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?ffp ?tspalrl?-?It'ms Lexington, s. c. Entered a.^ the Postoffice. at Lexington, S. C'., mail matter of the Second Class. Subscription Price Per Year, $1.50 Cash in advance. '4. ' * . _ *_ ADVERTISING RATES Obituaries and in memoi>iams, one cent a word. Cash with order. Cards of thanks, one cent a word. Cash with order. Want ads, one cent a word each Insertion. Cash with order. \ ' Make ail remittances payable to SL1GH & WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews. Lexington, S. C. Phone 119. - > ?? ? WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1922 ENROLL NOW. If you expect to vote in the primary election iri1 August, it will be necessary for 'you to get your name on your democratic club roll. The time for doing this will expire on the 25th inat. A it1. Will* not take much of your time to do this, but if you neglect it then it may take a considerable amount of time to correct the omission Tou will have no voice in the election of candidates for the offices j . to be fiM^d, and you will want to j barve a voice in this In order to do ; so it is ohiy necesisary that you place j your name on the: democratic club roll. Then you- will be debarred from taking: a part in the election of your ffieers, both state and county, j Attend to this at once. Time is short, j RILEY DRUG CO. YOu will notice elsewhere in the eolumns of "this paper a half-page ad- j vertisement for the Riley Drug Company. successors to: the Lexington Pharmacy with *yhich the present owner and manager, M . S. Riley, has been- associated for the last year as ifa efficient prescription clerk. Dr. Kiley is a graduate and registered 4 pharmacist, being a graduate of the ?k>?ith Carolina ."Medical College, j Charleston. ^ He -is prepared with an j ample stock in his line to fill with ^ ' promptness and accuracy all prescriptions e .trusted his care and solicits a liberal share, of the public patron agO. - t\r. ws^axji^r w* C THE BACK COUNTRY. v-.- . development ^Joard Following St. j Louis Plan. - I Charleston, S. C.?A group of pro- j gressive men from scuxn ^aryim?.j \ went to Savannah Armistice Week, 1$18. to hear the Hon. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, tell his plan to make use of the immense tracts of splendid farm lands located in the Coastal Plain Section of the Southeastern Atlantic States. Returning: tOf Charleston these men called in their friends, and at a meet- ' in* held December 18, 1918, organized the S. C. Landowners Association, to be afterwards known as the S. C. Development Board. The attempt was made to organize the State for the work of placing its i natural advantages before its own! people and the outside world. On account of the severe business depres-1 ion, it was necessary to abandon the plans for the time being. The business men who planned the organization were never willing to give up the organization, and fur- j nished the means to carry-on through i the very troublesome times now hap- ! pily-at least in-a measure, behind us. j The work or the Board never ceased: ! ft.looked after the affairs of the State : Of a national nature, for instance Na- | tfonal Reclamation of wet and Cut- j over Lands; secured beneficial lawsj at home, foi: instance the act To Promote and Further Co-operative Mar- ; i fceting; assisted in many ways in the' reorganization of the economic life of the State. In the past the usefulness of the Development Board has been great- : ly limited by the provision in its bylaws calling for over sixty directors and these scattered over the State; it has been impossible to obtain quo rums for tne transaction of regular business, and referendums to act on matters of great moment submitted to the State from the outside. The Development Board enters the coming year with its directorate reduced to nine members. - In the past the Board has had a part in too many movements. From - now on the work oi' the Board will be restricted to advertising the wonderful opportunities of the State, while carrying on the nocalled "back country development" maJe famous by j the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. At a special meeting, held in Charleston this week, plans were made for I the coming year and the following of; ficers elected: President, Niels Chrisi tensen; Executive Vice Pres. and ' Chairman Board of Directors, R. L. j Montague; Secretary, H. E. Horton. The following directors were elected: E. W. Durant, Charleston; C. S. ; Ucker, Baltimore; J. Swinton Whaley, Little Edisto; Joseph Schenk, Georgetown; H. F. Barkerding, Charleston; W. E. Richardson, Beau fort; J. L. Coker, Hartsville. j CAMPAIGN'S CLIMAX STAGED IN WILSON. Manager Sands, President Norwood, Officials and members of Tobacco . Association Celebrate Success. I :. The world's largest Cooperative Marketing Association entered the world's largest tobacco market at Wilson, N. C., on Saturday, July 8th, marking the climax of the whirlwind campaigns in the Carolinas which have resulted in a ten thousand increase in membership for the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association within the past ten weeks. Oliver J. Sands, Executive Manager of the Association of 75,000 tobacco growers addressed the mammoth mass meeting of tobacco growers, merchants and bankers from Eastern Carolina. More than a thousand contracts a week have beei\ pouring steadily into Raleigh headquarters and mark th sucessful campaigning which continues in South Carolina, Virginia and Eastern North Carolina. The recent statement of C. C. Carrington, President of the United States Tobacco Association, that thf Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association is now grown into a formidable rival to the independent dealers and warehousemen, has been followed bysome of the most hostile advertising which has yet appeared in opposition to the organized growers. This opposition is stirring the growers to reduoble their efforts, and more than 600 contracts from Virginia have come in since the recent meetings at South Boston, Chatham, Gretna Burkeville, Amelia and Drakes Branch and Bedford, where Senator Borah, Oliver J. Sands, J. Y. Joyner, Joseph M. Hurt and -other lead ers of the big Cooperative addressed thousands of growers. Severely arraigning the men who have fostered rumors that extravagant salaries are paid the officials of the Marketing Association, Oliver J. cr Pvonn+ivo Ifanoiror VlStQ . nil OdiiU 0> WAVV-W ?-4 * V/ N.4 ??v?w ^ thorized the following statement: "There are some people so selfish and narrow-minded that they cannot believe. that there are business men living in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina who are willing to devote their time and talents to the service of the pepple and their States. "These people have stated that I am receithng large compensation for my services. This I deny. I am working in this wholly because I believe it will be of great benefit to out people, and I know that if we help the farmer we help all the people. . I will receive reward in personal satisfaction and in the same manne. as every other merchant and banker,' says Mr. Sands who asked "Why is i that co-operative marketing is increasing and growing wherever it ha? been tried?" and pointing out that i few years ago three hundred m.'ll.oi dollars of products were marketer throuh cooperative associations, ant that this year more than one billion dollars worth of farm products will be sold by cooperative associations. With 58 per cent of the tobacc: crop of South Carolina on signed contracts listed by growers, by pound, and acres at Raleigh headquarters of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association, officials of the organized tobacco growers here vesierday uit counted the report of indepenaen warehousemen that only 20 per cen of the South Carolina crop was signed with the Association. Hundreds of new contracts arriving daily from South Carolina are push in? the large majority membersh. of the big producing counties t higher percentage each week. Wii liamsbutg county now lasses a 90 pe cent sign-up, Florence county i: steadily climbing from SO to 90 pei cent, and Darlington county which signed over a hundred growers in the last few days is close to the threequarter mark. Robeson county sent in 72 contracts in a single day last week and is now close to a 90 per cent membership. CENTER VIRTUE BARRECVK. The- .trustee^* of Centerville school will fuitpish a barbecue and refreshments on Saturday, the 2:id July, 1922. The proceeds will go to tin benefit of the school and everybody s invited to come, enjoy a good dinner and a pleasant day. Trustees of Center School. VESSELS BUILT IN SECTIONS Ships Intended for Operation on Lake* Far Inland Are Now Transported Piecemeal. A well-known shipbuilding firm In the north of England is at the present time building a vessel which will be carried to Africa in portions. It will be re-assembled at its ultimate destination. Every year ships are built in Great Britain for use on lakes and inland waters in all parts of the world. Usually these are built and bolted together in the shipyard before being takeu to pieces and sent to distant parts in separate packages. A large mission steamer built some years ago for use on Lake Nyassa, in Africa, was erected in England as if for launching. But no rivets were used; bolts and nuts held the steel framework together. The sides, port and starboard, were painted in different colors, and every bar, plate, and piece of steelwork bore a different number and letter. Thus the builders In Africa could tell at a glance whether a plate belnnfrprl nno ci#lc? nr thp nfhpr! the exact position it was intended to occupy was denoted by the reference number and letter. In order to facilitate transport, this steamer was divided into over three thousand packages, each of which weighed from balf a hundredweight to five hundredweights. The greatest difficulty encountered In sending these ships abroad is with the boilers and masts. The boilers weigh many tons, and the masts are difficult to handle on account of their length. | BELONGED TO FAMOUS MAN An ancient chair wnicii dedicated recently at Armagh (Ireland), cathedral by the primate was a great find, being the oak chair belonging to Primate Bramball, who came into office shortly after Cromwell's time. For many years efforts have been mode to trace the chair, but it was only a few weeks ago that it was discovered to be in the hands of a well-known London expert. The chair was submitted to a famous antiquarian who at once identified it. with the result that it has returned to its originnl home?the cathedral. At the top of the chair is carved a large eve ?the. all-seeing eye; beneath ?ita crown after a miter, and under that I he arms of the See of Armagh. Unfer this is the true cross, and below It again 1G01?the date on \\*hioh Archbishop Bramhall was enthroned. Pn the last panel are the capital letters, "M.R.H.,"-standing' for Armagh. To Honor Noted Frenchman. The French Academy of Science* has freen officially informed that Switzerand is preparing to commemorate;.the entenary of the great Frencji mechanician and watchmaker, Abraham Louis Breguet. Born In Neufehh'tN In 1747, member of the Institut and Bureau of Longitudes, he died in Paris In 1823. The astronomical and nautical instruments invented by Breguet were . joted f..r the perfection of thier workaianship. His improvements, in watches included rhe use of rubles n pivot holes. He fled to London dur.ng the Keign of Terror, but returned after the ninth Thermidor. On the ocrasion of this centenary the Swiss . ouib'il of state will hold next year an ntcrnational competition for chrononeters in the observatory of Nouf:hatel. t Gone Beyond Repair. I was returning on the electric train late one day from a Jong hike with my geology class. We were tired, and in getting our seats I pushed with my foot the back of the seat in front so that we could face each other. I heard a crash, and with dismay chw T JiMfl knnekpfj to the floor n hn<r which was on the seat. The owner promptly appeared on the scene with what seemed to me undue anxiety. I apologized for m.v act, adding that no harm seemed to have been done to his bag. His perturbation was explained when he announced in a loud voice, "Young man, there are eggs in that bag!"?Exchange. King Admires Shakespeare. The king of Si mid is one of the outspoken admirers of Shakespeare. This was learned through the recent anniversary celebrations at Stratford, w hen a letter was received by the chairman of the trustees of Shakespeare's birthplace, written by the king's secretary, who says that the king is translating Shakespeare's works into Siamese. The secretary sent on behalf of the king a check for $500 as a personal contribution to the Shake speare Birthplace Trust and $250 for the memorial theater fund. He say? that his majesty is an ardent admire! j of the British national poet and is do- j Ing his utmost to induce the Siamese to.study him. H Harmony of Colors. . . It is a well-known fact that a pleas ing harmony of colors attracts the eye much as musical harmony pleases the ear. In order to test the harmony of color combinations, a machine has been devised, described and, Illustrated in the Popular Mechanics j Magazine, with which a colored disUj js revolved rapidly so as to cause ths i rolors to merge, and this visual mix-' ing of the colors gives the same result; to the eye as would the actual mlx..ng of the colored inks themselves. I WHAT FEEBLEMINDEDNESS IS. " A feebleminded person is one whose . mind is too small to direct him how! to live properly. The feebleminded1 are classified as follows: idiots, who 'are under three years of age mentally; Imbeciles, who are under eight years Of age mentally; and Morons, who are_ under twelve years mentally. ( i1 cobleiniiidedness in our Public Schools. I More than six thousand typical J school children from * representative sections of South Carolina were re 3 : cently tested oy a irameu sum uuui j the National Committee for Mental 'Hygiene. They found 2.8 per cent. 01 the white children and 4.2 per cent, of the colored children to be mentally defective. From these . facts it is estimated that there are not : less than thirteen thousand feebleminded school children in our State. Six cities in South Carolina have initiated special classes for the propei training of these handicapped children. One hundred and- three arc being cared for at the State Trainj ing School for the Feebleminded at Clinton. South Carolina. Thousands of these unfortunate children are yet unrecognized as mentally defective and are constant trials to their parents J and teachers, both in scholarship and ! behavior. Even for those recognized as feebleminded the efforts I made by the public for their training j and treatment are pitifully inadeI ouate. Again they are- a hindrance and a handicap to the normal children of their classes, actually retard? ing their progress and slowing them down to the level of the inferior 'mind. In later life the sad combination of a childish mind and adult years brings these unfortunates into conflice with society's customs and laws. If untrained, these mental defectives usually become dependents and delinquents. However, it . has been proven that by special training in industrial and vocational lines some of .them may become- self supporting and many more may. be 'rained to usefulness. - .. vVhat Shall AYe Do About Feeblemindedness . There should be * established a traveling clinic with a trained Staff to visit the schools and diagnose' the mental defects of the children, and to' provide medical service for all those whose condition may be improved thereby. The State'Training School ' for the Feebleminded should be' enlarged'so that more of the unusually difficult cases may be properly rained. Special classes Should be 'inaugurated in all of the larger 'public schools of the State so- that these 'feebleminded children might have the benefits of trained teachers, not only 0 teach them, but to visit them in thdir homes and instruct their parents in the proper care and training of; them. Club rolls close the 25th. It is everyone's duty to enroll for ; the primary. jj FOR SALE?A dozen Hampshire pigs ' about six weeks old at $5.00 per i head. If you want a good hog try Hampshhes. V. M. Wingard, Lexington. S. C. 3t-e EDUCATION TO HAVE OFFICE DAYS, v" .v ' Beginning with July 15th, the office of the County Superintendent of Edu-J cation will be open only on Saturdays! and Mondays. Those having business with this office will please call on those days. The office will be i open as many other days as possible. r The public will be governed by this notice until further notice. The office will be open from 9 a. m. until 5 p. i m. At this time the annual report ' has to be made, and people will con- j fer a favor upon the County Super- j intendent not to call except on tliej days above mentioned unless the business is very urgent. JULIUS E. SKARPE, Supt. of Education Lexington Co. 2t-c. NOTICE. A meeting of the stockholders of the Lexington Pharmacy, Incorporated, will be held in the office of the said Company, in its place of business in Lexington. S. C., at twelve o'clock noon, on Thursday August the third 192 2, for the purpose of amending the charter of the said Corporation so as to change the name to The Riley Drug Company, and for ruch | other business, as may be desired by the stockholders, as aforesaid. LEX1NGTOX PHA RMACY, By M. S. Ill LIC V, j Seer e t a ry -Tie a s u re r. July 12. 1922.?4t-c. i I BAKBKCl'K. j I will furnish a first class barbecue at Pel.on, campaign day, August 22. Arrangements will be made for i andi da tea. td-p y,. . :r H. A. FOG LE. j ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress from the Seventh Congressional. District, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J also wish to take this opportunity to say that if elected I shall endeavor to faithfully discharge the duties of the office and to merit the confidence and support of the people. ANDREW J. BETHEA. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to Congress from 'the Seventh Congressional district, subject to the rules of the Democraticprimary. H. P. FULMER. For House of Representatives. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Representatives subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. S. E. SMITH. Swansea, S. C.f .Tune 19, 1922. For the House of Representatives. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the house of representatives from Lexington county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. ' D. ERNEST AMICK. FOR TREASURER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection as treasurer o: Lexington county, and pledge mysel; I to abide the result of the Democratic primary. W. J. SMITH. For Probate Judge. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the office of Probate Judge of Lexington county subject to the rules of the Democratic party. TV F. HOOK. For County Auditor. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the Office of County Auditor of Lexington county subject to the rules of the Democratic party. W. D. DENT. For Magistrate At Lexington. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of magistrate for District Xo. 1, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. ARTHUR HARMAX. I hereby announce myself a candidate for magistrate third district, Irmo, and pledge myself to abide by the result of the primary election. J. W. HOOK. For Magistrate, 6th District. The friends of E. M. Martin, knowing his able and long service as Magistrate of the 6th Magisterial District, announce him as a candidate for this office, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. For House of Representatives. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives from Lexington county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary, ! McKEXDREE BARR. I 1 MILCH COW FOR SALE?A good milch Cow and young calf; gentle and a fine milker, thoroughbred Jersey. Apply to J. A. Wessinger, Chapin, Route 1. 2w-p NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that we intend to apply to the secretary of state for permission to decrease our capital Stock from $10,000.00 to $2,000.00. This action was authorized at a meeting of the board of directors held June 10th. J. S." WESSIXGER & SONS. INC. Chapin, S. C. ' | DEBTORS AND CREDITORS NOTICE All persons owing estate of L. L. Hcndrix. deceased will phase make prompt payment of their in- i deb'tcdrtess to the undersigned E<finitnr: and all nersons having c laim: | against said estate will please l'ile tht ! same with the undersigned ExceutOi I duly Verified. C. R. DREHKIi i Executor of L. L. Hendrix, deceased. I J u n e t &, 1 :> 2 2 . I lWIi DISCHARGE. j Xotice is hereby given that the unde: signed will apply to Walter F. Hook, probate judge for Lexington county, on Thursday, August 10, lf>22,j at 1J o'clock a. m., for final discharge as administrator of the estate of Lizzie Strickland, deceased. FRANK FERUELL, . Administrator. WANT ADS f ; ?? NOTICE Having completed the needed repairs, we are now ready to grind. "SVr are running day and night. Bring your wheat at any hour, day or night, and let us make the cook smile;witfi the best grade cool ground flour. . .! Our average per bushel runa-from 43 to 46 lbs. We charge the 10thf CROUT'S ROLLER FLOUR MILL. Gilbert, S. C. . ? >?J BARBECUE. The trustees of Summit school disI trict will furnish a cue and refreshments at Summit on Campaign Day, Tuesday, August 13. Proceeds will be * used for school purposes. Everybody invited. AGENTS WANTED: Male and female agents wanted to call on the colored population with the fastest seller of its kind on the market today. Big money for those whc will work. Write for particularsj Indian Chemical Co., Augusta, Ga. ! 10t-r-45. A SPRING "WAGON?Good for market trucking, at a bargain. G. M. Harman, Lexnigton, S. C. % SEE US for Guano. Acid, Nitrate Soda and Kanit. Sam P. and W. P. Roof, Jr., Lexington, S. C. BARBECUE. The Ladies' School Improvement Association will furnish a first class barbecue and refreshments at 6akville school house, Gilbert, 15. C., route 2 on July 29, 1922. The cue will be cooked by a well known cuest. Mr. Jerod Taylor. Everybody invited. Come one, come all, old and young. - Sw PEOPLE'S PRESSING CLUB Cleaning, Pressing and Dying *, <.; } Good "Work and Prompt Service Phone 131. Loxington, S. C. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR STOCK FOR LOST CERTIFICATE - j Notice-is hereby given that the un- 5 dersigned will apply to the Lexingtou X Cotton and Fertiliser Co., Lexington^' S. C., on Saturday, July 2Sth. to issue to them a Certificate of Stock for Ten Shares for Certificate . .o. i for Ten shares of stock in 6aid Corpora- | . ? rt.i.l. 1 P 1 AAA I lion issued ociouer j-j-v, aiiu siiibc lost. CORLET BROS. / June 21, 1922.?6w. WANTED?One second hand top buggy and harness. Must be good and cheap. Apply to J. A. Wise, Edmund, S. C. ; 3fc-c' FOUND?About two. weeks ago ,a. . pocket book on train .No. 32.. . Owner can get same by applying to the ticket agent at Lexington and proving property. LONG LEAF PINE WANTED.?We :1 > are in the market for 100,000 feet of two (2) inch Framing to grade ' % | Square Edge and Sound and can ? pay a good price for this loaded on clears. If you are cutting Long "t; Leaf, 'please get in touch with us at once and we can place some good j, orders with you. L. D. BRAB- >: HAM CO., INC., Batesburgr, S. C. Z A POSTED. g Notice is hereby given all persons v I that fishing or hunting in and around ? ! my pond on Six-Mile Creek, Congaree y Township, is forbidden unless by writ- ;? ten permission. ALBERT R. TAYLOR. % July 3, 1&22.?4-w-p. S _____^____ | % | Lodge Meetings J Dixie lifxlgre, No. 52. I. O. O. F. n Dixie Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F., {:j meets the first and j i third Monday nights in each month at S:(?o o'clock in the Odd Fellows hall. Visiting brother* invited. K R. F. ROBERTS. Noble Grand. * | H. F. RAWL. Secretary. i Lexington Lodge. No. 134. K. of P. jf | Lextngton Lodge, No. 134, Knights /CUA. of Pythias, meets the second j 8nd fowth Wednesday nig'-.r* Nffisjr^ ai S:00 u\ lo.'k. Visitors v> .:corned. g B. H. BARRE, C. C It. E. COOK. K. R. l/e\ii??ton Council. So. 240. t, Lexington Council. No. 240, J. O. ^ A. 1". A. M.t meets every Thur? , day night at 8:00 o'clock. A \ members are urged to attend. JOHN F. SHEALY, C.