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f. ' " ' 'I'SPi 4 * , v # ; ,;.y i/j N . v.-i'.t v % - .!. - 1 v * ? V ggg 1 (lIti* Sltspittrh-JCexua | VOLUME NO. SO. LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1920 NO. 34, REPUBLICANS NOMI! SENATOR TO * tf Chicago, Juno 12.?The /Republican national convention, after being in session practically a week, adjourned today ufter nominating Warren Q. Harding for president and Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts as their H ' candidate for vice president. Ten balolts were required before the * *- convention could settle upon a noml' * nee for president. Wood. Lowdcn jtnd .Tohnsnn led the votintr for most of the ballots, but word was finally passed that Bolso Penrose, the Pennsylvania Republican boss, favored the senator from. Ohio for president. Harding stock soon picked up dnd only a few more ballots were required to cinch his nomination. The Republican nominee is an old line, stand-pat Republican of the McKinley type. He was elected to represent Ohio in the United States -senate in 1914. I-lfe has always been a strict party man, a dyed-in-the-wool Republican of the old school. The convention was no different in some of Its features from many others that have gone before except the participation of women delegates. Newspaper reports say that one of the best speeches of the whole convention was delivered by Mrs. Douglas Robinsoi.. sister of Theodore Roosevelt in seoonding the nomination of General Wood. Following the nomination of the leading candidates the usual demonstrations, lasting for 4 2 minutes and more were pulled off, but they were all cut and dried affairs, prearranged and with little show of real enthusiasm. Early in the game it was seen that the deadlock between the three leading ^a'n.dida^.^s wouJJd have to bo broken by a dark horse. At the psychological moment word was passed that Boss Penrose from his sick bed had sent word that the nomination I Honest, stur< women who res [ In addition to t 1 Flyer has distil I WE V The demand i Iuners mure ria TH LESTER C. Ml MTED OHIO HEAD THEIR TICKET; of Harding would be very acceptable 1 to him and the clincher was soon put v on. The Republicans were boasting c that they were running a boss-free J convention. And they klld until it c suited the bosses to intervene. * j Senators Johnsoiuand Borah, whom ^ iiiiiii.v uvucve wuuiu ooit me puny m j case a candidate distasteful to them were nominated, have refused so far to make a statement. A movement ? to launch a new party, however, fostered by Amos Plnchot and others progressives is said to be well organized. They will hold a convention in Chicago July 10. The statements issued by the malcotents says, among other things, that the Republican convention "Ignored most of the serious problems and mentioned others only to reveal its unwillingness to face them honestly." It is said that Senator La Follette will be nominated for president by this element. The Ibcpuhlicaii Candidate. Washington, June 12.?Warren G. Harding has always been a resident of Ohio, which state he has represented as United States senator since 1914. In pri.ate business life he is publisher of the Marion, Ohio. Star. Ho was born on a farm, near the village of Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, November 2, 186 5, the Al/loof 11J TJT1 tiuvoi ul cigui i>iuiuicu. n.ia lamer, George T. Harding, was a country doctor whose forebears came from Scot- t land. Before going to Ohio, the 1 ILardlngs were residents of Pcnnsyl- t vnnia, where some of them were mas- ] sacred by Indians. Others fought in 1 the Revolutionary war. The mother i of Warrren, Mrs. Phoebe Dickerson, j was descended front, an old-time Ho!- t land Dutch family, the Van Kirks. < In his youth Warren Harding lived t the life of a farmer boy, attending tn? ] > V PRICE iy, dependable from ilize that more than : ;he more important c ictive beauty, substa : HAVE THE AGEN h Are Still Hai for Studebakers is gri ing comfort and gre; 117 TV/VT LJl?i ITll ULER, President ilnlge school until 14 years of age, vfcen he entered Ohio Central College >f Iberia, from which he was gradlated. A3 editor of the college paper ?e llrst displayed a talent for Journal8nu He was obliged to stop school low and then and earn the "money vith which to pursue his collbge roursc. At one time he cut corn, at mother painted barns and at still mother drove a team and helped to frade the roadbed of a new railway, tt 17 he taught a district school and uayea a horn in the village brass and. At. odd times he worked in the vilage printing office, in time becoming in expert typesetter and later a linoypc operator. He is a practical ressman and a job printer, ahd as a 'make up man", is said to have few jquals. The luck piece he has car led as a senator Is the old printer's ule he used when he was sticking ype. , In 1884 Dr. Harding moved his famly to Marion. A short time aftervard the father purchased for War en Harding The Star, then a small mper. On the paper Warren Harding por'ormed every function from devil to nanaging editor. In all the years the icnator has owned it there never haa teen a strike or a threateneed one. Senator Harding is closely identVled with many other large business mterprises in Marion and other parts >f the state. He is director of a bank ind several large manufacturing ilants and is a trustee of the Trinity Baptist church. Mr. Harding has twice represented .he 13th senatorial district of Ohio in :he state legislature and served one crm. as lieutenant governor. At the 1914 election Harding was elected Jnited states senator by a majority of inorp than 100,000, running 73,000 ihead of the next highest on . the icket. fn the senate he Is a member )f tlio committee on Foreign Relalons. Senator Harding married Miss Florence Kling In 1891. t T ? --'*f * r? ANNOl THE ALL-PI $ 1,73( the word go, the D superficial garnishir 01 '.derations of u1 ntial poise and a w CY FOR LEXING1 idling The Stui owing because the iter economy than "THIS IS A STU] LLER HON. W. C. IRBY ANNOUNCES FOR UNITED STATES SENATE. Laurensville Herald. When thes enatorial campaign opens in Sumter next Tuesday week Laurens will furnish a candidate in the jjerson of Hon. W. C. Irby, who ho* represented this county in the legislature for ten years. Mr?,Irby made this announcement yesterday and with it gave out a statement of some of the things he expects to advocate during the campaign. While his platform, will be forthcoming within the next fnvv HnvQ i* in * v?4 ~ * uuvtciObUUU 11IUI U1IC UL the principal planks will be u plan for government warehouses which will not only take care of cotton but also perishable products on cold storage. Mr. Irby proposes to show that this plan will enable farmers to have their surplus crops protected and at the same time encourago them to increase their production, eliminate the middlemen and thus reduce the high cost of living. Within the next few days Mr. Irby will make further announcement' of his platform on which lie expects to make an aggressive campaign. Mr. Irby is the eldest son of the late United States Senator J. L?. M. Irby. and has had considerable experience in campaign work. Bit; BOOZE POURING TN ANDERSON WEDNESDAY Over Five Thousand !>olnlrs Worth Destroyed That Day. Anderson, June 9.?There was a booze outpouring at the county jail this morning. Sheriff King and his deputies disposed of $5,100 worth of whiskey in about 15 minutes. A hundred and thirty-five, gallons were poured into the gutters, the street literally running with whiskey. After the whiskey had been poured into the street It was set on fire. A five gallon can exploded, blowing out the stopper and the top of the can, but ?. did not hurt anyone. Most of the ti&C --V- -- ' s j . JNCING JRPOSE CAR ) DELF ixie Flyer has even / lgs are required to < :ility, power, effici ealth of refinement CON, CALHOUN A debaker, The ( people realize more any other car in its DEBAKER YEAR' HBBBnBHHHBMBHl whiskey was in gallon cans, and it was of all colors and conditions. Sheriff King said some of the stuff had eaten through the containers and he was afraid it' would destroy the cement floors of the cell, it was so powerful from the chemicals which were in some of the ./'supposed" corn liquor. Trials of tbe Aspirate. Mrs. Stuart Mensie tells a story of a cleric, famed alike as a hard rider to hounds and a profound scholar, who was arranging to perform a ? / christening ceremony. Owing to the mother's faulty pronunciation of the aspirate he could not make out whether the namie was to be Anna or Hannah, so he asked her quietly: "How do you spell It?" To this the mother, in an embarrassed and confidential whisper, replied: . Well, 1 ain't no scholar neither, sir". She was evidently surp> ised at his ignorance." Fancy his asking her I how to spell!?Sportsman Parsons. I 0 The Fmbcx He lay by the roadside, groaning and writhing with pain. A policeman canu) up and asked him what was the matter. "I ate one?1 ate one," moaned the sufferer. The policeman was puzzled at first, but quickly grasped the situation. "Pnlonnl" V. ? 1 ?" ? * wiouu. IIV luuuiTCU. All poisons have antidotes. Therefore, it was necessary to discover which poison tho sufferer had taken in order to administer Ahc right antidote. "Well, what did you eat?" gently inquired the constable. "You blithering ass!" retorted the sufferer. "I didn't eat anything." "Then why did you $?.y I ate one?" "Because 1-81 is the number of tho motor that knocked me down, yom idiot!" yelled the victim. "I'll say this for the wife." "What?" "Nowadays she's the only thing left in the house that still has the sanvto j old kick." " -r ? ' ^ l . I fcK /ERED /where won the hea create a thoroughly ency and dependal s and comfort. ND AIKEN COUN ireat Pnnnlar ( f fully every day tha 3 class. ? \ LEX innanMBHBMHi MR. SMITH DECLINES TO RUN FOR HOUSE. Editor Dispatch-News: Please allow me to say through these columns to my friends throughout the county, who have urged me to make the race for the HousO Of Representatives this year that I ttm. very grateful to all of you for tho loyalty expressed but my business as cashier of The Peoples Bank of Swansea requires my entire time and I call- ' not enter the race. I am very much interested, however rtrlnor fr\ oon , o vuv VOI/ wot men, mentally and morally, choaj$fl' for this and all our county offices, and shall aid all I can, in every way I can to this end. With high appreciation of past honors and recent inquiries, this is gratefully submitted. S. E. SMITH. His Fond Farewell. A Frenchman had just been presented with his bill. Though he paid it without formal protest, he was most indignant at its amount. "I vish to zee ze proprietor!" he exclaimed to the clerk. In a moment the proprietor entered. The Frenchman was all smiles.' "Ah!" he exclaimed. "I must em-*' . . brace you!" "But why should you wish to embrace me, sir?" asked tho astonished liotelkeeper. "I do not understand." "Look at ze bill." "Yes. your receipted bill. What of It?" "What of it? simple pees, saire, it means zat I shall nevaire, no nevaire, see you again."?London Tit-Bits. How He Knew. "You say you were held up 'by a footpad with a revolver this morning. At what time?" "Five minutes to one." ? X-TAiir ?o n * 1. ~ At ? ? WII JUU 11A cue lllll'i au JJICcisely?" ' Bcwiuoc I could see the eMirfih clock, and I noticed the hands were in the same position as mine."?London Tit-Bits. rts of men and I satisfactory car. I Dility, the Dixie \ TIES !ar . t the Studebaker INGTON, S. C. I ' ?# j