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ROSE BY HIS OWN EFFORTS FROM POVERTY Xo man in South Carolina has had a more remarkable career than .T. J*?. Penland, who rose from obseruity ami poverty by his own efforts, until today he is rated anions: the State's simeossful merchants. The story of his life reads like an old time American romance. "We are accustomed to think that only in times long gone by did men have an opportunity to get on in the world, but Mr. Penland's career shows that even today there is no luck like hard work, fair dealing and business sense. Men who have these qualities can laugh at luck and go forging forward with a smile on their lips in a world unkind to others. The following story, from the Leesville Twin-County News tells graphically of Mr. Penland's early ^struggles. It is full of human interest and is well worth reading: J. B. Pen la lid Too, Rose From Obscurity. In Columbia there has been a man for many years that has excited the attention of those who were identified with the interest of Columbia. He went to the Palmetto Capitol in I ?9 5 as a mere lad. By his energy, pluck and foresight he has accumulated a nice little fortune and is proprietor of a long chain of grocery stores. In as much as he has decided to open up a store in Leesville and has already begun to operate one in Batesburg we have decided to give our readers a short story of this man which we hope will be of interest to those who may read it. The subject 09 this sketch is J. B. Penland. Mr. Penland was born in North Carolina in the mountains not far from Asheville and is only about 45 years of age. Ever$ one who knew , BACKBADTODAY? ~ - *? - 1 * ~ 7- i/Tvi /in* _o/-.Vin iiacKacne is usuan.v muuvj -uv>. v and makes you dull; nervous and / ,tired. Use Doan's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys?the remedy recom!'mended by your friends and neighbors. Ask your neighbor! * J. B. Floyd, prop, grocery, E. Main St., Lexington, says: "I was both ered a great deal with my kidneys a /few years ago. At that time my back gave me a lot of trouble and it ; ached good and hard. My bladder /seemed to be the worst source of com'?plaint. There was a too frequent deisire to pass the kidney secretions and ? * , I had to get up at night. The secre.'tions were highly colored and contained sediment. A friend advised ime to use Doan's Kidney Pills, and I did so. In a short time I got fine relief. (I kept on taking Doan's and after I had used several boxes, I felt so well I didn't require any more." ' Price 60c, at all dealers. ?. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Floyd had. Fosler-Milburn Co., ;Mfrs., Buffalo. X. Y. Sold ? / t The best : made for he or rougli RED Extra Ply ? 30 $22 Reduction on al A New Lo\ Known and H i I the* mountain* '-r '! Xorlh < "aroii:;;> }.; i in latter par: of last n-ntury knows 1 that all of ilit-tn were poor financially , {;i:>?1 wt- have been informed that this ' ian:ily oi Penlatids was poor am-ora ! th" poorest. Wilt-;: a n.ilch <-ow was j purchased i>n credit by the father the ! cliihlren fel: a rertain amount of : . I pride and began t-? think they wer<almost as rich as anyone in the I mountains. A sumptuous far-- i? . I them was milk, cooled in the sprina trough with corn bread baked by thci fire. A small farm was pur?-hascdi ; by father IVnland for $-">U.<p? als?> on a credit. On this littb- farm the family struggled until the subject ??i" this sketch was about l-~ years of agci when the growth of tobacco was begun in that section with which the farm was paid for. The school at tended by Mr. J'inland for thro.-: months each yea;- was a typical iiinun- i tain school of those days?a Jog hut I with slab benches and teachers about > as modern and rugged as the build- j ing. You may imagine the character I of elementary training received by j the subject of our sketch under such j | unfavorable conditions. However, j Mr. Penland now has acoaired from contact with other men a thorough knowledge ?f the things that really count. As a boy Mr. Penland's home was about 2 1-2 miles from a country' store where he often went with 2 1-2 dozen eggs with which he purchased a pound of coffee and with f an additional dozen he purchased a | pound of sugar, this being all the store bought eatings in the home except in case of the mother being sick occasionally a dozen eggs were ex- ! I changed for a pine ox m-tf cacy. Mr. Pen land was eighteen I years of age before he wore any I clothes otfier than coarse home made I ones. He says being reared under j such conditions explains why ho has i I been able to stay in the grocery busi- I ! ness for 23 years on such small pro iits. He has never been used t<> j" much. I Mr. Penland left the mountains j and came to Columbia in 1803 then | about 20 years old and worked there ! in a stock yard feeding cattle and i such other chores as are usual in a cattle pen at a salary of $8 per month and board. After 18 months service here he was raised to $10.00 per month which he says is the highest salary he ever received. His highest I ambition then was to clerk in a gro! eery store where he could sell ginger snaps, cheese, sardines and plug tobacco. Failing to get a position of his long desire, his father shipped him a few barrels of appels which he sold at a profit from the stables where ( he worked. This was his first experience in merchandising. He soon quit j the stables am. began the grocery j business in Columbia on a Capital of $3.50. Since then his business has j grown in to a long chain of stores. He has amazed the general public by nis low prices and his continual growth. : His coming to Leesville and BatesJ burg with his branch stores is welby dealers fabric tire >avy service i roads ? -lur Heavy Tread x 3' .00 i I styles and sizes v Price on a lonest Product I * I corned by !;)' busim ss nan t|1(. : vns as w. II as l>y tic inntral i i ". li" >' i I! SSt S lliltiS'li as iM-ijvhighly vl?-::s< d "\a r tin- manner in v.})]< h h has !> .-!i ro?*? iwd r< arid .-' i-i's nothing' t?u: ' right prosif-fts burke twin < iiii s. A visit t" his store in i tatcsburg;; (and we art- asstnvd the one in Ja-.svillo will equal) is a real pleasure. So fresh, clean. cool and inviting. Modern in every particular, so constructed as to give service with little work. "How I Cleared the Mill of llais." Hy J. Tucker, IS. I. "As night watchman believe 1 have, seen more rats than any man. Doers i wouldn't dare go near them. (bit; S1.2.r? pkfr. ot RAT-SXAP. inside of <3 1 weeks cleared them all <?ut. Killed lv.v,-, i." tlie sonn> everv night. (luess the rest were sfrared away. I'll never, he without PAT-SXAP." Three sizes. 25<\ G5<\ SI.25. Sold and guaranteed by Harmon Drug Co.. and Lexington Pharmacy. 1 ! To Holders of COTTON "We have a profitable plan to offer you. Write for letter C 50 without obligation on your part. SERVICE Rose & Son COTTON BROKERS *.4 Stone St. New York irii i c D ATC uniu i and miet?that's HAT-SNAP, the old reliable rodent destroyer. Conies in cakes?no mixing with other food. Your money back if it fails. 35c size (1 cake) enough for Pantry, Kitchen op Cellar. 65c size (2 cakes) for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. $1.25 size (5 cakes) enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and Guaranteed by Harmon Drug Co., and Lexington Pharmacy ; C. D. 1 L We have r< new machir Capacity Fi our our fori as millers, service this Special att< trade. SHI] Let us mill | Leesvi L< Looked Like : ilutlletield in Kurope." Said M(*. DuiMcr. "Wits stnyinsr at - I a si. , I. ill" T '.vn: tin- kt;t 1 ?! ' To .lire a via and was sh?>\vn a 2 il- of (had rats killed with KAT-SXAP the niirht he-_ fore, Looked lik" a battlefield in laurope." Three sizes, -h".-. ibn*. Sold and guaranteed hy Lexington Pharmacy and Harmon Drue: (hi. One Dollar Saved IJeproeuls Ten Dollars Humeri. 1 i lie a vi-ravre man does not, save te i raced :?n per of his earnings. !! must spend nine dollars in living! expenses ior every dollar saved. That j being the ease lie ean not ! ? too care-1 fill ahout. unnecessary expenses. Very | often a few eents properly invested, like buying seeds for his garden, will save several doiiaj-s outlay later on.; It is the same in buying Chamber-1 Iain's Cc?li<* and Diarrhoea Remedy. It eosts 1)Ut a lew cents, and a bottle of it in the house often saves a doctor's hill of several dollars. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington.?Court of Common Pleas. SUMMONS. Bank of Western Carolina, plaintiff, versus M. S. StWdman, J. F. Steadman and Mary W. Steadman, Defendants.?Summons. To the Defendants Above Named: You are hereby Summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you. and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office at Lexington, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. J2FIRD ? CARROLL. Attorneys for Plaintiff. M;iV la i!?ri. To the defendant Mary \Y. Steadman: You will please take notice that the original Summons and Complaint in this action is now on file in the office of the Clerk of Court for Lexington County. LFIRD & CARROLL, Attorneys for Plaintiff. July 5, 3921. 3t-39-c Jarr's Flo eesville, S. < 3cently overhauled , lery to our Seventyill System Flour Mil ty years of practical we are offering season than ever b( sntion given to o ? US YC WHEAT your wheat and cc lie Milling eesville, S. C ??|?BBElMggBg I "> !:< sain** u Ik-re. I::.v* ,'s Cola"- and ? [)ia: rii< .-a !: <!y n:..:.y amon^ . n-y < :: a;. ; s? t'vanis. :*<>< *r?Ti?* *\ ami <:iavrh?.' a .ways it t iY? iv-." ; CITATION NOTICK. Stato "I South ''a:i::ai. ('"liray ?C: Imxin.uft'M.? i'y S. i'ams. ; 1 ? s?iuire. ]>i-ol>at?- judav. Whereas. .Mary i-aliav. ::!.??i- sun i<> me. to grant h< r Letters < :" Administration of tho Estate of ana effects j of James .Monroe Fallaw. I These art- therefore to < itr- and ad - ! monish all and singular the kindred | and < reditors of tlu* said .lames Mon-1 rui' Kailaw. deceased. that they be and appear, before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexington. C. H.. S. on 20th day of July, 10 21. next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should riot be granted. Given under my Hand, this 5th day of July, Anno Domini 1921. GEO .S. DRAFTS, (L. S.) Probate Judge, Lexington Co., S. C. Published on the Gth day of July. 1921, in the Lexington paper, two weeks. / - DEBTORS AND CREDITORS NOTICE. All persons indebted to the estate of Mr. Barrett Jones will please make payment to the undersigned and all persons having claims against the estate will please present the same duly proven to the undersigned. MRS. MINNIE V. JONES, Administratrix. Batesburg. S. C. 2w j \t - i x* % r \irrriv/! >um i\ ur ri.viii OF CREDITORS. In the District ?"ourt of the Vnited States, lor the Eastern District of South Carolina. Jn tlie matter of W. P. Poof, bankrupt. Notice of final meeting of Creditors. ; Take notice that the final meeting of the c. editors of the above named Eankrupt will be held in my office in the City of Columbia, South Carolina, in the District aforesaid, on the 14th ; day of July, 1021, at which time the final accounts of the Trustees will be < ur Mill ? y ?lh and added i five Barrel l and with < experience i rou better 1 rfore. ut-of-town ! ] t < f >UR ( ] : J >rn. i i S j Co? ^ i; t 4 1 I upon ::jul lilt- f< * s for the at-' ys :'..r the p< titi<>nin.c creditors. Bankrupt. and for the Trus v.-ill !>< j'US-e (! iMx.ri. The i '-jiort O," tlie Trust et > can 1)0 .j iiiy * * ?! i ee. It shows " ?.r. hand for distribution. M'-ssr:-. Timmermah, Brabant. Thurmond and ("allison. as attorneys for ;ho petitioning creditors and for the "rustics. b.avc petitioned for the Rliov.;:;< < . !"( to them in the sum i f s 1.r.i i . Ail <'.editors can pres<mt tii- ir \ iews in person, by attorney < r through 1( tter directed to the und< rsicrr.etl Uoferce. All such other business as may properly come before so.ch meet in'pT will le transac t? d. 11. X. KDMUXDS. Xo. 71.1 1'a 1 met to Buildm--. licferee in Bankruptcy, voiumi-in. >. i . Columbia. S. < \. July 1st. 11)21. sale or stock or c.wce dkvklopmkxt co.. belonging to estate or jam i s m. hagixs. By virtue of authority vested in me by order of the Probate Court, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, five (5) shares of the capital stock of the Cayce Development Company, belonging to the Estate of James M. Hagins, in front of the Cayce Cooperative Store, Cayce, S. C., on Saturday, the sixteenth (16th) day of August next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. S. M. HAGINS, Administrator of Jlstate of James M. Hagins. 2\v Biliousness and Constipation. "For years I was troubled with biliousness and constipation, which made life miserable for me. My appetite failed me. I lost my usual force and vitality. Pepsin preparations and cathartics only made matters worse. I do not know where I should have been today bad I not tried Chamberlain's Tablets. The tablets relieve the ill feeling at once, strengthen the digestive functions, helping the system to do its work naturally," writes Mrs. Rosa Potts, Birmingham, Ala. AN ORDINANCE To levy a tax on taxable property within the town of Lexington, to provide the time for payment thereof, and to fix penalties for failure to pay. Be it Ordained by the Town-Council of the Town of Lexington, in Council assembled, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That a tax of live mills be and the same is hereby levied upon all the taxable property within the Town of Lexington for corporate purposes, the same to be paid to the rown Treasurer on or before the 30th 3ay of July, A. I)., 1921. Section 2: That any person failing jv refusing to pay said tax by the ibove date shall suffer a penalty of ten per cent, of amount due as taxes, ind all costs of collection. Section 3: That in case of the fail ure of any person to pay said tax, with the penalty thereto added, within twenty days after the above date, execution shall issue against the property of the persons so defaulting, as is provided by law, and all proparty levied on, under execution issued, shall be sold at public auction, before the court house door, in the town of Lexington, after three weeks public notice tchreof, and the proceeds of said sale shall be applied to the payment of said tax, penalty and oosts: provided that if such property, so sold at public auction, shall bring more than enough to satisfy said tax, penalty and costs, the remainder shall be paid to the legal owner thereof. Section 4. That it shall be the luty of the Town Clerk to have this ordinance published in a newspaper, having general circulation in the own of Lexington, for three consecutive issues before the date fixed ror the payment of the tax, and, also, to have copies of same posted in :hree conspicuous places in said town. Section -r>: This ordinance shall take effect immediately. Done and ratified in the Council Chamber this 13th day of June, A. D., 1921. S. J. LONG, .Mayor ito Tempore. Utest: .T. E. KAM1NER, Town Clerk. 3t-3S HE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON Open to Men and Women Entrance examinations, and examiiati?>ns for the free tuition county eholarships at all county seats Frilay. duly 8. at a. in. Four-year courses lead l<> the E. A. nd 15. S. decrees. special two-year >r?'-itieilica|? course is trivon. Spacious buildinirs and athletic rounds, well equipped laboratories mexcelled library facilities. A dormiory for men. Expenses moderate. 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