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ft. ::,IL. ifT''"-'",, / IFYINCTON. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1921. NUMBER 37.
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J RURAL POLICEMAN I
fegifc Rural Policeman Asbill,' failing- ir
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effort to stopt Dr. Rice B. Harmon
SfcR: "'* proprietor of: th^ Harmon Drug Com?3b/vpany,
Lexington. oh?the road to Co
lun*bia on the afternoon of th(
|Ki. fourth* sent a bullet flying after him
;* ' ' which by a lucky chance defle<^tec
* ?*- back of Dr. Har
B^^when it ~sxia*cxv.
Hp?,.' mon's Buick roadster. Mr. Olir
Bp: 'Price was ridingr with Dr. Harmor
and might easily have been the vie
of the a|iot had the bullet strucl
|g?. j[ust a few inches further to the left
j^T'-"'The road wds crowded with holidaj
traffic at the; ,thne.
;pL;. From the mV>st reliable account;
Bf" - obtainable, it seems that Dr. Harmor
Bi 'was going to Columbia to attend th<
laying of the cornerstone of the Ma
sonic temple atid was pushing alon?
g to get to the ?apital City in time foi
the exercises. Rural Policemei
Preshley and Asbiil were located or
highway looking for speeders ii
Scholarships
p examination;
BfifejlTLY 8 IS DATE FOR SCHOLAR
feg; SHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMIXAYIONS?SEVERAL
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CANCLES TO BE
FELLED.
^;^'The" Clemson College scholarshij
I entrance examination will b<
gWl&d next Friday, July 8th, beginning
at 9 a. m., according to an
made yesterday by Jul
I mis E. Sharpe, superintendent of edu
5^ Ration. There are ' four four
M Sggar. scholarship^' and one one
Bfl^^^iftaiPsscholarship. The young men o
ton. county "are urged to tak?
^^p'^Mfl^antage of this oportunity to se
an education in this great in
'/.There is one scholarship to the Cit
I Bl this year and this examinatioi
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I prill be held July 8th, beginning at !
I O'clock. This is the Military! Col
Of South Carolina and a grea
tThe College of Charleston offers ;
^^jjfor~year scilolarshih that pays tui
I ran only. This is an old college wit!
phigh standing and some young
ptian ought to grasp this opportunity
HM^feamination will be held on Jul;
|The entrance examination to tlv
I Kfersity of South Carolina will b
I |[on July 8th, at 9 a. m. Then
I |p?. vacant scholarships but thos
enter must stand the ex
HAVE BARBECUE
school. The trustees
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^^HEPfrDB FELLOWS TO MEET.
Ik anniversary sale.
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ja?d bargains in goods of qual
I. Bvery^item is guaranteed t<? 1m
FIRES SHOT
T DR. RICE B. HARMON
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i an'-.effort to round up such persons as,
were guilty of breaking the law. As
Dr. Harmon went l?y him, Mr. Freshley
signaled to Mr. Asbill. The latter
" I attempted to wave? T r. Harmon down.
J j When Dr. Harmon p.r.i-1 no attention
I tc the signal {to stc-rr Policeman Asj
I bill sent a flying f-ht t after him,
striking the rear end oi the automob
le. The ^bullet made a considerable
1 dent in the metal back, but fortuni
ately it struck a part which slanted
. j of" and was therebv defected to the
. j l.ght of the car. Had it struck a few
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inches further to the left, wnere mc
body slants up instead of to the right,
r the consequences might have b#en
very s.erious.
5 The affair has created considerable
l discussion and many people, thoroughly
in sympathy with the effort to
enforce-'the speed laws, are freely expressing
their criticisriy.pf indiscriml
inate shooting on the road, .particur
larly on a holiday, when the traffic
i is greater than usual.
i It is understood that Dr. Harmon
i f will seek redress in the courts. .
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| OVER FOUR MILLIONS
AVAILABLE ON FARMS.
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!j Columbia. June 27.?Customers of
J\ his company are ready at this time to
j lend approximately $4,500,000 in
1 South Carolina on choice farm lands,
- according to Charles H. Barron, president
of the Carolina Bond and Mortgage
Company of Columbia. Applications
for loans are -invited by the
company, he said.
Mr. Barron said yesterday that the
^ bringing of this large amount of out|
aide money into the state would be of
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wonderful assistance .at this time, as
* funds will be required soon by the
- farmers for the harvesting of crops.
"Heretofore," said Mr. Barron, "The
farmers have secured the bulk of the
money needed during July, August
and September* for gathering and
" marketing their crops from their lo?
cal banks. An unusual situation ex3
ists at the present time in that a large
portion of the money borrowed from
the banks for harvesting the 1920
crops is still unpaid, and the banks in
South Carolina will find it difficult in
1 the present situation to finance the
? coming crop. I believe that with the
assistance which our customers are I
t offering the state that our crop can
be gathered and marketed."
Mr. Barron said that since January 1
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in th#> state approximately)
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r $2,500,000. "I am somewhat proud |
, of this record," he said "when it is j
r considered that the Federal land-bank I
covering North and South Carolina, |
Georgia and Florida has only loaned
e approximately $500,000 in the four |
e states and although I understand they j
e have on hand now applications for loans
approximating $32*000,000 they)
have available for distribution in the j
four states within the near future only 1
about $3,000,000."I.
In addition to hangling farm loans,
the Carolina Bond and Mortgage
e Company has bought and paid for j
^ school, county, road and municipal j
- bonds approximately $4,900,000 since '
l- the first of the year.
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9 A DAY OF PLEASURE.
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The children and. grandchildren oft
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Steele, who live!
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6 miles west of Lexington had a real j
(old time barbecue on Monday, July'
4. The dinner was ready by 12:30. ,
t Bananas, candy, crackers and other'
fruits were served. In the afternoon
games were played by both old and !
young. ^ ' j
Ten children. 22 grandchildren and
2 great-grandchildren were present.!
'while it was not .convenient for the !
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others to be there. 1
Mrs. Eliza Keisler and Rev. Mr.1
Obenschain and family were present ;
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also.
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The Rev. Mr. Obenschain gave a
a !
talk which was en.ioyed very much. *
Songs were sung and every one went
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away with a joyful heart, hoping to i
j enjoy another such a day.
, j FIRE.
"j Mr. M. ij. Martin, near Swansea.
on the night of the -1th. about 12 or
sj 1 o'clock, lost his dwelling, store
: house and contents, and smokehouse,
j etc. Scarcely anything was saved. The
i origin < f the sr.- is unknown. His
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| BOOSTER 1RIl
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The new Columbia-Saluda Bus Line :
will be inaugurated July 7th. with a
booster trip over the route, leaving;
the city hall corner in Columbia
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promptly at S o'clock in the morn-'
ing. The Columbia chamber of com- j
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merce is arranging to have about 100,
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automobiles from that city, and all
the town along the route, follow the
string of new busses into Saluda,
where dinner will be served. Stops (
will be made at New Brookland, Lex- :
ington, Batesburg, Leesville, Ridge j
Spring and Saluda. Many automo- j
bilists from the towns mentioned above j
will assemble In Columbia and start j
out with the booster party on Thurs-1
day morning. A band will be car- j
FORMER LEXINGTON MAN I
WES IX FARAWAY TEXAS.
Special to The Dispatch-News.
Shiro, Texas, June 30.?Mr. Job
Harmon died at the home of his son
Edwin, in Shiro, Texas, June 27, 1921,
after a short illness. He was born
in Lexington, S. C? December 24,
1841; and came to Texas January 2,
1868. Mr. Harmon was among the
first to volunteer in Lee's infantry in
Virginia and fought bravely for the
Confederacy. Last year he met a
number of his old comrades at the
Confederate Reunion in Houston, but
he has now joined the ranks of those
who have gone before.
He was the father.of eight children,
seven of whom survive him.
Mr. Harmon was one of the land
marks of our community, and he will
be truly missed by hosts of friends t
l\Afla frvnno- b nlrl l
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JULY 15TH. QUARTERLY
MEETING OF LIBRARY ASSN.
This is a very important meeting
and all members as well as every one J
interested in the improvement of our |
town are urged to come out to this;
meeting. It will be on the court ,
shouse grounds (weather permitting) !
or in the court house. The office of
.president, made vacant by the resig- j,
nation of Mr. Ballentine, is be 1
filled at this meeting. Come and let's'
cooperate, let's get together; that's
what we must do, get together for'
the good of all. !.
Those still having books for the ,
library will please bring them. Remember
July 15th, at 8 p. m., at the;
court house, one week from this-' coming
Friday.
ANNIE C. CAUGHMAN. j
Secretary-Treasurer. , ,
HUNTING AND FISHING
LICENSES ON SALE ,'
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Game Warden Joe M. Caughman
announced today that he now has; '
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the 1921-22 hunting and fishing licenses
which can be procured by ap- j '
plying at his office in the Home Nat- i '
ional Bank building. Agents will, be.
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appointed throughout the county dur- ;
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ing the next few weeks and licenses '
will be placed on sale at several
places about the middle of August. :
The price of the county license is
$1.10 and the state license $3.10.
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Wllili ATTKM) MKKTIXG
AT CLKMSOX ('OM.Klii: i
.lames \Y. Shealy, (comity demon- ;
strut ion agent, leaves next .Monday*
morning, duly 11. for Clemson t'??l- :
lege, where he will attend a meeting )
of all the county agents, held for ih<
purpose of mapping out the work ;* ?r i
mxt year. Mr. Shealy expects to !>]
away till 'week and will not be in his 1
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ried along, and short talks will be
made in each town.
The day following the booster trip
will mark the regular operation of
the bus line on a twice-a-day schedule.
One bus leaving Columbia at
7 a. m. and another at 4 p. m. The
same hours of departure being set
for operation out of Saluda for Columbia.
The line will start with three
specially built, electrically lighted
busses, and the run between cities!
will be made in a little over 3 hours,
materially reducing the present rail-!
road schedules. Passengers will be
pick-ed up at any point along the
road and dropped off at points to suit
their convenience. The fare will be
the same as that charged by the railI
roads. Provision has been made . t<7
a. I
carry ugnt expense imchiigts, wu?
the idea of developing a regular
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, LEXINGTON COUNTY
SCHOOL NEWS
The following young ladies stood
the Winthrop College scholarship
and entrance examination held last |
Friday: Misses Esther Clark. Frances
Ollie Clark, and Ollie Farr, of Chapin,
Miss Ollie Justus. Woodford;
Misses Alma Williams and Minnie
Dowling, Swansea; Miss Eulalie Dreher,
Irmo; Misses Bedie George and
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Chicora Caughman, Lexington.
The patrons of the Smith Branch |
school voted an additional six mills
levy on4June 30th. for school purposes.
The following applicants successfully
passed the teachers' examination
'held on May 7th, white men:
Pienrsre P. Schneider: women. Pansv
Mae Carter, Lillie E. Buff. Julia Har-'
mon. Sara Roberts, Lola Roof. Negro
men. Geo. Butler and Fred C. Hunter.
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SUSPENSION BRIDGE
ACROSS GRAND CANYON
Thre is a new thrill in store for J
tourists of the Grand Canyon of Col- '
orado. In spite of almost insuperable
difficulties, a suspension bridge
has been placed across the Colorado
River ,at Granite Gorge, permitting!
direct access from the south side to
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the north side?or rim, as it is called
?of the canyon, where is located the!
grandest scenery in the park, hitherto
inaccessible by tourists. Henceforth j
the rim-to-rim travel is destined to
be the most exciting incident in a visit
to. the Grand Canyon.
The site of the bridge is just above
the mouth of Bright Angel Creek,
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about 10 miles by trail from Grand
Canyon station. It is a narrow gorge
with precipitous rocky walls towering
to a height on the southern rim of 4.500
feet and on the north rim to 1,500
feet higher. It is the only bridge
:>ver the Colorado River for a distance '
of 500 miles between The Needles.
Calif., and the point in Utah where
the Colorado is formed by the junc-!
tion of the Grand and Green rivers. ;
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The new bridge is a cable suspen-,
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sinn bridsre with a span ot 420 feet
between bearings for the bridge itself,
and 500 feet between the anchorage
points of the cable. The floor of the
bridge is at a height of lio feet above
normal water level, and IS feet above
the highest J\itown Hood level. There
ire two main 7-S-ineh plow-steel
aides, anchored at each end about
feet above the level of the hridg-tloor.
wliie'c. it suports by S-S-inoh
.alv.atMZed-stei !-wire hangei-s. spared
i> feet apart, and eonnei-ted to tit
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S?ridge by iron rods spread triangularly.
so f'tat eaeit i ad < e.tn efs t
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freight and express service later, to
operate in conjunction with the passenger
line. , The
Columbia chamber of com-'
merce has promoted, and is backing,
The Motor Transportation Co., of that
city, which proposes to operate similar
lines out of Columbia' over the
I most populas highways radiating in
every direction out of the capital city.
Preparations are being made to entertain
the Columbians during a short
stop at Lexington. Mayor S. J. Long
yesterday appointed a committee consisting
of Messrs. S. J. Leaphart. \V.
E. Sawyer and Ira M. Sligh to make
the necessary arrangements for the
entertainment of the visitors. It is expected
that several from Lexington
will accompany the party in their automobiles.
FAMILY REUNION"
CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY
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j At the home of Mr. Samuel X. Slice
I near Chapin, a family reunion was
I held July 1, 1921, in celebration of
his 82nd birthday.
Mr. Slice was born and reared in
this community and has lived his extended
life here, with the exception of
I four years when he served the South
i during the Civil War. His wife. ElI
len. is in the 80th year of her sojourn
on this earth and it is a noi>
! able fact that these people, even at
I this ripe old age. are in apparently
good health, both being active ana
able to go about doing the daily duties
of life, maintaining themselves
or the farm. They have been married
a little more than fifty-eight
years and are able to look with pride
upon a number of great grandchildren.
Instead of an ordinary picnic, it
was decided to have a regular barbecue
for this timely celebration. Two
nice "shoats" were furnished and
roasted with more care and diligence
by the famous 4<cuist." Mr. Noah
Bickley. than if it had been a public
affair. Needless to say that the meat
was fine and a long table in the beau'tiful
grove was sumptiouslv filled
with a "real dinner", that was far
more than could be eaten by the
large number present. It was with
much pleasure that they all could
mingle as one family while they ate
and drank?lemonade.
Those present were: Their five
children and families, nineteen grandchildren
and families and seven great
grandchildren, also, Rev. R. M. Carpenter
and family, making a total of
fifty-four. With regret we mention
that six were absent. Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Shealy and family, due to' the
illness of their little daughter. Lou
Ellen.
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it was a wunueiLui ?.vunion
of this family. All came early,
ate all they could, stayed until late,
in the afternoon, mingling in a high
state of happiness.
When the time of parting came all. j
even th& small children, seemed to'
breathe^p silent prayer that these
two people might live another year. J
ir ? "der that we might assemble
again in a similar manner and manifest
our love and respect for them.
TAYLOlt KKI MON.
A family reunion, whi.-h was attended
by thf inure di.-'.t'- fnmily. was
held at .Mr. Jem-d Taylor's, mar <:illiert.
S. <Sunday. July ti. Tile family
that -ujoy d thf pieiiie dinmr.
eonsistcd < :* _> gr.indehildren. sors
and " daughters. son-in-laws and
da ugh t v*.*-1 a - la w . * . Tables w?. " ?
ror' mi ?*: unit (trow v. iti;
LOCAL SCHOOL
TO IMPROVE
LEXINGTON HIGH TO HAVE
? FULL-TIME AGRICULTURAL
TEACHER?FULL FACUL"
TV SELECTED.
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The trustees of the Lexington High
I school have taken another step forward
when it was recently decided to
add a full-time agriculture teacher
to the faculty. This will give the
boys and girls of this community an
opportunity to learn something of our
greatest industry. In addition to this
it will give the school a higher standing
and four high school teachers.
The state and federal governments
pay three-fourths of the agriculture
teacher's salary. A teacher for this
work has not yet been secured but
the trustees are after a good man. An
announcement as to who he is will be
made shortly.
The following are the teachers for
the sesion of 1921-22: High school:
L. E. Whittle, principal: Miss Ellen
Hendrix, Miss Ethel Dreher" and the
agriculture teacher; Miss Florence,
Bigby, Tth grade: Miss Susie Lown,
6th grade: Miss Pearle Caughman,
5th grade; Misa Kate Shull, 4th
grade; Miss Annie Lou Taylor, 3rd
grade; Miss J. O. Harmon, tnd grade;
Mrs. Ethel Sease. Adv. 1st grade, and
Miss Mary Wingard. 1st grade. Mis3
May Lois Boozer and Mrs. E. B. Roof,
music teachers. The trustees are to
be congratulated upon securing such
a strong faculty. Most of them have
taught here for a number of years.
Prof. Whittle is a new man and we
wish him well among us. He has had
a number of year's experience as the
head of some of the best schools in
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JUDGING EGGS BY COLOR ^
Eggs in tfie winter time are likely
to have pale yolks. A popular impression
prevails that they indicate
poor feeding of the hens. This is
denied by the Government Bureau of
Animal Husbandry, which declares
that lack of green feed is the cause.
Most people think that eggs with
pale yolks have less flavor than eggs
with richly colored yolks. This is
probably true: but the housewife's
notion that they import less richness
to cakes and custards is contradicted
by the experts?though, of course,
they do contribute less color.
| Egg whites are often slightly yellowish
or greenish. But high-class
restaurants and hotels demand eggs
whose albumen shall be when cooked
as pure white as possible. Furthermore,
it is particularly important that
two or more eggs served with an order
shall match in color. Inasmuch
as such eggs command an extra-high
price, it is good business for the poultry
raiser who caters to the fancy
market to meet these requirements.
Boiled eggs should match in color
of shell. No first-class restuarant or
! fashionable club would think of serv|
ing a brown egg and a white one toi
gether. Even in shade they should
I match. In .New York only pure white
j eggs fetch the highest price. In Bos!
ton. on the other hand, brown eggs
! J>ring five cents more per dozen than
white ones.
\ Many people are firmly convinced
| that brown eggs have a richer flavor
j than white ones, and nobody can peri
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[ suade them that tlfev are mistaken;
i but the. experts say that the notion
ftias no basis whatever" in fact. In
; Massachusetts chickens have been
i bred to lay brown eggs?and the darker
they are in color the more acceptable
they are in the market.
LEXINGTON PAY-U GROCERY
OPENED LAST SATURDAY.
Lexington's latest business enterprise,
the Lexington Pay-C Grocerj.
operated by J. B. Penland. the well
known groceryman who operates 1 !
stores, four of which are located
Lexington county, opened for business
last Saturday under favorabl
auspices, many people taking advantage
of t'n-- bargains it: eatables offered.
Tim store i- in charge ?.f M. *
Kugene ! 1. < "ooley of I.ecsville. wn
is assisted by Mr. Justice Win gar d of
Lexington.
every tiling tiiat human could dv.-ir".
This reunion was given t?- coiebrat.
the fiSrd birthday of Mr. .H-rofi Try- 4
lor ami was or..; ; , c. 1/ .
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