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VOLUME NO. 52. " LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY," APRIL 12, 1922. NUMBER 23 Wpooperi f Lej >iCTTRE SHOW WILL B OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT. BF' The Lexington Picture Theatre will Kr be formally opened Friday evening gfefat 7:20 o'clock for the amusement of community. The promoters have Ip};,; .lined up with some of the most prominent picture exchanges of the country. R^-;and the movie people or JL.exmgron are J?c assured high-class pictures. Those p- ; who have heretofore gone to ColumsBPffiyhia' to pass a pleasant evening can ||V. now remain here and be entertained I . with just as good as they have been getting there, lb The building to be occupied by the r ||. show has been completely remodelled I mL and repainted throughout, and those j p*. attending the opening show will be delighted with the pleasing appear ; . ances of the show house. Messrs. . Hall and Miller are to be congratulated on the excellent manner in j Bp which they are beginning, and it is' jpb-- now up to the people of the commu- j to make it worth their while. j m In another column of this issue is j p printed the program for the remainder ; ||^v.. of this week, and front time to time this paper will inform the public the pictures booked for presentation . g|b CI-OSIXG EXERCISE AT BJiUK SI'AK MJUUUL. Tbe^. closing- exercise at Blue Star Rural Graded school will be held hi gg^' the auditorium April 23, 24 and 25th, tte.-vnopsis of the program will Sunday, April 23. at 11 a. m.? J I 5^'la<^Ionai''Sennoii.by Rev. Jnov J. r sW'i^k^kyK-' * April . 24, , beginning ; p.yj: P folgfrtly at 8 p/ m.?A program |, i :r6nd6rtd-l)y the; primary grades. Tuesday, Aj>ril 25.?Meeting of the fo-Board of Trustees and Teachers at), IV - 18' o'clock p. m., at 2:30 o'clock,! K ' 'At&etlc Contest and at 8 o'clock p.! P^ t^'Va Literary program By the ad-' l.v vanced grades. Address by County ( p~viupt. of Education. ' 'iJhablic cordially invited. 2t -.?? ? ! SCHOOLS RECEIVE MONEY , J fe; - FROM GAME PROTECTION FUND fi* ' ! i?" ' " I The schools of Lexington county have -received the sum of $1528.65 for the year just passed. This a little' . less than last year but it shows what the sale of hunting licenses means to the schools. The County Game War \ , den, Joseph M. Caughman, has worked hard to see that the laws were ; obeyed and that those who hunted1 r .: paid for a. license. Nine-twentieths! -Jf* of the gross receipts for licenses come j y ' back to the schools. Every time a! hunting license is purchased the j schools are helped. It is the duty of j every citizen and school patron to see that every hunter buys his license | for by this act he has helped the j schools of the county. ?? i MEETING AT CONNIE MAXWELL. ! :*?- . ! ? The Institute of the Western Di-; s viison of the Wcmans Missionary Un-, ion will be held at Connie Maxwell. ehorch of Greenwood. Informal Conference, evening April 19th. Sessions continued,'April 20th. Dr. C. E. , . jBurts, general secretary and treasurer, Miss Emma Leachman of the Home Board and Miss Ada Bell of China will be among the speakers.! Exercises by Orhpans;. Round Table' Discussions. The Connie Maxwell Or-! phanage is one of South Carolina I .Baptist's finest possessions. Yet many, have never visited there. It is a great honor to our women ; to be invited there with this meet- *' :ng, and they will not fail to appre- ! i ciate it. Be sure and go to Connie j Maxwell April 19th and 20th. Every! Missionary Society in the Lexington ! Association should be represented. I SCHOOL CLOSING. i On Friday, April 21, beginning at 1 o'clock p. m. there will be a school closing at Culler school. The pro- j i cram will consist of speeches and dia-; iogues. A play "Always in Trouble," will be rendered by the school, Everybody is invited to come- No admisAion fee charged. itive Mi dngton9 MISS HENDRIX WILL REPRESENT COUNTY Miss Myrtle Hendrix of Leesville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hendrix, will represent Lexington county at Palmafesta in Columbia next week as queen. At the final counting of the votes last Saturday Miss Hendrix was 503 votes in the lead of her nearest competitor, and was accordingly declared elected. There are good times in store for the queens elected from all counties of the state during next week. Palmafesta is now an annual event in Columbia, on a par with the state fair as far as pleasure and entertainment is concerned, and the queens from the counties of the state will be met at the train Monday, and from that time on until the close of the festival they will be royally entertained with the best amusement obtainable, and in the homes of Columbians, and given every conceivable consideration throughout their stay in the capital city . We are sure that Miss Hendrix will represent Lexington county well. It is expected that throngs of Lexingtonians will attend Palmafesta and enjoy the many pleasures offered. The Dispatch-News congratulates the queen and wishes for her a real good time. > NEWS FROM ST. PETER'S. 4 - ? * r-C ' The farmers of this community are. very busy planting their 1922 crop. Miss Allie Franklow, who has been sick for several weeks, is able to be Ofc again. . . Mr. and Mrs. T.. J. Fulmer and small children dined at Mr. Charlie Haltiwanger's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hendrix spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Job Harraan. Mr. George Kaminer and family visited at Mr. J. W. Harmon's Sunday. Messrs. Wilbur Fulmer and Harold Hendrix spent a while with Mr. Ambrose Harmon Sunday evening. Mrs. Angie Shull and Mrs. Emma Buff spent Sunday with their sister. Mrs. Lillie Harmon. Mr. Johnnie Fulmer visited Mr. Coke Harmon Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wessinger were the guests of Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Wessinger Sunday. NORTH EDISTO DOTS, NO. 87. / Rev. R. B. Hydrick delivered a good sermon at Ebenezer church Sunday morning, his ext being Psalms 8th Chapter and 4th Verse. "What is Man That Thou Art Mindful Of, And the Son of Man That Thou Visetli Him." Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Sharp? and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. "Williamson. Mr. W. W. Williamson and family, Mr. X. P. Jefcoat and family, also Mr. L. W. Rutland and family enjoyed a fish fry on the banks of the Edisto Saturday night. Mr. Alvin \ , Rutland was present also. Miss Viola Rutland has just returned home after spending last week with Mrs. Daniel Sturkie. DEMONSTRATION' IN PAIXTXIG AT HARMON DREG The Harmon Drug Co. has this week put on an exhibition of what effects can be derived from the use of Devoe paint. The exhibition is in charge of a representative of the factory, and during the three day exhibition many have attended to learn what and how to do the home decorating. The Harmon Drug Co. is exclusive agent in this territory. SHOOTING AT SWANSEA. ? I A shooting bee occurred at Jeff) King's about midnight on the night of April 6th, in which Oliver Bachman was shot in the left shoulder. The weapon used was a . 38 calibre pistol and the ball passed through the fleshy part of the shoulder from the front. It is Said that J. R. Gunter did the shooting. Bachrnan is not seriously injured. irketing s Quota Meeting Here Others / t At the call of Jas.- W. Shealy, j county demonstration agent, a meet-1 ing was held at the county court j house Wednesday morning beginning j at 11 o'clock, in the interest of the co-! operative cotton marketing associa- [ tion. The campaign to secure pledges for this association has been in progress over the state for the past several weeks, and at the same time has been going on over the entire cotton belt for similar state associations. It was stated at the meeting Wednesday morning that only two states? Alabama and South Carolina?have yet to qualify, the others having already attained the quotas assigned them. Due no doubt, to the suitable weather for farming operations, the meeting was not attended by as large a crowd as it should have been, but those present were well repaid by the anion rl id ral.k'5; rhev heard. Mr. Jas. W. Shealy called ' the meeting- to order and stated the object, and asked Dr. E-. C. RidgeU of Batesburg to preside. Rev. A. B. Obenschain opened the services with prayer, after which Dr. Ridgell took charge and introduced Mr. J-. D-. Coghlan of Texas as the first speaker. Mr.- Coghlan opened his remarks, with the statement that he^had been! asked if the boE weevil would go further north^and that he answered, that there were pnly two places where it would riot go, and he intimated they were Heaven and h 1. Mn. Coghlan said he was not here to ask sympathy for the farmer 01 to beg for him,* but all that he was interested in doing was to get the farmer lined up right, and when that had happened they would rot need sympathy or would not need to beg. He said one could travel over the cotton belt and find that the people who raised the cotton with which tc clothe the world had the smallest .part of it, in most instances hardly enough to cover their backs; and that this condition was brought on by the producers themselves in that they were not organized in a way to take care of themselves. VTi* Cnsrhlnn said that under the i selling system now in operation in this section the grower had to take what was offered him for his cotton 01 carry it back home for the time being only to take what was offered at some later time. That this condition could \ be remedied by selling the crop through the cooperative marketing association. That this has been ihor-, oughly proved in other lines of agriculture, and the same would apply to cotton. He said since he joined the Texas association he had been rewarded by a profit of $lf> per baleon all he grew: he obtained $lo per bale more through the association ithan cotton was selling for on the streets of his home town the same day. Mr. Coghlan explained the workings of the association thoroughly. To join it is necessary that the farmer pledge all his cotton for five years that when the cotton is ginned a representative of the association immediately takes charge of it and places the cotton in a bonded warehouse, and it is kept there until a suitable sale can be made, and that the ll h ectors, 11 in number, of the as.\>eintion are the sole judges as to \\hen the sale shall be made. When cotton is sold the owner receives h.\ money immediately. Mr. Coghlan said that the saving in grading alone would make the proposition worthwhile, according to his experience. That if a member needed money he could draft on the association for 60 per cent of the value of his cotton at any time, and the draft would be paid by the associaton. He said that the actual cost of selling cotton by the association, for the first year in Texas was $1.78 a bale, and that hereafter* it would be less, as the association was now on a working Campc 8,500 i Wednesday; 7- .. aL - P. A. or ine ^ouniy basis and organization expenses over witii. Mr. Coghlan was very enthusiastic in his support of the cause, and those priviliged to hear him were well repaid . Mr. Barnes, organizer for 1 (> counties in South Carolina, spoke next, and said that all; cotton states except Alabama and South Carolina had gone over the top, and that they would have, to?that they could not afford to be on the othei?' side. May 1 the time expires for joining the association, and it is confidently hoped that the two states yet out will comply in that time. South Carolina's quota is 400,000 bales, and up to the present 210,000 bales have been signed. After the meeting "Wednesday a number of farmers signed the pledge. Lexington county's quota is 8,F?00 bales, and with a good cause like the present one she will not fail. Other meetings will be held in Lexington county at the' following places on the dates named, there being two groups of speakers and meetings will be held at two places on the same hour: Irmo- and St.. Michaels school houses April 13, 8 p. m.; Pine Ridge and Piney Woods school houses April 14, 8 p. m.; Chapin and Macedonia and Macedonia Centre April 17, 8 p. m.r Pinevie\y and Oak Grove April 18, 8 p. niTJ Midway and Red Knoll April' 1:9',. & p.. nr..;: Charter Oa?k and' St.. Jolin'd April 20,. & p-. m.; C'edar Grove and: Summit April 21. 8- p. m.;: Red Star and Ridge Road April' 22, 8 p. in.;- Steedman and Pelion- April 24, 8- p. m.;. Swansea and' Gaston April 25, S p.. m. STYX NEWS'. The health of this community i; very good at present. Mr. Tommie Bradley,. accompanied by his girl friends. Misses BeuLah. Effie and Mary Bachman dined with Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Shu 11 Sunday. Among those attended the school closing at White Knoll Friday night were: Nina Bachman. Mae Addie Hite. Clarence Knolton and Estelle Ricard. Tommie Bradley and Burley Bachman . Misses Pearl and Bera Seay dined with their friends. Miss Nina Bachman and Mae Addie Hite. Sunday. Mrs. I.utiter Bachman visted Mrs. D. A. Hite Sunday morning. Mr. Clarence Ricard attended the school closing at ak Grove Saturday niglit and reports a good time. Mrs. Maggie Kvzer spent a litth while MonOday evening with Mrs. D. A. .Hite. SAXE-GOTHA DOTS. Easter is almost here, we hope the rabbit will visit all of us kids. The Rev. Whitten is holding a meeting here assisted by Rev. Dogget of Columbia. Miss Sue Corley spent Saturday night with her cousin. Miss Birdie Day. Misses Mary and Nellie Mae Goodwin spent the week end with their sistMrs. E. E. Tavlor. of Eexing ton. Messrs. Nathan and Quinton Shirey and David Hendrix have accepted a position at Newberry.' Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Derrick of Columbia viisted NTi-. and M s. .Jno. C. Bailey Sunday. :? PERSONALS. Mrs. Julius E. Sharpe leaves for SalJey Friday, where she goes to attend a series of parties given in honor of her sister. Miss Mattie Boylston. whose marriage to Dr. Triz Van Cookfield of Florence will take place on Tuesday, April 2">th. Mr. Sharpe will go to Salley for the wedding later. Miss Olga Rawl paid home a flying visit Friday evening and made a trip to Trenton and back home, and returned to her school at Gaston Monday morning. Bales of POTATO MEETING AT COURT HOUSE SATURDAY. There will be a meeting of the Lexington Potato Growers Association in the court house at four o'clock on next Saturday afternoon, April 15. All members are urged to be present. Anyone desiring membership in the association should by all means attend this meeting and make arrangements for' their stock. For each share of stock bought, twenty bushels of potatoes may be stored. Those not desiring to buy stock, but wishing to attend as visitors will be welcomed . ? i mm ? BATESBUKG NEWS. Friday. April 7th, the BatesburgLeesville High school played another game of ball with the Bamberg team j at Bamberg, the score being 7 to 2 in favor of Batesburg. Messrs.. J. Ft. Leonard. J. K. Cooner, Leon N. Watson, W. H. Fallaw and Colweli Cullum, accompanied the team to Bam berg making the trip in automobile. A meeting of the Confederate veterans members of the local camp met in the town hall Saturday afternoon and transacted matters of business. There were about ten members present . On account of a mad dog running at large two days last week a number of dogs were bitten before it could be killed. The dogs bitten or exposed have all' been- practically killed or shut up- in pens awaiting results. Over twenty dogs were killed outright some : of the animals being considered very valuable. So far as can be learned no person was bitten by the dog. Mr. James W. Shealy. county demonstration agent, was here on business Monday. The Batesburg-Leesville high school which has been receiving Federal aid for vocational training was recently visited by the Federal Agent for agricultural' education who has charge of the work in 14 southern states. According: to miormauon receivcu through the office of the State Sup erirttendent of Education, this agent reports that the Batesburg-Leesville school has as good equipment for j teaching vocational work as any school in the south. He complimented Supt. TV. F. Scott and the local trustees ; on the liberal program being carried out in the sc hool. He also expressed himself as being well pleased with the agricultural class work as conducted by Prof. John J. "Wolfe, the agricultural teacher. He* was complimentary regarding the school building and grounds. It was his expressed opinion that the Batesburg-Leesville school was an ideal location for training in vocational agriculture and that the development in this work here would be rapid. Dr. R. H. Timmerinan returned Thursday from Clemson College where he attended a meeting of the board of trustees of which he is a ! member. The town council at its regular meeting the first Tuesday night in j this month designated April 17. 18 | and lf'th. as clean-up-day for the : town. I I Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Maret of Ani ! derson are the guests of Mrs. W. A. ' Conner on Mt. Willing Avenue. I ! Messrs. W. M. and Z. T. Cook I spent Sunday in Augusta with their j brother. W. H. Cook, who is still ; seriously sick at a hospital in that j city. i The seventh grade had their annual j oratorical contest in the grammai school auditorium. Two prizes were J offered for the boys and two for the t girls. Miss Marcie Taylor won first > j prize for the girls and Margaret Ed1 wards second. Blanding Holman won first prize for the boys and A. C. Jones, Jr., second. The exercises were held Friday evening in the presI ence of a large audience. In English Class Prof.?What do you know about Fielding? Student?Nothing much, I was always a pitcher on the team whenever I played. * Cotton PROGRAM PALMETTO LITERARY SOCIETY. Following is the program of the Palmetto Literary Society which meets Friday. April 14: Musical selection.?lone Rawls. Class Criticism.?Scott Seay. Jokes.?Leon Roberts. Song.?Section A. Sth grade. Dangling Modifiers.?Leo Harmon. Reading.?Louise Roberts. Debate: Resolved that: "Moderate. Short Skirts Should Be Worn in Preference to Long Ones." Affirmative speakers.?Myrtle Rawl, Odelle Harmon; negative speakers.?Marion Roof, Lever Caughman. Recitation?Gerskin Keisler. Vocal Duet.?Christine Roof, Martha Ky/.er. Current Events.?Lorenz Rawl. Jokes.?Fairbanks Harman. Musical Selection.?Ruth George. Vocal Solo?Mary Ellen Caughman. W. M. U. MEETING. The meeting of the Upper Division * of the Womens Missionary Union of the Lexington Baptist Association will meet with the Lexington Baptist ^ v.,, V/-.V. tn r-ri a inril the 22nd. commencing at 10:30 o'clock. 10:30 to 10:45?Devotional service led by Mrs. W. C. Wallace. 10:45 to 10:50?Opening .Address, by Mrs. W. A. Harmon. 10:50 to 11:00?Roll Call and enrollment of representatives. 11:00 to 11:10?Reports from societies. _ _ _ ^ 11:10 to 11:40?What are the Benefits of a Missionary Society in & Church. Led by Mrs. Mary Franklin and Mrs. W. C. Wallace. ? 11:40 to 12:10?Why Should We Have Our Religious Literature in our Homes. Mrs. L. T. Seigler and Mrs. Leslie Moyer. 12:10 to 1?How will the envelope system aid our churches in the payment of both 75 million pledges and current expenses. By Rev. W. C. Wallace. 1 to 2?Recess for lunch. 2 to 2:10?Devotional service led by Mrs. C. T. Taylor. 2:15 to 3?Round table discussions. (1) Stewardship, led by Mrs. Bell Collum: (2) Tithing, led by Mrs. J. W. Blume: (3) Mission Study, led by E. E. Gable: (4) Personal service, led by Mrs. E. E. Martin. 3 to 4?The Importance of Young: Peoples work. Led by Miss Bertha Fallaw and Mrs. Perry Hall. 4 o'clock?Adjournment. COMMENCEMENT AT POND BRANCH SCHOOL. The commencement exercises of Pond Branch school will be held as follows: The advanced grades will give their exercises, which include a play entitled. "The Dust of The Earth", on Friday, April' 21, beginning at 8 o'clock p. in. The intermediate and primary grades will give their exercises on Saturday, April 22, beginning at 8 o'clock p. m. Everybody cordially invited to attend . HAUVEY-BAGBY. Married at the Methodist parsonage in Lexington. Saturday afternoon, April 1st. 1922. Miss Marguerite Harvey of New Brooklard and Mr. J. K. Bagbv of Hawkinsville, Ga., Rev. H. A. Whitten, officiating. Mr. Bagby is to be congratulated upon winning the heart and hand of one of our fair young ladies. Host of friends in thi3 section extend their best wishes. They will make their home in Hawkinsville, Georgia. RISTKR?JEFCOAT. Miss Josie Rister, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Lee Rister, was married on Saturday, April S. to Willie Jefeoat. The wedding was a quiet one, and took place at Swansea Baptist parsonage. The ceremony was performed by Rev. .J. R. MoKittrick. With Accent on the First Syllable He?Among all soldiers the sharpshooters are the best natured. She?Shoot?? He?Because they actually cultivate aimiability.