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Slje fifBpoirff-Sfeufla Published Every Wednesday By SDIGH & WALKER, Lexington, S. C: G. M. HABMAN, Associate Editor. Etered at the Postoffice at Lexington, S. C., as mail matter ot the Second Class. Subscription Price Per Tear, $1.50 CASH IN ADVANCE. ?' I., ADVERTISING RATES Obituaries and in memorlams, one cent a word. Cash with order. V4UUD U1 U1IU1KB, UUV CVDl wuru. Cash with order. WAnt ads, one cent a word each insertion. Cash with order. Make all remittances payable to 8LIGH A WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews, Lexington, S. C. Phone ll9.? WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1921. ? : ?r : LOOKING jFOR A "GQAT." i As a race'df ;*goat" hunters doubtless the American people will take the lead. One of our favorite pastimes Is hunting up a goat?more particularly a government goat?on which to blame our troubles. We are entirely too prone to look to government to remedy our financial Ills, to take upon its broad back our individual burdens, to expect governmental agencies to make our road smooth, instead of using our own brains and making our own fortune by thrift and sense. Perhaps this disposition has hpd something to do with the storm of criticism which has been Reaped or\ the federal reserve board on account of the present denressed condition Mnst nf no in middle life remember a saying QUrrent some 35 or more years ago somewhat in this wise, "Beef in the market ten cents a pound whatever goeB up must come down." After action there comes reaction. We don't have to go back so far to remember the consumers strike, taking the form of the overall movement, which struck this country at the flood tide of prosperity, which was nothing more nor less than a protest of the i wage earners in towns and citMs against what they believed to be exorbitantly high prices. Demand, which had been exceeding supply, began to slacken until the inevitable panic resulted. All of which leads us to tho conclusion that some kind of a depression would have resulted regardless of any action of the federal reserve board. It has always seemed to us, however .that the policy of the board hastened the deflation process, and this was the first and so far as we know the only South Carolina newspaper that sounded a warning along this line in the early stages of the board's efforts to restrict credits and thereby wring the water from our business system. Without being any too familiar with the law which defines the scope of the powers of the board and laying no claim to more than average knowledge of economics, we had a hazy idea that the federal reserve bank was created for the specific purpose of tiding us over crises like the one through the coun try has been passing for the past twelve months. Certainly in the early stages cf deflation considerable propaganda was issued by the federal reserve board, which of itself was calculated to help us along down the soapy shoot. To be sure the responsible heads now claim that these were only warnings which the board felt constrained to utter in the light of then qurrent events which showed that we wcr!e riding for a fall. However true the defense of the board may be, one cannot lightly pass over such charges against the board as have been made by so responsible a man as John Skelton Williams, former controller of the currency and himself a member of the board, though the only good to be gained from an Investigation now is to safeguard the future. The coun try. has been pretty thoroughly "deflated," and thousands of men of good business judgment have been practically ruined through no fault of their Otvn. So far as the present situation fa concerned nothing but hard work, frugality and clear thinking can help most of us now to get back on our feet. So far as Lexington county is concerned we wore never in so bad a fix as some of our richer neighbors and we are fast coming back to normal. It won't be long before we will look back on the worries of 1921 with a smile. In Newberry recently a man is said to have killed 25 snakes in one day, while in Greenville another man drank wood alcohol and may go blind. Evidently the Newberry brand is a shade better. TOO FAR. I There appeared In the daily papers one day last week quite an interesting story about a convict whose heart was made glad by his first ride in an automobile and his first experience at a moving picture show. The man, who was convicted of the killing of the coilnty treasurer of Orangeburg county many years ago, is serving a life sentence. The reporters did themselves proud and managed to build up quite an interesting "human Interest" story. Taken alone, this incident would have little if any significance, but as an index of the general disposition towards persons whom the law has required to suffer f/>v. rv.iclnA/la <4- Aa n?% 4rvirv/>?*tnn4 1U1 IUCJLI 111 IDUtt U O ib SO aii iilipui MblU symptom. Only recently the Spar- ; tanburg papers pripted a story of con- ! vlcti; on their county gang who were y given week-end vacations. We have heard of other counties in which such practices are more or less common. The^poor old man who has served so , long in the penitentiary may be fully entitled to an automobile ride and a sight at the moving picture. He was convicted of a heinous crime on circumstantial evidence, and to this day ^ maintains his innocence. Personally \ we dct not begrudge him a few hours [ of liberty, enjoyed in the "presence oft his keepers. But the' prevailing cus- [. turn seems to be growing to be over? lenient with convicts. The Dispatch- ' NewS would be the first to condemn Ijrutal treatment of convicts. It be- i' lieves they should be provided with v sanitary surroundings, should bd ' treated humanely- in every respect, i but it wonders If at times the pendu- . lum has not Swung too far away from ! the cruelty of former times to the i present day method of granting weekend paroles from some of our county gangs. 4It is a dangerous practice and if continued will result in harm to the community and the convicts themselves. IiEfS HAVE Tip: TRUTH. President Harding appears to have stirred up a storm of protest by his statement, based on reports of the public health service, that the South was about to face a serious outbreak of pellagra, as a result of under nourishment resulting from low priced cotton. The president was particularly unfortunate in his choice of the words "famine and pestilence," which made the South appear in a rather bad flight. On the surface it would appear that the statements have done the South great injustice, but as a matter of fact it woud not be surprising if there was a tremendous increase in the number of pellagra cases in the South, granting that it is a disease which owes its origin entirely to a poorly balanced diet. Every now and then we hear of some tenant farmers who are in a deplorable financial condition, who have little to eat and are unable to secure credit wtih which to obtain it. In the industrial centers thousands of people are now working for greatly reduced wages, many are out of work and others are employed only part time. | Our information is that in the Horse Creek Valley there has been very I little work in mnnths nni) wl-iiln 1 have heard of no distress as a direet result of unemployment, it would not be surprising: to learn that many families were being compelled to exist on much reduced rations. As a rule we are inclined to believe thaf tenant farmers are even better off than cotton mill operatives who have been out of employment for a long time. Maybe President Harding went a little too far, but it won't hurt to ascertain the facts. If conditions are bad the South itself can take care, of the situation, but it is hoped that the' true facts -frill be ascertained. DEVELOPING A MARKET. Casually glavcing through the pages of a magazine having a large circulation among the women of this country we were attracted by a really beautiful advertisement in colors of the California "Sunkist" orange. And right here we believe is one method by which our own Southern sweet po-* tato could be introduced into many parts of the country where it is practically, unknown today, thus broaden ing tne neid ror prolltable agriculture in the South, so muchjneed^d in these days of big boll' WeeVil damage. But an advertising campaign requires money?more money than a few men are able to contribute to a cause even r / so worthy as this. The raising of the funds for such a purpose phould be the work of chambers of commerce, potato associations and other like organizations throughout the South. At last accounts Joe Sparks had a slight lead on Irvin Cobb, in the national reducing handicap. Joe Says he Will ultimately win if lie has ito get in "Shorty" Sligh's class. We are inclined to think that Joe is having to work since he quit the newspaper business, and that this instead ^of dieting is responsible for his collapse. AMEN, BROTHER. * . Our good friend, Brother Birch- j more, of the Wateree M-Ossei^ger, | commenting upon an editorial in last I 1 week's Dispatch-News, very aptly re- I marks: About the greatest uplift that we can think of for the weekly newspaper just at this particular time would be for a number of 1 subscribers to pay up and for business men to buy space in the advertising columns of the paper and pay for it at a reasonable , price. Yes, we too, believe in an uplift movement, especially along the line we have indicated. , I AMICK'S FERRY NEWS. 1U1. junua J3. nyier unu lamiiy visited with Mr. 'Eugene Amick and wife < ol the Macedonia section last Sunday. ' Mr. D. D. Amick and family visited relatives of the Macedonia section . last Sunday. * i Mr. Earl Lindler of near Chapin f was a Sunday evening visitor in this ' I section. Mr. J. W. Shirey and family of near Prosperity visited relatives of ; this section last Sunday. I Mr. B. E. Amick and family-v^pent a short while Sunday evening with Mr. T. I. Amick and family, i Mr. Charlie Hollis and wife and ! little daughter, Mary Kate and little son, Charles of Laurens, are spend ing some time with his father, Mr. r *VV. D. Hollis, and family. Mr. Thomas Shealy and wife spent a short while Sunday evening with Mr. T. I. Amick and family. * Several of the young people from this section attended the social given at "Mr. Scott Kelsler's last Saturday . night, and on return reported a nice , enjoyable time. Mr. R. E. Amick and wife and lit- L tie daughter, Bertie Mae, visited rela- 1 tives of the Piney Woods sectioh last Sunday. There will be a picnic at old Lexington Baptist church oh next Satur- ? aay, Augusi b. n;veryDoay nas a cordial invitation. y Everybody is looking: forward to a . big: time at the Little Mountain re- < union Friday,' August 5. 1 j ? ? ? k* v BROOKLAND TRUCKERS vi TO FORM COOPERATIVE Jj MARKETING ORGANIZATION L " J Special to The Dtspatch-News'./r ?" < New Brookland, August 1.?Mi1. J. t .W. Shealy has just accepted au. invi-^ tation to come to New Brookland at | his earliest convenience and explain> to the farmers in that section how to \ j form a truck growers cooperative marketing organization and its advantages. Mr. Shealy intends to bring with him a Clemson College m^n to help him talk. < Lexington county farmers of this f section are widely known for their I efficiency as truckers. They excell in the growing of almost every va-1 riety of table food. They know the game. You can depend on them. j But they have in the past depend- ! ed entirely on Columbia and New | Brookland for their markets. Motor transporta^.on has so shortened distances of late that farmers j at greater distances are taking to trucking and likewise looking for these markets to buy their stuff until production is about to get ahead of consumption. These splendid truckers need to see about this. They need to learn to supply the needs of other cities. After they have taken care of their home markets, 'they must know of 'other places. Nobody can beat them raising god things and they must see to it that other folks cannot beat them finding markets worthwhife. As soon as Mr. Shealy reports when i he can come it will be newstd all about and all who can come will be welcome. It is desired that every farmer who can come do his best, to come and show Mr. Shealy and the other speaker his appreciation in trying to help work out this problem that faces us all. A Camouflaged Will ' An old fellow on his "deathbed, in making his will, murmured to his lawyer: "And to each of my employeft "vfrfto ha?ft bcfen with me twenty years or more I bequeath $20,000." "Holy smoke! "What generosity!" the lawyer exclaimed. "No, not at all," said the sick man. "You see, none of them have been with me over a year; but it will look good in the papers, won't it?" (TURNIP AND SF, ASONAIJI/E SEED [ Wood's new crop turnip and, ruta .baga seed. All varieties turnip seed, frutabaga, radish, mustard and cabjbage seed, valentine, Kentucky Wonkier cornfield and other bean seed 'And quick growing corn for late crops. [Dwarf Essex Rape, Rye, Mlllett, and (other seasonable seed. HARMON DRUG CO., Lexington, S. O. PERSONALS Miss Kathryn Berly is visiting friends in St. Matthews. ) Misses Leila Myers and Emily f Smith of Sumter are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Ella Fox. r' Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wienges of St. Matthews, after a visit to the parients of the latter, are on an extended trip through the North west. Miss Annie B. Corley has returned ' from a visit to her niece, Mrs. Lula * Hunter at Prosperity. Miss Grace Oliver has returned to her home at Swansea after spending 1 'a very delightful week with her friend. Miss Juanita George. j Mr. John D. Younglner, a prominent teacher of Fort Payne, Ala., wnu, wiinc mi a visit nerc, was xaKen seriously ill, has been carried to a ] Tiospital in Columbia. t Mrs. G. M. Harman leaves tomor- .1 row afternoon for Baltimore, on a i month's visit to her son and daugh- ,'t 'ters, residing in that city. 't Mr. and Mrs. James L. Tapp, Mrs. < Dibble, Mrs. Lemon, Columbia; Mr. ? and Mrs. Geo. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga., ' Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis, Carters- * ville, Ga., kin folks and the welcome guests of Mf. P. O. McLain, the popular and efficient manager of The Jus. L. Tapp Store at Lexington, all dining with him last Wednesday, and enjoyed the day very much, especially the splendid dinner served by Mrs. Bessie Berly, Mr. McLain's boarding home. Miss Sarah Mildred Berly, one of our most popular young lauies, ai- ,t ter spending a week in Branchvillc with her friend, Miss Inez Rushton, i , returned home Sunday accompanied by Miss Rushton, wlio will spend the , week-end visiting friends in town. Mr. L. B. Frick, one of the progressive farmers of the Fork section, who was in Lexington Monday on j business, says that crops in the Fork ] are good this year, with the exception , of cotton, which suffering to a ( considerable extent from boll weevil j damage. , F. H. Corley, who is with the State Chemical Laboratory, Columbia, is ( spending his vacation with the home folks here. Mrs. \V. D. Dent and son, Woodrow, have returned home after spend- , ing a week with relatives and friends'i in Columbia and Irmo. i Mrs. W. "P. Roof, Jr., and children are spending the week-end with Mrs. 'Lemon K. Harmon. Miss May Younce of Ridge Spring ' is the charming guest of Miss Hattie ; Lee Wingard. Miss Hattie Lee Wingard has re- . 'turned home after a short visit to ' fronds in Ridge Spring. A! . D. F. Price, a substantial farmer up on Hollow Creek has our thanks for a very large quillmelon, iwhich was juicy and sweet. Mrs. D. R. Haltiwanger and Misses 'Mary James and Ivar Cuughman, her interesting daughters, are enjoying Uhe fresh sea breeze and salt water/ baths iff Sullivan's Island, Charles ton. Wo wore more than glad, yet sad. to moot Col. D. J. Grillith, on Friday, in attendance at Judge George S. ^Drafts' funeral. Perhaps there is no ^nian in Lexington county more highly esteemed and popular citizen than 'Col. Grittith, tilling in time, many positions of honor and trust with gen'oral satisfaction to our people. Wo 'are glad the Colonel is feeling very well and enjoys himself down on thy farm. r CARD OF THANKS. ; We desire to express through the columns of The Dispatch-News our /sincere thanks to the many kind friends who were so helpful during ! the illness and death of our father, George S. Drafts. We will ever hold !in grateful memory their tender sym> pa thy. ANDREW DRAFTS, ! CHARLES DRAFTS, MRS. T. P. MEETZE, MRS. ELIZABETH BOOZER. 4 Cause of Appendicitis. When the bowels are constipated, the lower bowels or large intestines become packed with refuse matter, that iq, made vip largely of germs. These germs enter the vermiform ap- , pendix and set inflammation, which is commonly known as appendicitis. Take Qhamberlain's Tablets when needed and keep your bowels regular and you , have little to fear from appendicitis. Mr. Vaughan, Farmer, Tells llow lie I.ost All Ills Prize Seetl Corn. "Some time ago sent awny for some pedigreed seed corn. Put it in a gunny sack and hung it on a rope suspended from roof. Rats got it all? how beats me, but they did because I got 5 dead whoppers in the morning after trying RAT-SNAP." Three sizes, 35e, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by T.exington Pharmacy and Harmon Drug Co. LEXINGTON MULL NOTES. Misses Mary Clifton Floyd and Sue Maurice Harmon have returned home after visiting friends and relatives in Suluda. < Miss Burneese Ayers of Columbia spent the week-end at home. Luther Sox is all smiles; it's a girl. Mr. James Floyd and Forest Lowman made a flying trip to Newberry Sunday. There must be something wrong up there, "Rob" going so often. A large crowd of young people enjoyed the chicken fry Wednesday night, given by the B. Y. P. U. at Mrs. W. A. Harmon's. VOTICK TO PATRONS OF LEXINGTON SCHOOL. aii parents 01 cnnuren witnout ? Lexington school district No. 1, who lesire to send their children to the -.exington school the coming session nust make application for admission ;o the Secretary of the Board of Trusees, Mr. Karl F. Oswald. Over:rowded conditions make this neceslary. Unless this application is made t may not be possible to care for all he children from out of the district. H. N. KAMINER, KARL F. OSWALD, Q. 13. CAUGHMAN, Board of Trustees. CITATION NOTICE. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington.?By H. L. Harmon, esquire, probate judge. Whereas, Mrs. M. E. Strother made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and . ffects of J. William Mitchell. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred md Creditors of the said J. William Mitchell, deceased, that they be and ippear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexington, C. H., S. C., on 18th. day August, 1921, lext, after publication hereof at 11 j'cloek in the forenon. to show cause, f any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 3rd day if August, Ano Domini 1921. H. L. Harmon, C. C. C. P. & G. S. Acting Probate Judge Lexington Co., s. c. Published on the 3rd day of August 1921 in the Lexington paper, 2 iveeks. FRAMES MADE TO ORDER. We frame pictures, diplomas, marriage certificates, etc. Our stock of mouldings, glass, etc., was bought before the high price times. We give you first class work and guarantee lowest prices on frames made to order?New stock of latest styles in mouldings and material. HARMON DRUG CO., The REXALL Store, 2\v Lexington, S. C. TURNIP ANI) SEASONABLE SEED , Wood's new crop turnip and ruta baga seed. All varieties turnip seed, rutabaga, radish, mustard and cabbage seed, Valentine, Kentucky Wonder, cornfield and other bean seed and murk growing corn for late crops. Dwarf Essex Rape and other seasonable seed. HARMON DRUG CO., 2w Lexington, S. C. BARBECUE On Saturday, August 13th, we will furnish a first class barbecue and refreshments at Steele & McCartha's shop, 4 1-2 miles west of Lexington on the Dixie Highway. Come one and all and enjoy the (lay. 4t-c-42. STEELE & McCARTHA. BARBECUE 1 will give a first class barbecue Saturday, August 13, at Saxe-Gotha. I will serve a first class dinner at 50c, and GOe. Keep the date in mind and come and enjoy a good dinner with us. J. I. CORLEY. BARBECUE There will be a barbecue at Long .Branch school house on Thursday, August 11, furnished by the patrons for the beenfit of the school. Everybody is invited to come and enjoy a good dinner. ^ . SIDNEY C.' RICKARD,* ? MARK A. CORLEY, J ORE R. ROOF, 3t-c-4 2 Trustee. BAKBEIUE Wo will furnish a first class barbecue August f>th, 1921, at Cross lloads, near Jake "William's, between Pelion and Stecdman. lion. Cole Jj. Please will make an address, agraleulture speaker and baseball game. Everybody invited. X. W. Del IA PUT. S. D. DERRICK. II I WANT ADS. j 1 FIGS WANTED?About 1 bushel! ' large firm figs wanted for preserv^ ing. Box 66, Lexington, S. C. ltp1 (FOR SALE?My place near Saxe Gotha mills, containing 65. acres of \ land, good house and all necessary outbuildings; 30 acres open land, balance in timber. At a bargain.. . Better see me ouick. Ligon Hook, Lexington, S .C., Route 3. ltp FOUND?A .38 calibre pistol. Owner f can recover by proving property I and paying expenses. Apply to W.. D. George, Lexington Depot. _ ltc HANDSOME, congenial young lady worth $100,000 is anxious to marry honorable, worthy gentleman.. Katherine, 508 Lankershim Bldg.,. Los Angeles, Cal. 4t-p-44 THE ONLY . NEW COMPLETE FLOUR MILL IN THIS SECTION. 1 ?We have in operation at Wood- j ford, S. C., the only flour mill in section with purifiers. Built 1920 with new latest improved long system ninchinery. Others with their , worn and overhauled two and three H stand systems cannot give you the quantity and quality of flour we are turning out from our new large (sixty barrels capacity) four stand complete mill. Bring or ship us your wheat will grind same day re I eeived. We grind for toll. .Tns. K. & H. H. Leysath. 2t-41-c ' j NOTICE?Crude turpentine or scraper bought in any quantity, bunched in the woods or at Pelion, S. C. Sa - j vannah quotations paid. James Hartley (Fred G. Hartley, manager), Pelion, S. C. % 27-tf-c WHAT do you know about the Klu Klux Klan? Write to Gordon Fairweather, Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, for information. 4tp FOR SALE?Six hundred acres farming land, near Pelion, S. C. Soven tenant houses and necessary outbuildings. Terms to desirable pardress Room 322, Jefferson Ho*el, Columbia. 4 0tf-c Lodge Meetings Dixie Lodge, No. 32,' I. O. O. P. Dixie Dodge, No. 52. I. O. O. F.. meets the first and %. third Monday nights t in each month at S:30 o'clock In the Odd Fellows hall. Visiting brothers invited. I It A M. SLIGH, Noble Grand. n. r. hawi,, secretary. Lexington Lodge, No. 134, K. of 1\ Lexington Lodge, No. 134, Knights ?of Pythias, meets the second and fourth Wednesday nights at S: 3 0 o'clock. Visitors welcomed. li. H. BARItE, C. C. U. E. COOK, K. It. Lexington Council, No. 340. Lexington Council, No. 340, J. O. J*. U. A. M., meets every Thursday night at 8:00 /\^\ o'clock. All members are urged to attend. LEE H. POWELL, C. $50 REWARD I will pay a reward of $f?0 for evidence sufficient to convict the person or persons who broke into my store at Pelion on the night of Wednesday, July 27. 2t-p-4 2 J. Albert Hartley. NOTICE OF SALE On Tuesday, August 10th, at 10:30 a. m., the undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the personal effects of James I... Miller, deceased, at the home of AV. L. Miller, pear Styx, Cpngaree Township, Lexington County. The principal items to be sold are: One Paige five-passenger touring car, run about 4,500' miles, equipped with coj"d tires, and one book case contalnih(i: numerous books, including 29-vol. ^et Encyclopedia Britanico. Lawrence E^x Miller, Administrator, Badham, la. C" 2tc-42 NOTK'H TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All persons holding claims xigainst the estato of J. Sol. Dooley aro hereby notified to present the samo duly verified and attested to tlio undersigned and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to the undersigned. N. C. POOLEr, MINNIE O. SITULL, Executors of the Estxite of .1. Sol. Dooley, Deceased. -It-))--1-1