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Fair October 18, 19,20 J No. 51 LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921. NUMBER 51. FOOTBALL G> BIGFEA: 7W? C( Columbia and Bates Is Whl ' Vf cuixuouaj , ? ? iu S Plenty of Other v hibits Expected t< fi: p! . Ail arrangements have bee |y game on Wednesday of next we I | a. jCirfumbia High school and Bat |$Bron. Both of these teams K as they are pretty evenly mate! feijpecting to witness some real clai 1 gether next w&eJt. Wednesday and a special admission price |^^^jHdren. An effort is being m l^ilsibk throughout the county ap&M:n>any children as can do so ra Bp': Besides the feature Wedn ij| amusements for the fair this j in the hahds of the A. B. A ^^^utrdsh all attractions, indudin ? free act. , Many inquiries have Come jj| whave been distributed throughoi ; fa he better this year I All in aH the prospects for J "bright, and the officers fe jSptttendance will be large. EpjT The gates will be opened ne Sg^fair will run through Tuesday, 1 Information f< General Arrangement. ? The exhibition will be opened to the fe" public on Tuesday, October 18, and on Thursday, the 20th. Gates will be opened at 9 o'clock a. of each day, and at that time R/M every officer and employee must be ft/ at hia or her post. The doors of the J||&' erxfaflriftno buildings will be closed at Sfew.'B .?k ?v ; , The. secretary will receive entries at f? his otfttee in Lexington until and inly V eludes the 16 th of October, and at S| r :;\.s Fjtfr Grounds Monday, October 17th, Pps????ig'5 p. m. Positively no entries; H - T^sslved after this date. E ; ^Appliance necessary for the proper j j? exhibition of articles in the various I K^'^departments will be provided by the ' E^'^^enieral Superintendent upon requi?''-'^Stion from the superintendent of the F '^.-^hen the Fair is ended, all articles! -oal 1 ed for by exhibitors shall be p, 'proper ly cared for by the superinH|l Pendent of department, or turned over A, to the Secretary, Superintendent E4^partment shafl.leave his post of ft; ^ duty without the consent of the Genp * oral Superintendent. Information for Exhibitors. ^'1 -Premium lists will be sent by mailj p ^lipon application to the Secretary. Bfe ^.Articles sent by freight or express i KX'* must be prepaid, addressed: "SecreW tary of Lexington County Fair Association, Lexington, Sf C." I Articles must be on the ground on j Rjror before 5 p. m. Monday, October; b Exhibitor will file such certificates, U statements, etc., as are required in BL the Premium List, with the secretary Wtajf' and they are required to attach a fcv,' card, with all particulars of age, size, weight, etc., written in plain and legiK ; ble hand, to the animals or articles exhibited, for the information of the fc, Judges. The exhibition of articles not enumerated in the Premium List is invited and they will he assigned to; prOper departments and displayed to! visitors, but no Premium will be paid. Exhibitors of live stock and poultry .are required to display over each stall 4 ME TO BE TURE OF VJNTY FAIR i j iburg High to Clash ich is School Day. Amusements-Exo be Good. in completed for a big football ek at the Lexington county fair, esburg High will clash on the have made good showings, and led, lovers of the sport are ex tsy football when they come to will be school day at the fair, has been fixed for all school ade to have as many schools as close on that day in order that ay attend. v tesday there will be plenty of rear, this part of the program liner's Greater Shows, who wil1 g plenty of good music and a in for the premium lists, which it the county. The exhibits are ban ever. a really good fair appear to be el encouraged to hope that the txt Tuesday, October 18 and the Wednesday and Thursday, or Exhibitors. or pen occupied by their stock or poultry a printed placard, containing the breed of animal or poultry exhibited, which card will be furnished on application to the Secretary. Exhibitors of live sock must report to the superintendents in charge at 9 o'clock a. m.f each day, for orders. They must also inform themselves from the superintendents of departments when their stock will bo ruled out from competing. Stalls are provided on the grounds. The Association has stalls sufficiently large for ah purposes. Entries. Entries must be made on or before 5 p. m., Monday, October 10th. A card or tag having a coupon receipt attached, corresponding to the entry will be given to the exhibitor. When the exhibitor shall deliver the articles and entry card to the superintendent, ox" pcrsoxx in cnarge <ii mu ^.-vhibition hall, the ai'ticles will be received. tagged and put in position; the coupon, after being receipted for by the person in charge, given to the exhibitor. . The articles will be surrendered only upon return of this receipt. No exhibits can be removed until 2 p. m. Thux'sday. Losses. Whilst, every precaution will be taken for the safekeeping of all articles by an efficient corps of policemen and watchmen, the Association will in no case be responsible for any loss or damage that may occur, except by neglect of the officers of the Association or its agents. Payment of Premiums. On and after Saturday, the 22d of Octobei", at 12 m., the Secretary will furnish the successful exhibitor with a warrant on the Treasurer, who will pay the premium to the exhibitor on his endorsement of the warrant. Premiums unclaimed for sixty days will be considered as presenied to the Association. Information for Visitors. The Fair will be held on the grounds of the Association, which are within sv and pleasant wa'k of fifteen minutes from the town. KILLS MOTHER-IN-LAW M AND TRYS TO KILL WIFE' I j. Henry Corley, negro, shot and killed j .'Frances Bickley, his mother-in-law, i early last Thursday morning. Thej killing occhrred on Corley Bros, place about three miles from Lexington. Henry's wife testified at the coroner's inquest that he had secured a pistol and said he was going to com-! jmit suicide, and when his mother-in-1 law interfered he shot her, and then I attempted to shoot his wife, hut was i prevented by having the pistol takenI from him. . Immediately after the shooting Cor- 1 ley left the house in his night clothes, J and nothing further was heard ofj him until Sunday morning, when he voluntarily surrendered to Sheriff j Roof in Lexington. i Coroner W. C. Weed presided at j the inquest and Solicitor T. C. Calli-j son examined the witnesses. I S3RD. BIRTHDAY 1)1 XXKK. i Mrs. Deacy K. Miller enjoyed liei 53rd birthday. Sunday, the 9th Oc- : tober, 1921. Present were her two , children, one daughter of Lexington, and a son of North Carolina, and a number of her relatives and friends, | all enjoying the occasion very much. | Mrs. Miller saying she could eat a' splendid dinner every day like that one served in honor of her birthday. MAXY TAKE TEACHERS x EXAMIXATIOX. The regular fall examination for teachers was held last Friday and j Saturday by Supt. Julius E. Sharpe. ' There were three classes of oertifi- j cates offered: primary, general ele- j mentary, and high school. No one took j the high school examination. Thirty- j1 two white men and women took the 1 primary and general elementary examination and two colored women %>ok_.ihe primary examination. This examination was given under the auspices of the State Board of Examiners for Teachers. This Board prepares. the questions and grades the papers. SCHOOLS NEAR BATESBURG BEGINNING FOR SESSION The Long Branch public school, located a few miles south of Batesburg, opened its regular session Monday, October 3rd, with Mrs. Ruby "Whitlock of JBatesburg as principal ^ TT?II ifr.,. nV ana .Miss ran.s.v nan, uaubu^. w.. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Hall of Bates-! burg-, R. F. D. 4, as assistant. Both J are experienced teachers and the patrons of the school are fortunate in securing them for this session. Hulon public school, located 4 miles south of Batesburg, opened its session on Monday morning with Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Adams as principal, I and assistant. This is one of the. best rural schools in the county, j Messrs. J. TV. Adams. Oscar Boat-} wright and Charlie I>. Kneece con-1 stitute the board of trustees. [ DEATH OF A YOUNG GIRL. ! f Ethel Rish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Rish was born September 10. 1907 and died September 30, 1921, making her stay on earth 11; years, and 20 days. Her remains were lai dto rest in ! Harmony cemetery in the presence I of her family and a number of friends. The Rev. .J. R. McKittrick preached the funeral. ; I jj ?^B> ? j TWO PRISONERS LEAVE I TIIE LEXINGTON JAIL Tom Cherry and Ervin Staurks, negroes, confined in the Lexington jail on minor charges, last night made their escape by digging through the brick wall. Several years ago prisoners made a hole in the wall and escaped, and it was at the same rebuilt place that the hole was made I last night. The escape was not discovered until Sheriff Hoof went in to give the prisoners their breakfast. At the time there were several other prisoners confined in the jail, some on serious charges, but they did not attempt to gc-t away. ... ? ? The automobile to watch is the one behind the automobile you are watching.?Uoston Herald. i i BUTTER CONTEST 1 PROVES INTERESTING. J Miss Elizabeth Forney, dairy spec- j ialist, of Rick Hill, S. C., was with the County Home Demonstration Agent last Wednesday, October 5; in behalf of the better butter work being done in the county this,year. -vi * ~,i,, kiiHr,,- l't 1\ JUClt'Cil WUUlitl-D UJL WUUCjr lyuktvi v were scored, the highest score of 91 i 1-2 points being made by five con- c testants. All other scores were good t the lowest being 86 1-2. t The last judging, which closes the l series of fifve held at different times i during the year, will be held on Wed- s nesday, October 19, beginning at 12 i o'clock. .1 Prizes will be awarded to the con- 1 testants as follows: First prize to the I person making the highest total score, ii Second prize to the person making the!.; highest average score. Third prize to L1 the person making the greatest im-J* provement. # i ^ i (> KG AX IZ1X G LEXINGTON* CO. FOR FIGHT AGAINST CANCER |; i' (; Batesburg, Oct. 6.?It is planned! by the American Society for the con-i. trol of cancer to conduct a nationwide | campaign during November of this | year. The idea is to reach all parts of the . I country with the message that cancer mortality and suffering in this country should be reduced by one-third in the next ten years. Dr. W. P. Timmerman of Batesburg has been elected as chairman . of the committee for Lexington county, and the following named have been chosen to act on the com- , ! mittee with him: Dr. P. A. Smith, Gilbert: Dr. D. 11. Kneece.Pelion; Dr. Ii. E. Mathias, Irmo; Dr. W. I A. Oxner and L. S. Trotti, New , iBrookland; J. II. Roberts, Chapin; . iW. Ii. Witt, Swansea: Dr. L. C. Brooker, Swansea; W. M. Oxner, Leesville; Dr. J. H. Mathias, Lex- j ington; Mrs. G. F. Roberts, Lexington; Mrs. Allen Perry and C. E. k Jones, Batesburg. OFFERS TO GIVE AWAY MULE RATHER THAN FEED HIM. : i Free?One mule in fair condition.! Apply to I. A. Lindler, Route 2 Lexington." This advertisement was handed in to The Dispatch-News by /Mr. Lindler, with the request to know the costs. After learning that it was ' I not a catch?that Mr. Lindler really 'desired to give away a mule rather than feed it?the editors were glad to donate the space, so the ad appears elsewhere. THIEVES ROB STORE. Swansea, Oct. 9.?Th?? store of Simmons & Fowler, purchasers of the bankrupt stock of Lybrand & Co., was opened last night and goods to the value of about $300 were carried off. The thieves evidently had hunting in view as about $200 worth of gun shells were stolen. They entered the store by boring j through the rront uoor ana sprung , the lock from the inside. Xo clues us to who did it have been discovered. They wrote on the front door "You close at 6:30 p. rn. We open at night." I o * o ? ^ REV. AND MRS. WRITTEN ENTERTAIN LEACH* E. | i 1 Among the pleasant events of last . week the social given by Mr. and". Mrs. Whitten at the now Methodist I _ < parsonage to the young people of the Epworth League. About 80 young people were present and the evening . was pleasantly spent in games. Delightful refreshments were served and there was plenty of good music. The ^ young folks spent a very pleasant i evening, and bade their hosts good i night with the hope that they might i again have the pleasure of another j like occasion. [ j OFF ON DEER HI NT. i > u A jolly party <?i" crack shots left J yesterday for the Savannah river ^ swamps. Ohas. E. Taylor, Rob. E. Cook, Chas. H. Livingston and H. l II. Livingston, to be joined enroute ] by Mr. .1. Alf Lucas and others of 1 Gaston, on a door and general hunt ] in the Savannah river swamps for 1 several days. t I (IRBY'S FATE NOW IN DOUBT j What turn the Fox-Gappins-Kirby asc may take is still in doubt. The hree men were convicted of murder it the last term of court here and fucn was sencencyo 10 cue 111 cut; c-u;<jric chair on October 21. Shortly af:er the conviction of the men attorneys for Gappins and Kirbv served notice of appeal, which automatically stays the execution in their cases. Since that time, however, A. D. Mar:in, attorney for Kirby, has announced that he will not carry the appeal further. since physicians have examined Ins client and found that he is sound mentally, and should the appeal not be carried on by some other attorney Ivirby will die on the date set unless the .governor intereferes. The appeal in behalf of Gappins will probably be heard before the supreme court during the fall term, but in any event he will not pay the penalty on October 21. No appeal was taken in the case of C. O. Fox, and unless the governor j takes a hand he will die on the date set. Several petitions have been presented to the governor in Fox's behalf, asking that the execution be stayed until the supreme court acted on Gappins' appeal. It is understood! that a petition was presented from the people of Fox's home town, Stan-; ley Creek. X. C., and another from the residents of the Olympia mill vil lage in Columbia, where he lived for several months prior to the killing of which he was convicted. It is likely that other petitions will be sent in. It is understood that Governor Cooper will not interfere with the verdict of the court, but whether this is final is not known. The sentiment of the people here seems to favor staying the execution of Fox and Kirbv until the outcome of Gappins' appeal is known. Solicitor T. C. Callison has stated that he will not object to any action the governor might see fit to take. COL. I). J. KNOTTS ifEAD AT HIS HOME. I Col. D. J. Knotts, 70 years old,! died at his home in Swansea at 5 o'clock this morning. Col. Knotts was one of the best known citizens of j this county, and was highly respected by all. A good many years ago hi* represented Lexington county for three terms in the State legislature, and rendered good service in that j body. He also held several other) rkfflrn.c: rtf hnnnr rirtr? trnsf rliirinc his life. Readers of The D spatch-News will recall that Col. Knotts from time toj time has written several articles for the paper on the live topics of the times that always presented his views, which were sound, in no uncertain terms. His remains will be interred in the Swansea cemetery Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. BASKET BALL TEAM ORGANIZED. | ? The girls of the ninth, tenth and eleventh grades met at the first recess period Monday for the purpose of organizing a basket ball team. Officers were elected as follows: Miss Mary Ellen Caughman, manager; Miss Gladys Harmon, assistant maniger: Miss Christine Roof, secretary and treasurer; Misses Martha Kyzer ind Addie Taylor, captains; Misses Pearl Caughman and Mod(?na Bigby, oaches. The colors decided upon were gold and purple, garnet and |f olack. Much enthusiasm was mani-j !estod by the girls and they hope to I. it'iv ;?<lininine schools. ENTERTAINMENT AT STYX. The Ladies Aid Society will sell lot lunches and refreshments will be ;erved at Mr. O. T. Conner's at Styx. Saturday night. October 15th, begin- . ling at (i:0() o'clock. Everybody is inI rited. to come. t is easy f Snough to be pleasant Yhen life goes long like a song; >ut the man worth while s the one with a smile, Yhon everything goes dead wrong. BATESBURG BOY KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Batesburg, Oct. 12.?Oliver Theodore Kite, son of postmaster and Mrs. Wililam S. Hite, of this town was fatally injured in an automobile accident Saturday night in Charleston and his death resulting at 3 o'clock Sunday morning from a frac lure of the skull. The accident occurred on King street near the Citadel. The young man was rushed to the hospital but he never regained consciousness. The remains were brought to Batesburg for interment in the town cemetery. The burial took, place Monday afternoon in the presence of one of the largest congrega' tions that ever assembled at a funeral \ in this town. The floral tributes were beautiful an evidence of the esteem in which" the young man Was held by the people of our town. He [ was nineteen years of age having | been born in September, 1902. He entered the Citadel Academy in Charleston in the fall of 1919 and was an honored member of the junior class at the time of his death. The remains were accompanied to Batesburg by six cadets members of his ^lass who .acted as pallbearers. Oliver Hite was ,n vnun? man of PYf-mnlarv ViaVUta nnrJ of unblemished character. No young man in our town was held in higher resteem and his life was one of promise. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hite, oi^e sister. Miss Mary Eva Hite, a teacher in Winthrop College and one of the best known educators in the state. Two brothers well known in business (circles, W. Ralph Hite and J. Albert "Hite, also survive him. The entire community sympathizes with ..the .grief stricken family in this hour of .sore bereavement. t RED STAR FAIR - ?jt * ? 4 On last Saturday, October S, Red Star school held its first fair, which , was a complete success and owing to the short time in which the plans 'were completed, much credit is due I'those who planned the program. One year ago, Red Star school was a very crowded one room school. These good people opened their eyes , to the ery fertil and natural pasture lands and grain growing fields which 'they owned, and decided that their schobl house did not compare very favorable with the nice homes which they had built for themselves. So /they all put their shoulders to thr; wheel and pushed; the result is a nice two room school building neatlypainted and equipped with some oi the modern ' necessities which school ! houses need. Two acres of land were /purchased, which is laid off in a very | artistic way in play grounds and ball j. grounds. Three weeks ago the School Improvement League, which is composed of Mrs. Geo. S. Drafts, president: 'Mrs. Iiufus Shealy, vice president; Mrs. Ansel Caughman, secretary, and Miss Mary Nicols, treasurer, with 1 about fifty members decided to hold a community fair. A barbecue dinner was served by some of the best 'cuists in the country, who reside in this community. Dr. E. C. Ridgel addressed the crowd with a very interesting talk on farming. The outside attractions were superintended by Prof. Ansel Caughman which was composed of the repetition t?f history, which comprised Indian Tea Party, Klu Klux Klan and The Shirt 7?irtors nf '7it. TTorso raritiL' was also engaged in. the blue ribb<>n being won by Clarendon Drafts, the red by Prof. Ansel Caughman. Prof. Caughman and his father. Edwin Caughman also showed a herd of about twenty-five of the best IIolsteins in the county. Mr. Yoder Swygert showed twelve beautiful pigs and mother of the O. I. C. stock. Other fine hogs wore exhibited by persons unknown to the writer. About 1,000 persons attended and a neat sum was realized which will go to the further improvement of the school.