The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, September 07, 1921, Image 1
' i PYlNm-ON. SOUTH CAROLINA* WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1921. NUMBER 46.
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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
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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:
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Precincts. n ? ~ ?
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o p o ? as
n n s ? h
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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
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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
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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
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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 .
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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.
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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."
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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?"
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"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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.