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i LEXINGTON DISPATCH-NEWS
~ LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1918. No. 19.
jf RED CROSS
ORGANIZED!
Dr. Josiafa Horse Delivers
Eloquent Address to Large
and Very Enthusiastic
Audience
HBgC'f At an enthusiastic and well attended
meeting in the Court House here
Friday night the people of Lexington
County organized themselves into
a Red Cross Chapter. Nearly all
/ the Red uross branches throughout
the County had representative* present
to assist in the formation of the
Chapter and to assure the new offichief
fas&cre of the interesting pro%
- Dr. Morse has teen engaged in
r Bed work in this ^t^ a
Red Cross ^apter^
than 22,000,000 members was little
s&ort of a miracle- There are as
many members already in the organisation
as there are families in
( -our County, when less than a year
\ a?o the. vast majority of us'had nev?er
beard of the Jted Cross. p\ .1 < 1
Answering his question as to what
there was in the Ked Cross thai so ap^pealed
to American hearts and minds 9
Dr< Morse referred to a statement
"waae ^. iu.
ducing him that in the beginning God
ent one from the / other, and commented
that howerer tme that might
be, ever^moe that time all suepeed^
within each one are both the female
and the male limitations, and
therein lies the secret of the Redj
Cross and of many other things. To
j-. .
* understand the rapid rise and growth
of this wonderful organization it is
necessary to go back to the very ingredients
of human nature itself, and
there in the soil of the heart we
,
shall find the explanation. In each
of us there is the good and the bad,
"U the beast and the human ^ mixed with
the divine, and this great world-calamity
is bringing out to the utmost
all that is within u^. ^ ^ \ .
And yet, nev^r in the history of the j
whether you are in sympathy with!
this wr' for the fact is that human!
beings are suffering and they need |
sympathy and kindness, and that is
what the Red Cross is for.
It is a purely volunteer organiza;
\ tion. No one is forced to join it.
Each one of its twehty-two million
members had joined voluntarily,
and they understood when theyjjohjJ
ed that they would get nothin^m^terial
in return for their m^LbeJrship
fee. Members do not haray.o
. mcke surgical '.(ftessings, they dShofc
have to sew for the Red Cross,, ?ey,
do hot have to make hospital supjSles
unless they so elect.
The head of the Red Cross iii this
Country is Resident-Wilson, by virC
tue of this of ice. .The general vferking"
headJs Henry P. Davis, the p
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ner 01 *j . riupuui* uc u<u
given up his work, in wihcb he was
making milions, to direct tile work of !
the Red Cross at one dollar a year. .
And there are thousands and tens
of thousands of men and women like
him all over the country who have
laid aside their vocation to work for
the allievation of human suffering at
munificient salary of one dollar a
year. ... J''
The Red Cross is the Only organization
in this Country which; has been
chartered by Congress to render assistance
to the soldiers and sailors of
America, wherever they may be. The
closest intimacy exists between the
Red Cross and the United States government,
and from this fact the question
might be suggested Vhy doesn't
the government take it over?'There
are two xesaons: one is that never in
the; annals of History has. a government
done this kind of vibrtc. Their
vm4r' id ?/v mnto sftilant
to fight battles, to wii^^irxes. Our
Uncle Sam is amply
of own flesh' and bone, and we are
not wiSing for anyone else to do it,
** Dr. Morse^old the interesting
st^ of how the Red Crops had been
the result of an agitation started in
Italy ihit859:by a Swiss tourist who
witnessed the IcSble scene of thirty
thousand w*?r >ded and dying sold5
1 1 1_ _1_* _ _ ' >1 J _ 1
lers leit neipiea among' ae aeaa on
a battlefield near Solferino. He returned
from the battlefield to the
little city and so stirred its populace
by his appeals that he was accompanied
back to the scene of the suffering
by a handfull of its residents, and
there they ministered unto thoc_ who
were still capable of receiving their
attention. Upon his return to his
Swiss home, this gentleman wrote
pamphlet after pamphlet ijftd distributed
them all over Eugppe. After
a few years this leaven began to work
-?oco ? *' _ ii.jJ
aiiu ru ioud a yv-ao caueu
at Geneva, Switzerland, to effect
ways and means to form an organization
to look after the sick and^
wounded, the dying, and /the hungering.
They decided to go back to
their ^respective countries and try to
get their rulers to send delegates the
following year to a conference in
which to bind their countries to re.
spect the neutrality of this organization
in all succeeding wars. In
honor to founder qf the organization
they took the flag of his native
Country and reversed it, making a
reddeross on a white fiejd*~and made
this their symbol. It has no reli<nnne
Tmf nnlv hmifiwi
what the order stands for. That
year fourteen European nations
bound %einselves together to respect
the"-neutrality of this new organiza?
tion,r> and>never from that day to this
Germany, which has treated that as
it has other treatie&j'-^fnw^ljdrAhs of
paper. . \ -V.*'.
The speaker prophesied. that we j
are now living, at the dawn of a newj
era, an era which will be as different!
from the great past' as the period before
the coming of Christ." differed
from that since, and he pointed to
the American Red Cross as the j$onM
irg- star, which heralded the dawn: ;an{
^^^^^enty:two mllUqn j
ah their t'me and ^heir labor;
material profit to themselves
Or hope of power or political position.
It will require all of us for
many generations, he said, to replace what
has been destroyed in the past;
four years but, characterized by the
spirit of brotherhood and human (
kindness which will peivade the new
era, the task will be sure of accom-.
plishment. .
As great and noble and heroic as
was the assistance render ! the men.
of the late CivO war by their women,1
it would have been a great deal more
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xar-reacmng- Kim exjuci^iiu, yi. jjivjoc
said, had they been organized and
their work systematized and regularly
conducted along' a well-ordered
plan. Now, the' American people
mean to see to it\hat no soldier or
sailor, no matter how humble he mpy '
be. 7)or what his religions creed or
political party, v&o wears his Country's
uniform, shall die because of.
WSy?
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iack of medical attention. In addi- 1
fcion to this, there is the welfare work *
>f the organization in which department
the needs of 1 those who are
made widows and orphans are cared
for. No wife nor child in a home
where the breadwinner is offering I
himself on his Country's altar shall c
suffer unduly therefor. f
In closing. Dr. Morse said this was s
an historic night in this community, s
There were those present, he felt, c
who in after life would look back to I
this occasion and bless the time they t
were giventhe opportunity to join 1
such an organization, that in fche \
very first years of the great war t
they became members of the Ameri- t
can Red Cross. s
At the conclusion of Dr. Morses' 1
address a business session was held j
and a permanent organization of the
Lexington County Red Cross chap- I
ter effected. The following were c
tee to propose suitable officers and <
J? L~ enitoKvIn nffiVprs and -i
tee wj piupusc ouivuu<ilb ??
committees for the organization: C. ]
M. Efird, T. R. Keisler, W. E. Saw- ]
yer and Mrs. W. H. Riser. While \
this committee was retired, Rev. Fos. 1
ter Speer and Senator E. C. Ridgell t
made interesting and patriotic talks
Upon the nominating committees j
report the following officers and com ]
mttees were elected: j
Charman, l)r. J: J. Wingard; first i
vice chairman, Ernestine Barre; sec- ]
ond lice chairman, Mrs. J. P. Meetze. ]
Secretary, Ruth Efird. j
Treasurer, Mrs. C. fi. Vaa Ormer. 3
Extension committee, Mr. .T. C. <
Csdiison, Miss Annie Martha Meetze, -j
Dr. P. H. Sheaiy. ,
Members nip commn^ee, fus. a. \
Sawyer, Mrp. Reed Addy, Mrs. J. A. j
Muller, Dr. Rice B.-Harman, Mr. W. ;
D. Den(^ i
Publicity committee, Mr. S. 3. \
L^aphart, Dr. Funderburk, Mr. J. S. \
Caughman, Rev. W. H. Riser. ]
Finance committee, Mr. Frank <
George, Mr. T. P. Meetze, Mr. R^ude \
Roberts, Mr. K. F. Oswald, Mr. H. j
N. Kaminer. ,
Chairman of woman's work, Miss ;
Caro Efird. 1
Canteen service committee, Mr. C. 1
E. Taylor, M'?*s Carrie May Wingard. i
Miss Elvira. Harmon, Mr. W. .J. ] 1
McCartha.
Junior membership committee,
Mrs. E. G. Dreher, Miss" Annie Lou
Taylor, Mrs. S. B George.
Civilian relief Committee, Dr. J. H. {
Mathias, Dr. G. F. Roberts, Mrs. W.
P. Roof, Mrs. T. R. Keisler,
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WINS HIGH PRAISE ]
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Principles Upon Which Successful (
Advertising is Done.
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The second edition of "Making
Advertising Pay," by H; F. Eldridge, .
of the advertising department of j
The State, is just coming from the
press.
A review, of Theodore H. Price in *
the current issue of Commerce and 1
Finance, New York, cays: /; j
"Making Advertising Pay," * by'
Harold F; Eldrdidge, contains so
many practical hints and suggestions
that it proves its right to the title.
It is a complication of methods 1
mX] ?n?kwit!. 4?otirn * -fyr\m ^
au'yl -CAj^SlXCUVC VC^viuo utunu O.I vui I
irony somx^ ,wii& eomment on the j various
phaser of 'advertising by recognized
authorities: - ]
Books on advertising frequently
deal in an abstract way with the pro b %
lems of the retail and" wholesale merchant.
"Making Advertising Pay",'
gives specific concrete problems, and r
shows logical ways to solve them. *
In the foreword Mr. Etberidge i
says: "This book is an a&eiftpt. to
place before ^merchants, {business* .
men and inexperienced or prospective
advertisers the" basic principles
upon which successful advertising
must be built.5' Most readers will
agree that he has accomplished his
purpose;
The book is divided into the follAiirinnr
ao/tfinnct*
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1. "The economical and social side'
of advertising .1
2./Advertising for the wholesaler)
and manufacturer. ; <
3. How successful retailers get re-1 k
suits from advertising.
4. Analysis of the physological
task of advertising.
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ENTERTAINMENT AT CALVARY;
SCHOOL.
Friday night March thi'8th. 7
a playt" will be given, and during
evening music by tne srvansaa-^laie (
Quartette-will be an added attraction.
Eefrechmcnts will be sensed 1
Adr iss^cn 10c nnd. 15c. The public: t
is cordially invited, and an evening j
of pleasure is promised to all. j s
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riLLMAN IN THE RACE; ]
LEVER MAY ANNOUNCE
WasViincrf.<vn Mwli ? -t??
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5. R. Tillman tonight announced his ?
andidacy for reelection as senator
rom South Carolina. The senior!
enator in a prepared statement calls b
ittention to his position as chairman t
>f the committee on naval affairs, ^
lis work for the navy in that connec- E
on and his influence in official 0
Washington. He declares that the v
vorld war has so changed the situation
since his announcement in 1914 t
hat he would not be a candidate to a
(ucceed hmself that he now believes 1
le can best serve his State and the *
lation by remaining in the senate. ?
ReDresentative A. F Lever of the I
Seventh South Carolina District,
:hairman of the house agricultural 1
:ommittee, also issued a statement in A
vhich he says that although strong t
representations have been and are
>eing made to him he has no posi- (
dye announcement to make in regard
x> his ultimate intention touching on
die senatorial race*
The above statements from Sena;or
Tillman and Congressman Lever aave
been the source of much con- 3
lecture in this county as Lexington Is
Mr. Lever's home county and *
Senator Tillman has always had a s
large political following here. It is c
,1 i ! i? 11 i lf_ <
Jie general op:mon 01 many tnat mr. i Lever
will be a candidate for the 1
Senate inspite of the above state- J
nent of Senator Tillman.' There is 1
also another phase of this political 1
ialk that makes it interesting to Lex- ?
ngtonians which is the candidacy of
Solicitor George Bell Tirpmerman '
for Mr, Leveies seat in Congress in
the event that MP. Lever runs for
he senate.' Already Solicitor Tim- 2
nerman has received a large number c
jf letters from different counties in J
he 7th Congressional District urg- *
ing .him to become a candidate. Mr. *
rimmerman could not be seen today s
is he is in Edgefield holding court, 1
Dut some of his close friends stated i
hat it was an assured fact that he 1
ivould be a candidate if Mr. Lever <
can for the Senate. (
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BWGHT LIGHTS 1
Such as Terven-Childs Electric 1
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Gu.,Columbia, supply you with, or
install for ycfti, make sharp eyes. It J
ion't pay to have dim lights in your k
homes or in business house or office, s
when the "electric way" may be fur- 1
nished at reasonable cost. Let us in- *
stall electric lights in your home. We 3
3o all kinds of wiring and sell you *
supplies at right prices. See ad- (
rertisement in this issue. *
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FOUND?Automobile license number
?33 Dealer. Owner can have k
sftme by calling at the Dispatch-News
office and paying for this advertise
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client.
FLOUR CENSUS WILL 8
CLOSE MARCH 10th. y
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I have received the following telegram"
from the State Food Adminis-'
trator;
"Suggest flour census be closed 1
March 10th so that I may have re- T
port for Washington meeting on the *
12 th. > ' ' c
ELLIOT. 1
AUpersons who have more than J
a thirty day supply of flour on hand 1
are urgently requested to report the *
same to the County Food'Administra* 1
tor on to their nearest food reuresdn- 1
tative before the 10 th day of March. *
The reports can be made to the fol ^
iowing persons:
T/ C, Callison,' Lexington, S. C.
O. E. Still, New Brookland, S. C.
S. & Idathias, Irmo, S. C.
R -W. Frick, Chapin, S. C. 1
W. H. Suber, Peak, S. C. s
Lewie Hallman, Gilbert, S. C. *
R. 0. Shealy, Summit, S. C *
Johfc P. Able, Leesville, S, C.
A. Ci Jones, Batesburg, S. C. 1 *
j. P. Copeland, Baxter, S. C. 3
Tom R. Quatttlebaum, Steedman. ?
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D. P. Shumpert, /Pilion, S. C. Is;
James Ha#/ Thor; S. C. ' F
h. 0. Rast, Swansea, S. C.
W. J. Cayce, Cayr.e, S. C. c
T. C. OALLISON,
Co. Food Admr.
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NTERTAINMENT AT p
RED KNOLL r
I y
Thorc tpHI Ko an rntertairnneiit at I;
- ?*W.-V '* t-y - ?-- ? . ?ed
'KncIUfpfcbdl ho*se Friday night d
he 8th, for the .benefit of the school, r
r There be refreshments' g
erved. The public ife invited." ' ?
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REGISTRANTS CLf
MEDICAL A[
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>EATH OF MRS- PAUL SPIRES.
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Mrs. Margaret Elvier Spires was A
orn 1856 April 6. She departed y
his life March 3, 1918. Making
ler stay on earth 62 years, 10 j
aonths and 29 days. She lived 40 ^
f these years, a happy and lovable p
rife to Mr. J. Paul Spires. p
She leaves two sisters and one ^
>rother, one child, 9 grandchildren ^
md many relatives and friends to a
nourn her departure. She was a j
and and loving to all and loved by ,
ill who knew her. She was a true j
nember to her church all #er days. ^
The people of the 6ommunity have ^
>een very kind to the bje^a^ed and j
ve wish to extendi our sincere flanks ^
;o them for their ^kindness. j
J. W. Hudson her pa^jp>and y
)fficiated at her ftme^al. ^
i a lire nn ^
James Riley Luca^ifeSorn Nov.
L2th. 1842 and died ^*J?fckry 20th.
L918. Age 76 years, 3" months and
) days." He is survived by . one sis;er,
Mrs. Lizzie Goodwin of Swansea
and two brothers. Daniel Lucas
>f Gaston and Thomas Lucas of ,
Swansea, also 2 sons Henry and A.
lames and 5 daughters as follows:
Vlrs. Mary Sturkiefj Mrs. Ellen Sturrie,
Mrs. Mattie Jefcoat, Mrs. Minlie
Mack, and Mrs. Ollie Kirby, and
12 grand children. ,
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JOHN J. REEDER
John J. Reeder, a well known citi- ^
:en of the Swansea section of this j
rounty died in the City hospital at j
Horence, S. C., February 21st. after .
>eing operated on for a violent at- ^
ack of appendicitis. Mr. Reeder had .
mffered for sometime but delayed .
laving an "operation performed think- j.
ng that he would recovet without j *
t. However a few days before his1.
leath he became worse and was rushid
to the hospital in Florence for an
>peration, but it was too late, death *
following in a short while.
Jfr. Reeder was born and feared .
rad lived the greater part of his life
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H i-iexillgiun cuunty uciug a ovxx u-l
-he late Jaseph W. Reeder of near Swansea,
going to Florence county sometime
ago to engage in the saw "
nill business, where he resided at,the 1
;ime of his death. He was aljout 50 rears
of age and is survived fey a wife ;
md seven children, 4 sons and 3
laughters. ,The funeral services v
leld the following day at New Hope I,;
ihurch near Pelion. 1
Mr. Reeder was a man of many '
strong traits of character and leaves ^
i large circle of friends to mourn his
*?# He was 'generous-hearted j }
md loyal to his friends, ever ready
;o help those who were in distress j
sparing neither time nor money. j*
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DEPUTY COLLECTOR HUNTER
HERE THIS WEEK. * ( *
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Deputy Collector of Internal Reve- *
lue, Jas. H. tiunter will be here this .
veek from Tuesday 5th to Saturday *
)th, for the purpose of assisting In- iome
taxpayers in making out ?h6fr j
-eturns. The time for filing these re-} J
;urns expires April 1st, and it is very 3
mportant that all persons liable to i *
his tax make their return. Those'r
vho fail to do so. will suffer a heavy :(
penalty. Mr., Hunter will occupy j1
he Grand Jury room in the Court J
louse as an office while .here. ' ^
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wcu; CTOPP IM TOWN.
f? M M. w
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Did you know that we have a!
lew store in town, with a new, fresh j
itock of groceries, etc. -Mr. J. Frank f
?leckley, has gone into business
lere with a nice, select stock of such s
roods as the public needs. His prices e
ire- all right and he -will get his s
kare of the general trade. He cor- e
lially invites his friends to call and j
ee him, at the Hall-Connely old fc
.tand. See his Advertisement in . this c
taper. c
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iOVERNOR MANNING e
ISSUES A PARDON s
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Governor Manning has issued a k
iardon to restore citizenship to Varen
C. Yonce, of Lexington county, j c
rtio in June 1915, was convicted of n
arceny and sentenced to serve thirty: u
ays or pay a fine of $100. Yonce ii
aid the fine. The pardon was j t<
Tanted on request from Solicitor,! o
hmmermah of that circuit. j g
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sSIFIED BY
)VISORY BOARD
Registrants from Lexington
ounty appearing before the Medical
idvisory Board in Columbia last
feek, were classified as follows: ^
ACCEPTED, v
esse V. Roof
Jeorge Harris Winstead lenderson
Rowe
taford Donly Craps
^anance F. Drafts
< tr i
leorge xvesier
\ T. Martin
Iosco C. Yoong
Adrian Gunter 1 ? J
ohn L. Neese >
['hos W. Lybrand
Villiam Henry Sox
lerschel Lee Shealy
[homas Newton Grandy
r. W. Hendrix
Villiam Kneece Keisler
Viibur Roagers
iVillio f! T Ancrfnvrt
)lile Bowman
Sverett Frederick Fox
dalcolm Loyd Huffstetler
Freddie Anderson
^dolphus McGowan
rlatthew Rawl
Abraham Sulton
Sllidt Lewie
Phomas Asbury Warren Jr
^awrence F. Derrick
ames Roland Swygert
Crnest W. Derrick
r rr t>
oe xsarr
Charlie Spearman
faille Columbus Harmon ;
ohn Glascow
Clifton Perry
acob Drafts Boozer
Yank Lawson
Yank H. Cherry
Dddie L. Corley *
Villiam 0. Cumalander
Jimmie Drafts
^afayette McCarty
"raltcr Linard Williams
> enry Hay * Jcy
Etheridge 1
2eechie 0. Glenn , v
LIMITED SERVICE1 Iaskcll
Unger .
like Rawl
: mesfc Leon Flick
_ rtht r McDaniel ,
: hurston Patrick Sharpe v
esse James Anderson '
- lam, Johnson, Jr. wr-^'
. L.^Baker
-lenry B. Craps
OS. Busby.. ' y
. Lee Sox
-,vis Furtick
r. o?3 William Hartley
Gillian Loyd Steele
Winlow D. Buxgxn
TjIon Monroe Long
rViliie D. Kyzer f
Caim age Tillman Hall
fohnson Robertson
rhomas Adam Sox
2arl L. Thornton
Nathan B. Wannainaker f ..
lenry. Hampton Shull
Robert Hilliard By.ches
ierry Kern Williams'
Smest Ambrose Amick '
rames L: Keisler.
REJECTED
Buck Bristow;
Bfearden Roof
Sdd Robison
Tosepb Henry Meets J
rhomas Clifton Shumpert
3ute Ellis King
S7illie C. Mack
Etobert Leaphart
3arnard Bachman
Columbus Gunter
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IAISE FOODSTUFFS OR
STARVE, SOUTH IS TOLD
Memphis, T^nn., March 4.?Raise
oodstuffs or starve.
That isvWhat the fanners of the
outh are befog told by agricultural
xperts and the newspapers. The
outhem States have never produced
nough foodstuffs to feed themselves
Uwavs great stores of food have
een moved south from the north and \'
otton has been sent north in exharge*
With the railroads congest
d a id European countries crying for
very pound of food America can
pare, the south must not draw on
he north for food, but must raise a ^
uffkient amount at all hazards.
It is pointed out that the world
an get along with seven or eight
u!!;on bales of cotton, against the
sual '0 or 15 million 'bales) and that
istead of producing a surplus of cot- 4 . ?
en the south must produce fully
ne-third more foodstuff or go hun