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TWO FARMERS FIGHT cap finnsi nsy i vii a w?? s Dispute Over Picturesque Institution at Lexington, Ky. CUSTOM OVER CENTURY OLD City Dwellers Win First Round, but Farmers Are StiiJ in the Ficht?Case Involves Block in Center of City Used by Farmers as Market for Their Horses, Mules and Live Stock ?~Citizens Compiain of Unsigntiiness. t Kentucky has had its feuds in the mountains and its duels in the blufgrass hltd the purchase; but not for a century bus a more bitter, bloodless feud been fought than that now being staged in the courts here between the farmers of Fayette county and the city dwellers of Lexington. For the city dwellers have decreed that "court day" on Cbeapside. a block In the center of the city, an institution of a century's duration, must go. And the farmers say that "court day" must stay. The courts have decided in favor of the city dwellers once. b;it a mistake was made in not including the county in the suit to abolish the custtnn of farmers bringing their horses and mules and live stock of all kinds to Cheapside for sale and of the people of the countryside gathering in the shadow of the statue of John Cabell Breckinridge, former Vice President of the United States, to discuss the political issues of the day. For, it develops, Cheapside has for 17.(5 years been the property of the county. Dates From 17S0. Back in 1790 Cheapside was the center of the city of Lexington, then the metropolis of the West. Ar that time the city trustees ordered the first market house erected on the square. The pillory and the stocks, the public well and the courthouse (as at present) stood on Cheapside. There on Wednesdays and Saturdays the country people brought in their produce and the city dweller and the country dweller met, traded, swapped tales and talked politics. In later years James Lane Allen, a Kentucky writer, made Cheapside famous with his description of the monthly "court day," the last of the ancient institutions of central Kentucky. In 1S05, it develops, the city of Lexington deeded Cheapside to the county of Fayette. Since that time the county has been responsible for it. Appearance Causes Complaint. In late years t!?e brick pavement of Cheapside has become pitted and rough. Oa court days it is crowded with farmers and live stock and wagons loaded with produce?this once a month. On other days automobiles filled the places, parked at all angles. For many months there have been complaints of the unsightliness of Cheapside and the apparent lack of authority by the city police. So action was started in the Circuit court to force the city to "abate the nuisance." The Circuit court ordered the "nuisances" abated. But the court did not count on the county. Now the action has been revived through filing cf a petition by the county declaring it alone has jurisdiction over this plot of ground, containing perhaps a quarter of an acre in the heart of the city. What the result will he rannot he told until the Circuit court again nets and the Court of Appeals has its final say. i But one thing is certain, the country folk are going to fight to the last ditch to retain their plot of ground in the city where they can gather, sell their stock and talk politics. SMALL WIRELESS OUTFITS Many Installed in Paris to Get Correct Greenwich Time. hundred small wireless out fits have been 'installed in F'aris jewelry, watch and clock stores to enable the jewelers to catch the correct Greenwich Meridian time as ir is sent daily at ten o'clock by the Eiffel Tower. Formerly the exact time had to be obtained from the observatory by telephone. The installation is simplicity itself. The outfit, about nine inches In diameter, is bung on a nail in the wall. A copper wjre run down To the cellar or along a water or gaspipe serves as a "ground wire," while the removal of the bulb from a nearby electric light and the insertion of a contact plug take the place of antennae. It can be done in five minutes. Thp outfit can be regulated to h<?ar everything that is sent out from thp Eiffel Tower. A correspondent list J t. W C enea in wiicii iiic n.uiK. ..... hein*: sent out one day and the signals were clear and easily heard. Postmasters to Seek Lost Persons. Postmasters throughout the country will assist in locating missing persons, 1n aecord with a request of Postmaster General Hays. The postmasters will not interfere with family affairs, hut will make Inquiries from oilier postmasters and notify reJatives. Only Families With Children Taken Fr?nk H. Kryder of For; Wayne Jnd.. has a house to rent but will noi eonsider a eouple without children ''Where wouid you and I he if <?ui parter> been unahfe tn ror,: hous** because <?f having' childrenV" a.sk.s Mr Jurydtr, ! RACE SOfCiGE TO ! j KILL OFF KITS; British Zoo Director Says Present Methods Are Wrong. WOULD KILL ONLY FEMALES i i i ; Then the Males Will Fight Each j Other and Eventually Destroy the Breed?Four Males and Six Fc- ' males, Given Sufficient Fond. Will Increase to 170. COO Ferr?ies and i 120.000 Males Within Two Years? ; j Proven by Denmark's Experience. (Ir^at Britain's strenuous efforts, i j during ilit* National K:ii week just cioseu. 10 ursm',v rue roueuis saiu io j have been responsible for the desfruc : ri<!n of $140.000,0t?0 worth of food last year, are pronounced by an En?- ' tish scientist to be completely and rxi actly wrong. According to this authority, the ! ! ministry ?f health in encouraging the I wholesale and indiscriminate slaughter ! of rats in the British .Isles is merely j ! improving living conditions for the | survivors, whose progeny in less than : a year will be as populous as before. There is only one nay to rid the world j i of rats, says this man, and that is to i appeal to biological laws, to upset the numerical proportions, between the ' : sexes and then leave the males to de' stroy their own race. This advocate of sexual selection In place of rat poison is Director George j ' Jennison of the Manchester Zoological j Gardens, who. in a recent appeal to | the sanitary authorities of England, says: Can't Kill Them All. "When one realizes the enormous fecundity of rats?a fecundity so great ! that four males and six females, given I sufficient food, will increase to 170.000 i females and 120.000 males within two \ \ vears?it becomes apparent that hit-or- I miss methods will never work. You j can't kill them all by human efforts j and if you let a single pair escape , you will have presently the same swarms as before. "Those rat crusades are all wrong. ' As everybody knows, the male rat is the bolder, the one who roves abroad recklessly, and he is the one who is caught in these indiscriminate attacks. This decrease in the males moans more fowl and more quiet for the females who, undisturbed, breed prolificaUy and soon restore the number. : "Denmark's experience proves this completely. Denmark began in 1?M7 : the policy of the indiscriminate killing of rats. She1 had a most elaborate and efficient system. In 1907 she killed 134.000 rats, the vast majority of whom were males. But eight years 1 later, with .he system still in force, -.lie killed Ki9,<KX> rats! She had made no headway whatever. To be sure, she killed only last year, but i that decrease?as she admits herself? i is due to the food famine conditions prevailing there during the war. J "The only scientific course is to turn your back resolutely on this Ini discriminate slaughter and delibcr! a rely upset the balance of the sexes, i Rat poison should be forbidden. Like; wise shooting rats, or catching them in spring traps that kill them. The thing to do is to catch them alive in traps or trap rooms, examine them, destroy the females and turn the males . loose. Gestrov the Race. ! "That may sound like a fantastic suggestion, but every experienced English game keeper follows exa? tly the same procedure when he wants i to increase or decrease game on a preserve. Ordinarily there are, as we know, two male rats to every three females. If you disturb this balance, so that there are two males to every female, you destroy the race, first by setting the males against each other and secondly by forcing them to harry the does in the breeding season. "We have been following this method now for some \ears in the Zoological (iardens. In 1015, when we began. we caught, on an average. 33 rats a month. By destroying the females and releasing the males, we have now cut the population down visibly; we now catch only about IS rats a month. "America has afforded biologists a striking example, all unintentionally, of the success of this method. I refer to the rotal destruction of the passenger pigeon in America. At one ! time the flocks numbered hundreds of thousands, but hunters, setting themselves to catch the female while on her nest in the breeding season, upset the balance and in a few decades com. i pletely destroyed the species. , j "Rodier of Melbourne. Australia, is . ' trying to persuade the people of . ; :hat continent t<? follow this method . ! in attacking the rabbit pest, which, in spite of nil efforts, is growing worse each year. Every new* settler increases the food supply and multiplies the number of rabbits. The waste in money is ?100,000,(K>0 a year and in'Toasing yearly. The rabbits are I poisoned and trapped and shot in ?uch ! Ini'^e numbers that blowflies infest the air in certain seasons. But it is hopeless. The Australians can make no headway until They enlist sexual selection on their side, kill all the females, release the males and set the latter to r j destroy the breed. Arnci.iii o"oIfivt dates \.l UCU\4\ from ilie passaj:^ of th? rot H<-r <>f V7v.i^h nv!{PS ft }iOi)S"l><vi<it "'"nr. "harbors" rats or mice iiaoie to a aae oi ^sO, Suffered Tortures I for Years I i Until Dr^co The New Hcrh Mrdicin? Brought Relief. TItm?liviis mp?ii?*inrB :ir% to rure rheutunlisin. 1?U1 n<-t ? ? ? is l?riutriiiii* r<? tfx" public fh<* furnished by the n?>w Iwrhnl rf-iwily. Prrn). ' I ?reco is the Oesi rat'iniii i i.-mii I hiivo ever seen." declares Mr. 'J. J'. I'ticket t of i Ireenviile. S < " It lias taken all tin- pain from my joints and J fed young and strong again. I suffered tortures lor years. I trii^i everything I ever heard of. hut withoi* result. until fi:i >11 y I discovered thi-* herb medicine 1 hat reuJJy has relieved my terrible pains." Thore is n?> excusc for rheumatism. T'eoplr who have been tortured for years. v?s. even so cripple] that they were itnablo to help themseives. tell how th?-y . ?'avt* beeu brought hack ;<? robust houl.h lhrous?i tin mighty power of I'roco. 1 >reco aei* with speed. it brinsrs its i relief quickly ami pleasantly, and v.hea j this takes place the soreness ami pains j in jomt aud muscles completely uis- : appear. l)reci? is a harmless remedy, hut sure , and certain. It is made from the pure, natural juices of roots ami herbs and contains uo mineral acids or dangerous metallic salts. Dreco is sold by most good druggists, I and is highly recuwmeud ANNUAL MEETING j The regular annual meeting of thej stockolders of the Peoples National Bank of Prosperity, S. C., will bo held in the office of the president m tne ; banking house of the bank at Prosper-: i ity on Tuesday, January 10. 11)22, at one o'clock, p. m. All stockolders are requested to attend either in person or bv proxv. J, L. W. BEDENBAUGH, Cashier. j NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT We will make a final settlement of ' the estate of Z. W. Beden'oaugh in the probate court for Newberry county, S. C., on Thursday, the 16th day , of February, 1922, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. All persons holding claims against said estate will present them duly attested to the undersigned by said date or they will be forever barred. We will immediately ask for ; our discharge as administrators. |i T r-T ^ n DvniTVRATTr.H A dm v. a D? BE DENB A U G H" A dm r. j j NOTICE OF ELECTION IN SILVER-; STREET SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 53 Whereas, one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the; resident free-holders of the age of j twenty-one years, in the Silverstrcet! school district No. 58 of the county of. Newberry, State of South Carolina,': have filed a petition with the county board of education of Newberry county, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an election be held in , said school district on the question of voting off i.he special tax now levied in said school district of seven mills, on the taxable property within the1 said district. * i : ! Now, therefore, we tnc unacrsi^n ed. composing the county hoard of education for Newberry county, state i of South Carolina, do hereby order the board of trustees of the Silver-' street school district No. oS to hold an j election on the said question of voting' oiT the said special tux of seven mills now levied on the property in the said: school district which said election j snail be held at the store of J. M. \ Nichols in said school district No. 58,1 on Tuesday, January 17. 1922, at j which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p.: m. Tho members of the board of trus-i tees of said school district shall act as managers of said election. Only! such Sectors as reside in said school J district and return real or personal j property for taxation, and who exhib-! it their tax receipts and registration ; certificates as required in general i elections, shall be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the voting off of j such tax shall cast a ballot containing! the word "Yes'' written or printed! thereon, and each elector opposed to! votinp- off said special tax of sevi n !nulls shall cast a ballot containing1 the! |word "No" written or printed thereon. j Given under our hands and seals: this the 19th day of December. 1921- j E. H. AULL, L. S. j 0. B. CANNON. L. S. .T. B. HARMANi L. S. County Board of Education for Mew-: j berry Countv, South Carolina. CARBOl HELPED j REGAIN STRENGTH j I j Alabama Lady Was Sick For Tteree j Years, Suffering Pa?a, Nerrous as? Depressed?Read Her i * CHva Story of Recovery. l ' ' 1 ! Paint Rock, Ala.?Mrs. C. M. SJtegall, j of near here, recently related the fol- ! ! lowing interesting account of her re- : j corery: "I was in a weakened con- | j dition. I was sick three years in bed,! suffering a great deal of pain, weak, j ; nervous, depressed. I was so weak, | I couldn't walk across the floor; just: had to lay and my little ones do ths work. I was almost dead. I tried j every thing I heard of, and a number of doctors. Still 1 didn't get any relief. ; I couldn't eat, and slept poorly. I believe if T hadn't heard of and taken I Cardui I would have died. I bought : six bottles, after a neighbor told 1219 what it did for her. "I began to eat and sleep, began to gain my strength and am now well and strong. I haven't had any trouble since ... I sure can testify to the good that Cardui did me. I don't think there is a better tonic mads i and I believe it saved my life." J A ? At Aiiann Jn A# Wrt, j 1? or over years, luuuauuo kh. ?. ^ J men have used Cardui successfully, ' in the treatment of many womanly ailments. I If you suffer a3 these women did# j talio Cardul. It rue.7 hc!p you, too. 1 At all druggists. K S5 NOTICE CF FINAL SETTLEMENT Wo \vi!l make final zoU:e;rient of the' r>:ate of Sarah Sheppard in the pro-! bate court for NY wherry county. S. ('. on Thursday, the 12th day of January, 1922. at 10 o'clock in the fore-J noon and wil! immediately thereafter' ;isk for our discharge as administra-: trixes of said estate. All persons having claims a;caipst Sarah Sheppard. deceased, are h''i.'hy notified to file the same, duly veriF:d. with file undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will plea e make pavmen: likewise. SALI.IK SrnKK. Admx. LI'LA DAWKIN'S, Admx. N'ewberrv, S. ('. Dec. 8th, 1021. NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF SO FT If <\\K"l.L\.\. # COFXTY OF XKWKKP.RY. IX THK PROBATA rnrR:\ Cleora P.. Feats, individually, . m! as administratrix, J. (Jettis ('oats, administrator of the e/tate of W. F. ('oats, deceased, and the Farmers Bank of Chappells, Soalii Carolina, plaintiffs, 1 against (Jeorcc Vv. ('oj;!s, Katie M. Coats, Malcolm T. Coats, (irttis Coats, Julia M. Coats. The Hank of Cross Hill, S. ('., the Commercial Rank of Xe wherry, S. W. C. Rasor and J. II. Rasor, defendants. Pursuant to the order of the probate court for Newberry county, all. and singular, til? creditors of VV. F.' mki.i are LA'ilUS, Ul'l'vaovu, <lm? v.i 1,-v required to render in and establish their claims and demands in the above entitled action, before the probata court for Newberry county, on or before the lGth day of January, 1022; and :>11 of said creditors are enjoined and restrained from prosecuting their demands elsewhere than in this action. Dated at Newberry, South Carolina, this December l.'?. 11)21. W. F. EWART. Probate Judge, Newberry County. I TAX RETURNS FOR 1922. I. or an authorized agent, will be at the following places for the purpose of taking tax returns of both real and personal property for the fiscal year, 1922: I Whitmire, Tuesday, Jan. 3rd. Glen-Lowrey, Wednesday, Jan. 4th.' Kinards, Thursday, Jan. 5th. T TTvi/^o^r .fnTl fith. juongaiiui to. i iiuuj, - ---Chappells, Monday, Jan. Oth. T. X. Boozer's, Tuesday, Jan. 10th. ?pnom jiiinn /arTwy^iMPawijn we? ? mmiiuzjnumr MHVM HV#? 44 ^ | Audits, Systems, lnves ?. Make your engage ++ ^ S Income Tax Ser 22 | J. L. WELLING, ? 207 Exchange ? Newber ? Corn Mills Corn If you arc in the rniirke lot us hear from you, as w can make immediate sliipm COLUMBIA 82') West Gervais St. V'Thnse Who Mm l Pay 3 There':? ."i seltlem;* r.early every indulgence ' Sometimes the puy in that case the settlem interest. Often a payment in 3 the dance hud with lei ! years. Sometime?; i b- ( lessness. sometimes in n:gn Dinoci preosurt-, .'? sometimes in all these ]; Nerves won't ahva tea and eoftec's drug, ea If you've b?en dan< cling;, why keep cn till i vcu're beginning to pay contract? ; : here's rjr, easy ar j fen and coffee*3 penalties v-ho V-e changed to ] with r.y meal rich, c ?r.r 1 it never harms, car. have a breakfast cu] for what may happen t( Instead of paying Jirno drir:!:, let ;i yr.y I natural health a full chr arrangement today. At any good restaurant wil 1 ' I Postum comes in two fc made instantly in the cup b] Postum Cereal (in packages prefer to inalce trie drink whi made by boiling for JO minu i rn ] X UOlUlil J "There's l I i y '- ? <-' i Siherstreet. Wednesday, Jan. 11th. Sr. Lukes, Thursday, Jan. 12th. (VN'ealL Friday. Jan. l'ilh. I'm-tH1! ity, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 1 <>(h and lith. Little Mountain, Wednesday, Jan. 1 St h. .1. Walter RichardoOn's storr-, Thur.)-.v . I: i 11 null. f'cmaria, Friday, -Tan. 2<Mh. (ilymphvillc, Tuesday, .Ian. 24th. .1. ]j. C rooks, Wednesday. .Ian. 2T>th. I'cak, Thursday. Jan. 2(>th. Maybin'ors. Friday, .Ian. 27th. And in the auditor'!- oflice in the court house until F< bruary 20th, aft' : wiiich d'tte fifty per cent, penalty will he added. The law requires a tax on all personal property, mules, horses, cows, hogs, slice}) and goats, automobiles, irucks, wa-.rons. carriages. buggies and ?>th?'r vehicles, pianos, or:.r,ns phonographs and otb?T musical instruments, household goods, mortvag's. noies and money on interest. Traitors and all farm implements. Kach tract of land or lot must be listed separately, also persons owning property in two or more school (listrids must so state and assess property in district in which it beii* 1 ~ J longs; persons buying or soiling i;inu v. 11 make mention of the transfer, otherwise properly will not be transferred. The following named persons are authorized to take tax returns at their respective places of business. W. R. Watson, Whitmire. J no. W. Hipp. Glenn-Lowrey. Geo. II. Martin, Longshore. J. J. Murran, Chappells. II. H. Hollingsworth, Boozer's store. E. \V. Werts. Prosperity. W. \V. Wheeler, Prosperity. B. I>. Hair. Prosperity. r?. Lathan. Little Mountain. \V. P?. Shea'y, Little Mountain. .Ion ('. Aull, Pomaria. TI. If. Hipp. Pomaria. E. L. Glyriph, Glymphville. J. L. Crooks, Crook's store. I?. II. Mavbin, Mavbinton. W. H. Saber, Peak. Ail persons will please take notice that tax returns must be made either to one of the above named persons 01 the county auditor. All persons having old return DKiDXS Wiil iiUL ust niuiii in making returns and they will also please destroy them. J. B. HALFACRE. County Auditor. ' M M ? * ?? itigalions, Income Tax. | sments for January | vice this month. ? < C. P. A. (N. A.) I Bank Building :< ry, S. C. S 7 < *V? 4-4 ? ? Mills Corn Mills t for a first-class Corn Mill, e have several in stock arid ent. Write for circulars. SUPPLY CO. Columbia, S. C. ~n 1 r rn Zf*>" 1 f* f* ill iJQ.-ii.-b6 f1! ~t? " ? 17 -'3 ! tie Hauler ! i Tii profil or loss, for M II Ill '.\a\ r io:ic; ncscrnv.-:, ruvl cut may boar compound 1 jii pncxii.i Is) required for i: i cr ccftVc durin:: enHicr :c!'T.iion cotr.cs in sk:cp headaches, sometimes in in nervous indigestion? icnaitics. ys stand the whipping of fro inc. :ing to tea or coffee's fidDayment time comes? If . now, why not cancel the id plenspnt way to avoid . MS thousand1? hav^ found Postuni. Tt is a ddigK :omforiing and satisfying Ev?n the little children 3 of Postuin, with no fear j sensitive nerves. penalties for your meal >enems 10 you, ny giving mcc?ar><! begin the new iy grocer will sell you, or il serve you Fostum. >rms: Instant Postum On tin;;) . the addition of boiling water, i of larger buik. for those who .le the meal is being prepared) tes. for Health a Reason'' i i i SliipnaS A P~t ftiy' V/ ^ U> '</ * O "** ^5 I I mm y s ^ hI10 Liggett's Fine I . i i*r . ? in | Pens J Pa! 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