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,.... . } .... . ( , as I Shi? ?iapatrh-?fruta I'^ag* I v ; . .* . B^S:,5=:=^fa^==^^=^^^^=1=:a==^==:=^^^^^^::a=^^=a!S^^ S^?S^BSB*SSSariBqiM|P9BaBd'? VOLUME NO. 50. LEXINGTON. SOUTh CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1920. y NUMBER 1 J. ?*" ^ 1 - " ~ COUNTY FAIR IN WITH MAf , The 1!3<l annual fair of L?exington county opened Tuesday morning with The largest number of exhibits in years. Secretary L.caphart and his corps of assistants were rushed to the last minute Tuesday tilling c/ut entry blanks. Besides being greater in number than usual the exhibits are of a very high c|*der in nil departments. Tuosday. the opening day was children's day and while the attendance was not so largo as hail been expected, there was a good sized crowd on hand and everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves. The carnival show operating at the \ 1U3SUUT OF INQUEST INTO iUtOOKLiAN I > ACCIDENT. , i Tho. verdict of tho coroner's jury "&hich thquitad into tho death of Mr. John C. Turner, who was run over and killed last Wednesday in tho town ' of J.rooklatid when struck by a big si* Studebakor car belonging to Sheriff ;'t * J. Miller and driven by Russell Potee. \\ t3 thai, deceased "cajne to his death because of reckless driving at the hands of .me Russell Potee." The accident occurred in the town of Itrookland, just in front of the home of Rev. E. L?. Rybrand. M"r. Turner, who it is said was a little deaf, atempted to evade a motorcycle proceeding irt the direction of Rexington and stepped in front of the car being driven by Potee following the motorcycle in the- same direction. The heavy ear struck him. hurling his body about 40 feet and inflicting injuries from wliieh death resulted almost immediately. The. right leg was broken, the skull fractured and several ribs broken. Sheriff Miller happened along in a ..ft,,., tin. t .-.i <? ?..! v .?>H IUW 1/Ui.im.i uuvi V??V v. HO'."/ ? brought Potee to Lexington and lodged him in jail. Coroner Weed was on the scene in about t wo hours and empaneled a jury which reijdored the'1 verdict set out a hove. . .1 ^ Dm. l?. R. Oc-i'ser and I. I>. Hm ham testified that the injury was sufticlent to cause death. J. Mathias, who is supposed to be the only eye witness of the tragedy, testified that the automobile preceded By a motorcycle passed his house which is a few doors from the scene of the accident, at a speed of about CO or 3F> miles an hour. Mr. Turner, he said, was crossing the street, going south, while the mtorcycle and automobile were traveling west from Columbia toward Ix-xington. The wit - *!?.?* TMV Tiirn?r Vln.l itlst icoiut\ u V(K%V ui> . i 4.V . ..??>. w stepped off 'he sidewalk ar.14 when the motorcycle passed. he jumped to a position about midway between the sidewalk and the center Of the road. The automobile, which, Mr. Mathius testified, was only about tori or- 1". feet behind the motorcycle, then struck him. the witness said, emerging or throwing him for about 40 feet down the rr/ad. The negro driver .stopped his automobile about M> yards from the scent- and waited with Mr. Mathitis until Sheriff Miller, who, the negro sniu. was coming .Hist behind hirfl. arrived. W. T.,Fuller..who noticed the motorcycle dnd-aut<nnobile as they passed his hduse, two doors from the accident, alsc testified, that the. car was making *0 nifles an hour. Jim Dye. the driver of the motorcycle, however, said that be has only .traveling at about 20 or 25 miles ati licur and also testified that he. did not see Mr Turner in the street as he passed jilr. Turner, who was a native of ? Prosperity, was a carpenter hy trade unci was IUK1II) can-uuivu i i urunuland. Ho was a member of tho'feaptist qhjurc'c. Ho loaves a wife . ".'1 four children. i Potoo is a well known negro About l/exingUm and is well thought of by those who know him. He is a quiet, polite ami accommodating darkey. Ho is said to have been a splendid soldier in the world war and won several . modals. ' -4> * OVSTI0R Slfl'PKK \NI> FISH FltV The Lnuiien School Improvement league pf Oakvillo school district No. 77, Gilbert, Route 2, will give an oyster supper. Hsh fry. and other refreshments October :;o, Iwginning at o o'clock P. V Everybody invite'.. 't'iie proceed^ , ? j..,, f,,|. tn.. ,otV. nf. the se < ol ' 2' \ FULL BLAST ! IY FINE EXHIBITS grounds this year is said to ho one of the best and has numerous nttra*? tions which are affording plenty of amusement for the crowds. Wednesday and Thursday will be the big days at the fair this year, and record-breaking crowds are expocted to attend on these days. I lit* IS &UIU? IU 1HU59 I practically a ?l:iy earlier this week In I order to allow its* faithful forco some I j time for recreation at the fair. For I this reason it was found impractical to give any extended account of the : fair, but more details will be published j next week. i [ DEATH INVADES ! CI IA FIN HOME. c ' . 1 Special to The Dispatch-News. Chapin. Oct. IS.?Mrs. J. 11. Itob- C erts after being in bad health for scv- 1 oral months died at iter home at Chapin, Friday morning. She had been * suffering very much for the last few \ weeks but all that loving hands could do was of no avail. The funeral scr- 1 I vices were conducted Saturday morning, at Ix;xington. where the body was v carried for interment. The entire c family has our deepest sympathy. lie v. It. M. Carpenter and Dr. J. \V. J Kargle have returned from Virginia, where they have been attending synod. < Mrs. Claude Creoscrn of Columbia, I spent the week end with her father 4 and mother, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Stouii demiro. ' }Tr. and Mrs. Hazel Williams are ;i spehdintr a few days with Mrs. W. 13. > Williams. Hazel and his bride have ' just returned from Washington and other places of interest, where they ? have been spending their honeymoon; ' from here they wiH go to Columbia, f where Hazel holds a responsible po- i siiion with the Southern Hell Tele- t phone Company. We wish .for this youiig eoitple a long and prosperous ' life. i ; Mr. Wilbur Prick and family have * moved into the parsonage and 2U|r. s ami Airs. Hoy Fric.k will move into > the house that Mr. Wilbur Prick ! moved out of." . . fi Miss Ernestine Williams is spending i ! I a short while with her mother, Airs. Dan Oumalander. Ernestine has been spending several weeks in New York, Washington and other places of inf terest. She reports a good time on her sight seeing trip. Prom here she 1 will return to her work in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Mood Poland and 1 family spent Sunday with relatives * at Cliapin. ?" Air. and Mrs. If. H. Counts spenti Saturday night and Sunday with their I( I .. Idaught<r. Mrs. J. K. Haltiwunger. . j Mr. Pernio Heehinan of Newberry |1 | rot lego spent iho week end with his j pare nts. Mr. and Mrs. W. T\ Coeh111011. " t Mr. and Mrs. j. *A. l.ever aim i daughter t.iltiaiv. and two of their j1 friends of Columbia. spent Suuday j ' with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. (Junta lan- * der. i(l Mrs. Moie Hook of Columbia, spei?.a a the wicl; end with her parents. Xlr. 11 and Mrs. Noah Summers. I ' Mrs. Cell Htoudrmire spoilt Satur- j ? day night with her daughter. Mrs. llol-j len Counts. Miss la/Hie Stoudeinire went to j Prosperity last week, on business. Fill K.NIX * i j m iis. uoiuhcts i .'a 11> ix) k1jkt at puovirkntik <'irn:cirj Mrs. I.ula Cohorts, wife <>1' Air. .J. j It Roberts, well known t iti/.rn of Cltapin. died at her 1 urine in that town Ft iday, t ?ctoher ID, afte r a lingering illness of long duration. Mrs. Rob-1 orts. who before marriage was Miss' [hula I Tarn ion of I^exington, was well: I known hero and loved for her many j | linSuraits of character. Mr. and Mrs. 1 Uohfcrts wore married about 20 years ago atni (an- child, a daughter. Mary r.ebeofl*, aged 1.'!, is left to comfort tin- desfyato husband and father, ltesides thcfai ;i number of other relatives and a host of friends mourn her! i death. Kuni ml services were held at I'rrA-idence ohuroW, near I<c\ihgton Inst Haturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. O. H. Hhf^rouae and Rev. <". A. Freed of KbcnrVr laitheraii church, j ? + i 'nhniihin. vi' DEMOCRATS OF LEX1! NOT Do you know lhat H. P. Fuln Congress for this district is oppoa rod man, for Corngress? Do lot every one the*duty to go to the i November, and vote for the I>oui leave it for your neighbors and i to it and unless you roll up a- bij trouble in retaining his seat in ) be represented there by someone] man. . * v m : =i jEXIVGTON first to pay taxes to the statf. | For the third time during an cnlumbenecy of four years County treasurer Leaphnrt was. the lirst ounty treasurer in the state to remit o S. T. Carter, state' treasurer, for l V ? 9 20 taxes. He opened .thertax ^jook* or .collection of 1920 taxes on Friday, he 15th, at % &? m. and i>y*-9 a. m. ic posted a tetter to the Jitat<p, trcdsirer containing a check for 4266, to ^ a? credited to Lexington county. This s tlie third time Mr. Deaphart has von for this county this enviableiistinction. ' Collections the first day in 1920 vore larger than on the llrst day 6t? 919 and a greater number of taxpayers settled their dues. Judge GeorgO >. Drafts was the" first to pay liliA axci}. The total amount collected or? he' first day was $1,221.82. ^ The hooks will opeh without pen-i; Llty until the 21st day of December* ifter which date the penalty will l?p aided. County Treasurer DcaphnJt s supposed to collect tltis year $378L-; V *> no n rrntMMf OOOO OllC* OA - --- ^ - uu.u-i ao ugaiuai 1,09 IW !#? Taxes this yonr, 2or county aiSd tutc purposes will bo 3f> mills, not tuludlng special sohorol taxeSj listricts have voted additional lovlos n order trr improve their school faciliivs. Mr. L?caphart has not yet atai^ouned his itinerary to the various Itowns n the comity fur the coilectiVn of; uxtTf? Th view of the general iTeWosion prevailing as the result, p* the ow price of cotton 'these irfpir it ill trohahly bo postponed as ionjr as pes-j ible. ' . 1 Rl'CCKSSFIJIi ATTKM1T TO ItOlt RANK OF CIIAI'IN. | Safe crackers made an unsuceessul attempt to rob the bank of Chalin early last Saturday morning. Three shots" of high explosives wore da. barged in an effort to reach the trong box of the bank but the com-j ininity became alarmed and the rob- i >ers were frightened away before souring any plunder. They were seen ;oing towards Columbia. So far no lue lias been discovered to the por>ot ra tors. voTin:. < n < K ti.iiiT "]. 1920. that flay living ii\ 62n?l birthday and my wife's 60th irthduv <>n Nov. 22nd. wo will on hat day give a free to all birthday linnor. hereby inviting all kindred nd friends to come and bring a well iiioti nasKt i ami spend a day of peace nd pleasure with lis at our linnie at axe-Got ha cotton mill. J. Al. JUSTICE. TO Tills ItlOKKTtATS OF SOUTH O.AItOMNA: Tlie date of the general election is very near. There is every indication that Janiees AT. Cox will be the next 1'resilient of the United States. The Democrats of South Carolina have contributed only an average of ten cents each. This is a very small amount. Good Democratic Government should lie worth more. Please let mo appeal to every white man and woman in South Carolina to immediately make a contribution. Write a cheek today and send it to me. Dont let it 1 ?e said that the Democrats of South Carolina failed in this national crisis. ? Croat issues are at stake. The peace, happiness and prosperity of the South is involved. JOE SVAKIvS. Assistant Treasurer. Democratic National Committee. mm COUNTY TAKE ] Democratic nominee for i| letf-by a Republican nominee, a coline?JipprcBK upon you each and oils on Tuesduy the 2nd day of O&rntlc. nominee for Congress. Don't friends for they might not attend *? * . * - W ? ?, majority for him he may have . ' . Vashington. and you might possibly * j * vaii .In nnt r?'ivr. fi\ i.a x-.vii%* onn1.Au. ! C. Mi JESF1RD. > ? County Chairman. ( - j. 1 '?<\TEffllUIM3 XEWS. . , ? :(T !|v Vrajb-y" ''/yy. . , UatQHburg, Oct. 19.?A mar luge Of t unusual interest to their many friono.. ' in town occurred last Thursday after- < noop at 3 o'clock iVhen Miss Allcne 1 Orifffn and Mr. Wilbur ?ook were 1 mj^Viod. t?i<- ceremony being per- < formed by Di\, E.v Pen^tflctod Jones, < 'pastor of the First Hap'is t church, t thy home of the bride's sister, kfrs. < B. Ballcntinc, in the presence of < cjpTy "a few friends and relatives. The ^ happy >couple' left immediately for Washington and other points north J a nil will be at home to their friends ' tUp'.Batesburi about November 1. |; ^rQeorge W. I>ungford, supervisor of j Saluda county, da having the roads on , j."tlx> Saluda side leading into Bates- ( Ttaferg put in first class condition, sWhlcli is appreciated by tlic travel- 1 Mhg <frublic. ^ 1 ft Dr. Boldrige K. Kncoce. formerly [>Of Batesburg but now a practicing . yphysician in Columbia, lias been in ^ for the past ^fow (lays attending [ to matters of business. He will leave | for New York in a day or two, where ho will take a post graduate course in medicine and surgery. . Dr. W. Price Timmermai), .wihdif'hns been taking a.special 'coarse surgery at a Medical college in Chicago tho past f%w weeks, will return liomo In a four days. He Is interested. In tho Lcesville hospital and it is largely 1 through his efforts that the. IvOBDital - -Ljr -j ? ? i as' been made a success. 7* t Mr. Henry ^fJaughman of* Cdlumspociab^isefat of. thd ^buthaw^ I railway company, was here on husi- ' .^Csa Friday. 11 ^ is a sou of Hon. Banks It. Caughman. a former mem- 1 . her. of the Railroad commission of the state, and senator from Saluda county. Mrs. Ransom If. Timmcrman has 1 been confined to her bed for several days. Ilcr friends will bo glad to ' learn that her condition is improving. 1 Hunter Ridgeli, an enterprising ' young bns'ness man of Saluda, was in ' town Friday afternoon. T. J. liikard left Saturday *o* 1 Kichinont, where he \? i 1 spent several ?!.tys on .j?*?i*KSs F. H. Hartley, a well known husi! v < ness man Pellon, was in tow n Friday. t ii ..n t ...ii ..r_ I tcrnoon from a business trip lo John- ' I ston. ' Frances, tin yootig daughter of Mr. 1 and Mrs ('. Wise lias reeove cd from an nr.'y,ck of typhoid fever and ' will soon lie able to resume her .- n.Res ^ ill school. ' Air. and Mr.-. llebor f la 11 in I inn of Johns'. v;: Jtod relatives in tnv.o la.-U 1 week. ! Miss Kate Galium was in Sumter ' I as J. wti'ii as tlie. representative of the ' Federated clubs fram this town. Rev. Rouis J. Uristow of Abbeville, was a reri-nl a nest <>f i ?? . to. Pontile- 1 ton Jones. v ? Mrs. R. K. Rutland and children ' are visiting relatives in Texas the for- 1 ir.cr home of Mrs. Rutland. Mrs. Rucilc Itoylston of Columbia, ' 's spending u few days with Iter par- : ents. Air. and Mrs. J. W. Cornier. li \RI>l\<; IHXJRAKFS FOR 1 F>?,UAR ItAOIATi RIGHTS. 1 SI I.FXCF (iHFKTS RI'.M.VKlvS : t Fair Grounds, Oklahoma City, , ( ) U" 1 ' l f t O ..'I'll A nnfriei liinuf 1\n given tho same rights as the white man. Warren (5. Harding declared on | the borderland today. There was dead silence in the rno- j mentary pause that followed. ( "I believe in equality before the law. he said. "You can't give nno right to the white man and deny the same right to the black man. ('But that does not mean that the white man and the black man must lie forced to associate together in the acceptance of their rights," he added. Harding's statement was in reply to questions printed in a local Democratic paper asking how Harding stood on Jim Crow laws. SCHOOL TRl ARE URGEt MEETIN t' Fair progress is being madQ in t Lexington county in soliciting of 3ub- 11 icrlptions for the export corporation ' vhlcli'is now being formed nn' C?v^ ' . uispices of the American ,v?n As- p sociation. but much remains to be 1; lone beforo the county subscribes the o 'ull amount which represents the t piota which it should take in this cor- v soration. Mr. George C. Price hhs a ibcured a good many subscriptions, e lomc of them quit& substantial, but he total amount far subscribed e 'alls far below what is expected of d ^exington county.' In order that r ivery one in the county may liavo an ]< jpportunlty to subscribe for stock in ;he corporation, the chairman of cv;ry-board of school trustees in the t county is urged to call a meeting at t NEWBERRY OOLJjEGE NOTEis S Newberry, Oct. 19.?Work is progressing nicely at Newberry College uul prospects arc very bright for this ;o be one of the best years in the his- ? .cry of the institution. All the boys c ttave returned with a spirit that * "Greater Newberry" is to be realized. * Y Ml reiMtrtls have been smashed in the '.otal number of students enrolled at j Lho college this scsion. The present C enrollment is 270. This does not in- r dude those who are doing post-grad- r nate work and there are quite a tlum- li ber who are following this course of f 5tudy. j The new boarding hall has been i finished and the hoys are now eating n there. The lower floor of the Car- s negic building has been fitted up for c this purpose and it is a great im- i provement over the old boarding hull, a which una nc/t large enough owing to s te Utcrowed number of students. The t eiutte rrl^^gf^Tullding has been i thoroughly overhauled and it is pow c v * r modern and up-to-date in every way, r including Obnm heating and warm i and cold shower baths. Besides con- a tabling the boarding hah. ine build- -"? ing is fised as a dormitory for the ' boys and also includes a neat apart- 1 ment of several rooms, which is the t homo of Mrs. Haltiwanger?"The t pther Mother" of the boys, who has i been their much beloved matron for a a inmber of years. The worn or reno- a rating the Carnegie building has cost ?' :he college about $20,000. f Quite a number of the students attended the meeting of the Outheran 1 Voiing People's Fcdoraion at Camer- v jti, S. P., October 8-11. President Per- > rick and Pr. Gotwalt of the faculty d were also present. s I'resident S. J. Perrick is attending ? the meeting of the Joint Synod of the i United Butheran cliurch of America t : >i .A fv -- ? ill ?? ?i?MI Jilj*t<MI, li. Lliia WUBR. 1 >r."ami Mrs. \V. K. Gotwalt have ^ moved into the building formerly used \s the college hoarding hnll. They have lived out in town some distance from the college since Dr. Gotwalt ^ llrst come to Newberry more than a yetir ago ti> take up his work as a ' member of the faculty. The students 0 ?rr glad to have them on the campus 11 nut extend thorn a cordial welcome into their new ht/uie. The fotliall team of the college de Coated the Wofford eleven last "Friday ifternoon hy the score of 0 to 7 in an * interesting contest. The Indians ' >ut played tin- Methodists throughout s most of tlie game and it was evident* hat tin- best team won. The Iaither- 1 ins put one of the best players out of *' he Methodist team, TurnLpseecl. Newberry will play Krskine liere Friday tnd it is expected that a good game 1 , ... , , ..... . t k>. 111 iM- siagou iit'iwcon uie iwo teams, ~ The Ycrung People's Society of the 0 Lutheran church or the Redeemer r ?uve a reception Monday night in honor of the faculty and students of 1 the college. The evening was very *' much enjoyed by all the guests. P. | WEEK'S CHyPTON MA It KIM'. 1 (Quotations furnished by Lexington Cotton and Fertilizer Co.) Middling Itasis. C rhursday, October 14 20 l-2c r Friday, October 15 20 l-2c u Saturday, October 16 21 c f Monday. October 18. 19 c 1 Tuesday. October 19 18 c f JSTEES ) TO CALL IGS FRIDAY he dchool in his district on Friday il&lit week, October 22, at .. uo the people should come> lOpared to take as much stock as ossiblc. These chairmen are urgeht y requested to speakers for tfic ccasion, but not bo able a pet. them, th?&jra&uld communicate rlth Chalmera^i^wesslngor at once nd ho will do his best to send speak rs to as many places as possible. It is pointed out that in order to be ffecttvo this corporation must get un' > ier way at the very earliest possible iioment. . There is no time to be }St. . Remember to go to your school touso Friday night and bo prepared o take stock in the exports corpora- . ion. 1 1 ' T iTATE FAIR OPENS ON MONDAY NEXT. Next week the streets of Colurtxbia vill be crowded with representatives rom all sections of the state, oo$ae-$o he opening or the 3tate fair. Numer>us preparations are being made fcrr he coming fair and the prospects axe hat it will be the best that has been leld in 20 years. The state fair is always an event ooked forward to eagerly by South 'arolina's populace. Every day worios, mental and physical ills, disap. oihtniBnts, troubles and dignity are aid aside for this once. It Is looked orward to with a poorly disguised oy by grownups and a hilarious exuberance by the youthful. Fathers mrt mothers talk out loud about live tock and fancy work, while they Iream with secret delight o? the ningled sound of men's and women's ind children's happy voices, of the unell of "hot dogs" cooking and the aste of lemonade, of tha bumping ntb folks and turning tmiund'sucilenly to find friends, of the dirt and ioisc and happy tiredness that is like to other, kind cf dirt and happiness ind tiredness; .college girls and boys Cai t, with jubilation that. they;. . sn* going to the fair," listen absently'.to ectures on the educational value of his or that exhibit, and cuddle to Uemselvea the thought that Jack or Elizabeth will be there; children talk ml think simultaneously of pop corn iu? balloons and a merry-go-round. Vnd the football fans can hardly wa>. or Tliucstiay Exhibits are. coming in encouragingv for the f'i!r Thev nro fn i- in ev. ess so far of the exhibits tor many ears. There will be attractions by lay and by night and all over- the tute inch and their wives, children, authors, sisters and sweethearts are linking eager preparation to attend he state fair. I IIS. VIOL/A KJKAKD DEAI> AFTER I/OXG IIJiNESS. Mrs. Minnie Viola Rikard, wife of dt. Hobo Riknni of Retl Da^k. died Yiday. October in. at the liaptistlospital in Columbia, after an illness if,several weeks. Mrs. Rikard was l beloved Christian woman, whose leatli brought sad no ess to a large irole of relativeos and friends. She vtiis l>efore rnr.rriagf Miss Minnie r'iola Shirey and was l>orn June 8, S90. making her age at the time of ler death JO years, four months and even days. Shu leaves a husband nri one child, an infant, a mothei. wo brothers and four sisters, besides l host of relativccs and friends. She cas an earnest Christian woman and cfdre her death expressed her readiicses ami willinKness to die and faced hpr reat unknown with calmness born mly of high Christian oourapc. Funeral services were held at the ted Dual: Union church, conducted >y the Rev. Messrs. Whaley and Funlerhnrk. The following acted as pall(oarers: I>. B. Waits, John Pound, 'ervy Kelly, Andrew^ Roland. Wad?* look. F>inr.kne> Fry. A. 11. Ooodwin. V KIV 3 *01 /ICMVLVN. Mr. Sam E. Taylor of the Hollow 'reek section has been appointed town ruirshal for tho town of Lexington .nd has assumed t,he duties of his of* ice. Mr. Taylor has purchased a mine in Lexington and will move his amily here at an early date. ?