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The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02
TAKE NOTICE

r, Cotton of
limited cOnsum)-
4on ,v American depression in the
the accumulation OF large supp Oh e
staple all of the problem IS 10
until spndles OF
world are No cotton farmer
should his cultivated land In cotton
in 1921 this must be decreased oo
er cent million bales will be harvested
in 1921 policy suicidal and will result in untold
financial disaster to the entire cotton oe
os the entire been during the
result of the present hnanc cate
following the expenditures of the
World and sacrifice of human life,
Large farmers holding their 1920 for hlsher
should their lands IN 1871 others
not plant than one-haf OF the
ZION Of cotton the cotton game tor one year ana
hay peas potatoes pea
nuts and hogs cattle and poultry Live "
, resu in putting the price back living values ana
viii make Southern independent Of Western c"cS ana
smok
49, half crop 1921 means hAahcE h'e'e"o'''
Another large will continued 'ci oiS
wreck acreage reouc'loh peoS
nd lin protect and the entire business lu
the South Stacker in this hour OF peril out prove
4 tb4 y-trld Southern manhood can Ee ana oNe'' '
emergency which confronts them.
THE AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIATION.
81 Matthews. S. >. 1922.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02

Who will represent Lexington
county in the contest for Queen Of
Palmafesta palmetto State FestivaD
to be held in the capital city March
27 to April 2? BY means of q popu-
lar voting contest through local
during the next tour
weeks, candidates will be chosen
from every county in South Carolina
who will go to Columbia as the guests
of the Palmafesta Association. which
organization will defray all expenses,
including railroad transportation,
hotel bills and entertainment. The
prominent Colulnbia society folks and
will feature in week Of entertain
ment and social gayety which prom
ises to rival the famous New Orleans
Mardi Gras. During the week an
election will be held in Columbia to
determine the most attractive and
popular young woman from among
the delegates assembled from the
various counties. The winner of this
contest will be proclaimed Queen Of
Palmafesta. and will be awarded a
grand prize consisting Of 4 complete
Spring trousseau of the finest apparel
obtainable. One Of the leading NOV
ing picture companies will film the
queen and her entire court, and this
specially selected galaxy of South
Carolina beauties will be sent far and
wide Via the movie screen to advertise
the Palmetto State.
Palmafesta is 10 be an annual
Spring event, held in the capital city
for the entertainment Of all the peo-
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02
CO..
HERE On FEB'Y STH.

The fourth number on the current
lyceun course will come to the Lex
ington school auditorium on next
Tuesday evening. February Sth. at
eight O'Clock, at which time MI. Lu
Ring and Miss Helen Louise Wolcott
will give to music lovers real treat
Mr.. Ring is lyric tenor Of national
reputation and a violinist of marked
ability. Miss Wolcott is a soprano
of wonderful range of many years eN-
perience in lyceum work and a recog-
nized dramatic reader Of great power
and expression.
Together they form forceful ly-
ceum team and their visit 20 LeNlnS-
ton is looked forward to with keen in
terest 10y all patrons Of the course
and is an unusual opportunity for the
neople generally to hear a concert by
real artists.
The curtain will rise promptly at
eight o'clock and it is respectfully
requested by the lyceum committee
of those desiring to attend that they
be seated by that time.
AS usual. prices for adults will be
seventy-five cents, children thirty-five.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02
SLEET STORM
DOES DAMAGE
Telephone Service Seriously
Crippled-Fences and
Forests Dam
aged.

The heavy fall of sleet and the
freeze accompanying it which struck
Lexington last Tuesday evening
wrought considerable damage to tele-
(phone poles and wires, to wire fences
land to the forests. Out of a total of
1900 telephones on the Lexington eN
change switchboard practically 800
were put temporarily out of commits
tsion and it required herculean ef
[forts on the part of the management
Ito get things back in shape again.
About two hundred poles along the
rural lines were felled by the burden
of ice and sleet. Many Of these, how
ever, have been replaced and while
lthe service is still not quite up to nor
NAL, it is vastly better and is improv-
ling daily.
Heavy damage to wire fences and
ITO pine forests is reported throughout
Idifferent parts of the county, while
the roads, particularly in the clay
country, have been left in bad fix by
| the melting ice and sleet.
Weather reports show that this was
one of the heaviest falls Of sleet ever
recorded in this section, though more
lice and, considerably lower tempera-
lures We're experienced in the winter
lof 1898.
Considerab bic Inconvenience was cX-
lperfenced in the town Of Lexington
"wednesday night by reason of the
failure of the light plant, owing to
weather conditions, but the damage
WAS promptly repaired and the lights
! were on as usual Thursday night.
The only apparent good from the
severe spell was the fact that maybe
some boil weevils were frozen to
death. but when it is considered that
each one Of these varmints is re-
sponsihle ror an offspring Of three
million a lew more or less left over
will make little difference.
From the upper part OF the state
reports5come Of a tremendous snow
| In Cherokee county as much as eight
inches of snow fell. while in Char
| Ilotte, y. c., it is said that the snow
storm was sc severe at times that &
person could see only lew 1eeI I'D
front of him.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02
LOCAL PRODUCTION WAS
SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY

The Japanese Girl visited LeNln2-
ton on last Monday evening and held
a delightful public reception III the
school auditorium where, through
her Oriental charm and native grace
and the attractivenesS Of her asSo-
ciates, she endeared herself ana
friends to the townspeople and num-
hers of their neighbors from the SUI
rounding country who had gathered
for the occasion.
TO say that the show given by the
lexington girls was a marked success
is but to tell the truth without M
bellishment. The whole performance
was characteristic of the smoothness
and precision with which well
trained team functions, and at no
tim. was there a single hitch or 4
loose cog to interfere with the con-
tinuity OF action.
O Hanu San, Miss Caro- Etird. very
effectively portrayed the part OF
.Iapancsc girl of position, her two
cousins O Kitu San and O kayo
San. found faithful and full imper-
sonation in Misses Ernestine Barre
and Hattie Lee Wingard. and there
could have been no more loyal and
attentive servant than Chaya. Miss
Sara Mildred Berly.
The TWINS. two chic and adVeN-
t,lresouc American girls. Misses
Pcarlc Caughman and Cecil Barre.
travelling in Japan with their "on"
hundred per cent" American COVER
ness. Miss May Lois BooZ"r. naturally
found a warm place in the Ac;srt @.
the audience both because g: their
impressive impersonatioHs aNd on ar-
rnuat uf the ready appeal o; iil" pert.
they played.
Ana to h;llunrr the rHSt 'nu Keep
IN. ih, ne from being i"' lr\iu!l!
ethereal #nd unreal. Mr., j. \. Barre
w;;:s w.ltul!y spmbTy ana I'"y serious
il his imr"rsnnaIion o. tn" MlHado.
= ,:nr 81 'ru.h :a"vr:'j':, I'D %t"r&-
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02
SEARCH SOUTH CAROLINA
FOR QUEEN OF PALMAFESTA

ple Of South Carolina. 1t will be q
week Of many and varied attractions
including the Statewide automobile
show exhibiting the late models OF
cars. trucks and tractors; the spring
style show, featuring the latest Gre
ations from the realm Of fashion by
professional models TO be imported
from New York for the occasion:
daily band concerts b. one Of Amer
ica's premier musical organizations;
floral, trades. automobile and baby
parades; fetes, dances, social events
and special attractions at all theatres.
with nightly exhibits of fireworks in
which will be featured specially de-
signed set pieces depicting important
ievents in South Carolina history. The
auto show, style show and fireworks
display will be staged at the State
Fair Grounds.
In order to secure the most popular
iyoung woman in Lexington County as
candidate for Queen OF Palmafestas
there is printed below a popularity
voting coupon which is to be filled out
and mailed as per instructions con-
tanned therein. Voting coupons will be
printed in each issue Of this news
paper up to and including the issue
Of March 9th, at which time the votes
will be counted and announcement OF
tn" winner made. There will be no
restriction upon the number of votes
each person may cast. Every coupon
clipped from this newspaper is good
for one vote, and a yearly, either new
or renewal, paid in advance subscrIp-
ton will count 100 votes.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02

The choral w"r:; was unusually
good and some OF the girls were so
featured that when correctly made
Up and c0StuE?ed. IS they We're, there
seemed to have bean real transfor-
NATION into litti" tipping, bowling.
smiling japanese.
To single out any part Of the per
formance for special mention would
be in sense to do injustice to the re-
,uainder Of the show. so suffice it to
say that it was effectively staged,
pret,;iy costumcd. and very delight
1ully and impressively rendered. 1t
is probably the most pretentious pro-
duction the local girls have ever at
tempted, and to say that it was enli-
nently successful in even the nlinutest
detail is only just and proper
Miss Essic Efird added greatly to
the occasion by iler artistic work at
the piano. And to Mrs. Jno. D. Car
roll is due recognition for the train
ing Of the cast, the general production
Of the operetta, and FOR the idea-for
it was she who first suggested having
q performance fo, the benefit of the
Legion, and the iulness OF her
thoughtful preparation for it was
abundantly obvious last Monday even
ing.
The tidy sum "t $40. WAS realized
from the play and turned oyer 10 the
Legion. less expenses.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02
MILLER'S TRANSFER co.
IN NEW QUARTERS

Ex-Sheriff Sim J. Miller has opened
up {, transfer and repair shop in the
building next to Meetze & Sons store
and is endeavoring to give the peSl
possiblc service to his patrons ana
friends. answering all calls, either day
or night.
Mr.. Miller will in a few days De
nrenared to do all kinds Of expert re-
nairing on automobiles, having al
ready purchased an up-to-date equip
,nent His telephone Nos. are shop,
127. residence 161.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02

Senator J. H. Johnson's bill proVlo-
ing for heavy fine for carrying con-
cealed weapons, with an unfavoranle
report. -
A bill by Representative Jackson
which has already passed the mouse
and has a favorable report in the
senate, designed to repeal Sec. 65S OF
the Code which requires a board to
be placed at the top of every wire
fence built within so feet of IA public
highway.
bill by Senator Rodgers to es-
tablish censorship of moving PIC
|tures. -
A bill by Senator Ragsdale to give
county authorities more voice in the
expenditure of the two-n1ill road tax
and the automobile license tax, re-
ported unfavora bly,.
Senator Johnstone's bill to proVloe
for reduced licenses for trucks used
solely for farm purposes.
House Bills.
Among the more important house
bills to come up for discussion IS one
to provide for paying defclt Oh
about $4,000 created by the state
!sunerintendent of education is con-
struing the act giving state aid Tor
tea achers' salaries in such a way as
TO give what practically amounts 10
hack nav, to some teachers. A strong
tight j. being waged against this Dill.
Other bills Of more or less interest
IN the horse calendar may be sum-
married as follows:
To provide for women voting IN all
elections.
To exempt women from jury duty.
To prohibit state and county Off
GERS from expending more than ap-
propriated. The bill. which is
fathered by Representative Bucklng-
Iham of Aiken, provides for the re-
1ooval of any officer violating its pro-
Visions.
To abolish truant officers il u great
many counties.
To require cotton mills to stop one
hour ior dinner. ~.
TO make notes for purchase money
of automobiles a first lien.
To abolish pool rooms.
To amend the state prohibition law
to conform with the national law,
To fix a minimum wage for women.
r.. Tax Extension.
Nothing definite has yet been done
in regard to the extension of time tor
nayment of taxes. Both the senate
and house have passed such bills, but
4beir provisions are different and
thew will have to be reconciled IN
some way, which has not so far been
done.
Governor. Cooper, w:.o has all along
been opposed to an extension, on the
ground that the State would not De
ahle to meet it's obligations, thus I'M
nairirg its credit, is reported by the
daily press as being willing to carry
his onposition to the print of vetolng
any such resolution.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02

. : = 80,
rIs,,,,r,,h hias Feb. 1.-As predlcteo Ill
;ss. x.ol,.ssfn last week little OF great
nee was accomplished IN 1he
RS9ssslaaure the past week. oolsA
SFna t;,,,a being necessarily devoted
q s....+,ans Chief interest in these
>ssAtered in the race for associate JUS
sof tae supreme court, in whlch
[ srsp Cothran of Greenville, was
|he successful candidate.
81 The race for chief game Warden
ss;s |s;;ses,,lfad in the selection Of A. A.
ss5E s5Ftiehardson, former game warden: en-
sEaae Hampton Gibbes, the present
lane warden, WAS not a candioaee
|ss Sanders was reelected super'n-
ssisndensspf TIE penittentiary.
Is sThe usual weekend recess was
sss.; ,.sn 81 the legislature Friday last
3anah the calendars of both houses
8 s. haginning to be well filed Win
I: si.,ils ssIe, OF more or less Importance.
An interesting hearing was held be-
So go. he senate committee on agricul-
3sl,e last week, participated in by
sss.,,arcns citizens of Horny county,
"a Sessre to have their county re-
main under free range conditions.
S4sr5;yg comfy has always remained
esknnf from the general provisions
.sss s.x,f the stock. The 1920 legislature
enacted a law putting the county un-
der the fence law to begin January OIL
s4fis year,Rand some citizens are com
niaining bitterly Of the law and ask
ste be returned to free range conol-
I 4ians. In view of the fight TO eradl-
cate cattle ticks and hog cholera they
sanay be denied their request for 1ree
1saage.
sF prediction is being made that the
EpHesent week will complete the near
siags on the general appropriation olll
ss4s,6 that the measure is likely to be
introduced III the mouse S'o''' 'AA
sszts, of February. If this is done ad-
s*Eiiournnient may be had within the 40
sday limit, which will expire Saturday
February 10.
" Iyp 20 the present few bills OF state,
wide interest have been passed, but
erbera are many of them on both cal
sandars. Among the more important OF
4hese may be mentioned:
Senate Bills.
M. n. ightman's bills to abolish the
tax commission, the board OF public
welfare and the highway commission
and to reduce the salaries of all
county and state officers, twenty per
cent All of these have unfavorable
reports.
senator j Johnstone's bill to prohibit
s;S,lanting more than one-third of land
tended in cotton, returned by COM
sn1ittee without recommendation.
senator Johnstone's bills relating
LID firearms and providing imprison-
sment and not fine for liquor law vio-
lators. both of which were reported
fayorably.
senator. Christensen's bill TO pro
;Side for women voting In primary
elections, reported favorably.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-02-02
VALENTINES PARTY AT
STI'N'S SCHOOL. HOUSE

There will be Il Valentines party.
fish Try. and other amusement az Con-
::;t""r sc:l""l. StyN. Saturday night.
February -. beginning ut $50 o.
riUrk
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14
MAKES RECORD TIME
 IN REPAIRING CABLE

Repair of cable put out of con- mission by the burning of the w. B. Smith store here Friday night, was accomplished by the Bell Telephone Company in record time and without almost any impairment of service to local patrons. J. F. Burke of Little Rock, district plant officer, supervis- ed the repair. Fire destroyed the 25- pair cable at 6:45 p. m., putting 75 foot ont of commission on the corner of Main and Chestnut streets. MT. Burke had the Ga :, a gam :! ack by } ; I. the following day.
 The repair is fair example of the efforts of the company to keep it's en- tire system in working order, with as little impairment of service as pos Isble.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14
WAY DOWN BASIL BIG GRIFFITH FILM, COMING White Grand to Exhibit Film Yer
 sion of Greatest Nelodrama- Four Days Here.

The Log Cabin Democrat congratu- lates Manager W. A. Nance of the White Grand upon his initiative and progressiveness shown in booking "Way Down East" the new D. W. Griffith film, for showing of four days at the Grand beginning with matinee tomorrow The White Grand also has other big features booked for exhibition in the near future. Some of them are "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, said to be the great est American picture, "The Four Musketeers," and "Disraeli."
 To produce his newest film, Grif- fifth took Lottie Blair Farker's Way Down East" and made from this gre a' est oI melodramas Q film which Eoldf, the audiences interest to even g greater degree than did "The Birth l of Nation" All of the action seen in the stage version of "Way Down Easc" is retained in the film, with many new climaxes and scenes pos sib!e in the movies, but not 00 ne stage. Lillian Gish and Richard Ba helmess head the excellent cast presented.
 Theatre goers of a quarter century ago recall Way Down East" as the most popular melodrama ever pro- duccd, being acted thousands of times after it's production by William A. Brady and standing out ahead of Denman Thompson's "Old Homestead" as the stage hit of century. As a revival of an old classic, 1t WI l. of interest to those who saw it on the stage and will possess new interest for those viewing it for the first time.
 Way Down East" when shown in the cities was priced at $1.50 down. Manager Nance has made attractive prices for the showing here with $1 for the best seats in the Grand He is advertising the big feature in neighboring towns, and it will prob ably attract considerable audience from out of town. The schedule of prices is very reasonable in view of the fact that Way Down East" was secured at five times the expense of any other film ever shown in Con- way.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14
1921 AVERAGES LOW
 AS MARRIAGE YEAR

Unless 1921 takes q spurt during the last half of November and De- cember, it will go on record as the lowest in the number of marriage li- censes issued since 1918. Up to to- day, County Clerk J. A. Hutto had issued just PIT licenses, as compared wth total of $50 in 1920, 344 in 1919, 300 in 1918, 367 in 1917 and 365 in 1916, the last two being the war years," when the totals were ab- normally large.
 MT. Hutto stated that slightly faster gait has been struck during the present month, and ne looks for the year to come in ahead of 1918 at least. December is usually good month, he said.
 r.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14

rilton, president of the alumni associa-
 ion, presided and introduced as speak CTS Pres. B. w. Torreyson, who spoke Of the needs of the institution; Prof. J. J, Doyne of Lonoke, first president O. the school; Mrs. Joseph Frauenthal, who presented the student loan fund raised by the Arkansas Federation of
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14

Women's Clubs, and Mr. Frauenthal, who is a trustee of tte institution.
 The banquet was leld at the Hotel Marion, and the 75 or more alumni presented showed great interest in the student loan fund. A considerable contribution was made by the number in attendance and $2,OOO pledged for
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14

the association. The fund is handled by the federation as loans to worthy students at the State Normal, Uni versity of Arkansas and the four agricultural schools.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14
AIUMNI OF NORMAL
 BANQUET, ELECT DAY

Alumni of the State Normal School heEh their annual banquet at Little koek on Friday night, in connection uiih the meeting of the Arkansas Edu- xssional Association. Joe Day of Mor-
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14

Milton J. Hexter of McGehee, for merly resident of Conway, arrived this morning for short visit to friends here.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14

Warren Johnston spent Sunday in Fort Smith with friends.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-14

Old papers for sale at this office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-17

sible, should be carried on at small
Ter cost.
Il doubt the wisdom of any Govern
ment interference with business which
protects Just one kind Of business.
When the government decides that the
return on the stock Of railways should
be six per cent and effects a series OF
freights and passengers TO yield that
return. this excess money must be taxi
en- from other industries. We are tax
ing Peter to pay Paul. The laying Of
taxes under our constitution by the
government, If they are direct must be
in proportion to population. If they
are indirect they should be laik as in
ternal revenue tax on commodities. /
doubt If tax laid by raising railroad
rates is either just or constitutional.
MY plea, therefore, is that all the
business organizations of this country,
should share as nearly equally as pos
sible in the burdens which necessarily
follow the initiation, the waste and the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-17

municipal and national may justly per-
form, that is, in limiting the amount
OF profit and in diminishing, as far as
possible, the number of hands through
which foods must pass. Every time
you have new agent you must have
a new expense. There are Just three
or at most. four necessary agencies
that stand at the present time, and in
our present system. between the pro-
ducer of food and the consumer. These
three are; First. transportation Sec
ond, wholesale or jobbing, and Third,
retailing. 1t does not seem TO me pos
sible to ever feed our country under
its present system of distribution of
population directly from the producer
of food to the consumer.
"One great function of the law would
be TO prevent reselling. What we need
is a system which will make the farm
as productive as possible; we need bet
ter labor on the farm; We need a bet
ter transportation and that, il pos
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-17

should be in the state Of the agricul-
tural industry. No man can do lesiti-
mate business at a loss, at least, not
for any length Of time. | believe,
therefore, that the wholesaler should
have q reasonable profit. If the farm
er gets 10 per cent profit the wholesale
grocer should have a ten per cent pro-
fit. OF course, the actual profit be-
comes greater the greater the volume
of business and this is another reason
why the Wholesale business should be
of q respectable volume.
"I am not one of those who believes
in the government taking part in pri-
vate business. There is plenty of pub
lie business for the government to at
tend to. When it comes, however, to
the production of foods and their dis
tribution it seems to me that the
United States Government has no
function to perform. I, perhaps, should
modify this expression. There is a
function which a government, state,