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JNavy Boy Writing Home. ; ' ... V"'~ ' a- - . r 4 *' Gepantanamo Bay Cuba U SS Texas 'March 7 1919 JBditor of the Dispatch-News: ^ i I receive a copy of your paper every \v?tk &nd f see very little about the boys in the Navy from Lexington county and if pohsible through your paper I would like very much to answer a" few of the many* questions ask m? while on lSavo in January This "ship is of the superdreadnaught type ahd carVies ten 14 inch and twenty oiie 5 inch guns with two anti-airCraft guns and four airplanes "v / ' <; After six months of service in < home waters we were called to join our squadron in the Orkeny Islands .. Northern Scotland and sailed from New York on Jan 30th 191S and after'ten days Of very stormy weather we reached the North Sea and later met the New York -Wyoming Deleware and 'Florida and made up the sixth . Battle Squadron of the British rm& Fleet- and from that Base we haade several trips to different ports ?. - - ' . . , in Norway which were very danger>' ous for us with only five ships for at SV . ? ' that time the Huns kept that port of North Sea well guarded with > 4'U-Boats and destroyers ^ In June we were ordered to proceed i, to a new Naval Base in the Firth ofj Forth near Edenborgh which looked a little like civilization for the Orkeny Islands are no olace for scenery and at this Base we were, treated fine not ony byy our own officers but the British did everything they could for ourj welfre Tn July the Arkansas relieved the| Deleware and she returned/to ^Xew York sometime in Auguht Evrybody seemed to be enjoying themselves until the night of Nov 9th whn a message was received from the commander-in-chief that prospects for battle were brighter then than ever before and* if the Germans were going' to fight he expected every man in the American Squadron as well .ah the British to do his part towards making the world safe for Democracy for the Huns had only, a few hours k left/ to deside and durng these few hours the Hum Sailor played wise and tbrought albout mutiny in the Kiel Canal and aboard their hhips gather than meet the Grand Fleet Then communications began between the two .commander-in chiefs every ship was ready to leave at a mo fonts 'notice., and on the morning of Nov 21st our squadron, with three of the British and several flotilla's of destroyers steamed out of the Firth for a certain rendezvous about one hundred miles off May Island arriving there about ?:30 a m we were lined up in two paralelled lines consisting Of two Battlft Sniiflfirfinc oor>Vi Aex stroyers were lined up likewise and by 10:00 a ni we were really to receive the German Hgh Sea Fleet which a few minutes later was seen approach^ sag over the horizon in formation by | the British commander-in-chief and | steamed up between our lines Our guns were manned and ready for I any crooked move they might have I made But without any resistance at I all they were escorted to the Firth of I ^ Forth and searched The srews were I sent back to Germany and the ships I taken to the Orkney Islands lorintem| ment December 2nd The Britihh bid - - - us farewell as we raised our home\i ' ward bound remnants and sailed for , .Portland England arriving there four days later we ancored for a week and the Arizona Utah Oklahoma and Nevada joined us; who come over a few weeks before On the 12th Dec we sailed to meet the George "Washington that was bringing over the President escorted by the USS Pennsylvania and two Flotilla of Destroyers and im mediately after meeting the President each ship fired a twenty-one gun salute then proceeding to Brest France arriving at 10:00 a m Dec 13th The next morning we again hoisted the homeward bound pennant and set fa-i! towards home for thef irst time . / in ten months arrived in New York Dec 26th laved at anchor for fourteen days with the decks of our Dread naiifirhts .warmin? -n-ifh nt 1 visitors from all over the world But today we are maneuvering over the Southern Drill grounds preparing for the next war Respectfully E K FURTTCK Swansea S C B. F. Harman a progressive young! farmer from Lexington route 5 was a j visitor in Lexington Monday and gave ! us $1.50-for a year in advance. While j here Mr. Harman was telling us about j some pigs he has. Mr. Harman has! 2 Duroc Jersey pigs 62 days old that weigh 46 1-4 and 4 3 1-2 pounds re J "spectively. That is what we call i "some pigs.'* WANTED?A wares hand white-or' , colored for farm work.Good pay and; good treatment. Sam'! E. Taylor j Gilbert Rt. 0. |t 2t22pd Found?On the first Sunday of August 1918 just inside the hide door to St. Peters church one pair cf child ren's shoes and stokings. Owner can have same by identifying articles and j paying for this advertisement. J West Kleckley Lexntgon S C Rt. 2 lt21c 1 . ' T? p iPftdinC" citizen of ' Swansea was a business visitor in Lex: ington Friday. i DIXIE DR START a profitable business cutti yourself and others. .< The DIXIE Made of the best materials obtain wood in 10 hours. A ONE-MA H A 4 H-P. Portable Single Cyiin< skids. Weight 280 lbs. Makes logs 7" to 72" diameter. Easily smoothly as a Liberty Moter. Th ture Fuel and Labor shortage, grows weary. May be taken to t et? Equipped with friction cliit sawing, Dixie Engine may be us churn, feed cutters, ate. G. E. SHEJ Rt No. 2 - - - ? ? g. . " ?? I Mr. Purchaser: - H ? ? ' 11 " 1??^ Before you place y Our order for bricating Oil Equipment. The I of Cincinnati Ohio, manufactui TANKS forj any f purpose. The class offered today?no exceptior ' f They aIe AMERICAN, which s operation, substantiability and a I the BEST. We 3olicit your inqu are entitled to this courtesy. It ARTHUR A TODAY^FOR DESCR 1 1 11 1 II I III 11 I NOW 101 I11U TT 1U J TO CURTAIL Y V But Now TO TAKE CARE OF W Now is I To make a profit on wha richest plant food.?? READ FEF have been widely used ai plant food. NOW IS r NEARESU READ I READ PHO! Chariest rtORE-MfLEAGE THE AW Authorized Sc i a rs*TT. 4 { ^ < * 'A ; is ' \ C ^ 7 <-?- JXo. -fU. lijtiW r<a?.' . ^ f I9C6 Main Sixcet, OARI> OF THANKS. I want to thank the people of Lexington both white and colored for their many kindnesses shown me in aiding to capture the man who robbed my son "Buck4' of his automobile on Thursday March 13th and especially Mr. Lester Miller. Anytime that I can be of any service to any of these kind people I will be only too glad to serve. May the Lord bless you all is my earnest prayer. Antionette Suber. j ..plG SPlW ing timber, firewood, etc., for pays for itsely in a short time able. Cuts 10 to 30 cords of fire-' ,N OUTFIT I! ' ^ ': gr>--' r . . 'V / .1 > - ; ' 4 ! y ;. 3er, 2 Cyfle, Gasoline Rig. upon 125, strokes per minute. Cuts started and moved. Runs as le solution of the present and fuEconomical of fuel and never he woods for cutting logs, fuel, ch and when not required for >ed for driving pumps, dynamo, U-.Y, Agent - ( Gilbert, S. C. INVESTIGATE that Gasoline, Kerosene or I?u^merican Oil Pnmp & Tank Co., :e a complete line of PIJMPS and American Line is the highest I iignifies speed, _beauty, ease_of I ccuracy. Not the cheapest, but B liry, Let us figure with you; we r is to your interest. Write J TO?V ALLENDALE, S. C. I roma?i | I^TIVE LITERATURE | rHE TIME I OUR ACREAGE; | is the Time I HAT YOU PLANT, AND 1 he Time I ,t you plant if you use the | For over 40 years the jg > T 11 I7TDC 8 V 1 ILiiliUlVJ < nd known as gccd value in rHE TIME TO SEE THE I DEALER or write us. I iPHATE CO. on, S. C. DAN CUPID AND FATHER TIME are in conspiracy all the time in our vulcanizing shop.,'.For Father Time is our vulcanizer and constantly renews with the breath r\"P vr?ntV? orwl oil UX J VU JIUV UliVA i. vQlU^/HV/J CXJ J of the old, worn-out, used-up tires and tubes which Dan Cupid, Chauffer, brings to him. Anc you ought to see how spry those old tires are when they leave our shop. ) VULCANIZING CO., Inc. vice Station j | ' IV _ #"TY^7i"T; TT\ t'** -1-1 8 3 1# &4 ;,E JL AjPLJC^kj'5 ' Cc&moia, >3. ^~"|j < ?? ' We wish to advise our that on account of the at Main Street, we have b( and we are now ready f o: (Street. Our new service > s . V for occupanby in a few c in a nosition to offer to o X prompt and efficient serv given. We must ask you to b< can get everything arran your cars. Our stock ro< the public, and as our pa way damaged by the fire ders usual attention. n * . y . . ? * ; # \ I Distributors fo: Phone 1226 \ COLUMBJ 1 g ? I GOVERr HOR FOR ! I Now at C. S. Rauch's In Charge of Former SergL B Guaranteed to be in first < ble for farm purposes aric Call at once as these Hor here long. Buy a horse h I bile and realize a profit in; r\ rp. . 1%. m pj Ta R.f fi a M3 y I m lild. 1*3 lie ? > ? * > ^unroi^?BBnmnHmu I ' friends and patrons I. .J ; our old stand, 803 | 3en obliged to move, I 1 r business at 1903 Main station will be ready I lays, when we shall be | ur Davis owners more | ice man we nave ever 3ar with us until we 1 j iged to take care of , .1 , J om is again open to I t rts were not in any | ] ; we can give your or- I 1 M:l : ITI I r Davis Cars [ t 1903 Main Street t -vr [A, S. "C. t ' ! ' . - i MMENT I " Stables in Lexington w en Rubin, U. S. A., Agent M :1ass condition, suita- I 1 1 will be sold cheap. 1 1 'ses will not be kept | j Qsteacl of an automo- I i stead of a garage bill. 1 1 {sponsible' People 2 ' ; i 1 ;. M