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The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22

SHIPS TIME

1.-Two bells, "three bells" -four
bells" etc., originated as the meth
cd of telling time aboard ship on
account of the twenty-four hours
being. divided into six watches of four
hours each, thus having someone
awake all the time. The passage
Of time was Of no importance except
to the watches on deck, so the bell
was struck to show how many half
hours had passed. Thus ''seven bells
would mean that seven half-hours
had elapsed, thus might mean half
past three. half-past eleven or half
past seven. +
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
A GOOD MAN GONE.

last week of Rev. G.. G.. Brown, D. D.,
for many years pastor Of the leading
Baptist church at Sumter, removes
from the State one Of her best citi-
zens. Strong and courageous, yet
genial and cordial, Dr. Browns in
fuence extended far beyond the
bounds of the great denomination
which he served. AS a citizen, DIR.
Brown was active without being OBJ
noxious for the cause of better gov
ernment. contributing often to the
moral betterment Of his State and
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
BLIZZARDS

This term for an exceptionally vio-
lent snowstorm, is of obscure origin;
it has been attributed to the French
'Blesser," to wound, but this is only
The first use of the word
appears in the Asherville (Illinois)
Northern Vindicator, between 1860
and 1870; the Milwaukee Republican,
in its issue Of March 4, 1881, refers to
the articles in which the word first
appeared.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
WEDNESDAY, JUNE %, 1921
TOO POOR TO ECONOMIZE.

According to figures published in
The Dispatch-News this week Lexing-
ton county received for the scholastic
year which ends this month consid-
erable sum from state appropriations
in aid of education in excess Of what
her taxpayers were called upon to pay
into these funds. And yet there are
counties i'm the. state which, received
far greater amounts because they
were willing to tax thmselves in order
to secure this aid.
With the State as whole standing
at the bottom Of the 48 states of the
Union in education, can we afford not
to keep on these 1evies? Times are
hard, to be sure, but when they were
much harder the writer has known
parents of the most limited means to
make sacrifices in order to meet heavy
tuition bills in the days before public
schools Were as common as they are
today. Lexington county did very
well last year in the matter of voting
on extra levies for schools, but it is
not yet up to the standard of many
other counties Of just as limited means
and it will not be until every boy and
girl. in the county has the chance to
attend a good school of at least seven
months term and continues in school
to graduation.
It. is plain from the figures publish
ed in this issue and those given out in
Columbia for all the counties, that
counties like Richland and Charles
ton, with large corporate interests, are
doing a good deal toward paying for
the education of the children Of Lex
ington. In a sense this is not an en-
viab1e position to occupy, but as long
as the taxpayers of these counties are
willing, as a matter Of state pride, to
help, we ought to be more than will
ling to let them do it.
Our slogan should be, Every child
in school and every school with a min
imum term of seven months"
The Dispatch-News believes in econ
omy in government, and it is Of the
opinion that some Of the spigot leaks
in government should be stopped for
the benefit Of the taxpayer, but we are
too poor to practice the false economy
os neaaecting to provide for the edu-
cation Of the generation which ought,
If given proper advantages, make old
Lexington one Of the greatest subdi-
visions Of our State.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
BARBECUE NOTICE

We will furnish a first class barbe-
cue on July the second at Sunny
South school house on the Orange
burg road, between Lexington and
Edmund. Dinner will be served from
- midday to 9 at night. Refreshments
will also be served. Prices for din
ner will be reasonable. The meats
will be prepared by S. +. Roland, the
we'll known 'cuist. Music will be fur
nished by q string band. There will
also be a ball game for the young
folks The public generally is invited.
Everybody come and have u good
time. Remember the date. Saturday,
July ,.
J. w. HOLLIS.
JOHN SPIRES.
:. T.. ROLAND. 2t-c-3G
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
RAILROADS EARN
LOWER REVENUES

Washington. June 2.-I,ailrOadS Of
IN" country earned $29,201,0 ,0C0 in
\prI, Or $1,494,O00 less than in
March, according to reports trans
mltted 20 The interstate commerce
cOmmlSSio nby the carriers and made
public today by the .tssociation of
Railway Executives.
The earnings for Apri! represented
a return on the valuation tentatively
fixed by the commission Tor rate max
ing purposes Of us per cont. against
$50 per cent. for March and were
$51,2S6,00O short Of the amount con-
tcmplated by the transportation act.
the statement Of the railway eyecr-
tives said.
Operating expenses Ior APPEL were
SG.74 per cent. of the amount OF
revenues, against S7.19 per cent. Of
the amount Of the revenues for March,
showing. the statement said, that
while expenses were reduced during
the month, revenues also fell off.
Earnings in the Eastern district
for April represented a return of
per cent, in the Southern 3.41 per
cent, and in the Western 2.01 per
cent. Railroads of the Southern dis
trict reported operating revenues of
S72,161,000 for April, an increase OF
81 over those Of the same month a
year ago while operating expenses
amounted to s62,41s,0o0, or de-
crease of 2.S per cent. from the ex-
penses a year ago. The net operating
income in the Southern district was
$5,562,000 an increase of 1875, that
for April last year having amounted
to only S3,O99,0OO.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
VAUDEVILLE

tn origin Of this form Of enter
tainment is traced to Oliver Bas-
selin, a Norman peasant poet who
flourished in the 18th century. He
composed and sang many ballads
Of his native country; in old French,
these songs were called "vau-de-vire, "
which was later changed to 'vaude-
ville." The name of the songs came
to be applied to any form of light
entertainment.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
GLOW We Cleared Our Summer Home
of Rats" by Mrs. Perry.

"Nhen we opened our seaside home
last May, it was alive with rats.
They'd gnawed all the upholstering.
We cleaned them out in q week with
RAT-SNAP. I prefer this rat killer
because it comes in cake form: no
mixing. Saves dirtying hands and
plates" Three sizes. 35c, Csc, s1.25.
Sold and guaranteed by Lexington
Pharmacy and Harmon Drug Co.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
WINTHROP COLLEGE
ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

The competitive examination for
the award of the Winthrop College
Scholarship will be held Friday, July
1st, at 900 a. m. at the Court House,
Lexington, S C.
The examina ton will be open to all
girls Of this County who are at least
sixteen years of age, Of sound physi-
cal health, and who intend to teach,
except that no one is eligible for a
scholarship who has already attended
a college or a university unless there
are no other eligible applicants; nor is
any one eligible who has not complet-
ed at least the tenth grade of a graded
schol, provided she lives in a COM
munity maintaining a school Of that
number of grades.
The examination on Friday will be
held upon English Grammar and Lit
erature; Algebra, and Plane Geom-
etry; Ancient History, American His
tory, and Civics.
There are. at present no vacant
scholarships in this County to be
awarded this summer. Even though
there be no vacant scholarships to be
awarded, the examination must be
held, for it is to serve as an entrance
examination to the Freshman Class
as we'll as a scholarship examination,
and then vacancies may occur after
July End, in which case those standing
the examination will be eligible for
appointment, provided the conditions
governing the award of Scholarships
are compiled with.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

On Monday Afternoon from to I
o'clock, Mrs. Lonnie f. Corley cele-
brated the third birthday of her little
son, Malcolm Edwin. A lovely time
was enjoyed by all present. Many
games were played and ice cream and
cake and candy were served. Little
Malcolm received many handsome
gifts. Those present were: Everette
Lever, Bruce Wingard, Sara and
Claude Corley, Annie and Harry Con-
ncr, Ruby Conner, Sara, Gladys, Rob
crt and Frank Wingard, Mary and Ar
chic Corlcy, Pearl and Birdie Corlcy,
Mary Belle, Estcllc, Ida, Cora and
J. W Mectzc and Mrs. Hazel Hunt
ley.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22

Be sure and see The Coming of the
Flowers" as presented by the Junior
Sewing Club and their friends at the
Lexington High School Friday night.
June Gath, at $3.50.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
His Own Fault.

by Jove. Isabel, when 1 see by my
a thousand this year, I get cold feet
well, Henry, don't blame me.
advised you not to keep an account
Life.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
BARBECUE NOTICE.

1 will give a frst-class barbecue
and serve refreshments at Georges
mill (Laurel Falls) on July 4. Music
by q good string band. Everybody in
vited. Come. Dinner, csc. soc and
6Oc.
1tD w S HARMAN
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22

LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN
From my pasture on Saluda river,
one butt-head solid black, Angus
Poll steer, weighing between 1000
and 100 pounds, been used as an
OK for short while. Liberal reward
for information as to his where
abouts. Frank w. Shealy, Lexing-
ton, S. G.. It
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22

666 quickly relieves Constipation.
Biliousness, Loss Of Appetite and
Headaches, due to Torpid Liver.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22

Time used to profit today will ac-
cumulate power for your tomorrow.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
BARBECUE

! We will furnish a first class barbe-
cue at Chaplin July 2, 1921, with re-
freshments. There will be a ball
game and a good time for everybody.
Come and enjoy yourself.
II S. LINDLER,
H. M. LINDLER. 2t-37c
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22

The Coming of the Flowers next
Friday night at $50 at the school aua-
itOrjum. Don't mis-. it,
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22
WANT ADS.

SOME of the remaining new and
stylish Ladies hats are offered at
extraordinary low prices. They are
pretty and cheap. Caughman-Kam-
iner Company.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22

Refreshments will be served after
the play next Friday night at the
school auditorium. The ladies are
expecting you.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-06-22

CANNING-DOn't waste your sur
plus vegetables. Let us can them for
you at reasonable prices. v. H. Crout
and j. T.. Hallman, Gilbert, S. c. 36p
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w. S. HARMAN.
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that I an
applying to the. Pardon Board for q
pardon or communication of my sen.
tence.
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IelCe.
TOM HAIR.
Lexington, South Carolina,
June II, 1921. 1tp
TRESPASS NOTICE.
The undersigned have leased the
fishing rights Of Caughman's pond,
and the creek below pond to the line,
and trespassing in any manner is
strictly forbidden on the premises,
under penalty Of the law. Any and
all persons violating this notice will
be prosecuted to the full extent Of the
law.
ATHEONIAN CLUB,
G.. W. MODLIN,
4t-3S-p. Sec'y-Treas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
BALzAC, DIME NOVELIST

From the Dial.
 The graet Italian critic and ininis- ter of education. Benedetto Croce, writes q revolutionary estimate of Balzac in the current issue of the Dial. Commenting on Balzac's early love for dime novels. Signor Croce says:
 Of such, later on, he even became an author himself; and never did he wholly master this hankering after the. wonderful and the strange. That element he introduced in greater or lesser---at times In very sreat-pro- portions into the books of his ma turest years. In those novels pre- cisely, and in that series of novels. which Brunetiere considers most "ob- jective" and "naturalistic," Balzac really does nothing but make events and episodes that are as ordinary. as humdrun, as Bourgeois" as may be. seem wonderful and extraordinary Not one of his portraits. no tone of his environments, but is hyperbolized to look like something marvellous and fantastic. With Dumas, indeed, Balzac has much in common, so far as method Is concerned; and I would even risk asserting that Balzac did little but transfer "The Three Mus keteers" into the politics, the com nerce. the finance, the manufactur- Ing of his day; for his works show many D'Artasnan in business, many an Athos in industry. not to mention the Arannis who becomes | states man. and the Porthos who becomes a millionaire by sheer ~Sence and crime
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
* # 4 State Needs Boys Vocational School

1T T seems strange that the small J sum of $3O,000 needed to match like amount appropriated by the state for the Alabama School of Trades and Industries has not been raised long ago. A generous re- sponse should follow the efforts of the Exchange club to raise sub- stantial sum through dollar sub- scriptions. The man who can spare more than a dollar should give more.
 The state has site of 100 acres and has pledged an allowance for maintenance in addition to the ESQ., 900 foundation fund. The institu- tion will be established and operat- ing as soon as the volunteer sub scription of $30,000 has been raised.
 This school has been indorsed everywhere. It is not in conflict with Auburn and the State uni versity, but will provide vocational training for boys who cannot meet the qualifications for attending these colleges. It will help the boys who want to learn how to earn livelihood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
Holding Hands Dates
 Back to the Jungles

|WHErHsER ETHER or e't' not .l.,'. man was de, there are times when the resem- blance is striking, Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars, curator of mammals and reptiles in the Bronx geological gar den, says the habit of holding hands was practiced long before Adam and Eve roamed the Garden of Eden and Helen of Troy was the worlds best known "vamp."
 If we incline to the probably ar boreal" theory, it was our ape an- cestors who set the fashion in the forests of forgotten era, for their descendants keep it up unto this day. Dr. Ditmars says all the monkeys in his care "hold hands," instinctively and not by imitation. "When sweet hearts hold hands they are follow ing an ape custom. Holding hands is one of the most pronounced char acteristics of the ape"
 Dr. Ditmars plans to make a study of his charges to prove that this time-honored method of displaying emotion was not invented Or dis covered by man. Before and since the time of Darwin grave scientists have studied monkeys with an ap- praising eye and found much to es- tablish their kinship with the human race. The holding hands theory, so far as we are aware, is new one, but it runs along with other discoveries which tend to locate mans family tree in some prehis- toric glade where apes made love and enjoyed a free, untrammeled existence, nor ever dramed that strange white creatures would some day trap them and shut them up in cages to be gaped at and to die eventually of tuberculosis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
x # x Bad Record for Violence On the A., B. and A.

Tf7HE record of threatened actual
 U deeds of violence on the right of way of the Atlanta, Birming- ham and Atlantic railroad in Geor- gia during the past five months is creditable neither to the state nor to the communities where they have occurred.
 Thirty-two distinct acts of poten- tial and actual violence have been reported in the past five months. These outbreaks cannot be attribu- ted to an organized movement any more than the blowing up of tick eradication vats can be charged to organizations, but communities suf- fer where the law is broken to gratify individual spleen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
line tanks and the ships envelope

line tanks and the ships envelope are wrecked.
 A bulletin from Washington states that the helium plant at Fort Worth, Tex, which extracts helium from natural gas by com pressing and liquefaction, produces about 10000 cubic feet a day. Of ficers of the army and navy and scientists attached to the United States bureau of mines are working to improve the methods of produc- ton. Another factor which at pres ent mitigates against helium is it's cost. It cannot be wasted into the atmosphere as is now done with hydrogen, to change the lifting power of a dirigible or balloon, and changes in the construction of such craft will be necessary before helium can be used to any great extent.
 Although the foss of the ZR-2 ere ated consternation and sorrow, both in England and the United States, because this mighty dirigible was believed to afford the maximum of safety to it's crew, confidence in dirigibles has not been weakened. The dirigible has come to stay. It will be improved and modified until itNis all that inventors and design CTS want it to be, safe and de- pendable airship, indispensable in war and ideally adapted for the transportation of freight and pas sengers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01

when unemployment for weary months during which his little say lnss had gradually dissolv.d hro,rh. nm ana his mother to the point of caulking up the crevices in tba;r little home and turning on tbe ~s. to pass away in each other, arm. l., escape their poverty. His gallant service in France gave him 2 s,a- ciai claim. It is to their shame that the record of his claim was pigeon. hoied and forgotten first, because bs suffered in silence-he must hay. been a good soldier-and second. ha. cause those who knew of his pli.,t did nothing.
 TOT two or three years New York mas been the hunting ground of band of self-selected patriots uho figured} constantly at times almos, nauseously in the public eye and public prints. They spent time and money and energy pursuing political heretics on the assumption that ths possessors of such and such oninjons must be dangerous to the nation Tn the llsht Of the fate of Private AL bert Ruttnick and his mother, sor,e or this time and energy and monsy might have been divided wilh the trled and proved defenders of the na- tion It might have been betteS had mat been done. If it is com mendable to guard against heretics IL IS no less commendable to respect those who have served, to honor those whose patriotism has been weighed and found of full value
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
A TINY PREACHER.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin, Intense and sultry heat prevailed on
 dusty city streets, But a rev'rant congregation fiiied the
 great cathedral seats; The windows were wide open to ad-
 init the summer air, The organ hushed it's pealinr and
 the people bowed in prayer. But a thrill of purest pleasure
 passed through all the kneelinr
 throng,
 As a wren, perched on the window
 sill. poured forth its heart in
 song.
 IL sang of woodland paths and lanes where sweet wild flowers blow, Of rippling brooks and shady pools
 where water lilies grow; It sang of cozy nests where baby
 birds were safe and warm. It sang of His protecting care
 through sunshine and through
 storm.
 And as it sang. the people smiled
 and through each heart there A vein of human Kindness. toward
 nature and toward man. The rector paused and listened while
 the joyous wrsn san9 on, Said he: 'I'd preach no better if
 tarried until dawn. This little ni-d, my friends, has
 tf5usht snessage here, I know Of love &'la ios x ell sing Praise
 cod From Nhom All Blessings
 Fluss-''s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
President Congratulates
 the Mother of Nineteen

m RESIDENT HARDING'S inter- H est in his fellow man, regard less of such superficial distinctive ness as birth, the possession of worldly goods and social position, is one of his most engaging qualities. Although born of patrician stock, Theodore Roosevelt had his trait and while he was often suspected of using it for political purposes, it was not assumed. It was apparent ly quite as strong after his retire ment from public life as it was in the heyday of his career.
 Mir. Hardins's letter of congrat- ulation to Mrs. Domenico Zaccahea of New York, the mother of 19 children, of whom IS are living, gives another insight to the kindly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
IMMoRTALs OF OBsCURITY

From the New York Tribune.
 Two books recently published sug- gest that anonymity is coming back. They are respectively "The Glass of Fashion" by "A Gentleman With a Duster" {the pen name of the au- thor of "The Mirrors of Downing Street"), published in England, and ''The Mirrors of Washington" pub lished in this country. by an enter prising writer who has evidently taken "A Gentleman With Duster" as a model.
 raignment of the so-called smart set of London, and the American book is somewhat clever but notoriously inferior attempt at political lam booming. Leaving aside, however, the contrasting literary merits of these two volumes, can it be possible that the anonymous authors are ushering In a new era in literature? If so they should be placed imme- diately among the immortals. Junius mas nltncftO OCCuplcQ d Ilclu diInOS- exclusively his own. but If these two modern protagonists of the lost art of Modesty are to set the fashion in anonymity, think of how much we shall be saved! Authors. hereafter may come to spare us the knowledge of who they are.
 Thus the intimate analysis of what some of our more pominent literary celebrities eat for breakfast, wha. color dressing crowns they wear. what brand of cigars. they smoke. how many hours a day they dictate to their numerous secretaries will all be missing from our daily pro- gramme. and the corresponding re- lease of our energies must inevi- tably tend to raise the average standard of intell gencc.
 If, for example, we could be op- erated on even as we are at present and have (painlessly or otherwisc) removed from our minds all our present knowledge of MT. H. C.. Wells. Mir Harold Bell Wright. Mir Bernard Shaw, Mir. Hall Caine and Mr. Robert Chambers, what would we not give, The one thousand doi- lar limit upon operations recently set by Johns Hopkins would be cheer fully exceeded. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
# * * Helium Will Be Used In Future Airships

HTHE disaster to the ZR-2 has re-
 ll vived interest in helium as a substitute for the inflammable hydrogen in airships and balloons. While the former gas is noncom- bustbile, inert and rare" unfor- tunately the production of this gas and airship construction have not yet reached the stage where it can be made of practical use.
 Aeronautic experts say that hydrogen cannot be dispensed with for sometime yet, but they believe it to be sufficiently safe," except in such accidents as that which de- stroyed the zR-2, when the gaso-