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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1921
A PROBLEM
The problem of diversified agriculture
is more a problem of 'marketing
than farming.
This is particularly true of Lexing'
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how* to grow successfully every crop
to which the soil is adapted. And they
have learned something about marketing.
For years Lexington county
.has fed Columbia. But the Columbia
market, along certain lines, can
be glutted. We must look elsewhere
for markets, particularly if the truck
area be materially increased. Successful
marketing will depend largely
upon copoeration. "We must all
hang. together or we will all hang
separately," said Benjamin Franklin
years ago. And it is true today of our
present situation.
Take the matter of sweet potatoes.
There is ready sale at good prices for
many more thousands of bushels, but
in order ,to insure good prices and a
continuing market the potatoes must
be graded properly. They must be
cured. For this purpose a drying
house will be necessary.
Peanuts ought to bring better prices
next year. The scarcity of cotton
seed fro pi this year's crop and the
increased tariff which will shut off
foreign competition ought to make
the peanut a worth while crop in a
small way for ready cash. But here
again we must have ready markets.
A great- responsibility rests now
upon the men of means in South
Carolina. It is their high privilege to
help to establish proper markets for
such surplus food and feed crops as
are farmers grow. Chambers of commerce
and other like bodies all over
the State should busy themselves
about a clear cut program for marketing.
But whether they do or not we
can't afford to sit down and let George
do it. Who wil ltake the initiative in
Lexington county?
It's a bigger question than all of
the politics we will have for the next
20 years.
A RESPONSIBILITY
Seldom has a greater responsibility
rested upon a community than that
which confronts Lexington county at
the approaching term of court. Numerous
shocking crimes have been
L cj^Hmitted within the borders of the
^ county. People have to some extent
/overlooked the fact that some of
these crimes were not committed by
} Lexington county people but by out[
siders, and they have given to Lex\
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vlllgUUH cuuuijr <* uau mime xvi uwuider.
Upon the jurymen who will
serve at the coming, term of court
rests a responsibility to clear the good
name of our coutny by showing the
world that we do not approve of lawlessness,
but. in justice. To be sure
no Innocent man should be convicted
merely to vindicate the good name
of Lexington county, but the law and
evidence alone should determine the
verdicts rendered. For one we have
not lost faith in the intelligence and
I integrity of Lexington county juries.
L We are sure that they will do their
^^\duty according to their oath. Neither
^^^Krosecution nor defense can ask more
Fraud
^^JHHhen a Mobile doctor came to visit
^^^^^kobinson family by whom he had
summoned, he found Mrs. Robin
bed, her dusky face decoratbandages.
Mr. Robinson was
^Bsitting in stolid misery by the bedside.
''Cheerup, Sam," said the M. D.
^^^She'll pull through all right."
"Don't go to tryin' to cheer me up"
^^^^swered Mr. Robinson darkly, "fo*
onpissible, doctor. Heah Ah has
insured against accidents of all
only fo' days ago and paid down
five dollahs, and befo' de week
^^^But' she falls downstairs wid a
coal and now look at her,
^^^^^busted' from end to end!"
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PRESIDENT HARDING
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(X. Y. Journal of Commerce)
Congress had adjourned. This recess
has manifestly been the outgrowth
of a serious difference of opinion
and its object is to give time for
a breathing period and a revision of
plans. The session thus far has, on
the whole, gone farly well for the
party in power at Washington, but
there have been more than a few rifts
within the political lute, any one of
which, if allowed to widen, may turn
party music into discord. It is time
for "repairs."
Clearly the outstanding question to
be dealt with is the tariff and 'tax issue.
The party boses and hangers-on
had nearly got into control of matters
and were riding for a fall with
their special interest schemes when
the President found it neeoiui to
check them. He has been able temporarily
to shelve the bonus bill and
to hold up the tariff. He has made
but little advance with the tax reform
measure, and his railroad refunding
plan has been "knifed." This is little
better than a "draw." What some
call the "honeymoon period" of the
administration is now about over and
the real business of its existence is
about to begin?stern business at that.
Can Mr. Harding hold matters in
line for real federal- constructive legi
islation or not?
' There can be little doubt about the
disposition of the administration. It
wants to help business and restore
prosperity. But the forces of opposition
and of discord are strong. The
powerful clique of manufacturers who
would gladly sacrifice all to the mere
ability to fix prices their own way for
a time and to milk the public of its
earnings through a prohibitive tariff
has set its face definitely toward the
enactment of the duties that are now
demanded. Again, the intrenched
forces of the federal civil service are
determined that there shall be no real
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economy in expense. Members of the
Cabinet, in more than one instance,
are already reputed to be weary and
discouraged. It is no wonder. Nevertheless,
the work is there, and it must
be done?over the opposition of
Congress if need be.
Four weeks of study and observa- J
t:on of the problem from all angles |
may strengthen the President in a determination
to stand fast for public
interests against the forces alike of
reaction and of radicalism. It is to be
hoped so. But the wait will be a
period of anxiety for all who have
been following recent tendencies with
close attention. '
MARRIAGE OF WRENS
"Little birds in their nests agree."
So likewise do their parents, presumably.
But there has been much speculation
as to whether pairs of birds,
once married, do or do not perpetuate
the wedded relation from year to
year.
How about the house-wren? It is a
gentle and virtuous bird, almost semidomesticated,
as one might say, inasmuch
as it customarily builds its
nest in or about human habitations.
People who have watched the habits
of house-wrens have often been heard
to say that they were sure the same
pairs returned to the same nesting
places season after season. They were
proclaimed as models of marital constancy.
However, Mr. S. Prentiss Baldwin,
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of Cleveland, who for many years
has made the trapping and banding
of birds his special hobby (afterward
releasing them to be subsequently retrapped
perhaps and identified), has
found that house-wrens are no more
reliable than folks. In some instances
these relations are perpetuated from ,
season to season; but <^ften it happens
that a house-wren, male or female,
indulges in a violent flirtation, .
even making a bluff at starting housekeeping,
and then making final choice .
of another mate. Divorces occur. A
gentreman house-wren may marry,
rear a family and then leave his wife,
going off with another lady housewren
and setting up an establishment
with her. Whereupon there is ,
nothing for the deserted female to
do but get another husband.
No Music in This "Organ"
Teacher?John, name an organ of "
the body. (
John?The Teeth.
Teacher?What kind of an organ is
it?
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John?A grind organ, Ma'am.
In the West
You say a mysterious stranger's j
been hangin' round your place for a
week! Why don't you tell him to
move on?
'Cos he's hangin' to a tree!
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Prudent Course 1
"Did you use diplomacy when y<?u 1
discharged your cook?"
"I presume you might call it that,"
answered Mr. Clipping. "I fired her
over the telephone and hung up the
receiver before the wire got hot."
WALTER HOOK THANKS
HIS FRIENDS IN RACE
FOR PROBATE JUDGE
To My Democratic Friends of Lexington
County:
I wish to thank you for the vote you
gave me in my race for Probate Judge
on yesterday. Although I lacked a
few votes of being elected on the first
ballot, 1 am very happy over the result.
All I can do now is to express
my great appreciation of your interest
and confidence. I shall do my utmost
to merit both.
I haven't anything to say against
any of my opponents. I went in the
race with a good feeling toward all
of them, and I want to come out of
it and live afterwards feeing the same
way.
I am no politician. 1 am just one
who tries to live right and make a
good citizen, whether in or out of office.
If I am elected Probate Judge,
as it seems now I will be with the continued
support of my loyal and appreciated
friends, I expect to do my
very best to make a good and acceptable
officer. That will be the best
W&y I will have of really and truly repaying
those who are standing by me.
Besides, all the people ^will have a
right to expect that of me.
Again thanking my friends for their
support, and speaking for its continuance,
I am, with kind feelings for
all,
WALTER F. HOOK.
New Brookland, S. C.,
September 7, 1921.
DOTS FROM SWANSEA, ROUTE 1.
The 'farmers of this section of the
county have been very busy for the
past two or three weeks, pulling fod
der, from which they have almost recovered,
but again they are being confined
to the white cotton fields, which
are opening as thick as hops these
warm days.
The baptismal services were rendered
very nicely on last Sunday afternoon,
at Swansea Baptist church.
A very large crowd of candidates
from Antioeh were present.
Miss Julia Boles spent Saturday
night with her sister.
Miss Mary Furtick and friend, Miss
Maggie Black who have been spending
some ti,me with friends and relatives
near here, have returned to
ther home in Barnwell.
Judging from the good singing over
to Mr. Lawson's Saturday night, we
believe they must have organized a
singing class.
Messrs. John and George Furtick
were the guests of Misses Esther and
Victoria Jumper last Wednesday
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Mr. Dewey Jumper made a pleasant
call on his best girl Sunday night.
Mr.1 and Mrs. David* Fallaw spent
Saturday night with Mr. D. H. Lawson.
Mr. Willie Laird and his girl were
out riding Sunday afternoon.
Misses Victoria and Alberta Jumper
made a pop call on Miss Lydia and
Vera Lawson Saturday afternoon.
cor XT Y BOARD MET MONDAY j
Routine matters occupied the time
of the county board of commissioners
at their meeting Monday. Claims
were acted upon an<|> warrants
promptly issued in payment. All members
of the board were present.
FIXE SYRUP
Mr. B. D. Sease, a well -known farmer*
r?f tVio Pico-ali cpotinn hrnnpht
to the editor a bottle of as fine syrup
as we have ever tasted, made from
this year's crop. Mr. Sease will make
200 gallons of this syrup this year
and expects to find a ready market
for it. New Orleans will have to
look out for its laurels if Mr. Sease
and others in this county continue to j
make such delightful syrup.
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NEWS FROM SHARP'S HILL
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Misses Ethel and Blanch Goodwin J
were the guests of Miss Louana
Sharpe Sunday.
There will be preaching at Harmony
church Sunday night.
Mrs. Lillie Rikard and Mrs. Alice
Barefoot visited the sick at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Hill.
It takes an optimist to rejoice in
the fact that after his wife has tired
of kisses he can eat as many onions
as he likes.
No Substitute Offered.
Say what you will about druggists j
offering something "just as good" be- j
i-ausc it ]>ays a better profit, the fart j
still stands that ninety nine out of a j
hundred druggists recommend Cham-i
iM i lain's Colic and Diarrhoea Item- j
dy, when the best. medicine for i
[iiarrhoea is asked for, and do so because
they know from what their customers
say of it. that it ran be doI'onded
upon.
AGAIN DEMANDS APOROGY
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j Augusta, Ga., Sept. 4.?Judge
I Henry V. Hammond of the Augusta
circuit of superior court, today jointI'ly
addressed to Gov. R. A. Cooper of
South Carolina and Governor Hardwick
of Georgia a letter in which he
| reiterated his stand on the matter of
j the alleged invasion of Georgia by a
South Carolina inoo on August 11 iasu.
The Augustan again declared that
the South Carolina executive should
formally apologize to Georgia.
The letter ridiculed a suggestion
^made by Governor Hardwick that
/Judge Hammond identify one or more
members of the mob before South
Carolina be asked' to deliver mob
members up for Georgia justice. "Why
not ask me to identify the angels in
heaven above or the demons down
(Under the sea?" the jurist asked.
The letter was written in response
to a statement from Governor Cooper,
made public several days ago, which
declared Judge Hammond's demand
"was absurd."
The mob in question came to Augusta
in the early morning of August
11 in the effort to procure C. O. Fox
and Jesse Gappins, confessed murderers
of William C. Brazell, 19 year old
youth of Columbia.
COPPER AND BRASS
(Wells' Outline of History.)
Perhaps 6,000 or 7,000 years ago
in Europe Neolithic people began to
use copper in certain centers, making
I out of it implements of much the
same pattern as their stone implements.
They cast the copper in
moulds made to the shape of the
stone implements. PossiblV they first
found native copper and hammered it
into shape. Later?we will not venture
upon figures?men had found
out how to get copper from its ore.
Perhaps, as Lord Avebury suggested,
they discovered the secret of smeltin,
j by the chance putting lumps of
copper ore among the ordinary stones
wich which they built the fire pits
they used for cooking. In China,
Hungary, Cornwall and elsewhere,
copper ore and tinstone occur in these
same veins; it is a very common association
and so, rather through dirtiness
than skill, the ancient smelters,
it may be, hit upon the harder and
better bronze, which is an alloy of
copper and tin. 9
Bronze is not only harder than copper,
but the mixture of tin and copper
is more fusible and easier to rej
duce. The so-called "pure copper"
implements usually contain a small
proportion of tin, and there are no
tin implements known, nor very much
evidence to show that early men
knew of tin as a separate metal. The
plant of a prehistoric copper smelter
has been found in Spain, and the material
of bronze foundries in various
localities. The method of smelting
revealed by these finds carries out
Lord Avebury's suggestion. In India
where zinc and copper ore occur together,
brass, which is an alloy of the
two metals, was similarly hit upon.
So slight was the change in fashions
and methods produced by the appear
ance of bronze, that for a long time
such bronze axes, etc., as were made
were cast in moulds to the shape of
the stone implements they were superseding.
A. .1. MATHIAS OPENS
SEED HOUSE HERE
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Mr. A. J. Mathias, who for several
years conducted a general merchandise
store in Lexington, but for the
/ past year has been devoting his time
'ito farming, has opened .up a seed
house in the rear of his old stand,
now operated by Mr. W. B. Redd.
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1MJLL .AVJ ttllilcts Will UU) UUU 5a:uuu
and field seed. He is making a spec1
ialty of rye, oats and peas, but is
handling all kinds of seed for field
and garden.
RET) BANK WINS
FIFTH STRAIGHT GAME
Red Bank and Gilbert played two
remarkable games of ball Saturday
and Monday, both games being wen
by Red Bank. The score aSturday
ry and Roof; Gilbert, Kelly and Hall,
twas 9 to 2; Monday's game, 19 to 5,
both games being won by good sup'port.
Batteries; for Red Bank, Berby
Red Bank. The score Saturday
Steedman will play Red Bank Saturday,
September 10, 1921. for a
'& of ball.
Read What V. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Says About Wliat Two Rats Can I)o.
According to government figures,
two rats breeding continually for
three years produce 259,704,482 individual
rats. Act when you see the
first rat, don't wait. ItAT-SNAP is
the surest, cleanest, most convenient
exterminator. No mixing with other
foods. Prvs up after killing?leaves
no smell. Cats or dogs won't touch
it. Sold and guaranteed bv Harmon
Drug Co., and Lexington Pharmacy.
I A CARD FROM MR. TAYLOR. j
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To ih( Voters and Citizens of Lcxing-!
ton County:
I
1 take this means of expressing my j
sincere thanks to the good people oi j
this county for the splendid vote I j
received in the primary Tuesday,!
which will as it is now known place!
me in the second race. I wish to as-;
sure those who voted for other can-!
didates that I bear no ill will toward !
them. 1 am going to conduct a de- i
termined tight on the bosses of the j
old political ring here regardless of!
the consequences. [
1 have a bunch of men lined up !
against me who are seeking to build j
up political ground for future uses.
If Messrs. C. E. Leaphart and W. D.
t ortH annthpr srpntleman at Lees
ville, and probably others, all of
whom have been honored by the people
of Lexington county, will hold
public meetings during the next two{
weeks instead of secret ones, all the
people in the county would learn'1,
something very interesting. The '
gentleman at Leesville, with tne as- ;
sistance of Representative Lybrand
of New Brookland, and Barre of Lees- ;
ville, could have rendei-ed great ser- ?'
vice in holding the county together?
if that is their purpose now?during *
thf last session of the legislature,
Don't forget that the Judge of Pro
bate's office is an administrative office
and the man who is elected could *
do nothing for the people of New
Brookland. Brookland now has two .
men holding office in Lexington
county. I refer to Messrs. Dent and ;
Lybrand.
Now it seems to me that Messrs.
W. D. Dent and C. E. Leaphart
should be satisfied with the abundant <
honors that have been conferred upon
them by the people of this county,
and I trust that they will soon understand
that these same people will not
tolerate an abuse of those honors.
They have received everything they
have asked for, and they have no
richt to trv to lead and direct some!
other man into a public office of
honor and trust. If he can't win on
his own merits, he deserves to go
down in defeat.
If the people of New Brookland
have not had a fair deal, I want to
say that Senator Crosson of Leesville,
Representatives Barr of Leesville and ;
Lybrand of New Brookland could
have duly taken care of the situation
during the last session of the legislature
when they were making their
recommendations for appointment of
.Rural Police, County Commissioners,
etc. That was the proper channel,
and it is too late now to drag such
issues into the race for the office of (
Judge of Probate.- It is simply a
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very poor kind of "bait" being thrown
out in the hope that the people will i
make of themselves "suckers." "Will
you do it? i
And is it not a fact that taxes will <
be higher for the people of New
Brookland in Richland county? If
they remain in Lexington county and '
levy the extra taxes they will have jr
to pay ip Richland, what value in j
bonds could be floated and how many
improvements could the people of j
New Brookland make with the pro- j
ceeds from these bonds? These are
some of the paramount issues to be
considered by the people of New
Brookland. *
Please dont forget that I live right
here in Lexington and will be on duty
at all times, if elected. You will not
have to ride here from a long distance
and have to return home and make
the trip some other time in order to
see me. I do not attempt to say that j
my opponent would not render the j
same service, but I believe that I ^
have the big advantage in this re- j
spect. And if my opponent is elected,
watch and see who will be THE .
REAL PROBATE JUDGE.
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. E. TAYLOR. j
FOli PROBATE JUDGE. J
I wish to announce myself as a can/HSato
fnr nrnhato iudee of Lexing
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ton county, subject to the choice of ]
the Democratic voters in the coming
primary and under the rules of the r
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party.
CHARLES E. TAYLOR.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the Democratic nomination (
for judge of probate, to succeed the 1
late lamented Judge George S. Drafts. 1
I pledge myself to abide the result of (
the Democratic primary and support '
the nominee thereof. '
WALTER F. HOOK. 1
New Brookland, S. C. ;
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WHEN |
in Columbia, Lunch with us at Creamery
Lunch Room 1-1(3 Lady Street,
1-2 block from Main. You will be as
welcome as the flowers in May. The '
best of everything and reasonable
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prices. j
Creamery Lunch,
1216 Lady St. Columbia, S. C
WANTADS.
LOST?One hound male red puppy*
with little red specks in white spots,
on chase near Edmund. He is-;. '
about seven months old. Reward it
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returned to Belton D. Shumpert, - .
Gaston, S. C., Route 2.
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FOR SALE?Ford roadster, in A-l
condition. Cheap for cash. Apply
Norman S. Geiger. Lexington, S.
C. ltc
FOR SALE?Bagging and tires. See
us before buying. Sam P. & W. P.
Roof, Jr., Lexington, S. C.
FOR SALE?Bagging and ties. See
us before buying. Sam P. & W. P.
Roof, Jr., Lexington, S. C.
FOR SALE?Four purebred hound
puppies, nine weeks old. Price $5.00
each. Write me at once. J. D. Younginer,
Irmo, S. C., route 2.
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FOR ^ALE?One good milk cow tor
sale. H. B. Oxner, Lexington, S.
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LOST?Between Edmund and Mr,
Sam Roland's one man's raincoat .
and one bundle cloth wrapped in
paper from Jas. L. Tapp's store,
Columbia. Liberal reward offered
for return goods. Simon P. .
Shumpert, Lexington, S. C., Route
3, Box 24. ltp .
GINNERS
NOTICE?Will gin only
one day a week Thursday. Will be-'
gin next Thursday 15th. September.
Prices 40c per hundred. Bagging
and ties right. Long Bros.
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FORD?Touring car for sale cheap. .
Apply at Dispatch-News office.
LOST?In depoV at Batesburg, on
train via Perry to Pelion, or in Pelion,
ladies Elgin watch, gold hunt-.
ing case, pendant set. Return to
Miss Sallie May Burton, Batesburg,
S. C.f and receive reward. 2t-p-4i5
GET MARRIED?Wealthy, refined,
ranchers, widows, maidens, business,
professional people. Photos
free. Angelus Souvenir Club, 508
Lankershim BIdg., Los Angeles,
Calif. - - 4t-p-49 b
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FOR SALE?Six hundred acres farming
land, near Pelion, S. C. ?eyen
tenant houses, and necessary oiitbuildings.
Terms to desirable par- .
dress Room 322, Jefferson Hotel,
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Columbia. 40tf-c
: i 1 ! .... "./T -r -rNOTICE,
DEBTORS ,
AND CREDITORS
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This is to notify all persons in. any
way indebted to the estate of George ;
S. Drafts, deceased, to make payment '.* ,
to the undersigned by Sept. 15, 1921,';..'
and those having claims against said
estate, will present them properly at-\ '
tested to the undersigned executors .
for payment on or before September .. ,
15, 1921 at Lexington, S. C.
C. H. DRAFTS,
T. P. MEETZE, \
Executors.
NOTICE
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I have been appointed Local Registrar
for Boiling Springs township, and
I respectfully ask the people of said
township to report to me all births ' ; /
md eaths as promptly as possiole.
MRS. JULIAN SHARPE. '
Edmund, S. C. 3-t
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
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The stockholders of the Swansea "
[ce Manufacturing Co., is called in
t.s office on the tenth of September
for the purpose of disolving the cor-' i
^oration. ,
L. O. RAST, Pres.
NOTICE
I will sell my place in Hollow Creek
:ownship containing 69 acres, known j
is the G. W. Kyzer old place on the
irst Monday in October, 1921, at public
sale to the highest bidder for cash, *
f not sold at private sale before.
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rOWN REGISTRATION >
CERTIFICATES
All persons not in possession of
^ounty registration certificates should
ipply to the county board of registration
for the same, on September 6
md 7, county registration certificates
t>eing necessary before anyone can obtain
a town registration certificate to
participate in the election for mayor
ind aloermen in tne coming election.
J. S. CAUGHMAN,
'uporvisor of Registration for the
Town of Lexington.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby given that on Monday,
Sept. 19, next, I will apply to
Holly L. Ilarman, acting judge of
probate for Lexington county as administrator
of the estate of E. H.
Barrs, deceased.
L. P. BARRS,
Administrator. Estate L. P. Barrs.
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