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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
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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 <
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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*
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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
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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
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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
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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 .
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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.
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