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VOLUME NO. SO. LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1920 NO. 34,
REPUBLICANS NOMI!
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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
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women who res
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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. *
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Senators Johnsoiuand Borah, whom ^
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case a candidate distasteful to them
were nominated, have refused so far
to make a statement. A movement
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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
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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? ]
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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.
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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 ?" ?
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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 $?.y I ate one?"
"Because 1-81 is the number of tho
motor that knocked me down, yom
idiot!" yelled the victim.
"I'll say this for the wife."
"What?"
"Nowadays she's the only thing left
in the house that still has the sanvto
j old kick."
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MR. SMITH DECLINES
TO RUN FOR HOUSE.
Editor Dispatch-News:
Please allow me to say through
these columns to my friends throughout
the county, who have urged me
to make the race for the HousO Of
Representatives this year that I ttm.
very grateful to all of you for tho loyalty
expressed but my business as
cashier of The Peoples Bank of Swansea
requires my entire time and I call- '
not enter the race.
I am very much interested, however
rtrlnor fr\ oon
, o vuv VOI/ wot
men, mentally and morally, choaj$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."
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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
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