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? I x ? u ? - >? Hfspatcb-Sfeuis Published Every Wednesday By SLIGH & WALKER, Lexington, S. C. G. M. IIARMAN, Associate Editor. Etered at the Postoffice at Lexington, S. C., as mail matter of the Second Claas. | I 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 ISLlGH & WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews, Lexington, S. C. Phone 119. WEDNESDAY, JUNE/ 1, 1921. MAKING THE ROAD SAFE. i The Newberry Herald and News very sagely remarks, in an editorial commenting on the efforts of the Lex. ington county authorities to stop , speeding on the Augusta highway, , that a few good sized fines on violators wilj| have a more wholesome effect than all the talk imaginable. Prom which conclusion there can be , no dissent. And in all probability , some fines will be imposed, because there are some careless, heedless people who have no respect whatever , for the rights of others and who are going to be caught napping. To be sure it will be impossible to keep speed cops on the road all the time, but they will be there often enough \ to nap some, and who knows when they will be present. Persons who by reckless driving endanger the lives of others should be punished. Lexing- _ *nr\ ia p-ynectTne- her officers to / do their best to make the road as safe as possible, and they are going to do it. ENCOURAGE COMPETITION. It is with pleasure that we note the action of the railroad commission in laying down the law to the American Railway Express company, and charging them to route express shipments by the most direct route, even though such routing places business in the hands of the newly organized Southeastern, a competitor. It is a good thing for the people that there is some competition in the express business, and if the public is mindful of its own interests it will be only too glad to see that its patronage is so divided that such competition can be maintained. The new company should have every encouragement. TRUE TODAY. The late dope from Washington makes it apear that John L. McLaurin, former United States senator from this state, is likely to have considerable weight with the present ad ministration. Whether or not he will uc JJIC uiopcuoci ui uuc icuiaiuo to be seen. If McLaurin will use his influence to benefit the interests of our farmers nobody will have much i of a kick. But can government ac- ; tion take the place of private thrift, common sense and initiative? Hard- , . ly. It may, however, arrange better credit terms for farmers and take \ steps to deevlop export trade, and . thus prove of some benefit. But . nothing under the sun can so much . benefit the South as the adoption of a sane and balanced system of diversified agriculture, to which we must sooner or later come if we expect to take our place in the world. More than 30 years ago Henry W. . Grady, one of the Souih's greatest men ,spoke thus, and his words are as true today as when uttered more . than a quarter of a century ago. "When every farmer in the South | shall eat bread from his own fields I i and meat from his own pastures and disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved by no debt, shall sit amid his teeming gardens, and orchards, an.d vineyards, and dariies, and barnyards, L pitching his crops in his own wisdom and growing them in indcpend ence, making cotton his clean surplus, and selling it in his own time, and in his chosen market, and not at I a master's bidding?getting his payj in cash and not in a receipted mort- i gage that discharges his debt, butj does not restore his freedom?then j shall be breaking the fullness of our i day." i It Is to Laugh Fat?"I have just come from Sun-j day school and a little girl there} smiled at me." Skinny?0\v, Gee! That's nothin'. When I first saw you I laughed right i out loud." 1 i AGREES WITH GRAND JURY. The Lexington grand jury resents the proposition of the attorney genoral to have a murder case removed from Lexington to Richland. The grand jury feels that it is a reflection upon the fairness and sense of justice of the Lexington people and asks the soliictor of the circuit to hand out an indictment in the case and let it toe tried in xne county in which the offense was committed. We somehow have a feeling the same as the Lexington grand jury that the man should be tried as the law requires, and that the Lexington jury will mete out about the same justice "hat could be had in Richland.?Newberry Herald and News. VETERAN NEWSPAPER 'VETS/' Among the interesting visitors to the reunion last week were Messrs. H. S. Cunningham, of Bishopville, G. M. Harmon, of Lexington, and J. M. Riddle, of Lancaster. Mr. Cunning- j haip has long been in the newspaper I game in different towns of the state, | l and only recently retired as editor of the Leader and Vindicator. Mr. Harmon is still actively engaged in the printing business being connected with the Lexington News-Dispatch t which he owned for many years. He I is known to his intimates in his home town as "Uncle Josh" and holds the respect and esteem of people of his entire county. He claims to be the' * K youngest survivor of the Civil war I 'r * and made many efforts to get into the I service before he was finally accepted, on account of his extreme youth. Mr. Riddle was for a number of years I publisher of a paper at Lancaster. He began his career in Camden and was a member of the first military com- . pany to leave Camden in the great struggle. He has purchased a loving cup and had it placed on deposit in a Lancaster bank to be given to the last survivor of his original company. There is only a few of the original members of the company still living ?one of them being Judge I. F. Holland, of this county.?Camden Chronicle, 25th. OURS ONI.tf "HUMAN" PLANET That the earth is the only humanly inhabited planet and that within some 70,000,000 years it will be replaced by a new world, is the idea of Abbe Moreaux, famous French astronomer, director of the Bourges Observatory. Abbe Moreaux made this prophecy during the course of a conference of the former students of the Lyons Central School. With the help of ' perceptive pictures ne took me auuience for a trip around the inconceivable immensity of the astronomic universe, through the dust of suns which cannot be counted, wherein the earth appears only as imperceptible point, but a thinking point. "This is what must give mankind r reason to be proud," declared Abbe Moreaux. "Men have the right to be proud, since, despite their littleness, they understand the mechanics of the heavens, and can weigh worlds on the scales of their intelligence." Another eminent French astronomer, Camille Flammarion, believes some planets are inhabited, especially ' Mars. Abbe Moreaux, on the contrary, is inclined to think that the sun, with its average temperature of 6000 degrees Centigrade, could not be inhabited, while Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus are gaseous globes. Mercury, he said, is a chaos of metallic rocks, with oceans of lead and melting tin. Venus, the sister of the earth, possessing water and an atmosphere veiling herself might perhaps have animals, but no human beings. The moon, our closest neighbor, is a rocky, cold desert, without atmosphere. About Mars, nothing should be expected from the alleged inhabitants, as "they exist only in the imagination of a few novel writers or astronomers." "All these planets," concluded Abbe Moreaux, " will eternally be lacking of something, to be in regular living conditions."?Louisville C ourier-Journal. _ I JI OA 10 Y I5AKS Honey is healthful as well as delicious. Used as a basis for candy it insures a sweet that is wholesome, appetizing and unusual. Honey bars have all those qualities. Place in a saucepan one quart of f honey, three generous tablespoonfuls j of butter and two tablespoonfuls of j vinegar. Boil the mixture until, when ! I a little of it is dropped into cold | water, it hardens. Stir in two teas-; poons of lemon extract: then add I slowly, crushing fine between tlie j forefinger and the thumb, one-half; teaspoonful of cooking soda. Mix the whole thoroughly, pour it into a buttered platter, and when it is partly cool mark it off in bars, making the lines so deep that the bars may be j readily broken apart. TAXES. f: Taxes on your drinking, taxes on your food, ^Taxes on your clothing?and you J can't go nude. | ? Taxes when you're walking, taxes j < when you ride, ? < Taxes on the bridegroom and upon |: the bride. - I ] Taxes on the chickens, taxes on the cow, Taxes on the eggs in the old haymow. Taxes on your income, taxes on your < breath, j1 Tax you while you're living, and then I I tax your death. ? m ? *> PRO PATRIA Tip Sams had twins i, And a razor-backed sow, Five dogs and a mule And an old roan cow; A bone-spavined filly Anit a one-room house. , - I And a little wrinkled woman Just as meek as a mouse. Old Tip raised tobacco And he trafficked in skins. For he had seven sons i In addition to the twins. And every mother's son. And the litle mammy, Jude. Smoked a pipe all day And the twins both chewed. But Tip kept a-digging And he never lost heart, For the dogs hunted rabbits And they caught a right smart: And the bone-spavined filly And the mule pulled a plow, * And they lived off the givings . Of the old roan cow, < And the acorn-fattened farrow Of the razor-back sow. 1 J But here the story closes Of my little romance, For the seven sons are sleeping L On the battlefields of France; 1. But their daddy grows tobacco* lAnd trafficks still in skins, And the little wrinkled mammy Has another pair of twins. ?COTTON NOE. ' + ,mtm '] A Joke Worth Reading. (T. D. M. In Augusta Chronicle.) i At the Rotary luncheon, yesterday, :i Mr. William H. Barrett, in the chair, announced Rev. Dr. Ashby Jones as the honor guest and speaker. Prior; to the after dinner talk, Mr. Barrett J asked a few words from Dr. W. W. h Landrum and Dr. Sparks W. Melton, ' who, like Dr. Jones, are former pas- j tors of the First Baptist, and who j were Rotary guests yesterday. Both : gentlemen spoke a few words, voie- j ing their regard and affection for Au- ' : gusta and Augustans. ! < ''But I am rather upset," said Dr. , Melton, "in being asked to say even j a word to you, my friends, while Ir know that you are impatiently wait- i ing to hear Dr. Jones. I am in 'statu- j quo.' i, "Up in some State, maybe it was). North Carolina, far in the backwoods'] they lynched a man during the night . ?hanged him to the limb of a tree. ] Underneath the lifeless body they fixed a piece of paper, on which was written 'in statu-quo.' "When the people learned next < morning of the lynching and gathered to view the victim, they saw the writ- i ten words. They were not educated ; people, and they wondered what the ; writing on the placard meant. Finally, they sent for an aged neigh- ( bor, who, in times far past, had been , a school teacher. 'It's been a long time since I been teaching, and it's , been a long time since I seen Latin,' the old man carefully said. 'But the ; best way I can figure out that writing means that man a-hanging there is in a h 1 of a fix.' "When I was called upon," added i T?r . \fpltnn amid the burst of laugh- I ter, "to talk to you in almost the I same breath when it was announced j , that Dr. Jones was to follow me as', ! the luncheon speaker, I was most1 assuredly put in statu quo," and the j, laughter grew into a torrent. ; j Qi ^ j ' ] i A LI. GOLD BUT DOOK KNOBS IN GISII 1-1LM j j Splendid Interiors Shown in "Peppy! Polly" Picture fans who glory in the wealth of the production will lind complete satisfaction at the screen- : ing of Dorothy Gish's new Paramount picture, which will be shown at the Chapin theatre next Saturday. One of the most exclusive residences < in Pasadena was taken by Director Clifton for the society scenes of the . picture, and the house with all its furnishings was used. - I . "I never saw so much silver in my life," says Clifton. "And every where you looked, there was enough expense to break ten ordinary incomes. ] Everything's gold but the door knobs, ' and they arc polished brass." So, with John Lcezer twisting the . celluloid through the little black box 1 and only Andy lie id attending to the ] subject of lighting. Miss Gish's pic- ] turc looks like real money. Richard i Hartheliness is the leading man. ] \EWBERRY COLLEGE COMMECEMEXT NEXT WEEK Newberry, May 30.?The final examinations of the session, 1920-21 of Newberry College will close Friday, June 3rd. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached in the opera house, Sunday morning, June 5th, at 11 o'clock by Rev. C. M. Jacobs, D. D., of Philadelphia, and the address to the Y. M. C. A. will be delivered by Rev. L. M. Kuhns, D. D., of Oma ha, Nebraska, at .,.30 Sunday evening, also in the opera house. Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock the sophomore declamation contest will be held in Holland Hall. Monday night at S:30 the Junior Oratorical Contest will take place in the opera house. Tuesday morning, promptly at 10 o'clock in the opera house the graduating exercises will begin. The Alumni luncheon given by the College Club will be given in the old courthouse and this will be followed by the annual meeting of the Alumni Association. All alumni and former students and all ministers of the Synod of South Carolina who expect to attend the luncheon or who may wish entertainment during commencement will please write before June 3rd to Y. M. Hunt, Esq., Newberry, S. C., chairman of the entertainment committee. HOW TO KEEP YOUNG Have you ev^r noticed that those who really have the hard knocks in life, and have to bear in the way Df Dhvsical or mental suffering. are often the most cheerful and the most plucky? It is the unhealthy morbid brooding over petty disappointments, difficulties or small illnesses that injur us most. Some people get into the habit of worry, and in so doing spoil the lives of those around them and warp their own. By constant worry the power of self-control is lost. The ability to be cheerful, courageous, and sometimes even interesting is gradually undermined. Eventually this affects the health, the appetite is banished and the digestion and probably the heart affected. The unhappiness shows in the face. Lines appear between the eyes: they look dull, and the skin unhealthy and probably wrinkled. Worry sucks the vitality from not only the one who gives way to it, but from all who are near. Learn, therefore, to face life bravely, and. above all. don't make trouble of small or imaginary ills. WASTE APPLES YIELD RICH SIRUP BY NEW PROCESS A new extraction process converts the iuice of even the most intenselv acid variety of apples into a sweet, rich sirup, which is entirely suitable \ is a base for flavoring extracts and for many other purposes. A valuable by-product of the process is a come pound, known as calcium malate, which is identical with the socalled "sugar sand" hitherto derived from maple sirup exclusively. This compound forms the basis of malic acid and was valued at $1.50 per pound arid more before the war. At present, i he only plants employing the process are located in Nova Scotia, but, as it utilizes a fruit which is now being allowed to go to waste to the extent of hundreds of thousands of ton? a year, it is to be expected and lu-ped that the method will come into wide general use within the near future. BUTTER COLORS AND PAPERS. Sanitary white waxed and parchment Putter Wrappers. Dandelion and June Tint Butter colors. Cake colors, pure flavoring extracts, spices and herbs. Our butter and cake colors are all certified and harmless. "If it's in the Drug Line we have it." HARMON DRUG CO., Lexington. S. C. FINAL DISCIl ARGF. Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, June 20 next, the undersigned wil lapply to George S. Drafts, judge of probate for Lexington county, for iinal discharge as administrator of the estate of J. A. Oorley, deceased. W. M. CO RLE Y, Administrator, Estate of J. A. Corley. June 1 ? 4t-c-35. 'How We Cleared Our Summer Home of Rats," by Mrs. Perry. "When wo opened our seaside home r * 1 MTA tirifVi rote last juuy, It WUS amt H1V11 ACH.W. rhoy'd gnawed all tlie upholstering. We cleaned them out in a week with PAT-SNAP. 1 prefer this rat killer because it comes in cake form, no mixing. Saves dirtying hands and plates." Three sizes. 35c, 05c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Lexington Pharmacy and Hanmm Drug Co. 1 Under Those Circumstances "Say, will you mind this suitcase for mo for a few minutes?" asked a young maiden at a railroad station of fellow \oyager. i "Sir!" replied the other, drawing j himself up. "Do you know who I I am?" 1 am a United States senator!"! "Well, in that ease." said the other l doubtfully, "in that case, and seeing j I've got everything I own in thero I maybe I better take ii alonj? myself." Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets. "Chamberlain's Tablets have been \ used by my husband and myself off j and on for the past five years. When j my husband goes away from home he [ always takes a bottle of them along j with him. Whenever I have that j heavy feeling after eating, or feel I dull and played out, I take one or two of Chamberlain's Tablets and they fix me up fine." writes Mrs. Newton Vreeland, Minoa, N. Y. Take these tablets when troubled with constipation or indigestion and they will do you gooa. How a Noted Vet. Gets Kid of Rats? Farmers Heed. Dr. H. H. Butler says, "I use RATSXAP around my hospitals every three months, whemer I see rats or not. It does the work?RAT-SNAP tie's them every time. I recommend ii to everybody having rats." Don't wait until there is. a brood o frats, act , immediately you see the first one. Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Harmon Drug Co., and Lexington Pharmacy. 666 quickly relieves Constipation, Biliousness, Loss of Appetite and Headaches, due to Torpid Liver. ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE. All persons having claims against the estate o? H. W. Koon. deceased, will present them to the undersigned, duly attested, and all persons owing the said estate will please make payment. MRS. J. E. KOON, Administratrix. Irmo, S. C., May 10, 1921. 4t. ESTATE NOTICE. All persons having claims against the estate of D. B. Bawl, 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 Bawl, Administratrix. Batesburg, S. C\, May 2, 1921. 2tc-32 SHERIFFS SALE UNDER EXECUTION. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington.?In the Court of Common rieas. Rosa Maie Hartley, Plaintiff against Fred G. Hartley, Defendant.?Sale of Personal Property under Execution. Under and by virtue of execution^ duly issued a/id levy duly made in the above stated case, on judgment therein duly rendered and entered, the undersigned will sell during the legal hours of sale at Lexington, , South Carolina, before the Court I House door, on Monday the 6th day) of June, A. D.. 1921, at public outcry to the highest bidder the following described personal property, to* . it: All of the interest, title and right of Fred C. Hartley of, in and to A lot of fodder and corn in the[ shuck?about 123 bushels?now in ! the barn on what is known as the | Jones or Hartley place on Black I Creek, said County and State; one! farm bell, one granite runner rock, [ one turbine water wheel complete ! with gate. 1 pair of mortice gear, t shafling. pulleys, boxing, two sixty-1 saw Winship cotton gins, all of said I personal property being on the said ! I Jones or Hartley place on Black j Creek. And also, all of interest, title and J right of Fred G. Hartley of, in and I to a certain account or claim of the | said Fred O. Hartley against Hart- [ Tifif/.'intilo Cnmn.iTiv for the nro- i coeds of seven (7) bales of cotton | amounting to $813.80, now in suit j ponding at Lexington, S. C., in Court I of Common Pleas. Terms of sale, Cash. E .AUSTIN IIOOF, Sheriff of Lexington Co., S. C. THE ANSWER IS EASY Why are so many people coining to us for Business Training? The answer is easy. They receive the right kind of instruction from the right j kind of instructors. What pleases them will please you. Try it. All regular courses taught by mail also. Write us for information. DRAI GlIONTS BUSINESS COLLEGE Phono 951 Columbia, S. C. Win. Lykcs. Jr. 1\ W. Lykcs Wo aro proud of tlic confidence doctors, druggists and the public have in GGG Chill and l'ever Tonic. Lodge Meetings Lexington Lodge No. 152, A. P. M. ! A regular communication of Lex^ ington Lodge, No. 152, A. F. . v I M., will be held June 18, at v, M S o'clock. The Master Mason . r be conferred.. . J Visiting brethren cordially >: invited. DR. G. F. ROBERTS. W. M. i A. D. MARTIN, Sec'v. 1 Dixie Lodge, No. 52. I. O. O. F. Dixie Lodge. No. '>2, I. 0. 0. F., meets the first and third Monday nights in each month at 8:30 o'clock in the Odd Fellows hall. Visiting brothers 1 invited. J IRA M. SL1GH, Noble Grand. 1 H. F. RAWL, Secretary. Lexington Lodge, No. 134, K. of P. Lexington Lodge, No. 134, Knights of Pythias, meets the second and fourth Wednesday nights at 8:30 o'clock. Visitors welcorned. B. H. BARRE, C. C. . R. E. COOK, K. R. V, 4 < Lexington Council, Xo. 240. Lexington Council, Xo. 240, J. . O. ? U. A. M., meets the first and. b third Thursday nights at 8:30 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. LEE H. POWELL, C. 666 has more imitations than any "< i other Fever Tonic on the market, hut NOTICE TO MERCHANTSThe undesigned County Board of ( Commissioners for Lexington county hereby invite the merchants of Lex- j ington county and Columbia, 3, C., j to file with the Board written bids by ... First Mondav in .Tunc ncvt tn fumTeVi the following supplies for the county. . , chaingang?to same delivered ... Leesville, S. C.: ' ;|jjj 2 barrels flour, self-rising. 200 pounds meat, 1 sack butter beans, .. ^ 1 sack grits, - . J| j 1 sack rice, 1 sack irish potatoes. ** I 3 crates of cabbage, ; I ' 2 tubs lard. ' ;jrj2 ! 2 0 pounds mule tobacco, f> pounds smoking tobacco. 1-2 barrel of syrup, 25 pounds sugar, 10 pounds coffee, 1 case tomatoes. ' G. C. STEELE, Supervisor. B. H. BARRE, 7^1 J AS. M. BARR, | W. H. WITT, J. H. HILLER, County Commissioners. WANT ADS. . , ? FOR SALE?One milk cow, heifer with first calf?half Holstein and half Red Pole. Price *50.00. W. O. Kaminer. ~ ltp y WANTED?To buy a good, cheap hi-cycle. Write G. Brodie Lindler, i J4\ Route 2, Lexington, S. Q. ItP1 ? , ? - ?- J-y '-*3 FOR SALE?A strip down Ford. run- .. . about. Thoroughly overhauled? .. practically good as new. Apply to * Harmon Drug Co., Lexington, S. C?, r' ' " * ? FOR SALE?Jersey milk cows with'**'; ". * young calves. 1 yoke of unbroken^- i oxen. Prices and terms reasonable?# f' ' J. Hoy Wessinger. Lexington, S; *"' C. ' KODAIvERS?Correct developip^ty ? " means bettor pictures. Send your^-v^ kodak films to us and get the best. Columbia Studio, 1423 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. Write for priced . . v . ? " ilst. 3t-32-E T 1' : HAMPSHIRE HOGS?Several nice stock boars. Also a nice lot of pigs ready to deliver now. Abram Stork; '" Lexington. S. C., Route 3. 9 Kg . . v?. ??? mmammmrnm FOR SALE?A Ford truck in good w order. Will be sold at a bargain to : R&gE 1.C4 a quick buyer. It. J. Hook, Lexing^*;f ton, S. C. '> % i- "A ypy. ' . 3^ WANTED?Men or women to take ^ orders among friends and neigh- ^ bors for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darnfoig. We pay 75c. an hour spare time, or , ?36.00 a week for full time. Experience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mills, Norristown, Pa. 'I . J N'OTICE?Crude turpentine or scrape bought in any quantity, bunched in the woods or at Pelion, S. C. Savannah quotations paid. James C. . j Hartley (Fred G. Hartley, mana- , a or), Pclion. S. C. 27-tf-c t d I