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i . . * ? 4 .. y.1 ; .- ^f"v' ' '" '< ' n I JPy* ?tajjatrlf-?feuta I'-s VOLUME NO. 81 * LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1921. ' NUMBER 13. Yi ' : ' SESSIONS COURT NOW UNDER WAY / . i'r ' . ( The January ter,m of court of general sessions court convened. Tuesday | morning: at 10 o'clock* .Judge Frank ^ B. Gary, presiding, with Solicitor T. C. Callison, Clerk H. L.. Harmon, t I K 1 3 Stenographer O. B. Anderson and Sheriff A. E. Roof in their respective , v places. The court lias considerable , business before it to be disposed of ! during the next two weeks, several * oases having been brought over from ' I V . . the last term, and tho grand jury is ' ? expected to return many true bills now being considered. Jitdge QaiV delivered a strong ' charge to the grand Jury >n the con- , Ttunlni, nnilxl nalllrti, nnnnlol o f , rouiuh vi wt vuiuMfi o|#vvio? c*v- | tention to the Arime wave now rumpant over the country, and to the alleged violations, of the prohibition j Jaw. s<' Tho case of the State vs. Newt Kelly, and Frank GcW, charged with the killing of David Shull in New Brookkind, is set for next Monday, and , much interest is centered on this trial, i The trinl of Luther Crout, Alva Dew and Will Mitchell, charged with the j killing of Constable W. N. Brown near Now Brookland last spring in .1 j liquor raid, will come up the last of i tho week. The following cases had been dis- j posed 6t up to tho time of. going to j press: i Willie Brooks, negro, charged with j burglary and larceny, plead guilty to petit larceny and was sentenced to serve 15 days on the chaingang of ; Lexington county. . i Thomas Hah-, white, plead guilty i to the -charge of bigamy and was sen- I tenced to* one year, at hard labor. C. S. Bryant, charged with house. -t. ' * " breaking, entered a. of guilty and | was^lionttMKriijS ,to? out hi* on the 1 i .v i v . i Hector .Patterson, colored! charged . with murder in connection, with tin; killing of another negro at Swansea J dome time ago, is being tried this- af- f ternoon. Mr. Daniels, assistant at-j rw-> corney i~ prosecuting Patter- j son. Solicitor Cullisoh being disquali- ! i fled on nccpunt of having been en\- , ployed to defend the negro prior to his election as solicitor. Tho grand jury wilt probably make ' its final presentment to the judge j Thursday. The following jurors have been ! drawn to serve the second week: C>. Cleveland Smith, Julius 15. Bouknight. It. 1 >. Kinard, J. Willie lAfap- ; hart, J. S. Liorick, T. Ryan I.ivingston, . J. M. Marchant, W. <j. Roberts, Fred F. Miller, Paul Williams. Jacob J. Back, it. J. Sturkie, II. Shelton Wes- . singer, J. Frank Sharpe. J. Monroe . Fallaw, R. H. Baughman, S. I*. ' Robinson, Andrew M, Hall, It. Dee Berry, Perry H. Derrick, t". C. Rob erts, \V. I<. Packman, Daniel L. Tay- i lor, Lomio li. Hite, \V. T. Smith, \V. Capers Collum. Arnold O. Craft. .1. | Carlisle Price, S. 1*. 1\ Hursey, Clary; C. Stockman, Frank T. Lynch, J. E. ' Mcetze, James F. Hack man, James R. Summers, John \\*. Adams, Percy I,. Lybraml. DEATH OF W. <). J.U KSON. i Mr. \V. Q. Jackson, known through- . out the entire coufnfjr as "Kit" Jack- i 50n, and one df the largest planters in the county, died at his home near ; Swansea on Friday night following a I long and painful illness. Mr. Jack- j son was about. 70 years of age and is i survived by several sons and daugh- ' tArs. all proniinent and influential I citizens. His wife died some years i ago. Mr. Jackson up to a few years ago ; took a prominent part in every under-'! taking looking to the upbuilding of | his county and State, and was a lead- ! ing power in the life of his community. He was big hearted and gener- j ous to a fault, and nothing he had wu? wo ki'uu ior niH mends. In his death the county loses one I of its noblest citizens. ? hKXINOTON CntOUIT. Services Sunday, January 215, 1921: IJed Bank?Sunday school at 10 n. 91. Preaching at 11 o'clock. Horcb?Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Preachin? at 3:30 p. in. Lexington?Sunday school at 10 a.' on. Preaching at 7* p. in. The public is cordially invited to . rdiese services. 1 II. A. WK1TTKN, Pastor. AMERICAN LEGION OPERETTA ON 31ST In the same splendid spirit of helpfulness which prompted them and others to apply for n chapter hero of tho Red Cross anc directed their peady Angers in making Innumerable pads and bandages and sweaters and ! socks for tho boys who had gone to , the colors, the girls of Lexington have ' now come voluntarily to the assistance of those same boys who \*havo returned homo and are largely known as members of the American Legion, and have offered to help them raise money for the ideal of their dreams? ' a homo for tho local post, with read- r ing tables, gymnasium, shower baths, perhaps a dance hall, maybe a pool ... I room, and ultimately a kind of a so- j clal conter. . Tho American Legion Isn't dead. In J fact, It Isn't even aBlcep. ' But It Is "working quietly and waiting fpr tho ! tlmo to comn when the results of its ! work may with propriety he mado known, at which time the. local post ' hopes to have its dream come true, ; with tho realization of a home of its own in which its members and friends may meet, indulge in remlniscenses, | 'and perpetuate memories which do- ! serve to live of days which to them are hard to forgot. To this end,.the girls have planned, organized, and for more than a week " have been practicing "the Japaneso Girl, an operotta which they plan to give in. the high school auditorium on j the evening of Monday, January 31. ; it may be interesting to note (he j names of some of those taking part: f Aliases Mary Cuughmnn.-, Margaret Borick, Hat tie Gee Wlngard, Mary El- J len Oaughman, Bertha Sue Berley, ' Nita I.eo Harmon, Winnie Hartley, j "Katie Gnu Clark, Virginia Evans, Myr- j tie Rawl, Gladys Harmon, Martha Kyzer, Vera Corloy, Eula May Hen- j drix, Caro Eflrd, Ernestine Barre, Co- , cil Barre, Pearl Caughman, May L.ois pBoozer, Essie F.tlrd anil Mrs. John D. { Carroll. Other information which is . urt- ; available this will be printed ; about the Way In the next Issue of the paper. N1IKK1FF K. AUSTIN ItOOF CI-7TK HIS 1 11 1ST NTIl.L. On Tuesday afternoon Sheriff 10. Austin .Uopf captured his first still j after being sworn in as high peace officer of the county. The still was j found in Fourteen creek, about a mile ! tnul a half from town. It was made I from two large galvanized tubs, which ' had been fastened together and other ' necessary equipment added. There f was evidence of the still having been 1 in recent operation, but no one was found about it when it was taken by the sheriff, and it is not known who had operated it. ST. STEPHEN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN' CHURCH. 1 l>ivine services at 11:00 a. m. and ( 7:00 p. m. Sunday school at 10:00 n. in. For Sunday. January the 'Jtid. the morning theme will be: "The lie- , ward of The Laborers." The evening theme will be: "Praying for Our 1 fully Bread." The Lord's Supper will be administered at the morning service this Sunday. " I Commencing with the llrst Sunday ^ vji rcuiuui) me KvumnK service will i be at soven-thirty. The public is cordially invited rr> j hll of these services. AUTHIIRJB. OBEN'SOHAIN. Pastor. WOKKILL-WRIGIIT. iss Frederica \V. Worrill and Mr. j Ellison 1>. Wright wc-re married at the i home of the' bride's parents. Mr. and | Mrs. F. W. Worrill, Monday at 5 p. m., | Rev. II. A. Whitten, pastor of the , Methodist church, oilleiatlng. The bride is one of Eexington's most ' attractive young women. The groom ; is from the old North State, where . he holds a responsible position in the postofllee. After the honeymoon, to ' 1?. ciuiii t i.. Vln.l.l.. " ? '? * 1 .... ... > ii'iiu.i, i.iitry will lUUKo i their home In Rocky Mount, N, f\ RF.ATJl OF VOl N'fi <ilHIi. Mertie Mario Smith, the eight year i old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. Wes- 1 ley Smith, died on Sunday. January !), and was buried the following day ' at St. Matthews l.utheran church, 1 the Rev. O. R. Sliearoyso conducting the funeral services. TAXES WILL BE MAIN' AT PRESENT SES * (Editorial Correspondence.) Columbia, Jan. 18.?Taxes will Undoubtedly furnish the main theme for discussion at the present session of the legislature. The statements in the daily papers thut the various branches of the state government would ask for ten million dollars this ~ jnuiroi in uumy counties ot the Btate which culminated in a taxpayers' Convention in the hall of the house last week at Which a resolution was passed urging the legislature to hold ?down appropriations at the present time. Many speeches were made at this convention, but the best of all was that by Claude N .Sapp of Richland county, who. told the convention, that he was in favor of close economy in appropriations, but he was not willing to stop the progress , of ttte y^rural schools. Mr. Rapp pointed >out the 'fact that one district in his county had voted upon themselves a thx of 19 extra mills for schools. lie polntod out that no cut In the amount > of money spent by the state could lower taxes appreciably while .such levies Were put 011, he said he proposed to stand by the rural schools. Other speeches along the same lines were mode by Senator George K.1 Lanoy of Chesterfield and Senator Niels ChrlstenBen oC( Beaufort, chair-' muri of the senate finance .committee, both of whom expresses the desire to keep taxes ddtvn to a minimum this "year, providing it could be done without injury to the best interests of the state. As an indication of the bpueral fooling the house last week voted down a resolution limiting th? size of the appropriation this yeur, which does not mean that the body is committed to extravagunj' v expenditure?, but only that it refused to tie the. hands of tho ways and means committee, which will frame the appropriation bill to bo submittod to the f house. On tho senato side Senator "Wightman oKsaluda "has- introduced a bill ttT'deerease the salary* cf every "eniployee of the .state and county governments af Hat 20 per cent and to abolish the tax commission, tho board of public \\ clfare and maybe some other department. The several bills are still in committee and consequently no test of strength has been hud. The salary bill could not now become effective us to any constitutional state officer, l?ecausu the constitution provides that their salary shall be neither increased nor diminished during their term of oillee. The new terms will begin next Tuesday, so that the bill could not possible become law before the oath of ofilee was administered. Should they become operative the levy would hardly ho tilTi'fii'ii. It is entirely too early to predict what will be done about taxes, but litis touch can bo said. There can not In- :i materiel reduction in tlie state levy without injury to the work of tin: state government. There are a suilicient number of progressive men in the legislature to prevent this. Hut there is real concern union*; these progressive members?some of them anions the largest taxpayers in the state?at the constantly growing state levy, and they are anxious that the burcdn of taxation be more nearly equalized and that much property now escaping taxation be put upon the boks, thus relieving land and visible personal property from the burden. Through the committee appointed last session to study the question they have formulated a program that ought to commend itself to the legislature and the people. It seems to offer the; only hope of permanent relief unless progress is to be sacrificed and wo are to go back to the day of the one-room log school house; witn a dirt floor. If any prediction about taxes is as] good us another it Is safe r?? ???v 11? \ " tho legislature will fight to keep the appropriations as near to hist year's level as possible, that no new buildinns will be authorized at state colleges and that some new sources of revenue will bo developed that will adequately take care of the work already undertaken. Governor Cooper has recommended a program which if adopted will finance the state's needs and at the same time reduce the levy on property from 12 mills to 8 mills. Doubtless some part of this program will be adopted, but considerable opposition has developed to ] THEREOFTALK SIONOf LEGISLATURE % the ta^jof one cent a gallon 011 gasoline; proposed by the governor. Amqitg the, . Important measures \vhich Will soon come up. for discussion wMl be,.the bill by Senator Alan JohnBtsie of Newberry to^reduce cotton aojteage. The bill haB been re itjiiru ?u me commiuee on. agriculture, which has not yet reported it. ' It hos.tieen carefully drawn and there is goo<^:2egal o.dvlco that it will meet | all cophtltutional requirements. *, The Sirst week of the 2 session was I spent' hut'uly. in organising and, pre- | pari/igjfoi the work to come.. Strong efl&rfk Uhav.e been made to get both I brujihfiwi ?i'-'wn to work at once and pre^eh?> lijrMongatlon.of the session, hut thfVe will btf a good many elections tU)u held by the legislature this j I'oar'wHih will chndumc a great* deal j hf tliqCv Not the least important of these flpthat cf chief- game warden. Already ^therc Is a good deal of activity a^ttmtg candidates and friends. ThO of Associate Justice llydrick of the supremfc court will ere- j ate*a ^Scancy which wilt havo to be j filled,-JiAmong those mentioned, al- ; readjr (ifre Thomas 13. Cothran, speak- 1 er <frf'ijih& house. Prof. E. Marion IluckerL.of the university law faculty | and Ci&juit Judge Thomas S. Sease. No dotrfbt there will he others before i the election is held. No Aoubt the legislature at this j ses8loii|will provide for the legal en- ! rollment of womon in the next Dem- | oWa'ticfc .primary. At '.cast the effort l Will' bijj made and It is hardly con- I ceivablip that it will fail. TllA'nr? u**" r? ol* 1 ? " ,u*1" un; aoi\iu^ vurj unit' | legislation. Some of them, representing,the League of Women Voters, j are requesting that the age of con- j sent f<M* WOtVien bo raised to IS years! and thgt a law establishing an age of j consent for boys at 16 he passed. So . far noi bills of this nature have been i introduced. > ! /< n Wfort is going to be made- to ! ohantfHfciie law with reference to the j !e?*ulniu.' of- ' automobile - - licenses, ~ so i that the tags will be Issued by the j o clerks of court Instead of the state ! highway department. CJovernur ^ Cooper advocated such a plan in his j message. Considerable criticism of , the highway department is being j voiced throughout the state and somf ' of it has found experssion from mem- | bers of the legislature, more in con- J versation, howeevp, than on the floor. ; It is not improbable that sonic change , in the law wiil op made. Indications tow point to adjourn irrnt within the foity day time., LEGISLATIVE NOTES The Lexington county delegaV.cn j fared very well in the apportionment j of committees. Dr. Crosson was as- i i signed to the committees on banlfltig ; and insurance, medical affairs, local j legislation and police regulations. | while the house members will seivc ,>ii Mie following committees: Anvcl: ?Acounts, education, and incorporations. Barr?Agriculture. chums. | roads, bridges and ferries. By brand - j Banking and Insurance. commerce and manufactures, local legislation j The delegation has had several meet- ] ings and is earnestly discussing ways j and means of- reducing county tax's. | They have nothing to give out tor I public: Mon. hut are hopeful that they ! 'ill bo able to accomplish aoim'thing. "ilte finest spirit 'r cooperation >? j vails amonK them. , "Judge" Amiek has been voted the > handsomest man in the house. When | tile Yeomen lobbyists begin to get busy j in earnest the "Judge" will no doubt j come in for bis share of attention. j The house shook off the shackles of precedent and seniority the other day and amended the rules so that each committee should select its own chairmain instead of having the speaker name him. It lias been the custom for years for the speaker to name the nnan oldest in service on the com I mittee ?h chairman. Members were very careful of their seniority anil in nil public documents and on committee stationery the names were arranged in order of length of service. They are now printed alphabetically and seniority has made way for detmoeracy. The Hon. Wilson <r. Harvey of j Charleston, who will be sworn into j otllce next Tuesday, spent part of last I BENEFIT PLAY AT LEXINGTON SCHOOL A play, "The Minister's Wife's New Uonnott," will be given at the Lexington v school auditorium Friday night, January 28. The play is being given under the auspices .of Mrs. R. A. Wayne's Sunday school cla33 of the Main Street M. K. church, Columbia. for the benefit of the new church building. Those that enjoy a g?nd laugh are urged to attend, and they will *?ot go away disappointed. riood r.usic and go"?1 singing w'.tl also be a part of the evcn'ng's entertainment. The price of admission wl" bo (-0 <.'pt's for adults and 25 cents r.t children. Tickets may be had at seven.' of the st")-es In Dcxlngtcn i-ollowing is the program* Cast of Characters. Rev. Grundy, the minister?Mr. Edward Wayne. Ilepsibuh Grundy, his Wife?Miss Elizabeth Truesdale. Samanthu Slick, President of the Sewing Circle?Miss Pauline Wayne. Xodanna Simpkins, who is always asleep?Miss Sarah Sanders. Penelope Perkins, she so precise? Miss Ollle Bull. Agatha Equalls, the Blusterer? Miss Margaret White. Cayenne Pepper, who '3tutters? Miss Doris Price. Dephe Hardahear, who is deaf? Miss Isabel Montelth. Vivian Walker, the City Milliner? Mr. Thayer Boyd. Always Knoxit, as his name applies ?Mr. Carlisle Smith. Billy Butcher, a good fellow?Mr. Roy Harris. ? f HUgh Howler, the Country Sport? "Ggden Wilson. Professor I-Iighvoice, the Choirmaster-?Mr; Austin. * ' Pianist;?Miss Dorothy GilhStlh. , ' Other tnembers of the Ijnprovehnent Coinmitte^, Sewing Circle and Cliolijf Miss Wllma Howerton, Miss lElslo Hook, Miss Myrtls Beach. Miss Ktho! pilham. . ? Scene. "The Parlor of the OhurehV* Orchestra. nr. tiuy li. White, Mr. Guy White, Jr., Mr. John Davis, Mr. Horton, Miss Sadie Gallant, Miss Margaret White hnd Miss Frances Monteith. THIRD OF EXPLOSION VICTIMS TO LOSE EYE Siinmcs Fit-Ids returned to the Columbia hospital Sunday to have his left eye removed. He had been home from the hospital for only a few days, having recovered sufficiently from the wounds received in the Now Year's eve dynamite explosion to leave the hospital, and at the time he was brought home it was thought that his eve would be saved, but he had to 1r carried back Sunday for the operation. lie is the. third of the four >oung men iiurc in the explosion to lose an eye. Frank Fields, who is still in the hospital, and Furman Harmon, who was brought home Sunday, are t:?e other two who >ost an eye each. All of the young men are resting well and improving rapidly. . .. *???> u-viinr ui^ Swansea, Jan. 16.?Miss Willie Mae Sharpe and William Carey Chaplin 'were married lant Sunday afternoon at f? o'clock at the Baptist parsonage 'in St. Matthews by the Rev. \lr. Golthin. Miss Sharpe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Sharpe of Swansea and Mr. Chaplin is a prosperious farmer of Calhoun county. T1IK BON 1IKUR CLUB. Mis. E. Kellers Mitchell will entertain the Bon Heur club Friday afternon at 4 o'clock. week in the senate chamber, gelting familiar with his duties. He was warmly received by the members of the senate. Mr. Harvey is a man of pleasinK personality, with a smile that is contagious. Indications are that he will make a most excellent presiding officer and will have {treat popularity with the senate. Congressman-elect Fuller* ** in the lobby one day ing hands with , f ' pects to i' to j WESTERN CAROLINA BANKPROSPEROUS Mr. John T. Sox, manager of the | local branch of the Bank of Western (Carolina, on Tuesday attended the lUnnuel mooting of the directors and offlcers of the orgnaizatlon in Aiken. The meeting was held In the director's room at tho head office, and officers of tho nine branch institutions together with the head office, management were present. The financial . ~* * 1 . '' wouiuuii ut inn uuuinry was mor bughly gone Into and discussed ^ men who are familiar with tt}r station, and it was the oplnl^pT*r{hote at the meeting that th? ^umtry has^ passed tho low tide^. y-JUslness, and that by fall, this sncVtJn will see business as usual. Tho Bank of Western Carolina is capitalized at $289,300.00, on which capital a total of 16 per cent dividend was paid during tho year, in four installments of 4 per cent. each. The officers of the institution have borrowed $7 00,000.00 In the past few months from outside capital with which to take care of their customers, this being made necessary owing to the largo amount loaned on cotton, which has not been sold. This is the largest amount ever borrowed by tho bank. It was agreed at the meeting Tuesday to renew cotton paper now held until some time in April to assist the . farmer as far as possible in obtaining a fair price for his product. What policy will bo pursued after that time has not been definitely settled. The' officers of the banker enter 1921 confident that the country has passed over the roughest spot in the road to ^prosperity, and that in the next few months business Will again be back to nomal. The officers of the Loxiiigton branch' lire: John T. Sox, managretyvjR. ES. Cook, assistant manager; H. H. Ii?l i . , . ? Jr Jingston, assistant m?ii)A^er; C. M. Ef-* ^Ird, director; W. J. McCJ^rtha, finance. <Mr. Sox was the only officer from LexIlhgttm attending the meeting in* Aiken Tuesfl^i . J. NEXT LYCEUM ATTRACTION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 The next number on the lyceum course is to be at the Lexington school auditorium on the evening of Tuesday, February 8, at which time Miss Helen Louise Wnlcott, impersonator, contralto and pianist, and Mr. Lu Ring, composer, author and operattie tenor, will be the attraction. Miss Walcott has a record of substantial achievement before lyceum and ohautauqua audiences as an en- n tertainer which is a guarantee of her ability, and her unusual power of literary interpretation has aroused en- ,. thusiasm in many parts of the country. Mr. King is one-of the most versatile and talented artists of the lyceum platform. He possesses^ a dramatic, robust tenor of remarkable power and quality which is itself admirably adapted to concert work. This is next to the last number on the lyceum course for this season and should be. one of the very best. Lovers of music will appreciate this opportunity of hearing in our midst musicians of such note. To those who have not season tickets the usual price of 76 cents for adults and 35 cents for children obtains. NEW PACES SEEN WHEN COURT CONVENED TUESDAY With several new county otlicera on th^s job when court of general sessions convened Tuesday morning the court . w>>> i>i cuciucii u. cuangea view to the regular attendants at the sessions. "While Solicitor Callison is not a new man in the court room, this is the first term of court that he has attended in the capacity of solicitor. Sheriff E. Austin Roof and Deputy Sheriff H. C. Oswald are both on the job for the first time. Clerk M. L. Harmon and Court Crier S. L. Rawl, who havo been; In these poSttiQfts for some time, are in their usual places. All the officers are discharging their various duties capably. \WCKICA.V