The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, December 06, 1905, Page 2, Image 2
WHEN YOU VISIT
BATESBVRG
DO NOT FAIL TO CALL AT THE STORE OF
J* C.
WHOSE LINE OF
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
is complete. A nice line of BOYS' OVERCOATS at prices that will astonish you. His line
of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. SHOES, HATS, CAPS, HARDWARE. READY MADE CLOTHING,
NOTIONS, LADIES' DRESS GOODS, Etc.,cannot be surpassed. MEN AND WOMEN'S
RUBBERS in great profusiou.
A new line has been added consisting of MATTINGS in various styles. COFFINS of all
kinds at prices that will meet competition. All we want is for people to see our goods.
Prices in all lines correct.
DR. W H. TIMMERMAN, U. X. GUNTER, A. C. JONES,
President. Vice President. Assistant Cashier.
PAID UP CAPITAL STOCK, $30,000.00.
E. F. STROTHER, Attorney, ..... BATESBURG, S. C.
Announces to the public that it is now located in the new Bank Building with
all the conveniences and facilities of successful banking. Monies to loan an accommodating
terms. Deposits solicited. 4 per cent, on time deposits interest payable
quarterly. Friends and acquaitances are cordially invited to call on Officers of
Bank whether they have business or not and see our institution.
Directors?Dr. W. H. Timmerman, Dr. M. U. Boatright, U. X. Gunter, Dr. W.
P. Timmerman, E. F. Strother, Isaac Edwards, VT. K. Shealy, J. F. Kneece.
/7\ SPOTLESS
jr. Ashing Machines & Wringers
\tt \The strongest. Looks as if it would last a life
Vn lime. Easy to handle. Washes a tub of
clo<hes *n ? *? ^ isinufas.
e ^lesant Lkht Running Wheeler &
Wilson sewiog Machine the queen of them all
aTOrilPfflSli The New Homo Machine. Ball bearing,
^jlllrmMj|ffil\ Feat shuttle machine. Second hand maASMmi;IT"
""" 1 y ill chines. Needles for all machines. AtrachfFTfl
ments, shuttles, b6lts and the highest grade
SM sPerm machine oil-does not ruin jour mail
^wa ch>^a0 Repairing a speciality. Next door to
Mjt w/M fit M Wtn. Piatt's Dry Goods store Come to see
? f 4" J. H. BERRY,
1QAO Mo in St flnlnmhia. S. C.
w A WM ??*>?. III w vij - ? furniture:.
V. H. SBWELL FURNITURE CO.,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
We especially invite you to come to see us for your Furniture, Cheap Suites, Iron
Beds, Lounges, Stoves, Lace Curtains, Side Boards, Hall Racks.
30 DAYS SALE?FURNISH YOUR HOUSE.
W. H. SOWELL, FURNITURE CO., 1231 Main Street,
Opposite Y. M. C. A. Building.
t I HE. PLACE J
? To Buy Your WINTER 5
i(At Old Prices.) %
We have the most complete Fall stock S
of "Leather'7 shoes in everything for the i
comfort of the feet that can be had, and t
at Live and let live prices. ?
E. P. & F. A. DAVIS, |
1710 MAIN STEEET, COLUMBIA, S. C. i
We Bought Early Before the Advance. S
i OAiir vnnn Ainurv t
i dnVL iuun munu %
^ Don't trust to what you might have left to you. Save &
^ your own money. You will feel better knowing you
r have a bank account. We pay 4 per cent, on all Savings \
^ Accounts; so you really make money by saving money. ^
# ALL BANKING BUSINESS SOLICITED.
j Palmetto Bank and Trust Co., *
? COLUMBIA, S. C. J5>
5 CAPITAL, $250,000.00. - SURPLUS, $35,000.00. K
6 H. LYLES. Pres. JULIUS B WALKER, V. Pres.
^ J. P. MATTHEWS, Secretary. &
Warning. Trespass Notice.
A LL PERSONS ARE HEREBY NO- rnHIS IS TO NOTIFY ALL PERJ\.
tified not to hunt, curry torches, Jet ]_ sons not to hunt by day or night,
stock run at large, or trespass in any haul wood or straw, or trespass in any
manner whatever upon our lands out- maimer whatever upon our lands as the
side of the "Big Pasture. The law will law will positively be enforced against
positively be enforced against all tres- an trespassers,
passers. Z.-A. W. Sturkie, J. A. Hook
D. F. SHUMPERT, L. L. GANTT, Lusher J. Hook. Andrew Davis,
J. E. BERRY. J. F. Mack.
4w7. pd. 4w7 pd.
thr merchant?
TO ANY CHE WER of tobacco who will cut out and mail us this ac
f
The Lexington Dispatch. '
Wednesday, December 6, 1905.
Teachers' Meeting.
The Lexington CouDty Teachers'
Association held its regular meeting
November 2-5, 1905, in the Ioshtute
building, L xuj^iod, S C Tbe President
boiofe .VIi8s Sue Coiley,
second Vce President, presided over
the meeting.
1st-. Devotional services.
2od Columbia, tbf Gem of tbe
Oceao, was sung with MiesDominick
presiding at tbe organ
3rd It was rnov^d d carried that
the act of m^mbernbip fee be rescinded
ftDd the Treasurer of tbe As6ccifttiou
will kturtly reruru the fees to
bo?e who have paid
4' h It was &leo moved and carried
thar. tbe euljjct "Is the present
Adoption of Public School Books
Satisfactory?" be discussed at our
ntxr. meeting, /which will take place
th* last Saturday in January.
5th. Miss Ellen Rendrix discussed
I in a brief manner the third subject
on our program. Sbe stated tbe
amount of work done in a dav expends
largely upon the pupil. Lit'le
children should not be given muchwcrk.
Neither should pupils of
Pnmary and -Intermediate grades,
who work well during daily sessions
be given extensive home work.
6:h. Misses Mary Wingard and
Annie Winter each read a paper on
Picture Study in School work In
these were shown the great force
pictures lend to study, and the exi
tensive correlations than can be
| made by pictures.
I 7th. Miss Sue Corley gave us some
' ' ' L ? TV J
law pomes od aroor .l/iy, auu opuao
in a very pleasing; manner of the
beautiful developing power Arbor
Day exercises have upon the child,
and Buch exercises lead the child to
a keen appreciation of th* As'hetic
7th The program for Jmuity
meeting will follow soon
S-cretary
A Fearful Fate.
It 13 a fearful fate to have to ?-nflare the
terrible tortnre of Piles. "I can iruthfnlly
say," writes Harry C'lson of Mt-oDville
la., "that for B inc?, Bletditg Itching and
Protruding Piles, Bucklen's Arrica Salv*
is the b'st cure made " Also b*>* tor cats
barns and injuries. 25c, at The Kaufmaon
orag Co., druggists.
Holiday Excursion Bates.
Oa account of Christmas holidays
the Southern Railway will sell tickets
from all points east of the M-.e
?i*sippi and south of the Onio r.vere
and to St. Louip, Mo, and in termediate
points at rate of One and
Ooe-third First Class one way 1 alee,
plus Twenty-five ceDtR for the round
trip (minimum rate 50 cents.) Tickets
to be sold December 22, 23, 24,
25, 30, 31, 1905, end January 1,1906.
with final limit January 4, 1906
Tickets for teachers and ntuueiitti of
schools and college will be sold
December 17th, to 24tb, 1905, with
final limit January 8, 1906. upoD
presentation* aud surrender of certificates
signed by superintendents,
principals and presidents of the
various institutions of learning. For
further information apply to any
Southern Railway ticket agent, or
R. W. Hunt, D. P A.,
Charleston, S. C.
Failed.
All eff >rts have failed to find a better
remedy lor coughs, colds and lung troubles
than Foley's Honey and Tar. It
stops the coogh, heals toe lnnes and prev
nt per ions results lroni a cold J. N.
patterson, Nashua. Iowa, writes: --Last
winter i had a bad cold on my lungs and
tried at least half a dozen advertised cough
medicine and had treatment troin two physicians
without getting any benefit. A
friend recommended Foley's Honey and
Tar and two thirds of a bottle cured me I
consider it the greatest cough and lung
medicine in the world. Tne Kaufmann
Drug Co.
"Wadding in Dutch Fork.
Oa Wednesday, November 15tb,
at 2 o'clock, a very beautiful marriage
took place near here when Mr.
Franklin E Lorick, of Columbia, and
Miss Marie Lorick, you^gp?t daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lorick,
were married.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. W. H Greever, pastor of St.
Paul's Lutheran church. Ouly a
few guests were present the nearest
relatives of the bride and groom.
The parlor was beaunfully deccratod
with hot house flowers and
ferns.
The bride was dressed in a beautiful
cream siik and cairied a beautiful
bouquet of white roses.
Afrer the ceremonv waa over and
congratulations of relanvpp, we were
ushered iDfco the spacious dining
room where the table groaned beneath
bp load of pdih'cQ cnf>h n? the
^ < ? ? 1 T "1 I 1 1
good motners 01 tne iiorK Know now
to prepare. Toe promote, of the
bride and groom did not count in
numbers, but 10 v-iue.
After an hour of socitl chat aD 1
mingling with relatives the bridal
If you haven't Red Meat Tobaccc
ri? TO THE CON
We give you our absolute guar;
Red Meat is made of better tot
good solid juicy chewing qu;
plug of any weight offered c
Write Dame and address plainly here
ivertisement,we will mail him a car
Manufactured Only by Liipfert-Scalej
party drove to the elegant new home
of the groom in the suburbs of Coumbia.
So was spent a pleasant
day long to be remembered. The
bride and groom start life's journey
with the best wishes of the community
in which they were reared. Columbia's
gain is the Fork's loss.
Irmo, Nov. 18. One present.
Zing of All Cough Medicines.
Mr. E. G. Case, a mail carrier of Can
ton Center, Conn., who lias been in the
IT. S. Service for about sixteen years,
says: '-We have tried many cough
medicines for croup, but Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is king of all and one to
be relied upon every time. We also find
it the best remedy for coughs and colds.
giving certain results and leaving no
bad after effects." For sale by Kaufmami
Drug Co.
Will Occupy Other Ports.
Atbens, Dec. 1 ?A Russian torpedo
boat destroyer arrived here
today. Her commander in an interview
said that tbe Turkish governor
of the island of Mytilene vesterday
presented to Vice Admiral Bitter von
Jedina, commander of th8 international
flpet, an official dispatch from
Constantinople in which it was stated
that tbe porte would accept the proposals
of the powers for tbe financial
control of Macedonia with modifications.
Admiral von Jedina replied,
according to tbe Russian officer, that
if by Sunday at midday the porte
had definitely accepted the demands
the international fleet would occupy
the islands of Lemnos and ImbroB.
Some Interesting History.
BY S. B. GEORGE.
T 1? e j i
Jjexmgioo waa xuruuau uut
of Soxe Gotha township, of Orangeburg
county, in 1798, with the county
seat at Old Granbv, then possibjy
the only town in it. The place is
now virtually lost sight of, the land
being under cultivation, there beiDg
no buildings left, and the only trace
i-? a few clumps of masonary?be
remains of chimneys. The Government
Locks on Coagaree river, ju^t
constructed, are near the historic old
town, it having teen a little further
down the river on the west bank.
The eeat of government of the
District *femsn>cd here ur,til 1819,
who it was jhijii ved to Lexington
Coirt the present public
buildiogs being cn the location then
secured. The land, one acre, was
purch*s?d by commissioners appointed
by the General Assembly, from E.
Corley, and the price paid being
Si 00. This will appear from the
o iginal deed, now in the Clerk's
office, and being of record in book ?
page ?
The Court records only go back to
18G6, except in a few instances, as
these prior were destroyed by Sherman's
vandels, who burned the Court
House on February 16, 1865. The
records of deeds, and mortgages go
back to 1840, prior to which all were
destroyed by the same fire.
The following Clerks have held the
office:
John Hart, 1798-1806.
Jobs McCrelKf, 1806-1820.
A H. Fort, 1820-1824.
E. J. Scott. 1828-1836
Reuben Harman, 1836-May 23,
1840.
John Fox, 1840-Febv. 3, 1852.
James E. L^e, 1852-Feby. 8, 1864
S. P. Wingard, 1864-Aug. 24,1868
D. J. Griffith, 1868-Nov 27. 1872.
Wm. J. Assmann, 1872-Dec. 2,
1891.
Isaiah Haltiwanger, 1891-Dec. 19,
1892.
Henry A. Spann, 1892-Dec 24,
1900
Samuel B George, 1900-Dec 24,
1904, and re-elecfe^ for the term
ending tb* \ear 1908.
sheriffs:
Isaac VaDsaLt, 1840-Oct. 20,1847
John Klecktav, 1847-Jan 26. 1852
Wm. L. Mil', 1852-Oc. 17, 1855
S. P. Wingard, 1855-Feb. 22.1864
G S Swygert. 1364-Feb 26,1866
S. M. Rocf, 1866-Nov 27, 1872
H. H. Geiger, 1872-1876
C. J. Hendrix, 1876-Jan. 3, 1877.
S P. Drafts, 1877-April 6. 1882
W. M. Drafts, 1882-June 23,1884.
W. A Corley, 1884-JaD. 1, 1885
G. S Drafts, 1885-Dec 31. 1896
T. H. CaughmaD, 1896-Dsc. 31,
1904
P. H. Corley, 1904
PROBATE -JUDGES:
A. H Fort, 1860-16 Sep?-. 1864
A. Efird. 1864-21 Nov. 1870
A. H. CaugbmaD, 1870-27 Nov.
1872
S P. Wizard, 1872-Dec. 1882
John Kieckley, 1882-Dec. 23,1886
G. T. Graham, 1886-Jan. 1. 1891
J. W. Mitchell, 1891-Nov. 24,1894.
H. A Spann, acting, 1894-Nov 28,
1894.
C E Leapbart, 1894-Feb 1,1899.
Geo. S. Diafts, 1899-1906.
??? ?
At the annual meeting and banquet
of the Atlanta Chamber of Crmrnerce
on Tuesday night the project
for a Southern exnneition, to be held
in that city in 1910, was formally
launched.
> in stock, write the factory?we \
rSUMER: fllMTL
antee that each 10c plug of
tacco and contains more
ality than any other 10c H| j
>r sold by any factory. Mg
d which will entitle him to one 5c ct
s Co., Wicston-Salem, N. C.
1905. Fall and Winter Opening. 1005. j
N. A. YOUNG'S DEPARTMENT STORE.
i
1603 Main Street. COLUMBIA, S. C. 1603 Main Street. j
We cordially invite you to give us a call when in the city and inspect our large;
and well selected stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Dress Goods, Millinery and Gent's
Furnishings.
A NEW DEPARTMENT. Tinware and Enamel Ware. ( I
Wo have added Millinery to our store j We have added a large line of Tin and z
for which we have secured one of the Enamel ware to our complete Department T
best Milliners obtainable from the lead- Store. There are many things in this
ing millinery houses of the Eastern department that you cannot keep house <
markets, and we bespeak for an excel- with out. We can save you from 10 to
lent season for her. having had several 20 per cent, in this whole department-,
successful seasons in this State. Ask to Don't forger us on this line of your pur- ,
see her when you want a hat. chases.
Domestics. Domestics. j
5.000 yards 4-4 Sea Island Sheeting for only 5 cents.
5,000 yards Farmer's Pride Plaids, 27 inches wide, only r> cents,
5.000 yards, Staple Ginghams theft}- grade, only 5 cents.
3,000 yards Dress Ginghams, the 7] cents grade, only 5 cents.
3,000 yards Remnent Bleaching 1 yd wide worth 7 to 8c. only ft} cents.
Blankets. Blankets. Underwear. Underwear.
25 or 11 Cotton Blankets onlv SI 00 .. , ,, .
10 pr 1 2-4 Cotton Blankets grey.. (stocK oi ljaaies*, uimarens . -vien s
Slightly Damaged SI 75grade.. 1 25 i and Boy a Dnderwear is comp lete and
10| all wool Bed Blankets 3 48 P >? all purchasers Children s
the celebrated North Carolina all . p?-7 * ATroiJ- t0 *1- Piwe" J
wool Blankets in in 10} and 11} at s a Ladies from roc. to c'. o0 l>er j
3 50 and 5 00 ! Piece- j
i
Our space will not permit us quoting prices 011 our stock, or to further enumerate ' J
the good tilings we have in store for those who will favor us with their fall and
winter business. We ask you to come and we will do the rest. Yours truly,
~m. A. YOUNG,
1603 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. j
WE RESTOCK.
TYTT7J T&T71T AHT7 *
WHI
WE RESPRING. ?
WE REBARREL.
None Better in tiie Counter.
Buy from a Gun Man-Buy at Home
and we will take care of You.
BICYCLE SUPPLIES, GUNS, AMMUNITION, REPAIRING, ETC.,
1318 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C.
September 13. 3m.
> /
Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing,
BACK INTO THE NEW STORE.
We wish to inform our friends and patrons in Lexington that we are once more
in new quarters?the same stand that we formerly enjoyed, only entirely different-,
more space, modern in every respect, with a stock of entire new goods which were
bought at the lowest prices, which you. will readily see by calling at Fitzmaurice's
before it will be too late for you. This store cost you nothing. No rent to pay,
hence we can't charge you with something we can't charge you for. Will you
kindly help yourself to the Bargains. This Fall nothing like the bargains offered
Kc.fr.-ro Yours Trtilv.
? ?v JOHN
FITZMAURICE.
1704-1706 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
To tie Good People of Lexington! '
Your Name is on our list for your
Fail and Winter Siioes,
and we invite yon to come in and make your selection from
one of the best lines to be had. We have a new stock to select
from and new price to make you. We carry in stock all
sizes and prices from that good old time Farmer's Solid Brogan
at $1.00, up to the swell dude's swing last at $6.00. Thanking
you for past favors, you are cordially invited to make our store
your headquarters while in the city. We will look for you.
2BF1.13.
Post Office Block, Columbia. S. C.
vill supply you direct.
it of Red Meat Tobacco FREE at any store handling this brand.