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' i PYlNm-ON. SOUTH CAROLINA* WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1921. NUMBER 46. ' - ~ ~ ' ' iSAYS AFFAIRS I IN FINE SHAPE ^^odnyton County Senator Kg':tJrges Brookland and Cayce -to Consider Well ^^Proposed "Cutoff." ^^DpftO|?^Dispatch-N ews: are glad to see that our auditor, i Dent, has seen fit to publish that "will be a reduction of 5 mills in taxes and 2 mills on a given num^ber of school districts, saving the taxSfprljiayers something near $40,000.00 jjs'.'in the county. p ' Your representatives are due credit IK fbr this, and it would have been ^adore, but w^ set aside 4 mills to t^xneet, past indebtedness, which was s&t of our making; besides, we addIt: 1-2 mill for the help of poor K-iwifcd>Ols, and without any further Sjpfttt&y' appropriations, we will once pA more, in the\ not far distant future, piC site our tax-ridden county out of debt. np$jr' county is now under the county ll^jt<>vernment bill, passed at the past ^session of the legislature, being run p'; on a - more . systematic, financial and' businesslike plan and showing a de^:Xjji^ed reduction in expense account, j .our county board and super-! are getting things in good shape greater mileage of road congg^tructton has been done and the g^gPOOka ought to show, to every voter. fayer, just exactly 7 now our business starts. I want to get lebt and stop paying so much Then build more bridges, oads near New Brookland arly all been repaired and put shape, and other sections cf oty?in their turn?will be tewise and ere long we will 3d roads in Lexington county, the adjournment of the leg1 took the matter up with hway . Commission and they $15,000.0.0 more for roads. I ds went to Charleston and chairman, Col. Rhett, and he I to make it $5,000.00 more, ington county. This will '?e id the road from New Brookough Cayce, down to the bounty line, and I have the e that the contract will .be let t this can only be spent in n county, as appropriation le to Lexington county, hows that we have done gur he people of New Brookwe have stood by them and :o verify every promise made ~ ?J TXT a Viovd hppn XBtm CtXJU III VIC luu. .r v itu.v K^dping and have done more than wc ^^kve "heralded upon the house tops," kf^or, '\Blown horns to Show"; but it -takes time to accomplish anything. j;??Sre'are in a position to give the good jS?*jk>ple of New Brookland and that Hnj&Bcti-o:: of Lexington county good jPbroads in a shorter time than they ^jean get them any other way that fe%fhey can be obtained, and let's not any sucker-sores; and all stay pull together. the event of a "cut off", nothcan be definitely done until after fthp next session of the general asseni"and the matter will have to bi |f. fully confirmed there, etc. That will ^ therefore sure defer the matter for is*i least one year before any definite ^{arrangements can be made. Hence K- no roads fdr that section and we now /^ have an arrangement, by which, they (the roads) will already have been! ?1; built and forgotten. Do you want to idefer your road building? Richland county has already gotten Via*. nmr-dtD r,f fnvprnmpnt funds .V i'* V 4M.V.V V. ?;:' for road purposes and the only way r. jjpu can expect help from them is by . ; "direct taxation and you have enough of this. r< The people of New Brookland have already helped Lexington county to pay our share of the free bridge at Brookland and Hic-hland county has Sr.' 4 /. / only (as I am informed) paid the , interest on her bonds. Do you good people of New Brookland want to help them now to pay their share of - this bridge and other matters, etc.? There is no law. except for school "purposes, by which you can exempt a portion of a county from taxation. This transaction will not !> _* fair to New Brookland. Besides, in the matter of taxation, the levy is higher and the assessed valuation is far higher jn * I HOOK AND TAYLOR j LIKELY MAKE ! SECOND RACE With five small precincts still to be heard from it appears that the second race for probate judge will be be tween Walter F. Hook or ivew diounland and Charles E. Taylor of Lexington. The 30 boxes so far reported polled a total of 1,416 votes, divided between the candidates as follows: Boozer 109, Buff 103, Hook 626, Martin 269, Taylor 309. Mr. Hook lacks 83 of having a majority over all competitors. There is a difference, in the vote so far tabulated, of just 40 votes between Messrs. Martin and Taylor. It is not believed that the outstanding boxes will material.y change the result. The second race will be run over on {. Tuesday, September 20, just two . weeks from the date of the first primary. The tabulated vote is as follows: li g u Precincts. n ? ~ ? ? fc o. ~ >> o p o ? as n n s ? h i i i i Batesburg .. ..] 3 10j 69j 10 8 Boiling Springs . j 0 0 4 j 2 2 Boyleston j 0 1 7 j 7 7 Brook | 0 11 6j 2 8 Cayce j 6 2 2120 2 (Chapin j 8 0 32 J 4 7 Cromer 6 20 8j 3 17 Crout's Store ... [ , Edmund 1 1! 121 Oj 6 Gaston 1 2 2j 91 10 Gilbert 1 1 lSj 7j 19 Hollow Creek .. 0 lj 12j 2j 7 ^ Irene j 1 26 Irmo I 0j 71 2] 71 14 J Leesville | 01 3^1041 11^ 10 Lexington .. . . j 531 1C( 90: 67i <1 Macedonia .. ..j 3j 0 lj S j 12 Magnolia j 4j 1| 17J Oj 6J Minis I' ' * I j. . . j.? . 1 ,^N"ew Brookland . j 101 13 105 j 13 18 c Oak Grove j lj 0| 2i 2j 9 1 iPelion . .. j 3i 01 141 9j 15 I Pine Ridge .... 0i lj 12: 0! 4 ( Finey Woods I... j... j...j... I Pond Branch . . .| o| lj 10! Oj 4 s Pool's Mill . . 4; lj 7 8! It Rishton ... . ...; Oj 0J 71 0! 3 Ridge Road i f i I Sapiaria j... j... j.......j... s Sandy Run j 1: lj 7 7' ' 0 ? I Sharpens Hill ...; 0| 0; C.! 2i 0 \ J ] > i Steadman j... j|. 1 St. Matthews.. . j lj 1 j 11 j 3' 4 Summit j lj 0! 8j 21 8 c Summerville . . j oj G; 4; Oj 1 ^ '-Swansea j 1; 3; 9j 63j 12 t j _j _| _ , Total 11091103 630 271311 I 1 II I ! 1 c LEXINGTON" COTTON" MARKET f As high as 20 l-2c. was paid for cotton on the local market Wednesday, but there was a reaction in the J New York and New Orleans market r which brought the price down to S around 19c. The market has been g gradually going up ever since +he is- J suance of the government report last 1 Thursday giving the condition of the I crop as 49.3, the lowest ever recorded. g The report predicted a crop slightly C in excess of seven million bales. I 1 3 Richland and will make your taxes ^ much higher. Lands in a given distance from Columbia are assessed at ^ $100.00 per acre?some distance from ^ New Brookland?just the river ber tween them, at $8.00 per acre. Count the difference in taxes and other assessments accordingly. The indebt# ? edness of Richland county is (as I c thave been informed) $3,100,000.00, ^ ,Lexington about $160,000.00. which ^ with all arrangements made is re- ^ duced annually and will soon be paid , / c off and the county out of debt and we will have a lower assessment. Xo ^ prior government appropriation for roads in Richland county can be spent this side of the river as it is " specified already that it shall be spent on roads in Richland county and cant go ahywhere else. To get v roads then in the propsed New ^ Brookland "cut off" it will have to be done by direct taxation. This will j fall heavy. i . i ? With a little contentment and patience all things in Lexington county! will work out well. With the very best of feeling for | ;i rthe good people of the whole county! and for your better interest and up-' building. 1 an., your obedient servant. D. M. C ROSSO X. ' f wiCls CMn*rrcj??t*? c. w. comm v?P??wo?>n UU^OfT MAVTSV1UI SOUTH CAROLINA DEV M 5?f<?lOM CHAMBER OF O CINTXA1 OFI COLUMBIA The Editor, Dispatch-News, LEXINGTON, S.^C. * ' Dear^Sir: Referring to issue of the 3131 Z9t Eusy t wish to co< .clarity of the ei the newspaper gel you have it, * in w ',nr> on tell! gradittg,for.this the door of succi and vegetables ai no.exception. If .the Develi you at any.ttrae c onAll.t *<touj >1 a Important There will be an importan at 5 o'clock in the Court Hot ington Potato Growers Assc subscribed for stock are urg< others who may be intereste< ' > -x j flans tor ine siura^c auu in the near future will be o mittee appointed to select a port. Members of the associati - Friday afternoon are reque tary, J. D. Carroll, their pro: signed their stock pledge wi FURY FOR SECOND WEEK OF COURT DRAWN TODAY. Court of general sessions, with fudge Thomas S. Sease of Spartan>urg presiding, will meet next Monlay morning, September 12. with the leaviest docket of important cases >ending in the history of the county. Considerable interest, not only in iOxington county but throughout the state, centers in the trial of some of j he cases. Judge Sease has a reputation for. unning courts over which he pre-! - , i ados with promptness and dispatch. . tnd all persons having to serve as I vitnesses or jurors will do well to be j )romptly on hand when court meets : The jury commissioners yesterday j irew the jurymen for the second veek, a list of which, together with j hose for the first.week is published ( >elow. Court cannot extend beyond two! veeks, as the court at Saluda will I >pen on the 26th. Following are the jurymen for the irst and second week of court: First Week Jurors. W. Oeie. Gantt, J. Winfred Harmon, Archie W. Craft, Willie F. Hook, Lontie F. Oswald, M. Luther Slice, Simon Smith, E. Simpson spires, Jesse L. >ox. C. Alfred Wingard, Joe D. Sox. K. Rueker, J. Milton Oswald, C. ?. Derrick, Charlie G. Meetz?, Jacob i. Bundrick, Ben Teal, Archie L. !ox, Killian It. Oxner, John S. Addy, L T. Koon, C. W. Hallman, Moess L Kneece, Ernest B. Craps, Willie P. Jack, Claude G. Amick. Thomas L. larmon, Jerome It. Gunter, A. Har>er Shull. J. I. Sall^y, Davis J. Roof, lobson Lee. Homer Woods. D. H. Vilson, James E. Smith, G. J. Bouklight. Second Week Jurors. D. Julian Clump. Willie M. Swy:ert. Calyin T. Taylor, Charlton M. 'hull. Clarence L. Willis. C. Q. Jar.tt, Milledge H. Hal!. Bonnie O. Imith. A. P. Jumper, Willard A. fall, Altie W. Hooker. X. Price Jefoat, J. A. Auerhamer. It. H. ?aughman, W. P. Steele. W. H. "ook, Ft. Willie Redmond. G. Webb tdanis. Ronnie P. Price, Sidney I.. )roher, Tillman B. Fallaw. Reuben ). Harmon. John J.' Root', Jr.. J. loy Wessinger. George B. Wilson. I )arling S. T.aylor, W. I. Jumper, Irin D. Hallnian. Willie F. Hicks. D. i 1. Wilkins, Henry T. lyjcas. D. lurence Price. John D. Jordan, i Icorge M. Rister. A. L>. Dowling, J. Irnest Wessinger. ^ ^ ^ Would Have to Wait "Xo. Algy. 1 cannot marry you for . while." "Why?" I "I was down to the jeweler's toi ay and the wedding gifts were drendullv pi<*ked over." I OIO ft CftOMCft A s HA-"' v?ea-P?***oa<wT %??. ? NXW???*T :OLUMM * 'ELOPMENT BOARD OMMERCE pmonc js;3 RCES L.S.C. September I, l'121? the editorial in your L ultimo,entitled "Let's igratulate you on the -? :atem8nt;it isn't often is the^ldea so well cs ing yu u? idiuci'3 au?Ub Is the key that unlocks sssful marketing of fruits \ id the sweet potato Is jpment Eoard can assist Jo not healtate to call -a very truly, t Meeting t meeting Friday afternoon ise at Lexington of the Lexiciation, and all who have id to attend, as well as any d. curing house to be erected n exhibition and the Comsite for it will make its reon who cannot be present sted to send to the Secrexy. And all who have not 11 please do so at once. DEATH OF MRS. XUN X A MAKER. Mrs. Carrie Nunnamaker, wife of Mr. Joe Xunnamaker of Irmo died soon after midnight Monday night at her home in Irmo. Mrs. Xunnamaker ieaves besides her husband two daughters. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Union Chapel church .conducted by her pastor. Rev. Mr. Klerk LEXIXGTOX LODGE, XO. 152. \. 1*. M. A special .communication of Lexington lodge. Xo. 152, A. F. M., will be hold Saturday night, September 10. at S:00 o'clock. DR. G. F. ROBERTS. W. M. A D. MARTIX, Sec'y. Must Be a Temptation A man went lruo a, uiug sluic iccently. He was a man who does not mind a joke against himself, but though he was well known to the druggist, the latter refused to supply him with some poison. "But, rubbish!" remonstrated the customer. "You know me well." ''Sorry, sir," persisted the druggist, "but I cannot give you poison without a prescription." "Why," said the customer, "do I look like a man who would kill himself?" * "1 don't know." said the .druggist, "but if I looked like you, I should be tempted!" ADVERTISE (American Gas Association Monthly) Whoever thought of Robinson Crusoe as a successful advertiser? Yet he was. as history proves. He knew what he wanted?a ship?and he put up an adv. for one. He flung a shirt on a pole at the top of his island; that, in the language of the sea. was n'ain to every seafaring man. The circulation was small?there - -i 1 was tio otner meaium?uui v.iu.->ui.kept at it. despite the fact that he got no inquiries for a long time. He changed his copy?as one. garment after another was frayed out?and in thje end got what he wanted. But had he taken down that signal after a time, and declared "advertising doesn't pay." where would Crusoe and his story he today? TO GIVE PLAY AT CENTEKYILLE S( IK>OL The pupils of Charter Oak school, ivho recently rendered very effectively the play. "Assisted l>v Sadie." will give the same play at (Vnterville school on Saturday night. September 10. beginning promptly at 8 o'clock. The play made a decided hit when first rendered and the young folks a v expecting an enthusiastic reception <>f it at Oenterville. A small admission ^\ill be charged and refreshments will to served. HIGH SCHOOL ! ENROLLMENT j HIGHEST YETi j i With the largest initial day attend- j ance on record and under very aus- j picious circumstance?, the Lexington high school began its new session Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Julius E. Sharpe. county superintendent of | education, picsiued ever the exercises, i tii *u ? ?:?i ....r. ?r .u ? 4- ^? I cvii uu* vvr .t present and each of them made splendid talks. Hon. T. C. Cailison was introduced and delivered a splendid address. Supt. I.. E. Whittle was then introduced as the last speaker, lie made an ea; nest and most urgent, plea for tiie cooperation of the parents. The speakers expressed pride in the past success of the school and expressed confidence and optimism concerning the future. Quite a large number of friends and patrons of the school were present, which fact was considered an expression of interest and encouragement.. The enrollment to date numbers 407 of which 119 are in the high school department. The attendance will be further augmented during the next two weeks by many new pupils who expect to enter. A gold mpdal has hppn nffrppd thp Hon. T. C .Callison to the pupil in the high school who delivers the best declamation at the close of school. The honorable board of trustees generously offered a gold medal also to the pupil . in the high school department making the highest mark in scholarship. Mr. Whittle has high hopes of being able to announce in the very near fu- r ture tha? a gold medal has been offered to the pupil in the intermediate I grades making the highest average, j There will be nine in the eleventh! grade this year and their names are j as follows: Wenonah Corley, Myrtle Rawl, Nola Price, Anna Lee Corley, Ola Warner. Xeita Lee Harman. Ray-! mond. Hendrix and Gary Harman. The trustees are Mr. H. X. Kami-j ner, chairman: Mr. Karl F. Oswald.) secretary, and Mr. O. K. Loaphart. treasurer. ; JOHN I>. YOLNGIXEK DIED AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL j i I Mr. John D. Younginer, a native of i Lexington county, who returned to. his old home about a year ago after. I spending more than 40 years in Ala-j. i bama, died at the Baptist hospital in !. I I Columbia Monday afternoon after aj ; lingering illness. Mr. Younginer was! well known here and enjoyed a wide I popularity. For 35 years he taught j school in Alabama, returning to this i state about a year ago, since which [ he has made his home with various | of his nieces and nephews, among | whom may be mentioned Messrs. C. I T_ and Wash Corlev. John Pound and I. Charlie Cannon of Lexington county and George Cannon of Atlanta and James Cannon of Macon. Oa. Funeral services were conducted J, I Wednesday afternoon at St. David's [. \ church at 3 o'clock, conducted by the I Masons. Mr. Younginer was GG years of age ' at the tine of his death. He was never married. W ? ? ^ VILLA MAKES INQUIRIES RELATIVE TO OUR CATTLE; Mocksville, X. C.f Aug. i'4.?San-! ford and Rich, who have a large herd ! of Angus cattle near Mocksville, X. j C., have recently been getting some' inquiries from Mexico and South Am-, erica for prices and information * on j their Angus cattle. i One of the inquiries last week was! from Orn. Francisco Villa, of Mexico.!. Villa has quieted down it seents and is now living a usfeul and peaceful: life on his farm and ranch in Duran-; go. which consists of over a half mil-; lion acres. Villa is stocking his ranch i im/1 ?i imartoi11v doinsr i >wm v/vyVA VC?.CCAW ? v.- j all in his power to make his place a ' credit to himself and the thousands! of people who live on his place. o j : . r.\K>fI .HS* UNION i TO MKK'l <;V!TKI)AY | The Lexington County Can hoi's' j I Union will moot Saturday. Soptom- ! hor 10. with Center local. A largcjl. Imeetlmr is oxpootod. j 'i i SHERIFF ROOF RECEIVES NOTICE OF MANY REWARDS Lexington county and South Carolina are not the only places in the United States in which crime appears to be on the increase. A look through the rogue's gallery on file in the office of Sheriff E. Austin Roof reveals the fact that more than the usual number of criminals appear to be at large at the present time. Rewards ranging from $50 to $5,000 are of'fered for the arrest of criminals of every description and guilty of every known crime on the calendar. Many of the placards advertising the rewards display photographs, and, in /the case of some criminals escaped from various penitentiaries throughout the country, Bertilion measurements, thumb prints and other means of identification are sent along to aid in the detection. Murder, rape, forgery, embezzlement, and other like crimes constitute the chief charges against the wanted men. The pictures on tile in the sheriff's office afford a wonderful study in human nature. From the low-brow, ignorant and apparently brutal type of countenance one can run the whole gamut of physiogmony. Among the .rest is a photo of one especially handsome young man, whos^ face might indicate that he was a leader in the V TVT P A AV nr>A TI'II A rv> irrVt t oVa -* ATA, AA KJ L VHt A1V/ CcVIV an active part in any kind of good work. So far as his face betrays his character he appears to be a young ? man of high ideals. He is wanted for embezzlement. The advertisement iSays he is a hard drinker and an all round sport. Looking over the collection and gazing upon some of the mugs presented it is not hard to visualize the gunman, the second story man, or porch climber, or the more desperate and dangerous veggman'who operates where the danger is greater but the lure of gold shines brighter. The wayward boy who starts by taking a little to cover up the obligations incurred in frolics beyond his means and winds up by being a defaulter on a more or less large scale is representr ed, along with the back alley bum, who is ready to use load pipe or knife upon any victim that promises hope of reward. The Camora, that oatlibound Italian secret society, which has a dark and mysterious way ot silencing by means of the deadly stiletto the victims whom it has marked' for slaughter, is readily recalled when reading the names of some of the criminals who have put themselves without1 the law. Most of the literature which goes to make up the rogue's gallery is from Northern states, and a good bunch of the recent additions to it .appears from penitentiaries in other .'states, which would seem to have had numerous escapes of late. Recently Sheriff Roof believed that he had one of these suspected men, wanted in Greensboro, X. C. for murder, and officers from the North -Carolina city came to Lexington to look the suspect over, but they were unable to identify him. At that the man did claim to have an acquaintance with the alleged murderer from the old North State, and though he claimed never to have been in Greensboro he wore a cap bearing the mark of a firm in that town, claiming that it had been given to him by the man who was wanted. If all of the bad men whose pictures are now going the rounds for identification are headed this way we are in for an increase in the crime wave which will make our already bad record worse. If the sheriff manages to capture only a few of the higher priced ones he will he ;?ble to take a vacation. CONFEDERATES MEET IX TEXXESS EE CITY Chattan??oga. Sept. 1.?Word was received late this afternoon from f Nathan Bedford Forrest, commander in chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, that Chattanooga's invita tion to hold the annual reunion of United Confederate Veterans had been approved by Commander Van Zandt of the veterans. It is planned to hold the reunion the last week in October or the first week in November.