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Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-11-05
HOLDS FINE RECORD
Products Bring Prizes-Winthrop
Lives Up to Training.

A remarkable record is held by Mrs.
A. L. Smith, who lives about 80 miles
from here, near Lexington. She has
been bringing produce to the fair for
years and years She and her hus-
band and children left their home
early on Monday morning in their car,
bringing their products to the fair.
The children are large now and a
lady who knows Mrs. Smith well says
that she remembers when the children
were babies and Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
left home early in the night before
the day of the fair in their wagon so
as to be there the morning it opened.
Mrs Smith is a graduate of Win
throp college, and Winthrop college
should feel proud of such product
Mrs. Smith won over $50 this year at
the Lexington county fair and in one
department of the state fair this year
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-11-05
THE BOIL WEEVH
AND LAND VALUES

The early arrival of the boil weevll,
whether or not he has already arrived
may certainly be expected. 1t there
fore becomes necessary for us to
determine the effect of its coming
and the measures necessary to meet
the conditions thereby brought about.
know OF no safer basis of judg-
ing this than by the effects produced
under similar conditions in the same
latitude of the cotton states hereto
fore overrun by the boil weevil. Both
Alabama and Georgia have recently
gone through the experience which
now faces us. It will be noted that
the states as a whole are still pro-
ducing about two-thirds of their
usual amount of cotton. 1t also needs
to be noted that these two states
were overrun after methods of COM
batting the boil weevil were pretty
we'll worked out, and therefore that
the damage was comparatively light
relative to the damage resulting in
Louisiana and Mississippi.
If a study be made of the yields
from Alabama and Georgia by coun-
ties, it will be found that counties in
our latitude have been reduced much
less in yield than the average state
as a, whole, and that the lower coun-
ties of the state have been reduced
more.
It must be recognized however
that the arrival of the boil weevil has
produced a serious condition during
the period of transition to farming
methods necessary under boil weevil
conditions. This period lasted four
to six years over Louisiana and Miss
issippi and has been reduced to about
two years in Alabama and Georgia.
There is no good reason why, with
the methods of combating the boil
weevil we'll known and the accumu-
lated resources of the last three pros
porous years, this territory should not
futher reduce this transition period
demoalization.
Our farmers must at once prepare
to reduce their cotton acreage and in
crease their acreage to corn and
velvet beans and to oats and small
grain. They will also have to arrange
to fence their lands as rapidly as
possible. Fenced fields are necessary
u get the greatest benefit and profit
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-11-05

from corn and velvet beans an from
the small grain crops. Fencec fled
are also essential to the prof:ia2;o
raising of hogs and live stock I-.n>lE
must therefore be fenced ar .co
number of hogs and cattle in<T"2@c.
as rapidly as possible. Profits li9-a
the last three years should put our
farmers in position to do this. There
fore from financial standpoint our
section is in good condition to meet
the boil weevifs arrival.
Let all interests remember that
this is an agricultural country; that
the new conditions must be met; and
that to that end all must Cooperate.
It is up to every we'll informed man
i'm the community to bring home to
the colored farmers of the county
(and the colored farmers of the COM
tnunity form a majority and probably
cultivate half of the lands of the
county, the things they must do in
order to farm profitably under boil
weevil conditions. Tell them that
they must plant early varieties of cot
ton and get it planted early. 1t will
also be necessary for the landlords
to at least assist tenants in fencing
their fields and to require them to
increase the corn and velvet bean
acreage. This is going to prove one
of the most profitable substitute
crops Early varieties Of seed for
next years crop should be arranged
for now and the fences should be
built during tn winter months when
the labor is not all required in the
preparation for and the cultivation
of the crops. These are only few
of the practical ways in which every
interest in the community can CO.
operate. If you neglect to do your
part, you will suffer with the farm
interests of the community.
Alabama has already recovered
from the disorganization incident to
the boil weevil's arrival and it is
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-11-05
sure that the mon - II

pirate as he does not seem to be dead
but only to have moved on; but at
any rate it illustrates the fact that
his coming may not prove an un-
mixed evil, and that three years
hence we too may be in the humor
to erect a monument to him-pa rti-
cularly if the new poison, calcium
arsenate, is successful in definitely
putting an end to him after he has
convinced this community that it is
profitable to raise corn and velvet
beans, with hogs and live stock, as
we'll as cotton.
: And again, let US all remember that
the condition has been met, can be
met, and must be met; that this is an
agricultural country and that as an
agricultural country we must prosper;
that farm lands are the basis OF
agriculture and that so long as our
people are here their values must
= r. B. Belser,
Sumter, S. C.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-11-05


we'll and feel fine in the morning and
able to do my work. I gladly recon.
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to make weak nerves
strong. Mrs. ALBERT Suite, 603
Olrnstead St., Winona, MINI.
How often do we hear the expression
among women, Il am SO nervous, I can
not sleep" or it seems as though I
should fly" Such women should profit
by Mrs. Sultze's experience and give
this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, trial.
For forty years it has been overcom-
ing such serious conditions as displace-
ments, inflammation, liberation, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, diz-
ziness, and nervous prostration OF
women, and is now considered the STAN
dard remedy for such ailments.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-11-05
SHEEP GROWERS
BARRED BY DOGS
Seator Dial Is Informed by Wyoming
Breeder
HERE
POSSIBILITIES
FINE
Gays His Organization Would Have
Entered This State but for Menace

Entered This State but for Menace
Washington, Oct. Ex-senator
John B. Kendrick, of Wyoming.
president of a large Northwestern as
sociation of stocknlen and sheep
breeders, told Senator Dial the other
day that the interests with which he
is associated had investigated the ad-
-antages of South Carolina with re-
spect to sheep growing and wouio
some time ago have gone extensively
into the business there had not the
risk been too great on account or
the many nongrel dogs running at
large.
"Now, there is concrete, speclflc
evidence of what our people are los
ing said Senator Dial today. Il knew
we had thousands of acres of pastur-
age, that our climate made it practi-
cable to run sheep on open range
throughout the winter and that we
had a. number Of other important ad-
vantages to attract the sheep grower
operating on large scale. therefore
took up with Senator Kendrick the
matter Of interesting some of his as
sociates.
Surprised and Gratified.
: 81 was surprised and gratified to
learn that they had already looked
into the opportunities in South Caro-
1ina, and were willing and ready to
take advantage of them. But there
was not much that I could say when
he pointed out that one NANCY cur
could kill as many as fifty sheep in
a night and that so long as our peo-
ple persisted in their present unen-
Eghtened policy with regard to dogs,
nobody could afford to venture on
sheep growing on commercial scale!
Every sheep is an asset worth
around $50; every dog is a liability.
we nave aCuIQduCS VI HoSIO pooSoA
age which we ought to utilize espec-
tally with clothing and meat so dear
I am confident we could develop a
highly profitable sheep industry. Some
gentleman from Alabama told me re-
Gently that farmers in portions of
their State overrun by the cotton boil
weevil had clipped enough wool from
their sheep to meet the running ex-
penses of their farms.
81 trust that our Legislature will
az :he first opportunity enact a suit
aa:e law 20 abate the dog nuisance
,4nd thus make possible the devel-
.,.,ass9at .of a sheep industry. We have
a boil weevil problem of our own now.
Sheep raising ought to be an impor-
fant item in the new agricultural
practice adopted as that pest ad-
sances across the State. Heretofore
when such legislation has been pro-
posed it has not had the attention it
deserved from the leaders ana has
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-11-05
FREE BIBLE LECTURE.

By M. r. Shull of New Brookland
at Lexington court house on Sunday,
9, at 8 P. M subject:
What is hell, when did it begin and
when will it end No collection, and
everybody invited.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-11-05

she has won 13 prizes. She has ex-
hibits in every department and she
never fails to win prizes.
Mrs. Smiths record is a hard one
to beat and it should be a model to the
rest of South Carolina's women.-The
State, Friday.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-11-05

so bad l could not
e S t at night
would lie awake and
get so nervous Z
would have to get
up and walk around
and in the morning,
would be all tired
out. I read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We egetable Com
pound and thought
l would try it. My
nervousness soon
loft -o 7 eleo~
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22

German sentiment regard
ing the peace treaty in
its original form is ex-
pressed in no uncertain
terms on a placard car
ried during a demonstra-
ton of protest in Berlin
To h ell with the
damned peace. Ger
many's strenuous protests
led to a slight ameliora-
ton of peace terms.
Undcrirood & Underwood
Lett l ne DrulSe IN the
side of the S. S. Graf
Waldersee. former
Hamburg American
liner. now doing duty
as a i. S. transport,
which collided with the
freighter Redondo in a
heavy fog off Sandy
Hook last week on its
way to Brest.
Western Newspaper Union
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22

Rght-A simple Por-
tuguese quartermaster Of
marines is decorated by
MAJOR General Lewis
for distinguished service
IN saving the lives of 80
American soldiers when
their ship was torpcdocd
during the Great War.
heDStoic Eccien
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22

from a window in the
Chancellor's palace n
Berlin c h anc ellor
Phlllpp Scheidemann,
with vigorous language
and gestures, denounces
the terms of the peace
treaty. addressing the
throngs gathered below
in the Wilhelmstrasse.
t"dcr'cood d Tndcrtcood
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22

Coach Bill" Hanes. of the first and second
Harvard varsity crews. used his giant mega
phone to blow the horn for his own men.
in last weeks championship races with Yale
on the Thames at New London. The Har-
ward crew used she'll borrowed from the
Union Boat Club. winner at the American
Henley regatta three years ago. raoma.o0 paa,
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22

Coach Abbott of the uatsmen from old
Eli roots for his crews in the great
championship struggle at New London
with the men from the famous institu-
ton Of learning at Cambridge, the first
inter-university regatta after war lapse
of three years. ra" 7hompSo"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

gain admittance to New York society Madame Jumel
decided that she could make the ctys social leaders
vOuS of the SplendOr in which she lived
She thereupOn began Incorporating in her mansion
Washington Heights various ideas of regal SpendOr
which her visits to the courts of Europe had taught her
single horse, pair Of horses, would not do for
the carriage of America Vice Queen She imported
coach gOrgeOusy upholstered in red and gilt. 1t
drawn by four booded horses. The coachman the two
fOOtmen, and the positions who rode astrde the near
horses all CARRIED in bright green livery which she
imported especially from England
EnthrOned like a queen in this sumptuous COACH
Madame Jumel delighted to ride about the city She even
made trips in it far Saratoga where for many years
she passed her Summers What sensation she created
can be imagined when it is remembered that in those
democratic days the only in New York who boosted
coach with veried attendants the British Consul
General.
One morning she drove to one of the poorer sections
of New York and recruited military company to guard
her mansion She supplied uniforms for these soldiers
and employed brass band to furnish music for their
daily reviews They armed for the part with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

return Once more Madame Jumel found the doors of
ciety closed on her with bang.
She had however great fortune at her disposal. In
dton to this she had married of America greatest
htesmen These two things combined with her striking
auty, which she still retained to remarkable degree,
abled her crafty many of her dearest ambitions and
astonsh frequent intervals both Europe and America
On her frequent visits to Europe she had the erontery
style herself "Vce-Q Queen of America The highest
a circles of Paris and the other capitals ignorant of
erica new political system and Madame Jumels true
tus were deceived into receiving her with almost as
eat consideration they would have accorded the wife
the President.
She attended ball at the Tuileries one night wearing
costume that literally blaze of diamonds She
sented sight SO magnificent that royalty gasped
smazement As she entered the room where Louis Ma
leon was seated, she cried in loud voice. Make way
the Vce-Queen of America and without waiting to
presented walked ma eStically forward and entered
ito an animated conversation with the Emperor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23
Imperial Throne.

Once when in Italy she visited
the famous palace Of the Duke Of
Palermo. As the woman caretaker
who was showing her about ushered
her into the first Of the splendid
seven halls lined with mirrors from
ceiling to floor, she stamped her foot
and said: "This palace shall be
mine" When the servant smiled
rather incredulously, Madame Jumel
said: "And why mott am the vice
queen of a far greater nation than
Italy"
The servant must have reported
the speech to her master, for the next
day the Duke, who happened to be a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

widower, alighted at
Madame Jumel s lodg- .
ings arrayed in his
finest laces and dia-
monds. To the day
of her death Madame
Jumel maintained that
the Duke fell desper-
ately in love with her,
and that she had TO
fee from ParermO to
escape his attention.
She never forgot
her admiration for the
Dukes seven halls of
mirrors. Only o few
years before her death
she had architects draw
elaborate plans for a
mansion that was to in
clude duplicates of the
famous halls in Pal
eTmO.
If she could not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

wooden guns, but a few Of the
soldiers were equipped with
loaded, muskets and pistols.
The latter were posted day
and night at the entrance to
the grounds, and anybody try.
ing to gain admission without
Madame Julnel's special per-
mission ran a serious risk Of
being shot.
There are still living in
New York old men and women
who remember the reviews of
this strange army which used
to take place promptly at ten
o'clock every fair morning.
Dressed in her finest silks and
satins, Madame Jumel would
mount q prancing gray horse
and for an hour or more lead
her armed retainers up and
down the fields surrounding
her home. She sat straight
as a grenadier on her horse,
and like a veritable general
would turn about now and then
to watch her Oncoming SOL
diers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

CONTINUED Next SUnday.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-16
COLONEL GROOME
Is BACK IN U. S.
Declares Future Is Undeter-
mined: Warns of Germany
in Years to Come

Philadelphia, Oct. 16. - Warning
of possible dangers from Germany
! twenty years hence and expressing
|. doubts as to his future position in
the public life of the State, Colonel
, John c. Groome, U. S. A., returned
. to his home in Bryn Mawr last night.
! He went to Washington to-day 20 re-
port in person the results OF ms
recent labors in Russia, where, un-
F. der the direction of Food Admins
/ traitor Herbert C. Hoover, he had
been in charge of American Renet
work. Colonel Groome arrived IN
3 Hoboken yesterday on the transport
Z Matoika a2d was met by MS son.
John c.. Groome, Jr.
OF one thing Colonel Groome was
absolutely certain. That was that
he will not be the Director of Pub
lie Safety in the Cabinet of j. Hamp-
ton Moore, if the latter is elected
Mayor of Philadelphia. There have
been repeated rumors that he was
slated for this place.
Determined
Nothing doing!" was his terse
comment when asked about IL.
Colonel Groome organized ana
was the chief of the famous Penh-
sylvania State Constabulary until ne
was commissioned a lieutenant cor
onel in the Intelligence Sectloh Oh
the United States Army in 1917, ana
sent abroad, He received an oX-
tended leave from the State )op,
and when asked whether he woulo
resume his duties as head OF the
Constabulary, he replied: L DO noI
know at this time Just what snail
do'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-16
New Ruling in
Regard to Ballot

The courts of Montgomery couhoS
decided that the name OF Wa'..C =
G Arnold should be printed on lhe
November ballots as the Repuplical
nominee for school director nhuins
that he had a plurality OF one Vole
over David A. Hutchison. Az the
primaries the names of Arnold anu
r. Brooke Barrett were printed on
the ballots, they having filed norninc :
ating petitions. But NUMBER oI
voters took it on themselves 10
nominate Hutchinson instead OF Ar'-
old ,,,,
Hutchison and his friends ana SUP
porters circulated stickers bearing
his name and Hutchison sent out a
letter in which he asked for support
and requested that his stickers pc
placed over the name or Arnold
This particular instruction accomp-
lished his defeat, as the court, IN lts
opinion states that in every instance
where the sticker was placed over
Arnold's name the vote was VOID
So many were thrown out that the
102 majority, which the return BOARD
of judges announced for Hutchinson,
dwindled away and Arnold came
through with the lead Of one.
The court placed the costs of the
contest on the school district OF the
borough.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-16
Old Freighter Goes
Aground in Storm
BIZ Associated Press

Orleans. Mass. Oct. 16.-The old
freighter Fair Oaks, a steamer OF 19
years service in the coastwise trade,
escaped the shipping grave of Cape
Gods sandbars to-day through the sea-
manship of Orleans coast guards.
The Fair Oaks. carrying cargo of
plaster rock from Walton, N. S., for
New York. scraped over the outer bars
north of here in the fog last night and
brought up on the inner shoals with
jar that strained her seams. Heavy
seas pounded the vessel and caused
Captain Hassel to whistle for help for
his ship and it's crew of % men.
After the surf boat of the coastguard
patrols had been swamped three times
in efforts to launch 1t from the beach,
the guard succeeded in reaching the
Fair Oaks They found the steamer
with four feet of water in her hold,
pounding on the bar and held fast by
the weight of her cargo.
Working through the night with the
men of the steamer, the coast guard
jettisoned part of the cargo and turned
the ship around so that. aided by the
rising tide, she was taken beyond the
line of breakers. Her captain said he
would attempt to proceed under his
own steam.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-16
NOTES OF THE PLAYERS

Ethel Clayton's husband is dead.
She is 20. Jane Elvidge is &c. Doro-
thy Bernard is 20 and is married to
A. H Van Buren. Henry Walthall is
II and is married to Mary Charlston.
Miriam Cooper is married to Raoul
Walsh. Mae Marsh is % and is mar
ried to Louis Lee Arms. Theda Bara
Sweet has the leading part in The
objectionable Sim" Edna Mayo is 26.
Harrison Ford is not married. He
T'ickford is %. Constance Talmadge
is not married. She has no special
leading man. She is at present play
ing with. Wyndham Standing. Wal
Gated New York; stage career in
vaudeville with father in THE Girl
and the Ranger; screen career with
seiig; Vitagraph, Universal Swrote,
"Birtr OF Nation; Lasky leading
man with Geraldine Farrar in Car
men" and Maria Rosa" Joan the
Woman" Paramount, Believe .. Ne.
Fireay Of France" THE Man from
Funeral Range" Plays violin and
other stringed Instruments, Height,
TsiEht 1S5 6rGwn ~ mhTId ha blue to ksh eyes
crime Clemmons. Niles Welch is mar
ried to Dell Boone. Wanda Hawley is
married, Shirley Mason is married to
bernard burning. COHSldnCt
madge is not married. Marguerite
Clark is married to II. Palmersonn
Williams. Norma Talmade is married
to Joseph Schenck, Lila Lee is not
married. Alice Brady is married T.
James L. Crane. Marjorie Daw is not
married, Ann Little is divorced from
Alan Forrest, Dorothy Dalton is dl-
vorced, Viola Dana was the wife OF
James Collins. Enid Bennett is mar
ried to Fred Niblo. Mabel Normand Is
not married. Jack Pickford Is married
to Olive Thomas. Pauline Frederick
is IS, Marjorie Daw is II. Niles Welch
is 81. Tom Moore is 35, owen Moore. is
%. Eugene O'Brien is 35. Shirley Ma
son is is, Ora Carew is "a, Ann Little
is %, Earle williams is 80, Douglas
Fairbanks is &c. Bryant Washburn is
20, Wallace Macdonald is 2S, Gladys
Leslie is 20. Bobby Connolly Is 10. the
other questions will be answered in
the near future as soon as the infor-
nation Is obtained. 49,,
Viola Dana was the wire or lanes
Collins, who died during the epidemic
of Influenza. June Elvidge is mar
ried. Elsie Ferguson is married 20
Thomas Clarke. Herbert Rawlinson is
married to Roberta Arnold, Harrlson
Ford is not married. Harold Iloyd :
not married. Ben Wilson is marr,teu.
William s. Hart is not married. oLne.
questions will be answered as sooii
as the information is obtained.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-16
HlOTION PICTURES SHOW MOST
PO WERFUI. MAGNETS IN WORLD

Imagine electric magnets lifting
eight thousand pounds OF steel rails
of the great Bethlehem steel plants.
a feature of Lyman II. Howe's Travel
Festival program, coming to the Or
phSum tomorrow and Saturday with
daily matinees, upon its silver jubilee
tour, reveal these powerful electric
magnets in operation.
The motion pictures show the huge
magnets being utilized 10 move rails
and other heavy pieces of metal
Gbout the Bethlehem yards One pic
ture shows the magnet jerking a
crowbar from the hand of Il passing
workman. The magnets are utilized,
For this purpose n flfteen-ton ball rs
lifted high into the air by means of
the magnet attached to II big crane.
The current is turned off and the ball
dropped upon the metal. Sometimes
this has to be repeated n number of
times before the huge ball crushes
the metal below.
! The visit at the Bethlehem plants
shows electric cradles at work. bla st
| furnaces running at capacity, molten
metal being handled like milk; big
guns being cast, the making of mu-
shes af tbs ete is the
and everyone should have a clear
conception of its vastness. Nothing
can reveal this with the clarity of mo-
| ton pictures.
Aside from taking his audiences to
bethlehem, Mr.. Howe.s newest pro-
gram reveals a thrilling hand-car
ride down the Andes in Peru; some
sensational tarpon fishing in Florida
trails in the Canadian Rockies; a
visit to the famous Camp Wohela foI
| girls on Lake Sebago, Maine, where
sensational diving and swimming ey-
the beautiful Magnolia Gardens neal
Charleston, S. c., and visits to the