The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, May 19, 1915, Image 5
4 "THE LEXINGTON NEWS
? Published Every Wednesday By
S. J. Leaphart and M. G. Sarratt
>??^itered at the Post Office at Lexingiagton,
S. C., as MailJ&atter of the
Second Class.
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are not responsible for the views
t of our correspondents.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19.1915.
#' To THE PEOPLE OF LEXINGTON
COUNTY?GREETING:
^ -v i The Lexington News makes its
r s * bow to you. In doing so, it
;:p ' * - desires to merit your confidence
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4- ? * The News is in business for itonH
not in- ooDosition to any
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-other newspaper now in existence
serving a useful purpose
?v :in the community.
It is the purpose of this paper
to perform the mission that its
name indicates?to give to its
readers the news. It shall be
the policy to convey through .its
columns such matters of public
? import as are of interest to the
reading public.
The News proposes to be neither
the organ nor mouthpiece of any
v - faction or clique, but it shall at
all times endeavor to inform the
people of conditions that are the
subject of legitimate publication
and leave to the people, in whose
judgment and integrity it has
unlimited confidence, the full
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4 Tight to decide tor tnemseives,
reserving to itself; of course, the
.privilege it accords to others to
"express and follow the dictates of
its own judgment and conscience
This paper shall be pleased to
hear from people who are inter?
. egfced in public questions and their
communications will be given
space in our columns so long as
. .they do not transgress the pro*
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management of this ''sheet".
Those who write for publication
must furnish their names to paper!
before any article will be published.
The News invites all who have
knowledge of news items to report
the same to its office at a
time that will permit the use of
same in the columns of this paper
All must remember that in order
to get news items in a paper the
information must reach the office
in time for the type to be set and
the form for the paper prepared
for printing on the date fixed for
its issuance.
The foregoing is but an outline
' of the policy of this paper and it
may be amplified hereafter as
conditions may warrant. Let it
j be understood, however, that the
j policy of this paper broadly stated
shall be to serve the highest and
best interest of this county and
of our state. To that end the
efforts of those in control are
i dedicated. In the work thus
! undertaken we invite the assist!
ance and co-operation of all good
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j The news enters the field of
journalism with a full knowledge
of its duties and responsibilities,
! of the possibilities of its influence
j and usefulness, but unafraid it
j starts the voyage full of hope
, and confidence, daring to underj
take a mission of usefulness and
| service.
So here's
j "A health to our captain and
officers true,
And all that "belong to the jovial
crew."
S. J. Leaphart.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
As will be recalled by read
:ers of the Lexington Dispatch,
; the undersigned was connected
| with that paper from July 1st,
; 1913, to the termination of that
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are the "Mill-Ends
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to come.
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year in the capacity of associate j
editor. No apology will be prof- j
fered the people of this county j
for the policy maintained by |
that paper during that period.
More than three years before
the writer came to Lexington
he founded The Sentinel, aweeki-_
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j ly newspaper puunsueu at lauceyville,
N. C., which, when he
severed his connection with it, had
a splendid advertising patronage j
and over eighteen hundred bona
fide circulation. The writer then
I went to Greenville, N. C., where
| he took charge of the Pitt CounIty
Independent, a semi-weekly
'paper, which he remained with
till the fall following, when his
health became so greatly impaired
that he had to quit the busi|
ness for a few months. Both of
| those papers are still being pubj
lished. We make this statement
so that it may serve as an introduction.
In launching The News, it is
not our purpose to fight any per
son or persons, nor to promote
the cause of a respective political
i faction or political machination,,
| but to give the people the news.
We bear enmity toward no one.
We shall omly delve into public
I matters when we are convinced
that the best interests of the
people of our county, our state
: and our nation are at stake. Re,
ward or hope of reward shall not
j be an incentive to our political or
; public endorsement.
First of all, The news shall be
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i a Democratic newspaper devoted
| to the best interests of the people
J of this county. Our county, our
I state, our nation and their best
j
j interests shall be of far more coni
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I siaeration 10 us man me sausiyJ
ing of the personal political ambitions
of any officeseeker. In
j this connection, we wish also to
ladd that any reputable citizen
{who wishes to discuss matters
i pertaining to the welfare of our i
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other hand, thought
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be respect and patrc
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and left over lots, ai
prices; therefore, our
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may do so, but positively no communications
will be published
when the writer is unwilling for
his name to follow his communication;
however, this condition
does not apply to our correspondents,
who write items of
news from their respective localities.
The people can greatly assist
us in making the News all that
the word implies by bringing or \
sending us the news. If the j
Newrs is well patronised during
the first year of its publication,
| we propose to install a linotype j
| and emerge into a semi-weekly;
| paper. Therefore, the people
| will sanction such an advent by i
| their patronage to this paper dur- j
i ing the ensuing year.
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The Ford Kept A-Chnggin.
Old Zeke Perkins sold his hogs
one day, and the gosh darned
fool threw his money right away,
he rode into town sitting on a
board, and he came riding home
in a darn little Ford. When he!
came to the house and up to the j
gate, he shut down the throttle j
and put on the brake, he grabbed I
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stead, and the darn little Ford
kept chugging ahead.
Zeke jerked on the levers and
he turned on the gas, he kicked
at the pedai and he broke out
the glass, he cut all the wires
and he pulled off the top, but the
gosh darned Ford just wouldn't
stop. He pulled out his knife
and smiled so serene, cut a hole
in the tank, drained out the gasoline,
he pulled out his gun and
shot the tires full of lead, but
the gol darn Ford kept a chuggin'
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ular prices. We also hand*
1 ICE, which we will sell in
quantity from 5 cents vvo*.4
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