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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1919
Page
15
A wary notice explains that subscribers must pay in advance or risk being dropped after February 1. The paper notes rising costs since 1917 and states no new yearly supply contracts have been secured, urging prompt payments to avoid loss of service.
A reader argues the coal strike shows how labor and capital can wield power to cause suffering. The piece cites miner profits in 1918 and urges a neutral tribunal to settle disputes with justice. It warns Congress may forget the issue amid other topics and public indifference.
A historic note discusses newspaper obituary notices and charges. It explains the practice of counting words and requesting payment, and argues for omitting poems or extra material. The piece critiques costs and suggests simplifying notices to focus on essential life details.
An editorial laments postal workers lacking raises and added help, noting railway clerk pay boosts without extra staff. It argues efficiency suffers as advertising mail to this paper drops, harming public service and raising government deficits while people value service over savings.
A state educators association moves to organize a statewide body with county units to raise salaries, improve boarding facilities, and certify educators. The report, adopted without dissent, calls for professional status, better training, and a dedicated committee to plan the organization for presentation at the next meeting.
After the US entered the war, Central Powers gains in Roumania left the country in tragedy. In summer 1917 the American Red Cross sent its first relief contingent. Two hospitals were opened, food and clothing distributed over a wide area, and transportation proved a major challenge. An oxcart is shown used to haul relief supplies into the mountains.
The County Board of Commission ers for Lexington County will hold its annual meeting at the Lexington County Courthouse. The pension supervisor's office will be open Thursday. Officials urge all claimants to present and verify claims by January 1 for audit and consideration by the Board.
A sequence of 1919 notices in Lexington including open subscriptions for a Gilbert Fertile Company loan, creditor and executor calls in the Samuel M Roof and H. C. Taylor estates, and clerk of court sales of land. Items specify dates December 1919 and January 1920, with locations in Lexington County and court actions.
A sheriff sale in Lexington County is set for the first Monday in January 1920 at the courthouse door. The property includes four tracts totaling about 373 acres, plus an additional town lot with house and outbuildings. Terms require cash payment for papers stamps and recording fees.
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