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r^v' ; * | THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. & Representative newspaper. ducts Lexington arid the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Like a Blanket. |p| vnT. TTTVTT. " LEXINGTON. S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27. 1907. 21 ea eflegggeoeaj *wv I SAVED FBOK BBXJTE 3T S3EPHEED DOG. m Alabama Negro Lynched for Attempted Criminal Assault?Husband Fired First Shot. _ { if Florence, Ala., March 24.?Cleveland Harding, the negro who attempted to assault Mrs. Ben F. Rice, near here Friday, and who was driven off by Mrs. Rice's shepherd dog, was summarily executed today by a mob of 200 or 300 persons. Tied to a tree with his arms up, the negro was riddled with bullets, the first shot, it is said, being fired by Rice, following which every man in the crowd emptied his revolver at the prisoner. Over 1,000 shots were fired. The negro was t~ captured today half a mile below town and was taken before Mrs. Rice who fainted at sight of him. Upon recovering she fully identified her assailant and on being asked what should be done with him, told the negro's captors to do as they thought best. Harding was taken a short distance from the Rice home where a conference of the mob leaders was held. Some said burn him, but shooting-was decided on. Beyond confessing his guilt; the negro had nothing to say and was stolidlv indifferent, it seemed, to his fate. ? " 1 >-*- ~ J K,r Tne Doay was ltuo iicu iv t^c u<g the mob, members of which made no attempt to shield their identity. The sheriff overtook the crowd before the lynching but his appeals were unavail. Unique Double Wedding. Snoma, N. D.?A unique double wedding, at which a man, aged 60, married a girl aged 20 and his son, aged 38, married her mother, aged 44, ? .^ras celebrated at the Barren Ranch north of Snoma. Richard Ellsworth, a widower, and his son, Keene Ellsworth, lived cfi a ranch adjoining that of Mrs. Emma Barrett, a widow and her daughter. . The wedding was a quiet one, only "" '?nATitM/itinCf T13T 3 lew xnciiuo VI tnu wii ti uv ties witnessing the ceremony. Father and son and mother and daughter started south immediately after the ceremony and will spend a month there. Young Ellsworth will take charge of the Barrett ranch, and his father will live with his young bride on the Ellsworth ranch. 7 * * ' ' _ v ' - gift ' y. i aii me .Liaiest sra T - + " " \ & New Stocl j Lin / StoSSSotcSCSCS^ 35c5roOTc5cac5 J AN IMPORTANT LETTER j i To Patrons and Carriers ofj Bural Bontes. A letter from Hon. A. F. Lever to i I Mr. S. J. Leaphart, our very accom- j i ?nr) afflm'ont nnstmast.PT. ! luuuaviug anu vuiu^vuv ? , . I explains itself: Washington, D. C., / March 23, 1907. \ \ Mr. S. J. Leaphart, Lexington, S. C. : I Dear Sir:?It is very important j i that all patrons and carriers of rural j i routes in this county should bestir j | themselves to increase the patronage ! | of the routes. The Department in , j Washington is enfQreing the rule ; j which requires all full length routes j I to handle three thousand pieces of j j mail per month. All interested in i i this service should see to it that { everything is done to bring the routes I up to the average required by the De- j paxtment. i Very truly, A. F, Lever. : Washington, D. C., ) March 18, 1907. S Hon. A. F. Lever, House of Eepre- j j sentatives. | Sir:?Referring again to your letter ! : of the 28th ultimo requesting the com pletion of the rural delivery service in j T.c.vin<yi-.ori nnnntv. South Carolina. ! you are advised that the investigation i will be made upon the receipt of an j accurate road map of this county. > The records indicate, however, that j t the amount of mail handled on some j ! of the rural routes in Lexington county j i is below the average, and while every j 1 effort will be made to sdiust them so i j as to make it possible to maintain j I daily service, it may be necessary to j place the routes referred to on a tri- ; j weekly basis. The postmaster at Lexington has ] : been requested to furnish the Depart- i j ment- with a road map of the county i at the earliest practicable date. j Very respectfully, t j P. R. DeGraw, | Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. : ! Lots from Pinoy Woods, i Tn flip Friitnr of the Disuatch: j Mr. Cal Fulraer is again able to be j i up and about. He was very ill a few ' weeks previous to this writing, t March has been very favorable to j the farmers so far. They are busy j G1 w. XX lasiO MAIN STBEI Solicits a Share f ~ ... - ,r A -V. t ,i H WliWmfi iviiiiiiiv Latest Creations i ire to please the tai 3 every one in Trin ire especially invit In the IVIIXi it i-t T _ i ?. liexingt* ~ preparing their lands for another crop. 't Prof. M. P. Lindler will close the ! school at Pine Ridge on Good Friday ! with dialogues, recitations and music | by the scholars. We are expecting a ' lively time. Everybody is invited. I ( Come and bring well filled baskets, as j we will need such to help make the day enjoyable. Prof. R. W. Frick, Jr., will close his school sometime in April with * exercises. ! " The infant baby of Mr. and Mrs. j ? Seba Fulmer died Friday morning, March 23, and was buried" the same : 1 afternoon at 4 o'clock, by Rev. E. J. j J Sox. It was only a week old. ,< j * Sunday school was organized at St. c Peter's the thind Sunday in this month. | 1 Rev. Sox will preach at St. Peter's on ! } Good Friday at 11 o'clock. I 1 You may again hear from j } * Patron. ; J * i 1 m I I Transfers of Eeal Estate. ; \ ! I The following transfers of real cs- t tate have been recorded in the clerk's j j office since last week: i r. Samuel B. George, clerk, to O. H. j i George, 141 acres in Boiling Springs : j township for $275. ; ? South Bound Land & Improvement f Co., to L. J. Frink; 27 54-100 acres in ; t Congaree township for ?1,37*7. : i Samuel F. Wheeler and others to j j Henry F. Wheeler, 159 2-3 acres in ! -c Saluda township for ?1,117.60. ; \ James H. Price to W. G. Burdell, j r lot in Brookland for ?425. j j H. R. Goodwin and J. W. Conner to | . E. Scott Kyzer, one acre in Congaree j township for ?50. Littia Eichelberger to J. M. Carson, ! lot in Irmo for ?175. ' ] Paul -A. Eichelberger to W. A. j ( Smith, lot in Irmo for ?275. W. W. Wateon to R. H. Timmer- j t man and others, lot in Batesjiurg for 1 c ?1.525. 1 t R. H. Timmerman and others to j [ Mrs. Lottie T. Timmerman, lot in j r Batesburg for $1,625. ja P. C. Pi-ice to Andrew Davis, 76^ \ i acres in Congaree township for $1,000. i r P. H. Corley to Geo. W. Corley, Sr., | ^ 39 acres in Lexington township for ; n $1,500. | t m ' * ' Ice Plant for Newberry. | * The city of Newberry is to have an j j ce plant, which will begin operations f this week. Mr. J. H. Wicker is the : e manager. ' ^ LOBE DRY COI MOITCETOIT ST, i of Your Valued Patr jg?3 w. :e>. ry in Stylish ste of the most fast imings, Ribbons, L ed to call and insj umERi tterns in Hats of tl (Ladies' Low Q e of Trunks and SF&OOJF' fj e:ss g< idious, and the" aces, Etc. )ect our .Mammi Z DEP2 ie Nobbiest Sty] luarter Shoes i > Traveling Br ?WV>^/VW/WWN A p Mami St O. KOB FIRES UPON HELPLESS WOME2 )ne Killed and Another is Serious Wounded. Danville, Va., March 25.?A speci 0 The Register from Smart, Va vhich is about 75 miles from Danvill says: "As the result of an attack by nob of men on Sunday night, Ann Sail, a white woman residing ne Charity, Patrick county, was shot leath and her sister, .jane Hall, s iously wounded. The accounts :he killing are very meagre and tl willing is snpposed to have been t] ,vork of illicit distillery of whiske rhe murdered woman and her sist ived in a cottage with their nephew md it is alleged they have been ac ng in the capacity of spies and ha1 )een reporting to the revenue office he whereabouts of the illicit distills es and the names of the operatoi Chis infuriated the 'moonshiners,' s reported, and a band of them, abo 1 dozen in number, came to the hou ?t a late hour at night and openi ire. Volley after volley was fired \ he mob and the house was literal addled with bullets. The man ha >ened on Sunday night to be abse md consequently escaped injury, vas evidently the intention of tl nob to murder all three of the occ ;ants. Charles F. Deal Shot Dead. Charles Francis Deal, a brother Dr. S. M. and Attorney A. M. Deal Columbia, was shot to death at Black mrg Monday by William Mills, a cc on mill operative. Mills, so the sto: ^oes, called Deal out of the office < he Whittaker Cotton Mill and aft alking with him for ten or fifre< ninutes shot him down, Deal dyii in hour later. Mills claims that 1 :illed Deal because he was too inl nate with his wife, but in Deal lying declaration he denies the charg There were no eye-witnesses to ti ragedy. Mr. Deal was married only aboi ix months ago, was well liked ar eaves a large family connectio Jills lias been separated from his wi or more than a year. He tried scape, but was captured and sent he Gaffney jail. m GOMPA , Tie., onage. 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