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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04

chosen as republican leader In the
Senate, and Rep. Frederick II. Glllett
as speaker of the House.
Should Mr.. Gillett succeed himself
a Massachusetts man will preside
over each branch of congress. most
unusual coincidence. More unusual
still Is the fact that both Mr.. Coolidge
and Mr.. Gillett come from the same
Congressional District. Northampton,
the home of the vice-president being
In the same district as Springfield. the
home Of the speaker. Both man are
graduates OF Amherst College. 1l
vice-president Coolidge is entering
upon his first service In the field OF
national politics. but for 20 years he
has been active In the political service
Of hfs state, rising from membership
In the council of his city to governor
|of the commonwealth $50 ayqe.
In some respects Mr.. Coolidge 10, a
figure strange In American public life,
being tactiturn to a degree and appar-
emily shunning the spot light and the
8iamor which Usually surrounds high
public oiIlcihlg. 70 his most intimate
IlIztda bs 4 known q 'ssltnt Cal
"a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04

litical friend who had conferred with
him In his executive Offices at Boston
without receiving more than monosyl'
ables for answers finally quit the Of.
fee in disgust. exclaiming as he came
out: by George. I'd like to be that
fellows stenographer." ......,- gs.
But after all. holding public office
comes naturally enough to the new
Vice-president For generations. ever
since his forebears settled In Water
town, Mass in 1880 and later went
TO NE rough. backwoods section OF
Vermont where he was born on Inde
pendence Day. 1S7eerhis family has
been identified with public affairs
His father servede IN the Vermont
State legislature and on Governor \
EetaHs and for years shas been lznown
as aibdrt ok unofIitial magistrate and
couna allor III hlag aeSeI6n III naa III
er1 1NoilI1 event ~ ltn'e afte1,e NE 4
eE fl'H 1SllN|e1 ief az n
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
DENOUNCE FREE RANGE

Barlow. Mar. 4.-Strongly denounc-
ing the free cattle range and protest
Ing against the shipment OF tleky cat
tie. by range or otherwise, the South
ern Cattlemen's Association. meeting
at Columbia recently, passed resolu-
|tions calling upon Southern States to
abolish the free range AMI Texas few
or tick nuisances. ~ -".
Under the system Of free range.
declared one of the resolutions. ct is
impossible to improve the cattle OF
the South, or to control the spread, iof
contagious diseases" 3ofsasBra
e The resolutions were passed. about
the time louisiana, the last state in
the Union TO accept Flor;da'sl Jcky
cattle, barred them 5from her pcrts4+4
and each is 1n&linaitwith The ideas nj
the Florida NosFehoe League, which
lis asking thAtj4he nBxtl Legislature al
| low the pe0plal6f Elndldh to vote fol
abolition az ilfa kAE aiieh at l.ie mex
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
HOW new CONGRESS
GOT CONTROL OF
NATIONS AFFAIRS

Washington, March 4.--Rejection of
the Treaty OF Versailles. sharp fight
on President Wilson by Republican
leaders, adoption of the woman suf
frage. constitutional amendment and
passage Of the prohibition enforce
ment act were outstanding features of
the session9 of the Sixty-sixth Con
gress which passed out today to make
way for the Sixty-second Congress
soon to be called In Extra session by
President Harding
Swept into control OF both the Sen
ate and House near the end of the
war after President Wilson had ap-
pealed to. the country in 1918 to re-
turn democratic majority to Con-
gress, the republicans organized all
committees at the opening session In
1919 and Immediately launched an at
tack on the administration. This CEN
tered around the Treaty OF Versailles.
which was taken up in the. Senate be-
fore II was signed at Paris.
Other acts of the administration
which came In for criticism included
the sending of troops to. Russia, the
handling of deportation, cases and the
winding up of war contracts. Inves
legations of many phases, of war ac-
tivities also wereeundertaken and con-
tinued through. most of the nearly two
years of the life ofGthis. the .frstfRe-
publican Congress ain eight years.ls
+ Four yetoes Of; important measures
by the President also were overridden
| by the SixtY,aixth u Congress- 4, The
measures repasseaea their disap-
provah By sMB Wilsnnsincluded the pro
hibitioDs enkQEeegpept act i. and joint
resdlutiQns Teanchng The size nof the
Fagnlaf REn III l76, lQ0 rnensN repeal
I |ln* tha a. <.||ttf 2KRIne8 lo~ a4,f -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
THE WEATHER

Rain OF snow has fallen during the
past "a hours over the northeastern
states, but has been followed by clear
ing and colder weather. Over the
southeastern states. the weather has
been fair. 1t Is colder this morning
from the Mississippi valley eastward,
under the influence Of an area of high
pressure which has moved eastward
from the upper Mississippi valley,
over the Ohio valley and, the Lake
region. Freezing temperatures oc-
cured this morning in Kentucky and
at Washington, d. c.
In the west, an extensive. area of
low pressure covers the plateau and
Rocky Mountain region. 1t has caused
warmer weather east Of the Mississip-
pi, and has given rain In California.
Nevada and Montana.
Indications are for fair and cooler
weather In the vicinity of Tampa to-
night, lowest temperature about ,48.
Saturday will be fair and moderately
cool. WALTER J. BENNETT.
Tampa Weather Bureau.
Temperatures Elsewhere
The first column indicates highest
temperature yesterday; the second,
lowest last night. and the third, pre-
cipitation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
Procession from White House
(By Associated Press.)

Washington. March 4.--Bright
weather with cold clustering March
wind marked the Inauguration day.
The overnight drop in temperature
made 1t somewhat uncomfortable for
the crowds which began In the early
forenoon to assemble at the capitol
plaza TO witness Warren, G.. Harding
take the oath of office and hear his
inaugural address. Mr.. Harding arose
az s O'Clock and breakfasted with
Mrs Harding In their suite at the
New Willard hotel.
President Wilson arose at eight, =
little tagged as the result Of work
ing late on bills and other official
business. Dr.. Grayson and members
Of his family continued their efforts
to dissuade him from taking very
active part In the days ceremonies.
The official program Of the day op-
ened with the arrival of the congress
sional; inaugural committee. head I'd
by Senator Knox and Representative
Cannon at Harding's hotel They left
at 1920 for the White House, where
Mr.. Harding. MIR. Coolidge and their
wives were Joined by the President
and Mrs. Wilson. and the ride up
Pennsylvania avenue. through cheer
ing throngs. to the capitol began.
The first automobile contained Mr.
Harding, Senator Knox and Repre-
sentatlpe Cannon, The. second con-.
tained Vice President Marshal. Mr..
Coolidge and two members of the in
a.
Airs. Wilson, Mrs. Coolidge and two
committeeman, The fourth. Mrs. Mar
shall, Mrs. Coolidge and two commit
teemen. All were accompanied by a
troop OF cavalry.
=, Pennsylvania avenue was blaze
with color and guarded by infantry
men O. hundred feet apart, standing
with fixed. bayonets. The sidewalks
were thronged. ~
There was some delay at the White
House while the President ceiect wait
ed for President Wilson. Finally the
two emerged from the front door,
walking together at the head OF the
party. Mr.. Wilson leaned on his cane,
but was, otherwise unassisted He was
helped down the steps and into the
car by attendants who placed his feet
on each succeeding step as the des-
cent was made. This outward evil
dsnce Of the presidents physical con-
dition added another bit to the specu-
lation as to how far he would go In
partIcipatipg in the ceremonies at the
capitol. es-A
After Mr.. Harding and the other
aWemhers OF the. party entered the car
asPfeEidsnt, Wilsdp lifted his hat and
the ,aufomQbila moved away, while
Miss Marfafet Wilton and other mem.
her3 Ok ife. Wilson. & family watches
E68 iIS RIaaeN lfstsly aheFs ~.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04

Vice President Coolidge took the
oath of Office as vice president at
1921. .s.tsss. ~ a >,
= President Wilson's decision not to
attend the ceremonies was due to the
numerous steps to the chamber. He
explained to Senator Knox that the
Senate had thrown him down. but he
was not going to fall down. Mr..
Harding and Mr. Coolidge then said
goodbye to him. -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04

washgton March Warren Gamale Harding took the oath Of Of
United lis
his lips to the S'h Of the 9Th Chapter of Micah in the historic Bible
used in the Inauguration OF George Washington.
president oath office after Chef
yielding his family
White CAPITOL leaving signing
number of bills and his home South street
President Harding delivered
American institutions he rer
industrial for friendship
association nations He
against ntangng
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
new PRESIDENT
ALWAYSCLASSES
AS AN EDITOR
Proud Of His Calling and Carries in in
His Pocket a Printers Rule
as a Luck Piece

Washington, March 4--Whatcy 81
Use he may be. Warren G. Harding
ways clussifcs himself as an editor
ublisher and printer. proud Of III
professional Accomplishment ;.I1
raining. His luck-charm ana ms
:ecred possession is printers rue
arried in his pocket wherever
oes; and his close friends say h
gould rather set a stick of type al.
ay than grant an audience to an II.
assador
For mole than thirty years I'll
Iarding's bread and butter has bnei
earned by the Marion Star. whose re-
possibilities he assumed under hea "
mortgage and whose years he nOuriah
ID at the expense OF going huni ~
lore than once himself Since h;s
domination for the Presidency he h4a
aced only one pUblic ordeal tha.
!rouSed emotions he could not masc4r
hat was the temporary severance o
the ties that bind him to the Star. ..
election night, when a group of lis
employees came TO congratulate HIN
lis voice broke and his big frame va
'haken by sobs when he undertook tc
speak of the separation that must b
the price of his triumph.
Election day was Mr.. Hardings if
.y-fifth birthday. and all the interc It's
Of his lifetime had been rooted in the
immediate vicinity of Marion He was
BORN at Blooming Grove,O., in an ad,
Joining county. the son of country
doctor. George T. Harding, who &:ill
visits his patients about Marion In
the one-horse carriage of the old
school practitioner The new Presi.
dents mother has been dead for many
years and his father Is remarked.
Young Harding attended college at
iberia. o.. and then tried school teach
ing for year before he began his
newspaper career. Always partisan
and a Republican. he lost his Job as
a reporter by wearing in the presence
OF his Democratic editor Blaine
hat" the stove-pipe which was a
badge of support of James G. Blaine
Norfolk and Western Railway has
completed successful tests of auto
matte straight air brakes on cars, Sc
rial action of which effects braking ol
train as a unit instead of as car units
A months rent will go to the par.
ents of the first baby born in Pitts.
Eurg apartment house, the owner be.
ing an ardent opponent of race sui.
eide.
yiving the War Finance Corporation
In the case OF one important matter
the Knox resolution to declare the
state of war with Germany at an end
the Presidential veto. stood. -
Besides the war inquiries many
others were conducted, including
those into the 1919. steel strike, the
spread of radical propaganda. the Goa
and housing situations, the contro7er
lsy between Secretary Daniels ant
Rear Admiral Sims over naval media
awards. campaign expenditures, Ship
ping Board operations, the Ford New
berry. election. radical deportation
cases and the escape to Getmanx o
lGrO1er cleveland BaFGd0l IA IlaSIe|
Il
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
PRESIDENT VETOES
FORDNEY TARIFF BILL

Washington. March 4.-One of
President Wilson's last official acts
was to veto the F'ordney Emergency
tariff dill, giving his reasons therefor
in brief message yesterday after
noon. An attempt to pass the bill over
his veto failed in the House. and the
measure died as the last day of the
sixty-sixth Congress drew to a close.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
SILENCEH LONG
SUIT OF COOLIDGE
HIS FRIENDS SAY
First Bay State Man Since Henry
Wilson to Preside Over Senate
Is Gifted With Ability to
Hold His Tongue

Washington. March 4.---Calvin Cool
idge is the first Massachusetts man
to hold the office of vice-president
since Henry Wilson served In the sec
ond Grant administration nearly half
century ago His advent into office
adds to the prominence OF his state In
national government affairs for II Is
regarded as almost certain that Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge. will be again
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
HARDING'S CABINET
CONFIRMED BY SENATE

Washington. Mich. 4-Break- 4
ing a precedent existing since
the days Of Washington Presi-
dent Harding appeared today
before an executive session Of
the senate. and presented nomi-
nations for cabinet offices. Ten
minutes later all ten were con-
hrmed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04

An airpiane muller has been In,
vented by Swiss which reduces noist
sufficiently TO allow conversation
between pilot and passenger without
heating up the engine or reducing IT.
power.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
GENUINE MARCH WEATHER ADDS
TO BRlSKNESS OF PROCEEDINGS

Wives Of President Wilson and His Successor Ride Together and Mrs.
Marshall Chats With Mrs. Coolidge Auto the Small Party Rep
reseng the New and the Old Government Rides Through Cheer
ing Crowds From the White House to the Capitol Where the Oath
Of Office Administered Harding and Woodrow Wilson Becomes
Private Citizen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
JAPANESE PRINCE
TO(TOUR THE WORLD

Toxic, March 3.-Hirchite, heir ap-
parent of the Japanese throne. has
left Yokohama for. tour of Europe
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04

NOISY CROWDS SEE
PROCESSION AND (
LISTEN TO ADDRESS

PRESIDENT WILSON LEANING HEAVILY UPON HIS CANE AND
HELPED BY ATTENDANTS ACCOMPANIES THE INAUGURATION
PARTY RIDING In CAR WITH HIS SUCCESSOR-MLITARY
ESCORT ATTENDS THE PARTY AND lNFANTRYMEN
WITH FIXED BAYONETS GUARD THE AVENUE
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04
WEATHER FORECAST

Lakeland and vicinity.
Fair tonight and Sat-
urday. Cooler tonight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04

Rlorlda Stations
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04

Norfolk and Western Railway has
matte straight air brakes on cars. Sc
rial action of which effects braking of
train as a unit instead of as car units
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-04

months rent will go to the par
ents of the first baby born in Pitts
Eurg apartment house, the owner be-
ing an ardent opponent of race sui
eide
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-09-21
IN MENIORIAM

:. In loving memory of our mother
Blanche Aquila Shealy, wife OF W
Thompson Shealy, died July 81, 1921
We have lost our darling mother,
She has bid us all adieu;
She has gone to live in heaven.
And her form is lost to view.
Oh, that dear one, How we loved her
Oh, how hard to give her up!
But an angel came down for her
And removed her from our flock.
Earth has lost its look of gladness,
Heaven seems to us more bright,
Since the spirit Of our dear one
Took it's happy, homeward flight.
And we long to cross that river,
Long to rest upon that shore,
There to see, and know, and love them
With the Savior evermOre.
We miss thee from our home, dear
mother,
We miss thee from thy place,
A shadow DER our life is cast,
We miss the sunshine of thy face.
We miss thy kind and willing hand
Thy fond and earnest care;
Our home. is dark without thee
We miss thee everywhere.
Precious mother, she has left us,
Left us yes for evermore;
But we hope to meet our loved one
On that bright and happy shore.
Lonely the house, and sad the hours
Since our dear one has gone;
But oh, a brighter home than ours,
In heaven is now her own.
Call not back the dear departed,
Anchored safe where storms art
DER
On the border land We left her,
Soon to meet and part no more.
When we leave this world of change.
When we leave. this world of care
We shall find our missing loved one
In our fathers mansion fair.
Farewell, dear, but not forever,
There will be a glorious dawn,
We shall meet to part-no never!
On the resurrection morn.
Though thy darling form lies sleeping
In the cold and silent tomb,
Thou shalt have glorious waking
When the blessed Lord doth come.
Written by her heartbroken hus-
band and daughters.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-09-21
BOYLSTON-SHARPE.

A wedding of more than passing in
terest to their friends in Aiken and
Lexington Counties as well as
throughout the State was that of Miss
Mamie Crum Boylston, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. r. Boylston, of
Salley, S. c., and julius E. Sharpe
of Lexington, which was solemnized
at the residence of the Rev. r. S..
Truesdale, pastor Of the Main street
Methodist church Columbia, on last
Thursday in the presence of few
friends. Miss Boylston was educated
a. Greenville Womans College and
has large circle of friends. She had
just entered Chicora College at Co.
lumbia for the coming session when
the young couple changed their plans
and decided to be married at once.
Mr.. Sharpe is a son Of the late
Senator and Mrs. w. H. Sharpe, of
Edmund, Lexington county. He is at
present serving his first term as
County Superintendent of Education
for Lexington county, having been
elected last summer, and is one among
the youngest men who ever held this
office. He is an alumnus of the Uni
ersity of South Carolina and is popu-
lar with his friends. For the past
two years he was principal Of the
Kitchings Mill graded school in Aiken
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sharpe will make
their home in Lexington.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-09-21
Statement of the Condition Of the
BANK OF SWANSEA

located at Swansea, S. c., at the close
of business September 6, 1921.
Resources
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-09-21
LAD IS
SMOTHERED TO DEATH
IN PILE OF COTTON

Newberry, Sept. 16.-The six year
old son of G.. B. Elisor of Spring Hill,
Lexington county. was smothered to
death in a pile of lint cotton last
Monday. at a gin house on the James
c.: Duncan plantation in Cromer
township, according to news brought
here today. The lad was visiting a
family on the plantation and with
the children of the family was play
ing in the cotton when the accident
occurred. The little body was ship
ped back to his fathers in Lexington
county for burial.-The Record.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-09-21
DELICIOUS AND REFRESHING

We serve Coca-Cola-the Genuine,
delicious and refreshing, mental
pick me up no. just dope but
the best that can be made, good. to
the last drop, a large glass for cents
plus war tax of 1 cent. Come to The
ReXall Fountain for the Best Cold
Drinks. We make 'em right from
Pure Fruits, Fruit Juices, Syrups,
ETC., the best the worlds markets af-
ford and our prices are lowest. Clean
liness prevails. We serve Sancken'. :
Golden Ice Cream, the best in the
South:
a cigar to suit every smoker.
Everything in Drugs.
HARMON DRUG CO.,
The REXALI4 Store.
Lexington, S. c.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-09-21
1T Must Have Been Dead at Least
Months But Didn't Smell

Saw 4 big rat il our cellar last
tIH," writes Mrs. Joanny, and
BOUGHT 4 35r cake o. EAT-SNAP,
broke it up into small pieces. Last
week while 3novinS We came across
the dead Iat. Must have been dead
six months, didn't smell. RAT-SNAP
is wondcrful' Three sizes, 35c, Csc,
S1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Lex
ington Pharmacy and Harmon Drug
CO.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-09-21
CARD OF THANKS
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
We wish to express our many
thanks and praises to our dear friends
and neighbors who were so kind and
helpful during the, illness and death
of our dear husband and father,
James Frye May Gods, richest
blessings rest upon each and every
one of them is our prayer.
The Wife and Children.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-09-21
KIRBY WISHES TT
--.-,~- WE'RE ALL OVER
Brazeu Slayers in Death House Talk
See Their Relatives.


.'I wish it were all over with"
The speaker, with drawl in his
voice, sent these words through grated
bars. The words came from the lips
of a man who is spending his remain
ing days on earth in the penitentiary's
death cell. The speaker was S. j..
Kirby, one of the three sentenced to
die in the electric chair for the mur-
der of William BraZell, Columbia taxi
driver, who was stabbed to death on
an early Monday morning in August.
Kirby and his two partners in
crime, c.. o. Fox and Jesse Gappins,
.are three of the mdet famous prison
ers the state has ever held. Their
careers have been marked by remark
able events, chiefly the murder Of a
young boy to steal the car he drove.
Chased by mob for several days over
two states, held in Charleston under
heavy guard to escape lynching,
secretly brought to Columbia under
heavy guard and later taken to trial
in Lexington under much heavier
guard, the three men are now stoically
awaiting the day Of their doom, and
theif loved ones cry about them and
plead for mercy.
The three men are very talkative
for men under sentence of death.
Through the bars of their cells in the
death house they talk to their friends
and talk to officials and they even ap-
pear slightly cheerful at times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fox, parents Of the
young man sentenced to die, have
been callers on their son at the state
prison, since the trio was brought
Tuesday from the Lexington court
house. They are nice looking old
people and their loss excites the SYM
pdtuy VI Oi-1OOhSIS. -hi diO XAA . |.
Gappins, the parents. Of Jesse Gap
pins, have called on their son, too.
Mrs. Kirby and Kirby's little daugh-
i ter, have likewise seen the man to
whom they will say good bye on Oc-
tober 21.
Gappins is Columbia boy. Fox
came from Stanley Creek, N. c., the
home Of his parents. Kirby came to
Columbia from York county. His first
visit to the capital was as a prisoner
in 1917, when he was sent to the pen
under a two-year sentence for crime
committed on man in York county,
whom it is said, he beat into insensi-
bility and robbed. The victim of that
crime was left in the woods, appar-
entity dead. However, he regained
consciousness but could hardly move
from the ground. He reached small
sappling, and bending it over, hung
his coat on it., This he waived until
he attracted the attention Of a passer-
BY who rescued the suffering man.
Kirby served a year of his sentence
and was pardoned by Governor Man
Record.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-09-21
FISH FRY AND CHICKEN
STEW AT RED BANK SCHOOL

There will be a fish fry and chicken
stew at the Red Bank school house
Saturday night. September "a, 1921.
The proceeds will go to the benefit Of
the Baptist church. Come all that will
and help god cause.