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... \ * . - . i rW] Sttf ? IHspatrh-?teuis I ; .' "' * #|l f .: ' f ?....U ' ' nHffuimi 111' 1 ' i 1 I .? I Ml ' "i I M .] III! VOLUME NO. 52. LEXINGTON, SOUm CAROUNA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1922. NUMBER }7. '* ; V-'i ' ?; "e-r: : i" " ? i ...... ? . ... ? ! : i ^ . I. . K ?x-. 1 1 ' ' 11 ' 1 1 ' " "I'll ' ' ' . I ' *1 ' ' " ' ' I?? ? ??I?immmmmm?mm r I SP'l vl - 'Hif'Wwm _ W ' *- s"v " Men suiiarged Witt, . JrriceArt , Ball hda been granted all three del'ondanta held in connection with the kllUng'of'Olin M. Price cm-February ft 2, which oco.irredat the store of Harmon ' Drug Co. The. motion 'for ball . was heard before gufctftfte Justice CotiiT&n in OrcenviUo last Thursday, and ?invTed,l'* in A' Sam Perry wero b^^fTthe sum of $100 each. < Judge f^hran" requested additional evidence in the case of" Dr. itleo B. Harmon', which was forwarded him (Saturday, and Morfday evening Clerk j ^ of CoXirt IX. X.. Harman received instructions to'release Dr. Harmon in t;he sum*'of $10,000, which was furnished Tuesday morning, and all three of tho defendants are now out of jail. / The state was represented at the hearing in. Greenville by Solicitor T. C. Callison while the defense was* . represented by George Bell Tlmmerman and Cyrus L. Shcaly. At fh.e tlmc the motion for bail was made the-attorneys representing the defense offered the following ai'fidaA*it of Dr. Harmon: Personally uppeareu Hlec F?. Harmon who, being duly sworn, says: That he Is k' citizen and resident <?f the Town of Lexington, County and | State aforesaid, and has lived there practically all of his life; that he is now 44 years of age; that he lias been engaged in the drug business in the said town of Lexington for the past 18 years, and is now so engaged running a drug store therein; that he is at present held in the common jail of Lexington County in thp custody of the Sheriff thereof, as^he is informed, upon a commitmenxStf the Coroner of said County, by reaso'j* of having been charged by ? jury of inquest with the responsibility of the death of one, :Clln Price; that lie desires to make ^ the - following statement of l'aet con''Corning his connection with the affair, being advised that the statement ' to be made is the only one it is necessary or proper for him to make at tliis'timo} tb-wit: That just prior to the shooting, ho left hi3 home and went to his drug store,' traveling a part of the way through an alley which lie frequently i> used traveling between his home and his store, expecting to enter his said .".atpro by the re{ir door thereof as lie frequently did; jthat lie carried with him from his home his double-barrel shot gun and some shells which I he intended taking with him on a hunt that afternoon; that at the time --- I he left^his home, lie hud no idea that the sadi Olin M. Price was at his drug store, or, that he would come in contact with him there, or elsewhere; that before he left his store to go to his home, some twenty-five or thirty minutes before?as well as lie can Judge?he had seen the said Price in his drug store, at which time the said Price seemed to be in n hostile and ugly humor toward this deponent on account of some remark which Price olalmed he had heard that this deponent had made about him: that deponent declined to talk to him, stating to him that he did not care'to talk With him at that time, and usked' Price to go away front his place of btisiness r wWch deponent thought he would do; tliat right after this statement to the sa&i Price, he left the drug store and | wew^- to' his home, and he expected tkat ithc Bald Price would be. away j-' from lills place of business on his re[ turn; that he had no thought of seek , Jhg him atiy more that afterno&n, or f ft having any trouble with him, that as he'app'roached the rear door of the [ store, expecting to enter therein, he | found' tho said Price standing at the p door;-that he did not notice the said | ' Price standing there until lie was within a few feet of the door for tho I reasons he was not expecting him, he was examining: his gun to see if it was in good working order before he went hunting?having unbroeched and cocked it as he was walking toward the door; there was an obstruction between him and the dour until he got nearly to it in the naturo of a' shed that had been built right at the rear : t ' . ?f the storo next to the door and on th? aid? from which he was approaching, and a screen-door at the door in question being closed, somewhat obstructed the view of a person just inUlde the door; that he only noticed i*rice when Price epok?c to lum, say i railing t Now Out On Bail *'C * '"V ing: "Where thd hell a>*. -?. Y6u must tell me something. 1%. dered me out of here a while ago.'* Deponent said tb him: "Obe, you go on out of my place of business. I don't want to bother with you now; that Price replied by saying: "God damn you, I'll go nowhere;" that he again told Price to go on out of hia place of business;'; that he wanted to come in and wanted no trouble with him: that j rnc ?us a viKunius young man and -in good health; that when deponent stumbled against the said obstruction and the gun went off, it startled and excited the deponent, as lie was not expecting either to happen, and he cannot tell exactly how the second shot was fired, except thai the gun was discharged as lie was trying to recover himself after stumbling, which was made more difficult because ot deponent having a stiff knee-joint; that the depon- nt did not purposely fire the gun; that when deponent recovered himself, lie did not see tlie said l'rice. and did not know where he was, and did not know whether hi had been hit or not. That lie went away from the scene in a highly nervous condition, to his home, and went to bed; and there surrendered himself to the Sheriff later in the afternoon, upon the Sheriff's coming to his home and asking for him; that deponent lias undertaken to state above, as nearly accurate, as he can undei the circumstances, the substance ol the language used Just before and al the time of the shooting. That when deponent went from Jib home to his store, carrying his gun with him, he had no thought of a difficulty with the said l'rice, or witli anyone else, or of doing, anybody anj harm; that the only reason that h< had his gun at all was that he intended going hunting, that afternoon; that if the said l'rice had left deponI ent's store as he was asked to do I some twentv-five or thirtv minnim before the shooting, and had nol waited there for him to return nftet he had sone to his home; or if the said Price had gone away from hi? store after deponent asked him to gc j away from it when he returned from j his home, or if the said Price had nol | made the assault on deponent which , he did, causing deponent to attempl , tp retreat in order to avoid a ditfi' c.ulty, there would have been nt trouble; that deponent regrets, ex( coedingly, the affair that resulted ir j the death of the said Price, and statei ' that lie was not responsible for it, but that the said Price caused his o\vr death, as hereinabove stated. KICK B. HARMON. FESTIVAL AT PELIOX. We wish to announce that there wli be a cake walk, ice cream festival nnr other amusements at 1'elion to attract Everybody is heartily Invited to at I tend it will bcKin about 0:30 o'clock p. in. De on time. j to this. Price replied by. pushing the screen-door open, against which he already had his hand, and made us .if to come down thee steps on deponent?motioning his left hand forward as if to grab -deponent, or his gun which deponerit had just before re-breeched, saying, {is he did so: "I'll go nowhere?you God 'dhmn dirty little pimp: I'll put your.lights out: that deponent thought that the said Price intended to kill him. or do him serious bodily harm, and acted as if he intended to do so, and deponent, feeling that he was in danger, attempted to back away from him. and said: Don't do that, and as deoonenf was hacking. and just as he" was asking the said Price not to do that, he stumbled over some obstruction, when the gun discharged; that the deponent did not intend for the gun to fire when it did, nnrl thh yfltnh tvnnM nnt hacl he not stumbled against the obstruction, unless the said Price had disregarded his warning not to do that, and had continued his advance on him; that deponent was trying to avoid u difficulty and the necessity oi shooting when the gun was discharged, and he would have done so had lie not stumbled against the obstruction, und the said Price had stopped his assault on him; that deponent is physically weak, and is a cripple and lie was not physically able to dofend himself from an assault, or to run away from one?all "f which the said Priue ,\vell knew^-while the salt] Boiler Explosion v Kills 2 Persons * ri- "M"f ' . " vi . . , , James Griffin was killed outright ^ ,id Burnett .Griffin was fatally ^oundeS'vwheri the'holler at the saw rnill of Slffhtler & Guignard at Gaston exploded ^Jonday afternoon. The cause of the exjjlosin is not known. The following: account of the accident | is taken from tfhc State-of Wednea-1 day morning: | _ The .body <}f Burnett Griffin, J 4 year <?l& lad who lost hia life in a boiler explosion Monday afternoon, was takan-^-Ga^ton, his home, yest<?rday 'tno^lng," and the funeral ser-t vlcgs' wllf bo'held at Sand" Run _ 9h\irchL, at . 3 o!clock this afternoon, funeral services for James Griffin, who also lost his life in the tragedy at Gaston, were held at Sandy Run yesterday afternoon. James Griffin was Burnett Griffin's uncle, and the former was acting as fireman and the latter standing around with a view to packing shingles, when the accident occurred. Bosun Griffin, father of Burnett and brother of James, was in Columbia yesterday morning to take Burnett's body to Gaston, and he gave the details of the tragedy. Ho himself was blown 20 feet and covered with ashes and debris, but strangely escaped un1 hurt. James Griffin died almost instantly and Burnett Grlfffln expired about 7 o'clock Monday night at the Baptist hospital, Columbia, about half an hour after he reached the infirmary for an operation. Bogan Griffin and several Gaston citizens who came to Columbia with . him yesterday expressed the opinion that a hung .steam gang* caused the explosion but addccl that thi.s was only a theory and that the exact cause was not definitely known. The boiler was of 40 horse power type ajatl was being used at Sigh tier & Guignard's saw mill and swingle factory, which is located at the town of Gaston, Lexington county. The boiler was blown about 100 yards and about 50 feet in the nir-by the explosion . ' jl The double tragedy caused widespread grief in the Gaston community where the Griffins are well known and well liked. James Griffin, who : was 25 years of ago, is survived by his wife, one child, his mother, and several brothers and sisters. Burnett i Griffin is survived by his mother and | father, Mr. and Mrs. ltogan Griffin, . a rut nve nrotncrs ana sisters, j J nines Griffin was the son and Burnett Griffin the grandson of the late Henry Griffin of Ga3ton. tiil: play Tuesday night. I i The Ladies' School improvement league of Lexington did itself proud when it offered to the amusementloving people of Lexington Tuesday night "Lotta Gabb's Minstrel." To try to pick out the "high-lights" 1 would be a hard task . The entire show was well nut on. and those taking part, individually and collectively, did exceedingly well. The house was comfortably filled when the curtain ^ went up, and but for tlfe enclement j weather no doubt would have boon ' filled to capacity. The proceeds of 1 | the show go to help pay for the heatj ing plant recently installed in the high school building. fJ The majority of those present fully - enjoyed the play, wo are sure, hut wc cannot vouc+i for a few," including Mr. Frahk George, Dr. G. F. Roberts, II. Dibble George, and one or two more, > at whom some of the jokes were dl' rected, . SHKRIIT ROOF GUTS s| LIQUOR MAKING PLANT s Sheriff E. A. Roof last Friday cap, tured a still and arrested lalah Cor, ley in connection with the still. Sher; iff Roof discovered the still in an out , house on Mr'. Corlev's Place, and also I found several barrels that indicated . they ltad been used for the purpose , of souring mash. ,' OYSTER Sl'PPEU AMt , PLAY AT PKIiION SCHOOL II There will he an oyster supper i Klven by the Ladies' Improvement I leaguje on Tuesday night, February j 21 at 7 o'clock, at the Pelion high j school building, after which there will i be given a play entitled "Mr. Bob". I A lalfre attendance will be appreei' atcd. M .1 BON* IIKI'H t'Ll'Il ( [ Mrs. E. K. Mitchell will entertain ; the Bon Hour Club Friday afternoon. 1 at 4 o'clock. Edmund News For Past Week Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Crout and children, spent Sunday in Gilbert with relatives. 'Mrs-. C. O. Hutto visited relatives In Pelion Saturday. Count;, Superintendent of Education Julius E. Sharpe and Mrs. ! Sharpe c?tne dpwn from Lexington I and spent Sunday afternoon with the former's mother,-Mrs. W. H. Sharpe. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Sharpe spent Sunday with Mrs. Sharpe's mother. Mrs. C. W. Schneider up above Lex[ ington. 1 Mr. A. P. Corley down on Congaree Creek is confined to his room with an attack of influenza from which wo hope he will soon recover. Such weather as we have been having the last couple weeks is very conducive to Flu and its kirn ed ailments. Mr. Boyce Tanner left Monday for Norfolk after a visit to his parents I here on leave of absence from the navy. Have you noticed that our political "perennials" are beginning to show signs of life again, specially the biannuals? The hand thrown up in greeting from a distance, the hats beginning to show wear on the brim from raising to the women, and the warm hand grasp all give evidence of , [the political pot beginning to boil. The ciuadrennials are still in the quiescent state, having two whole years to the good yet. Speaking c.i things political, another brand-new voter arrived at the home of Mr. L. 13. Jefeoat one day i last week and the family are as ! pleased as everything. This is a boy ' ?time was when you didn't have to i ' toll?everybody knew that "voter" | meant u hoy. ! Mr. Hunnicult, cotton warehouse j v Edmundi3atur?kiy. I i Miss Mamie Spires of Sunny South ' . spent Saturday night in Edmund with ! relatives. i C. E. Corley, Jr., of Lexington; ! spent tlie week-end with his grand-j I mother, Mrs. C?. \V. Keeder. Mrs. Julia Clark Shealy is spending' I i ilte week in Lexington with her sister, > i Mrs. LJ. D. Clark. Mrs. Annie Frye and children spent Sunday with Mr. S. D. Shunipert and J family. { j Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shumpert went ( to Lexington Saturday iooi;ing .after! i ! business matters and shopping. Miss OIlie Tanner spent Sunday af- ! , ternoon with Miss Louise Griffith. j Miss Sallie Shumpert spent a part I j of last week with relatives up near j j Foiling Springs. Mr. II. I*. (Sable and son, Lee, j j were in Lexington last Saturday. j Messrs. brooks Taylor and Carl j I Smith of the Wnteringford eomnumI iiy were down this way on business Saturday. LEXINGTON COi XTY TEXCTIKUS TO HOLD MEETING-SATVILDAY t The Lexington County Teachers nsj soeiation will hold its regular monthb' I meeting in the Batpshnr?.tj'i>uviiii> High School auditorium Saturday. The meeting will begin promptly at | eleven o'clock. El very teacher in the ' county is urged to attend. Many help-j i ful suggestions and ideas are gained i t by attending these meetings. It is ai source of regret that they have not j been attended in much larger numbers heretofore. The program is al-j ways interesting itnd helpful and es-' pecially so this time as the Summerland College Glee Club is to furnish! the music. An effort is being made i to secure Dr. Patterson Wardlaw of jibe University of South Carolina to deliver an address. If Dr. Wardlaw , is unable to be present there will bo other prominent speakers on the pro! gram; Refreshments will bo served. I There will be only a few more meet| , j ings of the teachers during tljis sesl sioit and every one who can should take advantage of those opportuni| ties. I.et us make this the largest I and host meeting of the year. ! TIMi: ro MARK VOI R TAX RKTt'UXS II Fit F The time for in a icing tax returns will expire February 20. after which j a 50 per cent penalty will be added.' ' Make, your returns before next Mon|day. J I House Committee I Expenses ' . Columbia, Feb. 14.?Very little progress has been made by the legislature since the last issue of The Dispatch-News went to press. The house has competed its program of redistribution of the tax burden, sending over to the senate today, the 30-called luxury tax bill. But the senate has taken no definite action on any of the revenue measures except the gas oline and inheritance tax bills. It may be well to give some idea of what the luxury tax bill as it now stands will mean.. It carries a tax of 10 cents on a gallon on soft' drink syrups. For admission^ to amusements given for the profit of indl-; viduals there, is a tax of-oriie cent fori each 30 cents admission charged.] Chewing tobacco, pipe-tobacco, cigars, cigarette* and snuff arfe taxed one cent for each 10 cents. Dice and plaviqg cards come in for a tax 3 cents a set: while perfumes, toilet water carry 5 cents on each sale and chewing gum will come in for 1 cents a package. Candy costing 50 cents a pound or moi-o will bear one cent a half pound. The BUI also provides p one per cent, sales fax on the price of automobiles, while ammunition of all kinds is to be taxed 51.00 per thousand rounds. The estimated revenue front such a law is said to be about a million dollars a year. It is proposed to have the tax commission enforce it and to collect the revenue by means of stamps as the United States government gathers a similar tax. Appropriation Bill. . The ways and means committee ol the house has completed, its work on the appropriation bill and Tuesday night introduced the measure in the house. The bil carries a total of $5,4i71 nc i U? "? ' ? j . i,viu-i.vi i (.'uiuijui eu Willi 5l?tit>7,135.32 appropriated in 1021, making n cut of little more than a million dollar.'?. This is a cut of nearly a million dollars below the recommendations of Governor Cooper, which? totaled $6,466,240.15. Severe cuts were made in the appropriations for aid tc schools, some salaries were cut ten per cent and all new building projects for institutions were eliminated The house having passed all of the revenue bills, placed the levy at 5 mills, which is a reduction of seven mills over the levy for the past year. Without these new revenue measures, however, a levy of about 10 1-2 mills would be required to meet the appropriation bill as brought in by the ways and mvans committee. Oilier Measures. Among measures of state wide interest which have occupied the attention of the legislature the past week may be mentioned the "budchock" law, which has passed the house and is now before the senate. Ttiis measure is intended to give better protection to' persons who suffer because of having bad checks passed upon them. The senate last week by a vote of 16 to 13 killed the bill by Representative Simonhoff which would have required all men to secure a doctor's certificate before nturriu'ge. The house today killed a bill which would have allowed absent citizens to vole by mail. The legislature will certainly he in session three weeks longer and maybe four. It will be "way up March before final adjourn menus. Notes. Members of the house will watch .with interest the race which Hon. E. T. Hguhes, chairman of the ways and means committee, will make for congress this year. It has been a long time since the house numbered among its members a leader who inspired more confidence and who is so universally esteemed as is Mr. Hughes This year he has had a very difficult problem to face, but lie has at all times been master of the situation and has carried through the program of his committee in fine shape. Another member of the house who is extremely popular with the 'boys" is the lion. Eugene Buckingham, of Aiken. "The Duke." as he is famil liiny nuuwii, ?iiw?ys huh ;t smile lor everybody. His hearty manner and his sterling worth have attracted iiuite a following and some of his friends are urging him to run for governor. / Representative fciugone Mease is another house member v/ho is being deduces _ * '?" : ,y By Million Dollars ? talked of for governor. It ia understood, however, that he will not run against his brother "Colle," who has definitely announced that he will be in the race. Representative Blease is serving an unexpired term in the ^ house, but he has rapidly forgef to ? 1 the front. He Is an attractive speaker. a very likeable gentleman and has made, many warm friends in the legislature. / >' v On the senate side there is also gubernatorial prospects. Senator George K. Laney of Chesterfield is being urged to enter the race, but he . A \ " has not yet made a decision. Senator 'I^aney is one of the strong men of the senate. He hae had a long ser- ?VI ..vice and has always worked indus- . , triously. "He is always in his seat % and ever on the alert. He is chairman of the judiciary, one of the most important committees. The senator is a strong Speaker and his friends pre- ' diet that he would prove a power on the stump. * - ? ^ :._j .'in. . v.ujv iv ?miiu nra rjAii RURAL POtJOTlsXiAW > >" *".? % Columbia, Feb. 14.?Representa- - * tlve Amlck has introduced in the . house two bills in regard to the county r*. ? rural police. One of these bills would to '* abolish the system, while the other would submit the question of abol- > ? ishing to an election. The other members of the delegation are said to be $0!*^ opposed to the bills, so there is not " much likelihood of their passage., COR. WINGARD SLIGHTLY , BETTER?AT HOSPITAL * - < ' Columbia, Feb. 14.?The condition ^ of Col. J. B. Wingard, who has been' ** confined to the Baptist hospital for several weeks, was said to be slightly improved Mondays Col. AVingard's , fiends hope that "ho will soon be tip ? ancl about tigain. AT ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL A valentine carnival and minstrel ^ will be given at St. Andrew's school "house, Friday evening, February 17th, ? under the auspices of the school improvement association. The doors will l>e opened to the public at eight o'- * clock and the public is cordially Invited to come and enjoy the fun. v ?,.-? ?> i ' i . NORTH EDISTO 87. 'I ' : ! 'i i i The Improvement Association met Friday afternoon to elect a delegate to attend the meeting of the State Improvement Association in Columbia, 17th March. 1922. and Mrs. M. JJefeoat was elected. The Improvement Association was entertanied with a program gotten up by a representative from each grade elected by the children themselves. It ! was much enjoyed by all. / I January "honor roll" is as follows: Seventh grade?Everette Jofcoat, Carl Jefeoat, Mary Jefeoat, Jack Flake, I.ueilo Spires, H. H. Schoenberg. Sixth grade.?Estdlle Williamson, .\ Maggie Willfarnson: T.eila May King. Fifth grade.?Cornell Tlndall. An- , nie Wise, Annie I.ee Flake, Nona Ree Horsey, Annie Sharpei Cecil Jefeoat, WilAV TMff'l.Qt Fourth grade.?Theado Tindal, Evylin Sturkio. Willie Leo Peel. Bertha Snires, Jettie Kirkland, Talmoge < 1 Sturkio, Edmund Mclver, Corner % Hoover. --- . Third grade?Johnnie King, Lottie Flake. Second grade.?Melvera Jefcoat, Melton Jefcoat, Lula .lefcoat, Carrie Bell Jefcoat, John Poole. Marios Sturkey, Alma Jefcoat, Doris Kirkland. Second grade.?Johnson King, Jr., ^ Leola Spires, Odell Hoover, Downifl Furtick, Miriam Flake, LeGare Peel. *; I Advanced first grade?Fritz Hoover, i Percy Jefcoat, Lucious King. y 1st grade.?Wildon Flake., AThe health of this community is very gooa nt present. The farmers of this section are busy plowing. There will be a supper at North . f Kdisto school February 22. Also music by Mr. Hall. Mr. and Mrs. U.CV. Jefcoat are all smiles; it's a fine girl.. .. . .? ? ] . ''fir'*'