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W - : W -f THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. 4 ^ } ? tBpresentatitre Newspaper. Sowers Lexington and the Borders of tire Surrounding Bounties Like s Blanket. ^ V ^ # ; ...VirftT. yyyty ~ LEXINGTON, S. C? WEDNESDAY. JULY 7.1909. 36^ ? I The HOME N OF LE I Capital Stock Liability of Stockh Protection to Depoi * 0 OFFERS I" Every safe-guard knowi security and safety of th< Highest rates of intere LOANS WHEN THEY ABL i v Safety Deposit Boxe wmmmmmmmmmmmi ,. > < 4 AAA J " 1094. Lexington ? LEXINGT01 - Capital, Surplus and II 5 per cent, interest pai being comptitftd semi-annua > received. Ample facilities for ha account will be> appreciated - Safety deposits boxes fo: W. J ? ?? ????q.?? fBank < V - . . . ; Cttfl The Bank Tl This bank aims to give yon checks for you?furnish dra: always glad tojjasist you in I with this banfi&rhich make: po9itors. Our certificates of We cordially invite the fan wrifk no uicxr uau&ui^ wnu uc> 1 J. 8. WESSINGER, Preside! rBROOKL/ NEW BRC % We Want your business. ![ft your money with us until yoi ? jjaj times a year. flR J. C. CUICNARD, p Vice-President. ?555mmmm?1?a???????m??? WAI ik ' ' * ; ? / - ; One Hundr CROS 9 Will pay 30 cents for first less 5 per cent, for cash when Ties to be delivered at any si right of way between Colurab l tween Batesburg and Perry, i Will advance some cash o spection. For further inform? THE L D. | BATESS: Attention, Camp Steadmau The time is drawing near for close of the Women's Monument fu Our camp has already donated sum of five* dollars, but this amoi should be supplemented. All old s?. iers and their friends throughout county who wish to contribute to t cause Vill please forward tneir con butiocs to me at oncj. M. D. Harmau ft W- DEI ie?0 MAIN 8TREJ . Solicits a Share ATIOKAL BANK I XINGTON. <25,000.00 olders $25,000.00 sitors $50,000.00 rs CUSTOMERS l to modern banking for the eir funds. st on time deposits. NEED THEM AT REASONE RATES. s For Rent, $1.00 per year. 1909. Sayings Bank, sr. s. c ndivided Profits $30,000.00. id on savings deposits, interest ily. Deposits of $1,00 and over so given special attention, adfing your business, and your ? r rent, $1.00 per year. P. ROOF, ?reei?*atand Cashier 11 - ; " >f Chapin Lpnr, S. C. : : : iai Accommodates good services. We cash out-of-town fts for sending money way. We are rasiness matters. Mate your deposits . ' s a point of good treatment of its dedeposit bear interest at 5 per cent, ners as well as the business men to do it. J. P. HONEYCUTT, Cashier I ^nd^NKTI )OKLAND, S. C. M It is our desire to please. Leave 01' u need it We pay interest four m Sgs L. S. TROTTI, ^J< . . President j k NTED ed Thousand S TIES I class and 10 cents for second class, B inspected by Southern Railway Co. H lipping point on Southern Railway g ia, S. C., and Augusta, Ga., and be- p r ex-chance merchandise before in- |j ition see or write gj CULLUM 00. IURG.S. C. | I . ! Miss Lone? Entertains. the Miss Alma Long, the charminghtfle ud. telephone operator of The Citizen's rm. ! Telenhone oomoanv. vervdeli::ntfutlv lint entertained a party of young'friends ?id- in honor of Mi?s Eula Loriek, at the the home of Mr. Gas Lorickon Monday nis evening, Games were indulged in Lri- until a late liour when the guests departed singimr thopraisesoi the yourg i. and petite hostess. i LOBE DRY 6( MoaircsrxQi 2X f s of Your Valued Pa sse&rxsLS MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE Atrocious and Cruel Crime of George Bush. Bush Later Kills Himself. Edgefield, July 5.?Several parties from near the neighborhood where the awful tragedy occurred brought the news here today that George Bash thi9 morning shot and instantly killed his wife, Alice. The weapon U9ed was a pistol. The homicide occurred at the home of Mr. 'P. P. Doolitfcle, an I uncle of Mrs. Bush, near Rehoboth Baptist church, this county. Bush Lwa9 pursued and surrounded in a swamp and laLer his body was found with a bullet hole in the head. He had committed suicide. [ Mr. and Mrs. B^ush have been sepa1 rated for several years, their trouble I 1--1 J ~ fjVKW, tTAWTT 1 Dt?IIJ?? UUC tu t'iic ivuiiCi o VCJ j uiooi; pated habifc9. He ha9 lived in Augusta 1 ior some time, but recently returned to this county, of which he is a native. He ha9 lately been in the neighborhood where his wife resided and has been using efforts to get her to return to him. This she refused to do. Saturday he avowed his intention to take his wife's life and then his own, and, while little credence was given to what he said, as a precautionary matter, Mrs. Bush was moved from the place she was staying when the threat was made to her uncle's home, and there it was that Bush appeared at 11 o'clock this morning and, it seems, without warning or excuse shot her to death. FEW FACTS KNOWN. The facts immediately surrounding the homicide are not known here. Bush, it is said, fled as soon a9 he had done his bloody work. At 12 o'clock Sheriff Outze received a telegram from Modoc on the Charleston & Western Carolina railroad to come .here at once, that. Bush had killed his wife and the presumption here was that he had been captured at that place, about three miles from where the killing obcurred. Bush is well known here, having carried the mail from Edgefield to Parks ville for several yeara. He was a hard drinker but was thought to be harmless. Mrs. Bush, before marrying, was a Miss Doolittle and a most estimable woman, her family being prominent in the county. Later information brought by a party direct from the scene of the tragedy is that although Mrs. Bush is 9hot six times she i9 alive with no hope of recovery. WOULD NOT RETURN. Her statement i9 that her husband met her coming from the spring and demanded thu.t she come back to him. She refused. He then said: "Well you are a dead woman," and commenced firing, shooting her twice after she wa9 on the ground. The news spread like wild fire and soon hundreds of citizens gathered and were hunting Bush.?The State. Policeman Bouknigkt Shot By Mack Sill, a Negro. Mack Hill, a negro, shot Policeman James Bouknight, of Irmo, on Satur day afternoon, boon alter tne snooting the negro escaped, but was captured early Sunday morning by Sheriff Oorley, and lodged in jail. From information obtainable it appears that Hill, who was partly intoxicated, cursed a white lady who chanced to be walking on the street. Mr. Bouknight walked up to where a crowd of negroes were standing and asked who had done the cursing. Hill stepped out and said he was the one, at the same time drawing his revolver. He fired five times, only one shot taking effect in the arm, inflicting a flesh wound. It was not long before a posse was in pursuit of Hill, and had he been caught, it is said, that he might have been summarily dealt with. Hill is said to be a rather dangerous character, and has been in trouble before. Having Killed Wife Negro Killed Himself. Aiken, July 5.?A party of Aiken men returned iate last night from Denmark, where they went to identity the negro who was killed by the train. The gentlemen found that the negro was Josh Crews, who foully murdered his wife, or paramour, at YVarrenviile, last Thursday afternoon. The identification was perfect, and there remains no doubt about the negro as being the one who was wanted in this county for this murder. Sheriff Raborn was one of the party, and two of the near relatives or the negro were with him. They report that it was surely suicide. They fay that the negro deliberately made himself a palate or temporary bed upon the railroad track, upon which lie laid down to await the coming of the train. It is stated here that the negro had killed two persons previous to this trillincr It is now sf:if,:-'d lie \v:is u*;?;i 1 'p ed in Alabama for killing a wife previous to this one, and also that lu; had killed another negro somewhere in Georgia. It was doubtless the fear of having to stand trial for one or all these crimes that caused him to decide to end it all. mis COMPAH sm, I tronage. Polite and Pro " Att&AUIaXNegro Attacked Negress Near Peake Wih Criminal Intent. Peak. July 3.?Tom Flemniine, a section hand on the Alston sectio^u is : charged with attempting a criminal assault upon a young negro woman last night soon after the Asheviile train had passed Alston. The woman, who is marriad left her home in Union, and changed cars at Alston on tha down night train, in order to catch the Greenville train this morning for Newberry, the point she was making for, on a visit to her grandmother. Her intentions when she left home were to spend the night with a friend at Alston, but upon arriving she learned that her friend was away. . Then the negro volunteered to take I her to "a nice place on the hill," and when they got near the hill the attempt was made, the woman successfully resisting. A warrant was sworn out by her against him this morning. Fleming was at work as usual this j morning.?The State, 5th. Parmer's Institute. There will be a Farmers' Institute held in Lexington on Friday, July 23, under the auspices of Clemson college. The object of this institute i9 to aid the farmers of this State by giving them useful information in regard to their profession. But the discussions will not be limited to these subjects alone If there is some matter upon which you desire information not covered by the program giyen below, those in charge of the institute will gladly make an effort to give you that information. Every farmer in the county who can make it convenient ' should attend this institute. PROGRAM 10 a. m.?Soil Fertility by C. L. Goodrich, United States Department Agriculture. 10:30 a. m.?The use of Commercial Fertilizers for Cotton, Corn and Grain Dy Prof. J. N. Harper, Director Agriculture, Experiment Station. 11 a. m.-?Improvement of Crops by 'Peed, Selection, by Prof. D. N. Barrow Director Agriculture Department Clemson College. 11:30 a. m.?The Importance of Tick Eradication to our Live Stock Industry by Dr. M. R. Powers, State Vete ** inarian. 12 m.?The Economical Raising and Feedii g of Live Stock by Dr. Barnett. 12:30 Recess. 1:20?Insects and Their Treatment by Prot. A. F. Conradi, Entomolgist. 2 p. m ?Importance of Education by Prof. L. S. Morrisson. At 1 lie beginning of the institute a question box will Oe opened and all are urged to place therein such questions as they may wish discussed. The addresses will be twenty minutes long a d ten minut-s will be allowed for discussion. All are urged and invite i to attend. D. N. Barrow, Director Agricultural Department. Waterworks Likely. At a meeting of the citizens of Lexington 011 Friday night the waterworks commission submitted the reoort of its investigations. It i9 esti- I mated by experienced and competent engineers that a water system will cost the town something like $14,400. This practically includes everything. In its findings the committee recommended that the chairman, Mr. S. J. Leaphart, appoint a committee of three to canvass the town to secuie the necessary number of signatures to secure an election 011 the proposition of bonding the town for the sum of $15,000 to secure the system. Mr. Leaphart lia* not named the committee as yet, but will do so at an early date. This, to our mind, is the most important step toward the future development of our town and its natural resources that the citizens have ever undertaken, and there should be 110 draw-backs, no lagging in interest until the proposition is successfully carried through. The matter of securing electric lights was deferred, pending developments in the near future which will, undoubtedly, enable the town to secure lighis at a very low figure. Negro Entered House. ci .. ~ fciTi'n OWtllllStJi't, O Ul#y JL ii u jivciv. iv/m 11 was thrown into a furor of excitement about S:o0 last evening when Miss Azi'e Lybrand, who was sick in bed, heard some one walking on the back porch and soon saw a negro waiting in the hallway. Though sick she passed through to the front porch and told her mot her. Mrs. Lybrand secured a gun, firing it for assistance. Immediately the wouldbe robbers took to their heeis. The town authorities here telephoned f??ri he penitentiary bloodhounds, but failed to secure them. very thing is quiet ibis morning, though suspicion strongly resist on certain negroes.?The State. Medical Socist7. Tho County Medical Society was in ! session on Monday. Interest lug papers | I were read bv Dr. \V. L. Knecec, presi- i dent of the association, and Dr. R. E. j Mathhn, of Irmo, The next meeting | will be held on the first Monday in j October. i ? . - - . : '&,i '-ji Y, 1.G-EIE3, . COLUMBIA, S. C. mpt Attention. A 00L : *s worth only half a ' j/v ^ere 13 at ^east fcwic ';v;:i?k - J';.'Put temptation out cash in [\ Citizens Bj I BATESB <^Ly ^ IPs afer there an; ^ ^ox* Start your ac ^ave? Make it a ru ]|iP\ / m Pay kills by chec ^ ^or y?urself evei We pay interest o TJ. X. GUNTER, ] DO YOU PRAC1 There are very few who could not la] pay day for the possible "Rainy Day." TRY IT. It Daves the way to success That you did not begin sooner. WE PAY 4 per cent. INTEREST on ! Don't put it qff, but begin now,, by op The Bank of r? R. L. LYBRAND, President Marriage in China. Rev. John Lake, who, though in far off China, is greatly belo\ed throughout Edegfleld county, is to be Pr married early iu July to Miss Carrie th Bostick. Miss Bostiek is from Green- to ville, S. C., but has been engaged in f mission work in China during the past seven years. Doubtless some re young ladies in our town and county gr were college mates totMiss Bostick at un i he Greenville Female college.?Edge- lai field Advertiser. pa sh Professional. gr Dr. Derrick has returned and can us be found at his place of business every th day. G< - th Subscribe to The Dispatch. I 1 SPECIALANH( '09 FALL AND WINT We will have w days, Monday and ^ and 20, an expert tai measure for Fall Su > r i || iLxtra irousers. Please bear in man is not simply ? but he is an EipgfS I bnraj with him over 1 the newest and mos I ; I of foreio-n and do || Please meet us on a! ? will deliver garment *\ ** * I I! LEXINCTOr t r I A Ufa 'ftp I Aft IN MAMIt s much as one in the bank. For ie in the temptation to spend it of your way by depositing'your ink of Botesburg, URG, : : : S. C. y way than in your safe or cash :count today with what you Lie to deposit all your cash and :k. You'll find you have more y time you balance your books, n time deposits quarterly. Pres. ONES/Cashier. M. CARTER/Asst. Cashier. ICE SAVING? 7 something by each month, each 5, and you'll have but one regret, viz: Saving Deposits calculated quarterly, ening an account with us. 1 Swansea. B. E. CRAFT, Cashier. Card of Thanks. Mr. Editor: Please permit me to exess through your paper the sincere anks of both myself and family our kind neighbors and friends p their service to us during my wife's cent illness and death. We hold in ateful remembrance their kind and iwearied attention to her during her st sickness and their help and symthy snown us after her death. We all never forget their deeds of loye id their words of consolation in this eat sorrow that has overshadowed all. With heartfelt gratitude we ank them, one and all, and pray 3d's richest blessings to rest upon em. Sincerely, John J. McCartha and family. lUNCEMENTI ER OPENING 'ID dth us for two [\iesday, July 19 ilor to take your it, Overcoat or mind that this L L 1 1 4? m "order taker" Odfer who will 500 samples of t correct shades mestie woolens, bove dates. We :s when wanted. ER & CO.. _ - 3 J3 s. c, >M> > ? ' ' ' ' >^