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f >' \ _ ? ' The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday. November 20. 1S01. ' STATS NEWS. What Our Neighbors Are Saying and Hninn for Busv Readers. Twenty count es will exhibit at the Charleston Exposition. One nigbi recently six residences k were entered and robbed in Greenwood. R. .T#mps Y. CamDbell. 28 years old. r, y fell dead in the streets of Columbia last week. \ f Raymond Hill, a lad of IT year?, recently had his arm torn off to the elbow by a g;n at Cress Anchor. N-l-on Shaw, colored, is in Sumter j til awaiting trial for beating a negro boy eleven years old to death. Toe Dost office safe at Pendleton " ~ %r was broken open recently. The thief fcot a dollar and tome postage stamps. Tb9 State Convention will meet in Florence on IX-cembcr 2nd There will be about 300 members pretent. The Railroad Commissioners are considering the proposition tort quire the railroads to build union stations at Anderson and Greenwood. I Sam Carter, sgtd 1C, and Will I Paris, aged 25, bave been ariested in Ulion for passing counterfeit money and fo g*d checks on a mi 1 s ,rc. T. M E .jscr, of Cra->fee urg, ia reigned ae a member of the State IBcard rf Education oa account of Laving been cltctcci State Senator from tbat county. Tee Columbia State is of the \ opinion tbat every county in the State ehou'd bave a S?!ic;tor to look . after its local criminal business. . J H McDill, of Abbeville, receiv ed a telegram recently from Cuidsn 'l?l WoJt \Tc?inn onrr.nnpipor i WC1 J>Xl<?6) i'lv AtWj WMOVfMM M death of hia sister, Mrs. J. S A. Hunter, who was a missionary there A negro named Austin "White ? killed his brother George at Mcnetta, Gr* en ville count v. recently. A pistol. a knife and a bottle of whiskey L were conspiccus features in the tragedy. The Presbyterian Syfl-.A at its l sessipn which was recently held in * Charleston, adopted a resolution to accept the College for Women, in Columbia, which was offered to the Synod as a church institution. M. J. Morris, J E. Truitt and Ed. Trimble have been arrested on the charge of causing the fire which ^ burned a large portion of Maysville, in Sumter county, recently. Their object was insurance money. A block of wooden buildings at Dillion, Marion countv. was burned recently by a fire which started mysteriously. Loss was $13,000; insurance 80,500, Some white men have i been arrested charged with starting the fire. The ginnery of Hose & Clark, in Florence county, including 50 tons of cotton eeed and thirteen bales of cotton, was burned by what is supposed to have been an incendiary fire recently. The loss was $2,000 with no insurance. It is said that Mr. H. A. Williams, who for many years was connected with the Southern Railway in Co } lumbia, will succeed Mr. P. I Welles i as Superintendent of the Savannah | division, Mr. Welles having been promoted to the Washington division. An old cornfield darkey named Alex D. Dantzler, of Orangeburg, served notice on the State Board of Canvassers notice of the continuance of the contest of the seat of Dr. ci.i * r\ i.-j aioaee, Claiming luai vongrese uau * not declared Dr. Stokes' seat vacant; that the Governor had no right, therefore, to order the special election for his successor and that consequently the State Board had no right to count the vote for Mr. Lever, who had do opponent. The Board did not entertain the protest, and proceeded to declare Mr. Lever elected, issuing to him his certificate. To Meet Competition. i v The American Sugar It-fining company of New York has reduced the price of soft grades of refined sugar 10 points to meet the cut recently rncde bv the Independent refiners. -UlL-i-lUi^ m. I Ml WCTWT Scntkoni Cotton Spinnsrs. Special to The Daily News. Atlanta. Ga , Nov. 14 ?The South ern Cotton Spinners' conventioi opened its session here today. Ic his address at the morning session , > rr tti ? Mr. ivicnara ri jojuijuc, emcui u the Manufacturers* Record of Ralti more, made a plea fur the utilizatioi of the Souths rnoet valuable rav materia! by developing, througl technical education, the wealth creat ing potentialities of its poor whit< boys. He referred to the ante bellun efforts in their behalf, and attri'outec the comparative smallness of provis ion of the kind in recent years to ths fact that the south, so long occupiec ae a mere producer of raw materia for industry, has been slow torecog nizs its available by training its whin boys as they ought to be trained ti handle its other raw materials to tb< best advantage. In conclusion be eaic: "In tbi ? 1--? a 1 Uortrl ofifl t h age, wuen mv uo^a trained micd turn the scale in ccm petition, we cannot, for our civiliz-j tioE, affjrd to stand still. We roue either advance or fall away. It rest with u?, and with us alone, to decid the fate of the South. Histor will hold this generation of Souther; business men responsible fur thi section's future. Ir is becoming eyfr I minute moie and more impossibi for one man to live unto himse'f. I is not enough that ycu have alread created employment where none es iatcd before; it i3 not enough tin! 2i>0,P00 persons are today findin; steady work in cotton mills througl the great work which you have done The Vvice which spoke to Moses a ; be led the cbiiclre:! of Isreul out o Egvpt toward the land flowing wit] milk and honey, bidding them go for ward, speaks today to the people o this section aDd bids the South to gi forward. ' We must advance. We must Las ten to turn the mass of UDdiscipline< scattering, unskilled mateiial fo work into a compact army of intelli gent, strong and skillful liteD, dis ciplined to do. "Let us give the peer white bo; his due, and make the South solid to comfurt and prosperity/' Among other speakers at the even ing session was Senator John L Mc Laurie of South Carolina whose mas terly address on the Commercia spirit of the age and the vast oppor tuDities for American invention, in I dustry and skill, was the feature o the occasion. "City Crop" Cut Off. The farmer's roundlap bile doesn' have to be sampled every time it i sold. One of the foremost cottoi authorities in this country estimatei that fquare bales lose an average o five pounds of lint per bale, thaDki to sampling, theft, aud other losse: in cotton yards, at compresses, an< on railroad and warehouse platforms This means a yearly loss of 100,00! five hundred pound bales, at 7 cent a pound, $3,500,000; every dollar c Vfhich comes out of the farmer. New Seaboard Company. i \t i \* i ? mi. _ v C* _ jsew 1 ork,-Nov. 10?xne^ewoea board company, which has been in corporated in Trenton, N. J., wil take over the controling shares o the Seaboard Air Line system. Under its New Jersey charter tb< New Seaboard company acquire! large privileges, including the righi to build and operate railroad lines | steamship lines, telephone and tele I graph lines and to deal in boDds anc ' mortgages. The authorized capital of the nev* ! company is $5,000,000, but for the j present, it is said, only $250,000 o: capital ctock will be issued. In this company will be vested the absolut< control of the Seaboard Air Lin< | system. It Girdles ithe Gio"be. j The fame of Bucklen's Arnict Salve, as the best in the world extends round the earth. It's tb< j one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns ' Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils j Ulcers. Felons, Aches, Pains and al ! cm.:? XT' 1: t>:I. oniu JljI upiiUJJO. \JUij luiaiiiuic JL AH cure. 25c a box, at J. E. Kaufmarsn's i Beauty may have no real advan j tage, but it catches the floatiDg-vote BDnaHnannnnHBBniBDEaBanHBKBBMMBaBHaBBnMaa i AAPAi I I 3 j \ \* \ \ \- \ \ \ \ ? : 1 j I ; | Continuing for six days we ;| -i ! e ' D c ever attempted in the South. We ?! greatest bargain cash store in t * * * ' i i to accompiisn tnat ena it vs barg d 1 ! \\Y have stationed throughout the big cities representative buyersfof 8 f _ _ ^ /? i i i J e j them to go into nil the bargain Marts and buy lor spot casn an i v j auction rooms, the Sheriff sales and the bankrupt manufac-t a | securing for us big values but mildlv expresses it. For s | .... 1 we arc completely crowded out for room and iu or< e I - prices for th r. j . y ! 100 Men's Wool Lined Suits 81.20. : 00 dozen Men's Trousers 20 cents. ; 2-3 dozen Men's Blue Demen Overalls 20 cents per pair. y Men's Mackintoshes 99 cents. : 300 Men's Navy Blue all-wool Suits ?3.30. 100 Men's 810.00 Cassimere Suits at 87.4*. | 00 dozen Men's Wool Treco Mackintoshes worth 87.00 at 83.4S. ? ? 00 dozen Boys' Caps at 0 cents each. ! 20 dozen Boys' Fine Fur Hats at 20 cents each. 11 ! 20 Men's 82.00 and 83.00 Hats at 99 cents. AA * i 1 4 I I>! C'"" nei' ?win? ol C"! nO 7* TV1 ;;uu pairs ii--t \\oui Diaiiw^ wwm ^i.uupj. ?>- v-? * 000 pairs Large Cotton Blankets at 48" cents per pair. 0 100 Nice Comfort at 49 cents. 100 Ladies' $15.00 27-inch Satin Lined Cloaks at $7.48. 1 71 Yours for Bargains and Busi: i * i ! i r. ' 7 1. c .. I * f 11638 AND 1640 MAIN SI ' * ATLANTA GRANITE 1 aivi> ;! 1' Marietta Marble Works. S/XSa. Wo have the best equipped plant in the. Sonth. with up to ^ date pneumatic tools and polishing machines which puts us 3 HSESP^ii ln a Pos^on to aIi kiods oi f SLtsBSs^L and Granite Work the very lowest prices. Estimates made on all kinds of Cemetery Work, and Building Material. v , Wholesale and retail. Call on or address, - i e n. *r nn p. iff. BAENES. . M. vr. w ?w.) ? ... _ Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. General Agent, Ridge Springs, S. C. Mav 8 ? ly. 1 : j : Sort Carolina Marble forks, , I 1707 MAIN ST.. COLUMBIA, S. C. "i ~ ~ The Largest Retail jlfeljlMARBLE AND GRANITE f mSGih l Sooth. We use the best grade material in matnfaeturing ^11 | Mounments and Headstones and guarantee our work and 3 a hinish to be the best. When you hear a man complain i ing that he can buy so cinch cheaper ironi some little fellow who is anxious to sell anything, you ' 'IiSBB*' can put it down that he will get cheap stock, ||^Mv ;aa"3B? cheap work, and df course a cheap job. - Wafff- ?^n| \ 'k- iM We can compete with any lair dealer j Id this country, but we cannot ' some as we do not care . I to handle cheap work. : i IRON ?. WIRE FENCING, GRAVE LOT COI'II, ETC,, 1 ! for sale. Write to us or see our -orMir I T)T>C T PVTWlTAY Q f! B 31 K. !' i>< 1LJ7 >> jVUI/Oj kj? j - and we will see that you are treated fair. i SOUTH CAROLINA MARBLE WORKS. September 11. 14 -tl ] m \ \ \ V \ \ \ \ \ \ \ V\ *** 11 lvimmcnvfif A All A A f 4-1^ \ ! Will ILL'CH Ug til <X> tC UilC U1 * \ have set our heart oil building the ;he country and we realize that -ill take big work and big ;ains. vast experience with spot cash in their hands and have instructed he specials in mcrcliandi.se that they can tind. They visit the urers. and to say that they are meeting with great success in the past few weeks our receipts have been so heavv that ? A > ic-r to make room and bring trade we will slaughter esc six days. ?% 300 dozen Ladies* Fine Walking Hats. These goods are retailed all n o over Columbia at $3.0<>. Our price 09 cents. ! 100 dozen Men's 30 cents Fleece Lined L'nder Shirts at 2") cents each, i $10,000.n() worth of Ladies' Fine Dress Hoods in all the new weaves and colors at 00 cents on the dollar. $1-3.000.00 worth of Men's. Ladies and Children's Shoes, bought from the Great Removal Sale of the Host on Manufacturing Company at unheard of prices. 10 cents. 2-3 cents, -19 cents, , 79 cents. 99 cents. $1.25 buys some tremendous values. Thousands of Bargains too numerous to mention. The largest stock in the Carolina?, the Lowest Prices under the Sun is our situation in a nutshell. We carry everything. . Cannot and will not he undersold by any house in the city. uess, * REET. COLUMBIA, S. C. PERKINS MANUFACTURING CO., YELLOW PINE LUMBER, MANUFACTURERS OF FLOOHiilS, CEILING^ SIDING, FINISHINGS, MOULDINGS, SHINGLES AND LATHS, I)OORS,SA8H Ai\ P BLINDS, [ AUGUSTA, GA. ?"ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED.^t February 1?ly. I When writing mention the Dispatch. When writing mention the Dispatch Standard (ioods of all descriptions arc the only kind kept < in stock in our new store, and those who purchcase the latest novelties in Fall and Dry Hoods, Notions and Millinery >- /-lx-m 1110 s.-ime class of sroods can he r>ur II..J > ..J- -- - 0 ^ k chase* I elsewhere. should inspect this stock before purchasing. Honest values for your money is our guarantee, so if your want to buy goods that will prove to he just as represented, give us a call and you'll not he disappointed. WM. PLATT, MAIN STREET. NEARLY OPPOSITE POST OFFIOE. COLUMBIA, S. C. October, 9.?3ra.