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GRACE IS SOW MAYOR. Charleston Inauguration Ceremony Took Place Yesterday. "Charleston, Dec. 15?John P. Grace and 21 aldermen-elect assumed office todny, at noont in the council chamber at city hali. Recorder Jervey administering the oath to Mayor Grace, and he in turn swearing in the aldermen, after Clerk of Council Barbot had read the election returns. The inaugural address followed and then rules were adopted by council, r\f IKa nro (/ring yiavutaxij IUVOC vi !' v ious council, and committee appointments were read out. Alderman Daniel L. Sinkler, being named chairman of the ways and means committee. Discussing the distribution of patronage, Grace said that he would immediate accept, if it were tendered him, the resignation of every man in the service of the city who support-] ed the recent administration, provided he felt that such service could be dispensed with in each cast with* out injury to the-public welfare. He added he did not look for such resignations to come in embarrassing numbers/ and was rather inclined to hAll?vA it mlsrht he necessarv to take some action along that line. 0 . SERVICE MEN REMINDED. Red Cross Warns About Their Government Insurance. After December 31 many discharged service men who have allowed their government insurance to lapse cannot reinstate it-. For this reason the American Red Cross through its home servic^ section is endeavoring: to communicate by retter, by person- { al touch and in every way possible with former soldiers and sailors before this date to get them to pay up their premiums before it is too late. If a man was discharged more than eighteen months ago, he has only until December 31 to reinstate his insurance, if he has allowed it t0 lapse through nonpayment of premiums. After that time he must have a physical examination. If he does not pass ^ - "afanilD^ I CHRIST! 1 BANKING I "next Xms \\w* ft lc. CLUB. m Payments m 1st Week lc 1st V V 2nd Week 2c 2nd ^ v 3rd Week 3c 3rd _ Increase Every W?ek Inc V by lc. I Total in 50 Weeks Tc $12.75 THE To provide a way for 1 their money. To teach "tl To give younk folks a prs that if they give up the li things later. To give you j be of service to you. We Pay You 4 Per Cent Your Christmas Savings. \ . * 'prance, he cannot pass the examina- ' [uori for other kinds of insurance. This ruling will apply as well to > men who are unable to pass the examination on account of wounds re- j ceived in the service as to men who have suffered injuries, or become i diseased after their discharge from ;the army. If a man was discharged less than eighteen months ago, he has i eighteen months from the date of s jhis discharge to reinstate his insur- < ance without examination. ] In order to prevent the loss of their i insurance to many men who are not i ap>*are of the rulings in regard to it, { the Red Cross is undertaking to help 1 as many of them as it can reach, and t to acquaint every ex-service man i with the condition of reinstatment. o 1 NEW JITNEY AIRPLANE WEIGHING 110 LBS. * CARRIES 2 PERSONS. \ Paris, Dec. 15?An airplane weighing only 110 pounds, capable of car- ( rying two persons at the rate of 140 T miles per hour! Believed impossible, t scorned at as impracticable, such a c machine has already received success- | ful trials at an airdrome in thegvi- t cinit'y of Paris. Plane a Tiny Thing. I The plane is a tiny thing, with a ? wingspread less than that of a Spad. > It can be comfortably picked up and f carried by one m^n. A small electric j motor of eight horsepower provides t the power to drive the one propeller, j The machine can stay in the air more'r than an hour. * |T "My invention is such thatvit can r be produced in great quantity and'_ sold at a very low pri:e." Archer told the Universal Service. "If the government will permit me?for it has the refusal of the airplane first?I shall make Archer-planes a? the rate of g 1,000 a day. C "In one year I expect one out of p every ten able bodied men in France 10 be a possiDie purcnaser ior my machine. Even a boy or girl of average strength could easily handle it. It 1 can 'take off from a small garden or 6 roadway and can land in a space much smaller than the ordinary aeroplane. NOW n iS uou get r 5 A<VT 50 WHAT THE 2c CLUB 5c CLUB Payments Payments reek 2c 1st Week Veek 4c 2nd Week 6c 3rd Week rease Every Week Increase Every by 2c . by 5 c >tal in 50 Weeks Total in 50 W< $25.50 $63.75 YOU CAN BEGIN WITH TH REASONS FOR THE CLUB those of moderate and even si tie saving habit" to those who ictical education about mone; ittle things they want today, a ''bank connection" and show | BAIN The carrying power Is such that farmers will be able t<? bring their pro-' duce to market 'straight from the market garden gar/en, say 300 miles; fro%i Paris to the ffentr?_l markets at1 the capital, with /only one landing, and in only two 'hours. .May Cloud A'ew York Sky. "American investors wifl not be 3low to see thtf advantages of the rir jitney, and/negotiations will be opened shortly with a view to supplying 10,000 machines to New York .'or the use of commuters. American promoters with whom L hav^ talked >ay that my invention will put the* 'erryboat and the suburban train service out of business except for old nen or timid women. "There is no reason why landing places could not be provided On the 'lat roofs of your New York skyscrapers for the Areherplane will and within 6? feet against a moderite wind. ^ Will Go in a Trunk. And the construction and weight >f the machine is such that a man will be able to- put all the parts in a food-sized trunk when he wishes to toss the ocean and quickly reassem>le them when he arrives on the other tide. "If I can get going quickly enough shall expect to turn out at least iO of the machines early in the n%w rear, and by the end of 1920 I conidently^expect the orthodox Christnas present of any boy over 14 will >e an air Jitney!" In time of war, Archer said, the uachine could be used for rapid scout vork or for carrying of important nessages. " * -DR. R. M. BAILEY Veterinarian Dillon, ..... South Carolina Office at Dillon Live Stock Co's. ! tables. )ffice Phone - - - - 235 residence Phone - 5 Kf ANTED ? WE BUY CORN IN huck or shelled, any quantity. One bushel or car load. Carolina Millin Co.?12 18 It. * - = OPE N?J ( PLAN OFT] The Plan Is Simple: 5c, or 10c, and increase } amount each week. Or, ; certain amount, 50c, $1.00 and deposit the same amoi HOW TC Look at the different ( J.1- J. _ select tne one you wisn to 50c, $1.00, $5.00, or any of our bank with the first w< make you a member of tl Christmas Banking Club 1 you have joined. It costs nothing to joir accumulate money. DIFFERENT JOc CLUB , Payments ? 5c 1st Week ? ? 10c 1; . __10c 2nd Week 20c 2i __ 15c 3rd Week 30c 3i Week Increase Every Week by 10c ?eks Total in 50 Weeks $127.50 E LARGEST PAYMENT FI nail means to bank have never learned it. yr?by showing them they can get the big you how our bank can IK OF BAD BIRDS MUST GO. hero ' ' iisdu Those That Destroy Need Adequate cont Attention. . ? ? , - the ah:o Now that the beneficial species of ttain birds are fortified by ample protec- wiju tive legislation, the importance be- to t comes apparent of perfecting meth- and ods for protecting crops against dam- metl age by birds says the chief of the were bureau of biological survey. United disct States department of agriculture. A for 1 policy of bird conservation that will pred best serve the interests of the farmer ed."' he says, involve not only a thorough th'e < appreciation of the value of . benefi- are i cial species but adequate attentipn unlii to the control of troublesome ones, warr Following out that line of endeavor, investigations that line of endeavor, investigations have been made of a number of species complained of as p( troublesome and in some cases spec- stocl ial rulings have been made under the nishi migratory bird treaty act to permit ceml bureau that permission be granted to meel sl oot them. Investigation^ however, Com] showed that about 96 per cent, of the Lak< food of night herons is crawfish; not day a single frog was found in any of f0r < the stomachs examined. ques It has been determined that bobo- said links, protected under the migratory eery bird treaty act, are as destructive as the i ever to rice when opportunity offers, 120, and in order to control them an open season has been declared on bobolinks 12 1 in Pennsylvania and the Atlantic coast states from New Jersey, southward to and including Florida. Certain species of wild duck, also protect- Pi ed under the act, were found to be gtocl destructive in the rice fields of Call- pany fornia and a special order was issued inst. permitting rice growers to kill them the i out of season. In Arkansas rice its i fields a special order had to be issued S. C permitting the shooting of ducks at uary hight. Meadow larks in South Caro- the lina were found to be inflicting se- tion vere damage to sprouting corn and from oats. In order to afford proper relief, says the chief of the survey, permis-!l2 2 sion has been eiven farmers to drive the birds from the fields with shotr AVAI gunsy if necessary. Complaints were ? received from Louisiana that night sh OIN OUR N m SBggas HE CLUB [T!' * You begin with lc, 2c, -our deposit the same you can begin with a $5.00, or any amount, int teach week. .B@ I JOIN. wiS ]lubs in table below and join, the 1c, 2c, oc, 10c, gfjjl the clubs; then come to 2ekly payment. Wt '0 ie Club and give you a VOtll Book showing the Club & 66 i and is an easy way to lSB CLUBS WILL I 4 30c CLUB $1.00 CLU Payments Payments 3t Week 50c 1st Week nd Week ? 50c 2nd Week rd Week 50c 3rd Week Deposit 50c. Every Deposit $1.00 Week. Week. Total in 50 Weeks Total in 50 W $23.00 $50.00 RST AND DECREASE YOUR WHO GE Money spent is money gonemoney you make that counts way to acquire a bank accouni Ask any wealthy man how he1 banked his money. Get your sts mas Banking Club. PILLC ms were a menace to the froggin istry, and it was suggested tQ th rol measures. , * ther birds,' not protected unde migratory bird treaty act, wer rer Jrted to be inflicting sever age in some instances. Red jed blackbirds in Ohio were foun< e very destructive of sweet cor even of field corn. Poisonin; lods, effective for small fields f devised but it is necessary t >ver more economical measure largA fields. Complaints of de at ions by eagles were investigat 'It is evident/' says the report o chief, "that these powerful bird seriously destructive birds am nited protection is probably no anted." o NOTICE. irsuant to a resolution of 'th tholders of tne Pages Mill Fur Ing Company under date of De >er 12th. inst, there will be ' Ling of the stockholders of sail pany at its place of business a 5 View, S. C., on Tuesday 13tl of January, at 3 o'clock P. W Lhe purpose of considering th tion of changing the i^im %o company to tho Lake View Ore Company, and also to increas capital stock from $10,000.00 t 000.00. W. M. GADDY, 8 4t. Sec'y. and Trear NOTICE. jrsuant to a resolution of th {holders of the Smith Drug Com ' under date of December '18? , lj>19( there will be a meeting o stockholders of said company a >lace of business at Lake View ., on Tuesday, 6th day of Jan , 1920, at 10 o'clock, a. m. fo purpose of considering the ques of increasing the capital stocl i $3,000,00 to $5,000.00. W. M. GADDY, 5 It, President. *TED%E BUY PEAS ANY KIN! -any quantity. We buy in pad o elled. Carolina Milling Co.?It E w in / W i [at? ^ <f ** > PAY YOU HtaaMHMBHHaHaMK B $5.00 CLUB i Payments ._ $1.00 1st Week $? ? $1.00 2nd Week $J __ $1.00 3rd Week $? Every Deposit $5.00 Evei Week. " eeks Total in 50 Weeks $250.00 PAYMENTS EACH W ITS THE MONEY YOU ?Mnnn-u RoriVprl ic rrmn ATXV/IiVJ Jb/UiiAftVVi MKJ , but the money you sav t than by joining our CI "got his start''?he will t< irt. Get it today. Come ir _ _ _ ? I We 1 3N ... 1 g NOTICE e Notice 1b hereby given that a meet- , ing ot the stockholders of the Harr grove-Hall Company, of Dillon, S. C., M o will be held at the office of the said . e company on the 2nd day of January, 9 [- 1920, for the purpose of considering d a resolution to dissolve the said corQ poratlon, surrender its character and ? liquidate its affairs. flfl J. D. HARGROVE, ' ' 12 11 4t President and Treasured " 0 - | s Colds Cause Grip and Influenza - LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the f cause. There is only one "Bromo Qnlnlne.* 8 E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 90s. 1 t ^emaamm& Bay By Mail *" q and Sao* Monty l" Writ* For Our Catalogue M;. 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