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Tlie Lexington Dispatch Burned April 25th; rebuilt Juh 19, 1894. G. M. HABMAN. Editor and Pub'isher. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APItIL, 26. 1899. "EEMEMBER THE FACTS." We publish elsewhere an accouut of the horrible and brutal crime of a negro fiend known as Sam Hose and his awful and horrible death at the hands of a justly enraged people. The terrible torture to which the negro was subjected to, naturally at first, sent a thrill of horror through the breast of all civilized people and -* i i*i e L!_ i i i me Drutamy 01 ms treatmeui v?u? condemned, but as the sickening details of his heinous crime began to unfold themselves and the people understood the nature of it, the unanimous opinion is that no punishment could have been too severe for such a brute. Col earning this matter, the Altlanta Constitution editorially says: "The tenibie expiation which , Sam Hose was forced to pay for his crime will arouse a flood of discussion, carried on by those who kDow the facts on one side, and by those who do not care for the facts on the other. "But, while the form of this criminal's punishment cannot be upheld, let those who are disposed to criticise it look into the facts?and by these facts temper the judgment they may - ?' render. ' An UDassumiDg, industrious aDd hard workmg farmer, after bis day s toil, sat at his evening meal; around him sat wife and children, happy in the piesence of the man who was fulfilling to them every duty imposed by nature. At peace with the world, serving God and loyal to humanity, they looked forward to the coming dayr^ ''Noiselessly the murderer, with uplifted axe, advanced in the rear, and sank it to the helve in the brain of the unsuspecting victim. "Tearing the child from the mother's breast, he flung it into the pool of blood oozing from its father's wound. "Then began the culmination which has dethroned ihe reason of the people of Western Georgia during the the past week. As critics will howl about the lynching, the Constitution will be pardoned for stating the plain facts. "The wife was seized, choked, thrown upon the floor, where her clothiDg lay in the blood of her husband, and ravished! ' Remember the facts! Remember the dark night in the country home! Remember the slain husband, and above all, remember that shocking degradation which was inflicted by the black beast, his victim swimming in her husband's warm blood, as the brute held her to the flooi! "Keep the facts in miod. When the picture is painted of theravisher in flames, go back and view that /J /\ V* /\ M >,? ^4 r T%?n ? ft f rtV/'l A!lt_ uamei yiuiurt; ui Jtiis. uiauiuiu uur raged in the blood of her murdered husband." The jury in the Lake City lynching case, which was heard before Judge Brawley in the United States District Court in Charleston last week, has agreed to disagree and a mistrial has been ordered. The defendants, wh(Tare white meD, are charged with having killed the negro postmasterBaker and his infant about a year ago, as they were driven from their home by the incendiar)'s torch. The prosecution exhausted every resource at the command of this powerful government to convict the defendants and all the eloquence, ability and in genuity of shrewd and trained attorneys and a multitude of partisan and bias witnesses to accomplish this end. Indeed the case was pushed with such vigor that it really seemed to be one of persecution instead of one of prosecution. Tbis, at least, is the way the conduct of the case im pressed us. The government relied for conviction principally upon the testimony of a self confessed lyncher who bad turned iofoimer, and the testimony of the other witnesses was more in the nature of a corroboration ^ 4 V> a i f/\r ta ca U1 11JC ICO 11UJ Ul liiC 1UIU1UJC1 cu as to complete every link in the chain of circumstances by which it was expected to drag the defendants to the gallows. We are making no excuse for fhe killing of Baker and his child, but we do contend that the persons who are accused of doing the deed should have a fair and impartial trial and the crimes should be fastened on them beyond all reasonable doubts. The most sensational incident, however, during the progress of the trial, was the shedding of tears by the Presiding Judge while he was charging the jury and again after the failure to agree upon a verdict was announced. There are somewhat mysterious movements, w hich are surrounded by impenetrable silence,in railroad circles in this State and rumois of new lines and extension of routes are flying thipl- nnri A war between the rival companies is evidently on, and the scramble dow seems to be for controlling the Northern travel, and each competing load is seemingly striving to secure the shortest cut so as to reduce time and mileage. One vear ago last Friday the war of civilization and humanity with Spain was beguu. Since that time, however, the Republican party has thrown aside its mask and has come down from the lofty heights to which it sored at the beginning of hostilities and has degenerated into mere land grabbers. Alas! how the mighty have fallen. A unknown negro brutally assaulted a Mrs 8iUs Williams who lives a few wiles from G?eenvule, in this State, during rhe ab^euee of her busband, and wide his escape Saturday. The entire up country is being sc^uicd by bands of white men, and if the negro is captured sucuwary punishment will be mceted out to him. His route is rnaiked by horse stealing, on one which he travels until the horse gives out when he steals an other and continues his flight. Our farmers should look well to the locks on their stables and the people should be on the lookout for the negro fiend. The following is the description ol tiie uruie as given uy Mrs. Williams: k,Tbc criminal is coal, slick black, bus very large prominent front teelb, is clean shaven, about 28 yeais old, is musculir but not plump, is broad shouldered and weighs about 140 pounds. Between his upper front teeth there are wide spaces. His soldier hat is scolloped arouDd the brim, but she thinks it had no band on itr He had no leggings, his rough brogan shoes were well worn and there was a pilch at the right knee of the blue tiomeis He wore a soldier coat, but his shiit was a yellow and blue striped one, the colors bright but the shirt dirty. His clothes did not tit him well and his whole appearaLca was decidedly shoddy." A statement, claiming to have come from Washington totheCbailes ton News and Courier to the (fleet that Senator Tillman and Gen. Butler have buried the hatchet and have formed a combination to defeat Senator McLaurin with the latter for re-elec ion four years hence.. This statement bears on its face the stamp of unreliability and coming from the source it doeB places it beyond the pale of belief. There is nothing too wild or too small for some people to start on the Senator in order to > weaken him with the people and they dish out the vilest slander sgainst him to accomplish their purpose. We would be glad indeed if it should prove true that these two will come together and heal their political dif ferences for they are both good men and are in positions to accomplish great and lasting good for the State; but we don't believe that they have even thought of forming a combination to defeat Senator McLaurin. Such a course would prove disastrous to both. It has been definitely settled to take the sick Governor to Summerville in the hope that the pine per fumed breezes of that famous health resort will prove beneficial to mm. He will stop at the Pine Purest Ion ts the guest of Messrs. F. W. Wagener & Co. The South Carolina and Georgia railroad has tendered the use of a handsome private car for Governor Ellerbe and his attendants. Earnest and sincere supplications are daily ascending to a throne of grace from thousands of hearts all over the State for his restoration to health. Iu the event the Government c& Is for more troops to shoot down the Fillipinos, the Greenville Mountain ^er wants the preference given to the negroes for the reason that they cao stand the Philippine climate better than can their brothers in white. Col. S. W. Vance, late State Liq lor Commissioner, who was defeated fur re-election by Mr. J. B Douthit, has been elected State Phosphate Commissioner, defeating Mr. A. W. Jones, the present encumbent. doors of thcuCt sands of men MLt ~C~who are well mmZmbs* \ to d? ??d 5W&S5PLv^ ; vW rounuea oy ' x^mPlenty: 1UW/Sf^yk . ~N^ health, in the rJ% * maj?rity ?f 'wA/^'Hj / L J cases, is starva'WP'// ^ tion< Pure ar-d uVMsimple. It \\ypf' )\' K ? /means that o . /. body, brain. ^ X/ ' , ? nerve, bone ~C yf -^y and sinew are improperly or insufficiently nourished. Improper, insufficient nourishment is starvation. When a man's head aches it is because the tissues of the brain do not receive sufficient nourishment from the blood, or receive impure and unhealthy nourishment. When a man gets nervous and sleepless, it means that the blood is not properly nourishing the nerves. When his skin breaks out with blotches and pimples and eruptions, it means that the skin is being fed upon the impurities of the blood. Almost every known disease is primarily due to improper nourishment through the blood, which is the life-stream. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is the greatest of all blood-makers and purifiers. It gives edge to the appetite, corrects all disorders of the digestion, makes the assimilation of the life-giving elements of the food perfect, invigorates the liver, promotes secretion and excretion, and vitalizes the whole body. It makes firm, muscular flesh, but does not make corpulent people more corpulent. It cures 9S per cent, of all cases of lingering coughs, bronchial, throat and nflTprtinrm which, if neglected. lead #up to consumption, it is the best of all nerve tonics and restoratives. Kept by all medicine dealers. " I was taken ill in February. 1S02, with headache and pain in mv back.' writes H. Caddis, Esq.. of 313 South J Street. Tacoma. Wash. "I called in a doctor and he came three times. He said I was bilious but I kept getting worse : I took a cough so that I could not sleep, only by being propped up in bed. My lungs hurt me, aud I got so poor that I was just skin and !>one. I thought I was going to die. I used two bottles of I)r. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and it made nie sound and well. It saved my life.'* No remedy relieves constipation so quickly aud effectively as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They never gripe. Tbe Commissioner of Internal Revenue has made a decision which, it is claimed will seriously tfRct the tobacco interest. In brief the ruling is that a dealer, after receiving tobacco from a farmer, is required to pack it in hogsheads, cases or bales before offering it for sale to a thiid party. FOR SASiELpS CRIME! A Nrrrc '.lavishsr Burnt at the Stake i by Infuriated White Men. / Sam Hose, the muulerer of Alfred Cranford, who assaulted the victim's wife and dragged her over the duDg body of her husband, has paid the penalty of his crime by the most terrible death a criminal ever suffered ia this State. Hose wa3 captured at the home of bis mother near Marshallville Saturday night and brought to Newnart j aud lodged in j ?.il Sunday morning, j A. crowd of 2,500 people took Lieu j from the Sheriff and burned him at ! the stake after cutting off his ears and mutillating his body in an in j doscribable manner. Hose confessed the crime, and in j his death agony said that L'ge Strickland, another nrgro, paid him $20 to kill Mr. Ciunfoid. As the result of this statement Lige Stiicklmd was lynched Sunday night, and his body was found hanging to a tree about a mile from Palmetto Monday morning. Tue awful scene at the death of Sam Hose is graphically desctibed by a member of The Journal staff, - ? < ?! l L wiio wrote toe ioiiowmg uispaivu on the scene of the traged\: BURNED TO DEATH. Newnan, Ga, Ap rl23.?Sam Hose was burned at a slake two miles from Niwnan ou the Palmetto road. The torch was applied at 2:30 o'clock. At 2:40 a chain which held the negro to a tree broke and fell ioto the ihmes. The fire was put out and the negro chained again. He slowly burued. B.fore the fire was started both ears were cut cflf and be was emasculated. At 2:o0 p m , Hose ceased his fearful contortions, and his bead dropped upon hi3 shoulder. The crowd cheered every contortion. WarniDg was given for ncno to shoot, but to let him die by degrees. Then an eager crowd sprang upon him and cuPout his vital organs. MentakiDg pieces of his heart, etc., as ghastly souvenirs of the terrible event. While burning he confessed all the details and implicated a negro named Lige Strickland, who had offered him $20 to kill Cranford. On the way to the stake Hose was positively identified by Mrs. Mcttw *r? n, t .l ??j Hiirov, inrs. wuuiuiu a uiuiuei, auu also by Mrs. Cranford's sister. Hose was marched through the streets of NewDan, followed by at least 2,500 people. ''This is a warning to all negroes!" cried the crowd. I left the scene of torture at 3 o'clock, and Hose was unconscious. He did not utter a cry, but several blood vessels broke from the agony of the torture. Hundreds are now at the scene and Newnan is almost deserted. Sam Hose was first put in the Newnan j til, and the crowd waited a for Mrs Cranford, who is in Newnan, to reach the j til. The crowd was very orderly, but such determination as is shown by 2 5u0 people I have never seen before. The trip from Griffia was made ver/ quickly. Sheriff Brown refused to accept Hose at the depot in NewnaD, demanding that he be delivered at the j til. He was marched through the streets, thousands wildly cheer iug and hundreds in line. Sheriff Brown and the captors of Hose, the -Jones brothers, of Marshallville, put their heads close to the j prisoner as they marched, saying: ' Boys, be quiet. If you shoot \ him you will kill us. We are goiDg j to take this man to jail." Thousands pacscd about the jiiJ, and many ladies were on the scene, waving their handkerchiefs and applauding the men who made the capture. Nothing on earth could baved saved Hose, and a regiment of soldiers would have been powerless. Mrs. Cranford's arrival was awaited impatiently, and it was reported she was on the way to the j til. Sheriff Brown had been informed that he must deliver Hose to the crowd, and he acceded to their demand to save a wholesale loss of life. The crowd blocked every street in the vicinity of the jail and clamored for Hose. "Burh bim at the stake !*' was the cry on a thousand lips. Ex Governor Atkinson made a speech for law and order. When he finished the crowd yelled: ' Take him out and burn biuo!*' Judge A. D. Fieeman spoke for the law to take its course, and urged | the crowd to leave. D?Jay aod ! . . i speech miking made the crowd I boisterous and determined. A speech j was made by a Griffin man urging the crowd to take Hose to Palmetto. A train was asked for over the West Point road to Palmetto. Royal Daniel. THE CAPTURE Griffin, Ga., April 23.?Sam Hose ; was found at 0 o'clock last night by j two farmers at the home of his ! mother four miles from Marshall- j ville, where he had been in hiding I ever since the day after the commis- , sion of his diabolical crimes. Hose was brought to Griffin this ! morning and was taken from here by ! special train to Palmetto. There is no question about the j identity of the negro. He confessed. ? A. _ . The two iu^u k? pt prisoner | without telling arv ore of tl t i: ! cap'ure uu il ibis morning, wh'i- j hey sUrieu for A luiita with him. :ak:ug him by way of Macon Tn<y lold those who questioned ih m ti a' the negro was ati esciped convict whom they Were taking bmk to the camps. But ia some way the people < f Grifha heaid that Hose was on Li* way to Atlanta from Macon. A j Grriffiu man went clown to the Central | railroad this morning, and, finding that Hose was on the train, notified those whom he bad left behind. Ilose was captured bv J. B. and i L ~ | ~r t -r , i il . 1 r ,1 J. o -Jones, two oroiuers \\no uvo 5. short distance away from the Louse occupied by Hose's mother. TLey have known the LCgro for many years. On Fiiday, April 11, tLc day after the Palmetto tragedy, one of the -Jones brothei s saw Hose ruakii g way to Lis mother's home. J?. !:< s did uot then know of the ciimes o! which Hose had been guilty, but he learned soon afterward. Yesterday the Joneses decided to act. Accordingly, they went to the borne of Hose's mother at 9 o'clock last night and captured Sam Hose without difficulty. The nfgro had disguised himself by blacking his face with soot, but was easily recog uized. HUSK'S HEAKT. On Monday morning a telephone message was received by The Journal from Palmetto statiDg that the dead body of Lige Strickland was hanging to a tree about a mile from town and.it was supposed that he was lynched about midnight. It was reported that Stiicklaud was taken from the Thomas plantation about 10 o'clock, loudly prote.-t ing bis innocence. Mr. Thomas, bis employer, aud seme of the cruwd d - fended Strickland. A trial, it is said, was held by the mob, with some deliberation. On Monday morning a man catne to The Journal office with a piece of dark flesh which he said was a pait of Sam Host's heai t. His name is J. M. Moss and he is an employee of the Fulton Bag and Cotton mills, Atlanta. A large crowd went from Atlanta on Sunday to see the burning. THREE MORE MARKED. On Monday morning at 0 o'clock a telephone message from Palmetto stated that the mob, after lynching Lige Stiickland, had maiked three more negroes for execution, that one of them had been lynched since daylight and the crowd was after the other two. Twenty Years Proof. Tutt's Liver Pills keep the bow* els in natural motionand cleanse i . r _ 11 A tne system 01 an lmpunuw absolute cure for sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach*, constipation and kindred diseases. "Can't do without them" R. P. Smith, Chilesburg, Va. writes I don't know how I could do without them. I have had Liver disease for over twenty years. Am now entirely cured. Tutt's Liver Pills Resolutions cf Respsct. Whereas, it has pleased the Great Architect of the Universe, in his inscruitable providence and unerring wisdom to leruovo from the labors and toils of incident to the work of this transitory life, to the joys, felicity and re&t of that temple which is not made with hands eternal in the heaveus, cur dearly belovtd and highly esteemed brother, J. W. Hickc, therefore, be it Resolved, That in the de-r-th cf Brother Hicks, Lexington Lodge, No. 152, A.'.F. .jI.-., has suffered the irreparable loss of a true friend, a devoted and worthy member, who exemplified the practice and teachings of the craft in his walk and life. His presence will be greatly missed in our lodge room, having been a prompt and regular attendant upon the stated and extra communications of the order, of which he was a bright and sbiniog light. Charitably disposed, peacefully inclined and btariog brotbeily love toward all, be endeared himself to us in the bonds of affection. 2. That a blank page of our minute book be dedicated to the memory of our deceased brother; a copy of ikese preamble and resolution be furnished his bereaved family, with the assurance that we mourn with them in their affliction, and that a copy be furnished the Lexington Dispatch j for publication. r> ir ii ... \j .ti Jiaiiii:'.:1, Dr. C. E Leap hart, Jas E Kiwi, Committee. j April 22, lS'.'O. Heine and Farm. By special arrangements we offer j the Home and Farm, the leading j farm and home paper, published in | Louisville, Ky , and the Dispatch for j $1.25. Those of our subscribers wh > ! dealt e to subscribe for the Home ami Faruj, oun do so b}' sending 25o in silver or stamps to this otlice. rr*.r-ir'SJKK : 1 v, iv ? ^c-.>i^.*i ==/=^ ' ) Nervous Debility I \ ] is often one cf the most distressing after- M j $ effects cf the Grip. It may also be caused J U ' ' . ? . I - * s t ? a .. ^/ n(c nr I N D/ C*?irv<orK, worry, ir.euiai ^v.io"i u> s\ /? of almost any nature. 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Uo says: tr 'I "At one time ! was in sueh a vendition ilia: my physiciansai<l V I would have nervous ]>rostration: that I won hi have to stop news\ paperwork or I would go to pieces if I persisted in doing it, as I jj) A was destroying what nerve force I had left. 1 lost tlesh and had a / n complication of ailments which battled skillful physicians. An ^ \j associate recommended Dr. Williams' i'inU Pills for Pale People rf V and 1 cave them a trial. I can't say that I received any benefit fj A from the first box, but derived very good results from the second. VK. j Tliey gave me strength and helped my shattered nerves so that I f\ y could get a full night's rest. Jj U * A great deal of pain in the small of the bark I attributed to a rs S derangement of the kidneys, for tins complaint Dr. Williams' K. q Pink l'ills for Pale People worked wonders. Soon after 1 lie??an A taking them regularly, the pain reused, and I felt like a new man* // * " I am greatly encouraged from the results of using few boxes v yi and am confident that tlie pills will work a complete restoration ft Jh of my former condition."?/Vom Keening AVirs, Detroit, Mich. ^ L Sold by ail druggists or sent, postpaid, by the ^ Dr. Williams Medicine Co , Schenectady, N.Y., on \ ^/^reccipt of price, bOcents per box, b boxes, $2.51^^ Track Gardeners' Fttrof itc Prolific. ' I ALL StASOM CABBAGE. PEPtFSCT'GrS TOMATO. (J ILL liliU IID ijlxiiJjjlj. ? A LARGE VARIETY. at 3 ?A?3 ^ . j ? ^ 22.:nch barrel, weight 4i 1pounds. JIXLCI rl\rl C II \? iI> ill. j ^ Careful!*.* bored and tested. For A TTrilEIiFAS. INl'. liMATION II '?S j & --> *-5 ^ -3- rim-nro ceiUrdgeo. \ VV been rrcoivtil at this l:ej>.irt:n-nl j > _ ?,* < . x tint on the r,:h day of April, A. D , | < Plain Open Sights, $6,00? lS'JD. the house and kitchen, with content . ; m A of J. I). Langford, in the county cl J."\i:if- | > AO. Io? \ ton. were burned ami there being reason to j \Target Sights, $3.50 f believe that the burn.ug was an act ot it- ! & , , ^ , , x, h ? ir A sir your dealer for tnc e' FA. V O- Y \ cenaiiirisui. j \ tmti* t* i j *?. ? **. x Now, therefore. 1, W. II. Fdlerbe, \9 ?.L ' ,, ? k? p-.:' V' f ^ Governor of the State of South Carolina, i T>rice n(*' :>a'' ' ?11 0 ^ j in order that jndico ruav be ,W. and the j K ^ f } | I mil est v of the law vindicated. ?) heicoy | f ]nrrn(% sho,visin!,r %yhh val. f otter a reward of Que IIundr?. d Dollars ; 1 information regarding rides $ tor the aj p. tlier s:ou and coniiction j \ and ammunition in general. \ of the p r.son or p u>ons who committed i f f I IN ^ TES I'lMONY^' v,"HEREOF. I Lave {J. STEVENS ASMS AND TOOL CO. { j hereunto set n.v hand and | i P.O.Box 11 >2 caused the Greaty?">j 0i ! j CHICOPLE FALLS, MASS. the State to he affixed, at Lo- , ~ ' Inn.1,hi. Ibis the J:i:h .lay et : [L. s.] Apr 1. A. 1). 1MIU. and in! tli.- one hundred and twenty- ?|k 0-5 third year ?>! the Indi-pend- I1 J J 3 J euceof the Uni'ed States &! to* 5 6 V * 9 6 | Aii.encu.^ ^ ELLEEBT. H S WU L'^1UB By the Governor: ,M-K- cooS^01 Sl,.c I Perfect Appetite. JZVT~\v?r~T? Perf8ct Dj03stion. iair >?armiiir! ,.k,|W?Lif ** ?* u aa? <-7 I\ nlnets is a p r.ect regulator. SCOTT SAMUEI/d HAVING MADE A Safe and harm less, but effective _ contract to work with m1 r.ntil I com- Can ho taken at auv time, with pitted Mr. Iio?s Birr s hons- and a house any kind of cod. and is see to in Columbia and he having let: my employ. ere all disorders of the s\stein inont without ja-n cause before Lis .on | Pleasant to take natural in its citract was completed, this;-! to warn all jar- j lefts. Children and h-tu 1 *s ?vh : sons against tuiplouug < r haihoring the :-r ' delicate and ailing beer me said Scott Samuels as ih. v v. 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SC 1*HI ('11 111 g, (le.va>el. will pieise reial-r an amount ..t camdicc crmr ?r v . *. o*v rn titi-ir il*"ii ii?'ls il Iv atte-te.), to ;a-: on ?>r cAtflPLES SENT iF U &AY .0. 1<- ore M -v Mf IM".? a?<t all persons ill- ? Its hM ".hers debied tlieieio wi.l make i-iuuir-ul l<V til it h 'x* I'""' l> r's-< ftaiops. , , Its SOtd < V(I\Wilt re. tilne. N VNCY E (-HANKY, Exicutrix. I'lic KVctro Silicon Co., I" C.-lI Stieet, j April lii is:i;i. Uiv'il pi Ww York. ! $L RAMON'S ||m| tonic Regulator y | ' r^/^\LiY\\ is n?t only the best Liver and Kidney medicine 1 v i / V A r ^l!t suPPIies a" l'nc Cements of Liver Food lack [1 J I IJA irt your daily diet. Convenient to use, I \l L rPV" pleasant to take, thorough in action and the . 1 J best tonic. Price Si.co. J $ " BROWN MFC. CO.. Proj/rs, Crocnovillc. Tenn. % b ?1 ?i ?"'^"?ttthtbwm^tmaffflabwriwf mhmmb??? FOli SALK BY G. M. IIAKMAX AM) J. E. K ALT MANX. "THE LEADING FIRE INLU.tANCE COMPANY Or AMERICA." tfTNA INSURANCE CO., I ZKaxtfoscL, Conn. ^ Incorporated 1819. Charter Perpetual. . C ":isli Capital, S i.(MKKOOO rfl"otal Assets, ? - /Y/.A />4 A Kf Net Surpir.s $4,808,846 "<0 Sc-nius as to Fo'irv hoalers, s>s,8t3,tw:0.o Losses raid in 80 Years. $83,197,749.32. I feSolieit Vom* 1 Sitisinoss. J Kice B. Harman, I 111 LIFE AM) ACCIIMT INSURANCE. | ILes-lrLg-toin., S. C. THE ARMITAGE M'FG CO., 1 .'i200 to .7.700 Williamsbuvi) Avenue, 1 EICHMOUD, I MANUFACTURERS OF ^ a A ea a H Tmma a Hi II Oh H RA APilBllA ASPHALT, KbAUY KUUNNIi, TARRED FELTS, READY MIXEO PAINT,HWM. i 62T Write for Samplps and Prices. 47?Dm & SEED POTATOES! SEED POTATOES, Not. culls as some are selling, but the choicest stock grown and selected especially for seed. y STANDARD VARIETIES, AND STANDARD SIZE COODS. ggTDou'i Buy Coeap Seed. ; A JBSF'They Arc the Dearest ic the End. ONION SETS! INSON SETS! ? RED, YELLOW AND WHITE, . At lower prices than can be bought elsewhere. Send for Complete Price List. SmitheM. BVuitdo.. W. H. MIXSON, Manager, j 2.7 EAST BAY, OPPOSITE CUSTOM HOUSE. CZEaZ-^Zei^ZESTOILT, S. C., ' 3 M irch 1G. 1898-tf WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ....Dr. Baker's.... v i Jpyj Great Vegetable Blood and Liver Cure 1 ?P||pfi for BAD' BLOOD? It positively Cures Rheumatism, Scrofula, Syphilis, Constipation, Indigestion, and Blood and Liver Troubles cf llt^llJffil every description. It is purely and absolutely Vegetable, | Jj&ujil and can be used without injury by the most delicate. 'n ^u" l^*ounce bottles, at $1.00. Che mm mountain mod. e^SSSi* FOR SALE BY- H| (r. M. IIAHMAN, LEXiypTOy, S. C. LEXINGTON MARKET I ANDREW CRAWFORD J COm.rTEI> WKEKL^TH^BRCH^TS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, f ? .;r:. coluhbis, - - . s.c. . " Shoulders," a . pRACTICES IN THE STATE AND r.::r.! r .?r ii> " a s | JL Federal Courts. a:id offers bis profes Flour pe" '*v*t sw> a -Rrt sional services to the citizens of Lexington i S^'^'::E=" I" ! ?- ? f EDWARD L ASBILL. Sweet Potatoes, per bu 40 a ^> | 7 i nioo. per ?> ?? j Attorney at Law, ner ft ?. * ^ ^ I rn ! leesville, s. J Turueys. per lb S a 10 j Practices in all the Courts. Geese, per pr 60 a so Business solicited. Chickens, per head. io a 23 j Sept. 30?6m Beeswax, per tt> lR a '-<) : Beef, pf-r ? s a i? j c. 3d. EfiKD. f. e. dreheb. 4 1 EFIRD & DREHER, j cotton' market. \ 7 Attorneys at Law, > ( harl<-.-?<?:i -Middling. t * 7 / " - ! LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. i ilherfm 1tnn7er will muckce ra all the XIlIUvJI li x'J-i XJUUAtJlj Vy Courts. Business solicited. One a m a a m member ot the firm will always be at office, Attorney at Law, COLU3IB1A, S. C. | J Especial attention given to business en-1 LEXINGTON / rusted to him by Lis fellow citizens of a t A r\ A ill/ ZW Lexington county. Q A U | W ? Q RANK Office: I GOO ilain Street, over T. B. ^ *' ? 111 VJ KJ U n 11 |\t Aughtry &, Co. FclYuarv 28-tf. : DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO r j CHECK. J Oil. cms, C. SIMM,I 1 'j DIRECTORS: t?SS5 ?^ vii m wi? AUCil ,J.;;u'Vs; >Y;r- ik?:r\T 'u* ~ 7 .H. Hilton James L. Hencirix. I 1^:5 Main St., EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Over Messrs. Stantlej Bras'. China Store. !. ^posits ol SI and upwards received and * ! interest at .1 per cent, per annum allowed, r^dr (\. II. C. A. bunumg.) ! ygvabie April and October. COLUjIBIA, S. O. | September 21?ti J-nu irv 1H-!v I ' _ ! CAROLINA i, siltoit'9 IAMAL BANK, ,j 1 OUfiH Ollflfeg STATE, wxanb cooty depository. - 4 y / Paid up Capital ... $100,000 H , Surplus Protits . - . 100,000 V SYRUP " ? j nat iu^9 j/rwai iiui lllt I'li,,.wk- any other ctmah prom- Dcp(!si,s of ami npTOr,1s received, r .Ti,.,,. rbe .pilot. si to stop ? oono , and a,io?,, a, the n,< 01 4 cent- . to r.uiove sueiu-ss trom tne lungs. 2,c. i per auoii'n. W. A. OLAI'.K, Preeident. M THE MURRAY URUQ CO., Wilis Jones. Cashier. H| COi.l'MPl \ 0 t l'?pr?onihrr 4? ly |9 For S.?!? ar THE BaZ iAR ' ?. Al1k> j A Dew supply of all kinds of fish- ^ The best line of cigars, will be ing tackle his just been received at ! found at I he-Bazaar. i the Buzaar. I