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Newspaper

The Dispatch News

Location

Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1919

Page

5

Dear Santa letter and postmaster examination notice

A Christmas wish letter from 11 year old Lula Anderson asks Santa for dolls a carriage a doll bed a tea set fruits and gifts for siblings. The text also includes an immigration style postmaster examination notice noting a January 6 1920 exam in Columbia SC for Cayce South Carolina with a $240 salary last year and eligibility rules for applicants including age requirements and residency.

Santa Lula Anderson New Brookland

Examination requirements for civil service vacancies

The text explains how to obtain the examination requirements from the post or from the United States Civil Service Commission in Washington DC. Applications should be properly executed and filed with the Commission at Washington DC at the earliest practice date.

Onver Ming United States Civil Service Washington, D. C

Prosecutions For Evasion Of School Law

Magistrate E M Martin fined W H Sharpe and Hampton Ott five dollars each last Wednesday for violating compulsory school attendance law. John S Schneider, attendance officer, brought the cases. Both defendants were first offenders and received light fines.

E. M. Martin W. H. Sharpe Hampton Ott John S. Schneider Martin

Special Referees Sale in Lexington County 1920

Special Referee's sale ordered by the Court of Common Pleas in Lexington County will occur on January 1920 on a Monday during sale hours before the courthouse door. Property described as a 93.17 acre tract on the Saluda River with improvements and bounded by the Saluda River Columbia Electric Street Railway Company and the Estate of Hook, as described in a 1896 deed to William Platt and others.

Court of Common Pleas Lexington County S. C Jefferson A. Platt E. Katharine Platt H. L. Harmon Court House Lexington Saluda River South Carolina William Johnson Columbia Electric Street Railway Company Hook H. A. Spann W. D. George State of South Caroline Tien Mer Carl K Kaiser St Lexingston Columbia Arthur's Station Stoof H. E. Sox Gregory J.frank Keiser Ellen M. Kaiser L. L.lown J. Marshal Roof Kinsler Mill R.K. Kaiser J. Frank Kaiser Rawl K. Kaiser E. L. Hartley Planta

Clerk of Court Special Referee Notice Lexington County

December 16 191% date appears in a legal notice by H L Harmon Clerk of Court for Lexington County South Carolina acting as Special Referee. The readable fragment indicates court action and official designation though details are incomplete.

H. L. Harmon Lexington County S. C

Tax Notice and Public Auction in Lexington County

Public notice announces Lexington County tax collection from January 15 to December 31 with state county and school levies. Also details district bond and special levies, capitation and poll taxes, followed by a notice of a sheriff sale of multiple tracts of land in Lexington County under court order with specific parcels, boundaries, and terms.

Lexington S. C Lexington County Court House Constitutional School Seraccons Ake

Road Poll and Dog Tax Due with State County and School Tax

C E Leaphart treasurer of Lexington County announces that road poll and dog taxes are payable concurrently with state county and school taxes. Taxpayers should settle obligations to avoid penalties.

C. E. Leaphart Lexington County

Also Mentioned on This Page

Santa ‘Claus Donnie Horace Harman Texitgirs Cayce United States Civil Service Commission 8. C L ‘Cayce United States Ion’ Blanks Ofice County Lerk South Carolin Levi Gunter Jacob Sox Kinslerland Town s.Uury Laxington Depot Street Said Town Cartha M. Q. Hendrix Corrie HH. L. Harmon Columbia Jewelry and Luggage Shop Main St Wax Friedman Colombia Walter Grace the C. L. Walter Optical Company Main Street King Street Columbia, 8. C Charleston, S. C Ford Greg Ae Dupre Auto CO J. M. Peake, JR Lexington, S. C
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