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o:?Pgppf;~ : - j The Lexington dispatch. ? Bepresentative newspaper. Severs kexington and the Borders ol the Surrounding Bounties take a Blanket, VOL XX111I. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1903. NO. 10 GLOBE BBT GOODS COMPANY, w. EC. ^Onsre^TOn^T, JE., MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, H. C. Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention, October I8tf $25.00in Cash! I Prizes Given! f Away Everyj ! | FRIDAY AT 8 P. M.j j jj With each cash parohase of a Pair j " fVirinAn vhinh is I Of BBO60. Wo fgivo a wuyvu ? placed in a sealed box and for four 1 weeks, commencing with N >x?-mber !| 28rh. ever? Friday night at 8 o'clock | 1 the box is well shaken and seal jj ( broken ;j The first Coupon drawn from the j < box gets the '"cash" -Fi*at Friz-; I $10.00; Second, $7. SO; Third $5 00, 9 Fonntb. $2 50 9 ^ Besides this, we offrr the best I j s ock of Shoes at d Christmas Slip- jl pers ever shown in this State. We I c want your trade It will pay yon to I bay your Shoes from 9 LEVER, ! | "THE SHOE MAN," I ; I 1603 Mais Street, J I CJ /I 3 UULU m m /I, * o. v. ( Fob* 6?lj. j i We WanttoBny A LOT OF GOOD DRY BOARDS. A LOT OR HEART PINE SHINGLES. I A LOT OF GOOD If LATHS. 1 And are \rillicg to pay a /air price. Cash. ! HUHBMTQ j 615 PLAIN STREET. i COLUMBIA, - - S. C. i ? ? ?- - - m n nwt I BUTJbL JFIIUINJLC* aoi. Ootober 9S?ly. 3 . ^ C. M. EFIKD. F. E. Drshzb EFIRD & DREHER, Attorneys at Law, < LEXINGTON, C. H? X. C. ' WILL PBACTICE IN ALL THE Courts. Business solicited. One ' member of the firm will always be at ofilse, { . Lexington, 8. 0. j June 17?6m. : i THE MUTUAL BIG CLEARA COMMENCING ON 1101 we will place on sale a p< CARPETS, RUGS at prices away below anything ever offered bef stOLik and a new line whict HERE ARE 3 1 150 ASSORTED SHA >ES, 38 x 7 teet, 50 a 190 SMYRNA KUG.% all wool. S1.08. Sl.Gl sold at ?1.50 to ?5 00. AU other Bags reduce 17 PIECES BRUSSELS CABPEiT. ail w: $1.05 goods 11 PIECES VELVET CARPET. $1,25 and We will give onr coupon with every Cash pc Eeater Eve 10 articles irom our stock. Don't thing for ' next to nothing." MUTUAL 1517 MAIN ST., C 3. C. Telephcas 245. Supt. Griffith's Annual Report. The Financial Statement for the Year. Population and the Health Record. Colombia Stare. The superintendent of the State penitentiary. Col. D. J. Griffith, has lied his annual report, which is oDe 3f the most gratifying statements that has come from the hesd of this institution in some years. Tbe following extracts from tbe report speak for themselves: CONVICT STATEMENT. The population of the penitentiary, Deluding those located at Clemson soile^e, the State farms, convict ;amps and the reformatory, at the sloee of the last fiscal year was 738 5Ve have received under new sentence 183. Recaptured, 10 Total in prison iuring the present year, 981. Discharged by expiration of senence, 194; pardoned, 30; escaped, 11; lied. 45; total loss, 280. Leaving in jonfinement Dec. 3i, 1902, 701. Of .be 45 deaths as reported above, 22 iied on the chain gangs, State farms, Jiemson college or were sent in here Tom the county chain gangs in a lopeless condition from which they sever recovered; also, we had an epiiemic of pneumonia last January and February which oaused the death of leveral. ifor a more detailed report- as to ,he prisouers, I refer you to the report of Capt. W W. Adams, in biB report to me for the year. MORAL 8TATEMEXT. The Rev. J. C. Abney, chaplain of the institution, conducts regular services each Sabbath morning in the prison chapel and at the reformatory n the afternoon. Sunday school exercises are held in the chapel every Sunday afternooD, conducted by Messrs. C. D. Stanley and R. M. idam, and we appreciate the fact that both of these gentlemen take ?reat interest in their work. Their regular attendance is noteworthy and [ am sure their teaching is a benefit bo the prisoners. I respectfully refer you to the chaplain's report, and take a pleasure in commending him for the cheerful i and prompt manner in which he discharges his duties as chaplain, visiting the sick and administering to their wants spiritually. He has not j anly preached regularly each Sabbath it the penitenti iry and at the LexingCARPET GO'S NGE SALE lit, JANUARY 5,1? >rtion ot our stock of AND SHADES, ore in order to m ifce rooxn for oar Sprii g 1 we intend putting in. llTTVmrt rtffTll A T* mmb iiiMr: nd 65 cents coo l'--, for this sale, 35c. each. >, $2.15, $2.15. and $3.65 each, lormally d in proportion ~i >ol, at Ti and 78 cents per yard, regular $1 35 goods, at this sale, $1.65 per yard irchase of $1.00, and will diatribnt*' on miss th a opportunity of getting someLRPET CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. Sepf. 17?tf. ton reformatory, but as often an possible at the State farms. HEALTH AND SANITARY STATEMENT. The general health of the institution has been comparatively good. You will note my reference to the report of Dr. 8. E. Harman, the penitAntittrv nhvflinian- Ihftfc Wrt have had J r-J 45 deaths. This record, we think, is good considering the fact that we got a)l the maimed, diseased and refused from all the county chain gaDgs in the State. Under the law the county supervisors may take or refuse all prisoners whose sentence does not ! exceed five years. Having this privilege they do not, of coarse, take uneouDtl prisoners. Of the 45 deaths a large per cent, was due to pneumonia and to that dreaded disease, consumption, and I wish here to call your special attention to that part of Dr. S. E. Herman's report in which he recommends the erection of a separate ward for consumptives. The reasons for this are obvious and I think it would be a wise expenditure of money to erect this ward, so as to keep the consumptives senarate. g_ - . For a more aod detailed report of the health aod sanitary condition of the prison I refer yon to the report of Dr. S. E. HarmaD, penitentiary physician. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The financial condition of the institution at the end of the present year is in a very satisfactory condition: Cash on hand Dec. 31st, 1901 $11,787 02 Total receipts for 1902.. 72,282 19 Total $84,069 21 C a r r e n t expenses, 1902 $62,657 07 Permanent im provements. 4,300 00 $66,957 07 I Balance Dec. 31, 1902 .. .$17,112 10 Cash in sight and available 6 300 00 $23,412 14 We have during the year expended for permanent improvements $4,300, of which $1,500 00 was spent in building a new gin house, $625.00 for a 12-hor8e eDgioe, $400 00 for new electrical armatures, $200.00 for smoke stack for boilers, $375.00 for a grain thresher, the balance was expended in the purohase of mules, mowers, reapers, grain drills and etc. Had it not been that our corn crop last year was almost a complete fail C-A-UI when you come t how cheap th* MY mm k BgF *V A V< ^ w tt? w ft e Slioes! NEW GOODS ! EVERY I October V.??m. ure, which necessitated our buying most all the corn used, and also the fact that all provisions and supplies, most especially meat, coal and convict stripes, have co-t this year almost double what they have in previous years, our cash t jdaoce would have been much larger, and it must be remembered that we have not so many prisoners now as years previous, therefore our net earnings could not be as ffreat as heretofore. Aericul O r' turaliy we have been very successful this year. Oar crop of corn, pea9, wheat, oats, rice, rye, potatoes, cane and cotton have yielded well, aDd we will have a sufficiency of everything, including molasses to supply the farms, reformatory and penitentiary proper and will have for sale about 3,000 bushels peas, 5,000 bushels corn, and 500 tons hay. By rotating crops as we do, sowirg grain and folluwiugit with peas, bro*d cast, the farms are being bought up to higher state of cultivation each year. We have done a great deal of work on dikes around the bottom lands on the Reed and DeSaussure farms, and they are in much better shape than they have ever been before. They have been made muoh stronger and many places much higher and wider. At the reformatory on Lexington farm we have 33 boys under 16 years of age, who are kept employed at all kinds of farm work. They are guard ed by a man specially appointed for that purpose. They are kept entirely to themselves day and night. * ? ? To Cue a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature s on each box 25c. Jury's Verdict. The following verdict wa8 rendered j by the Coroner's jury in the killing of Charlie Hutto, recently near Cayce't: "We, the legally empaneled Jury of Lexington county, S. C , do find from the evidence in this case, that Charlie Hutto came to his death from a gun shot wound in the hands of "Wesley Spires and that it was justifiable homicide." * ? The Mutual Carpet Company, of Columbia, announces the inauguration of a big clearance sale and has greatly reduced the prices on a portion of its stock. Head their advertisement in this issue and then go there to purchase your shades, ruga and carpets. L. 02ST j o Town and see 3y are selling ! Shoes!! > ARRIVING WEEK. | 1 j j Obituary. Annie Lee, daughter of Mr. J. B. Floyd aDd wife, Mrs. Sallie Floyd, was bom JaDuary 5 b, 1899 and died January Ttb, 1903, making her age 4 years and 2 days. She was a bright, happy and loving little child and is greatly loved by her parents and other loved ones left behind. She was sick about four weeks and ill that could be done for her comfort and recovery was done by her lov ing parents. May God comfort them with the holy spirit and may they be further comforted with the knowledge that Jesus said "suffer linle children to come unto me and forbid them not for of Buch is the Kingdom of Heaven," and may they ever lean on rhe strong arms of Him, who will sometime call them to the world beyond to meet little Annie never to part again. She will be missed by the Lexington Baptist Sunday school, of which ; she was a member. But she has gone on to join the angel band and will ever eing praises to the lamb. Her little body was laid to rest by loving friends in the cemetery of St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran < churoh to await the coming of her ! Saviour King. J. E. S. i Cures Blood, Skin Troubles, , | Cancer, Blood Poison. Greatest Blood Purifier Free. 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B. j B. is especially advised for chronic, j deep-seated cases of impure blood and ! skin disease, and cures after all else fflilfl. WHEN IN ' GOOD WIN! REMEMBER THAT COHI SHOES AT THE Lj j N!EW SHOES 0EVERY SHOE f GUARAN 1636 MAIN ST., C see vs for shoes u you Shoes from Cobea aad ge' December 19. THE OLD RELIABLE Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE Capture of Reynard. To the EJitor of the Dispatch: Eoclosed I hand you an ear clipped from one, Mr. Reynard of the "R^d" family spieies, who was captured not many mornings ago by the venerable hunter of Broad River township, Capfc. Geo. T. HaltiwaDger, assisted by "Wash" Kennerly, of color, whose cunningness is unsurpassed. About the dorn of day the sound of Capt G. T. Haltiwanger's f* miliar horn was heard and not long after the cry of the majesty of "Jumbo," "Dewey/' "Butler," "Wash," "Lee" and "Lil" were heard making Boyd's old hills ring with the sweetest music man's ear can entertain. The race embraced about (40) forty "short" minutes from the jump to the catch. This fox was a male and carried about two inches of white tail, his color was beautiful and his cunningness showed every feature of the fox tribe. Wash says he has reached the zenith of his fox hunting career, and can impart wonderful stories concerning the chase. While our dear old friend Capt. Haltiwanger, who is a way up in years of age, but only a young man in a fox chase, stands erect and it is perfectly sublime to see him charging around from hill to hill and to hear his shrill "holler,v it would maae you inquire wnat young man is that any how chasing that old fox'' I do not know that the Captain ie on the carpet, but can advise the sweet fair sex to set their caps for him, possibly he might be pureuaded to take unto him another. "With much euccesss. "Old Wallace." Peak, S C, Jan. 13,1903. WANT OF PER SHOES EN SELLS THE BEST n\A/FRT PRIOFS RTTTtTG DAILY! 30LD WITH A TEE AT tip Klnrp . \y' KJDV1 Vj lOLUMBIA, S. C. #.V OUR CSTW "^echool bf?2 for your children free.