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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
7
In a pine filled camp a wounded Lieut Irwin Kittredge recovers by painting but chases lost papers down a peak. He meets a fair young woman on a fallen tree near a boulder, recalling a prior meet at a canteen in Moutlers France.
Advertising copy for Gets-It from B. Lawrence & Co. promotes a corn and callus remover claimed to peel thick skin in one piece like a banana peel. It asserts universal use, no tools needed, and a money back guarantee, sold through Harmon Drug Co. in Lexington.
Helena Berwick and Irwin recount years of travel from a French canteen to the White Mountains and back home where a planned party reunion unveils a shared past. The pair recall how a rest camp and a chance meeting tied their futures, with a romantic close marked by hopeful words.
Wes Dis. Wee Whittle a Sowell teamster in 1918 mortgaged his team and wagon for 50 dollars to buy War Savings Stamps. Some doubted his financial judgment, but he cut fuel wood, paid the mortgage, and kept buying stamps as he learned their value and savings potential.
On the battleship New Jersey anchored in Boston Harbor the crew exchanged cash for junk but insisted on payment in War Savings Stamps. The ship stores condemned materials as it advances the thrift campaign. The National Association of Credit Men urges higher production and personal savings through thrift programs and government securities.
The Wilson warbler is described as the champion fly catcher of the United States. It feeds by dashing from a tree limb to snatch insects on the wing, often in apple trees in bloom. Males wear a black crown patch, females greener, and the species ranges across the eastern United States and winters in Central America.
Gasoline systems include tanks and pumps air compressors computing scales floor scales show cases account registers rebuilt cash registers safes and store fixtures from The Hamilton Scales Co Columbia South Carolina.
Rae a ONS Mr 4 W Kyzer visited his brother S R Kyzer last Sunday. Mr P H Hallman is building a residence for Mr Lee Berry near Pelion. Mr M A Howard of Swansea spent Sunday with his parents. Mr H F Kyzer is building a residence for Mr R B E Booknight. Mr M R Crout is preparing to put in 2 phones to talk with hello girls. Rufus Winthrop Gunter died at home last Monday night the 19th in his 58th year. He married Francis Rish on August 30 1895. They had one son who preceded him. He leaves a wife five brothers three sisters and many relatives. Funeral services were led by Rev S R Taylor at Oaky Grove Baptist Church.
The 2 Infantry band at Camp Jackson is expected to draw a large audience for Friday night’s dance as promoters plan the event.
County Auditor W. D. Dent will finish his rounds this week, ending his itinerary at Cayce and New Brookland tomorrow and Saturday. Afterward he will be at the courthouse office to finish taking the year's tax returns.
A big minstrel titled Coonville's Aristocratic City will be performed by local talent at Mack's school house near Swansea on Friday night February 6. A small admission fee will be charged, proceeds go to the school improvement association. Public invited.
Mr and Mrs Caughman have relocated from their Wyse's Ferry Road country home to Lexington occupying a Depot Street residence bought from the Kaiser estate. Mr Caughman has leased his plantation to others and plans it as his permanent home.
Roads are getting into a very bad state due to heavy rains and increased travel. County chain gang work is badly handicapped as it becomes almost impossible to build or read during this period.
A box party will be held at St. John's School House near Hope Station on Saturday night January 31. A cake walk and fish pond will be part of the event and the public is invited. Proceeds go to benefit the school.
Miss Sallie Lorick of Time and Mr. Wilbur Redd of Lexington were married at the bride’s sister’s home in Columbia on Sunday afternoon January 18. The ceremony was witnessed by a few friends and relatives. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Lorick, is noted as attractive and accomplished, while the groom holds a key position with Caughman Kaminer Co. The couple will live with Mrs. A. D. Kaufman for now.
A New York committee of English dye users has traveled to Germany to select and purchase ten million dollars worth of dyestuffs amid shortages for trade use in Great Britain. Reportedly the Government finances the scheme as part of reparations dye allocations under the Peace Treaty.
The Bon Hour Club will meet with Mrs A D Martin and Miss Annie Lou Taylor on Friday at four in the afternoon with full attendance urged. The regular Friday night hop in the new Corley building will feature music from the Forty- (text cuts off).
More than 200 representatives of the National Editors Association of the United States will tour eastern Canada and the maritime provinces next June after the group's annual convention in Boston. Will Wilke, vice president, announced the plan.
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