I[. GREAT CROWDS S' k ATTCNiEV DEVIV1! IgL il 1 I diw; i\ij v i ? hjl/ K[' Union Revival Growing in Interest fe/ Each Day?Evangelist Danner a -Wbnderfn! Speaker. ? Prof. Durham, Song Leader, and 1 *3- ; Prof. Landrum, Blind Pianist, Charm E- Great crowds are attending1 the, | Union Revival services now being conj &>>, ducted under the large tent in the rear] K' of the C. E Taylor Furniture store' vTt"he climax was reached on Sunday N-1 night, when upwards of one thousand Bp-'* ^1 - I persons^ many of them ccming for a ILj. distance of fifteen miles, crowded the' ' i hig tent to its full capacity to hear I!-?, the evangelist. Many persons stood Ig on the outside and listened attentively L- to the distinguished divine's dis-j course, which was one of the best jp ever heard in Lexington. "The! p Story of the Cross" was the subject |^-^of the speaker^ and his word paintings, f were beautiful and effective, the | large audience being swayed into rapt attention by the eloquence of the ||1KV speaKer. H" "Lite a Serious Proposition ' was fed the subject of another strong and elo? quent discourse on Monday night. . Prof. Ehirham, song leader^ and H Prof John Landrum, the blind pianist D| are charming their hearers with de- j ; itghtful music?perhaps the best that flBp: has ever been heard here. Bjv The meetings will be continued HN-. E&j throughout the week at least^ perhaps K longer^ and much good has been acMfe.. complished. The visitors have won the hearts of all Lexington by their christian -bearing, and it will be re Kf^'gretted when the time comes for them W^m._ to make their departure. Pfey> REV. WD QUICK fc CONFIXED TO BED. Spj It is with supreme regret that we nEiil announce the illness of the Rev. W D Quick, who has been confined to his home'for the past several days. The; ^P^^^rayers of all 'Lexington will go up; Ht?r.|?.' for his complete and early recovery; ' r.o man is hold in "higher esteem BP*:P.BCALLISOX 1>IES IX FINANCE p^;=/T. C Callison a leading attorney of j H B?; fee Lexington barf a member of the; law firm of Timmerman Graham and Ura^nfe - r*. * |Hg?^^ P'\)aIlison, has been notified that his Hgp: j^&rother P. B Callison died April 7, at j|?l5ffi*^G& hospital in Prance from cerebro 1BP| RflttTOfagitis. He was just 23 years of and was a bright young man with a promising future^ loved and adnnr| ed by all who knew him. He was; ^HEp!;borr and reared at Callison the old, ilrou^ Bg?*oinest^ad in Greenwood county, and; ^^^^^ when America entered the great Eu-, 'ropean conflict Mr. Callison immedi-j SH^^rsately volunteered his service and was, 91 ^^K;seot to France, where he experienc-j jro|p dd much activity on the Western MM [Front. He was preparing to sail for 5B?j| the United States when he contracted cerebro meningitis^ passing away on 'April 7th. Thus another brave young South Carolinian has made the su preme sacrifice. IH COTTON MANUFACTURERS WANT RESRICTIONS REMOVED - . New York, April 25.?A resolution i demanding' that ''all government restrictions on private business, not _ x found necessary before the war? be hj' hr.medlately removed was adopted at . the closing act of the annual conven1 tten of the National Cotton Manufac- i tnrers' Association here today. The association also went on record as re^jgarding as a fallacy "any declar?:%ation that a declining cotton out TV-' put will Ibe for the eventual good of k .the employees of the trade^ believing that America can best provide em. ployment by increasing its product T.'l and lowering its cost of manufacture. BW Frank Shove of Fall River, Mass tras elected president for the ensuing year. PREPARES TO COUNT NOSES IN UNITED STATES Li. Rogers is director of the census and he is preparing now z'xto put 90^000 enumerators at work in H|mm.- - January taking the decennial census of theUnited States. He's signing up ^HK^ the 400 supervisors for the job and 1,500 clerks jfor the bureau in Wash ington. TO RESIST RAISE IX TELEPHONE RATE I ; Railroad Coram is> ion Mas Sot Received Notice. . | j ?>I.\ V ASK I X JUNCTION i i Chairman Slicaly Thinks Public Utilities Should Bear Share of Burden?Fifty Towns Affected. The State April 28. The South Carolina railroad commission will not permit an increase in the rates on local telephones by the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company without a contest^ stated .'Frank TV. Shealv chairman, vesterday I A press dispatch printed yesterday | morning announced that the Southern 'Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, I had filed with the Georgia railroad commission a revised sliedule of rates giving the ompany about a IS per | cent increase in telephone rates on [business and rsidence telephones. A1 though the dispatch said that the I schedule ad been filed in eight other j 'Southern Stats and in Indiana andi Illinois, the South Carolina commission up to this afternoon had not re- J 1 ceived its copy The telephone company announced' that it was filing its new schedules on order? from Postmaster General Burleson director of the United States * telegraph and telephone administra tion. However, it was stated that if orders had not been received from the government for an increased rate, there would have been a revised sche dale filed^ it being held by the company that an increase in rates is necessary. The Southern Bell's associate line^ the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, likewise announced the filing of a new schedule for increased rates. In January Postmaster General Burleson filed a schedule of increased long distance telephone toll rates which averaged about a 20 per cent, in crease. This rate^ as far as it affects intrastate business will be tested in the United States supreme court by the National Association of Railway) and Utilities Commissioners. The case will be .heard on Monday ? May 5, according to announcement received V>y the South Carolina commission a few days ago. Although what procedure will be un dertaken by the South Carolina commission was not divulged yesterday, it is probable that as soon as the revised J schedule of rates s filed with the com ! mission^ possibly tomorrow a precmptory order prohibiting the increase will be issued on the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company. Should the corporation disregard this order, then the matter will be handed to Attorney General Wolfe for relief in he couts. It is probably that he first legal gun fired will be in the shape of injunction proceedings. 'The commission has no knowledge of why rates should be increased at this time^" said Chairman Shealy. "If reasons of this kind exst, not only the commission but the patrons of the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company^ shoud know what they are. If an increase is absolutely necessary the people of South Carolina as well as the commission should be fully apprised of why such conditions exist, and to this end the commission proposes to use every effort available to see that the patrons of telephone lines in South Carolina have a right to protst in the usual way. "The commission is surprised at the preemptory method of the Southern Bell people in attempting- to increase its rates without first notifying the commission^ which 's necessary under the laws of the State of South Carolina and the rules of the commission. *The cmrnission and the people of South Carolina have been extremely lenient with all public utilities, includ ing the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company^ during the war period, but we can see no reason why this State of affairs should continue! to exist. The Southern Bell officials; themselves can but agree to this state; j ment. The service rendered 'by all ! public utilities in South Carolina has ! , | not been up to the usual standard. I but the people as well as the commis! si on have been willing to concede t many of their rights to aid in the win! ning of the war. but^ at this period of i transition from war to peace condii tions. the public utilities must bear i their part of the burden as well as the j people have born and are bearing j then- part of the burden. The commission realizes that the people anu the utilities are copartners in the present readjustment and not profit at | the expense of the other. This is the J reason that the commission contends I r | NEWS NOTES OF j I { 1 i i; ! Cauntv Sksran: Write ike League * | ef Nations?Seal it With a Bond ? ;i | MRS. C. J. RUCKER, Chairman J | MISS ETHEL I. BROOKER, Publicity i / Chairman. ! The Victory Loan is launched and , I j our county is rallying to the colors as , lit always does. A splendid report jf | was in by Friday from Mrs L D Cul ^ ! lum of Bates-burg^ who is chairman of j 1 her township. In one day Mrs Culj( lum and Mrs Thompson sold $5,550',] worth of bonds, and from a letter re j I ceived from Miss A J Hill^ publicity j I ! chairman we learn that the work of;i I ? t1 I organization is so complete in this, j township that the goal will be easily reached. A big rally will be held at Batesburg on May 9th and Mrs Cullum urges the cooperation of everybody. The Rally at Swansea on Saturday [April 26th was attended by an enthusi j ! astic crowd. Bonds were sold to the amount of $3,000 during the meeting Messrs. Johns and MoXally of "Wash ! ington, D C two sailors^ who are sent out by the Treasury department to work in Souh Carolina during the Victory Loan drive .were present and did fine work. Judge Frazie Lyon of Co lumbia made an appropriate address and presented the German helmet^ the valuable trophy awarded to Robert Kerr of the Swansea High School, for having given the beset slogan. Robert received the helmet with a truly patriotic little talk. Other speakers weie Rev J R McKit . trick and B K Craft Chairman of the c mo?n*s committee who both made1 , i t short, well chosen talks. Lexington must go over the top with this Victory Loan^ so rally now? let's finish the work before the drive 3 ends on May 10th In the words of our Rtntf* slntrnn Tho barrnsre is down I i c lets drive! ., 1 " SHOT CLOSES CASE t IX DIVORCE COURT ) t Chicago, April 25.?A divorce case 1 in Judge Brothers' court came to a t dramatic close this afternoon when \ 'Mrs. Elmer R Simpson shot her hus- c band wo was on the witness stand, 1 through the mouth inflicing a probably fatal wound. 1 Simpson was testifying quietly. Sud \ denly his wife leaped to her feet. \ "That's a lie,' she cried, and fired. ? Simpson crumpled up in the chair, t blood oozing from his mouth. Mrs 1 Simpson was arrested and court ad- c journed.^ i MAJ. H E BUNCH 1 DIES IX ACCIDENT South Carolina Officer Killed at Camp 1 Mills. i c i Camp Merritt^ April 27.?erlin, April 2">.?A state of siege has been proclaimed in Saxony. j ^ tbnt in nil instnaces of this kind hear-: | ings at which each party concerned j I has the opporunitv to protect his orjt j their interests." i( i Approximately 50 cities and towns ji I j in South Carolina will be affected by|? | the. revised schedule of increases in | telephone rates. i 1 two litti.E ohii s to death :Ionca Path Ci:i!i I i .1 T?- If **. * ' --- i i ?j iv uusi aim w ii munroc ware shocked yesterday in the death of a laughter from each. The little girls four and five years oid, were burned to death when the barn in which they were playing caught and burned to the ground. The fathers of the children were in town on business and thre was no one near enough to the barn when it caught to render any assistance. It seems that .Mrs Lust had left mine matches in the fork of a tree riar the wash pot where she had had some washing done and the children ook them and were playing around :hc barn. In some way in their play )no of the matches struck the tic of a >alc of cotton and set the cotton on T'Iipvp wnrp sAVPrnl rhilrlren present and the two who lost their ives were over behind some of the Dales of cotton, which were under a dosed shed cf the barn. When the fire started all way of escape for the two little girls was cut >ff. Bv the time the children's moth *s reached the barn it was in flames ind they were unable to render any iclp. In a few minutes the little ones lad burned to death. Little Jenie Lust was one of seven children of Mr. Lust while Mr Mony oe only had two children and loses lis little daughter^ Marie. Mr Lust, ;he owner of the barn, lost nine bales >f cotton two or three tons of tuano, all of his feed for his stock a j mggy and carriage and some farm im dements. HOTHBR AND THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH Reidsville, N C April 26.?Mrs. A1 'red Scales Galloway prominent in so ial life of the town and state, and her hree children were burned to death sarly today in a fire which gutted heir home on Main street. The children were Lou^ aged eight -ears; Sallie, aged five and Allied Jr Lged three. The fire was discovered ibout three o'clock this morning by tirs. Galloway, who was sleeping up .tairs. &he went downstairs to give he alarm and then hurried back to ler children to save them. It was in his attempt that she lost her own life JVhen her burned body was found af er the fire had been conquered^ it vas in a kneeling position by the side >f the bed^ as if in a kneeling position >y thes ide of the bed, as if in prayer. Mrs. Galloway was 30 years old Her lusband is a traveling salesman He vas at home for last Sunday and de >arted Minday morning for Greenville >. C which is liedquarters in his terri ory 'Mrs Galloway was Miss Eva Larris before marriage, the dughter >f the late H C Karis^ pioneer tobaccn St. kV. Q JACKSON'S BARN AM) STABLES BURNED The barn stables and corn house of IV. Q Jackson a well known planter >f the Edisto section of Lexington junty was totally destroyed by fire Thursday night about 10 o'clock. The family had been to Columbia Thursday returning about dark and ifter supper one of Mr Jackson's laughters going on the back porch liscovcred that the barn was afire.An ilarin was immediately raised and the teighbors responded but it was too ate to save anything. The fire destroying the lot and all outbuildings ogether with 800 bushels of corn and hree bales of cotton. Deputy sheriff W M Laird went to the scene of the 'ire immediately and soon found :racks behind the barn which led to :he house of a negro living on the Tackson plantation. After comparing he tracks with the shoes worn by he negro be was placed under arrest md brought to Lexington and lodged n jail. ft Mr. Jackson has many friends hroughout the county who sympahize with him in his loss. He is one )f the largest and most successful banters in Lexington county an.u nas ilways taken a leadng part in public iffairs. RXTFRTA T X MKXT AT CROSS ROADS. There will be an ice-cream supper, fish fry, box party, cake walk etc: at ffoss Roads school house Saturday tight May the 3rd.Lemonade will be served also. Everybody come and have a good time j YANKS AND TANKS i VICTORY LIBERT ' ] , : i S .muei B. George, Coun'.y Chairman, Has Arranged to Have ! j Big Monster Fighting Ma- | chin:sin Lexington. [ ^ os the Tanks are coming- and the * Yanks are coming for the big Victory!; Liberty Loan Demonstration to be/ field in Lexington on Sunday and 1 Monday, May 11 and 12. County!* Chairman Samul B George has just;( completed arrangements for the big * tanks the latest weapons of modern ' warfare, to appear in Lexington so ' 1t that the people might see, first hand, j how the American boys forged their |( advance into the enemy's lines on the I battlefields. !{ The government is sending out | 1 delegations of fighting men in differ! tne sections of the State for the pur-.( I | pose of arousing the people to a real- 1 ization of what the winning of the war | 1 reallv means to us as well as to all j 1 > ; , other nations of the earth; and no j 1 feature of the campaign has proven1 so interesting and instructive as the ; 1 boys with the tanks. The tanks have j1 already appeared in numbers of placeo|( and, Mr. George is counted extremely\y fortunate in being able to place Lex-jA insrton on the itinerary. i * w - , Arrangements are now being per- 1 fected for a big demonstration, the t plans of which have not been fully 1 completed^ hut will be announced in ( time for everybody in the county to ( come to Lexington and help give the ( boys a royal welcome. i GODFREY D. HARMON' I " r Godfrey D Harmon Sr, Aged 79, years died at his home Monday night of paralysis. :Mr Harmon was reared r in the St John community, Lexington ( County. In early life he joined the St John Lutheran church where he held; his membership. In the beginning of the War Between the States he joined the Confederate army and was a mem , ber of Company K. Thirteenth South; , j Carolina Regiment He served through j out the entire war under Stonewall * c Jackson part of the time. At the ( close of the war he was married to c Harriet Dominick of Newberry Coun ty. To this union ten chldren were born nine of whom are living Mr. ? y ( Harmon served one term in the legis lature. The funeral services were held this aftrnoon at the Prosperity Cemetery ? by the Rev C J Shealy of Grace Lutheran Church. Mr Harmon is survived by his wife and the following ( children: Mrs J B Black, Mrs. J j|} Amick of Chappells, Mrs W C Adams j t of Wilmington JN u. Mrs u u snumi i i pert of Yonges Island, Miss Madge ^ Harmon, F J Harmon T J Harmon of t Newberry W B Harmon and Godfrey i D Harmnn Jr ' Pie is also survived by one brother Dr. James Harmon of L?exington Two c brothers Dr John Harmon and Fred Harmon and one sister Mrs Margaret R Nichols, preceded him in death sev e i eral years ago. c 1 THE FARMERS OF AMERICA j STANDIN G WTTH THE SOUTH , is Denver?Removal of government i restriction on the marketing of the t cotton crop and reduction in acreage planted to cotton were urged at thej meeing of the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America in convention here. Speakers pointed ^ out that a more diversified farming n plan would aid in development of the <; South? which has 'been handicapped; ( by confining farming operations to. cotton. ^ TENSION BOARD TO HOLD FINAL r MEETING! j t ? * ?"it ?- - i. :.v j County .Pension rsoaru win utai m j the Probate Judges office on Thursday. 1 May Sth at 10 o'clock A M for final * action on all applications for the pres- t i t ent year. 1 M D HARMON t . D. T HARE i < JAS. E RAWL J Pension Commissioners. GEO. S. DRAFTS Secty. 2t. : ! c STOCKHOLM April 25?British I y and American firms are reported to i have contracted for large purchases of ( German goods at Hamburg. 1 COMING FOE BIG I LOAN MAY II, 12 l-'AKM IS TOO Dl'LIi XOAV SAY SOJ.JViKRS i>.\i Iv FROM ARMIES "The farm's t"?o dull. I went home :o see the folks but I can't stay .here. The city for mine' Thus a young soldier just returned from France, discharged from the irmy, a farmer boy by raising spoke lis lament to Mr. Clark in charge of :he United States employment oiTice n Columbia. And a great many discharged soldiers have taken the saino >osition with regard to taking work >n the farms. The demand for farm labor is great ;aid Mr. Clark, and yet there are not enough men to supply the demand. The men from the army in so many rises he said, do not want to go back :o the farms. They have seen the ?ay lights of Paris or the American ?ities and thev know the world and 9 lesepite the fact that farm v.ages arc -unning as high as S3 a day they are iot willing to go back to the plow and :he hoe. The greatest occupation in the world s that of the planter. He feeds the vorld, and yet the number of them is liminishing. "I don't' know what vill happen if all the soldiers who vere farmers refuse to go back to the soil," said an official of the employnent service. '"Of course some of 9 lie soldiers are going back to their for tier occupation as planters. In some lases the men want to get back to the >ld home place though the number >f those who do not is great." The leal office of the federal employ tint service states that they can use a ?rcat many farm laborers and that :hey have offers of good pay for them rhe wages in many cases are as high is $3 a day, and this means oil the 'arm twice what it means in the city, rhe greatest opporunitv hat was ever inened to young men s is said_ is of ? V fered them on the farm today, and the slogan has he en suggested^ 'To the !arni young man. to the farm." f The employment service officials state that tliey believe farm work is iust what the returning soldiers would find satisfactory because of the outloor life they have been living. An effort will be made to prsuade the soldiers seeking employment to take ,vork on the farms. rOLKT HOUSE WORK BEIXG PUSHED Work on the remodeling of the ;ourt house is being rapidly pushed >y Contractor Hutto of Brookland. Vhen completed there will be a great ieal more room and the offices will all lave fire-proof vaults, which will insure permanent safety of the public ecords. It will be several weeks yet >efore the job is completed. ANOTHER STUDEBAKER. Mr Grover C Sharpe, of near Gaston >ne of the best farmers of the lower section of the couny purchasd a big ?ix Studebaker from the Millor-Snel;rove Auto company last week. This mterprising Lexngton firm has placid a number of cars recently. and lave many prospects in sight. Mr tester C Miller is proving a good sales nan, and the Studebaker people should count themselves fortunate in leing able to place their agency with he Miller-Snelgrove Auto Company. GOO I >WTX?SHUMPERT Miss Bessie Goodwin and Mr. John Shumpert were married at Mr Ben Sharped on Sunday April 20^ 1919. dr. Shumpert is the son of Rev D P ?humpert^ and Miss Goodwin is the . laughter of Mr FYank Goodwin, both >f Gaston. The young couple after the marriage vent to Bethel church to preaching tnd from there to Rev. D P Shum>ert's for dinner and then off on heir honeymoon. They went to Washington then to Baltimore and from there to Arlingon. Va. then to New York returning * o Cavce on Fridav morning where hey will stay for a while. We all visit the young1 couple much success ind a long and happy life. A FRIEND. TYPEWRITER FOR SALdii One No 7 Oliver typewriter, practi? of o cront Ivnrcrn.in. 'ill IN 1 U1 oc. l v. ?.*.v ?.* w?v 0 ? May be seen at Dispatch-Xe\vs o:hce intil Saturday night of this week. Jome quick DESPATCH XKiVS t