The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, September 28, 1921, Image 1
^^^^^^A,"^EDN^^A\^^EPTEMBER ^8, 19^1. NUMBER 49.
iROSPECTS i
GROWIA
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s tjhe time for the county fair
9. hearer prospects for the sueof
the fair grow brighter and
.^ready inquiries are comp^^'Wtfry
blanks and informaf&theofljee
of S. J. Leaphart,
fcary of the fair society. Judging
^jBiterest displayed by prospecShfbitors
the display of products
rear ought to be very fine and
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- iM *m> nlentv of them.
association has signed a conM^ract:
with the A. B. Miller Shows
guaranteeing the presence of a big
^ dajniVal company, with 14 paid attractions,
including four riding deB^^CSS,
35 concessions and a free act.
The company will have its own unijsT
formed tend to render good music
U\ during the three days of the fair.
Department Heads.
^ . The different departments will be
supervision of the followcommittees
:
IPield Crop Department?D. Ellis,
?' - ESfird, Carl Porth.
jfes Household "Department?Miss An^^nii|;
Caughman and Mrs. Rosa Seay
Bl^t-^eedle and Fancy Work Depart?Miss
Ernestine Barre and Mrs.
jpjjpljBgjr WIngard.
Department?Mrs. Hendrix
^ and Miss Annie Wingard.
^jj^^ljinufacturing and Mechanical De^^^p^meiit?J
. A. Barre. *
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fJt uep&ruircuv?JL
Department?J. H.
nt?J. Ed Kaiser
>rley.
it?Earl Seay and I
Department?Jun-j
Premiums.
he many regular j
by the fair asso- j
a goodly number
which have been I
5 men in Lexing-j
The list of these
iEMIUMS. j
fmahce Columbia, )
> Value of $5.00 for.
er three years old.1
"Mule Co., Colum-)
st saddle horse or j
h, Jr., Columbia,|
for the best brood
for the best single j
mare Lexington j
11, Columbia, one I
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baiter led mule, j
partment.
rs, Lexington, one|
for the best dis-!
Fair Association;
1 best display of
, Lexington, one
ess' Poultry Panplay
of poultry.*
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poultry shown by one' ex,3>i
ug Co.. Lexington, one
Dr. LeGear's Poultry Food
S^jjkr the l^ast pen White Leghorns.
Sp^ygg. B^;-.Klrkland^Seed Co., Colum-pound
sack Pep Laying Mash,
^BSp^tke 'exhibitor taking the largest
IpMirTribe.r \>f 'premiums in White Leg
" _ E. B. Roof & Sons, one package
- Pratt'^ Poultry Food for the best
|^s pen Barred Plymouth Rocks.
?y . Lexington. Pharmacy, Lexington,
| : one large package;- Pratt's Poultry
- Regulator for <the best display of
^."Rhode Island Reds.
Swine Department.
fr' Pr. Rice B. Harmon, head of the
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FOR FAIR
fG BRIGHTER
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Harmon Drug Co., $1.00 package
Sure Shot Hog Remedy for the best
display of hogs.
Globe Dry Goods Co., Columbia, one
J pair gloves ior ine nest sow ana pigs
J of any breed.
Lexington Pharmacy, Lexington, one
darge package International Stock
Food Tonic for the best pair pigs under
one year.
Lexington Cotton & Fertiliser Co.,
Lexington, one bag higk grade guano
for the second bfert and largest hog.
The Dispateh-News, Lexington, one
year's subscription for the best pair
pigs under six months' old.
Wingard-Roberts Co., Lexington,
one pairtgloves for the best brood sow
and pigs, any breed.
G. A. Guignard, one pig, value
$10.00, for the exhibitor taking the
largest number of premiums in the
swine, department.
Columbia Record, one year's subscription
to the daily and Sunday issue,
for the exhibitor taking second
largest number of premiums in the
swine department.
? ^ " "or
Tne <Jopeiana v.u., ?000 main ouc<.|
Colambia, one man's hat, value $5.0(|
for the third largest hog.
Lever, "the Shoe Man," Columbia,
one pair of Walk-Over shoes for the
largest hog.
The Dispatch-News, Lexington, one
year's subscription for the best boar
hog, any breed.
Hope-Davis Co., Columbia. one
Stetson hat for the best brood sow,
any -tireed. ; - -
Needle and Fancy Work Department.
Harmon Drug Co., Lexington, one
set of, six S. C. State Seal silver teaspoons
for the best display of needle
and fancy work.'
Watson Shoe Co., Columbia, one
pair ladies' house slippers for the best
specimen large centerpiece in French
embroidery.
Hon. A. Frank Lever. Washington,
D. C., $1.50 for second best specimen
large centerpiece in French embroidery.
Sylvan Bros., Columbia, ladies'
brooch,, value $5.00, for the exhibitor
taking the , largest number of
premiums in the needle and fancy
work department.
D. F. Efird, Lexington, $1.00 for
the best patch-work in quilt in cotton,
by girl under 14 years.
Household Department
The Dispat^h-Xews. Lexington, one
year's subscription for the second
largest number of premiums taken by
any one in household department.
Lorick Bros., 1533 Main Street, Columbia,
heating stove, value $8.00,
for the exhibitor taking the most
premiums in bacon and lard.
Chas. E. Taylor. Lexi^ton, one
porch swing for the best exhibit in
the household department.
Elliott Package Co., Columbia,
$3.00 in cash for the best pound
cake.
Field Crop Department.
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C. E. Jones, secretary and treasurer
of the Batesburg Cotton Oil Co., onehalf
ton of high-grade Tri-County
Brand fertilizer for the best individual
exhibit of farm products.
. G. B. Wingard & Son, Lexington,
thoroughbred Berkshire Pig for the
exhibitor taking the largest number
and second premiums. The donators,-?the
Messrs. Wingard, will not
compete.ior this premium.
&v Tha' state. Columbia, one year's
~*v -~77.r .
sui^sjcriptioi* to the daily and Sunday
State* for the exhibitor taking the largest
number of premiums in this department
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I - E. <P. A. Davis, Columbia,
one pair of men's shoes for the greatest
number of entries on corn.
The R- L. Bryan Co;, Columbia,
box of stationery, value $3.00, for
the largest number of fruit exhibits.
Cattle Department
Hendrix Hardware Co., Columbia,
one No. 70 Chattanooga Chilled Plow,
value $10.00, for:the best bull.
Harmon Drug Co~, Lexington, one
large package Dr. Hess' Stock Food
for thp host- milk cow.
Palmetto National Bank. Columbia.
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'WILL MAKE APPEAL
IN GAPPINS CASE
Jesse Gappins, one of the three
' convicted murderers of William Bra
zell, the young Columbia taxi dri%'er,
and who is now in the death house
at the penitentiary awaiting October
21, the date set for his electrocution,
will not be electrocuted on the day
set, an aj>pe&f- to the supreme court
Stajing the death penalty until this
court can hear the case. .
T. C. Sturkie, appointed attorney
for Gappins at the trial at Lexington,
served notice on Solicitor T: C. Callison
at Lexington yesterday that he
would appeal the verdict of the cir.
cuit court to the supreme court. This
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notice, Mr. Callison said last night,
would automatically stay the death
sentence of Gappins until the supreme
court could hear the case. Attorney
Sturkie merely served notice of intention
to appeal ,but this is sufficient
to stop the electrocution. Solicitor
Callison said.
Whether or not Mr. Sturkie in^
tends to prepare his appeal for the
approaching term of the supreme
- court is not known. The court begins
its fall session two weeks from tomorrow
and the appeal could be heard
this fall, but it is doubtful if this will
be done as plenty of time always
allowed. If the case is heard at the
fall term a decision will hardly be
reached' before Christmas as the
4 court will~b? in session until "after
Thanksgivings If it is not heard at
this term of court it will probably
come before the spring term of 1922.
Solicitor Callison said last night
that no notices of intention to appeal
in the cases of S. J. Kirby and
C. O .Fox, the other two convicted:
murderers, had been served on him
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as yet. 'These two prisoners with
Gappins are all in the death house
and Fox and Kirby will in all probability
be put to death October 21 as
sentenced by Judge Sease unless their
appointed attorneys appeal to the su- j
preme court as the governor is not
expected to take a hand in their behalf.
The chief executive has notj
said what he will do, but from his1
known attitude it is practically cer-1
tain that he will "play hands off." j
The governor has said that he did'
not expect any appeals to be made
and the action of Attorney Sturkie
will probably come as a surprise to1
the chief executive as Mr. Sturkie was'
appointed by the court. ;
The three prisoners have somewhat
abandoned their attitude of unconcern
over their approaching death,
so far as all three know, and are beginning
to realize their fate, accord- j
ing to prison officials. All three seem I
to be getting more and more serious
as October 21 approaches. * !
While Fox and Kirby are awaiting j
their death, an ever increasing crowd '
of curiosity seekers are writing or
asking in person for passes to see the
electrocutions. A large number of
requests have come to Col. A. K.
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Sanders, superintendent of the penitentiary
,and to Governor Cooper.,
Practically all of these will be turned
down, it is said, as only a limited j
number can be allowed in the death
house and officers of the law whohave
been handling the cases of the
three men will take up most of these
places.?The State.
DEATH OF YOrXG GIRL.
Died of typhoid fever at the home
.of her parents, Mri; and Mrs. Peter
Snelgrove, Colonial Heights, Columbia.September
26th, Bertha Snelgrbve,
age 13 years and two months.
She leaves to mourn her death, her
parents, two sisters and four brothers.
Also her grandparents and nuI
merous other relatives,
j The funeral services and interment
j was at Horeb Methodist church on
Tuesday 27th at 2 p. m. The servicer,
were conducted by H. A. Whitten assisted
by Dr. A. H. McCulIough of
Columbia.
To the bereaved is extended the
sympathy of their many friends in
Lexington county.
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FARMERS'MEETING
AT BATESBURG
WAS SUCCESS
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Special to The Dispatch-News. I
Batesburg, Sept. 27.?Pursuant to i
the called meeting of the farmers is- i
suerd by Dr. E. C. Ridgell, M. E. Rut- ]
land and D. E. Etheredge last week s
about 100 farmers in this section met
in the town hall Saturday afternoon.
Addresses were made by J. W. Shealy, .
demonstration agent for Lexington (
county, and Mr Eleaze.r, demonstra- tion
agent for Saluda county, both *
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stressing the importance of planting
other crops to take the place' of cotton.
Particular stress was laid on "
growing small grain and the planting
of velvet beans and cow peas.
At the close of the meeting a car '
of hogs for shipment about April 1st.
next year, was pledged. Mr. Shealy
emphasized the fact that about $111,<
000,000 was annually sent out of this
state for feeds and feedstuffs. For '
these articles not a cent is necessarv
to be sent out of the state as everv<
thing needed along this line can be
grown in this state. Stock raising was
also stressed upon by the speakers.
but at the same time it was shown
that stock raising would not pay un- .
less the amount of food needed for
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the livestock could be raised at home.
It developed that there was a great
scarcity of hogs in this section, the
demand being much greater than the
suP%!&..lIt is certain that boll weevil ^
conditions will see radical changes s
in the near future in the farming
methods in this section.
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The prizes offered by the First Na- j
j tional Bank were placed under two ^
heads. The first series is based on 5 t
I acre lot planted, one acre each of
wheat, barley and clover, rye and ?
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vetch, oats and vetch and oars. The ^
first prize will be $30, and the second ,
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$20. The second series is based on t
orie acre plots of wheat with eight s
prizes ranging from $35 for the best j
to $4.00 for the lowest. The follow- ^
! ing rules were adopted: All contestants
must keep a memorandum of
how the land was worked, era in
I planted, manure and fertilizers used, c
harvesting and yield. Three of the! j.
contestants neighbors must certify to' j.
! the yield. All reports must be in the
hands of the cashier by September 10, 0
1922. Judges will be named by the j
board of directors who will make the r
awards on the fourth Saturday in
September. The prizes will be award- v
ed on the following percentages:
Yield 40; cost 30; history 30. Mr. J.
R. Unger, the efficient cashier of the
first National Bank, made a brief but ^
appropriate address in offering these ^
prizes. It is hoped that a large num
,Y
ber of farmers in both counties will ^
enter the contests for the various ^
prizes.
GILBERT SCHOOL TO OPEN r
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER JO. 1
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The Gilbert school will hold a for- s
mal opening on next Friday night,
September 30th, at eight o'clock.
Prof. L. E. Whittle, principal of the 11
Lexington High school ' will be the *
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chief- speaker. Addresses will also
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be delivered by the ministers of the
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town and the Superintendent of Edu^
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cation. In addition, to this a musical
program has been arranged and the.v
rvrinfinnl <"if the sphnAl o nH IP
ers will be on hand to make an- h
nounoements. Gilbert has added an s'
additional story to the building and v
has a real up-to-date building with n
modern equipment.. The public gen- t]
orally is invited to this opening. v.
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NORTH EDISTO NO. 87 b
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The ladies of North Edisto school d
will serve ice cream, cake, fried S
chicken and other refreshments at y
the school house Saturday night, Oc- tl
tober I. Everybody is cordially in- h
vited to come and help a good cause. t<
The proceeds will go to the benefit of o
the school. n
The ladies' are requested to bring a
cake, eggs, sugar, chicken, milk, light d
bread, beefsteak or anything good tc
eat. t<
RACE FOR
LIKEL Y
special to The Dispatch-News.
Columbia, Sep. 25.?What kind of <
political campaign will be waged ir
South Carolina the coming summer'
is the question now being asked here
Prom present indications it will hav<
something of the old time spice in
jected into it, say those who clain
some knowledge of condition:
:hroughout the state. Already thi:
,s considerable speculation in th<
:apital about the race for governo
A great many names have been men
:ioned in connection with, the race
:hough no definite announcement:
have been made. With the next ses
sion of the general assembly only i
few months away, gossip politica
has begun to ^quire some volume
Many observers are of the opinioi
:hat the next session of the legisla
:ure will witness a more hopeles:
:angle and more prolonged wrangl*
Dver appropriations than the las
session, which was prolific of niucl
:alk As next year will be c-ampaigr
/ear it is expected that there will b<
:onsiderable manouvering for politi
?al position, and as the tax question u
ihvays a burning issue, much cam
oaign thunder will doubtless resounc
:hrough the 'legislative halls. At thi
ast session of the legislature a com
nittee from both houses was appoint
id to investigate the operations of th<
,*arious departments and institution:
)f the government and recommenc
vhere consolidations and cuts coulc
>e made. The committee employee
;ome experts from without the state
:o make a survey and report their findngs
to them. This work has not ye;
Deen completed, but announcemeni
las been made that already the work
^iows a prospect of effecting a savin?
>f $200,000 of the state's money?ii
md in the event the legislature sees
it to adopt the suggestions which will
ie forthcoming. But this article
oncerns the campaign?and when wt
peak of the campaign in South Caroina
we generally mean the campaign
or governor. Somehow we have
riven to this office in our minds a
ilace out of all proportion to that
vhich has been accorded it by the
onstitution and the laws. But we
lave for many political moons banked
ligh on our governors and taken the
ampaign for that exalted office with
. great deal of seriousness?expendng
much energy and considerable
nore time than is necessary or waranted
in the election of a governor.
Vise observers believe that the next
pasm will not be unlike many of its
iredecessors in this respect.
The question now agitating the
>ublic mind is who is going to run.
Vhat everybody wants to know is
i-hether former Governor Blease will
>e in the race. Many of his closest
riends believe that he will. There
3 a well defined rumor of recent curency
that he will not only run but
hat the faction which he heads will
mt out a full ticket in every congresional
district and every countj', especially
for the legislature.
But there are plenty of other runors
as to gubernatorial candidates,
lenry D. Tillman of Greenwood, a
sading member of the bar of that
ity, is almost definitely committed to
he race. # He is a son of the late Ben
'illman. He was a major in the late
forld war. For many years he has
racticed law at Greenwood, where
e is very popular. He has never
ought political office except when he
ras a candidate against rrea jjomiick
for congress in the Third disrict
and was defeated.
Another prominent South Carolinm
who has lately been mentioned
y many as a possible candidate for
overnor is Mendel L. Smith of Camen.
former circuit judge. Judge
mith has been in politics for many
ears, having served as speaker of
he house of representatives. Later
e was electd circuit judge, resigning
3 enter the military service in time
f war. He is considered one of the
lost eloquent speakers in the state
nd will undoubtedly pyove a candiate
to be reckoned with.
Senator George K. Laney of Ches?rfield
county has also been men
10VERN0R
TO BE SPICY
tioneti as a possible entrant, though
j he has given no intimation as to his
t intentions. He has been a member
? of the state senate for a good many
years, being at present chairman of
the important judiciary committee.
? His friends say that he would make
. a formidable rough and tumble de-y
tater. He is a man of great sirns
plicitv in dress and speech and havs
ing had his hard knocks he knows
* how to appeal to the masses.
There is some talk that the Hon.
_ George W. Wightman. senator from
,?Saluda, may become a candidate,
g though those who know him best be.
lieve that he will not run should fori
mer Governor Blease enter the race.
1 The Saluda senator was denominated
"Battle Axe" Wightman at the last
^ session of the legislature on account
. of his fight to abolish some of the
3 recently created departments of the
i goverment and his efforts to reduce
x appropriations.
t Thos. H. Peeples, former attorney
i general, is another possible entrant in
? the race for governor, though, like
. Senator Wightman, he will hardly
= oppose Blease. Recently he has re^
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. moved to his former home in Barn
\ well .There is some talk that he will
i be a candidate for congress, which''
. his removal to Barnwell lends color
, to.
? A. Frank Lever, former congress3
man from the Seventh district, has
I also been mentioned, though nothing
j much has been said about him lately.
I Mr. Lever was in the state recently,
> but had nothing to say about the
campaign.
1 State Senator E. Hardin Marion of
- Chester is another prominent man
; who has been mentioned in connec'
tion with the race. Mr. Marion is a
close student of the tax question in
' South Carolina and last year pre1
sented to the legislature, as chair'
man of a special committee appointed
for the purpose, a report which is
by far the best contribution which
l has ever been made to the literature
' of this state on the subject of taxation.
At the last session of the legislature
he made a strong race for as!
sociate justice of the supreme court.
1 There is some talk that Gavernor
Cooper may be brought into this race
' as a "dark horse" at the coming session.
Should Senator Marion be eliminated
from this race by the election
of Governor Cooper or any of the
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other candidates, his friends believe
that he will enter the race for governor
and make a strong fight for
; his ideas of tax reform. He is a man
of strong character and a forceful
! speaker.
Wilson G. Harvey, lieutenant governor,
is also being mentioned as a
possible candidate. Should Governor
Cooper be elected to the supreme
court bench he will serve out the unexpired
term and will enter the race
during that time with whatever prestige
that may give him.
Andrew J. Bethea, former lieutenant
governor, is also being mentioned
'and will in all probability make the
race. .
This about completes the list of >
probabilities, except for the political
Moses whom Mr. C. P. Hodges of
l^fcrlboro county is asking the farmers
of the state to find and bring
-out as their candidate for the* tfext "i
race. The Hodges communication in
the daily papers has caused considerable
speculation. Evidently Mr.
Hodges has somebody in mind, but /.
nobody knows to whom he is referring.
He urges the farmers to., drop
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j the lawyers and look among the rajnk4 '
ui tueiL own caumg ror a Moses -to.--lead
out them odit of the-land: of
bondage imposed by high taxes and 7
into the promised land of reform. He.
believes it will be possible to start
another movement similar to the Tillman
movement of 1890, to elect farmers
to office all around and to save
the country from disaster by so doing.
) His
article calls up some interesting
reminiscences ancl has provoked considerable
discussion.
The strained financial condition ^
through which the people have been
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