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Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-26
9-12-17tf

FOR SALE-One boiler, up
right, 10-horse power; one en-
CINE, stationary, 8-horse-power
and one shingle mill, with saws
and belt, ready to run all at a
reasonable price. Apply to c..
F. Rish, Gilbert, S. c., R F. D.
No. 1. Phone by or though
Pond Branch.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-26
There is to be a suitable flag
placed on the State house in
Columbia, according to the Co.
lumbia Record.

Children smile when they take
Eczey'ss Honey sgaa Tar
st, t tas:.aa tcod.
2Ed, i e:2!,cs :i.c:2 feel good.
II vi: t1:n 4 icyer;sh, f7e:fu!, cough.
i2s child mo q happily smiling one.
oecaHsc--: puts healing, soothing
coating OF fever:sh, indamed, tickling
ihIoat. il helps s7,ufl>s and study,
wteezy breathing. 1t stops coughs
quickly, ard II wards off Group.
|! contains no opiates, does moi up
set delicate stomach, and the last drop
il the bottle is just as good as the first.
Try It.
HARMON DRUG COMPANY.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-26

I have for sale a farm con-
tanning AZ acres, near Mount
Pleasant Church; rs acres un-
der cultivation; never-failing
orchard and fine water. Price
reasonable, and terms to suit.
GEO. G.. PRICE,
awe Lexington, S. G.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-26
lost sTRAYED OR STOLEN

WANTED OLD FALSE TEETH,
don't matter if broken, I pay 81 to
SIS per full set, Single and partial
plates in proportion. Send by par
eel post and receive check by return
mail. F. TERI, 4O3 N. Wolfe ST.,
Baltimore, Md.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-26
No. SiX-SiXty-SiX

This is prescriptions prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHlLLS g. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
It taken then 40 tonic the Fever will NOS
return. : 1t acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 2Se
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statesmen WANTED.

Lubricating oil, grease, spe-
cialities, paint. Part or whole
time. Commission basis until
ability is established. Man
with rig preferred.
Riverside Refining Co.
Cleveland, Ohio
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-26

The contract for the new
$4,000 public building at Bea-
ufort has been let.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-26

FOR RENT-A good two
horse farm located si~> miles
from Chaplin, S. c., ahd two
miles from Amick's Ferry. If
interested, write to
Mrs. c.. 3. Leaphart,
2422 Laurel Street,
Columbia, S. C.
9-12-17tf
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Classified Ads.

FOR SALE-We have at all times
secondhand household furniture of
all descriptions. Columbia Auction
Co., 1912 Taylor Street. 25tf
FOR SALE-One yoke of
young oxen, we'll broke Also
one three-year-old mule. will
work any where. Prices reason
able. John T. Hammer,
2tp Rt. 2, Lexington, S C.
LOST, sTRAYED OR STOLEN
A black anG tan hound dog puppy
about ten months cld. A liberal re-
ward Will !e paid for tie return to
RkNNIE GABLE,
2tp lez zington, Rt. 6.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

ing to the fact that many thousands
Of acres have been taken up by skilled
farmers. replacing the land specula-
Tors Who first acquired the land
At san Simon. the farmers have or
ganized Potato Growers association.
inasmuch as that crop promises par
ticularly large returns. Peter Jensen.
the leading grower, has ordered 80
600 pounds OF seed potatoes 10 be
planted on 40 acres this year.
Globe and Miami have experienced
great growth in the past Il months be-
cause of copper. Globes growth has
been steady and large. but Aiamfs
has been little short OF phenomenal
The town has been in existence only
about six years, but its population IS
now said to be in the vicinity of 20
GOO and its postoffice receipts in 1916
- ere three times those of last year
With cattle high and hay at SIS 20
S25 a ton. the farming towns OF the
CHA valley, Thatcher. SoiOmonville.
Stafford and Pima counted 1915 as the
best year the valley ever had while
Clifton and Morenci thrivcd Oh the
strength of their big mines
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

former years before revolutionary &C
tivities handicapped sonora, Sinaloa
and the territory Of Topic. From Sin
aloa and Sonora have just been ex-
ported 360 carloads of tomatoes TO
points of consumption in the United
States. and the mining imports 1T No
gales are also beginning TO assume fair
proportions.
Owing to the tremendous activities
of the copper smelters mt Douglas.
that city now is most thriving and
has a larger population than ever be-
fore. The shelters treat the ore from
the big Copper Queen. Calumet and
Arizona and the Shattuck properties
together with fair quantities of Gus
toms ore from the NacoZari and other
mines of northern Sonora The pres
ence in Douglas of q large number Of
United States troops has also con-
tributed greatly to the city's income.
Small Towns Prosperous.
Benson. Bowie and San simon are
all three experiencing growth through
the development of mining and asri-
culture The latter industry. particu-
larlv, is getting on a firmer basis oW-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

-ESTEE;N Texas. embracing that
N broad domain extending from
w the Panhandle country to the
e1lpire lying along the border. grew in
population. wealth and influence dur
ing the year 1915 IN measure more
abundant than during the years OF
Growth that came before
In every branch OF industry there
has been progress. Agriculture. es-
necialiy in the Plains country, has made
marvellous advances Increasing its
acreaee each year. the Panhandle has
become one Of the greatest wheat
growing sections of the country and
this year an increase Of nearly 20 per-
cent in wheat acreage Is reported from
the counties in the Amarillo district.
FIGURING Wills Built in Panhandle.
Many Panhandle towns have become
centers for the selling and milling OF
wheat and large mills have been con-
sfructed IN a number OF places which
are giving to the farmers = home mar
ket FOR their grain and supplying
Texas with the best grade Of flour,
made al home
The cattle industry in the country
near the border has continued 10 grow
N volume and value. The high prices
prevailing for cattle. the extraOrdin-
AIRY demand for meat in this country
and in Europe and the fact that west
ern Texas ranges have the best cat
cie IN the greatest abundance OF any
section OF the country. have contributed
10 making the year banner one for
/ the men whose herds form the finan-
cial backbone OF the great range coun-
/! try.
Town building Has Been General.
A cOuntry's material advancement is
shown more fOrcibly in the buildings
I its town and communities erect than
, I'm any other way. Building has been
! brisk and continuous in all the west
Texas and Panhandle country during
, 1916. and the year 1917 gives promise
OF stin greater activity in building cir
cles-
Counties have been building court
houses that have added TO the beauty.
Importance and wealth OF the county
seats: towns have built mills and fac
: tories: thousands of people have shown
. their faith in their communities by
putting up handsome homes and rail-
roads have added to the general devel-
/ opment by erecting new stations ana
adding 10 shops and mills
Build 100000 Court Houses.
Lubbock has a new 100000 court
house Sweetwater has one costing the
/ same big amount Amarillo has added
/ TO the courthouse for Potter county
I until il almost is another and greater
! building Farwell has q new $4,000
I courthouse. Slston has a new Santa
4 Re depot and office building and Tulia
! mas been given 4 substantial brick de-
! Dot by the same road
The Post City cotton mill has dem
onstrated that the place for cotton
; mills IS where there is labor. fuel and
raw material
/ Lubbock, growing rapidly and sub
J italy. has decided to operate its
J own electric lieht and power plants
( Work is to begin at once on a large
! and mOdernly equipped plant which
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

YOU want wealth, health o. hap
piness. Arizona has al three The
- opening OF the year 1917 finds the
corner state one Of the most prosper
Gus in the whole nation and there isn't
q. war baby from sonora 70 the Utah
line unless the copper prospects, born
every day, can De classed as that kind
of an infant.
Arizona produces an abundance OF
things besides copper. but copper IS
the mainstay. IL Is the big industry.
II carries more men on he payroll
rhan any other enterprise in the state,
and at higher wages
II YOU had been q resident o. All
iona in the year 1916. your per capita
share Of the Years copper production
would have been somewhat IN excess OF
Tremendous Copper Output
The total copper production for inc
state last wear was SIS .00e. eo0 pounds,
beinr nearly one-third that OF the
whole United states, ana It's gross
--alue. at - cents u pound. was SIS
.50.000. as against value OF Sta-t4V--
GOO for the output of the year 1915 It
An average price of i cents pound
Put il in another way, Il you ike
and say that Arizona's copper output
last year made 49, nillionalres and put
Some Became MilliORaires.
This is just figuring TO emphasize
the magnitude OF the copper output
As a matter of tact. Arizona 1916 cop
.le- made some men many tunes mn,
I5onaires and others made great zeal
more than the average per capita SSuv
The wage earners shared more than
.-e- before in the general prosperity
~ the big copper town OF Blsoee' WhicH
IS raDidi- achieving general Weailn
rrcrn conner the miner now gets 50
a day. For the past year he has aver
aged about S. a day lie Is PAID on u
sliding scale according as copper goes
I'D or down, and thus far its tendency
has been unfailingly upward
Population IncreasinE-
Every copper mine IL the state IS
producing at maximum capaclty- en-
blowing every man for Whom II cal
shelter is treating every pound Of ore
possible SO great has been the Ue-
nand for miners and so attractive the
wages that the coal industry OF tne
west Is said TO be suffering 2 snort
age Of miners for the reason mat 50
many coal miners have become hard
rock men in she copper mines
Partly in consequence. the population
Of the state has very noticeao!y IN
.reased in the past l. months though
-he lack Of census figures leaves US
without an idea of the actual numbers.
Not only the copper. but the gold
md silver mines Of Arizona CD q great
business last year. The gold output
was 2I1. sos ounces valued at si.51 SEQ
and the silver output valued at IS, H.
$40.
Many improvements.
The great production OF minerals,
under the stimulus OF high prices
caused the Inauguration OF q large min
ing construction program especially
for smaller properties. Most Of the
large mines have plants adequate for
-aeir purposes n Navsnai county
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
1917 ISAR|z0NA'S GREATEST YEAR
1916 BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORDS
Production of Copper During the Year Has Value of Over
5000 For Every Person in State; Cattle Bring in Mil
lions: Business in All Lines Is Growing and Towns
Are Rapidly Increasing in Population

alone several hundred thousand dol
lars worth OF mine and mill machinery
was installed in 1919, the mining cen
tiers were connected with eacn otner
by q series Of good roads and many
more miners were employed than ever
before one great project is the power
plant of the Arizona Power company.
an electrical plant to cost Sl,OUu,ov0
and provide 100000 horsepower II
viii furnish electric power 10 the
mines. mills and towns of Yavapai
county. The United Verde Extension
compauy's smelter at the Hopkins rancn
near the Verde river is 10 cost SeYerai
million dollars and the jerome Victor
Extension Copper company has ordered
$40 000 worth of hosting, drilling ana
pumping machinery Improvements OF
this kind are fairly typical OF all the
mining districts of the state
Towns Continue Growing.
As for the growth OF the towns ana
she business situation in lines other
than mining. Arizona had a most pros
porous year which. however, promises
10 he sxcelled by 1917
Phoenix. having recovered fully from
its lethargy of couple or years ago
reports unprecedented business activ-
itv Vacant houses have been filled
and are now hard TO secure for renting
purposes. All lines Of business are
thriving and the agricultural prosper
was never better
Tucson enjoyed a good year, result
ing IN many improvements in the pi1y-
steal appearance Of the town and the
erection OF a large number OF resi-
dences Now a $350.o00 hotel. to oe
called the Hotel Geronimo Is TO be
5uilt to accommodate particularly the
tourist traffic which has grown 10 sucn
proportions that the hotels OF the city
arc no Longer able to meet the re-
cuirements-
rssa~Tr .
has been due TO q complete revival
of mining In the county, furnishing
employment to hundreds OF men. ana
partly 10 good agricultural ana I'VE
stock conditions The chamber OF COM
nerce is starting the new year with
a program of industry building in Tue
son with the idea Of providing more
elnployment for people II town ana
Tor those who may be attracted there
from the east. thus charging the Dopu-
latiOn. both Of capitalists and Of sal
AIRY and wage earners-
Huge Cattle shipments.
The cattle industry. under the incen-
tive of unprecedented prices. thrITed
exceptionally. and the exports for the
wear from Pima county ranges anu
those of santa Cruz county, shipped
from Tucson. Amadoyine and NogaIes
stations. aggregated considerably more
than 81 000. zoe. The shipments from
ella. Pinal. Cochise and Coconino coun-
ties were far in excess Of these figures.
sheep shipped from COconino and ad-
iacent counties. together with the 1916
wool clip which was above the aver
age. brought the sheep growers OF the
state an income Of several million dol
lars.
Exports From Mexico.
Nogaies grew more 81 1916 than In
any previous year, despite the scarcity
Of imports from Mexico al that Dor
der port However. the imports are
again beginning TO resemble those OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
FACTORY
To AID VALLEY.
New Idustry at Las Cruces
Will Be Benefit to Ell Paso
in MANY Ways.

bser SMEAR factory for Las Cruces.
Ia, the RIesilIa and Fl Paso valley
s.,-,,ers guaranteeing 1000 or more
., If bee.s i'm 1917. is one of the
7,I,,e-riaI probabilities of the year
.,-,icb will benefit this city. as well
+bs neopIe of the valleys. Investi-
cations by :. W Sinsheimer, manager
md 7. f. Gauger. chief agriculturist,
If the Holly Sugar company, Of Colo
rado last summer and fall. following
~. production Of sugar beets in guam
t..ies on governmental acreage in the
7-.ei7ls valley. resulted in meetings
--;tb farmers at Las Cruces and e
1,sso to contract acreage necessary Tor
40 beqinniug OF the industry II IS
-s,ortsd that the Holly company in
"a n invest several thousand DOL
- !, plant 10 handle this years
crop. r..,,. ,u5uS,rv
The beet sugar business, whch IS
- 20 this section. VII he or lHlmeas-
lireable benefit TO comHleIcl9t m
agricultural interests OF ms ~ any, u
vicinity The successful o'e . {. ~ I, -.
si1Ch an industry viii be a great neip
10 feeders of livestock Eor lattenlns
cattle and hops the pulp ana tops OF
the sugar beet are recoiliile a.
among the very pest htA-Na
Tseets from 1000 acres would Eieio. De
ids = big tonnage of sugar: immense
Quantities Of byproduct. enabling STOCK
feeders TO gather in the valley thou-
-a1ds of head of market animals anu
turn them 10 Fl Paso's outcaeIs anu
nacbers in prime condition
Valley Beets Rich In sugar
The sugar content Of the beets raisee'
In the Nesilla valley last year sur
r,rsses that Of the northern variety. &C
ccrdine- 10 Investigations made res
Shaved the average content 20 De j.
percent and the purity IS percent Il
field planted 10 beets in July. atter
wheat had been harvested from u
welded a surprisingly fine crop, when
could have been worked up IN De
cember. 49,.
Prominent among the men VINO nave
Given time and money 10 The inVessi-
cations of the beet sugar business IN
/ me valleys is W B. Vaudeville, Las
Cruces banker. Through his work the
HoIIy company became Interested
Has IL Big Factories
It is said that the Holly company
beeau operations in Colorado with only
1000 acres OF beets guaranteed ana mas
crown to own IS factories which are
bringing S2G.UC0. 900 . year 10 Colorado
farmers Hundreds OF Mexican labor
ers are shipped yearly from e Paso
( 10 the Colorado sugar fields, showing
that this class OF cheap labor IS fami-
/ liar with the methods OF manutactur-
Z ing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
Cooperative Stores
Run By Soldiers Are
Norelty of War Zone

Paris, France, Jan 27.-The coopera-
tive store has made its appearance At
the front In the forest Of the Ar
come the experiment was first tried,
with the result that it was so success
ful that now there are many stores or
shops Of considerable importance.
The managers Of the shops are ali
soldiers who have had experience IN
similar lines before being call 10 the
colors. and VINO for one reason or an
other. have been released from duty in
the trenches.
The funds to start the enterprise
were originally company funds. which
were donated by the men. The origi-
nal investment mas i'm most cases been
returned to the unit from which IL
came. and the profits of the sales are
devoted 20 the men themselves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
PANHANDLE ANDWEST TEXAS HAVE
YEAR Of PROSPERITY AND GROWTH
Cattle Industry Has Greatest Year in Its History A
cultural Progress Panhandle and Raising OF Blooded
Cattle and Fat Hogs Plains Counties Are Features
of Year: West Texas Mines Are Active
BY Il. 4. GORDON.


will mike Lubbock independent IN the
matter of light and power
Railroads Build Into New Territory.
While railroad construction in Texas
has been less during The past year than
for several years, the building OF the
Midland * Northwestern from Midland
TO Seminole has been the most con-
spicuOus piece Of railroad construction
IN Texas for a number Of years
Work is ready TO start on the Gaines
county extension Of the road. a dis
lance OF Go miles and contract has
been made with the Texas & Paclflc
company for the new work The ROAD
is TO act as q feeder Tor the Texas <
Pacific. opening up a rich territory IN
the South Plains country
Extension OF tho santa Re lines rom
Lubbock into western Texas Is Work
projected and soon 70 be under way
X ultimately viii reach Fl Paso ana
give 10 this city a new outlet INTO 2
territory which is rich in agriculture
and livestock
Fine Cattle and Fat Hogs.
In the Plafnview country farmers are
giving their attention more and more
10 biOOded livestock and the raising OF
fine hogs for market Hereford, IN
Deaf Smith county, has become CEN
ter for the raising Of fine Hereford cat-
tie. from which cattle raisers and
farmers all over the Southwest get
fine stock 10 improve their herds.
Hale county, with Plainview as the
past year in raising and shipping FAT
hogs 10 market and Hale county hogs.
on numerous occasions during the year
have topped the market both IN Fort
Worth and Kansas City.
Canyon City. an educational center
because Of the location there OF A great
state Normal college, also IS the cen
ter OF a growing farming and stock
raising district which mas added many
thousands Of dollars 70 its wealth and
during The pat year
Big Lnnd Sales Made.
Evidence OF the wide attention the
Panhandle country IS attracting is
shown in the large land sales Of The
past year One deal, IN which more
than half a million dollars changed
hands was closed in the last days Of
1915. BY IL LandergIn Brothers, for
years successful cartlemen OF the Am
arilIo country. purchased 100000 acres
of the KS ranch in Deaf Smith and
Oldham counties TO add to their IN
ranch holdings With the land went
700 COWS the entire transaction to
falling S5s5-oOe-
The Landergln purchase was out one
OF many large land deals closed dur
ing 1916 in the Panhandle country. in
which many thousands OF acres o.
ranch and range lands changed owners
and many desirable settlers became in
terested in the growing empire OF west
Texas.
Good Progress in Mining.
Mining has made material progress
IN west Texas during the past year.
In the southeastern corner of Fl Paso
: county. in Culberson, jeff Davis. Pre-
sidio, Brewster and Reeves counties.
: valuable deposits Of copper. zinc. lead.
/ silver and quicksilver have been sue
t cessfuily worked
/ In Culberson county large deposits
, OF sulphur recently nave been found
Continued on Page IL. Gel. Fiye9
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
Girl Has y Sound Teeth
Taken Out Because Small
And Dentist Is Arrested.

Berlin. Germany, Jan. -s.-An uu-
usual court decision here has Just had
to do with The complaint of a young
woman who disliked her own white but
tiny teeth. and induced q dentist 10
pull the whole - al once and substl-
tute larger and more artistic teeth She
had scarcely received the new ones be-
fore she rued the experiment and such
the dentist.
The evidence showed that five of
the - teeth were altogeLher sound
that three mad only small cavities and
that three more had cavities easily
filled At least these II teeth should
not have been pulled. Though the den
fist had protested as much 10 her
originally. she had insisted that they
all be extracted
The court held that the dentist had
10 right to submit blindlv 40 the
wishes of a patient. and that If the
patient insisted on an operation
against his or her health the den
lists duty was 20 decline TO perform
it The dentist accordingly was found
guilty OF breach Of the law pertain
ing to good manners
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
Up-to-D ate
To OWnerS and
Shippers ofLiOe
Stock:

We respectfully solicit your
business and your patronage. Ours
Is the biggest and best plant in the
Southwest; up to date and modem
in every respect. All the latest
facilities for handling of Stock
Yard business. Continuous load
ing platforms are a special feature,
the only loading facilities of the
kind outside of the large packing
house markets.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

Texas. embracing that
M broad domain extending from
w the Panhandle country to the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
To OwnerS and
Shippers ofLiUe
Stock:

We have branding and dehom-
ing chutes and dipping watts for
cattle and sheep. Accommodation
for 10000 head of stock. Equal
facilities for all size shipments.
pens varying IN size from one to
twenty cars. A competent staff of
stockyard operatives always on
hand.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

Noeales grew more 81 1916 than In
any previous year. despite the scarcity
Of imports from Mexico at that Dor
der port However. the imports are
again beginning to resemble those OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
nm vIND CIADFD HER.

and you haven't any COOK SAID s
woman living in the far west 10 her
reighbor-
NO. I'm without a cook" was the
reply.
why. what became Of that excellent
one YOU had
on. during mat cyclone the other
day we lost her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
rHE PRnPEn RnCkINc.

IT marrimouy wears ago. YOU say
I'LL. He did THAT.
And has he ever rocked the boat
.-Not me- Hes oeen kept busy rock
ina. the cradle"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
TRNNG no DoDGE HIN.

Redd- Wheuever J see Black COM
ing down the street IN his car j nave
10 dodge him
Greene: ] see. You're one q Tie cred
itJrs 1 suppose