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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1921.
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-4' TAXES.
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There was during the last session of
, ;.V: the legislature more or less talk
'"jy around the lobbies of a political revo**j|
lution, scheduled to take place in state
politics at the next primary election.
We note from the Bennettsville Pee
. vT*' Dee Advocate that some prominent
citizen0 of Malborough county feel
r"" quite sure that such a revolution will
. actually take place next summer. If
our memory serves us aright it was in
Marlboro that the great political upheaval
of 1890 began, and it may be
that conditions are ripe for another
such movement, though so far no
leader of anything like the capacity of
the late Senator Tillman has appeared
upon the horizon. When times are
hard it is not a difficult matter to
make the average man believe he is
oppressed, tax-ridden and all that sort
of thing. Should present financial
conditions continue through next
summer a good stump speaker, who
understood how to stir up the people
might easily succeed in getting enough
' votes to land him in the governor's
chair. And then?having realized his
ambition?he would be utterly powerless
to reduce taxes without the consent
of the legislature. It is very easy
to count the governors who have exercised
such control over the legislature
that they were able to have their
way entirely in the matter of appropriating
money. B. R. Tillman, whc
went into office on a popular wave,
with a legislature pledged to support
him, and with almost the idolatry of
a large majority of the people, was
the only man who has occupied the
governor's office in the recollection of
the writer who has held such an advantageous
position. And did he
lower taxes? A few salaries were cut,
? but there was no appreciable cut in
taxes. We have not the record before
us, but we believe that it will bear out
. the statement that within a very short
time after the inauguration of the
"Reform" movement they began to
climb and have since kept steadily on
the up-grade. But in the 27 years
since Tillman first appeared on the
political horizon South Carolina has
grown and developed?not so fast as
it ought to have or could have grown
?but nevertheless the' progress is
easy to see, if one can remember our
condition as far back as the year of
grace 1890.
- ' Undoubtedly the tax question will
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oe at tne ooirom 01 sucn ponucai upheaval
as may come in 1922, and it is
not at all improbable that it will come
if times continue as at present It is
well enough, then, that the people
give some thought occasionally be
tween now and the next election to
this topic. Is it a fact, as some contend,
that taxes in South Carolina are
burdensome? The answer depends
entirely upon the condition of the taxpayer.
To some people taxes of all
, kinds will always be high because of
lack of funds. To a man -who owns
only a home and who has always a
constant struggle against oddz to provide
his family with the necessities of
life almost any tax is high, and those
who levy the taxes must take in mind
this man?the average small taxpayer
?in fixing the rate. It is the failure
of our system to take into account the
ability to pay that makes it the tragedy
which it sometimes is, and it is
in this particular that the income tax
js by all odds the most scientific of all
forms of taxation. And yet the income
tax law in South Carolina,
through lack of enforcement machinery,
was a complete farce?so much
so that the legislature finally wiped it
- off the statute books.
Taxes are high in South Carolina?
on some burdensome?particularly on
... those who own only small properties
and who make little if any above the
bare necessities of life, while to others
who are possessed of little visible
property and who enjoy incomes or
emoluments which put them far beyond
the possibility of want, the dole
paid the state is of small consequence.
Ey comparison xvith other states we
are enjoying a very low per capita
cost cf government, but to a man who
owes ten dollars taxes and has only
five dollars with which to pay it you
had as well argue the problems of
Euclid as to attempt to convince him
that he is better off than his fellow
citizens in Texas or Massachusetts or
anywhere else.
"R. S." in the "Tax Corner" of the
University News, republished in The
Dispatch-News last week, lays down
the dictum that low taxes media low
efficiency in government and high
taxes the reverse. True, of course,
providing that in both cases the
mnnpv is alwavs spent to the best ad
vantage. The efficiency secured from
the expenditure of public money
varies and varies considerably with
the officeholders who have to do the
spending. It is true in public as well
as in private life that one man can
make a dollar go twice as far as his
neighbor. In so far as honesty of administration
is concerned, it is our belief
that this state gets dollar for dollar
for the money spent, but to say
that every dollar appropriated is economically
or even wisely spent is to
expect the impossible. Perhaps the approximation
to perfection is as" good
' .with us as with most state govern:
ments at the present time. But the
mere spending of money does hot ali
ways bring results. The responsibility
for bad spending, however, is to some
extent with the people after all, because
it is upon them that the choice
of the men who must spend the money
falls.
The last legislature missed a* good
opportunity^ to help relieve the bur
den of the average taxpayer, but it
failed signally to do so when it refused
to pass the bill placing a tax on
gasoline, to seriously consider the inheritance
tax measure or the constitutional
amendment, proposed by Senator
Mar'on's committee, giving the
legislature power to classify property
for che purposes of taxation. Here
were three constructive measures, calculated
to afford real relief and at the
same time allow the state to go forward,
but tbe legislature was so busy
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with other matters that it could not
see the opportunity for real service.
The tax system in South Carolina is
rotten, and taxes are high?to many
people who do not come in contact
with much of the results from their
money?and who have little with
which to pay?but political revolutions
in which factional hatreds are
' engendered are the poorest sort oi
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remedies. It will take calm, deiiber>
ate discussion, scientific research and
, the ability of statesmen, who are nol
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> often born in our political tempests ir
South Carolina, to cure the evils. For
i this reason we trust the storm will be
' long enough delayed in breaking to allow
of some 'real1 discussion of the
problems and some constructive work
1 before partizanship again divides our
people into hostile camps.
The Dispatch-News will welcome
any discussion of the subject in its
; columns, and invites all who care to
contribute some light on the question
to write for the paper.
COME TO CHAUTAUQUA.
It was a splendid thing for the
merchants and other business men of
1 Lexington to do when they put their
shoulder to the wheel and, by a fine
spirit of cooperation, agreed to pay
all expenses of the Chautauqua this
year, in order that their friends in
the country might share with them,
free of charge, the cultural benefit
from this form of entertainment. It
is a spirit that The Dispatch-News
1 is particularly gratified to see growing
in Lexington and bespeaks a
solidarity of sentiment in the community
and a desire and determination
to cooperate for the general good
that augurs well for the future. No
community is ever able to advance
unless the men of affairs in it are willing
to do- something now and then
for the general good. Selfishness and
self-contentment mean stagnation all
the time, while cooperation and good
fellowship make for advancement and
prosperity.
The Dispatch-News takes pleasure,
on behalf of <tlie" gentlemen who have
.made possible the enjoyment of this
high class entertainment without cost,
of urging our neighbors in the country
to avail themselves of this opportnnitv
to snend several pleasant and
profitable hours at the Chautauqua.
From all accounts the program will
be sufficiently varied to please divergent
tastes, being made up of some
excellent musical and comedy numbers,
as well as high class lectures.
Let everybody who can, come to
Lexington April 19, 20 and 21 in the
full assurance that they will be heartily
welcome and that they can find
no more pleasant way to spend an
hour or so.
IWLM AFEST A A SUCCESS.
The Palmafesta celebration at Columbia
was a decided success despite
the most unfavorable weather. The
business men of Columbia who were
responsible for the gala week enjoyed
by a great many from other parts of
the state deserve commendation for
the optimism which prompted their
staging of the festival and the splendid
manner in which they carried out
their program. The show as a whole
would have done credit to a much
larger community than Columbia can
hope to be for some time. Many Lexington
people availed themselves of
the opportunity to enjoy a little relaxation,
and all who participated in
the occasion are loud in their praise
of the show.
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Very few politicians will forget how
to shake hands during this off year in
politics.
Income taxes anc Easter millinery
having been disposed of, father will
have little now to worry him except
how to get the money to pay back
what he borrowed to meet those necessities.
Plenty of hog and hominy in 1921 is
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Lexington county's motto this year.
It will soon be time to hear from
the boll weevil.
With cotton around ten cents blackberries
will be blackberries this summer.
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We look for a large increase in the
rate of sickness as soon as it is definitely
established that one may get
beer on a doctor's prescription.
If Aiken county can make a success
at growing and shipping potatoes we
ought do as well in Lexington.
With Woodrow Wilson and the
Kaiser both living in Malboro county
one need not be surprised at anything
which breaks loose over there.
A VERY PLEASANT^) AY.
On last Saturday, April 2, we had
the pleasure of attending the school
closing at Center in the Macedonia
district. We were highly pleased with
the entertainment, it was well gotten
up and nicely rendered and did credit
to tne teacher, Mr. <J. u. Sheaiy, wno
is also our friend. We extend our congratulations
to M'\ Shealy and wish
. him many future successes in his
chosen profession.
After the close of the school entertainment,
the Rev. Mr. Stroup and
Mr. Julius Sharpe entertained the
audience with very brief but instruc,
tive speeches. The picnic was excellent,
the day pleasant and beautiful
I and it seemed that nature had put on
. its most cheerful aspect to make
t everybody happy.
I was delighted beyond expression
to meet quite a number of old friends,
from whom I have been separated for
a number of years.
The school house at Center is a
, beautiful modern building and a credit
to the community, the location being
near the home cf my boyhood and
; young manhood. You may be sure I
was delighted to pay a visit to that
neighborhood, and as I looked upon
the surrounding wods and fields, I was
carried back in memory fo 'the days
when as a little yellow-legged, barefoot
boy I romped with other little
| boys whose feet were as bare and
whose legs were as yellow as my own.
I could almost fancy myself with an
old squirt gun or a pop gun or a bow
and arrow, pursuing some innocent
1 little sparrow o* chasing a butterfly or
grasshopper. And a little later on "how
; we searched the old fields for the
little Easter blossom with three leaves.
' Well, it doesn't make any difference
1 how we used them nor what for, boys,
If any of you see this you will know
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and it don't pay to explain everything,
does it? 'And still a little later on
when we began to exchange confidences
about other companions of our
choosing, who sometimes seemed indifferent
to our friendly advances. All
of these memories were brought back
so fresh and so vivid that I almost
fancied myself living over again the
life of my youth, so pregnant with
joy and so free from care that I was
almost lost in a spirit of gayety, but
when I looked upon the furrowed
brows and the silver threads that
adorned the temples of those that had
been the companions of my boyhood.
I was forcibly reminded that I too had
passed meridian and am now traversing
the latter half of my earthly pil
grimage. However, mesc uiuuemo
are not altogether sad, for each stage
of life has its peculiarities. Youth
lives in anticipation and old age in retrospection,
therefore in each stage of
life we have a source of pleasure that
cannot be appreciated until we have
felt it and know its worth.
.Mi-. Editor, these home comings or
home goings, as the case may be, and
the meeting with old friends of the
tried and true type so fills us with
pleasures inexpressable and unspeaki
able that we wish through the columns
of the old Dispatch, that has
been a regular visitor in most of their
homes for a score of years, to extend
greetings to all of those dear friends
I who were present and to the absent
j ones also, and we sincerely hope that
we shall meet them on many future 1 >
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occasions that will be as full of pleas-1
ures for them as this occasion was for!
us. <
With best wishes for the Dispatch- 1
News, I am. j
Yours truly, 1
R. L. AMICK.
Lexington, S. C. , ;
SAND HILL NEWS.
Farmers are about through planting
corn and small grain and every- (
thing is looking welh
Masters Eugene ancl James Burkett
spent Sunday with Mr. Eugene Mad- |
dox.
Mr. Lee Reece and family paid Mrs.
May Asbill a welcome call Sunday,
j Mr. G. L. Abney and wife spent
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&unau.y anci nuun vnm .mu.
Gantt.
We are glad to learn that our old
friends, Mr. Monroe Hall and family
are back from Newberry at their old
home place.
Mr. Izer Hall is sick now, but we
wish for him a speedy recovery.
Mr. Jess Maddox and Mr. Willie
Burkett called on their best girls Sunday
night.
Mr. Paul Senterfeit was a welcome
visitor in Samaria Sunday afternoon.
GREEN CAP.
EDUCATION
(By VERLWES.)
Upon looking up the word "education"
in your dictionary, you will
find that it means the act of educating,
instruction, discipline, schooling,
culture, refinement. "Yes, but w7hat of
that; I don't care what it means;
don't I know." You probably know
and probably yo'u don't. Nowadays
you have to use education in everything
that you go at. So an education
now is absolutely necessary.
Now, parents, don't keep your child
or children frorm school just simply
because they're past 14 and you don't
have to send them. Don't stop them,
but send them on every day you can.
They might not want to go. But don't.
?s?- ^ "VTo T-n + Vi om or*
glVtf HI LU III Clllt aU ttl\^ i>ii Vill O V> .
If they don't see where you are right
now, they will later on and will thank
you fob it too. For as years roll on
more important will be the education.
And if one is not able to work
for himself somebody else won't do
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-it for him.
So I say get a good education if
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.possible.
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! THE DEAN OF
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
The Journal of Education, published
in Boston, has a page devoted to
"Who's Who in Education." In the
issue of March 3, the following paragraphs
appear relative to the President
of Winthrop College:
"The President of Winthrop College,
the South Carolina College for Women,
has several exceedingly interesting
distinctions. He is the Dean
of College Presidents in active service
in the United States; he is the only
college or university president in active
service in the college he has
served for thirty-five years. Dr. Johnson
is the only college or university
president in active service as head of
the college that has had no other :
president in its history.
"Dr. D. B. Johnson has purchased
every one of the plots and lots that
make the more than three hundred '
acres of the college ,and has placed '
every one of the buildings in an ideal
plant of $2,500,000, and he has had the !
confidence of men with large means *
and big hearts, so that the State has '
an investment of less than $600,000 in
the plant representing four times that :
amount.
"Winthrop College was the first '
distinctly educational professional
school in the South Atlantic States.
There are 1,100 in the College today,
and in the summer session there are '
more than 1,400. It should also be
said that Dr. Johnson, as President
of the National Education Association
at its New York meeting, had the *
best program ever presented to any
American educational association
with the best attendance, a larger real
non-local attendance probably than in
all the meetings since."
IS EVERY ANIMAL AT ITS BEST?
Sping is -here and every animal
should be at its best. During the
hard work season horses and mules
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should be fed Dr. Hess Stock Tonic,
a strength giver, a conditioner and
worm expeller. A scientific com.pound
equally good fqr cattle, hogs
and sheep. Hess Pana,cea tones up
.the dormant egg organs,^helps make
your hens lay and' k?ps poultry
healthy, 30c "up. See o\|r advertisement.
Hess Louse Killer kills lice, 25c. i
Hess Dip and Kreso Dip and Disin- <
fectant, all sizes, kills hog lice and ]
disinfects pens and fowlhouses. i
Crushed oyster shells helps form 1
eggs. Egg preserver (prepared
water glass) saves eggs.
Iw HARMON DRUG CO. 1'
SCHOOL CLOSING AT MAGNOLIA.
This school will close on'".Friday
evening 8th at 8 p. m., after an in:eresting
and pleasing session to both
patrons and pupils, with Mr, Arthur iVessinger
as teacher. The exercises
will consist of dialogues, recitations
and music, making it quite pleasing
to all who may attend. Everybody
cordially invited.
"From Weakness
To Robust Health
by Internal Baths' j
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North G. St., St. Louis,. Mo., writes
to the Tyrell Hygienic Institute:
"I bought your 'J. B. 'L. Cascade'
several months ago and already it
has made me robust and healthy
though I was badly run down because
of a complication of troubles.
This iii spite of the fact that I am
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10 year^ old." /
The 'J.' B. L. Cascade* cleanses the
lower intestine entire length and
keeps it alway^ free of poisonous
waste. 1 /
Thousands /testify that Constipation,
Indigestion, Stomach Troubles,
Biliousness, Headaches and all the
many serious troubles which they
cause are absolutely relieved and prevented
by this Nature Treatment.
A. J .Mathias will be. glad to show
you the "J. B. L. Cascade," explain
its 5imple operation and will give
you, free on request an interesting
little book by Dr. Chas. A. Tyrrell of
New York, a noted specialist on Internal
Bathing for 25 years in that
City. Clip this out as a reminder to
ask for the booklet at your first opportunity.
TAX NOTICE
According to law the county Auditor
will add the following penalties:
On January 1st, 1921, 1 per cent,
penalty will be added to those who
have not paid. On February 1st,
1921, an additional 1 per cent will
be added to those who have not paid,
making 2 per cent penalty tor r eoruary.
On March 1st, 1921, an additional
1 per cant, penalty will be added
to those who have not paid, making
a total of 3 per cent, penalty for
March and April. Still an additional
4 per cent peftalty will be added
May 1st, 1921, making 7 per cent,
penalty to be paid by those who have
not paid by May li&t, 1921.
TAX BOOKS CLOSE MAY 15.
Poll Tax?$1. #0. Capitation Road
Tax, $5.00. Capitation Dog Tax, 50c.
When remitting give each Township
and School District your property
is in. Give one name in full?not
initials. Send postage for reply
and return of receipt.
C. E. LEAPHART,
Treasurer Lexington County, S. C. I
till May 15.
CITATION NOTICE.
State of South Carolina, County of
Lexington?By George S. Drafts,
esquire, probate judge.
Whereas, J. Andrew Long and Annie
L. Shealy made suit to me, to
grant them letters of administration
of the Estate of and effects of Jefferson
Long.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Jefferson
Long, deceased, that they be an# appear,
before me, in the Court cm Probate,
to be held at Lexingtonf C. H.,
S. C., on 20th day April kf21 next,
after publication! hereof a^ll o'clock
in the forenoont- to sl?w cause, if
any tney nave, wfiy ioe saiu auimiuatration
should nqt Joe granted.
Given under mymand, this 6th day
of April, Anno Domini 1921.
GEO. S .DRAFTS (L. S.)
Probate Judge Lexington County, S. C.
Published on the 6th day of April,
1921. in the Lexington paper, 2 weeks.
FIXAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that on Friday,
April 29 next, we wilf apply to
George S. Drafty, judge o^probate for
Lexington county, for fltfal discharge
as executors of Jhe e^ate of Sam M.
Rpof, deceased. J
J.ljT WESSINGER,
E. B. Roof,
S. P. ROOF,
Exectors Estate Sam M. Roof.
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FIXAL DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby giyfu that on Sat
urday, May 14 nex?' I will apply to
Gfeorge S. Dr^fts,^idge of Probate of
Lexington eouijj^r ,for final discharge
is administrator of the estate of Ida
Flail, deceased.
JAMES HALL,
Administrator, Estate of Ida Hall..
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WANT ADS.
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FOR SALE.?Rail;, good youn* mules,
Studebaker two-horse w/gon and
harness. Whole outfit fiftr $450.00.
B. R. Harman, cjo JJarre Hardware
Co., Lexington, S. C. lt-p
FOR SALE?An ox for sale/ Apply
to W. W. Barre, Le^ingfifn, S. C.
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LOST?Key ring with four keys and
bottle opener. Suitable- reward if
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returned to Shatter Taylor. Lexington.
S. C. '$ lt-p
MILLINERY?Any price hat that
you may want, all the ^fetest styles
to suit you. at the wonderful low
prices from 50o up^* Come see the
stock and you will be pleased.
Caughman-Kaminer Cq. lt-c
LOW QUARTER SHOES?For
Ladies and Misses, at the astonishingly
low prices from $1.00, $1.50
to $2.00. Don't -fail to see these
shoes and slippers, ^before you buy
this season. Call before they are
gone. Caughman-Kaminer Co. lt-c
FOR RENT?The Capt S.. M. Roof
home; 5 room* with kitchen attached.
Good garden,-fine well of
water on Leaphar^ foad .leading
from Lexington to Columbia. W. P.
Roof. 2t
REEFER'S READY RELIEF for
white diarrhoea qnd bowel* trouble .
- ? VaI... aVi.aI.b IiiaI-o anrl
Ill Ud UJ UUVyUO (AliU
turkies. For sale cut Hr A. Roberts
Grocery, Lexington,C. 2w
NOTICE?To my customers and
friends I will do tire \tfork on Friday
and Saturday o? each week.
Work will be received and delivered
at any tim$ tjy Mr. C. S.
Rauch. C. B. DicWrt, Mgr., Lexington
New Vulcanizing Company.
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HANDSOME .congenial young lady,
worth $100,000, is anxiou^ to marry
honorable, worthy gentleman. Mary,
508 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles,
Cal. 4t-25-p
YOUNG MEN, women, over 17, for
Postal Mail Service. $12(1 month.
Examination April. Experience unnecessary.
For tree particulars of
instruction, write Raymond Terry,
(former Civil Sejtice examiner)
1395 Continental Bldg., Washington,
D. C. 3t-p-24
GET YOUR Hemstitching and Picoting
done promptly at the Columbia,
S. C? Hemstitching & pleating Co.,
1310 Main... Skirts pleated $2.00.
Hemstitching *pn ail/ material iuc
per yard. Gold^ a ml silver picot
edging, French rWfle pleating. We
carry a full line of threads. Phone
i 2272.
BALDWIN RED COB WHITE SEED
CORN, for sale at $1.00 per peck
or $3.50 per bushel. Prolific, male,
in sand land an averag^ over j^enty
bushels per acre. ? On>fele at
Lexington Cotton Fertilizer Co.,
O. W. Miller, producer, Gilbert, S.
C.
IMPROVED COLUMBIA LONG
STAPLE COTTON SEED for sale.
$2.00 per bushel. In l&lds? row
tested made one-foiirth h^fe seed
cotton per acre thanj Cleveland Big
Boll short staple c<ftttwi. Grows 1
1-4 inch stapler This long
staple cotton gives 34 to 35 per cent
lint, and gathers easier than short
staple cotton, and is as early as
Cleveland Big Boll. Stalks and lint
of the Improved Columbia Long
Staple can be seen at Lexington
Cotton & Fertilizer Co.?G. W. Miller,
producer, Gilbert, S. C.
FOR SALE?Improved Columbia
Long staple cotton seed, $2.00 per
bushel. In 1919 in row test* made
more per acra than Cleveland big
boll; easier gathered Jnan short
staple cotton; WaPlejF 1-4 inches
in length. On ; sale/at Lexington
Cotton & Fertllyrer Co., Lexington,
S. C., or O. TV. Miller, Gilbert,
S. C. 16-tf
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PARTIES having large tracts of land
and want it divided and ?cld for
the high dollar Write us;yfelso smaller
tracts handled; la*ge tracts a
specialty; best a^cti^neer in th*
State. Write P. Xf. Box 304, New
Brookland, S. C. ll-10-6m.
LIBERTY BON^S?I Jfill pay market
prices for sfll i^ues of Liberty
bonds. J. P. Oftr'jLexmgton, S. C,
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TRESPASS NOTICE. ~"
All persons are warned not to place
fishing nets in the.apond of the undersigned,
or to trespass on the premises
in any other way.
Lexington Electric Light Co.,
4t-25-c By W- Wr Barre.