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Styp Itspatrfj - 2fouts Lexington, S. C. Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington, S. C., as mail matter of the Second Class. Subscription Price Per Year, $1.50 CASH IX ADVANCE. ADVERTISING RATES Obituaries and in memoriams, one cent a word. Cash with order. Cards of thanks, one cent a word. Cash with order. Want ads, one gent a word each insertion. Cash with order. Make all remittances payable to SLIGH & WALKER. Address all communications to The Dispatch? - ^ ? fin ^^ews^Lexmgton^^ WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1922. THE ISSUES. The action of the Lexington county Democracy at the convention last week will put squarely before thef people, the issues raised at the last session of the legislature. In instructing the delegation to the state con-: vention to support a similar resolu-\ tion next "Wednesday, Lexington county will take the lead in making the issue of this summer's campaign. The program of the Joint Commitr tee on Economy and Consolidation, -' - which the Lexington county Democracy endorsed was of wider scope that ! ? the title of the committee would im-1 ply, because it not only undertook to \ apply the principles of scientific busi- J 'I1 ness economy to the operations of the government, but it also undertook and "s partially accomplished the shifting oi ^ ' the tax burden from land and visible ' property to incomes and othei sources. As a result of the work oi' ' . the last legislature, money is now j flowing into the state's treasury from the gasoline and income tax laws, and every property owner will this fall and winter, when tax paying time comes, find that his taxes on his lands and houses, or merchandise and equipment has been correspondingly reduced. Had the full program of ?-A.* -v ? am .4 ?O Ancn XXIe CUlIUIllLi.ee, ~<XB It yaiwcu iuc uvuov under the leadership of Mr. Hughes chairman of the ways and means com-; mittee, and as advocated by Senator ? Christensen, been ' adopted, there - would have been a still further reduction in the state levy. If the propen ... fight is made at the state convention. be seen, but whether it does or does not; the issues raised in the legisla, ture cannot fail to determine the trend of the state campaign, particularly if Mr. Hughes, as now seem.' likely, should decide to make ihe raet for governor. There was also another member ol this committee who took an active and leading part in its work, bu' about whom little has been said, and that is Senator Lightsey of Hampton. The Hampton senator labored in season and out of season on the economy committee and in the session to make the committee's work successful. He is not in the race for statci honors, but is running for reelection 5t? the senate. He has antagonized; powerful local interests in his county iu his successfful efforts to apply principles of correct government in loical affairs, but his friends believ^ that the people of Hampton county will return him to the senate, where he will be of added usefulness to the (f 't ' state as a whole. foriTand the shoals . y Mpmh<>re nf tho T7riit<i/1 Statoo con. 'I ",X< ate who are attempting to block Henry Ford's efforts to secure and develop Muscle Shoals will have a very hard / time making the j people believe that their efforts are not prompted by selfish interests. Cheap fertilizer would mean a great agricultural development that would benefit the whole country with the exception of manufacturers of fertilizers. To be sure the interests of the government should be properly protected. No one wants to see the government simply turn over the plant to Ford for his own profit without a considerable benefit to the people. This he hai promised. All that the government need do is see that the terms of the contract are such that neither Ford nor his successors will be able to dodge the obligation incurred. . "DI\TOJ^ANT^RULE." Xhe recent municipal campaign in Columbia would seem to indicate that when it comes to politics women are goilng to follow the lead of their male ancestors, consorts or broths -s, as the case may be, and vote independently for the candidate of their choice. Whoever imagines that he is going to $ ft -J-.: I corral "he solid vote of women hat another thought corning to him. "Many men of many minds" might ; well be paraphrased to read '"Many j women of many minds." Women may ! decide their choice of candidates along ! different lines from men, but they } will not all decide the same way. Whc i would have them all alike anyway? ] Let them "divide and rule," if they i care to. I WE FIT TRUSSES Trust Us to Your Truss. we are agenis ior me umu nus: Company's well known Excelsior Trusses. We carry the most complete line of Trusses in this section, elastic and steel, many syles and all sizes. Excelsior Trusses are the easiest truss in the world to fit. Call and inspect our line of good trusses at cheap prices. Beware of peddlers, travelers or fakirs and mail ordei specialists. We fit trusses and know how to apply them. We save you money and guarantee satisfaction. A full line of suspensories. HARMON DRUG CO., The REXALL Store, Lexington, S. C. Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant Scholarships in Winthrop College and for admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 7, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 1 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examination blanks, i Scholarships are worth $100. and I free tuition. The next session will ! open September 20th, 1922. For further information and catalogue, address Pkjs. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. T ' ' NOTICE OF ELECTION. All resident Qualified electors of the age of twenty-one years in Scouter 1 Creek school district No. 43, will I please take notice that an election will I ..be held at the school house therein i on Tuesday the 23rd day of May, | 1922, to vote an additional tax of I four mills for school purposes. Polls I will open at 7 a. m. and close at .4 p. m. Bring tax, receipts and regis11ration certificate. ; By order of the Cou^ly Board <v? |,S6u<*-ion. ^ **' : D. J. SHUMPERT, Board of Trustees of Scouter Creek. ' - 'i V School District No. 42. : . May 10th,'1922.?2w. NOTICE OF ELECTION. All resident qualified electors of the age of twenty-one years in Edmund schocl district No. 22 will please take notice that an election will be held at the school house therein, on Tuesday the 23rd day of May, 1922, tc vote an additional four mills levy for school purposes. Polls will open at 7 a. m. and close at 4 p. m. Bring tax receipt and registration certificate. By order of the County Board oi Education. J. C, SHEALY, R. H. BAUGHMAN, P. H. GABLE, Board of Trustees of Edmund School District No~ - 22 ? May 10th, 1922.?2w ORDER AND NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR COUPON BONDS A petition signed by one-third of | the resident qualified electors of the' age of twenty-one years of Sant Andrews school district No. 44, and e like proportion of the resident freeholders thereof, having been filed with the Board of Trustees of said district, asking for an election therein for the issuance of coupon bonds in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars for the purj pose of erecting a building and foi i the equipment for same in said dis| trict, and it appearing that the petii tioners have complied with the law in such case made and provided, IT IS ORDERED, j That an election be held at the school hou.se in said district known a> the Upper School House, on Saturday, the 20th day of May, 1022, beginning: at 7 a. m. and closing at 4 p. | m., for the purpose of votng on the question whether said coupon bond? shall be issued or not, and tha Messrs. Butler P. Freshley, M. L. Warner, and J. P. Derrick, shall act as managers of said election at said j time and place. O. D." BOUKNIGHT, j J. O. SHEALY. Board o: Trustees of Saint Andrew; | ? School District No. 44. | May 6th, 1922.?2w. 1 THE COTTON FA RMKIi AND F <>. ?Kr,r.: EMS. Ey: J. O. Thompson ^residen:, Alabama j . C. A.. Roba, Alabar. The message of O; . :..rencc Poe, editor of the Progress: v<; Farmer to the New ?;rle:. "otton Conference, has cremy essed me and I hope ev? srti e. .1 farmer and every m a inter- ed in the Southern farm -c will ; ad it and give careful to the same. It has been m: contention for some time, that '.r minds have been so set on work.nc la her < heap, that we have lost smht of ou; higher opportunity of fmhiiugt'or higher prices for the prod-net of o lr labor. We could t- ' i: pay labor more and have more ? :" the f; nit of the labor here at home, > ather than sending the product to d stant lands to be enjowl by ? stant people.. Among other t'o'ngs ?u Poe says: "We are never oror.tr to get on a basis of permanently profitable cotton prices Uji'il the eo-igestion or disproportion of .heap negro labor in cotton nrodurmon it remedied." True, ami we all know that this labor will ? ver be pat on a better basis until v.? r an get more for the product cf u. We will never get more for the product of u until we learn to organ ;zo and lignt for it. Through the American t otton Association we mace Urn figii', last year, for a reduced acreage, a-d we made the movement -o vi motive that when the tab >rs of cotton found what the ret I was, the staple went up by leap* and bounds until it had i nched ~n advance of 100 per cent., thereby doubling the value of the . arryover and doubling the value of the crop then in the process of production; adding hundreds of Millions to the wealth of the southern farmer and to the bankable oapial of the South. I have been identified with farmer movements for 30 year*-bat no movement ever started in the south rendered the service to The South as the movement so aniy )ed :>y J.v S. Wannamaker of St. Man hews, S. C. No one indr.Mual gain has ever been so valuab'e to the South from a material standpoint an this man. If we of the Sooth are wise we will capitalize on him "nhu demand his continued . crvice-s r long as he can tender them. Wannamaker knows the s ory. Wannamaker loves his people. Wannamaker has a uc &i> syi apathy for the white and riegrc laborer in the field. Wannamakei knows "The laws of changeless * justice bind oppressor with oppre^aed and close as sin an?l suifering joined we march to fate at re?.s? vS&vahnamaker knows that the Southern farmer suffers from the application of this idea in his dealing with ti*e negro, when in reality U'is tfce cotton -akers who. ar? i-.-r it by rheir robber sysihafiij^f sevl ' ->w ^igns of liuui humbiect anddebasd l<v debt and poverty. . We will become so habituated to the situation as to become callous to the horror* of We call oyrselves free mon and yet we submit to a policy thai binds u. to our masters, the gamblers and cotton1 takers? tafnely submitting to our rigorous destiny. We face! this year in the South inevitable calamitous sit nation . ithe weather permits there will; an over-production of cotton v ? vp the consequent slave labor pricey. If you doubt this inquire m any neighborhood of the Sta* c and yyti will find that John, Bill and Jake, are going to increase from a little bit to a heap. We are up again*a paradoxical situation, viz: If wc succeed in production on a large acreage greater will be cur failure than if we fail in product;oii\ So much for an unorga-kn * pr.?gram and its consequent slipshod methods. Yours ' ruiy ' JOS. O. THOMPSON. rn' -n r>/\rrvp/-\ *? /wc II i VUX 1V.1 MORE SKASO.S . ; By: Oarl'-'Williams, President. Ar erican Cotton Growers Kxor-tngv, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Special to Cotton News: Again it is worth whi!* r.Y : How much cotton will y>u. plan* this spring? Most of us have the hah'' of blaming somebody else wY tbium go wrong. In the matte. o{ cotton acreage, however, we misY" well fix one fact in our mind* righ: now. That is, that if the fari-m:> of the South plant a heavy voir... acreage this spring, and if th; yrk which they receive for the. next fall is not satisfactory . : hoy can have nobody to blame b"i themselves. I sometimes think it mignt b - a fine thing if the Govern rue. v< : the power to say how n ><., of cotton should be grv.v. i year. The thing is actually .ring done by the British Government reference to cotton produ< '.lor; m Egypt. By governmentt die,-.the Egyptian acreage foi i .-tl v. fl" reduced about 28 per c- : xin l . that of 1920. This decree at-- heludes the years 1922 ano 12. though it is subject to sorer* ; md: cations if the price g -'agl enough for a reasonable j ; o . the cost of production. Last summer Will.-.-- !. Meadows. cotton special .. > > United States Departmen1 Aa.-, culture, made a thorough . gation of cotton conditl Egypt. Mr. Meadows I.-.? ; ' , say: "The policy followed not only by the United States and Egypt but also by India, of making a reduction in the acreage planted to cotton in 1921 seems most wise. It is our conviction that, a continuation of this policy for one more season will be necessary to dissipate the surplus cotton still ?<n hand in Egypt and America and put the price of cotton back on a reasonable cost-plus-a-profit basis. It is essential to the welfare of the world, and to the cotton producer in particular, that a sufficient return be received to maintain the culture of cotton on a profitable basis." While the consumption of cotton has been greater this year than last there is still reason to believe that we will go into ne>:t year with between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 bales of carry-over in American hands. This is more than normal. A big crop of 1922 would again flood the market and result in low prices and further poverty for the cotton farmer. If it is profitable for the British Government to limit cotton acreage in the countries under its control because of the fact that too much cotton is being grown, it certainly is equally profitable for the farmers of the South, acting on their own initiative, to do exactly the same thing. THE FOLLOWING PLAN FOP RAISING COTTON UNDER BOLL WEEVIL CONDITIONS IS ABOUT AS PRACTICAL AS ANY THAT HAS BEEN DEVISED BY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OR OTHERWISE UF TO DATE. The destruction by the boll weevil to the cotton crqp for the present year will be the greatest ever recorded even with a dry season, and with adverse seasons the destruction will shake the cotton consuming world from center to circumference. Millions of dollars have been spent in efforts to I discover some plan for either de stroying the boll weevil or minimizing his destruction. Up to the present all efforts through scientific channels or otherwise have ' failed, and even at this early stag?. . in many sections of the- belt the , boll weevils are so numerous that the farmers are becoming despondent and are ploughing up their young cotton and putting in other crops. The following plan is about as practical as any plan, that has been suggested up to date for producing cotton under boll weevil condi" tions: 1. Prepare your land in October by blowing it up with dynamite . 2. Lay it off in rows 12 feet apart, and plant your cotton seed in December-. 3. When your cotton comes up thin it to one stalk in a hill 23 feet apart. . 4. Spray each stalk twice a } a day with Holt's German cologne. t & j o- C:rw your cotter, v : h fclBhifiSfeaatp- n e vfixig' L* 'wse^^bld. thit, y-c'ftmg.. t?.. b< I " stretched over poultry wlv. . ? "T-iT,be w. -tween ail cotton rows and replace it every day. 7. Bum off all nearby woods, and cut down dead trees and burn them. 8. Dtis't the following mixture,jpn your cotton twice a day: Epsom Salts. Calomel, Cream of Wheat and thei ^rhite of'an egg. ; 9,^. Have two hired hands-for every acre in'yfculHvation. Furnish tfiem w'jth barber's tweezer* ' to'be used in pinching., thei heads off. any boll-weevils WfjicH 'show, up.-: P ' \ v 10. Mortgage your farm andbuy nitrate of soda and spread plentifully around the roots of the cotton. 11. If any of the bolls should ;get punctured have the puncture: vulcanized at once. ; Any good automobile tire man can do this I f r\y vr?n _ ... 12. Begin picking your cotton in February and try to have it all ginned and' sold by March 15th. This will enable you to go to work and grow corn, peas, potatoes and hogs for home consumption. This kind of consumption does not need the services of a doctor. 13. Pay your preacher. Trade for cash. Settle all your old debts, and live happy eve: afterwards. (The Carroll County Times (Ga.) RENEWAL OF FARMERS' NOTES Local bankers in some sections of the cotton belt are complaining of the difficulty which they art having in inducing farmer customers to renew their notes which are due and unpaid. , This is a most unusual condition and indicates +/\/\ /^1 AO Vll T? V* A A /\1 AAA A WV1 r yjiiiy u;u Licai inc nu^cit'ss uaim of mind affecting many farmer? as to their future ability to liquidate their indebtedness. It is an exceedingly unfortunate situation an done which cannot be approved or condoned. The* local banks generally throughout the cotton belt hav< strained their credit and resource? to finance the farmers and carry these obligations throgh the fearful period of depression for the past fifteen months. If a man cannot pay his bank loan he should certainly be willing to sign r-enewa? notes and give all possible cooperation to the bank which is holding and carrying his paper. The State and Federal laws governing the business of banking do not permit a bank to carry past duo note:* on its boks and In its Bill Receivables. The laws are very stricT in regard to this matter, and if past due notes are not paid or re% newed by the makers it is likely to cause very serious embarrassment to the bank . i Indifferent farmers are probably." not posted in regard to these matters but they ought to be. Toe many farmers pay too little attention to tite business end of theii affairs. The local banker is the j best business friend a farmer ever did business with. If credit i: needed the most economic way lot the farmer to uitilize that credit is | in the form of a bank loan at a j legal rate of interest and use the money to pay spot cash for the supplies he needs. A deposit ao. /?AM wt O t k A k A V\ 1? A V, /"l A /, V? <\ . > 1 1-. - v ,-v 1 . j v uujii. at liiv Ui5?jii\ a.i;u <x uuuk is t.ho simplest ami safest method of keeping hooks and doing business with the general public. The finest medium of exchange evei invented is a bank check. .A bank check requires no receipt in tht settlement of accounts between parties, and if all obligations and purchases were made by checks there would be but little or no need for currency except for small pocket change. The old time business ol supply merchants and long time prices is fast playing out. The quicker the day comes for that primitive and expensive system for farmers to be obliterated and forgotten, the better. The merchant should sell strictly for spot cash or 1 . terms of thirty-day accounts, and { farm credits should be supplied | through our banking agencies. 1 Congress now has under consideration measures for providing the machinery for short-time farm loans from six months to three years. This Federal Banking ' System, if enacted into law, will duobtless utilize the local banker? as the medium for reaching the farmers. Agriculture cannot be profitable unless the farmers are supplied with cash loans at a very low rate of interest so that they can pay cash for what they buy and get out of the habit of making accounts. It is easy to make an account but it is oftentimes a heart rending difficulty to pay it. It h uneconomic and unbusinesslike tc buy supplies on time, oftentimer even without asking or Knowing the price of the articles purchased. If the farmer must have credit, lot that credit come through his banker in teh form of a loan at a legal rate of interest. Meet every such obligation promptly the day it falls due if it is humanly possible to do so. If not, pay as far as.you can and get an extension on the balance, but give prompt attention to the matter in either event. Of course, no hard and fast rules can be laid down under con5 ditions existing for the past 15 months, but there is certainly no excuse for failure to renew past due notes. Farmers who can and will pay out of debt should try and get on a cash basis and stay there.. It can be done if farming is operated on the right kind of v-* sin 033 methods. Formers 1,/shou bring something :.o ,-iell :ime fhe^como tc town, in.lT *-"'700. . > - irrtjev" -iliui;;'>? j *Sii6 ting ifeem back home' loaded | with ligh-priced supplies which'" j shbu; he" raised on the farm." earn diversify. Learn business. Learn the value of banking. NOTICE OF ELECTION. All resident qualified electors of the age of twenty-one years in Saint Andrews school district No. 44, will please take notice that an election will be held at the school house therein, known as the Upper School House, on Saturday, the 20th day of May, 1922, to- , vote an additional six mills levy I for school purposes. Polls will open at 7 a. m. and close at 4 p. m. Bring tax receipts and registration certificate. By order of the County Board of Education. O. B. BGUKNIGI-IT, J. O. SHEALY, H. P. MEETZE, Board of Trustees Saint Andrews District No. 44. ' May. Cth, 1922.?2w Whooping Cough. This is a very dangerous disease, particularly to children under five years of age, but where no paregoric, f-odpinp or nthpr oniatp is eriven. is j easily cured by giving Chamberlain's ] Cough Remedy. Most people believe that it must run its course, not know-J ing that the time is very much shortened, and that there is little danger from the disease when this remedy is given. It has been used in many <f>idemics of whooping cough, with pronounced success. It is safe and pleasant to take. ' Til E TOILET TABLE. >' Your toilet table or dresser will not be complete in its accessories until you visit our Toilet Goods Department and see all the Toilet Specialties and Bath-room Requirements that we arc now offering to our patrons at reduced ' prices. Perfumes, Toilet Waters Hair Tonics, Talcum Powders, Face Powders, Pace Creams, Massage Crean\s, Rouge, Etc., both imported and products of the most famous American perfumers. Every article ,guaranteed to be the best in its class and the prices lowest consistent with quality. In addition we draw your attention to our Rexall high grad* stationery all at cut prices. HARMON DRUG CO.. 2w Lexington, S. C. WANT ADS j V.'ANTED?Two good second hand * v.dins, old style Strad preferred. Mrs: oe in good condition. Price nc object.' Address Violinist," cio \ i 4 Tn~ Dispatch-News, Lexington, S. i FOR SALE?Nice white corn meal good sound shelled corn, Garrick's prolific seed corn, corn in the shuck, i milch cows and beef cattle, and Ti Wannamaker's Cleveland Big Boll cotton seed. J. Hoy Wessinger, Lexington, S. C., Route 2. lt-p " MEN WANTED?To sell our goods in country and city. Why work for others when you can have a business of your own with a steady income. We sell goods on time and wait for our money. Team or auto needed for country work, no outfit neeu-? ' ' * "W eu in city. Experience unnecessary we tram in salesmanship. McConnon &. OrtniTlflnV W ' n r\-nr> - _ .Ulllll. Mention this paper. ' \a m 1 LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN?A J Poland-China black sow pig,, weigh vj 15 to 20 lbs. Anyone finding, please, .'] notify Webb Koon, Hollow Creek jj Phone, R. F. D., Gilbert, S. C. lw SALE PERSONAL PROPERTY. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public auction, \ to the highest bidder, on Friday, May 5, eginning at 10 o'clock', " at the | home place of deceased, hear Irmo, the following personal property of T. W. Lorick, deceased: One mule, automobile, two wagons and farming implements, and other pebsbnafl effects, f food and feed stuff. Terms of sale cash. E.' I-I. KLfiCKLEY, % 2t-c' ' Executor. \ , 1 * J . ' FOR SALE?Big type Poland China pigs subject to being registered. Price $5.00 to $7.00 per head. Also a lot of Brabham, Iron, Clay and Cow Peas at $2.10 per bushel. A good one horse wagon cheap. E. H. Addy, Leesvilie. S., C.(t ( 3t-c FOR SALE?Pope motorcycle, two cylinder,' two speed, in go,od running order. Fully equipped;, mileage, 2,500." Apply to PI. Q. Shull, .Lexington, S.' C., Rt. No. 4., . . lt-p WANTED?All car owners to,know that we have a, new., rpethod of charging Batteries in,frqrq. rfiye to ,1 twenty-five minutes-.., It- will -psv you if you have any battery gep^iar starter to see us. * ' c-sr:.- v ? ? ' ?a-.-tha, .Lexington,. &: / C.,'Tt F. D'. 5. ' ... S.t:p.-2 > OFFER- one million "pure P6fto Rico potato plants grown froth' treated potatoes, immediate shipment. Dollar sixty per thousand viaf express. Guarantee safe arrival. Fays to buy good plants, G. J. Derrick, Lancas ter. S. C.2t-p FINAL DISCHARGE., (... Notice is hereby given that we will j apply to "WVF. 1-rook, probate judge for Lexington county, S. C., qn Sat- I urday. May 20, 1922, for final discharge as administrators of the estate of Susanna Frick, deceased. L. B. '& \V. E. FHICK, : v ' ' 1 * Administrators. . * ' NOTICE. ' ' !' I, the undersigned,' Sid "hereby 'f&r- J bid the courts to -sell'thy'fand '<6r the public to t>uy my land. A'if I am holding sixteen <16) bdles ldrt^'sthpie'colton in standard warefrohsh'NO'. Columbia, Sv?G.;, to pay 'the'iifdefeti. . .. . , '*:ik ness on tms iana ana nanK notes. i will sell this cotton as quick as prices is sufficient to pay these debts, lands is made to George TV. Miller, his heirs forever. Take notice these 1 lands have no assignor at all. Also ' no trespassing allowed on these lands in any shape or form. The public is forbid to work roads on these lands.'. I am under agreement to U. S. mail order department to keep the mail road in passable condition at all times to conie. This notice is a permanent notice. ot-p-31. GEORGE W. MILLER. BARGAIN LOT of Asbestos Rubber Shingles. Good covering, fireproof. Mrs. G. M. Harman, Lexington, S. C. | RIDING CULTIVATOR?One riding | Cultivator used part of one season, for $35.00 cash. Come quick; it's a bargain. Enterprise Hkrdware Company. PEOPLE'S PRESSING CLUB f Cleaning, Pressing and Dying ] Good Work and Prompt Service I Phono 131. Lexington, S. C. LOST?One telescopic casting rod (part fishing tackle), on Augusta highway between Lexington and Patesburg. Liberal reward for return to C. E. Leaphart, Lexington, s- c- ? 1