Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. v. "V . ^ ? Eaptasantatitja Hatnspapar* (Sonars i>axin#ton and tna borders af ton Surraundinp fSotmties feifca a &lan&at? j TOt' TT.T , , '- :' : LEXINGTON. S. CH WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2 1911 ~ 38 5 ! A GLOBE BBT GOODS COHFAItT. , |liltv "W. n. Tie., ^.^nsr^a-Eie. ^ ^ ' J N 104S0 MAIN STREET, - - - COLUMBIA, ?. o. ?J .^r Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. ;V . y- . . . > . October istf 1A t i ?__ZI Misfortune is liat matters. Then i' Anvr" 1 n 4Vl O OQV11 8 handy." Over i v.V. - . I comforting relief *' ' * I cumulated a fur I haven't started a I Citizens Ba I BATESBURG I> ' Resources Five per cent. Interei '; v ,. " EKMmhh -:. v^j; ~"f. < 7, . . '4 ^ l-'Ts: p?- '. ' +*-y , V 5 per cent Inteoe&t paid o* /-x puted Aemi-annuafKip (txunme/iciai accou v2mpfe |acilUie4 |ar Rand i Wiff ?e appreciate. Sa|ett <^T & SSeSCSCSeSCSSSeSCSC? j . | BANK B' t Just as Easy to ( * 8 Though Ti S DEPOSIP part of yom eai 2 Brool 0 S New X WE CARRY FIRE AND B . \ ... , BANK CI While tt \ The bumper crop of last; th ir feet;" lifted the mon . reassured all. There is a feeling of go< achi v ment, which has gi to he farmer. A splendic and he is therefore stxengt We all wish for a dnpllc 9 we will have them and oar all human obstacles. How seasons, and the farmer wl ble failure by keeping in r fate. r A talk with one of our 01 with this Bank will serve y ' - large or small, ilry OFFICERS: J. S. WES9INCER, Prei J. P. HONEYCUTT, Cash M. D. WESSINQER, BeoJ if - 0. ** * : - . ? . +*? cf mmmmmmrnsmmmammmammmmmmmmm ? "r . Jest egg i >le to overtake you in money I t is that a good sized "nest 8 ngs bank comes "powerful | ' ? ? ? T? ~ ???/\ nnnn 9 ma over again nave wc &ccu m come to those who have ac- I id in this bank. If YOU I b account, now is the time. | mk oi Batesburg, I I, .*. S. C. I - - - $150,000.00 I -* ftf Tlpnnflll. B 3t rtUU UU VULUUVMiW v* | Hp. 11 - 1 ~ : i [ _ __ I ant/ \ $S5j<? 00.00 i dating. depaditd', interest ieincf comepoditd of $/,00 and oCet necei/2?d. ntd afdo <jpc/2ea Special attention, tiny yam Lm^ and you* aeeaunt * /J fl t Aw A A j. dcpaAiX JwwceA jxvt lent, $/.UU ipa/i ^ Sfivefoe/enf izntJ ^$ t6&ev. v SSS96969696K9696S696S69S96969?? r mail: i m)pen an Account With Us as * rou Lived Next Door. * nings TODAY. Bring it, send it or mail it. ^ kland Bank s Brookland, S. C. \ URGLAR INSURANCE. jf OF CHAPIN I IAPIN. S. C. te Sun Shines pear put a goodly number of farmers "on bgagfc for some, helped the great majority od cheer and optimism, born of actual yen a certain determination and courage L standard of accomplishment has been set hened with a consciousness of its power, ate of the great crops of 1910. We believe faith will give us strength to overcome ' ever, we must give heed to the fall of the < 10 does not fortify himself against possieserve a part of his capital is tempting Beers will convince you thpfc an account our best interests whether your crop is DIRECTORS: tident J. S. WESSINCER tier C. P. ROBINSON kk'p'r P. M. FRICK H. C. SHEALY W. B. WILLIAMS J*F. HONEYCUTT ' NOLLOWAY SCORES MILL MERGER AND NEGROES SAYS EFFORT IS TO GET IOC COTTON Seventy-Five Per Cent of Cotton Raised in South Carolina and Fifty One Per Cent of Farms Owned ov Nearoes. (EY-.D. R. HALTIWANGER.) Between four and five hundred people attended the big educational rally and farmers* meeting at Edmund, on the Perry extension of the Southern railway Saturday. The crowd was swelled doubtless by the announcement that the governor would be present and make an address. In making the introductory address, Hon. W. H. Sharpe, the chairman of the meeting stated that why the governor was not present he did not know. Mr. Sharpe expressed regret at the governor's absence, and while doing so one man on * ? "1 ? irrr_ 1 _ i Che 8cage excjaimea, "*ve uope a? will never come." W. K. Tate, supervisor of rural sohools, epoke before the dinner hoor, being introduced by Mr. Sharpe. Mr. Tate referred to the fact that nearly every school district in , Lexington c unity had voted a special tax levy for school .purposes, and congratulated the people upon the increased interest in education. Lexington stands at the front of the counties of the state in the progress that is being made in the rural schools. Happily the time has arrived in South Carolina when the peopio of the rural districts have decided to keep pace with the cities and towns in the matter of education. There are lfi noo morfl white children attending school in South Carolina now than there were five years ago, he said, but the largest increase in attendance is in the town and city schools. This he attributed to the fact that the people of the rural districts are moving into the city in order to educate their children. This should not be declared the speaker. "It is nob for the good of South Oaro ina that any white farmer should move from country to town; it is a misfortune for the state that any farmer should move from the country." The speaker stated that the greatest essentials to keeping the farmer on the farm are good roads, good churches add good schools. These are necessary to stop the continuous flow from he rural districts. It is a depioraoie fact that therp i9 not sufficient money to keep the rural schools running on ionger terms. Prof. Tate urgsd the people of Edmund district to vote for the special four-mill tax in the election soon objheld. He declared that Edmund was in :he best district in the state bo vote t >r this tax inasmuch as there are four L>iies of railway in the district, and this would give the people J.I oH mure uiau twiue ?o uiuuu uiuucj oo au the other propelt> in the district com* Dined. The Southern railway, he said would pay into the district annually the sum of |320. But notwithstanding this fact the Southern railway was anxious for the people bo tax themselves locally for education, and they would pay their share without a murmur. The railroads, declared Prof. Tate, are the strongest believers in education of all the corporations The four-mill tax would be sufficient to keep the school at Edmund running nine months in the year. Prof. Tate closed his able address with the declaration that "it is up to the farmers of South Carolina to uphold the flag of the state, and this requires an educated citizenship." At the conclusion of Prof. Tate's address,,dinner was announced, and tne more tnan iour nuuarea preweim partook of an excellent barbecue meal prepared by L. E. Jelcoat. For one hour in the afternoon J. B. Holloway, representing the Farmers* Union of South Carolina, addressed the audience. He made an able presentation of what the union stands for, its aims and its purposes. The speaker went for the cotton exchanges and the "peanut politicians" with gloves i off. He called attention to the great . reduction in the pride of oorton daring the last three days, and declared that * * _ ? i.1. _ it tbe staple Kept going a own nt> au me it fcae been for the last turee da?* I by December the farmerwould have to give his cotton away. Mr. Hollo way opened the eyes of his hearers when he made tbe statement that 75 per cent of the cotton raised in South Carolina is raised by negroes, and that 51 per cent of the farms in the state are owned and worked by negroes. Those are deplorable conditions and should not be, he said. Speaking to the negroes in the audi ence Mr. Hollowny said: "You are here as an industrial being but when you get above your positions we are going to crush you out. Any other race who attempts to arrogate themselves m power above the white people, that race will be crushed out " He scored the negro organizations? the various societies?and declared that most of them had as their object the detriment of the white race. Mr. Holloway said that in many of the counties he has visited every negro school house has a second door which is used as a "society" hall and, since the negroes are in the majority in South Carolina, the white people have got to prepare for these negro organizations. These statements were made, however, to show the trend of events, and not to cause prejudice against the negro. "In ten years you will have to deal with the negro organized," declared the speaker, 'and the object of the Faemers, Union is to mobilize so that the white people may be able and prepared to face any move made by the neerroes. The merceants are organ ized, the doctors are organized, the lawyers are organized, the bankers are organized?every other profession has an organization, while the farmers are only working for their health," he said. The cotton mill merger was heavily scored by the speaker. Mr. Holloway laid particular stress on the Parker mill merger. He declared that Mr. Smythe has planned to let all of hiB sons-in-law, cousins and other kindred Into the merger, and run the several mills to suit himself. Mr. Holloway said that one cotton | mill alone in South Carolina had paid, in one year, the sum of $84,000 to selling agents, and yet turned into the treasury of the mill in dividends $64000 for its stockholders. "It is a pity that the Southern cotton mills are operated by capital from the North," said be, "and there is something rotten up the creek." He ridiculed the statements of the merger people, and declared that the mills are combining for the purpose of controlling the price of the raw material and in an effort to secure cotton for 10 cents a pound this fall. The Standard Oil combine, the Steel Trust and other combinations were assailed by the speaker who attempted * -11 to show now tney were au w? rjung against the masses?the great band of farmers. The success of every commercial and financial institution depends npon the price of cotton, he said, and when the price of cotton is high there is general prosperity. The farmers put their money in the banks and the corporations use it to their own aggrandizement. The merchants and manufacturers use it, he declared. "It is right for the banks to organize, but it is not right for them to organize against the farmers.11 Mr. Hollo way closed by urging the farmers to join the Union; to organize HIJU LLLcilitJ UStJ Ui LUC ?WJ.UCU Up|JUI UU' nities now lying before them. The farmers are the uncrowned kings of this country, and is time they were coming unto their own. Mr. Holloway made an earnest and | strong appeal, and was liberally applauded. The meeting came to a close with an address by Mr. Sharpe, in which he urged the people to.turn out and vote in the school election. It was a big day for Edmund and for the lower gection of the county, and will doubtless bring results in the vrAAwa fA AA*M Q j aim tv gvu4o? Mr. Dreher Doing WelL Mr. Arthur N. Dreher, of Selwood* who underwent an operation at the Columbia hospital on Friday, is doing well and his rapid recovery is expected. i i? Your Banking Busii Is Earnestly Invited and in Return You Sound Banking Methods, Togel United States Goven Supervision, Which guarantees the safety of yc At all times we stand ready to help our on approved securities. THE HOME NATIONAL LEXINGTON, . . S. ( Cash Capital J Total Resources Over J lT _ ?ll II - f ?"I ~ ?' ? CALL AT UNION NATIONAIi XL Columbia, S. C. Directors AFT/EVER JOS. NORWOOD N. H. J. H. M. BEATY C. L. KIBLER E. G. ( G. P. LOGAN J. W. NORWOOD W. P E. 0. BLACK D. A. SPIVEY C. H. Newberry Coflei FOUNDED 18H6 GeDnine collegiate training under positive Christian infla< possible expense. 01 i89ics, Philosophy, Science, Engine giate expenses, $159 yearly. Modern Equipment. An en olty Health record unsurpassed. Next session begins Se catalogue address REV. J. H. HARMS, Presid Newberry, S. C. FREE ROUND TRIP J erous ''policy, t! TO BALTIMORE. al1 the reSC- 411(1 them once you w again. Avail yoi ?* *? fT/vnon ODDortunitv. save Baltimore Bargain UUU9C I ? , Finds it Cheaper and Bet- be pleased wita a ter to take Retail Mer- np* chants Jo Baltimore than ~ ' to send Drummers to HIGH-U "CalL" This year, like jn years past, the Passed Ov Baltimore Bargain House has again County W scheduled a dozen or more Free Trade Did No Dai Trips. 01 Retail merchants who carry a general line Of merchandise in certain Newberry ObserV sections of the South are invited to A cyclone pass* visit Baltimore and the Baltimore ble portion of N Bargain House at the expense of that Monday afternoo: concern. but so high up in T^rr,ntft harm Tf ntoo Of course, tne ooj^ut is w ? friendiy business relations between W. 0. Brown, at "the Largest Who'esale house in the township, and by south" and the Retail Merchant. his farm, and by Also it is true that these trips will and some who ai< increase sales at the B. B. H. Yo in roaring?several the advertising literature sent broad- it. At Dr. Browi cast it is fully and fairly explained to rung for the ham the retail merchant that he will not be house. They sfcai obligated to buy from the B. B. H., black, whirling cl unless he chooses to do so, after in- them and the hot specfciug tbo stocks of the seventeen the top branches B. B. H. wholesale houses. That de- and giving them i cision rests entirely with the retail men stopped and j merchant alter he reaches Baltimore, passed on out of i Yet the chances are that every mer- Broad river. chant who make9 the trip win give un uie west sia the larger part of his fall order to the beyond Mr. Wash Baltimore Bargain House. For this Herman Brehme reason, the B. B. H. advertise their home with bis wa prcies to be on an average of 5 to 15 When he reached per cent, lower than other wholesalers port's place the who sell by drummers, and they back threatening that up their statement with the merchan- out and put them dige. e<* for the storm t< Shrewd retail merchants are always some wind at the on the lookout for "Lower Prices" for minutes later the* the "Same Goods," so when they dous roar, and th yisit the B. B. H. and see the evidence flying off in the a with their own eyes, it's safe to say was carried a hum forward of I out into the field. tnat toe uruvio mu vv?v ? their own accord, and in satisfactory well-house carried size and number* ?^8 a^?? and the Certainly in progressiveness, in clear down to the? fair and square dealing with the retail The well buckets merchant, and in the matter of a gen- found some d is tan ness We Offer ther With ramonf LtillVlll )ur funds, depositors BANK 1 i 25,000.00 >200,000.00 UVE DRIGGERS JOOK HAMRICK BARRON ge trices at the 'OW??t ering* Total 0 ? lelarged and alia SSeptember 21. Par ent \ liia big concern leads if you trade vitk ill trade with them arself of this grand money and you will * le jolly boys on the ro rvn fkivTir A VI VJUVlliLi er Newberry ilb a Roar, Bat mage to Speak 'Of. 3d over a consider* ewberry county on a fabout six o'clock, 11. _ At . *1 1? ^ trie air ciiat ic aia no * stinctly seen by Dr. his nome in CJaldwell the men working on many other persons, i not see it heard the Newberrians heard i's the farm bell was f 3s to come to the fted, and the great loud passed betweentse, barely touching of the tallest trees J riniona f.twief. Tho m T tvivuu vniovi a gazed at it antil it sight, going toward e of the county, just Floyd's place, Mr. r wag on big way gon and two mul99. Mr. J. P. Davenclouds looked so he took the mules in a stable and waitj pass. There was time, and a few e came a tremene well-house went ir a.d the wagon 3red yards or more Not only was the aw^y, but the buokterra-cotta piping urfaceof the ground. were after* arda ce from the henes. *