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v ' " i Mp; (the ?) b u at r h - :Xnus I ? . . * J1 ' ^ , __. 1?__ ft. ::,IL. ifT''"-'",, / IFYINCTON. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1921. NUMBER 37. **??? *TO ' C1 * J RURAL POLICEMAN I fegifc Rural Policeman Asbill,' failing- ir 3E3? v r . * effort to stopt Dr. Rice B. Harmon SfcR: "'* proprietor of: th^ Harmon Drug Com?3b/vpany, Lexington. oh?the road to Co lun*bia on the afternoon of th( |Ki. fourth* sent a bullet flying after him ;* ' ' which by a lucky chance defle<^tec * ?*- back of Dr. Har B^^when it ~sxia*cxv. Hp?,.' mon's Buick roadster. Mr. Olir Bp: 'Price was ridingr with Dr. Harmor and might easily have been the vie of the a|iot had the bullet strucl |g?. j[ust a few inches further to the left j^T'-"'The road wds crowded with holidaj traffic at the; ,thne. ;pL;. From the mV>st reliable account; Bf" - obtainable, it seems that Dr. Harmor Bi 'was going to Columbia to attend th< laying of the cornerstone of the Ma sonic temple atid was pushing alon? g to get to the ?apital City in time foi the exercises. Rural Policemei Preshley and Asbiil were located or highway looking for speeders ii Scholarships p examination; BfifejlTLY 8 IS DATE FOR SCHOLAR feg; SHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMIXAYIONS?SEVERAL VAI CANCLES TO BE FELLED. ^;^'The" Clemson College scholarshij I entrance examination will b< gWl&d next Friday, July 8th, beginning at 9 a. m., according to an made yesterday by Jul I mis E. Sharpe, superintendent of edu 5^ Ration. There are ' four four M Sggar. scholarship^' and one one Bfl^^^iftaiPsscholarship. The young men o ton. county "are urged to tak? ^^p'^Mfl^antage of this oportunity to se an education in this great in '/.There is one scholarship to the Cit I Bl this year and this examinatioi v>., I prill be held July 8th, beginning at ! I O'clock. This is the Military! Col Of South Carolina and a grea tThe College of Charleston offers ; ^^jjfor~year scilolarshih that pays tui I ran only. This is an old college wit! phigh standing and some young ptian ought to grasp this opportunity HM^feamination will be held on Jul; |The entrance examination to tlv I Kfersity of South Carolina will b I |[on July 8th, at 9 a. m. Then I |p?. vacant scholarships but thos enter must stand the ex HAVE BARBECUE school. The trustees y * * ^^HEPfrDB FELLOWS TO MEET. Ik anniversary sale. V* " ja?d bargains in goods of qual I. Bvery^item is guaranteed t<? 1m FIRES SHOT T DR. RICE B. HARMON ? .* . i an'-.effort to round up such persons as, were guilty of breaking the law. As Dr. Harmon went l?y him, Mr. Freshley signaled to Mr. Asbill. The latter " I attempted to wave? T r. Harmon down. J j When Dr. Harmon p.r.i-1 no attention I tc the signal {to stc-rr Policeman Asj I bill sent a flying f-ht t after him, striking the rear end oi the automob le. The ^bullet made a considerable 1 dent in the metal back, but fortuni ately it struck a part which slanted . j of" and was therebv defected to the . j l.ght of the car. Had it struck a few - ? au ^ inches further to the left, wnere mc body slants up instead of to the right, r the consequences might have b#en very s.erious. 5 The affair has created considerable l discussion and many people, thoroughly in sympathy with the effort to enforce-'the speed laws, are freely expressing their criticisriy.pf indiscriml inate shooting on the road, .particur larly on a holiday, when the traffic i is greater than usual. i It is understood that Dr. Harmon i f will seek redress in the courts. . > . , > - ' i ii ?? | OVER FOUR MILLIONS AVAILABLE ON FARMS. i . !j Columbia. June 27.?Customers of J\ his company are ready at this time to j lend approximately $4,500,000 in 1 South Carolina on choice farm lands, - according to Charles H. Barron, president of the Carolina Bond and Mortgage Company of Columbia. Applications for loans are -invited by the company, he said. Mr. Barron said yesterday that the ^ bringing of this large amount of out| aide money into the state would be of 6 I wonderful assistance .at this time, as * funds will be required soon by the - farmers for the harvesting of crops. "Heretofore," said Mr. Barron, "The farmers have secured the bulk of the money needed during July, August and September* for gathering and " marketing their crops from their lo? cal banks. An unusual situation ex3 ists at the present time in that a large portion of the money borrowed from the banks for harvesting the 1920 crops is still unpaid, and the banks in South Carolina will find it difficult in 1 the present situation to finance the ? coming crop. I believe that with the assistance which our customers are I t offering the state that our crop can be gathered and marketed." Mr. Barron said that since January 1 x I 1, his company had loaned on farm-j in th#> state approximately) | llig iUHUO **? V..v ? _ . r $2,500,000. "I am somewhat proud | , of this record," he said "when it is j r considered that the Federal land-bank I covering North and South Carolina, | Georgia and Florida has only loaned e approximately $500,000 in the four | e states and although I understand they j e have on hand now applications for loans approximating $32*000,000 they) have available for distribution in the j four states within the near future only 1 about $3,000,000."I. In addition to hangling farm loans, the Carolina Bond and Mortgage e Company has bought and paid for j ^ school, county, road and municipal j - bonds approximately $4,900,000 since ' l- the first of the year. 7 i t ? ? + 9 A DAY OF PLEASURE. e _ I The children and. grandchildren oft Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Steele, who live! I 6 miles west of Lexington had a real j (old time barbecue on Monday, July' 4. The dinner was ready by 12:30. , t Bananas, candy, crackers and other' fruits were served. In the afternoon games were played by both old and ! young. ^ ' j Ten children. 22 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren were present.! 'while it was not .convenient for the ! A others to be there. 1 Mrs. Eliza Keisler and Rev. Mr.1 Obenschain and family were present ; 1 , also. . The Rev. Mr. Obenschain gave a a ! talk which was en.ioyed very much. * Songs were sung and every one went i ? away with a joyful heart, hoping to i j enjoy another such a day. , j FIRE. "j Mr. M. ij. Martin, near Swansea. on the night of the -1th. about 12 or sj 1 o'clock, lost his dwelling, store : house and contents, and smokehouse, j etc. Scarcely anything was saved. The i origin < f the sr.- is unknown. His I | BOOSTER 1RIl . i 'Tp . <.. , <. ? ( V ' . , y., -... ";^ The new Columbia-Saluda Bus Line : will be inaugurated July 7th. with a booster trip over the route, leaving; the city hall corner in Columbia i promptly at S o'clock in the morn-' ing. The Columbia chamber of com- j ' merce is arranging to have about 100, ! automobiles from that city, and all the town along the route, follow the string of new busses into Saluda, where dinner will be served. Stops ( will be made at New Brookland, Lex- : ington, Batesburg, Leesville, Ridge j Spring and Saluda. Many automo- j bilists from the towns mentioned above j will assemble In Columbia and start j out with the booster party on Thurs-1 day morning. A band will be car- j FORMER LEXINGTON MAN I WES IX FARAWAY TEXAS. Special to The Dispatch-News. Shiro, Texas, June 30.?Mr. Job Harmon died at the home of his son Edwin, in Shiro, Texas, June 27, 1921, after a short illness. He was born in Lexington, S. C? December 24, 1841; and came to Texas January 2, 1868. Mr. Harmon was among the first to volunteer in Lee's infantry in Virginia and fought bravely for the Confederacy. Last year he met a number of his old comrades at the Confederate Reunion in Houston, but he has now joined the ranks of those who have gone before. He was the father.of eight children, seven of whom survive him. Mr. Harmon was one of the land marks of our community, and he will be truly missed by hosts of friends t l\Afla frvnno- b nlrl l uvt? ?> uuu>5 uiiu v*v4. JULY 15TH. QUARTERLY MEETING OF LIBRARY ASSN. This is a very important meeting and all members as well as every one J interested in the improvement of our | town are urged to come out to this; meeting. It will be on the court , shouse grounds (weather permitting) ! or in the court house. The office of .president, made vacant by the resig- j, nation of Mr. Ballentine, is be 1 filled at this meeting. Come and let's' cooperate, let's get together; that's what we must do, get together for' the good of all. !. Those still having books for the , library will please bring them. Remember July 15th, at 8 p. m., at the; court house, one week from this-' coming Friday. ANNIE C. CAUGHMAN. j Secretary-Treasurer. , , HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES ON SALE ,' ' I 1 * ' 1 Game Warden Joe M. Caughman announced today that he now has; ' j I the 1921-22 hunting and fishing licenses which can be procured by ap- j ' plying at his office in the Home Nat- i ' ional Bank building. Agents will, be. ! | appointed throughout the county dur- ; \ 1 1 ing the next few weeks and licenses ' will be placed on sale at several places about the middle of August. : The price of the county license is $1.10 and the state license $3.10. n , a 4 Wllili ATTKM) MKKTIXG AT CLKMSOX ('OM.Klii: i .lames \Y. Shealy, (comity demon- ; strut ion agent, leaves next .Monday* morning, duly 11. for Clemson t'??l- : lege, where he will attend a meeting ) of all the county agents, held for ih< purpose of mapping out the work ;* ?r i mxt year. Mr. Shealy expects to !>] away till 'week and will not be in his 1 J? P TO IN AUGUR A ?? . r: " ^^ ^ ^ ried along, and short talks will be made in each town. The day following the booster trip will mark the regular operation of the bus line on a twice-a-day schedule. One bus leaving Columbia at 7 a. m. and another at 4 p. m. The same hours of departure being set for operation out of Saluda for Columbia. The line will start with three specially built, electrically lighted busses, and the run between cities! will be made in a little over 3 hours, materially reducing the present rail-! road schedules. Passengers will be pick-ed up at any point along the road and dropped off at points to suit their convenience. The fare will be the same as that charged by the railI roads. Provision has been made . t<7 a. I carry ugnt expense imchiigts, wu? the idea of developing a regular c , LEXINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS The following young ladies stood the Winthrop College scholarship and entrance examination held last | Friday: Misses Esther Clark. Frances Ollie Clark, and Ollie Farr, of Chapin, Miss Ollie Justus. Woodford; Misses Alma Williams and Minnie Dowling, Swansea; Miss Eulalie Dreher, Irmo; Misses Bedie George and i Chicora Caughman, Lexington. The patrons of the Smith Branch | school voted an additional six mills levy on4June 30th. for school purposes. The following applicants successfully passed the teachers' examination 'held on May 7th, white men: Pienrsre P. Schneider: women. Pansv Mae Carter, Lillie E. Buff. Julia Har-' mon. Sara Roberts, Lola Roof. Negro men. Geo. Butler and Fred C. Hunter. j ? + SUSPENSION BRIDGE ACROSS GRAND CANYON Thre is a new thrill in store for J tourists of the Grand Canyon of Col- ' orado. In spite of almost insuperable difficulties, a suspension bridge has been placed across the Colorado River ,at Granite Gorge, permitting! direct access from the south side to i the north side?or rim, as it is called ?of the canyon, where is located the! grandest scenery in the park, hitherto inaccessible by tourists. Henceforth j the rim-to-rim travel is destined to be the most exciting incident in a visit to. the Grand Canyon. The site of the bridge is just above the mouth of Bright Angel Creek, I about 10 miles by trail from Grand Canyon station. It is a narrow gorge with precipitous rocky walls towering to a height on the southern rim of 4.500 feet and on the north rim to 1,500 feet higher. It is the only bridge :>ver the Colorado River for a distance ' of 500 miles between The Needles. Calif., and the point in Utah where the Colorado is formed by the junc-! tion of the Grand and Green rivers. ; j The new bridge is a cable suspen-, I sinn bridsre with a span ot 420 feet between bearings for the bridge itself, and 500 feet between the anchorage points of the cable. The floor of the bridge is at a height of lio feet above normal water level, and IS feet above the highest J\itown Hood level. There ire two main 7-S-ineh plow-steel aides, anchored at each end about feet above the level of the hridg-tloor. wliie'c. it suports by S-S-inoh .alv.atMZed-stei !-wire hangei-s. spared i> feet apart, and eonnei-ted to tit * S?ridge by iron rods spread triangularly. so f'tat eaeit i ad < e.tn efs t I TE BUS LINEI ; % 1 ;/ ' ' , , " ||jjjj &" . ,r.. freight and express service later, to operate in conjunction with the passenger line. , The Columbia chamber of com-' merce has promoted, and is backing, The Motor Transportation Co., of that city, which proposes to operate similar lines out of Columbia' over the I most populas highways radiating in every direction out of the capital city. Preparations are being made to entertain the Columbians during a short stop at Lexington. Mayor S. J. Long yesterday appointed a committee consisting of Messrs. S. J. Leaphart. \V. E. Sawyer and Ira M. Sligh to make the necessary arrangements for the entertainment of the visitors. It is expected that several from Lexington will accompany the party in their automobiles. FAMILY REUNION" CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY I j At the home of Mr. Samuel X. Slice I near Chapin, a family reunion was I held July 1, 1921, in celebration of his 82nd birthday. Mr. Slice was born and reared in this community and has lived his extended life here, with the exception of I four years when he served the South i during the Civil War. His wife. ElI len. is in the 80th year of her sojourn on this earth and it is a noi> ! able fact that these people, even at I this ripe old age. are in apparently good health, both being active ana able to go about doing the daily duties of life, maintaining themselves or the farm. They have been married a little more than fifty-eight years and are able to look with pride upon a number of great grandchildren. Instead of an ordinary picnic, it was decided to have a regular barbecue for this timely celebration. Two nice "shoats" were furnished and roasted with more care and diligence by the famous 4<cuist." Mr. Noah Bickley. than if it had been a public affair. Needless to say that the meat was fine and a long table in the beau'tiful grove was sumptiouslv filled with a "real dinner", that was far more than could be eaten by the large number present. It was with much pleasure that they all could mingle as one family while they ate and drank?lemonade. Those present were: Their five children and families, nineteen grandchildren and families and seven great grandchildren, also, Rev. R. M. Carpenter and family, making a total of fifty-four. With regret we mention that six were absent. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Shealy and family, due to' the illness of their little daughter. Lou Ellen. J ^t Cm VC,_ it was a wunueiLui ?.vunion of this family. All came early, ate all they could, stayed until late, in the afternoon, mingling in a high state of happiness. When the time of parting came all. j even th& small children, seemed to' breathe^p silent prayer that these two people might live another year. J ir ? "der that we might assemble again in a similar manner and manifest our love and respect for them. TAYLOlt KKI MON. A family reunion, whi.-h was attended by thf inure di.-'.t'- fnmily. was held at .Mr. Jem-d Taylor's, mar <:illiert. S. <Sunday. July ti. Tile family that -ujoy d thf pieiiie dinmr. eonsistcd < :* _> gr.indehildren. sors and " daughters. son-in-laws and da ugh t v*.*-1 a - la w . * . Tables w?. " ? ror' mi ?*: unit (trow v. iti; LOCAL SCHOOL TO IMPROVE LEXINGTON HIGH TO HAVE ? FULL-TIME AGRICULTURAL TEACHER?FULL FACUL" TV SELECTED. j The trustees of the Lexington High I school have taken another step forward when it was recently decided to add a full-time agriculture teacher to the faculty. This will give the boys and girls of this community an opportunity to learn something of our greatest industry. In addition to this it will give the school a higher standing and four high school teachers. The state and federal governments pay three-fourths of the agriculture teacher's salary. A teacher for this work has not yet been secured but the trustees are after a good man. An announcement as to who he is will be made shortly. The following are the teachers for the sesion of 1921-22: High school: L. E. Whittle, principal: Miss Ellen Hendrix, Miss Ethel Dreher" and the agriculture teacher; Miss Florence, Bigby, Tth grade: Miss Susie Lown, 6th grade: Miss Pearle Caughman, 5th grade; Misa Kate Shull, 4th grade; Miss Annie Lou Taylor, 3rd grade; Miss J. O. Harmon, tnd grade; Mrs. Ethel Sease. Adv. 1st grade, and Miss Mary Wingard. 1st grade. Mis3 May Lois Boozer and Mrs. E. B. Roof, music teachers. The trustees are to be congratulated upon securing such a strong faculty. Most of them have taught here for a number of years. Prof. Whittle is a new man and we wish him well among us. He has had a number of year's experience as the head of some of the best schools in the state. . , ? JUDGING EGGS BY COLOR ^ Eggs in tfie winter time are likely to have pale yolks. A popular impression prevails that they indicate poor feeding of the hens. This is denied by the Government Bureau of Animal Husbandry, which declares that lack of green feed is the cause. Most people think that eggs with pale yolks have less flavor than eggs with richly colored yolks. This is probably true: but the housewife's notion that they import less richness to cakes and custards is contradicted by the experts?though, of course, they do contribute less color. | Egg whites are often slightly yellowish or greenish. But high-class restaurants and hotels demand eggs whose albumen shall be when cooked as pure white as possible. Furthermore, it is particularly important that two or more eggs served with an order shall match in color. Inasmuch as such eggs command an extra-high price, it is good business for the poultry raiser who caters to the fancy market to meet these requirements. Boiled eggs should match in color of shell. No first-class restuarant or ! fashionable club would think of serv| ing a brown egg and a white one toi gether. Even in shade they should I match. In .New York only pure white j eggs fetch the highest price. In Bos! ton. on the other hand, brown eggs ! J>ring five cents more per dozen than white ones. \ Many people are firmly convinced | that brown eggs have a richer flavor j than white ones, and nobody can peri 4 [ suade them that tlfev are mistaken; i but the. experts say that the notion ftias no basis whatever" in fact. In ; Massachusetts chickens have been i bred to lay brown eggs?and the darker they are in color the more acceptable they are in the market. LEXINGTON PAY-U GROCERY OPENED LAST SATURDAY. Lexington's latest business enterprise, the Lexington Pay-C Grocerj. operated by J. B. Penland. the well known groceryman who operates 1 ! stores, four of which are located Lexington county, opened for business last Saturday under favorabl auspices, many people taking advantage of t'n-- bargains it: eatables offered. Tim store i- in charge ?.f M. * Kugene ! 1. < "ooley of I.ecsville. wn is assisted by Mr. Justice Win gar d of Lexington. every tiling tiiat human could dv.-ir". This reunion was given t?- coiebrat. the fiSrd birthday of Mr. .H-rofi Try- 4 lor ami was or..; ; , c. 1/ . ?