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The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19

Large preparations are III the MAX
Sing Tor the Center Union rally on
] ssatuasH. August S, at which time the
people ZOE Lexington and some from
ouixslde; VIII. be treated to a day OF
pleassre ana profit This annual
sesehts which was started In small
way several years ago, has grown to
ssbe one of the largest gatherings
staged ln Iexanston county, each year,
vhsch Thousands Of people go Last
sveax3hsrs were In attendance up
Wsrds af z.ess; and q stiH larger as
sisns sxpecsed thissyear.
eaeh annasI gathering speakers
x1f side sxpsa1snce and reputation are
Z % snd with q nsessahe well worth
ana the coming event win be
exeeptiou 20 date three men Of
ssnsn asllsty ha: accepted invita-
tieps d bes gresant and deliver ad-
treses
- Ds Badger of the United
States nspaItnnsnt OF agriculture has
saceepasd an invitation. and viii speak
on DairytnE 3 Many OF the people of
3 this territory remansr him
gplaasantas, as he sed Lex
nsson aud diences Former occasions.
I s,sssss 81 yrS1tars alsoS ne the
'alss ssats dspartment of agricul-
w1 present and speak on
Ra = Both of these
ers ars experts in their lines,
bstng messages well worth
Stter one who has accepted
TO take part lin the
shtt 1sses not need any 5introdue-,
sexinst Hon. A.. Frank
Lexingto tonian, who.
snted is district fn congress
s & @ IS seara, ana aater vas
sisS e asla Federal Farn Loan
nd IS present IS prssident OF
5eink E6ck and Farm Loan bank.
sasin address "a the
credits vita;
tlaese nth broad Visions and
ped sef seaesal soondi-
sheSp Speople are assured Of a day.
|;s nsak1t
from the speeches there Will
sssssd A harseeue and picnic din
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19
CLUB MEETING.

Mrs. w. E. Humphries was host
ess to the Priscilla club Thursday af-
ternoon. A delicious salad course
was served. The club will meet with
Mesdames Sigh and Norman next
Thursday afternoon at 4:30.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19
BARN DESTROYED By
LIGHTNING AT SWANSEA

Swansea, July 17.--Messrs. Witt
last Friday evening. The barn was
filled with oats. barley, corn and
fac implements. They estimate
their loss at 5000. 90 with no insur-
-aRee. The fire occurred between 5
and CLOCK. during severe elec-
stricaf and rain storm.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19
FORD RETAIL SALES
MAKE NEW RECORD Z.
Company Reports Total Sales Have
Reached 5,7Oe Machines a Day.

Retail sales of Ford cars, trucks
and tractors established a new high
record during June, when, according
to a statement issued from the Ford
Factory at Detroit. an average OF 81;
700 machines were sold daily.
Ford sales have been showing a,
constant increase each month this
year: June being the highest in the
history of. the Company with total
'of 144S,43s cars. trucks and tractors.
OF this number, 6,054 were sold hy
the Ford Company Of Canada and g.
435 ythe various European Ford
Companies and South American
!; Branches, reaching purchasers in
practically every civilized country in
the world.
With the closing of business for
June, Ford records disclosed the fact
that total sales for the first six
months Of 1922 were we'll over the
half-million mark, the exact figures
being 652,261. This is also a new
high record. as it is considerably in
advance of any previous half-year
period. ..
July Ford sales are expected to
equal and proba bly, eclipse June. The
estimated output of cars, trucks and
tractors has been placed at 151,767,
altho dealers have requisitioned more
than 100000.
Ford officials state that every at
tempt has been made to supply their
dealers with sufficient cars to fill
their orders, but that for the past
three months, prompt deliveries have
been impossible with some Of the
types The demand for Ford enclosed
ears has been especially hard to meet,
due to the ever-increasiag popularity
of the Coupe and Sedan for all year.
around use.
A reflection Of general business
conditions is seen in the record Of
Ford truck sales. which show an in
crease of eighty-four per cent over
last year. Merchants and farmers
alike have come to recognize the util-
ity of the motor truck in cutting
transportation costs and speeding up
deliveries, and the fact that they are
buying nearly twice as many now as
year ago clearly points to better tusi-
ness conditions.
At the present time Ford is employ
ing 49, 900 men in Detroit.
Newedd-'Tm afraid we're going to
find it hard to get COAL
Mrs. Newedd- Oh, dear! do wish
+hax,,d p1opt 1arpar erOnS in the coal
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19
Club rolls close the 25th.
~~'
AMEN

To the Editor Of The DISPATCH News.
Please allow me space in your
paper to say Amen to what DR.. James
Harnnan and J. o. Hallman have
said about the tax question.
TAXPAYER.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19
PROGRAM CENTRAL -
CONFERENCE, JULY 2e-2z

Following is the program which has
been prepared for the Central Con-
ference of the South Carolina Synod
which will meet at Nazareth church,
Rev. O.. B. Shearouse, pastor, July
26-27, 1922: ....--.. - -....'. =; -
10a Reorganization :.
II a. ,m.-Sermon by Rev. J. A.
Shealy, followed. by the holy,,..eonn-
munion.
Intermission.
Discussions: Cd How Should the
Church Deal with Unfaithful and In
consistent Members-Dr. Jas. D.
Kinard; Judge C. J. Kinball; CD The
Vicarious Atonement-Dr. j. w.
HORNE.
Thursday.
$50 a. m. .-Devotions-Dr. P. E.
Monroe.
Business.
Discussion: Cd The Need of More
Pastors, a Challenge to the Young
Men of the Church. DR.. w. H.
Greever. Rev. P. D. Brown; -. CD
Our Colleges and the Educational
Fund-Dr. Mccullough, Dr.. Monroe,
DR.. S. J. Derrick.
Speakers will please be brief.
Persons coming by train are re-
auested to notify Pastor O. b.
Shearouse, Lexington.
Last call to enroll. Sign before the
2@th.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19
By Request

When the band had finished play
ing, a tired-looking diner beckoned
to the conductor.
"Do you play anything by request?''
he asked.
"Certainly!" replied the conduc-
tor.
well, then" retorted the diner
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19

s If you want to vote sign the club
roll before the 25th.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19
Club rolls close the 25th.

1t is ever5one's duty to enroll for
the PRIMARY.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19

Newedd-'I'm afraid we're going to
find it hard to get COAL
Mrs. Newedd-O Oh, dear! I do wish
they'd plant larger crops in the coal
fields"
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19

week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

conqueror, then God comes in. God does not spoil His children. He helps those who help themselves also--God leads and prospers those of Ills chill dren who will follow the path he gives them.
 "The difference In travelling alone or travelling with God Is this; The sureness of the victory. And, more. after the rough road. after the gates, after the bars, after we enter the city, I will show to you and give to you the treasures of darkness 1t means that after the victory and the possession of all the visible wealth and power that go with Il, children of God are led also to the hidden and undreamed of wealth.
 This last Is unfought for, hither- to unseen, It is the further reward, tho thing unexpected yet greater. Such are the great gifts of God: After the fight for the visible treas ure, then comes the real great treas- ure of God; treasures of light and Knowledge and truth-the very by- products of God"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
Mrs. Kelley Dies tn
 Meridian as Result
 of Shooting Affair

Meridian, Miss, January 1.-(Spe- cial.)-Mrs. Bessie Kelley. who was wounded by bullets from a pistol all legged to have been fired by her hus- band. A. N. Kelley, prominent clean ing and pressing establishment pro- prietor. in the Deiley home In Meri- dian about three weeks ago, died at an early hour today.
 The husband who had been released on bond of s5,OOO. was rearrested i'm mediately following Mrs. Kelley s death. a formal charge of manslaugh- ter being made against him. and he was again released, the second bond, which he gave at once, being fixed at s10,0o0.
 The death of Mrs. Kelley, who had been removed to her home from Tur- ner's hospital Friday, and who, 1t was thought would speedily recover, was a shock to the entire city. Death is attributed. 1t is stated, directly to hear failure. brought about by her weakened condition. due to the pistol shot wounds she received, one in the side and another in the arm near the shoulder. Besides the husband, she is survived by three small children.
 -.s-----
 MERCHANTS OPTIMISTIC
 Huntsville, January 1-tSpecial)- Huntsville merchants are. without
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
ANDREW AND
 IMOGENE
By ROE FuLKERsoN

"So far as I am concerned," said Imogene, "I don't think she will ever get married.
 "She has the worst luck of any girl I ever saw in my lifo She was en- gagged to that young Allan fellow He got mixed up in some sort of an affair down at the bank where he was, and they sent him up to Alaska and he never came back, although I did hear Billy Sands say that he was lucky they didn't send somebody after him, so I guess they must have wanted him back here, but anyway, she wrote him letters for awhile and then they just naturally died out.
 "Then she fell in love with that Edwards boy. and he turned out to be d lounge lizard and ."
 "Whist" broke in Andrew, what was 1t you called Edwards7"
 "I called him a lounge lizard" re- piled Imogene. "Why?"
 "Will you kindly describe for your poor ignorant husband the habitat, geological classification, down to the genera and species ard add few words of home life of lounge lizardf I have never met with this form of reptile"
 '.They are reptiles. all right" chat itered Imogene. "Giris cali man a l lounge lizard when he comes to the house night after night and gets a comfortable place on(a lounge. dav- enport or cozy corner and just stays there.
 "A lounge lizard never takes a girl i to the theatre; he seems to have a sort of aversion to buying theatre tickets or going around the corner to | the movie even.
 "The perfect specimen of lounge | lizard has nothing to spend but his time and no place to go but home. which he never does as long as there I Is an excuse for, staying. ] He has a weakness for all sorts | of refreshments in the way of tea, l cakes, apples, fathers cigars. and II a decanter is on the sideboard he can be i feeling very badly at times. "A lounge lizard never makes a husband. He simply wastes the time of the girl he goes to see and keeps desirable men away, and the only 1 thing for a girl to do who gets a lounge lizard. basking in the sunshine | of her smile, is to freeze him out. 1 "Only a married woman can afford | t,o have lounge lizards around.
 "They make fair substitute for l a chow dog or . canary bird because they have no feelings and can be put out when convenient.
 But for single girl to get one saddled on her Is real misfortune | and 1t Is often the case that she doesn't know what he Is until she has wasted several months of her time on him.
 l ..Now, as l was saying. after that Allan fellow went to Alaska. she caught this fellow Edwards and he I proved to be lounge lizard and ."
 Lounge lizrad," repeated Andrew. DO you know l like that. have seen some of them. too. used to l call on a girl out in Hetherton who used to
 "When?" asked Imogene, suddenly.
 ..Oh, a long, long time ago." said Andrew. What were you sayingr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
INDIFFERENCE OF
 MEN ID RELIGION
pr. J. 4. MaCSpofrah Talks on the Gifts and Gain
 Ahead

Before a large congregation at the First Presbyterian church yesterday morning Dr. John A. MacSporrau preached timely and convincing ser mon, taking his text from Isaiah 45: 2s, T will go before thee. and make the crooked places straight I will break in pieces the gates of brass and cut in sunder the bars of iron And l will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places that thou mayest know that thet Lord. which call thee by thy name. am the God of Israel"
 Speaking on the threshold of & new year, pr. MacSporran said that the supreme factor in the year ahead for all men was, Where does God come in? Men asked how will He enter how can He enter-into my personal problems and situatlons7"
 Indifference to religion" contin- ued Dr, MacSporran. '1s not due 10 perversity and sinfulness. If msn could find God in their world, if they could believe they could have such a friend and ally, of course they would seek Hip. But. because they don't see when and where and how God comes in, they fail to make the still within the churches, though to them their religion is but a pious symbol, not vital surge in them.
 How we answer this question makes all the difference in how we face the future. Shall it be cold, gloomy fight alone. or shall we have the joyous companionship of our God7
 "yhen A man is nrepared to be A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

as fast as his legs would take him, for that crust was strong enough to bear hiim. He had lost all desire Cor a dinner of young Deer: His one thoughk was to get away from that angry Mother Deer.
 Motlser Deer plunged after him, but her sharp hoofs cut through the crust and she broke through up to her hApck. Twice more she plunged. Then she gave it up and floundered out and hurried to the helpless young Deer. She tramped down the sno " around him and in a few minutes he was back in the path. Weekly he fol- lowed at her heels, crowding as close to her as he could as she led the way back to where she had left his sister.
 When jolly. round. bright MT. Sun looked down on the Green Forest the next morning he smiled as he saw the Deer family in their yard. It was New Years morning and the happicst New Year that ever was. You see, the headstrong young Deer was safe. He was safe and he was no longer hteadstrong. He knew, and his moth eg knew, that he had learned les son he never would forget, the les son that older folk know best. Never again would he be disobedient or IineeuleSS, lie was, on! so happy to De ,alive and safe; And his mother and ,sister and his father, too, were just as happy to have him alive and safe.
 It was a happy New Year for Old Man Coyote, too. On his way home from the Green Forest, his stomach still empty, he had visited Farmer Browns dooryard and there he had found half a spoiled ham that had been hung outside. By jumping he had reached it and the string had broken. It might have been spoiled for Farmer Brown, but 1t wasn't for Old Man Coyote. Such feast as ne had! So with a full stomach he had reached his home in the Old Pasture just at the break of day.
 T am rather glad I didn't get that young Deer, after all," said Old Man Coyote to himself as he prepared to sleep. T hope he is as happy as I am. l hope everybody Is happy
 And this. of-course. was just the right kind of a New Years wish.
 Copyright, 1922, T. ". Burgess)
 The next story: "old Man Coyote Rnua
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
MAN ON THE FENCE" SUBJECT OF SERMON
 BY REV. M. I. POWELL

Declaring that fences have their purpose. and that some men could not do without them, but that they are not made to loaf on, Rev. ". I. Pow ell, pastor of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church., preached on "The Man on the Fence." Mir. PowelI's text was from Matthew vi:24, and his ser mon in part follows:
 Let us begin the new year with the determination that for the bal ance of our lives, come what may, we are fully, oonclusiveiy and all the time for God.
 Fences have their purposes in this world. Some folks could not get along without them, but they never were made to loaf on--they were made for other purposes. The great est microscope ever made cannot dis cover a fraction of an inch of ground for a neutral person. You are either on Gods side or you are against Him; you either gather with Him or scatter abroad. There Is no neutral ground.
 Takes Purpose in Life
 Tt takes purpose in life to or ganize all the clements of our being III any O1o uii cStiOu. A man WlInOul a purpose Is like ship without a rudder--he may keep going. but never gets anywhere. He just blows about here and there, as the wind may change hls course. Intense devotion to a purpose has a wonderful influ- once In organizing all the leading powers of our being, and helps us to overcome weakness and uain. We should be decided, clean-cut and of one idea, where Christianity is con- cerned. Men who have left their stamp upon this world have been men of prompt and great decision. They were not controlled by circum stances. nor dependenet upon events, but events had to be dependent upon them. The hesitating man or woman Is at the mercy of the last man to whom they talk; liable to change about at any time.
 "The world today Is confronted with tremendous problems; force. diplo- macy. philosophy. prosperity and even education have failed to solve them The one thing that has not failed Is the Christian religion. The best New Years resolution in the world is ar absolute. heroic decision. With pur- pose of heart I will cleave unto the Lord and do His work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02


 The headstrong young Deer, who was helpless in the deep snow into which in his fright he had SO heed lessly and foollshly plunged instead of staying in the paths as his mother had warned him to do in time of more than a minute to live. There was Old Man Coyote, his lips drawn back to show his wicked looking teeth. only three leaps away. And Old Man Coyote was just as sure that he was about to have that din ner he had dreamed about so long.
 But both had forgotten one thing the power of a mothers love. Mother Deer had been some little distance away when she had heard the first bleat of fright from the lost little, Deer. She had missed him and had, been anxiously trotting this way and that way in the little paths that, crossed and recrossed, looking for him. At the sound of that bleat she knew he was in trouble, dreadful trouble. She whirled and started an the direction that voice had come from.
 Again came that pitiful bleat and in 1t this time was hopelessnetss Mother Deer didn't stop to follow around by the path. With mighty leap she bounded across into the snow, 1eaped again and once again and landed in the very path in wtaS ch was Old Man Coyote just ready to spring on the headstrong young Deer. Mother iDeer's usually soft eyes were blazing with rage. The hair along her back and neck stood orE end With her sharp-edged hoofs she struck at old Man Coyote, and 1t was only because he jumped aside just in the nick of time that his backswasnt broken.
 As 1t was, one of those sharp hoofs struck him hard enough to make him yelp. Again Mother Deer stpuck at him, and again Old Man Coyote lodged. Then he leaped out of the path onto the crusted snow and with his tail between his legs started off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

exception. optimistic over the ney. year and believe that 1922 will be a great deal better for business than has been the year just passed. One thing they point to Is that there are several thousand bales of cotton stored In the warehouses here by farmers who will not sell 1t until there is a rise in the price When this cotton is turned loose, it will put money in circulation and many be- lieve that time will come during the spring. There have been but few business changes for the new year and nearly all firms now in business will continue. sf1eif
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
CAPTURE STILL

Huntsville. January 1.-(Special.)-- Deputies of Sheriff John Lowe's force have reported the capture of 50- gallon still in Monrovia precinct. and the arrest of Jesse Hall and Dickson Moore. who are charged with having was large quantity of mash on hand. also five gallons of finished corn liquor. according to the officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
FUNERAL SERVICES

Funeral services for Calvin Jones. S6 years old. citizen of the Morrisville community. whose death occurred Friday night. were held from tho Morrisville Baptist church Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large audience of sorrowing friends. MT. Jones had lived practically all of his life in Calhoun $ousty and had for many years been an active and con- sistent member If the Baptist church. He Is survived hH two daughters and one son
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
Daily Menu

Breakfnst Orange and Grape Juice Fried Pan Fish Potato Biscuits
 Coffee
 Luncheon Vegetable Salad with Mayonnaise Rolls Cocoa Hot Spice Cake. Foamy Sauce
 Dinner Celery Soup Croutons Cold Sliced Turkey
 Pickled Peaches
 Dressing Cakes French Fried Potatoes Apple Indian Pudding with Ice Cream
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

Huntsville, January 1.-(Special.) )-- The body of Turner Mayes, 167th i'm fantry. killed in action October 16 in France, was brought here yesterday and the funeral was conducted in Maple Hill cemetery this afternoon by Rev. J. A. Steelman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
To stop n Cough auick

To Stop Cough quick take HAYES HEALING HONEY. It stops the Tickle, Heals the Thorat and Cures the Cough. Price 35c. A flee box of GROVES O-PEN-TRATE SALvE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Group is enclosed with every bot tle.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
MORE TRUTH
 THAN POETRY
Bs JAMES J. MONTAGUE

BY WAY OF A GRIEVANCE I've heard that literary lights
 Who do our writing for us Achieve their bravest, finest flights
 By using a thesaurus. When they are stumped to find a word
 They go thesaurus gleaning, And presently turn up a bird
 That nicely fits their meaning. For words 1 frequently am stuck
 Which makes me fuss and worry. And that is pretty sorry luck
 When one is in a hurry. I turn my torn thesaurus OCT.
 By force of ancient habit Which does not help me any more
 Than--so to speak--a rabbit. It's filled with words, and nice ones,
 Like "corm" and "calibrater"- Fine lovely words I wish I knew
 So l might use 'em later. As through the indices I run.
 All sorts of words I read of But never do I find the one
 have especial need of. They say the devil wrote a book
 method necessary As he believed. to help him nook
 The guileless and unwary. And. as it was his wont to do
 The work he placed before us. And I'm convinced this tale was true The book was a thesaurus. HER OWN FAULT Germany ought not to complain, of the depreciation of her marks She was the first country to scoff at. the value of scraps of paper DEADLY
 Since we have been sampling moon shine We begin to understand why life on our satellite has long been ex- tinct. PEACEFUL METHODS As a guarantee that she has no , though of fighting for lands to be occupied by her superflQus popula- ton, Japan has sent for Mrs. Mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
BURGESS BED-
 TIME STORIES
By THORNTON ". BURGESS

A HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY Think not of what has gone before, The errors of the past are dead. Look forward with abiding faith To Eladness fin the days ahead.
 Mrs. IiChffOOt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
PEACEFUL METHODS

As guarantee that she has no though of fighting for lands to be occupied by her superflpus popula- ton, Japan has sent for Mrs. Mar garet Sanger. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
sOLpIER,s FuNERAL

The next story: "Old Man Coyote Runs Away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

High school Art Club Among the interesting holiday ar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
The book was a thesaurus.

Since we have been sampling moon shine We begin to understand why life on our satellite has long been ex- tinct.