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LAND EXCHANGE c The Wise Investor is Always looking for opportunities to buy t real estate at a price less than its a actual valuu. The best way 8 To Find Real Estate Bar- I gains c is to keep in close touch with 1 t our omce. we are, every day | listing property that may inter- 55 est you. It is no trouble to show the goods. 116 1-2 acres two miles from Marshville, N. C. Three horse farm in cultivation, good buildings, good water, good pasture, good young orchard, no waste land on the place. Timber enough for all building purposes. Public road divides place in two equal parts. Price $2750.00 cash ^ or $3,000.00 on five years time. 35 acres one mile from Pageland, sandy and granite land s with clay subsoil. Two horse f farm in cultivation, good build ings, good water. Has all the a conveniences of a small farm. s If you are looking for a small , farm near a good school, this f Dlace will suit von. Tt is 3-4 nf { a mile from Pageland High School, and has sand clay road s all the way. Price $1500.00. . 57 2 3 acres six miles northeast from Pageland. Clay land, produces well. 11-2 miles from church, 1 mile from school. c Three room dwelling with barns ' and other improvements. Slightly rolling, but produces well and a is well watered. A bargain at the price $650.00. 30 acres two miles from Page v land, original forest growth of v oak timber. This land lies well a and has sold more than once for r $20.00 per acre. Worth that a now, but for quick sale is otfer- v ed at $400.00 because owner ? wishes to meet other obligations. 58 acres half mile from Page- r land, sandy land with clay sub soil close to surface. Three * horse farm in cultivation, good t ? pasture, good new dwelling and c good tenant house, with barns c on both premises, good well of > water at each dwelling. Not an ( acre of waste land on the whole s place. An ideal small farm, and 1 one of the best bargains on our list. Price $3,000.00. 316 acres good sandhill land, ( clay subsoil, located 5 miles ( southeast of Pageland. Good \ two horse farm in cultivation. 1 Price $3,250.00, payable $1000.00 4 cash, balance on easy payments, 1 with interest. A good opportu* 4 nity to buy a sand hill farm at a * bargain and do your own im- * proving. ^ Pageland Insurance &. Realtv Co. 1 , - - - - - i One day a new pupil in a mu- < sic settlement school came home < and asked: * "Mother, how many carrots are there in a bushel? Teacher i wants to know." 1 What?" answered the mother 1 "What has that got to do with < music?" "I don't know," replied the 1 child. ' < The next day the mother went ' to the music school to inquire i what kind of music her child < was being taught. The teacher laughed and said: i "Well, that is hardly correct, madam. What we asked your < child was how many beats there i were in a measure." ? Three or four tawny spots ap- e peared here and there on the c little boy's blue k.iickerbockers. z Attracted by his cheery smile, t stopped to talk to him and "won dered why his mother did not E patch with a rnlrtr " r . ? M ix/1 IU llKlltll. ^ The little boy blushed deeply and then burst out: tl "That ain't no patch; that's r me." h 1< Don't forget the day, don't for- o get the date that Dr II. Smith, h Eye Sight Specialist, will be rt " Pageland?Monday and Tues fi day, Oct. 30 and 31st. tl Notice of Election >tate of South Carolina, County Chesterfield. Notice is hereby given that he General Election for State ind County Officers will be held it the voting precincts prescrib:d bv law in said county, on ruesday. November 7, 1916 said lay being Tuesday following he first Monday in November, is prescribed by the State Contitution. The qualification for suffrage: Managers of election shall remire of every elector offering o vote at any election, before illowing him to vote, the proluction of his registration cerificatc and proof of the pay nent of all taxes, including poll ax, assessed against him and :ollectible during the previous 'ear. The production of a cerificate or of the receipt of the officer authorized to collect uch taxes, shall be conslusive >roof of the payment thereof. Section 237, Code of 1912, as imended by Act No. 6, special ession of 1914. Section 237. There shall be hree separate and distinct balots, as follows: One ballot for Jnited States Senator, Repreentatives in Congress and Presilential electors; and one ballot or Governor, Lieutenant Gov xnor, State officers, Circuit Soicitors, members of the House >f Representntives, State Senaor, county officers, and one allot for all Constitutional mendments and special ques* ions, each of three said boxes o be appropriately labelled; vhich ballots shall be of plain vrhite paper and of such width nd length as to contain the lames of the officer or officers ,nd question or questions to be t? ? * vjicvi ivji ui upon, ciear and iven cut, without ornament, lesignation, mutilation, symbol nark of any kind whatsoever, sxcept the name or names of the jerson or persons voted for and he office to which such person >r persons are intended to be chosen, and all special questions vhich name or names, office or )ffices, question or questions shall be written or printed or Kirtly written or partly printed hereon in black ink; and such >allot shall be so folded as to conceal the name or names, piestion or questions thereon, ind so folded, shall be deposited n a box to be constructed, kept ind disposed of as herein pro/ided by law, and no ballot ol any other description found in sither of the said boxes shall be counted. On all special questions the aallot shall state the question, 01 questions, and shall thereaftei iiave the words "Yes" and "No* inserted so that the voter may indicate his vote by striking oul 3ne or the other of such words 3n said ballot, the word not sc stricken out to be counted. Before the hour fixed for r?npn. ins: the polls, Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe ihe Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Man igers can administer the oath tc he other members and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must ad nioister the oath to the Chair nan. The Managers elect theii Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place nust be opened at 7 o'clock a. m, and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., ex ;ept in the City of Charleston where they shall be opened at 7 i. m. and closed at 6 p. m. TU ~ ft* ? i iic lYimiHgers nave tnc pow;r to fill a vacancy, aud if none >f the Managers attend, the citions can appoint from among he qualified voters, the Mana;ers, who, after being sworn, can :onduct the election. At the close of the election, he Managers and Clerk must rocced publicly to open the allot boxes and count the bal 3ts therein, and continue with ut adjournment until the same i completed, and make a statelent of the result for each ofce and sign the same. Within iree days thereafter, the Chair man of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the results of the election. At the said election qualified electors will vote upon the adoption or reiection of amendments to the State Constitution, as provided in the following Joint Resolutions: A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution, Relating to Muncipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto, Relating to School District No. 1, of Kershaw County. A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend Article X of the Con stitution by Adding Thereto Section 15. to Rmnnwpr thp Tnwn of Mullins to Assess Abutting Property for Permanent Improvement. A Joint Resolution to Amend Article X of the Constitution so as to Authorize the Town ot Clinton and the City of Easley to Assess Abutting Property for Permanent Improvements. A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Article XII, Section 2 of the Constitution, by Striking Out the Whole of Said Section 2, Article XII, and Substituting Therefor a New Sec tion Providing for the Appointment of a Board of Regents for Institutions Maintained for the Care of the Insane, for the Appointment of a Superintendent Therefor, and Defining the Powers. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 5, Article XI of the Constitution, Relating to School Dis tricts, by Adding a Special Proviso as to Spartanburg County. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 5, Article X, of the-Constitution, relating to the Limit vra inv jl/uiiuvu lytl/l VI v?)VUWI Districts, by adding a Proviso thereto as to the Charleston School District Comprised within the Present Limits of thie CUy , of Charleston. A Joint Resolution to Amend i Sections 7 of Article VIII, of the Constitution, Relating to Muncipal indebtedness by adding a Proviso Thereto as to the City of Anderson. " ELECTION MANAGERS The following Managers ol Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: Cheraw?J. A. McCreight, D, L. Tillman, G. W. Guin. Bethel?D. S. Matheson, E. C Ellerbe, P. E. Treacy. > Pee Dee?W. S. Toller, H. K, Linton, John B. Chapman. Brock's Mill?J. C. Brock, L J. Rivers, W. A. Pegues. Patrick?Joel L. Baker, John 1 G. Copeland, I. C. Turnage. * Middendorf?D. M. Rowe, K > C. Johnson, J. R. B. Sims. McBee?T. M. Beatty, W. L KK /"> tr mtv^uy, vj. r>. rvinsr. I Cat Pond?W. J. Kuthven, Jesse ! Chisholm, P. E. Chapman. - Gram's Mill?N. P. Evans, W T. Rivers, T. C. Teal. ? Snow Hill?John T. Cambell, ? Carrol W. Davis, D. L. Cason. Odom's Mill?E. W. Sowell, J W. Roscoe, Miles Watson. Douglas Mill?John C. Smith W. P. Oliver, A. A. Douglass, Sr ' Wexford?E. J. Moore, J. T Davidson, A. B. Smith. Ruby? D. H. McGregor, S.J, .'Sellers, J. F. Crawley. Cross Roads?V. B. Waddell, J. D. Woodard, S. T. Douglass. I Mt. Croghan - W. H. Gibson, t W. W. Lowry, R. B. Redfearn, Winzo?H. Z. Outen, W. rf. Jordan, C. W. Maples. * Pageland?W. E. Courtney, T. W. Turner, J. L. Cato. Plains?John A. Hicks, U. A. | McManus, T. J. Rodgers. Dudley?T. D. Funderburk, W. C. Jenkins. H. J. Funderburk. Jefferson?L. S. Ilorton, C. A. Raker, M. A. Vick. Catarrh?B. E. Funderburk, W. L. Jordan, W. II. Middleton. Angelus?C. S. Johnson, J, C. Jowers, Wm. L. Ilorton. Ousleydale?J. W. Ousley, J. L. Johnson, John A. Clark. Court House?C. J. Hunlev' i Erwin Melton, F. W. Rivers. The Managers at each pre cinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election. Boxes and m; structions will be delivered bv the Clerk of the Board, M. J. w * _ i. < .1 < ? : nouen, ai me c,ouri nouse on or betore Saturday, November 4th, 1916. i J. N. Stricklin, Chairman, R. M. Myers, J. O. Taylor. Commissioners of State and , Countv Elections for Chesterfield County, S. C. ; October 16th, 1916. Tax Notice The Tax Books will be open for the collection of taxes from October 15th until 31st day of December 1916. Tax Levy for State 6 1-2 mills 1 Ordinary Countv 71-2 ? Constitutional School 3 ? Coimty Road 1-2 ? Total Levy 17 1-2 ? SPECIAL LOCAL Local School Bonds Cheraw Graded S3 4 Marburg 3 | Pee Dee 3 4 ! Pine Grove 3 Vaughn 3 2 Juniper 3 Dudley 3 Mangum 3 Wallace 3 Pat's Branch 4 Stafford 5 21-2 Bethel 4 Center Point 4 Wamble Hill 4 Center 4 Wexford 4 5 Buffalo 4 Plains 4 Friendship 4 Long Branch 4 Green Hill 4 Middendorf 4 5 Sandy Run 4 Bay Springs 4 Lewis 5 Black Creek 5 < Center Grove 5 < Cat Pond 5 1 Cashs 5 2 * Bear Creek 5 < Zion 5 1 Bethesda 5 Harris Creek 5 Snow Hill 5 > Patrick 5 1-2 4 i Parker 6 Pageland 6 Ousley 7 palmetto 7 White Oak 7 Orange Hill 8 Spencer 8 Cross Roads 8 New Hope 8 Jefferson 8 4 , McBee 8 4 1-2 Union 8 Mt. Croghan 8 4 Chesterfield 8 1-2 3 Shiloh 10 Ruby i0 4 J-2 ; Cheraw township (Outside 2 Winzo 2 Mt. Croghan, (O.) 2 Five Forks 2 j ' Old Store, (O) 2 Alligator 2 Road bonds, Alligator Township 7 mills Road bonds, Jefferson Township 6 mills Road bonds, Cheraw Towhship 2 mills I will be at the following places on dates as given below: Pageland, Monday, Oct. 16th; Jefferson, Tuesday, Oct. 17th; ' Angelas. Wednesday, Oct. 18th; McRee, Thursday, Oct. i9;Ousleydale, Friday, Oct. 20th; Che raw, Monday, Oct. 30; Cheraw, Tuesday, Oct. 31; Patrick, Friday, Nov. 3rd; Middendorf, Monday, Nov. 13; Mt. Croghan, Tuesday, Nov. 14; Ruby, Wednesday, Nov. 15; Dudley, 2 to 5, Thursday, Nov. 16; Plains, Friday, Nov. 17, W. A. DOUGLASS, Oountv Treasurer. Sept. 15th, '916. Special We are now not only offering dry goods Shoes Hats Caps at 1 in addition we are going to giv perchase of Dry goods one set or one set of Cups*and Saucers to make the entire purchase when you have traded the air -f i are entitled to tnis premium. Pageland Mc Compa | Boys' Suits | Sacrifk k P We have left a few boys sui k no longer carry this kind of goo % these at a very low figure. Tf P fore the advance, and we are c Idown. If we can fit your boy the suit, for when you see the price, a trade will follow at one D. E. CI AtitAAHAAAAAAft JtJti in?: ^rooKca Made Stra As John Harley says, bi to start straight, and keep s your Dry Goods, Clothing < Catos where everything is tee to be straight and satisl; We have some attractive Suits, size 37 down, Ladie: 34 and down. We are ottering the bigest v, shown in Chesterfield county. T. E. CA V St Town Tax Notice Town taxes for Town best of Pageland are now due ^ and payable at Pageland Hardware Co. Please cc pay promptly. ar I I U7^i? 1 to Li. j. 7Y auuru p Clerk y Wanl PaRt Dry goods should nol l?o purchased un- |pre?l til you have seen the nice new line f carried by C. L. Gulledge. sct<>r ' Offer I r our large line of I the old price. But I e with every $10.00 I of nice Dinner plates I You do not have H at one time. But lount of 10.00 you H I cantile I ny I 1 *********** 1 to Be | :ed I * X ts, and as we will ds, we will sacrifice qg ley weie bought be- X utting the price way we can sell you ^g goods and hear the X arte ! | *4**444**4* | - - 1 Shall Be ight it the best way is traight, and buy ind Shoes at T. E. sold on a guaranactory : prices on Men s ' q?:i. a > v^uai ouno, size alues in Lace ever Nuff Said. | TO jc R. F. Smith before sell cotton seed, best cash price or t exchange, jins Running /e are now ginning >tton at both plants, id will pay you the p lor your seed. eople's Gin Co. E. Agerton, Mgr. ted?8 fool cfosslios delivered at land. C. L. Gullcdge. i barrel Columbia Dry batteries ale at D. E. Clark's store for 70c a