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liSTl df] ' t V^t . -' ' lPYtW.Tf>Nr SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1921. NUMBERS. Ii|^Say ' ?oort oi common pleas, which has Jteea jn session tor two weeks, was re f. jTuosday noon on account ox V"'tbe death of Judge Sease's sister, ^fa{^s,n5^nrred at Prosperity TuesW' > <Ry to&Ctting. The court will resume Monday morning. bigger cases disposed of |||. . aincethe last. |Bsue of The DispatchB: Hims was that of H. R. Giles against |^*;'33fceIWOfitern railway, in which avergpF, 'diet of $15,000.00 was given to the ||||i^tftetpttff for actual damages. The r '?.ease was the result of a train running gpT- " into* an automobile at a crossing befe^j^ahjreeh Batesburg and. Steedman, Wkwhich caused the wrecking of the and Injury to one or more perk, sops riding in the automobile. The ^^^jjSSSa'Qff was represented by Timmer' ma n & Graham and A. D. Martin of Lexington bar. v - Other cases tried are as follows: J. T. Wannamaker vs. Perry Furtick resulted in a verdict for the f. | plaintiff for $125 actual damages. w ^ ni?TA xne eaae wtut uit vcsuu vx ?u auw jjfe? "y^ In the caie^of Mrs. Nellie Parsons v; ) v&jpj. 8. Ketnet and G. A. Guignard ^fediptwaa returned for $199.01 ^V"-: plaintiff against Mr. Guig\ X verdict of $210.75 was returned | for the plaintiff in the case of J. B. Co,, vs. W. A. Rish. * In the case of Wilcox Ives Co. vs. R. H. Brazzell the defendant was |^3:$fre<i>.verdiet of $400.00 on a counP& 3?$?r_iRiit. .The suit.was brought by the Wi&ox Jves Co. to collect a note given in payment for fertilizer. The de| fendant entered a counter suit for damages, which it was alleged the inferior fertilizer caused. The jury ' ja^fcAhe defendant $400 and on-pay meat of note. Court will meet again next Monday th?,. third week, with the following Jurors to serve: Wi D. Price, R. Webster King:, i George O. 3>errick, Unus E. Black,' 'r Wflbur W* Harmon, J. Bunyan Ky. .ase^^Jlamea W. Bedenbaugh, Clarence jl. Kelsler,. Jeff A. Leaphart, A. D. ?; Fallaw., John H. Busby, C. P. Heise, , Dated Wv Sharpe, John E. Senn, Thomas J. Schneider, H. B. Price, S.'.A. Mathias, John E. Fulmer, EdV ^gar L. Price, D. Mayes Price, Os> '/eat Q. Hite, D. W. Backman, John '* $ JU 1 Taylor* J. W. Reeley, George li. tiease, Felix A. Hallman, Samuel J. Boyle, Pierce J. Risinger, C. C. Boland, Otis Drayton Smith, J. Ott Spradiey, Charlie L. Shull, George W. Shumpert, J. Quincy Taylor, Hugh W. Gibson, Sol. A. Day. ^ i ^ ^ FOUR BUILDINGS BURN IN CAYCE j ' ajf^,. ? . Four buildings on the J. M. Kreps j . property at Cayce were destroyed by ~ lire at 2 o'clock Monday morning. The Li . 1 fire wiped out the meat market and ^ green grocery of James Davis, and ! | Sickling's arber shop and a res .P^turant. "The flames had their own j way and leaped across an alley de' stroyed a two-story frame building which was. unoccupied. The property was insured, it was said. The burned buildings were situated at the corner of Main street and the State road to Orangeburg and Char|p^ iestao. % BIG SALE AT TAPP'S LEXINGTON STOKE / ! ? By referring to the double page advertisement in this issue of The Dispatch-News you will see that The Jas. L. Tapp Department store here is patting on an immense sale of good merchandise at rock bottom prices. The people of Lexington will do well % to visit this well known store during this great sale, which will commence Yriday, November 25, and continue from day to flay until January 1, or Until the entire stock is sold out, and it As predicted that, the stock of goods prill not last at. the prices at which thej^are offered. The people of this community know that when Tapp ad* verjlaes bargains all' that they have to do is go to his store and get them. Mr? Tapp and several of his mana< " gers have been here for the past few days arranging for this sale, which By'will 2ao doubt prove a great saving to I B tbe-p^pole of Lexington. BURNS TO RESIST (l RETURN TO STATE (/ ( Special to The State: Mobile, Ala., Nov. 21.?Sheriff Heise from Columbia, S. C., will arrive \ nere Tuesday morning to return wltli ; G. W. Burns* an automobile salesman ft wanted at Columbia on the alleged /.I . < J charge of obtaining money under false 1 pretenses. Burns, who is connected.^1 ll with Adams Motor Car company of ; this city, was taken into custody more , than a month ago by Sheriff W. H. < Holcombe, Jr., on a telegram from il Columbia (S. C.) authorities, charging him with obtaining money under false [i pretenses. Influential citizens fur- \ nished bonds in the sum of $500 for "1 Burns and he has been at liberty since ;i that time and announced he would not return to Columbia without a fj legal battle. He said tonig?ht he was (1 prepared to resist the Columbia au- j thorities to return him for trial. /i Sheriff Heise left Columbia Sunday }1 morning for Mobile to get George W. : Burns, who is wanted in Richland county on a charge of disposing of n property under li6n. The sheriff reached Montgomery, Ala., yesterday ,< morning, and wired from that point ] for information. Governor Cooper is- ! sued requisition papers to bring Burns to Columbia. George W. Burns is charged by a Lexington bank witn naving secured thA Innn of 25.000 on several motor cars and that the collateral was disposed of by him. The warrant charges Burns with disposing of ' property under lien. Sheriff Heise is expected to return to Columbia Thursday with his prisoner. The Burns Motor company was lo- : cated it the southwest corner of Main ' and Calhoun streets and George. W. Burns was the promoter of the. big enterprise. The firm did an extensive 1 motor car business an dthe plant oc- ' eupied several buildings. Burns left Columbia several months ago. Later the Bank of Columbia bought the plant. The Palmetto National bank is now the owner of the lots and buildings formerly owned by the Burns ' Motor company. The stock of the old ' concern-was sold at public outcry and : ,was bought by various parties.?The ' State. ENTERTAINMENT AT STEEDMAN SCHOOL. i An entertainment consisting of exer- ] cises by the children of the school and music by Mr. Joyner will be given at ' atofldmon or>Vir?nl rin "RVirlav nisrht. De VtWU4UV%U WV..VV. * W ' I cember 2. The entertainment is being put on in celebration of the installation of a piano, and the proceeds ' will be applied to the purchase price. Refreshments will be served during the evening. ANXl'AL BAZAAR OF LADIES' AID SOCIETY : : ( The annual bazaar of the Ladies' ; <Aid Society of St. Stephen's Lutheran church will be held on Thursday and -Friday. December 2 and 3. in the rest room of the DuPre Auto Company's building. The ladies will have on display for sale fancy work of all j kinds, and the public is asked to look \ over the offering and help out a good i cause. Refreshments will be served both days. VETERANS OF WAR ASK DEBS' PARDON Washington, Nov. 14.?An agreement was made today with President Harding by eight members of the "World War Veterans' association and others who won congressional medals of honor or distin-j guisucu oci > n c anai un uuim^ i??v , war, to present memorials asking the j pardon of Eugene V. Debs, serving a! sentence in Atlanta penitentiary. The memorials also asked the release of 140 other men confined in federal prisons after conviction upon various charges having to do with the obstruction of the government's activities during the late war. The decorated ex-service men asserted that the prisoners were "moved by the same ideals as moved us" in op-1 posing war. A. G. Cooper and John M. Levitt, respectively national chairman and chairman of the eastern division o'f the War Veterans' association, Carl O. Parsons and George H. Mallon, of Minnesota; C. K. Slack, of Wisconsin; < Burger Loman and John J. Kelly, ol 1 Chicago: Sam Dreben, of E. Paso, and: 1 D. C. Poindexter, of North Dakota. ' presented the memorials. j i THANKSGIVING DAY j WILL BE OBSERVED On account of Thanksgiving: day, :he schools of Lexington will take ioli.day tomorrow and Friday. School was in session last Saturday to make up for the coming Friday. The banks of the town will also be closed ? '?:*** ? ^ A ? 11 /%n * ? ] at*Q J.na.HK3glVlil&, <XUU tuc man vaiiivto svill also get a holiday. It is expected that most of the business houses here will close for the day. In observance of the day, union services of all the churches of the town will be held in the auditorium of the high school at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. The Lexington community fair will also be held tomorrow at the school building, the exhibits being on display in the wooden building. After the union services of the churches dinner cvill be served on the grounds, and in the afternoon a match game of basket ball will be played between the Lexington high school girls and the Chapin high school girls. With Thanksgiving the bird season spens, and no doubt a good many hunters will be in the fields tomorrow for their share of the feathery flock. BIRTHDAY PARTY AT CHAPIX. .Last rriaay atternoon irom tnree o'clock to five, Mrs. Robert W. Frick entertained at a birthday party for her little six-year old son, Robert Laban. * The dining room was beautifully decorated in pink and white crepe paper and chrysanthemums. The ; . ?'r '* same color scheme was carried out In the hail and the living room. Twenty-one little folks enjoyed the party.. Lively games were played throughout the evening, the most interesting one being a contest game in which the little people searched for hidden peanuts. The prize, a story book, was won by Elton Clark. After the ceremony of blowing out the six tiny candles on the birthday cake had been gone through with, Mrs. Frick, assisted by Mrs. Ada Farr and Mrs. Lawrence Shealy served a course of lemonade and cake and candy. Tiny dolls tied with pink ribbon were given the little girls as favors, and whistles tied with white were given the boys. Little Robert Laban received many pretty presents. DARLINGTON LEADS STATE IN COOPERATIVE MARKETING j Columbia, Nov. 21.?With a total of j 8,000 bales signed up, Darlington! county is leading the state in the cot-1 ton cooperative marketing campaign j according to officials of the South j Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative; Association. Contracts ' representing 2,220 bales were received from that county this morning. Spartanburg, Dillon and Marion counties are running close to Darlington in the number of bales signed. The continued growth of the sentiment for Cooperative marketing is reported from every section of the state, j it was declared this morning. Alfred j Scarborough, member of the organiza- j tion committee, returning from a trip j to Greenwood and McCormick coun- j ties reported the people in those coun-i ties ar^ in a very favorable attitude : towards the plan. The ^bankers of j both counties look with a strong favor i I upon it, and Mr. Scarborough said he j expected little trouble in signing the! necessary number of bales in those; two counties. Harry G. Kaminr, president, said j this morning that the association felt j confident over the outcome of thej campaign. The people of the state are becoming more and more convinced that it is absolutely necessary to do something, he said, and the corporative marketing of cotton, their | principal crop, seems to be the first | important step to take. we are oner^ng uie xarmers some- j thing practical and something that j leads to a definite goal," said Presi- J dent Kamnier. "It is a simon pure | business proposition and I am delight-1 ed to see that they are realizing this." j TACKY PARTY. i I A tacky party will be given at Cross! Roads school house on Saturday; night, November 26, for the benefit! of the school. Plenty of amusement] for young and old will be on tap, "and j besides refreshments will be served. ! riie puduc is corniany iiivitea 10 hi-1 Lend this social gathering. death of a beloved r, ' | { ' 5/.' christian woman Mrs. Mary 'Cummins Wilson died at her home in Lexington on Sunday morning at 4 o'clock and the remains were laid to rest at St. Stephen's churchyard Monday at noon, the Rev. A. B. Obenschain conducting the services. Mrs. Wilson was a hightoned Christian woman and was held in high 1 esteem by all who knew her. She was | 80 years of age. j Mrs. Wilson was born in the Dutch | Fork of Lexington county, March 22, J 1842. At the age of 15 she was confirmed a member of the Lutheran' church, of which she remained a loyal j and faithful member until her death.1 .1 He was the eldest of four sisters and i at th* death of their mother, she became a mother to the other three. Even when Sherman's army invaded out State and their home, she stayed with her younger sisters, kept them in the house with her and no doubt kept the house from being burned. She bore the many insults heaped upon her by the soldiers because of the love she had for her home and sisters. She was the faithful and devoted wife of the man to whom she was engaged before VliQ dnlict m on t in + o f n aKIa o tv\ * ? r\4 V*4i4W?ViA4V/iiW iil IUUC ilV/ViC Cl&lliJ Ui the Confederacy, notwithstanding that during his faithful service he lost his right arm, she was true to her promise to marry him and was loyal to him until their separation, which was caused by his death some fourteen years ago. j No less faithful was she to her children and grandchildren. As long, as sh$ lived she had the keenest interest in the welfare of those around her. j There are tfro sisters now living who well remember how often she came to their home in times of sickness and death. All her neices and nephews knew "Aunt Mollie" as one who was always ready to come and minister to their needs when they were sick. This noble trait of hers was not confined to her own family, for there are hundreds of living witnesses and possibly more who are not living who would be glad to testify to the truth of this statement. The beautiful floral tribute together with the.shutting down of the mill for three hours was evidence of the es-1 teem in which she was held by the community in which she spent the last 28 years of her life. She is survived by five children, as follows: Mrs. C. W. Duncan, Columbia; Mrs. W. E. Moyer, Darlington; Mrs. D. W. Denny, Vaucluse; Miss Alice Wilson and Mr. J. C. Wilson, Lexington. Tli& out of town people attending Mrs. Wilson's funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moyer and Mrs. W. B. McGirt, Darlington; Mr. and Mrs. I* W. Denny, Vaucluse; Mrs. J. L. Dominick, Mr. Harry Dominick and Mr. James P. Wilson, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. Musco Samuels, Aiken; Mrs. Tom Hook, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Heron, Miss Essie Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson. Mr. P. W. Wilson, Mr. Charlie Davis and Mr. Harry Davis, Mr. George Denny, Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Clark, Durham, N. and Miss Mary Ona Denny, Rook Hill. VA LPES DECLINE AS VOLUME GROWS Washington. Nov. 2 0.?Exports of cotton and cottonseed oil advanced sharply in volume, but declined in value in October as compared with the same nionui ;i year ?tgu, uccuruuig 10 foreign trade reports issued tonight by the commerce department. Exports of brcadstuffs, meat and dairy products and mineral oils during the month decreased considerably as compared with October, 1920, total. Cotton exported in October amounted to 874,000 bales valued at $91,028,000 compared with 583,000 bales worth $91,247,000 a year ago. For the ten months ended with October the total was 5,000,000 bales, valued at $408,000,000, against 4,000,000 bales worth $952,000,000. Cottonseed oil exports for October aggregated 10,000,000 pounds valued at $931,000, against 7.000,000 pounds worth $1,000,000 during the same month last year. For te.\ months cot i ? J O Q A AAA lonseea ou exports loiuut-u wouruuu.000 pounds, valued at ?22,000,000 against 120,000,000 pounds worth $26,000,000 in the same period of' 1920. SENATORS TALK OF NAVAL TERMS Washington, Nov. 14.?Discussion of the American proposals for limitation of naval armament broke out in the senate today within an hour af-ter it convened. Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, a Democratic member of the foreign relations committee, brought up the sublent. derlariner he endorsed the Am erican plan "wholeheartedly." "I regard it as the greatest one step yet taken toward disarmament," saidl I Senator Pomerene. i The Ohio senator referred to his resolution for suspension of naval construction during the conference, declaring it would help and not embarrass the negotiations. The Ohio senator said he hoped the naval committee would report his resolution and said that if nothr ing was done soon he would move to discharge the committee and bring the resolution before the senate. Senator Poindexter, Republican, "Washington, acting chairman of the naval committee, said that if congress had adopted Senator Pomerene's proposal when it was made last May, thei present American proposals would have been precluded. Replying to statements of Senator Pomerene that work was being pressed on the 1916 program, Senator Poindexter said the "facts were that progress was greatly reduced." "Work is almost- suspended on a large part of the program due to lack of appropriations," he added. Senator Walsh, of Montana, a Democratic member of the naval committee, said he had felt it unwise to suspend the 1916 program until some limitation agreement had been reached and that the $300,000,-1 000 spent on the program had not been wasted. The discussion ended without any intimation of probable committee action on the Pomerene resolution. "FARMING UNDER BOLL WEEVIL CONDITIONS" I Clemson College, Nov. 20.?To help meet the present situation in farming the Extension Service of Clemson College has published Extension Bulletin 48, entitled "Farming under Boll Weevil Conditions," and this important publication is now ready for distribution. The publication is divded ' into four or five sections, all hinging, however, upon the importance of learning thoroughly new methods and practices for successful farming in the presence of the boll weevil. I In the introduction farmers are ?r ? warned against plunging into new untried crops and urged to make their farms self-supporting, so that the 1 growing. of cotton and other money j crops may be on a safe basis. There I 3I'P Sfipfl'nne fliowiorinrr ? ? ? -1 I uMvuwiiig II1C JJ1 UU U<J CiOH of cotton under boll weevil conditions, the making of the farm self-supporting, systematic soil building, adjustment of relations between landlords and tenants, cooperation, and the need for specific county programs. The publication discusses with sufficient fullness each of these subjects, but does not give voluminous details. It is theerfore easy for the average farmer to get from the bulletin definite information and suggestions to meet his needs. Copies of the publication may be had through the county agents or directly from the Extension Service, Clemson College, S. C., and all farmers are urged to obtain copies. JTSll FRY LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. I r , j A good many of the business and j professional men enjoyed a fish fry at ! u-eorge s pona last i- naay nignt, I which was given in honor ol" Judge | Thos. S. Sease, who is presiding over j court here this term. A bountiful i ; feed of fish was served the following j gentlemen: Judge Thos. S. Sease, i Court Stenographer Anderson, Clerk j of Court Harman, Solicitor T. C. Callison, Dr. P. H. Shealy, Judge C. M. Efird. J. D. Carroll, Dr. G. F. Roberts, Col. G. T. Graham, Cyrus L. Shealy, J. H. Roberts, J. R. Corley, C. E. Leaphart, J. S. Cuughman, Ira M. Sligh, S. J. .Leaphart, T. C. Sturkie, H. D. George. Dr. Geo. B. Cromer of Newberry, J. o. Harman, Dr. Rice B. Harmon, and E. J. George. The Kit^KarClub Doctor: Your wife seems a bit run down. Subbubs: Yes. Since we moved out here every woman in the place has had a crack at her. .. i > j.. md COUNTY CORN SHOW NEXT SATURDAY The Lexington County Corn Show } will be held next Saturday, November 26, at the county court house, and all members of the Boys' Corn club are urged to be present, and have their parents accompany them. There is a place in the show for both young and nlH \f> r W QHoolv " ?? VJ UV All onstration agent, who is in a large measure responsible for the splendid results of the corn club in recent years, has secured some good speakers for Saturday, among them being IE. E. Hall of Florence, who is in charge of seed breeding in the extension department of Clemson college; Prof. Clyde Addy, teacher of agriculture in the Lexington high school, who will speak on "The Need of Teaching of Agriculture in Schools," and Julius E. Sharpe, county superintendent of education, who will speak on "Kural Education." Lexington is among the foremost counties of South Carolina in corn growing, and the great interest which has been manifested in this important feature of agriculture is due in some measure at least to he stimulus which the annual corn show has afforded. Under the leadership of Mr. Shealy the work of the boys' corn club has increased in interest from year to year, until this year there are 112 boys enrolled in the county's corn clubs But the elders as well as the boys trill have the opportunity of competing in the corn show to be held on the 26th, and, through the generosity of merchants here and in Columbia many valuable prizes will be offered for those who make the best score in this rivalry. This year there will be specialists in corn growing who will deliver lectures on the best methods of seed selection and corn breeding?men who ;.r.have made a study of the subject and ? who will be able to give valuable advice to those who may be present. The meeting will be held at the court house where the exhibits will be placed on show and the judges will decide the winners. The corn crop has been good this year, and indications are that the judges will have a difficult task to decide on the winners. Officers of the association, under whose auspices the show will be held are as folohvs: President?E. C. Kidgell. Vice Presidents?D. F. Efird and G. B. Wingard. Secretary?J. A. Barre. TRIAL OF FORMER GOVERNOR BEGINS IN FLORIDA Lake Butler, Fla., Nov. 20.?The case of former Governor Sidney J. Catts, under indictment charged with having accepted money to influence the granting of a pardon to a state convict, is scheduled to be taken up at the opening of Union county cirpuit court here Monday. Mr. Catts arrived here Friday. The former chief executive was indicted by the Bradford county grand jury as the state farm where J. J. Coleman the man pardoned, was serving, was in Bradofrd county. Since the indictment an act of the legislature has become effective creating Union county out of that part of Bradford which contained the farm. i '"Local attorneys have been discussing 'the question as to whether it might V be necessary to seek a re-indictment before trial. Mr. Catts also is under indictment in the federal district court at Penj sacola charged with peonage, but the | case has gone over until the next term j of court. SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT. I Thanksgiving exercise at Charter | Oak, Saturday nigh*, November 24, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, consisting | of songs and recitations and box party ; and contest. Refreshments will be served during the evening, superintendent of education will be there to address you. The 1 proceeds go to the benefit of the school. Everybody i-ome and enjoy the evening. Insinuation She?How dare you! Papa said he'd kill the first man that kissed me. He?How interesting'. And did he?