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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1921
Page
4
The Dispatch News announces a cash in advance policy practical for subscribers due to economic strain and cotton prices. The paper has lowered the yearly rate to 1.50 and offers a 25 cent reduction for paying before February 1. Subscribers must settle or risk being dropped from the mailing list.
With cotton prices low and boll weevil pressures, Southeastern farmers face shifting from cotton to other crops and livestock. Avoid radical one year changes. reduce cotton acreage gradually and only switch to crops you know well, starting with corn as a familiar option for released cotton lands.
The Progressive Farmer argues farmers should plant more corn on suitable land to meet feed needs and avoid poor soils for corn as a money crop. It recommends replacing some cotton with corn and adding legume crops on tired fields, plus careful evaluation of hay as a sales crop and livestock use.
Atlanta publisher Henry E Harman blends business acumen with poetry earning wide sale. His six books of poems and prose volume Dreams of Other Days announce two large volumes featuring poems, prose, a novelette What a Woman Wants, and a new love song collection Yuletide and You in progress.
A Sioux City Journal interview with Mr Harman praises poetry’s role in daily life, urging readers to read and study poetry at home. He explains inspiration comes naturally, emphasizes brevity and clear language, and notes his prose and verse celebrate Southern writers and strong literary craft.
The family of Mattie Snelgrove expresses heartfelt gratitude to neighbors and friends for sympathy and assistance during their sorrow. Written by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Snelgrove and Naomi Stuart for their precious little one.
The Goodyear Shoe Hospital relocates from 1117 Washington street to 1219 Taylor street after selling the Washington site. The new establishment offers separate waiting rooms for ladies and gentlemen and a ladies shoe shine parlor, with Miss Daisy Hammond supervising the shop owned by W. D. Lever Sr. and Miss Hammond.
State of South Carolina Lexington County probate notice shows Carrie Peterson seeks admin of Wash Mack estate. Court of Probate in Lexington at 10 in the forenoon on January 21 requires creditors and kindred to appear and show cause why administration should not be granted. Published January 1921 by Probate Judge Geo. S. Dratts.
Property owner warns all persons not to trespass on the home place or the old homestead forbidding hunting, hauling wood or straw, or any other trespass. Legal enforcement stated against violators.
A brief notice mentions Elizabeth Anderson and W M Anderson in Gilbert South Carolina with a 1b c designation.
The county auditor sets 1921 personal property assessment dates across Pelion Samaria Batesburg Leesville Summit Gilbert Crout's Store and other locations with January sessions. Penalty 50 percent for missing returns. poll and road taxes apply. trespass warnings on land and strict enforcement.
Want ads invite salesmen for lubricating oil greases and paints with pay details. Notices urge return of county machinery and warn against cashing a disputed check. Public notice lists a robbery claim against Lexington County and a lands claim deadline for probate proceedings.
Dr P J O Neill markets a solo practice in Columbia SC offering treatment for stomach kidney bladder nerves skin rectal conditions and piles with painless operation. He handles all cases directly without assistants and notes thorough exams and X Rays when needed. Hours are 9 am to 7 pm Sundays 10 to 2. Suite 7 Carolina National Bank Building.
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