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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1920
Page
7
Health in this community is very odd at present. Rev. E Pascoe and daughter Maggie from Greenwood are visiting relatives, including Loyd Hall and DL B Lewis families. Burnes Burgess visited Miss May Collum Sunday afternoon. Mrs Hannah Whittle spent Sunday in the area.
Sunday and weekend visits fill local households as families and relatives from Batesburg Lexington and Columbia travel to see kin. Emily Harman from Lexington stays with Eva Burgess and Thelma Fox while Bessie Lee visits relatives. Several residents, including St V Gantt, are listed as ill with hopes for quick recoveries.
A Washington Star excerpt shows Senator Sorghum asking why a statesman would seek support if he is not in favor, with a response about earning votes and being in accord. The dialogue frames political risk in uncertain times.
The community reports good health and promising crops after last week’s showers. Local residents J H Hydrick and family visited Woodford Sunday afternoon, and Mr Daniel Starkie and Miss Annie Mae Laird with Nealie Belle Laird attended a Woodford tent meeting. Mrs W M Laird visited her parents Saturday. A large meeting is planned to begin at King Grove after the third Sunday in July following a pleasant Sunday school that afternoon.
Warm spell continues as crops look fine across the region. Social visits include Lonnie and Albert Bailey with Misses Clara and Rosa Rucker and Belle Rucker. Stabler family hosts relatives. Dan Furtick and Bearlie Jumper attend Oak Grove Sunday school. Frank Wise of New Brookland visits his mother Jane Wise. Friday storm caused many downed houses but rain was welcomed.
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