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jjri Wtp B is pat li-3Mnu s | -xt pl^M: NO. S3. . LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY|^^MBER 13, 1922. "" NUMBERS. 8a^n ^ m^ ??? B^P* - f h ^ h at &je more than J.7 years be^jfhhfi Nelson Wanna Bpfe'**:* l^cklayer, and hi? Kto Ame^t the time ?f WilHamW His Elzabeth tfechersperger, BBgjPfe*t(>r* were the Hugenots ^R?m&^e was *1 4 years old and book store as an errand nEKi^ 21 week. Some time HHefe^Bkmily moved to Kosciusko engage in business., gfefcker obtaned a position in a Ip, siure ai i.au a weeK, -h, he saved $100. This jadation of his fortune, ant in the store caused ill ? 1S58 Wannamaker went *v His/health improved trned i& Philadelphia the tarhen be was elected the spertary of the Y. M. C. was then in ??<$ to enlist in the army 1% " * * . 4 r fuifc d on accoqu^ of his eanhonaded. he op^ned^a i$r:?tore. War parai^zed 4th remarkable tact Wan-' - . Bp^/V * ' -* y" PRIZES WILL TUESD. mmm?immm? ??mmmmmmwmmm??? MISS CHOUGH WRITES OF GREAT WHITE PLAGUE a __ \ ' | XATIVE OF LEXINGTON CO. | Miss Crouch Is a native of Lexington county, am! has lived here l . n_.11 1 - nnntAnMnn. ?? v uuui cue vuvjk up tier rcwueuw: ai I the Ridgewood Tuberculosis Camp. I' She knows what it means to sufj| fer, and she realizes the amount of good that can be done by each j( penny spent for Christmas seals, > which help to "stamp" out tuberj. eulosis The following letter, written b Miss Nellie Crouch, a former schoc teache* who is now suffering fron ' 'he dread disease tuberculosis a Hidgewood Tuberculosis Camp in Co lumbia, should make a touching ap jieal to every man, woman \ am child in South Carolina. This lette from Miss Crouch is a seldom warn iag; and a plea for aid from all ii the, fight against the "Great Whit Plague": ; I have just h^ard that you ar y w riting to the teachers asking a spe 1 effort- from them in thA Christ Sale this year. Would a let t*r frIfca an old friend and patien .liitelp- any? , "When I taught, I was not Winter 'e;rtefl to this work to any great exten ?so many, things crowded it out; Bid not realize then that tubercu losis was really a menace to me an< to the children' I taught. '3*ow that I know, it is too late fo ''me ^ to you^as a teac^^^ mus I tin the terrible fact that the schoo om furrishes too many victims t< ;^Vdisfcase, which can be prevented 'As the buying and selling of th< " r ods and little s^als are the mean J of defeating \the enemy and savin? ! lives, surely the. teachers who knov w:.I back you up. I have faith ii their willingness to serve where the: know the need! "Sincerely yours, "NELLIE CROUCH." namaker brought his busines: through the turbulent - times and ' a the close of the war he was a wealth: man. As years advanced . Wannamake: \ / became more prominent and lu widened his, Vnercantile operations Ourside of business pursuts he en -red in religious and social work V V Nrganized the famous Bethanj N Sur,. v^chool with 27 members ant it now Ambers m<S?f^han 3,000. H< was. /one of the originators of th< "Christian commission" during th< Civil War and was chairman of th( general relief committee during th? Irish/ famine. He served efficients j; r rfr on the finance committee of the centennial exposition of 1876. Though an ardent Kepublicar worker, f Wannamaker never soughi * * & 0 political office. In 1888 he took ar. " i. active part in the campaign and was ' finally prevailed upon to accept th position of postmaster general in President Harrison's cabinet. After | four years in public office, Wannamaker continued active work in indei npnnonf ^ -r:?? rvuu^Ub ^V<.}JU 1/lll.all a,LL<kllO. I Wannamaker was the founder ol j the first penny saving* bank, helped j to start numerous hospitals, founded I Wartnamaker's Institute of Indus! tries end the Bethany Dispensary and had erected Y. M. C. A. and I college buildings in India, China [Japan and Korea. In 19'2 he was decorated with the Legion of Honor by the French government and in November, 1914, he chartered twc steamships and sent food to the starving Belgians. Wannamaker nomi nated Fairbanks as vice president a1 the Republican national convention in 1916 and in 1921 celebrated sixty years of business life. As father of the centennial exposition he suggested the sesquicentennial exposition for 1926 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Declaraton of Independence . V ? % r I BE A WARDE A Y IN THE DR i CAMPAIGN IS STILL IN FORMATIVE STAGE , REAL HUSTLER CAN YET ENTER AND WIN THAT $630.00 CHEVROLET AUTOMOBILE. NO LOSERS IN THIS RACE ( Biggest Extra Votes Offer of Entire Campaign Ends Next Tuesday Afternoon.?Each $12.00 Gives You 100,000 Extra Votes. . Thirty dollars fn cash will be y awarded next Tuesday, December >1 19th, at 6 p. m. a There will;S8e given $15 in cash to X the contestant who has turned in the i- greatesfr-amount of cash subscription - business up to that date since the bei ginning oi the campaign. . r /'Ten dollars will go to the contest ant turning in second most, and n Eive' dollars will go to the conteste ant turning in third most cash business. e Keen interest is being manifested ,b> he general public to see who are the best workers in the race up to the "end of the first round of this batt tie. \ Pile Up Extra Totes. . Each $12.00 in subscription business turned in during th^s first period of the campaign gives 100*000 EXTRA VOTES besdes the regular schedule. During tlie period ^following it wfU take $16 irorth of business to give an extra vote coupon of 100,000 r' votes. And each succeeding period reftuir^s more business to win the B lOd.OOO extra vote coupons. .Hence '* at^ person can see the wisdom of 24 givfes 200,000 extra votes. 1 36 gives 300,000 extra votes. 3 48 gives 400,000 extra votes. K 60 gives 500,000 extra votes. 72 gives 600,000 extra votes. 84 gives 700,000 extra votes. 96 gives 800,000 extra votes. 108 gives 900,000 extra votes. N 120 gives 1,000.000 extra votes. y Win a Million. Any real worker can start in TO' DAY and win ONE MILLION EXTRA VOTES between now and 6 p. g m. next Tuesday, December 19. And t there is no reason to STOP at a million; pile up all the votes you can, for the more the merrier. ' /Not Too Late. ? Up until next Tuesday anybody can enter this race and get a start off of 50,000 tree (votes on the nomination coupon. A $1.50 subscritpion makes ^ the entry coupon good for 75,000 ^ votes, while $12 in business nuke^ the nomination coupcn good for ^ 150,000 votes. After nfxt Tuesday nomination coupon will be cut down in value, so if you are thinking of enterng, DO IT NOW. List Shortens. I r , There were something over 150] names of entrans in The Dispatch News contest; but of this list not over 1 a score are showing personal inter' est. This is not as it should be, for 1 on January 12th, The Dispatch-'News ' will award a $630 1923 model Chev? rolet five-passenger touring car to the 1 contestant polling the highest vote in this campaign. The car is standing on the floor of the S. B. McMaster ' salesroom, Columbia, and anybody is invited to call and see it. At the f' DuPre Motor Co., Lexington is the I second prize, a $406.00 Ford roadl ster, 1923 model, a dandy. At the Harmon Drug Co., is the $170 Vic' trola and $40 solid gold wrist watch, I third and fourth prizes. Besides . these prizes $50 in special cash prizes ; will be awarded, $30 of which will go next jTuesday. There are XO LOSERS in this race, for 10 per cent > will be given every candidate in cash on all the worker turns in if that candidate fails to win a prize. Until 6 P. M. Tuesday, i Contestants residing in the\ country can mail their report in if they don't feel like coming .to The Dispatch News office, and every cash subserip lion in the mail at the contestant's postoffice will count, even though it doesn't reach this office until the following day. Just so the post mark >PAmk-NEw -WBmkSolicitor Xltt/^UtevSon of th Eleventh circur^MBpade his annua report to the ^^^^^'.J?eneral in Co lumbia work done i: his circuit for tfflMMht year. In th entire circuit tfagiji|5yere 189 indict ments, of wMjzra^^BR7<?re convicted 50 no bills ajBddBKB&nce<3> and 2 , found not guitt|5wg|vC Violation of tli^^^^ibitin -law lei all others for thfrgpffpit, there beirij 4 9 cases docketel^fflb^ convictions four not guilty ^gw^^ree n<> hills Housebreaking anfflHRfehy came sec ond with 25 eastfragS&eted, 16 con victions, two nc^rjnHf and seven m bills. ManslaughtS^ran third in th circuit with 13 13 convic tions. Out of a;^H jail 28 cases o vjS^oK'V assault and batter#???Intent to kill there were 11 fou?jufl k four no guilty and It no? Rtd discontin ued. There were'J^^^pder cases ii the circuit, of whiclgj pjb were founi guilty, six not guilaHBE-two no bill and discontinued, In Lexington cd^B^^fee following cases werd, docket's? K the result p- ' \ . Larceny of automobile: 1 guilty, : county chain gang. Larceny: 1 no bill; 2 not guilty, 1 guilty, 2 county chain gang. Manslaughter: 4 guilty, 4 county chain gang. Murder: 2 not guilty, 2 guilty, ' county chain gang. Obtaining goods under false pre tenses: 1 guilty, 1 coiihty chain gang Seduction: 1 not guilty. Violation of Dispensary law: 1 dis continued, 1 not guilty, 18 guilty, i jail and fine, 9 county ^hain gang. Violation game and fish law: 3 dis continued, 1 guilty, 1 jail and fine. Non support of family: 2 not guilty 1 guilty. 1 iail and fine. Using automobile without owrier'j consent: 1 puiltv, t county chair gang. Drawing check without sufficieni funds: 1 discontinued. Bigamy: 2 guilty, 2 county chair ping. Bank breaking and larceny; 1 discontinued, 1 guilty, 1 county chair gang. No bill .. ... . . ,11 Discontinued '11 Not guilty . 1( Mistrial .. . C Guilty 4 fl Jail and fine 13 ENTERTAINMENT AT ROUND HILL. There will be an entertainment at Round Hill school house on December 23, commencing at 7:30 o'clock, consisting of recritations, dialogues, drills pantomimes, and tableauxs. Re| freshments will be served by the league. There will be a small adnlission fee charged. The proceeds ' will go for the benefit of the school. I The public is cordially. invited. | Come one and all and help a good j' cause.! on the letter shows the business to have been mailed at your postoffice K\r fi n -r>. navt Tuo.-Jn" T^a.. ktj v i> . xxi. xi^Ai xjucoiia.y, jL/cvciuufi 19th, t counts on the $30 in cash prizes to be awarded and helps win the 100,000 big extra vote coupons. This gives contestants residing at any distance from The Dispatch-News office just as much show of winning the * . ^ $15, or $10 or $5'as does those living right here in town. If you didn't 1 wish to come to Lexington Tuesday just mail your subscription business in. i , w I rS' CONTEST FAIR VIEW SCHOOL l BUILDING DEDICATED. e On last Friday the Fairview high .1 school building was dedicated. The f ' - bulding is located at William's Cross n Roads five miles south of Steedman. e There was a large crowd present for - ,the service. The meeting was v prel, sided over by H. C. Hughes, chair3 man of the board of trustees. After a short address of welcome by Mr. rj Hughes devotional exercises were ^ conducted by Rev.'H. P. Bennett of it Salley. The audience sang America I and immediately fnllnwinp* thi? "Won . George Bell Timmerman was intro_ duced to the audience. Mr. Tim0 mermart commended the people of e this progressive community for their _ efforts and the splendid building that f has been erected. Follown^: Mr. Tim[>; merman. State Superintendent of Edt uqation John E. Swearingen made a _ splendid address pointing out some of the good points of such a school. He j stressed the importance of State aid 0 for the support of the schools. Mr. Swearingen was followed by Mr. H. B. Dominick, chairman of the state; board of examiners, Mr. Joseph H. y 'Shealy, also a-member of the state bog||l of examiners/ and Mr. Wise, 3 assf&ant state superintendent of,edg *ucation. All of these speakers praisd^th community spirit that has r causd such a splndid school to be erected. A bountiful basket picnic dinner was then served and along tfrith. that six barbecued hogs and lemonade. ? - Farview. JUgfe. ^school is the result jjij 1 to Mr. J. J." Seastrunk one of the \ ." * best known, contractors in thia sec tion and work was^ immediately begun. The building was completed 1 V ' December 1st. The structure is ol brick and contains six class room? - and an auditorium. The two class rooms upstairs can be thrown into - the auditoriium and thus give a seat' ing capacity of about three hundred. The building is a oreit to any town - and is a remarkable feat for any > country community. The people ol this section deserve credit for the - manner in which they have gone about providing facilities for theii , children to- .secure an educaton. The Board of Trustees s composed of H. 3 C. Hughes, F. F. Padgett, and W. i E. Rawlss, who are rren of determi% nation and enterprise. County Supt rintepdent of Education Julius E. Sharpe was also instrumental in put, ting this matter through and he too deserves some of the credit. The i' au >Bctuvn is one 01 ine Desx ( famring section*; of Lexington county Ths school ought tc be an incentive for more consolidation and the people of ths district have certainly pointed the way to other sections of the county where consolidation is 1 needed. Already two filling stations haye been elected near the building and a number of lots have I I be-, n sold to farmers who expect to bui'1 around the building so as to be near. They advsnce the idea that they can get to their farms easier l than they can get the children from the farms to the school. Fairview is bound to progress with the spirit that is behind it. COUNTY BOARDERS NOW AT THE JAIL. Jailer Klecklev a: present hats six boarders confined at his place of business. Five of the six are charged with different crimes and nrf rnvnifirnT )Vir> 4 ? ^ VAAV - -VA? L^;? in Ui i'UUX't. which will convene in .January. The.4J. other prisoner is one' serving a fed> eral sentence. Of *he five othe/s three are white and two negroes. J ? , m,? : t BACK AT'DESKS. , J . . J Mr. Tally R. Keisler, of tjfe Home National bank, is again at fijs desk after ten days sickness. Mr. H. L. Harmon, clerk of court, is again attending the duties of his office after several days illness. | SANTA CLAUS LETTERS " * Lex?ngton, S. C., Dec. 10, 1922. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a little train and , railroad, an automobile, some fireworks and fruits of all kinds. Yours truly, HOMER WINGARD SHEALY. Lexington, S. C., Dec. 10, 1922., 'Dear Santa:' Please bring me a train and track, a little automobile, some fireworks and fruits of all kinds. f , Yohrs truly, HOOVER WOODROW SHEALY. t Edmund, S. C., Dec. 11, 1922/ Dear Old Santa: \ I am a little girl five years old and going to school. I have been real good since last Xmas. I am so glad. <it is so near the time to look for you again. I hope you will be on time and bring me a doll and a ring; that will do for thus time. Thank you so much for the nice things that you brought me last year. I hope you will have a good time Christmas3 . too. Good-bye Santa! * f y As ever, *4 . Your kittle girl, KATIE LOU SHARPE. Lexington, S. C., Dec. 11, 1922. ?' Dear Santa'Claus: if I am a girl 14 years old and I *go to school every day. I hope that "you won't forget me. I will not ask -f?r . good. I want you to bring me a cap . "' > pistol and some caps, and I have a ; little sister, 1 year old; her name is Pauline, she wants a doll baby and some fruit. Good-bye Santa. I wish you- a Merry Xmas from \ , Edwin and Pauline Alewine. Lexington, S. C., Dec. 12, 1922. Dear Santa: I am a little girl?-only little girl jEe daddy has. Christmas is near and MW I don't want you to forget me. I want you to bring me a sleepy doll and a doll carriage and some oranges, apples, nuts and candy. Goodbye dear old Santa. MARGARET WESSINGER. Leesville, S. C., Dec. 11, 1922. Dear Santa Claus: I'm a little boy eight years old and I can write my own letter. I ^ want you to please b'-ing me a fountain pen and a bottle of ink and a bicycle and some candies also. Well. I will close for this time. WALTER LOWELL SHEALY. Lexington, S. C.t Nov. 27, 1922. My dear Santa Claus: I know Christmas is not far away and I want you to please remember me. I am a small 'boy, I will be two years old in January. I can spell boy and count to ten. Uncle Santa, please don't forget to bring me a tricycle with rubber wheels and an A. . C. book. You may bring a , few apples, oranges and candy, don't like bananas. Your loving little boy, ADAIR Z. McCARTHA. BERTHA^RJCARI). ~ Bertha Ricard, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Ricard. died at the home of her parents, near Emanuel church, aged 10 years, 10 months and 20 days. She was bantisod in infancv ami was a diligent and faithful attendant of the Cateeheteal and Sunday schtfil classes, always paying special attention to her instructor^ A dutiful and loving child has been called home. tey ^ PIUSCILLA CLI B. The meeting of the Prsieilla Club ^ has been postponed until after the ^ holidays.