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P&tyt Btspatrli-^iua L r LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1921. NUMBER 44. fAH FRICK EATH BY I ih.-Fi Frick, one of the best rmers of the Fork section :hly respected citizen, living s&w was fatally shot by Willi ^ JUlwi. a negro tenant living ,on his place about a mile from the town ofi Chapin. The shooting occurred at! Vetoed Thesheriffs office was >r tifftiflnd^and Sheriff Roof, being, away V'ftthfif 6US1Q09S) livpsijr- -oustm wa- i wald proceed&L.immediately to the 4Beeije of lthe%n^,-&tft negro h'*d ' 'left. when he Arrived li6fe an how after "the shootflpfc : to his ' hoijse after andremained there odiy :r; 4^ mtautes, "being heard to re% Jwd aB leave Mtt ^^IWxidreS-fts one.'v He was.'a&ntii' yjSJ^gbt last seen with a Winchester /'fcfepeatiltff rifle and a single-barreled .aifcatgnn. It is believed that he made mi liver swamp around1 Peak, with which he is said to be quite-fafollowing account from The State of thisjnorning gives the details ' Ojf the affair: 1 ? fc'.-'>' ^ * J; <Koah F. Frick, prominent Chapin farmer, was shot and fatally wound ^ - T - .. eel pn the road about three quarters I of a -mile from his home neat* Chapin at &:10 o'clock this afternoon by Allen, a negro share cropper on Frick's farm, according to Calvin pF-qiliner and Enoch Frick, eyewit'* H688es of the tragedy.. Mr. Frick was v', ': i - ' r .'brought to Columbia immediately afp7~ t qb % ^ Z\Vte~:-the shooting, and was carried to. y it?ie Baptist hospital, where he was r operated upon in an effort to save life. Mr. Frick entered the opE^Mt^ng room at 8 o'clock, dying there rjK^ibout 10:30 o'clock. The ball, ^fired from a large ^calibre rifle, erfterv " ed the abdomen, .producing a fear KF^oSSd. B Mr. Frick was shot in the public Broad just in front of Allen's house on fBMr. Frick's farm, according to Calfulmer, one of the two eyewit^aesses of the shooting. Mr. Fulmer been over to tflte negro's house see about some laundry work, eh Allen's wife was to have done, was just leaving when he met ^Frhjk' and his son, Enoc 'Frick, , wagon coming toward the neg' house) where Mr. Frick was to irvise the dividing of a share crop fodder which Allen had raised. Mr. rulmjer stopped beside the wagon 0 talk with Mr. Frick, he said, and *fsaw \li\e negro come from his house >?iibout 150 yards away carrying a WinB Chester rifle in his right hand. The negro, Mr. Fulmer said, approached : I'the, wagon and then fired, telling Mr. < ?4j|Eriek, 'Now's the time to settle the l^affair." Mr. Frick fell over in the fe^Kagon and the boy, Enoch, jumped1 out of the wagon, running to bring fch&lp. The mules, hitched to the wa fcgon, became frightened and while Mr. gliliner was busy catching and quietEbg them the negro turned and went KjBfek. into the house after aiming his Jppin at both the fleeing boy and Mr. | ^'' oei f- r\ apparently unucciucu v.^: ^Wkether he should also shoot them. ? Brought to Columbia. ^|\Koticing that Mr* .Frick was still ^4ting, Mr. Fulmer got into the wagon drove back to Chapin where medattention was secured. Dr. J'. jMsfe.jEargle of Chapin and Dr. -Claud "-0ease -of Little Mountain both ?being ;^&Hede in. }Ir. Frick was then placed ' | <>n the'train and brought to Columbia | for hospital treatment. He was acr cpmpanied to the hospital by Mr. Fuljner and relatives.- In the meanwhile; the news of the shooting had been j bead throughout the neighboring] ^ ' I '.^Country and bloouhounds ordered out swSf' j .vf from Newberry. .-'-'The trouble between Mr. Frick and | tf.r-: . - > the n^gi'O, who has been working for 'jHmj. Frick as a share cropper for two yeafs, is<qf a year's standing, accord% ing to Mr. Fulmer. A year ago the negro had carried two bales of cotton to a gin at Chapin, one bale being . somewhat lighter than the other. The cotton seed was sold immediately and the money divided between Mr. Frick and the negro. The seed from the second bale, the lighter of the two. was also somewhat lighter than the {.seed secured from the first bale and j the negro, Mr. Fulmer said, accused J Mr. Frick of cheating him out of his money, allegeding that he had brought | the same amount of seed cotton for <?VvV . fits/' MEETS NEGRO'S ACT (both bales. Mr. Frick told the negro that he had not had anything to do |with the weighing of the seed and /was therefore not responsible for any mistake if any had been made. The /amount in dispute totaled only about *$2.50, Mr. Fulmer said. Trouble Last Saturday. < Last Saturday, Mr. Fulmer said, AlI V* . r.len came to Mr; Frick's house and . ? 'V i /demanded to. be paid for some fodi der he had #ull?<i and also asked for 'the money him for the ootton I seed. Mr. Ftfqfc.apeording to his ison, iSttdoh, ?offfered ' to pay for thej fodder but told the negTo that he did not owe him any money for cot' ton seed. "You're a damn liar," the /'negro replied, the boy says. Mr* Frick fvthen advised th? negro, Enoch says,! "Alien don't call* me a damn liar in my yard/" and Jthe negro went outaide the gate and after cursing Mr. Frick threw a rock at him. Mr. Frick returned the throw, both missing their aim, and Enoch also threw a rock at the negro, he says. The negro left and nothing more was heard of ! the incident. Yesterday morning Allen sent a negro boy over to Mr., Frick's house to ask Mr. Frick to come over and divide some fodder. Mr. Frick was busy at the time and Harry Frick, his third oldest son, went over to the negro's house instead. The negro refused to let the boy divide the.fodder and told him to go get Mr. Frick. The boy returned with this message and after dinner Mr. Frick hitched up the wagon and accompanied by his son, Enoch, set out for the negro's house. a1- ?**? f /s r\ F fVio tv* ACt iur> r i ii'a was cue ui iu? niV?i pronijnent farmers in this section of Lexington county and was a leader in the school and church life of the community. He is survived by his widow and five sons, C. B. "Frick of CUftortr-&. J.-Frick of Peizer andHarry Frick, Enoch Frick and Brady Lee Frick. all of Chapin. GILBERT MASONS GIVE ENJOYABLE PICNIC Gilbert lodge No. 176, A. F. M., did! itself proud in arranging the program which "was carried out at Gilbert Saturday, when some'of the most prominent and best speakers in the Masonic fraternity were there and delivered instructive and inspiring ad1 dresses, to which the public gener- j " i ally had been invited. The meeting was held in the open air, and was at- i * - tended by hundreds ot" peop.'e, Aiasons j and others. A bountiful barbecue' and picnic dinner was spread at the j hoon hour, and it may be said here j that it was not the least enjoyable; feature of the day. i The following program was carried put, opened by an invocation by j Rev. W. A. Shepard: ? j Address of welcome by Cyrus L.! Shealy of Lexington. . "The Ancient Mysteries and Modern Masonry," by C. C. Fishburne of j Columbia. "'Masonry, An Idea Above. Organi- j zation/' by Waller Bailey of Colum- i bia. "Relationship of Masonry to Reli- i gion," by Le&are Inglesby of Colum-j bia. "Masonry as a Practical Force," by; James H. Fowles, of Columbia, dis-j trict deputy grand master. "The Best Thing in The World," by: O. Frank Hart, of Columbia, grand secretary of the Masonic order in; South Carolina. The exercises and the dinner-were, thoroughly enjoyed by those fortun- j ate enough to be present. J. D. JORDAN MANAGER ! ,OF DuPRE AUTO CO. | Mr. J. D. tordan, who for more j than two years har been conected; with the DuPre Auto Company in the I capacity of salesman, has been ap-1 pointed manager of the concern to j take place of Mr. W. I>. Humphries, j recently resigned. Mr. Jordan has I made many friends since coming to j Lexington, who are predicting that he; will have a fine success as manager of! the DuPre Auto Company, which con- i cern is the local sales agency and service station for Ford automobiles, J | | Fordson tractors and other farm rna| chinery. Mr. Jordan is a native of Greenwood county, j Mr. Humphries has not yet an-; nownced his plans for the future. j i IMPORTANT MEET OF TRUCKERS ! NEXTSATURDAY Farmers and business men of the Brbokland section are urged to be present at New Brookland next Saturday, August 27, at 10:30 % m., for the purpose of taking steps to form a cooperative marketing association. Dr. W. W. Long, head of the extension service of Clemson College, and Mr. J. ,W.; Shealy, county demonstration agent, and perhaps others writl Ka nn honrl +A follr r\P a orAA/i | tt *14 vax iiuau wv taizv vx vxxv 5wu to be accomplished b? such a movement. * A large crowd is expected., to ,be dh hand. The section around : Brookland Is particularly noted a? being the center of ?he of the best trucking sections of the state. The farmers have all along practiced diversified agriculture and are in no wise dependent upon king cotton. But they believe that ivhile they are good producers they have something to learn about marketing. It is for the, purpose of laying particular stress on this phase of the farmers problem an dto make a beginning toward the organization of an association that will be of great help that this meeting has been called. In a strong appeal for the meeting, which is being sent out fromI prominent citizens who are interested appears the following: "Every farmer and business man and woman in Lexington county is earnestly invited to be present. "These are no times to be idle. "We must learif, organize and work. "Let us, one and all, come and hear and learn from these experienpced men. "Don't forget the day and the hour. "Saturday, August 27th, 10:30 a. \TOnr P*?aaL?1q 99 BOLL WEEVIL DAMAGE WILL BE EXTENSIVE According to reports from al 1 parts ; of the county the boll weevil damage in Lexington county is going to be very heavy this year. Owing to the absence of a late or top crop of young bolls for the weevil to feast upon the pests are attacking the grown bolls and farmers who had believed they had a crop practically safe are awaking to the realization that their crop will be very much shorter than they at first anticipated. Mr.i W. P. Roof brought from his farm one day recently a stalk of cotton containing 29 practically grown bolls of cotton, all of which had been 1 ruined by the boll weevil. Mr. Roof poisoned the weevil, using; two appli cations. He does not expect to gather from 40 acres of cotton enough to . pay for the expense of poisoning, let alone the other expenses. Other farmers are reporting like experiences. Mr. J. D. Jordan, manager of the DuPre Auto Company, who has just returned front a visit to his old home in Greenwood, reports the same condition prevailing in that county. < PIXEY WOODS PICNIC WAS PLEASANT OCCASION The picnic of the Piney Woods local I of the Farmers Union, which was held Saturday last. August 20, was a decided success in every way. One of the largest crowds ever attending this annual event enjoyed . the day from every standpoint. Topics of interest to farmers were discussed by the speakers and much valuable thought was, expressed during the day. An interesting exhibit was a clmii-inor ,\f i-iiih>*?n clinvt hum r-at lie, which the farmers of that section are beginning to introduce in their plans for diversification. Addresses were delivered by Prof. S. .M. Derrick, Rev. J.J. Long and Messrs. \V. .J. Shealy and D. Frank Efird. all of whom had some definite message to bring to the farmers. The addresses proved interesting and in struetive. The dinner, it goes without saying, was more than good. The good people of the Fork, have always be| lieved in living at home and have i practiced what they preached. They j spread a bountiful table of the best | "eats" imaginable, and none went [ away withou fettling more than satis: fied. *> '> i From the *aste cl' margarine, soap is produced. I TAXES LOWER BY 5 MILLS As the time for paying taxes will soon be at hand, it will interest the taxpayers of the county to know that the levy for state and county purposes will be lower by at least 5 mills this year than in 1920. The total levy for state and county purposes, including the constitutional three mill school tax, will be 30 mills, as against 35 mills the year before. Of this 4 mills is for past indebtedness, which brings the actual for this year considerably below- the 1920 levy. In addition to the reduction above, W. D. Dent, county auditor, has taken 2 mills specil tax for bonds off of Ave school dstricts, there being a sufficient surplus in the sinking funds of the^e districts to take care of the bonds without trouble. Congaree, No. 29, Batesburg No. 18, Chapin No. 66, Swansea No. 37, Leesville No. 15, all of which have outsandirig bond issues for school purposes, will be relieved of two mills tax for the retirement of their bonds because of the surplus on hand to these accounts. Mr. Dent has done Some figuring in order to be able to lighteh the burden as much as possible, and he announced yesterday with pardonable pride that his calculations showed the taxpayers would have a substantial reduction. The levy for state and county purposes this year' will be made up as follows: State....' J2 mills Constitutional tax for schools 3 mills County purposes 7 1-2 mills Weak schools 1-2 mill T < 1 T-^me J-jUail PUSL mucuicuiicos t 1u11w Augusta highway 3 mills Total 30 mills LEO COTXEY SHOT NEAR LEXINGTON Brookland Man Fired Ypon in Road. Leo Cotney of Brookland was shot and painfully wounded early last night about two miles this side of Lexington. two pistol balls entering the flesh of his legs. George Shealey, lives near the outskirts of Brookland, is alleged to have fired the shots and late last night Lexington officei's were J searching for him. He is said to have fled into the woods about half way between Lexington and Brookland. Cotney and his companion, Clyde Reynolds, were about two miles out of Lexington last night when they had trouble with 4heir automobile. They were on the ground attempting to make repairs when some one drove up in a car, according to the story reaching Brookland last night, and opened fire. Four shots are said to have been fired at the young men as they were standing near the car. two shots entering the flesh of Cotneys legs. The wounded man was brouglU to Brookland soon after the shooting and medical attention given. Dr. W. A. Oxner examined the wounds and found both balls still in the flesh.? The State. August IS. Mr. Shealy was arrested and after examination by a physician was sent to the State Hospital, where he had formerly been a patient. REI) BANK WINS SECOND " ; STRAIGHT GAME Red Bank and Batesburg played a five inning game of ball Saturday, August 20. The score was 17 to 1 in favor of Red Bank. Berry pitched a s one hit game, striking out 11 of Id. Batteries were: Berry and Roof for Red Bank; Rhoden and Hendrix for BatesbUrg. Red Bank and Olympia will play a game of ball August 2 7th, at Reclj Bank. ! DEWEY BERRY, Mgr. A BIRTHDAY PICNIC. The wife and I will have our seventy-sixth birthday picnic at our home near Pond Branch church. 4 miles south of Gilbert, on next Saturday. the 2 7 th. %E verybody is invited t-> come ami enjoy the day with us. bring all the children and let's have a happy day. There will be songs by the children at 10:30 sharp, then speaking after dinner. The children will engatre in innocent plays. O. W. EE WIS. WILL ALLEN FOR MURD % MIDWAY FAIR WAS A GREAT SUCCESS The community fair held at Midway school house last Thursday was a decided success financially and as to exhibits. This school is situated in One of the most prosperous communities of the county, and whatever these people undertake they put over in | grand style. I The exhibits were displayed in two I rooms of the school building, one containing fancy work and fancy cooking, contributed by the ladies of the district, and a finer layout has seldom been seen. On the farm products side of the ^house every fruit and vegetable that can be grewn in this section was represented in the display, which could J not be surpassed in quality by any community. i The fair was given by the Ladies' Improvement league of Midway school for the improvement of the school, just now funds being needed with which to pay for a piano recently purchased, and for other Improvements which will be made from time to time to keep this institution up-to-date in every respect. The school next session will be under the management of Prof. Ira ; Wingard, assisted by his sister, and under the guidance of these people ' it is predicted that the school will continue to prosper. , FORMER LEXIXGTOXIAX LOST LIFE IX MACOX FIRE The body of Mr. John K. Hayes, who was killed when he jumped from < a third story window in a hotel in 1 Macon, Ga., in an attempt to escape : from the burning building, arrived in Lexington Tuesday and funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon and * burial -was had at the George burying'ground at Laurel Falls. Mr. Hayes was 65 years old, and j at the time of his death was a judicial magistrate in his adopted .home in Macon. He was a native of Lexington county and numbered a lar^e circle of relatives and friends through- ^ out the county. He first reftioved to , c Columbia, where for a number of x years he was superintendent of the j Saluda cotton mills. Later he re- j moved to Georgia, where lie'was highit QotoomoH anH Via wa<5 livins? J. at the time of the accident which deprived him of life. Mr. Hayes leaves four sisters as follows: Mrs. Perry Hall of Stead- ] man. Mrs. Lucy Griffith. Columbia: { Mrs. W. H. Evans. Macon. Ga., Mrs. < J. A.. Hughes, Sherman, Texas. r FIVE IX RACE 'FOR* ( OFFICE PROBATE .JUDGE 1 ( t The time for filing pledges and paying assessments to enter the race of < probate judge in'the coming primary election to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of Judge George S. Drafts expired Tuesday noon, with j five candidates announced, as fol- t lows: A. D. Martin. Chas. E. Taylor, J. Drafts Boozer. Walter F. Hook. J and J. E. Buff. The election will be held on Tues- , day. September 6. . JiigilTXI^G KILLS COWS OP1 MR TV E SHl'MPERT v* ~ j Mr. D. E. Shompert. one of the; ^ county's well known farmers, had the ^ misfortune to lose a line cow and calf from a stroke of lightning last , Sunday, the 21st. The animal was ( one of Mr. Shumpert's best cows. , Seven other cows were in the pasture , at the time, but r.uae of the others ? were injured. IT IS PREVALENT EVERYWHERE J (New York Item in Idiatiapolis Star) I Jim t'orbett says he never saw so many young men these days affected with Broadway fever. "And what is Broadway fever?" a , friend at the Lambs inquired. "Well." said Oorbett. "they eat well and sleep well, but they have no desire for work." Wanted Information "1 can see the tips of your ears, dearie!" 'Well what of it?" "Is that an accident < r aiv ears commit back arradually?" LYNCHED ER OF FRICK Will Allen, who shot and mortally wounded Noah F. Frick at Chapin yesterday afternoon, was captured this afternoon at 1:15 o'clock about three miles above Chapin and was \ immediately put to death by a mob of several hundred men. Allen was captured in Newberry county, just across the line from L.exingion. Jtie was discovered hiding in a ditch by members qf the searching party and gave up when he found \ he had been cornered. It is said he was carrying a Winchester rifle of ,38 calibre at the time, and on being discovered dropped the gun and asked the men not to shoot; to give him time to pray. * ' Rural Policemen Koon and Fogle of Richland county were in the party that located Allen, but the officers were unable to protect the negro from the crowd that had- gathered with the avowed intention of punishing the criminal. Sheriff Roof arrived a few minutes after the negro had been taken but was held back by members of the mob, he being unable to reach tie prisoner. Allen was taken prisoner in Newberry county but the searching party returned to the Lexington side to do the killing. It is said the negro was stood up in the. open field and several hundred shots fired through him. Men viewing the body after the shooting say that it was torn completely to Pieces. ... ^ . : .. . Deputy Sheriff H. C. Oswald stated today that 'the report printed in the morning papers to the effect that Allen had remained on the porch of his home for several hours after the shooting?yesterday afternoon with a gun in his hands defying the officers, wa? incorrect. Mr. Oswald says that he arrived on. the scene in about an hour after the shooting, and that Allen had already left the house when he got there. DIYIXE SERVICES AT RED BANK CHURCH Divine services will be held at Red Bank church for .three nights next ,veek, beginning Monday at S o'clock ind continuing through Wednesday light. Rev. J. W. Oxner of New Brookland and Ptev. C. J. Sox of Lexington will do the preaching. \M ERIC AX LEGIOX TO MEET THURSDAY The regular monthly meeting of the Lexington post ^of the American Legion will be held in the legion rooms )ver the offices of Efird & Carroll Thursday (tomorrow) night at 8:30 /clock. All members are urged to be present at this meeting, at which time lelegates will be elected to represent ;he post at the state convention. :hickex stew and ice cream festival A chicken stew and ice cream fes;ival will be the season's feature in :he Factory Village, at the home of J. Arthur Harman; Saturday night, \ugust 27th. for the'benefit of the Junior Order. The public is invited ind a grand time promised all who ittend. school extertainmext. The Improvement League of Oakrille Xo. 77 school district. Gilbert, Route 2, will furnish a barbecue and efreshments ,on the 27th of August, it the school house, for the benefit if the school. Price of dinner will ie 40c and 50c. A delightful dinner ind good time is promised all who ittend. o?^? > \ rivk watermelon. The Dispatch-Xews man is indebted to Mi. .! Waiter Harmon of the Peters section tor one of the finest watermelon-1 seen in some time. The melon was of a delicious taste and weighed 61 pounds. Mr. Harmon is a tine farmer and makes a specialty of raising fine melons for the market. BOX HKI R CLl'B. Mrs. ir'.ini P. Roof wi.l entertai i the P. n ITeur cl'j "> Friday afterro r at 4:'o? o'i.Ioc.?. Salad oil is obtained from fruit stones and pits.