The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, February 23, 1921, Image 8
P PERSONAL MENTION.
pfe? Auditor W. ,D. Dent and Treasurer
C. E. Leaphart are in Columbia today
on business.
<irC ^iclU IU OC\." ?.ui . i" i aim
Fields on our streets today, after his
. " :awful suffering fropi the unfortunate
blow-up New Year's eve. Though
sorry he is on crutches and the loss
of his left eye.
|? Mr .J .J .Rish, while here lust week
1 made us a pelasant visit and renewed
his paper for another year.
^^^Miss Sara Berly, one of our most
^ Jpopular young ladies visited friends
in St. Matthews last week.
Mrs. M. J. Holland, "Washington,
D. C., kindly remembers her old
county paper with her usual prompt
remittance, and says: "I hope the
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Dispatch-News will continue to be
aa, ^rifle-awake and progressive as at
present. I enjoy reading it very
riinfefc.'*
Mr-. Walter Harman, an industrious
afcdP self-sustaining farmer, of the
Peters section was in town on business
Saturday.
Mrs. Jessie Hook visited her daughter,
Mrs. Ollie Addy, Friday and
setifoed almost as proud of her little
gr&ad'daughter, as its mother is.
Mrs .R. B. Melton, a business lady
of'<J01umbia and a very close friend
of Mrs. G. M. Harmon, is still at Bilt'
more Hospital, N. C., where she underwent
the trying drdeal of an oper-atibn
for appendicitis, but we are
glad she is improving nicely and will
soon be with us again.
Mr. Homer Shealy, one of our
clever citizens, is going to move from
the old Souter place, on Fox street,
to the Geo. Price farm, about ten
xnttes west or town.
Mr. P. S. Rawl from up on Hollow
Creek was in town Friday and ad de4
his name to our subscription list.
The many friends of Coroner Weed
wjdl regret to learn that he has been
quite a sick man for a few days, but
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that his cheerful smiles greet
once again on our streets.
The inclement weather of Saturday
cut short the usual large number of
visitors in town, and consequently a
. <lrop off in trade, but upon the whole,
Lexington is a live town and always
receives her share of the general patronage
of the town and surrounding
country.
Mr. P. T. Crown, accompanied, by
Mrs. Crown and Mr. Townsend Cox,
( ?all of Cayce, were visitors in Lexington
last Thursday.
Mrs. H. L. Harmon and little
daughter have returned home after a
visit to relatives and friends in Tren
ion and Edgeneid.
Mr. Chas. E. Taylor made a business
trip to Chester last week.
Mrs. H. Y. Hathco'ck of Lancaster
is spending a few days with her
daughters, Mrs. Ira M. Sligh and Mrs.
J. M. Moorman.
Miss Annie Lou Taylor spent last
week-end in Batesburg with Miss Mae
Copeland.
Col. .G. T. Graham is at his winter
home in Florida for a few weeks'
visit?
The stork visited the home of Mr.
"Winford Harman last Wednesday and
left a beautiful little boy, Lewis Carroll,
and he looks just like papa.
Mr. Jas. L. Amick. overlooking date
for assessing at Chapin, came over
Saturday and made his return and
while here remembered the DispatchNews.
Mr. J. D. Lorick, Chapin. was in
town Saturday on business.
Mrs. J. C. Kirkland and children
spent week-end at the old home at
Ridge Spring last week.
We regret to note the feeble condition,
.of Mr. Jas. D. Caughman, who
he? keen and is*still a very sick man,
at ihls i-pme, two miles out of town.
.He-has been one . of our most industrious
and best farmers in the county.
jBO I TLVRLKSTON FOR
GRASl> LODGE MEET.
Judge T .L. Harman left Tuesday
night for Charleston, where he goes
to represent Lexington lodge at the
South Carolina grand lodge meeting
of Masons. Mr. Harman is the onlj
representative attending from Lexington
lodge.
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BA( HMAN-FERjULL.
Mr. Thomas C. Bachmari and Mis;
Anhie Ferrill were married February
20." at r. p. m... at the residence o:
the officiating minister. Rev. C. J
ilnv m.vinp-tr.n Si P
Mr. Bach man is a son of Mr. H
P. Bachman of Edmund, ?>. C., an<
MiSS Ferrill is a daughter of Mr
Frank Ferrill of near New Brookland
We wish for them a happy journe;
in life.
AMERICAN LEGION TO MEET.
The regular monthly meeting o
the Lexington Post, American Legion
will be held Thursday night, Febru
ary 26, at the usual place. All ex-ser
. vice men are urged to atentd thi
meeting.
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ROAD TAX CAN BE
PAID BY WORK
>. Columbia, Feb. 22.?Under the
. terms o? the recent act passed in regard
to working the roads in Lexington
county those who have not
j paid their road taxes will have the
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? privilege of working tne roaus m
t of paying the $5 road tax now proj
vided by law. This act has been ratified
and is now a law.
TAX RKKOTATIOX
j GETS RATIFICATION'
Several important acts were ratilied
last night by the house and senate,
the most far reaching probably being
the joint resolution extending the
time for the payment of taxes in
South Carolina until May 1. This resolution
as it was ratified last night,
extends the time for paying taxes un- (
til May 1 with a penalty of 1 per cent,
in January, 2 per cent, in February .
and 3 per cent, in March and April,
with 7 per cent. After May 1, Execu- .
tions are to be placed in the hands of
the sheriff on and after May l.r>.
LKXL>UI'M> JULL uuifl.
We are sorry to note that Mr. Ar
thur Harmon, second hand in spinning
room, had to go to the Baptist
hospital for operation. Hope he will
soon be back home.
Mr .and Mrs. J .1' .Mims went to
Columbia Monday on business.
'We had some snow Monday, the
largest flakes we have seen since
February, 1898, 23 years ago.
The Bereany and Fidelis Sunda
school classes participated in a . fish
fry at the electric plant last Friday
night. Everybody enjoyed this occasion.
Mr. Elisha Waters visited his
cousin, Mr. John Shealy, last Friday
evening.
KEISLER-KLECKLKY.
' An interesting event of the evening
of January 9, was the marriage of
Miss Alma Keisler to' Mr. Walter A.
KJeckley at the residence of the
officiating minister. Be v. J. A. Cromer.
To the strains of Eohengrin's wedding
march, rendered by Miss Thelma
Kleekley, sister of the groom, the
couple entered the parlor and were
married by Rev. J. A. Cromer. The
bride was never more beautiful than J
in her coat suit of brown broadcloth
with accessories to match. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keisler
and is a young woman of pleasing
personalities and many high traits of
character, also having taken an active
part in her church.
AT n loi* ic? n o it ^
?Ul . > iO <V 0\M1 ?Ui U11U
Mrs. R. W. Kleckley. He is a young
^man of character, who has led a useful
life to his church and community,
and is a young farmer of sterling
worth.
ST. STKPHKN'S EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Divine services on Sundays at 1 1 :U0.
a. m. and 7:30 j?. m.
Divine services on Wednesdays at
8:00 p. m.
Sunday school at 10:00 a. in.
On Sunday. February the 27th, the
morning theme will be: "Remaining
True to Ones Religious Vows." The
evening theme will be: "Away from
God One Is Spiritually Bankrupt." On
Wednesday, March the 2d, the theme
will be: "Christ Gives Hope to The
Repentant Thief." Commencing on
Wednesday. February the 23d and
continuing for five Wednesdays and
also on Good Friday, March the 25tli,
the sermons will bo on The Seven
Words or Sentences of Christ from
the Cross. A very cordial invitation
is extended to the public to attend
these services.
ARTHUR OBKXSCHAIX.
Pastor.
j SHERIFF SENDING OUT
! TAX EXECUTION NOTICES.
I
r' Sheriff E. Austin Roof is this week
> mailing out notices to those citizens
i of Lexington county who have not
r yet paid their 1910 taxes, and there
r arc several hundred of them. The
- notices state that if settlement is not
made in ten days warrants will be
issued and property advertised for
sale. Those paying in the next ten
days will be saved the additional
5 cost of mileage, etc. Sheriff Roof has
^ been delayed a little in getting these
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notices out, incident to taking over
* the otlice and other more important
matters.
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i v play at hollow ( rki:k.
i I Th?- play. ''Deacon Dubbs," will be
y j given by the pupils of Hollow Creek j
j school at the school house Saturday j
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i night. Feb. 20, beginning at 7:30 o - j
i
clock. The play will be given under
the direction of Prof. Josephus NichL'
ols, principal of the school. The pub"
lie is invited. A small admission will
" be charged to be applied to the
9 school.
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BATESBURG NEWS.
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Pursuant to a published notice, the ;
Consumer's Owned Store was organ- i
?
ized last Saturday with a capital of
$10,000. e. E. Jones, a well known ;
business man of this town, was elect- I
ed president: Charles B. Kneece, vice j
president: J .13. Reid, secretary and J
+ AT !<*! trill liu t It 1
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manager of the new store. This store j
will he one of a chain of stores oper- j
ating through the American l'urchas- ,
ing Company, which will act as pur- j
chasing agent for all the stores or- '
ganized under this system. It is pro;
posed to open the Batesburg store in
about 20 days, the directors having
options on several desirable sites. ExGovernor,
Sydney J. Catts of Florida,
is'president of this chain of stores
and he spent several days in town
recently giving the initial steps of the
organization his personal attention.
Application has been made for a charter
with the following named direc
tors of the new store: E. P. Jones,
Samuel Collum, Oscar Hartley, R. H.
Hostein, C. W. Hallman, M. P.
Whittle, 1>. 1>. Smith. O. E. Jones,
C. B. Kneeee, J. P?. Reid and M. E.
Edenfield. No other store operating
under this system will be organized
in this territory.
On Wednesday evening, February
16th, in response to a call by Prof.
W. F .Scott, superintendent of the
schools of Batesburg and Leesville, a
large number of our people met at
the Baptist church for the purpose of
organizing a school improvement as-1
sociation. Dr. Charles A. Jones of Columbia
was present and delivered an
interesting address on education and
illiteracy, emphasizing the fact that
South Carolina was three degrees below
any other state in the Union in
the column of illiteracy.^ After the
address of Dr. Jones, the association
organized with the following officers:
President, Hon. Barrett Jones, .mayor
of Batesburg; Vice-Persident, Mrs.
W .P .Timmerman: Secretary. Mrs.
Leon H. Wright- Treasurer, Henry
Fulmer. The various committees were
appointed by the president, and the
next meeting of the association will
be held at the Batesburg Methodist
church the second Friday nigfcit in
March.
Ira C. Carson has opened up an insurance
office on the second floor in
the Cooner building and will conduct
a general insurance business. Mr. Car- !
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son is well known to the people of
this section and for a number of
years was cashier of tin- First Nation- i
al Bank of Batesburg.
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A slight snow fell here Monday |
morning but did not stay on the
ground but a few hours. The snow
was followed by rain in the afternoon.
The rainy weather since Christmas
lias caused our ianners 10 oe con- |
siderably behind with farm work. But j
very little plowing has beer, done to j
date.
Washington's birthday was oh- !
served by the banks and post olfice.
STEELE-SUAKPE.
On Sunday afternoon February 111,
Miss Minnie Steele ol' Barrs and Mr.
Ernest G. Sharpe of Edmund were
united in marriage at the Methodist
parsonage at Swansea by the liev. ii.
C. Griffith. ...
Mrs. Sharpe is the accomplished
daughter of Mr. and M\s. Henry
Steele of Barrs, and is one of the
teachers in the Sharpe's Hill school.
Mr. Sharpe is the son of the late
Senator and Mrs. W. H. Sharpe and
is engaged in farming at Edmund.
Tlie marriage came as a surprise to
their many friends.
They are making their home with
Mr. Sharpe's mother.
BOX liEl K CU B.
The Bon Hour club will be entertained
this Friday evening at ! o'clock
bv Mrs. Chas. E. Taylor.
HEItl) RK('AFTCKEI?.
W. \V. Herd, tlu* federal prisoner j
who escaped from the Lexington jail
about ten days ago, was captured in
Columbia last Thursday, and brought1
to Lexington Friday morning and
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again put behind the bars, flerd is
serving a three months sentence, and
at the time of his escape had only
another month to serve. His home
is in Detroit. Mich.
Ill KT IN PLAY.
Mr. Samuel A. George, a Wofford
college senior, was painfully hurt
last week while engaged in an athletic
contest on the college campus.
He is doing nicely, but it is still necessary
for him to use crutches.
nkw (hop <;aki>i;.\ .ski u\
Fresh garden seeds, in papers and
bulk, all popular varieties of well
known vegetables grown in ibis section.
grown by reliable seedsmen and
true to name or variety, onion sets
and cabbage plants.
HARMON DIU'O CO.
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MRS. SAM D. DERRICK f
SUSTAINS FATAL BURNS
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Last Friday evening about half
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past eight o'clock the surrounding j
community of Steedman received a j
shock when they heard the sad news V
of an accident, that occurred to Mr. *
Sam I). Derrick and family. Mrs. Der- j
rick was in the kitchen looking after j
her family duties and when she j
nicked un a lamn it exnlod d in her !
hand thus causing the flames from {
the kerosine to saturate her very
person. She was severely burned
and lived only until Saturday evening.
Those who came to her rescue j
and those who were around her when I
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the accident happened were burned j
badly. The ones receiving burns besides
Mrs. Derrick are her husband/
Sam D. Derrick, her daughter, Essie
Williams, her two grandchildren and 1
her brother, Henry Shumpert.
Linnie Ida. daughter of Jacob A.
and Elitha Shumpert was born July
13, 1S78 and departed this life February
13, 1921, thus making her stay
upon earth 42 years, 7 months, and
6 days. About the year 189S, she was >
married to Sam D .Derrick, who remains
to mourn her death. To this
union were born seven children, of
which five are living and' two are
dead. Those living are Essie, Edna,!
Clayborn, Earnest and Ora Lee.
Mrs. Derrick, was . consecrated to.
her'Heavenlv Father bv the holv act
of baptism in her infancy'and about
twenty-five years ago.. she became a
cigjifirmed member of St. John's E.
L?<*#urcji. . It can be truthfully said
of iter that she remained a faithful
member'until death. i
As a mother she was uevoted to
her children and loved them with an
untiring love and was at all times
ready to render a mother's service to i
the entire family. She was a devoted !
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wife and took great pride in the de-j
velopment of her home and com- !
munity. May her life of consecrated J
and untiring service ever be sweet to !
our memories and shall ever live in j
our hearts. i
Those left to mourn her death are j
a father and mother, a husband, five i
children, four brothers: Willie Shum- !
pert. Ollie Shumpert, Henry Shum- j
pert of Steed/nan and John Shum- j
pert <v" Pelion; three sisters, Corrie I
Taylor, Sallie Taylor and Diecy Ivy- 1
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zer, all of Steedman, and a host of j
relatives and loved ones.
The funeral services were eonduct- ;
ed at the home of the bereaved fam-1
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It has never been the poi.
cause we have always be
PRICES as good busines
the real profits
However, the conditions
soon begin the actual wo
plete and up-to-date depi
this it is very necessary 1
this reason we are puttin
ments so low that the go
It is impossible to
otterring goods at.
normal and astoni
the war now in 01
will be pleased wi
For ten days I\
will run a Remodl
so that we give or
their early spring
afford to pass our
do not expect to n
dise so that our n<
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ily by her pastor. Rev. B.JJ. Wessinger
and she was laid to vest in St.
John's E. E. church cemetery.
Our deepest and heartfelt sympathies
are for those who mourn her
death.
FACTS ABO IT COTTON.
Production of cotton in Russia is
confined almost exclusively to the
Asiatic provinces of Turkestan and
the Transcaucasia.
Since the outbreak of the Croat
War in I914 production of cotton in
Russia has averaged about 750,000
bales annually.
World carry-over at July :jl. 1920,
of cotton grown outside of the L'nited
States was 2,100.000 bales greater ,
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than it was at the end oi the previous
year.
World carry-over at Juiy 31, 1920,
of cotton grown outside of in the
l'nitcd States, according to Hester,
was 6,086,000 bales.
During the year 1918 the proportion
of world's mill supply of cotton
contributed by each country was as
follows: United States 56.7 percent.
British India 22.4 percent. Egypt 5.9
percent. China 5.7 percent. Brazil 2.8
percent. Russia 2.2 percent, all
other 4.3 percent.
World production of cotton destined
for factory consumption in 19 19
is indicated by. U. S; Census figures
to have been 19,260,000 balofe, not
including 582,000 bales ot,'* Iititersi In
the United States.
World production cf cotton Jor factory
consumption.in. IV9 was 1,100-.
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000 bales greater than the amotfrit
consumed. .. .*
World consumption of American
cotton is running 25 percent below
what it did last year, but the estimated
production,; government figures,
is 1,662,000 bales greater.
There is now enough cotton in the
world, unspun. to last nearly two
: ears.
Cotton is produced extensively in
many sections of C'.hina. Most of it is
spun by hand in the homes of the
people, but reliable estimates place \
the quantity of Chinese cotton from j
the crop of 1910 which reached commercial
channels at 1,100,000 bales.
During the years 1S62 and 1S63
total production in the United States
averaged less than 375,000 bales ot
cotton annually. The world managed
to get along.
First cotton seed watt planted in
Virginia at Jan\estown in 1607. Cotfin
Prif
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^emodlii
icv of this store to conduct s;
lieved in giving EVERY '
s methods would allow, depe
are different with us just a
rk of remodeling this store ir
artment store buildings in th<
:'or us to have our stock dowi
ig on sale, and we have mad*
ods must move.
enumerate the low pi
Everything in the
shing prices. It is 1
ir store. Come and
th the goods and the
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'iimnaugn s orear l
ling Sale. Prices are
ir customers all the c\
\ clothes at a price
doors. Our pricps
nake much but it wil
;w fixtures will not b(
ItnriAiicff
nt Store, J0o
on and Main, C
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ton was introduced into ail the
ern colonies by the first settler&^^^^^^^H
The Spanish invader in 1519
cotton clothing in common use^^^^^g^H
Mexico, and Cortez received
line cotton fabrics from the hand^H^^^H|
the great Montezuma.
Statements to the elfect that Egyj^^^^^U
tian mummies were wrapped in
ton fabrics have been disproved.
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In the first chapter of Esther def^^^^^^H
reference is made to the use
cotton "hanging" at the feast \vhic^^^^^^|
King Ahasuerus gave, about 519
World carry-over of American
.ton .July 31, 1920, U. S. Census^^H^^H
figures on the domestic supply
chronicle fibures on stocks helil^^^^M
abroad, was 6,149,039 bales.
11 U YLER-REIXJIARDT.
Miss Mamie Huyler of Lexington*'.
and Mr. F. E. Reinhardt of Jackson-'
ville. Fla., were married Monday in
Columbia by the Rev. Truesdale. The1?
wedding came as a surprise to the
friends of the young couple, they
ing kept it secret until the time
the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard^^H^H
left yesterday for Washington, N. C.j^^^BH
where Mr. Reinhardt will be manager^^^^^B
of the Western Union Telegraph
fice. and where they will make* theiffj^^M
home. I< JM
PLAY AT PINK RIDGE. j | / I
Theer will tie a play- given at Piife | ^
Ridge fahoi- house,; ^Febru^ry. 2$,| i
promptly at 7:'30. Come one and all ' >3
and' be convinced 'at thei great trans-?L| 1
formation before your own eyes. 4 ? J
SAVE YOUR TEETH. T 1
Good teeth are essential to good
health. You have them but once in
a life time. Preserve them. We are '
offering absolutely free -for a short; ^
time a beautiful Gold Fish with every
purchase of any Tooth Paste, Tooth
Powder or Dentifrice, all popular
tooth pastes, tooth powders and den- y ^
tifrices at regular prices. Call and ask
about our free offer.
HARMON DRUG CO.. i
The REX ALT, Store.
Palmafesta 1
Palmetto State Festival '
Columbia, Mch. 28 to April 2d
h?
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:es At i
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* no
n a .
ig Sale 1
ales of this nature, be*
DaY JUST AS LOW
riding upon volume for
t this time. We shall
lto one of the most com- ;
3 South. In order to do
i to a minimum. For
; the prices in all depart- ??
1
rices we are now j
store is down to J
ike buying befofe
see us and you \
prices.
)epartment Store ;J
: fix^d in this salt* II 1
lance to purchase , '
which none can
are such that we
1 move merchan;
crowded.
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IN L. MIMNAUGH,
'wner and Manager.
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