Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ ?????? I 1 Entered at the Postoffice at Lex- f ington, 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 \vith order. Cards of thanks, one cent a word. Cash with order. Want ads, one cent a word each insertion. Cash with order. J Make all remittances payable to SLIGH & WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews, Lexington, S. C. Phone 119. i \ WEDNESDAYTMAY 24, 1922. _ . THE SILENT ONES. I hobble by the churchyard fence and to myself I sigh, "I hope it may be long years hence when with those lads I lie. It must be rotten to be dead, and planted here outdoors, no more to paint the village red, or read I the baseball scores." Yet I am but a gloomy wreck of what r usee to ne: I nave nine doiis upon my ntrt-K, j spavn on my knee. I've just recov- \ i ered from the flu, which racked my ; . I weary frame: and I havfe aches in j every thew, and I am sore and lame. ? And yonder sleepers have no ills that i torture flesh and bones; they do not 1 have to live on pills until, the spirit! groajis. They're done with every; i kind of pain, and every throb is gone, j and in the sunshine and the rain they j mr* r~*''" - i tX : ' ?lumber calmly on. Oh, every morn% ** : ing brings new grief to this sad life of : ?* i mine, and all day long I sit and beef beneath my fig and vine. A change of wind will make me sick, if I'm in the rain the malades come fast 'and ! thick and fill my bones with >pain. ! My feet get wet and fever comes, and to my bed I go, and lie and gnash my toothless gums for long days, in my wbe. But when I pass the churchyard wall I shiver and exclaim, "May it be long before I fall for yonder > ' ' * J sexton's game!"?rB<x : COIiCMBrS MAYOR GETS WARNINGS.i ' 'I Columbus, Ga., May 22.?An anonymous letter and a postcard signed "K. K. K.'\ referring to the bomb, explosion at the home of Mayor J. Hornet Diffiomearly Sunday morning as "our last warning" and demanding that "you and Hinkle go at once," were received by the mayor today. J Hinkle referred to in the letter is City! Manager H. Gordon Hinkle, -who was; attacked a month ago on one of thV principal streets of this cty. In ah: j^H^^^H^anonyinous letter received by the - mayor at that time the resignation o: Br'"" '-the mayor and city manager were de-, manded. j Rewards totalling $10,000 were of-! fered today by the city and county commissioners for evidence to convict I pi * I the person or persons guilty of placing the explosive on Mayor Dimon's porch j Sunday, and a mass meeting has been j called I'm Tuesday night to formuli'ei plans for apprehending the bomb plot- I i ters. The text of the letter received by j the mayor today read: ''We asked you to fire that and you did not do it. You see what we are going to do to you. We will get you both if voi? dou't fixe him ?. 4 once. This is our last warning. It will be too late for you when you find out who we are. Act at once." The following was contained on the j postal card: "This was merely a warning. We' will get you next time. Damn your j $10,000; You may offer a million j .dollars and still n?~>t get us. You and j Hinkle must go and go at once. This is your last warning. "(Sgned) K. K. K." I In a statement issued tonight by Dr. j W. F. Whitehead, a reputed leader of the Ku Klux Klan denied that the clan had any knowledge of the postcard receved by the mayor today and said that 'local organizations stand> an no rplv i r> tKo ~ ? vij wvin.iu cue uiiiv.a:^> ljaw and order. baptists condemn vengeance by mob. Jacksonville, May 22 (By the Assocaited Press)?Mob rule was denounc- S ed at the closing session of the South- j ern Baptist conventon here today both by speakers and in the adopton of thej report of its commission on socal ser-! vice which declared that every person J charged with crime is entitled to a fair trial and that 4<any other proced-j ure is mob rule and if adopted gener- i ally will ultimately undermine and ' ? I {lance of not becoming allied with or I # . J riving approval and support to any | movement or organization which vioi iates or tends to violate these sacred ' ?.3 *?.i~ ^i ,.i ..,v,,+ j UI1U lUJiuamrmai pi iiivij/ico, \,uiiciiuvu ! the report. There was no specific ! reference to any organization either in \ the report or in debate. Request to Harding. The report requested of President Harding that the government cooperate in taking steps against Turkish atrocities in the Near East, pointing out that Great Britian requested such cooperaton from other countries. Race track gambling, the modern dance and violaton of the Sabbath came in for expressons of disapproval in the report, which also asked a strict censorship of each state for motion pictures and voiced the hope that Will H. Hays will "exercise what is sup\ posed to he hs great power for a ! thorough clean up in the whole picj ture business." 1 William Jennings Bryan was invited to address the convention in Kansas City next year and Dr. E. Y' Mullins, president of the convention, was named to head the delegation to the Stockholm Baptist conference in July, 1923. The convention also instructed itscommittee on hospitals to report next year what is being done towards religious training of student nurst-s in Baptist hospitals. Other resolutons stated. "We ex- ] press our appreciation of full reports ; on the convention sent throughout the j i country by the general news agencies ] and especially jthanks of thje body be J extended to the Associated Press." j Speech by Taylor. I These resolutions and one depreci- j ating the hissing of a speaker at one of the sessons were adopted preceding j the socal service commission's report, j Debate on that was lengthy and dur- | ing. it the Rev' J. J. Taylor, D. D.,\ of Leaksville, N. C., a vce president of i the convention, "delvered an address | against "Moble Rule" in general and the recent burning of negroes. Congressman W' D. Uphsaw of Georgia and other speakers joined in speaking against lawless outbreaks wthout going into specific instances. "There is no good in the motion picture," declared the Rev. W. E.^Hunt of Somerset, Ky., who with other messengers sought to amend the report in order*to "register dsaipproval of the moton pictures as such and not to deal wit^ reforms,!' but A. J. tbn of Alexandria, la., cnarman or tne committee, and' others successfully registered their efforts 2 Delegates and visitors were leaving on all "rains toda# 3?n$?tonght, the departures starting even before final, adjournment, which came shortly #ter noon. ^ t ^ >.x AMICK'S FERRY NEWS. jL T^e: health of this . -^regressing nicely at this writing Mr. T. Sidney Nichols and wife and 'ittie children spent. Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hollis and family. Mr. Frank O. Hendrix and family dined with Mr. J. Frank Amick and family last Sunday. Mr. B. E. Amick and family accompanied by Mr. Claburn Amick v.siteci at Mr. C. O. Amick s of the Cherokee section last Sunday. "We regret very much to lei>*r or' Mr. Colie Amick being in the Columbia hospital, a'.eve he underwent :-n ??; f.ration fo- appendicitis Colie is doing fine at this writing and we nope for him home soon. Mr. A. 1. Shealy visited at his son's last Sunday. Mr. H. Forth and K. Amick, accompanied by Miss Margaret, Alice Ruth Hollis and Grace Amck enjoyed a verv nleasant trin tr> \T> :inrl \T>c I E. S. Crout's and relatives of the! Wateringford section last Saturday j night and Sunday. BE GENTLE WITH ELECTRICITY j i Four boys, putting up aerial wires j for a radio receiver, let them fall over a high-tension electric light wire, not j thinking of the danger. The light wire : was insulated, but the scraping of the j radio wires back and forth wo-e off ; the insulation. Suddenly there was a! blinding flash and two boys fell to the ground, one dead and the other ser- j iously shocked and burned. The father of the dead boy, running out, seized j the wire and was killed. This is the second accident of the kind reported lately. It is a reminder: of the extreme care that must always be taken in any knd of work or experimentaton connected with electricity. Boys particularly, in their en-' thusiasm for radio as well as fey climb1 ing light poles and takng chances in j i dangerous places, need to know some-I thing about voltage and its perils.? i Slimier Item. 1 i Subscribe to The Dispatch" News, $1.50 per year j Mrs. at her heme a* "Lexington 'Wc^v.%*.'*^aiertain ed Friday . evening from .? 1:30, ceiebrat- ; : :ng the birth day xk her husband. j The roo'hSJ ih^%V^st were enter- : j tained in ted with quanti- . i ties of swrer pMts and Doro-thy Per: kins roses, With'- cgfe^stions and other i I ? -ip'.. , . I , cut nowers mere, raoiet < 5 were arrai ged.:fo^'iieart dice. The 1 ' games were enjoj'e^fc;r;2 hours by ai! a ; Mr. Lelanci "made the high! est score a; d v/ci^^cesented with a ! : box of statiorierys?&/hen the heart i I ! dice were laic' a"sSH?-The guests were j invited into the dining room where a i | salad course was served.- After the re- . i freshments v. e>e esioyed, a box o: ( j many beautiful gil^rwas placed in , | front of Mr. Hartifv. Among them i being a prett kn'F?~ given by Mrs. i Leland HartleA'OGUt twenty were c i present. ;" MONTHLY M < t MERXCAn legion . 1 i I Lexington T'o i of the. American Le! gion will hold :?s regular monthly * i meeting in its : oornik^ou Thursday j evening. May 2i?:h. yfe- 1 I t ! On account ol the elites play at thf | school house, th< hour^of meeting will | be 7:30. All mmuberS.-are urged to j come. 0 t F ALICE HA?tsLIS1 IXI AD. I i | Alice It. Harris, th6~.wiie of the late Tonney Harr c (be par ' d some j time since. Two t'r?e im.-st trusted V and faithful servai is of tni> community, highly respect',d by b->L'i white ' and colored folks. Aunt Alice died at " her home just out of town. Tuesday 1 night, in the 68th y ar. cf herbage. She leaves several hiMreh. :: *e boys v and two girls and n host friends v and relatives to mourn her f -s. Her 0 remains were interred at Ber.iel A. j ' ' 11 I M. E. church Wedens&ay a. 3 p. i m. I 1 ! ?^ ! a IX MEMORY OF DA 110 F iiOOK r i Good-bye, dear friend Y j You've gone to res:. r I I Lay down thy head on iesuc breast, f ! We loved you here, Jesu3 To. ; <! you t best. * c Good-bye, good-by I i Good-bye, friend of, mine . c I . * j How hard to part, y This world seems .lone, t And full of woe. s j God called you, you hto g". s Good-bye, good bye. ' i j Good-bye, my friend, vn c It won't be longerf ? I I hear thy voice, hear thy - S- c | I'll finish the .v^ork. ,1 It won't be long.... t ? Good-byp, goc ? y ^ . J ^ ^^rtooa'-by^. go - ^ ' ' I ( . e "V i L : ?'-' 5I l A ERTHXD. , . : | ^ A decree restrictng emigration of c Mexican laborers to the I niied Srat'-s,has been signed by Pres.u m oh;-- I j gon. A great number o" Mexicans ) > i have been thrown out of re iovinent -r | in this country and have b ---; r^ptur: f*J i ated at the Mexican Cover; : ;.i's ex- j * i pense. ' I Soft Answer Turncth Awa., . J n I Wife?"My dear, you've td^otren ; t I again that today is my birthday! d i ! Husband?"Er?listen, lov> . I knov, ; s I forgot it, but there isn't thing ip about you to remind me th.-r .> . u are J a | a day older than you we a year i: jago."?London Opinion. , ? Clergyn - hi1 j brought back the second-hand car 1 ] I bought from you last week, i. is 1 obstreperous." ( Dealer?"What's wrong? < c ' y" ; . ; y run it? i ! Clergvtnan?''Xot and sta the: I ~ > j ministry."?Motor Life. CITATION NOTICE State of South Carolina, Co . . Lexington.?By Oeorge S. : tf. - . s j esquire. Probate Judge. | "Whereas, L. J. Martin mad' ; .! j me, to grant him Letters of J -ln. r-is- : ' I tration of the Estate of and effe- ' W. X. Martin. > These are therefore to cite a:.c au-monish all and singular the 1 c. :r?-=. . , and Creditors of the said W. X. Mr-, i in. deceased, that, thev he a .. n-! ' pear, before me, in the Court <y Pro- , "?>ate, to be held at Lexington. ? !i..: S. C. on 25th day May, 3922 ne ti. ; after publication hereof at 11 <>' ' in the forenoon, to show cause, : vay! they have, why the said Admii- . tion should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this oth! day of May, Anno Domini, 1922. \\\ V. HOOK (L. p. > Probate Judge Lexington Co., ? '' I Published on the 17th day of :.iay, I 1922. in the Lexington paper, 2 weeks. , i t ! mk itat The health of t:iis comi'.iJiiiity > n->t! stood at this writnj; as Messr.1- 12 /ne^t. and La\vren<*e Lonjf are. confined to; heir beds with typhoid fever and their! sister, Sarah, has the fever. Thev arej Mr. and .Mrs. Torn lama's < hilurer. <>: ! r.ear here. Mrs. JOtnrna Tu>ior is in Lhe Baptist hospital, where she was operated on one dav last week. *.Ve ? have not learned how she is .aettin.a1 long. Mr. Ott Alewine and *>\ife dined i ! Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Ale-; vine. Dr. and Mrs. Krr^Pt Haliman and i>aby, Mr. .lames Dong and family, ilso Mr. Fletcher IIfilly and family lined Sunday with Mr. Callie Taylor' uid family. Mr. Dewie Taylor of St. Matthew? lined Sunday with his parents, Mr. md Mrs. Smnson Taylor. Mrs. J. D. Taylor is at the bedside i >f her son, Mr. J. C. Taylor, of Batesburg, who is in the Baptist hosdta! and is to he operated on soon. Mr. Harden Black and family dined Sunday with Mr. Kinnie Black. Quite a large crowd worshipped a* -leasant Hill Sunday. Rev. Shepherd lel;ver..?'j oiio 'it' most interesting sermons ever heard in the church. j >ir. and Mrs. R. Bowman I-iawl j I md two daughters. Lizzie and Viola :pen* awhile wii.ii M . and Mrs. Oale Taylor Sunday afternoon. KITTAiN Till-: ROYKRS" RANKS." A little gray cottage stands 0:1 a i tilltop. Below the hill runs the j ross road. There is not much travell n the road?it serves to connect two , i lighways. Oftentimes the crossroad takes its' . ay close to the foot of some deeply j rooded knoll and sometimes it goe? iver a creek, quivering under- its icy : over. Then the two ends of the road j ieet by means of a little bridge, where} he hoofbeats of the horse echo lou<l! .nd the sound of the hiotor becomes a iant dynamo. Sometimes the cross oad is overarched with trees, as it is1 elow the gray cottage, and the sumner sunlight only filters through in >atches?such a compelling, mysi. erious intimacy as there is to the :ross road then. The young folks call the cross road 'lovers' lane." The old folks used to all it "lovers' lane" when they were: roung and drove under the arched >ranehes or jingled over the road in leighs, while the round moon laid the hadows of the black branches meetng overhead in etching on the snow. . "Lovers' lane"?every county owns , vrta w.o n n 1 1 ^ i 4 114.J1 ^ nan a, iu?cia lixuv iil Sangamon county, 111., and Abe Lin :oln walked along it with Ann Rutedge in the 30's?soldiers sang about 'lovers' lane"?may all the little cross oads that now are 1ovp??^ *i.: ,, j i :otnpanics in the \v d Las urteen | nillion dollars worth of unfilled wire- j ess apparatus orders on its books and | efuses to accept more business till it i atches up. .NOTICE OF ELECTION. All qualified resident electors of Cewburg school District No. .">1 will! >lease take notice that an election will! i >e held at the school house therein to 1 ote ol'l* the tie in the election held day Gth? 1922. on the 31st day of May text. The said election having been teld for the purpose of voting an adlitional two mill levy to be used for c^ool purposes in said district. The rfclls will open at 7 a. m. and close .t 4 p. mf Bring tax receipt and registration certificate. i By order of the Couniy Board of Education. E. B. DERRICK. H. JULIAN SHEALY, ... J. BEN SHEALY. 3oard of Trustees of Newburg District Co. 51. May 17th, 3 922. i A. J. Mathias . ishes to rail the public's attention at he is making up a carload of No. standard packer's cans, 2 1-16 openg with solder hemmed caps packed 0 to cartoon at $36 per thousand, o. b. Lexington, S. C. Purohasei ? pay cash and haul same from the Will sell in quantities from 100 Now in order for the .public to ain this price I have got to make 4 0,000 cans which is a solid car. call, write or come in to see me at e for what you want in cans ai . / are going to be TiigJrer. because ,-e is a tremendous 'croo of fruit \ * n vegetables all over the South and i demand is going to be great, it vid be two weeks after I get the car ; e up before I can get the cans . So give me your orders at ' for your needs. 1 A J MATHIAS, Lexington, S. (\ % -/ i AM YOYR TOWN. Makv of what you will?1 shaii )* i loot you as clearly as a mi.. t!ii"(?\vs bark a '-analo l>?am. ! i" j am ni'-usin.a' to tho yi of ih' slja.nsoj- within my aates; it 1 am j. s; a siyht as. having swn mo, ho will nioinhor m<:- aii his days us a th:ny ot oeau-y, me <reuu is youis. Ambition ana opportunity (.ail si-n.c of iny sons and daughters to high tasks and mighty privileges, to h.y gr<-atei honor and to my good repute in fm places, but it is not chiefly thesa- who are my strength. .My strength is in those who remain, who are euntenwith what 1 can offer thorn, and with wiiat they van offer me. It was the greatest of all Romans who said: "Better be first in a little Iberian village than be second in Rome." I am more than wood and brick and tone, more even than flesh and blood ? I am the composite soul of all who call me Home. I am your town.?Exehaneg. <?<?.? Safety First. .Mrs. Xulvwed (to husband who ha> taken one bite of her first cake?Vou can't eat your cake and have it, too. .Mr. Nulywed?A lovely thought dearest". J believe I prei'-r to ha v? it. Sufficient Excuse. .lack and .Mary had just been to the grown-ups' church for the first, time. A day or two afterward they were found in the nursery whispering audibly to each other. "What are you children deny?" their nurse asked. "We're playing church," replied Jack. "But you shouldn't whisper ir church," admonished nurse. "Oh, we're the choir,', said Mary. SHERIFF'S SALE UNDER EXECUTION State of South Carolina, County of Lexington.?In the Court of Common Pleas. W. H. Miles Shoe Company, Plaintiff ire T* XX nxe o /I T T T ^ .? ? a. xx u nuaia^ anu u . u . JwUV-aa, (Under the firm name of Williams and Lucas), Defendants. Under and by virtue of a certain execution duly made and executed in the above stated case, I will soil dur-1 ing the legal hours of sale, on Monday the 5th day of June, 1922, before the ( Court house door at Lexington, S. C., at public outcry to the highest bidder ; for cash, the following personal prop- j erty to wit: 'All that stock of shoes, known as j the Williams and Lucas stock, in the town of Swansea, S. C., consisting of one hundred and seventy three pairs of shoes." E. A. "por^ Sheriff Lexir: ton Coon.y. . L A. BLaCKWELL, j Attorney for Plaintiff. vfioH.vrrc < OciiT. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington .?Probate Court. Minnie Y. Jones, as administratrix oi the estate of Barrett Jones, and in her own right, petitioner, versus Nellie Youmans Jones, Respondent. Under authority of a Decree by the Court of Probate for the above named county and state, I will sell before tht courthouse door at Lexington on Monday, June ">th, it being the first Monday of the said month, during ih? usual hours of sale, the lands hereinbelow described: "All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in thr town of Batesburg, Lexington county. State aforesaid. Bounded on the north by lands now or formerly of S. f;. Cartledge, on the cast by street, and south by lot now or formerly of Mrs. C. S. O'Neal, and on the west b> lands now or formerly of Mrs. E. R. Landrum, containing one-half acre, more or less, commencing at a cornei on street and running north S5 degree? W. 5 chains 30 links, and thence N o degrees E SO links, thence south 5 degrees West along said street to beginning point: Also all of that lot or strip of Ian'.1 situate, lying and being in the town o: Batesburg, ("ountv and State aforesaid, said strip or lot of land being ten feet wide and 360 feet long, more oi less, and bounded as follows: east and northeast by street formerly known as Holley's Ferry Road, and north and northeast by lots of E. It. Landrum and on the south by lots of .Mrs. C. s. O'Neal, and on the north by the her< inabove described lot: and beinpr the lots of land conveyed to Barrett;. .Jones by J. A. Miller by deed Oth of November. PC:?. am? recorded in the office of the Clerk oi Court for Lexington county in deed book 3-J, at page tlKH." Terms of Sale. Cash: Pim-haser pay for revenue stamps and r< < mding. \V. F. HOOK. Judge of Probate for Lexington County. EF1RJJ ? CAPHoLL. Attorneys for Petitioner. i ^^^^^SSSSSESSSSSSSSSSS^5SS9SSS5^SBSBHta^pl^^^^^^H ' Xow this looks to me like ar inside job," said the great detective, searching for a ? luo after a robbery. ".See those scars on the window sash.'' ".Maybe", suggested the households; helpfully, 'the rook scarred the win.dow trying to yet oil. I keep ail t:ir doors and wniaows locked so she can't 0-M3HK? H Knnt Hamsun. the Norwegian novelist. Nobe! Prize winner, invested most of the Nobel Prize in blooded stock arid in improving his Hj farm in Norway . Theodore Roose- H volt, winner of th.e prize in 1009 gave H his .Mo.000 to the Foundation for Pro- 1 muting Industrial iTrove. I *?-?-'ca? > I What is believe! tu be the oldest golf club in the world was founded in 1 COS by J ante k I of England and is stii1 in use today at Rlackhoath, Scotland the home of the Royal Blackheath | Club. Many historic treasures are t? i be found ir: the clubhouse, amonj I which are a set of clubs 200 year.i old. I I1NK BOX F.I) PAPERS. One of our specialty lines is high J rr-ue papertios Stationery suitable j for every occasion. We are offering* . it greatly reduced prices Rexal; i j qiiauty products. Tn:s line includes I Symphony Lawn. Marshal of France ! and Lord Baltimore, all popular sell! ers, ;r white and a variety of colors, j put up in unique and fancy boxes, i Read our large advertisement else- t i wheer in this issue and call and ini <:t> : spect our display of beautiful sta| tionery. HA11MOX DRUG CO., * ,M The REXAL Sture, lw Lexington, S. C. WANT ADS I ; ' m | BARGAIN LOT of Asbestos Rubber v| Shingles. Good covering, fireproof. V.A. Mrs. G. M. Ilarman, Lexington, S. C. : eft | WIDOW and maiden worth over $80,000, want kind helping husbands. Write quick for pictures and descriptions. Box 223, Los Angeles, | V. Ctl ? TL-y LOST?One triangle gold pin set with pearls and sapphire. Reward if tea returned to Mrs. John D. Carroll, Lexington, S. C. ' i SECOND HAND FORDS FOR SALE from $75.00 to $200.00. Bargains for quick sale. DuPre Auto Co., Lexington, S. C. FOR SALE?A Jersey cow with young i c-alf.' Apply to J. M. Sox, Newt# \- -v.. Brookland, Route 1. lwpt; V ; 3>arl:X;M:. . i We wi.l . : ' < ' ;ass barbet : \ cue and rt. : *h county I ... , ih"i ;;if'unus: J'.iy . *gur. v^r?s| j ball teams and all the candidates to | be present and everybody is invited |g ' to come and enjoy the day. W. S. HARM AX. C. I.. HARM AX, J. A. HARMAX, J. E. HARMAX. i V j BARBECUE. | We will furnish a first class barbe1 cue and refreshments at Summit, S. I C., on June 17, H<22. Everybody inj vited. Come one, come all, old and ;-|s j young. ? P. D. HARMAX, W. S. HARMAX. PEOPLES PRESSING CLUB Cleaning, Pressing and Dying Good Work and Prompt Service J Phone 131. I aw ins ton, S. C. i t I FEDERAL LAND BANK NOW READY TO RECEIVE LIMITED NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR LOANS. The Federal Land Bank has changed its method of making loans now so that every quarter they propose to allot to the individual associations a limited amount of funds. The farmers desiring loans within the terrtorial limits of Saxc-Gotha National Farm Loan Association, which is the local association, are requested to make applicatons at once if it is absolutely necssary for them to have the money within the next ninety days, if they do not have to have the money within that time, they are requested to reserve their applications until the next quarterly allotment, and thereby save for the intervening time | the money which is required of the ap j.leant at the time of filing lis application. as loans will be made now only to those who are in urgent need. From now on the Federal Land Bank has restricted its loans to persons who are engaged exclusively in farming and in the cultivation of their own farms, either with tire help of their families, or with wages hands, or with share croppers to whom they furnish, besides the lands, enough to entitle them to at least one-half of the crops.