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: " { . 'S. ',*1 * ' -V. v-:-.;' ; c THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. ' & Eaprasaatatitra Jlawspapat* Saaars Laxmgtan and tka Sardara af thn Surraunding Sauntias Lifca a Slanhat* i * ? ?? ? VAT. YYTTT LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1909. lcT ? \ A . ^ItAUAHirMI L mI IIV IIWIUMi 1 OP LEX I ISSUES $25,1 Wt will make loans to oar pafra H i ? ? . ? I DEPOSITS ff SAMUEL B. GEORCE, Preaidon 1 ALFREu J, r 1 11 ? f Bank ol i ; chap: pi j Tha Bank Thai I H This bank aims to give yon go ^, u checks for you?furnish drafts fl always glad to assist you in busi S with thi9 .bank, which makes a B po9itors. Our certificates of de] fi We cordiaHy invite the farmei I their banking with us. J J. 8. WESSINGER, President. f bfSoklai % NEW BROO fej Wo Wantjrour business. It i fff your money with us until you i S times s year. > ffl J. Q. CUICtyARD, W Vice-President. \?A& MM I . f ? r ' ' * I There comes a time in ev | pointer?a helping hand to j H A/WWV\/VVVWVVWVVVVVVV . I THF F1BST NiTiflNll IIILi 11UU1 lllllflUllill I is the pointer that will h n worries if you will begin tl I ment today. NOW IS THE 1 Cultivate the I The following are jnst a few reaa account;: 1st. It provides you -with an acc money paid out. 2nd. It gives you confidence in yo 3rd. Your bank account, however fund, which will mean peace plenty Deposit your money with us whet the community in which you live. The Bank < R. L. LYBRAND. President < AAA lOW. Lexington Si LEXINGTON, Capital, Surplus and Undi 5 per cent, interest paid * being computed semi-annually received. Commercial accounts also j Ample facilities for hand] account" will be appreciated. Safety deposits boxes for r< W. P.] G W. ZE2 lOiiO MAIN HTBK) Solicits a Share lTIONAL BAN Kg INCTON. 1 000 IN MONEY I as and depositors on good sasmritf. B onej in this bank. The U. 3. Got- B will see that it is taken care of. m . FOX, Cashier. B ML F. OSWALD, Asst. Cashier. r Chapin | CN, S. C. : : : 1 I Accommodates. I ad services. We cash out-of-town P for sending money way. We are g ness matters. Make your deposits H point of good treatment of its de- gj x?sit bear interest at 5 per cent. ? *s as weU as the business men to do g J F. HONEYCUTT, Cashier . I pppMMM ?>V ' .9 m L11 iKLAND, S. C. | our desire to please. Loavo jfly nood It. Wo oay Intorost four 57 . L. 9. TROTTI, 5? President ^ '*? ??-. 4 * ' R eryone's life tfhen he needs a 3 *uide him to his destination. | L BANK of BATESBURG I elp you over future financial | M ae use of its Savings Depart- | PIME TO BEGIN! labit off Saving. o&s WHY you should ?any a bank orate and couaeoutire record of all nr indirmeTit ? * o email, will be the start of a reserve and a contentment in old age. e it will be in active use and benefit of Swansea. B. E. CRAFT, Cashier. 1909. dyings Bank, - s. c ivided Profits $30,000.00. on savings deposits, interest . Deposits of $1.00 and over sjiven special attention, ing your business, and your mt, $1.00 per year. ROOF, President and Cashier ? LOBE BBI 60 ? of Your Valued Pat nMBBBMBaBBBOBB lbs. Jfartha C. Steetzs Bead. All Lexington was grieved on Saturday when it became known that Mrs. Martha 0. Meetze, widow of the late John H. Meetzo and one of the * - a j .4 I most mgniy esteemed wumcu ui mm town, was dead. Mrs. Meetae's father was Jacob Kaminer and her mother was a Miss Dent. She was born on the 6th of January, 1834, and was a little more than 76 years of age. She was married to John H. Meetze on the 8th of January, 1852. For more than 50 years they lived happily together, having celebrated their golden wedding about a year previous to the husband's death six years ago. To this union fifteen children were born, many of whom now have "silver threads amoDg the gold," a9 a reminder that they, too, are nearing life's sunset. The following sons and ^11-iorVifn-ra airrvivp- Wm. "R. Mflfitzfi. of Gabbettsville, Ga.; Thomas P. Meetze, a prominent merchant and influential citizens of Lexington; J. B. Rhude Meetze, a successful young business man of Columbia; Mrs. Jno. Wilson Butler, of Lexington; Mrs. Jules A. Krentzlen, of Washington; Mrs. Chas. B. Harman, of Augusta; ( Mrs. Lilla Hendrix and Mrs. W. H. Wolfe, of Columia, and Mrs. Frank George, of Lexington. Mrs. Meetze is survived by one sister only?Mrs. George Martin Caughman of near this town. Mrs. Meetze wa9 a most estimable woman and it can truthfully be said of her "that none knew her but to love her.*' None ever entered her home without a warm welcome nor left withont tho Warmth of a. a-ennfne hos pitality, so characteristic of the people of her ancestry. Though an invalid for more than two years, disease did not destroy the charm of a kind indulgent disposition, nor old age diminish her unselfish solicitude for her friends and loved ones. Adhering to the faith of her fathers, she united with the Lutheran church in 1 early life and loved to attend its services when health permitted. As the death dew gathered on her marble brow, around her bedside gathered her "boys" and "girls"? j always boys and girls to her, though j now grown to mature years with j boys and girls around their own fire- I sides. The life so long interwoven with theirs, with tearful eyes they watched as it, slowly but surely passed over. The boys and girls that gathered about the bedside of this dying mother and so bravely fought the Death Angel, long ago passed out from the home circle. Business cares and Itheir own home circles have encroached upon their time, may have robbed mother of their companionship, but she was eyer just the. same; rejoicing in their successes and grieving at their misfortunes. Her remains (were laid to rest in St. Stephen's cemetery on Sunday afternoon, the last sad rites being conducted from the church by the Rev. 0. A. Freed, of Columbia. The immense throng that crowded the build i._ iug opuaa tu iiu uuuciuiuu uicaaui'B uu the high esteem in which the deceased was held. Tne following gentlemen, lifelong friends of the deceased, acted as pallbearers: W. P. Roof, the Hon. Geo. 9. Dr f s, the Hon. Simon P. Wingard, S. M. Gross, Col. J. Brooks Wingard and W. W. Barre. Father Silled By Son. Cochran, Ga.,Feb. 12.?John Stewart, one of the most widely known planters of Pulaski county, died to ?ay from tne effects of fatal wounds inflicted by his son, Marion Stewart, aged 20, at the Stewart home last night. It is stated the planter as*iulted young Stewart's brother and his mother and was in the act of attacking Marion Stewart when the latter shot to defend himself. Stewart was shot once in the head and in the breast,the wound in the head literally teaiiag off his scalp. Dr. G. R. Harding, the painless den ist, with moderate charges, is giv :g his personl attention to his offi ; practice, near Hyatt's Paik. Ri gewood car posses the door every fifteen minutes. ODS COMPAH r, jis., fc. ? ? as mt ronage. Polite and Pr< Civil Court. The first case tried in the civil court last week was that of Henry Kunkle of Lexington, against the Western Union Telegraph Co. This was an action for $2,000, a mental angui&h snit, for the alleged non-delivery of a telegram. After hearing the plain* tiff's case Judge Dantzler granted a non-suit. Ool. J. Brooks Wingard r?nrfifcAnfc#*d fchfi nlainfcifP and Hnl. P. H. Nelson of Columbia, the defendant. The case of John W. Rosa of Colombia, against the Southern Railway company for $35,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been received while in the employ of the company as a car repairer in the Blanding .street yards in Colombia on the first day of September, 1907, was next taken up. On the side of the plait tiff appeared ?. J. Best, of Columbia, leading counsel; and W. Boyd Evans and Lawson D. Melton of Columbia, and Messrs. Efird & Dreher and Graham & Sturkie of the local bar. E. M. Thompson and W. H. Shatpe represented the railroad. After being out for about two hours, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $16,600. This was perhaps the largest verdict ever rendered against a corporation in this county and among the largest in the State for personal injuries. This was the second trial of this case, the first jury having failed to reach a verdict, and it i9 generally hoped that it is at an end so far as this county is concerned. Mr. Best, Rosse's leading attorney, managed the case throughout in a very admirable manner, which stamps him as one of the brainiest young lawyers in the State. On Friday the trial of the case of Haskell Ghaner, a 13-year-old negro boy, against the Leaphart Lumber Co., was begun. This was a suit for $10,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been received while the plaintiff was in the employ of the company*. The case was concluded on Saturday when the jury brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,000. Gen. G. Duncan Bellinger of Columbia, and Messrs! Sflrd & Dreher of the local bar, represented the plaintiff, while the defendant was represented by OoL R. W. Shand & Son, of Columbia. No Court This Week. There has been no court this week on account of the illness of Judge Dantzler at his home in Orangeburg Nothing has been heard from him since Monday when it was announced L -v 1* /nma 4-Vvirt ?vtA?rtin/> til ell) lie wuuiu us iie.ro uius aiuiuiug, but up to the time of going to press he had not arrived. I Big Wrestling Bout. >0n last Tuesday evening, Feb. 9th, Louis Wiunick, of Knoxville, Tenn., and 0. B. Steele, the Lexington blacksmith, pulled off a wrestling bout in Roof's ball. A preliminary before the big match by E. J. Tillman and Lester Miller was one of the features of the evening, Till! man winning the first fall in 4 minutes, I the second in 45 seconds. ! For 18 minutes Winnick and Sreele I ^ ^ ^ lriinnr Q foil grapjjieu niiuuui cnuti gaimug ? | Steele stated that he had enough and 1 the bout was over, j At the conclusion of the WinnickSteele match, "Bud" Bickley, of local wrestling fame, and Winnick went on the mat. It was just 8 minutes from the time the match began that Referee Tillman slapped Winnick on the shoulder?Bickley's shoulders were to the mat. tfakiug National Reputation The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier say9: Representative Lever is making a national reputation for himself and LJUe I UU QUUtll vaiunua uiOkiibui J.M. few days ago he made a telling speech on the subject of the referee board in connection with the operation of the pure food law. Demands for copies of his speech have reached him from almost every part of the United States, and all the big Western newspapers played up the speech in their most vivid colors, carrying broad headlines and making note of it in their editorial columns. It is probable that Mr. Lever may have something further to say on the subject in the near future. He touched, however, a magazine when he got to the food manufacturers, and if present rumors count for anything, more interesting events are to happpnsoon. Fertilizers! Fertilizers! A carload of nitrate of soda and all the b> st brands cf fertilizers, just received by Caughman & Harman. Farmers should consult them before, buying. Their prices and terms will please. IY, &.GKE2X3, COLUMBIA, ?. C ompt Attention, October lit 9H9 **' PaP?i^SP^:; *s wort^ onl7 ba [ y-j:y,>y there in at least t temptation c ' rSitnAnn ! ti mm i \ BATE! M i ^ 3 sa^er ^ere ^?x* Start you: ! have. Make it i r 7 jm Pay kills ^y C ?9aV|?^h left for yourself < ||||jj ^ ^ U.X.GUNTE1 Laurens Yeoman's Pal. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 14.-?A professional safeblower, giving his name as John Simpson, of Curtain Bay, Baltimore, was arrested this morning at 3 o'clock, while in the act of blowing I the safe in the store of Chas. H. Burnett, in the heart of the business district. Policeman Ammos, in walking his beat, heard a noi9e in the store and finding the door unlocked crept in and was directly over the safeblower before the lattei was aware of his presence. Scattered about the yeggman on the floor were nitroglycerine, saws, chisels, fuses, a revolver, and all implements carried by professional burglars. The man offered no resistance. Simpson made a confession at police ? headquarters, saying that he had been operating for some time in Jacksonville, and was a pal of Charley Silas, the yeggman who v, as killed by the policeman at Laurens, S. C. Simpson j said he would have killed the policeman this morning, but he thought there was more than one of them. True to Her Lovsr. True to the lover she left in Russia, ! Smila Majstorovit, 16 years old,pretty J and belle of the Russo-Greek colony of Duquesne, a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa,, cut her own throat early on Wednesday last, rather than marry a suitor of her parents' selection. Against her wishes, her wedding to Mike Cucolz had been arranged and | the wedding feast was celebrated. When long after midnight the beer ran out Smila was sent to the cellar for more. She did not return and her brother, going to see what was wrong, found her dead in a pool of blood, with her throat cut. New District ia the Fori. Through the efforts of Senator Crosson a new magisterial district has been formed in the Dutch Fork. Heretofore there has been only one magistrate in the Fork and it was claimed fcbat the field was entirely too large for only one justice of the peace. Mr. E. T. Rauch, of Ballentine, ; who has served the old Fork district j with universal satisfaction for several i terms in the past, has been appointed magistrate of the new district. Three Eilhd About A Dcg. J Memphis, Feb. 11.?A father and i 9on on one side and two brothers on J the other fonght a duel to the death [ in Hinston La., a small interior vil- | lage, on Saturday over a dog. James j Baringlon and son are dead, as is Rob- i ert Weatherford, and Charles Weath- j erford ha9 surrendered to the sheriff, ! dying. Robert Weatherford charged one of j the Baringtons with killing hi9 dog, and in the qurrel that followed each i drew hi9 pistol and began shooting. J Twenty shots were fired, and when j the smoke cleared away three men lay dead and the fourth had received a mortal wound. Fresh Garden Seed. We have just received a new lot of garden seed, direct from the best seed growers in the United States. Get your seeds here. The Bazaar. t ILIAD IN HAND If as much as one in the bank. For ;wice in the temptation to spend it. >ut of your way by depooiting your Bail of Batesburg, SBU2G, : : : S. C. V any way than in your safe or cash r account today with what you i rule to deposit all your cash and >heck. You'll find you have more ;very time you balance your books, st on time deposits quarterly. Pres. 3. JONES, Cashier. * PM. M. CARTER, Asst. Cashier. THE JEWELER 1637 Main St., Columbia, S. C, Unsurpassed opportunity is given here i_ _ i 11 ? - ? ro nna attractive articles for gift purposes, and Dispatch readers are cordially invited to do their shopping at Avery's. A Store Full of good things awaits inspection and attractive prices prevail, so none may go away dissatisfied. Can mention but few tilings in this place. For fuller details visit Avery'8. Watches of all styles, sizes and prices. We prefer to sell the finest, but whether its $100.00 or $1.00 yon wish to spend you get good value any time. Umbrellas make useful gifts for women and men. Finely mounted in gold and silver from $3.50 to $23.00. Fans are essentially feminine. Dainty white and black designs, and hand painted effects. Prices very reasonable. Silverware from leading factories, and this stock comprises goods in sterling silver from Tea Sets to Tea Balls with all the spoons, forks and knife family. The silver plated goods for common every day use is likewise complete. Jewelry in all forms comprise a carefully selected stock and whether its 25 cents or 25 dollars you have to spend you can find it at Avery's. ! Eyes that need glasses get most scrupulous attention by a-graduate optician. Free. I am giving away a few pictures?a reproduction of a $12,500 painting. To get it you must register your name at this store before Dec. 25th. It's free?there is no chance, no drawing for it. Ask any one in the store about it. AVERY, The Jeweler 1637 Main St., Columbia, S. C. Honesty in Jewelry "If it came from Senta's, you know it's all right," is what out of our customers remarked to *i? <.i?? J? Iauwliici me uuibj: uay. When you bay Jewelry, you generally have to take the "Jeweler's word for it" whether it is good or not. That's just where our reputation for honesty and fair dealing counts. And furthermore, we will always give you your money back and ask no questions any time you are dissatisfied with a purchase. t Special attention to mail orders, | CHARLES I.SBNTZ, I I JEWELER, I 1 1439 Main, Columbia, S. C ? Mr. D. P. Yonce, one of the best citizens in tiie Pelion section, was in town Monday and called in to see us and left his dollar. % 3