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?tje Sfspatrlt-Nrius OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER * Published Every Wednesday By SLIGH & WALKER, Lexington, S. C. G. M. HARMAN, Associate Editor. , Etered at the Postoffice at Lex. ington, S. C., as mail matter of the Second Class. Subscription Price Per Year, $1.50 CASH IN ADVANCE. ATWTmTTKTXG RATES Obituaries and in memoriams, one cent a word. Cash with order. Cards of thanks, one cent a word. Cash with order. Want ads, one cent a word each insertion. Cash with order. Make all remittances payable to SUGH & WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews, Lexington, S. C. , Phone 119. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1921. BACK TO $1.50. Having made arrangements for a supply of paper for 1921 at slightly redpeed prices over those prevailing the latter part of 1920, the owners of . The Dispatch-News are glad to announce that they have decided to reduce the price of the paper to $1.50 a year, the price prevailing through the greater part of last year. While the price of paper has not declined in proportion to the increase registered and while we believe that The Dispatch-News is worth every cent of the small sum of $2.00 for 52 issues, still we wish to contribute our part to the return to normal conditions and are willing to take our part of the consequent loss, in the hope of better times to come. "We realize, too, that the price of cotton has adversely affected many of our friends and we do not wish to appear as being arbitrary and unsympathetic: So many of our subscribers have told us that they felt unwilling and unable to pay the S2.00 that we feel constained to yield to their wishes and cut the price to the prewar levels. At this price, however, it will be absolutely necessary, in order to avoid serious .oss, that every subscription be promptly renewed when due and the peper will be stopped promptli' when subscription expires unless renewal is sent. There will be no deviation from this rule. Look at the label on your paper. If 'i your subscription is past due send in $1.50 for renewal ot once in order that your name be not dropped from the list. Send postoffice money, order, payable to The Dispatch-News or Sligh & Walker. Don't wait until you come to town. Send in your renewal at once. SLIGH & WALKER, Proprietors The Dispatch-News. 192L ~~ Although we face the year just opening before us somewhat depressed, there should be ground for real pessimism. While the price of cotton has proven a serious setback it is by no means disastrous. Yvith a reduction of one-half in the 1921 crop and a corresponding increase in food and feed crops the South should come back in 1921,in fine shape. By comparison with other lands we are really most prosperous. We can look forward to 1921 with hope and confidence. Common sense and hard work will accomplish wonders. The Dispatch-News wishes for all its readers a happy and prosperous year. For itself it resolves to strive more earnestly to merit and win the continued confidence of its subscribers and advertisers and to fill a still larger place in their esteem. TARIFF WILL NOT~HELP. So far as the South is concerned our farmers can look for no relief from the so-called "emergency tariff." "While it does impose a tax of seven cents a pound on cotton we are a cotton exporting instead of importing country. .The whole scheme is more or less political bunk anyway. Its only probable effect will be to further stagnate foreign trade, the lack of which is largely responsible for present conditions. IRISH REBELLION. So frightful have become the reprisals of the English government forces in Ireland against the Sinn Fein murder gang that even a large part of English public opinion is condemning a government policy which , avenges the murder of its agents ' Pwholesale destruction of prop- j nd the slaughter of innocent j . The inability of the govern- j to put down lawlessness has | Dally turned Southern Ireland shambles, in which no man is uther in b.s life or his prop. rfy. there is nDtihr.g now in the t Irish ch* urban;o The h's- 1 I jto.y-of the empiv* is full of recurring \ jptjiods of disorder similar to the one i > r?.?\v being experienced. been use the j I ir'sh have nec'i been willing to bow to The inevitable and accept the conI quest of their country some nine hundred years ago as final, and per- , jhaps they never will. ! The English will never consent to | the weakening of the empire by the ! (establishment of a free and hostile [Ireland. Apparently they have been [and are willing to grant a measure of i J self government that ought to satis y ; !a reasonable people, but because of ! i*ne racial and religious differences [existing between the North and i j South of the island all attempts at ! Isuch a settlement have proved futile. ! jOne never hears of a Scotch rebel-j (lion 01* a Wel^h rebellion. ! The trouble has been caused by j {misguided people in Ireland and j t 'America. Xo nation in the world has | i l 'so thoroughly mastered the science! r j of government of alien and subject I races as have the English, but in the J case of Ireland her best efforts have j always been characterized by failure. 1 jThe policy of the present government, j though it must be admitted the provocation has been strong, is bringing reproach upon the English people. At ; the same time, however it may be in- j \ i spired by patriotism, the conduct of j the Irish murder gang is little lesc re- ; prehensible. If we must admit the necessity of j maintaining the British empire, par- i ticularly ar home, in tact, we must also admit that the policy of the Lloyd George government has failed ignominiously. England must needs itse- stern measures for Ireland, but they should be lawful measures. A i government which cannot maintain i order and security of life and propierty has failed utterly of its primary I j purpose. ! Out of the ore-sent writer of blood i jit is to be hoped that a better day will j [dawn for Ireland, tiiougn a study 01 j j history holds out little hope of a per jmanently peaceful solution, so long as j i there are Irishmen and FnglJshmo.n. i f .. I ! Write it 1921. j Make your tax returns. j A big cotton crop in 1921 will spell ! !ruin for the South. ; j . Tom Watson wants to make Lib- | ierty bonds legal tender. He might i i : i do worse at that. . . j i We trust Texas will b? duly im- ; j pressed with the cessity ..? rcduejing the cotton con. i " i I" The Newberry Observer 'says it is j cheaper to bpy cotton than to raise it. j Its word there are none to dispute. I "Live at home and enjoy prosper- j ity" is a pretty good slogan for the i South. Let's all resolve to live up to I I ' ! j The Newberry Observer thinks | 'some of our courts are rightly called I 'criminal"?in their tender regard j or criminals. , There was a time when there ex- j I isted a most wholesome fear of ! "Uncle Sam's" laws, but any "rum j runner" will tell you that was before | the days of the Volstead law. j A North Carolina paper says our ; "Cotton Ed" Smith is some figurator. He told the senate cotton had declined 200 per cent, which would make the seller owe the buyer $200 for a bale. It isn't .quite as bad as that. | j Don't smoke around a garage. If ! i your life isn't worth anything gaso- j line is.?Bartow (Fla.) Record. I _ _ i ? 9 ? j Ponzi must spend five years in prls- j jon, but there will be a new crop in j 11925.?Arkansas Gazette. j ; I i.vmi rn mc ? vi\ rrvifuiv/' ! , riu.uo ;i^i/ n^i^uiA^vi. I l J How about developing and finish- I 'ing the pictures you made during the : |holidays? Leave your films and kodak j j finishing work with us. We have your j jwork finished by expert picture people ! ] and give you quick service at low 1 'prices and save you trouble o? mailing ! I and postage charges. I | A full line of Eastman kodaks and J films on hand at all times. HARMON DRUG CO., \\ Lexington, S. C. j ; : TRESPASS NOTICE. ? | All persons are hereby warned not j. to trespass on the lands of the under- j. signed, known as the Sandy Ford i place, by hunting, hauling wood or j otherwise. The law will be strictly enforced against persons violating j this notice. ! 14-c. FRANK C. LAWS. j ! i [ [ NOTICE OF MEETING OF JOINT j; COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF ZIOX PASTORATE. A meeting of the officers of the!' churches composing the Zion pastor- j] ,nte is called for Saturday afternoon, ; January 8, 1921, at the office of Efird l & Carroll, at 3 o'clock p. m. j? C. M. EFJRD. j, It Chairman. j' AC TO LICENSES. i i In The Times last week was j printed a schedule of the license fees J owners of motor vehicles will have to j pay for the privilege of operating i their cars in South Carolina ne:*t j year. Many doubtless will complain i that the fees are too high and with ! the view The Times finds itself in ac- I cord. But high or low, the people are j responsible for the law in which the license fees are set. For weeks prior to the meeting of the General Assent- ' 1 bly last winter there was an insistent demand throughout the State that good roads legislation be written into 1 the statutes, many apparently seem- 1 ing to think that if such a measure j were passed good roads would ome i overnight. Few of these most insist- j ent upon such legislation stopped to ; think that it took money to build good roads and that they would have j to be paid lor. In easting about tor 1 i sources of revenue with which to j make a start toward building better ! I roads the General Assembly hit upon . the automobile and kindred vehicles 1 as a source of revenue. The fees were j made higher than certain members ! thought they should have been, but their protest was laughed out of court, j "Most automobile owners." they were j told, "are well to do and as they get j more service out o l" the public roads ; than any other class of citizens, let's j make them pay a good price for it." ' So th. good roads measure was passed with the motor vehicle license section j as a part of it. Whether the measure j will prove a panacea for the bad { roads of the State remains to be seen. ; Perhaps the highway commission has ; not yet had sufficient time to prove its i worth. In any event, however, it is j worth noting that the body has a I pretty good opinion of itself. judging : from the increased appropriations it ' is asking to carry on its work.?The Fort Mill Times. HERBS. SPICES AND EXTRACTS. Fresh Herbs for seasoning meats. ; whole and ground spices, flavoring extracts of all popular flavors, cake j colorings, etc.. pure and wholesome lor family use. HARM OX DRUG GO., Lexington. S. C. i j NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING, j I The County Board of Commission- : ers of Lexington County, S. C.. will ' hold its annual session in the office I I of the County Supervisor at Lexing- ; ton, S. C.. or. Thursday, the tth dav I j of January. A. D., 3 921. All persons ! holding demands of any kind against | the County not previously presented to the Board, will please file file same j with the undersigned on or before the i 1st day of January, A. D., 1921, so j that said claims may be considered ! at said annual meeting. J. BROOKS WIXGARD. Clerk County Board Commissioners. ; I 4 weeks. i i PEPTO-MANGAN ?I WILL HELP j FIGHT COLDS | Make Up Your Mind to Keep ; Free From Colds. Get Your j Blood in Good Condition ' i START TAKING PEPTO-1 MANGAN , Now Is the Time to Build Up. You Will Be Strong This Winter Every house has a supply of fuel j for winter. People know cold weather ! is coming:. They get ready for it. How many people get their own bodies ready for winter? Most of us j go around all summer in the intense j heat burning up energy, working haru i all day and sometimes lying awake ! nights sleepless in the heat. Winter comes along. It catches many people totally unprepared phy- j sically. Few of us take stock of our ! health. Whether we will be well, I healthy and strong, we often leave j too much to chance. I But not everybody. Nowadays j people are learning. They know this matter of enjoying good health is a j thing they can help control. If you j live right, eat right, get plenty of ] sleep, breathe fresh air and keep your j blood in good condition, you will be j all right. It is so simple. If you feel a little ' off in health?perhaps worn out and pale?don't take chances. Tin-re's no need of it. Buy some Pepto-.Mangan of your druggist. Begin taking it to- ; day. You can get it in liquid or tab- j let form. To]] your druggist which ! cou pr?-i"or. But to bo certain that j rou get the genuine Pepto-Mangan: j ask for it by the full name?"Gudo's j Pepto-Mangan." Book for the nanie Girtb-'s." ov. the package. ? .'dv. Statement of the Condition of BANK OF WESTERN CARO-i LINA located at Lexinton, S. C.. at the clos<- , I of business December 31. If20. Resources Loans and discounts $-103,101.33! Due from banks and bankers 7,885.62 I "Currency 5,205.00 j I Silver and other minor coin 934.38 J Checks and cash items... 2,125.09 | I I Total ?421.341.42 j Liabilities ; 1 "Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid $ 0.405.80 ! Individual de- I posits subject to check ...$ 71.875.2*8 (Savings depos its 143,75)0.51 Mgrs. checks . IJui.93 21o.StlU.T2 | Other Liabilities, viz.: Due Head Office, Aiken. S (\ 1 9 5'. 07 2.510 I Total $421,341.42 I State of South Carolina. County of I Lexington.?ss. Before me came John T. Sox, Manage) of the above named bank, who. i being duly sworn, says that the above ' and foregoing statement is a true con- ! dition of said bank, as shown by the i I books of said bank. i i JOHN T. SOX. i Sworn to and subscribed before me J this 3rd day of January 1921. W. D. DENT, Notary Public for S. C. J Correct Attest: C. M. EFIRD. H. M. DIBBLE, j Directors. I ! Condensed Statement of TI!K BANK or WESTERN CAROLINA. at the <-lose < f business. Dey. 31st, ! 1920. \ssots Kills receivable $3,146,833.03 1 Donds and stocks 347,642.7a ! lain kin? houses, real estate furniture and fixtures 125.377.6S j Cash and in banks . . . 460.300.23 i 1 $4,089,443.69 ' Liabilities Capital $ 289,300.00 ^ Surplus 289,300.00 | Undivided profits S3,333.26 j Deposits 2,677,290.43 j Acceptance 30,000.00; Bills payable 700,000.00 : $4,089,443.69 ! : Statement of the Condition of the j BANK OF PEL ION located at Pelion, S. C., at the close j of business December 31, 1920. I Resources Loans and discounts.. ..$S0,3o0.S6 Overdrafts 34.16 j Furniture and fixtures .... 1,376.89 Banking house 2,273.43 Due from banks and bankers 3,317.06 Onrrpnnv 1.081.00 I Gold 10.00 j Silver and other minor coin. 19T.3S I Checks and cash items .. 1,131.82' Other Resources, viz.: Liberty bonds . 2,000.00 | Total 301,922:60 Liabilities Capital stock paid in $21,225.00 | Surplus fund 1,723.54 Undivided profits,' less current expenses and taxes paid 1.602.61 j Individual deposits subject to check $17,078.00 Savings deposits. 26,488.68 Cashier's checks. 10.804.77 54,371.45 Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed 13,000.00 I i Total $91,922.60 State of South Carolina, County of Lexington.?ss. Before me came G. L. Taylor, cash- i icr of the above named bank, who, j i being duly sworn, says that the above I and foregoing statement is a true con- j dition of said bank, as shown by the | books of said bank. G. L.- TAYLOR. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of January 1921. C. A. SHUMPERT. Xotarv Public for S. O. i i Correct Attest: L. W. WISE, D. F. SHUMPEIiT. ]). R. KNEECE, I Directors. SALE PERSONAL PROPERTY j We will sell at the late residence of j i Adam R. Taylor, 3 miles northeast of OillMit, <>n the 13th day, January, 1 !>2 7, the following personal property: 1 one-horse wagon, 1 buggy, 1 Cole planter, l Edison talking machine and lot earpenter tools and farming implenn nts. Heirs at Law. i WANT ADS. ! I I ' | BARGAIN'S in coats ami suits. The; New York market is flooded with j ladies' ready to wear that can Vie j bought cheap. We are taking ad- ' vantage of this over supply and are buying new goods every day. j These garments are bought below cost of manufacture and are sold to the trade accordingly. In this lot j are coat suits, dresses, skirts, i i waists a no coats winging from j $4.95 to $29.50. pon"t let grass* grow under your feet. Sample j Store Annex. 190<? Main St. hbRLEY & HARM'?N TRANSFER WHITE ONLY Phone 127?Day or Night. WANTED?Men or women to take orders anion? friends and neighbors for the* genuine guaranteed hosiery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 75 an hour spare time, err $36.00 a week for full time. Experience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Til ills. Norristown. Pa. 10t-p-21 LOST?Duroc Jersey barrer, weighing about 100 pounds. Reward for return to Roscoe Faughman, at Caughman-Sox Market, Lexington, S. C. . lt-c CLERKS, oner., women) over 17. for Postal Mail Service. $130 month. Examinations January. Experience unnecessary. For free particulars, write R. Terry, (former Civil Service Examiner) 1305 Continental Bldg.. Washington, D. C. 2t-12-p MILK COW?For sale, a first elass Jersey cow with young calf. Fine milker. Apply to Reuben Corley, Lexington. Route 1. lt-p P R ICES SLAl "G HTERE D?Dresses, coats and coat suits. Hundreds of the season's best styles and finest quality. Must be sold during the next few days. Furtick's sample Store, corner of Gervais and Gates. Columbia, S. C. FOR SALE?Grist mill outfit consisting of twelve-horse Mogul kerosene engine, bolter, cobb mill, corn sheller. All in first class shape and will be sold at a big bargain. Apply to Caughman-Kaminer Co., Lexington, S. C. 2t& FOR SALE?Four head good farm mules. Cheap for Cash. H. Cromer J Oswald, Lexington. S. C. 3te I FOR SALE at a sacrifice?My Frank Rawl place on the Augusta highway, just two miles from Lexington, containing 1 2acres and splendid G room dwelling. The very home for a person desiring to send children to school. See me quick. H. Cromer Oswald. Lexington, S. C. 3tc FOR SALE AT A EIG BARGAIN? The Bennie Harman lot, in town of Lexington, in front of residence of Karl F. Oswald, with a 9-room frame building already in course of construction. See me quick. II. Cromer Owsald, Lexington, S. C. 3tc FOR SALE?One lot containing one acre, more or less, in front of my own home in town of Lexington. This is an ideal building lot with running stream of water through same. This is a big bargain for cash buyer. H. Cromer Oswald, Lexington. S. C. 3tc FOR SALE?My Columbia Six Touring car in first-class running order; new tires and new batteries. A splendid bargain for $600.00. H. ! Cromer Oswald. Lexington. S. C. | 3t-c FOR SALE?1 milk cow with young calf. Apply to K. C\ Hall, Lower j Main street. Lexington, s. C. lite | FOll SALE?Pair young seuth, medi- i urn size, mules: 2 jersey milk cows j i with calves, good milkers. Apply j to .T. J. Argo, Peli'on, S. C. 2t-p-ll I MISS JESSIE SMITH MILLINER ,211 TAYLOR STREET PARTIES having large tracts of lancf! and want it divided and scid for the high dollar write us; also smaller tracts handled; large tracts a "specialty; best auctioneer in the State. Write P. O. Box 30-L New Brookland, S. C. 21-10-Cm. < LIBERTY BONDS?I will pay market -nrices for all issues of Liberty bonds. J. P. Ott, Lexington, S. C#[ 31tf-c FORD RAROA1N?A For a .stripped runabout thoroughly overhauled, and in No. 1 order, for sale at a bargain. Harmon Drug Co. tf DR. CHAS. A. EUIST Dentist. SWANSEA, S. C. Ofliee: Hugo's Pharmacy. -?: 1 FOR SALE?Fine milx -ow. Will 1 ciine in iresh lirst < : yc.tr. Apply 1 Airs. W. J>. Quick, Lexington, S. C. ' tf FOR SALE?Pair mules weighing about 1800 pounds: good, sound mules; also one Chattanooga twohorse wagon. R. J. Kcok, Lexington, S. C. 3-tf TRESPASS NOTICE. J All persons are hereby warned not to trespass on tlie lands of the undersigned by hunting or otherwise. The law will be enforced against all violators. John Henry Snelgrove, W. T. Shealy, F. L. Lindler, W. Q. Roberts, T. J. Schneider, John T. Kaminer, G. H. Meetze, Matthew Harmon, D. Job Ilarman, L. I. Wa::. ? 11. Tlu' llicks Weather ^ ok '?>r ?!)21 > This famous and k-ek is I inow ready. The 1 0'1v. is the V I beat yet: contains all '><<;>ular -1 jand many new leatu: . worth jits weight in gold to : -mse occupations, or pleasun .^A. art- afifected by the weathe V . orcdicItions ol" storms, torna<:-.-.? ?'h/;-,ards, 1 5 i floods and earthnuak*- i:i .ourvel ! < * of accuracy. Price by mail, 50 < . same ; * publishers also issue gumthly magazine. Word and . Am nily magazine with the \\ . as a leading feature. Hubs- rihtiovi ! price of Word and Wo-.W L ! year with Tne Kicks Ah . . .tch \ subscriber. Send ord--r?-. * The Hvtks I Almanac and Publishing Co. ,3401 Franklin Ave., St. Louis, 2.1 o. 2w i FINAL MSCHAKGE. i j Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the 15th day ??i January, 1021, " ;I will apply to George S. Drafts, proibate judge for Lexington County, for jpapers of final discharge as adminis'trator of the estate of Dana Lybrand, ) deceased. C. \V. HALLMAN, Administrator. December 10, 1920. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the 15th day of January next, I will apply to George S. Drafts, judge of probate for Lexington county, for final discharge as administtrator of the estate of J. W. Lybrand, deceased. C. W. HALLMAN, Administrator, j December 19, 1020. * I TRESPASS NOTICE. j All persons are norel.y warned not I to trespass on lands of the undersigned by hunting <>i otherwise. All persons violating this notice will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. GEO. j. TAYLOR. 4t.-13-p. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. /IY HOME AT SANK GOTH A MILLS 7-roofn house with outbuildings; 5 aores land under high state cultivation with branch running through one end of place, with a fine well of ! water in the vard. Better investi* gate at once if you want a cheap place. Apply to J. G. BOOZER, Lexington. S. C., Route 3. P. J. O'NEILL, M. D. | My office is specially and completely equipped to treat diseases of Stomach, Kidney and Bladder, Nerves and Skin, Rectal Conditions, Piles (Treated Painlessly Without Operation.) What You Want to Know: Can you be cured? How long will it take? Will it bep ermanent? What will it cost? Consult me FREE. Special effort is made to avoid unnecessary delay in handling out of town cases. I am individually in charge of my office, having no medical assistants or associates. Therefore your ease if placed in my hands receives direct attention and you achieve results as rapidly as possible under high class treatment. I personally examine every patient thoroughly, using X-Ray when necessary. Hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. in. Sundays 10 to 2. Suite No. 7, Carolina National Bank Building COLUMBIA, S.C.