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VOLUME 36?NO. 48 THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 20. 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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MARKED INCREASE
IN MEMORIAL FUND
MANY NEW CONTRIBUTORS CANYASSED
DURING SECOND
WEEK OF CAMPAIGN.
Today marks the close of the secend
week of the canvass campaign
for funds for the erection of the proposed
memorial to the soldiers and
sailors from Williamsburg county
who sacrificed their lives in the World
War. Many more citizens have signed
the pledges being circulated by the
memorial committee appointed by the
County Post of the American Legion,
and expressed their approval of the
task undertaken by this organization
and the hope that the movement will
prove successful to an extent ccmmenf
suratc with the purpose for which it
is intended.
The^ committee realize that in
crder for it3 plans to be carried out
and the erection of such a memorial
as will be a credit to the citizenry
of the county is made possible, every
person in ihe county must lend it
their cooperation and, so far as is
possible, their financial aid, and much
effort has been expended in order
to better inform the general public
1 of this undertaking.
f Of course it will be an absolute
impossibility to canvass every citi
zen of the county personally and the
effort yvas made last week tc reach
many of the communities through
B. the various churches of the county.
However, it is the hope of the committee
that persons who have not
^B^ been reached through either of the
mpans emoloved will net delay in
sending in their contribution in the
form of i pledge due June 1st next
ci a check, post office money ox-der,
etc., for the amount they wish to
contribute, ouch checks and pledges
should be made and mailed to Mr.
Tom M. Kellahar. treasurer, Kingstree,
S. C.
While most of the contributors so
far are citizens cf Kingstree, as the
list below shows, the memorial to be
erected Is in commemoration of the
soldier; and sailors from every section
of the county who paid the supreme
sacrifice and it is the communities
belief that all sections will want
to be represented among the contributors
to its erection. Further effort
is being planned for the ensuing
weeks to get the general public of
the county better informed of this
undertaking in the hope that the same
liberal response will come from the
county at large as has been manifested
by the Kingsiree citizens.
The list ol those who nave so iar
contributed to the memorial fund
and amounts pledged follow:
Capt John A. Keliey $50.00
M. F. Heller 50.00
William W. Boddie 25.00
M. A. Shuler 25.00
A. C. Hinds 25.00
R. B. Smith 25.00
T. E. Arrowsmith T 25.00
J. D. O'Bryan 25.00
J. D. Britton 25.00
J. E. Porter 25.00
W. I. Ncxseii 25.00
W. K. Mcintosh 25.00
LeRoy Lee 25.00
W. E. Snowden 25.00
J Kingstree Masonic Lodge 25.00
Philip H. Stoll 25.00
Wee Nee Bank 25.00
IH. "6. Gamble 25.00
Tom M Kellahan 25.00
The County Record 25.00
Charles Tucker 25.00
Louis W. Gill and 25.00
E. C. Epps 25.00
F. W. Faircy 25.00
E. C. Burgess 25.00
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rJBanK 01 xungstree
E. E. King 15.00
Scott Drug Co., 15.00
McBride S. McFadden 15.00
S. J. Deery 15.00
^ W. R. Scott 15.00
P. Brown, Lanes, S. C. 15.00
E. H. Harrington 15.00
F. R. Hemingway 10.00
C. W. Bosvell 10.00
R. X. Speigner 10.00
W. T. Wilkins 10.00
Dr. T. C. Harper 10.00
W. H. Welch 10.00
J. F. Scott 10.00
M. F. Montgomery 10.00
* Lawrence F. Swails 10.00
^ A. W. Mcintosh 10.00
Hfc James A. Benton 10.00
LeRoy C 'es 10.00
R. D. Mills 10.00
Mrs. Margaret K. Brockington 10.00
Mrs. Julia E. Kennedy 10.00
h George H. Dallas 10.00
C. J. Thcmpeon * 10.00
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CLEAN-UP WEEK
i FOR K1NGSTREE
MAYOR AND CHIEF OF POLICE
I AFTER THOSE WHO FAIL
TO DO SO.
| As a result of the visit last week
by Dr. Hayden of the State Health
i department and his talk to the offi,
cers and citizens of Kingstrec steps
f are being taken to make this town a
more sanitary and respectable locality
to live in.
Mayor Scott has issued orders to
Chief of Police Kinder and the latter
is notifying the people of the town
j what must be done within the next
j week towards converting all open
closets into sanitary depositories and
if this is not done within the given
time all parties, regardless of rank
or color, will be arrested and brought
, before the mayor, who says that he
will have no mercy whatever in passing
sentence upon them.
This may seem strong language,
but it is not too strong in view of
recent experiences, and we believe
the mayor and chief of police will
have the loyal support of every good
citizen in their efforts to get rid of
the glaring and dangerous nuisances
that have for so long infested the
town and offended the alfactories of
citizens not to mention the detri
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THE CANTATA SUNDAY NIGHT.
A Delightful Union Service that will
Long be Remembered.
The Cantata given at the Methodist
church Sunday night was ono of the
I ??* mncinial nvncrmms
| 1I1UM UCU^IlUlUl luuoivmt A?* v^.
| ever rendered in Kingctree. It was
(an Easter celebration and the program
was in charge of Miss Crockett, music
teacher in the local school. Those
taking part in the rendition were
Misses Crockett, Varn, DuBosc, Speigner,'Hall;
Mosdames Gilland, Menders,
Thompson, Kelley, Montgomery, Ne'
smith; Messrs Gilland, Boddie, McjCutchen,
Speigner, Hawkins, Swails,
and David Silverman, violinist.
The text of the Car.tasa was "The
Hessurection and the Life" by Edith
Sanford Ti'.lotson with music by Ira
Bishop Wilson. The program consisted
of ten selections and each of these
were rendered with artistic skill.
The writer has heard a great many
large pipe organs, some of which were
played by high salaried professionals,
but we have never heard sweeter and
more perfect notes than were proiduced
by Mrs. Kelley Sunday night.
! She seemed to have perfect control
of the instrument, which in itself
is the sweetest toned we have ever
heard. Mrs. Kelkv and Miss Crockett
are to be especially commended for
this delightful occasion, also each of
'the other members of the choir.
1 The violin music by Mr. Silverman
| was up to ;ts usual high standard of
excellence and was greatly enjoyed
by the audience, which numbered
about 600 persons.
; The program *>f the evening was
presided over by the pastor of the
church, the Rev. Mr. Inabinet The
scriptural hsson was read by Rev.
Mr. Derrick, presiding elder, follow-1
ed with an appropriate prayer by the
Rev; Mr. Davis of the Presbyterian
church. At the conclusion of the
service the benedictidn was pronounced
by Dr. Walter Mitchell of the
Episcopal church. The occasion was I
a union service, participated in by
the several denominations. Mr. Hawkins,
paster of the Baptist church
being an accomplished musician, took 1
an active part in the choral program.
A temporary injunction against the
. South Carolina Tax Commission re-!
! straining it from enforcing the InI
heritance Tax Act, passed at the last
session of the General Asseir.by, was
ordered last week by Chief Justice (
Eugene B. Gary and was made, re
tumable before the State Supreme I
Court April 24. The action is brought I
j by J. Edwin Belser, of Columbia, administrator
of the estate of the latej
John E. Lowery, who died Decemberi
1920, leaving an estate valued atj
$50,000. The contention is that tl^
j section of the act jaroviding^^ra
tax against i^&re in
i process of administa^on, but for
which final settlcinpit has not been
made, is retroacti\* and therefore unconstitutional.
The State Tax Commission
is in doubt about the interpretation
of this section and there-1
fore welcomes the suit to clarify the?
act.
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BIGHAM IS DENIED |
PLEA FOR NEW TRIAL
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EXPECTED NEXT EFFORT WILL
BE BEFORE THE U. S. SUPREME
COURT.
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The Florence Times says: The su:
premc court of South Carolina has <
denied the petition of Edmund D.
Bigham for a rehearing of his case. <
j His attorney, A. L. King, received i
j the official advice this morning from j
the court to this effect. This means j <
the conviction and sentence of death 11
of the circuit court is upheld by thej 1
highest court of the state. 1
"This does not mean that the case j
is lost," Mr. King stated in regard 1
to the decision. "We have other re- 1
sorts and every known resource will
be exhausted before the case will bej 1
! abandoned."
In the same petition for the rehear- j i
; ing, the convicted man asked for time j 1
: to prepare a writ of error to the i
j supreme court oi the United States. 1
I The notice to Mi. King did not spec- <
ify whether or noc the court had pass- i
ed on this request, either to grant or 1
to refuse the plea.
Mr. King declined to state what i
the next step in the case would be. 1
A certiorrari to the supreme court <
of the United States is understood 1
to be the most probable procedure, 1
however. If it could establish the <
| grounds the supreme court then would 1
i toUa intn "nnsi^oratinil flip fpHpral ' 1
: angles cf the case.
The June term of the circuit court 1
is the earliest time when Bigham {
i could be resentenced. By that time, 1
his attorney expects to have taken i
steps which will defer the execution. <
He indicated this morning the pos- 1
! sible legal reports., yet available, (
I might keep the case in the courts
1 one or two years yet, with the pos- <
! sibility within that time of getting c
a new trial which would prolong the <
| case still further. 1
Bigham was convicteo nere one
year ago last month of murdering I
j his brother, L. Smiley Bigham, in
[January, 1921. He is under ir.dict!
ment now for the murder at the same
I time of his mother, his sister, and
| his sister's two adopted children,
j The crime was committed near Pam- (
: plico and stirred the state at the time.
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E. B. Maynard Passes Away.
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Mr. Edgar B. Maynard, a well
known chef and cook, who has operated
the Paragon restaurant here somei
thing over one year died early last *
j Friday morning at the Kelley sani-1
| tarium following an operation for
ruptured intestines caused by a ma-1
I lignant case of typhoid fever. Mr.
, Maynard was ill only a few days al-!
! though he had been feeling bad for
some time before he went to bed.
The deceased was an excellent cook
I
and had served in many hotels of 1
the country as chef, and as a cook
{*? tlio Onllmon corm'po TTf* WAS M
member of the Masonic lodge. His
remains were taken Saturday morn- j
ing to Johnson City, Tennessee for *
i interment, accompanied by Mrs. May- jc
r.ard and Mr. B. E. Clarkson of the' ^
local Masonic body. The corpse was!
taken charge of at Johnson City by (
the Masonic fraternity of that city
and buried with, the rites of the order. ,
Mr. Maynard is survived by his
wife and three young children. |
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J. T. DuBose Dead.
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Hebron, April 17.?The many1
friends of Mr. J. T. DuBose were j
grieved when it was learned that he <
had passed out early Monday morning,
April 10th, at the Kelley Sana- j
torium. ^
While his condition was known to j
be serious, news of his death came;
as a shock, as he was thought to be ?
better when members of his family ^
left him Sunday night. His death
was due to heart failure. Mr. DuBose
was 66 years old ar.d had been
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school fcr twenty odd years.
His remains were interred in the! j
f^Riily plot, at Hebron church, by the
pide of liis wife, who preceeded him a
Lnly three weeks. The funeral sen'- j
'ices were conducted by his p^tor,
Rev. J. R. Johnson, assisted by Rev. i j
Derrick, of New Zion. js
His grave was covered with beau- t
tiful flowers, tokens of the esteem in j,
which he was held by mar.y fond i ^
fn'ends and relatives. jv
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| The average man is so conceited,
until he really believes that he can} t
beat a fixed slot machine. h
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BIG ROUNDUP OF
BOOTLEGGERS
WARRANTS ARE ISSUED TO COYER
LARGE NUMBER OF CASES
AT ANDREWS.
Following is taken from the Florence
Daily Times, of Monday:
Suddenly swooping down on Anirews,
Georgetown county, state constables
and federal officers Saturday
?fternoon discovered sufficient eviJence
of liquor selling and storing on
:he main street of ihe town alone
:o lead to issuance of 19 warrants,
:wo of which are for magistrates,
lccording to Chief Constable Eicheljerger
who returned to the city yes;erday.
Four more places outside of
idrews were raided making a tool
of 23 warrants.
Of the twenty-three who are to
mswer the charges of violation of
;he prohibition law twenty-one arc
white. The officers confiscated twen:y-one
gallons of white whiskey and
>ne iron safe which they found filled
with small bottles of the vitriolic
luid.
Those takii g part in the raid were
jtate officers Eichelberger, Smyrel,
3urley, White worth, Rogers, and federal
officers Coleman and Stiron.
In several cases, they found the
iquor, it is reported, in the stores
>f the men against v/hem warrants
lave been or will be issued in the
lext few days.
The magistrial offenders are B. F.
EJarrineau of Andrews, a merchant,
md T. S. Tart of Williamsburg coun?
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,y, wnosc xiumc is nwr cue wnu vi
Andrews. Warrants will be issued
igainst these representatives of the
aw for selling whiskey, officers stated
today.
As a result of the round up the
state constables will bring eighteen
:ases for selling liquor, and the federal
officers five for having whiskey
in possession. It is likely, ac:ording
to reports, that double cases
vill be brought against some of the
lleged offenders, in which cases
marges will be lodged for selling
tnd storing whiskey.
Four of the warrants were issued
:cr men living just outside of AnIrews.
One negro man and one negro
vonan are included in the list.
According to the chief constable
>rts have come to him several
limes of alleged illicit dealings in
vhiskey in Andrews but he had alvays
found alleged offenders prewired
agairst his visits. Saturday
ifternoon, however, the officers' raid
?me as a surprise and the consta>les
declare that some of the places
vere running wide open as they did
n the old blind tiger days. Four
nen were brought to jaii yesterday.
t is stated warrants will be served
his week on the rest of the men
tgainst whom the officers claim to
lave evidence.
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Lanes News Items.
Lanes, April 18.?The shad are running
good in Black river now. Several
shad suppers have been given
md were enjoyed by ail present.
Mrs. H. P. Brown, Mrs. E. 0.
todgers and Mrs. J. C. Graham atended
the Presbyterial at Greelyville
ast Thursday.
Presbytery was held in Georgetown
Tuesday ar.ci Wednesday. Mrs. E. 0.
dodgers and Mrs. J. C. Graham repesenteJ
Union and Lanes Presbyerian
church respectively.
Mr. J. W. Chandler spent Wedneslay
in 'Andrews.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Mims and Miss,
rrances McKnight were in Kingstree
'aturday afternoon.
Miss May Graham returned home
rriday from Pelzcr for her summer
acation, the Pelzcr high school havng
cloced April 13th.
Miss Graham has r.s her house
vests this week, Miss Marie Cox of
Inderson, Miss Mary Sprouse of Fair
/iew, and Miss Anna Belle Strickland i
r r?-i Tin.il.. l.nw. TO-ni 1rici+
'I re titer, nunc jicic m^v mu
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Charleston, the Magnoiia Garden and
>ullivar.'s Island.
Mr. Alex Blakely of Kingstrce, was
n town Saturday.
Mrs. Sue Harvin spent Sunday here
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. A.
ilcClary.
The Radcliffe Chautauqua was at
,anes the 7-8-10 of April. Every one
eemed to enjoy it and will be glad
o know that the Chautauqua will
?e back with us agair. next 3pring.
Ve were pieased to have so many
isitors during the Chautauqua, Salers
being especially well represented.
April the 14th being Good Friday,
he day was observed by the school
ere as a holiday.
MUST ENROLL ON
THE CLUB BOOKS
OPINION GIVES WOMEN RIGH1
TO BE ELECTED AS DELEGATES
TO CONVENTION.
Columbia, April 19.?Women ol
South Carolina may participate in the
Democratic club meetings and elecI
tions this month, according to an opinion
rendered for the League of
Women Voters today by Associate
Justice Cothran, of the supreme court,
The opinion was prepared for Mrs.
C. Y. Reamer, chairman of the legislative
committee of the league.
The opinion ot Justice Cothran
holds that the women may sit in the
Democratic Club meeting; that they
can participate in the election of
delegates to the county conventions,
and that they can be elected as
delegates. He also holds that the
women must enroll on the club books
if they are to vote in the primaries,
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CURIOSITIES OF THE NEWS.
Bizarre and Strange Happenings
Called From the Daily Press.
Washington, April 17.?A Chicago
erchitect is building an apartment
house with a baby buggy locker for
every apartment, and offers every
tenant a bonus of $25 for every baby
born in the house.
A New Jersey man carries off the
prize for being the most forgetful
man in the world. He left his motor
car on a ferry boat and took a taxi
to his office. The police gathered in
the motor and began to look for the
j supposed suicide. The police authorities
suspended the sentence to await
| developments as to whether a man
\ who would forget he had a car might
! not forgot to stop it some time.
A Washington, D. C., engraver has
j spent four months ofsparo time and
! produced a perfect engraving of the
capitol building upon the head of an
, ordinary pin.
i A two-year-old b3by of Sacramento,
Calif., fell into a pcnd. While frantic
jr.urse and parents waced to her the
youngster began to swim and succeeded
in swimming herself to shore.
A Seattle crim'nal wanted for six
months by the police has finally been
apprehended. He was found on the
police force that was hunting him,
having served in uniform for six
months.
Two Washington, D. C., men disputed
ownership of a dog. Taken to
court, the judge lef^ it to the dog to
decide, which the sagacious animal did
so emphatically that all who witnessed
the canine demonstration were satisfied
he had chosen his rightful
owner.
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Jurors for Civil Court.
The following men were drawn by
the Jury Commissioners Monday for
' jury duty Monday May 1:
i W. W. Kennedy, New Zion; F. 0.
Baxley, Hemingway; R. M. Cantley,
| Kingstree, Rt. 1; Z. V. Wheeler, Trio;
i J. S. Smith, Kingstree, Rt. 1; M. F.
Haselden, Kingstree; J. R. Pendergrass,
Kingstree, Rt. 2; A. W. Montgomery,
Salters Depot; R. E. Wilson,
Hemingway; F. A. Hanna, Kingstree,
i Rt. 1; L. L. Arc!, Hemingway; R. J.
j Brown, Hemingway, R. F. D.; G. D.
! Perry, Hemingway, R. F. D.; R. G.
Waldrow, Sr., Morrisville; G. D. Hani
r.a, Hemingway, R. F. D.; R. C. Gamible,
Nesmith; J. P. Snowden, Hemj
ingway, R. F. D.; A. B. Spivey, Salters
Depot; G. H. Standi, Hemingway,
Rt.; A. E. Hill, Hemingway, Rt.;
| T. G. McKenzie, Kingstree, Rt 2; L.
t L. Rodgers, Kingstree, Rt. 1, W. J.
I Lifrage, Jr., Salters Depot, R. F. D.;
! R. M. Vause, Kingstree; L. D. Clarke,
| Cades; G. B. Nesmith, Jr., Morrisville;
H. U. Kinder, Kingstree; Ira
I A. Calhoun, Kingstree;M. M. Bateman,
Greelyville; H. D. Ferrell, Greelyville;
L. R. Rollins, Hemingway, Rt.;
S. 0. Dukes, Greelyville, Rt.; W. H.
Baylor, Kingstree, Rt. 1; S. A. Tisvinrrefvoo
pt 1 p. T. Flaaler,
UiUC) JLXJllgov* vvj * ? ? J
Lake City, Rt. 2; G. C. Gibson, Andrews,
Rt. 1.
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In Manning an election for mayor,
aldermen and a commissioner of public
works took place last week. There
were only 182 votes polled. The new
council for the next term is; Mayor,
A. C. Bradham; aldermen, J. H. Rigby,
C: C. Chewning, Fred Lesesne,
C. N. Sprott; commissioner of public
works, W. M. Plowdcn.
Send 08 your order for Job Printing.
We only do the best woHc
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uMBINATION IS ,
i FARMER'S HOPE ^
' CALIFORNIA HAS POINTED THE
j WAY TO SUCCESS, ALL MUST '
PULL TOGETHER. J
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: Dr. H. W. Collingwood of New .' **>
i Jersey is trying to interest the East- ,
ern fanners in a cooperative move
ment for the sa!e of their products. ^
: He says: /,JU
: | "The man with a great area of .*^^5
. iand, producing a large amount of '
. goods, has the capital and the st^ek
and is able to put it out and to sell
j it the year round. Many New Jersey
farmers tell us they keep from 200
to 400 hens, and have a good supply *
. of eggs which they will guarantee, i*
and they are told that the big hotels
in the city v/ill sometimes pay 10 to # V*
15 cents above the market price for . *
absolutely fresh eggs, and they want ' '
that trade. #
"I have asked hotel men if they ^
would take eggs from such a fanner, ? t^j
and this is the reply: 'No, sir. That'
man will run along and while he has * *
i got the eggs he will deliver them,
but by and by when the hens dont '
lay where are we at? No, we have
, got to make a contract with somebody ' 'J
J.V.J. Ml , 1EA 1. AAA A)>'
mat win give iu? irum iuu to ?uv jy <
. eggs every day in the year. Then Jiwtf
we know they are coming, and will
be here at a certain time.'
"Let fifteen or twenty farmers come
together, each one of them having
from 200 to 400 hens, and let these JE
men make their combination and go ? Mp
to the hotel man and guarantee him
150 to 200 eggs a day. The hotel jm ? '!
man will jump at the chance of .get- -x f
ting them.
"I speak of this to show how the
farmers must come togetner so as . \
to guarantee a certain large propor- * ?
tion of the product required. Often g
, people say: ? *
" 'Why can't I go to New York or . J
Boston and open a store?' You can. I
I will tell you a man who was an
absolute failure as a farmer. He was
on a good farm, but he could not
make a go of it, but he was a natural
trader. Some of his neighbors
said they*should send this man to
town to handle their goods.
"They put him in a store and sent
him their goods. What was the rei
suit? For the first two or three
months every grocer in town tried to
put him out of business. The townsfolk
were getting the cheapest goods
they had ever had in their lives, but
a lot of farmers found they were
not getting as much money as they
had under the old style and they
wanted to draw out. This little man
went to his friends and said, 'Hang
together. Nothing was ever done
i without some sacrifice. You can
1 make it all up, and it will come out
i all right. Trust me.' . >
"They followed his advice, and by
and by the grocers got tired of giving
their profits away and wanted tp
| come back into business methods,
j And now that business has been firmly
established as a retail farmers'
store. There are opportunities ever
ywhere. I wish I could get hold
of some of. these younger men and
make them understand the possibilities
there are in the business of
farming.
"They have worked out a combination
and cooperation in California in
a wonderous way with their orchard
organization. They came East and
j hired a man and gave him $10,000 a
j year to go out there and handle that
j business. He put it in the shape it
is today#
"There came a time when the Californians
found that a big supply of
lemons was coming over from Sicily.
They sent right over there to find
out all about lemon growing. The
railroads wanted to raise the tariff
mam 1AA nAim/lo TV?nii? mon
J tU ^)XilU per 1W pvruuvio* a iivAi iumu
; fought the increase before the commission
and had it put back to $1. <f
Now they are organized just like
any other big business must be organized."
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;; NOTICE TO PUBLIC. ; ;
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| You are requested to co-oper- !!
;; ate with Sanitary Squad and the \ \
i Boy Scouts on Saturday Morn- <
! I ing April the 22nd in their \
;; Clean-Up Campaign. J J
? Please clean up your trash ??
\ \ and old tin cans and put them i >
where the boys can get them. ] [
!! H. U. KINDER, j ;
] | Chief of PoRe?. \1
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