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?J]# Bispatrft-i&teuis Published Every Wednesday By - SEIGH & WALKER, Lexington, S. C. G. M. HARMAN, Associate Editor. Etered at the Postofflce 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 all remittances payable to 1 SLIGH & WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews, Lexington, S. C. Phone 119. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8. 1921. THE OPTIMIST. (Aiken Journal & Review.) Gwine to make my crap o' cotton. . Gwine to plow it fas' an' hoe; Gwine to hab my cloes an' rashun If de weebel come or go! f Got no time to fool'wid varmints, Got no time to was'e an' fret; Nebber seed a creepin' creeter Beat a wurkin' nigger yet! God is still high in His Heben, Master still reign on de .t'rone An* deyes nary bug kin hurt me Kase de Savior loves His own! , ' All dis talk 'bout hard time comin', All dis talk 'bout deep distress Ain't a ting but pure backslidin', Ain't a ting but laziness! Sixty y'ars de Master feed me, Sixty y'ars He send de rain, ^ixty y'ars He gib me sunshine An' He gwine do so again! t Gwine to make dat crap o* cotton, Gwine to plow it deep an' hoe; Gwine to make my cloes an' rashun If de weebel come or go! JAMES EDWIN KERR. ? < CHURCH MUST WORK TO DEFEAT DEVIL New York, June 5.?"The devil is working 365 days a year; the church has got to work to beat the devil," Rabbi Aaron Eiseman declared in an interview. The young rabbi , who recently stirred New York with a sermon in which he declared "our social environment is rotten" and characterized vampires as "she devils," summed up present conditions as follows: / "Religion may be regarded as practically a failure, unless it gets down off its pedestal and mingles with the people on a common ground. "The chifrch must be liberalized and humanized, and its representatives must preach less along doctrinal and theological lines and more upon every-day life. ''People are turning away from the church because it is too undem 3 i* litroa tnn miirh OCraiiU, itllU UCV,auot IV Hivu in past centuries, rather than the present. "Clean and wholesome pleasures and recreations should be encouraged by the church. The people are going to dance, play cards and attend the movies anyway, so why not give them these things with the sanction and* supervision of the church." Rabbi Eiseman declared there is but one solution to present day moral training. He said he regarded the i great number of divorce scandals as the worst of modern evils, with im- J moral dancing, salacious movies, im- ' modest dress, gambling and vam-1 pires?both on the screen and in I real life?close behind. "The world apparently has made no moral or intellectual progress over; the ancient Egyptians and Assyrians," he said. "We are living in a generation just | as money-mad and material as ever; i a generation perhaps more sensual than ever, because it shows its sen suality in every iorm. it is aispiayea in the craze for immoral dancing; in the demand for immoral plays and movies; in the lack of modesty in conduct, dress and demeanor. ;.nd in the painted, powdered, rouged, kalsomined and varnished faces of our women and girls. "This is an age of vampires. There are countless she devils who go about seeking to destroy homes and robbing women and children of their husbands and fathers. Even our conversation eventually becomes salacious. Among our women, among our girls of 16?who know more about life in their adolescence than our , -?? J'T* - 1 j grandmothers did at 60?this has become an accepted fact. "From top to bottom, through and through, our society is rotten." Eiseman pointed to the Salvation Army as a religious organization which "gets results" through hard work and democracy, and cited Billy i Sunday who is not afraid of courting ridicule to "swe souls." "The trouble with most of us is that we are too timid," he said. "We are afraid of roiling up uur siceves and doing something that might be regarded as undignified. True religion always has dignity, regardless of what guise it is in. ''The devil is working all the time. I If we are going to beat him we have got to work just as hard, or harder." I I WHO HAMLET WAS { Hamlet, the hero of Shakespeare's ^ I most famous tragedy, is a personage, who appears in history, yet is half mythological, but has been transformed by the genius of the English poet into one of the most dominating figures of literature. It is allowed that Shakespeare's Hamlet was suggested by the Hamlet, or Amleth, of Saxo Grammaticus. The latter's "History of Denmark" had been published in Paris in 1514. Francois de Belleforest included the tale of Hamlet in his "Tragic Historic" (1570), an English translation of which appeared in 1608. Shakespeare's drama was written earlier than this last date and must have derived its plot either from de Belleforest's work or a translation executed before the end of the sixteenth century, unless the poet, who, it is kdown, was a great reader of histories, took the incident direct from Saxo Grammaticus. According to the Danish historian, Hamlet was prince of Jutland; his father ,the king of Jutland, had been murdered by his own brother, Fengo, who took the throne and queen of the dead man. Hamlet feigned madness to save his own life. He stabbed one of Fengo's courtiers, sent to spy upon him, and had for this purpose concealed himself under a truss of straw. He reproached his mother with her' shameful second marriage to such effect that she r-> icorl trk Violti Viim i n vpn tri n ?T his father by putting Fengo to death ?a promise which she kept. These are thp very incidents Shakespeare has selected for his play, sometimes emphasizing the points of the narraJ tive, sometimes softening them or changing them in harmony with his own vivid conception of dramatic requirements. Shakespeare's "Hamlet" was first played in 1600 or 1601. and first printed in 1603.?Kansas City Star. SIDELIGHTS ON SPEECHMAKIXG IN U. S. SENATE (Washington Cor. Atlanta Journal.) Persons whose emotions are stirred by the reading in the newspapers of the so-called important debates in 'the senate over peace resolutions, the Irish question, reconstruction, war expenditures, disarmament, taxation and 'other subjects of national and inter national import, have only a long1 rvaritro view of the unner bocfy. They should come to Washington, sit in the galleries a few minutes and watch what actually transpires when some senators?it doesn't make much difference about his identity?rises to devote a few hours to saving the country. Unless the speech is. really out of the ordinary, other senators do about everything else except listen. Here is a first-hand account of what was happening on the floor of the senate whil* a certain member was holding forth on a separate peace with Germany. The orator's name is withheld, since there was no personal discourtesy intended and the scene was fairly typical: The man who held the floor was speaking vehemently, waving his ms at the galleries from time to time and shaking his head at the opposition. The speech read well in the Record. Senator Smoot was reading an old ' copy of the Congressional Record. Senator Borah was perusing the morning newspaper. Senator France was reading his I favorite resolution, the same being one introduced by himself to restore trade relations with Russia. Senator Lodge and Senator Warren were in deep conference. Senator 'lorn Heflin was whispering a negro dialect story to Senator Pat Harrison. They laughed softly but immoderately. The senator from Nebraska, Mr. ! Xorris, appeared to be listening to | the orator of the day, although his , thoughts may have been far away. Another actual listener was Senator Tom Watson, of Georgia, a new member, who says he really wants to hear the senate debates. "VJice President Coolidge gazed abstractly at a doorkeeper trying to swat a fly at the opposite end of the I chamber. Senator Underwood walked over to j talk to Senator Glass?and did. Senator Frelinghuysen was writing a letter, probably about his coal regulation bill. Senator Knute Nelson was chewing tobacco and apparently not giving a whoop about oratory. He's been in . the senate twenty-six years. I - -l - T-r II. . 1 I senator ivnu.\ wamcu hilu me i, chamber and turned right around and j 'walked out again. Senator Overman was listening but , seemed to be getting drowsy. ' Senator Sheppard was reading a ' public document?probably one about i ' prohibition enforcement. ' Senator Smith, of South Carolina, j' was talking to another southern sen- j' ator about cotton. It's a hundred to j one he was talking about cotton. That about represented the senate j attendance. Possibly there were a I few more scattered here and there I among the empty seats. Sometimes |,less than a dozen out of 96 Senators [ j hear the speeches which read well in \. the Record and which the public im- j senator?it doesn't make much dif- j iffinocs +1-! vil lo/l t P ontit'o <ipnr?tf> *"v ~ ~ "* i It's a great, game if the senatorial j. orator doesn't weaken?and most of j them have gotten used to it. But the I performance is a great shock to folks j from the rural districts who come to j Washington once in a lifetime to get a thrill by seeing their congress In j action. ' ? j ' ~ ' " * i. JAGUAR AND BULL CONTEST. !. I The Panamanic who is a real sport! . delights in nothing so much as a real I fight between a jaguar and a bull, j One must visit the isthmus to seel this particular kind of sport. An enormous cage, strongly built! on scantlings and iron bars, is placed! in the center of the ring used fori, bull fights. A bull is placed inside |< of it and presently one of the huge South American cats is wheeled up , in a similar cage and introduced into the barred inclosure. The latter is J about ten feet high, with twice that length and breadth. In the fight which then ensues the I bull is victorious usually. Not more |( than once in ten such contests does \ the jaguar prove the victor. This1 would not be the case it" the animals I were not restricted to so narrow a | space but the :big cat, being obliged i i 4 to rely mainly upon its activity, does | not have a fair ehanee. Nevertheless, the duel greatly delights the spectators. The fair Pan- 1 4 amanicures chriek with excitement, i and the little Panamanikins rend the . air with yells.?Boston Globe. THE MEANEST MAN. j No really successful man in this j country, or any other, ever got anywhere except by clean-cut, honest, straightaway methods. Friendship is the most essential [ thing in the business world, or in any other wak of life. And you can't make friends by browbeating and tearing down and destroying everybody and everything you come in contact with. This isn't a tough world. It's a beautiful world, a peach of a world, j if you think right and live right, and !. find out what is the most important! thing in life?and that is happiness. And the way to get it is to create it? , and the only way to keep it is to spread it around. |1 Now you take a tip and don't go I I , about preaching that hard-fisted doc- | trine you have handed out to me, be- ! cause you're only going to lead some {' young fellow astray. Go out in the I' yard and dig that pit again and find j belongs, because you're only cheat- \ < ing yourself, old boy, cheating your- I self out of the only thing worth j while; and that's being able to walk j bang up to your mirror, look yourself i straight in the eye and say, 'Kid, I vour're all right,' That's what I do! every night before I hop in bed and ' believe me, when T hit the pillow I jslep like a newborn babe and wake up in the morning hungry for my ^ breakfast."?George M. Cohan's speech in ''The Meanest Man in the World." WHAT RADIUM IS < ] Radium is a metal that is described } as having a white metallic luster. It j J has been isolated only once or twice, 1 and few persons have seen it. It is ^ ordinarily obtained from its ores in 1 the form of sulphate, chloride or 1 bromide, according to the United States Geological Survey, Department 1 of the Interior, and it is in the form . of these salts that it i.< usually sold ( and used. ^ These are all white and nearly < white substances, whose appearance ^ is no more remarkable than that of common salt or baking powder. Tubes ^ containing radium salts glow mostly because they include impurities which tin. radiations from the radium cause to give light. Radium minerals are ve:y rarely, if ever, luminescent.? t U. S. Geological Survey. t URGES VOTERS TO VOTE OFF SCHOOL TAXES Editors The Dispatch-News: Please allow me space in your paper to say a few words to the voters and taxpayers. I hear so much talk about high and unjust taxes. What is the cause of our unjust taxes? I would say the cause is socalled school for betterment schools. It don't look to me like the schools are near as good as they were 15 years ago. Now, ladies and gentlemen .what is the best solution to right the high and unjust taxation? It looks to me that they should be righted at the polls. My advice to all the schools is to get a petition with over one-third of the freeholders ana over one-half of the electors in the district, to be filed in the office of the county superintendent of education and call an eection and vote off some of the unjust mills that were voted on last year by the promise and giving of state aid to the schools. A n/I wVin "fVir* ctnto ^ i/1 fn tViP schools? "Was it not mo and other taxpayers that paid it? And is that according to the Gospel? If it is, pleasesome one tell me where 1 can lind it, DIl. JAMES HARMAN. THE DEFLATED FARMER. We were the lirst to take the long hike back to less than pre-war prices. 'Tis true we were not altogether willing travellers. Neither were we anxious to be deflated, and readjusted, but now as we have been forced back into the region of extremely low prices, we expect our neighbors, industry and business, to join us. Too, we find it a bit lonesome down in the valley of low prices alone. The high salaried men and the profiteers on the surrounding peaks, are holding their positions with difficulty it appears; occasionally one of them falls, but in the end they must come down out of their rear hights. If business is to resume its wanted way, people must meet on a common level. At present things are very much out of "balance." Trade in the deflated lines is very good, but where war prices prevail we expect little business. Undoubtedly we farmers have fallen too low. If we can pull prices up a bit while the other fellows pull town, times will begin to be readjusted, and not till then. Therefore, it behooves all lines of industry, to cast aside "high prices" get down to business, sot prices aright. put pessimistism in the shade and smile. S. L. DREHEH. # <g i ? TRIBUTE OF RESPECT Inasmuch as it has pleased our Heavenly Father to allow the angel of death the first time to visit the Home and Foreign Missionary Society of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church, Gilbert, S. C., May 23, 1921, and removed from our midst Airs. came ijong; ue it lesuiveu. That we have lost a true and faithful worker in our society whose memory we will ever cherish and testify she hath done what she could; That we bow in humble submission to the will of Him?1 who doeth all things well. That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the sorrowing husband and children whose inspiration and guiding star she was and to all other loved ones so deeply bereaved, , That a copy of these resolutions be placed on our minutes book sent to the Church Messenger and to the Dispatch-News for publication and also sent to the family. MRS. JOBE PRICE. MRS. ALBERT KEISLER, MRS. L. C. PRICE, Committee. Mil. S. RUFUS SMITH AT HOME FROM HOSPITAL Mr. S. Rufus Smith from out on Black Creek, returned home Monday after twelve weeks at the Columbia hospital, where he was operated on for gland troubles. Dr. Sam Harmon md other doctors performing the operation successfully, and he has so improved as to be released from the liospital to receive further care and iiome attention of his lovable wife, kvho has been with him all the time, tie looks well but is very weak, and tve wish for him final recovery to his usual health. Brokers Originally ''Brokers" were public inspectors, whose duties were to inspect imported goods and reject any ihat were unfit for use. This custom originated in Russia. The term "Broker" is used because o uginally bankrupts, or broken persons, were allowed to follow the trade. Rater, middlemen came also to be styled "Brokers." Most people are more than satisfied ivith their misfortunes, nut not v/nn heir fortunes. PF RE REFRESHMENTS. At thE REXALL Fountain. You wish only absolutely pure refreshments. We serve that kind. We do this because we value the health of our friends and covet their esteem. We have chosen the Liggett line of fruits and syrups for service at our fountain as being the ideal in every respect, only the choicest, ripest, natural lruits; only the best of everything", combined with clean dispells- j ing. Quality always. The best Coca-Cola, (the genuine) that can be made for ~,e, war tax lo. ! . See our display advertisement else where in this isue. HARMON DRUG CO.. The REX ALU Store. 2w Lexington. S. C. i i BARBECUE NOTICE. We will have a first-class barbecue at Pelion on July 2. Prices from :>r?c to 7">c. Everybody invited. X. W. DEHARDT. H. ^\. FOGLE. 4 to. ? I BARBECUE NOTICE. 1 will give a first-class barbecue ana serve reiresnmenis <u weorgcs mill (Laurel Falls) on July 4. Music by a pood string band. Everybody invited. Come. Dinner. 25c. 50e and 60c. ltp W. S. HARM AX. 666 has more imitations than any other Fever Tonic on the market, but FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, June 29 next, the undersigned wil lapply to George S. Drafts, judge of probate for Lexington county, for final discharge as administrator of the estate of J. A. Corley, deceased. W. M. CORLEY, Administrator, Estate of J. A. Corley. June 1.?4t-c-35. t "How We Cleared Our Summer Home of Rats," by Mrs. Perry. "When we opened our seaside home last May, it was* .alive with rats. They'd gnawed all the upholstering. We cleaned them out in a week with RAT-SNAP. I prefer this rat killer because it comes in cake form, no Covoo /li-rtvinfr Ttnnds and k^w? ? VW VtA* VJ ** o plates." Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Lexington Pharmacy and Harmon Drug Co. 666 quickly relieves Constipation, | Biliousness, Loss of Appetite and j Headaches, due to Torpid Liver. | ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. All persons having claims against the estate of H. "W. Kcon. deceased, will present them to the undersigned, duly attested, and all persons owing the said estate will please make payment. MRS. J. D. KOON, Administratrix. Irmo, S. C., May 10, 1921. 4t. ESTATE NOTICE. All persons having claims against i octsito nf "n. "R. Pawl, deceased, ! are hereby notified to file same, duly verified, with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. fMrs.) Gussie Rawl, Administratrix. Batesburgr, S. C., May 2, 1921. 2tc-32 ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. All persons holding valid claims against the estate of John Bell Towill, deceased, are hereby notified to present the same duly verified and attested with the undersigned, and all persons indebted to said estate are i hereby notified to make payment to : the undersigned. DAISY PEARCE TOWILL, Administratrix of the Estate of John j Bell Towill, deceased. May 28, 1921.?3t. Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col lege ana ior aamissiou ul new sw i dents will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 1, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 1 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth SlOO and free tuition. The next session will | open September 14th, llJZi. i- or lur-j. ther information and catalogue, address Pres. I). B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. 5t-p-36 , Wc are proud of the confidence doctors, druggists and the public have in C66 Chill and" Fever Tonic. Lodge MeetingP!; s >v' Lexington Lodge Xo. 132, A. F. A \ i-pgular communication of Le ^ ington Lodge, Xo. 152, A. g. ?&,, ? X M., will be held June 18, m &A 8 o'clock. The Master Mas : ?< nf\\ .jspw? deprree will be conferee 4. jT&&r\ Visiting brethren cordia invited. . DR. G. F. ROBERTS, W. M. 'A. 1j. MARTIN. Sec'y. .. >x* *; *. Dixie I^odge, No. .">2. I. O. O. F. Dixie Lodge. No. :?2, I. O. O. > meets the first a third Monday nights ^ j in each month at 8:30 o'clock in t^k?-.;''s j Odd Follows hall. Visiting brothers j invited. IRA M. SLIGH, Noble Grand.. j H. F. RAWL. Secretary. j Lexington Ix>dge. No. 134, K. of P. '"'M J Lexington Lodge, No. 134, Knights !|j I antI fourt j coined. ' It. E. COOK, K. It. ' Lexington Council. No. 424<i Lexington Council, No. 240, J. O. o U. A. M., meets the first and ' .Jl third Thursday nights at 8:3i> o'clock. All members 'are '' urged to attend. LEE H. POWELL. C> Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets. "Chamberlain's Tablets have been used by my husband and myself off and on for the past five years. When my husband goes away from home he - always takes a bottle of them along/; with him. Whenever I have that heavy feeling after eating, or feeiV 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 good. How a Noted Vet. Gets Rid of Rats? Farmers Heed. Dr. H. H. Butler says, "I use RAT- . SNAP around my hospitals every ti,re< months, whe.ner I see rats or not. It does t,he work?RAT-SNAP lie's them every time. I recommend it; to everybody having rats." Don't wait until there is a brood o frats, act immediately you see the first one. Three sizes, 35c, G'c. *1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Harmon Drug Co., and Lexington Pharmacy. NOTICE. The county board resolved as follows: All persons in Lexington county are hereby notified that the County Board will refuse to. pay for any work on the roads of the county in the future, unless such work is authorized by some member of the Board and inspected by a member of said board before payment will be allowed. G. C. STEELE, Supv. Chairman of Board. .June 7. 1921. KODAKERS?Correct developing means better pictures. Send your kodak films to us and get the best. Columbia Studio, 1423 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. Write for price ilst. ' 3t-32-E WANT ADS. HAMPSHIRE HOGS?Several nice stock boars. Also a nice lot of pigs ready to deliver now. Abram Stork, Lexington, S. C., Route 3. 2t-c WANTED?Men or women to take orders among friends and neighbors for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 75c. an hour spare time, or $3G.OO a week for full time. Experience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mills, Norristown, Pa. 38-p XOTICE?Crude turpentine or scrape bought in any quantity, bunched in the woods or at Pelion, S. C. Savannah quotations paid. James C. Hartley (Fred G. Hartley, manager), Pelion, S. C. 27-tf-c FOR SALE?Cheap?A Ilolstein milk cow, with or without heifer calf. Apply to Harmon Drug Co., Lexington, S. C. WANTED?To buy a good second hand surveyor's outfit. Any one having such for sale will please write or call on J. O. Hallman, Leesville, S. C., lit. -1. 2tp