The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, April 13, 1921, Image 5
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WILL MEET IN CHATTAN006A
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Many Matters Related to Future Work
Will Come Up for Consideration
J3 v' S ** the Annual. Convention
. " May 12 to 18.
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S !' ; ' DR. E. Y.- MULLINS
.. . , President Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary/ Who is Touring South.
Following the close of the second
year of the Baptist 75 Million Cami
paign April 30, several thousand messengers
from the local churches are
expected to assemble at Chattanooga,
Tenn., for the seventy-sixth annual
session of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The Convention met in
Chattanooga last in May, 1906, and
dforing the interim there ha? been a
marked growth In every department
of the Convention's activities and in
the numbers and work of the local
churches as well. The total number of
Baptists reported to the Convention in
1906 was l,85i>,784, while last May,
fourteen years later, when the body
/ met in Washington, the total membership
of the local churches as reported
was 2,961,348, or a gain of 1,105,564.
The returns for this year are not yet
available, but inasmuch as it is known
, there were practically 175,000 addi,
tions to the local churches last year
by baptism alone, there is every reason
to believe the showing for 1921
will be even larger.
Growth Shown in All Lines.
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At the same time there has been a
marked increase in the membership
' of the churches, there has been a dis?a
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11HCI itll V cLiiCtr iu tui ucycuiuicuia ui
local and denominational work, it is
1 cet out. The total number of local
churches has grown from 20,129 in
: 1906 tot 25,303 in 1920; the total number
ef Sunday Schools from 11,332 to
17,686; and the number of Sunday
School pupils from 857,244 to 1,835,936,
an increase of more than 100 per
cent The value of local church property
has mounted from 4,501,122 in
1906 to $74,273,728 in 1920, an increase
of more than 160*0 per cent, while contributions
to missions and benevolences
in 1906 were $1,501,396.67, as
* ' compared to $7,331,266.55 in 1920, an
advance of practically 500 per cent.
Fourteen years ago the contributions
to all purposes in a year wdre $5,941,283^44,
as against $21,327,446.67 for
1920. ,
Next Meeting Important
The approaching session of the
. ^ v Convention is regarded as vitally important
to the future of the denomination's
work. It is hoped that by the
Convention two-fifths of all subscriptions
to the 75 Million Cnmpa;~~: will
have been paid in cash and that the j
program for the completion of the;
remainder of the campaign task can!
he formulated at this time. Dr. J. B.'
Gambrell, president of the Convention,
and Dr. E. Y. Mullins, who recently
completed a tour of Europe, where
they carried fraternal greetings to the
Baptists of that continent, will give
their impressions of Baptist opportunity
in that country, while Dr. George
W. Truet and Dr. J. F. Love, who rep
resented the Foreign Mission Board
at the London Conference last sum-;
mer when the mission fields of Europe ;
were considered, will tell of the new
territory of Spain, Jugo-Slavia, Hungary,
Roumania and Southern Russia
which Southern Baptists are asked t.c
occupy. This territory is as large as
,the Southern State* and has a population
of 128,000,000.
All the hoards of the Convention
will report the largest year's accomplishments
in their history, the Home
j Misaion Board being scheduled to re
~ port the completion of its million tlol
lar loan fund for church building, iD
addition to the aiding of a thousand I
churches during the year with gifts |
t and loans for the erection of new'
' houses of worship. The Sunday School!
Board will report more than $1,000,00C!
" in sales for the year and with colleo
tions as well as sal-es better than ai
previous time In Its history.
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-~VAU<* I- .)sll'JPriil) StJICLDE ;
t EST FLORIDA JAIL.
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T. Vanchr former superintendent
of t' S; Carolina Odd Fellows'homo.
: dtted suicide in the
dbuhty jail r- Tampa, Fla., where
he wae be-ins held for extradition by
the South Carolina authorities.
Vaughn. while order dehth sentence
foi^ aSsauit on several children, less
than *14 years old, inmates of ttfe
home of which he was superintendent',
esfcaped frorii' the state hospital,
where he was under observation for
his sanity. He: <vent directly to Florida,
where he was engaged, under theassumed
name of Earle, as a teacher,
being principal of the school at Port
Tampa at the time of his arrest. He
was recognized on the streets of
Tampa by a former Columbian, who
had him arrested and lodged in jail
10 await extradition to South Carolina.
Sheriff Heise of Richland county
proceeded to Florida, but arrived after
the prisoner had committed suicide,
bringing the body back to Columbia,
where it was positively identified.
When first arrested Vaughn made
several attempts to take his own life,
but was frustrated in each instance
and was at first confined in a straight
jacket He was soon afterwards, on
showing a return to sanity, placed in
a cell with several prisoners, under
arrest'for murder, and on the morning
of thfe suicide a razor which was
supposed to .go,, the rounds of the.
prisoners for .th.e, purpose of shaving
fell into his hands. He immediately
proceeded to cut His throat, using a
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powerful stroke, which almost severed.
Jiis, head from the body-. Heath
'was immediate and occurred before'
any aid could be rendered.
. Though said to. have a wile and.
several children in this state, Vaughn.,
had married again in Florida, his
wife being a Miss Beamguard of York
county, a former nurse at'the hospital,
whose acquaintance he made during
his confinement in that institution
and who went to Florida about
nine months after Vaughn's escape
and became his bride. According to
Dr. Williams, there is no evidence to
connect Miss Beamguard with the
escape of Vaughn and she will not
be brought back to South Carolina.
At last accounts she was in a hospital
at Tampa, ill from shock. She is
a sister of Miss Beamguard, also a
nurse at the hospital, who committed
suicide last fall as a result of a
love affair.
The death of Vaughn brings to a
close an unpleasant case. While
awaiting trial in the Greenville county
jail, Vaughn escaped but was recaptured
in Baltimore. He was found
guilty and sentenced to be electrocuted,
but was removed to the state
hospital in order that his sanity might
be established. He escaped from the I
hospital about two years ago and has
since been in Florida, where he
taught school in several towns.
CROSS ROADS DOTS,
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Messrs. John Taylor and Dewey
Boon motored their best girls to New
Brookland last Saturday afternoon j
and took in the show Saturday night.
Prof. C. G. Williams and family
motored to Columbia last Saturday;
also Mrs. D. L. Jefcoat and son, Wil-';
lie.
Miss Grace Fallaw spent the weekend
with Misses Rosa and Lillie j
Pound.
Mrs. Ashby Lloyd is visiting her
father, Mr. R. E. Pound, near Gas- j
ton.
Mr. Legree Jeff coat visited Miss j
Marie Argoe Sunday afternoon.
Messrs Elijah Jefcoat and Mr. Kel- J
lar Jefcoat visited their sister, Mrs. j
,C. G. Williams, Sunday afternoon.
Messrs Willie and Elijah Jefcoat, j
accompanied bv Prof. C. G. Wil- <
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iiams, attended the reception at Suinmeiland
college, Monday night.
BLUE EYES.
ST. MATTHEWS DOTS.
Jack Frost has come again. Guess
the folks will be planting their gardens
over. But we still hope that fruit
will not be killed.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Keisler and j
children spent Sunday with Mr. and '
Mrs. J. A. Keisler.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Keisler and j
children spent Sunday with Mr. and i
Mrs. E. W. Keisler and children. 1
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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Crout spent Sun- ;
day with Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Bal- j
lington. j
Misses Lessie and Estell Keisler i
spent Sunday with Miss Thelma Me- j
Cartha.
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Misses Mae. Essie anu Lesie Crout, j
Ellie Keisler .and Emily McCartha, j
in company with Mr. Ester Crout;
all worshipped at Pond Branch last
Sunday.
DISTILLED WATER.
Distilled water for autos and storage
batteries. Bottled in clean quart
bottles or sold any quantity as you
want it.
HARMON DRUG CO..
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; liVB NEWS FROM Uf j
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| \ AND AROUND EDMUND.
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Well, here we are again, and, for
' the life of us, we haven't the rei
motest ide?a what we are going to
j write, but before we will even menj
tion the weather or the "health of
J our community," we won't say' a
! word, so there you are.
j Anyway, we are afraid to say much
j for fear that it was our "grammy|
tickle" mistakes, as the old lady said,
j that caused the editor to get called
'down. We may.not always be grami
matieally correct, but our intentions
! are good, and it' we make a mistake
j or two. the super-aesthetical readers
may skip us, we won't feel slightI
ed.
i
j Mentally, we gave the editor a
'^sympathetic hand clasp. We have
| been bawled out so often and so fed
| up on advice as how to run our little
j affairs till sometimes it palls our ap,
petite for human companionship and
j we decide that Robinson Crusoe was
lucky in his lonely exile on the isJ
land,, and, were we in a like'situation,
think that we should feel inj
clined to kill any man Friday that
j broke into our solitude, instead of
I
, giving him "the glad hand."
i Truth is, teachers and editors are]
! t
| the most "jacked up" people in the!
i world, and we suspect that the editor ,
I happened to be the first person met
f after some Johnny's or Mary's "Maw"
or Paw" had called down the
; teacher, and the teacher "passed it
\ on." We know whereof we speak,
1 for we have "been through the mill"
! both as "bawler" and "bawlee."
! It is gratifying to know that the
; nnfntn warehouse is an assured fact.
At first, its fate seemed to be '-'hang-1
ing in the balances." It seems to be
a hard matter to get farmers to take
to the idea of cooperation. Possibly,
it is a result of the old "gold brick"
days when farmers were so easily
j fleeced of their hard-earned dollars.
] However, we hope it wil not be long
I till it gets in full swing in South Caroi
lina as it has in some states.
| Another thing, we think there is
j too much publicity connected with
! the farmer's business. The governj
ment reports, the number of livestock
i he owns, how many acres he plants
1 and of what. If the authenticity of
' these reports were unquestionable, it
! would be a different matter, but in
: many cases, we believe, it is mere
j guess work, therefore misleading. If
1 the gamblers knew less of how many
I bales of cotton are raised and how
, many bushels of corn and wheat are
' marketed, he couldn't victimize us so
I
j easily. Sometimes we think that the.
1 old farmer, who wrote on the back of
i the report card sent him to fill out
1 "Xone of your darned business" and
! returned it, was right,
j Mr. A. Stork, one of our most pro- j
| gressive farmers, and family spent
j Sunday in Columbia visiting rela!
tives.
' Mr. and Mrs. Ernest (J. Sharpe visited
the latter's brother at Eureka
Sunday.
I Mr. Jim Addy spent the week-end j
with Horace Tanner. j
| The Edmund school closed last j
i Friday. Exercises by the pupils and |
i a basket picnic were enjoyed by those |
' 1
[ attending.
| ' Little' Miss Caroline Griffith cele- j
- brated her twelfth birthday Sunday i
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! by inviting a few of her immediate
| relatives to enjoy the delightful din;
ner prepared by her mother.
Times are hard, money is scarce
| (and if we hadn't said we wouldn't
i mention the weather, we would say
! the weather was cold), but as long as
we can enjoy strawberries and cream
and strawberry pie, we still feel that j
life is worth the living.
DOTS FROM HERE AND THERE.
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Farmers seem to be planting right j
along; not much cotton but plenty of;
corn. ?
There was a large crowd at the
wedding at Mr. and Mrs. J. E .Miles,'
when their daughter. Miss Annie, be- |
came the bride of Mr. Cellus Oswald, ,
April 9, 1921.. Those present were;
Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Shealy and j
family, Mr. H. E. Seav, Mr. M. J. j
i
j Ly brand. Mr. and Mrs. Jones Ander- j
son.
Miss Agnes Miles and sisters visited
Mrs J. M. Shealy Sunday.
Mr. J. M. Shealy has a bad leg.
but is better at this writing.
Miss Agnes Kyzer and sister spent
last Sunday at Mr. J. H. K. Ly brand's.
Mr. H. E. Seay called on his best
Kil l OUIlUil.Y II IK 11 1
Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Shealy wore
in Gilbert shopping just recently.
EGG PRESERVER
Prepared Solution of Water Glass
The simplest and best preparation
for preserving eggs. Colorless and
odorless and does not impart any
flavor to the eggs. Full directions for
use. Convenient size, quart cans, will
put up 12 dozen or more at a small
cost.
HARMON DRUG CO.,
Lexington. S. U
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PERSONALS
Mr. Ben Hook, Barrs, was here yes- {
ter'day buying- supplies, etc. i
Mr. and S. J. Derrick, of Swan- j
,soa, were visitors up this way today, j
Mrs. John Roof of Barrs, was in j.
town yesterday busy shopping.
Mrs. S. D. Hook, Barrs, was a I
lively patron in the dry goods stores i
Tuesday.
Mrs. Wilbur Roberts, Providence, '
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always a welcome customer at our;
stores, was here yesterday busy.
Mrs. H. H. Boozer, one of our!
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ree-nlar business visitors, was here !
Tuesday, busy as she could be.
Mrs. Weber Rawl, of Providence,!
was a busy shopper here Monday, j
Mr. Johnnie Roberts, one of our!
substantial citizens and good farmers, i
1 4
Providence, was here on business. |
yesterday.
Misses Julia Dick ley and Louise ;
Kyzer, two of our admired youngj
ladies, were visitors to Columbia j
Saturday.
We regret to note that Mr. Wilbur I
Redd's little boy is at the Columbia j
hospital under Dr. Weston's treat- j
ment.
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The daughters of Mrs. J. J. ;
Schwartz, Mrs. Annie Felder and I
Mrs. Hattie MeCartha visited her
here Sunday. ,
The Porth Bros, are giving a series j
of picture shows in various parts of j
the county, to the satisfaction of the
public. They are here, today arrangJhg
their circuit.
Mr. R. L .Huffstettler, of Chapin,
R. 4, who has been visiting his sis
ter. Mrs. R. L. Amick, was in town
Monday.
Look at the label on your paper
and keep it in advance if you wish
to receive the paper regularly.
Messrs. L. 15. and W. E. Friek,
t\?o of the good farmers of the Fork
section, were in town yesterday on
business. They report sonic frost the
last two mornings, and are afraid the
grain crop has been damaged, with
fruit seriously hurt.
Mr. R. V. Lucas of Sandy Run w:=sj
a Lexington visitor today.
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Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Derrick <-fj
Swansea were in Lexington "Wednesday
and paid the printers a visit.
Mr. E. It. Hipp of Little Moun-j
tain was a business visitor here Wet'-j
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Nichols. ?>*'
Columbia, spent a pleasant day wi it.
Mr. and Mrs. It. F. Mizell, near tk j
depot, on April 3d.
Mr. L. W. Hyler, son of Mr. an i j
Mrs. J. W. Hyler is improving af-j
ter an illness of about three weel .* I
f Mr. D. M. Williams, one of Swr. - [
sea's oldest and best citizens, w: j
up Saturday looking after his pensi< u
and made ua a pleasant call.
We were more than glad, last F: i :
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day, to have a call from Rev. and |
Mrs. J. S. Riddle, of Ballcntine. They '
are among many of our old since j
friends. We have shared the hosji- j
tality of this good old couple an 1
were pleased everytime to be with
them. i
Mr. B. E. Craft, the popular!
cashier of the Bank of Swansea, was j
in town Monday on business.
. Mrs. F. L. Hyler and son, Frank,
COMMON WITCHHAZEL
FINE FOR SORE EYES;
It is surprising how quickly eye in -
flammation is helped by common:
witchhazel, camphor, hydrastis, etc., i
i
as ruixed in Lvoptik eye wash. One\
elderly lady, who had been troubled i
with chronic eye inflammation for i
many years, was greatly helped in two j
days. We guarantee a small bottle
of Lavoptik to help ANY CASE weak,
strained or inflamnied eyes. Aluminum
eye cup FREE. Harmon Drug
Co.
MANY LIKETHIS
INLEXINGTON
Sniilar Cases' Being Published in
Each Issue.
The following case is but one of
many occurring daily in Lexington.!
It is an easy matter to verify it. You
cannot ask for better proof.
Lewie Hall, jeweler, Main St., Lex-,
ington, says: "Kidney trouble bothered
me in the worst way some years
ago. Oftentimes I had ro stay away
from my business, 1 was so bad off.
Dizzy spells bothered me and my
sight was affected. My back ached
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3.11 U1C ume, 3X111 11 \V US iicLiu l\j uv;uu
over. The kidney secretions passed
too often and broke my sleep at
night. I felt tired out all the time,
and at times the secretions were highly
colored and contained sediment.
I tried different remedies^ without
getting relief, until 1 used Doan's
Kidney Pills. It wasn't long before
Doan's cured me of all the trouble,
and I haven't been bothered since." j
Price GOc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Prlls?the same that Mr.
Hall had. Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfrs.,
Buffalo. N. Y. 1
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mother, Mrs. Price of Columbia, for ^
a few days.
Mrs. J. W. Hyler and daughter,
Mrs. Clarence Sharpe, spent last ti
Friday in Columbia shopping and also b
paid Mrs. Hyler's son, Vera, a visit, 8
who is now sick in the hospital at ^
Camp Jackson. Glad to say he is im- b
proving.
Mr. T. G. Leaphart and son of *
Columbia, spent Saturday with Mr. c
Leaphart's aunt, Mrs. J. W. Hyler, rj
near the depot.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Kaminer, Mr. J
and Mrs. Mizejl and little son, Rob-l< ,
ert, and Mr. McCarthy spent a pleas- J ^
ant afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Job
o
Harman Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Mizell and
littte <snn T?nhprt Jr.. have reronttv
amoved from Charleston and are now living
near Lexington depot. Mrs. Mizell
is the next oldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Hyler.
PI XE VIEW SCHOOL.
There will be a moving picture
show at Pineview school house Friday
night. April 15, beginning at 8:30
o'clock. Remember we have a Fatty
Arbuckle and other famous comedy
star plays, also other good pictures.
PAPE'S DIAPEPSiN , j .
CORRECTS STOMACH, I j
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I ENDS INDIGESTION | !
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"Pape's Diapepsin" is the quickest, ]
surest relief for Indigestion, Gases, r
Flatulence, Heartburn, Sourness, Fermentation
or Stomach Distress caused ^
by acidity. A few tablets give almost 1
1 O IA OIAW # ? i /\^ AM/1
auMu^uiaiA^ oiA/uuxui icuci auu ?n \ji uj ?
the stomach is corrected so you can eat
favorite foods without fear. Large case ^
costs only few cents at drug store. 1
Millions helped annually. ?
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Gasol
26c
Keros
1 15c
CAUGHMAN-f
LEXINGT
Everyone who has a Washing
one of our Washing Machine
tomatically drain the machine
iently near a faucet. Write u
of our Little Giant Clothes E
with the unsightly Clothes lin
less of an ornament than an E;
way of hanging out clothes is.
price.
Columbia Suppl
8 ?.3 West Gervais St.
NEW G
1 WISH to announce t
opened a garage for the re
at the stand formerly occupi
NEAR FAIR
Nothing but first class
cord with present cotton pri
BRING US YOU
BE SURE OF SA
WE need no introducti
thifc community. Everybody
we turn out
Oswald's
H. CROMER OS
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Mr. W? D. George has let the
ract for the erection of a brick
uilding on the lot near hid hcfejgb ^
t the depot. The size of the sto?/
rill be 30x100 feet. Material is noi
eing placed on the Igrou^ds OBC
rork on the building will stiart in h
ew days. Mr. George at present isr ocupying
a wooden structure -near the
ailroad.
CHEROKEE SCHOOfc.
There will be a moving-' picture 5
how at Cherokee school house Mon- j*
ay night, April lS, beginning at '8.:^^^
'clock. Remember we have a
Lrbuckle and other famous star
lays, also other good pictures. *i
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?>ray
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ASPIRIN 1
Name "Bayer" on Genuine
Warning! Unless you see the natiii
'JBayer!' , on package or on tablets yo
ire not getting genuine' Aspirin prescribed
by physicians fbi* twenty-onrears
and proved safe> by millions
rake Aspirin only as told in th?
Bayer package for Colds, Headache.
Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache
roothache, Lumbago and for Pain
riandv tin bovcs of twelVe Bayer Tab
ets of Aspirin cost few cents. Druggists
also sell larger papckages. As
ia fhe? mrtrk of ' Baver
Manufacture of Monoaoeiracidester o'
5alicylicacid.
(
ine
Gallon
>ene
Gallon
[AMINER CO
ON, S. C. j
Machine ought to have r |
Drainers that will auwhenever
it is convents
for circular. Also one
leels, which does away
e and really is more or
resore such as the usual
Write for circular and
y Company
Colombia, S. C
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\RAGE II
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;o the public that I have
pair of all makes of cars
ied by Snelgrove's garage,
GROUNDS.
work and at prices in acces.
R CARS AND
TISFACTION.
on to the auto owners of
r knows the kind of work
Garage
WALD, Prop.