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mpRPP&pnpmm-r THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. WKKi?MisBSSB^Mi ?? : 4 *?? ? ?y ?: ? fcBprBSBUtatitJB J&BtnspapBr. Sntrars &Bxin#ton and tbB SnrdBrs of the Surrounding SountiBs hihe a 81ankBk v ."- > * " -v.. j . f : \ : TOT yytvt ~ LEXINGTON, S. C? WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1906. 10 ? ; * ... : Sots from Around Swansea. To tbe Editor of the Dispatch: It baa been sometime siDce I saw anything in yoor columns from this section. I will write you a few dots: ChristmaB bos come and gone and another new year has come. We hope that everybody will pat forth N a good effort to do better this year than they ever did before. Mr. Oscar Harsey, formerly of Swansea bat now of Iola, Ala., has been spending a few weeks with relatives and friends near Swansea. Misses Mamie and Minnie Jones, j from near Columbia, spent a few I days last week with friends in this vicinity. Mr. B. H, Neese is preparing to have a large dwelling built on the place known as the Jacob Neese old place. Miss Annie Harsey, of this vicinity, hat now attending the school at Irene, spent lsst week at home. Mr. fJliff Mnorn. of ftalnmhia. artent a few days with friends in this section last week. The health of oar county was never better. Mr. M. M. Harsey left last Thareday evening for Alabama, where be is going to make his future home. Mailie wiil be greatly missed by his large number of relatives and friends who love him dearly. . Little Miss Bernice Neese returned home Sunday after spending a few days with her friends, Miaees Corrie and Bertha Jones of near Columbia. Car community was very much shocked a few weeks - ago by the death of Miss Sallie Mack, of Columbia. Her remains were placed iu the Antioch burying ground. Mr. Allen C. Williamson, of Mis eissippi, is the guest of Mr. sod Mrs. E. M. Martin. Mr. Williamson is a brother of Mrs. Martin. Weil as news is scarce I wi 1 ring off with beBt wishes to you all. I am, A Country Girl. Jan. 2,1906. The Greene-G-aynor Case. * Savannah, Ga., Jan. 8 ?The cases against the three Gaynors, Greene and Carter, charged with having defrauded the United States out of $2,000,000 on the Savannah harbor contracts, will be called tomorrow. Judge Emery Speer is to preside. James G<ynor, of New York, an attorney and brother of the Gaynore, is here. Summoning of jurors will wuupjr Buverai utiyB. Resolutions of Respect. Resolutions passed by Leesville Lodge No. 218, A. F. M. on the death of Capt.. Jasper S. Derrick: Whereas, God in his inscrutable providence has again allowed the cold hand of death to enter our Lodge and claim for its victim one of our beloved members, Brother Jasper SDerrick, and, Whereas, our beloved brother's long service as a Mason has been marked by faithful attention to all its affairs and, Whereas, Bro. Derrick has not only proven himself a wise, strong and discreetly brave co-laborer in Masonry, bat was a man who ever worked for the betterment of man- I kind Brooked, 1st, That while we deeply grieve the loss of this useful life we bow in bumble submission to the will of our heavenly Father. Resolved, 2ad, That in his death we lose a most faithful cc^aborer sod most highly esteemed cnizsn. Resolved, 3rd, That we cbeiieh bis memory, and commend the true, noble and worthy qualities wbich **w* AW* w* A "btsjc >i JKbfiUB ?k ?Mi?i A* ***** V. Tor months and months we hav one true and bona fide MIL] a month. We have had our sacrificed in this big, monej bia and all over South Carol them, and on January 19th tion and keen interest as a 3 Dine 61 *W. 33. L0?0 MAIN 8TBEE1 Solicits a Share marked bis earthly pilgrimage. Resolved, 4tb, That we extend to bis relatives our deepest sympathy in this time of their 6ore bereave mens. * Resolved, 5 h, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the brothers and sisters of our deceased g brother and a copy be spread upon t I- . 1 L. J L . a page id oar minute dook adu puo- | i liabed in the Leesville San, Lexiog- l too Dispatch, Batesburg Advocate t and Oar News Letter. ] E J Ethredge, 1 J. H Bodie, D. M. CroseoD, ( Committee. c ? c "Tho Lezington Hotel" Opened. c Special to The State. c Batesburg, Jan. 7 ?"The Lexiog- c. too hotel*' at Batesburg baa been 1 opened formally for tbe reception of 1 guests. This is the beauti'ui and 1 homelike ion equidistant from L**esville and Batesburg, surrounded by * vast stretcdes of pine and with an Y unbroken view of 40 miles toward p tbe Saluda river. J Msj. Childs of Bratfcleboro, Vt., who has leased the hotel, is well r known to the citizens of Batesburg "3 and Leesville and about a score of t tbem called on him tonight to show J their friendly interest in bis enter- e prise. Mftj Cbilde entertained the a entire party at a sumptuous dinner a Those present wert: Prof. L B 3 Haycee, D\ D. M Cmeeoc, Mr. W. j A. Shealy, Mr. J. W. Spaoo, Mr. J Harry Manley. Mr. H. H Spanu. Mr ^ J William Mitchell, Mr. W. 0. Par- l ber, Dr. W. H TimmermaD, Mr. W. 1 W. Watson, Mr N Rogers Baylv, Col. Chas. B. Rogers, Mr. B W. I Stewart, Mavor M. B Edwards of Jj Batesburg, Col. E F Scrother and c Hon. E J Etberedge. c ?:? t Cotton Hill Firs. b Chester, Jan 8.?The fire at Eureka mills last night, it seems, bad made a considerable progress ba o e discover- t ed. The mill is supplied who au- 3 wuuinitv} xii o rxnu^uicucio * uiuu ^ worked well. Toe fire department of Chester, though the building is beyond tbe city limits, gave assistance to ?be mill fire department and tbey together succeeded in confiuiog tbe 1 fire to tbe cotton warehouse, where t were stored 3 000 or more t?a)?s of cotion. Of these about 1,500 bales t were destroyed. A considerable por- 8 tion of tbe cotton was owned bv far- fc mers Tbe wbole loss, including a the bui ding, is about $85,000. and t it is about covered by insurance. t 1 CoL John Bell Towill With j Amour Conpany. tj The State, Jan. 9. ( Col. John Bell Towill, a member cf tbe State board of dispensary direc- p tors, has accepted a position with tbe Armour company of Coicago and at tbe expiration of bis term, on Alarcb v 1st, will enter upon bis duties witb that company, opening an office in Q Columbia j. He has been appointed to a posi- w tion just created, known as general h inspector of agencies in ibe fertilizer j department for Nxth Carolina, South ^ Carolina and Alabama. Practically { he will be at tbe head of the fertilizer ^ department of the Armour company y in these three Sates. A good salary g is attached v t In our winter tailoring line 1905 0G d we are making a spt-c-al ml* saving c customers as much as S7 75 on a v suit. This cut sale briDgs prices t lower than ready made garments f'?r e suits made strictly to measure. We 1 guarantee a fit Don't m:*e tht-ee c bargains E G Dreber & O?. J c SB jSK* 35* ft SGK E3 j eginni nj e planned this second MILL ENI L END SALE and that is LOCKH arrangements with Mr. Lockharl r-saving MILL END SALE which ina now know what a Lockhart 3 be here with your small change a Mill End Sale, and Lockhart is the JAMES .QBE DRY 001 ILv?02>tc kton TT\ m m m m of Your Valued Patr COL. WILIE JONES ELECTED 1 PRESIDENT 4 i Palmetto Bank and Trust Com- ( nanv, Columbia. S. C. * ??' ? Col. YVilie Jones, who is so well md favorably known to the peopie of t bis county, especially the small , armere, as the Cashier of the Caro- ] ina National Bank for the past j wenty-tbree y6are, has been made President of the Palmetto Bank & | Crust Company of Columbia. < Col. Jones was one of the first j 3-is biers in the State to loan money | lirect to the farmers to make their ;rops, thus saving them the heavy ^ shargea they u&ed to pay to mer- ( chants. He iB perhaps personally ac- j [uainted with every farmer in Lex- ] ugton county, and tbey ail know hat he will treat them fair and give ( hem a square deal. j C?ll to see the Colonel and we j mow he will be glad to talk finance vith you all. 2wll c ( ji The Southern railway will inaugu- I ate the above fcraio leaving New Fork Jaouary 8 h at 12 55 p m , first r rain arriving Columbia morning of ( ran 9 b, leaving for SavaDnah. Jack- i oDvilie and St. Augustine 7 20 a. m , 1 .rriving Savannah 10 30 a. m, Jackonville 2.40 p m. and St. Augustine t \ 50 p m. Returning this train will a eave Columbia first trip, northbound, e lauuary 10;b at 9 25 p. m , arriving e Yaehington 10 15 a. m . Baltimore 1 30 a. m., Pniladelphia 1 45 p. m , few York 415 p. m This train will be composed of f Pullman's latest productions, electric a ighted throughout. Compartment ? are, diniog car, observation and c lob car. A special feature of this r rain will be the Southern railway a igh standard dining cars. c This train will have a connection to t nd from Augusta. Leaving Colun - j bin 7 90 ? m rnn arrive Anoiiata 10 f 10 a. m., returning leave Augusta 6 j >. m. and arrive Columbia 9 20 p. m fl ? t A Whirlwind of Pleasure. Would properly term "A Breezy ['ime." It is one of the most effeeive musical Farce Comedies in town, I bi? year. There is just plot enough i o keep people guessing As to the 8 pecialties given by different mem- 5 era of the Company, each one is an c rti9t in his or her line. There has f >een written many new additions in t he line of comedy to "A Brefzv 1 Fime" for tbe coming season, and c he above company will Burpass anything that may be seen here in the c ioe of Farce Comedy. Lexington )pera House, Saturday night Jan 13 t Look out for tbe street band >arade. Jadermined by Clay Diners. c Have^straw, N Y, Jan. 9?To- g light 17 persons are missing and are E relieved to have gone to their death t rhen 13 bouses on Rockland street a Haverstraw toppled over last night ^ Dto a pit 60 feet deep which had g >een cut by clay diggers in conDec- g ion with tbe brick-making industry t lere. Twelve of the persons missing H ?ere occupants of the fallen houses, E ive were among the rescuers who g pent to tbe aid of neighbors, after e he first house fell and were carried e Iowa when the 12 other houses went r raehing over the precipice. The q wreckage quickly caught fire and j hose who were in the mass were \ ither crushed or burned to death Ponight there is grave fear of another , ave-ia along the same street and the 'ccupants of seven or eight houses \ TAPP'S GEEATED DP > SALE, tlie greatest of all sales. ART'S. Another thing to reme: ; for months and ever since then . begins here on Friday, January Oil End Sale means and we war md take advantage of all the hui > King of them all. Be prepared U. TAPI 9DS COBPAN' , TR, onage. Polite and Proi lave moved away Others are ke*p- | Dg an all eight vigil, to alarm their | leigbbors in case of impending langer. Marriages. December 3, 1905, at the parson- ' ige of St. Peter's pastorate, near Litle Mountain, S C , Mr. J Bsrjam'n ( Vloore and Mrs. Mary Krell, Rev. E J r. Sox officiating. | At the residence of the bride's atber, Mr. F S Fulmer,near Chnpin, 5. C, Dec. 27, 1905, by the R^v. E r Sox, Mr. W. Allen Epting and c klies R Mabell Fuimer. At the parsonage of St. Peter's s jastorate, near Little MouDteio. S. 1 3., by fcbe Re*\ E J. Sox, Dec 31, .905, Mr. Benson Amick and Miss [ 5maia Koon. S December 2d:. 1905, at Summit, S. ( 3, Mr. Henry Laaphart and Mi68 Battie Divis were married by Rev j B D. Weseinger S December 28, 1905, at tbe home if Mr 0. B Addy, tbe bride's father, Hr. Samuel J. Sease and Miss Carrie ^ddy were unii:ed in marriage, Rev. ~ B D. Wes8iDe< r officiating. 1 December 28. 1905, at the home >f the bride's mother, Mr. Lonnie )<walfc and Miss L'lla Price were i mited in marriage by R=v. B D iVessinger. ^ Januarv 7, 1906, at tbe home of e he bride's father, Mr. Job Tavlor i( md Miss Sallie Shumpert were j no- t id in bolv wedlock, Rev. B D. Wes- ? liDger officiating. j - I Now R&idy For War. c Geneva, Jan 8?During the past ? ew days Germtnv has been secretly inning forces of troops along the J Jwiss and French frontiers, and the novement of soldiers has been caried on at night so as not to attract i ittention. The frontier garrisons are tow practically on a war footing. aDd he big guns arc all mounted. There s no doubt tb?f. this action has been i aken so that Germany will be pre)ared for any emergency in case the t dorocoan conference at Algiers ends 8 meatisfactorily. * j Bull Cotton Market. 4 New York, Jan. 6.?Joseph H loadley, the leader of the recent bull . novement in cofcton, said that he wps I ? i i? i -<? . _ I i * i i 1 it last certain mac pracucauy an me Southern planters would hold their lotton for 15 cents. Mr. Hoadley ormed a pool to purchase cotton at, bat price and he said yesterday that his pool ha9 secured control of the lutput. "March options will go to 17 or 18 :entp, I believe,1' said Mr. Hoadley, 'because we have pretty nearly got he March crop cornered " "With Tapp, of Columbia. The friends of Mr. 0 A. Dreber, if the Selwood section of the Fork, rill be delighted with a visit to the fonts' furnishing department of this nammoth store, where he has evervhi.og to please the most fastidious nd the prices are sure to suit your >oeketbook. Our Lexington folks bould not fail to droD in and take a ilimpse at, the numerous bargains bat are offered ! here. Mr. Tapp is i close buyer and bis excellent judgaent and experience in the business rives him correct ideas to buy just uch goods as are suited to the general trade. It is impossible to enuoerate what is carried n t aia greater lepartment store, i'ou are cordi?'Iy nviled to take a lock through. Poite and attentive clerks. lULKI SOURU^IAK stops the coti^h and healslungs | jpartmen:: stose. y_ 9 J SMMJIMA Right here at the outset we m mber is that the Lockhart Sales we have ransacked every mill a r 19th. Our reason for announci it you to be prepared in time. T ldreds and hundreds of magnifici ; when the 19th comes. ? CO., Co if, wG-EE, COLUMBIA, H. O apt Attention. o^rtber isti r n i? m ? a n 1 baroiina Naiionai fianK. ORGANIZED 1868. Assets Over $1,500,000.00. JNITED STATES. STATE. HOUNTY AND CITY DEPOSITORY. Capital Paid in - - - $200,000 Surplus Profits - - - 72,000 Liability of Stockholders 200.000 *4/Z,(JUU SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest allowed at the race of 4 per :ent. per annum, payable quarterly. Loans to merchants and farmers a pecialty. Our motto is: '*A helping land and a square deal to all." BOND ACCOUNT. J. S. Bonds $250,000 iouth Carolina Bonds - 50,000 litv Columbia Bonds - - 50.000 J 7 November 9th, 1903, number of De>ositors, 2,430. Amount of Deposits, 11,192,729.55. Your business solicited. W. A. CLARK, President. T. H. MEIGHAN, Cashier. :he state of south Carolina, Conntv of Lexiogton. By Geo. s. Drafts. Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS W. L. M)AK. MAO*, suit to me to g ant h m Letters of tdministra ioo of tt e Eftafe o! and fleets of Elizibeth Lup^; These are, therefore, to cite and admon3h all and singular the kindred and creoiors of the said E izaboth JLodo. de eased, that they be ana appear, before me n the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexngton, C. H., S C. on the25th day < f Jan. 906 next, after publication hereof at II 'clock in thelorenoon, to sho v cause, if ,uy they have, why the said Administration honld not be granted. Given under my hand, this 9th day of anuarv. Anno Domini, 1906 GEORGE S DRAFTS, [L. S ] Probate Judge, Lexington Coonty. Pnhlifihed on the 10th duv ot Jarmarr. 9CG, in the Lexington Dispatch. 2wll House and Lot For Sale. ' WILL SELL MY FOUR ROOM . house and lot, in the town of Lexing011, Ward Craps, containing about !| of m acre, adjoining lots of Sex S. George tnd John Black, before the court house Loor in Lexington, S. C., on the first donday in February*, next. :Wl3pd C. Y. BOUKNIGHT. iHTiitfMW i (ipffASffffi'ti 'Twwyyr OVERCOAr T_ 1 J *J.S nere ciiiu LONGS, SH From the cl GRAY CHI BROWN M BROWN P] OXFORD G BLACK CH SCOTCH M: fBLACK MI mmm black VI CRAVINE1: BOYS'OVE 1523 ffi ight as well call your attention are not gotten up in a minute, i md factory available to find th< ng this big sale so far in advam hink out all the necessarv thini %/ ? 3nt values. No other sale attra J Bl iBr r Ualuable Lands for Sale. rpWEXTY-FOUR (24) TRACTS OF 9 11 _ A 1 A i.. J JL iaua 111 urangeourg couury, siruaieci on tlie Ninety-six road, six miles from the city of Orangeburg. These tracts represent 2,040 acres, being the great Branch plantation of the late J. Dempsey Jones, Sr., which was divided into tracts by a survey made December 1905, by Frank W. Frederick, engineer and surveyor. Valuable farm lands and fine water power. These lands will be sold at public auction at Orangeburg, Court House, on Monday, January 29th, 1906. Plats of the land may be seen at office of Robert E. Cope, Judge of Probate, prior to said sale and will be exhibited at the sale. ALSO, Six (6) tracts containing 1.038 acres in Black Creek Township, Lexington county, known as the Huffman Plantation and now a part of the estate lands of the said J. Dempsev Jones. Good farm lands, excellent water power, fine i miner. This property will be offered for sale at Lexington, Court House, 011 the first Monday in February, 1906, at public auction. Plats of this land may be seen at the Judge of Probate's office at Lexington, C. H. T. A. JONES, Springfield. S. C. A. S. HYDRICK, Orangeburg, S. C., W. A. JOHNSON, North, S. C. 4wl3pd Executors. Wanted. TTiARM, TURPENTINE AND SAW Jl Mill hands. Highest cash prices will be paid. Come and see us, or write. A. TAYLOR & BRO, Gilbert, S. C. Jan. 5, 1906. 2wll Turpentine. \ LL PARTIES WORKING TURnL PENTINE will find it to their interest to call 011 F. W. Oswald, at Barr, S. C., and find out his terms for distilling and buying this year. lwlO F. W. OSWALD. For Kent. A GOOD TWO-HORSE FARM WITH jQ. good dwelling and bani. Plenty of water. This land will produce corn, wheat and a bale of cotton to the acre. Will rent or lease and furnish stock to cultivate the land if desired. IOOR HAYES, lwlOpd. Gilbert, S. C. Chamberlain's Never fails. Buy it now. It may save lite. PrmEn we have the goods: :OBTS and DITIM LENGTHS. lonrvftef fft +V?a finoct 1/ l/V 1/JLi.V/ JLL^AVMI/i SVIOT OVERCOATS $5. IXED OVERCOATS $6.50. LAID OVERCOATS $7.50. RAY OVERCOATS $10. EVIOT OVERCOATS $12.50. IXTTJRE OVERCOATS $15. ETON OVERCOATS $20. CUNA OVERCOATS $25. ETE OVERCOATS $10 to $25. RCOATS $2.50 to $8.50. \JJY NOW. trrNT A nT) "fhl'Clothier, Lain Street, Columbia, S. C. "MEET ME AT TAPP'SJ^ i to the fact that there is only aor a day or week, nor even 3 right sort of goods to be ce is that the people in Columns you need or will need, list ,cts so much genuine atten, s. c.