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LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1921. NUMBER 44.
fAH FRICK
EATH BY I
ih.-Fi Frick, one of the best
rmers of the Fork section
:hly respected citizen, living
s&w was fatally shot by Willi
^ JUlwi. a negro tenant living ,on his
place about a mile from the town ofi
Chapin. The shooting occurred at!
Vetoed Thesheriffs office was
>r tifftiflnd^and Sheriff Roof, being, away
V'ftthfif 6US1Q09S) livpsijr- -oustm wa- i
wald proceed&L.immediately to the
4Beeije of lthe%n^,-&tft negro h'*d
' 'left. when he Arrived li6fe
an how after "the shootflpfc
: to his ' hoijse after
andremained there odiy
:r; 4^ mtautes, "being heard to re%
Jwd aB leave Mtt
^^IWxidreS-fts one.'v He was.'a&ntii'
yjSJ^gbt last seen with a Winchester
/'fcfepeatiltff rifle and a single-barreled
.aifcatgnn. It is believed that he made
mi liver swamp around1 Peak,
with which he is said to be quite-fafollowing
account from The
State of thisjnorning gives the details
' Ojf the affair:
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J; <Koah F. Frick, prominent Chapin
farmer, was shot and fatally wound
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eel pn the road about three quarters
I of a -mile from his home neat* Chapin
at &:10 o'clock this afternoon by
Allen, a negro share cropper on
Frick's farm, according to Calvin
pF-qiliner and Enoch Frick, eyewit'*
H688es of the tragedy.. Mr. Frick was
v', ': i - ' r
.'brought to Columbia immediately afp7~
t qb % ^
Z\Vte~:-the shooting, and was carried to.
y it?ie Baptist hospital, where he was
r operated upon in an effort to save
life. Mr. Frick entered the opE^Mt^ng
room at 8 o'clock, dying there
rjK^ibout 10:30 o'clock. The ball,
^fired from a large ^calibre rifle, erfterv
" ed the abdomen, .producing a fear KF^oSSd.
B Mr. Frick was shot in the public
Broad just in front of Allen's house on
fBMr. Frick's farm, according to Calfulmer,
one of the two eyewit^aesses
of the shooting. Mr. Fulmer
been over to tflte negro's house
see about some laundry work,
eh Allen's wife was to have done,
was just leaving when he met
^Frhjk' and his son, Enoc 'Frick,
, wagon coming toward the neg'
house) where Mr. Frick was to
irvise the dividing of a share crop
fodder which Allen had raised. Mr.
rulmjer stopped beside the wagon
0 talk with Mr. Frick, he said, and
*fsaw \li\e negro come from his house
>?iibout 150 yards away carrying a WinB
Chester rifle in his right hand. The
negro, Mr. Fulmer said, approached :
I'the, wagon and then fired, telling Mr. <
?4j|Eriek, 'Now's the time to settle the
l^affair." Mr. Frick fell over in the
fe^Kagon and the boy, Enoch, jumped1
out of the wagon, running to bring
fch&lp. The mules, hitched to the wa
fcgon, became frightened and while Mr.
gliliner was busy catching and quietEbg
them the negro turned and went
KjBfek. into the house after aiming his
Jppin at both the fleeing boy and Mr. |
^'' oei f- r\
apparently unucciucu v.^:
^Wkether he should also shoot them.
? Brought to Columbia.
^|\Koticing that Mr* .Frick was still
^4ting, Mr. Fulmer got into the wagon
drove back to Chapin where medattention
was secured. Dr. J'.
jMsfe.jEargle of Chapin and Dr. -Claud
"-0ease -of Little Mountain both ?being
;^&Hede in. }Ir. Frick was then placed '
| <>n the'train and brought to Columbia |
for hospital treatment. He was acr
cpmpanied to the hospital by Mr. Fuljner
and relatives.- In the meanwhile;
the news of the shooting had been j
bead throughout the neighboring]
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'.^Country and bloouhounds ordered out
swSf' j
.vf from Newberry.
.-'-'The trouble between Mr. Frick and |
tf.r-: . - > the
n^gi'O, who has been working for
'jHmj. Frick as a share cropper for two
yeafs, is<qf a year's standing, accord%
ing to Mr. Fulmer. A year ago the
negro had carried two bales of cotton
to a gin at Chapin, one bale being
. somewhat lighter than the other. The
cotton seed was sold immediately and
the money divided between Mr. Frick
and the negro. The seed from the
second bale, the lighter of the two.
was also somewhat lighter than the
{.seed secured from the first bale and j
the negro, Mr. Fulmer said, accused J
Mr. Frick of cheating him out of his
money, allegeding that he had brought |
the same amount of seed cotton for
<?VvV .
fits/'
MEETS
NEGRO'S ACT
(both bales. Mr. Frick told the negro
that he had not had anything to do
|with the weighing of the seed and
/was therefore not responsible for any
mistake if any had been made. The
/amount in dispute totaled only about
*$2.50, Mr. Fulmer said.
Trouble Last Saturday.
< Last Saturday, Mr. Fulmer said, AlI
V* .
r.len came to Mr; Frick's house and
. ? 'V i
/demanded to. be paid for some fodi
der he had #ull?<i and also asked for
'the money him for the ootton
I seed. Mr. Ftfqfc.apeording to his
ison, iSttdoh, ?offfered ' to pay for thej
fodder but told the negTo that he
did not owe him any money for cot'
ton seed. "You're a damn liar," the
/'negro replied, the boy says. Mr* Frick
fvthen advised th? negro, Enoch says,!
"Alien don't call* me a damn liar in
my yard/" and Jthe negro went outaide
the gate and after cursing Mr.
Frick threw a rock at him. Mr. Frick
returned the throw, both missing
their aim, and Enoch also threw a
rock at the negro, he says. The negro
left and nothing more was heard of
! the incident.
Yesterday morning Allen sent a
negro boy over to Mr., Frick's house
to ask Mr. Frick to come over and
divide some fodder. Mr. Frick was
busy at the time and Harry Frick,
his third oldest son, went over to the
negro's house instead. The negro refused
to let the boy divide the.fodder
and told him to go get Mr. Frick.
The boy returned with this message
and after dinner Mr. Frick hitched up
the wagon and accompanied by his
son, Enoch, set out for the negro's
house.
a1- ?**? f /s r\ F fVio tv* ACt
iur> r i ii'a was cue ui iu? niV?i
pronijnent farmers in this section of
Lexington county and was a leader
in the school and church life of the
community. He is survived by his
widow and five sons, C. B. "Frick of
CUftortr-&. J.-Frick of Peizer andHarry
Frick, Enoch Frick and Brady
Lee Frick. all of Chapin.
GILBERT MASONS GIVE
ENJOYABLE PICNIC
Gilbert lodge No. 176, A. F. M., did!
itself proud in arranging the program
which "was carried out at Gilbert
Saturday, when some'of the most
prominent and best speakers in the
Masonic fraternity were there and delivered
instructive and inspiring ad1
dresses, to which the public gener- j
" i
ally had been invited. The meeting
was held in the open air, and was at- i
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tended by hundreds ot" peop.'e, Aiasons j
and others. A bountiful barbecue'
and picnic dinner was spread at the j
hoon hour, and it may be said here j
that it was not the least enjoyable;
feature of the day.
i
The following program was carried
put, opened by an invocation by j
Rev. W. A. Shepard: ? j
Address of welcome by Cyrus L.!
Shealy of Lexington.
. "The Ancient Mysteries and Modern
Masonry," by C. C. Fishburne of j
Columbia.
"'Masonry, An Idea Above. Organi- j
zation/' by Waller Bailey of Colum- i
bia.
"Relationship of Masonry to Reli- i
gion," by Le&are Inglesby of Colum-j
bia.
"Masonry as a Practical Force," by;
James H. Fowles, of Columbia, dis-j
trict deputy grand master.
"The Best Thing in The World," by:
O. Frank Hart, of Columbia, grand
secretary of the Masonic order in;
South Carolina.
The exercises and the dinner-were,
thoroughly enjoyed by those fortun- j
ate enough to be present.
J. D. JORDAN MANAGER !
,OF DuPRE AUTO CO. |
Mr. J. D. tordan, who for more j
than two years har been conected;
with the DuPre Auto Company in the I
capacity of salesman, has been ap-1
pointed manager of the concern to j
take place of Mr. W. I>. Humphries, j
recently resigned. Mr. Jordan has I
made many friends since coming to j
Lexington, who are predicting that he;
will have a fine success as manager of!
the DuPre Auto Company, which con- i
cern is the local sales agency and
service station for Ford automobiles, J
|
| Fordson tractors and other farm rna|
chinery. Mr. Jordan is a native of
Greenwood county,
j Mr. Humphries has not yet an-;
nownced his plans for the future. j
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IMPORTANT MEET
OF TRUCKERS !
NEXTSATURDAY
Farmers and business men of the
Brbokland section are urged to be
present at New Brookland next Saturday,
August 27, at 10:30 % m., for
the purpose of taking steps to form
a cooperative marketing association.
Dr. W. W. Long, head of the extension
service of Clemson College, and
Mr. J. ,W.; Shealy, county demonstration
agent, and perhaps others
writl Ka nn honrl +A follr r\P a orAA/i
| tt *14 vax iiuau wv taizv vx vxxv 5wu
to be accomplished b? such a movement.
* A large crowd is expected., to
,be dh hand. The section around
: Brookland Is particularly noted a?
being the center of ?he of the best
trucking sections of the state. The
farmers have all along practiced diversified
agriculture and are in no
wise dependent upon king cotton. But
they believe that ivhile they are good
producers they have something to
learn about marketing. It is for the,
purpose of laying particular stress on
this phase of the farmers problem
an dto make a beginning toward the
organization of an association that
will be of great help that this meeting
has been called.
In a strong appeal for the meeting,
which is being sent out fromI
prominent citizens who are interested
appears the following:
"Every farmer and business man
and woman in Lexington county is
earnestly invited to be present.
"These are no times to be idle.
"We must learif, organize and work.
"Let us, one and all, come and hear
and learn from these experienpced
men. "Don't
forget the day and the hour.
"Saturday, August 27th, 10:30 a.
\TOnr P*?aaL?1q 99
BOLL WEEVIL DAMAGE WILL
BE EXTENSIVE
According to reports from al 1 parts ;
of the county the boll weevil damage
in Lexington county is going to be
very heavy this year. Owing to the
absence of a late or top crop of young
bolls for the weevil to feast upon the
pests are attacking the grown bolls
and farmers who had believed they
had a crop practically safe are awaking
to the realization that their crop
will be very much shorter than they
at first anticipated.
Mr.i W. P. Roof brought from his
farm one day recently a stalk of cotton
containing 29 practically grown
bolls of cotton, all of which had been 1
ruined by the boll weevil. Mr. Roof
poisoned the weevil, using; two appli
cations. He does not expect to gather
from 40 acres of cotton enough to .
pay for the expense of poisoning, let
alone the other expenses. Other farmers
are reporting like experiences.
Mr. J. D. Jordan, manager of the
DuPre Auto Company, who has just
returned front a visit to his old home
in Greenwood, reports the same condition
prevailing in that county. <
PIXEY WOODS PICNIC
WAS PLEASANT OCCASION
The picnic of the Piney Woods local
I
of the Farmers Union, which was
held Saturday last. August 20, was
a decided success in every way. One
of the largest crowds ever attending
this annual event enjoyed . the day
from every standpoint. Topics of interest
to farmers were discussed by
the speakers and much valuable
thought was, expressed during the
day. An interesting exhibit was a
clmii-inor ,\f i-iiih>*?n clinvt hum r-at
lie, which the farmers of that section
are beginning to introduce in their
plans for diversification.
Addresses were delivered by Prof.
S. .M. Derrick, Rev. J.J. Long and
Messrs. \V. .J. Shealy and D. Frank
Efird. all of whom had some definite
message to bring to the farmers. The
addresses proved interesting and in struetive.
The dinner, it goes without saying,
was more than good. The good
people of the Fork, have always be|
lieved in living at home and have
i practiced what they preached. They
j spread a bountiful table of the best
| "eats" imaginable, and none went
[ away withou fettling more than satis:
fied.
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i From the *aste cl' margarine, soap
is produced.
I
TAXES LOWER
BY 5 MILLS
As the time for paying taxes will
soon be at hand, it will interest the
taxpayers of the county to know that
the levy for state and county purposes
will be lower by at least 5 mills
this year than in 1920. The total
levy for state and county purposes, including
the constitutional three mill
school tax, will be 30 mills, as against
35 mills the year before. Of this 4
mills is for past indebtedness, which
brings the actual for this year considerably
below- the 1920 levy. In
addition to the reduction above, W.
D. Dent, county auditor, has taken 2
mills specil tax for bonds off of Ave
school dstricts, there being a sufficient
surplus in the sinking funds of
the^e districts to take care of the
bonds without trouble. Congaree, No.
29, Batesburg No. 18, Chapin No. 66,
Swansea No. 37, Leesville No. 15, all
of which have outsandirig bond issues
for school purposes, will be relieved
of two mills tax for the retirement of
their bonds because of the surplus on
hand to these accounts. Mr. Dent
has done Some figuring in order to be
able to lighteh the burden as much
as possible, and he announced yesterday
with pardonable pride that his
calculations showed the taxpayers
would have a substantial reduction.
The levy for state and county purposes
this year' will be made up as
follows:
State....' J2 mills
Constitutional tax for
schools 3 mills
County purposes 7 1-2 mills
Weak schools 1-2 mill
T < 1 T-^me
J-jUail PUSL mucuicuiicos t 1u11w
Augusta highway 3 mills
Total 30 mills
LEO COTXEY SHOT
NEAR LEXINGTON
Brookland Man Fired Ypon in Road.
Leo Cotney of Brookland was shot
and painfully wounded early last night
about two miles this side of Lexington.
two pistol balls entering the flesh
of his legs. George Shealey,
lives near the outskirts of Brookland,
is alleged to have fired the shots and
late last night Lexington officei's were J
searching for him. He is said to
have fled into the woods about half
way between Lexington and Brookland.
Cotney and his companion, Clyde
Reynolds, were about two miles out
of Lexington last night when they
had trouble with 4heir automobile.
They were on the ground attempting
to make repairs when some one drove
up in a car, according to the story
reaching Brookland last night, and
opened fire. Four shots are said to
have been fired at the young men as
they were standing near the car. two
shots entering the flesh of Cotneys
legs.
The wounded man was brouglU to
Brookland soon after the shooting and
medical attention given. Dr. W. A.
Oxner examined the wounds and
found both balls still in the flesh.?
The State. August IS.
Mr. Shealy was arrested and after
examination by a physician was sent
to the State Hospital, where he had
formerly been a patient.
REI) BANK WINS SECOND " ;
STRAIGHT GAME
Red Bank and Batesburg played a
five inning game of ball Saturday,
August 20. The score was 17 to 1 in
favor of Red Bank. Berry pitched a
s
one hit game, striking out 11 of Id.
Batteries were: Berry and Roof for
Red Bank; Rhoden and Hendrix for
BatesbUrg.
Red Bank and Olympia will play
a game of ball August 2 7th, at Reclj
Bank. !
DEWEY BERRY, Mgr.
A BIRTHDAY PICNIC.
The wife and I will have our seventy-sixth
birthday picnic at our
home near Pond Branch church. 4
miles south of Gilbert, on next Saturday.
the 2 7 th. %E verybody is invited
t-> come ami enjoy the day with
us. bring all the children and let's
have a happy day. There will be
songs by the children at 10:30 sharp,
then speaking after dinner. The
children will engatre in innocent plays.
O. W. EE WIS.
WILL ALLEN
FOR MURD
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MIDWAY FAIR WAS
A GREAT SUCCESS
The community fair held at Midway
school house last Thursday was
a decided success financially and as
to exhibits. This school is situated in
One of the most prosperous communities
of the county, and whatever these
people undertake they put over in
| grand style.
I The exhibits were displayed in two
I
rooms of the school building, one containing
fancy work and fancy cooking,
contributed by the ladies of the
district, and a finer layout has seldom
been seen.
On the farm products side of the
^house every fruit and vegetable that
can be grewn in this section was represented
in the display, which could
J not be surpassed in quality by any
community. i
The fair was given by the Ladies'
Improvement league of Midway school
for the improvement of the school,
just now funds being needed with
which to pay for a piano recently purchased,
and for other Improvements
which will be made from time to time
to keep this institution up-to-date in
every respect.
The school next session will be under
the management of Prof. Ira ;
Wingard, assisted by his sister, and
under the guidance of these people '
it is predicted that the school will
continue to prosper. ,
FORMER LEXIXGTOXIAX
LOST LIFE IX MACOX FIRE
The body of Mr. John K. Hayes,
who was killed when he jumped from <
a third story window in a hotel in 1
Macon, Ga., in an attempt to escape :
from the burning building, arrived in
Lexington Tuesday and funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon
and * burial -was had at the George
burying'ground at Laurel Falls.
Mr. Hayes was 65 years old, and j
at the time of his death was a judicial
magistrate in his adopted .home in
Macon. He was a native of Lexington
county and numbered a lar^e
circle of relatives and friends through- ^
out the county. He first reftioved to ,
c
Columbia, where for a number of x
years he was superintendent of the j
Saluda cotton mills. Later he re- j
moved to Georgia, where lie'was highit
QotoomoH anH Via wa<5 livins? J.
at the time of the accident which deprived
him of life.
Mr. Hayes leaves four sisters as
follows: Mrs. Perry Hall of Stead- ]
man. Mrs. Lucy Griffith. Columbia: {
Mrs. W. H. Evans. Macon. Ga., Mrs. <
J. A.. Hughes, Sherman, Texas. r
FIVE IX RACE 'FOR* (
OFFICE PROBATE .JUDGE 1
(
t
The time for filing pledges and paying
assessments to enter the race of <
probate judge in'the coming primary
election to fill the unexpired term
caused by the death of Judge George
S. Drafts expired Tuesday noon, with j
five candidates announced, as fol- t
lows: A. D. Martin. Chas. E. Taylor,
J. Drafts Boozer. Walter F. Hook. J
and J. E. Buff.
The election will be held on Tues- ,
day. September 6. .
JiigilTXI^G KILLS COWS
OP1 MR TV E SHl'MPERT
v* ~ j
Mr. D. E. Shompert. one of the; ^
county's well known farmers, had the ^
misfortune to lose a line cow and
calf from a stroke of lightning last ,
Sunday, the 21st. The animal was (
one of Mr. Shumpert's best cows. ,
Seven other cows were in the pasture ,
at the time, but r.uae of the others ?
were injured.
IT IS PREVALENT EVERYWHERE
J
(New York Item in Idiatiapolis Star)
I
Jim t'orbett says he never saw so
many young men these days affected
with Broadway fever.
"And what is Broadway fever?" a ,
friend at the Lambs inquired.
"Well." said Oorbett. "they eat well
and sleep well, but they have no desire
for work."
Wanted Information
"1 can see the tips of your ears,
dearie!"
'Well what of it?"
"Is that an accident < r aiv ears
commit back arradually?"
LYNCHED
ER OF FRICK
Will Allen, who shot and mortally
wounded Noah F. Frick at Chapin
yesterday afternoon, was captured
this afternoon at 1:15 o'clock about
three miles above Chapin and was
\
immediately put to death by a mob
of several hundred men.
Allen was captured in Newberry
county, just across the line from
L.exingion. Jtie was discovered hiding
in a ditch by members qf the searching
party and gave up when he found
\
he had been cornered. It is said he
was carrying a Winchester rifle of ,38
calibre at the time, and on being discovered
dropped the gun and asked
the men not to shoot; to give him
time to pray. *
' Rural Policemen Koon and Fogle
of Richland county were in the party
that located Allen, but the officers
were unable to protect the negro from
the crowd that had- gathered with the
avowed intention of punishing the
criminal. Sheriff Roof arrived a few
minutes after the negro had been
taken but was held back by members
of the mob, he being unable to reach
tie prisoner.
Allen was taken prisoner in Newberry
county but the searching party
returned to the Lexington side to do
the killing. It is said the negro was
stood up in the. open field and several
hundred shots fired through him. Men
viewing the body after the shooting
say that it was torn completely to
Pieces. ... ^ . : .. .
Deputy Sheriff H. C. Oswald stated
today that 'the report printed in the
morning papers to the effect that Allen
had remained on the porch of
his home for several hours after the
shooting?yesterday afternoon with a
gun in his hands defying the officers,
wa? incorrect. Mr. Oswald says that
he arrived on. the scene in about an
hour after the shooting, and that
Allen had already left the house when
he got there.
DIYIXE SERVICES
AT RED BANK CHURCH
Divine services will be held at Red
Bank church for .three nights next
,veek, beginning Monday at S o'clock
ind continuing through Wednesday
light. Rev. J. W. Oxner of New
Brookland and Ptev. C. J. Sox of
Lexington will do the preaching.
\M ERIC AX LEGIOX TO
MEET THURSDAY
The regular monthly meeting of the
Lexington post ^of the American Legion
will be held in the legion rooms
)ver the offices of Efird & Carroll
Thursday (tomorrow) night at 8:30
/clock. All members are urged to be
present at this meeting, at which time
lelegates will be elected to represent
;he post at the state convention.
:hickex stew and
ice cream festival
A chicken stew and ice cream fes;ival
will be the season's feature in
:he Factory Village, at the home of
J. Arthur Harman; Saturday night,
\ugust 27th. for the'benefit of the
Junior Order. The public is invited
ind a grand time promised all who
ittend.
school extertainmext.
The Improvement League of Oakrille
Xo. 77 school district. Gilbert,
Route 2, will furnish a barbecue and
efreshments ,on the 27th of August,
it the school house, for the benefit
if the school. Price of dinner will
ie 40c and 50c. A delightful dinner
ind good time is promised all who
ittend.
o?^? >
\ rivk watermelon.
The Dispatch-Xews man is indebted
to Mi. .! Waiter Harmon of the
Peters section tor one of the finest
watermelon-1 seen in some time. The
melon was of a delicious taste and
weighed 61 pounds. Mr. Harmon is a
tine farmer and makes a specialty of
raising fine melons for the market.
BOX HKI R CLl'B.
Mrs. ir'.ini P. Roof wi.l entertai i
the P. n ITeur cl'j "> Friday afterro r
at 4:'o? o'i.Ioc.?.
Salad oil is obtained from fruit
stones and pits.