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VOLUME NO. 52. r LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NUMBER 31. J ? === h Sank Leaphart Becc | '' M- ' pStates Marshal Samih^J. Leaphart this morning received U official notification from Washington that he had been appointed and confirmed United States marshal for ihe Eastern district of South * Carolina, a*so notice to proceed ' to Charlej^on to take the oath of office and issume the duties of marshal. He^trili succeed Marshal Sims V \ of., Orangeburg, who has held office for severa|| years. He will leave for Chaflestoii^if'riday afternoon and be i conducted ^ttnto office Saturday at noon. WliiHe his duties will demand; his presenc?n Charleston a great part' of his timejgfee will continue to make i Lexington hfe'home. To Sam I^aphart, life-long Lexingtonian, prorjSnent citizen arid success- j fui busiens??an. comes a high honor: J ^ that he wifMHscharge his duties with j if ~v-._ credit to biaself and honor to the! country is to?ay the least of it. Mr. ! Leaphart ^vs?ccivin.g the congratulations of his jfjkny friends in Lexington and froi#jp parts of South Caro Una. The ^ttaaacieni coma naraiy \ ha ye hiade satisfactory ap- ; pomtment ^fsgmarshal for this district. Mr. I^H&yliart is known far and "wide, at{?tnost of his acquain- j tanecs are hte*iends. He comes to his new prepared, rich in experience airaKuti of activity. He j posesses just right balance of . human sympaftjBr and determination .. / ' to make hm a^Beal officer. Mr. LeaphaSJte a son of the late Dr. C. E. LeaMgt; long a commanding figure in of the town and * county. 'Hisi'jjjKfr connections are! ttMfift and takes his } new office at 42, and will 1 The grra-nd jUT^^^K;reave to submit i The jury properly or- j ganized at the term of this j court, we went into the con-j sideration of theljaSpte of indictment j handed us by the^mtor. We have! carefully witnesses pre-j seated, and hav^^Wed upon all of these bills and ?J?fee returned the 1 same to this our findings endorsed theretoi|^jK&' v We are glad trwa considerable Improvement in tt^Kgtivity of some j of our peace OffjcMEtn their efforts ! at law enforcement|feierally; and, in particular, the enfjRemcnt of the | prohibition law. T^those officers! qpo nppfnrmAir dutV. we I desire to offer ourhS^rty commenda!- j tions. r- Mjk' Our various cpmn^j^-which have | been previously appcttteii have mad j . preliminary inspecdow'^nd examina- j tions and submit par$? /eports?full- 1 : er reports are to beijafe at the later J sessions of this cou^Tr We have in-! spected the county Jatffiand are pleas- j ed to report conditi''nj&here to be as: good as is practical fwfca building of1 its kind. The jail i^ds some re- j ] pairs, and we recorammd that these! be made at once, or- aa'soon as they t can be, by the proper effficers. We recommend that lXe"prnj>er offi- j cers furnish comfortafcJh chairs and' beds for the inmates the County 1 Alms House. There dfl# also some < needed repairs that sfctfyld be made at once. We are informed that these' f . repairs are being arraned>for, but we 'must recommend that ^h'ese arrangements be hastened. It fSt.our opinion ! that the County Farm cotild be mad* more profitable by growing the vegetables and wheat for the county chain gang. This, in our opinion, could be done by giving the steward enough convict help to grow theise necessary Mi I crops. rj. | We find the county ch?&n gang in | good condition?the conditions generI ally are very much better than hore, tofore. In this connection^ we recom- ' } ~ mend that the prisoner ?{ be given; flour bread each and every-morning. , We have noted that there is much ' fty road-building machinery scattered in rajMiMiiiipartirn- of the county?standing out in the weather, And slowh 1 V" l to ruin. We recommend that: *''ftjSPpT"v part of this machinery be col-' \ fftCted and protected from the weather, ( ?; and if it is of no further ?se to the county, let it be sold for junk. i I . Much Work Done In Circuit Court Court of general sessions convened n Lexington Monday morning for a ; wo weeks' term with Judge J. W. DeVore of Edgefield presiding, and vitn Clerk Harman and Stenographer >. B. Anderson and the other officials n their respective places. The dock- ; >mes United ' Saturday at Noon j be able to draw on a rich field of experiences. Mr. Leaphart received his j early training in the public schools of ^ Lexington, and later entered the old j j South Carolina college, now the uni-j x versity, and graduated therefrom with ? honors in the class of 18'3. He j then returned to Lexington, and in p I 10 02 was appointed postmaster to fill p out the unexpired term of his father t who died in office. He was reap- a pointed for the full term and held the e office continuously until 1915. As! t postmaster he was efficient and ac- { commodating. After leaving the post-j . office he became associated with The| Disaptch-News, of which he was edi-! I ? tor and general manager for four I r years. In this field he put his chare acteristic efforts into t?lay and at- . c tained enviable success in the newspaper field. He later sold his interi ests in the paper and was one of the: . I c organizers of the present Lexingtqii j ^ Cotton & Fertilizer Co., with which) he has remained until the present j time. In addition to his many other j i a dtuies he has all the while operated J his farm, and has never lost touch' with the agricultural interests. Mr. Leanhart has always taken a a keen interest in all things for the bet-' i ! I terment of the community, and has I g been prominent in religious and fra-, j ternal circles. He is a past master|a of Lexington Lodges A. F. M.; past j chancellor of Lexngton lodge, K. of r . \ P.; a member of-the Odd Fellows, t W. O. W.., and the Royal Order o' j Moose. * ' " r The Dispatch-News congratulates c Sam on receiving this appointment. s and we wish him well in his new of- _v fice?and we know he will make good. 0 ? county. j J V ' ! r We recommend to the Supervisor, * and the County Commissioners the! 1 Adoption of the Aiken county plan for I * building: public roads in Lexington 1 county. > It has been repeatedly brought to the attenton of the grand jury that c Rural Policeman George W. Asbill is r not performing his duties properly. 1 v We recommend that the county super- j visor and county commissioners thor- ^ oughly inevstigate this matter, and if I * * ' t this officer is not doing his duty fully and completely, we urge the super- a visor and commissioners to remove * this officer from offick in accordance a with the law in this case made and c provided. 1 We desire to thank Your Honor j 3 and all ourt officials, for the many e courtesies shown the grand jury during the term. c Respectfully submitted, 1 , \V. H. FALLAW, a Foreman of the Grand Jury. t May 24, 1922 . , f I X STATE COXVEXTIOX TO HAVE BIG SPEAKERS. | j I * Spartanburg. May 22.?Announce-! ? I merit has just been made here that a; ? I ? number of "big Men" of several de- ! ? I nominations are to have a place on the; program of the State Convention of; he South Carolina Sunday School Con - j ! v vention which meets at the University ; of South Carolina, Columbia for aj I t three day session, beginning June 20. Among thojs>e who are to be convention 'head-liners" are Dr. D. "\V. Daniel of ^ Clemson College, one of the leading; Methodists of the State and Dr. W. i | < J. MoGlothlin. president of Furman i .. :ii? ...i,.. .,1c:/,; <. ut\ci sn%t , vncnn mi'. n n ? i--> w-v . f president of the general Board of the Baptist. State Convention, Dr. M< Olothlin is also via* charman of the Educational Committor of the South : Carolina Sunday School Association. Anion? the other prominent rellgiou? leaders who will address the conven- ' tion are: Bishop Kirknian C. Finlay of. the Episcopal Chuia lit Dr. W. II.' Hudson, returned missionary from | China and moderator of the Presbv-; terian Church Synod of South Caro- * lina and Dr. S. J. Derrick. President! of Newberry College (Lutheran) Newi i berry. j MPS. ROOF BETTER. j ? J 1 The many friends of Mrs. W. P. ; i Poof will be ?lad to learn that she is i ( somewhat improved in health. She: has been in a hospital in Richmond. i Va., for several months. I \ it for this term was billed with imlortant cases, and up to the present he court has made much headway. 1 tnd the indications are that the dock- i it wiH be cleared of considerable mater. At the convening of court Monday udge DeVore stated that he was roing to try all cases in which the olicitor was ready unless attorneys epresenting the defendants-had ample 1 xcuses for continuance, that the times lemanded dispatcn ana ne was o see that it was had. . 1 One of the surprises of the opening lay was the plea of guilty of manlaughter entered by Newt Kelly, harged with murder in the killing of David Shull in New Brookland a year tnd a half ago. When the ease was ailed shortly after the dinner recess Monday, Kelly, when being arraigned, aid he was guilty of manslaughter, md the plea was accepted by the soicitor and the court, and Kelly was entenced to serve' ten years at hard abor without the case having gone to ( , jury. The case against Frank Goff, ikewise charged with murder in conlection with the same kllng, was eonnued on account of the illness of J. 3. Wingard. This case has attracted nuch attention in this and Richland :oupty for some time, and it was a c iurprise to those in the court room then Kelly admitted that he ;was ' >enitentiary authorities to delver S. Kirby, C. O. Fox nd Jesse Gap>ins to Sheriff E. Austin Roof of Lexngton county Tuesday morning for he purpose of returning tWm to Lexngton "to be dealt with according to aw," and directing Sheriff Roof to lave them in the court room "at 12 'clock Tuesday, May 23, 1D22, for the turpose of being resentenced." These hree men were convicted of murder lere at the last term of court in the :illing of William Brazell, the Colurn>ia taxi driver, and were sentenced at hat time to die last October, but on .ccount of an appeal, the sentence of his court was stayed, and since the ppeal has been dismissed it was the 1 luty of the court here to resentence he trio to the electric chair. A full .ccount of the resentencing appears lsewhere in this paper. Among other cases disposed of Monlay were those of Willie Wicker, Otis .Vir?L-or r>fi<a Smith Rrnariiis C!orlP\ nd Melvin Davis, charged with housebreaking and larceny. All of the deendants entered a plea of guilty and rere sentenced to serve IS months in he penitentiary, with the exception of tfelvin Davis, who is only a lad, who vas sentenced to a like term in the tate reformatory. The five entered . sto> e at Chapin only a short time LgO . W. H. Burke, white, and Albert .Ioultrie, negro, both of Columbia, vere found guilty of violating the prolibiton law and each was sentenced o serve three months. .Just before the noon hour Monday, leorge Bell Tmmerman. counsel for f. C. Swygert, charged with murler in the killing of Dr. J. C. Xichol:on at l.eesville several months ago. md in which case a mistrial was had it the last term of court, announced hat he and his client were ready fori rial, hut on account of the state not | jeing ready at that time, attorneys or the state hems; somewhat scattered over the country, the case was! tostnoned for the present . It is likely hat the case will he called next week. Tuesday. Willie Felder. negro, pleaded guiltyo murder and asked the mercy of the ourt here this morning when he war >rou.ffht to trial on the charge of murler for killing a negro woman and a tegro man near Swansea ahout five months ago. The plea was aecepred trid he was sentenced to serve a life term in the state penitentiary. This is the second guilty plea entered at this term on serous charges. Henry Corley, negro, charged with murder for the killing of Frances Bickley, his mother-in-law, was con Commencf^knt ThursdajgNight Commencement exei^?*s of the Lexington schools will b^'llfistomorrow night with a play entitl^^^Iuch Ado About Betty," given by>jp^ pupils of the tenth-grade, and exavgses will bej heid each day through v???<iay. May! 29 . There are eight to gjgjstliate from ' the high school this yeaaaihree boys and five girls, as followi?|)Lnna Lee j Corley, Nola Price. Ola M'e-1 lona Corley. Xeita Harmanffpary Harman, Herbert Hendrix aj^HKaymond The play by the tenth grjBte will be' repeated Friday nfgljt. T^Kbaccaulaureate sermon will be. prNH|ed Sunday morning at 11:15 o*eW?|p!in the school auditorium by the K]||^P. D. ! Brown, pastor of Ebenezgr^jaitheran j church, Columbia. A s'^dH Tnusical program has been arranged for tloo An/-?ooinn OICA I itv w. v-uoivii ui^v f <k The graduating exercisedrai?ill-' be held Monday night, and eaSpt'of the eight graduates will havewRpgiVt in the program. The bacca^u^|ie;-.ad' dre'ss will be delivered loy -ira|j?.v JL Marion Rucker of !^he UnisBgnt^ of Soutl\ Carolina.' who will ailaj^^^ftrd' The following program wiEHwj^cai ried out Monday night: Irrsffeatiohr Rev. A. B. Obenschain; affir|ss-V" class president. Anna Lee^^fclejjf/ Gary Harman: vocal duet, Lois Boozer and Mrs. J. D. class prophecy, Ola "Warner; Wenona Corley; class poem?/^HSfeft. Hendrix; quizzism, Harm o n Irix; instrumental solo, Neita rajSflH&iP valedictory, Anna Lee GoHe^HUj^B lvery of' diplomas, Prof. IE. Maron RuckerJ; awarding of trustees medal, Julius ,E. Sharpe: awarding of Dispatch-News medal, Hon. T. C. Callison. TVio T Avno-trin CT^VIAAIc VIDT'O had 51 very successful session under the sup,-" ervision of Prof. Whittle, witl^ifie largest enrollment in the histofr of . - > the school, the one drawback!, being the crowded condition of th& buildings. A movement ft on foot to vote bonds to enlarge the k:hool, which is badly needed, but nothing of a definite nature has yet been^done. PIPE ORGAN*BEING INSTALLED. At St. Stephen's jg!vangelic% Lutheran church a new; fiipe organ is being installed. The saawe will be completed o^ Frid^-Jftnd will be played at the evening service this Sunday. It is a Moller Patent Tubular-Pneumatic Organ, and has two manuals, eleven stops, six pistons, eight couplers, and three hundred and ninety-eight pipes. This organ will be dedicated the last Sunday of June, the 25th. at four o'clock in the afternoon. PICNIC AT RED BANK. A church union picnic will be held at Red Bank Saturday. May 27. all the churches there participating. Both picnic and barbecue dinner will be served. The public invited. DEATH OF CHILD. The_ little infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Sharpe was born February 14. 1020 and died April 20. 1022. vic-ted and recommended to mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Henry Xorris, charged with murder in the killing of his wife Muivh a year ago. was acquitted by a jury this afternoon. Rifie to the fact that several of the attorneys will have to appear before tilt- supreme court next week who are connected with some of the more important cases scheduled for trial here at that time, there will be no court hold here. The special docket of tht supreme court will be heard next week in Columbia, ami Messrs. Timtnerman & Graham and Eflrd & Carroll have cases there to be argued. thereby making it impossible for them to attend court here, and these two firms represent both J. C. Swygert and Dr. Rice R. Harmon, therefore these cases have been continued. The Harmon case was continued on motion of the defense and the Swygert case on motion of the state. Jurors drawn for the second week have been notfied by Clerk of Court H. L. Hurn:an not to appear. A i New Governor h N ! Politics In Ca \ i | Columbia.. May 20.?Wilson ' , I Harvey, the t'rst. Charlestouian s::;? IStio to occupy the governor's chair. : | was Saturday at noon sworn into cmj office of governor to fill out the u:iv\i pired term of Robert A. Cooper. who I Monday morning was likewise swoi r. i in as a member of the federal farm j loan board, succeeding A. F. Lever. ! resigned. The new governor comes into of fit. t j i with the good wishes of thousands of f | friends. Two years ago, though praeI tically untried in politics. he was j elected lieutenant governor. He ha.j persided over two sessons of the sen' ate with dgnty and fairness and has | won the esteem of the members of the 1 j upper body of the legislature. I I Soon after learning that he would i t | j called upon to serve as governor. Mr. j Harvey made the announcement that he would not be a candidate for lieu- j . omi-ornrtr this summer. but i ifnaut {5U)Vinvi - ? j would retire to private life upon 00:11- [ j pleting his duties as governor. Fot i lieutenant governor the first candidate I j ( to announce was Hon. .Jennings K. j Otvings of Bennettsville, who has al-' ready filed his pledge. Mr. Owens is j a native of Rock Hll, but early in life j moved to Bennettsville, where he has j established a large law practice, enjoy- j !'1ti? the confidence and esteem of a! lafrge circle. For the past four years he has been a member of the house, ? ;.in the proceedings of which he husj :taken an active part. He served dur- j Another candidate for lieutenant governor is said to be Col. T. B. | Spratt of Fort Mill, who was promi- j nently identified with the Thirtieth di- j vision in the world war. Col. Spratt j .has not yet filed his pledge, but it j seems pretty certain that he will make j the race. j Interest in the race for governor is I ! nrettv keen. There promises to be no! i lack of candidates." So far Cole L. I j Blease and Andrew J. Bethea are the jonly ones who have filed the'fr pledges. But positive announcement has been' niade by State Senator Lanev, Superintendent of Education Swear ingen and { "William Coleman that they will be in ! i the race. None of those mentioned j | are newcomers in state politics except j Mr. Coleman. Former Governor! Blease has been twice elected gover- j nor and has served in the state sen-! ate, and been a candidate for the j 'United States senate. He has canvassed the state many times. Andrew l J. Bethea served as secretary to Gov-j I ernor Ansel, as code commissioner and i I I . as leutenant governor and was a candi- j | date for governor in 1918. Senator! Laney has filled an important place in | 1 the state senate, of which he has been j a member for many years and where i ; he has made an enviable record as a J | constructive eeonomst. He has fori ! the past four years served as chair- ! ' I J man of the judiciary ,committee. one! of the most important. Mr. Swear- j I . , ! i ingen has served several terms as state superintendent of education. Dunn? his incumbency the common schools ofi the state as well as the institutions of , higher learning have made great prog- ! ress. The county superintendents of: ! education, in their annual meetinu en-j dorsed t-he candidacy of Mr. Swearin-; gen. Mr. Coleman has never been in I politics before, his friends say that | he has a strong following at home and ' that he will make a good show in- in J the race for governor. He-sides those ] named above John Gary Evans is still being talked of as a possible entran*. I though he is withholding his <h% is: for the present. I Other names have been mentioned. but there is littie possibility that any ; of them wili make the plunge. Tittime is now growing short, as the camI i paign will open June 20. I ; A former Levugton man. Mr. '. j 1 D. Seay wll make the race for super-J intendent of educaton. Mr. Seay is i j well known in this county, wheer he was born and raised. For a good! man years he has lived in Richland.! ' where he was a teacher and served the ? 'county as superintendent of education. ' For the first time in the history of the state 3 woman will enter the lists i I ow at Helm; pital Warming Up loi" a stale office, Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake of Bennettsv' . having announced her candidacy for superintendent of education. Mrs. Drake is a graduate of Winthrop and has had considerable experience as a teacher. Her friends believe she is well qualified for the position. Several candidates are said to be going to enter the lists for commissioner of agriculture. For adjutant general the incumbent, General ilufus Grant will be opposed byCapt. Bob Craig of Columbia. Both of them are world war veterans. Capt. Craig, who commanded the Hartsville company in the Thirtieth division, was badly, wounded and grassed and was on the invalid list for a long: time after his return from France. He has now regained his health and has been in active for some time past. If there are any candidates for any of the other positions in the state house they have not made it known. It will requre at least half if not more of the first year's salary to make the campaign, and the positions pay hardly / a living, so they are not likely to be much sought after. r ^"sSOuth Carolina has a new bank examiner as well as a new governor. W. W. Bradley havng been appointed by Governor Cooper just before his retirement to fill out the term of James H. Craig, who resigned to accept a position the cooperative tobacco growers. Mr. Bradley has been il^^sU^^^s^een'we^Reserved by faithful service. t ' State Electrician Cannon will have something to do in June. Five white murderers are to have the "juice" put to them within two days.?Fox, Gappins and Kirbv on the 16th, while Jeffords and Harrison, who killed Arnette in Columbia just two weeks ago, 1 - ?A -Af ahJaiic f A An are 10 pruueeu uic nuiunuu^ n the 15th. Edmund Bingham, under sentence of death, but whose case ifc on appeal, is also in the death house and may soon have to face a similar fate. The Arnette murder rivalled the Brazell case in brutality. It shocked Columbia to the chore, though there was never any talk of lynching indulged in. ^ * m FEW MORE DAYS FOR TAXPAYERS. A few more days remain for South Carolinians to pay their state and county taxes for 1921 without executions being made up. Under the terms of the joint resoluton passed at the last session of the legislature extending: the time for paying 1921 taxes, executions are to be made up after June 1, but are to be held by the county treasurer untl September 1, when they will be turned over to the sheriff. An eight per cent. penalty goes into effect the morning of June 1. From June 1 until September 1 the taxpayer, who has not already paid his taxes, can meet his obligation by paying*'the eight per cent* penalty and thus escape a visit of the sheriff. A consideable amount of 1921 taxes is still due. iiuitAfi cviinii:us The Lexington-Iliehlnnd It. L. C. Association will hold its regular an nual meeting* a: Lexngtnn. S. C., on Tuesday, May 30th. at 11 a. m. The families of the carriers are invited and a barb-cue and picnic dinner will he served. All rural carriers in the two counties and in adjoining counties n?>t bedding meetings on that date are invited whether members of the association or not. Come and bring your wife or sister or daughter or sweetheart as the case may be and let us enjoy the oui asion together. W. H. Hare. County Secretary TO SEKVE DIN Mill. - - * - *? -V. Tfir laaies or are pajuiM vn^i? will serve dinner on the court house grounds Thursday for the convenience of those attending court, and the public generally is invited to dine with them.