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Stored at the Postoffioe at Lexington, 9. C, aa mail matter of the Second Class. Subscription Price Per Year, $1.6t CASH IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING BATES T Obituaries and in memoriama, one cent? word. Cash with order. iter ^ Cards ox tinman, one wm ??? Gash with ordOr. - Want ads, one oast a word oach insertion. Cash with order. . >. . .. .. . * > Make all. renOttasceo payable to 33gh"9TWALKER.""Address all communication* to The DispatchNews, Lexington, g. C. Phone 119. ' 7 # - - ' ' U? WEDNESDAY,- FEB. 8, 1922. | THE ARMS CONFERENCE ;C \ While the arms conference appears to have fallen short of expectations in some quarters, it has nevertheless ' . . .?7 * 4 v been really worth while^ Unquestion-j ably it has for the time at least allayed a growing belief that the United " States and >r Japan were slowly but surely drifting towards and an impasse from which the only escape f " could be war. The United States, in surrendering the right to fortify f-- Guam and the Phillipines, has to all *n.tehts an<* purposes recognized the Hawaaian Islands as the westernmost l ; otftpott of territory. We- da not he-. ' tr- . tha^ majority of Americans ^ ^ili' have/huich 'fault to^fl^d with this ?&***& r doctrine, although it involve some idea of surrender* of sovereignty. So^far ,a8^?ve^ are a We to interpret . the acts of the conference, it would ?i it' appear that Japan has been willing to uL; relinquish special rights in China, at fl'&Y:*:,- least in a measure, and the "open H; *' : door" is to be maintained. The comV/ ' ' ' . bihed -powers are to aid in putting VCJhina on her feet... American com>'" 7 riSerce should profit by this arrange .-"v merit. , i * >/' V * " , & The reduction of- sea armament will f fi. V: be of benefit to American taxpayers. tn. - s.i> It, will have the further result of al t . . . j ?... a growing naval rivalry be> ' ^<yt*pen Great Britian and the United "iftufM whirh misrhf sooner or later .: have borne ugly fruit. iv' All in all the conference was not 1 barren of results, and we have , room congratulation that the .meeting ? SfJ# freid-' * lower" taxes. iSRSpf:, There is some complaint throughout* " the state In regard to the numerous taf measures which have been passed ? of are now, pending in the. legislature.. * Po some of these taxes there could j huffily be justification except in unusual times. These are unusual times. They .can only he justified now on the gfovmd that for every dollar collected ^ ^ from these sources a corresponding reduction will be made in the general property tax. If they w^re to afford i::r ' only a basis for governmental extravagance they had better not become x ,. law. Their justification must be well 7 .- V * V4 ' i . ' > grounded first upon the presumption that the legislature is going to make i /every possible reduction in expenditurns' that is compatible with the pub' . / :Iic interest, and further upon the * V ' ~ >' .. 1 ground that the general property tax utterly.;?Uled to adequately sup; pirt the government. ( _ . _ ; _ |/V*- i . The plan which has been adopted' i. - > by the gentlemen in charge of the ^ / revenue program for this year is not $$ .5has; - been thought out and planned with a view to distributing the burden of taxa*-.lien -more nearly, in accordance with . <*a> V" o i '"l, > . .?, .< ,, . ability to pay, which after all is the moie scientific and should be the b ;* more satisfactory way to 'exact governmental charges. The program is encountering stlft opposition and: it i may not get through the legislature p&?, as a whole. But the present outlook is that a really good start will be ?made. The, farmers, merchants, bankere . ' v - . ;w..^and. manufacturers and others who otfrn"the visible property of this state and who have been bearing a greater : i proportion of the rtate's expense? than was right shourJ find some re-; lief in the enactment of this program into law. But with special local ; levies for roads and for schools the ; taxes cannot be cuv zo a very great extent. Under the new idea many persons who have contributed practically nothing to the government will h&eafter "kick in." By so much at they contribute by so much will owners of visible property be relieved. A,DAXGEROUS MEASURE. ' tfhe emabtmerit into the federal law 4?f the Dyer bill now before congress, r<i . will be but another step in the steady ,v-u fsJ&cro&cl^misnt of the federal.,#uvern"~"m?nt upon the rights of the states^ 3%is law would take out of the state j courts the trial oi pefsoas charged with-ea|&ging in a lynching, and place their trial in the hands of the federal court. It would also impose a heavy fine upon any county in which a lynching occurred and penalize heavily peace officers failing to prevent a lynching. ' Hie surrender of the privilege of trying its own citizens charged with a breach of the peace, even though it be so severe a breach j as participation m a lynching, cannot be lightly viewed by those who value local self government. If it be argued that it will effectually. stop lynching, we have but to turn to our federal liquor lawv.. Our federal courts are clogged with cases against violators of the Volstead law, but the making of liquor apparently gains in volume and each succeeding term of the court sees a still more congested docket. The encroachment of the federal government is no longer inch by inch but by leaps and bounds, if this iniquitous Dyer bill shall pass. With The Churches j PELIOX MISSION Rev. B. J. Wessinger, Pastor. Services as follows: Holy Trinity, Pelion?11:15 a. m. first Sunday; 4 p. m., third Sunday. St. John's (Black Creek)?11 a. m. third Sunday; 4 p. m., first Sunday. Church of the Good Shepherd, Swansea?11:15 a. m., fourth Sunday; 8:30 p. m., second Sunday. Orange Chapel, Springfield?11 a. m., Second Sunday; 8:30 p. m., fourth Sunday. - *> * /. ?_ GILBERT CIRCUIT .J : METHODIST CHURCH Appointments for February 12, 1922, as follows: Preaching at Boiling Springschurch at 11:00 o'clock A. M. Preaching at Pond Branch church at 31.30 p. m. Preaching at Gilbert church at 7 o'clock at night. Everybody is cordially invited to all these services. L. W. JOHNSON, Pastor. ST. STEPHEN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Mr. B. H. Barre, Supt. of Sunday school. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Divine services at 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. The morning theme on Sunday, February the 12th, will be: "Will There Be Distinctions in Heaven?" The evening theme will be: -^PaulW Sermon all the services the public is very cori dially invited:. i . - _ . - < ' . ARTHUR B, OBENSCHAIN, Pastor. N J LEXINGTON CIRCUIT. " 4 1 - f Appointments for Sunday, February 12, 1922: Lexington?Sunday school at 10 a., m., W. D. Dent, superintendent. Re-I member the bible class. Preaching at! 11 a. m. by Rev. J. R. T. Major, presiding elder. Following the sermon the first quarterly conference of the circuit for the current year will be1 held. This will be followed by din-' ner to be served at the church. Horeb?Sunday school at 2:30 p. m., D. L. Harmon, superintendent. Preaching at 3:30 by the pastor. . Red -Bank?Sunday school at 10 a. m., J. F. Sharpe, superintendent. Preaching at 7:30 p. m. by the pastor. , "< ..O *0 ' -* ' {>? Hebron?Sunday school at'9:30 a:' m.f R. X. Senn, supernitendent. An address tQ the Epworth Leaguers at 4 o'clock by Rev.. R w1 E. Stackhouse, D. D., of Columbia. The nublic- will find .a cordial wel come to all the services, i ,'N ' r.Z.-i aH. A. WHITTBN, > A Pastor. my ? . RIDGELL?^STODGHILL. The following: appeared in the Jacksonville Sunday Times: "Mr. and! Mrs. E. C. Ridgell of Bates burg, S. C., announce the engagement and approachnig marriage of their daughter, Louise, to Mr. Ralph Stodghill of Jacksonville, Fla., the wedding to take place in the early spring at the i First Baptist church. Batesburg, S. | HESS REDUCES PRICES. Dr. Hess has reduced prices on. Poultry Panacea, Stock Tonic and his entire line of guaranteed poultry and stock remedies. The popular size- 1-2 lb. Panacea and 2 lb. Stock Tonic each now sell for -25c and the price oi every size of all the remedies have been put back io pre-war figures. The formulas and quality where it has been possible to do so have been improved. For sale only by HARMON DRUG CO.,_ 1 w Lexington, S. C. ! I skjFtTK O FF I) OFt>tul??' fKKlOD New York, Jan.' 31.?The earth in its dizy whir! through space gof off center for a few moments today and shifted its "poles" or axes to fit the new center of rotation. - . Then inorder that it might not be traveling on a "flat wheel," so to speak .,a few million tons of solid rock somewhere of fthe western coast of the United States in tne Dea 01 me Pacific ocean slipped a hundred feet or so to oven things up. Observers here said they could not be certain whether the displacements were horizontal or vertical. In the great San Francisco shock of 1906 the horizontal displacement amounted to about 20 feet. This is the manner in which pro-*, fessors of geology and seismographic observers account for the violent earth vibrations which demoralized instru- | ments in observatories throughout this country today. Thus far the exact location of the huge "slip" has not been determined, although observers from Washington, D. C., to Berkley, Cal., agreed that it probably was a milts nff thA mouth of J.^ W itwauivu ? the Columbia river. Moment of Readjustment. Th eabsence if a recorded disruption of the visible surface of the earth, or of the huge tidal waves which usually radiate from the scene of a nearthquake, lead the observers to believe the "slip", occurred miles belo wthe bed of the ocean. Its violence was attested by the quivering seismographs, which in some instances were thrown from the recording rolls, while a "strong machine" at Berkeley was set in motion for the first time in many years. \ "Xo doubt the earth was readjusting itself," said Prof. J. J. Lynch, seismographic observer at Fordham university here. "About every so often the earth becomes upset, goes off center, changes its axes, and usually, about the same time, there is a violent earthquake, a slipping of miles of strata, and we go merrily along again." The Andes along the Pacific coast in South America and the chain of rocky deformations which itioin the two continents, disappearing into the sea off oSuthern California, are con tinually lifting, falling 'and slipping, according to the seismologists and 'the geologists. . ... , " j Many of these disturbances take place in midocean, the only visible evidence being the zig zag . lines traced by a seismograph hundreds of miles distant. Onne of the exajjnples of such a paroxysm occurred yilf December, .1920, and scientists sfil} lare cudgeling thei rbrains to, ^pJount for the "lost" earthquake. $?? spurce of ori !glfetv>Re?,ep^Ha?'.?been. Sfeiinjtely estab-. lished although it wisgbl spph proportions as to shatter iislframents thousands of miles^away, $tfd to send a tidal wave circling thefdarth. Earthquakes Ofter "Lost." A-few days later came news of an earthquake in Kan-Su province in China, in which 2,00ft; persons perishr ed. Scientists asserted,' there probably had been two distijict upheavals probably on opposite dides of the T' ' } globe. | "Lost" earthquakes^t^king place in midocean often causelist changes in the apearanpce of .ocean bed which are not discovered until years later. Such earthquakes are frequent near the West Indies, arjd beneath the Pacific westward fro nithe Americas to the chain of sunken mountains which form the Japanese archipelago. mu- Vvtt I i. IICT iliiSt HiajVl *rj earthquake or volcanijc eruption which history records was th^t at Constantinople in the year 67 ?J when 10,000 ..persons perished. Sincje then there have been 29 such disasters. The greatest toll of .human life was taken in a volcanic upheaval in Yeddo in 1703, when- 190,000' persons lost their lives. More than:two centuries , later, 'in 1908 ( there was the disastrous eruption which buried Messina and 54 other Italian towns, causing the death of 164,000 inhabitants. San Francisco, Jan. 31.?Earthquake shocks were felt today in California north of San Francisco and throughout the coast towns of Oregon. In Oregon cities the tremors shook windows, awakened sleepers and rattled dishes. No damage was reported. The shocks were recorded by seismographs in California and Washington. Efforts to obtain verifications from ships on the Pacific ocean of deductions at Harvard university and the University of California thai the center of the disturbance was on the floor of the Pacific oast off the coast of "Washington or Oregon wore of no| i avail. Attend tlio big minstrel show next Tuesday night at 8:30, o'clock. Iligli school auditorium. ' ' Make your money do double duty ly attending the minstrel show next Tuesday night at school auditorium. Six; a good shew and help a good iai:se. c- i^T?ON S A>D AXSWRRS ; j From Specialists' _ Correspondence With Farmers. Why do my cowpeas make vines but do not produce peas??I. R.' E., Rhems. The most proDaDie expiaiiauuu that your land is too rich in nitrogen, as soii in a high state of cultivation rarely makes good cowpea seed. There, is no seed, treatment which you can use which will make them produce. The one thing which will help you is Jo apply acid phosphate, which tends to balance the fertility, of your soil and. to help in. seed production. _ PERSONAL I , ? Miss Margaret Walters of Columbia was the week-end guest of Mrs. Julius E. Sharpe. DEATH ENDS QUEST FOR SOUTH POLE i Montevideo, Uruguay, Jan. 29.? Sir Ernest Shackleton .the British explorer, died January 5 on board the steamship Quest, on which he was making another expedition into the Antartic regions. Death was due to angina pectoris and occurred when the Quest was off the Gritvicken station. The body was brought to Montevideo on board a Norwegian steamer and will be taken by another steamer to Europe. Capt. L. HuSvsey of the Quest will accompany the body home. Sir Ernest Shackieton was born in 1874. He was a third lieutenant in the British national Antartic expedition in 1901 and in 1907-1908 commanded an expedition which got to within 97 miles of the South pole. He made his third ciuest of the pole in 1914/ The expedition in which he was engaged when he died wis to have covered 30,000 miles of uncharted sections of the South Atlantic, the Pacific and the Antartic seas. On board the Quest ,a liitle 200 ton ship, Sir Ernest set sail from England last September on what was to have been a two-year voyage. Large crowds gathered on the docks in London : to wish .the party a successful voyage. - The voyage had as its objective not only oceanographic research but the exploration of a petrified forest and the location of a "lost" island?Tuanaki?the adjacent waters of which hari rint- been nailed for more than 90 years. In addition soundings were I to have been taken of the ocean plateau surrounding Gough's island in an effort to determine fhe truth regarding* a supposed underwater continental connection between Africa and America. Sir Ernest, for his distinguished services, was made a knight in 1909. Various societies throughout the world honored him for his work. torium Tuesday night, February 11! Be there! CARO VET STOCK REMEDIES" We carry a complete line of CaroVet standard remedies for horses, j mules, cattle, hogs and poultry. We J will gladly refund your money if you i fail to get satisfactory results' from! the use of any Caro-Vet remedy. Try J Caro-Vet Egg Producer, a wonderful j poultry tonic that makes layers of loafing hens. Large boxes 50c. HARMON DRUG CO., lw Lexington, S. C. XUNXALLY'S FINE CANDIES, Special Valentine boxes of Nunnally candies received l'resh by express;' Nunnally the recognized "Candy of the South" iis oupid's choice. Send "Her" a package "She" will like it. A: fresh'shipment of standard packages j all at reduced prices. Call and seej our beautiful line of high grade candy displayed in our new refrigerator case. HARMON DRUG CO., - . Iw ' ' Lexington, S. C. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy This is a pleasant, safe and reliable medicine for coughs and colds. It has been in use for many years and is held-' in high esteem in those households where its good qualities are best known. It Js a favorite with mothers of young children .as it contains no I } opium or other harmful drug. Try it j when you have need of suc h a rem-j edy. i i REMOVED ROSE HILL GREENHOUSE have moved our Flower and Seed Store to larger quarters. 1225 Lady St., where we invite j our Lexington friends. Fvervthincr?Flowers. Plants t " * J -o ' and eSeds. t AttiSHIP BAtiLO* ;.V FRIT Rexall-Riker "SpeciallO Day Free Offer. For the next Ten Days with every $1.00 purchase of the well known Rexall or Riker products or preparations, including Rexall and Riker Family Remedies, Toilet Preparations, Perfumes. Rubber Goods and Station ery we will give absolutely Free an Aerial Balloon. These Balloons make flights and are very amusing to children and interesting to the grown ups alike. See our Window and store room Displays and ask us about this special free offer. HARMON DRUG CO., The REXALL Store, Lexington, S. C. A Rat Breeds 6 to 10 Times a Yea*. Averaging Ten Young to a Litter. Remember this, act as soon as you see the first rat. Get a pkg. of RATSNAP. It's a sure rat and mice destroyer.I It's convenient, comes in cake form, no miving. Mummifies rat after killing?leaving no smell. Cats or dogs won't touch it Three sizes, 35c, 05c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Lexington Pharmacy and Harmon Drug Company. ninvr nin tai\auo MIA MlI lUMi: Backache is usually kidney-ache and makes you dull, nervous and tired. Use Doan's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys?the remedy recommended by your friends and neighbors. Ask your neighbor! J. B. Floyd, -prop, grocery, E. Main St., Lexington, says: "I was bothered a great deal with my kidneys a few years ago. At that time my back gave me a lot of trouble and it ached good and hard. My bladder seemed to be the worst source of complaint There was a too frequent desire to pass the kidney secretions and I had to get up at night. The secretions . were highly colored and contained sediment. A friend advised me to use Doan's Kidney Pills, and I did so. In a short time I got fine relief. I kept on taking Doan's and after I had used several boxes, I felt so well I didn't require any more." ' Price GOc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Floyd had. Foster-Milburn Co. DILI'S., JDUliaiu, ii. x. Mrs. Bowen Tells How Rats Almost Burned Her House Down. "For two months^ I never went in our cellar, feetflrig a rat. One night in bed I smelled fire. Sure . enough , the rat had been nibbling at the matches. If I hadn't acted promptly ' my house would have been burned. after'1 we found the dead rat. RAT-. SNAt5 killed it. ft's great stuff." Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Harmon Drug Company and Lexington Pharmacy. The many friends of Mr. C, M. Efird, who has been quite sick at home, will be glad to know that he has so improved, that he is at his office again. AIRSHIP BALLOON FRKE Rexall-RIkcr Special 10 Day Free Offer. For the next Ten Day3 with every $3.00 purchase of the well known Rexall or Riker products or prepara tions, including Rexall and KiKer Family Remedies, Toilet Preparations, Perfumes, Rubber Goods and Stationery we will give absolutely Free an Aerial Balloon. These Balloons make flights and are very amusing to children and interesting to the grown ups , alike. . See our Window and store room Displays and ask us about this special free offer.... HARMON DRUG CO., ' : The REXALL Store, - Lexington, Si O.' ^ CITATION NOTICE. ^ : . ' / . State of South Carolina, County, of I^exington.?By Walter F. Hook,'. esquire, probate judge. Whereas, J. Willie and J. Walter Dooley made suit to me, to grant them Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Margaret Dooley. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred} and creditors of the said Margaret Dooley, deeeased, that they be and appear .before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexington, C. H., ??. C., on 9th day February, 1022. next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Admin-J istration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this i'oth day of January. Anno Domini 1922 . w ^ / T L* \ I YV . 1*'. i iuun. (. . o . j i Probate Judgre Lexington Coumy. S. f C. } Published on the 1st day oO Pebru- j ary, 1922, in the Lexington-paper - j weeks. WAiYi aDS | ? j?s WANTED?To buy " f-0 bushels good ^ sound cowpeas. h?-?t market I price paid. Sarr 'P :r J W . P. Roof, ^ Jr. 2t-c |fj '! WANTED?AboP -u Ki'.'., of Rhode - , - .. .it isiana Red and .in rock hens, and a coc4: c'2 r each breed, jf State1 prices "in " first* letter. "Willie ?' Dobley.Leringtorf,'^. C., Rt. 4. 2tp j, - ? ""' ? |!FOR.SAX.^?Cockrells,.. pure breed- * Rhode, ileiand. Reds^ . Silver Laced ^ Wyandotte, and /White Wyandotte; 1 White Wyandotte eggs for setting. ? ' "f " ' 1 t . ti ; . Berkshire shotes, pure breed. Write ~? or..phone T., W. Roeder, Edmund, | s". C. V';' 2t-p 3 - ?..... 2 > TWO* ROLLER CAKE MILL and .? j * "3 copper pan in goad condition for h sale quick buyer / Apply to D. P. SeaSe, Gilbert,'lwp ? .1 ? i j WANTED?Representatives to sell monuments. Attractive proposition. Write Charlotte Marble & Granite Works, Charlotte, N.: C. Largest in the Carolinas. . . 3t-c ATTRACTIVE BUSINESS GIRL 20 worth $4.0,000. Wants kind help-' ing husband. Write.qyick for standing picture and description. Box 223, Los Angeles, Calif. 4-p-lC ? FOR SALE?Cabbage plants 15 cents | ..per 100. $1,25..per 1,000. Waltei Rawl, Gilbert, S. C. 2t-p M FOR SALE?Pair.in.yles 7,8 years oldj H Alf?o wagon and harness, good a* fl new; cheap. B. IJ.,Harmon, Lexj- H ington, S. C. . . 2t-b FOR SALE?Charleston Wakefield \ 1 cabbage plants. $1.00 per thousand % or $1.25 postpaid. John Dooley, * Lexington, S. CI, Route 4,. Box 5&, 1 1 Phone 1 on 85. 1ltfyt 5 i visit our new Store?1019 g<?r- || vais street, Columbia, near P. .C. 11 Price's, for .furniture, stovVs. jj m:rifrp? Wa cive terms. See ou. line. Compare' our prices. Golden -j^^k Oak Furniture (6.o. 10-Tt >?.. r- WM WANTED?To buy shares of stock in thte American Exports and Impdrts Jp Corporation. Adfdress J. P. Ott. ' Jr., care Palmetto Mills, Coluni- | bin, S. C. -c ? P t 5 -t l; 1 ASBESTOS RUBBER SHINGLES? i L?*'t i 4.Q. squares of Asbestos Rubber . Shingles 7x12 seconds, suitable lor 'flj . covering houses, ; outbuildings or H sheds; - fireproof/' at half cent a fl shihgle/ ilrs. 'G. 'M. Harman, Lex H ington, S. C. . H ? ' .r-; 1 Yr-io+T?^ 1" " ALLISON LUMBER COMPPANT. ?-jB "The Service Yard". Building Ma- M terials, Bill's : Neponsct Roofing, jH Fir Doors (poors without knots).; fl 729 Lady St , Columbia, S. C. 6tf jfl ' SPECIAL REDUCTIONS I We direct the attention of our pat.rons and the readers of the paper t?? our large display 'advertsiernent clsev/here in this issue offering special reduced prices on cough syrups, seasonable and every-day needed family remedies. We have reduced prices on practically all standard proprietary medicines.: ' Try. , Harmon's Lax.u ve Cold.Tablets, 25-c.tbe box. The* are guaranteed to'give-'satisfactory resu'ts. "HARMON DRUG CO. "... * . Lexington, S. C. AUCTION SALK PERSONAL PKOI1IV.Ui,, '* .>'1 f. The heirs hf Mrsj.< Margaret Dooiey. deceased, -trHT'etell/at public auction at' the Vesidenc^"'of the late Mrs. Dooley, 'Hire 'mlleA east Lexington, or. . - ' i it i '1 ? "I f t <# ? + ; Saturday, .February , 4, the foliowin? personal., property,eto-wit: Forcer, hay; corn, household and kitchen furniture, wheat'"'thresher, two-hor? wagon,( and other'articles. The will ,begiu q.t II o'clock. Terms of -h>> cash; :f ' ; ' WILLIE DOOLEY, . . N BWTO N' ^30 O LEY, Heirs of Margaret .Dooley, Deceased H Worth Considering. The question is no so much how contract a cold, but how to get rid it with the least loss of time and convenience. If you will conside^^^ the experience of others under s?:r. lar circumstances, who have beer' most succesful in checking, tlmi -1 ~ i ? r\/i?cri >"> r> i n -y vnn TTril" oa Cliiusr, in CAiwi. ??"* cure a bottle of Chamberlain's Con-;! Remedy without delay, and use i faithfully. Theer are many famUbwho ivave used this preparation sue cessfully for years and hold i' .o high esteem. It; is excellent. ^ TRESPASS NOTICE. A1 persons are hereby warned hunt, hall straw or wood or on the lands of the undersigne^^^^^H Mrs. If. W. SIIUL^^H