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^ ^ LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1920. NUMBER 15. \ OLUME N U*li>EK oO. i ?????? ' | PAST WEEK WITH THE LEGISLATURE . ? Columbia, Feb. 3.?While the legislature apparently settled down to work better the past week and really made considerable progress on matters in hand, the prospects are that the session this year will extend be' y'ond the regular forty day limit. But j little work has been done on the appropriation bill, which usually con;V . \ ' sumes a great deal of time. The outstanding feature of the j week just passed was the effort made to reconcile differences on the question of good roads. Governor Cooper called an informal get together meetly ing of both branches of the legislature. for last Tuesday night. The roll of counties w<as called and members from every county had an opportun ity to air their views. After a lengthy session the conference adopted a motion to appoint a joiX.t committee from both houses to draft a good roads bill. This committee has had several meetings and has made some nroaress towards reconciling the va - ~ ? I .tious shades of opinion. It is understood that the committee has decided to recommend a bill embodying the idea of road building- by the counties with iqaintenance by the State. (This applies, of course, only to such roads in a county as are embraced in the State highway system). . Other features of the bill decided upon, it is said, are a two mill tax for road .maintenance, to be expended by the ; highway commission on the roads of the counties where collected. It is believed that when the committee has finished its deliberations-*-^ will be able to introduce a bill that will successfully run the gauntlet of both bouse and senate. / The Anthony amendment to the ' federal constitution providing- for woman suffrage is as dead as a door , nail as far as South Carolina is concerned, the senate having adopted the resolution of rejection. There are still enough states that have not rat' ifled to make it possible that the amendment will fail of the required nunjber of ratifications to make it go intq jeffect. Virginia Jiow has the question under consideration in its legislature, with the chances favoring rejection. _______ I The fight on the tax commission did | not reach the acute stage of last year, , the house last week killing a bill introduced by the ways and means committee which would have abolished the commission. A determined fight is being made to have the legislature appropriate 5600,000 for the erection of new buildings at the Citadel on a lot donated by the city of Charleston, with the understanding that the present Citadel site be sold and the money received tor it be returned to the State i treasury. The legislature last year provided $300,000 fer-this project, to be spread over three years, but it seems this does not satisfy the backers of the project. If this amount is added to the necessary items in the appropriation bill a considerable in- , i crease in the tax levy will be necessary. . ' - The senate by a unanimous vote last Friday went on record as pledging itself to appropriate $150,000 for the purpose of combating the boll weevil, the money to be used under the direction of Clemson college to employ a corps of experts to go into the boll weevil infested territory and instruct the farmers in methods of growing and marketing money crops other than cotton and the best way of raising cotton under boll weevil conditions. Dr. R. IL Timmerman of Batesburg was reelected a member of the board of trustees of Clemson, W. D. Barnett of Columbia and Capt. Henry Tillman of Greenwood were other members of the Clemson board elected. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE TO MEET ON FEB. 5. The school improvement league of the Lexington high school, will meet at the school house Thursday. Feb. 5, at 4:1 a p. m. All tin- members of the league and all others interested in j the work of the league arc specially j invited. Business of importance to be j transacted. Mrs. W. A. HARMON. Pres. Mrs. E. (i. DREHER, Sec. Mrs. K. F. OSWALD. Treas [live news items from IjTVE town of chapin Special tc The Dispatch-News. Chapin, Feb. 3.?Mr. W. B. Williams, who is ill at the Columbia hospital, is improving after having undergone an operation for gall stones. Mr. J. H. Roberts and daughter, | Rebecca, have influenza. but both cases are mild. Miss Mattie Frick, assistant postmaster, met with a painful but not serious accident Thursday. She fell and dislocated her arm at the shoulder, but is getting on nicely. Mr. R. Wilbur Frick, who is principal of the Chapin high school, has recovered from a severe attack of rheumatism, and is at his work again. Curtis Eargle, a student of Newberry college, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L>. Eargle. One of his friends accompanied him. We are sorry to note that Mrs. J. S. Wessinger is not well. Mrs. R. W. Prick is on an extended^ visit to relatives in Hickory, N. C. Mr. Jas. H. Hiller shipped a car | load of very fine beef type cattle last i week, which brought a fancy price. Mr. Hiller is a prosperous planter and merchant of this place. Mr. R .W. M. Eleazer has bought }a?home and moved bank to Chapin, after having lived at Spring Hill for a year. Frank Shealy, a Newberry college student, spent the week-end with his parents. DR. RICE R. HARMON HEADS DJtiUGtilSTS The druggists of McCormack, Saluda, Lexington and Edgefield counties met at Johnston Thursday, forming into an eleventh circuit organ- 1 ization with the election of Dr. Rice B. Harmon of Lexington as presi- ' dent; John S. Fair of Batesburg, vice president, and Felder Smith of Leesville, secretary and treasurer. The druggists held a very interesting and instructive meeting after which a banquet and smoker was ' given in honor of the visitors by the local druggists. The next meeting will be held at Batesburg in July. DR. D. M. CROSSOX ELECTED LIFE MEMBER, Dr. D. M. Crosson, of Leesville, has just bene notified of his election to a life membership in the United States Good Roads Association, of which United States Senator J. H. Bankhead, of Alabama, is president. A life membership in the United States Good Roads Association car ries with it all the privileges and courtesies of the asosciation, and entitles one to vote at all meetings and to participate in the various good roads meetings held in the county, state and nation. Dr. Crosson well deserves the honor. He is one of the oldest and strongest good roads advocates in the State; having introduced a good roads bill in the South Carolina legislature twelve years ago while a member of that body. WILL LEAVE SWANSEA AND GO TO FLORIDA i ' . Mr. J. T. Berry of Swansea, who was in Lexington Monday, announces that within the next few weeks he will remove to Orlando, Florida, where he has purchased and will operate a large moving picture show. Mr. Berry has disposed of considerable of his real estate holdings in Sw-ansea, but will retain his interest in the business which he has been operating there. LAST CHANCE TO PAY i AUTOMOBILE LICENSE TAX February 1st was the last day automobiles can be run without a 192o license tag. The license was due and payable to the State Highway Commission at Columbia on January 1st. j But beginning Monday, it will be un- ( j lawful to drive a car on which the i license tax for the present year has I ; not been paid. Inspectors will, 'be j out oxer the state spotting untagged ' cars. I I O v? O Jl'DGK I>1?.VETS IMPROVING. I j Hon. George S. Drafts, veteran | county judge of probate who has | been confined to his room for the i past several days on account of ill- , ness. is now on the high road to re- j eovery, which will be glad news to : his hundreds of friends all over the county. j ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BATESBURG Special to The Dispatch-News. Batesburg, Feb. 3.?Mr. H. E. Ravenel. a well known attorney of Spar- | tanburg, was here last week wind-1 ing up the business of the Summerland Development Copmany, a cor- j poration chartered in 1903. Mr. Rav- j enel and Mr. J. William Mitchell of' Batesburg were the principal stockholders. The company held or owned about 150 acres of land adjacent to the Summerland college property. The bulk of this land was sold tu parties residing in this town, the purchase price ranging around $125.00 per acre. Mr. L. H: Cook of near Wagener, in Aiken county, has moved to Batesburg, where he purchased a dwelling on Bates street several weeks ago. He and family are delighted with our town. Mr. B. H. Walker, assitant secretary of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, with headquarters at l Richmond, was in town on business last Saturday. This company has nearly $3,000,000 loaned on real estate in South Carolina, bearing at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. Mrs. J. E. Brogden of Wagener was the guest of friends in town Monday. Mr. W. A. Crouch returned Sunday from a visit to his daughter, Mrs. C. B. Sutton, at Graymont, Ga. The influenza epidemic, which has been raging in some sections of Saluda county, has not yet reached our section. Our people are using every possible precaution to - prevent the spread of the disease in this community. Mr. John Bell Towill has finished taking the census of this town for 1920. While the exact figures will not be known for some time still it Is generally known that the population of this town has materially increased during the past 10 years. It is estimated that the population of Batesburg will reach nearly 3,000. The continued wet weather is causing our farmers to fall behind with their work this season. The fear of the boll weevil will cause considerable curtailment of the cotton acre age in this section for 1920. Mucn attention is being given to the cultivation and growing of tobacco, which is considered the best substitute for cotton as a money crop. RURAI, CARRIERS HAYING HARD TIME NOW. The ever popular rural carriers going out from the L?exington postoffice are all having a hard time now, due to incessant rains which have caused roads everywhere to get in a bad way. Especially do the carriers going out through the clay sections have it hard. Mr. Harry Rawl, who operates the only o/ficial motor route in the county and who has a distance of 50 miles to cover every day, rain or shine, has about the worst piece of road to cover. His line traverses clay altogether, and goes through a thickly settled community, where the travel is heavy at all times, which helps to make the roads bad. All of the boys, however,', feel that they owe an important duty to the public and each and every morning they leave- on their long and lonesome journeys with a broad smile and a jolly good-bye. They come back in the afternoon wearing the same glad smile, although their daily tasks are rough and rugged just at this time. UNCEE JAKE, WEATHER PROPHET. ON FEBRUARY. Listen to Uncle Jake Snelgrove's J weather predictions for February: | "February will be changeable and rough?9 to 12. cold weather: IS to 15. warm with threatening weather; IS to 21, rain or snow; 22 to 25, changeable: 26 to 27. clear with cold winds: 2S to 29, threatening weather. I The month will be very windy and wet. Not a word for March. "JAKJ3.* MRS. BERTHA SEX TO \ LIES. The State, today. Mrs. Bertha Sexton, wife of L. R. Sexton of 1506 McDuffie avenue. : died at her home yesterday afternoon. She was 22 years of age. , Mrs. Sexton was the -.laughter-of H. V. Hutto of Brookland. The remains I will be interred at Oak Spring church. | Lexington county, today. MEETING SUNDAY FOR Y. W. C. A. Who and what wo arc.?We are the Y. W. C. A.?a big, world-wide, twentieth century, heip-one-another club. Officially speaking, we are I a Christian organization which seeks to unite young women of all classes I in order that they may help both ; themselves and their sister citizens to realize a "more abundant" life? I physically, socially, intellectually and I ( spiritually. We are, in plain truth, an attractive. workable combination of committees. clubs and classes for athletics, comradeship, business, education and happy Christian living1. Wlrnt it Means to the Girl in the City An attractive, well-equipped building. A comfortable community home? t where she can live among congenial I companions, play at housekeeping in the kitchenette or do up her best lace waist in the basement laundry. What it Means to tile Girl in the Country. The get-together, pull-together spirit which comes from?countrywide organization; grade school and high school clubs; educational classes under volunteer leaders; organized play; the necessity for achieving maximum service with minimum equipment What it Means to the College Girl An opportunity for Christian leadership. What it Means to You. Happier, healthier womanhood for 3 1. J. J your aaugnier or gtairi-uaugaici. Hapiper, haelthier womanhood for the girls of your town or your city or your county. And because happier. healthier womanhood, therefore a better city, a better#nation, a better world. You have a wonderful opportunity I to hear more about this splendid work. Don't miss it. Sunday afternoon, 3:30 P. M. Methodist church. Y. W. C. A. Speaker from Colum; bia. ' ~ . j Sermon by Rev. Rice. | .r ' FUI/MER- SHELYLY. A marriage of much interest to the people of Pine Ridge was solemnized ? on Saturday January 24, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fulmer, when their daughter Beryl, became the wife of Mr. David Shealy of Little Mountain. The ceremony was performed by the brides brother, Rev. V. L. Fulmer, of Xewton, N. C., assisted by the Rev. B. L. Stroup. Entering the parlor first were Miss Iona Fulmer and Mr. Heber Shealy, Miss Marie Shealy and Mr. S. C. Fulmer Jr. and then came the bridal party. Appropriate march being played "by Miss Eula Shealy, sister of the groom. The bride wore a costume of satin anu georgette with a bridal veil. After the ceremony the young couple with friends and relatives were invited into the dining room, to a bountiful supper. The following day the bridal party and friends were invited to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shealy. parents of the groom. The bride is. a young woman of many rare traits and ' numbers her friends by the score. The groom is a leading young farmer of Little Mountain and his friends are legions. The presents were numerous. VALENTINE PARTY AT CROSS ROADS SCHOOL There will be a valentine party at Cross Roasd school house Friday evening. February 13, beginning at 7 o'clock. Oysters, etc., will be served. The public is invited to attend. A MICK-SHE ALY. On January 29. Mr. Thomas R. Shealy and Miss Addie Ainick were married by Rev. F. K. Roof of the Cedar Grove pastorate, the groom's pastor. KWYGEHT-MOXTS. < >n February 1. Mr. Collie J. I Monts end Miss Rean Swygert were j married. Rev. F. K. Roof of the Cedj ar Grove pastorate, the bride's pas; tor. performing the marriage rites. SKXATOll DIAL ILL. Washington. Felt. ?Senator X. B. Dial of Banrens is the latest member of the South Carolina delegation in congress to go down under influenza. He is confined to his home and may have to remain theref or several days. : TEACHERS ASSOCIATION TO MET7T FEB. 14. The Lexington County Teachers* Association will hold its next meeting in the court house at Lexington at 11 o'clock on Saturday, Feb. 14. Prof. J. B. O'Neal Holloway, superintendent of the Olympia Graded School, has accepted the invitation to deliver an address at that meeting on the subject of "Why there exists such lack of thoroughness on the part of the pupils in schools all over the whole country. A discussion of the j subject is to follow the address. This I will be the first opportunity afforded the teachers of the county to hear Prof. Holloway. Every teacher in the county and many patrons ought to want to hear this address on this very pertinent subject. Program Committee* REV. DANIEL P. SHUMPERT DIED THIS MORNING News reached Lexington at noon today of the death this morning of the Rev. Daniel P. Shumpert, one of the. oldest and most highly respected citizens of the Boiling Springs section. The Rev. Mr. Shumpert had reached the advanced age of 85 years, and saw service with Lee and Jackson in the War Between the States. He was a man of the highest type of citizenship, and endeared himself to all who chanced to meet him. The funeral and burial arrangements had not been perfected at the time The Dispatch-News went to press. FIRST MONDAY SALES. 1 There were not many sales held Monday, and therefore, the attendance was not very large. The following official sales were made by Clerk of Court Harmon: The Strickland lands fn Bull Swamp ; Township, containing 68 1-2 acres, brought $1,000.00, C. M. Efird, attorney, being the highest and last bidder. Two lots in the town of Irmo brought -$265-00, the buyers being F. A. Weed and O. W. Borick. Eighty-four acres in Boiling I Springs Township was sold to R. H. ' Corley for $775.00. The Rister lands in the Dutch Fork containing 131 acres, were bid in by Jonas P. Rister for $1,975. INFLUENZA TAKES LIFE CLARENDON LEGLSLATOR W. W. Johnson, member of the lower house of the general assembly from Clarendon county, died at the Baptist hospital last night at 11 o'clock from an attack of influenza developed about one week ago. The remains will be taken to Alcolu this morning on the train leaving here at 8 o'clock, accomnanied bv a commit | tee consisting- of Representatives Woods and Sprott of Clarendon, Derrick of Lexington, Jackson of Sumter and Orr of Oconee. The house adjourned out of respect to Mr. Johnson's memory last night as soon as it had been informed of the death. Mr. Johnson was in his 47th year and had been a'member^of the house since 1917. He was af irst sergeant in Company D, Second Regiment, South Carolina Volunteer infantry, in the Spanish-American war.?The State. ''Wednesday. HENRY W. KOOX PASSES AT HOME NEAR IRMO 1 1 < r . Henry W. Koon, well kiifcwn Dutch Pork farmer and popular citizen, died at his home near Irmo on Monday night, after a brief illness. Mr. Koon was about F>6 years of age and is survived by a large family connection. The reamins were laid to rest at Union Chapel church yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering of sorrowing relatives and friends. ENTKRTAIXMENT AT L<>\<; URANCH SCHOOL : The public is cordially invited to i 'attend a motion picture show, oyster j supper anil cake alk at Long Branch | school house, near New Brookland. j ; Friday night. February 13. A good 1 i time is assured all ho help in this j undertaking, the proceeds of which [go to tile benefit of the school. FISH \M> OYSTFR Sl PI'Klt!! I Given by Gilbert's school improvej ment association in the Mason Hall, i ! Feb. 13. 193U, at 7:3n o'clock, j Bring your valentine to St YalcnI t ine's post office. MISS CARRIE SLICE DEAD BY OWN ACT Stealing herself away from her loved ones and placing on her bed the shroud in which she wished to be buried. Miss Carrie Slice, aged 31 years, daughter of Mr. Walter Slice, prominent Dutch- Fork farmer, secured a 22 calibre parlor rifle early last Thursday morning and blew out her brains. Miss Slice was alone in the house at the time, her father being at the woodpile cutting wood. The young woman had finished her work of the morning, having placed the house in apple-pie order, and to v all appearances, was in the best of spirits. Hearing the crack of the rifle, Mr. Slice rushed into the house only to find his daughter lying across the floor in a pool of her own blood. The rifle was at her side. The bullet entered on the right side of the head and ploughed its way through and through. Death had been instantenous. Miss Slice had been the head of the home since the death of <her mother several years ago. Being the only daughter of the family, she was idolized by her father and brothers, and was shown every attentioh. She was loved and esteemed by every one who knew her, and no cause for th? rash act has been assigned. The funeral was conducted from, the home on Friday afternoon, in the presence of a large congregatioa of sorrowing relatives and friends, me last. sau rues uemg peiiuiuxeu ^ the family's pastor, the Rev. A. M. Carpenter. The interment was in the family plot nearby. TVVO (IOOD MEN" CRITICALLY ILL. The many friends of Mr. Martin L. Taylor will regret to learn that he is critically ill at his home near Lexington, pneumonia having developed within the last couple days. He is one of the oldest and most honored men of this section, and it is hoped that j he will be spared for many years to | come. Mr. David D. Kleckley, a well known farmer of route 1, is also desperately ill today, and grave fears are entertained for his recovery. Uncle Dave is an old Confederate soldier, and is loved and esteemed by all who know him. POPULAR YOUNG GlRJL BUD IN HOSPITALMiss Katie Bell Harman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Harman, of the Dutch Fork, and a sister to Clerk of Court H. L. Harmon, is in the Co lumbia hospital, where she has been quite ill for several days, following- an operation, which was occasioned by a severe attack of the "flu," which the young girl contracted at Winthrop, where she has been a student this session. Miss Harman is one of the most popular of the younger girls at Winthrop as well as in her homy/ town and community, and it is hoped that she will be restored soon. SHE AliY-BARTON". A very happy wedding occurred Sunday morning, January 11th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pi Shealy, of the beautiful Palmetto Farms, when their daughter, Blanche Louise, became the bride of Mr. William Barton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barton, of Aiken. The ceremony was performed by Mr. Charles Carmen, a friend of the couple, and was witnessed by a number of relatives and friends. After the ceremony they marched into the dining room where a bountiful wedding supper i was served. The little bride was never more lovely than she was or. her wedding | day in a suit of midnight blue. The ; friends of the young couple wish for ! them, a U-ng and happy life. cwnv urr i ,i\v: X .>.1 t' 1 1 V 141.1^^'. I There will bo a candy pulling ajid | other amusements at Midway school i ! house. Saturday evening, Feb. 7. at 7 1 o'clock. Everybody is cordially invited o <? ? BOX r.\RTV AND CAKE WALK. There will he a' box party, cake walk and other features of entertainment at Saxe-Gotha on next Saturday. The proceeds will go to the church fund, and everybody is cordially invited.