The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, January 12, 1921, Image 4

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is Sty? Hfspattlj-Nruis i OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER Published Every Wednesday By SLIGH & WALKER, Lexington, S. C. G. M. HARMAN, Associate Editor. altered 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. Cards 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 KLIGrH & WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews, Lexington, S. C. Phone 119. WEDNESDAY, JANtlARY 12, 1921. I i PAY BEFORE FEBRUARY 1. I Notwithstanding the fact that we hgve been operating The Dispatch- ; News on a cash-in-advance basis for i * the past year, owing to general depression in business and the low price of cotton we have not taken anyone off our mailing list since last November. While we were not financially able to carry subscribers beyond the time for which they had paid, we felt that it would accommodate a good many who were holding cotton if. we could carry them to a time when money might be easier. However, since we have reduced the price of the paper to the pre-war j standard of $1.50 a year it is absoX lutely necessary that we collect in advance for each paper sent out. We l are giving each subscriber the benefit of a 50 cents reduction and in return ask that all whose time has ex- | pired pay us up promptly. We are j giving each until February 1 to come | in and settle up or send in the amount i by postoffice money order, and we will ! it. for granted that those not i ? - w I paying by February 1 do not care for the paper longer, and their names ' will be dropped from our list. v WHAT CROPS SHOULD BE INCREASED AS COTTON ACREAGE IS DECREASED. 1 i i "With the price of cotton much be- ' low the present cost of production, the ! growing of other crops and livestock i is certain to receive much more at- ! tention. In the Southeastern states the boll weevil is giving an additional j reason for attention to other crops ! than cotton. In practically all cotton growing j , sections there is likely to be much ' casting about for other 'crops and | other lines of farming to occupy a ! part of the acreage recently planted to cotton. No greater mistake could be made than an attempt to make a ! radical change in-our farming in one year. Such radical changes or revolutions nearly always spell disaster. Surely we should have learned by this time that we cannot jump from one crop into another, or from one system oY line of farming to another, from one season to the next, to meet fluctuations in prices. The man who atfAmnto f Vi i o anrnf tV)inP- is TtPflrlV ?1 VVm|/bW VMAM wv* W W-. o --r ' ways one or two years behind the game and finds that instead of meeting the best prices with the largest ^ ~ production he hits the lowest prices j when he has most to market. The cotton acreage must be reduced. ' Even if disastrously low prices for | cotton had not come this year, they j were sure to come before long if the j tendency to put every possible acre | into cotton had been continued. We ! have been putting too large a propor- i * tion of our cultivated lands into 1 ? cotton on too many farms. Decreas- j ing soil fertility and a lack of feed and I food crops were bound to cause de- ! creased returns fron#cotton, even if ! the price had not fallen below pres- | ent cost of production. A reduction in the cotton acreage would, therefore, be avisable, even if prices were now satisfactory. But j with the double reason for reducing the cotton acreage for 1921, thousands j will be asking the question, What j crops should be grown on these re- i leased cotton lands? First, let us answer that if these j I lands are devoted to crops, or to lines j of farming with which the farmer is not entirely familiar it should be j done only on a small scale for the iirst j year of two. In other words, if a rad- j ical change in crops is to be made, or | if a large acreage formerly planted to | cotton is to be pbt into other crops, which should probably be done on some farms, these crops should only be those with which we are entirely familiar. Corn is a crop with which we are more or less familiar and the acreage now planted is large. Shall we plant the released cotton lands to corn? j ' i , ?V6?. V There can be no reason for not planting enough land to corn to supply all the possible feed and food needs of 'the farm for corn. It is perhaps i.safe to plant even more than this, if |there is likely to be a fairly good local ^demand or an extra lot of hogs to .'feed, under conditions which give a i .fair chance for profit. But poor lands 'should not be planted to corn, for ['there is no disguising the fact that ' corn is not a good money crop in the South. Our lands are too poor and the Negro tenant, even if closely supervised, cannot make a living for himself and the landlord growing corn, ;so long as our average yields are |twenty bushels to the acre or less. jBut we can safely put enough of the j'cotton lands into corn to supply the heeds of the farm, which we have not jdone in the past on the farms where |<he proportion of the land planted to jlcotton has been largest. | In every section there is some hay ['crop which does reasonably well, but I'-n -C- : ? mere are lew secuuus m mc ouum where hay is produced in sufficient quantities to supply local demands, and still less where hay is produced as [a money crop. II Certainly hay can be safely proI duced to supply the needs of the farm '<and such other local demands as generally exist; but the man who has not produced hay as a sales crop should go slowly into the business, until he has canvassed carefully the cost of the machinery equipment, his transportation facilities, his markets and his own fitness for this special line of farming. Again, many of our acres planted to cotton need to be made richer. A crop of legumes plowed under will do this. Therefore, if there is an old cotton field, which has not been profitably productive and we can get along without the small crop from it, let it be | put into some legume and the crop plowed under, or grazed off by livestock, if good livestock are available. J In short, let us reduce our cotton acreage, but let us use judgment and caution in launching into other lines of farming and other crops with which we are net familiar.?The Progressive Farmer. POET AND BUSINESS MAN; THAT IS HENRY E. HARMAN (Atlanta Journal.) Genius always has its peculiarities. That is natural, and yet few people seem to understand. Were this not the case, then genius would not be different from any one else?all would be alike, in a way. This is perhaps the reason why so many people admit surprise when a practical business man, like Henry E. Harman, of Atlanta, has been able to turn aside from the stony ways of trade and become the author of such beautiful poems, as he is continually giving to the press. He has the happy gift of being able, not only to turn his energy into substantial profit, but also to go far afield from the world of visBion and dreams and bring back most beautiful pictures, painted with artistic exactness. A busy man in a busy world is Mr. Harman, not only the leading trade paper publisher of Atlanta, but a poet, whose songs are daily read in all parts of this country ana wnose books have had a wider sale than any other poet of the south. A peculiar thing about Mr. Harman's literary work has been that it is his plaything instead of the serious business of his life. As a publisher of trade papers, having a powerful influence in southern development, he has devoted the major portion of his time strictly to the business out of which he has made a conspicuous success. But with an inherent* love for things beautiful, for the artistic and the poetic, he has found time to sing in a voice so clear that his songs ' never fail to touch the heart, where- i ever they go. During the past dozen years, in j spite of his exacting business as a i publisher, Mr. Harman has brought ' out six books of poems and one book of prose. A complete edition of his | literary work is now about ready to be issued under the uniform title of | "Dreams of Other Days," in two large j volumes. The first volume will contain all of i the better poems appearing in the fol- i 1 finrin<v hnrtL-c "Tri Puflpfiflll Vallf'V " "At the Gate of Dreams," 4<In Love's j Domain," "Gates of Twilight" and "A [ Bar of Song," illustrated with over 50 j full page artistic pictures. The second volume will include Mr. j i Harmans prose work of which he has done much during the past few years. : In this volume will appear his last book?"Idle Dreams of an Idle Day," j published three years ago; also "The Singer and His Song," being studies of leading southern poets and a complete novelette, "What a Woman Wants," the romance of a yachting trip in Florida. A new book 01" love, songs, entitled i "Yuletide and You," is now in press and will be ready for the Chrir/mus I season. It has been a surprise to many how one man, so busy with other things, has been able to produec so much finished literary work. This is because he is a close student and enters into his task with an overpowering enthusiasm. Mr .Harman is averse to discussing his literary work and its success, but jhe talked freely on the subject of I poetry and its importance in every I day life. I ? "One trouble with our age," he said, " is that people do not give enough attention to poetry. They never stop to think of its practical application in every day life. Because |<one is not able to write verse is no I reason why one should not love jpoetiV. I "We are all dreamers, more or less, j and therefore all poetry lovers if we tonly admit it. A tendency of our times is to suppress the poetic impulse. This comes on account <>' the very practical age in which we live, and is wrong. We must get back to old ideals to get the most out of life. "Every home should have its choice selection of books from the best poets, and these should be read and studied. If one will start the day by reading some tender poem, its rhythm and sweetness will soften the j cares of the entire day. Anyone can jgive this a practical test and be surJprised at the result. Poetry helps people to become poised, calm and contented. In this age of restlessjness, this is just what we need. Poetry 'should enter into and be a part of every life if one would live up to its full measure of happiness and contentment. "I have a theory that the world is coming back into its own in this respect. People have been lashed into restlessness during the past six years by the nerveracking terror of war and reconstruction. They are weary of all the excitement under which they have uvea ana snouia nuiurmiy :uiis? for quietude and peace. That is coming?and soon?and then let us hope we shall come out into a golden age when.real things will count .and not pretense. "During the time of Shelly, Keats and Byron .and later during the life of Tennyson, poetry was universally read and discussed in England by the i j better class of people. It took the j place of idle gossip and had a most | uplifting effect, for during those years i England forged her strongest chains of power. Poetry makes people I stronger, better, more loyal and its cultivation is a blessing to any people and any nation." When pressed for a word about his own method of writing poetry, Mr. Harman said: "I do not hunt for a subject or an inspiration. These must come naturjally or not at all. Sometimes a face ton the street or the train will suggest !a subject, a blossom in the meadow, or the roadside, a peculiar-shaped j cloud or a bar of music in passing. 1 -i-~ OAWihC it io | JtiUt Wlieil me ixispii. u-civii tuinw, ms. msj I overpowering and I must write, write [until the poem is complete. Real poetry must come out of the very soul, it must be felt, it cannot be artificial, it cannot be made without feeling. I believe the poet puts a spark of difvinity into every poem of merit?certainly he puts a large part of his own aroused feeling. "A poem is a beautiful thought, dressed in the most beautiful words that the writer is capable of using. I As a rule, brevity adds to its beauty. As an art of the highest chracter, all [superfluity must be avoided. Clear-cut must be the lines and the reader's vision must see clearly the picture that is printed. When deep feeling can be aroused by the use of choice language, the poet's art is greatly enhanced." All Mr. Harman's writings, both prose and poetry, are marked by a finished style. His charming studies of Sidney Lanier. Joel Chandler Harris, Walter H. Page and other famous southern authors show a freshness of expression and deep personal appreciation which will make these papers permanent among our best literature. Of late years his prose work has kept pace with his delightful poetry, and 1 -1** ^ nlo on ft r 1 \r itirtjiiuy iie lias u.\tu ma 1UUV.V ill 11.1. in our literature. Chicago municipal authorities are investigating restaurant soup to ascertain if there is anything besides profit in it.?Sioux City Journal. CA11D OF THANKS. We wish to extend our sincere thanks to our dear neighbors and many friends who tendered their assistance and heart felt sympathy during the illness and death of our precious little darling Mat tie. Our hearts are full of love and gratitude to you and we pray God t<? reward you all for your loving kindness and gentle words of comfort and consolation while passing through the darkest hours of our sore bereavement. Written by father and mother, Mr. J and Mrs. E. C. Snelgrove, and one , who loved her, Miss Naomi Stuart. i i GOODYEAR SHOE SHOP MOVES ITS LOCATION f The Goodyear Shoe Hospital, which for the past three years has been located at 1117 Washington street, has moved to 1219 Taylor street. The | place on Washington street has been isold. In the new home the Goodyear l | Shoe Hospital will have modern and |tip-to-date establishment. There will I be separate waiting rooms for ladies land gentlemen and also a ladies shoe Ishine parlor. Miss Daisy Hammond 'has personal supervision of the shop, j which is owned by W. D. Lever, .Tr.. jand Miss Hammond. ! -- j CITATION NOTICE. State of South Carolina. County of Lexington.?By George S. Drafts, iiisquire, iJrobate Judge. I Whereas, Carrie Peterson made suit 'to me. to rgant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects I {of Wash Mack. These are therefore to cite and ad* ,monish all and singular the kindred 'and Creditors of the said Wash Mack, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexington. C. H.. S. C., on the 21st day of January, 1921 next, jafter publication hereof at 11 o'clock jin the forenoon, to show cause, if any jthey have, why the said Administration should not be granted. ' Given under my Hand, this Oth day J 'of January, Anno Domini 1921. GEO. S. DRAFTS. (L. S.) 1 Probate Judge. Lexington Co., S. C. Published on the 12th day of Janjuary, 1921, in the Lexington paper. 2 j weeks. I TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not :to trespass on my home place or my ; place known as the old Henry Shull place, either by hunting, hauling wood 'or straw or in any other manner j whatsoever. The law will be enforced {against any and all persons violating this notice. M. D. SHULL, l _. . . !4tp<l Lexington, s. ?ct. 4. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not ; to trespass on the lands of the under]signed by hauling wood or lightwood, j straw, or moving anything off the \ |place or by chipping pine for tar. All i persons violating this notice will be ; prosecuted to the full extent of the j law. Elizabeth Anderson, "W. M. Anderson, j Gilbert. S. C. 15-c. j Auditor's 1921 Schedule i ? ! In accordance with law in refer jence to the assessment and taxation of personal property the County Auditor or his assistant will be and attend the following named places for the fiscal year 1921. ! Come prepared to name your township and school district. In case you ^have bought or sold any real estate r '^since last returns be prepared to state jlnumber of acres purchased or sold and from and to whom. 2nd. Week. Pelion?Thursday, January 13. Steedman--?Friday. A. M.. January 14. Samaria?Friday, P. M., 'January : !14, 3rd. Week. Batesburg?Tuesday and .Wednesday, A. M., January IS and 19. Leesville?Wednesday, P. M.. and j Thursday, January 19 and 20. Summit?Friday, A. M., January 121. Gilbert?Friday, P. M.. January 21. 1 Crout's Store?Saturday. A. M., : January 22. 4tli. Week. ! Ed. Addy's Store?Tuesday, A. M.. !January 25. i Franklyn Keisler's?Tuesday. P. M., 'January 25. Red Bank:?Thursday. tat noon) January 27. j Cayce, Friday, A. M., January 2S. Brookland?Friday, P. M., and Satjurday, January 2S and 29. Blanks will be left at Mr. E. A. (Poole's store in Bull Swam)) township. At Lexington, court house, all days not included in above schedule, from j j January 1st to February 20th. when {50 per cent penalty will be added for ; .failure to make returns. [ Poll tax from 21 to GO years. } Road tax from 21 to 55 years, r W. D. DENT, I County Auditor. I ; j TRESPASS NOTICE. ' i j All persons are hereby warned not j jto trespass on the lands of the under- I ! i j signed, known as the Sandy. Ford j 'place, by hunting, hauling wood or J otherwise. The law will be strictlv I ! [enforced against persons violating! this notice. IJ 4-o. FRANK C. DAWS. ! I WANT ADS. ! i I SALESMEN WANTED to solicit or- I tiers for lubricating oils, greases and paints. Salary or Commission. Address THE HARVEY OIL CO., j Cleveland, Ohio. It]) j FOR SALE?Charleston Wakefield j cabbage plants. $1.50 per thousand or by mail post paid $1.75. John j Dooley, Lexington, S. C.. Rt. 4. ' Phone number 1 on s5. 14p ! i MARRY. FOR. WEALTH.. HAPP1-j NESS?Hundreds rieh. attractive, j I i congenial, willing to wed. Photos ! i tree. 25 rears' exnerience. Mrs. I Warn, l?21G 1-2 Temple St.. Los j j Angeles. Cal. -ir-IG-j> j | | BA RO FANSLADIES ATTENTION , - I j ( oat suits, Coats and Dr- ssvs are i as low as thev will be and r.uw is 1 the time to buy that dress, coat or I I coat suit you need to finish the I season. Coat suits $9.93 to $24.30. j Dresses $7.30 to $10.75. Coats $9.05 j to $29.50. We have them on our ' racks i'or you. Sample Store An- i nex, 1900 Main St., Columbia. S. C. WANTED?Men or women to take orders among friends and neighbors j for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, J full line for men, women and chil- ; dren. Eliminates darning. We pay j 75 an hour spare time, err $36.00 a j ' week for full time. Experience tin- I necessary. Write International Stocking Mills. Norristown, Pa. iOt-p-21 j . ^ LERKS. (men, women) over 17. for Postal Mail Service. $130 month. Examinations January. Experience | unnecessary. For free particulars, write R. Terry, (former Civil Service Examiner) 1 395 Continental? Bldg.. Washington, D. C. 2t-12-p | I ! ( | iFOR SALE?Grist mill outfit consist- i in^ nf twelve-horse Mosrul kero- I sene engine, bolter, cobb mil!, eorn j sheller. All in first class shape and will be sold at a big bargain. Apply to Caughman-Kamfr.er Co.. Lexington, S. C. 2tc. FOR SALE?Four head go<>d farm j mules. Cheap for Cash. H. Cromer I Oswald, Lexington. S. C. 3tc j i FOR SALE at a sacrifice?My Frank | Rawl place on the Augusta high- j way, just two miles from Lexington, j containing 1 2acres and splendid 6 room dwelling. The very home for a person desiring to send children j to school. See me quick. H. Cromer Oswald, Lexington, S. C. 3tc FOR SALE AT A BIG BARGAIN? The Bennie Harman lot. in town of Lexington, in front of residence of Karl F. Oswald, with a 9-room frame building already in course of construction. See me qui6k. H* Cromer Owsald, Lexington, S. C. 3tc FOR SALE?One lot containing one acre, more or less, in front of my own home in town of Lexington. This is an ideal building lot with running stream of water through same. This is a big bargain for I cash buyer. H. Cromer Oswald, Lexington, 3. C. 3te FOR SALE?My Columbia Six Touring car in l'irst-elass running order; new tires and new batteries. A splendid bargain for $800.00. H. Cromer Oswald, Lexington, S. C. 3t-c ' FOR SALE?3 milk, cow with young calf. Apply to H. C. Hall, Lower i Main street, Lexington, S. C. 3tc I ! PARTIES having large tracts of lantf! and want it divided and sold for ! the high dollar write us; also smal- j ler tracts handled; large tracts a i specialty; best auctioneer in the State. Write P. O. Box 304, New j Brookland, S. C. 11-10-Gm. j LIBERTY BONDS?I will pay mar- j ket prices for all issues of Liberty j bonds. J. P. Ott, Lexington, S. C i 31tf-c I 1'OUD BARGAIN?A For a stripped j runabout thoroughly overhauled, and in No. 1 order, for sale at a bargain. Harmon Drug Co. tf DR. CHAS. A. BUIST Dentist. SWANSEA, S. C. i Office: Hugo's Pharmacy. SCHOOL AND OFFICE SUPPLIES. Pencil pads, writing tablets, composition books, examination tablets, j writing pons, penholders, lead pen- ; oils, erasers, rulers, writing inks for j every purpose?all sizes and colors. | We are headquarters for all kinds of I writing papers, blank books, oilice and school supplies. Our line is the Rexall quality kind. The best writing tablet, pencil pad, and lead pencil on the market for a nickel. HARMON DRUG CO., Ivv Lexington, S. C. I BARGAINS? in drosses, coats and suits. The New York market is flooded with ladies * vC - ' ^3 ready to wear that can be bought ^ 0 3^ggS~5 2 cheap. We are taking advantage of tnis over supply and are' new gods every day. Thesenients are bought below cost of % manufacture and are sold to- the , trade accordingly. In this lot are * coat suits, dresses, skirts, waist and coats ranging .from $4.95 $29.50. Don't let grass grow und^^^H your feet. Sample Store Anne^^^^l 1900 Main Street, Columbia, S. NOTICE. . H All persons having in their pcsses-^^B sion. or knowing the whereabouts of^^H anv machinery belonging toy the^H county of Lexington are requested to^^H communicate with Supervisor Steele^^H immediately. Some pieces of macbin~^^| ery with broken parts are located in various sections of the county, . and the supervisor desires this county jiropcrty returned to him in order that he might have some repaoed r turc use. NOTICE TO THE P' ?ii.5C 1 The public is hereby r- i' ed ^ a claim on Lexington Co t'n-gj a . j sum of S2S4.00 was stol <: <ro;v. my* safe by robbers on Sat d.-y mghV January 8. 1021. said c . he' been O'K'd. l>v the coun* - ??r visor' } ' pn and by one of the county c :-irsimi- -.21 ers, W. \V. Furtic-k. Th: : > to yarn all persons not to cash the .id ^ which is my own individual pr?.pc?ty#||H| JULIAN SHAOPJ2. C^H January 12, 1921. Ednxuuu', S. FINAL DlSCIIAi v.. Notice is hereby given on 3&fef 4 Jgi urday, the 15th day of J '-.-o y, 132E& T iitill t a M r\ Avcrr. Vi T^*?0 t'f Q T\1*Ai. .3 JL Will V-V-/ 'X\;vi iyiuiv.?j, [/4V.T ...a bate judge for Lexington County, for- -7j papers of final discharge administrator of the estate ? Dm : Lyiy-m'K deceased. c. \\.. it all man Administrator. December 19, 1920. -~*1 HNAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that on Satf$ |j urday, the 3 5th day of January next,-' I will apply to George S. Drafts, judge- Jj of probate for Lexington county, for A final discharge as administtrator ofe * the estate of J. W. Lybrand, de6fcased$*^s C. W. HALLMAN, cf 3 Administrator. - - 2N3 . ;<fi i December 19. 1920. 4w^9 TRESPASS NOTICE. v| M All persons are hereby warned n<??; to trespass on lands of the underta signed by hunting or otherwise^ AMr-^~~ persons violating this notice will be V-? F L* ,-^jS prosecuted to the full extent of the& :m law. geo. j'. Taylor. x | 4t.-l3-p. ' -,";J 'l%r^ .; ? r *5 FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN, fv Tinuv at ?\vr r.ryrHA \tTT,T.<! 7-ro'om house with outbuildings; 5' '' >| acres land under high state cultiva>7.? - tSE tion with branch running through one end of place, with a rine . well ofr M water in the vard. Better inVesti-'V1 JSs - a-.-af gate at once :f you want a cheap $ place. f Apply to J. G. BOOZER, Lexington, S. C., Route 3. P. J. O'NEILL, M.D| ???? mmm My office is specially ajid pletely equipped to treat diseases Stomach, Kidney and Bladder, Nerves and Skin, Rectal Conditions. Piles(Treated Painlessly Without Operation.) What You Want to Knov: Can you be cured? How long will it take? Will it bep crmanent? What will it cost? Consult me FREE. Special effort is made to avoid unnecessary delay in handling out' of town cases. I am individually in charge of my office, having no medical assistants or associates. Therefore your ease if placed in my hands receives direct attention and you achieve, results as rapidly as possible under high class treatment. I personally examine every patient thoroughly, using X-Eav when neces- ^ sary. Hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. pi. Sunday's 10 to 2. Suite No. 7. Carolina National Bank Building v OLUMBIA. S.C. ' I I i