Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

ITHE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. ? Itepresentatioe lSewspaper. Souers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Like a Blanket. VOL. XXXII. LEXINGTON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1901. NO. 5 j ig^i ' JOne ' j Dollar Rill. k | Four pieces of the bestl L | sole leather, six pieces of j I heavy dongola, or navy calf, a few nails, sev-j r eral yards of silk thread, I ^ ! several yards of waxed thred, some heavy lining i made up into the t>est > j School Shoe for a Child, j and all for I I i A DOLLAR BILL. i If you don't buy your j children this kind you don't treat them right. Li I CUES ''y^-NLfci tn? "THE SHOE MAN," ' 1C03 Main Street, ; v COLUMBIA, - - S. C. ^ Feb. 6-r-ly. ***" Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law. COLUMBIA, S*. C. Especial attention given to business entrusted to him by his fellow citizens o Liexingion couuiv. Office: 1609 Main Street, over T. B Aughtry A; Co. i February 28 ?tf. V C- M. EFIRD. F. E. Dreher. EFIRD & DREHER, Attorneys at Law, i LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. TnrriLL PBACTICE IN ALL THE k W Courts. Business solicited. One f member of the firm will always be at office, Lexington, S. C. June 17?6m. For all forms of Malarial poisoning take I Johnaon'a Chill and Fever Tonic. A taint i- of Malarial poisoning in your blood means misery and failure. Blood medicines can't cure Malarial poisoning. The antidote for it 19 Jobasoo'M Ionic. Get a bottle to-day. Costs 50 Cents If It Cures. - . i < IN CONFIDENCE, * ! Don't give me away, And I'll tell you the remedy of I the day,4 Listen* It is L. L. and K. It makes the system clean and pure, Will health and strength to you secure, L Strictly a vegetable preparation, Mild and pleasant in its operation, L No need for nostrums just H made to sell, Its Life for the Liver that . makes you well. HILTON'S LIFE FOE THE ILIVEE AND SIDNEYS. 1 Wholesale by the MURRAY DRUG CO., t Columbia. S. C. I For Sale at THE BAZAAR. ) May 15?iy. . Parties' desiring the Home and F Farm sent with the Dispatch must Bi send 25 cents, cash in advance. k it |j ItsaO MAIN STli Solicits a SI _ _ - Lorena and Pineville Dots. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The health of the community is very good at this writing with the exception of colds. We have phnty of cold weather now and people have a chance to | have pork and sausage. The farmers of this section are j about through sowiDg grain and from present indications a large crop will be harvested next summer. Farmers are growing wiser they are learning to make their own hog and hominy at home. Xoaas will soon be here and gone I which will make thousands of cbil- : dren and old persons happy. T*ba o/iVjaaI of Pineal llo i Q nirplv -LLC OLLi'JUi ?v Jk iuw tkav progressing with Prof. S. S. Lindler as teacher and is also increasing in number. Mr. W. Nichols is going to move to Leesville next week. "We regret very much to lose our kind neighbor and friend. Mrs. George Oxner has a flourishing school at the Star Academy. Mr. John Hyler moved to Colum bia last weefc and aieo Mr. u. jl. Shealy has moved to Newberry, where he will take work in the cotton mill. All the students of Pineville school bad speeches and compositions last j Friday afternoon, except the larger : boys. Tbey had a debate on Money j and Education, which is the most important. The subject was well discussed and decided in favor of education. Another light snow fell Thursday night making the second snow this j fall. W'e may look for a rough win- 1 ter, as it has begun early. Miss Ethel Koon, who has been J attending Leesville College, is spending the season under the parental roof. Treasurer Frank W. Shealy has recently don*? some good worK wiso his dressing machine for J. Collins Price. Mr. Shealy is one of our old time planing men. Miss Cora Ballentine, of SavilUi, has the nicest flower pit in that section. She is getting the advantage of the other young ladies around her home. There is not anything better j than having a pretty flower pit or flower yard. Flowers and nice young ladies are alike. The commodious buildiDg of Mr. James Sease is going up very fast. Much success to the good old Dispatch, I will say farewell. December 7, 15)01. Max. j Threat Sore? There's no telling what a sore throat will do if you give it "right of way." Uncertain remedies often cause dangerous delay. Make a sure cure with Painkiller, known for half a century as a specific for sore throat, croup, coughs, and all kindred troubles. Keep it. by you for an emergency. It never fails. Avoid substitutes, there i9 but one Painkiller, Perry Davis'. 25c. and 50c. Leesville Notes. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The snow has come and is almost gone. Our town has been saddened by { two deaths in the past week. Sammie, the bright little six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Pou, died last Satuiday night. The little fellow was only sick a few hours with membraneous croup. He was laid to rest Sunday evening, Decem1st, in the Lutheran cemetery. Mr. Ru'us M. Skealv, one cf tie i GLOBE DRY IK. 3iv!E03^TC3rT :eet, tare of Your Valued pioneers of Leeeville, aDd one of the most honorable, hone&t and upright men in our community, shot himself fatally Thursday morning early at nia dome. Mr. Sbealy had been id bad health for months and it is supposed his despondency caused him to commit the deed. He leavee a wife, two sons and a host of friends to mourn his loss. The sale of the Mitchell Estate netted the neat sum of $7,856 00. A number of new houses will be built on these lands in the near future. Sol. December 7, 1901. Teachers' Program. Tbe Lexington County Teachers' Association will hold its regular meeting in the court houee. at Lexington, S. C., December 21st, 1901. All teachers are earnestly requested to be present. The following proi? i j. gram Das oeeii arraugru; 1st. Practical Method of Teaching Fractions?Col. J. B. WiDgard. 2 Failures in Reading?Miss Gertrude Oxner. 3. The "Dull Pupil."?Prof. Thad W. Dreher. 4. ''Diacritical Marks."?Col. J. H. Frick. Mies FAn8 Meeize, Sec. L. C T. A. Cures Rheumatism or Catarrh through the Blood. Costs Nothing to Try. Would you like to get rid ot teat chronic rheumatism or offensive catarrh forevei? Then take a bottle Botanic Blood Balm which has cured thousands of hopeless cases that had resisted doctors and patent medicine treatment. Botanic Blood Balm (B B. B.) cures through the blood by destroying the poison which causes the awful aches in the bones, joints, ! shoulderblades and back, swollen ! glands, hawking,spitting, bad breath, impaired hearing, etc., thus making a perfect cure. Botanic Blood Balm thoroughly tested for 30 years, dimnnsed of cure Botanic Drusrs. " r r w Perfectly safe to take by old and youDg. Druggists, Si- Trial treatment free by writing Blood Balm Co, Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice given UDtil cured. Don't give up hope, but try B. B. B., which makes the blood pure and rich and builds up the ''all run down," tired body. B B. B. makes J he blood red, giving the skin the rich glow of perfect health. Obituary. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Junius Iloberts departed this life, at the home of Mr. P. I Bawl, on Dec. 6th instant, aged three days. ? *? t _ L its body was iaia to rest in or. John's churchyard tm Sunday morniDg by Rev. George S. Rearden. May the Loid comfort the bereaved ones in their loss. JJ. The World's Greatest Fever Medicine. Johnson's Tonic does in a day what slow Quinine cannot do iu ten days. Its splendid cures are in striking contrast with the feeble cures made by Quinine If you are utterly wretched, take a thorough course of Johnson's Tonic and drive out every trace of Malarial poisoning. The wise insure their livon anrl rVip wiser insure f hair health by using Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic. It costs 50 cents if it cures; not one cent if it does not. 20?12m goods mn OUST, JE., Patronage. Polite and ] Palmetto Collegiate Notes. -r-v ? Mi ? m ? f i5eiow win oe round rne namep 01 all the students who attended Palmetto Collegiate Institute every day last month: Collegiate Department -Essie Efird, Marie Sawyer, Pickens Roof, Alonzo Lown, Tally Keisler, Helen Sawyer, Lola HsrmaD, Pascal Hendrix, Bessie Corley, Willie Long, Lily Smoak, Carro Efird. Estelle HarmaD, Henry ( Seay, Fleming Monts, Chalmers Wessinger, Bertha Kleckley, Eunice Wes 6inger, Josie Smoak, Hattie Cromer, Li!a Hook, Frank Roberta, and Quincy Sbealy. Intermediate Department?Ruth ESrd, Sam Corley, John Wiisor, Harry Corley, Van Harman, Ernestine GraicbeD, Beulah George, Anna Smoak. Mav Boczer, Carrie Snel grove, Vernice Metts, Gracie Redd. Primary Department?Julia Bick- , ley, James Fioyd, Katie Wingard, Wilbur Caughman, Grover Corley, Alma Corley, Harry Davis, Rion Dreher, Ernest Mctts, Joe Norris, Jesse Ricard, Jessie Corley and Reba Corley. Mr. W. L. Miller of Black Creek, has moved his family to Lexington for the purpose of sending his chil- | j dren to the Palmetto Collegiate In- j J stitute. Rumor has it that Mr. G. R. Hailman of Lswiedale will soon move his family to Lexington and place his children in the Palmetto Collegiate Institute Mrs. 03car Seay is assisting in tbe primary department of the Palmetto Classical Institute, during the free 1 school term. The large nember of pupils in attendance made the employment of another teacher a neces' eitv. i The enrollment of children has so | increased in the Palmetto Collegiate i i Institute that it has been necessary i to add another teacher. Including ' 1 the music te?cher, there are now five ! > teachers in the Institute. Some time ago the following sub| jects were given the eighth and ; ninth grades of the Palmetto Col| legiate Institute: Puritians, Colum\ bus. Toe First Thanksgiving, and | The Indians. The students were i allowed to choose one of these sub | jects on which to write an essay, and j those writing the best paper were ; given the honor of reading them at i the public exercise on Thanksgiving ! Dav. These are thev who won the I j honor?: Essie Efird, "First Thanksgiving": "Willie Long, "Columbu9v: Marie Sawyer, "The Puritan"1, and Pickens Roof, "The Indians. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, Successfully used by Mother Gray, i nurse in the Children's Home in New i York, Cure Feverishness, Bad i Stomach. Teething Disorders, move ! and regulate the Bowels and Destroy j Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. ! They never fail. At all druggists, ! *25c. Sample Free. Address, Allen ! S. Olmsted, LeRoy, X. Y. j j rrr?'A-. TT? X IstwS.SX'iiig' VY I X WO UJU. Through the courtesy of Mr. S. M. i Gross we were permitted to glance j over the trade edition of the Echo, j published at Edwards, Miss, in which is a flattering write up of. Mr. ! J. M. Rauch, who is an able member < - - j c< , _r ? x> j ? c t ; ana oeureuuy ui itit? uuaiu ai ocuuui | : Trustees, and City Treasurer. Mr. J ! Itauch is a native cf Lexington and I is connected by blood with many of j the best people. He is a successful druggist at Edwards. < lNY, vAjrf|?i COLUMBIA, H. C., fc Prompt Attention. w October istf fIF YOU DON'T MIND j* SAVING MONEY-ibl aaHoe^*. asmu 1550 Main St., fn+>\ 11 COLUMBIA. 8. C., 1 wHB W I SHIVAE \V OcUTS THE PRICE. ^ f\yl o . I ^ f D A/N^IW A DI*A?V? A+f an+l All man viucid rvcv^civc i lumyi nu?imuii, j*5*( AND ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. iSMoney liacli if" You Want It. "4a August 7?3m, v *r; jl WE HAVE PLACED 0\T OUR COUNTERS NOS. 1 AND 2 SOME ^ SPECIAL BARGAINS FOR YOU IN ^ 1 MliJN S FALL SUITS I SlM WHY ARE THESE SUITS SPECIAL BARGAINS? BECAUSE WE Wf) [!$ PROPOSE TO SELL AT PRICES ftjj 1 BELOW THEIR VALUES I . TO ADVERTISE OUR BUSINESS. [j0 "We Invite Vou to Cull and Inspect W ilV Tliem. Stj I rnrnm i HUI\iiul. I Til*: CLOTHIERS, 0K m NJ. 1601 MAIX STREET, CORNER TAYLOR. COLUMBIA, S. C. rf|] ifiy September 11. 1901. 3a?. pyrj | CASH | I CARPET STORE. | ?> X <? We are out for Business and bid for ^ Lexington's Trade. ! NEW GOODS! NEW STORE! ? t 9 9 1 Our new ball and Winter Goods A, \F ^ are here ready for inspection. I y? ULALiTV A\D PRICE GUARANTEED Jf ? Carpets. Rugs. Cocoa, aud Napier. Art Squares, Shades. Lace Curtains, As Mattings. Rubber and Wire Mats, Linoieum. Oii Ci^ths, Cornices, Poles. Feather Pillows. Screens. Table Covers, Piano Covers, ' aud everything carried in a lirst class house. Write for sample and prices, they will be cheertnlly given. I Mutual ( ariifl C#.,l JB. 1517 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. M ^ September 4. 3m. J