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Tlie Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, December 23, 1903. * V * The Dispatch Job Printing * * Office is prepared to do aDy ? J kind of prmtmg at short notice. {* * We guarantee woik first class * % at reasonable prices. Give us % * a trial order. * * * PMliiL m 1mm. Wayside Notes Gathered Here and There by a Dispatch Man. Friday i9 Xmas. Santa Claus is now the busiest bee a |Ua Ml tuo UtIC> Yesterday was the shortest day of the year. Why no* bay your wife a nice Christen ~ present ? Baisins, nuts, fruits, candies, etc., at H. M. Wingard's. Supervisor G. A. Shealy was on I our streets yesterday. Mr. Joe A. Koon, of near Cbapin, was in town yesterday. Bs sure you put the right postage on yonr Caristmas present. For your Christmas and holiday supplies, call on H. M. Wiogard. Mr. John A. Bister, of Gaston, was on our streets last Thursday. Our merchants are busy selling Christmas and other goods. Dispenser B. B Hiller, of Chapin, was in town on business Monday. H. M. Wingard will sell you your holiday supplies, as cheap as any one. Mr. D. Web Corley and wife, are visiting the latter's parent's in Union. Mr. Rudolph Snelgrove paid a flying visit to his old home one day last week. Bring or send your Christmas and New Year subscriptions to the Dispatch. If you intend to hunt during the holidays be careful and keep off of ^ posted land. A number of our farmers are selling their cotton and putting in a Christmas supply. The farmer who gets 13 < cents for his cotton is not likely to regard it as a unlucky number. Mr. J. S B seder, one of the best eitizsna of the Barr's Landing section, was in town Monday. Mr. Jesse J. Bonknight, one of the Fork's best citizens, called in to see us Saturday, The Home Bank will be closed on Christmas the 25th, and the day following. Mr. J. N. Swygert, one of our progressive farmers, was on our streets Saturday. Cadet Oscar Derrick, of Clemson College, is speeding Christmas with home folks in towo. Make the little children happy. Bamember "when onoe a child" how yon enjoyed Christmas. Oar old friend Mr. Jasper Long, of toe Bur's Landing section, called in to see us Saturday. Captain J. J. Biokley has the chain gang located in town and is working the roads near the court house. Cadet Meetza Mailer, of Clemson College, i* spending his holiday vacation with his parents in town. Cadet Bion Graham, of Clemson College, is at home with relatives in this place during the holidays. If you wish to buy a nice Christmas or New Year present, call at toe Bazaar and you will find it. Mr. Pickens Hoof, a student of Newberry College, is at his home in this place spending his vacation. The brick building of the Depart- j ment Store is now makipg a show j * and a big improvement to our town. Mr. Brooks J. Wingard, a student I of the South Carolina Co.'bge, returned nome for the holiday, to-day. Mr. 0. Steele, one of the best turpentine men of our county, was one I among the visitors in town Monday. Shreded cocoanut sweetened and ready for cakes, pies and custards, retailed in any quantity, at the Bazaar. Ws are glad to iearn that Mrs. Hattie Ciughman, nee Coriey, who has been sick for several weeks is improving. There will be services at St. James church, Summit, S. C , on Christmas day at 11 o 'clock by the pastor, Rev. W. H. Roof. Mr. J. Walter Dreher was in town attending to business Saturday. He speaks of mooving and we are sorry to lose such a citizen. We learn that Mr. Chas. H. Drafts, who holds a position with the Columbia Hotel, is at his home in this place bat will return today. Mr. J. Frank Hook, of Irene, was in town Saturday. Mr. Hook has been a warm friend and a reader of the Dispatch all of his life. Mr. R E. B^uknight, one of Black creek's best citizens dropped ; a to see as last Friday. Ha will read the D.spatch for another year. \ "Congressman Lever was in tbe city to-day enroute to his home in 1 Lexington county."?Cjlumbia Evening Record, Dec. 21st. Mr. E. F. Bradford, who has been in Nashville, Tenn , for sometime is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S Bradford, of this place. 1 The Dispatch Job Printing Office I will print you 109 each note heads and i envelopes with your name, occupation, | address, et. , for $1 00. j While in town Monday Mr. S. M. j Wessinger, of Countsville, called in ! and paid for his paper. We are j always glad to see such subscribers. Misses Marv and Ruth, daughters of Col G. T. Graham, of this place, j who are attending school at Aiken, ! are at home spending the holidays. I Dr. P. H. Shealy, our young and | popular dentist, will spend Christmas j with his home folks and will be absent for a week after tomorrow, Thursday. In making your purchases, not only for Christmas, but all the time, of pure plain and fancy candies, always call at the Bazaar. Our young friend Manley George I has just returned from a flying trip in the Fork and reports a joliy time ahead. Christmas trees, weddings and the like to no end. Everybody should setlle once a year, and we must request those in debted for their paper to do so. We prefer prompt paying subscribers and we will wear longer. Mr. J. S. McCartha, a good farmer and mechanic of Hiiton, was in town Friday receiving the top notch for cotton. He did not fail to drop in to see U3 as he usually does. Tannopoline, the great pile remedy cures all kinds of piles, and you can have your money back if not relieved Try one can. Price one dollar. Murray Drug Co. Mr. J. C. Fulmer, one of the best farmers of Countsville, did not fail to remember the printer while in town " % T " * ? * * i J uuonaay. jajre 18 a ciever ienow auu lives at home. Oar friend Mr. S. W. Shealy, of Swansea, while in town Monday paying his taxes and attending to other business paid the Dispatch offce a pleasant call. Mr. Henry J. Riwl, manager of the Cotton Seed Oil Mill at Prosperity, is at his home in the Rocky Well section, spending the holidays. We see him on our streets occasionally. Missefl Essie and Lucile, daughters of Htm. C. M. Efird, who are pursuing studies at the Elizabeth College, in Charlotte, N. C., are spending the holidays at their home in this place. Oae of the Fork's most substantial farmers, Mr. Jno. A. Wessinger, called in to see us last Friday while in town attending to business. We were glad to know that he is improving in health. Mr. C J. Rucker, one of the most successful farmers in the Swansea section, killed a hog last week that moinkar) /l Aft nof ? n r? saa "U,5UVU f? only 1 year and 8 months old being of the Jersey stock. Dr. Jas. J. Wingard and bride, after an extended bridal-tour to New York and other northern cities, have returned. They will make the home of the bride, Mr. John J. Fox's, their future home. Mr. Walter W. Barre and family now occupy their new and elegant home on College Hill. We gladly welcome them to our town, as they are worthy accessions to our society and citizenship. Horehound, Mullein and Tar relieves that hoarseness and prevents an attack of LaGrippe and pneumonia. There is nothing like it. Large bottles only 25 cents. Murray Drug Co. Mr. Charlie Shumpert, who has been teaching a short, but successful term of school, at Macedon, has | finished his term and called in to ; see us Monday. He is a good young | teacher aDd will make his mark. I The little three-year-old child of | Mr. Henry Kocn, in this place, was ! severely burned last Tuesday night i and died on Thursday morning. It's I remains were hurried at Boiling j Spriogs the following day. I We were indeed glad to have a I pleasant call from Dr. J. L Johnson ; Monday, formerly of Swansea, but . now holding a lucrative position in | the Marine Hospital at Charleston, i S. C. He was here on business. | WANTED?15 handsto work in the | shingle mill business near Swansea, j S G Apply to John J. Reeder. Lex! iDgtoc, S C. tf Rev. Keil, of Columbia, preached an excellent sermon in the Baptist j church at this place Sunday morning I to a large and appreciative congrei gation. He will preach here again | in this church on the 2nd Sunday in j January. | Fewer Gallons; "Wears Longer. ] Fewer gallon?; takes less of Devoe i Lead and Ztnc than mixed paints. ! Wears Jou^e.; twice as long aa lead i aad oil. i Don't forget the old man with the fish on his back. For nearly thirty years he has been traveling around the world, and is still traveling, bringing health and comfort o o wherever he goes. To the consumptive he brings the strength and flesh he so much needs. To all % weak and sickly children he gives 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 crown ud and have children O l 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 & BOWNE, Chemists, 409-415 Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and $1.00; all druggists. Has Musical Talent. Special to the Dispatch: Charlotte, N ,C. Dec. 19, 1903. MisB Essie Efird, a daughter of Hod. C. M Efird, of Lexington, S. C, gave a piano number in the closing recital of the Gerard Conservatory of Music College this week. Miss Efird's number was Reinecke's Polanaise op. 21. Miss Efird is a young lady of decided musical talent. Her easy mastery of the instrument and her toDe coloriog were noticeable merits in her performance. With continued application she has a future as a musician. AUCTION SALE-The following personal property will be soid at auction, at my place, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m., on Thursday 31et of December, 1903: Two reapers, j two mowers, one of each being almoet new, one-horse rake, one-horse wagon, two-horse wagon, four horse wagon, timber cart, buggy, road cart, twohorse riding cultivator, two walking cultivators, single and double foot plow stocks, harrows, gears and harness, one Koon made fan, molasses mill and evaporator, shop tools, one mare, sheep, hogs, two beef cattle, one milk cow, full bred Berkshire pigs, one piano, household and kitchen furniture, and all other things generally found on a farm. 2w8pd W. Q. M. Berley. news. The following was clipped from the Columbia State of December 20: Mr. S. J. Meetz, Sr, of the Dutch Fork, is able to sit upBafter being confined to his bed nearly two weeks, having been painfully injured by being thrown from bis buggy, his horse being frightened by an uuiomoble diiven by Dr. Knowltou. The Laborers Mutual Insurance company will be located in Buttsburg. The capital is $1,0'J0 payable on demand, and the corporators art: J Will Qjattlebaum and J. Frank Kneece. Administratrix Sale. BY OituEK OF THE JUDGE OF 1'KO1'ite of Lezingiou county, I will sell bclore the court house door, m Lexington, S. 0., on the first Monday in January, 1UU4, immediately alter the public sales tne following described personal proj erty ol the estate ol J. A. Mulier, deceased, lor cash to wit: Two good horses; om double buggy; two single buggies; one double set harness: one single set harness: one omhorse wugon: giam cradle; harrow, Mow stocks, gtars, etc. ilF.S. J. A. MULLER. Administratrix, rccrmccr .0. 10"3 -2wM I WILL BE FOUND r,i r'i*i'Tvni-i f v.' . -ui.s.*'* ?v.'. H L'1,;' ' *?> v, : | j/'V. 1 ? ' : "! iiJ"i ' i"; 1 , j'.i * : I I OLD HICKORY WAGO* of our cou ^ 1115*PLAI2f STBEE Fpbmprv 14- 1** y<> ?OUR ST Is complete in every Department j ted. Our motto is to please yoLowest Prices. Call and w not better, Bargains thai BUGGIES 4S0& EVER OFFERED IK jSgHg ICVIMRTflM K 'jooa LLAIIIU I Ull L^See the STAR Baggy j CHRISTMAS GOODS WE HAVE A FULL LINE OF EVERYTHING T US AND YOU WI] w. r3. L.EXOGTON, .... COLUMBIA'S NEWEST AND EST SHOE STORE OPENS DOORS. * % Tlie andersigned takes greatplec | ure in announcing the opening of I * new store. lie will be pleased, % show his friends the latest fashio 3e . * /// new Hunter Footwear. It is I i' % intention to give the most carej -5 attention and best possible serr< ? to shoebuyers of Fexington and w t conduct his business to the per ft % satisfaction of the public. | XX IV A XI) 17J- TO-DA TE * SHOES * ?/?/// be shorej/. and the stock re HI, % con mi ienl/tf arranged. so that tf re ' ' " in' /. 1/ in ii/r v be a pleasure to "'/ iji/in "i'</ *" >j g our store. Make it your heodyuo J tor* white iu the rely. g 7hau/i'iuy you tu advance for yo | visit, we will endeavor to remain. % of old. your feet-fitter. jj * g Very respectfully. * THOMAS A. BOY (OPPOSITE POST OFFICE ) 1736 Main Street, - - Colin IIWMII I? ^PHIIIIimilHIlWillih11! I 'Hill11! Grove's Tastel | hos stocd the test 25 years. Average J ! | bottles. Does this record of merit appeal t Enclosed with every bottle is a Ten Cent? AT OUR PLAGE j | " I JS are first in the hearts ^ Lntrymen, ,0Q ^v^U-lc Oo.) T, COLOMBIA, S. C. OCK QF--X> I i mm &iniBsa>iLi? J md must be seen to be apprecia- >a with the nicest goods at the e promise you as good, if l you will find anywhere. \ WAGONS IS COMrLETE. I AND GROCERIES. 0 NUMEROUS TO MENTION. CALL AND SEE i LL BE PLEASED. i ROOF", 8. C. BRIGHT-! \ 3 ITS | I Wedding Presents! -qd * **% ^8 !s-1 Christmas Presents! 1 1 is * 1 III Rin?s< - I * P.hpririQ i') I Jewelry, . I Watches, \ | Out Glass, 'd | Sterling Silver, # All the numerous articles suitable for preset ents of all kinds, we now have illustrated by photographs direct from the articles, in our catalogue of v which we will be pleased to send you one on request. B i j We deliver all goods free by mail, 1 express, or ireight on all orders with | jJJ & cash, and gnarantee satisfaction always. J ('* % P. H. LACHICOTTE & COMPANY, ^ '^ 1424 Main Street, t COLUMBIA, - S. C. as * i m * I % ' I Trespass Notice. * , #### AH persons are forbidden to trespass on ^ ? our lands bv taking wood, hunting or in f| "Vl 1 ? any manner whatever. The law will be 1>Tj, strictly enlorced against all violators of | this notice. Jerome B. Seay, Q O Hattie E. Seay. HDlch, O. w. December 7, 11)03?4w5 > less Chill Tonic 1 \nr.ual Sales over One and a Half Million 8 ! to you? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. n package of Grove's Black Root. Liver Piils. jf win Mm *\w *