Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tlie Lexington JDispatcli LEXINGTON, 8. 0., ~?UBSCBIPT10N KATEb: One Tear $1.00 Six Months 50 Three Months 25 * ADVEBT1S1NG BATES. Begnlar Advertising, first insertion, 75 eestsper inch; each insertion thereafter, BO cents per inch. Local notices, 5 cents per hne each insertion; no local accepted for less than 25 cents for first insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word for everv word over 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free and are solicted. Bates for contract advertising will be cheerfully furnished on application Anonymous communications will receive -14 ^ msnnoAinnt will SO MKfXJUUlI XVCjOVivuu uiouuov*?^? ? not be returned unless accompanied by temps for tbe purpose. For any further information call on or address. G M. H ABM AN. Editor and Publisher. Wednesday, December 24,1902. Lieutenant Joe S Hook, who now resides at E*stover, was in town Saturday on business connected with tbe estate of tbe late Julius E. Loriek, of which be is the Adtniois trator, and gave us a pleasant call ? Lieutenant Joe, is as true a man as ever lived, genial and wbolesouled from tbe crown of bis bead to tbe eofe of bis foot. He was a brave and gallant soldier in tbe Civil war and bis presence in our office recalled oor first experience in that memorable contest when be was with us as a member of Co 0, commanded by Captaia Gibbes, 1st S. C V., Gregg's regiment Under the call of Governor Kcken's, we volunteered for six months and our command were the first troop-* to enter Richmond. This was even before tbe State seceded l>iter on we were sent to Manassas, Ball Bun, Centreville and Fairfax Court Hoos?, being the first troops on these historic fields and to participate in the first clash of arms at Vienna, on the B. and 0. railroad, where Kemper's battery did such * heroic work and struck consternation among the Ysnkeee on cars as they wmJIaA nr* Af. fchio onnfc manv a hlne A WWVU W y* MV ? ^ ? ? coated soldier were mangled, some of wbom bad their heads severed from their body by the grape and eacaisier and not a single Johnnie was killed. Then again we thought of the titoe when on guard on the calfiwue picket line how we milked tt e sows in -the pastures and filled our canteens with the rieh fluid; of the tape when we ate floe yeast bread and apple butter, wbieb were given to m occasionally by lady sympathisers; and bow suffered with lbs measles on -our ,15th birthday,, . laying on our blanket, which was spread upon the cold floor of the depot at Fairfax Junction, and how waihooffbt of the dear folks at ? ? ?^ borne, not knowing if we would ever eee them again. We were afterwards transferred to Richmond, where we saw a term of service. Later we volunteered in tbe2Qth regiment?Lieutenant Hook in Co. H, and this Editor in Co. K, in which our soldier life ended. W. Boyd Evane, a Colombia attorney, has entered $ suit against the Columbia Street Railway for fading to comply with the State law requiring electric railways. to put veatiboles on its cars. The penalty is a hoe of $10 for each day it neglects to comply with the law after it goes into President Rjosevelt has been asked by Gzeit Britian and Germany to act as arbitrator in the Venezuelan difficulty. The President is unwilling to do so however, as he considers r) it ? ehrewd deplomatic move to entare the collection of claims. ! The State Board of Health is of the opinion that compulsory vaccination 1* the only remedy to prevent tbe spread of small pox, and it will ask tbe Legislature to pa-s such a law. A portrait of President Lincoln will be placed iu the Mississippi hull of fasue along with that of President Davis of the Southern Confederacy. The nomination of Micab Jenkins, a* ioternal revenue collector of South ^ 1 ? L kv? i 1 A y^/iZDiiUb UBS yttu W1JU1 uiru l/j il o Senate. Tb? Standaid Oil Company has ad ?? need the price of kerosene oil. Tbe coloied people of Georgetown' have made extensive arrangements for the celebration of emancipation day. The Colombia Afternoon Record is agitating the proposition of making the Borburbs a part of that city. Ex-President Cleveand and some friends have been in Georgetown county shooting ducks. A movement is on loot to make the District of Columbia a State. Knoxville, Tenn., had a million dollar fire on the 22nd inst. I - _ X iuonoises j^oues. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Our towu is alive. Our hearts are aglow, All waiting the coming, Of the beautiful snow. But the snow hasn't come yet and I guess th8 old people and the mail carriers are not sorry. Rev. Henry, the new pastor for this charge has arrived with h'8 new bride. We give them both a hearty welcome to our homes. If you wi6h to make a success of raising sweet potatoes you should get your seed from Uncle Tom Smith. There is money in his potatoes. Mr. Davis Smith now rises at the - * - * I deep dead boars of tbe mgnt ana sings (bat same old song: A wee one has oome to crow for me. Tbe depot at Lewiedale was broken into a few nigbts ago by some unknown person, and $10 or $12 stolen. And an attempt was also made to break into Mr. T. S. Sease's store but failed. Some officers of the law came over recently and took away a great deal ofXma8fnn in tbe 6hape of jugs Tbere8olt is: that several fellows are looking very blue. We are glad to see Mr. Paul Mims on oar street again. Now that tbe storm is over and that "Growler' ha3 silenced "Dick." I hope tbe quiet 4<*cns6ioQ of tbe school question can go on, and suggest that "Growler" give as an article on "who should teach". Oar school at Wateree has closed up for Xmas and Mr. H. V. has gone """" ?? Tf.fiiat/i t/> baa Hat whrm UTOI UH MU>?w^n*tu?v ?w w~v ??- , his soul loveth sod hia heart hanketh after with intense loving. I wouldn't be surprised if he doaen't aid another (Ruby) to his string of pearls some day. With so much public bread to spare it looks to me like nothing but justice to give the poor negroes a Crura and yet Charleston?Dives like ?would deprive them of this small thing. Harrah for Teddy, to help the n agrcet.! He's always ready, but he can't kill a bear. Christmas time is here and more people, beside the small boy, are glad. This ie a time for giving |and receiving presents. Mr. Caleb Lewis has received his prize just a day or- three before Xmas. He and Miss Dottie Miller were married tat Sunday eve by Rev. Kjzer. Ha rriftv not understand short band but may many pages in his book of happiness be Dottie. May be like bis ancestor, make a good report of the land. If he does not make a good report, may she give him a beating. A merry Christmas, Mr. Editor, from Klondike. Of Value To Caue Growers. A pamphlet entitled "Fertilizing Sugar C?ne," written by a practical sugar planter from Hawaii, has just been published by the German Kali worke, 93 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y., and a copy of it can be obtaiied free by writing to them. No dcubt many of tur readers will be in tereuted to Paru bow this crop is treated so as to produce large yields of C ine and sugar and tbe pamphlet mentioned contains many valuable points pertaining thereto. - wm I You Know What You Are Taking When you lake Grove's Tasteless ! Cbili Tonic because tbe formula is j plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form, No Cure, Nd Pay. SJc. Bridge Keeper Kurdered. Friday eight one of the most shocking murders ever recorded in the criminal annals of South Carolina was committed on the outskirts of Camden. W. F. Hudson, a young man about 26 years of age, and the keeper of the toll bridge across the Wateree river on the road to Columbia was found lying dead across his bed with a gaping wound in his back. The murder bad evidently been executed by means of a double barrelled j shot gun and the wound indicated that both barrels had been discharged. A careful investigation of the house and premises revealed no track of the murderer. Circumstantial evidence showed however that Mr. HudsoD had been walking on the bridge when he was shot and had then staggered to his home where he attempted to telephone to the city. Failing in his effort (for only the week before the night service bad been discontinued) be bad fallen across the bed and death had resulted sooner or later. This conclusion was reached from a sequence of circumstantial evidence rarely reached in such cases. On the bridge wer^ found in the du6t the prints of Mr. Hudson's shoes, a large pool of blood and a gory trail leading to the cabin and straight to the phone. The reciver of the telephone was smeared with blood and huDg a mute, uDdemable witness to tne Heroism of the bridge keeper in his appeal for assistance even while the gr?sp of death was upon him. No cause can ba assigned for the crime. Mr. Hudson was a highly respected young man and was thought to have no enemies. It was rumored that be had become engaged in a difficulty with some gypsies who had been encamped nesr the town but this is improbable. The crime was brutal in the extreme and speedy vengeance will be dealt the murderer if caught. At present every effort is being made to dispose his identity. A scholar is in a bad way when he gets over ripe. Notice. ALL PEBSON8 INDEBTED TO THE Estate of John W. Coaner, deceased, are hereby notified that they most make immediate payment to the undersigned, and those baring demands against said Estate, mast present them, daly attested, to. CHARLES W. CONNER, IwG - Administrator. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby forewarned against trespassing upon any of my lands anywhere by hunting, allowing stock to run on same, or any man* ner whatever. The law will be enforced no matter who the violator inav be F. B. QUATTLEBAUM. December 17, 19o2. 4w9. Trespass Notice. Notice is hebeb? given that all parties are forbidden to trespass by bunting or otherwise, on my lands and those in my possession. The law will pcsl? -? - ?r J uveijr ut) euiurueunxmuti ?wpon->Dioi 8 ELMORE BERRY. December 17. 1902. 4w9. pd. Alfred J. Fox, | Life and Fire j Insurance and Real Estate ! | Agent, I Lexington, S. C I i ! Only First Class Companies Repre- j senteti. j Mv companies are popnlar, Rtronc i | and reliable. No one can give yonr ! ; business better atteutiou; no one can j givey ubetterpro'ection; noouecan : | give you better rates. Prompt and onrelul attention given j : to bnyiug and selling Real Estate, j both town and country properties, j Oomspondence respectfulv solicited. . i ! Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby notiiied uot to hunt, fish, final wood or trfsoa'-s in any mannor whatever on onr lands, adjoining each oilier, with separate lands, and the Jaw will fie enforced apainst all trespassers. Signed; G. W Sites, JtC. A. B>ukn'ght, Cary Ivoon, Aitfinr Jacobs C L Bnaknigbt. S-imiel Coogfi r, J ucins Bonknight, ' John F Either, H. H. Eleazer, Carroll Bookc an, g. l. Bearden m w L^rick. Alio* It. B okman December 2. lJt/2. 4w7. HALF OUR ILLS ARE CATARRH. [Letters From Two Prominent Men.] 1c6ngre8s/a.n dungan. j ? ? ? a ? 4 Congressman Irvine Dungan of Jackson,'.0., elected to the Fifty-second Congress as a Democrat, in a recent letter from "Washington, D. C., says: '7 desire to join with my many Mends In recommending your inval- I u a tile remedy, Peruna, to anyone In j need of an Invigorating tonic, and whose system Is run down by catarrhal troubles: Peruna Is a permanent and effective cure for catarrh and I would advise all who are afflicted with this disease to try this remarkable rem? edy."?Irvine Dungan. Everybody is subject to catarrh. Peruna cures1, catarrh, acute or chronic, wherever located. Hon. Thomas Gahan of Chicago, member of the National Committee of the Democratic party, writes as follows: " I was afflicted with catarrh for fourteen years and though I tried many remedies and applied to several doctors I was not able to find a cure. I took peruna for twenty-two weeks and am now entirely cured."?Thomas Gahan. rftii Ar\ nr?f ^otitto nrnmnt o rt rf oaf-fa. XX J V/ U \A.\S AAV V V4 V A A T v ^/A V AAA u MAA\A "*TVtiJ~ | factory results from the use of Peruua write at once to Dr. Hartmaxi, giving a full statement, of your case and he will be glad to give you his valuable advice free. Address Dr. Hartraan, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. .7. II. FRICK, ATTORNEY AX LAW, Will practice in all the Coorts. Office: Hotel Marion, 4th room, second floor. CHAP IN", -. 8. C, Akuustfi. ly. FOR PURE DRUGS, Xoilet Articles, O-a.xd.erx Seeds,1 and anything in a First Class Drug Store, go to I _ J. W, KII\ AKU, The Licensed Prescription Druggist at Leesville, S 0. Prescription work a specialty. Give me a call. Yours to please December 3, 1F01 ly. THiiDND I IHH, mourn li hi. Will Practice >n all Court r9 KAUFMANN BUILDING. LEXINGTON, 8 C On the 18th day of October, we formed a oo-partnership for the practice of law. We will be pleaded to receive those having legal bcsine-s to be attended to at our office in the Kaofmann building at any time Resoectlolly. J. wM THURMOND. G BELL TIMMERMAN. October 22. 1902.?ly. I TEE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LEXINGTON. By Geo. 8. Drafts, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, SAMUEL B. GORGRK C C. C and G. b , made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Jfc state of and effects of Jesse K. Dooley: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish ai) and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Jesse K. Dooley, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate. to be held at Lexington C. H., S. 0.. on the 27th day of January, J90J, next, after publication hereof at It o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 16th day of December AnnoDomim, 1902. GEORGE 8. DRAFTS, J. P. L. C. Pobhshed on the 17th day of December, 1902, in the Lexington Dispatch. 6wll Money to Loan. WE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOT1ate loans promptly ic. sums of $300 and upward on improved arming lands in Lexington county. Lorg time and easy terms No commissions Borrower pays actual expenses 01 preparation ol papers. THOMAb A G1BBE3. Colombia, S. C. October 1. Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidnevs overcomes constipa! tion. I Take Laxative Broi B Seven MZBon boxes soM in post 12 I ft CLOTHES DO NOT ^Hmakg the man, out, ray. how good good clothes help out. Wear one of our ^ 8U*ta a y?ube ??M?d a good looking man. KlV^ffifaP You can'c better our W ??{\ anywhere forth ImuS^B price. Q 0U Buy a $10.00 Suit and be a well suited man. Two and Three Button || Sacks, Straight^ Jronts, jj^ ^pj| ^ cqy-yiiorr o watsti wivwuto ^ t$r s ^ \ f! I /*\?/rv K? 1 1 BS^Mm ., $7oo. $10 $i2. ano $20. ijy A yi / /?? rass "'' Eja-nine our immense line y '?i i ; /} ' /jlytf $ ?? |P^ Tho"correct hats. Foil / l| |t J(J| j /1 |">s^v "TU/? ?6t\lea are here. Exclusive w (I V v I / M n>^ lr\E Omart5a<y ^0Sip,DS jn Neckwear Ud- j III'! I y derwear from $1 lo $8.T>0 j yJAj I S3T"T? 145L?y ^>^^,, per suit. There is an oir i 7/7 J? 1iStHr*tx!xr'f^ of ireshressabout our iincn i ? / tlffi Kin8rd 23 CL B' September - am. EXCELLENT HOLIDAY GIFTS, A Piano or an Organ, We represent the most snperior pianos made, viz: The Chickering. The Kuabe. The Mason & Hamlin. Tbe Fischer The Vose, The Mehlin. The Lester The Kranich &Bach. The llcLr Bros, The Mathushek, The Ludwig and The Franklin, and others. Over eight hnndred thousand of the makes represented by us have been sold. What a record! oiEsa-^isrs. Mason & Hamlin, Weaver, and Mailer. All as good as money and skill can make them. Remember, we represent the factories of the saperb Pianos and Organs above stated and can and will save yon moDev if yon will only give us an opportunity. Roma very special barguius now in slightlv used Pianos fls#* For special Holiday inducements write at once for catalogues, prices and terms, stating make of Pianos referred to MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, ' 1235 MAIN, ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. May 15- ly. FITZMAURICE FlTZMAURICE ?%TTN %t A TSk? emTJTWTl It \J1 AIXJJ l/ug 1UAU1 l 0?X-"CTMBI-A_ - - - B.C. To our iriends in Lexington we extend a special invitation when In Colombia to come and see us. We will do as we say?save your hard earned money, and save a heap of annoyance in looking for what you want It will be impossible for you to boy goods as cheap or as good trom anybody else It is an hourly occur* ance to hear people say I am sorry I bought. But too late for that time, but not too late for this time. See us lor yonr wants in our line, as we tell you. DRESS GOODS. SILKS! SILKS!! 60 pes Half Wool Henrietta, only 10c a yd. 30 pcaJFaccv Waists and Dress 8ilks, 75c. 30 pes Fine Plaids, 30-inch, ou.y 10c a yd. sold at $1 00. 20 pes Fancy 40-inch 8uiting. 20c a yard 35 pes Biack Silk. Armnrea, Peau De 8oie. 30 DCs 36-inch All Wool Henrietta, 25ca >d ^ wV.? j, " ,ir, r\ j , ,.n ,, . xuuohw tw m ouunm iaibwujcv no cewx 2) pes Whip Cords, only bOc., sold at ioe. fix u?) any kind of a dress. 20 pes All Wool Granites at 50c. Domestics sold at co,t. In This House^. Merchants Sold at "W]idlesale Only. Janoarv 15. Merchants, Hotel and Boarding House Keepers and Others: Our stock is as usual at this season forge and varied and we can suit the wants of the fastidious in fancy and staple groceries, both in price and quality. As a lew leading articles we mention: Lard, Bacon, Breakfast strips. Hams, Flour, Meal, Grists, Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Cotton lene. Cheese. Syrup, Maple Svrup, Molasses, Condensed Milk, Baking Pi-wder, So.la, Canned Fruits, Canned' Vegetables, Crackers. Candies, Spices. Flavoring Fxtracts, G^latene, Smoke Herring, Mackerel. Liundrv Soaps, Toilet Soaps, Pickles, Preserves, Jellies, an other goods too numerous to mention that nan1 1 o in o nlofcc i7V.'A.O*U ufArP tliO V C* V. A. 4 V4. iii a UlOV VIMO.i ^*WV?j MfcViV. Come to see us or write us your wants and we will rame prices. LORICK 4 LOWRANCE, Ccl"ULi^L"toia,. S. C. ireaCoId in One Day 1 HO Quinine TaMets. ? pn every 1 nontbs. i i