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iMum Na 48. LEXINGTON, S. C., WBUXESIUV, "I'Ti >r.l-;i: i'. i;.js. N(>. I NEWS NOTES OF ; I 4tb LIBERTY LOAN j||s Mrs C. j. Rucker, Ciuunaan; IV;iss |f Eihci I. Broafeer, PuL'kF y t Ci:aiiDiSil. (By Flkel I-B;c\>k:r) jg^y :Mrs. C. J. Rnckcr*Chair:ran. gr* LEthel 1. Broo l\Oi\ P u M: c- i t y <.' h a i r' n: < n. The whcle county has been or., for the Fourth Liberty Loan ih Le and now it means real work ? > F.. the drive through to, a suecer.-ful end ' 2 ing Lexington county lias rot yet ' *" ' * > - j. i- ? r. \xc.r>r> exneCtv'.l Of lane a m wnat v ber, and instead has always como out ?|spb with flying* colors. Is t everybody*, KgV?ung and old. rally to the call now. k!'-. Below are some interesting facts.' 1^1 iibout the fifty dollar bonds, ft. What Your Fifty-Hollar Bond "Will l>o I?-' .It will protect 1,000 soldiers from || . smallpox and CG6 from typhoid. k- It will assure 1C9 wounded soldiers safety from lockjaw, the germs of Ky which swarm in Belgian soil. |-r- It will render painless 10o opera- ; tions, supply two miles of-bandage tp* "enough to bandage 555 wounds. It will care for 180 injuries by supIk; plying "first-ai^l packets." It will' furnish adhesive plasters gtev- -and surgical gauze enough to benefit thousands of wounded soldiers. Every purchaser of a Liberty Loan L Bond performes a distinct individual service to his country and to our boys & fighting in France. ? THE MEANING OF YOUR SURvSURTPTION TO THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN What is The Liberty Loan? It's forts and it's ships and it's shinPi1 ing guns. jpi It's squadrons that sweep the sea. fop - It's all of the circling band of steel ' 1?" hnmp shores EFKSr'A'liat snaii kccti au <.? > frub and it's warmth for the or lad ut on the wintry foam. tie brave jack tar, as he figths j te good old "Money from home." j What is the Liberty Loan? ne and helm and it's bayonet, J lovel and shard and shell le soldier boy in the olive drab, ! lere on the edge of hell. j e soaring wings of the whirring j cattle on high alone, le lad who is daring "Over e good old "Money from home." What is the Liberty Loan ccor and life for a bleeding e glimmer of Peace at dawn, e strength of a mighty arm to e gleam of a great sword, aore than all; it's the pledge of * lacs whom we call "Our own." ! boys on land, alloat; on high e good old "Money from home. By Ralph E. McMillin. ACIIERS EX AMIXATIOX. ity Superintendent of Etlncamtirn in the court house at 'mi: ;>II:XH \\ currov IIOLL WFKA II- IS o.\ *n?j: MAIICJI < ::???The n cotton i>ci 1 weevil has been van:iv adv~-v-nrr (it;rin:r he last , three weeks and a' the present time' lias reached barnwed <'ouni.y. ]?:i\ inA" nf : n to and a? ih-v iif.oii a;;*l se<rn iniio-; we.-.i o: Allendale. in the rout it crn-end of it .a. rritory. fall yvown w.-.-vj" : -v-re found m Vetnnree and t .vent;. ; v< ? n*>: >h of A entarec r.v the fed kr.tehic Hiver road. i; ' nea appart nt tItnt cor.r'd rablc territory will be invaded bo are I'-.-. "-or. ciwas V. m?'*n vmii v.'"':;' frovu November the Till until November the 1vlh. is disi" buti:::: ?:ol caused i.y s!< rr:s or wi'ds. i. ut : a natural distribution. it conrot bo too strongly impressed .that r*!onn farming is of moro importance in + ho weevil to ritorv of our state this fall and winter than i lias ever bcfcre. Where ditch hanks, terraces; fence rows: w-xul lots; o'd orchards; and other places are allowed to harbor rubbish, dead grass: weeds: etc. a large number of weevils will pass the winter, and around such places the damage the following year is always the greatest. : NOW ASSISTANT < HiKF Washington. Sent 2S.? lb II. Rnwl has been appointed assistant chief of the bureau of animal husbandry by the secretary of agriculture Announcement of Mr." Kawl's appointment was made today; It. will become effective October 1. He has been in service of denartmerit since 1905. A!r. * It awl isl' rem Lexington County and tviii no frl:id news to his ?I > j;i v/iiivuiv/ii ?? *?? ?' -w- ? South Carolina friends. The above news v.*ill bo receive 1 with gratification by the many friends and relatives cf Mr Rawl in Lexington ! county, his former home. Mr. Rawl ; was born and reared about y miles | west of Lexington and we are justly i proud of him and the success he has met with since leaving homo. He is a young man of ability and sterling character and we wish for him a continuation of success in his new work. CHAPIX NEWS. Mr. Roy K. Prick: the efficient operator at Clinton; S. C and the son of Mr and Mrs P. M. Prick is home sick. Rev. J. L. Cromer; preached a very good sermon at Mt Church last Sunday night. We were saddened last Sunday 'morning to learn of the death of Mrs. [Nora Lindler; tlie wife of Jno. X. Rind ' Icr. Mrs Rindlcr has been ill for some ' time and had been at the hospital and had an operation with all of this it | seem that death was the only relief. M-7. Lindler leaves a husband and four children and a host of friends to | mourn her loss. She was a christian I woman and was a faithful member of i St. Jacobs (Wateiee) church till death ! claimed her and carried her to the j great beyond from whence no traveler 1 ever returns. There will be a lyceum at the Chapin High School auditorium Saturday night; the fifth day of October. The ! first on the program is the ARTISTIC I TRIO. There will he four of these attractions. The balance of the at j traction-will be worth money that it ' costs to see them. No one go away : feeling as if they have not received j their moneys worth. Remember the I time?October the fifth?at S:G0 P. 31 | School auditorium?Come. Chapin; S. < i i SPi-a JAL TKKM C)I' COl'RT ! .\TA7K "F S?iCTM CAKOIJXA: County of :.cxin:r!on. In the court c-' Sf' -'sionv. (i ! .' \ -], -....j'v.iC"!. ; ' n * 'ou: t : : :> i ... " . .. * . * ) ? BS?F injmj'lFT'*! !' ELu V ii-0 Gi i mini ; PA cm A WAV' I ii'JOii!J iiiVili VI -- l t V'* * A liiosnas iawara Vvngard, A.ier t Life Well Saen; and Fuii of i & ~.r_ ?^ ttj? IlviiOi ic$ iAii 1 . -* "T-Of ,'J i. W w Cki L? i < ii ecu illy > ' mos; nig-ay re* j ^c.c < im . s : I m ;he W"ysc , 3 /crry ron 1 : Mm;. ,..;!; Went of J, ; Ington Wednesday light ireptcmber . : following a long ilia .ss. Mr. V -a.-' .1 was horn :;cpu 2StJi ;; 1S47 making his pilgrimage on earth ;i : years, li laonins and 27 days. He i was married to Miss Willie Adrian Iir> ! ais October -a<i. JST-'h lo which union were horn ?J children, three ] rc- ] feeding him. io the a rave, tie iea yes < . m- son iOr.iost I!. Wingard and two ' daughters, Mrs. Darby C. Drafts ami i .'.ire. John I . iiook. Ai.o four ia't.n iters; ] : L, W. M G D, and li K Wingurd a-ai cue sister .Mr.;. I', ii C< rlcy of ("<>- , .Mr. Wingard was the type of man t .at has ln.it.c 111o c]ti]* (*l. i.t'.\- i jj'gtcn county respectod. -At homo: ad abroad. Quite and unassuming ' , y.-t : ; solid as the rock of Gibraltar: his v.o; e v.as tti.s bond and was m ver douhied b.y a single person who knew him. lie calmed no glory or honor for the tilings he did but went on in everyday life attending to his own at-, fairs and Ingoing others whenever op- !, ]>ortunit.v oaiue. lie numbered bis, friends by the hundreds, because of j his sincerity of purpose and conscien- ' lious conduct, He was the oiliest son i of the late Thos. and Xansy Wingard I land like the rest of the family was taught from the cradle to regard truth : and honor above all else, to which 1 j principles and teaching he adhered, * j to the time of his death. I Te funeral services were conducted ! at Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran! j church Friday by Revs. O. B Shear- j ! ousc and J. A .Cromer; interment iol- ; lowing immediately in the church j. cemetery with Masonic honors by Lex , j ington Lodge 1">2 A. F. M ! CAT ARB II CANNOT BE CURED j i with LOCAL A PL IC A TIO XS, as they ! cannot reacl^ the seat of the disease, j Catarrh is a- local disease, greatly in- \ : fine need by constitutional conditions,1 and in order to cure it you must take, : an ia internal remedy. Hall's Cat: an h Medicine is taken internally and acts thru theb lood on the mucous sur faces of the system. Hall's Catarrh \ Medicine was prescribed by one of > I the best physicians in this country fo, ; years. It is composed of some of the ' est tonics known, combined with , I some of the best blool purifiers. Tiie ! I .. ~ J\- , nnml.innllnn | V< n i n erred 1 Oil t S jJJirSHTtl Wlii"r::auww w *. wv in Hall's Catarrh Medicine is what produces such wonderful results in {catarrhal conditions. Send for testii in.or.iaIs, free. | F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo: (> 1 All Druggists; 75v. I i i:*: *?. Family Pills for constipation j _____ Kill) I ROSS XOTifTl i In view 01 the fact that it will he , impossible for me to see cverv sub- ; | ; scriber to the second Red Cross War , ] and, especially those residing in the ! rural districts, ! request of the solicitors in each district that thee collect I their subscriptions and send them in 10 u:o. t ae-'e subscriptions wore due ' '. loner .'t at id siioui be a 11 or. do- 1 to .-r.'iM !:cd ( w.-tr l-Ynd. Win. y. . . .. ;. \*.-i;i ;nr.c r Acting Trees. : I- . ' n <>i' :,ir she \... '' : : a " ' :: ' YOUNG SOLDIER t>.rt>*vr r? a b*r? r Lf! . >, t?l ? M . - r-> ii'i vhilii I ~ 71 . t ^ J f * .. i la::u iriai Ciii ^or-ey or LCAingan iiies at Jack'U;>~ Wee Much ri . - 1 ? ; sy JInvoM : son of Mr. rtn?l i.e. in:; Oi' il.L' Count,"'. the i ?*t ? nc IMso );)( ! sen SlilUrcl; y li'-.n. i'i lias been in 1 lie service tor several : Oil,;;. :: s?c!v ei.O.i i i lie . i.u-e enlistment. Musi winter !) hnU a : evcre at'.u-k < ?' j .u md it was thon-ht for se\erai ti. iiC: colthl ' -i live. lie has two e ore roi er.i in the ioo <>ne m i'lnncc and the other Kohcrt M. Cor-. my, WCil Known in i^v/AiJigion ?ut-iv fic owned and conducted a barber , -imp before enlisting in t ho Navy, is somewhere" en hoard ship doing pa- i ind duly. !Iaro! i ('miey was popular wi.h i'riwi is and ac(;uaimm<:; and liis math is mourned by y large circ le f friends. The funeral vr-s he'd . ; -'[. Andrew's church Tuesday aftcr:;f the Woodmen of the "World and was !iuricii with the honors of the order. yks. < \ d-j roR IN : .\A1') V Mra. c'libm'-s: a charming elderly lady from Atlanla spent a fortnight in Lexington the guest of the Misses r?ti' i t on V. est Mam street. Mrs. fa lines is the da t: alitor of Felix : Mcctzc and a grand daughter of Rev. Yost V. Mectze one of tlie pioneer eiti- < zens of Lexington. Mrs. Calmes was born in Virginia but lias made Atlanta her home for a number of years. She is very much interested in Lexington and her people visiting the grave of her grandfather Rev. Yost Mectze while here. SOLI):MRS FROM LEXINGTON COUNTY WOUNDED IX FRANCE 'I lie casualty list for the past two days carried the natucs of two enlisted men from Lexington county as being severely wounded in France: Robert Jacobs of Pclion and Henry Ringer of Cbapin. Robert Jacobs is a white man and was-among the first to leave Lexington: going with a patty of selected men that left here September "-'a: 1 ! 17. Henry Ringer must be a volunteer as there is no draft record of him with the Local Board. 1 .ELAND HARTLEY AT 1IOME. Mr. .!. 1.eland Hartley has arrived in Lexington from Now York city where 1 <- is row stationed in tne Navy. Mr. Hartley is on the waiting list at foitim bia 1'niversity where he will taKO a '...no.-.. "i nor-ri nv after tilO v v u i in ^ u." v i -w? - completon of which lie will enter the Submarine service. JIc is off on a 7 day leave of absence nd is rpcmlliyr the time in L"\in:rtcn with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A L Hartley. I.eland is looking fine and says the Xavy i-; the only life. 3K>y iv.v sn:st iUi 'nox itls week wo are leaving a number <>f our subscribers off the mailing list in n'-eordnnoe with instru:1 bins i ceived from the war ' industries b ?; .r?I. ('on r, nontIy all subscribers who are bs ' " w;b f: ' 1 ! ? receive their p.?; k. .v" r.grct exceed ingi.f them v. ho we ; ss.v.u-w paid: but we must ; " ' : r-. :r;; i <-.t\ Kirkli us. U 1. *s b. . !' ne sted l" lib* LIBERTY LOAN MERRILY OE *' ' 1 ii '. ; i r.i i ; . i~, " \\ i ." v.- iin.i 1 i ;j ;< .Vnship u:: :. . of r !.? !. : t;, na'.ion.t! <" <?!oi*> an.] ii .u. . 1 ! ' i : L :!.f Su: i;. I f'ro.-s w ilvc-rs. oth' li l i 11 j ; * i It" i ; !<? i;:. r. ]/.nn ask* <\ iis?tln- y.i\ ! :. I 1 .1.1 T.I : { -i 1 : i ! I . -V ( . | . , enjoyed <">- vs !: : :v! ;! rklo. I lore's ? let'.- all say :*n?1 work for?"over x'^YiMVUiVY AT STAT!! i \!R TX -5) IS I ; :i glad to ? i able to announce id.at ike pronii UI!1 Coi il !i I i i tOC OL tile .do a ill Carolina State Fair association, oris deCded t?? cii cr, divided into the fo> low in.a* prizes, ' 1! O.Ou, s 7. ?j: v a ;<? s2.(I( . for 11*0 host ? <?!! wunlty cxiti'di, sol i: * at the 1M* . iii i-'j gl.sd to see a r.iraiior of c-o;;>nuuities from i.'.wilt?;ion County i'0"i(s! lor . hese prizes. As yon are v,:'!v. Lexington County, litis been a ;.ri/ ; winning county. at the Slate ' air f-?r a number of yours. and there is no doubt in ay mini!, but that a number of com muni ties in ths County ?:.n : ie! will win at least some of this money this year. !.< frie first prize winner in tit is contest this year. If there is anything that I can ilc to help any, community in the county, to put on thch est exhibit that will come from any county in South. Carolina, I will be Only too glad to do s<>. 1 will be glad to talk the matter over with anyone that may bo think- t ing of putting on an exhibit of this sort. Consult your neighbor, interest your community, lets all get together and move to the State Fair. J. \V. SIIFALY County Agent for Lexington County. ! Ballentine, S. C. ; Sept. "0, 101S. m:\ys noi ks i'ho.m local board The T.oenl Foard expects to receive the order numbers of those who registered September 12th. from Washington this week, when the cards will be numbered and mailed to registrants. Tins is expected to be done | by the middle or latter part of next week. The Local Board has received notice thai those desiring to enter the service of the ('cast Artillery defense can do so by applying to this office. This , branch of the service with commanding officer at Fort Moultrie is in need i of a number otjuc.u i. iiu can :>e ptaceu through the .Local Hoard. This iti?plies t<? a!! rcg's!:unts between i s and 4 ?>. j Samuel 1 \ Schneider lias been made assistant clerk of the Local Hoard and lias already entered upon his duties. Mr. Svhneid.er has made several attempts to get into the military service was rejected because of defective eyesight. He is still in the .service : ::d i: '> - u a-signed t.? duty with the I-..'! Hoard. wiiii the Local Heard. Mis11 a ;; ' da.j sewr.ti y.-.irs exueiience in clerical work and is capable ; L "VK C. 3 I . .t:' a.: ; . .1 COUNTY FAIR TO BE BIG EVENT Maiy laiiiaiy Features Being Planned. < vc (.f t no < ' '. viil be the " : ' i ".! : ! I.oxinsrton : " : "1 Twenty > iircc-aa have ' ;5 : i ' ' <;;r>y fair is : i-.'-f. sxi r/ insfirtt ' . r.iy. I.'specially ; t? : : \ . ; r this time . : I ;> w.i!' that i:i>: ' : ( < W i- well for o :r < ' * together unci dis*' 11: ; r m front tip. " ucii a iuctb-n and conservation Of i!: -'i" > nex and earing I'oi- i\? i t>: ; wiiu- end poultry; nil of which pcrfoiiji such a neeesary ten : unp'yin ; 1. . ] for our people ;; :i?1 army. The menu 4 ?11< 111 t ' :i your proposes to make tIto fair a war time meeting and feature ?hose things that will prove helpful and beneficial to our country. Tin re will f<e a V. M. C A < xhib:t put on hy "V" secretaries front t'aa;;. Jackson: showing the "Y" hut and canteen nurser administering to the sick and wounded soldiers in the trench* s. More you will act a true idea of what this groat organization is doing for our hoys in Franco. In addition there will l>e a detachment of soldiers: who will help entertain the crowd with songs drill's clc. Special attention will he given to the field crop department this year; as this too is important to our food supply. Cash prizes of $70.00: $60.00; $aO.00 and $40.00 will he offered for the four Community Fairs exhibiting at the County Fair: and it is hopc-d that there will he at least four competing This is a wonderful opportunity for the Community Fairs to do a dgod work; and make some money for themselves, one building will he griv en over o the Community Fairs exclusively; and a fine display is expected. The exhibitors and management of the fair should he encouraged in thif wortr thic vMr l>v tlin 1 > rrrvct ntfot.. dance over attending a county fair. Xot altogether from a standpoint of amusement but for thop urpose of aid ing and encouraging that part that relates to the winning of the war. ! SI\( 'KKK CRATITUDE Mrs. William Bell: I.ogansport; Tnd. writes: "I deem it my duty to express my gratitude for the good Cham berlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy did mo when I had a severe attack of diarrhoea three years ago. It was the only medicine that relieved me." r WORKERS WANTED! TOR THE RED CROSS Kb") Split Irrigation pads for (October i Will you come and do your bit to help make the wounded boys mora comfortable or will you leave it for : someone else to do? i Work rooms open *-n Monday: Tues day and Thursday evenings?Wednesday. Friday and Saturday afternoons. BRONCHIAL TROUBLE Mrs. A. F. Sidenborder; Rockfield I ml.: states: "Fur an attacks of bronchial troubn- whirl', usually assails me iu tiic : piing I find Chamberlain's Cough Romodj the only thing that trivos me rcii< f. After using it for a few days all signs of bronchial trouble disappea rs." MIFI.TON CARLEY V.'O!'N BED IX FRANCE Mr. : '!>] M: \Y ! " < '-v! y :aeeivcd a loti'. r T;i'.:.-y Jnornii'u- fro:a. a Rou : I < ' : '; i : . !'*:"? iil 1 hat had been ] I - in;it upa a nday ' ! I 1 i i O . > :'vy ah- ') : Strayed ! ":ii dor v.\H . ~o:\ <'.n : i; i\ ; ' l : mi , t i t s . y