GOVERNMENT f^ULS v.
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cv Correspondent Complains That Due
Assistance Has Not Been Given
Farmers of the South
To the Editor of The State:
In 1914 the price of cotton declined
to around seven cents. The South
asked the national government to give
financial aid in holding cotton, and
urged her representatives in congress
to enact such legislation as would fix
a price for cotton commensurate with
cost of production. Nothing was done
by either the government or congress.
The cotton growing interests of the
South in the winter and spring of
1914 and 1915 in many instances could
not pay debts but suffered for the absolute
necessities. The price of fertilizers
and the various ingredients that
enter into their manufacture have
been on advancing scale since the
winter of 1914, and the cost of labor
has advanced by leaps and bounds.
The crops of cotton grown in 1915,
1916 and 1917 have not been large,
upon an average only medium, and
the crop of 1918 by comparison will
prove to be almost a failure. Statistical
conditions from every angle
of vision call for higher prices on
cotton.
This fall when the price of cotton
was beginning to get in line with
cost of production, coupled with the
great equation of supply and demand
conditions, viz.: around 36 to 37 cents,
the chief representative of the war
industries board, Barney Baruch, suggested
the government might have to
take hold of and regulate the price of
cotton, with the result that the market
broke two cents and cotton has
been steadily going down, until now
it is 10 cents below the then ruling
price.
Did Baruch try to stop the cotton
manufacturers of the United States
from making profits,' ranging around
80 per cent.? No. Why? Was not
the raw material as essential for government
aid in the manufacture of
goods, as the manufactured article?
We do not object to the cotton manufacturing
interests making great
profits, but we do object to the government
using its strong power to
throttle the interest engaged in growing
the most wonderful and essential
plant of creation, the plant that furnishes
clothing for man and food for
bpth man and beast. The South has
been the burden bearer for this administration
and stands for loyalty
thq.peer of any seetivn of the American
Union.
We have responded to every financial
demand the government And t.he
great beneficient interests engaged in
war work have asked, and done so,
as the records will show in a manner
most commendable. In the face
of all our efforts we have enjoyed no
help of any kind from the government
to stimulate the price ,of our
great mon^y crop. On the contrary
what has been done by suggestion,
from those in position to act and
build us up, has been to destroy
values.
'" A -meeting was held only a few
days since in Columbia for the purpose
of taking proper action to relieve
the depressed condition in the
cotton market and the committee appointed
by that meeting to reach a
Un^ "of action, when it approached
Prescient Wilson for a conference
was put off for a more convenient
, Tt may be fun for the boys but this
dcday is death to the frogs, aptly represented
in the cotton growers of the
South. I would suggest three lines
of action: Hold cotton; stop buying
fertilizer, contract for not one pound;
cut cotton aereage to one-third of
what it has averaged for the past
three years. If following up this line
of action does not bring us the legitimate
price for our cotton, then stop
planting cotton. I am quite sure that
if we do not adopt a policy such as
above suggested, and which at first
blush might appear radical, Mr. Baruch,
if he has then the position of
secretary of the treasury, would ask
that a new board be created to make
the poor cottontots plant more cotton,
%more cotton, more cotton?legislation
could be enacted in every Southern
State that would regulate the cotton
acreage, but whether Washington
would say such action was constitutional
remains to be seen.
T. C. Duncan.
UNITY METHODIST CHURCH
The first regular service of the
conference year will be conducted by
the pastor Sunday evening at 7
o'clock. Every member of the church
is urged to be present.
J. B. Chick.
JAPAN TAKES UP GAUGE
OP BATTLE WITH J. B.
The Health Department of the
home office of Japan, arcording to a
Tokio dispatch, is preparing to frame
a temperance bill to be presented in
the coming session of the Diet. The
purpose is to prohibit drinking by
yoiffig men under age and at the same
time to maintain order among drinkers.
The department is also planning
to restrict the quantity of sake
brewed.
PROMOTED TO BE CAPTAIN
Chester, Dec. 11.?Lieut. W. Carlisl
White of the Three Hundred and Seventeenth
Machine Gun Battalion,
Eighty-first Division, who was stationed
at Camp Jackson for many
* ? months, has been promoted to be a
eaptyMn, due to his jtecord in the terrific
lighting a little-north of Verdun
this fall. Capft. was rfonnsrly
* PWfl&UM** banker /Chester.
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LETTERS FROM OUR BOYS
I will write you n few lines to let
you know that I am well and hope
you all are the same and are having a
good time. This is a fine country.
Tell Lewis not to kill all the rabbits
before I get back and tell Clara I
have not heard from her yet?it
seems like six months since I heard.
Guess you are finished gathering the
crops by now. Write and* tell me
how you came out and tell me all the
news. How are Willard and Carl? I
suppose they are nearly grown by
now. I saw John Bratton the other
day; he is as fat as a hog. I did
not get to talk to him?met him in
the road and he hollered at me. I
know you folk will have a good time
Christmas. I think we will get to
farm in the States by farming time
from what I can hear.
? ?mi _i t?
, i win ciuae ivi who time.
Your son,
Pvt. John G. Jenkins.
Co. B, 331 Inf., Amer. E. F.
Somewhere in France,
November 17.
Dear Edna:
I will take great pleasure in dropping
you a few lines to let you hear
from me. I am well and getting
along fine. Well, I guess you all rejoiced
when you heard the good news
that the Huns had finished. I was,
you know. I've been on three differ'
ent fronts and have been "over the
top" two times and have not got a
scratch at all. Last Sunday I went
; "over the top" and stayed in "NoMan's-Land"
16 hours straight, and
i on Monday we had it over again.
When the good news came to stop
firing at 11 o'clock you don't know
how glad I felt.
Well, the question now is when we
i will get to come home, and the latest
news is that this division will be with
the first that sails back across, and
they also say we are due in Washington
December 25th for a big parade,
but if that is not true I think
we will get home by early spring,
i anyway. So I won't try to write much
T tlfl 11 ?/\/\? Un?f/k 4- V* ~ aUom/ia /\^ OAA
A win ouuii iit? v c biic vuauvt ui Dtting
you all and then I can tell you
i more in five minutes than I could
write in a month and I am longing for
that day to come. Write soon to your
cousin. Am happy as ever.
With best wishes to all.
Pvt.- M. E. Becknell.
W. M. 323 Inf., A. E. P. A. P. 0. 791.
My dear Mother:
. I wrote you a letter as quickly as
possible after landing and tried to
write you again before now, but had
no. chance. Have ridden many hundreds
of miles by rail since I wrote
you last and have seen many new and
interesting sights?an eye opener, you
may term it. France, like our own
country, has thousands of worthless
acres but it seems it is, as a whole,
the richest agricultural country on
earth. I wish you could see the great
truck farming that is carried on here.
In one day's ride along you will see
multiplied thousands of acres of collards
and cabbage, not to mention the
vast turnip fields and countless acres
of foreign vegetables that I can not
name. You need not wonder where so
much wine originates when I tell you
the land set in grapes extends as far
as you can see in every direction.
The Frenchmen cultivate the grape
vine as we do our watermelon vines.
The land is clean and very systematically
furrowed off in rows about four
feet apart and vines set about three
or four feet apart in the row. Small
stakes are driven in the ground every
two feet apart and about two feet
high with telephone wire extending
from one to the other to serve as an
arbor.
The magnificent homes that one
sees as ne journeys along brings
new the olden time foreign war tales
when people had to be barricaded for
long periods when a siege was going
on. Why I say this is because of
the great and mighty stone walls that
surround them, especially the coastal
cities. I have been right near the
great stronghold that Napoleon built
for the safety of his men. It is 20
feet high and was made of the heaviest
of stone. It is worn and crumbled
in sections of the wall. All these
sights make a fellow appreciate the
history that was learned during
school days. I have always wanted to
see the charms of fair France and
see the curious sculpture work that
the stone cutters of old mastered the
art in constructing, but as you know,
my dream has unexpectedly come
true. In the space of 14 days traveling
both on land and sea I have traveled
4,000 miles, have seen many
pretty cities and also the irrigated
rice fields of which I had never seen
growing and it raised right in my
own State, too. All this ^ould be
more interesting if I were allowed to
mention just where I saw these new
sights.
I met up with a Union County boy
today?Duncan Hart.; We have been
walking about over camp typight enjoying
the dainty
ablee that we A. E. F. fellows have to
pqy so dear for. This will give you
j art (Idea?oranges 15c each, apples 10c
e<yh, chQCUtotrttttt 23ge dggy, sandn"
ling Silver
wich egg or Frankfort 1 franc. Eggs
sell for IV* franc per dozen?$1.50
per dozen in U. S. coin. \
It is hard to tell you just exactly
when I may expect mail?have been j
transferred again since I wrote you,
so all that I can do is write you often, j
How is everything progressing at
home and in Union? I know you will j
have a feast for Thanksgiving and it
will be the first time for me to miss j
it and that is saying a lot, eh, mother?
I often wish for some jam?which j
you know I am so fond of.
Before closing will say that I am j
feeling exceptionally good tonight
and hope you and all the home folk
are well and taking life easy. Am ^
not allowed to write long letters so
will tell only a portion at a time and J
write often. Will close for this time
with the fond hope of a message from }
home soon. ^
% Your loving son,
Ben R. Black. ,
U. S. Army.
Fort McPherson, Ga., Dec. 10, 1918. i
Dear Sister:
Will write you a few lines tonight
to let you know that I am getting -y
along fine, and think I will be able J
to aet out, so I can see the city in a j
few days. I am invited out for dinner j
Sunday and hope I can get to go, for j
the girl was out here in acar today
and wanted to take me and my friend J
out for a ride, and the Captain would
not let us go. He told her we could j
get out Sunday, if nothing happened. <
and I want to get that dinner, and
you know hat I can eat my part of it.
She is sure good looking, and her
mother made me promise her that ]
I would come and tell her all abo\iv
her son. He was in the same company
with me in France ,and wfts
killed the day before I was wounded. <
TltDw namn /J ? ? ?? '? 1
?. >>V J VUIIIC uvnn licit; 11115 IIlUrillllK J
and hunted until they found out that^ ?
was in the company with him, and 1
when I told them that he was killed 1
I thought the old lady would'die. i
Well, Bessie. I want to try and (jet
to come home Xmas, if I can get off.,
Hope I can, so we can have Xmas
togethef.
Bessie, where is old John and what
is he doing? I know he is worth
nothing, hut I want to know where
he is. You tell him what I said, and
tell him not to send me any word,
for when I c?me home. I will beat the
life out of im. Will have tq do it
with one leg and one hand, but that
will be enough for him.
Bessie, how is Aunt Janie getting
along? Hope she is doing all right.
I want you to send me her address,
so I can write to her. I should have |
written to her long ago, but will
write her when I hear from you, so
don't let it be so long before you writ^; .
to me. Don't think because I ani'
close to home that I don't want to1
hear from you all, for I do, and yoii'
must write now, for I will write let?
ter for letter and no more. Well, ho#'
is Ella and the baby getting" along?1
I hope they are well. Bessie. I want
to know if my W. O. W. is all right
or how much behind it is. Hope St
is all paid. Well, how is Jack getting
alon in England? And tell me if he
got to come home before he had to go
mother say when he had to go? I
would like tohave been there when
she got the news that we were gone
but that was -nothing iroirn* Hnf oil
the trouble is when you get back, or <
at least it is with me, for I was in ]
better fix then than I am now. Bessie 1
tell Mr. Fowler I will write to him i
when I get a chance. Hope he is well
and feeling fine. Tell him he must <
not catch all the opossums and rab- 1
bits, for we will want to hunt some >
when I come home. Well, I will close 1
for this time, hoping to hear, from i
you real soon.
Give my love to mother and tell 1
her thre is no other for me. So I will *
say good bye. I can't think of any- i
thing but dinner Sunday. Good bye.
Leave it to me and I will eat chicken, i
From your loving brother, 1
Privkte George S. Noland, i
General Hospital No. 6, Ward C,
Fort McPherson, Ga.
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IK) SOMETHING
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If the world' seems cold to you
Kindle fires to warm it! i
Let their comfort hide from you
Winters that deform it. <
Hearts as frozen as your own ]
To radiance gather; i
You will soon forget to moan, i
"Ah, the cheerless weather!" \
If the world's a "vale of tears," i
Smile till rainbows span it; j
Breathe the love that life endears?
Clear from clouds to fan it.
Of your gladness lend a gleam
TT-i
unw> souis mat sniver;
Show them how dark sorrow's stream I
Blends with hope's bright river. <
?Lucy Larcom. ^
FLU STILL RAGING 1
Sah\?uan, P. R., Nov. 27.?<fcorrespondence
of The Associated'Press).
?Influenza is still epidemic on the <
island. Many thousands are sick and (
many deaths have been reported. Un- i
less the situation improves it will very |
seriously handicap the early opening t
of the c?ne harvept.^ ^ j
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FLAT-WAF
"THE FLU."
Wen your back is broke and your eyes
are blurred,
Vnd your shin bones knock and your cv
tongue is furred, etl
Vnd your tonsils squeak and your hair co
gets dry, W
Vnd you're- doggone sure that you're e%
going to die,
lut you're skeered you won't and gj
fraid you will,
lust drag to bed and have your chill,
Vnd pray the Lord to see you through,
ror you'e got the "Flu" boy, rl
You'e got the "Flu." ^
- 'US
When your toes curl up and your belt
goes at,.
Vnd you're twice as mean as a Thomas
cat, N
Vnd life is a long dismal curse
\nd your food all tastes like a hardboiled
hearse; ? to
Wen your lattice aches and your e\
head's a-buz, If
Vnd nothing is as it ever was,
fou'e got/theJlElu" boy, er
You'e got the "Flu."
What is it like this Spanish "Flu"?
Ask me, broter, for I'e been through,
t is misery out of dispair;
it pulls W x teeth and curls your hair;
It thinalSV \blood and breaks your ^
\nd filTs Y^Fjflp^^nvith groans and U1
ill oan 81 ^ pj
And may be sfl e time you'll get well,
Some.call it ju"?I call it hell. sj
We'e had ours?Have you?
?Anonymous. w
HONORARY MEMBER cl
OF THE RED CRQSS e,
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Tokio, Nov. 15.?(Correspondence
>f The Associated Press).?Forrper
President Roosevelt has been elected *
in honorary member of the Japanese 3
Red Cross and with the special ap- 7
aroval of the Emperor, will receive a
Red Cross decoration. p
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DOWN ON fkGER 31
Dec. 10.?Dear Old Times: I am f
rlad tonierht that things are as well
with us as they are, for the dreadful
war co old have still been on in its
leadly raging, jiving, man-slaughter,
ng way. l!^^UbLTJ^reeping t^sr <
:oura hav^TO*TT .testroyfed upon trie p
whole face of the earth. The old
eaveni could have passed away.
[>eath and hell could have been cast
nto the lake of fire where the worm
never dieth, and the fire is never
luenched. *But I am glad tonight to
thank God that there are so many of
)s that are still upon this side of the ?
great eternity. But yet, we are still I
judgment bound people.
Well, Mr. Editor, I hate to annopqce
the death of William Chick, Jr.,. a
good colored man. Died at his hojne
.oday in two hundred yards of Black
Rock church. William, I believe, was
>ne darkey that always tried to knpw
where his place ^as and stayed in it ?
is near as he kiieW how. He had the ^
nfluenza and that followed by pneunonia.
There has been in the last week
ibout twenty-seyen cases of the flu
in Black Rock section. But up to
this timti^ ther&" ha$T been only one "
ieath, William Chick.
Wtell, Mr. Editor, I don't think I
?ver wished anything any bad luck in
ny life, but I believe if the Devil was
.0 have the flu, he would strike his ~
natch one time.
Mr. W. J. Whitlock and family, Mr.
\. M. Whitlock and family, gave the
ir*;5>i? meai vTowa aown-on Tiger a
eal warm reception the past Sunday.
But I guess we enjoyed it just about
is well as they did.
Mrs. Sarah and Minnie Brock heard
Rev. Mr. Garvin preach a wonderful
sermon at WMtmire last Sunday
light at the First Baptist church.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rochester had
i very sick baby last Sunday night
?vith acute indigestion. But it is very
nuch better now.
Mr. J. J. Brockt policeman of Whitnire,
will resign his position jn two
veeks on account of his eyes.
The Tiger River ginnery has cut
iown to two days in the week.
Cotton in this section has about p
nade its last record for 1918.
Well, as I am through gathering
:orn, and it looks so much like rain,
[ guess I had better stop before I get
ituck up in tho mud. I believe if
men wanted to enjoy life in this _
world, an<f honof God to their full- F
less, it would be to have better roads
n Union county. Busy Bee.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Beginning Monday, Dec. ICth, the _
Southern Railway Depot will not re- p
;eive freight after 4 o'clock p. m. on
week days; 1 p. m. on Satunrdays.
BATTLESHIP TO BE
NAMED *PORTO RICO" p
San Juan, P. R., Nov. 27.?One hunired
and fifty thousand school children
want the United Staten a nnmo I
a battleship *'?orto Rico." A peti- _
Hon setting forth this fact has been r
sent to President Wilson and Congress.
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GREEN STREET CHURCH **
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Church conference Sunday morning jj
11 o'clock. It is important that fcry
member of the church be pres- 2
it. Preaching immediately after the J.
inference by the pastor. Rev. L. L. 4
agnon will fill the pulpit Sunday \f
rening at 7 o'clock. J
J. B. Chick. 5
ERVICES AT GRACE
CHURCH SUNDAY 2
The services at Grace Methodist J
[lurch will be held Sunday morning 4
; 11:15 and Sunday School at the y
jual hour. You are invited. ?
J. W. Speake, S:
Pastor. | \
OTICE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS J
The Knights of Pythias are urged
i attend a call meeting on lyjonday ^
rening, December 16th, at 8 p m. i
nportant business to be transacted 5;
id every member is urged to be pres- j;
it. It
NOTICE TQ THE PUBLIC \
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On Saturday night, December 14, ?
jtwen the hours of seven and ten, Z\
ie building committee of the Jones- j;
lie Baptist Church will sell at auc- 5
on some very valuable property be- ^
nging to the church. Everyone is
rged to attend, and to bid on the 4\
roperty. Musicians from Camp
Fadsworth will furnish splendid muc,
interspersed with home talent. 5:
A box supper, with hot chocolate 2
ill be served for the benefit of the t
lurch. 4\
A hearty welcome and a pleasant J
rening is promised all who attend. \t:
321-4 5
SPECIAL ADVEkilSEMENTS | J
OR SALE?One good mule. Can be \
bought cheap. J. F. McLure. 324-3 V
>4-3t j
OR SALE?One pure bred Poland ^
China Pig, weighs 110 pounds.
Would make fine brood sow. Price ?
$25. R. E. Sanders, Sedalia^-S. C. fj
_ 1-pd \
OR SALE?Cleveland-Wannamaker A
Big Boll Cotton Seed, selling in the 5|
lower part of the State at $!1.00 a ^
bushel, I am offering to the farmers
of Union County at $1.50 per
bushel. I have a limited quantity 1
of this variety for sale and they are
genuine. T. C. Duncan. It
WILL^ OFFER FOR SALE at auction
to the highest bidder, 18 Duroc-Jersey
Pigs 8 weeks old. Stile
will take place at 1 o'clock p. m.,
Saturday, Dec. 21, in the open lot
rear of Hotel Union. I will, at the
same time, sell at auction one fine =
cow. S. W. Mitchell. 324-6-pd ?
XTENTION?Don't lose money by
breeding cull and grade hogs. See
our Registered Pigs. Don't buy
any pig until you get registration
papers. F. J. Parham, Phone 248W.
319-5
OR SALE?The best breed Registered
Duroc Jersey Pigs in the
South. Reasonable prices. F. J.
Parham, Phone 248-W 319-5?t
OR SALE?We have on hand a lot
of 1918 model Saxon cars that we
are going to close out at a very
attractive price. These are new
cars that we have taken over from
the Auto Repair Co., of Liberty,
S. C., and they were bought before
the advance in price, and we are
going to make this exceptionally
low price to move these 1918 models
out of our way to make room
for the new 1919 models. This is
a chance of a life-time or a season
at least, to get a high grade car at
a very low price. Better act quick
as they won't last long. Come in
to see us today; tomorrow might
be too late. Smith-Boggs-Bowen
Motor Co.. 412 South Main St..
Greenville, S. C. 216-6t
'OR SALE?Special prices to Union ,
County farmers who want Registered
Duroc Jersey Pigs that will
weigh five hundred pounds at ten
months old. ,F. J. Parham, Phone
248-W. ' * 319-5t
'OR SALE?Registration papers delivered
to you when you get your
pig. Don't buy a pig until you get ?
your papers. See our Registered =
Duroc Jerseys. F. J. Parham, T1
Box 263, Union, S. C. 319-5t
ROM NOW UlfTIL CHRISTMAS
we will gin cotton on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays only. Union
Oil Mill. 313-8
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'OR SALE?Duroc Jersey Pigs from
eleven hundred pound boars and six
hundred pound sows. Reasonable
prices. F. J. Parham, Phone 248-W
Union, S. C. 319-5t
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?OR SALE?One hundred Duroc Jersey
Pigs. Call on or 'phone 52. Godshall's
Market.. 322-2-pd
ware Co., !? I
;s to Suit You
Notice of Sale! i
I will Sell at the Court House,
Union, S. C. j
On Salesday in January i
The following described
property, |
This Date Being January 6, 1919 |
Six (6) Houses and Lots on North Mountain !
and North Church Streets. <
One (1) Nice five room Cottage with electric ?
lights and city water, on lot 117 feet front and ?
101 feet deep, near schools and good neighbor- g
hood. 5
Five (5) Four Room Houses for colored ten- 3
ants, all well built and easy to rent. 5i
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Tills Property will be Subject
to Private Sale Also. \
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Terms: 1-3 Cash, Balance in
Twelve Months. \
I guarantee this property to net you 10% on |
your investment exclusive of taxes and insur- j
ance. J
For Particulars See :
E. F. Kelly & Bro J
HU/Vrir^ETV 0n and after Jan. 1, 1919, Gasollv
I IvCi. line will be STRICTLY CASH
Your Patronage Appreciated
Julian E. Hughes Vulcanizing Co.
WILLARD DISTRIBUTORS Pbone 35
We Are Pleased
To announce to our many customers that
we are prepared to handle your
Xmas Trade
We wish to ask that you give us a chance
before going elsewhere.
Our Store Will be the Headquarters for
Santa Claus that Will Visit all the Colored
Children of Union County.
We Keep At All Times A Fresh Stock Of
Medicine
and you will do yourself a favor to have your
Prescriptions filled here. We handle all kinds of
Patent Medicines, and if we havn't got it we will
get it at once.
Piedmont Drug Co.
URKEY DINNER every Sunday; ON ACCOUNT of our seed storage
Chicken dinner every Thursday. room, it will be impossible for us
u_: rA ?<. k.... ?-? 1 ...
i i lie l?u cents. ucot uiiiiici 111 tv uujr nny muru WHguil ?eeci until
town. Come, see for yourself. Com- Thursday of next week, Dec. 19th.
mercial Hotel. 315-20 Union Oil Mill. 322-2
3R SALE?We have the best bred, LOST?One white and brown Pointer
largest type Duroc Jersey hogs in bitch, answers to the name of ?.
South Carolina. Let us sell you Maude. Last seen on streets of
some Registered Pigs at low prices. Union Nov. 23. Liberal reward
F. J. Parham, Phone 248-W. 319-5 paid for return to L. J. [lames, Un
ion, S. C. 320-5-pd
'ANTED?Private pupils in art. For .
particulars apply to Mrs. Chas. B. JUST RECEIVED?One car of CoCounts,
76 E." Main St., Uf PTione coanut Meal. Farr & Thomson
,256?W. l.*4. 3t-pd -**- ?
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