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JiLEXINGTON DISPATCH-NEWS^ ?^_____________ Court of general scissions adjourned,-f Wednesday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock, J K,: after being in session since last Wedhesday into ruing. As a result of the sitting of tliis term the docket was f -v'" tactically cleared of a great number li/ cases which had been hanging over. o# ttpm were niol-prossed and , |^^ri^wVwseven were continued to the next term B; x>t court Many c l the cases nol prossHfc 'yn*' *** *?re compromised out of court the M?jfc/^-.v greater pert of them "being cases in ft-*' which a money consideration was satjp isfactory to the parties aggrieved, as n ?' in the cases of obtaining goods under false pretenses, flashing worthless ehecks and matters of like nature. , Practically $600 was collected by i <&?*? of Court Harman from defendants for costs and^flnes at this term. Bp.. Court was presided over by Judg? > 4 S. W. G. Shipp of Florence in an able Iv:-- manner, while Solicitor Timmerman i Spl' was in his usual form as prosecutor. I agk-V Cases disposed of at this term were |j?| John Fnlton?Housebreaking and larceny. Guilty. Sentenced to 18 Ownie Givens, a negro woman, p charged with killing a four year old ' child, was found not guilty. John Boone and Paul Randall, ; ~j white, charged with housebreaking and larceny, pleaded guilty, and were V sentenced to 18 months in the peni- | tentiary. They broke into Hook's store some time ago. The young men are ' * wanted in several other States for va- j rious crimes. Boone is an elileptic and j . had several fits while confined to the county jail h*re. ; Sam Anderson, charged with assault I and battery with intent to kill, was 1 fiound not guilty. j Lewie Harman, white, was declared not guilty of housebreaking and larOtis Kelly, white, pleaded guilty to a charge of using an automobile with-j the consent of the owner and paid j f if $150. j . Lloyd was found guilty of' port of family, for which he j &se of-John Duckson* negro.* with arson, resulted in a misHall, white, was cleared by ! of the charge of burning the ( 'erry Hall. )orsey paid a fine of $50 after j und guilty of non-support of j | udge pleaded guilty of obtain- j Is under false pretenses and j tenced to three months and j lent of a fine of $100. FIXE COTTON BOLE SHOWN BY MR. AMICK i " I obert L. Amick who lives' 'o miles from Lexington,: to The Dispatch-News office last week a boll of the pret- j - ? muA, i (tiest cotton we nave ever seen, me 1 variety is known as Egyptian wool j cotton. While the staple is very short { . the boll was one of tTie longest ever j seen, measuring 4 1-2 inches in length, j The cotton was a pure white and re- j sembled wool miore than cotton in its j texture. Mr. Amick grew only a few | stalks in his garden, the seed of which he will save. COUNTY CHAIRMAN APPOINTED , FOR THE MEMORIAL DRIVE Col. T. C. Callison has been appoint- ; ?' y?d county chairman for Lexington ; iPV ' /'* county to direct the work of raising, the county's share* for the erection Of ] the proposed memorial to the soldiers yi who took part in the world war. LexFs ? ington's quota is $4,950, an amount 4. which Col. Callison believes ought to j I he easilv raised. Col. Callison has not1 !f - I yet made appointments of the various hs chairmen who will assist him, but P hopes to be able to announce them in i next week's paper. The work of can- , vassing for funds is to begin on the j anniversary of the breaking of the j J I Hindenburg line by the immortal ^ Thirtieth Division. SHERIFF MILLER MAKES QOCK CAPTURE OF AUTO 1*: Sheriff Sim J. Miller, with his usual i alertness, made a quick bag of two ! young men who attempted to get aw$,y with a Buick Six in Columbia Tuesday night. The car was taken from in front of the Jerome hotel. Sheriff Miller was notified that the car had v been stolen and within a short time Ij^V had intercepted F. A. Hicks and W. I 'S. Jones. He telephoned to the Rich\ land authorities that they might come i and get the car and the boys, which ||i^y tfccy did. IAL SESSIONS 1ED WEDNESDAY PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR NEWBERRY COLLEGE SESSION V? 1 1 Newberry, Sept- 15.?The prospect* of an unusually large attendance o: students for this year jat Newbern college is very good indeed. The dor mitory rooms are all taken; so als< are the rooms in private homes usu ally rented by the students. But n< student is going to be turned away The college authorities will find comfortable places for all who come. Mrs. A. G. Haltiwanger, the stu dents' "other mother," has the boarding hall ready. Board, and all th< students of last year know that, this means good and sufficient food wel prepared, will be furnished at $18 pei month. The repairs on the dormitory anc other buildings will be finished this week. To get work of this nature done at ail under present conditions is a grown man's job, and to pay for whal is done is no joke. Coach Lt. C. Sullivan is here anc has a room in the dormitory, irootball practice will begin on Tuesday the 16th. The college put out no football team last year, and hence the team will have to be built up frorr the bottom. We have good looking material, however, and Coach Sullivar looks like the mfctn to put strongly together. Dr. W. K. Gotwald, history anc economics, arrived last week. He anc Mrs. Gotwald and son, David, hav< rooms at Mrs. O. L. Schumpert's. Prof N. R. Biser, Latin and Greek, wil come this week; so also will Prof. W H. Gaver, ofythe mathematics depart ment.' Prof, and Mrs. Biser and little Miss Biser have rooms at Mrs. Ellerbe Pelham's. Prof. Gaver Has rooir at Mrs. O. B. Mayer's. Students applying for classificatioi through examinations must report a the college Tuesday, September 23rd at 9:00 o'clock a. m. All conditioned students who want to try to remove conditions before the opening of college should report on the 23rd, Ai other out-of-town students shoulc the~2?tfr. College will open Thursday morn ing, September 25th, promptly at ! o'clock. The opening exercises wil begin 'at that hour in the chapel, Hoi land Hall. Welcome addresses will b< made by the pastosr of the cit! churches, by Hon. Z. F. Wright, may or of Newberry; Dr. W. H. Hunt, pres ident of the Newberry County College 4 club, and by Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, pres ident of the board of trustees. Th< friends of the college and of the stu dents are cordially invited to attend. LIBERTY BONDS TAXABLE. The Tax Commission Notifies' All o Our Banks. The tax commission will not allov claims advanced by banks for exerap tion from taxation on their invest ments in Liberty Bonds, according t< a statement given out by the eommis sion on Friday. At the last meeting of the legisla ture there was a bill introduced t< exempt from taxation certain banl stocks if invested in Liberty Bonds The bill failed to become law by rea son of a clerical oversight, and bond: are not tax-exempt, according to th< tax commission. FIRE DESTROYS HOME OF RELIABLE XEGRC T-T Vro/1 S!trnUior o roliahl* -a. i vu ubl vu1v1) u> t) v/v ^ ? negro residing on Route 2, lost all o: his household effects in a fire whicl destroyed his home a week ago. H< also lost all feedstuffs, flour, lard meat, etc., totaling $250. The hous< belonged to Dr. L. E. Harman, of Co lumbia. The fire originated from i defective flue. WIIjL entertain the bon 1leir CIXI Mrs. E. G. Dreher and Miss Ethe Dreher will entertain the Bon Heu: Club Friday afterrfoon at 5 o'clock. ? ** ? Will Attend Medical College. Messrs. Melvin Farr, who has beer employed at the Palace Drug Co., anc Mr. Murray Swartz, of the Geigei t^?,,or c,-v nnnnlnr vnnnsr men JL/1 Uv?* v* v-x.'.q ? ? will attend the Medical College a Charleston this fall. Delightful Moonlight Party. The classes of Miss Lessie Moyei and Mr. Jack Carrol, of the Baptisl church, factory village, enjoyed a dc iightt'ul social moonlight party anc fish fry at Lake George Wednesdaj night, last week. PERSON AliS. r It was our pleasure Saturday to share the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. 'cv* chuii Rrnftkland. ? | -I?<u UUUU) V* J?'* Mr. John E. Droher was in town - Friday shaking hands with his old friends. He and a number or his Lexington friends were on a camp * near here fox hunting for the week. He says it was the greatest hunt he J had ever been on totalling 13 fox in m, 0 one week?Calhoun Advance. > Mrs. O. F. Hendrix and two sons, Clinton and Clyde, accompanied by * Mrs. C. C. Harmon, spent the week end in'Saluda visiting relatives and friends. Mr. George Cromer, their uncle, returned with them to spend a week in Lexington. i Mr. O. D. Seay, county superin-1 % | ' ] tendent of education Of Richland | County, was a pleasant visitor to The ?Dispatch-News office Monday, Mi\ ' j Seay is a former citizen of Lexington j j County, who has made his home in ! the capital for many years and has I'made good in his adopted home. jHe 5: I was on a visit to his home folks in :the county. Mr. W. J. MCCartha has been in T-V J? 1 J tsarumore ior several uays, un acevuux of the illness of his daughter, on whom, an operation was performed at ' a % Baltimore hospital. " i Mr. * H. Peskin, a progressive mer* I ' | chant of Swansea, was in town Mon11 day on business. "f Mr. E. S. Crout o? Gilbert, while in 1! town Monday, paid the Dispatch-News a pleasant visit. Mr. W. I. Jumper, a progressive 1 farmer, who lives on Route 3, Gaston, * was in town Monday and renewed his subscription. Mr. J. J. Redmond of Steedman, * while in town Monday, visited The^ Dispatch-News office and renewed his subscription. Miss Blossie Clark, one of our most " popular young lautes, left Tuesday to I resume her studies at Wintnrop College. II Mr. S. J. Leaphart made a business ^ trip down in Orangeburg last Thurs' day. 1 Miss Birdie Kleckley and brother ', Joseph have returned from Charlotte " J N. C., where they have been spending * i a few days with their brother, Mr. A. 1 L. Kleckley^ Theyjvere accompanied n ! by Miss Annie CorTey and Mr. Archie " j Corley. ' ; Dr. ju D. Drener or Deesvuie, mera* ber of the house of representatives, ": was in town Tuesday on business. 5| Miss Elsie Mentzer of Waynesboro, r j Pa., is the guest of Miss Mary Caugh" j man and Sarah Berly. Mr. D. W. Koon, Route 2 .Gilbert, 3 j was in town the other day, and " ! planked down the cash for another 5! year's subscription. Mr. P. W. Ellisor of Cayce was a visitor here at court and while here called in and settled for his paper. Dr. M. L. Brodgen of Swansea, one ^ of the best physicians in the county, J was here at court last week and wisei ly added his name to our subscription 7 | list. | Mrs. Thos. L. Harman spent Mon" I day in Columbia shopping. * Dr. James Harman was in town one day last week and paid us a pleasant call. Dr. Harman was, in former years, one of the most skilled dentists > j we had, but unfortunately he lost his v | eyesight, and since has had one of " j his bright daughters to accompany i him to attend to his business. | Mr. S. C. Epting, one of the pros* "; nerous farmers in the Piney Woods | section, was here at court last week 'and dropped in to see us. > | We thank Mrs. P. H. Pound, Leing ; ton, Rt. 3, for her renewal for an31 other year. p i Mr. Jessie S. BallentTne, a model i i j farmer up on Hollow Creek, has our 3' thanks for another year's renewal. t ( Mrs. Henry Wienges of St. Mat> thews, spent a part of last week with . j her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam B. i : George. j Miss Alice Wilson has returned from ' a delightful fortnight's visit to Mrs ! Clarke of Durham, X. C. * Miss Olive Joyner of Orangeburg, Mrs. Perry and1 Mr. Herlong of St. * i Matthews spent Sunday with Mr. and r j Mrs. Olive Price. Mr. R. M. Hutto, formerly of the ; Pelion section, now of Augusta, Ga., j! where he is engaged in the mercantile business, was here on business in r | the court last week. r We were indeed more than glad, k | while* in Columbia last Saturday, t? I meet and shake the hand of out I friend, Dr. L. K. Sturkie, of OrangeI burg. He is an elder brother of T. r ' f Sstnrlrip T<lsri nrwt is pnHnwr.H wittl t the same cleverness and genial dis- | -'position. *| 11 Mr. M". G. Sarratt is spending his /"'vacation at his old home at Blacks| burg. American Legion To Hold Meeting Owing- to bad weather conditions and the fact that sufficient notice had f not been given the meeting of the , American Legion was poorly attended last Thursday night The next meeting of the legion will be held Thurs day night, September 25, at the school house and the officers urge upon all who are members and all who are eligible for membership to ^ be present on that date, as business of importance is to be transacted. The 1 legion is made up of all men who ( served in the hrmed forces of the^ United States during the World War. 1 It is a nationwide organization which < :gives promise of cutting quite a figure 1 4 in the affairs of the country. The men in Lexington county who are en- J titled to membership should be on 1 hand at the next meeting and take ' part in the adoption of by-laws for ( the local branch. The meeting during the week of the county fair will be held on Tuesday, October 21, at ' which time delegates will be elected to a State meeting which is to be held ' in Columbia during the State fair. 1 ? SUMMERLAND COLLEGE TO OPEX THURSDAY * 5 ( largest Enrollment in History?Budget of Xews From Batesbnrg. V' Batesburg, Sept. 16.?Summerland i college will begin its regular session | Thursday of this week. The largest j enrollment in the history of the col- j lege is expected. President P. E. i Monroe has added several additional:( rooms to the college dortnitory dur2mm r>11 Wl ft M fHT-i ft i +1 ? n 1 Y? A A YT* C ' ^ Ulji llic ouiJLiuiiUi JLauuitiunai x vu*?o will be sufficient to accommodate ] about 20 students. Rev. P. D. Risinger of Ehrhardt, 1 S. C., chairman of the board of trus- ' tees of Summerland college, was a recent visitor to this, section. Hon. B. W. Crouch and Judge C. J. ' ' j Ramag?, prominent members of the Saluda bar, were in town Monday. {' Prof. W. C: Graham of the Bates- 1 i burg high school, visited his parents at Florence the latter part of the ' weifk j Mr. J. P. Copeland attended the , i opening exercises of the University of 1 : South Carolina in Columbia Tuesday, j : His sons, Frank and Wilbur, will at- j ! tend the coming session at the uni j versity. I Mr. T. B. Quattlebaum of Williston ; j was a recent visitor to our town. j; ! Mr. J. R, Unger, cashier of the First \1 . Xational Bank, left last week on a , pleasant trip to California and other < | points in the Far West. He went ] j with an excursion party composed of j 1 , leading agents of the New York Life | < i Insurance Company of which he is', i the popular local representative. J1 i The new building being erected by ', j the Bank of Western Carolina at the !n | corner of Granite and Railroad !, ! streets, will soon be ready for occu- i i i ; ' pancy by the bank. I. i i I Mr. L. C. Hartley, who has been j ] i conducting a mercantile business , j here for 23 years, has sold his stock , 'of eoods to Messrs. J. A. Hite and I. , I If. Evans, the transfer to take place i. (the latter part of September. I I Messrs. J. L. Parrish and C. H. : i i "Willis have purchased the furniture;] ' i store of the I. Edwards Co., and will I ! ' I continue business at the same stand, i ! ? j. ' DR. RICE B. HARMON !, RETURNS TO TEXINOTON j __________ " 1 I ; J Popular Druggist Recovering Nicely From Injuries Sustained Several Months Ago. I i ! I))-. Rice U. Harmon returned to i ^ ! | Lexington on Monday afternoon from;> | the Columbia hospital, where he has j. J been undergoing treatment for in- 1 j juries to his leg for the past several ! s | weeks. While it is necessary for him , i to get about on crutches, Dr. Harmon l( i is getting along nicely and will soon i, ' be restored to his former strength. i I Dr. Harmon is head of the Harmon j i Drug Company, one of the largest and j i most up-to-date retail drug establish- ' { ments in the State. He is widely i( i known and exceedingly popular, and j. i his return to Lexington will not only j he heralded with genuine delight by j his host of friends, but his presence > will add new life and new energies}, into the business life of this good old I town. ! .... i ? L LEXINGTON COTTON MARKET } Wednesday, Sept. 17. Strict Middling 28 l-4c J Prospects Besp< Fair in Co / r. I*. VAUGHN ESCAPES FROM STATE HOSPITAJD 1 i For Second Time Man Under Sentence of Death Makes Getaway. Coltimibia, Sept. 16.?Thurston U. Vaughan, the former head of the Odd Fellows Orphanage at Greenville, who was sentenced several years ago to :he electric chair for criminal assault Dn young girl inmates of the home, but who afterwards was sent to the State lospital, in a plea of insanity, escap 2d from the hospital here today. He 1 was to have been taken to Greenville 1 :his week, to undergo sanity tests j ind if found not to be insane, would ^ then be re-sentenced to the electric ^ :hair. This was in accordance with a r aourt order of last Saturday in Greenville. j This is the second time Vaughan < escaped. He escaped from the Green- \ ville jail several years ago, after his ] sentence to the electric chair. When t tie was found in Baltimore and brought back to the penitentiary he acted in such a manner as to be judged insane, and was then committed to the State hospital. A recent sanity ?ommission again declared him insane. ^ ? 'X' LEXINGTON ALTO CO. 1 Vow Automobile Establisliment for Lexington?Succeeds the Oswald Garage. The Lexington Auto Company is one ?f the new enterprises for Lexington, rhis firm, headed by Messrs. W. E. Humphries and John R. Corley, has purchased the Oswald Garage and, in lddition to operating an up-to-date parage, will sell the Allen, Paige, Chevrolet and Dort cars, together with a full line of supplies. Mr. Humphries up to a few weelcs j ago had been manager of the Lex- ; ! ington branch of the DuPre Auto Co., i and is well known throughout Lex-1 ington. Mr. Corley is a member of j tne well known rirm of Corley Bros., L and is a successful and popular young ' 1 Lexingtonian. The success of the new firm is? already assured. , PTCXIC AT CHAPTX. h i 'Uncle Josh" Enjoys the Hospitality of the Good People of That Section. i1 By special invitation last week we , i lttended tjie meeting of the K. of P., jt O. W., and Red Men at Chapin 1 j Friday. There were five interesting i speeches made in the interest of the'j \ i respective societies and were all enter- r: taining and well received by the large 1 erowd present, men, women and ehil- < :lrcn of the entire neighborhood and those from afar. At the dinner hourM i>ne of the grandest spreads ever pro- j 1 irided for was served. A dinner of the j ' substantiate of life?chicken, roast: 1 t>ork, ham, cake, pies and custards, j ] ?'uch enly as the ladies and good j 1 housewives of the Dutch Fork are j < competent to prepare and serve; good j enough for the kings, with a suffi L-iency for all present, and enough to \ satisfy as many more. Everything so friendly and sociable j* ivith a welcome to make any one de-j' lighted to be there. jl Chapin is one of our prosperous!* business towns, inhabited by the very j" best citizens and is backed by a good J < rou n try. 1 ! 1 IFXINGTOX BOYS OFF FOR YVOFFORD COIXEGE | ;< .Mr. Samuel A. George, one of our 1 jopular young men, left yesterday for 1 iVofford college, Spartanburg, to pur- ( uic his studies as a junior, after hav- 1 ng spent a delightful. summer vaca- i :ion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. i Samuel B. George. Other young men caving for the same institution in- j hale I. B. Lever, Chapin; B. B. Oliver, i -1. V. Bast and Coke B. Smith, Swan- t <en J. R. Swygert, Peak; F. S. Snyder < xnd L. I). Bradham, .Jr., Batesburg. > ind R. C. Griflith of Gilbert. All of t iicse young men belong to the junior > lass, placing Lexington's representa- rion at the head of the list at Wofford. 1 JOIIX KAM1XER ^LVRRIKI). ton lift Columbian Weds Miss Murtia- 1 shaw?Well Known Here. 1 Cards have been received here announcing the marriage of Miss Joe Ann / lonrrVif of AT r? onrl \frc T* 7A rwjaa, uau^ati.^1 \j jl aui? aim jiio. jl x/. Murtiashaw, and Mr. John A. Kamin- ( >r, both of Columbia, Mr. Kaminer i s well known and popular arrtong a i iiost of Lexington friends, who extend ; congratulations. < eak Best unty's History ; ii Indications now are that the county fair this year will be decidedly the siggest and best ever held during the :\venty-five years of its existence. Al-eady the secretary- is receiving applications for entry blanks and all inlications are that every department will be filled to capacity. Tuesday, October 21, the opening lay, will be School Day, and it is ex. pected that every pupil and teac&er n the county will attend the fair on j :hat day. The management has made \ arrangements to supply compliment ary tickets to every scholar and :eacher in the county that will attend, rhis part of the fair pogram has been placed in charge of a committee composed of John S. Schneider, O. Li. Shealy and Miss Annie Caughman. riiey are already busy at work preparing and arranging a program for his day, which will consist of athletic contests between the schools and othir fnrnic r?f in + nrnofinflr r*4-r? 4* V*. AiibVi VOWUg CaillllX.UAil'. 3uite a large number of the schools in the county have already agreed to :ome in a body to the fair and take part in the contests. The winners in these contests will be paid large cash prizes by the fair association. . One day of the fair, in all probability Wednesday, October 22, will be levoted to the American Legion, and ilready the officers of the Lexington i vJaaaBi Post have gone to work making arrangements for the entertainment of soldiers and sailors on this day. A large tent has been secured for the holding of an automobile show, .vhich will be erected near the main building and Mr. S. L. Hendrix, general superintendent, has already re-> reived a number of applications for space from, automobile dealers in Lexington and Columbia. There will also be plenty of fun ' md amusement for the young people, -> ^ 4-V? rv T-? _ ~ J m xo me x' oxiii/iu) oiuouway ouows nave been engaged to furnish this part of the fair, without which no fair is complete. The Famous Broadway shows have the reputation of carrying nothing hut strictly high class moral shows and their manager, Mr. Charlton, who was in Lexington last ,veek, stated that they would continue :o live up to their reputation and give /isitors at the Lexington Fair all they ire looking for. They carry 15 shows, :erris wheel, merry-go-around, whip, ind 60 concessions, all of which will irrive in Lexington Monday, October 20, and begin setting up so that they svill be ready for business bright and sarly Tuesday morning. So far the officers of the association are highly pleased over the outlook for the biggest and best fair ever held in Lexington and unless something unforeseen happens they expect an attendance of at least fifteen thousand people during the three days of the fair, October 21, 22, 23. * OFFICIAL VOTE FOR CONGRESS. Following is the official vote for congress in the second primary last f An nAr\noc?ontoti\m frAm l ucoiiaj i ^otutu,vi iiviu Seventh district to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. A. Frank Lever. The State Democratic executive committee met Tuesday of this week in Columbia and tabulated the vote as follows: TimmerMann. man. Calhoun 635 62 Lee 326 426 Lexington 543 2,614 ~)rangeburg 1.922 271 Ftichland 1.103 1.170 >umter 695 160 Total 5,224 4,702 In the Sixth. The race in the Sixth district to ill the place made vacant by the leath of J. Willard Ragsdale has not ;et been determined, the Dillon couny vote not having been received vhen the committee met vesterdav. rhe vote as reported so far is as folows: E. J. Sherwood of Horry, 5,54 5 ; P. H. Stoll of Williamsburg 5,304. rhe committee will meet ag. in next ruesday to declare the official result n the Sixth. ? LEXINGTON BOYS NOW AT THE UNIVERSITY Messrs. F. H. Corley, Vascoe Miller, Claude Lindler and Everett Schneider, four of Uexington's well known young: men, are now in Columd^a. in attendance upon the University of South ^arolina.