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^Kf||jf^^ ' LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1921. NUMBER 15. 4
HAPPENINGS OF
f iN STA
Wr.^olumbia, Feb. 1.?As predicted in
B&&3 coluimi last week little of gre*at
Mp&portance was accomplished in the
p&gislature the past week. ConsiderBM&ble:
time being necessarily devoted
-elections, Chief interest in these
HPpektered in the race for associate jusBP|ee
^of the supreme court, in which
K; Hpn./t. P. Cothran of Greenville, was
successful candidate.
BS^ The race for chief game warden
Kv;iaesulted in the selection of A. A.
Br;Tfcichardson, former game warden.
K?CTade Hampton Gibbes, the present
warden, was not a candidate.
?/A. K. Sanders was reelected superin^^endenb^of
tie pehittentiary.
The usual week-end recess was
taken by the legislature Friday last,
'^londars of both houses I
!beginning . to be well filled with
of more or less importance,
interesting hearing was held bethe
senate committee on agricullast
week, participated in by I
citizens of Horry county,
desire to have their county reunder
free, range conditions.
county has always remained j
>t from the general provisions
r stock. The 1920 legislature
(d a law putting the county une
fence law to begin January of j
j?uv-a,nd some Citizens are com- j
lg bitterly of the law and ask I
returned 'to free range condi- j
In- view of the fight to eradi- J
kttle ticks and hog cholera they j
e denied their request for free!
iction is being made that the i
week will complete the hear- ^
the general appropriation .bill j
at the measure is likely to be J
ced in the house about the '
February. If this is done ad- :
?nt may be had within the 40- '
||;<Iay limit, which will expire c>atu*ua?>, ;
|ipF?bruary 19.
^ 'Up to. the-present few bills of state- {
Nyidc 'interest have been passed, but
there- are many of them on both cal- j
?f endars. Among the more important of
& these may be mentioned:
Senate Bills. j
Mr. "Wishtman's bills to abolish the j
5, tax commission, the board of public '
fcwelfare and the highway commission, j
lp and tp reduce -the salaries of all j
jFjcoiihty, andx state officers, twenty per j
r cent. All of these have unfavorable
re-reports.
fe" Senator Johnstone's bill to prohibit
planting more than one-third of land :
tended in cotton, returned by com- 1
mittee without recommendation.
Senator Johnstone's hills relating;
>to firearms and providing imprison- j
foment and not fine for liquor law vio
K lators, both of which were reported '
.favorably.
^ Senator Christensen's bill to pro- j
" vide for women voting in primary:
j
elections, reported favorably.
?=
r TAKE 1
'
(To all Cotton Growers of this Co
5
Restricted exports of Ameri<
tion by American mills has res
price of cotton and in the accui
staple all over the South. The o
stop producing cotton on a norm
world are able to operate on a i
should plant more than one-thin
Jin 1921. Production of cotton
per cent, so that not exceeding s
_
. in 1921. Any other policy will b<
suffering and continued financial
including farmers, merchants and
r? . of- the entire civilized world is 1<
past one hundred years, as a res
? 1 clysm. following the four years
World War and sacrifice of huma
|> . Large farmers who are hold
prices, should plant no cotton on
y not plant to produce in 1921 moi
tion of cotton in 1920. Quit th
| produce abundant supplies of coi
nuts and other lood crops. Raise
home one year and economize.
?-/ will result in putting: the price oi
|v?. will make Southern farmers inde;
f' smoke-houses.
|r.. A half crop of cotton in 1!>
E* Another large acreage in cotton \
aster, wreck and ruin. Sign the
ah ' and get in lin to. protect your ho
H \ of the South. Don't be a slackei
H'? ; to th<- world that Southern man In
??< ; emergency which, confronts them
k: /. THE AMERICA C
St. Matthews, S. C\. January
Rn .
WEEK I
TE LEGISLATURE
j
Senator J. H. Johnson's bill provid- j
ing for heavy fine for carrying con- !
cealed weapons, with an unfavorable
report.
A bill by Representative Jackson,
which has already passed the house
and has a favorable report in. the
senate, designed to repeal Sec. 659 of
the Code whicn requires ?. UKJCLL U. iv |
be placed at the top of every wire
fence built within 50 feet of ,a public,
highway.
A bill by Senator Rodgers to establish
a censorship of moving pic'
tures.
A bill by Senator Ragsdale to give
county authorities more voice in the
expenditure of the two-mill road tax
and the automobile license tax, re|
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ported unfavorably. '
Senator Johnstone's bill to provide
for reduced licenses for trucks used
solely for farm purposes.
House Bills.
Among the more important house
bills to come up for discussion is one
to provide for paying a deficit of
about $140,000 created by the state
(superintendent of education is construing
the act giving state aid for
| teachers' salaries in such a way as
to give what practically amounts to
;back pay.to some teachers. A strong
I fight is being waged against this bill,
j Other bills of more or less interest
on the house calendar may be summarized
as follows:
! To provide for women voting in all
elections.
To exempt women from jury duty.
To prohibit state and county officers
from expending more than appropriated.
Tli? bill. which is
fathered by Representative Buckingham
of Aiken, provides for the re- :
rtoval of any officer viojating its pro- j
visions.
\
To abolish truant officers in a great
many counties.
To require cotton mills to stop one
hoar for dinner.
To make notes for purchase money
of automobiles a first lien.
To abolish pool roomn.
To amend the state prohibition law
to conform with the national law^
To fix a minimum wage for women.
Tax Extension.
Nothing definite has yet been done
in regard to the extension of time for
payment of taxes. Both the senate
and house have passed such bills, but
their provisions are different and
they will have to be reconciled in
some way. which has not so far been
done.
Governor Cooper, w.vo has all along I
been opposed to an extension, on the
ground that the State would not be
able to meet its obligations, thus impairing
its credit, is reported by the
daily press as being willing to carry
his opposition to the print of vetoing
any such resolution.
NOTICE |
>untv:
^an cotton and limited consumpulted
in great depression in the
nulation of large supplies of the
nlv solution of the problem is to
tal scale until the spindles of the
normal basis. No cotton farmer
d of his cultivated land in cotton
this year must be decreased 50
ix million bales will be harvested
i suicidal and will result in untold
disaster to the entire cotton belt.
: bankers. The purchasing power
nver than it has been during the
;ult of the present financial cateof
enormous expenditures of the
n life.
ling their 1920 crop for higher
their lands in 1921. Others should
re than one-half of their produc
e cotton game uu uut- on cmv*
:*n, oats, hay, peas, potatoes, peahogs,
cattle and poultry. Live at
Such a policy, if strictly enforced,
' cotton back to living values and j
pendent of Western c-orncribs and ;
t
I
21 means financial independence. Vi
vill mean continued financial dis- ~
cotton aciaage reduction pledge
me and the entire business future ^
in this hour of peril, but prove ij
>od can meet and overcome every 8'
:UTTOX ASS( K'lATK >X.
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DAN WATTS KILLED j!
BY OWN GUN
Well Known Young Man of
Gaston Section Found
Near Home Dead
From Wound.
Dan Watts, aged about 24, son of
Sam Watts, a well known farmer liv- |j
ing about five miles from Gaston, was I
accidentally killed last Friday afternoon
while out hunting. The gun ']
which he had carried with him was ;
found lying beside him, unbreached '
with one discharged shell and one
loaded shell lying beside it. Just how ;
;the accident occurred will never be !;
j known, but it is supposed that Mr. '
(Watts had lowered the gun to the
I
ground and in so doing had struck
the hammer in some way and dis- :
charged the piece. The load entered
through-the mouth, ranging upJward
and destroying one eye, pene*"
- A r. o f
trating ine Drain anu wuoi llt> ucam. I
The young man's clothes were powder
burned.
First reports received in .Lexington
were to the effect that the young man '
had been murdered, having been shot
in the back by unknown parties. Sheriff
Roof was phoned for and asked to
bring bloodhounds to the scene. He
and his deputy, H. Cromer Oswald,
quickly repaired to the scene, accompanied
by Dr. G. F. Roberts. Upon
their arrival on the scene it was soon
learned that young Watts met his <
death accidentally. The physical facts
were such that it would have been
impossible to arrive at any other conclusion.
The family was so thoroughly
satisfied of this that no inquest
was held.
Mr. Watts left home Friday afternoon
to go hunting. The family became
alarmed when he did not return
at nightfall, but only a desultory
search was made until Saturday
morning, when the dead body was
located about half a mile from the
ihome.
Besides his mother and father
J young Watts is survived by several
(brothers and sistcjrS ttnd a large circle
of friends. He was a young man of
exemplary character and was popular
in his community. Funeral services
/
were held at Sa'ndv Run Baptist
church Sunday, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Mr. Whaley and attended
by a large crowd of sorrowing friends.
WOLCOTT-RIXG CO..
JtlftUfi w.i i' r<?> 1. 01 n.
The fourth number on the current
lyceuru course will come to the Lexington
school auditorium on next
Tuesday evening. February 8th. at
eight o'clock, at which time Mr. Lu
Ring and Miss Helen Louise Wolcott
will give to music lovers a real treats j
Mr. Ring is a lyric tenor of national
reputation and a violinist of marked
ability. Miss Wolcott is a soprano
of wonderful range ol' many years experience
in lyceum work and a recognized
dramatic reader of great power
and expression.
Together they form a forceful lyceum
team and their visit to Lexington
is looked forward to with keen interest
l?y all patrons ol the course
and is an unusual opportunity for the
people generally to hear a concert by
real artists.
The curtain will rise promptly at
eight o'clock and it is respectfully '
requested by the Lyceum committee
of those desiring: to attend that they '
be seated by that time.
As usual, prices for adults will be
seventy-five cents, children thirty-five.
ORCHARD DEMONSTRATIONS j
FOR THIS COUNTY
Under the management of Mr. Geo.
P. Hoffman of Clemson College, assisted
by J. W. Shealy, county agent,
orchard demonstrations will be held
as follows: A. G. Smith's farm, Edmund,
February S, at 10 o'clock.
Rosco Caughman's residence, Lexington.
morning of February 0. 10
o'clock.
Craps' store, afternoon February
9, '1 o'clock.
Mrs. (.loo. Hays' resMviu-c. February
10, at 10 o'clock.
'Wo arc very anxious for the farmers
of those communities to attend ,
these meetings and be instructed howto
care for both home and commercial
orchards. We are using this
means in getting this information to ,
the people, as it. will be impossible
.'or us \ < visit aeh home.
.1. W. SHEALY.
County Agent. j
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SLEET STORM j
DOES DAMAGE!
Telephone Service Seriously
Crippled?Fences and
Forests Damaged.
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The heavy fall of sleet and the 1
freeze accompanying it which struck ;
Lexington last Tuesday evening ]
wrought considerable damage to tele- i
phone poles and wires, to wire fences
a.nd to the forests. Out of a total of
GOO telephones on the Lexington exchange
switchboard practically 300 ,
were put temporarily out of commission
and it required herculean efforts
on the part of the management
to get things back in shape again.
About two hundred poles along the
rural lines were felled by the burden '
of ice and sleet. Many of these, however,
have been replaced and while
the) service is still not quite up to normal,
it is vastly better and is improving
daily.
Heavy damage to wire fences and
to pine forests is reported throughout
different parts of the county, while
the roads, particularly in the clay
country, have been left in bad fix by
the melting ice and sleet.
Weather reports show that this was.
one of the heaviest falls of sleet ever
recorded in this section, though more
ice and. considerable' lower temperatures
were experienced in the winter j
Of 189S. |
Considerable inconvenience was experienced
in the town of Lexington
Wednesday night by reason of the
failure of the light plant, owing to
weather conditions, but the damage
was promptly repaired and the lights
were on as usual Thursday^hight.
The only apparent good from the
severe spell was the fact that maybe
some boll weevils were frozen to
death, but when it is considered that
each one of these varmints is responsible
for an offspring of three
million a few mote or less left over
will make little difference.
From the upper part of the state
reportsj-come of a tremendous snow.
In Cherokee county as much as eight
inches of snow fell, while in Charlotte,
X. C\, it is said that the snow
storm was sc severe at times that a
person could see only a few feet, in
front of him.
PLAY POSTPONED UNTIL
THIS FRIDAY NIOIIT
Tile )>lav, "The Minister's Wife's
New Donnett," which had been advertised
for last Friday owning', was
postponed until Friday night, February
4, on account of the bad weather
last week. The play is being given
for the benefit of the Main Street M.
E. church, Columbia, by Mrs. It. A.
WavriP's Sunday school class, and the
maragement of the play states that
it will be given this coining Friday
night regardless of weather conditions.
The price of admission will be
50 cents for adults and 25 cents for
children. Tickets can be had at several
of the stores in Lexington.
MILLER'S TRANSFER CO.
IN NEW QUARTERS
Ex-Sheriff Sim .J. Miller has opened
up a transfer and repair shop in the
building next to Meetze & Son's store,
and is endeavoring to give tin- best
possible service to his patrons and
friends. answeiMng all calls. either (lay
or night.
Mr. Miller will in a few days be
prepared to do all kinds of expert re- j
pairing on automobiles, having already
purchased an up-to-date equipment.
His telephone Xos. are shop,
127. residence 161.
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SAXK-GGTHA DOTS.
The health of this little town is j
vvrv good at present.
Mr. and Mrs. G. I!. "Wilson ami Mr.
and Mrs. I). I!. Horry spoilt Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Corloy.
Miss Pansy Taylor spoilt Sunday
with Miss Claudia Hendrix.
Mrs. .J. Carrie IJailoy of Columbia
dined with Mis. .1. C. Hailov Sunday.
Miss Ethel Atkins spent Saturday I
night with Miss Claudie Hendrix.
Misses Elina iiay and Sarah Clark
spent Sunday with Miss Tiiolma Itawl.
Mr. Voyt Taylor dined with. Mr.
Quintan Shirey Sunday.
Miss Pernio Hay and Mary Goodwin
spent Saturday night with. Mrs. j
E. L. Taylor of Lexington.
Miss Claudie lleiairix gave sing-j
ing and an old time rak- walk Satur- '
day rigid.
SEARCH SOUTH (
FOR QUEEN i
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Who will represent Lexington
county in the contest for Queen of
Palmafesta (Palmetto State Festival)
to be held in the capital city March
27 to April 2? By means of a popular
voting contest through local
newspapers during the next four
I
weeks, candidates will be chosen
from every county in South Carolina
who will go to Columbia as the guests
of the Palmafesta Association, which
organisation will defray all expenses,
including railroad transportation,
hotel bills and entertainment. The
young women will be chaperoned by
prominent Columbia society folks and
will feature in a week of entertain
I
ment and social gayety which promises
to rival the famous New Orleans
Mardi Gras. During the week an
election will be held in Columbia to
determine the most attractive and
popular young woman from among
the delegates assembled from the
various counties. The winner of this
contest will be proclaimed Queen of
Palmafesta. and will be awarded a
grand prize consisting of a complete
Spring trousseau of the finest apparel
obtainable. One of the leading moving
picture companies will film the |
queen and her entire court, and this
specially selected galaxy of South
Carolina beauties will be sent far and
wide via the movie screen to advertise
the Palmetto State.
Palmafesta is to be an annual
Spring event, held in the capital city
for the entertainment of all the peo- ;
VOTING '
Queen of
IWJOIALKST.V
o The Dispatch-News.
Gentlemen:
.My choice.for Queen I'a.lmafe
Name
Address
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lion to This Newspaper counts 100
LOCAL PRODUCTION
succ
The Japanese (lirl visited Lexington
on last Monday evening and held
a delightful public reception in the
school auditorium where, through
her Oriental charm and native grace
and the attractiveness of her associates,
she endeared herself and
friends to the townspeople and numbers
of their neighbors from the surrounding
country who had gathered
for the occasion.
To say that the show given by the
Lexington girls was a marked success
is but to tell the truth without imbellishmcnt.
The whole performance
was characteristic of the smoothness
and precision with which a well j
trained team functions, and at no
time was there a single hitch or a
loose cog to interfere with the con- ,
tinuity ol action.
O Hanu San, Miss Caro Etird. very j
effectively portrayed the part of a !
Japanese girl of position, her two J
cousins, O Kitu San and O Kayo j
San, found faithful and full imper- J
sonation in Misses Ernestine Dana* !
i
ancl Hattie Dec* Wingard. and there
could have been no more loyal and
attentive servant than Chaya. Miss j
Sara Mildred Derly.
The Twinns. two chic and adven- j
ttiresome American girls. Misses '
Pcarlc Caughman and Cecil Havre. !
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traveling1 in Japan with their "one !
hundred per cent." Ameriean govei - :
ness. Miss May Dois Boozer, naturally
found a warm place in the heart >;'
the andienee both b? cans'* < :' tlmir
impressive impersonations ami t account
of tin* ready appeal of :ln* parts .
they played.
And to balance the east and keep
ill" ;h-me from being ?<?o ji*ytnily
tiler*,*;. 1 ; ud unreal. Mr. .i. A. D.trre
was wilfully sombre and \ my serious
i;i his impersoTia.tiai; of ten* Mikado.
:arolina
of palmafesta r.
pie of South Carolina. It will be a
week of many and varied attraction?.
* "* * ? Al r* i. _ i. ^ ...1^ a nnf AmAViiltk
including xnp oune-vwuc auwiuvu*^
show exhibiting the late models of
cars, trucks and tractors; the spring
style show, featuring the latest creations
from the realm of fashion by
professional models to be imported
from New York for the occasion:
daily band concerts by one of America's
premier musical organizations;
floral, trades, automobile and baby
parades; fetes, dances, social events
and special attractions at all theatres,
with nightly exhibits of fireworks in
which will be featured specially designed
set pieces depicting important
events in South Carolina history. The
!
auto show, style show and fireworks,
display will be staged at the State
Fail- Grounds.
In order to secure the- most popular
iyoung woman in Lexington County as
candidate for Queen of Palmafesta.
there is printed below a popularity
voting coupon which is to be filled out
and mailed as per instructions contained
therein. Voting coupons will bi
printed in each issue of this newspaper
up to and including the issue
of March Oth, at which time the votes
(will be counted and announcement of
jthe winner made. There will be no
restriction upon the number of vote's
loach person may cast. Every coupon
.clipped from this newspaper is good
| for one vote, and a yearly, either nets
or renewal, paid in advance subscripjtion
will count 100 votes.
rorpoN . |
Palmafesta
Yearly, Paid-in-miva nee Sub'KTipvotes.
WAS
ESS IN EVERY WAY
; DCSS.
The choral \v?ah was unusually
good and some of the girls were so
j featured that when correctly made
|t:p and costumed, as they were, there
'seemed to have been a real transfori
*
i mation into little tipping", bowing,
'smiling Japanese.
! To single out any part of the peri
l'ormanee for special mention would
be in a sense to do injustice to the rejtnai.nder
of the show, so suffice it to
j say that it was effectively staged,
'prettily costumed, and very delight [fully
and impressively rendered. It
[is probably the most pretentious projduction
the local girls have ever atitemnted.
and to sav thnt it \m<s
I
Inently successful in even the minutest
I
detail is only just and proper.
Miss Essie Efird added greatly to
I the occasion by her artistic work at
I the piano. And to Mrs. Jno. D. Carroll
is due recognition for the training
of the cast, the general production
iof the operetta, and for the idea?for
it was she who first suggested having
a performance for the benefit of the
JLegicn, and the fulness of her
[thoughtful preparation for it was
abundantly obvious last Monday evening.
The tidy sum < : ' 0 1 was realized
from the play and turn.' d over to the
Legion, less expenses.
VALENTINES PARTY AT
STYX'S SCHOOL HO I'M-:
There will be a Valentino's party,
fish fry. and other amusement at Conga
roe school. Styx. Saturday night.
February 1J. beginning at 'l:3u ?velOeU.
HON IIF.l it Cl.ni.
M "s. A. D. Martin a.nd Miss Annie
Lo*j Taylor wii! entertain the [{on
H'-ur club Friday afternoon at 4 o*<
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