Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r " THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. ? Seprasantaviua l&aurspapar. ?auars kexinpton and tha gnrdars af tha Surroundina Scuntias hike a Slankat* r* ? ??? . ?. __ VOL. XXXV. LEXINGTON, S. C? WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1905. 14. " Z GLOBE DRY GOODS COMPANY. 7 M "W- !??- IviEOlSrC^ITOISr, TIES., lOiiO MAI> STREET, COLUMBIA, H. C. "JlJs Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. 1 A Woman's | - $2.00 I Shoe. I The best Two Dollar Shoe 1 a Woman ever saw or wore I is what we offer our trade. I We have planned and ? ^ worked hard to get an 1 | EXCELIEHT $2,00 SHOE I I for Women, and we are i proud to say that we now I S have a Shoe that comes up J ? to our requirements. ? | Splendid Kid stock?made S I on the new lasts. Easily 1 ? taken for a ?3.00 or ?3.50 S 8 All sizes and widths. ^ 1 This slioe is a treat for the 1 1 Woman who wants to wear M B good ?2.00 Shoes. j "LEVER, , I The Shoe Man, I COLUMBIA, S. C. 8 I Fall Furnishings MT STOCK IS'NJSW AND COMPLETE ^ llN ? Neckwear, Glove? Underwear, Half Hose, Handkerchiefs, Snirts. Knox & Stetson's Soft aiid Stiff Hat?, Suit Cases, and Hand Pags. White and Fancy Vests. SUITS MADE TO ORDER. A FIT GUARANTEED. J.ELEleazer, HABERDASHER, :M4 MAIN" STREET COLUMBIA, S. C. ! BEEF MARKET. I take pleasure in informing the ]h*ople of Lexington and vicinity that I nave oj>eiied a first class Meat Market in the store on Main street, next to Meetze & Son, and am prepared to furnish Fresh Beef. Pork. Sausage, etc., daily. Your patronage is solicited and your orders will receive prompt and careful attention. SAM SEASTRUAK, LEXINGTON. S. 0. FINAL DISCHARGE. VTOTIC'E IS HEREBY GIVEN TO :i all persons interested that I will apply to the Hon. George S. Drafts, Judge of Probate in and for the County of Lexington. State of South Carolina, on the l?th day of February. for a final discharge as Executor of the Es rate ot Dr. S. A. Haltiwangcr. deceased. JAMES K. HEXDRIX. i\v 11. Executor. Big Linen Bargains. Fine Linen Cambric. :V2 incites wide. We guarantee it fv?-rv thread par-- linen worth regular :joe.. special selling price the yard li> cents. Beautiful JC> inch wide Linen Cambric, the most popular fabric on tD? marker for shirt waists and suits, as well :e for fancy and drawn work, worth regular *>0 cents. We have sold it for Jb cents. Special for this sale, the yard 2~> cents. Linen Sheeting. We will sdl rids week line pure Liueu Sheeting, winches wide, soft finish, especially go<xl for shirt waist, fancy work, etc., worth regular six-ciai this week at.- the yard. S}> cents. J00 dozen fine Union Lire.n Hue); To\vel>, ITx.'M inches. ro<{. whin- ;?nd bine bordered. wilt >?>M this \vi-?-k at th?' dozen l</> dozen purt* Limn Tabic Napkins. Tail dinner sizes, in new designs, will be v sold at the low price, at the dozen, $1.00. i Pricevillo Dots. To the Editor of the Dispatch: We are visited again with a cold 1 wave. The recent rains have left our roads in a bad condition. Mrs. M. C Davia baa been quite ill for a few daya. Mr. R. S Price baa employed the eon of Mr. Ben Boatwrigbfc for the year as farm helper. Mr. Bluford Bieener made a trip to North Carolina and return in a wagon through the country. Miss Fannie and Pearl Oswald, of Barr, visited at Mr. ft. F. Keisler's Sunday. Mr. Carl Drafts is now afcteading Leesville College. The sudden death of Katie Kyzer nee Black was quite a shock to ber | maDy friends in this section, which j had been her home for sometime Her remains were interred in the cemetery at Beulah MethodiBfc church The funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rtv. Strickland. The farmers in this section generally are undecided upon the right I idea as to planting. Your scribe's ' advice, brother farmer, is to reduce | your cotton acreage and increase j that of corn. ! Mr. Hampton Hendrix, of Lees| ville, called upon his farmer friends last week soliciting orders for fertili zers. Mr. Fred Keisler, who baR speDt two weeks among relatives here, has returned to bis home in Brookland. Mrs. Essie, Misses Marie and . Sarah Drafts, of Gilbert, visited at I the home of the latter Sunday. We bad the pleasure of bearing a very impressive sermon Sunday in the Lutheran church. Rev. Mr. Wessinger gave us an "extra," as it was the fifth Sunday. The cold wave mentioned in my heading is readily accounted for, Mr. Noah Rice, a popuiar youDg widower, of Brookland, intruded the home of Mrs. Mary Ann Jumper yesterday and took away her last charming daughter. Nothing better Noah and best are the wishes of Feb. 3,1905. That's Who. Leesville Items.To the Editor of the Dispatch: Miss Pearl Drafts spent last Saturday and Sunday with Mi9s Sarah Bjdie. Mr. LeRoy Roach, of Columbia, spent a day here last week. Mrs. L B. Haynes has been visiting in Johnston. Rev. Beasley waB here on last Friday and held Quarterly Confer- j ence. Our town, like many other towns ; notth and south, is wearing her j white suit, donated by nature and ; every odp seems to appreciate ifc very j much. Very little snow has falieD, j mostly sleet. Mr. Broadus West, of Columbia, j has been on a Bhort visit to Captain ! West. j And still cotton remains low. Even though the Government report gives ! it to January 16, only about two j million bales over last year, but the ; Wall street money power controls j this and very probable the price will j remain low. Keep up fires is the order of the j day. ; Mr. Riser's house is being rapidly i pushed and will soon be completed. Rev. Gro8clos8 has been teaching j his daughter's school since she has ; been 6ick. j Mies Hattie Groscloss is now able ; 1 * 1-V rk V\ nr?rl ir? vn /J ! rr i ?. . vr\T71 n rr IU uc up auu in tajjiuij ju-ipluuu^. Feb. G, 1905. J. | Tapi We quote prices that should intere COLUMBIA, i Dots from Adair. | To the Editor of tbe Dispatch: The health of our community is quite well at this writing. ! The Cherokee school is prospering j fine with tbe skillful management of T. H. Sbull. The Dew It. F. D. No. 3t which starts from Gilbert will open on tbe 15th inst., with Mr. R. A. Barr as carrier. Mr. Barr, is one of Adair's most popular citizens and we are sorr? to loose him. How d?d you yooDg men- eojoy Sunday tb,t bad some pretty girl to l i i. i rru i_ . 1 * J laae to CDiircL; xdidk mey eujuyeu it liDe around here. Mr. J. P. Sbull and eon went to Colombia last week. There was not anv school at Cherokee academy laBt Monday. Mr J. J. Harman went to Lexington Monday a week. Boys and girls how about pouDd j partiet? Have you all had an}? There have been a few arouDd here. The farmers arouDd here are starting to turn Rtubble, but the icy j weather prohibited it. Poor little birds, what becomes of i them this cold weather. We would like to hear from Mr. j Dodd again, who is in Grimes county, j Texas. | What rashes a pretty girl blush j I when an ugly boy asks her a qaes! tioo T With best wishes to the Dispatch j I am yours, Cedar Bird. News from Delingo. To tbe Elitor of the Dispatch: Our community wa8 shocked by tbe death of Mrs Nancy Shull last week. Mr. Jack Jodcs and friend, Mr. Taylor, of Columbia, spent Sunday with Mrs. W. L. Hook, sister of the former. Mies Hnttie Hook, of tbe Palmetto Collegia** Institute, spent Saturday and Sunday at homo. She wa9 accompanied by Mips Eula Clarke. Vaccinating seems to be the go these days. Miss Lucia Dent has returned to her school after spending a few weeks at tbe bedside of her mother. Mr. Bueil Heridris ;s now attending school in Columbia. Miss Estelle Hook, of the Columbia College, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. She was accompanied by her friend Miss Bessie Gilbert. February (I, 1905. L. and B. Items from Around Swansea. To tbe Editor of the Dispatcn: The charming Miss Maggie Wi8e ! has returned to ber home near St. I Matthews ?fier visitiDg ber maDy i friends and relatives near SwaLsea. | Mr. John W. Coogier and family, j of Edmund, left recently for Black, Ala., where they are going to make their future borne. Mr. M. P. Dyches, of Swansea, has returned to his home after a short stay ic Alabama. Mr. Daniel Berry and family, of j Swansea, spent last Sunday with tbe i family of Mr. John Hufcto. Miss Annie Lou Redmond, of j Woodford, visited her sister, Mrs. > Henry Sharpe. of Swansea, recently, j Mr. James Howell, of Gaston, is I visiting his friend, Mr. M. M. Har6ey, 5 of Swansea. I will ring off now for fear of that \ dreadful baeket. ! Feb. 5.1005. A Country Girl. I L 1 ? * 1 * L L ' a oaruiHome aziut-i. id ueing put to the MidJlebtirfcr mill at Batesburg, in wbicb fifty additional spindles will be inaiaii?-'1 wb^rs it is completed. )'s Greater I st eewomical buyers. Order what P . i? ? A money, tvery arncre is a irue Cotton Growers' Convention. I New Orleans, January 26.?First 1 resolution adopted by the convention was the reduction 8f acreage and fertilizers 25 per cent. At the afternoon session the committee on closer relations between manufacturers and producers made a report in the interest of the elimination of the speculator in cotton. The following was tffered by the resolution committee, through ExSenator McLaurin, and adopted: "That a special committee be appointed by this convention to confer with the President of the Doited States, the Secretary of Agriculture and the manufacturers of cotton goods, to obtain 6ucb concerted action as will enlarge our trade id cottoo products in foreign countries." "That the officers of this convention will be rf quired and instructed to immediately formulate a plan to pool 2,000,000 bales of the present c >Uor? crop, and retire the same until after Octobar 1, 1905 " A resolution, by E C. Smith, o* Sou'b Carolina, was passed, providing for the appoiDrmeDt of hd inf-p^c tor by p?cb county in the interest of the eff-ctive carrying out of the pledge to reduce acreage A resolution by John Bostwiclr, of Georgia, was pte*fd, asking landowners, who have their land rented, to agree to accept as part payment for reDt, corn, wheat, oatp, or any ather staple products at marked prices, provided the tenant will reduce his cotton acreage. Former Senator McLauriD, of South Carolina, presented the report of the committee on resolutions, heartily approving the reduction of acreage and fertilizers, and urgmg "all owners of cottou to hold it until the government report on acreage shows to the world thaf Southern cotton farmers staDd solidly together, they have complied with their agrrement, and demand the value of their product." The following resolution was unan- j imou8ly adopted, and copies ordered seot to President Roosevelt and the Southern Senators: "We hereby endorse the movement on foot to endow the Inter-State commerce commission with full aDd complete control over alleged discriminations and abuses by railroads, with power to enforce their lindrngs, and request all Southern Senators and Congressmen to support and aid in ! the passage of this measure.*' i 1 Fire in Columbia. The buildiDg and stock of goods of | Mr. John Ft zraaunV?e and the stock j of shoes carried bv E P Si F. A j Davis and the stock of dry goods, j etc, of J. C M< ere Si Son were ! seriously damaged by a fire of un- < known origin, which originated in ] the store o? the former Saturday | night. Mr. Fitzmaurice's loss is ee* ! timated at $30 000 and was insured j Kiz-iAfv T? l> f. A T? ! LOT Xi- X . CV X'. a. JL'ans : placed their loss at $16,000, insured ! for $10,000 J C- Moore A; Son J were insured for $10,000. Their | lose is unknown. i I Peruvian Guano. | The Lexington Department Store j h*ib secured a limited quantity of the j old time Peruvian Guano. These i goods are imported from Peru. If j you want to use some of this guano i you will please give your order for j same at your earliest convenience so ! that you can have the quantity | wanted reserved for vou. Ccme ! w j early, as :t will not last loDg. We { are the only people handling these j goods in ihis part of the State. Lexington Dept. Store. leparlmenl SI you want and if not as expected rc value and should interest you. Boiler Exploded. Last Wednesday afternoon the large 20-horBe power boiler of me Gross Brick and Lumber Co. T ear here od the Wyse Ferry road exploded with a terrific Doise. The boiler parted in two pieces, one of which was carried a distance of 100 yards, and in its passage through the air demolished the building. Mr. Fred Gross was csugbt beneath the debris and pinioned down by the lumber. He had to be cut out and it was found that be was terribly scalded, bruised and mangled and hi? leg broken in two places, perhaps three, besides receiving internal injuries the extent of which caDrot yet h<fully ascertained. He is seriously, probably.fatally injured, though n norfa frnm hio t-\ a rl l. i it o cirti I /?.\nr_ bo 1 I V/UJ UIO V/VVJr JUW CJi V t 1. L-UH' aging to bis friends, wbo hope for the best. Mr. Jasper P;ic?-. wim ruDB the brickyard there, wae alt-o badly scalded by the escaping steam and his arm was broken besides rp. ceiving numerous scratches ?od bruises of a miDor nature. Id#3 wtil recover from the effects of his wosini-, although bis suffering is u?tur>?iiv ^ o intense. The boiler is said tu bp tne first one ever brought to this part i f 1 be county, certain it i* as it among the first, Mr. Gross" futfcpr haviog purchased it. some sixty odd te*rs ago. It is said that there w>ro five thousand green brick on the y-itd at the time of the explosion nil of which were completely ruined by the concussion. Obituary. Mrs. Nancy tsbull, nee R)of. w*s born May 12, 1818, and oiert January 29, 1905, aged St) >earb, S months and 10 days. 6b?- j jiu^o the Lutheran church in *ar!> l.fe. but later united with the Matbod-.st church. While yet young whs ^ f h A In f <*. Tl C . I I xjj all icu lu tuo Jaio * .miwu, whom she survived by n^Liik like 25 years. To them w?;? b.,iu three children. W. B. Sbuii. M'h Lovic Serin and another so:: *ho went to the spirit world many years ago. She reared her children in the ntr ure and admonition of the L->id, and tbey rise up aDd call berb!e*:ed Mrs. Nancy Sbull was a noble wife, a kind and affectionate mother, a faithful member of Christ e church and a good neighbor. The high e? teem in which she was regarded by her many relatives and neighbors, wn8 attested by the usual:;, ]tirg?number in attendance at her funeral Better than all Mrs. SbuK ? tiue Christian. Said her to the wiitei: "Motbefa habit for mam years was daily to go to her oi'jvtt for private prayer." She often toid her loved ones that she not afraid to die Her funeral services were aoodocr' nl hv bcr fia^tnr in thu hum- of h? r only daughter and scn-ta-jHw. 51'. and Mrs. Lovic Sc-nu. II-: e ?-ru?t???were then placed by tlmmhusband in the family bur-*' t>r-"i-??i to await the ressurrecbor* r-f irn-j >*r. May the good Lord sustain ?r.r ones in the loss of their dear and may they all meet her ?o that better laDd in the sweet by* ?r.4 bj-H. Her Pastor. Notice to Nev Pensioners. On account of bad weather the pension board failed to uff. advertised by the pension ''om mis-urn r on the first Monday in u*ry. but will meet Saturday, th* li'r. -?:.d in Saturday, the 18ih of February. .VI applications roust be it a' Us- nam* ; ed date at which time tb^ .-vU *il: , close. S. M. Roof. On a ' lore. fturn it and we will refta-d your s. a Doctors first prescribed | Ayer's Cherry Pecroral over 60 years ago. They use it today more than ever. They Cherry Pnr?4nra 1 | JL W 1 rely upon it for colds, coughs, I i bronchitis, consumption. | ; They will tell you hov it I I heais inflamed lungs. | ' " I ha>l a. very bad coutth for tliree yea*?, g j Then I tried AVer's Ciierrv Peecoral. Mysore 1 hill*? were aoyn nealeci ami my cou^h tlroppeu H i awav." ? & *M p.?. Pearl Htoe. Outhrie Centre. Ta. | J I - V'.. Vie.. Jl.O". * .5. C. ay Bit CO.. a if Old Coughs I B?PWWOWHWBHaBHBBBWMCMPaBgliBaOH?aa?B I One Ayer's f'ili at bedtime insures worriro. Drugs, Chemicals, i | STATIONERY. ; PAINTS - - OILS - - GLASS. ; GARDEN SEED?Bulk and Packa<?<-. THE SICK MAN'S FRIEND. Licensed Dru^'ist and Chemist. KINARD, LEESVILLE. - - - S. C. j __ . a? ?? WARNING. All }* rsons are he reby warned nor to [ hire < r harbor in any way Ed. Mo.sely. ! John Shepard and Simp Doziar. as they | have contracted to work for me thi< I war, HMD. . J. F. MITCHELL, I ;i\vlii Loesville, S. ('. | : "T?TTVT A T T\TCJnTT ATJ/1T j: i.Hl All l^XOV^XL/XJXUTXi. IVJOTICE IS' HEREBY GIVEN To ii all persons interested that I will api wly 10 the Hon. George S. Drafts, Judge of Probate in and for the County of Lexington. State of South Carolina, on the lJtli day of March, iOOd, for a final discharge as Administrator of the Estate of C. O. Oorlev, deceased. S. A. CARTER. lwlT Administrator. | ! VALENTINES. ; The i4ih of February is St. Valentine's Day. and the place to buy you n pretty Novelty, Sachet or Lace Valentine is at the Bazaar, j The comics are complete and you can find anv? hing to suit your wants. I < all and see them before iliey are picked over. We have the catalogues and anyone desiring to purchase an extra line Novelty can do so by calling and making Their selection, and we will order it at once. Yours tor Valentines. Dress Goods. * _ iin-h wide Hri!! hint-con in black and bhn-. best sryi.- olnrs absolutely strong, win can't buy rh sun at our price. tinyard. .">0 cents. rs inch Voile in black, blue and cream, will !>: sold at. the yard. 11' c?*nts. \V- ill sell nice Fattev Silks, in ?rri)):tu(l rft'tvts, brown, blurs, uTrrns. worth and sold formerly at outs, at thr yard :5i? rrjits. int-b wide bbi' k Taffeta Silk, every \ard absolutely y-uaroiirred not t?? break >r - jdir. worth will !* sold at. the \yj'l!. s].<*).