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The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-09-06
TELLS HOW HE BEAT
THE BOIL WEEVILS.

Spartanburg. Sept. 1.-The first
bale of Spartanburg county cotton
was sold here today by T: 0. Fowler
of Reidsvil1e to G.. l.. O'Neale & Co..
FOR twenty-five cents per pound. The
first bale is fully a week earlier than
usual. Mr.. Fowler is quoted as say
ing he will make a bale to the acre on
q hundred acres, and will not be dam
aged by the weevil. He says he pre-
pared his land in the winter, choppins
all old stalks and burning them AID
generally clearing all ditch banks and
hedge rows. He continued TO cultivate
his cotton until the middle Of August.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-09-06
SCHOOL
BEGINS NEW YEAR

The Lexington public Schools
opened Monday morning with large
snumber Of patrons and pupils present.
Supt Il. E. Whittle says the enroll
ment the first day was 42S, this being
much larger number than last ses-
sion. All the teachers were at their
splaces and ready for work. The en-
SfoHnent in the high school depart
n1ent was s14s. The total enrolment
sldthis gear bids fair to reach 500.
~ The following issthe corps OF teach
ar: Primary department, Mrs. Sease,
misses Wingard, Corley and Taylor;
grammar grades, Misses Shull, Hill,
B.ocker and Bigby; high school, L..
white superintendent. Misses
sCoskrey. Dreher and Hendrix and c.
IS IS Addy. Mr.. Addy is at the head of
Che agricultural department.
The devotional exercises Monday
SInorning were conducted by the Rev.
SIR. obenschain. Short talks were
1aade by the ministers of the town.
superintendent Whittle presided, in
troducing the speakers: the Rev. Mr. :.
ENThitten, pastor of the Methodist
schurch; the Rev. C. w. Wallace,
BaStor Of the Baptist church, and the
eF Mr.. Obenschain, pastor Of the
r z stheran church. The board OF
A tstees were present and each mem
made an interesting talk. n. P.
Ady, C. E. Leaphart and K. F.
- rald constitute the board. Mr..
little was the last speaker on the
bgsam and he spoke very earnestly,
fiaphasizing the policy efthe school
For the ensuing term. Every room in
The buildings is crowded. The pros
seets are very bright for the best year
assthe history Of the school.
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CARD FROM DR.. JAS. HARMAN

To the Editor of The Dispatch News:
Please allow me space in your col
umnS.
To the voters and taxpayers: l have
been complaining to get the study Of
chemistry in the rural schools. At
Ia they tell ne Swearingen has or
dered it to be taught. They read to
me where he said about US having
empty pockets;.' 1t looks to ne like
he wants US to- have empty stomachs.
It looks to me like he wants to have
ali his pockets running over ard his
stomach also.
Now voters, if you will take my ad-
vice you will take Washington's plan
and give him a vacation as l think
we have got a good and better COM
petent man and I think we will have
less confusion about the schools and
get better service from them.
:: I am writing for the benefit Of the
government. and people.
Hoping that you will take my ad-
vice, in the future as think fourteen
years is long enoug., for any man to
~ sg ~
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TILE MODERN YOUNG MAN.
Waterbury American.)

For two years or SO the manners
and morals Of the modern girl have
been attacked and defended with
out intermission. We know, as re-
suit, that the modern gir' is pulling
the country down to-. ruir. and that
she is leading the country to more
natural better ways. We know that
much before.
There are signs now that the at
tack is being shifted. It is the mod
err young man who is apparently in
for a long session on the carpet. The
drug store survey is being conducted
man behind the tobacco counter
being asked if women are numbered
among his customers the woman be-
hind the toilet goods counter is asked
about her men customers. She gives
the information that men buy powder.
Some say it is for their mothers or
sisters. Others by the appearance of
their faces, "evidently" want it for
themselves. There is talk. too, Of
rouge and lip sticks sold to young
men. Then there is the defense that
the men only buy powder for use af-
ser shaving.
The college professors are at it,
too. They say the modern college
boy is effeminate and spineless. The
head Of the alumni association Of
Northwestern University says the uni
versity is turning out tea hounds
and "cake eaters instead Of athletes.
Reports from fashionable resorts in
France give much space to the atten-
ton attracted by mef fashion models,
with their wasp-waist coats and stun
ming foot-gear, singing the praises Of
their tailor. There is: material here
for the critics. =,
If the attack on thg modern young
man becomes general, he will have
defenders. We shall probably be re-
minded day after day. Of the silk
stockings, dainty ruffles and pow
dered hair of the men who won our
independence in Revolutionary days.
Then later on the young man himself
will enter the fray. He will say that
he is just like his father and grand
father at heart ~ D. j j 3
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that we farIiisr;

toiled ana. earned under the rays Of
a scorching sun or between the spin
ming frames Of a sweltering cotton
mill. This is the same crowd that
hooped and hollered WAR, WAR, and
sent your son and my son to the
trenches in France while they kept
their sons at home in NECESSARY
or gave them a soft
job in the army on this side. Will
you stand cheek to cheek and jowl to
jowl with this crowd Of Pot Bellied
'Pap-suckers, who have been increas
ing your taxes and robbing you of
your~honest money from year to year?
From what I can learn there has
been a general political unheaval all
over the state in regards to the House
Of Representatives It looks as if
we are going to have the best material
in the House that we have had in
years. What would all Of this
amount to with Mcleod sitting in the
Governors office ready to veto every
bill for the good Of the masses. Nc
Leod is backed by the corporations
and big business and if they don't ex-
pect something in return, why are
they putting up the money to run his
campaign?
= Brother farmers, the time has come
when we farmers must again rally
around the ballot box: as in the days
OF 1890 and 90 and elect Elk. Gov.
Cole L. Blease, who wears no mans
collar, who stands for the masses and
has the moral courage to say so.
Yours truly,
A Lexington County Farmer
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-09-06
LARGE RATTLESNAkE KILLED

Yesterday afternoon. James VIM
gard while on the hunt for a chicken
hawk came across a rattlesnaNe, three
and one-half feet long, with rattles
and a button in the field near Mr..
Eli Corlcy's. which he shot and
killed with shot gun. N. i. George
joining in with 4 pistol and tn, ) soon
put him to death and brought him
I'D street on exhibition.
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SMITff-SENN.

Married at the Methodist parsonage
in Lexington, Friday evening, Sep
teuber 1st at s p. m. Miss Agness
Smith to Mr.. Jodie r. Sem. both OF
Gilbert, Rev. H. A. Whitten Offici-
ating. They were accompanied by a
score OF their friends who extend con-
eratulations and best wishes for a
long and happy life.
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ST. STEPHENS EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH

Sunday school at 1000 a. m.
Mr.. B. H. Barre, Supt. Of Sunday
school.
Divine services at HOO a. m. and
500 D. m. The morning theme on
Sunday, September the 10th, will be:
1.-The Good Samaritan" The even
ing theme will be: "a Part in The
Church." To all the services the
public is most cordially invited.
ARTHUR B. OBENSCHAIN,
Pastor.
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HEADQUARTERS SOUTH CARO-
LIMA DIVISION UNITED con-
n Moderate VETERANS.
Columbia, s. c.,
August 2oth, 1922.
me life and perpetuity of the as
IS ion Of the United Confederate
depends for its futare influ-
asef fulnsss ii pom the local
esir Cen1rade;

ke Interest," ofs the maj
m member. This fact is being
Sfie more and more evident each
Ar as our reports show.
I'VE therefore urgently insist upon
every Confederate Veteran, and son of
@eonfederate veteran, to consider the
ximportance Of eenroling his name
npon the roster of the camp most con-
syenient to him, and to make an ef-
fort to induce others to do so.
& such action will strengthen our
local camp and increase our interest
lin keeping alive the undying prin-
eiples for which we fought" and in
still into our descendants e. proper
generation for the spirit and glory Of
their fathers, and to bring them into
association with us, that they may aid
sns IN accomplishing our object and
finally succeed us in the work. Let us
have your prompt and earnest atten-
tion to this matter, which is due to
yourselves, to our com 1es-who have
fallen by the way, and to our child
rem who follow us, that they may
know the principles that we stand for.
Begin now and satisfactory results
will surely follow your effort.
Prompt action ON our part is abso-
lutely necessary, while inattention
and neglect will result-at not distant
day in Gecreasing our number to
such an extent that our association
will cease to exist, and our noble aim
fall of it's purpose and die in the
& house of it's friends"
6 BY order of Major General W. A &.
Clark, Commander, South Carolina
Division, United Confederate Veter-
ans.
J. B. LEWIS,
Adjutant General and Chief Of Staff,
- Anderson, S. c.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-09-06

Sheriff Fred E. Quinn OF
York and Police Officer r. i. Steele
brought Farrs to the penitentiary at
II o'clock last night. Faris will be
held for safekeeping, trouble being
feared if he be left in the York jail.
The trip was made through the coun-
Try THE State.
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CAUGHMAN-McSWAIN.

A wedding Of unusual beauty and
interest throughout the state was that
of Miss Mary Addie Caughman and
Elridge Tracy McSwain of Columbia
which was solemnized at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C..
W. Caughman of Lexington, Tuesday
evening at $50 o'clock.
Only immediate relatives and few
intimate friends witnessed the mar
raige.
The ceremony room on this occa-
sion was beautifully decorated. South
ern smilax was effectively festooned.
Ferns, stately palms and smilaS
formed an altar. Sandelabra tied
with white tulle, holding the burning
tapers were placed on the altar and
tall DeS estals White baskets filed
with yellow flowers were placed at
intervals among the ferns and palms.
Before the ceremonwy Miss Chi
cora Caughman, sister of the bride,
beautifully rendered 'Dreaming." To
the strains Of the wedding march
from Lohengrin the bride and bride
groom entered.
The bride was unusually lovely in
her gown Of white canton crepe. Her
bouquet was of mbride roses show
cred with swansions.
The ring ceremony of the Lutheran
! church was used in most impress
sive manner ty the Rev. H. A. kist-
Ter, pastor Of the bride. Mcdowell S
| $50 a Wild Rose" was softly played
while the ceremony was being per-
formed -
|: The gift rooms We're decorated:twith
ferns and white baskets filled with
nlarigolds. A large number of pres
ents which were displayed, warmly
| attested the popularity of the Z, con-
tracing parties. :. -: -.
Immediately after the ceremony
green and gold block cream and cake
were served by Misses Annie and Chi
cora Caughman, Bertha Efird and
! Mrs. Wilbur Caughman.
Mrs. McSwain is the second daugh-
ter Of MF. and Mrs. G. w. caughman:
She is a young woman Of charming
personality and attractiveness. She is
a graduate of Winthrop college in the
|lass tlnasA q has aaaa
shown apihty IN teaching.
! The bridegroom is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. W. A. McSwain of Colum-
| bia and is a young man of sterling
worth and charact He is gradu-
ate Of Newberry college in the class
Of 1919.
During the evening the young
couple left for the mountains of
North Carolina and on their return
will be at home at Spencer, n. c.,
| where Mr.. McSwain is principal of the
| school.
The brides going away gown was
| of blue poiret twill with hat and ac-
| cessories to match.
| Among the out Of town guests
were: Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Nc
| Swain, George McSwain and L. l..
Lee Of Columbia; Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
( McSwain, DR.. and Mrs. S. J. Der
rick, Prof. and Mrs. James Kinard Of
/ Newberry; Miss Helen Watson of
Wagner; Ned Prettyman and Leon
Brown Of Spencer and Mrs. T. H.
Dreher Of Mieanopy, Fla. .
!
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ENTERTAINS IN HONOR
OF VISITING COUSIN

= On Monday evening at their home
near Red Bank, Misses Sue and Pansy
Corley entertained a number Of their
friends in honor Of their cousin, Miss
Seabelle Padgett, Of Saluda. The
following were present: Misses Berdie
and Ia Mae Day, Nellie Mae Goodwin,
Cleo Howard, Pansy Taylor, Ruth and
Mae Atkins, Lille Pound, Leila Ky
ger. Ruth Harmon. Mr.. ard Mrs.
Earle Corley, Messrs. kindaIl Field.
Ray Goodwin, Broadus Hall, Ray
mond Day, Lee Waits, Cecil Roof
Smith.
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POSTMASTER SoRGE
MAaKk GOOD RECORD

Postmaster @ George has re-
ceived letter the treasury de-
partment in Wangton stating that
he had made aeEeomparative rec
ord in the sale o treasury saving GER
tificates for thes 6nth of~July. The
Lexington office I'm the third class.
and in South 6na only one first
class office. Cha ston, reported lar
ger sales than lngton. For the
month of Mr.. George
sold $500 90 sWoH ef the certificates,
going ahead of artanburg. Green
Vile, Columbia, nter and Florence,
all first class als ~ = =
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-09-06

5 Most Of the people about the world
who are fighting for freedom are
fighting for the right to boss.
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A, FARMER oR BnEAsE ::

-
To the Editor 81 We Dispa'
Please allow 1 space in
liable paper to ress my
regard to this se and
race for governa Only to
I were competa ito do
this subject. M Ever, I c
main quet wheA see that
again trying to- d the +;
the Political sla Liter Pen
the first primal Tuesday
ago, certain dal newspaI
been lam stina Gov. E
mercifully. WI Ere they
. Brother Farnef here is Z;
sthey hand tou this
of stuff to elees ehard /.
and Robert A. 1er and
lowed the bait2 you go
it again? ~.
=" Why don't the 81 you tt
beat Mcleod ina b home
(Lee)5. l1se to sand tn
lead the ticket swber'
where he wass and !! :
Mcleod is such gEsat m
deliverer as thpss aswspar P
him mp te i be-, does
tLee9 VI 6gainst
regret to admit for a r
years ! have bee ayed ir
tics 8by these 81 Rewspal
alas, their sins M pyertal
This tax piund owd 9
parasites have ears s
Sc,
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TAXES COMING IN.

A Lexington County Farmer t..
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An inquest will be held Tomorrow.
morning, being postponed from this
AFTERNOON on$ account Of the absence
OF Coroner paul G.. McCorkle Of:
York.
Faris did the shooting from the
front porch of his home, firing across
..asensrroa g iffetse info
New-York tribune., 1922-03-04
Kermit Tells of Time Teddy
Pilfered Lunch in Hosts Home

there unbidden. and were having a
really hearty time of it, my father
and |. when we heard the Governor
roaming around and calling for us.
We kept very still, hoping that the
room and give us chance to beat it
first thing We knew he stakcd right
testing on cold chicken and other
things. never shall forget the ex-
preston on my fathers face. There
wasn't much to say. OF course, the
Governor was exceedingly nice about
1t and tried to make us as comfortable
as possible. When finally we were
alone my father said to me: by George
Kermit, | felt exactly as if | had been
n small boy and my mother had caught
me pilfering in the pantry"
DR.. G. LenoX Curtis president OF
the camp, presided at the dinner last
night at tho Astor, which as usual in.
cluded game from the wilds Of Canada
The toastmsster was the Rev. DR.. Aller
MacRossic, and the special guest Of
honor was e. NJ. Macdonald, X. c., Of
Pictou, Nova Scotia. The speakers in
Guided Major A. F. Smm ons, New
York: c. Price Green, Toronto; Neil
McDougall, Port Arthur, Ont; Hcnr!
Collins Walsh, New York. and Thomas
Travis, Phi. D., Jersey City.
The menu included oysters from
New Brunswick, fish from Lake Mani
toba, loin Of buffalo from Alberta
venison and partridge from Ontari'
and beaver tails from Lake Huron.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-04
W. B. Vanderlip to Russia
TO Aid White-Collar Glass
Promoter Plans to Raise Funds
Here to Assist Professional
Persons in Distress

Washington B. Vanderlip. the Los
Angeles promoter. who returned from
Russia .srar ago with large concessions
from the s-@Niet government, sailed yes
terday on tne Royal Mail liner Orduna
on return trip 10 the realm of Trotzky
and Lcnine.
Apart from renewing his business
activities in Petrograd, he goes to Rus
sia as philanthropist desirous Of re-
levirg the distress Of the "white collar
class made up of lawyers, teachers.
physicians, actors and singers. who. he
asserted, do not fare as well as the
lower classes.
MIR. Vanderlip's funds are vet in en-
bryo. He has left the task of raising
them to weekly newspaper that vii!
solicit money through its columns for
six months. Whatever cash is sub
scribed will be used, he said, in pur-
chasing supplies from the American
Relief Commission in Russia for the
needy professional class.
Mr.. Vanderlip has as fellow passen-
gers Nine. Jeanne GrolIeau, of Paris:
ner daughter, Mile. Raymonde and the
latter's young son, Georges, who we're
deported to Cherbourg by the immigra-
tion authorities. The three arrived
here recently on the Orduna. Mile.
Raymonde Grolleau said the child's
father is former soldier of the A. +.
r. whose home is in Waco, Tex. After
her case had been heard by board
of special inquiry she and her mother
and child were ordered deported.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-04
Rail Board Establishes
Rules for Wire Operators
Time and One~half Pay for All
Work Over Eight Hours
Is Wiped Out

CHICAGO, March 3.-A code Of
twenty-five rules governing hours and
working conditions Of telegraph and
telephone operators on RAILWAYS ali
over the country was promulgated bv
the Railroad Labor Board tonight Tho
rules will replace previous fragmentarv
agreements and form the first com
plete set Of rules drawn up primarily
by the board They become effective
March Is.
Wiping out the practice Of time and
one-half pay for all work over eight
hours, the board ordered only straight
time for the first nine hours. WITH
time and one-half thereafter, and per
mitted institution Of split tricks with
eight hours work over a period Of
twelve hours. Previously only agents
operating telephones and receiving less
than $50 month were on a split trick
basis.
AS result Of the decision MANY
small stations of the country's $4,000
railway points are expected to be re-
opened
Eight hours is specified as a davis
work in principle.
To-days decision completes the ;s-
suance Of rules, matter which has
been pending for two years before
the board for all classes of railway
men except the engineers. fremen
conductors, trainmen and switchmen.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-04
Contractor Held
For His Failure to
Marry Girl of Is
Mother Says Gifts 10 Daugh-
ter Were Taken Back;
Society Causes Arrest on
Charges Made i'll Letter

Louls Fagnant, a general contractor
and builder, was arrested last night in
his apartment at i44 West 105th Street
on a charge made by agents of the
New York Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Children in behalf Of
Alice kelly, fifteen -vear-old daughter
of Fagnant's former housckcepcr.
After he had been booked at the
West Tooth Street police station Fag-
nant Was taken to Police Headquarters,
where he will be placed in the lineup
this morning.
Detectives Trojan and Fitzgerald,
who arrested him, said Fagnant had
told them that the story told by tho
girl and her mother, which included
said, according to The detectives, that
he was married man. He had three
grown-up children by his frat wife. he
said, and his second wife was now in
Canada with their children--two girls.
three and four years old, respectively.
Fagnant is thirty-nnc years old
His contracting firm has its Office on
Fiftyfourth Street. Corona. Queens.
The charge which the Children's So
ciety made against him had its origin
in an anonymous letter received by
ernest ~. COULTER. pcrlntcnOent o.
the society AS a result Of the lctte,
he sent agents to interrogate Mrs. 10.
hanna Kelly and her daughter, Alice
The story they brought back was a
strange one, but Mr.. Coulter found il
credible
Mrs. Kelly said that her husband
died last year and soon aftcrward she
received a letter from Fagnant asking
her to take a position as his house
keeper. She went to his apartment in
that capacity, taking Alice with her
and remained for three months.
She left. she said. because Of The
evident attachment between her fiji
-yearold daughter and her en-
+ ployer. She said that she interrogated
her daughter and was assured that
/ strange as it appeared. she was en-.
gagged to marry Fagnant.
In proof of this statement, said Mrs
! Kelly, Alice showed her diamond en-
gagemcnt ring, wedding ring and i
string Of pearls. These. the girl said
had been given to her by her "hance'
and the wedding was to take place ir
January, after which they would 90 tt
| Canada.
Before January, Mrs. Kelly said, tho
engagement" was broken and the gifts
! which Alice said she had received from
New-York tribune., 1922-03-04
Princess Radziwill Cleared
Court Criticizes Conduct. hut
Sees No Proof of Fraud

Mrs. Catherine May Kolb- Danvin, OF
o46 West 124th Street, known also as
Princess Hn9hiw:l Of Russia, on trial
in the Court Of Special 5ss>.c:-.s
charged with deirauding the Hotel
Embassy out Of s1,239, was discharged
yesterday by Justices Edwards. Moss
and Hcaly. Justices Edwards and Moss
voted mot guilty" and Justice Healy
voted "guilty.'
Justice Edwards said eve don't ad-
miro this lady's conduct. She appar-
emily lived beyond her means, but
there is not sufficient proof Of
fraudulent irtcnt. There is no proof
Of falsity Of the statements she made"
The princess was represented by
General Stillman r. kNecland. veteran
of the Civil and Spanish-American
wars. who contcndcd that the matter
vas one for the civil courts.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-04

ply their trade chiefly in New York
City
A bill of Senator Salvatore A. Co.
tlllo, of New York, provides for an edu-
cational test by the state agents to de-
tsrmine the qualifications and fitness
or appleNrts Ger appointment az no.
taries public
Those familiar with conditions in the
large cities declare that the ambulance
chaser and other undesrables fleece
foreigners ignorant of our laws
through their title as notary public In
most Of Continental Europe notary
public is = man of consequence in the
community, generally q retired Judge,
whose word on legal matters is re
gardcd as authorative. Undes esirables
from these parts Of Europe. devoid Of
legal training. who managed to get ap-
pointed notary public, have taken ad-
vantage Of their countrymcn who are
unaware that practically the only re-
quirements in this state for qualifica-
tion as notary public is ward
politicians recommendation and 81 for
a notary's seal
Senator Tolbert, by general bill.
would remove all sex restrictions in
public Office, thus enabling woman
to fill any place of the state govern
ment or any of it's poltca! sub
divisions.