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The Lexington Dispatch, G. M. Harm an, Editor and Publisher. Circulation, 1,920, Wednesday, January 4,1905. All changes of advertisements gbould be in the ? cot later than Saturday mort?i * to ensure insertion in the cnrrpnt i<<*oe. Excellent Haaagemeat. The members of the retiring Board of Coonty Commissioners are deserving the thanks of the people of Lexington for their excellent manage* ment of the county affairs. They have given faithful, intelligent and honest service. Under their direction the roads have been put in good condition and the foundation has been laid for their further improvement The Seances have been economically administered and on the whole they leave the county in a better condition than they fouDd if. The new Board has taken charge and have organized. Mr. Louis J. -Langford, the Supervisor, is a man of experience, of sound jadgmsnt and * excellent business ideas. He is practical and thoroughly systematic in his habits and the people are to be congratulated in securing bis services Mr Isaiah Haliman, Coontv O unmissioner, has also bad experience in the office to which be has been elected He is a man wt o has devoted much time and attention to the duties of Commissioner, is safe and generally makes a success of everything he undertakes. His ex perience will be valuable to the eonnty. Mr. James W. Shealy, the other member, is a new maD, but is bright and comes with an ambition to do southing for the betterment of the condition of bis people and eonnty and to this end will he direct his efforts and beod his energies. To start off with as a matter of economy the present board has reduced the tax levy from 13 to 12 mills. Fort Artfiur SurrendersJanuary 1st.?Port Arthur, whose hills have for months run red with the blood of the bravest of two warlike natioos. has at last succumbed to the fierce tenacity of the Japanese attack G-n Stoessel, most stub in oorrciriff nut, thfi Will of his Wft W j ? - . sovereign, has seea the advance of the besieging army gain in momentum and energy until to hold out longer would have been a crime against humanity. To what fxtenc the fall of Port Arthur will make for a restoration of peace is an, open question. Tokio, J 3?The Japinese tcday occupied a number of Port Arthur forts. It i3 learned tba> Russian officers and officials will be permitted to return to' Russia on parole, the officers retaining thiir swords. Rome, J40 3?A telegram from General Nogi's headquarters at Port Arthur states that ten thousand of the Japanese besiegers of the stronghold will remain at Port Arthur to repair the forts while the remainder, under General Nogi, will go to reen# force Field Marshal Oyama. St. Petersburg, Jan. 3.?The Russian consul at Cbeefoo today reports the arrival of several torpedo boats from Port Arthur carrying dispatches from General Stoessel announcing * - ? - * T> *_ .? n j me capitulation 01 rormrmur. wueral Soessei's dispatches, published by the general staff, show that a terrible state of affairs prevailed at Port Arthur. Io addition to casualizes infficted bv the Japanese shell, scurvy broke our. aDd the death list was thus swelled. When the capitulation occurred there were 14.000 sick and w< unded in the hospitals. Ammuniti-ju bad entirely given out. St Petersburg, Jan. 3. ?The censor today permitted the newspapers to publish the news of the fall of Port Arthur, no mention heretofore having been m ?de Fall recognition i3 given the heroism of the defenders, while the bravery of the Japanese i?, also, spoken of in high terms. Io connection with this news the difficulty of the task b fore General Kuropatkin is also mentioned. Washington, Jan. 3 ?Officials of the administration and members cf the foreign diplomatic corps today are diocussiDg hardly any topic other than the surrender of Port Arthur and the ossible results. Opinion c~ necessarily is at variance, but one view seems *o be general that whereas bad the J ipanese taken the place by storm with all the accompanying violence, and even brutality on either ' aide, all talk of peace wou'd have been absurd It is now possible for J*pan wiibout an offensive assumption of-the attitude of the coDqueror to approach her adversary witn the hope of at least a rpcpf-ctfu! healing. Popular Official. Mr. J. E R*wl Kyzer is now at lbs head < f trie E3ucatiooal ioterest of the cono'y, he having taken charge of bis office last Monday. Mr. K?zer is famili*r with tne work of the office he having served as School Commissioner for several terms. Mr. Derrick, whom be succeeds, carries with him in bis ?etiremenfc from office the conviction that be has performed well bis dutv and that he has the wed wianeo for his future prosperity sod happiness of his many friends. Smallpoz. Inasmuch as a report has been circulated to the *ffecfc that there were smallpox ia Lexington and the facts have been greatly magnified, we deem it our duty as newspaper to inform the reading public as to the true condition. There is no epidemic of smallpox here, nor is there likely to be. There is one case in the sub urbs and that is isolated. A strict quarentine is maintained and every precaution is being used by both the family of the sick yooog man, and the town authorities to prevent the ' ? ar.il (kava to QIS6&U6 I rum B^ioauiug ciuu tucic iu do doubt but what tbe prompt measures adopted will be tbe meaDs of confining the disease to this single patient. As a further precaution, however, it is the duty of everybody, who hss not already done so, to be vaccinated at once, not that the eitnation here is at all alarming, but on tbe tbeorv that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Hascaic Notico. A REGULAR COMMUNICATION Lexington Lodge, No 152, A F. at, will be held on Saturday, Jan. ^ 14, 1905, at 7 p m. Brethren are earnestly requested to attend promptly. By order of the W. M. Godfrey M. Harman, Secretary Trespass Notice, WE HEREBY FORBID ALL PERsons to hunt by day or night, or to trespass in any manner whatever upon our lands situated in Boiling Springs and Black Creek townsliip, near Macedon. The law will be enforced against all violators of this notice. JAMES A. KYZER, E. M. RISH, H. L. KYZER, LEVI RISH, DAVID RISH, H. C. RISH. January' 2nd, 1904, 4wl2 pd. | HEADftUAUT | School and Col! K AND S U ' 1,1 jl WE HAVE THE LARGE! 0 Printing Pleat 1Tk?o \ r nisn.u I ) 9 If Masonic i I COLUMBIA, J and read our ad^ Our Buyer is now in 2 ing Goods by express them. By seeing their fied until you possess a in Jackets, Skirts, Wa: mings, Belts, Neckwar Goods to suit your tast( ery will be touched up The Holi< ^ of all kinds are now < r Us. I Whitten Or # BATESBl ( HA Cabbage Plants. all varieties $1.25 per J 000. 19,000 <? * sired. Plants arrive at your tion. Write for Merchants* P Potatoes and runiips in season niato Plants, Sea Isand Cotton ers should be booked in advaiu ^as^Bay^Oerary,' J. B. KeidliDger, I5AKER, COLUMBIA, - - S. C. Fresh Bread, Plain and Fancy Cakes, Pies, Cream Puffs, Buns, Rusks, Rolls, in fact everything that is good to eat usually found in a first class bakery. Mail Orders Given Prompt and Careful attention. NOTICE. lirE, THE MEMBERS OF THE V? Board of County Commissioners, met last Monday and organized. B}' mutual agreement it was decided to advertise for two weeks for applications I for the following appointive offices: Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. Physician to Jail and Poor House. Stewart to Poor House. Captain for Chaingang and Guard. S. J. LANGFORD, Supervisor. ISAIAH HALLMAN, JAS. W. SHEALY, Commissioners. January 2, 190.;. 2wl0. Warning. This is to notify all persons not to make paths or pass through my premises in the town of Irnioforany purpose whatever. Parties must keep the streets and not make paths and near cuts on said premises. Violators will be indicted. JOHN D. DAVIS. January 2. 3904. 4wl2. WANTED?100,000 feet of framing $7.00: 200,000 feet of boards $8.00. All sound and square yellow pine, 14 to 20 feet long. F. O. B. cars within ~>0 miles of Columbia. N. H. Driggers, 4-w-io Columbia, S. 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