Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, May 28, 1919, Part I. Eight Pages, Image 1
|Tm Eight Pages Radcliffe Chautauqua, May 30 to June 2 | Part i. Eight Pages
LEXINGTON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY MAY 2Sf 1919. No. 31.
? CHAUTAUQUA TOBE
|| BIGGER AND BETI
TER THAN EVER.
Will Open Friday Under Big Tesi
l| and Under Most Favorable
i| Auspices?Musical Feature
HpT Will be Pleasing.
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Bp* The Radcliffe Chautauqua will
Bpfe give to the people of Lexington and
*' * :$??*community a 3 day program this yeai
ip||/ that excells any program of the past,
Pg; The talent is th'e highest class obtain1^:
able and are exceedingly gifted in
Pfe' .their own line.
lb pV The Fighting Yanks Quartet is
Eg-' . 'made up of 2 Canadians and 2 AmeriHp:
cansy who all did their bit in the strus
Hpkf gie for Democrcy. Mr. Drumnxonc
Be "V .isjdie man with the big bass voice
m- 'Who manages the quartet and gives a
v. camber of risible readings and songs
la Mr. Webster handles the piano witt
P; much skilly due from his long experjr*
ince in that line before the war. He
H' . is well known around Chicago for hi*
miusical ability. Mr. Webster alsc
IT plays a very important part in th
'j , nnort'M niimVtcK
W . WVW UUMJLVVAW
I Stanley the life of the quartel
K^- t
| gives a very interesting account of hh
1^ experiences . in the trencnIp
. es^ as well as being a gifted readHp,'
-; er and .the main stay of the quartet
lis He also gives a few very good solos,
life; Mr. Ousteison is the by of the crowd
Ppvo and creates lots of sentiment by his
||\;;; wonderful tenor solos. He is second
E|': to none on the Chautauqua platform to
I jflay in that line. He plays just as
important part in the quartet as he
-did in the struggle for Democracy.lt
pllIlP ?pwiilbs -a delight and inspiration to all
these four men from overAgnes
Mathis Concert Co. is
Bt-\r;<>4^^P0ssfisd of four young ladies who
all very much, talented in their
BrvBSm^pective, lines. Miss Mathis is- a
BP :^-reader Of much comment wherever
l|p: she goes. She delightfully entertains
all her audiences with child imperson
t V-^^p ations of which her audience never
r, JU.J35 tiWl la <x "Ctjr Vicvci auu BCUl
"ie&ional violin player. Her numbers
p are instructive as well as entertainB&''
jMiss Morgan renders vocal
m.-:. numbers as well as instruIf
mental and it is a great treat as well
as a pleasure to hear Miss Morgan
B- both afternoon and evening.
1*^ - Miss Dryer's numbers speak for
B themselves wherever she plays.
W&. She is a master of the bass violin and
B renders a solo on it both afternoon and
B. , evening. Her work in voice and piB
ano thru out the program^ makes the
p. second day^ one that no one' can afpv..
ford to miss. This company will apB
pear both afternoon and evening.
p. The Winters Concert Co. comes to
B the Chautauqua on the third day. It
" Ts a real treat to see and hear Mr. Win
Kf: ters in his impersonations and readBf
ings. He also brings a full suply of
K, monologues and pianologues.
ft - b: Mrs. Winters is a bird impersonam
'.> tor of rare ability. She has studied
birds for a good many years^'and as
,, far as whistling or impersonating a
| bird,she is hard to beat.
*'The "Winters Co. will appear both
afternoon and evening and give two of
the very best programs that will he
4.;/ -driven during the Chautauqua.
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PROGRAM
OPENING DAY?-Afternoon
k..U CD The Fighting Yanks./Concert
Ipfe (2> Col. G. A Gearhart. .Lecture
''The Larhp of Aladdin"
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$0%^ (*) Col. G. A Gearhart. .. .Lecture
SlfeiXV"7' *rThe Greatest Thing That Men
- May Know"
Kjgf'-' 'iae r lgntmg lanKs vom-err
p? ' SECOND DAY?Afternoon
R (5) Our Woman Specialist. . Lecture
| "Home Making"
mtBy (6> The Agnes Mathis Company .
g#* (7) A Woman's Conference^ "TRE
B > . HOUSE AROUND THE CORNER "
I Conducted by Our Womaj? Specialist
B in "HOUSEHOLD ENGINEERING"
K Xight
R (S) The dmut^fua Director
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&**-Mti*iC;xt inn ngi nriMi 11m mm j,,,, ju j y,
These Are C
' '"The Problem of the Unprepared44
(9) The Agnes Mathis Company...
1 Concert
THIRD DAY?Afternoon
(10) Frances Maltby. .Lecture
"The Red Cross?A Record and
'A Prophecy44
> (11) The Emerson Winters Company
Entertainment
(12) Conference on 4'HOME CARE
OFJTHB SICK f44 Conducted by Frani
cis Maltby?an officially assigned Red
Cross Nurse.
Night ?
(13) The Chautauqua Director
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... 4 > 4?-f??vv4n .-Lecture
4'Pushing Back Horizons4'
i (14) The * Emerson Winters Company
.... Entertainment
MR AND MRS MITCHELL
MOVE TO GREENVILLE
I Mr and Mrs E K Mitchell and their
j interesting little daughter Annie Jean
left Saturday for Greenville 1 where
j they will make their future ,homei
j much to the regret of their many
j friend;- here. Mr and Mrs Mitchell
v;lll be very much missed in the so
cial life of Lexington ^ where Mrs.
Mitchell was active in church and |
, ciuu circles. 11 Decame necessary iur
i them to make the change on account
of the fact that Mr; Mitchell is South
em sales agent fur a large wholesale
concern of Chicago and ha~ recently
had Greenville made state
headquaiters. While it is a source of
doep regret that Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell
left Lexington still their friends here
wish them happiness and contentment
in their new home.
WILL SELL AT AUCTION
I will auction off to the highest bid
der Monday the 2nd of Junet at the
Court House about 11 o'clock one
i family mare; Works anywhere; anyj
j lady or child can drive her.
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!oming to The
DOUBLE !
TRAGED1,
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Policeman Lancaster Shoots To
Death His Wife and Newton
Lorick?Tragedy Occurred
This Afternoon?Were in
Automobile at Time.
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Traffic policeman Lancaster of the
Columbia police force shot his wife
and Newton Lorick while riding- in an j
automobile at the foot of Gervais j
street, about 4:30 o'clock this afternoon.
Lorick and Mrs. Lancaster
crossed the Congaree river bridge in
an automobile, coming from the Lex-!
ington side, and as they reached the}
end of the bridge at the foot of Ger- j
vais street, policeman Lancaster step
ped from behind one of the bridge
columns and began firing, killing
Lofick and Mrs. Lancaster instantly.
Lancaster was immediately placed un
der arrest and is now confined in the !
city jail. .. /
(AIM) OF THANKS.
We take this means of thanking
our friends and neighbors for the j
many acts of kindness shown us dur j
ing the illness and at the time of the .
death of our child Eva Vermeil. May j
God bestow his richest blessings upon i
each and every one of you is our ear- j
nest prayer.
Mr and Mrs. John M. Taylor j
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DR. NORMAN GET GBR SICK
The ffiends of Dr. Xorman S. Gei- j
g'er will regTet to learn that he has j
ueen indisposed for several days and
is still confined to his room.
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y ; TICKETS
FOR THE PLAY /V&|LL
BE giS SALE |
AT THE DRUG STORES'
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As.announced last week the play!
"The Camouflage of Shirley'* which 11?
is a . fine play^ will be given by the! n
members of the tenth grade of the 2
Lexington High School on Tuesday fi
evening June 3 at 8:30 and repeat- f<
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ed on Wednesday evening^ at the r<
hour. The arrangement of last year C
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was so satisfactory that the same plan^ t:
will be followed this year. The parjp
cnts> brothers and sisters of the mem- j s;
bers of the class will be admitted onje
complimentary, tickets Tuesday even- ti
ing. Students of the Lexington High
School and other children under s
twelve years of age will secure tick-j a
ets at 25 cents each. The three drug d
stores have kindly consented to sell v
the tickets which will be put on sale a
at 12 o'clock noon Saturday^ May 31. h
Xo more tickets will be sold for either; fi
evening than the auditorium will seat, i v.
Those who come first will be served i 5
first. Tickets for one evening will; r<
not be good lor the other evening. j it
Sundav June 1 at 11:30 a m theio
commencement sermon will be preach I w
od by the Rev. C K Bell^ D D of Co- j ei
lumbia
Monday June 2 at 10:?A the ad- ft
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dress to the class will be made by Dr, G
T Boyd (jay ana me cnpioiu?.s win ucc
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delivered to the fifteen i fi
members of the class. ! ei
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Tlie public is invited to all of these is
exercises. t ' fr
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OBITUARY". | tv
Homer Andrew, son of Mr. and Mrs is:
John A Ballentine of Lexington coun J m
tv S. C. departed this life May
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1919 after only one days illness at {*h
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the age of six months and one day. ' F
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Little Homer Andretv - was dedicat- ; cl
ed to God in Baptism Feb. 16, 1919, J in
and now rests in the arms of the Sa-jL
vior.
The Funeral service and burial | ci
were held at John's church Tues-.ti
day afternoon 5 o'clock. O D S. j st
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'HE JAMES L. TAP?
COMING T!
real Department Store Magnate
Planning to Open Business Here.
Corley Bros., Promoters of Many
Enterprises, to Erect Handsome
n -n* . r> f n/r 1
mincing ai corner 01 mam ana
Church Streets for New Firm?
Mr. Tapp Believes in Lexington
and Lexington's Future.
Mr. Jas. L? Tapp? who for fourteen
airs has conducted the large depart
.cnt store of The Jas. L. Tapp Cominv
in Columbia is going to open a
f
g department store in Lexington ac
>rding to an anouncement made by
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T". lcipp IctSl V. V* v L>1 ucu s
promoters of many enterprises,
ill at once commence the erection
: a mammouth brick building on
teir lot at the Corner of Main and
lurch streets where the old Roof
jilding stood^ which is to be the
exingtor. home of the Tapp Company
lie building to be occupied by the
2w firm will be 50 by 100 feet with
i y
1 modern conveniences and appliicest
including a complete water
'stem^ and' is to be ready for occumcy
.by August 15
Mr Tapp has always enjoyed an im
ense patronage from Lexington^ so
uch so in fact that he feels that he
y
lould get closer to the people of
lis rich and fertile county. That he
dieves in Lexington and Lexington's
iture^ is evidenced by the fact that
i intends opening a store the equal
' any establishment in the city of
>lumbia or elsewhere?a store that
ill be the pride of all Lexington and
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store that will attract buyers from
r and near.
Lexington will welcome Mr. Tapp
ith open hearts and outstretched
ms, ;Xothing could mean more for
le future developement and prog ss
of this town and county than the
>ming of this great department store
agnate.
Mr. Tapp is a man of noble impul>s.
He is a builder and a promoter
e has done wonders for Columbia;
3 will do wonders here and in every
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adertaking he will have the hearty
>-operation and earnest supoprt of
le people of this -entire
iction. ..
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ALONZO L. HARTLEY.'
Alonzo L. Hartley* one of Lexing>n's
best citizens died at his hom<
ear the depot Thursday morning a'
o'clock^ following a long and pair
j1 illness. Mr. Hartley had been""il
jr several weeks and had recently
eturned from the Baptist Hospital ir
olumbia^ where he had been ' unde:
reatment^ but upon the advice of hi
hysicians was brought home as the:
iw there was no chance for his reco1
ry and the and was only a matter o
ime
Alonzo L. Hartley was loved and r<
pected by all who knew him? being o
generous nature and accomodating
isposition^ he had scores of friend;
;ho mourn his death. He was' quit<
nd unassuming^ yet always ready t<
elp a friend or neighbor and n'eve:
ailing to perform an act of kindnes;
'hen an opportunity came. He wa:
9 years of age and was born anc
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eared at Batesburg coining to Lex
?
lgton in 1SS7 to accept tne posmui
f station agent for the Southern Rai
ay Co. being the first telegraph oprator
located at Lexington.
He is survived by his \vife> who heme
marriage was Miss Maggie R
eorge of Walhalla and fve children
boys Frank^ George and Leland;thc
rst two being in France with the Am
ican army and the other one Leland
at Hoboken awaiting his discharge
om the navy which he has sucured
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nee tlie death of his father. The
eo girls Misses "Winnie and Marxret
Hartley are at home with their
other.
The funeral service was held from
:e home Thursday afternoon Rev.
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. H. Funderburk of the Baptist chut
V performing the last sad rites with
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terment following in St. Stephen's
utheran cemetery.
Lexington has lost one of her best
tizens and the sympathy of the enre
community goes out to his grief
rick en family.
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COMPANY
) LEXINGTON AUG. 15
HAWKER AM) GRIEVE
RESCUED FROM SEA
Rarixijr Aviators Picked Up Eight
Hundred Miles Off Irish Coast.
VOW SAFELY ABOARD british
w ar vessel
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Machine Troubles Force Trans-Atlantic
Ai;*men to Descend After
Flying Over Thousand -Miles
From New Foundland In
Water Ninety Minutes
London May 25?Missing for six
days and virtually given up for lost,
. Harry G Hawker and his navigator,
Lieut e'omndr Mackenzie Grieve Brit'
isn airman who essayed a fight across
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j the Atlantic Ocean without protection
j against disaster save what their frail
| airplne afforded, are safe tonight a!
board a British warship off the Ork
j neys Tomorrow they will reach the
j minland and proceed to London
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. where they will he acclaimed as men ;
j returned to life
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' Some 1 100 rnileh out from Xew'
foundland and S00 from the Irish
j .
j coast on Monday^ May 19^ the aviators
making the best of an engine which
was failing to function properly^ were '
! forced to alight on the water The
; little Danish steamer Mary? bound
| from New Orleans and Norfolk for
Aarhuus Denmark picked the wayy
y
farers up and continued on her north
ward
voyage
Lacikng a wireless outfit the captain
of the steamer was obliged to
withhold the good tiding of the resj
cue until he was opposite Butt of Lewis
where the information was sigj
nailed by means of flpge that Hawker
i and Grieve were aboard his ship
Quickly word was flashed to the
British admiralty which sent out de*
stroyers to over/take the Danish ves"j
c.T and obtain confirmation This was
j done and one of the destroycs took
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:M.ic airmen off and later transferred
i them to the flagsh'p Revenge
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I F' haven -en
. j ;l #i e-? it-p vt /!>' ? that his ranch5"-e
'j had stopped; .owing to the blocking of
; j the water circulation system
' When the airpiano sued away from
' her starting point Hawker let loose
i hih wheels and undergearing there;
bylightening the weight of the "machine
by a considerable amount but
making a possible landing on the soil
^)f Irelad a more nazardous venture
[xhis however^, probably proved of
| much advantage when it became
I necessary to alight on the surface of
s I the water The airplane remained
J afloat without difficulty during the
hour and a half it took the Danish
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j steamer to come up and effect a res- cue
J All Knglnd ih stirrd by the news
of the safety of the two stout hearted
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aviators but owing to the difficulties
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of communication some time must
pass before the full details of one of
v
the most remarkable voyages ever un
dertaken are known
j The one person in England who had
e;
^ i always held hope was Mrs Hawker
| She always maintained that Proviy
|
'i donee would protect her, man and
sh ..
i though she received condolences from
ej
[ all classes of people^ including the
i king she said today that she had
r; *
, never ceased to * believe that
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{ some time in some way her husband
^ would come back
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j ROUTE TWO WILL
BE EXTENDED JUNE 1.
I Commencing on June 1st. R F D
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I route 2 going out from Lexington is to
be extended to about twice its present
length. This will necessitate a
number of changes in our mailing
J list?many subscribers who are now
f setting- their mail from Gilbert. .\o. 6
t i
j will get their paper from
j Lexington. Tf these subscribers who
? i
! will be effected by the change wiH
i notify us at once we will appreciate
i it; and thev will not miss an issue.
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BVA YERMELIj T.WI.OR.
*lv a Vermeil the infant daughter of
j Mr. and Mrs. John M Taylor was
born April 25% 191S and died April SO
1919 ^ making -her stay on earth one
i vear and five days. She was a bright
and chee?rful child loved and admired
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by ail l!^ ner communuyt ;mu ua
death is' the source of much regret.
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