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y'S'f ^LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1917 No. 48.
M?. J. G. FARR^BRNED
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The Rev. John Qoode Farr is
no more. On Thursday
when the sad news of the death
^ of the Rev. J. G. Farr was pass
ed from one to the other on the
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' StT06lS JillU 1U txio llUlIIV^O VX O-IVA
ington, there was genuine sora
row. While his death was a
profound shock?for death at
I g)l sad?it came as no
" surprise to those who knew of
~ his real condition?to those
who knew how sick he was. The
> operation he underwent ten
, days prior to his .death was one
L_which the master surgeon al^
ways undertakes with a feeling
of dread and anxiety; and one
which the strongest of men often
succumb, even when they
& are in the most perfect health.
^ The deceased had been a suf? erer
from chronic gallstones
several years, coming on at
SpRervals in accute form; and
Monday, September 10, he
P fwas taken with a most violent
5 .attack. Heroic efforts were
. used in the hope that the man
1 would get relief, but instead of
m getting better the patient grad
Klly grew worse; and Dr. L. B.
fens, a distinguished physin
and surgeon of Columbia,
s called in consultation with
the family's physician. It was
agreed that the operation was
^the only course to pursue with
any assurance of saving the
"beloved divine's life?all other
remedies having failed to'give
t relief.
jg; v. When the surgeons made the
- incision it was then that the
awful condition of the man bei
* t&me> known. The bladder
k wak found to be greatly inflamed.
and in far worse condition
| than had been looked for; It
I was a case of certain death, although
the surgeons and phyl
sicians hoped that the patient
K-ir.lcht make a change for the
^ better, and be able to overcome*
the odds that were so over-.
:v-helmingiy. against, hirr. But
y * f nr] on Thursday rnornsurrounded
by bis . feting
|= \and faithful wife, and in che
presence of nurses and sorrowH
ing friends, the gentle spirit of
Tvfche "Rev. John Goode Farr took1
r its flight and returned to the
* Go'1 ?ho gave it.
; The Columbia State of Friday
coring carried the follow-'
f i<? louncement of Mr. Fair's
death:
"The Rev. John Goode Farr,
I par tor of the Lexington Circuit
of the Upper South Carolina
* Methodist Conference, died at
<j. uuspiun ,y COLCI ua,,y muinmg,
whore he was brought for treat
ment several days ago. The re-j
mains will be taken to Union
this afternoon at 12:55 o'clock
where the T wral will be held
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock
from Foster's Chapel in Union
County. The Rev. J. W. Kilgo,
I). D., presiding elder of the Columbia
District of the Methodist
Church, will accomoanv
' the remains to Union and con-;
duct the funeral sendees.
"Mr. Farr was a son of D. J. j
and Mrs. Ellen Farr and was
born in York County November
X, 1886. Ho attended the pub-;
lie schools of that county and
then took a business course and
' entered business. He was licensed
to preach in 1892.
"He has been a member of
the South Carolina Conference
since 1907, his first church be-,
ing at Gaffney, where he was'
received on trial with Bishop H.
k C. Morfison presiding. Among
some of the appointments he
. has filled are: Green Street.
K Union; Bethlehem Circuit. Darlington
County, and Lexignton
[ 'Circuit. He has served the Lexj
fngton Circuit for two years. He j
' was known and loved not only
as preacher but as good neigh,
bor and friend to the- community
wherever he lived.
"Mr. Farr was for 12 years
- auditor of Union County, where
he filed that office with mark
ed ability, making friends on
| every side. He was an excellent
man and did much for the
upbuilding of the*community in
r which he served as minister. He
: was popular not only with
s - members of his own church but
he wa.3 loved by the people of
: 'the community wherever he
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| BROOKLAND SCHOOL HAS
LARGEST OPENING EVER
Special to Dispatch-News:
New Brookland, Sept. 24.?The
Brookland High and Graded school
opened on Monday morning with the
largest enrollment the school has ever
had. Rev. D. H. Attaway offered a
fervent prayer for the success of the
school,*followed by encouraging addresses
by the board of trustees, J.
W. Reely, J. R. Gostner and J. C. Ly.
brand.
The faculty this year is composed
of the following able teachers: J. Ed
Shealy, principal; Miss Ethel Eleazer
and Miss Joe Wright will teach in the
high school, Miss Wright teaching the
7th grade; Miss Ruth McCracken, 6th
grade; Miss Helen Hutchison 5th
grade; Miss Kate Eleazer 4th grade;
Miss Essie Amick 3rd grade; Miss
T A! O M OTT
r yillgi'i* anu i.fj.100 jljkjic*, jsxckj
Douglass, 2nd grade and Mrs. T. E.
Hook and Mrs. W. H. Varn 1st grade.
With this body of teachers and with
a new, commodious and well-equipped
building, the school will be a grand
success.
Winners announced in the Automobile
Trade Campaign conducted by
Burnett & Whetsell the popular drug,
gists, are as follows: A. M. Glaze first
prize, Ford Touring car; E. M. Lucas,
frr-n-frmnln Mrs R T~) TTpn
drix, third, white ivy toilet set; Willie
Jolly, fourth, lavallier; Miss Corine
Hook, fifth, vacuum sweeper; Hermon
Pierce, sixth, a carving set. The contest
has been running for the past six
months and all-of the contestants are
the closest of friends.
Master D. S. Shull of the lG-'l?
class of Brookland High school, has
entered the University of South Carolina;
taking the full A. B. course,
together with military training; and
Miss Lucille Harman of the same
class, has entered Columbia College.
Other Brookland brys and girls will
go to other colleges later, according
to rumor.
R. W. B.
NEW GARAGE FOR LEXINGTON.
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Lexington is pooh tohave another
up to date automobile garage^Mr. All
?rr T. Taylor having already rented
the new building of Ivlr. Thos. P.
which lis now nearing comply
tioix, and which will be equipped jirrc
as soon as the carpenters turn over
the keys. Mr. Taylor is a hustling
young man, and that hq vrill get his
share of patronage, is a foregone con|
elusion. . ,
I rrrt t\ tt /it __v m ' _ ?_
ine con neur l<:uo wrn meet on
I Friday afternoon with Mrs. Karl F.
Oswald at 4:30 o'clock.
LETTERS UNCALLED FOR.
Following is a list of the letters remaining
uncalled for in this office for
the week ending Sept. 24, 1917:
Ladies, NONE.
Gentlemen: Jacob R. Jones. .
These letters will be sent to the
Dead Letter office Oct. 8, 1917, if
nn+- m!]oc1 -Prvt Kafnra Tr? ol 1 i n or TAr
i the above please say "advertised,"
! giving date of list.
. Frank George, Postmaster.
I went for his kindness and
thoughtfulness of other people.
His death will cause widei
spread sorrow over the State,
especially where he has served
as nastor and won the esteem
of the people.
"Mr. Farr was twice marred.
His first wife was Miss Addie
Newberry of Union County. Of
this union nine children were
born. Seven of them?three
sons, Melvin, Harley and Perrin:
and four daughters, Mrs.!
Luke Byrd, of Patrick. Chester-j
field County, and the Misses El-1
oise. Vera and Lillian Farr, of
this town?all young in years?
survive him. On April 14.
1910, he was again married, his
second wife being Miss Arizona.
WiPams. of Spartanburg, who
survives him. Of this union:
one child was born wh odied in
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sniancy. rie is aiso survived uy;
his father and mother and several
brothers.
"At a meeting of the ministers
of the Columbia District
held in the Washington Street
Methodist Church Wednesday
morning the absence of Mr.
Farr was noted with much regret,
he being then seriously ill
at a hospital. Special prayer
was offered for his recovery."
For the widow and orphan
children of the deceased the
sympathy of all Lexington goes
out.
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HELP TO REDUCE FIRES.
The Dispatch-News has received
the following: very interesting letter
from State Insurance Commissioner
McMaster, and we commend the suggestions
offered to the favorable con_
eiz-ln-ro-f-irm r\f nil T.pvirtorfnn "folk;
"Help to reduce the shingle roof .
fires by advising the people at tmfe
season of the year, that they should
put a piece of old sheet zinc or an old
discarded dry cell battery in their fire
places and stoves. The fumes from
this will rid chimneys of soot and save
money and houses.
"Help prevent fires by urging people
to rid their cellars, garrets and
premises of trash. Have no greasy
most ahout. the house to start soonta
neous combustion fires. Do not put
ashes of any kind in wooden boxes.
Replace weathered shingles with tin
or some non-combustible roof and see
that their electrical wiring has not
the insulation worn off and is in prop,
er good order.
"Help save the property of the people.
This may not reduce insurance
rates but it will save loss to many cit
izens."
WHO CAN BEAT THIS?
Mr. Marshall Berry, Pelion Farmer,
Growing 80 Pound Melons
Right Along.
To Lexington Disaptch-News:
I write you a few lines to let the
people who read your paper know
i ? it *tt /? _ !
wnat we sana nm iarmers can grow
down here. I planted watermelons
for home use only and gave them no
attention worth mentioning, and grew
them to weigh as much as 80 pounds;
and have some of them now for any
one who doubts it to come and see. I
will ask you to publish about these
melons for me. Would bring you one
up, but have no business calling me to
Lexington just now and I am too busy
to turn loose unless it is absolutely a
necessity.
The melons are of a mixed variety,
or i suppose so, tor 1 planted dirterenti
kind of seed.
MARSHALL BERRY,
Pelion, Route 1.
P. S.?Who has beat this?
NOTE.?Mr; Berry is a good farmer
and we have no reason to doubt
his veracity at all; but row y ouldn't
of those ?0 pound melons look
pstfdd "tSWdur desk??Editors.
"ROSS" DENT BROKE ARM.
"Pncc ft Alio nf +Vi?? VcrirrVst. nr?.3 PTl(>r_
rretic sons of County Auditor W. D.
Derit, accidentally broke his left arm
between the wrist and elbow while
playing in the yard Monday. 'The little
fellow fell over a stump in the
yard, and the compact with the
ground was great enough to cause the
fracture. The arm was promptly re.
set by Dr. J. H. Mathias, who was
summoned at once, and Ross is doing
as well as could be expected today, although
the pain is great. "Ross" like
the rest cf us, has hard luck, this be-;
ing the third time he has had his arm i
broken and the same one each time, j
NOTICE!
A great many persons here in the!
town of Lexington as well as many J
others in the country, subscribed aj
short while back to the Red Cross;
Fund. The time given for this pay-j
meat was by October 1st. So kindly,
be prepared, as the undersigned will
call on you within the next few days, j
so as to close up these pledges and j
make final report to headquarters.
Your promptness will be greatlyl
appreciated. i
W. D. DENT,
Secreatry of Red Cross Fund.
Sept. 25, 1917.
NEW COTTON MILL
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T/~in o PnlfAn TVTilld nf TT?1-:
| ion has boon commissioned by the secretary
of state with a capital stock!
of two million, five hundred thousand j
dollars.
JOE SOX DISLOCATED SHOULDER I
While hauling ice from the depot
on Monday, Joe D. Sox, of the firm of t
Caurhman & Sox, had the misfortune j
| to ret his rirht shoulder dislocated,,
land he is very much handicapped.!
Mr. Sox, toerether with Mr. C. West!
Cauhman, were thrown from a twohorse
war on loaded with ice when the !
rr?!!lf?:< hppamp frichtened and ran off
; Fortunately, however. Mr. Cau^hman j
escaped with slhrht bruises. Mr. Sox
was attended promptly by Dr. G. F. j
i Roberts, the shoulder bcinjr put back
in proper place: and, while the pain is
: severe and it will be several days be_ ]
fore he can use the arm, no perma- j
j nent injury is anticipated.
MIDWAY DOTS.
Special to Dispatch-News:
The health of our community is
very good at present.
We have had one death since the
last writing, Mrs. Emanuel Corley,
known as Aunt Julia. She was one
of the oldest inhabitants of this section,
being in her 95th year at the
time of her death.
Yve are sorry to know that some of
our comunity boys have been called
to the army. They will be missed
very much.
Misses Pearls and Eula Derrick of
the Dutch Fork, spent Sunday with
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meir irienas, tne misses juessie a;iu
Chicola Rikard.
Misses Aquilla and Addie Drafts
spent the week-end with Miss Minnie
Lee Connor.
Mrs. Ann Drafts and little daughter,
Nettie, spent the week-end with
her mother, Mrs. Polly Drafts,
Mr. Walter Harman and mother
spent Sunday at Mr. Frank Derrick's.
Mr. Vernon Corley, mother and sister
spent Sunday with Mrs. Epanina
Corley, near Brookland.
Midway school will open on Monday,
October 8, with Miss Reba Corly
m charge.
Miss Bertha Efird left last Wednes.
day for Newberry College.
NEGRO SOLDIERS ARE
ORDERED TO COLUMBIA
Columbia- Record.
Over 8,000 negro selectmen from
the Carolinas and Florida are to be
mobilized at Camp Jackson, beginning
with October 3, according to or.
ders issued today by Provost Marshal
General Crowder, a copy of which
was received by Gov. Manning. The
message to Gov. Manning stated that
26 per cent of the State's entire entire
quota should be mobilized October
3, this increment to be composed
entirely of negroes.
North Carolina and Florida author.
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.ties nave aiso received oracrs to uisnatch
a like number of negroes to
Camp Jackson.
The entire draft of 26 per cent for
these three states will make up a total
of 8,416 negroes, divided up as
follows: \
South Carolina, 2,618.
KcrtK Carolina, 4,153.
Florida, 1,545.
The adjutant general's office will
have chargi of the- movement of the
negro troops in-this -State, Ar.d Adjutant
General Moore already has arfoments
under,way.
It is assumed that the remainder of
the negro selectmen in this State will
be included in a later movement. Fig. I
ures based on recent compilation of
reoorts showing the number of men;
held for service by local boards irdi-i
cated that the ratio of negroes being
certided in this State was over 60 per
cent of the entire quota. The State's
quota is 10,081 and with over 2,000
negroes provided for in the first increment,
there remains approximately
8,000 to come later if present plans
are adhered to, the war department
recently stating that each cantonment
would have to care for its own negro
troops. It was declared, however.!
that these would be segregated.
Lexington County's quota of negro;
troops for the first movement on October
3 will be 67; and it is assumed
that the local board will have calls issued
to that number at once.
THE DEACONS SECOND WIFE. |
This play will be given at Charter
Oak school house Saturday night Sep.
+ a m 1-Lov* OQ of S rtr*lr
This promises to be a good play; and
the public is cordially invited to come
out and enjoy the fun with us.
An admission fee of 10 cents will
be charged to see "The Beacon's Sec
ond Wife." and the funds will go to-'
ward making school improvements, i
The Ladies' School Improvement
League will serve refreshments and
there will be other pleasing features,
and amusements for both young and
old throughout the evening.
bo, everbcdy come and enjoy the
even ini? with us at Charter Oak. A
hearty welcome awaits you.
FOR SALE. j
A few hundred bushels of Texas
Red Rust Proof oats at $1.25 per bushel;
Leanes Prolific Wheat at $3.25
per bushel; Georgia Flint Wheat; aj
very limited amount of Ahruzzi Rye,!
at $1.00 per peck;heef cattle and milk
cows.
The above Leapes Prolific Wheat is
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recoinmenueu very nigniy uy seeu
farms and seed dealers. Farmers re.
port record-breaking yields from this
wheat. Apply to
FAIRMONT FARM,
J. Hoy Wessinger, Agriculturist.
Sept. 2G.
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. MR. AND MRS. KAMINER ARRIVE |
i Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Kaminer and
' four children arrived in Lexington
last Thursday from Portland, Oregon,
! where they have been spending several
weeks with Mrs. Karo frier's moth. J
er, since their arrival in June from
the Phillippine Islands where they
have lived for the oast 17 vears.
Mr. Kaminer is a son of Lhe late
Geo. A. Kaminer, and was born and
j reared about 0 miles west of Lexing,
ton. In 1900 during the Spanish- J
! American War he voluteered for ser.i
i
j vice in the Philippine Islands, and af-!
S ter being mustered out of the army
j entered the governmeut service where t
j he has been living ever since, until (
| he resigned last June to return to [
j Lexington. Twelve years ago he [
i married Miss jbana koss, a most estimable
and cultured young lady of
Portland, Oregon, who at that time
was a teacher in the government
schools of Manilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Kaminer have bought:
the Hayes place about 9 miles west of
Lexington on the Augusta Road,
where they will make their future j
home. r'51
SURVIVOR OF SUBMARINE
ENLILSTS IN U. S. NAVY
Herman- L. Dupree, twenty
years of age, from Birmingham,
Ala., walked aboard the
U. S. S. Recruit in Union Square
at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
and said he wanted to enlist in
the United States navy. While
he was being examined by Surgeon
J. J. Kaveney he casually
remarked that he had the experience
of Submarine gun fire
during the past summer. Dupree
had shipped from Portland,
Maine, last June on the
Norwegian tanker, "Kongsli "|
bound for Rotterdam. On thej
return trip in the third week of j
August, out four days, from the;
coast of Eoterdam at five thirty
in the morning three shots were
sent across the bow of the tanker.
Dupreesaid:
"I was oh watch on the hurri-;
cane deck. The weather was!
clear and calm. No warning ,
was given except the three
shots. Twenty more were
fired and in ten minutes we
were sunk. The crew of 28
took to the three boats and imzuediately
the-submarine arose
and came within fifty yards of
us. This was the-conversation
the Captain of the submarine
! had with our skipper. It was
all in English, with no trace
of German accent:"
now long nave you naa tms
| ship?' said the submarine cap|
tain."
'A year and a half/ answered
our skipper."
'Where was she built?' he
asked."
'Baltimore,' was the repiy.
'What kind of a crew have
you?"
I 'Mixed. Danish, Swede and |
Norwegians."
'Any Americans?"
'None."
According to Dupree the |
Captain of the tanker asked forj
a tow and he was told that anj
English cruiser would be along
in the morning. The next
day the cruiser came along but
T 11 I 11"^ 1
j paid no attention to tne men, it
| being a rule of the British Ad'
miraHy not to pick up life boats
I After floundering in the rough
i sea with no rations but a iev
! biscuits and very little water,
the men finally landed at St.
Nazares, France.
Bupree has been three years;
at sea, having shipped from'
Norfolk, Va. He was educat-j
ed in the public schools of Bir-'
mingham. He was sent to the
Training Station at Newport.
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GOV. OF TEXAS CONNVICTED. :
Austin, Tex., Sept. 22.?Jamse E.;
Ferguson, suspended governor, was'
practically ousted from office late to j
day when the Texas senate sitting asj
a high court of impeachment, found!
him guilty on ten of the 20 counts!
nrefcrred against bin: uv the house.!
The senate still has to affix the pen
alty, which according to the Texas
' law must be dismissal from office.
FOR SALE?51 acres of fertile!
ii 1 i . - * - t.:i - i. , i
j mnti, ciose 10 auxoiaouue iiifciiway, -?
! miles from steel bridge and 4 miles j
| from Chapin; 10 or 18 acres open,
' the balance in woods; has not been!
cultivated for three years.
P. H. DERRICK,
Lexington, S. C.
Route 3. 4tc j
SOLDIERS MOVING NOW
First South Carolina Infantrymen
ixo to Greenville, the second batnllion
of this rocrimont ^Anviefincr of ishont
450 men and officers left Camp Jackson
for Camp Sevier Greenville Tuesday.
Tn e Chav]n ?L^-t-<HroTi "and
the Columbia batallion of the second
3. C. Infantry is expected to follow
latter part of the present week. The
two latter batalions have been guarding
the camp and on other duties. The
military police which have been assig.
ned partly to the provost guardmen
both at the camp and in the city of
Columbia will bo rolipvprl liv thp
eleventh U. S. Cavalry now at Camp
Jackson. ?
TOTAL NUMBER ARRIVALS ~
The latest figures given out by Col.
J. Malcom Graham, chief mustering
officer, Camp Jackson, show that
7,271 selected men have reported in
the second increment to date. Additional
men are expected every day
this' week. North Carolina and Florida
are practically all in, but some
others are expected from North Carolina
and possibly Florida. The men
reporting this week will be mostly
from South Carolina. Ihe figures
now stand: South Carolina, 1,936;
North Carolina, 4,019; and Florida,
1,325. One reported this morning
from Texas. He had been selected in
South Carolina, having moved to
Texas after registering in this State.
The first Indians to reach Camp
Jackson came in late Saturday night,
these being Cherokees from Robeson
County, N. C., There were 14 men in
the contingent and there were accompanied
by two members of Robeson
county board to explain their social
status to the officers at Camp Jackson.
The coming of these Indians, com
monlv called Croatans, is expected to
prive the camp authorities another so
cial problem to solve. The croatans
associate on terms of equality with
neither white people or negroes, and
it is probable they will have to be lo
cated to themselves. In Robeson
county they ride in the white railway
coaches and stay in the white waiting
rooms, at the stations. This, how
ever, is about the extent of their association
with members of the white
race, who neither eat nor sleep in the
same places with the Cherokees. The
ordinary Croatan has no more use for
a negro than has a white man. The
Croatans have therr own schools.
When they reached the camp Saturday
night they were assigned to sep
arate sleeping quarters and Sunday
were given separate mess quarters.
Dr. P. J. O'Neil.
In this notice we are simply calling
your attention to the advertisement
of Dr P. J. O'Neil, who is too
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well known for even a word from
our pen to picture the many kind
and wonderful deeds "done unto the
body," of so many of the suffering
humanity, by this eminent and successful
physician. Many of whom he
has put his "heeling hand" upon, and
bid them go and suffer no more. So,
if you are afflicted with stomach disorders,
skin diseases, kidney troubles
or from any ailment, he is the man
"you are looking for." His office is in
the Carolina National Bank Building,
Columbia, S. C.
MASONS TO MEET.
A regular communication of Boylston
Lodge, No. 123, will be held Saturday.
the 29th of September, at 3
o'clock, p. m. . Brethren, be prompt
in attendance and come prepared to
pay your dues: otherwise the secreta
ry will be hampered in making his
annual return and cause trouble and
delay in our contemplated move.
Fraternally,
P. I. RAWL, W. M.
COB PIPES HAVE GONE UP.
Washington Times.
In addition to contributing to
The Times Tobacco Fund, Spea.
ker Champ Clark recently went
to buy 2,500 "Missourri nieer-?
schaums" for his favorite home
regiment to take to France.
tt _ js? i (m or a a
tie ouereu $jl?u.uu m payment.
''A hundred and twenty-five
more, please/' said the clerk.
"Corn-cob pipes have gone
up."
"Humph," said Champ'
"times are getting effete. When
I was a boy we made costless
pines out of free ccbs. The in
venter of these ready-mades
certainly is cleaning on."
Ke paid the $125.00 more.
One hundred and thirty-three
men have reported for the
| opening* of The Citadel.