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official Published Kvety^idii^jiky iBjr' ' . 8L1GH & WAi^KHR, ' ' v: ;; I** a. k. HARMAW.^AssoAalo Editor. Etered at the Postdfftce ut iLexlngrton, s. C., as mail mdfoer oi -the Second Class.: < -.-?*. .-..t .j Subscription Price Par .year |2.0Q CASH IN ADVANCE..^,; ! ADVHimSlKC HApopje t, .. . Obituaries and in melndriaihe, one cent a word. Cash wlfch obdei'. Cards of thanks, one cejjfc a wprd. Cash with order. ,: ? , Want ?<ds, one .cent a word..each. Insertion. Cash wl]t? qrder. t Make all remittances-payable to SLJOH & WALKSR. Address all communicatloxis to "iHe' DlspatchNeWs, Lexington, S. C.?hone' 119.'; WEDNESDAY, ' SEPl'.1 $9/ i920.''' > * . ?t' -j.m: v : , . STRAW BALLOT. The Dispatch-News has received from The Literary Digest a blank form for a straw ballot for members of the cabinet in case of Democratic success. So far as this newspaper is concerned see no good,,reason to have evtiry' pdjsslble v?ter Wen every newspape^- editor express a cholde for tnfeqibers Of the cabinet: . There is so miy?h ot the personal equation and so/ much personal contact between: th<? chief executive and his cabinet that no thinfking man ! would want/to ^fOrce upon any president men-not personally acceptable. The American : people do not want "one-man ^ovcrriment" and they have never had i^^nid will not have it until ^ur 'Vgyrfient of government is changed. The congress Of the United States is still functioning and will continue to futfbtfo^/ jFjiri tjrtsi.reason most people tfotleyfi/tnat' & capable man should be selected as president and he should be given free rein in *h? 9i hi? sssocintes of thb " vf ; ?J4 ? f -? \4' executive 'department. All Sliccesaful businesses are run* upon the1 same principle. Candidate Harding, in his anxiety to have the people lose Bight of his own weakness, started all the talk abcrut cabrihet'appointments prior,,to election. While It r nuv^- lpe entirely proper for a candidate for president to announce those whom he would gather about him as advisors, though it ought by no meiiiuA itfcl Be nectessary, it shows woefy^ ^pck of .confl-, dence in the pomin.ee to have Others make the selections 'fcr him. For these reasons the editor of The Dispatch-News has refused to cast a straw ballot for The Literary Digest further than to make the Suggestion that the1 services of Frank Lever in congress should entitle him to the portfolio of secretary of agriculture, an appointment which would ho o-rntl fying to this section and which wobld be worthily filled by Mr. Lever. Further than this deponent saith not. In writing to The Literary Digest, the edior of The Dispatch-Mews Raid: As to who should be appointed to positions in the cabinet in case of Democratic success, the opinion of the writer is that the average citizen, including the average weekly editor of ourosecition, has not a sufficiently intimate acquaintance with nationally public, men to make an intelligent choice. , So much has been said of late years' about the South "being in the saddle" in Washington that it Would seem to us the better policy for this section, to insist that by far , the, .greater to number of positions in the cabinet be filled by Northern or Western men. Tho success of the party' friendly to the South is of decidely more importance tq us than whether or not capable citizens of our section ,^tre honored with cabinet positions. .jVs a matter of fact wo have so few' qualified mert who are financially able to accept1 a cabinet position, that it would be rather discouraging to pick a slate ,>vhich wpuld include any Southern men. Further, we are of the opinion that the chief executive should be unhampered in his choice. While we do not belieye in "one-man government," we do believe that it is a good principle of governmental as well as business administration to select for the head executive a man ffann hlw nf cAttinor ran111 a ana Inotot that he have sole power of appointing his subordinates. The writer is of the opinion that the present outcry for a departure from thisprinciple arpse; because of the w$U ' known and self-admitted weakness of the Republican ' nominee. ,, We would7like, however, to make, one suggestion for the-next Demo Icfratip'cabinet: It appears .. that the record?,pf; A- ^*nk Lever, . femml; to be selected to hedd the departmlttee on agriculture) entitles him , this we are not-tn.te position tcr has*, ard a nomination itie reasons ? given above. * "nE^/ATiria." " ' Thoso who have been boihpln*>? : ' of th? high cost of Hying may a source of gratification in the that prices of commodities arc ra,. * n???r?n" ni." ly dfeirl/riing, But it r^tokina' to be' Veen'^etfcdr or not the1 '"'def&fion"" ti TVoiliViyft ia? sucH ?t ribld Irttio 'that' "hiap jr'liriFt not Bfe serto'tmiy burnt. Cer' 'talii^'^vferythliig- hasbberv high but 'thereharf'no ladk ofetnployment at good wages and' everybody* has been ' iit Jbast "apparently prosperous; With ! {he;'tipid tailing of prices It will take goo'd business sense for many 'people to jweatiier the storm. 'But' there is no jreal cause for panic. The cbuntry : is >ound' at bottom and so soon as a Readjustment is affected conditions will improve. Wo- have evehy reason to look to the future with optimism. To < be ^liVe there will ndt likely soon recur; a 'pbriod in which money-making- < -will be so easy, but no one need be downhearted over the outlook. , - ' : , i it ii i> ... 1 " a relief. Ii Will no doubt be a great relief to many women who registered that I they will hot be subject to jury duty, the constitution of ^South ICarollna providing that men only shall be subject to jury duty and this provision ' being1-in no wise affected by the federal amendment. While the ^ervice of women on juries might tend in many ways to improve matters, particularly Irt cases affecting the pr*?tectioh Of Womanhood and childhood, general conditions around court houses are such that any self-respecting woman would shrink from contact with them. It is a relief to know that our women will not have to unI / | 9 \ dergo the. ordeal. ' I 1 V ' 1 i' 'a good officia^ " . ; In the retirement of Hampton Gibbes as chief game warden the state will lose the servicesl'bf a!ccmJscientious public dfflcial pjvhb;-. despite .serious handicaps,[.'^ftVetojjed the work of his departmen?,to a'pdint where it has brought to the treasury quie a nice sum while at "the same time; making it an agency f$r the&id of agriculture by preserving bird .Juffe. Those who have followed elderly Mr. Gibbes' constructive work as game warden will regret to learn of his * resignation. ' T* j.:'j : 1 i, : ?? < t\ PRIME CONpiT^ON QF SUCCESS, i rro the Editor of Dispatch-News i Everyone thkt thinks at all serious- i ly dbqires at;-fp?ft iri.his >;outh to spc- t ; ceea in iife. And this desire is ub- i ually accompanied with some thcrught i of the price of such success. What 1 will it cost in time, money, energy, < sacrifice of ease, self denial ,or ejcpen- 1 diture of soul-power and else? < Leaving but of mind farr the present the objeetlye in view in th^e.attain- .J ment of success there 1b one prime J condition of all success. > No matter what sphere of activity i I ' \ I . ' ) ' t we turn to to And expression far our 1 energies, our . ;hopfcs and, aspiration's 1 we cannot reasonably expect the ful- 1 lest results from these activities un. less they are backed by a sobriety of life that confers tone and strength ( 'and stamina. And speaking in general terms sobriety or temperance has a multitude of forms - of expreriion. It applies to our speech, our dressing, our diet, I our methods both of work and play ' as well as to our attitude to intoxij eating beverages. ' Highest success in any line of hu- .' j man endeavor calls for temperance not in one item of conduct simply, j but in many. But the one point upon which even a modicum of success depends moderation. temperance, or better abstinence in the use of whiskeys, beers, wines, or any fovia of intoxicating. When Encland. in lier nl.nrm nt the. j large per cent, of men who. we-e no? able to qualify physically for services in the Boer War ordered an investigation to determine the cause, her experts told her that the decline in the physical ^manhood of the empire was due to the too free use of strong drink. : The insurance companies of today are regarded as a reliable source of i information on matters involving vital .statistics. So let us look into the verdict of insurance companies on thisj. subject. The moderate drinker stands only a partial chance, the heavy drinker not the ghost of a.chance in securing a life policy in a reputable company. They tell us further that moderate drinking begun at the age of twenty and continued in moderation shortens life! by one-third yofr i normal expectancy, and tb&t h^yy. drinking begun s at th?;same age shortens it by twothirds. We also learn from this sorurce that &Qper cent, of those' who become urmiKaras oogin arinKing oeiore tnoy are sixteen years old, 68 per cent, be- ( fore they are twenty-one years, old, while only 2 per cent, 'begin after ma' turity. c a* We have come to a day when corporations operated upon a scientific t Hasis jylll scarcely give any form of ' ymcnt to the intemperate and htx Require abstinence of those ap- 1 for positions of responsibility, human race has paid a heavier alcoholism than to ail the other % >. 1 '...J, t% 9 declinators' of' - the race ' combined; such as war, famine, pestilence and: defrrlerA The ancient mystery of the cause of the fall of governments * has{ been solved by science- in her pronouncement that "A man, a family, a state, a nation, a race, a civilization in order to survive must be sober!" Science has gone further and exploded the claim formerly made by some that alcohol has any food value, and demonstrate to the contrary that it is poisonous to every organ of the body and that it is the cause directly or indirectly of three-fourths of the crime, pauperism and insanity that curses the race. Pnnnln ?ll^?r *-* vwjitv unviT iiicuiDcivea iu uecume deceived by tho stimulating- effects off whiskey merely, forgetting that it does not add one iota to flesh or bloou or bone or energy in any of its rorrms. What alcohol really does is to produce a partial paralysis of the brain, liberating at the same time the lower mimal propensities, making one thereby less a man and more a brute n proportion. The brain is the seat erf the will power, the moral senses, the spiritual nature and all that maks man difTen from etaordlnetaoietaoineti.|'!AO Terent from the brute creation. Interfere seriously with thd north rial activities of this brand and man oecomes at once the slave of his anlrial passions and desires. , ' It might seem that any appReal to ho pubic conscience should not w, necessary in this latter day when we nave nation-wide prohibitions backed i up by strong "enforcement legisla- ' :ipn. ' But the one thing more needed than 1 ihything else just now is an awaken- ! ng of the moral sense of the com- < nunity. Liquor, beer, wine, alcoholism n al! forms has been outlawed by our treat republic. It. is regarded by * food people generally as the greatest inemy of ope 'race, the despoiler of >ur happiness, pup hopes, our bodifes ] ind our sopl.s, and yet WP find this 1 memy much in evidence, nnfl? mflhi- * !estly growing bolder each day. T^hat J 'Ml! the people flo in the situation * iunf ^ Wh A vtiav vviiiiyuio incxu : - iuv viliuw* :hus far achieved has cost too many cars and "Too much heart energy Tor js to throw.dt away of.to treat'Jt' tylth ndlfferenci/. We Should be vllW inmates indeed to surrender without a deadly figh* the advantage Whichihas 1 aefen achieved at such tremendous lost by our Worthy * rbears. It is the sacred duty of every man, jv^mariy and child to swear eternal hostility to this arch enemy, and iv ] issist every way possible in cr^dtlng ' a public sentiment so unfriendly tb it that it will cease to be a profitable I business and become in the eyes'of all rile monster that it really is. CITIZEN*. OPPORTUNITY. i They do me wrong who say I come no , more When once I knock and fail to find . you in; For every day 1 stand outside your door And bid >ou wake, and rise to fight and win. Wail not for precious chances passed away, Weep not for golden ages on the wane! Each night 1 burn the records of the day; At sunrise every soul is born again. / ' 1 Laugh like a boy at splendors that , have sped, To vanished joys be blind and deaf and dumb; My judgments seal the dead past with its dead, But never bind a moment '.yet to . come. i.' V * ?' Though deep in mire wring not your hands and weep, I lend my arm to all who jay, "I can!" No shamefaced outcast ever sank so deep But yet might rise and be again a man! i Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast? Dost reel from righteousness retribution's blow? Then turn from blotted archives of tHe past - . . i And find the future's pages whlt^ >ST snovt:. ? , f.' . , i Art thou a moi rner? Rouse thei from thy s"?ell; ' Art thod a slnr.Kr? Sin may be. forj given; ,y . , j ! Each morning giye theo wings to flOO from .hell, Each night a star to guide thy feet to heaven. '?^Walter Malontv ! '' T - i. Mannish j ' , "She. smokes .cigarettes just like ft. !man." , (j i "That so?" I "Yep. Doesn't even care whethjv they're cork tipped or not." i1 " ".l1, ;m, ,tf"l' CAHD OP VOANKS. * r ? I wish to thank most heartily my friends of the Felion section who etopd by me so faithfully during: the recent sickness and death in jny family. I, refer not only to the Untiring efforts of the people to aid with my sick children, but also to the very generous working given pie Tuesday, 21st Inst. I, can not repay or thank my friends enough for all that has been done for me. I can only thank you as I do from the depths of my heart. T. L. GARDNER. A CARD OF THANKS PROM G. O. STEELE. To The Dispatch-News: I want to thank the people of Lexington county for the handsome voi*> and election given me in my race for Supervisor in the last primary election. I do certainly appreciate all they did for me and I hope I can do some - iwS? ;ood in return. I have made a cleun race with all of my opponents and I hold nothing against any man. We want to be friends and all work together for the good of old Lexington :ounty. Your friend, G. C. STEELE. i ADMINISTRATOR'S SA,LE. I Will sell at the late residence of A ^ -* ^ ' ' ' umn ^j.mi un iuesaay, uciooer L2th, commencing in the morning at en (10:00) o'clock, the following Seconal property belonging to his esate. ' ' " Ohc mule, One buggy and harness, .One old buggy. One 2-horse wagcrn, :One double wagon harness. One-half interest in mower and ake, ;One cotton planter. ji'One guano distributor, j And perhaps other articles. , f Terms of sale cash; no property to E>e removed from premises until paid for. MALJjIE J. SHARPE, | Administrator of the estate of D. '! Ellis Sharpe. ' September 27. 1920.?2w. TAX NOTICE. Office of County Treasurer of Iiexington County, S. C., Sept. 15, 1020. Public notice is hereby given that State, county and school taxes for Lexington county will lie received by me from October 15 th to December 31st 1920 Inclusive. The levies for the various school districts will appear later. C, E, LEAPIIART, (bounty Treasurer. Valuable Land. 1 offer for sale a very desirable tract of land containing six acres, more or less, lying for a distance of four or five acres along the line of the Savannah Branch of the Southern Railway, a short distance west of the station of Cayce, S. C., in the county of Lexington. ' This land is in :i high state of cultivation, is a sandy loam, well drained and elevated only a fewfeet above the line of railroad track. It is a mast d -able tract for the location of any manufacturing-enterprise or a truck farm. I will sell the land at a bargain. The Cayce Land Co., liy W. A. Clark, Pres. 3t Columbia, S. C. Farm For Sale 325 acres, six miles north of Aiken, S. C.,' known as tho Jack Day place. Place-has four tenant houses, 125 acres in cultivation, level land. Located on tho National Highway. $pme original pine timber. Is within- one aVi'd-'a/half miles erf Palmetto-.Farm. Plenty"'Of wood and llghtwood... Part oytbe lA'rtd is what is known, Sticky, clay land. i'tf' interested write ( / . v,: a. w. aiiEALy, .> "]y 1 Batesburg, S. .C., j NOTICE OF SAIiE. y. ?< ?!?. Saturday, October 9, I will, soli jitin-c, :.ume all my personal property wi g Ford car, 2 horse wagon lumber, other farm Lmple ,, iv usehold and kitchen funf cash. Sale starts at 1' s, ROSANA CRAIV . ..l-ip-ile Gilbcit, S. C. ,-i- ' . M :iv r,t Attention L 40 acres land, three miles west house and outbuildings. Bargain f List your property with us for Qui . ness. We deal in every class of R It is an easy matter to list your 1 Real Estate Agency?But it is qui! turn on your book, Our commissi with the buying public. We list b< propertyjmoderately prir-< d and Co 164 acres, 8 miles south Batesbu balance oak and pine; improvemei Good business lot on Main street rear suitable for building purposes, 27 acres four miles ??t Columbia, ber enough to build all buildings; s 25 acres 4 1-2 miles of Columbia. Two good seven room residence ii for sale to quick buyer. Lexington Real Estate Sim L. Hendrix, Geo. Mgr. S. J. Lea LEXINGTC \ WANT ADS. !' , I FOR SALE?50 acres, live mile's ' above Lexington, on Augusta road.) ' Twenty acres cleared. Good 3-room house and outbuildings. Price reas- ' enable. Jesse IT. Wessinger. Route 5, Lexington. 3tp ' RIG LOT SEED OATS?Just received. Texas Red Rust Proof, and Ful- I j ghruni seed oats. True to name, will give you satisfactory results. Lexington Cotton and Fertilizer Company. I DRESSES?The prettiest dresses in town. Do you want one? Or you C may want a coat or coat suit. We | r have them at just half you pay clse| where. Shipments are arriving 1 ' P daily. Such beautiful goods that you feel like you want to eat them. Coats in Bolivia broadcloth silver- = P ' tone etc., from $15.00 to $49.50. > Dresses any kind you wish from $9.95 to $39.50. Coat suits galore. Sample Store Annex, 1900 Main ^ Street. DRESSERS?Extra special. Dresses, I serges, tricotines, satins, charmcuse, coat suits, serges, tricotines, duvctyn velours, chevoit. All the season's latest styles. Prices just half 1 1 what others ask. Try us out. P'urtick's Sample Store, corner Gates and Gei*\ais. FOR SAPE?70 acre.-, more or less, well timbered land, part of the John t'oogler tract, a ear Ballentine, 15 miles from Columbia. Apply to either Mrs. E. T. Rieucli, Ballet;- ' tine or Mrs. J. M. Stuart, 103G Bryan St., Columbia, S. C. 2tc' i CLL'RKS, (men, women) over 17, for Postal Mail Service. $135 month. Examinations < >ctober. Experience I 1 unnecessary. For free particulars, j write R. Terry, (former Civil Ser- \ vice Examiner) 1395 Continental! Bldjf., Washington, L). C. 2tp | YOUNG WJIX)W worth over $10,-1 000, anxious to marry honorable ' gentleman old as 60 considered. Mrs. Warn, 2216 1-2 Temple St... Ixis Angeles, Cal. 51 p TEACHERS?Fifty to one hundred requests daily from all classes I southern schools. Jf you want rural | work, graded, high school or principalship, salary $76 to $250, write us today for special enrollment. Offices: Columbia, S. ('., Richmond, /a., &nd Chattanooga, Tenn. Southern Teachers' Agency, Columbia, S. C. ' 51 ' .. ' I i1 NT R ACTORS AN J ? BUILDERS. ' 1, -Save 10 to ?5 per cent on floor| ng,., ceiling, aiding, laths and ! singles. Buy in car lots Send list jn-vw delivered i?rices. Greenwood ales Co., Box 435, Greenwood, 8. 1 . . .< ' . 23 : .. 'no \v^men Wanted ai State !j odpital, Columbia, S. C . bicttcfcen es or 18 anil 35 to enter train- i . It!,..-. 4* . ?J ]?. ?#< * t g school fob nursed. Splendid portunlty to bccomo a ? irse. Also \ cancles for white fom'e e atteno its. Pay for attendan 3 $30 to 1 5 per month, with re ?, board, 1 \ indry; no expense to medical ? 3 and attention if sic' For inatior, write the J rtntend| at. " 50 t l1 ** ? *"W' 1,5 j|?fc l' ,^'v # ' '- -v. > - add Owners ' ; : *'.* tfUKi tJtttif :)W.?.fV;-:f : / -'< > > : ; !.? bo< l-<'.?' '...,< >.-. - of Lexington; igood eight-room v.. <; . or quick buyer. cb Results. /"We want your busieal Estate in Lexington county. farm or town property with a :e another thiia to have Cash Re- ! ions are small rttdwe are in touch jlow several farms and some town . nvenientL )o?ated: rg, S. C ; '2-horse farm ODen land its worth pric?* asked. j in Town Lexington; two lots on tplit by Natj* nal Highway; timome open Lntl and watert n place. i fine truck land at a bargain n the Town of Lexington, S. C., i. iv . , & Development Co. phart. Sec. C. E. Lcaphart, Treat. IN, S. C. VANTED?Agents in Lexington County to-write, health and accident insurance. Attractive policies for both white and colored. Liberal commissions to good agents. Write E. E. Sligh, 111S 1-2 Taylor Street, Columbia, S. C. ltp jOST?Red Duroc pig, about three months; strayed from my home on Air. John Robert's place. Route 1. Kinder please notify Early Summers, Lexington, Route 1.?ltp ?OR SEED OATS?Texas Red Rust Proof Seed oats, no to \vtno",r-/t Roberts Company. rOR SHOES?For yourself and whole family, all styles, sizes and quality, for winter wear, go to Wlngard & Roberts. ?. ;l 1ROCERIES-?Full line of fancy and staple groceries?everything good , to eat, will always be found at Wingard & Roberts. 1 . 'OR SALE?Good sound light mule. Well broke. Will be said cheap for quick nale. Apply A. C. Price, Gilbert. Route 2. 2tp 'OR SALE?One horse mule, seven years old, sound and in good con- f dition. Also good Chattanooga onehorse-wagon. Cheap for quick sale. D. S. Wise, Gaston, S. C. 2tp .jOST , POCKETBOOK?Lost ,on Thursday, September 23, in public road in front of the residence of Airs. S. P. Wingard a pocketbook, containing a $20.00 gold piece, some bills and small change, together with automobile key and spring lock key. Liberal reward will be paid if finder will return to Jonah Swartz, Lexington, S. C. lip ?V)R SALE?1919 Model Ford touring' car in first-class condition; will be sold cheap for quick sale. C. J. Taylor, Gilbert. S. <\ 2tp [ 'OH SAbB?Good mule, S years old. work anywhere and practically new buggy. Bargain for quick buyer. Miss Ada Amick, Irmo, Route 2. 2tp l-*? > 11 SAI.lv?About fifty acres of land on the Augusta. Road, about 2 1-2 miles West of Lexington, belonging to Rev. W. D. Quick. Apply to, T. C. Sturkie. 2t-c F??R SA1.F?52 ai re farm, nine miles from Lexington on national highway. 42 acres in high state of cultivation, ,'five room 'dwelling and tenant house; good water. For 'particulars apply to R. J. Motk, Lexington, S. C. 49-tf i'OIt SALE?119 acres of land. T miles from Lexington, 1 mile from Augusta road. 6 room dwelling and two barns. 40 acres cleared land, good nnst.ii re. Torrvio Apply to Karl F. Oswald. Agent. LIBERTY BONDS?I will pay market prices for all issues of Liberty bonds. J. P. Ott, Lexington, S. C oltf-c 66G has more imitations than any ether Chill and Fever Tonic on the market, but no one wants imitations. They are dangerous things in the medicine line.?Adv. 4 NOTICE OF BMBOTION.f - . All qualiflcd electors in North EldlBt? school district No. 87 will please tako notice that art election will be held nt the school house therein, on Saturday, October 9, 1020,."- for tho purpose of voting an additional levy of four irtllltf. Polls will open at "7 .A. ML and Close at 4 P. ML Bring tax receipt and registration cortiflcnto. By order Of the county board of education. ' ... J j tt.'C. JEFCOAT, s'; ' L. JEFeOAT/Ov"> MARION JEFCOAT Bohrd of Trustees No. " Sept. 21. 1920. ?