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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1921
Page
7
A mob in McCormick County executes Herbert Quarles after capturing him for the assault of a woman near Plum Branch. The lynching, witnessed by hundreds, ends with his body hanging from a cedar tree as part of a notorious 1921 incident.
Winthrop College announces a scholarship and entrance examination for vacant scholarships and new students to be held at the County Court House on Friday July 1 at 3 a m Applicants must be at least sixteen years old Scholarships valued at 100 and free tuition will be awarded to those with the highest averages after the July 4 cutoff Write to President Johnson for examination blanks and catalogue Rock Hill Co 51-p-36
McCormick, June 20. Solicitor T. Callison arrived here and called on the coroner to conduct an inquiry. The session of court was noted as in progress with emphasis on an investigation into a lynching incident.
Thom as Rogers has fallen ill and will be taken to Leesville Hospital under Dr T W Gibson for an operation tomorrow His speedy recovery is wished The report notes farmers busy planting peas and boll weevil damage while local residents visit relatives and travel for medical consultations.
All qualified resident electors in Smith Branch school district No. 44 will please take notice that an election will be held at the school house therein on Thursday, the 30th day of June 1921, to vote an additional school parley of four mills for poses. Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. Bring registration certificate. By order of the County Board of Education. receipt and
Weather brings heavy rain in the Dutch Fork area with numerous local social mentions. Community members and families such as the Bickleys Derrick Lowman and Wingard are seen visiting and traveling together on Sunday. A large crowd attends St Michael's services as additional social notes conclude the report.
A brief dialogue shows a boy noting more than 100 varieties of mistletoe while a girl comments that the same rule applies to all. The scene then shifts, leaving the conclusion open as the young man contemplates.
Ad claims Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant alternative to calomel with a money back guarantee. It asserts faster liver, stomach and bowel regulation without sickness or salivation and cites 15 million bottles sold.
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