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j f |T ? v |p' i v0y1 *,sr I HtspaffHt-Npius |tsy| VOLUME NO, 52. k., LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLIINA, WEDNESDAlf,'p MARCH IS, 1922. NUMBER 21. ; Contest On For Le: S Queen I ?:? j Popular and Attractive Young: Women in Every Section Interested in Cnpital City's big: Festival. ! <H'KEX CiETS $500.DIAMOND Throughout South Carolina inter; | est is running high in the statewide contest to secure a Queen for the' 1022 Palmafestn to he held in Colum- i Ida the week of April 17th to 22nd. J Newspapers in the State are running i voting coupons in each issue and | many papers have published long lists of attractive contestants. 13ach county Is selecting a candidate who J will co to Columbia l'ot* the big week i as the. guest of I'almofesta, all expenses of the pleasant trip will l<y j paid by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. "When t(ic fort.v-l'lve county eandl* dates assemble jn Columbia for I'almafesta a general election will be held and the fortunate young woman seeming the greatest number of votes V * * will be crowned Queen of 11)22 l'alniafesta, will he awarded the $."00 diamond ring and will be the reeipienl ol' many sjieeial honors during the big gala week . I Every county Queen will be royally ontertafned and will have a week filled with pleasure and honor. It will be a week remepVbered through life as a landmark of pleasure?something to outshine all other occasions of merrymaking. The big steel auditorfum at the | State Fair grounds, will l?e the een-j HONOR ROLTi NORTH [ > ^ EDISTO NO. 87. f We haVe just eloped the fifth month with the fololwlng .honor roll: : ? > Seventh grade?Wreretf Jefcoat, Carl Jefcoat. II. II. Suhocnborg. Mary Jefcoat. Sixth grrfdo?lsaae Kirkjanu Car- ; lisle Reed. Estelle Williamson, Mag-: gle Williamson. Leila May King Ruth | Williamson. Fifth grade?Wiley Jefeoat. Cecil Jefcoat. Cornell Tindall. Raymond Kirkland. Mildred Jefcoat. Annie Lee Flake, Ora I'eel. Nina Rutland, Nona Rce Horsey. Fourth grade?Jet tie Kirkland, Evelyn Sturkie. Farel Fluke. Irene Kinir. TaImage Sturkie. Theodore Tiiulall. Third grade?Johnnie King. Advanced second grade?Marion sturkie, Melvera .1 efcoat, Carrie Belle .fefcoat, Lula Jcl'coat. Melton Jcfeoat, Doi'is Klrkland, Alum Jefcoat, Corrie Rutland. Orover Hydrick, Howard Jefcoat. Second grade?Miriam Flake, Johnson King, Jr., Woodrow Williamson, Sanimle Williamson, Haskell Hydrick. ! Advanced.first grade?Fritz Hoover, ! Percy Jefcoat. Connie May Sturkie, Martha Lee Pool. First grade?Wildon Flake. DIES IN ASHKVILLK. i i . The funeral of Mrs. Emily K. Kel-^ Iv, widow of L. C. Kelly, who died in' A.shcville at 3 o'clock Sunday morning, wil lbe held at St. John's church. I fciexnigton county, tit 2:30 o'clock Wed^ihesday afternoon . The hod.v was i ? Brought to Colnmhiti yesterday from # Aahevillc. Mrs.j Kelly, who before her marriage was Miss Kmily 10. Edwards, t had been ill only a short time and j !,?>> .lnntl, ..nmn.. .... .. ,1 i.. I i to hor many friends. Slit* was only 27 years old and was a member of i St. John's church. Surviving her are: Her mother, Mrs. Mary Edwards of 617 Sumter i street;,one brother. L. H. Edwards; and one sister, .Miss Mary Edwards. 1 Her six year old son, Leon Kelly, also ' survives.?The State. The funeral was held tit St. John's Lutheran church Wednesday afternoon, conducted by tlie Rev. O. Ii. j . Shearouse. HOT SUPPER AT RED BANK SATURDAY.! r ,t ?? The Ladies' Improvement League of the new Lutheran church at Red Bank will give a hpt supper Saturday night, March 18, the proceeds to go tt> the benefit of the new church. The ladios of Red Bank ali ways give you a good feed, so be there Saturday night and help them out. % Kington At The Palmafesta tor of I'almafcsta activities such at ? the crowning of - the Queen, daily band copy. ~t?, the big fashion show, autoino' ft trades displays, vaudeville 'went acts both afternoons and .. *' *m] one or two nights featuring y pera stars of international remit;. I'alniafesta will .open Monday "trilling April 17th with a inaninioutli display of fireworks. ^Columbia's streets will hi' specially decorated for the week and there will be gorgeous float t .... paruucs. miny panuns unci outer tealures now being worked out l?y dmimittees t'roin the Chamber of Cumniorce. Several State conventions have arrangt-d W> meet ,fn Columbia dorian the week of Ptilinafesta. The county Queen contests will close * throughout the State on Saturday, April eighth at six o'cloe. As soon as the votes ran he counted the winner's name and photograph will he sent to Columbia for insertion in the. Beauty Supplement to he circulated throughout the State the week before Palmafesta. The most popular young woman in Lexington county will he elected by sending voting coupons dipped front our columns to the Palmafesta Contest manager of this paper. Paid-invance subscriptions will count 100 votes. Send In ybur subscriptions and coupons as fast as possible so you may have the honor of becoming a l'almufestu Queer* candidate from Lexington county. Voting coupon elsewhere in this issue. flood for 1 vote. ii\Ti:siuiui \k\ysT " ' " A number of representative farmers of ijcxinntop. Aikep, anil Saluda counties met ,in the town kin.fl Saturday Afternoon to discuss the potato question- ,Th??-meeting was- :lr^ enthusiastic one f?oni tire be ginning. Mr. .1. M.. J'lleazer, county demonstration agent for Saluda county, was on hand and delivered a most interesting lecture on the planting, cultivating and gathering of the potato. Uei said that the month of March was lire hest time to lied the potato and that - or o bushels would produce enough plants for each acre. The Porto IUeo was considered the hest variety and tire plants should he put dose together so as not to grow too large potatoes the medium si'/.es being considered the best marketable potatoes. Mr. JSleazer said that S-l-1 guano was tjre best fertilizer to use and f.OO or (>00 pounds per acre would be sufficient to grow the crop. The best time for planting should begin after June 1st and extend to July lath. This however depended largely on the season. Mr. Kleazer also gave a remedy for the elimination of tile black rot nmonc tin. ... .i dhowpd wherein this was proving the greatest menace to tin* successful growth of the potato. At the close of Mr. Eloazcr's address, Mr. K. .lotu s, one of Itatosburg's most prominent citizens was enIIml on to give an account of his recent trip to Georgia and Tennessee," where he had gone to look Into the potato question aim curing houses antl the marketing ol j the potato. Mr. Jones was listened! to with much interest as lie mid of the methods used by the farmers In the sections visited and the progress made by those who had abandoned tin* one crop?cotton. Mr. .I ones stated that where potatoes had been extensively cultivated that much attention had lieen given the raising of livestock and this industry had proven a great asset to the country. In order to stimulate the livestock business in this community Mr. Jones said that a charter would be applied for at once to form a corporation to l?e known .as Die Corporation of liateshurg Industries. This corporation will buy and sell brood sows and let the farmers and others have them on reasonable terms. This will prove .. .. w,...... 1. . .mn.iini.-i Hi I in- IIVCSIOCK industry in this community and will likely spread to other sections of the state. An effort will be made tf have a man to come here and take charge of the livestock industry and DVXCK FOR THURSDAY. A dance will he given in the Corley building Thursday night, dancing from 9 to 1 . Music will be furnished by the Metropolitan Society ! Orchestra, and it is expected that a large crowd will be In attendance. Court Meets March 27th Court of Common Pleas will convene in Lexington on Monday, March 27, with Judge Ernest Moore of Lancaster presiding. The court will probably last for three weeks. A heavy docket is awaiting disposal, something like 150 rases being set fdr this j?orm . ? t Th6 jury commissioners hiet Wednesday morning hnd drew. the. following to,.serve for the Hirst week; Willie li. Knit' h. ;^SY. Maltha: Voncr, Andrew C. Boukni^ht, Juihofr E. Matlilas. .Jr.. Err\est MeOarthn, I (i 1 t.. '? .. . V . uurmii^ .Milll'S ,W- W wavron. Allen P. Aniiek, AV :. L\Jne'k Oswalt, W. 1'. (loodwl It, Noah Shvulyj Hubert W. Keisler, Vrcd 10. Shealy: Finest W. Bcdcnhuugh, Willie F. Limllcr, Arleigh Darr^, Fred ('. Keisler. W. A1. Kohinson, Sidney O. Uicurd. W. O. Cu ma lander, John (J. ltidgcl.l, Jackson J . Alack. Jasper J . Hartley. (lenrge A ugh try, \V. Kiliian Hook, \V. M. Spires. Illicit K. Ianhinct. liny J. Sense. John it. liolley. (Sarintul T. Hoot", F. Alerle Cannon. J. It. Hartley. Willie .1. Fans, A. Law ton Kirklatul. Willie I n iloliertsr I'erry l>. Taylor. AI.VUCH IVKBATK AT ( HAL'IX IIKill SCHOOL. ' a The annual Alareh debate wast hole1 at tiie C'haoin High School on last Friday evening, despite the very had weather. The crowd though small were Well repaid for attending as tin exercises were exceptionally good. This debate is held each year hy tftel two Literary Societies of the school. J the Signuni and the 'Crefttonian nmP a medal is given to the heat Individual dobater. The' subject for debute this year .was; tliesolvc thnt thtj nations of thi wflHW^ihn'di tf a la-arm, find tyUs M->n ' by the ' Affirmative side. The best individual delmte whs won 1>V Miss l.ueile Stoudemire of the Siguum Society. Hon. .lulius 1-1. Sliarpe. Mr. J. I Frank Wingard and I lev. Hartnor were the judges. The complete program follows: Deelaimers?M iss Susie Chaffin and Mr. Kliner Carpenter. Kssayists?Miss Wilda Counts and Mr. \\". M. Cunuilander. Debaters: Affirmative of the Signum Society?Mr. Knot-It Prick, Miss I,utile Stoudeniire. Mr. (lodfrcy Slice. Negative of the Crestoniau Society ?Mr. I.oy Senter. Miss Kathleen Ituahet. Mr. Harry Wyse. The Dunbar Bell Ringers, who Auditorium SOAIM OWL. i Mr. Pur man l'rlce, residing on tin opposite side of the factory village, recently trapped an owl measuring <r>2 j Inches from tip to tip. The owl came! tip? night before and caught and eat ' the greater portion of a large hen. and ! Mr. Price supposed it was an owl.' and made a trap and placed the remains of the hen under it. in the morning the-'trftp. to his satisfaction, held tiie chicken visitor mentioned. These large owls are scarce in this section, but the "hoQt-hoo-hoo" has been hoard occasionally down twelve mile valley where no doubt this one frame from. J. H. Price Died Tuesday ? : V ' Mr. Jamosi Hudson Price. famll-tnrly known as "Ike". died Tuesday afternoon ati?T30 o'clock at the Columbia hospital. Mr. Price was taken ill with jippendleltis about ten days uko, and i^vus carried to the hospital for' afP operation over a week ago, but on account of complications setting in the operation was of nt i avail. His body was brought to hex-j nigton Tuesday night. He was a I prominent Fsfrmer iiutl business man and was lietd in high esteem by all who know him. r' .< Mr. I'rioe was horn May Jo. IStlG. at j Prjfeevllle, near Gilbert, whore he spent the most ??t" his life, having moved to 1 .efcingtori about seven yeart ago. He Joined St. Paul's IjUthorau', ehurrh in yriitli, and was a consist ent memhefi of .that chui'i h until h< came t*> l.exington. at whieh time In mvoed ills tlicmhorship-here. < untie.a-. ing with St. {Stephen's. Mr. Price was | married in *1880 to Miss l.w'uetta Geanette l.eiinhart and site and s*-ven ehildron stnivive. as follows: ive. Perry. Hen and (juinoy. Mrs. .1. A. Sease, Misst?s Pearlo and Xola. all o l.e'xnigten. Mr. Prlee is also survived l?y hjs mother, Mrs. Susan I'riee, and the following brothers and alters: !?.. .1. foil ins, Henry M., .1. O. JB.. of Gilbert: George (.'. of l.e^ngtop; K. DDateshurg, ami Dr. K. A. d'l'iw.of Hickory, N. Mrs...IS. F. ..Oswald and .Mrs. W. L,. AdUy of oiibiTt. remains wore laid to rest in St. : * - St,dph<?g's bhrying ground Wednesday ufi^cnootj til 4:30 o'clock, with llev. A. Obebschajn officiating, assist ed by the jjk'cv. Whitten, the Dev. Mr CWallace urul Dr. 41. A". Mo C'uiiough oC Cofttnihia . The following acted as pallbearer JJ* Honorary?Sim I,, rfbndrix. Sam P. Uoof, C. K. l,euphurt, "NV. J McCartha. Dr. 1'. ^V ^eSr^AtiiV^pr^; mnnwin:-* :xor tlvi?Johb T.Nbox, .1. K. Kumlner Unlit. M. Oorley. S. O. Taylor, lv. K. Oswald and.J. 1). Jordan. ^ MVKSTQt K. ASSOCIATION. Dusiness men of Hateshtirg have formed a.livestock association for the purpose of furrfishmg the farmers of l.exingrtoii county with good breed hosts, and according'to a letter to the! editor of Tile Dlsoatch-N'ews they are in the market for ">00 registered DurorJ gilts and sows and .r>0 boars. Messrs. j M. K. Rutland, D. D. Smith and l..| I), i'radhatn are members of the pnr-j chasing committee, and those having hogs for sale will do well to communieate with' one of these gentlemen . = - . ' = I will anpear at the High School j March 21. \r.w taxi i.im: '< roii m:\i\j. ton . \\ vlsh.to call I lie :u'. -nil.i.i the public in the iM'\v i:t\i lint- with head* matters at the 11 ? *! Arrow Killing Station. Tho st'i'vifc will la* the last, with new, easy riding aiul coinfortahle ears. Calls promptly attended to. day or ngiht. with white drivers to serve you courteously. The line will be operated by the Oswald Bros. ?C. Bee ^ and Harry Bee Oswald? who will appreciate the patronage of I friends and the public generally. Let's go, |f you are ready. Dunbar Bell Ringer Attrac 'Is doubtful if any musical fen- i l ,T ture hns ever been presented to the American public which has won greater favor or obtained a wider following than that of musical bell ringing. The art was brought to America first in the ,J0s by the late I'. TfiWSurnum . While touring England he heard u group of a dozen church betl ringers practicing upon hand bells and in* conceived the idea of usring a large peal of bells anil playing more elaborate music. Those bells were made in Kngland as tlie world's best bells always have been, in the conformity with his unfailing originality as an advertiser, be dressed the nla.vers. both men ?iwi wonwn. in the costumes of Swiss pensnnts. and called tin? Company "'Tin.* Swiss Hull Ringers." For many yuan tliis company toureil the I'nitod Statu? in wattons before railroads were at all general. The art at that time was so successful that our grandfathers recall most vividly the visit of the Swiss I'.cll Ringers to their native towns. It seems that thereafter the art fell into disuse and it was not really perfected or revived in any worthy way until 1X'JS. when Ralph l.)unbar and his brother founded the famous Dunbar Hell Ringners at St. Joseph. Ma. These brothers went to Hnglaml anu had made under their personal supervision n peal of hells whieh was undoubtedly the most eomplete and most perfect set of bells ever cast. These hells were made under their own personal supervision by the same bellfounders that east the great hells of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral in Lonfl6n. as weii as practically, all of the well known church bells of the world. The neul embraced more than five octavos chromatic unci through the mlddhyVegis' tHeiT--vrpre rrs- murty; crpft^lat?^heils of the same note. The vogue of the I i Dunbar Bell Ringers was the most I notable of any similar com pa ;y which has appeared on the American conF.XTKIITAIX.MKNT AT IlKl) KNOI.Ii In the drama "A Daughter of Thv Desert." which will be played at lied Knoll school house Saturday nistht. March IS, 1 ! !.':!, are to be seen some of the scenes incident to Western j life. Miss Annie l.ou Shealy will play the part of liuth Arlington or "The Daughter of The Desert." Miss Viola Meetze will act the part 01 lAtcy Hopkins or Huth'sehuin. Mrs. Mary Osden. a poor widow, who wins Mr. Hopkins with her custard pies, will be represented by Mis* l'earlo Shealy. Willi1 I'.ird. an Apache Indian Kiri, is always on the alert and Ka titers much valuable information 1 for Rut hln her hours of trouble. This character will be played by MissUssie Shealy. Harold Morton, who is < . ' accused l?y Pedro Silvera of killing j ,liutb's father. . Is Ruth's lover and | Wljl be ncto^l (jy-Mr. (Hi is Harnian.! Ciareiiiue Oirden, ..Buoy's lover. who i. x"' ?"*'* ? r gets wouadetl Plan Indian hatlh\ will be acted by ,Mr. ^Charles llarman. Pedro Kilvcra, jy rleh aad crafty Mexican, who tries to win Kut.li l?y fait<accusing Morton of killing r father, will he played l?y Mr. hrose Havninn." Bill Jones, sheriff, wlio arrests Morton w re present ed by Mr. I.eo liar Samuel Hopkins, who is e.\tr? food of custard pies, will he aet ! Mr. (leorge Seiineider. Mr. C'l | llarman will play the part of Jin | kor. a gambler, who helps to a j Morton* and rush him away to ion until his witness can he so to prove him innocent of the eh of Silvern, j The play is a mystery throti I but all onus we i and they live pil.v "ever afterward." A small admission fee wil charged for the benefit of school. * c\ m. acting JUDGE IX l>OKCIIF.S'i Judge C. M. Efird left Sundaj attend court ut St. George, where goes to preside at the current term place of the circuit judge, who is Mr. Efird has sbrved on the bench several former occasions. 1- . s is tion For March 21 \ cert platform. They ga-e more than 2,800 concerts up to 10 5 2 when both Harry and Ilalpli Dunbar resigned their places in the Q^-.-tet to others. The company up to then had traveled 400,000 miles in America and Europe." The Dunbar brothers collected hundreds of pagea ?i newspaper material published le^arding thel rtours, but the patrons of the Redpath Bureau are sufficiently familiar with this widelv known r-r?n cert company to recal lthe n arvelous musical effects which this o-vrtet of players obtained from their splendid peal of bells. It may he interest in# to know that the largest of these bells weighed 2G pounds and measured 1 < inches in dia meter. To those who attended the previous entertainment given here by the Dunliar Male Quartet it is unnecessary to say anything?except that you lie sure and tell your friends just what the attraction is and how much it pleased you; to those who did not see it. the committee respectfully requests that they ask someone who did, and find out what they thought of it. This is beyond doubt the best nttmbel* on the present lyeeum course and those who fail to see it will miss an opportunity to enjoy one of the best concerts that ever came to our local stage. The "season tickets insure reserved seats and those holding them may fo.el safe in arriving at any time prior' to eight o'clock. Those who <in nnt huye season tickets we suggest should come early, us the auditorium Will doubtless be filial to capacity.* Admission will l>e'75c fur adults, and 33c for chldren and for all school children . *t ' . local. kviyeuirvi^mMj^ttoe v*:_ -Oi'W to utfiertise 'this concert by telling your friends about it, and do your friends si good turn by insisting that ' they see it for themselves. * i III V K IT F.MS IN AND AllOVXD ST. MATTHEW'S. The weather is fine at present and grain is looking fine as we have had an abundance of rain for the past few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy Alewine and little son visited the latter's parents, Mr. J. D. McCartha. Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Keisler and children visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Keisler Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Steel visited Mr. and Mrs. f.. M. Steel. Mr. and Mrs. (). C. Keisler and children visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Keisler Sunday. Mr. Johnie Steele visited his broth- * er. I.. M . Steele. Miss fiirlie Keisler visited Misses 101 lie and l.essie Keisler Saturday night. Hiiwi-s r.uu'i anu tJiancne MeCariha visited Miss Annie Keisler Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McOnrtha and little son. Adair, visited the latter's ? parents, Mr. C.eorge I'rioe. Misses Ellie, i.essie and Girlie Keisler visited Misses Mae, Essie and Lessie Grout. Sunday. {? 1! ) I f \ '' ;.'u ' el >' "