The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 16, 1913, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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LAURENS, S. C JULY 16, 1018.
The Advertiser will be glad to
recelvo the local news of all the
eommunities In the county. Cor
respondents are requested to
sign their names to the contri
butions.. Letters should not be
mailed later than Monday morn
ing.
The editors of The Advertiser are
Indebted to Messrs. \V. L. Taylor and
B. Y. Culbertaon, of The Herald, for
their valuable assistance In getting
up the larger part of the news for this
issue of the paper. During our ab
sence at the bedside of our lamented
father at Greenwood, they very gen
erously offered to take care of the en
tire office, this paper being nlmost en
tirely the product of their hands. In
this way wo wish to express our ap
preciation of their services.
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A NUT TO CRACK.
The distribution and the returns
from the three mill constitutional tax
are going to have a great deal of
weight in the new county contest.
The circulars and newspaper reports
which wo have come across from
?YVoodruf! have not said anything about
this tax and nave not given any figures
(such as population etc.) from which
to draw conclusions. We are there-1
fore forced to put a proposition to the]
jiew county advocates to answer with
figures which they probably have and
yet haven't given publicity to. Here]
is the proposition:
Youngs township has taxable prop-l
erty assessed at $352,000, yielding un-j
dor the three mill tax only $1,056
I To we vor, she has 1,505 school
children drawing about $2.00 apiece
under the regulations as to this tax,
thl3 money coming from the richer
townships of the county. Thus she
gets about $i,d5i more than she pays
in.
Scutlletown township has $231.000)
taxable property from which is deriv
ed, $693. But she has 799 school chil
dren drawing $1,598. being $905 more]
than she pays In.
Thus Youngs township and Souffle
town township are now getting the'
benefit of nearly $3,000 more than
they are paying Into the county treas
ury.
Here Is the proposition which w,'
put to the new county advocates: Will
Enoree county be rich enough to malte I
good this $3,000 now beinir made good
by tho richer portions of Laurens |
county?
The Advertiser will bo glad to print
0 reply to this proposition.
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A DEBT TO CARRY.
(Woodruff "estimates" her assessable]
taxable property at j:'.,750.000. Deduct
ing the small taxable property which
is to be taken from Laurens county,
it will be. seen that Woodruff proposes
to take over about ono sixth of the
taxable property of Spartanburg. In
taking over the property It also takes
over the debt, so, in reality, Woodruff
would assume about one sixth of the
dobt of Spartanburg county or, in
round numbers, about $60,000. Here,
then, is a handicap of $60,000 to start
the now county off with. Besides this,
there are other Initial expenses to be
taken into account. When Greenwood
county was formed she had to borrow
about $15.000 with which to purchase
equipment for the chain gang, coun
ty farm, etc., and about $2g.O00 with
which to finance her schools, making
a total of about $40.000 that she bor
rowod on which to begin the county
government, Thus, supposing that
Woodruff will have'to-borrow approx
imately the same amount that Green
wood borrowed and adding to it the
debt of $60,000 brought, over from
Spartanburg, -besides a part of the
debt brought over from Laurons coun
ty, it will be seen that Enoree county
must start off with a handicap of
ground $100,000 Indebtedness. To
carry this debt, without reducing it
one whit, would require a levy of one
and one-half mills on $1,000.000 of tax
able property, a larger tax than Spar
tanburg would have to levy to carry
her dobt at aix per rent. So, It ought
to be dhrtlhO.Uy understood'by tho peo
ple of 'JMniKeiis county who contem
nlate voting themselves Into Enoree
county, that when they enter this
county they will havo this burden to
carry. It doesn't appear to us as if
the new county could get along on a
levy of four or live mills when one and
a half mills are required to carry the
debt alone. Idle dreams!
VVELLKfNOWN CSTiZEN
OF GREENWOOD DIES
.Mr. A. St. ClaJr Lee Died at His Home
There Friday Night After Long JIN
ncss.
Greenwood, July 12.?Mr. Arthur. St.
Clair Lee died here last nlgi;t at 10
o'clock. Tho funeral services were
held at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon at
his late residence on Cambridge street,
followed by burial in the Methodist
Cemetery. The exercises were con
ducted by Dr. J. W. Kllgo, assisted by
tho Rev. .VV. H. Buchholz. The deceas
ed is survived by his widow, who was
Miss Ella Hodges and by the-following
children: Miss Julia, Messrs Lawrence
Lee and Fitzhugh Lee, of Greenwood
Alison nnd Arthur Lee, editors of The
Laurens Advertiser, of Laurens;
Stephen D. Lee, a student at the State
University, and Miss Ella I.?eo. He
leaves also two sisters, Mrs. A. Pinsotl
of Coronaea, and Mrs. Jordan, of Sa
vannah. He was a half brother of Lieut.
Gen. Stephen D. Leo. Mr. Lee was a
member of the Lee family, of Charles
ton. His father was Dr. Thomas Lee.
who was a son of Judge Thomas Lee,
of that city. Mr. Lee himself was born
in Anderson county, February 8, 1850.
He came to Greenwood in 1880. He
was for years engaged til the drug
business, and at the time of his death
was interested in Lee's drug store as
well as being a member of the firm of
Lee & Blake, general merchants. He
was a man of pure, noble and unselfish
character, greatly beloved by every
citizen of the town and by all who
knew him.Mr. Lee was once water
and light commissioner of the town,
an unsolicited honor. He never held
any other public ofllce.
The following tribute to Mr. Lee is
taken from the Greenwood Dally
Journal:
All Greenwood mourns today in the
demise of Mr. A. St. Clair Lee, the
departure of one of her most valued
and highly esteemed citizens. If Mr.
Lee had an enemy In Greenwood, wo
have never heard of him, and, yet, he
was a man for all that, a man who had
positive convictions and the courage
to express them. It is very rare that
a man of this typo does not have ene
mies, but Mr. Let; was so amiable and
kind that people universally liked him,
He had in Ills make up that which
made you feel that he was a friend.
Ho was the very soul of honor. He
never wronged any man, preferring
the rather to suffer wrong himself.
Mr. Lee has been a citizen of
Greenwood for a number of years, and
he has 'done his part to promote her
Interest in every w'ay possible. Ills
death is a great loss and he will bo
missed not only by his family and
loved ones, but by tho entire com
munity. For months he has been In
declining health and unable to be at
his place of business. During this
time our people have felt greatly con
cerned about his health. Greenwood
pauses today to drop a tear over the
new made grave of this esteemed gen
tleman and citizen, and to extend to
his family the tenderest sympathy. In
their bereavemetn the whole communi -
ty shares.
The Real Thing.
"I B'pose," remarked the landlord of
the tavern, "that Dave Splann is what
you'd call a man-about town? He
onco short-changed a circus ticket
?seiler; and iiin? her time he took out
to supper two so"brettes that had
been doing refined song and dance. In
terspersed with tumbling, at Hefty
Mitchell's Oh-You-Kid moving picture
theater; and throwod an oyster stew
right into an electric fan, just to
ahow that he didn't caro for expense.
Aw, Bave'B a reg'lar rounder, If there
ever was one!"?Puck.
WHY NOT GET
A GUARANTEEI
Every Article of Merit that Is Sold
These Days Is Guaranteed - No Guar
antee Often .Means Poor Quality.
There is very little excuse for any
person to claim that he has been
"stung" on a purchase. Fifty years ago
the buyer had lo look out, but today it
is unusual to nnd a merchant wh > will
not return the money for any artlj'e
that has proved unsatisfactory.
An excellent example of this kind of
fair dealing/ is shown by tho clean
cut, guar^njee that Laurens Drug Co
gives on Uodson's Liver Tone.
These people tell us that any person
who pays 50c for a bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone and does not find it a gen
tle and most pleasant liver tonic, harm
less, but a suro reliever of consti
pation and a perfect substitute for
oalomel, con got his money back just
as quick as they can get It out of the
money drawer.
Dodson's Liver Tone has practically
taken the placo of calomel. It is ab
solutely harmless, suro In its action
and cause*! no restriction of habit or
diet. No wonder the drug people aro
glad to guarantee It, while other rem
edies that Imitate tho claims of Dod
Hon's Liver Tone are not guaranteed
nt all.
A Letter from W. P. Coker.
Fountain Inn, S. C.
Editor Luirens Advertiser:
The Enoree county fever has cross
ed the Enoree. This Woodruff .now
county fever scoms to have come to
stay until killed by the voters of pa
triotic old Laurens. At present the
temperature is rising, the disease l?
contageous, the results are momentous.
But a short time remains until the
ballots will fall. Many declare they
had rather remain in the good old
county or Laurens, which lias one
among the best court house buildings
in the state, which was enlarged and
remodeled last year at a cost of $16,
000 or $48,000; a good and secure Jail
and all necessary county buildings
with a full and complete equipment
of road tools, Implements and machin
ery, with plenty of good work stock
and convict labor to keep her pubic
roads in good traveling order. There
is just completed a sixty-five thousand
dollar postolllco In tho town.
Woodruff Is making a determined
light and some declare the ballots cast
In the boxes outside the new county
line (if it can be told where that lino
Is) should not be counted, though the
voters are properly qualified tt- vote
and live within the proposed new
county area. This would deprive many
of what we conceive to be their in
alienable constitutional right. It I?
said the now county Mnes do not run
as the law provides, that they run In
a zig zog manner, which will make
it a proper case for the supreme court
of the State to pass upon, both as to
the constitutionality and the amount
of territory included.
This being so, with many other
things, would it not be best for us
all in Laurens county to go to the
polls, the voting precents whore we
are registered on July the 20th, and
bury this Woodruff now county Idea
so deep under our ballots that It will
never be heard of again.
We believe in justice and a fair
deal In all things and especially in
elections. I have favored smaller
counties, properly laid out, for twen
ty years, but if not formed recording
to the intent and meaning of the law
and formed against the wishes and
votes of the people I, as a patriotic
citizen, under such circumstances as
these, and many others not mentioned,
feel It my duty to go to the ballot box
and cast my vote against this pro
posed new county, dismembering good
old Laurens county and I feel quite
sure that many more than two thirds
of the qualified voters of old Laurens.
true to the principals inherited from
their fathers, will now stick to the
old county landmarks, regardless of
politicians or anyone else. We feel
sure the voters have long ago made
up their mind what they would do and
when the final talley Is made, that
Enoree will be defeated with the votes
of the patriotic, liberty loving voters
of that portion of Laurens county in
cluded In the proposed now county
of Enoree with Woodruff as the coun
ty seat.
Voters or Laurens, there Is now ox
tended a splendid opportunity for
every lover or his mother county to
show his county pride by going to his
voting precinct and exercising his
privilege as an lndependant manly
man.
The boast has been made that many
will he bought. Don't be for sale.
Don't be bought for a mess of pottage.
Don't swap your vote. Don't stay at
homo on the day or election. Don't
promise not to vote for it is your right
and privilege; exercise it fearlessly.
Remember It takes two votes to kill
yours. Parties are now traveling ov
or the territory begging voters If they
can't vote for the new county not to
vote against it. Make no one such
a promise. It is unfair. If you have
made such an one, don't regard it
binding, but go to the boxes and vote
against dismembering your mother
county. Don't be hoodwinked. After
ward they would largh at your weak
ness and want of discernment.. The
courts of the state will protect the ex
ercise of your suffrage.
I deem It proper to say that I prob
ably would have voted for this new
county If fair methods had been used
In Its layout and canvass. I do not
wish to become a citizen of a new
county rormod by unrair methods. Had
H not been thnt my name has been so
extensively used aa belnj* In favor of
Enoree county, I should have written
r.othing for publication In the news
papers, but In Justice I deem It right
and fair that I should correct these er
roneous reports which have been so
busily circulated. And I say to you,
rellow citizens, that I shall go to the
polls and cast my vote against the
formation of Enoree county. I will b<3
a qualified voter by exhibiting iny reg
istration certificate and my last tax
receipt, as the election Luv requires
both to bo shown to the managers of
election.
W. P. Coker.
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Barrltr Against Boll Weevils.
The government having failed, af
ter the most exhaustive efforts, to
discover a way to destroy or to chock
tho northerly advance of the Mexi
can boll weevil, the plan proposed by
Senator E. D. Smith of South Caro
lina, as outlined in tite Associated
Press dispatches yesterday, and re
ported to have the tentative approval
of Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
acquires national Importance.
Briefly, the proposal Is that the na
tional government shall exercise thftt
power which justifies radical meas
ures for the well being of tho country
or safety of society, and forbid the
cultivation of cotton in a belt 50 miles
wide and extending from the moun
tains in North Alabama to the gulf,
a distance of 150 miles wide.
As the weevil can not progress ex
cept In cotton fields, It Is believed the
non-cultivation of cotton In that belt
would save more than half of Ala
bama, and the States of Georgia, Flor
ida and the two Carolinas from Inva
sion by the destructive pest. The
plan contemplates the 'government's
compensating farmers in tue zone de
scribed for not planting cotton. They
could, of course, plant other crops and
the Department of Agriculture would
doubtless exert especial effort to make
profitable new crops and other farm
Industries.
The dispatches say that Senator
Smith has won tho promise of Sena
tor Kern of Indiana, Democratic lead
er in the Senate, to support a feasible
plan to accomplish the desired object,
and the most'important point that
must be determined in Washington is
the general government's powers In
the premises.
Senator Smith's proposition Is a
big one but by no means staggering.
Proposed control of the Mississippi's
floods contemplate the expenditure o?
more than a hundred million dollars.
Those Hoods are periodical, sometime:
years elapsing without harm being
done. The advance of the boll weevil
Into the South Atlantic Cotton States
will cause a loss to this section of the
South of anywhere from $75.000,000
to $125,000,000 a year. Unless the
proposed barrier area is above the
normal In cotton production, it would
cost the government le?? than ten mil
lion a year?perhaps considerably less
?to put the Smith plan into effect. And
stopped in his course, something may
be devised for the destruction of the
weevil, but meanwhile {he now cotton
area would present to the whole South
the best obtainable object lessons for
crop diversification and varied farm
Industries.
In this proposition, the business in
terests of the whole country are con
cerned. The manufactures need the
cotton and It Is to their Interest as
well as to the consumers' Interest that
it shall be grown and marketed at
tii<-> least possible cost; the'boll weevil
adds to the cost of produrlng that
which Is grown in boll weevil terri
tory. And the bankers and merchants
of Boston are as much concerned as
the bankers and merchants of the
South, In large exports of cotton
which give us the advantage of a bal
ance in our foreign trade. Checking
the boll weevlle In Alabama, would dis
courage great activity In cotton cul
ture In the possessions of European
countries, and would consequently
enable the United States to retain a
marked domination of the world's
supply.
Senator Smith's plan should receive
the attention of congress.?The State.
A friend called at the front gate
of the editor of our Monthly In his
splendid automobile and took him for
a "spin" up Laurens way on a first
class road. About five miles out from
iCllnton we passed thru the grounds
of the "County Home" where the poor
old people of the county, white and
black, are cared for. Everything look
ed neat and clean and for that the
people In charge of the home deserve
commendation; but the thought struck
us, what of thb: county of Laurens.
Every day scores of automobiles swirl
past these log cabins and It would be
a very poor auto Indeed that was not
worth more In dollars and cents than
all of the buildings and other furnish
ings of the county home put together
We are shamed of the whole lay out.
Whether the poor folks, the wards of
this country, are comfortable or not
in their ancient "residences" we can
not say, but wo are very certain that
so far as we are concerned, It appears
to us that half of the people at least
who race past these "cottages," would
rather be dead than subject to tho dis
comforts that Is In them. Mark you,
wo are not saying one word against the
good people who look after these poor
folks, but we are doing our lovel best
to awaken the consciences of the cit
izens of Laurens county to a sense of
shame as to the character of the huts
In which they have located these poor
weak helpless old people. A half doz
i n, neat prettily painted cottage homes,
i
not one of which need cost over ten or
twelve hundred dollars a piece, even
i' they did not add one la8t ray of
somfort to these suffering chllren of
God, would at least add something to
the self-respect of the citizens of this
county. For our part, we hang down
our head in shame for Laurens coun
ty. Is this the way in which we reply
to our Saviour's challenge, "Inasmuch
us ye have done it unto one of the least
of these, ye have not done It unto me!"
We said this same thing 25 years ago
and received only abuse for it. We
have said it since and we say it again
today. Fellow-citizens are you satis
lied with the condition of things. Come
to the Thornwell Orphanage and see
how the Lord treats His needy ones
and then visit your "County Home"
and be ashamed.?Our Monthly.
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I SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. jj
Langston-IIudgens.
The marriage last Wednesday even
ing of Mr. Ambrose L. Hudgens and
Miss Ruth C. LangSton united repre
sentatives of two of the oldest and
most prominent Laurens families. The
marriage ceremony, performed by the
Rev. L. P. McGee, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, took place at the
parsonage and was witnessed by a
small company of friends and relatives
loiter the bridal party drove to the
home of the groom's mother, where a
reception was given, followed by an
elegant wedding supper. Mr. and Mrs.
Hudgens are at home to their friends
at their new home on Chestnut street.
Mrs. Hudgens Is the accomplished
daughter of Mr. J, Lee Langston and
is one of the most popular young wo
men of the city. Mr. Hudgens, who is
a son of the late Capt. John M. Hud
gens, is a successful and progressive
young farmer and business man and Is
popularly known in the city and coun
ty.
nno
Lavender-McCutchen.
Invitations as follows have been
issued:
Mr. and Mrs. D. Romlis Lavender
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Cornelia Hope
to
Mr. Thomas English MdCutchen
on the evening of Wednesday, the
23d of July
at half after eight o'clock
At Home
Gaffney, South Carolina,
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Mllam-Adair.
At the residence of Rev. M. L. Law
son Sunday afternoon, Miss Lizzie L< e
Milam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
R. Milam, and Mr. Will Adair, of Clin
ton, were happily married. Only a
few Intimate friends and relatives
were present to witness the ceremony.
The bride is a young lady of many
graces and splendid qualities. Mr.
Milam is a progressive young business
man of Clinton, who Is very popular
wherever he Is known. After the wed
ding the young couple drove back to
Clinton, where they will make their
future home.
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Cllnkscnlcs-Stokes.
Abbeville, July 15.?On Wednesday
morning at 10:30 o'clock, a marriage
of much interest took place at Montery,
the beautiful country home in Abbe
ville county of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
'CUnkscales. Miss Vera 'Elizabeth
CUnkscales became the bride of Mr.
John T. Stokes of Mountvllle, S. C.
The wedding was a quiet one, only
the memibers of the family with a few
relatives and friends being piescnt.
Promptly at tho appointed hour, to
the strains of Mendlessohn's wed
ding march, rendered by Miss Ruth
Stokes, the bride and her maid of
honor, Miss Sara CUnkscales, de
scended the stairway, entered the
parlor, and were met at the Improvis
ed alter made of southern smllax and
ferns, by the groom and his best man
Mr. Frank F. Stokes, who entered
from another door. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. H. C. Fennel
of Ix>wdnesvllle, S. C.
Tho bride was beautiful: in a hand
some dress of dark blue Charmeuse,
with hat and gloves of the same color.
She carried a beautiful boquet of
white carnations and ferns. The
maid of honor was attired in pale
blue and carried a bouquet of pink
roses.
Immediately after the ceremony,
the bridal party and guests were
urshered into the dining room, which
was very effectively decorated In pink
and white. There a delightful lunch
eon was served. The waitresses were
Misses Alberta CUnkscales and Ruth
MV?Clurc, who wore dainty lingerie
dresses.
Automobiles were waiting to take
the bridal party to Abbeville, where
the brldo and groom boarded the
train leaving for Asheville and other
points of interest in the mountains of
North Carolina.
The guests from a dlstanco were:
Mrs. J. T. 'Carson, Atlanta; Mrs. Mills
Hunter, Greenville; Miss Minnie Fen
nell and Mrs. T. C. Tidwoll, Lowndes
YlHe; Mr. Frank Cllnkscalea, Abbe
ville; Misses Ruth StokeB, Beth Mitch
ell ana P. F. oiokv-o, azouavruis.
MrB. Stokes is a young woman of
many accomplishments. Her great
musical talent and charming person
ality have made her one or the most
popular young ladies of Abbeville
county. Mr. Stokes Is a prominent
and very successful young planter of
Laurens county. He Is a young man
of many sterling qualities.
Mr. and Mrs. Stokes will make their
home in Mountvllle, S. ?.. after their
return from the mountains.
Not to Be Dona.
; ?rhls boy is a bad egg, sir."
"Then I suppose it is of no use to
try and whip him."
* Simple and Forcible.
Sir Richard Jebb, the eminent phy
sician, was a man of irritable temper,
and when bored by the querulous com
plaints of some of hl3 patients could
not always force himself to return a
civil answer. A troublesome patient,
whose illness was purely Imaginary,
pestered him one day with questions
as to what he should eat.
"My directions on that point," said
Sir Richard, "will be few and simple.
You must not eat the shovel, poker, or
tongs, for they arc hard of digestion;
nor the bellows, for they are windy;,
but anything else yon please!"
I SPECIAL NOTICES. |
Hill Sell/ojr Swap?'Several cows,
fresh In mnjk1, for sale or will swap
tor beet cattle/ John A. Armstrong,
Laurens, &. -c/ Bl-lt
Warning?Trhis is to warn anyone
against hilrng or harboring my son
Sammle Henry, age 17 years. Richard
Henry. 51-1 t-pd
Lost?Automobile top cover on Far
ley Avenvie( Return and get reward
to Wham Bros. Oarage. 51-lt
For Sale?Jersey cow fresh in milk,
Will se? a bargain, p. m. Hel
lams, GrayUjourt, s. C. lit. 1. 51-it-pd
Milch CowsV-We have six niue milch
cows for iminediate sale. Price rea
sonable. Byrdville Dairy & Stock
Farm. 52-2t
For SalcMCow Peas bought and
sold. Piuto Georgia Cane Syrup, gal
lon cans/50 cents. W. H. Davis, Au
gusta, Ga. , 48-4<t
Lookout /fountain Irish Potatoes for
July plaiting, Price $1 .GO per bu. June
delivery,V$ 1.75 for July. Write for
prices for 10 bushels or more. W. P.
Harris, Owings, S. C. 47-5t-pd
Peas, Pb/s, Peas?For sale, price
and samjflo sent on application.
Hattaway & Co., Spartanburg, S. C.
33-tf
?Grinding' Days?This week and next
I will grind on Friday and Saturday.
Beginniy? on the 16th I will grind
every Jay?both wheat and corn.
Rear of Red Iron Racket. B. B.
Martin Laurens, S. C. 49-2t.
Statement of the Ownership, Manage
ment, Circulation, Etc.,
of the Laurens Advertiser published
weekly at Laurens, S. C, required 'by
the Act of August 24, 1012.
Editor, Alison Lee Laurents, S. C.
Business Manager, Arthur Lee
Lau ens, S. C.
Publisher, Advertiser Printing Co.
Laurensi S. C.
Owners;
Alison I^ee, Laurens, S. C.
Arthur Lee, Laurens, S. C.
W. G. Lancaster, Laurens, S. C.
Known bondholders, mortgagees,
and other security holders, holding 1
per cent or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages, or other securities:
None.
Average number of copies of each
issue of this publication sold or dis
tributed, through the mails or other
wise, to paid/subscribers during the
six months preceding tho date of this
statement. (This Information Is re
quired from daily newspapers only.)
(Signed) ARTHUR LEE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 10th day of July, 1913.
W. ?. Lancaster,
Notary Public for S. C.
My commission expires at will of
Governor of S. C.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of Houth Carolina,
County of Laurens.
Whereas, petitions signed by a legal
number of the qualified electors and
free-holders residing in Sullivan school
dlstirct No. 17 Uiurens county, South
Carolina, asking for an election upon
tho quostion of voting a 4 mill tax
upon the property In xuld school dis
trict to bo used for school purposes,
have been filed with the codnty board
of education, an election is hereby
ordered upon said questipn, said olec
tion to be held on the 31st day of July
1913 at Hickory Tavern in said dis
trict, finder the management of the
trustees of said school district.
Only such electors as return real
<>r personal property for taxation and
? ho exhibit their tax receipts and reg
it ration certificates as required in tho
general election shall bo allowed to
vote
Those favoring the 1 mill tax shall
vote a ballot containing tho word
"YES" written or printed thereon.
Those against the 4 mill tax shall
I vote a ballot containing tho word
"NO" written or printed thereon.
Polls shall open at the hour of 8
o'clock In the forenoon and shall re
main open until the hour hf 4 o'clock
In the afternoon when thej* shall bo
closed, and the ballots counteft?^
The trustees shall report the re
sult of the election to the county au
ditor and county superintendent of
education within ten days thereafter.
GBO. Ii. PITTS,
Dl-2t By order of County Board.