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?tje Qlspatrh-Neuis Published Every Wednesday By SLIGH & WALKER, Lexington, S. C. G. M. HARMAN, Associate Editor. Etered 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 an renuiumvev w SLIGH & WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews, Lexington*, S. C. Phone 119. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1921. I WE SHOULD MAKE A START. Undoubtedly Representative Fulmer voiced the sentiment of the majority of his constituents when he! made a plea in congress last week for the passage of a resolution which | would have forced the administration to take the initiative towards bringing the nations of the world together for the; purpose of at least discussing plans for world disarmament. A study of the figures which express the enormous sums which the , people are called upon to give up for purely war purposes is astonishing in; its relation to the tptal expenditures of the country. So long, however, as j we live in a world ready to war we * ! must nave aaequa.ce pruiccuuu ivt ourselves. If the world must needs stay armed ,then America should have a navy representative of her ' greatness and amply able to cope with any prospective enemies. But it is high time the world was getting ? away from the barbaric practice ofj war. The United States, by reason of her ability to lead in any race for armament, is the one nation which is in position to lead the world in the ways of peace. The example of this country would be a potent influence, and our responsible statesmen should see that the world is at least invited by our country to take the first step to end war. Failing in such an effort, we should, see that no defense for our country is lacking. Congress did not see fit to pass the resolution?we can hope for the reason that it did not care to hamper our first line of defense, and that it will by proper resolution endeavor to draw the world together for a discussion of reduction of armaments. RAILROAD RATES. It has often been a mystery to us why the railroads showed a deficit in the flood time of prosperity, when practically all lines were congested with traffic and it was next impossible to move stuff on time. Of course the railroad executives blamed it on high labor cpsts, which has been generally j accepted by the public, because the public was aware: , .of many cases where some classes of railroad workers were too highly paid. But high labor costs have not been entirely responsible. A gentleman well inV formed on the ins and outs of .the business gave the writer a little sidelight on some reasons why railroads failed to show a profit and therefore Wfre allowed to suck at the public teat under the Esch-Cummins law, a vicious piece of Republican legislation. The aforesaid gentleman is of the opinion that the ownership of corporations doing business with the railroads by those who owned or controlled the railroads had a large finger in the pie. By paying exorbitant , . prices for material to companies owned by the railroad magnates the roads were, helped to make out a deficit though the side line companies made tremendous profits. One particular case in point, said this gen tleman, was the ownership of certain locomotive works by railroad magnates, to which were sent engines for repairs when it had been proven that the same work could have been done on the locomotives in the railroad shops for one-tenth the sum paid. If this be true we should have a general investigation of the railroad business before the public is asked to dig any deeper in its treasury to keep up arj industry that ought to be self-supporting.. There is little doubt that the railroad workers would be willing to accept some, reduction in wages if the cut was to' be applied to the reduction of rates, and neither the workers nor the country .will be kindly disposed to a reduction in operating expenses that does not afford corresponding relief to shippers. There is an insistent demand, increasing in volume, for a reduction, particularly . : ; J in freight rates. On ma,njr commoaities the freight is now more than the value of the commodity and the charge is frequently made that stuff can be shipped from Galveston to European ports and back to New York, landing there and reshipped to interior points at less cost for freight than if shipped by rail direct from Galveston to New York. As a result many industries like the lumber business are at a standstill, while the whole country is in need of houses and workmen are idle. Nobody wants to have railroad rates fixed at a point where they are unprofitable, because transportation is a vital necessity, but unless they are materially reduced the country nrili have dn hnsinpss nW a d.'fferpnt basis. ARTIFICIAL TIMES. The present times are artificial and cannot possibly last. There must either be a readjustment or a more general collapse. With most farm products selling below the cost of production while many commodities are only slightly lower than the high peak, the producers of the country are in a hole from which they will sooner or later extricate themselves. A gentleman from Florida informed the writer a few days ago that the orange growers had been hard hit by low prices and yet dwellers in our towns and cities are havng to pay almost war time prices for the fruit. One informant is authority for the statement that the cost of transportation was as great or greater than the cost of the oranges. Sooner or later these things must be regulated it we are to avoid disaster. i Anyhow the boli weevil has not been "deflated." , , - I If you are expecting to buy Western bread, meat and hay with cheap cotton foregt it and get busy before it is too late and make your living at home. It couldn't be done successfully on 40-cent cotton. Nobody, knows what cotton will bring this fall. THE MAN WHO QUITS. The man who quits has a brain and hand As good as the next, but he lacks the sand That would make him stick, with a courage stout. To whatever he tackles and fight it out. \ He starts with a rush, and a solemn vow T'Vi <-? + VioMl onnn Ko oVirvTOino' tho nthora how: i Then something new strikes his roving eye: And his task is left for the bye and bye. It's up to each man what becomes of him; He must find in himself the grit and vim, That bring success; he can get the' skill, If he brings to the task a steadfast will. I , No man is beaten till he gives in; Frrd luck can't stand for a cheerful grin; The man who fails needs a better excuse Than the quitter's whining "What's the use?" ?Charles R. Barrett in University News. THE TENDENCY OF THE TIMES. "Thank God I haven't a daughter," exclaimed a middle-aged man the other day. "Whenever I see a lot of little flappers with their faces smeared with cosmetices, and their hair combed like a Syke terrier's and their skirts up to their knees, I bless Heaven that not one of the them belongs to me. "And I we^p with sympathy to think how their own fathers must feel when they see their daughters dressed with an utter disregard for all decency, and painted up until you can't tell them from the women of the street. And when I think that my boy will probably marry one of these silly little brainless creatures, whose whole idea in life is shimmying and jazzing, I feel that the kindest thing that I could do would be to take him out and kill him to save him from a fate worse than death. "What's the matter with the modern girl, anyway? Why has she no sense of modesty? What makes her so dress mad? Why haven't we any sweet, dignified, reserved, intelligent, sensibly-dressed young women like there were when I was young? "I tell you, the most decadent thing in this decadent age is the modern girl, and when I think that she is going to bo the mother of the next generation, I am filled with pessimism and despair and ready to prophesy that the world is going to the dogs."?Exchange. LANI> OF MYSTFKY. The Bermuda islands, those bits of fairyland in the South Atlantic, only a few hundred miles from South Carolina, have recently celebrated the 300th anniversary of the establishment of representative government and the first sitting of the British empire's most ancient colonial parliament. The celebration of the tercentenary took place at the ancient capital o fthe islands, old St. George's, and, then, the gathering was held in the ancient little State house, now the home of a Masonic lodge, which stands on the same site as the first church on the islands. Bermuda does not mean a single island, for there are about 150 in the group, only the five largest of which are of any importance. The "mainland" is the one on which is located the capital, the city of Hamilton, and J' - ~ ?.1* of nomhre lo nrl mere IK wucit- tiit oi.6u,iiiv?ki iunu. The American who goes to Bermuda will find himself in a foreign country. Aside from Halifax and Gibraltar, it is the most strongly fortified British possession in the world. The forts, the barracks, the Union Jack, the dockyards, spruce soldiers and officers, the English currency and customs, all remind Americans strongly that Uncle Sam has nothing to say about how the affairs of the island shall be conducted. The early history of Bermuda is closely interwoven with that of the United States. The islands were discovered in 1522 by Juan Bermudas, a Spaniard, and were visited again in 1543 by another Spaniard, Ferdinand Camelo, but all remained uninhabited and forgotten until Sir George Somers, heroic English admiral and colonizer, planted the English flag there in 1609, when he was shipwrecked on the islands on his way to Virginia. The quaintest of all places in Bermuda is old St. George's, 12 miles distant from Hamilton, and is connected with the mainland by a massive causeway nearly two miles long. St. George's, once the capital of Bermuda, is now a sleepy, romantic and unusual place. It has all the natural beauty of Hamilton, and in addition. has multitudinous attractions of its own. The streets are narrow, there are no sidewalks and one travels in the middle of the roads. The houses are stained and weather beaten and the type of architecture is Spanish. These quaint old houses, half hidden behind their high stone walls, with their broad stone steps, the narraw doorways, the darkened, shuttered [windows, and narraw walks, are suggestive of mystery and romance. Bermuda is a wonderful place for fishing. There are also lovely sea gardens, where, through a glass-bottomed boat, one may behold the wonders of the life under the water. Bermuda is honeycombed with caves of wondrous beauty. $8,000,000,000 IN AUTOS The Department of Agriculture, which has made a motorcar census, reports that the number of gas-driven vehicles, passenger and commercial, registered in Continental United States last year was 9,211,295. This total is amazing. It is a million jjiore than the estimate made last year by the automobile trade. It is seven times as great as the number of cars with which this country was credited in the fiscal year of the great war. The investment in these more than 9,000,000 must be $8,000,000,000. The annual interest on the investment would be about $500,000,000; the depreciation, at 20 per cent, $1,600,000,000 a year. The cost of housing, operating and repairs must be figured in billions. A few years ago a prophet j made bold to say that eventually the American people would spend as much to run automobiles as they spend to have railroads. "Eventually" seems to be now. In contemplating a growth like this mere figures only numb. It is better to use them as a guide to contemplation of a country so great that it can do such things and still live. The amount of labor diverted to automobile building, the drafts that have been made on Nature lor iron and oil; the making of new highways, that have been needed since all America started to motor?these are the actual costs that have followed the success of the internal combustion engine. The business man will wonder when the motorcar field will reach the saturation point. But that is not an alarming question. If it should be assumed that saturation has about arrived and that 10,000,000 cars are the limit for this country, there would still be a great future for the industry. Replacing 10,000,000 cars would mean a steady demand for 2,000,000 cars annually, five years being the generally accepted life of a motor vehicle. The pessimist will see waste in having a car for every ten or eleven Americans. He will talk of joyriding, of unnecessary travel, of wild extrava gance. But the optimist will think of j comfortable travel, of joyous excur- j sions to the country, of the swift con- j venience which the automobile has; brought into the commercial world. I Everybody who has a car thinks he j needs it, and Americans demand. what they think they need.?Xew | York Herald. | SHILOH DOTS. Mrs. Emanuel Long has been sick for some time and does not seem to be improving yet, but we hope by the next writing she will be better. j The farmers are not so ousy at i present, as they are almost through , planting their crops and ready to be- j gin working them. Mr. Claude Long and Mr. Elzie \ Long, both from Wilmington, N. C., are spending a short while with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Long. Mr. Roof Price and family sp<;nt! Sunday with Mr. Richard Moak and I > family. Messrs # Festus and Labon Sease took dinner Sunday with their little friends, Messrs. Frank and J. A. Keisler. Misses Ethel Price and Minnie Keisler spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Lizzie and Viola Rawl. I Misses Maude and Lethia Keisler spent Saturday night with their brother, Mr. Henry Keisler. "Mr. Frank Keisler spent Saturday night with Messrs.. Festus and Labon Sease. Mr. Luther Kleckley and family dined with Mr. R. B. Rawl and family Sunday. Mr. Walter Leaphart dined with Mr. R. B. Rawl and family Sunday. | Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Keisler and fiwo sons, J. A. and Samuel, wor! .u! ,1 Cumm!f Snndav morning. / silippeu ai ~ ? _ | Mrs. W. P Keisler and daughter, , Minnie, spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. P. C. Keisler. Peaches and Cream. * ? - ? THE PAKE ASPHALT j j .The far-famed asphalt lake of I^Trinidad is not much to look at. It j is a slightly concave, black psdch of a hundred acres with shores as definite as those of a lake of water. It is surrounded by scanty brush and low, thirsty palms. To the left black towers of a half dozen oil wells break the otherwise blank borizon. A trade wind almost constantly sweeps across j<ithe field. I On the surface of the lake several groups of negroes work leisurely. One man in each group turns up with j .every blow of his pick a black, porous j lump of pitch the size of a market | basket; the others bear the lumps ! away on their heads to cars that run j on narrow tracks. Other men push the loaded cars to the "factory." The j pitch is so light that the largest lump * mi.^ ? ^ I is scarcely a ouruen. xnc men paid eighty cents a day of ten hours ?a sum that, as it seems big to them and small to their employers, Satisfies everyone. This reservoir of pitch is apparently inexhaustible. The holes dug during the day fill imperceptibly and ' are generally gone by morning; the deepest one ever excavated disappeared in three days. Only a small part of the field is worked; it could easily keep all the ships of the world busy. The lake, which, says Mr. Harry! A. Franck in Roaming Through the i West Indies, has a faint smell of sul- , phur, it is soft underfoot like a tar sidewalk in midsummer. If a man I stands still on it for a minute or <two, the heels of his shoes will sink out of sight. In a few places it is not solid enough to sustain a man's i j weight, though children and the bare| footed workmen scamper across it ; anywhere at :?ight of a white visitor J to demand "a penny, please, sir." m - m The New Reader "Oh, mother" said little Jane, running into the house, "teacher says I must get a new reader." "All right, my child," and the mother. "Did teacher tell you the name of the book?" "Oh, yes" replied Jane. "It's 'Mary's Little Lamb's Tails.'?By Shakespeare." VICTROLAS AND RECORDS. \ . New Victor Talking Machine Records arriving daily. Our May Records are here, drop in and let us demonstrate the superiority of Victor-Victrolas and records. New records make an old Victrola young again. Make the children happy and have some new records on hand the next time company comes. Victor-Victrolas from $25 to $150. Sold on easy payment or instalment plan. HARMON DRUG CO., 2w Lexington, S. C. Look at the label on your paper and renew at once. ORDER AND NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR COUPON BONDS A petition signed by one-third of the qualified resident electors of the age of twenty-one years of Sand Mountain school district No. 36, and a like proportion of the freeholders thereof, having been filed with the Board of Trustees of said district, asking for an election therein for the issuance of coupon bonds in the sum of one thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting a modern and comfortable school building therein, for equipping same, and paying indebtedness on account thereof; and it appearing that the petitioners have complied with the law in such ease made and provided, It is Ordered, That an election be held at the new school house in said district, on Friday, the 27th day of May 1921, beginning at 7 a. m. and closing at 4 p. m., for the purpose of voting on the question whether said coupon bonds shall be issued or not, and that Messrs. Charlie * Baughman, Y .T. Senn and J. Q. Shumpert shall act as managers of said election at said time and place, they being hereby appointed for that purpose. C. C. GLENN, Chairman. B. D. SHUMPERT, Secretary,... G. W. RISH, Hoard of Trustees of Sand Mountain School District No. 36. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will petition the Secretary of State for South Carolina on or about the 9th day of May, 1921, for a charter for the Lexington Oil Co., of Lexington, S. C., wth a capital stock of three thousand dollars, and will do a business of dealing in petroleum products. A meeting of the stockholders will be held at the office of the Hollman-Cullum Hardware Co., Batesburg, on Monday, May 9, 1921. S. B. GEORGE, J. C .CULLUM, J. B. HOLLMAN, T T TTTT-T"ET"T> CMTTU ?# AJVJ A XXJUXW I^IUXX Al) Petitioners. CITATION NOTICE. ?* State of South Carolina, County of Lexington.?By George S. Drafts, esquire, probate judge. Whereas, Sam D. Derrick made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Linnie Derrick. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Linnie Derrick, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexington, C. H., S. C., on 14th May, 1921, next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 28th day of April, Anno Domini .1921. GEO. S. DRAFTS (L. S.) Probate Judge, Lexington Co., S. C. Published on the 4th day of May, 1921, in the Lexington paper, 2 weeks. FINAL DISCHARGE. % Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, May 10, next, the undersigned will apply to George S. Drafts, probate judge for Lexington county, for final discharge as administrator of the estate of James D. Addy, deceased. J. E. B. McCARTHA, 4t-28. -c. Administrator. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. The spring Teachers' examination will be held at Lexington, on Saturday, the 7th of May. All those who intend to take this examination will be on hand at 9 a. m. A. D. MARTIN, County Superintendent Ed. April 15, 1921. CITATION NOTICE. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington.?By George S. Drafts, esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Darby C. Drafts made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Polly C. Drafts. ' These are Therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Polly C. Drafts, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexington, C. H., S. C? on 9 May, 1921 next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon ,to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under* my hand, this 25th day of April, Anno Domini, 1921. GEO. S. DRAFTS (L. S.) Probate Judge Lexington Co., S. C. Published on the 27th day of April, 1921, in the Lexington paper, 2 ? ccno. WANT ADS. CHAPIN VULCANIZINZ WORKS? Rimcuts repaired as good as new at a reasonable price. The time to have your tire repaired is when .it needs it. Also do general repair work, especially on Ford cprs. ,';M Come to see me. J. Eze] Koon, Chapin, S. C. 2t-p-29 * !? i t; HANDSOME, congenial young lady, wortn siuu.uuu, is anxious to marry honorable worthy gentleman. Mary, 508 Lankershim Bldg.. Los Angeles, Calif. 3i-p FOR SALE?Lookout Mountain Irish seed potatoes, $1.50 per bushel. G. B. Wingard & Son, Lexington, S. C., R. F. D. 1. 2t-p-29 YOUNG MEN, women, over 17, for Postal Mail Service. $120 month. Examinations May. Experience unnecessary. For free particulars of instruction, write R. Terry, (former Civil Service examiner) 1395 Continental Bldg., Washington, D. C. 2t-p-29 LOST?Crank for Hupmobile car, lost between my house on Augusta road . and Bouknight's garage, Tuesday afternoon. Finder will confer a favor by returning to Bouknight's garage or Tillman Mathias, lt-p ; . i. > i DRESSMAKING?I am prepared , tp do dressmaking. If you have,,anything to be made call to see me.,, ... * ? j f I#-"' !. f . i' ti ; . * ' ? * ? Mrs. , E. N.. Fairy, Depot Street,. .Lexington. , 2t-c-2.8. i . i PEAS WANTED-7-Highest cash ket prices for iron, Brabham, or mixed peas. Phone 184.. M. Cro mer Oswald, Lexington, S. C. 2tc28 NOTICE!?Crtide turpentine or scrape ' bought in any quantity, bunched ' r" in the woods or at Pelion, S. C. Savannah quotations paid. James C. Hartley (Fred G. Hartley, mana, ger), Pelion, S. C. 27-tf-c WE PAY ' CASH for hens, : frlefs. broilers, geese, turkeys, ducks, and fresh country eggs. Quote us your best prices. Lily White Market, Columbia, S. C. 1 2t-c-e-2S DRESSMAKING?Having taken : a ; special course in women's and children's plain and fancy dress- ' making, I announce myself open for engagements for dressmaking and general sewing. I am prepared both in equipment and experience < to render first class service and shall be glad to have patrons call on me personally or telephone No. 45. Miss Addie Quick. 2t-c-29 ' KODAKERS?Correct developing mo^ria hotfcr vnnr kodak films to us and get the best. Columbia Studio, 1423 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. Write for price list. St-28-E GET YOUR Hemstitching and Picoting done' promptly' at the Columbia', S. C., Hemstitching & Pleating Co., 1310 Main. Skirts pleated $2.00. Hemstitching on all material 10c per yard; Gold and silver picot edging, French riffle pleating. We carry a full line of threads. Phone 2272. NOTICE, TRESPASSERS. This is to notify all persons not to hunt, .fish or trespass in any way whatever, but especially not to flsh in my. pond, at Wessinger place. The ' law will positively be . enforced ' against all trespassers. I know who you are. and take notice. H. H. STEELE. I 4w-p-31. . ESTATE NOTICE. ! All persons having claims against the estate of D. B. Rawl, deceased, are hereby notified to file same, duly verified, with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. (Mrs.) Gussie Rawl, Administratrix. Batesburg S. C., May 2, 1921. 2tc-29 CITATION NOTICE. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington.?By George S. Drafts, esquire, probate judge. Whereas Cromer A. Shealy made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and ' effects of Martha A. Shealy. These are therefore to cite and adT-v-N oil O T*l r\ oin tri llor? f V? A Iri rt M/t A lliuiiioii aa uuu oin^uiai liic I\J11U1CU and Creditors of the said Martha A. Shealy, deceased, that they be and' appear, before me, in the Cdurt of Probate, to be held at Lexington, C. H., S. C., on 16th May, 1921 next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they b*vve, why the said Administration sliould^not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 30th day of April, Anno Domini, 1921. /. GEO. S. DRAFTS (L. S.) Probate Judge Lexington Co., S. C. Published on the 4th day of May, 1921. in the Lexington paper. 2 weeks.