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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1921
Page
7
A collage of jokes and small town items. Snippets include playful lines about borrowing trouble and poker at a Hill Street address, plus snippets from Sand Mountain and Shiloh notes. It mentions a play to raise funds, new buildings, and local visits with many names.
Local notes detail Sunday visits among Monts Derrick Meetze and related families in Chapin. Several gatherings at Noah Monts, Derrick and Wessinger households, plus a crowd of young folks at Noah Monts on Sunday evening. An April Magnolia school entertainment is announced inviting all.
The community mourns Ben Knight a longtime resident who died Saturday after a long illness. Survived by several sons and daughters his wife had died about a year ago. Funeral at Dunn's Chapel near Styx Monday at 10 am followed by burial in nearby church cemetery. Weather notes mention a raw spell after pleasant spring weather and potential peach and apple crops. Miss Frankie Griffith of Columbia visited over Easter. Mrs. Gulia Chork Shealy has retorts-
Fragmented notes show residents visiting relatives and attending church and picnics in Lexing ton Macedonia and near the steel bridge. Mentions include Prof Julius Sharpe, Mrs S D Shumpert and family, Andrew Shealy, Julian Sharpe, Ida Reeder, and Mrs Johny Schneider with various Sunday activities and conversations.
An advertisement claims calomel is dangerous and asserts Dodson's Liver Tone offers a pleasant, non salivating liver remedy. It touts an ironclad money back guarantee and notes 15 million bottles sold as evidence of effectiveness.
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