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The Lexington Dispatch Wednesday, August 20, 1913. ??______?_ Q 3?. Hakxas, Editor and Publisher M. G. Sarratt, Associate Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Lexington, S. 0., as second olass matter. CIRCULATION 2.300. Although Woodrow Wilson has been president but little over five months, he has demonstrated beyond question his fitness to deal with big national nrnhiftTOfi in a statesmanlike way, even though his political opponents differ with him in fundamentals of government with especial reference to the needs and desires of the people. While the Wilson administration will be marked by the breaking of many time honored precedents, it will also be distinguished for the number of literary men chosen to represent the governIment at the capitals of Europe and the East, many of the men thus chosen standing in the front rank of the i literati of the American nation, whose works are household words wherever the English language is spoken. Not alone, however, will the Wilson administration be distinguished for the number of literary men who have been made ambassadors and ministers to foreign governments, but it will be universally commended for the generk; v ally exceptionally high character of -those selected for diplomatic places not only to the republics to the south of us, but to Europe and the Orient. "SOME GTTM." jS,'v .< The man wno invented the gatling machine gun, which shoots at the rate of 1,200 the minute, has nothing on Chief of Police Kleckley. In case he 1%.i ' goeB to sleep on the job his gun "spontaneously" cc in hammer-on eollision with the payment, and besides waking him up, it gives the alarm. Who can beat that for skill? ?? - ? m Advantages School Offers. ? A town is what its inhabitants make it. The town of Chapin will be what the people of Chapin will make it. Whether Chapin will be aggressiye and wide-awpke or at a standstill and dead in business will be left for the inhabitants of this town to decide. I believe I can be safe in asserting that [p ' every loyal oitizen desires to see his hfiV" own town grow. I have enough faith ~ v _ / ni. _ and confidence in rue peopie 01 unapm to believe that yon wonld like to see your towu grow in business and tower high above the neighboring towns. I In order to increase the growth of a town there most be an increase in population/ In order to insure an increase in population there must be certain inducements and opportunities that will attract and draw people inside the town limits. Therefore, if r you want to see your town grow you must afford advantages chat will justify families in breaking up homes and moving into your town. Hence, if Chapin would grow, one must put on new life and become aggressive. A keen competition in trade, the con stant introduction of new enterprises, good churches, and last, but not least, a creditable school are subjects that should suffice to occupy fully the thoughts and hearts and tongues tf the people of Chapin. As I am by profession a pedagogue, it would be quite natural for me to be in sympathy with our school. I wish to show how a good school adds to the progress of a town. What does a good school mean to a town? Does a good school pay? There are questions that should demand the serious consideration of all concerned about , the welfare and growth of a town. As a town grows in proportion to its constituency what part does a good school play in adding to the growth of population? The average man, being somewhat handicapped because of the lack of an education, is not willing to turn his child loose in this fast age without first equipping that child with a thorough education. As a general thing the school facilities in the rural ^districts are not very flattering, and oar country fathers desiring to educate their children are moving into the towns and cities where the very hest school advantages are offered. What then will a good school mean to * the merchants, to the real estate men, kto the churches in the town of Chapin? -It will mean an increase in tiude to merchants, an increase in value of property to the land owner and an increase in membership to the churches in Chapin. Families moving into Chapin must have food and clothing, hence, the merchant will be benefitted. They must hare homes to live in, hence, the real estate man will be benefitted. They must wor? i Ship God in public, hence, mecnnrcnes will be benefitted. A Rood school will mean more business, a greater popnlation, and a better town In every respect for Ohapin, 111 fact to insure the safety of your town it will be necessary that yea haye the very beat school. The mighty trust of Chapin's fate and fortune is soon to be committed into the hand9 of yonr sons. Who shall take your place when yon are gone? After yon are gone, who shall govern your town and who shall carry on your business? You will want men whose qualifications and abilities will be such as to govern your town intelligently and to carry on your affairs in a busine9s-like manner. The safety and wellfare of your town will depend upon the fitness and the efficiency of those who ? *' - ? .cc?i/-vf TT.inr frtirn. A ! | are to run iny aiiauo w ^ i<u, good school will be a powerhouse to your .town, furnishing power by tnrniDg out men eminently qualified intellectually to work steadily and effectually towards the uplift of your town. A good school is the making of a town. Show me a town with a good school in it and I can safely prediet a bright future for that town. But on the other hand, a town with a poor school in it will remain stunted, however the people may wish for that town to grow. I am contending for a school worthy the support and should have the earnest cooperation of all. It is the dutyof the citizsns of Chapin to work for a good school. Will it pay Chapin to have a good school? If it will pay, then, let us make our school hotter bv adding on the eleventh grade. I cannot find any reason whatever why j our town should not have the very best school possible. Men of strong minds and willing hands, I beg you to persevere, to take courage and be determined to make your school one of the very best in the county, yea, in the State. Look about you and get busy. Your sons and daughters must be thorough before entering college and to insure thorougness on the part of your children you must have a thorough teaching force to start with. I appeal to the thinking men of Chapin, the men who wish to do things to come down into the trench with the principal and shovel and wheel there till yon have made a school that will make other schools sit np and take notice. Get into the traces and pull by the side of your principal and we will have the best school in the county which will mean so much for the town of Chapm. Let us support one another. Let us be welded into a social unity and that we are under obligation to fill our respective place in the upbuilding of our school. In the name of reason, in the name of innocent children, I beg the people of Chapin to give us a school that will cope with any school in the State. 1 call loudly for earnest working men who are in sympathy with the sub - ' ^ -J 1..MJ _ | lime work of educating ineir umurcu for the honor duties, and enjoyments of true manhood and womanhood. Let theiv, the patrons of the school recognize their indebtedness to their children. Let them wreathe their names with grateful memories in the hearts of their children by installing a school that will give the very best school advantages. Let us make the school business our business, thinking about It, working for it and planning how and in what v ys we improve it. H. H. Haltiwanger, Chapin, S. 0. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANE OP SWANSEA. Located at Swansea, S. C., at the close of business Aug. 9,1913. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $G1,747 45 Overdrafts 545 50 Furniture and Fixtures 1,592 00 Banking House 2,518 54 Due from Banks and Bankj ers 5,798 27 Currency 060 00 Gold 137 50 Silver and Other Coin 446 61 Total $73,445 87 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in $20,000 00 Surplus Fund : 1,200 00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid, 97 5S Dividends Unpaid Individual Deposits subject to Check 16,743 75 i Savings Deposits.. 10,326 24 j Cashier's Checks 78 -30 1 Bills Payable, including Certifi' cates for Money Borrowed, 25,OIK) 00 Total ?73,445 87 State of South Carolina, > County of Lexington. \ Before me came B. E. Craft, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. B. E. CRAFT, Sworn to and subscribed before me, this uth dav of Auer.. 1913. A. Z. Stroraan, (L. S.) Notary Public, S. C. Correct Attest: W. B. Rast, W. H. Witt, R. L. Lybrand, Directors. Notice. I have just received a car of Columbus and Sterling Wagons. Come one, come all and let me figure with you on Wagons, Mowers, Rakes, Disc Harrows, Cultivators, Hay Presses, and other things of like nature. Price and terms to please. J. W. Roof, Pelion S. C GOING! GOING-!! GONEIir JT IS EASIER TO SAVE THE * HAIR lo YOU HAVE THAN TO GROW NEW The tendency to put off until tomorrow what we should do today acooants for most of the bald J heads we see in the front row. U Newbro's Herpicide stops falling hair and pre- ! vents baldness. The dandruff prerm is destroyed g by its use and a condition of health maintained in the hair and scalp. Nearly everyone has hair trouble of some description which Herpicide will always correct. S. Don't wait until it is too late. g. It is conceded to be the standard hair remedy end is recommended and applied by ad the best -p.' Hair Dressers and Barbers. One dollar size bottles sold by tis under am absolute guarantee* Harmon Drug Co., Special Agents di Boiling Spring's News. A recent cold spell informs us that Christmas is coming once again. Mr. J. W. Keisler is a visitor in Co- D lumbia this week. p & Mr. David Taylor made a flying trip qj to Columbia this week. Miss Elvira Taylor, of near Gaston, E: visited her cousin, Miss Bertha How- ^ ard recently. n Miss Lacy Shealy, of near Edtrund, Fi visited her sister, Mrs. S. D. Keisler recently. The children's day exercises will Li take place next Saturday, the 23rd, at Boiling Springs. Everybody is cordi- ? ally invited. jJ Well I will ring off, with best wishes for the Dispatch. Pee Jay. To Preach at St. Stephen's Rev. B. L. Sfcroup, of Newton, N. C. will preach at St. Stephen's E. Lutheran Church next Sunday, Aug. 24th at both the morning and evening services. He has been highlv rpcom- Ci Si mended as a pastor and preacher. ^ Come out to hear him and see how you would like to have him as your N regular pastor. Harry K. Thaw Captured. ^ Sherhrooke. Quebec, Aug. 19.? Harrv K. Thaw, cut short in his flight from the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane at Matteawan, N. Y., by ^ arrest today at the village of St. Her- s mcogilde de Graford, just over the in- D teraational line from New Hampshire, prepared in a cell in the county jail ^ here tonight to fight against being c sent back to the United States. Thaw U faces deportation on the ground that T| Pi he is an undesirable alien and extradi- ( tion on a warrant charging him with D bribery. Tno warrant already issued in New ^ York State on a charge of conspiracy will not suffice to extradite him, in the B opinion of local authorities. These & authorities received word tonight that the district attorney of Duchess county, in which Matteawan is located, was Si on his way here prepared to swear to a warrant charging Thaw with brib- j ery?an extraditable offense?if nece9sary. b< Small Boys Arrested. Guy Horton and Tolvie Shirah, aged 11 and 14 respectively, of Columbia, stold a bicycle Monday and made ^ fheir way on it to Mr. Jake Kleckley's i -r, ?u:~i, 4-1 nome, near xuuukiauu, which mr) entered at the back door and 9told a gun and a few shells and a little * pocket drinking cup. S' Sheriff Miller, who, thinking it was a gang of desperadoes of the Jesse James fame, was notified of the ^ larceny, and, accompanied by his son, Lester, was soon upon the scene. The little fellows were brought here and put in jail. L Lexington School Will Open. B The Lexington High School will F open on Monday, Sept. 1. All students B should be present on the first day. ^ The teachers will be the same as last year except Miss Pearl Clark who will C be in the place of Miss Mattie Brown G who did not stand for re-election. q1 . ' Zj BACK-FENCE GOSSIP. First Cat?I wonder if my master tl lias missed me since we elopedT Second Cat?Quite likely. He missed me just before we eloped, C while I was calling for you. The way he throws a -water pitcher is semething laughable. REPORT OF THE CONDITION Of The PALMETTO NATIONAL BANK, at Columbia, S.C., the close of business Aug. 9th. 1913. RESOURCES ansand discounts $1,857,333 02 rerdraf ts secured and unsecured 30,540 50 S. bonds to secure circulation 250,000 00 . S. bonds to secure U. 3. deposits 100,000 00 C. bonds to secure Postal Savings 0,000,00 emiums on U. S. bonds 5.500J00 C. Bonds, securities,etc. 245,0^5140 ._i_r i illKju^ nuur-e, iuiuuuic and fixtures 108,875 30 le from national banks (not reserve agents) $ SS,114 69 le from State and private banks and bankers, trust companies and savings banks 139,041 42 ue from approved reserve gents 84,281 35 leeks and other cash items 23,116 87 ^changes for clearing house 29,748 50 otes of other lational banks 5,000 00 ^actional paper currency, nickels and cents 430 00 iwful money reserve in DaiiK, viz: lecie 20,30" 00 igal tender notes 16,000 00 ed em p t ion fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent, of circulation) 12,500 00 418,502 83 Total $3,018,888 G5 LIABILITIES apital stock paid in. $250,000 00 lrplns fund. 100,000 00 ndivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 46,966 01 ational bank notes outstanding 250,000 00 ne to other naional banks $339,077 71 ne to State and private banks and >ankers 341,278 37 ue to approved reserve agents 1,702 58 ividends unpaid. 194 00 [dividual deposits abject to check. 1,0-51,782 70 emar.d certificate of deposit 40,135 00 ertified checks.. 469.72 ashier's checks )utstandincr 10,703.95 nited States de>osits 84,035.21 osial savings leposits . . 1,301.11 eposits subject to check 15,964 79 $1.916,765.14 otes and bi is J&liscounted 35,157.50 illspayable 410,0?10."0 eserve fund 10.0U0 00 Total 8 3,018,888.65 tare of South Carolina, County of Richland, ss: I, J. P. Matthews, Cashier, of the x>ve named bank, do solemnly swear iat the above statement is true to the ist of my knowledge and belief. J. P. MATTHEWS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me tis 12th day of Aug., 1913. HARRY CAN THY, Notary Public for S. C, orrect?Attest: WILIE JCNES, FRANCIS H. WESTON. BRUCE WALKER RAVEN EL, Directors. rATEMENT OF THE CONDITION of the BANK OF CHAPIN, OCATED AT CHAPIN, S. 0., AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS Aug. 9th, 1913. Resources. oaus and Discounts $37,405 02 verdrafts 818 67 onds and Stocks Owned by Bank ... 650 00 urniture and Fixtures 1,881 03 atiking House 1,714 24 ther Ileal Estate 1,749 11 ue from B<*nks and Bankers 993 99 urrency 907 00 old...! 125 00 ilver and other Coin 261 54 hecks and Cash Items.... 248 20 xpenso 68 15 Total $46 "2 85 Liabilities. apital Stock paid in $10,000 00 urplus fund 500 00 idividual Deposits subject to Check 3,9S4 14 avings Deposits 1,045 53 " n nno 1C1 ime i^ernncaies 01 i^eijusit. 10 a9hier's Check9 ills Payable, including certificates for money bor rowed 19,300 00 Tot?il $40,S22 85 tate of South Carolina, / County of Lexington \ Before me came A. T. Mayer, asliier of the aboye named bank, who sing duly sworn, says that the above ad foregoing statement is a true conLtion of said bank, as shown by the aoks of said bank. A. T. MAYER, Cashier. Sworn to and subacribed beforo mo, lis ISth day of Aug., 1913. N. Z. Sease, Notary Public for S. C. orrect--Attest: W. B. Williams. J. 3. Wessinger. H 0 Shealy, 1 Wwtow Stops Falling Hair 11 Hall's Hair Renewer certamly stops fining hair. No doubt abewt it whatever. Yon will surely be satisfied. ? ?,i,M t We Are |' Headquarters 1 ?F? ? i SUGARS, COFFEE. TEA and RICE < Wholesale and Retail < Roasted Ooffee, IS, 20, 22, 25 and np Green Coffee, 16, 18, 20c. ^ Green, Black and Mixed Teas, 2oc, ' 40c 50c and up. ' f Rice Sold at Cut Prices. C. D. Kenny Co. , 163S Main St. Phone 157 i Columbia, South Carolina < Alfred J. Fox, I REAL ESTATE AND iSSIIRANGE LEXINGTON, S. C. Real Estate Bought and Sold. 35 acres 5 m.les north of Lexington cn the Cherokee road, 30 acres open, 2 room house, well watered. One lot on Main Street, Lexington, dwelling, barn, deep well. Three large vacant lots on Main Street, Lexington. 950 arres on Black creek, 6 miles from Steadman enough pine timber to cut 500,"00 feet of lumber, juniper, oak, hickory and dogwood in abundance. 63% acres 1% miles from Shumperts, Plenty running water, some pine timber, plenty oak. 1000 acres 4 miles from Edmund on Congaree creek Dwelling and Tenant Houses, Fine Water Power, Pine Timber. 250 acres 5 miles from Leesville, timber, 2 rural routes, telephone, ..good school, near church. 216 acres 5 miles from Edmund, 20 acres open, 2 room dwelling, plenty water, good pasture. 105 acres 7 miles from Pelion 7 miles from Gilbert, 4 room " ? 3 dwelling, a Dam aiiu stauica, plenty water. I ' 140 acres two miles south of Barr, 6 miles from Lexington, 30 open, 50 acres pine timber, 6 room dwelling, a barn and stables, plenty running water. 62^ acres 3 miles west of Gaston, 9 acres open, 3 room dwelling, some pine timber, plenty oak. 270 acres; 3 miles from Pelion, 50 acres open land, dwelling, plenty water. Fine land for Cotton and srrain. 162 acres 5 miles from Sfpedman, 25 acres open land, dwelling barn and Stables. 104 acres 1 mile from Edmund j 35 acres open land, 2 room dwelling, plenty water. 150 acres 7 miles from Lexing ton, 50 acres in cultivation y room dwelling. 2 barns, tenant house, blacksmith shop good water nower, corn and wneat mill, cotton, gin and press, telephone, daily mail, near_ good school and church. Easy terms. SURETY BONDS. Write or call to see me AT THE ME NATiOML Lexington, S. C. -J W?>1??J r ?-?? : Edwin 6, Dreta INSURANCE FIRE LIFE ACCIDENT AUTOMOBILE PLATE GLASS LIVE STOCK TORNADO HEALTH I represent only the strongest and host old lino Companies and have soecial facilities for writing fire iusnrance on conntry property. If you want insurance of any kind write or call on me at Lexington, S, C. r C. E. LEAPHART ? REAL ESTATE AND * 1 INSURANCE, I Life,Casualty, Live Stock, Tornado, flj Hail Storm, Automobile and fl Fire Insurance. 9| Some Real Bargains in Real Estate ~ 3 Lot 00x210 north Depot street. Lex- I ngton, S. C. Excellent home site. H 00 acre two mile9 of Lexington, SO, " M Said land at a bargain, O Also 250 acres adjoining the above SI :ract at a figure that will astonish, n 310 acre plantation 1 1-2 miles of 9 Lexington, clay subsoil, well watered, 9 Id acres open, balance oak and pine 9 saw timber, 10 room house, all neces- 9 >ary out-buildings, Situated on the 9 proposed trolley line. Easy terms. 9 100 acre farm, 2 miles of Lexington, ?j play sub-soil, well watered, 40 acres gfl pen, oak and pine timber, 5 room * 9 dwelling, necessary out-buildings. At 9 a bargain, easy terms. 9 105 acres sand land, 1 1-2 miles o -.^9 Lexington, 50 acres open, owner will ^9 cut the tract to suit the purchaser. 99 Must be sold at once at a sacrifice T| price. Easy terms. 9 10 acres just outside the incorporate i limits ot Lexington, on extension of jB Hendrix street, two tenant houses. I Must be seen to be appreciated. fi 4 lots on Church street, Lexington, fl S. C., opposite new School Building. Dirt cheap for cash. ? Write, Call, Come and See C. E. LEAPHART, ACT., Lexington, S. C. TURNIP Ruta Baga, Collard and other seeds for planting now. Plants. Cabbage, Collard, Egg Plant, Pepper, Sweet Potato, omato, Coleus, Chrysanthemums, Salvia, etc. Flowers for all occasions. L Rose Hill Greenhouses . Phone 43. Columbia, S. C? 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