Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"" !*'?,.-* ?V3 'V'^^T'.:T : / ' V" ' ' ' ?-'* "iy.' \i* * -. ' '{ THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. &. Bepresuntative Newspaper. Savers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Sounties Lihe a Blanhet. VOL. XXXV. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1905. 41 Z GLOBE DRY GOODS C0HPAH1, 7 JM T77*. 231. ^E02TC22T0IT, JS., 2^^.2T-^0-E:23, wk? l?UO MAIN STREET, - -- -- -- - COLUMBIA, ?. O. Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. ' 3 October istf Court. The August ' erm of tbe Court of Sessions for Lexington county was convened here on Monday morniog -last with Judge Ernest Gary presiding. Judge Gary is an able jurist, always on hand and noted for prompt dispatch of business and for clearing the docket. Clerk George, as is neuai with this efficient officer, had his dockets. x well prepared which enabled tbe work of the court to be transacted without friction. Cot George B. Timmerman, our Solicitor, always at his post, handles the business of the State with perfect grace and ability, and is a terror to the law breaker. We have a perfect grand jury, all of them always on hand. Mr. Isaac Edwards, of Batesburg, is foreman, and he has been complimented for the manner in which he discharges ? Ms duty. Messrs. J. C. Swygert, F. E Brodie, N. B. Wannamaker and Aaron D. Busby of the petit jury were excused from attendance. '* The following cases were con/ tinned: Jay Jefcoat for murder; j i Wm. Glass for murder; J. Hamp Long, bastardy; Geo. W. Boatwright, obtaining goods by false . : pretense. In the following cases nol pros were entered: William Wyse for assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying, concealed weapon; ? 1 ? ? t ?5. a. Jfiarnarat ior ootaimng gooae by false pretense, Garfield Daunerly for Hke charge. Will Brown, colored, under charge of bnrglary and larceny, died in jail Monday afternoon and bis case goes to a higher tribunal. He has been in jail six. months, long enough to an ordinary man, and this because of the "Ten Circuit Law," which puts our spring and summer terms this far apart The grand jury returned the following "no bills :n J. G. Taylor for assault and. battery with intent to kill; Henry Monte for assault with intent to Mil and carrying concealed weapons; Henry D. Kunkle for as* sault and battery with intent to kill; Solomon Bonknight for housebreaking and larceny; G. B. McCombs for embezzlement of funds; G. ?. McCombs for embezzlement of public funds. The first case called for trial was against Perry Taylor for assault and battery with intent to kill, the speciJ? -1 I l! T O CI !iL nc onarge oeing snooting <?. o. ocnitu and wife three timeB with a single barrel shot gun while they were in a canoe on a mill pond. ' The Solicitor and Messrs. Sharpe and Asbill appeared for the State and Messrs: J. B. Wingard and E. U. Shealy for the defendant. The case consumed Monday and the verdict of^guilfcy for assault and battery of high and aggravated nature was returned on Tuesday morning. The sentence was $75 or four months, but the fine was promptly paid. Jesse W. Shealy under indictment TAPFS GREATER DEPART] * % WVBHff IHV Inconceivable variety of beautiful Was] SPECIAL AUGUST SALE. It will be ; because you can yet use so many beautify TH? J > for bastardy was tried in bis absence and found guilty. Bessie Thomas charged with assault and battery with intent to kill upon Hattie Miles, all colored, and of Batesborg, was found guilty and sentenced to eight months in the penitentiary. Shep Tajlor, a negro boy of Leesvilie, charged with setting fire to the guard house there, while in it, after oiling the floor with kerosene, plead guilty and was given ten years in the State reformatory. Although there is a heavy docket, the court run out of work yesterday before the hour for dinner, and the jurors were excused until this morning. Several appeals were heard in the afternoon and all wore promptly decided by Judge Gary. This morning the trial came up against George W. Nobles, a white man of SteadmaD, charged with the murder of Wash Nichols, a negro employe. The Solicitor is assisted by Mr. E L. Asbill and Messrs. W. H. Sharpe and E. F. Strother represents the defense. The plea of self defense is relied upon, and the trial will take up the entire day or longer. The Brookland election fraud cases are yet to come up and it is expected that, if tried, they will consume the remainder of the week. The constables for this weeks court are Sam L. RawL Theodore Barman, J. Abner Derrick, James H. Fields and W. B. Balleotice. George Sharp? is ticket boy. Gilbert Items. , Excessive rains last Saturday washed several places in the railroad delaying trains. Mr. Graham, section foreman at Gilbert, was out all night with hie crew making repairs. Be was relieved early Sunday morning by the wrecking crew. By 12 m. the regular trains could pass without delay. The largest break was at Fredonia, which was found out in time to prevent a wreck. Mr. Graham's good judgment in making repairs and his ability to work his hands at the right time made him able to pass trains with Bafety early after his arrival at the wash out. Few men could have managed the work as well as Mr. Graham did. The street hands are out under the leadership of Mr. W. H. Donly, Jr., who are doiDg some excellent work, though it does not stand long on account of the many heavy rains. It is a very plain fact that the business part of Gilbert will have to be macadamized and the sooner the better, as this place is now doing a lively trade in naval stores and lumber. It also bids fair to do a good cotton trade. Fodder pulling has been greatly delayed by the continued rains, and what has been pulled has been very much damaged. The cotton is opening rapidly, though picking has not begun. The first picking will necessarily be classed storm cotton, thereby bringing a less price than it KENT STORE. 2 Goods and Summer Dress Materials of i sale well worth your while. A sale sa\1 Dress Patterns and Laces and Ribbons i JLMSS : should. The crop will be a short one, as all the July crop fell off aDd there is too much rain to set on an August crop. Mrs. Graham's mother, of Greenwood, is now on a short visit here. Mr. P. Leapbart has returned from Virginia, where he has been among the springs of the valley and attending the Tennessee Synod as a delegate from the Cedar Grove pastorate. I Prof. S. S. Lindler is able to be out after a severe attack of reoal colic. Mr. Daniel Hallman and his eon, Lewie, and family, of Leeeville, worshipped at the Lewiedale Baptist church last Sunday. Bev. Kyzer preached in the morning and Bev. Hayes at night. Mr. T. S. Sease and family spent the day very pleasantly last Sunday at Mrs E. J. Sease'e. The Lewiedale Academy will begin its next session the first Monday in September. * ? Shady Grrove News. We are now having too much rain. Crops are being drowned and roads are washed to an impassible condition. Mnfth wort in heinc done in our community in remoddeling bouses. Mr. C. L Bouknigbt is doing some work on his dwelling, which adds much its beauty and comfort; and so is Mr. Andrew Metz, Mr. Obarlie Bouknight has about completed his beautiful house and has taken unto himself a better half, to share the pleasures and comforts of living in it. On Wednesday, August 9th, at 8:15 o'clock p. m, at the home of the bride's father, Bev. S. J. Biddle, Mr. Charlie H. Bouknight and Miss Jossie Biddle were happily married, Bev. Mr. Biddle officiating. The bride was attired in a beautiful dress of organdie trimmed in ribbonB and lace. She carried a lovely bouquet of ferns, mingled with Maid of Orleans, and presented a lovely appearance. The bridemaids were Misses Inez Kiddle and Carrie Belle Bouknigbt, accompanied by Messrs. D. S. Bouknight and S. M. Busby. They were dressed in lovely organdies trimmed in lace and carried roses LaFrance and Marshal Neil. t Quite a number of friends were present who heartily expressed their congratulations and good wishes for the hatmv coutale. Manv valuable f 1 - J gifts were received from tbe host of friends. On Thursday the infare was given at the home of Mr. E. A. Bouknight. Mirth, and plenty of that is good and dainty were heartily enjoyed by all present on that occasion. Tbe bride is a graduate of Lee8ville College and has been a very successful teacher for several years. She is a woman of such accomplishments as to make parents and friends proud of her. May God bless them both. The parlor was very artistically decorated with Ivy and Trumpet flowers. Irmo, S. C., Aug. 12, 1905. ORDER every stylish desriptitioD. No store in the ing in every respect. The whole store is md Embroideries and other Summer articl Li. TJLP] St. Matthew Chips. The occasional showers last week were sowewhat unfavorable to the farmers in pulling their fodder, but we trust in providence that this week will meet with their approval. Crops are much better than at one time supposed they would be although they will not average up with the ones last year. We are indeed glad to note that our young friend, Mr. Willie Smith, ?n 1%^ U a n Urt/4 am ntrl vruu Lias uau au anaun ui uj puuiu fever, is convalscenfc. Mr. J. W. Smith has recently put up a first class cane press and is fully equipped to make a number one syrup. Mr. Luther Long is busy erecting his blacksmith shop at Mr. H. Steele's, aDd soon we will hear the ringing sound of the hammer and anvil. We wish him abundant success. Don'c forget to sow turnip seed while the old mother earth is moist. Mr. J. J. Smith & Son are contemplating putting up a cotton gin in time for this year's crop. Hurry up, friends, cotton has commenced to open and the price is ten and a quarter. Miss Virgie Steele attended the old Confederate Veteran's Reunion and visited relatives and friends in Lexington last week. ^ rr t rv rii t j m t jar. A- u. oceeie went to Jjexmgton on buBiness Thursday. Some of Mr. G. B. Taylor's family is on the sick list. We wish them a speedy recovery. The Bev. A. R Taylor delivered a very interesting s rmon to the St. Matthew's congregation Sunday. His text was based on Romans III: 10. "There is none righteous, no not one.'1 A series of protracted meeting will commence at St. Matthew's on the second Sunday in September next Two sermons will be preached each day. All that are interested will please take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. Everybody has a special invitation to attend. Mr. S. L. Steele, of Lexington, and Mr. P. D. Steele, of Bateaburg, attended preaching at St. Matthew's Sunday and visited relatives. Tommy Humpback. August 14,1905. Naws from BatesTmrg. Mrs. William Willcook, of Orangeburg, mother of Mrs. Dr. L. M. Mitchell, of this town, died at her home in Orangeburg last Monday. Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell attended the funeral on Tuesday following. The sympathy of our entire town is extended to Mrs. Mitchell in her sad bereavement. She will spend several days with relatives at Orangeburg before returning home. Capt. U. X. Gunter spent Saturday and Sunday with his son, Attorney General U. X. Gunter, Jr., in Columbia. Miss Ada L. Trantham, a former teacher in the graded school here, BY MAIL. 5 Soutli is in a position to offer you such, va taken in for this sale. Never before have i es that will have to be set aside by us on ac P CO., c but at present librarian of Home College in Georgia, is spending several days in town as the guest of Mrs. T. B. Kernaghan. Col. Edwin Folk Strother is attending court at Lexington, where he is engaged as counsel in a murder case. Mr. Strother has been eminently successful as a lawyer. Mr. George S. Drafts, the efficient Probate Judge of Lexington county, was in our town Saturday on official business. Mr. F. P. Henderson, of the Aiken Bar, spent Sunday here as the guest of Mr. Edwin Folk Strother. Mrs. N. Rogers Bayly and little daughter are at Harris Springe, where they will remain several weeks The heaviest rain of the seasoo fell here last Saturday night. It was accompanied by a heavy thunder storm. . C. August 14,1905. Can We Have Prohibition? liife is so short that each generation must profit by the experience of j 1 10*0 I t .tnose gone oeiore it progress is to oe made. This plan is adopted by men in science and business and they make much progress by beginning when the last generation left off On the authority of a recent temperance writer we assert that in the last generation fifteen states of this union have adopted prohibition and twelve out of the fifteen have repealed the law. Is it profitable for us to go over the same experience? If the dispensary is voted out, then under the present law their will be no means of lawfully selling whiskey or wines in the county for any purpose, not even medicinal, mechanical or sacramental, but under the interstate commerce laws it can be shipped to the consumer from any point without the state in original packages to be used by him for any purpose except sale, or gift to others. How then can we have prohibition ? E. G. T. Boylston Gleaaiags. Fodder palling is advancing with great rapidity in tbie section. Miss Mamie Corley, of Switzer Neck, is visiting Miss Burnice Bawl. Mr. Abraham Leaphart spent last week with the home folks. Miss Lila Hook is visiting in Swansea. The picnic at Bawl's spring passed with great pleasure to ail who attended. Mr. Ward Leaphart has purchased a new top buggy. Now is the time girls for you to step out with a short smile and a long grin. Miss Agnes Bawl has returned home after visiting many friends near New Brookland. Mr. Ed. Hendrix warned out the hands on the Church road and is doing some much needed work. Mr. Hampton Kaminer went to Lexington Monday, where be has secured work for the winter as cierk for J. W. Long. YouDg Batch. TAPFS GREA: I Dry Goods, Tailor Madi Organdies, Shirt Waist | _ pets, Ribbons, Dress S I muslins, Table Damask st assortments of really fine goods for so litt ve offered so much stylish Summer Goods :count of early Fall arrival^, Solumlbis Delmar Locals. A number of heavy rains in this section during the past week, which have damaged quite a lot of fodder and caused the cotton to shed many squares and young bolls. The cotton is being damaged by the rust. Mr. W. H. Hare will attend court at Lexington this week as a witness. Master Eufus Sanford, of Newberry, spent last week with relatives in this section. Mr. J. L. M. Oxner, of Brookland, is visiting relatives and friends here and in the Dupler section. Mr. land Mrs. Wesley Eargle, of near Newberry, visited the former's father, Mr. I. P. Eargle, Saturday night. Miss Leila Shealy, who has been spending several weeks with her brother, Mr. T. E. Shealy, in Columbia, has returned home. Protracted services will commence at Mt. Hebron next Sunday. We presume that there will be only one service on Sunday. The Delmar Collegiate Institute will have Miss Bessie Mickier, of Mt. Willing, and Mr. S. W. Crout, of Dupier, as assistant teachers during the next term. The annual reunion of Newberry College will be held on the gounds of the Delmar Collegiate Institute next Friday to which the public is cordially invited. The program has I J <1 . -1- Jl 1 Deen acDoucceu icrougn ice columns of the Dispatch. Lloyd. August 14,1905. Leesville's First Cottoa Sale. Possibly the first bale of cotton marketed from this year's crop in Lexington county was sold here today, by that energetic, progressive, model farmer, Mr. Jno. W. Spann, who lives in the suburbs of our town, and at whose home you always find corn in the ear, and upon whose table is savory home raised ham and home ground biscuits. The cotton was bought by one of Leesville's most prosperous firms, Messrs. Bouknight & West. This wide-awake firm of courteous gentlemen and of business methods for drawing patronage, had offered to its customers a premium of 2| cents a pound for that one selling to them the first bale of cotton from the crop of 1905, fcViPrfifnrfl Mr. Snann. as a r a ward for ~r his activity, received 12? cents per pound, his bale bringing him $65. The Leesville Warehouse, through its building committee, Messrs, J. L. Matthews, H. A. Meetze, and F. Hamp. Hendrix, are pushing every energy toward the hasty erection of their brick house, 60 feet by 200 feet They hope, within the next thirty days to be ready for business. Mr. J. L Etheredge and his aimable and accomplished wife, of Augusta, Ga., are visiting at the home of F. H. Hendrix. Dr. J. F. Mitchell left today for a. ten days visit to his brother in Ya. Mr. E. Jones spent Monday at Lexington on business. rEE DEPARTMENT STORE. i Garments, Millinery, Silks, Suits, Silk Petticoats, Caruit Cases and Grips, Under j Linens, uuiscis, notions. le money, We have decided to put on a for such low prices. Wonderful values s. c.