The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, January 29, 1919, Image 3

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- % VJ Mules Of All Sizes On which we can save you from COME AND SEETHE M .v ■' V We also have on hand for prempt delivery a few Case Touring Cars Kline Tourine Cars Chevrelet 490 Cars REPUBLIC TRUCKS SMOAKS, S. C. V Use Our Meal Mixtures for Kg y Froduction-They are the Best 8-22-1 % 8-2-2 7-5-3 *• .. • , . • ; .• •* v , ’ ■ : r ' , .»*; * • ‘ We are prepared to make prompt shipments. We solicit your inquiries. • \ » *• ' ' 1 T « 16 per cent acid in bulk or sacked and tagged. » \ * : . • ‘ . * • Our goods are right—Our Prices are right. Colleton Mercantile & . ^ .. . / ; , * ' •• Manufacturing Co. Ritter, S. C w ■■ \ / \orn i: or tan i:kti i;ns. Tr. ;uulitor's oTfiro will l>*‘ op« n/> >r takih^ tax ivturns froni January lit to Ffbiuary 20, .101!*. Vh-aso tak*> notice tluit I or my deputy will be at the following named places for the purpos».; of each tax payer ample op- poi'tunity to make his or her re turn in-person, so that each piec^ of properity will appear in its re*- ptvtive townships or school district thus avoiding double returns. FsilinK to tnake ** your retuni the township board of assessors are required by law to add 50 per cent penalty on all personal properity. Ileal estate stands the same as las; year except where changes hare l)fen made.', "There shall be a capetation tax of DOe charced on all Uoks and pro ceeds to be expended for school purposes. Dors not returned fo, taxation shall not be held to v b * property In any court In this state. All males between the ases of 21 aad 80. except confederate soldiers, are liable to pay poll tax and tho'v.* between 21 and 59 are liable *o D*y commutation road tax. All property must be listed up ol the proper blanks and sworn to before an officer competent fo ad- -pfniater oaths. On accouat of sickness I am fore *d to change my appointments as follows; r ~ Wednesday January 29 Williams' 10 to 12. ‘ Wednesday January 29 Colleton 2 to 4. Thursday January HO Smoaks. Friday January 21 Harea 10 to 13 Friday January 31 Buckheid 2 to 4 Saturday Feb. 1 Johnsons school houso 10 to 12. Saturday Feb. 1 Wilsons store 2 *0 4. - Monday Feb. 2 Ruffin 10 to 12. Monday Feb. 3 Bells 2 to 4. Tuesday Feb. 4 Salkehatchie T. S. Jones 10 to 12. Tuesday Feb. 4 Hendersonville 2 to 4. Wednesday Feb. 5 Cottaceville. Thursday Feb. tx Jaeksonboro.' Friday Feb. 1 Green Pond. Tuesday Feb. .11 Ritter 3 to 8 p m. • K. M. JONKS. Auditor for Colleton County. .sui t ,0 ,m ' lo urant her Letters of Administrating of th*. Kstate and effects of \V. A. Davis. These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the km died and Creditors of the said W. A i Davis, deceased, that they be and* appear before me, in the Court of Probate,, to be held at Walterboro, S. 0., on the Dh day «f February, next, after publication hereof at 11 o’clock In the forenoon, to* show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 20th day of January, Anno Domini, 1919. Published «nn the 22nd and 29fh day of January, IPlO^in The Press and Standard. K. M. JEFFERIES. Probate Judt;c, Colleton Cqunty < DUE DOSE BELIEVES I GOLD -DO PDIDE CliMinherIain's Tablets When you are troubled with fndi- cestion or constipation, take Cham berlain’s Tablets. They strengthen the stomach and enable it to per form its functions naturally. In digestion is usually accompanied by constipation and is aggravated by it 4 - Chamberlain’s Tablets cause a gen tle movement of the bowels, reliev ing the constipated condition. -•PMfM-'s fob) ( lnil|N>lllld” G»-i|»l«e MiN-r>—Don't srn> sturTe«j.up; . • *' \ ' 0, | ' an end grippe and break up a severe cold either in head, chest.* body.or limbs, by taking a dose of Pape’s Cold Compound" every two hours until three doses are taken. D promptly opens ^logged-up nostrils land air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running relieves sick headache’dull, ness, feverishness. sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. Don’t stay stuffed up! Quit blowing and snuffing! Ease your throbbing head—nothing else in th-* wrrjd gives such prompt relief a. ‘I’hpe’s 'Cold' t.o.up* unu." .WHch costs on .1 a few cents at any dreg- store. ;t acts with.> it asslstu-j iaates »i’»e, and cai!;.*- ue .-necn- venience, Ib* suie voi »;• * t*!,* genuine. I About Feb # 20th the wtll be ready. ’ big store CITATION’ FOR LKTTKRM OF AD MINISTRATION STATE OF SOI TH CAROLINA. County of Colleton. By R. M. Jefferies. Esquire. Probat? Judge. Whereas. Mrs Nell Davis madf* WOOD’S Seed Catalog Gives the fullest and most up-to-date information, not only about Seeds that can be planted to advantage, but also about crops that prom ise to give the largest profita during the coming year. OUR 40 VKART KXRKRfINOK, and an equipment that la uneue- paaaed In tide ceuntcy. fllve ua un equalled advantaqes far aupplylnf ▼ MR RliT or Farm ad Garden Seeds Write far Oataleq and Frlead ef •RAM an# OCOVRR OCtOt, oaao oats, mid oorr and SKID ROTATORS. Catalea Mailed free en Requeet. T. W. Wood & Sons, SRROAMRR. - Richmond, Va. Far tha Boot #f Mordant, . PLANT WOOD'S SRROS- A store Colleton will be proud of. k NERVOUS WRECK Fna TWm Tmt,’ Sdfni. Lj* CmM HtStlkr Wm. Cttr. Tex.—la as ifrwrtsg MrmO.H.SddLsfttWtowa, nr ttMt yeais I MWMti asMd h my htad. I was uaebit to doMyoffiSy work. I lust wanted to sleep an fhe fine, tor that was the only ease I could get, whan I was asleep. I became a nenrous wrnek juM from the awful aullertoR with ny McKinley Crosby Wiles Delouze. Ftiince, Dec. H, 1MX. M' d«-ar Dailie: I have jii;<j r< e< n - (1 uiv mail which I always g'et every iiv,* days. I nnliced amoiiK th-- hunch <d letters, with which was^ii< 11 uni you, two letters, one of wlrteli' I iMt-ognized tin- writing at < nee. Tin- ot!n-r looked familiar yet I could not place it, «,f course curiosity c.-hs. ed me to open it tiist. It liegan like this. “Jt saw a h*tt»i you wrot • in Tin- Pr*-ss and Standant. 1 bav.-* Hied si nee .1 learned you had enter ed the military service to.get your address. Now I have it I wi'l write " This letter Was Iroin a H \erv dear Iriehd sd mine in Spartanburg. The next letter I opened read like tliis. "There was a' nic,. llttb- letter in the Press 'and Standard his week from a little soldk-i i.i France -to bis sister at Ruffin, one that I enjoyed reading very much.” have not seen the copy of the pa. per this letter was published in, for that reason I do not know what let- ter it was that happened to get into the paper. 1 had no idea that a let ter j,f mine would be published, for If I had' 1 would have tried to writ-- a better letter than perhaps that one and caused me to hear from som,; that I had thought many, times and wondered where they were at and what they were doing.* I was sorry though when I read yours that you and the home folks had bees suffering with "Flu.’’ I was made very sad when I received a paper reporting so many deaths In and around horn,, of folks that I knew. | get a few copies of the News and Courier not all, and it seems that It was very general throughout the State, many of the most prominent citizens have passed away, and as. 1 have told you before 1 had the •’flu’’ it dwelt with me badly, but I am alright now, I am even stouter than when I lef» the Slates. Today one year ago I told you good-bye, little did either of you think then I would be where I any inngit than 1 had. *♦! was sure glad windows of American h< nics. I to see him, for I have been wiCi honor as I honor nothing else'in the strangers since I left home, <» I world, those little nesses that hardlv think,,, that you know him. marks the places w here the sons of vou may know some ot his folks n America Lave fallen on European t’ottage.ville, if yen do you mav t« ,T l soil lor the cause of Democracy, them I have seen, him ami kno-v j I have read 'In the. New York wheje he is and lie is doing tin* ;. Ii s , Herald. I’aVis edition Ih*;. I, I’resL tiist name I think is Louis. I men dent Wilson's message to congreaa lion that for there niay tie more on eve of hik departure for Peace men <f the same nanie over here. I conference. I consider ii a mas- saw him Iasi about one week ago. terpiece among all the state papers Tin- ,m -b ond 1 saw* ' ( w;is ,Le- i which he ha-s contributed (o archives Hudson from ILnflin. II,- is with 1 In history in th** course of war. Hie \iuci ican Motor Transportation ! T6rs sp'vcji which h*- mud** before I see him Very oiien. H»- cam*- over 1 congress will take perhaps highest fiere sine.,. 1 did ami seems to like i , >ank. I «|o not believe there . is very much. I am sun- you will see another man in America that/fould some <d his folks soon. 'Tell them , have found words with which to pay Lee is all right only a little home a higher tribute r<> the heroism' siik. just as most of us are. Ymr* might b*‘ interested in some of mv exciting experiences over here. It was the first of October that I got near enough to the front to s»v any excitement. Inasmuch us f am in the air service w> do not g*» ♦*» th** front lines as the men of some other branches, but ,we have little air domes along tn/hind the lines ^ind work over .the front from them, up to this tintiv it Itld not s»***im lik? there was a War. I.had Just moved t'» this ramp ami learned that young Youmans was there, after finishing supper I went over where he wasF quarj^r-d and we started to a llttb* French vilfkge, we had only gone a short way wTi»*n we heard the/motor * f a ship over-head. We 4t one-* stopped to locate the ship. Instant. I.v he ezdalnied "Iloche Plaue**. Thos** of us who art- faniilinr wilii air craft rH " alway^ulentify th * plan*- by the sound, of th*- nu,to*-, long Ikelore we ***-r see it. In a moment more the Iloche began *.» drop bombs on our camps. It was ne.w to me/and I stood looking for the next one to drop they were soon dropping very fast and miiny. Tim sharpbel begun to fill near by. I looked « ui« uient h**fore he was by iiry side now he was gone, where? /fTo safety. I began to lo* k a ton n I of American sifbliers and/sailors on Eurepean soil. I feej proud *,f America's conunander in chief. 1 am going t«» keep the paper contain, ing his speech an*}/carry it where 1 go, for 1 believe/ in every utterancu he was voicing the sentiment of the greatest people | n the world. I did nof finish your letter the day it was started. Now Mr Wilaoa is in France, landed at Bhist one of the oldest cities in France. I am proud of the fact that I landed *t B sanie place, in the arly morn- of August 2<5. ' Just 21 years ore ihaj .1 made my entrance In to the w, rid. AH France honois Mr. Wilson. The day of his arrival every body celebrate*!. even p*-asent * hildreti that will never ^ee him would be beard saying vlve Wilson! It makes a. fellow love his eoirntri' more, when He knows such men as Mr Wilson are at its head. Every body wonders what he is roinc to do or Bay* Not oWjr ttft th« Americans w,indering what parr he will play in the p«*aco conference hut the whole world is being held spell bound because he Is beyon-i doubt the greatest living man to day. I am glad that he came over and I know his visit cannot fail k strengthen his' resolution to bring 1 •• ■ wwvuiU W I If-1 1 it |!X ’ •/ ’ rv i now. . I am not jvlth my organiza-'* waK !1 stranger an*! did not kno»v Hon at present, nor havent peen J w b** r »* «** g*>, hut nocres.sit) soon about, so far as It may lie In*, his power, a peace that shall be a rep. n a ration of wrong committed, a safe • 1 ■* •1 . ^ 11 # «a th.- tguard of peace i n the time to eome. I * I mao ncnroui that the ImM m would ran he me Jump oat ol Hy bed. tad wm oaoMe to do My tea, a yoonc boy. bad to u*mi ai pr*-seni, nor navent been , -««* s«». eu* ii***-*-*-ssi since about 4hree we*-ks befpr*. the {^ wun d a place and I was In Armistlc* was signed. Thirteen '"‘nche* used for that purpoa*- with f have pasaed the Liut already'i men were selected from our outfit ^undredsWif others. The anti air Rhould not write this much though and sent to this place with tbei rri * r t P'H nf» a barrage and it was u when I get started I can hardly nton’ second lK>nibardment air Iroops. to rontinuul roar of guns until th.* 1 had a Utter yesterday from n I was not dbto to do aoyidoc ohMI took CarduL I took throo botttao to al, II ooroty enrod me ol fnot awkd tadif. Hint has b •go, tad I know tho core to. (or I have never had any tktog CarduL .. NoOdng relieved me until ^ took Cltdiil It did woodert tor me.” Try Cardtd tor your rom medicinal ingrodicn to w«wdicsi hooks as lemato frwiMff, sad 49 years of uae pre wo mat tne doom are ygm. oegm taklsg Cardui today, NC-134 do work ever th** front, since the war is over they hav^ moved and left us here in charge of this little "Air. dome" I do not know how long we will be herp^ We are at Delouze Meuse, Franc** and our organiza tion is thirty two kilometers from here, as you are familiar with physical France you will be able *-> locate me. / Since I have been over here ( have seen just a few of the many £ have known before. The first one I saw was young Mr. Yotimans front Cottageville. He is in the air ser. vice also, his brother and I were class mates at Carlisle. I was the first was. However it brought me in touch with some very dear friend.-* Colleton man he had seen either and he had been away from home even Heche was driven away as a result friend in Walterboro. they said Youmanw and 1 postponed our trip to "1 enjoyed! your letter very ranch the village itmtUf the Aext /nighf. do not think this is a compliment. Since then until the armistice it has but the truth, you write the most hen something! similar. Now that interesting letter of any one I write It will b*- no more 1 am happy. I to. "I enjoy as no other reading am proud fo hav> hern over her-*.'jour letter.”. I do hot know if NV one knows the sacrifict* | made. . this was flattery or not. However Many years to regain that which I .1 hope you enjoy thh half so much K. X lost When I left home it will take. Never I'n m> young life did f think that the c< urse of human events w< uld make it necessary for such sacrifice;* However I cohaider Lr nothing. What I’ve done Is so little beside wha, many others have un til I consider myself |n the back ground, /with the men who have made (he supreme sacrifice. I stand at attention and salute every gold star that hangs in the many . ' i-j ... . * ® aa -anld did. Write to me otten and a long ler_ ter. It may be several months be, fore I get -to America. With much love. Devotedly, * ’ McKinley. Mryan M Crosby 72 Aero Squadron E. S. Army France. J * It’ll be a city store in the enua- irr* . . _ . _ i ) '■< T U