the Extension Service of Clemson College
has published Extension Bulletin
48, entitled "Farming under Boll
Weevil Conditions," and this important
publication is now ready for distribution.
The publication is divded
' into four or five sections, all hinging,
however, upon the importance of
learning thoroughly new methods and
practices for successful farming in the
presence of the boll weevil.
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In the introduction farmers are
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warned against plunging into new
untried crops and urged to make their
farms self-supporting, so that the
1 growing. of cotton and other money
j crops may be on a safe basis. There
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of cotton under boll weevil conditions,
the making of the farm self-supporting,
systematic soil building, adjustment
of relations between landlords
and tenants, cooperation, and the
need for specific county programs.
The publication discusses with sufficient
fullness each of these subjects,
but does not give voluminous details.
It is theerfore easy for the average
farmer to get from the bulletin definite
information and suggestions to
meet his needs.
Copies of the publication may be
had through the county agents or
directly from the Extension Service,
Clemson College, S. C., and all farmers
are urged to obtain copies.
JTSll FRY LAST
FRIDAY NIGHT.
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j A good many of the business and
j professional men enjoyed a fish fry at
! u-eorge s pona last i- naay nignt,
I which was given in honor ol" Judge
| Thos. S. Sease, who is presiding over
j court here this term. A bountiful
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feed of fish was served the following j
gentlemen: Judge Thos. S. Sease, i
Court Stenographer Anderson, Clerk j
of Court Harman, Solicitor T. C. Callison,
Dr. P. H. Shealy, Judge C. M.
Efird. J. D. Carroll, Dr. G. F. Roberts,
Col. G. T. Graham, Cyrus L.
Shealy, J. H. Roberts, J. R. Corley,
C. E. Leaphart, J. S. Cuughman,
Ira M. Sligh, S. J. .Leaphart, T. C.
Sturkie, H. D. George. Dr. Geo. B.
Cromer of Newberry, J. o. Harman,
Dr. Rice B. Harmon, and E. J.
George.
The Kit^KarClub
Doctor: Your wife seems a bit run
down.
Subbubs: Yes. Since we moved out
here every woman in the place has
had a crack at her. .. i
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COUNTY CORN SHOW
NEXT SATURDAY
The Lexington County Corn Show
} will be held next Saturday, November
26, at the county court house, and all
members of the Boys' Corn club are
urged to be present, and have their
parents accompany them. There is a
place in the show for both young and
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onstration agent, who is in a large
measure responsible for the splendid
results of the corn club in recent
years, has secured some good speakers
for Saturday, among them being
IE. E. Hall of Florence, who is in
charge of seed breeding in the extension
department of Clemson college;
Prof. Clyde Addy, teacher of agriculture
in the Lexington high school,
who will speak on "The Need of
Teaching of Agriculture in Schools,"
and Julius E. Sharpe, county superintendent
of education, who will
speak on "Kural Education."
Lexington is among the foremost
counties of South Carolina in corn
growing, and the great interest which
has been manifested in this important
feature of agriculture is due in some
measure at least to he stimulus which
the annual corn show has afforded.
Under the leadership of Mr. Shealy
the work of the boys' corn club has
increased in interest from year to
year, until this year there are 112
boys enrolled in the county's corn
clubs But the elders as well as the
boys trill have the opportunity of competing
in the corn show to be held
on the 26th, and, through the generosity
of merchants here and in Columbia
many valuable prizes will be
offered for those who make the best
score in this rivalry.
This year there will be specialists
in corn growing who will deliver lectures
on the best methods of seed selection
and corn breeding?men who ;.r.have
made a study of the subject and ?
who will be able to give valuable advice
to those who may be present.
The meeting will be held at the
court house where the exhibits will
be placed on show and the judges will
decide the winners. The corn crop
has been good this year, and indications
are that the judges will have a
difficult task to decide on the winners.
Officers of the association, under
whose auspices the show will be held
are as folohvs:
President?E. C. Kidgell.
Vice Presidents?D. F. Efird and
G. B. Wingard.
Secretary?J. A. Barre.
TRIAL OF FORMER GOVERNOR
BEGINS IN FLORIDA
Lake Butler, Fla., Nov. 20.?The
case of former Governor Sidney J.
Catts, under indictment charged with
having accepted money to influence
the granting of a pardon to a state
convict, is scheduled to be taken up
at the opening of Union county cirpuit
court here Monday. Mr. Catts
arrived here Friday.
The former chief executive was indicted
by the Bradford county grand
jury as the state farm where J. J.
Coleman the man pardoned, was serving,
was in Bradofrd county. Since
the indictment an act of the legislature
has become effective creating
Union county out of that part of
Bradford which contained the farm.
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'"Local attorneys have been discussing
'the question as to whether it might
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be necessary to seek a re-indictment
before trial.
Mr. Catts also is under indictment
in the federal district court at Penj
sacola charged with peonage, but the
| case has gone over until the next term
j of court.
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.
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Thanksgiving exercise at Charter
| Oak, Saturday nigh*, November 24,
beginning at 7:30 o'clock, consisting
| of songs and recitations and box party
; and contest.
Refreshments will be served during
the evening, superintendent of education
will be there to address you. The
1 proceeds go to the benefit of the
school.
Everybody i-ome and enjoy the
evening.
Insinuation
She?How dare you! Papa said
he'd kill the first man that kissed
me.
He?How interesting'. And did he?