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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
5
Lexington residents greet Boston traveler Hook and greet visitors from Edgefield and Columbia. A steady stream of farmers, lawyers, and merchants stop in for business while flu cases ease and ongoing weddings and illnesses shape town life.
Clemson College announces athletic association officers including president B Henry and football manager Jule Carson. Jiggs Donahue to return as head football coach. American Legion post talks at a Clemson banquet. Columbian society held preliminary oratorical contest with G C Martin and R F Kolb as winners. Fort Hill Bank reports strong start at stockholders meeting. Two alumni added to board of trustees Maj Henry C Tillman and W D Barnett.
A poem from the Dode City Journal describing the Spanish Flu experience. It depicts severe fever body pains and despair, detailing misery and fear while noting some may recover. The piece laments illness and labels it hellish, urging endurance and prayer.
A committee from Batesburg and Leesville backs moving to build a midway high school and likely construct a joint facility, with strong local encouragement and a rising certainty of completion. Bishop Darlington urges a $50,000 church fund that already has about $40,000 pledged as part of a building drive.
A brief note highlights Julian McCarthy a familiar presence in the Pisgah community and mentions Bub Zinker taking charge of the electric plant, signaling local leadership changes.
The ay to handle corns is the tried and proved method called Gets It. It promises quickest, easiest and safest relief, with reliability praised by many.
Miss Lessie Ballentine visited relatives in Columbia over the weekend with cousins Misses Lois and Addie Taylor. Teachers Lois Taylor and Edieth Lott spent the weekend with Miss Taylor's parents. The Kyzer family mourns the death of their eldest son from pneumonia, buried at Pisgah cemetery. Trigger teased the section Saturday night. George Glenn of Gastonia visited relatives near Lexington. Monroe Amick returns home to the farm after mechanical work in St. Matthews.
County Auditor W. D. Pent calls residents to meeting for 1920 tax returns. Prepare township and school district, list personal property with valuation, note real estate bought or sold since last return with acres and buyer, and bring blanks to Poole residence in Bull Swamp Township. Penalties apply for late returns after January 20.
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