The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, February 18, 1903, Page 8, Image 8
The Lexington Dispatch, j
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Wednesday, February 18,1903.
PIHCIL AND SCISSORS.
Wayside Notes Gathered Here and
There by a Dispatch Man.
The cold wave is with us.
Fires are again comfortable.
"King Cotton'1 has been dethroned
GARDEN SEED, at the Bazaar.
Let your main crop b3 hog and
hominy.
V*. v . I
Get your garden spots ready for
early planting.
Farming operations are held up by I
the incessant rains.
Prepared cocoanut, fresh and
Bweet, at the Bazaar.
The fature of Lexington is guileded
with bright promises.
The health seeker can find a salubrious
climate in Lexington.
' The restaurants and hash houses
did a rushing business Monday.
The signs all foretell an abundance
of all kinds of fruits this year.
The whole country is to day writhing
under the blizzard's icy grip.
Bsv. M. J. Kyzer gave us a pleasant
call while in town Monday.
Rev. J. G. Graichen's brother, of
Winchester, Va., is visiting him.
The recent heard rains have put
.
our roads in a deplorable condition.
{ Genuine "Aristock Maine" seed
Irish potatoes for sale at Able &
Able, Leesville.
Are you seeking a beautiful site
for a home? Then come to Lexington.
The electrict display in the heaven's
Monday night was a beautiful sight
to behold.
The chain gang will go from this
place to do some repairs on the State
road:.
Myer's Royal Spioe, a famous stock
<powder, for sale at Able & Able,
Leeavilie.
The jonquils, the earliest of the
spring flowers, are blooming pro.
foaely in many flower gardens around
town.
According to the number of people
in town Monday, our merchants did
but little boaines.
Fresh Baker's bread, cakes, crackera
and everything nice to eat, at the
Bazaar.
There is a great scarcity of shoats
hereabouts and those having them
are not disposed to sell them for love
or money.
'' * See change of the advertisement
of W. F. Steiglitz, Columbia, and
when you wane any article in the
Bportm&n'e line, give him a call.
The town was full of people Monday
who were here in attendance
upon court as jurors, witnesses or
Bpectatore.
It is a current rumor that the middlebarg
mills will be moved from
Batesburg to this place and its plant
greatly improved.
The best farming and agricultural j
implements on the market can be ;
found at T. B. Aughtry & Co. Colum- !
bia, at the most reasonable prices.
This will doubtless be a robinless
year as but few, if any, of these welcome
little winter visitors have been
seen in these parts. The small boy
is inconsolable.
We are still in the market for
^ cotton seed, at full value. Bring ma
all your cotton seed. Will eitte.
pay money or give meal in exchange.
TV "P "R
II JL. JLV^V**
We learn that Mr. W. L. Gable
was severely injured by the premature
explosion of dynamite, while
blowing up stumps at his home near
Irene yesterday.
Col. G. T. Graham, the prime
mover in the Lexington and Columbia
Electric Railway project, left for
New York the firet of ifce week in
the interest of the road.
Mr. J. W. Meezte, the faithful
chain gang guard for many years,
dropped in and renewed his paper
yesterday. He will pull the bell
cord over a mule this year.
Do you want the best farm wagon
on earth for a little money, or any
- other1 high grade vehicle as cheap as
the cheapest, go to T. B. Aughtry &
Co. Columbia.
J
Friday, the 20th, inst, is the lust
day in which to make your tax re|
turns. After that day parties who
have failed to make their returns wil.
I
i have 50 per cent, penalty added to
those of last year.
Lexington offers the best opportunities
for the home seeker thanau>
other county in the State. This is
no idle boast, but its truthfulne*?hao
hccn Hma ?nl aaain demon
strated by actuil experience.
The admittance fee for school
| children to the entertainment tomor
I row evening in Roofs Hail, is 10
j cents. This entertainment is to be
| given by local talent for the benent
! of Ballentine Lodge, I. 0. 0. F.
| Solicitor Thurmond dropped in to
| see us yesterday morning. He is
| looking well and hearty and is the
same genial and social fellow that
has characterized his intercourse
with his fellow citizens heretofore.
Call at Able & Able, Leesville, and
examine their stock of new shoes
before buying.
Samuel Li. Kiwi bas been appointed
Crier for the Court, and E. A.
Kleckley, P. H. Seay, W. M. Caughman
and C. P. McCartha are the
Constablee. Daniel Hajes is the
ticket boy.
The trains have lately been arriving
on Schedule time, and while our
mail facilities are not as perfect as
we would like them to be yet there is
a great improvement and we now
have no just cause for complaint
It is currently reported that F. F.
Herndon, E q , private Secretary i f
Congressman Lever, has resigned
and has formed a law partnership
with Messrs. Spears & D.-nnis aDd
will be the partner located at Bishopville.
"Klondike1' is the most enterprifing
preacher in the county. He has
"hung out his shingle" as an expert in
the matrimonial infirmatory, where
people suffering from an affection of
the heart will be treated at moderate
charges.
The Lexington and Columbia Electric
railway, is now almost an assured
fact. The business men if
Columbia us well as the chamber of
commerce should give this enterprise
a most liberal and sub istantial encouragement.
Mr. C. W. Connor, formerly of this
county, but now of Lent on, Fla.,
where he is engaged in the manufacture
of naval stores, was in town
Thursday on bueiness looking hale
and hearty. The Dispatch will following
him to his new home in the
Land of Flowers.
Hilton's Life for
the Liver and Kid
neys will cure
dyspepsia.
Undoubtedly soils in many sections
of the county are admirably ad ipted
to the cultivation of the finer grades
of tobicco. In the Fairbanks section
tobacco culture has passed its
experimental stage and that it can
be remuneratively cultivated is now
an absolute fact beyond all peradventure.
Chapin Items.
We clip the following news items,
! which are of interest to many of our
! readers, from the Carolina Newef of
! date February 12th:
j Mr. J. W. B. Lever, whose illness
! was mentioned in these columns last
;
j week, died Monday at the home of
I his daughter, Mrs. ChapmaD, near
Peak. He was in his eighty-second
year and was greatly esteemed by
all who knew him.
Mrs. E. B. Roof and her two
; children are visiting Mr. J. S. Wetj
singers family.
Mr. Samuel Roof, of Lexington,
; is visiting the family of his uncle,
j Mr. J. S. Wessinger.
| Col. G. T. Graham, of Lexington,
j was in town today.
Mr. T. M. Brown and Miss Clyde
j Clark, two popular young people of
! i . 1 3 . T -I . I
i our town, quieuy arove 10 l^utie
j Mountain Monday night and were
; united in marriage by Kev. J. K.
i Efird. It was a case of 4,Love
j laughs at locks and bars." May joy.
peace and prosperity be their life's
: p( r:ion.
Go to the Bazaar for your fresh
j garden seed.
I
Don't forget the old man
with the fish on his back.
For nearly thirty years he
has been traveling around the
^nirl ic cftll frnvfOmo*
* v wi ivi) uii vi jl *.j \*j v a * *. v a w > wii *'<^9
bringrincr health and comfort
O O
wherever he ?oes.
To the consumptive he
brings the strength and flesh
he so much needs.
To all weak and sickly
! children he skives rich and
! strengthening food.
To thin and pale persons
he gives new firm flesh and
rich red blood.
Children who first saw the
old man with the fish are now
'grown up and have children
of their own.
He stands for Scott's Emul
sion of pure cod liver oil?a
delightful food and a natural
tonic for children, for old folks
and for all who need flesh and
strength.
SCOTT & EOWNE, Chemists,
40P-415 Pearl Street. New York.
50c. and $1.6o; all druggists.
A Xatural Quextion.
The small boy. accompanied by LU
father, was looking at tin- display in
the window of a big store on Broadway.
where all manner of wearing
things were on exhibition. In one corner
was a great rack decorated with .a
brilliant collection of socks and bearing
the sign, "Half Hose, Half a Dollar."
The small boy studied it for a full
minute. Then he called his father's
attention to it.
"Say, pop," he inquired, "if half hoseare
half a dollar, are whole hose a
whole dollar?"
"I suppose so," laughed the father, |
though lie well knew that the boy's
mother had a pair in silk that he had
paid $4.OS for and which she insisted I
she had obtained at a bargain because
they were marked down from .$5.? !
New York Times.
Ah Exception.
"You know," said the woman suffragist,
"they say 'the hand that rocks
the cradle is the hand that rules the
world.' "
"Ridiculous!" cried Ilenpeek. "I'm
sure my hand doesn't rule the world." |
?pliihulolpliia Press.
?
Yes, G-ive Him a Call.
Wen Phtt, of C )lu:ubia lms ja^t
received his first shipment of fine
spring drees goods, notions *nd millinery
embracing many cf the latest
novelties of the sefteon. While ins
Stock is out ILe lu: ge-t in tb? city
yet be carries a fine lioe of dress patterns
of the most fashionable weaves
and texture and his notions and mi
linery goods cannot be surpassed in
qui i y. When you want any .standard
article in drees appartl give Mr. Piatt
a call.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nuree in the Children's Home in New
j York. Cure Fcverishnes.-, Bad Stomj
acb, Teething Di"?udn>, move aLd
I regulate the Bowels and D<stroy
| Worms. Over 130 000 testimonials.
They never f?il. At all druggist.*,
25c. SiLupie Free Address Ail?-n JS.
i O msted. Le 11 jv, N 1. 15
DR.
F. C. GILMGRE,
iD^isrirzsa:,
Located at no i.",io main street.
over Huseru-iuu's Gaa Store. CoJuojj
bin. S. C., where he Will be glad to see his
; former as well as new patients.
Dr. Gilmore will oe at Kuminor flote1 in
I Lexington on Tuesd-u and Wednesday,
j March lOtli and 11th. to accommodate
; patients who iiud it inconveoitnt to cull at
j his Columbia oltice.
January 23. lbtll?1<.
i j
Money to Loan.
\ \T/rE ARE PliE PAR ED '10 NEGOT1V?
ate loans promptly i> >mns ol *34)0
1 and upward, on improved farming lands in
Lexington county. 1 org lime and ta>y
terms. Mo commissions }Jorrov*er pavs
actual expenses ol preparation o> j-operx.
1 IlOMAts ,t GiMlLts
Columbia. S. C.
October 1.
The Dura
Strength, Dura!
distinguishing fea
Sold on their mer
draymen, lumber <
try. We keep an
hrvrsff t.n tliA hftmri
w w w W V * ? ? w w w *.
tons. Just receiv
in the last three "N
wagon on earth fc
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I !fa.e 11.3 xgrest ai
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1115 PI
February 14?ly.
Mio Hie Hi,
LEXINGTON, S. C.
LITERARY. SCINTIFIC AND CLASSICAL
COURSE.
Nt XT SESSION OPENS SEPTEMBER 8.
Vocal and Instrumental Music.
Trained Teacher?.
2U6 Students Enrolled Last Session.
Expenses per Se-.sion $60 to $80.
Send lor Catalogue to
0. D. SEAY, Principal.
July 30, 1902.
LEXINGTON MARKET,
CORRECTED WEEKLT BY THE MERCHANTS.
Bacon Hams, per ft 13
8ides. " " 10%
Shoulders. " 12
Butter, per ft. 20
Eggs, per doz 20
Turkeys. per lb 8 a 10
Geese, per pr 70 a 80
Chickens, per head 12,1? a 30
Beeswax, per ft 15 a 20
Beef, per ft io a 12%
Pork. " " 10 a 12%
Tallow, per ft 4 a 5
Lard, per ft 12%
Flour, per cwt ? 200 a 2T0
Corn, per bu - 05
Peas, " " 0?
?o
Uttu-,
Fodder, per cwt 90
Sweet Potatoes, per bu 35
Rice, per lb 4 a 6
VEGETABLES AS1) FRUIT.
The hi {jest market prices paid for Fruit
and Vegetables at all seasons.
COTTON MARKET.
Augusta,?Middling 9J?
Charleston?Middling 9'4.
Columbia,?3Iiddling 9'4.
Lexington.?Middling y'i.
naval stores.
Savannah, yesterday's market?Spirits
J Turpentine, firm 53 cents. Rosin, steady.
Land Sale.
By co- ssnt of the heirs and
distributees, who will promptly execute
tl e deeds, I will offer for sale to the
highest bidici, b lure uie court bouse door,
wiihiu tne legal hours of sale, on the tirst
M< n jay io March next, the foiiowing described
real es ate, towit:
All that piece, parcel or trfct of land,
situate, lying ana being in the County
of Lexington and State aforesaid, containing
ninety (90) acres, more or less, and adlun/it:
/-, t-t a a t, h>4rf
I Lii u ^ iauuo v* ?? vf ? ?--- ley,
H T. Dooley, J, P. Dooley. the Arehard
t Tract, and the Boczer lauds, being
k part ot the H. T Dooley lands set out in
the c'eed on record in Book T. page 6-S, and
shown by plat ot E. Lown. Surveyor.
| All that piece, 'parcel or tract ot land situate.
lung and being in the county of
Lexington rl d Stata aforesaid, containing i
one bu ired and forty-eight (14fi) acres,
more or less, and adjoining lands of Jas.
| P. Dooley, Mrs. A. M. L'-aphart, J. J, j
' Lown, George M. Corley ana the Home {
; Place, and being the Arehardt place sold by !
! F. P. Meet z 3 to M. D. Shull by deed in j
I Book 4 GG., page 434 and sold by M. D, j
| Muni to J. K. Doolet, by deed in Book j
j IL". page 141.
All mat pitco. parcel or tract of land j
1 situate, lung and being in the County of
[ Lexington and btate atoresaid, containing
J eight)-one \M) acres, more or less, and adj
j iuing 1-tuds ol H F. Dooley. John W.
i Grtgoi), Mrs. A. M L-.nphart and J. P.
j Dooley, and being a part of the lands con- t
j vemlby b* M. Roof. .Sheriff, to J. K. <
; DooJt-y. September olh, IbTl, by deed in
; Book X pate 44?> :
j T?KMc??One half cash: balance in one
j )ear, with interest iron: day of sale, so- ;
j cured by bond of the purchaser and mcrt- '
j gage ol tli i premises sold. Purchaser to
I pay lor papers,
SAMFEL B. GEORGE.
February II, 19t3: 3wlO.
j One Minute Cough Cure
For Coughs, CoMs and Croup*
EGrove'i
I the test 25 years
Does this record c
Enclosed with every be
1
ble and. Ligkt Running
ICKORY WAGON
bility and Honest Construction are
tures of the "Old Hickory Wagon."
its and highly praised by the best
companies and farmers in this couny
size you want from the light oneiest
wagon that will hold up several
ed another car load (our third car 1
reeks). A complete line and the best
>r the money.
OUR STOCK OF
IS AND HORSES?
nd. ^Eost Complete Scoclo to "tea
inno. in tHo.=? State.
-Khea Mu le Co.,
jAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C.
M,R. Hartley & Co,,
f!T,nTHIWft
See our stock of Men's, Youth's sod Children's ClothiDg.
The very latest in SPRING STYLES AND WEAVES. Will save you
from one to five dollars a suit on Columbia prices.
GENTS' FURNISHINGS.
M : t
The best aDd moBt complete line of Shirts, ,Neckwear, Collars, Hosiery,
Underwear, Etc., ever sold in LexiDgton.
, HATS.
The "Jefferson Guamnteed Matin Spring Colors and
Shapes are tbe best at $2 00 and $3 00. Every hat warranted. Also
a complete line of Men and Boy's Staple Hats at lowest price.
SHOES.
Here you get the best Shoe that money can buv in tbe George D. Witt
linp?A.H 6tyles, Men, Women and Children's. A trial will make you a customer.
LHIH.l.D.-LEMIH DEPOT
FITZMAURICE FlTZMAURICE
1704 AND 1700 MAIN STEEET,
COLUMBIA, - - - S. CTo
onr lriends in Lexington we extend a special invitation when in Columbia to coma
and see us. We will do as we say?save your hard earned money, and save a heap
of annoyance in lookiog lor what you want. It will be impossible for you to
buy goods as cheap or as good trom anybody else. It is an hourly occurunce
to hear people > a; I am sorry I bought. But too late tor that time,
but not too late lor this time. See us lor your wants in our line, as
we tell )0U.
DRESS GOODS, j SILKS! SILKS!! !
50 pes Half Wool Henrietta, only 10c a yd. 30 pes J Fan cv Waists and Dress Silks, 75c,
30 pes Fine Plaids. 30-inch, on v 10c a yd. sold at $1.00.
20 pes Fancy 40-inch Suiting. 20c a jard 35 pes Black Silk, Armcres, Peau De Soie,
30 ncs 30-ineh All Wool Henrietta, 25ca >d r ? w
ran etas toi \v edding Costumes. We can.
20 pes ^ hip Cords, oniy 00c., sold at <5c. fix liny kind ol a dress.
20 pea All Wool Granites at 50c. Domestics sold at co?t.
In This House
Merchants Sold at Wholesale Only.
January lo.
i Tasteless Chill Tonic 1
Average Annual Sales over One and a Half Million I
>f merit anneal to vou? No Core. No Pay. 50c. I
ttJe is a Tea Cent* package of Grove's Black Root. Liver Pills. Jf *
? -? . " ' " ^ ' ll- jf '