The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, January 28, 1920, Image 4

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LEXINGTON DISPATCH-NEWS OFFICIAL COljNTY PAPER Published Every Wednesday By SLIGH & WALKER, Lexington, S. C. G. M. HARMAN.... Associate Editor Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington, S. C., as mail matter of the Second Class. Subscription Price: Per Year, $1.50 CASH IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING RATES. Obituaries and in memoriams, one cent a word. Cash with order. r'arric of thanks?, one cent a word. Cash with order. Want ads, one cent a word each insertion. Cash with order. Make all remittances payable to SLIGH & WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews, J<exington, S. 0. Phone 119. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920. NOTICE SUBSCRIBERS. On February 1 The Dispatch-News will adoot the cash-in-advance system CH> subscriptions, and this being: the last issue in January, it is the last one _ those subscribers Trill receive who have not paid their dues in advance. Has rule will apply to everyone, so look at the label on your paper, and if it doesi not show you in advance on SFeb. 1 do not expect the paper next week unless paid for before that time. The proper credits have to be made yet where subscriptions were paid the past week, and of course these credits will be entered and the paper sent on. " COTTON XEWST That the American Cotton Association is working along practical lines is clearly demonstrated by the fact that it has arranged a sale ofor 300,000 V bales of off-grade cotton at prices ranging around and above current quotations for the best cotton. The farmers have had many organizations AH of them have doubtless done some V good, but the Cotton Association is the only one which has ever pretended to take-up the great problem of marketing. We are glad that the association has scored a success in its first undertaking of the kind. The fruit growers of the w est and in Florida have had great success with their marketing associations and there is no reason why the cotton farmer cannot do the same. This, however, is only part of the work of the cottoi* - association. Another is the dissemination of correct information among cotton growers. For this purpose the ^? South Carolina Division has begun the publication of Cotton News, a semimonthly paper which will be devoted to the interests of the cotton raiser. The first issue of the paper, just from the presses of The Dispatch-News, is a five-column, four-page paper containing some splendid articles. The paper is the official organ of the South Carolina Branch of the American Cotton Association. It will prove of great value to the farmers. DIVERSIFY. The mild weather of this winter has proven ideal for the spread of the boll weevil. Many sections of the South have been practically ruined by the idea that one more big crop could be made before the weevil proved dis astrous. Temptation was never * so great as at present to plant a big cotI" ton crop. Certainly there is a serious shortage of cotton in the world today which almost certainly insures a good price. But if the weevil gets the i . major part of the crop there will be great loss no matter what price the staple may bring. The ony safe rule to follow is to first make the farm self-sustaining by producing food sufl ficient for man and beast, making " cotton the surplus crop, and too, experimenting carefully with other money crops. An all cotton crop is at best dangerous under present conditions. The watchword should be plenty of foodstuffs and intensive cultivation on a reduced acreage of cotton. Therein is the only safe way to | continued prosperity., A PROPHESY. We are neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet and lay no claim to powers beyond the natural, but we are willing to risk the prediction that sooner or later some one will discover the real secret of electricity. We are prompted to this by reading an article in The State of Sunday telling of the invention by a Seattle youth of a machine which operates by electricity drawn from the atmosphere rather by the same power generated either by friction or through a chemical process. It is a well settled fact that the atmosphere is full of what is known as static electricity. Any one who has ever fed cylinder presses can testify to this fact. When some one finds the secret of attracting this force to the proper mechanical appliance and converting it into an energized force we will have electricity without having to transmit it bv ! means of wires, and every household j can operate its own power house with j little trouble and slight cost. Such an j invention will revolutionize industry, j but it will surely come some day. Whether or not the Seattle boy has stumbled on the secret remains to be seen. It is to be hoped that he has. But in any event, we doubt not that it will in time be found. Elecj tricity is a force which mankind has j discovered and harnessed but about j which our knowledge is still in its inj fancy. IF THE FARMER STRUCK .1 V,; ^ 1_? v,->io + if vurnild J-JiU JUU cvci miun. niifv ?~ mean if all the farmers were to go on strike, and refuse to make just one crop?" said a prominent farmer to us 1 the other day. Starvation, hunger I and madness would be the result. And j yet, said our friend, practically every i strike has an adverse effect 6n the ! farmer, whose interests the disputants | disregard utterly. The increased cost j of every article which must be bought { for the farm and the difficulty with , which some of them are obtained are in part due to strikes in the industries j which produce these articles. And I yet the "ploughman plods his weary I way" always ready to serve his fellowi man. too often content to allow others j to reap the benefit of his labor. One could not contemplate so dire a catastrophe as a general strike of farmers without a shudder. But it is about time other, classes were thinking some of their obligations to their fellow man. IF SO, WHY SOT J Whatever one may think of the : merits or demerits of prohibition, no j good Democrat can relish the specj tacle of Mr. Bryan using his trip, os? tensible, in the interests of the Anti{ Saloon League, to abuse the ersponsi| ble head of the Democratic party. If j the League is paying Mr. Bryan for | his lectures (-which it doubtless is, unj less the leopard has changed his spots), it is being cheated, because i from press accounts, a good part,of j the Commoner's time has been <^on; fined to abusing Chairman Cummings | for attening a banquet in honor of the | Democratic governor of New Jerseyi because the governor is opposed to proi hibition. We are constrained to bej lieve that the newspapers have made too great a fuss over Bryan's utterances, because we have an idea he was more thoroughly discredited by | his attitude towards the war than is j generally believed. Mr. Bryan can | always be depended upon to draw a crowd, because he is a good speaker and master of mass psychology, but j his strength has waned and we predict that never again will his wishes have such weight in the party coun- j sels as of old. Is it really Mr. Bryan's great love for the party which causes him to chasten it? : ? THE AWFUL "SHIMMY." "Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates," etc., wrote Oliver Goldsmith many years ago. From reading the Bennettsville paper we judge it to be as true today as of old. "Along with prosperity there has come to Bennettsville the effete "shimmy." Our early education having been sadly neglected, Tje are not familiar with the "shimmy," but from what our esteemed contemporary has to say of it, we fear it is worse than the automobile or boll weevil. All of which goes to show that highpriced cotton and high-priced land and general prosperity are not unmixed evils. _____ If the Anti-Saloon League is paying Mr. Bryan to lecture in its interests it ought to see that he sticks to his job instead of slinging mud at the Democratic party. Our idea of a consistent objector is | one who will not allow his barber to j use a hair tonic containing more than one per cent. After all. you can't blame old C. Columbus. He didn't know we would be bothered with Susan B. Anthony, ^or maybe he wouldn'ter done it. Suspicious persons see great significance in the fact that the National Editorial Association will take a trip to Canada this summer. While about the good work of rnitl- ! gating evils can't the legislature ?u j something1 about old maids and inoth- | ers-in-law ? i Mr. Dryan is so anxious to save the Democratic party from demon rum j j that he is willing to defeat it to <lo so. I * . 1 he paramount issue so far as the j r . . 4 i i>emoc ratio party is at present concerned. seems to fir Willi elm Jennings. Domini: v rrts ast their shadows in flue filii / ?!? ? nicih- (iii-..1iiII <Kr. J fiu'ly ;;p7.r'?;ic h of the Chautauqua I j 1 " I | The Chicago man who wanted to j . i marry two women at once was evi- i i dently not a widower. I I Something else against Mexico? j | chewing gum comes from there. I 1 j If the .Republicans don't really be- ! ! lieve we won the war let them ask the ; kaiser. i ! Beware the ideas of March?when i 1 the time for income tax returns is ! : over. AMICK FERRY NEWS. ? ; We are glad to know that Mr. J. | I 1.^ S wm irtl- ir. n K] a 4 a. Ka Allf A (VA i rt A f _ I i r . irv auic l\j uc u ui a^a.111 at- : i ter having had a severe attack of ill- 1 I i ! ness. Mr. Carrol Addy and family recently spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. ! D. A. Hendrix's. - Miss Lillie Belle and Lila Koon I J spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Tra| vis Hill's last Sunday. Miss M. E. Epting, of the Mace! donia section, spent Saturday night i and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. M. I C. Amick. , ; Mr. Victor Shealy and wife dined ! with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Koon last i Sunday. We are glad to know that Mr. Ken- ! I i I neth Amick is the "chief sport" of ; I South Carolina. | ; Mr. J. B. Dreher has recently pur- j i chased a new Ford car. I Mr. C. O. Amick and family and I I Mr. Lewis Davis dined with Mr. and I Mrs. R. E. Amick last Sunday. Miss Margaret Hollis recently spent : a day with her chum. Miss Mozelle | ] Nichols. Mr. Charlie Hollis and family vis- ( ; ited at Mr. W. D. Hollis' last Saturday , | night and ?Sunday. We are always i glad to see Charlie. Mr. J. F. Amick and wife and Miss Julia Wessinger, asistant teacher of Mt. Pleasant school, visited at Mr. and j Mrs. B. E. Amick' last Sunday. Mrs. L. T. Seigler is spending some ; | time over in Aiken visiting a relative, j j who has been very sick. BLACK EYES. ! MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN. Lexington County will put on a cam- j ; paign at once for new members in ! American Cotton Asosciation. It will j he pushed energetically by Mr. O. L. Shealy. I feel sure he, will receive a ! hearty response by all the progressive I * j farmers of Lexington and their help | | where necessary. Lexington is and ! j must be at the front in this movement, j CHALMERS E. WESSING-BR, Secretary. j P. S.?I wish thef ollowing gentle- j men would advise me of their ad- j dresses at once that Cotton News may be mailed to them: E. B. Price. E. B. j Jacob. J. W. ITendrix. WL W. Price, i | Jas. A. Meetze. It is also proper to congratulate the enterprising Editors of The Dispatch-News in landing the contract to print Cotton News for the entire State, POPULAR SCHOOL TEACHER CONFINED TO HOME. Miss Mary C., Wingard, for manyyears principal of the primary department of the Ivexington High School has been confined to her bed for the past few days with a severe cold. Miss Mary is one of the best loved teachers that has ever taught in Lexington, and it is a source of genuine regret to her many friends to learn of her indisposition. In Miss Wingard's absence the primary department has been in charge of Miss Ethel Dreher, I who has been assisted by the high school pupils. { NEWS FROM OLD ATHENS. The health of the community is very good at present. Mr. and Mrs. Herskell Shealy have moved in their new house on the road between Mr. C. L. Wise's and Pelion Some day Mr. George Wise will be 1 ( V, ^ T?1: .1 e t. ^ ~I living uil I t'llUIi IUd(l IUI lie lo ing to build a barn, next will be a house. | Mr. J. D. Shumpcrt is riding around in his new automobile. We hope the farmers will make a success with the store at Pelion. AMICK-PRICE. On Sunday afternoon, January 25, 1920. at the parsonage, Mr. I). D. Price and Miss Dora Amick were married, Rev. O. P. Shearousc performing the ceremony. This young couple will make their home near Lexington, and have the hearty good wishes of their many friends for success and napjar.ess in every particular. I NOTK'i: l'l N \l: l>IS< 11 \K(ri: Xotiic is I ri cliy ui'. i ti lhat i will ; apply i<? the lion. S. f>rafts, j ; 111 i w'!: >!" J >!'('.! !.\t <: f"?) ?* 1 j> X j II l^t < ! I COUHtY, . i KoutI' farulsni-, <>n 11 j 11 si day <?i y, j'fj'i, for a final discharge i as :i?rii;!ist rat rix of Jh?- ?'sta??.' of Will : ! 'oat : i- lit, as? <!. KATiK I 'a -ATWKIdllT. Ad ini a ist rat. rix. .laii L' 1<> We !|| Tuft Hunter ;i i; .By ji j! AMALIE ELIZABETH COBB J; i ; { ?#?###?##########< | -?-* V? *V^ TTA?4**? v.wf. ! ivop/nfflli 1P1V, OJ VMW tvwws paper Unloa.) "Oh, Mrs. Branded! Where is he? Which is he?" It was Myra Lane who pleaded ex- ! citedly, a small gilt-edged blank book J ] and a pencil in her hand, and with radiant face she gazed eagerly through i the crowded parlors of that queen of Longdale society, Mrs. Eunice Bran- j dell. "Right behind the piano, dear," dedared the latter. "Tell him I sent j you and your sweet face will do the j rest." I "Come. Alma," urged Myra, catch- J ] ing the arm of her companion. Alma | Dysart, and hurrying her forward. 1 Alma would have drawn back, only i that Myra was a close friend. Then. I too, Alma was not disinclined to view ] the lion of the occasion. He had been j advertised far and wide among the j j group who revolved about its gifted j and exclusive center, Mrs. Brandell, , the popular writer of the day, Horatio : Bermingham. Forthwith Myra, armed i with the little book, a volume con- ; taining the signatures of numerous , social and literary notables, hurried j along. 1 * "The tuft hunter" pretty, impetuous | Myra was very generally designated, j In truth Myra cherished her autograph album as might a schoolboy a rare coin or stamp collection. Alma was of a timid, retiring na- ] ture, the precise opposite of Myra, but to a certain degree she could share in the ardor of her friend. She, too, had her favorites in the higher j realms of literature, art and music. Very especially was she an ardent J lover of poetry. Hector Bermingham did quite a little in that line, although his principal effusions were novelistic. There was a minor celebrity, but the real poet, in the estimation of Alma, j1 was also to be present at the function, j This was Armand Lisle, many of, whose exquisite little sonnets Alma j and many another who loved pure;( sentiment and expressive feeling had ! fey heart. She was curious to have a ; view of him, but too retired to ask j Mrs Brandell for an introduction. In her rushing, impetuous way; Myra, like the typical hunter, fixed i her eye upon the person Mrs. Bran- ] dell had suppositiously indicated and j made direct for him. The subject of her fixed gaze was a young man stand-j ing silently behind a group, listening j i to the words of an overdressed and j seemingly overfed man with a flaring tie, a very red face and an affected lordly air that indicated he was one of the lions of the occasion. In her j headstrong, helter-skelter way, thinking only of the coveted autograph, Myra reached the supposed object of her quest. The young man seemed somewhat abstracted, as though deep in thought, and almost mechanically took book and pencil tendered in his ; hand as Myra said: "Won't you please add to my little collection of autographs? Mrs. Brandell directed me to you." The young man bowed and smiled j accommodatingly. He penciled a j name, his own. Myra gushingly! thanked him, turned away and came' to a blank halt. # :J "Ah, Alma!" she exclaimed. "See, j I have made a mistake. He is not j Hector Bermingham at all," and Alma I noted the signature: "Armand Lisle." | Myra reversed her pencil and deliber-: ately erased the name with its rubber end, and flashed away after the man nearer the piano. Alma directed a quick glance at the I j young poet, admiring and reverential, for she sincerely recognized his genius. He had noted the unthinking and ungracious act of Myra. A sense of deep pity for the affront moved j Alma to attempt to mollify any hurt! he might feel. "My friend is so enraptured with j her favorite writer," she said, "that j In her heedless way she has hurried : to her shrine of devotion. What she! has ignored I would cherish. Mr. \ Lisle, won't you please autograph this * little volume?" and she drew from her j l pocket a dainty hook of his own * poems. 11 "I could not think of aspiring to at- t tention, with Mr. Berniingham pres- j ent," spoke Lisle lightly, but there , was a1 shad# of annoyance on his clear, intellectual face. lie wrote liis name on the fly leaf of the hook with a fountain pen. Then he began run- j! ning over the pages, where a number j: of passages were underlined. A won-! derful look of pleasure ?-ame into his eyes, while Alma flushed hotly, for the sentiments she had by heart were those covering the theme of love. "You encourage me by understanding me." lie said. ?nd bis nmirnetie eyes Hashed a grateful gleam, and then Mr<. Branded came up. introduced ihrtii. and the continued com-: pany of the gifted writer for the evening made it one of the most memo-!'1 rahle in the young life of Alum I)ysart. Myra Lane was a v ery mueli en- j t lightened and indignant person, when ; , a eharge of plagiarism against* her! favorite resulted m ilie discovery | ihnt most of Hector Herminirharo's[ effusions were translations. In the meantime Annum! Lisle had ! ~ corresponded reuularlv with Alma. , i - i His fame had increased and his was-! i 1 terpiece won the public far and wide.}' -Yen L:*?! :red It. mv darline.' ' : I' c LASSIFIE RATES: One Cent a wc . i r l taKen ror less If you have anything for si or whatnot; if you need he if you have lost anything oi to advertise try the classifi News. IT HAS PAID OTHERS FO'R RENT?A good two horse farm located six miles south west of Chapin, S. C. Seven room house, barn, stables and two room tenant house, will rent for 800 pounds of lint cotton. Apply to S. M. Leaphart, 2426 Laurel St.. Columbia, S. C. 11-tf FOR RENT ON EASY TERMS?Our place, containing seventy acres with good dwelling and water on it about five miles from Lexington near Augusta Highway. A. D. Martin, T. C. Sturkie. Nov 19-tf FOR RENT?My place for rent, known as the D. E. Amick place. Apply to Claude G. Kyzer, Lexington. Rt. 2. 2tp-14. MISCELLANEOUS. ?i now nttve my gnsi jiiui m first class runing order ' and am ready to do grinding for the public. R. E. Shumpert. Lexington Rt. 3. 2t.>?14. FOR SALE?One Ford roadster. Apply to E. G. Dreher. Lexington, S. C. ltc FOR SALE?Horse 10 years old. gentle and will work anywhere. not atraid; can be driven by anyone. Phone 6 or address Box 61. Lexington. S. C. ltc. POO SALE?Ton Shoats weighing about TO pounds each. Apply to E. B. Seav. Lexington. Rt. 2. ltp. 3< >TTOX SEED?We have for sale a limited amount of Cleveland Big Boll cotton seed of the Wannamaker strain, at $2.25 per bushel, recleaned. G. B. Wingard & Son. Lexington. S. C. ltc F<)R SALE?A lot of shoats weighing from 60 to 100 pounds, good stock. W. K. Hook. Gilbert, Rt. 3. 2tpd FOR SALE?94 acres land all wooded 6 miles south Chapin. Apply M. Aquilla Derrick. Chapin. S. C./Rt. 1. 2tp?15. FOUND?One sow pig weighing about 30 or 35 pounds, came to my place About 4 weeks ago. Owner can secure same by paying feed bill and 1 CT T X) i ur mis auvei uaciiiciii.. u, xj. xwv/v/x Lexington. Rt. 2. 25c-p FOR SALE?Extra light saw mill and drive belt in good condition. Apply to A. R. Hendrix. Lexington, S. C.' FOR SALE?One good milch cow. Apply to O. B. Wingnrd. Lexington, S. C. ltc LOST?Black and white seter dog. Black head and small black spots on body?tan collar with brass name plate?no name. Answers to name of Sam. Was seen last in Lexington Monday. $5.00 reward R. W. Crosland, 1700 Main St.. Phone 545, Co lumbia, S. C. 2t-15c F< >Jt SALE?Two beautiful building lots in town of Lexington on Depot street, two lots together?200 feet front and 280 feet deep. Also.lot containing nearly 4 acres lying on west side of Depot st. Easy term's. Cyrus L. Sliealv, Lexington, S. C. 2tp. LADIES* EXTRA SPECIAL i?iix\ \/i i/ui i'<u stiui :ion sales. cut-price sales, all you please, but if you want to atend a real vile, don't fail to come to our store his week. Our entire stock of Winer Coats. Ureses and Coat Suits will jo sold regardless of cost or price, fou all know what this means, so lon't delay. Furtick's Sample Store.' 'ornor < tales and <ier\ais Streets. Cournbia. S. <'. A'e are fully equipped to handle your MMt/v.,,..!.;!.. t- .^.,1. .-v. a ii i u ii i? m ?I it" n ui i\ iNi .iii\ iri.irvi* kji ear. Honest work, honest prices. ("Jive ns a trial. Lover Auto and liepair Company. IsitM Main St., Columbia. S. C. Phono II a-l. ?Ito-IS. final disc ii akli:. Notice is hereby i;iven that on Weilios.lay. the L'ath da> of February ioxt. I will apply to hooifto S. Drafts.; iitiao of probate for LoxinCftoii eoitny. for final discharv as admin'strao of the estate.o| T. 1" Parr. . deceased. p.\KTii:?> ijakki:. Ail in in isf rator Rs. 'I'. T. Ivinntmi. J;m. L" 1. i!I2U. rioni: n <>? k: moi ij. "i?i* s.'i!o ;iI ih.' t'rout Roller Mills, luO ani ls. I'inVront "-'TMiJes. :i;nl :if ri.^ht l ie s. If -1 r?. D C OLUMN >rd each insertion. No ad than 25 cents. ale?whether land, livestock lp or want to rent a farm; * if vou have something V ' " * O ed column of The Dispatchi AND WILL PAY YOU HELP WANTED. WANTED?To buy cotton seed at j $4.50 per hundred pounds. Will give 22 sacks of meal for a ton of i seed. Cal on me before selling. John Roof, Barr, S. C. tfc-11 I FOR SALE?A tract of land contain! ing 55 1-2 acres, five miles south , Gilbert, 4 0 acres open for cultivation, balance in woods. A bargain, I quick sale and cash. L. S. Smith, ! Woodford, S. C. 2tpl4 ! FOR SALE?125 acres timber and i I wooded land. Luther Wessinger tract. Bargain to quick buyer. (Mrs.) Lydia A. Dempsey, 1811 Main street. Columbia, S. C. 4t-p REWARD, i A liberal reward will be given for j the recovery of an Ithaca shot gun. | 28-inch barrell, 12 guage, No. 277497. ! Rubber on butt of gun slightly burned i at top of stock. W. H. Suber, Peak, ; s. c. 4tpd-is j ' FOR SALE?One Jersey bull calf, 6 months old. eligible to registration. Price $50.00. T. C. Calison, Lexington. S. C. 2tc ??^_____ ?' LOST?On last Thursday night, one crank for Overland 85 automobile, between school house and postoffice or between postoffice and Q. E. Oaughman's. Finder return to Paul ft. Ban*. Tapp's Department Store. 1 tp. SALE OF LAND ON* FIRST MONDAY We will offer for .sale to the highest bidder in front of the court house door in Lexington. S. C.. on the first Monday in February next, immediately after the legal sales, the following described tracts of real estate: All that plantation, tact, piece or parcel of land containing 95 acres, more or less, situated, lying and being nhniit t'ivf milo? nVi/-?v<s "Pr>lir\n in T jiv. ington County, State of South Carolina. and bounded on the north by lands formerly of Lucas; on the east by lands of Fate Dunbar; south by I'?*. Ivey, and west formerly of Lucas estate; being the tract of land conveyed to Yincie C. Ashford and the heirs of her body by Daniel J. Lucas by deed dated April 23rd, 1S65, and recorded in the office of Clerk of Court for Lexington County in Deed Book I fit . pages 13 and 14. ALSO, All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situated, lying and being in t,he county and state aforesaid, containing 170 acres, more or less, on the road leading from Charleston to Water's Ferry on the Saluda river, adjoining lands of the estate of John Hutto. deceased, Jacob Rish and J. H. Martin, and is the same tract of land deeded to J.' W. Roof by H. L. Harmon, Clerk of Court of Lexington County, on the 31st day of January, 1918, and recorded in Deed Book 3-M, page 173. TERMS OF SALE; One-half cash, balance to suit purchaser, secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the nrcmises sold. Lexington Real Estate & Development Co., Lexington. S. C. (K)XE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. In loving remembrance of Ray Alvin Keisler, son of J. H. and Emma Keisler. who was born October 14. 1914, and died September 12, 1919. making his short stay on earth four years, ton months and twenty-eight. - days. He is gone but not forgotten, .Never will his memory fade; Loving thoughts will ever linger j Around the tomb where he is lg.:d Darling one from us is gone, A lit? I.> \ oiee \v<- iovod is stilled; j His little i-iuiir i< vacant in our homo. Which is \? t can i r filled. Ail is <i;-rk uithin is::- dwelling, Lonoly as- our to arts to-dav; I'or 111? <>!! we io\-, (j dearly, j lias : i -r< \ or [ >as;=< d a wa\ . There was an angel band in heaven, Which was not complete. So they called our little Roy To fill the en on -n t Written by father .in? 1 mother. MY. ami Mrs. J. H. Koish r. January '2:\, 1920.