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Newspaper

The Dispatch News

Location

Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1922

Page

6

Personal notices and social visits in Lexington

Mr. Walter D. Caughman and family of Columbia spent Sunday with J. Simon Caughman and family. Several local young ladies attend Rock Hill Summer School including Anna Loux Taylor Winona Kyzer Olga Rawl Nol’ Hid Mrs. J. S. Sease. Visits by Mrs. R. B. Melton of Columbia and Miss Wrightson of Baltimore. D. L. Shealy possibly a treasurer candidate. Various local residents travel and host in Lexington, with updates on college visits and cooperative marketing news. Officials of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association meet Eugene Meyer Jr. in Washington to discuss a $30 million War Finance Corporation loan backing 350,000,000 pounds of tobacco contracts, signaling strong financing for Virginia Carolina tobacco farmers and new credit avenues for banks and farmers. A statewide campaign expands in South Carolina starting June 26 to gather sign-ups and secure cooperative marketing points across 38 locations.

Walter D. Caughman Columbia J. Simon Caughman Rock Hill Anni Lox Taylor Winona Queema Kyzer Olga Rawl Nol J. S. Sease R. B. Melton Wrightson Baltimore G. M. Harman D. L. Shealy Ruth George Tod W. E. Humphries Charlotte N. C Lexington W. B. Redd Lime Arents W. EB. Lérick S. J. Leaphart United States Charleston Lailah Kennedy Spartanburg Ira M. Sligh J. M. Moorman W. D H. Dibble George Dempsey George Brookland S. J. Derrick Newberry College G. T. Graham Kerr Oswald May ‘Boozer Florida Vivian Lowman Verta Ballentine Little Mountain Pearle Caughman Ellen Hendrix North Carolina East Tenessee Morristown Graham Cooperative Marketing Association of America Eugene Meyer Jr War Finance Corporation Washington, D. C Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Virginia South Carolina Virginia-Carolina Tobacco Growers Coperative Association Euene Meyer Jr George A. Norwood Goldsboro Oliver J. Sands the Association American National Bank of Richmond James H. Crai Association Richard R. ‘ Patterson Leaf Department Leaf American Tobacco Company C. E. Cheatham F. G. Williams M. ©. Wilson Burley Tobacco Growers Association of Kentucky Virginia-Carolina Association Eee Marketing Association

Batesburg Voters Hear State Candidates In Busy Meeting

About 600 voters gathered at Batesburg High School last Wednesday to hear speeches from state candidates including Soupsan Laney and McLeod, with Wightman at home greeting the crowd. Several education and superintendent hopefuls spoke, while local notes mention a house fire, residents in Augusta and Savannah, and visits by Mrs. Stodghill and Miss Lory.

Batesburg-hie Saluda John T. Soupsan George K. Laney McLeod Zoo Marahall Craig Tor Jutent Senator Wightman Atota E. R. Steadman Savannah L. D. Brabham Augusta Louise Stodghill Jacksonville Fla E. C. Ridgell J. C. Burton E. K. Hardin Leon H. Wright Columbia Elmina Lory

Thirty Millions In Thirty Minutes Humor of the Law

An odd court martial tale features a lieutenant claiming finger print expertise and past work as a deputy sheriff on the Pacific coast. The exchange highlights the improvisational humor and loose association of duties described during the proceedings.

Pacific Coast

Summer School at Summerland College Opens July 12

The Lutheran Church in South Carolina prepares for the eleventh annual Lutheran Summer School for Church Workers at Summerland College Leesville opening July 12 and running through July 19. Courses include accredited Sunday school and Bible study offerings led by noted instructors, plus special classes in stewardship mission study and youth activities. Courses lead to certificates and diplomas with no dormitory fee, meals only, and a modern dormitory enhances comfort. The program emphasizes layman and youth involvement with lectures by specialists like Dr C Buri Smith. The event is funded by local congregations, making attendance affordable.

Summerland College Leesville S. C Young People's Forum Woman's Missionary Department Olive Counts of Prosperity R. B. Peery Hickory N. C I. E. Long Charleston Elizabeth R. A. Goodman Newberry College Christ A. J. Bowers Greenwood Luther League of South Carolina Luther League W. H. Greever Columbia Special Luther League Ossl Car F. Blackwelder Roanoke Woman's Missionary Department M. O. J. Kreps C. K. Lippard Japan Lippard C. Buri Smith Philadelphia United Lutheran Church In America South Carolina Synod

July Itinerary of County Home Demonstration Agent

Enrollment last year neared five hundred with expectations to surpass it this year. The July schedule lists Lexington offices and multiple county home demonstration clubs and sewing groups from July 3 to July 30, with cooking, sewing, poultry, and home dem sessions, plus a note on coal price pledges and editorials from New York papers.

Lexington Pine View Newburg Fair View Boiling Springs Lexington Cooking Club Liberty Hill Pond Branch North Edisto Sewing Club North Edisto Poultry Club Mack's Cooking Club Calvary Home St. John’s Sewing Club Providence Home Midway Sewing Club Wateree Sewing Club Wateree Home Round Hill Home Round Hill Sew nottice—Lexinethy

Loss for Company Richmond Seizures Prompt Prepay Request

Seizure of liquors shipped by express has prompted the American Railway Company in Richmond to ask the Virginia state corporation commission to require prepayment of express charges. The company says there are hundreds of spurious permits to purchase liquor and officials admit the existence, with no way to guard against shipments moving under such permits.

Richmond American Railway Company Virginia State Corporation Commission Express Company

Death House Cells Reassigned Before Executions

The article notes Bigham, under death sentence for his brother A Smiley Bigham's murder, was moved from the death house to Kirby's vacated cell to place the three white men together. Kirby was executed Friday, leaving the cell empty. Bigham, like Kirby, has only one arm. Other nearby condemnations included Ira Harrison and F M Jeffords. The piece ends with irrelevant editorial snippets.

Bigham Kirby Delhsaness Edmund D. Bigham A. Smiley Bigham Penitentiary S. J. Kirby Cels Ira Harrison F. Mjeffords Jeffords Harrison Bighave

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