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I ^ V f THE PEE DEE i < I desire to add a word or two to wha I wrote last issue in reference to th< trip we took over to Kingstree to till funeral of Dr. Daniel. Especially d 1 desire to say a word about the goo< people of Kir.gstree. I had net freen in the Pee Dee sec tion of the state for several years, i: lact, not since before the war, an neither have I been to Charlesto since before the war. In order to ge to that section of the state frcm New berry you have to leave here on th Southern train, or spend the nigh either in Columbia or Sumter. An by leaving Newberry on the Souther) a-i noon you have a wait of a coupl v' n .1 l * _ r* L. n 1 /lours in toiumoia. rrom oumier o: ^ to the east that section of the stat< is practically Coast Line, so far a railroads, though the Seaboard ha a road running through there now but it makes no connection from thi section of the state, and, of course #al! connections in Columbia are mad to suit the Coast Line. And as a rul< it seems that whatever suits the rail roads suits the ralroad commission There are two Coast Line trains leaving Columbia in the afternoon, one o them goes to Wilmington, N. C., an< the otjier to Charleston, and both Sumter. The Coast Line has alway< furnished a very good service to th< j people over this side of the state, but of course, does not care abo-ut mak ing connections with other lines. Tin railroad fare h^s.got so high that : can not travel* very much any more and yet the trains all seem to b< crowded in spite of the- many auto: tV.e laitrTi farps Tf tnVps aKoilf. ?****? ?O" . ^ much to make the trip to Kingstre< ami back as it used to take to go t< Atlanta and back, though it costs ' little less to come back from King stree than it takes to go, and ovei the s&rre route. Just why that is so ] <Jo not kricw, but it did. V- . / " ? .We left Newberry at 12:30 anc reached Kingstree at 9:20 wiih a twc hours stop in Columbia and a stoi ^ fir supper at Florence. That is, 1 meanthat Dr. J. L. Daniel and my seH made the trip. Florence has mjade a good many changes since ] had been there, and the town has gnown v^ry- much in spite of the hare times and business seemed to be good, I came" very near 'going ^to Florence a ?ood many years ago to make it my Jiome. It was just before Mr. W. P. Houseal and myself went into the newspaper business together. That was before the county of Florence | was -formed, tat there was a good nniVrnur? /"ontflr fit fhp f.nwn and a enn siderable town, and Mr. C. H. Prince was running a job office and in coni nection with it a newspaper as a sort of side issue may be, but at any rate he was a good newspaper man, as newspaper men went in those days, and he made money at the business. He made me an offer to come tc Florence and write about a column oi editorial for his paper a week, anc ? he would pay me $40.00 per month ar?/1 fliaf T nt t.Hr samp tiimp ps. I tabKsh a law office. That was s pretty good salary then for the worl< required, and for a young fellow jusl starting out, and I had made up my < mind to accept that offer then Mr, ^ . Houseal.-came along with an offer tc go in with him and buy The Kerald 4 and News, and so here I am in New. berry. Well, I reokon it was all foi tSe 'best. But Florence has grown 1 since those days to be one of the . cities of .South Carolina, and there is a fine county now. Mr. Prince afterward studied medicine ar.d I sup f/uoc 13 yiatwv,j-ug suuicniicic in uic state, though I have not seen him ir a good many years. I haps he is prospering. On the return trip we had about an hour step in Florence and . it gave me an opportunity to walk up town and in the walk I intended tc take in the office of the Daily Times 'but met Mason Brunson before we . reached the office. He has been ir . the newspaper business for a gooc i ? while and is now the editor of The Times. My friend Hartwell Ayei conducted this paper for a good while and I believe established the daily. But Hr.rtwell has turned ir his last copy and passed to the othei side and while yet in the vigor of his manhood. -,v Arriving at Kingstree and leaving at 7 o'clock in the morning there was no opportunity to see this town, ana that was not our mission any way. But I did see some little of the town of Kingstree and it is growing and 4ias -many very handsome homes and broad streets. It has grown very ) much since my first trip there many ye^rs ago. The tobacco business helped the town, but they fell me that the crop this year was not only short but the price was way down, and as for cotton tfre boll weevil has taker ^ - it. We spent the night with Mr. Le rov Lee a prominent lawyer and who by the way, married a Newberry girl Miss Eva Riser. They have a mag- i *> nlfiicent home built with broa<l piaz- * ;* zas and wide halls and just suited to ! our southern climate. And Mrs. Lee ] 'f is a beautiful housekeeper. Mrs. Lee 1 t has a sister who also lives in Kings e tree, Mrs. J. W. Swiitenber;*, and Mr. j e SwRtenberg is also from New- ] n Knvw Knf hren in Kincstree < j for several years as superintendent of | '' M the schools. iJ ! I1 !, Mrs. Daniel says the people of the'j 11 town were just lovely to her during : d her stay in this town and that they : n \\Vre thoughtful of Dr. Daniel and t they were greatly enjoying their j - work in this hospitable community, : e and when the hour of sadness and L vtn 4-U.? r~i 1 U'OVO 111 2f C I am l u w laitit; uiv; j v?^v ~ . d kind and thoughtful and sympathetic n as they could be, and did everything ; e in- their power to make the burdsn < i easy. And she appreciates it. That ; 0 is characteristic of the people of . s South Carolina, but somehow the peo- ( s pie of the low country, as we call it, ' seem to know how to express their s sympathy and to help better than any. >, pec<ple in the world. f' ei : . . ?' . .J: e : Jf rom wnat- we couia sec irom tne - train the cotton crop is very short ov- ' . er this side, though now and then you - would see a field where it appeared: f to have a considerate arroun^ of i fruit on the stalks. They are build- ' ; ir.g school houses and nice ones at.: 3 that. At one little station we passed . ; we could see a school house nearing .] , completion, and it was a large two ] - story brick house, much larger than \ ? our Boundary street school building, | ] [ and if there was any town any where /near we could net see it. The build- < j ing was standing out in a big field . s with no other house near. I suppose < 5 it was one of those centralized high j1 ? schools, or may be a consolidated ! > school. - At any rate it was a hand- ;, i, some brick building and I mention it ji -' to show that even t'hs boll weevil and i r the hard times have not stopped the ; [ educational development of this sec- : tion of the state, and it should not be : retarded in any section. The educa- J' j' tion of the children is the main ques- j ) tion ' ?fore the people of this gener- J ation. \\ , E. H. A. | ? It Would Be. A man was called upon to testify j >; in a suit as to the number of cubic j j I yards that were handled in some nil-; j ing work near his place. He showed 11 very little knowledge of the matter, ' i and his idea of a cubic yard was so indefinite that it seemed doubtful whether he knew what the teri^ meant. In order to make its mean-, ing clear the judge said: "Listen, my man! Just suppose | i this ink-stand to be three feet across i [ the top.this way and three that way' ' j and three feet in height, what should you call it?" j j "Well, your honor," said the wit- j ' i ness without hesitation, "I should say 'jit,was some inkstand." 9 I j A big city judge declares that he f J will not have any members of the Ku ' : Klux Klan servng on his juries. But < I. that, however, may be only a case of j ? judicial "safety first." j j ij When we hear a fellow boasting ; that he never changts his mind we : Ti u I ; quite agree witn mm. it is aimcim , ' to change something that does not j .' exist. ,[ (j AN ORDINANCE ! To Provide for the Raising of a Rev!enue for the Town of Newberry, South Carolina, by the levying ofj Taxes in the Said Town for the I* Year Nineteen Hundred and Twen- .' ty One. J Be it ordained by the Mayor and; . 'Aldermen of the town of Newberry j >' in council assembled; ' j That for the purpose of raising a; 11 revenue and in the exercise of the' j taxing power of the said town, the j [ | following taxes are hereby levied for! i | the fiscal year cndinc? December 31st, I j 1921, upon all the real and personal j I j property within the corporate limits )! of the town of Newberry, South Car! olina (except upon such property as ' i is exempt fr^ra taxation under the { i constitution and laws of this state),! II upon the valuation thereof as assess- j I ed for taxation for state and county i ,! purposes. (1) That a tax of one dollar on j * j each hundred dollars' worth of real i I and personal property within the cor- j i i porate limits of the? town of Newber-i f ^ Po vnlino ( ow>nnt nn! ^ j I J, UUU(/U C*. l v/iiiia, (-*2^ vn uuvn ; i property as is exempt from taxation j ' j under the constitution and laws of! 1 this state) is hereby levied for the j purpose of raising a revenue to de-j fray the ordinary expenses of the. said town of Newberry, South Car-! i olina, for the fiscal year ending Dec 1 j ember 31st, 1921. (2) That a tax on one-fourth of i one mill on each dollar's worth of, real and personal property within the j corporate iimits of the town of New-j j berry, South Carolina, (except upon j such property as is exempt from tax-j ation under the constitution and laws j of this state) is hereby levied for the; purpose of raising a revenue to pay I the interest on and to create a sinking ; 1 fund fcr the bonded indebtedness of | said town for the water and light j bonds issued in 1897. 3 (3) That a tax o? one mill on each' l one dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate! limits of the town of Newberry, South' ' Carolina, (except such property as is. > j exempt from taxation under the con-j jjimMiu" m mrntm -?im jmvk. t.i \i twwbb? vtitution and laws of this stale) is i ere by levied for the purpose of rais-j ng a revenue to pay the interest on ! ir.d to create a sinking fund for the! ponded indebtedness of the said town ! for th<4 sewerage system issued in the year I!>02. (4) That a tax of one and onefcurih mills on each dollar's worth of i: ^ ^ urlfUin t il P ! it."cli it I ill j/t'I SUH<U vv i ui in vnvcorporate limits ot the town of Newberry, South Carolina (except such property as is exempt from taxation under constitution and laws of this state), is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to pay the interest on and to create a sinking | fund for the Ker.dcd indebtedness off the said town for the "funding" bonds issued in the year 1905. (5) That a tax of one and onefour! h mills on each one dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the town of Newberry, South Carolina, (except such property as is exempt from taxation under the constitution and laws of this state) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to pay the interest and to create a sinking fund for the bonded indebtedness of the said town for the "water and sewer" bonds issued in 1909. // V _ J. ?4? +1, -f/MivfVic ^ O /' I 1U L H LtlA Ol lliiCC-iuiu-nu. of one mill on cach dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the town of Newberry, (except such property as is exempt from taxation under the constitution and laws of tihs state) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to pay the interest on and to create.a sinking fund for the bonded indebtedness of the said town for the "opera" house" bonds issued in 1920. (7) That a tax of one. and one' " -1 _ 11 halt mills on cacn one uujjui a 3f real and personal property within the corporate limits of the town of dewberry (except sucji property as is exempt under the constitution and laws of this state) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to pay the interest on and to create a sinking: fund for the bonded indebtedness of said town for the "funding bonds" issued in 1020. ^8) That a tax of one-half of one! mil! on each dollar's worth of rea! and personal property within the corporate limits of the town cf wherry (except such property as is exempt frcm taxation under the constitution and laws of this state) is hereby'levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to pay the interest on and to create a sinking fund for the bonded indebtedness of said town for the "fire equipment" bonds issued in the yeju- 1920. r9) That a tax of three mills on each one dollar's worth of real and personal property within corporate limits of the town of Newberry (except such property as is exempt from taxation under the constitution and laws of this state) 'is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to pay the interest on and to create a sinking fund for the bonded indebtedness of the said town for the "street improvement" bonds issued in the year 1921. (10) That a tax of one and threefourths mills on each one dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the town of Newberry, South Carolina, (except such property as is exempt ! from taxation under the constitution I ? i and laws of this state) is hereby levied for the purpose of laising a revenue to pay the interest on and to create a sinking fund for the bonded indebtedness of said town for Extension of the waterworks bonds of said town issued in the year 1921. (11) That a tax of wiree-fourths of a mill on each one dollar's worth of I real and personal property within the corporate limits of the town of Newberry, South Carolina, (except such property as is exempt under the constitution and laws of this state) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising "a revenue to pay the interest on and to create a sinking fund for the bonded indebtedness of the said town for the "Sewer Extension" bonds issued in the year 1921. (12) That a tax of three-fourths if one mill en each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the town of Newberry, South Carolina, (except such property as is exempt under the conwcMf ygrm/niis vvurmj 8*E.IIW^W} ALL RUN-DOWN I _____ i Missouri Lady Suffered Until She Tried Cardui.?Says "Result ''?-flnf Afnn9 I if as uuiu;?:ug< v>ui imwu^ i Fine, Became Konsal and Healthy. Springfield Mo.?"My back was ?o weak I could hardly stand up, and I would have bearing-down pains and was not well at any time," says Mrs.. D. V. Williams, wife of a well-known farmer on Route 6, this place. "I kept getting headaches and having to go to; bed," continues Mrs. Williams Aw /v 4- Vwl r? frAtw TfrT>7pH U.C5UI lUIIIg 1 lie uunyito nuui n uiv/u she obtained relief through the ifle ot Cardui. "My liusband, having heard cf Cardui, proposed getting it for me. "I saw after taking some Cardui ... that I was improving. The result was surprising. I felt like a different person. "Later I suffered from weakness and weak back, and felt all run-down. I did not rest well at night, I was so nervous and cross. My husband said * 1 "? * ? n J..2 ne wouia got me some v_,araui, wuna he aid. It strengthened me . . . My doctor said I got along fine. I was In good healthy condition. I cannot say too much for it." Thousands of women have suffered as Mrs. Williams describes, until they found relief from the use of Carduf. Since it has helped so many, you should not hesitate to try Cardui If troubled with womanly ailments. For sale everywhere. E.83 j stitution and laws of this state) is 1021, and the loth day of December hereby levied for the purpose of rais- 1921, and a penalty of ten percentun incr a revenue to pay the inierek^on is hereby imposed and shall no addet and to create a sinking fund fcr the to all taxes not paid prior to the 1~>U bonded indebtedness of the said lown day of December, 1021. for the "Light Extension" bonds is- (14) That execution -hall be is sued in the vear 1021. sued according to iaw for the collec (13) That all taxes heroin levied tion of nil taxes, fines and penahie: shall be paid to the said town of New- past due and unpaid for 15 days am berry, South Carolina, in lawful mon-.thc costs of said executions. ey of the United States of America,! Done and ratified under the cor between the first day of October, porate seal of the town of Newberry ) iiihwii? m \iumm >, hum jimiiimminoiw u I . r>r\rT,rTir\iLitT,r\mf^o tui iun lurruo After It Is Baled cotton goes a long way and is handled several times bfefore it reaches the loom. Through every stage it is in danger of fire-a dead loss. Cotton Needs Insurance One litle spark may start a fire that will rob you of your income on this year's crop.. And just one thing-costing very little-will guarantee your income . against such loss. That is the indemnity paid in case of loss by fire if your cotton is insured in a reliable Insurance Com- ? pany. James A. Burton Insurance?Real Estate. 1103 Caldwell St. Newberry, S. C. Member Newberry Chamber of Commerce - l'11' # j&P. '# 1 ? _ Ci. I /. We have'been asked account for the tide ol which has swept the c? Among ethers, two fundamental causes > ' * lo The outstandi in quality, style, j strated by the cor L_ic ?'ii: ? / 2. The universal v of the name STl \ fcren the symbol U Crowning proof of the depen reflected in our diminishing bi With approximately September 1st, 1921 year wars 3% less th While our car manu last year, our service one-half to two-thir< StudebaLcr Cars arc shops, to a degree Tin TIip Cor A #. A r?^ V* W? -l?> ? >-w wr ? ? ? ~ ? ? ? NEW PRICES OF 5 /, o. 6. factories, cfTec\ Touring Cars and Roadsters: Lighk-Szx 3-Pas.>. Roadster $1125 Light-Six Touring Car 1150 . Spcciai-Six 2-Pas*s. Roadster 1585 Special-Six Touring Car 1635 Special-Six 4-Pass. Roadster 1635 Dig-Six Touring Car : 1985 ALL STUDEBAKER CARS ARE McHARDI Distri Phone 300 , Scutn (.luniKa,.this the 23rd day of Saber, deceased, are hereby notified hep'ember A R. 1921 ito render an account of their dei iL. .h h>. >>LLASh. nuands, duly attested, to the under1 r u* cu Ar?Mw Mayor, jsipned or C. L. Leitzsey, or to her * . . ' , Vvr ' 'attorney, PI. C. Holloway, on or beT *"ii ;> T ,Sllln; v . f"re Octcbor 1921, and all persons - I.-.n - Oil tic 11, own ol Nftvbcrry, S. awinsr said estate will make paym^*' I 9-SO-it -likewise. MARY A. SU.BER, Qualified Executrix last will and tes NOTICE ! tanient of John A. Subcr, deceased. i Creditors of the estate of John A.! lM5-4t. . j " j?~ ? ii" i ; j The Man Who Said: j " The proof of the pudding ! is in the eating"? was only half through He started a good puddingr i a 1 J: _1 _ 1a. proot, DUt ne uiun i musu u. There's a lot of trouble in* . the world from puddings that taste good but don't do good. " *?? 11 1 A. ^.t? l ney ear wen, uui ujhi |' ends the recommendation. I Sanitariums are full of pud - \ *' ding-eaterswhostoppedthetestat tasteand forgot to inquire whether their food gave the body what it needed?until the body rebelled. *f n Grape-Nuts is a food that J J t >' '; U tastes good and does good. The "i [! proof of Grape-Nuts begins in the | !| ' #^W> * ij eating and goes on through the ,,''' splendid service which Grape' Nuts renders as a real food. ^ Grape-Nuts is the perfected good . HI p.ess ot wheat and maitea Dariey jjl?dciicious to taste, easy to digest, and exceptionally rich in nourishment for body and brain, i : 1'There's a Reason5' for Grape-Nuts jj 1U- -u , >#? / idebaker Year \ ?i _ t_i _ i rne quebiiun stuw wc F Studebaker popularity untry. . . explain it: tng cause is the Value of Studekafaer Cars, C J,. f? ?i o t- ? ?-> n/-?r? /J /am nn performance, auidumiy, aim pn?^, 1 IVll nnlete satisfaction and enthusiasm of .nearly wners who know values. respect for and confidence in the integrity JDEBAKER which for seventy years has of quality and fair dealing. dability of Studebaker cars is ssiness in service parts. * 116,000 more Studebakcr cars in operation on , our parts business the first eight months of this an in the same period two years ago. facturing plants operated this year 41% ahead of : parts manufacturing plant has operated at from ds of last year. / i standing up in service and staying out of repair excelled, we believe, by any cars of whatever price. poration of America. A. R. ERSKINE, President >TUDEBAKER CARS tivc September 8th, 1921 Coupes and Sedans: Li<?ht-Six 2-pass. Coupe-Roadster $1550 Light-Six 5-pass. Sedan Special-Six 4-pass. Coupe 24$0 Special-Six 5-pass. Sedan 2550 Big-Six 4-pass. Ccupe 2850 Big-Six 7-pass. Sedan 2950 \ EQUIPPED WITH CORD TIRES ( MOWER, ibutor Newberry, S. C. ( MMMi*