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OAMPAicrar MBBTiyas.
Synopsis of Speeches by Candidates
for the House, Etc.
BY CYRUS L. SHEALY.
The last act of the political drama
of Lexington comity was played at
Pine Ridge, August 23,' and ere this
reaches oar readers the curtain of
success or failure will have been
drawn. The acts that will be played
durincr the next two weeks will be
short and the players few. We have
been with the campaign party from
start to finish, and have endeavored
to treat every man fairly and honestly
in our reports.
The third week of our rounds carried
us through the Dutch Pork section
of the county. Having read Zach
McGhee's report of the Hilton barbecue,
in The State of July 22, we had
our eyes wide open when we landed
on the north bank of Saluda river.
At all the meetings held in the Fork,
we had, of course, expected to meet
|.l- Dutch ruffians who were cussin' between
each breath, fighting with their
pipes in their mouths and selling blind
booze from their "hip pockets and
other dark places." That is about
how any one would have felt who did
not know those people and who had
read Mr. McGhee's article about them.
But we knew better. Our parents
were born and reared in this same
section and there is enough Dutch
blood in our veins to make us think
a little less of The State's Washington
h, correspondent for having written such
an article. Lexington people don't
back from existing conditions; and
when you speak of us we would be
much obliged if you were to speak
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth.
The people of the Fork are intelligent,
well-to-do and progressive. The
? ^ . business men are doing well in their
fj. lines. . The towns, being backed by
the good farmers, are growing every
day. Chapin is in the lead, and she
is hustling to stay there. The people
ought not to complain on account of
their crops; for we have been all over
the county and nowhere have we seen
better prospects.
The artful candidates, being aware
that the end was near, lost no time in
button-holing and otherwise courting
the uoters of this section.
Svaasea News.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The series of meeting which were
in progress at the Baptist church last
week closed Saturday night with
twelve additions to the church. Rev.
William did earnest, faithful work
and the church was greatly revived
through his efforts.
Mr. Marion East, of Cameron, is
visiting relatives here.
Miss Lula Lybrand and sister, of
Perry, were with their brother, Mr.
R. L. Lybrand, last week.
Messrs. 0. L. Rast and C. M. Varn
returned Thursday from a week's stay
in New York, Washington and Baltimore.
Misses May and Annie Lou Taylor,
of Lexington, are the guests of Miss
Ollie Martin. *
Miss Belle Dyches, of Orangeburg,
has been visiting her friend, Miss
Ollie Smith, for two weeks.
Hon. W. H. Sharpe was in town
today.
Mr. W. L. Brooker and wife are
with their parents here.
Miss Annie Rickenbaker, of North,
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Hundreds of yards of beautiful
designs?bound to please y
Beady made Sheets and
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is the pretty little visitor of Miss
Annie Johnson.
Misses Leila Boles and Laura Smith
were the attractive guests of Miss
Sallie Courtney last week.
Mr. L. D. Corbitt, of Columbia,
spent Sunday and Monday of last
week with his parents here.
On Sunday evening the "Children's
Day" exercises were presented to a
large and attentive audience at the
Baptist church. u.
Aug. 27, 1906.
HON. ST0L7PUT
IS TERRORIZED.
Opposed to Dictatorship. Says it
Means Civil War.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 27.?Premier
Stolypin, completely terrorized at the
result of the attempt made upon his
life Saturday by revolutionists when
thirty-two persons were killed and
many others injured by the explosion
of a bomb in his residence, has advised
the czar not to yield to the
grand dukes, who are urging the appointment
of a military dictator. The
premier believes that to name a dictator
at this time would bring on open
civil war in Russia, and the bomb
method of persuasion employed by
terrorists has converted him to the
belief that the only way to prevent
internal war is to grant liberal reforms.
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Drafts.
Qn August 5th, at Cedar Grove
church, we laid away all, that was
earthly of Mrs. Henry E. Drafts, After
having been .ccoifined ;tor ner itied for
about 11 months she succumbed to
the ravages of disease on Friday night,.
August 3rd. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. Stroup, the
Lutheran pastor of Cedar Grove, assisted
by Rev. Inabinet, the Methodist
pastor of Shiloh church, and Rev.
Groseclose. The funeral discourse
was based on a Psalm of her own selection.
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Mrs. Drafts was a member of the
Methodist church, the daughter of
Joel H. Taylor and wife, Maria. She
was married to H. E. Drafts in 1866
and died at the age of 57. She leaves
to follow her to the eternal world her
husband and four children, Viola G.
Hayes, Ophelia L. Jumper, O. O.
Drafts and Hassie B. Drafts.
Thus has thfe life of a Christian woman
ended, and it would be well for
those of us who are left behind to follow
the example she set.
Her friends and neighbors were
very kind to her and family during
her long illness. They constantly
assisted in nursing her and in cultivating
the crops to which the husband
could not attend because of the need
of his presence at her bed side.
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Cedar Grove cemetery, hauling and
covering the grave with clean, white
sand, indicative of the white city in
which we feel sure her soul now
dwell3. For all of these kindnesses
Mr. Drafts and his children desire
their heartfelt thanks extended to
these friends. A Friend.
We Welcome It.
The Ninety-Six Star, a bright and
newsy weekly paper, puplished in the
town of Ninety-Six, S. C., is on our
desk. It is edited by E. A. McDowell
and the general make-up the sheet is
brilliant as well as attractive.
ONDERFUL OFF
N AT TAPP'S,
, cool, summer Silks of every cod
ou and the prices are popular. I
L Bed Spreads at prices that will
Mattings, Lace Curtains, Hammi
ment cann
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HENRY M01TTS KILLED.
Shot By Godfrey Taylor?The
Result of Old Fued.
Ail unfortunate, though not unex
pected difficulty occured last Saturday
near the home of Mr. Henry Monts,
about eleven miles above this place,
immediately on the old Augusta road
and while the road hands were working
said road, a quarrel arose over the
protest of Mr. Monts against the cutting
of a muscadine vine. Mr. Godfrey
Taylor is the road overseer, and
bad blood had existed between them
for some time, although they were
neighbors. Hot words passed, Mr.
Monts got a piece of rail while Mr.
Taylor had a shovel. They did notcome
to blows, however, but
finally both went to their homes and
secured their guns. When they met
three shots were fired, two from Mr.
Taylor and one from Mr. Monts.
From the second shot of Mr. Taylor
a buck shot entered the wind pipe of
Mr. Monts, from which he died.
The above facts we learned from
the coroner, who held an inquest over
the body of Mr. Monts on Sunday, the
returning a verdict "That Mr. Henry
Monts came to his death by a gun-shot
wound from the hands of Mr. Godfrey
Taylor."
Mr. Taylor came down Saturday
night and surrendered to Sheriff Corley.
Both parties were men of families
and the affair is regretted by friends
and neighbors.
r Deeper Water?Better Water.
A number of citizens in the lower
part of town near Drafts Hotel and
vicinity have contributed a certain
amount of money, which sum was
supplemented by the town council,
and the residents of this portion of the
town will be pleased to have a deep
drilled well of pure water in the centre
of the town. Messrs. C. S. Rauch &
Co., are now at work with their well
drilling machine.
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THESE 70T7NG WOMEN
DEOWNED IN OEOEOIA
Disrobed, Jumped Into a Branch and
. Were Never Again Seen Alive.
Griffin, Ga., Aug. 25.?1Three young
and beautiful women were drowned
this afternoon while bathing in a
small branch in the northern suburbs
of Griffin. Those drowned were: Mrs.
A. R. Spangler, a bride of a few
months, aged 15 years; Miss Beulah
Hancox, aged 16, and Miss Pearl
Ramsey, of Columbus, Ga., aged 18.
The only eye witness, to the affair
was a four-year-old sister of Miss Hancox,
and the little tot was so badly
frightened that she can give only very
meagre particulars.
About 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
Mrs. Spangler called at the Hancox
home and asked Miss Hancox and her
guest, Mis9 Ramsey, to accompany
her to the branch, only a few hundred
yards distant, to get some white
clay. Reaching the branch they
found in a secluded spot a pool about
12 feet wide and 20 feet long and some
one suggested a bath. They disrobed
and a negro woman, working in a i
field near by, saw Mrs. Spangler jump !
from the bank into the water, several >
feet below, and a few moments later |
the young ladies followed. Soon the j
woman's attention was attracted by |
the cries of Nita Hancox, four years i
TAPP'S GREATER 3
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AND THE PE?
iceivable color and figure. All 1
^adies' Furnishing department ii
astonish. The Notion departm<
ocks, etc. A special line of Men
Lot be surpassed, the Hats are be
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old, who screamed that her sister was
drowning. The negro woman ran
to the rescue, but nothing was seen ^
but the placid surface of the pool. The ^
terrified child ran home, giving the ^
alarm in that direction, while the ^
negro woman summoned help near ^
by. Mr. Telfair Thurman was the <
first -white person on the spot, and
without a moment's delay plunged
into the pool and at a depth of 10 feet
recovered the three bodies. Physi- .
cians were in attendance, but the ^
young women were past human help.
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AGED CITIZEN t:
BBUTALLY KILLED. ?
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Negro Arrested and Lodged in Beau- 0
fort Jail on Suspicion.
Beaufort, Aug. 27.?Mr. George M.
Harvey was murdered Sunday night
on Ladies island. A negro is in the ^
county jail, charged with the crime. ^
Mr. Harvey, a well known farmer, ^
age 72, of the Bluffton section, was *
visiting his son on a plantation on ^
Ladies island, four miles from Beau- A
fort. Last evening he was left alone ^
in the house from 5 until 7, and upon ^
returning his son found him lying 0
dead on the piazza with a horrible *(
gunshot wound in his head. A shot S
gun and pistol were missing from the
house.
The gun has not been found, but
this morning the sheriff found the ^
pistol in a nogro cabin where it had r
been positively identified as having ^
been left by Wm. Bennett, who was a
found on a public road soon after. 0
Neighbors testified they had seen him ^
near the Harvey farm at the time the p
crime was committed and that he
was drunk and in ugly humor. The ^
negro came from the up-country and v
was employed by Mr. Harvey as a
plow hand up to Wednesday.
The verdict of the corpner's jury
was that deceased came to his death
by a gun shot wound, the gun in the ^
opinion of the jury being fired by 0
Wm. Bennett, and that Wm. Fergu- c
son is a material witness, if not ac- *
cessory. *
SIS JUST REWARD. \
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Husband Shoots Negro Brute Who g
Insulted His Wife. I
Last Saturday morning about sunrise
Mr. W. L. Marshall, at Florence,
S. C., shot and killed Lewis Gray, a
negro itinerant barber, for the crime ^
for which negroes are lynched. *
Friday afternoon while Mr. Marshall c
was away from his house, the negro
Gray came to his home and made an ,
indecent proposal to Mrs. Marshall.
Before he could make any attempt to 1
carry out his purpose he was frighten- ^
ed away by Mrs. Marshall's mother, E
who appeared from another room
when her daughter screamed. The
negro fled.
Mr. Marshall, who was at work in
his field at the time, as soon as he J
learned the facts, secured his shotgun o
and started on a hunt for the negro, v
He hunted the country oyer all night d
and about daybreak went into the
store of Mr. H. B. McCall to rest, a
While in the store Lewis Gray walked a
in, not knowing that Marshall was c
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mere, iviarsnan, wimoui; a woru, ureu
and killed the negro instantly.
After the shooting Mr. Marshall
voluntarily surrendered to the sheriff,
but was released next day. t
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ovely and cheap. Extraordinary
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mt contains thousands of articles
's Furnishings that should be exa
auties and just what you are look
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Not a New Invention.
It is generally supposed that the
ncubator is a strictly modern and
American invention, but this is far
rom the fact. The ancient Egyptians
irere on the trick, and thoroughly unerstood
the advantages of the
'wooden hen" thousands of years
go. About four hundred of these
rtificial hatchers have been discoverd
as the result of recent exhumafions
ii old cities of the Nile, which shows
hat at one time they were in common
se. These forerunersof our machines
fere about nine feet high and were
rranged with galleries for holding 1
lie eggs, were heated from a central
ven. We have simply rediscovered
ne of the lost arts and proved again
hat there is nothing under the sun?
r hen.?Natchitoches, La., Times.
All Reelected.
All the Congressmen from this State
rere renominated in the primary
'uesday. Johnson of the 4th District
efeats Mahon,sof Greenville, and
rby, of Laurens; Finley, of York,
ralks away with Strait, of Lancaster;
liken beats Boggs; and Patterson
efeats Toole and Hare; Legare,
lllerbe and Lever go back without
pposition. The people did well, for
)ng service is what counts in conress.
New Electric Power House.
The preparatory work on the power
am below Dreher's ferry, on Saluda
Lver, is in progress. The location for
he new enterprise is so favorable that
t no distant day we look for plenty
f electric power for Columbia and
,exington enterprises and other purposes.
Why not make the dam answer for
he public bridge so much needed, as
rell as for the electric purposes?
Marriages.
Sunday morning, Aug. 26th, at the
ome of the bride, Mr. Jno. E. Smith,
f the Black Creek section, Lexington
ounty, and Mrs. Adeline Smith, of
he Delmar section, Saluda county,
lev. A. W. Lindler officiating.
Sunday evening, August 26th, at the
Lutheran parsonage, Delmar, S. C.,
Ir. Geo. Krell, of the Dutch Fork,
jexington county, and Miss Lillie
ffiealy, of Dupler, Saluda county,
lev. J. D. Shealy officiating.
Death of Hiss Chissie Smith.
We are pained to note the death of
iliss Gussie Smith, which occurred at
Georgetown, S. C.,one day last week.
>he was a a former resident of Irmo,
srhere her remains were carried for
lurial. She was a neice of Mrs. Gus.
lathias, of Irmo, and was beloved by
,11 who knew her. Her numerous
riends are sorely grieved at her de
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values in Wash Goods of all v
vely White Skirts that makes
too numerous to mention. C
mined before you buy. The
;ing for.
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Democratic Primary Election,
August 28th, 1906.
For United States SenatorB.
R. Tillman 2,484.
For Governor.
M. F. Ansel 762
Cole L. Blease 767
J. E. Branson 264
W. A. Edwards 20
A. C. Jones 32
R. I. Manning 915
J. J. McMahan 56
John T. Sloan 229
For Lieutenant Goyernor.
Thomas G. McLeod 3,072
For Secretary of State J5
R.[M.[MeCown : 1,852
J. B. Morrison 371
L. M. Ragin 526
For Comptroller General.
A. W. Jones 1,536
G. L. Walker 1,535
For State Treasurer.
R. H. Jennings 3,068
For Adjutant and Inspector General.
J. C. Boyd 1,852
I L. W. Haskell 1,219
For State Superintendent of Education.
0. B. Martin 3,063
For Attorney GeneralJ.
Fraser Lyon 1,135
Jas. W. Ragsdale 1,173
L. F. Youmans 773
For Railroad Commissioner.
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Joint Council to Meet.
The regular annual meeting of the
"oint Council of the Lexington charge
if which Rev'. J. W. Nease is pastor,
nil be held in Roof's Hall, on Saturiay,
Sept. 1st., at 10 o'clock a. m.
All members of this council will
rrange to be present at this meeting,
ls important matters will come up for
tonsideration.
Very sincerely,
J. E. Rawl Kyzer,
Sec'y Joint Committee.
Heroes seldom get their halos from
heir home people.
James Cansler 610
John C. Sellers 76
J. M. Sullivan 277
J. A. Summersett 819
John H. Wharton 1,421
Mill Accident.
Last Monday afternoon about two
o'clock one of the engines at the Lexington
Manufacturing Company blew
off a cylinder head. Fortunately no
one was hurt, as it struck the rock
wall. This, accident caused no delay
in the work of the mill, as the second
engine and the water power was sufficient
to keep the machinery moving.
Welcome.
We invite you to call at THE HOME
BANK. It is a pleasant place, and
we want you to come here and make
yourself at home. There's pen, ink,
paper and desks, if you want to write
letters.. There's papers to read and
everything necessary to spend a pleasant
hour or two.
Alfred J. Fox, Cashier.
Japan will open Dalny to the commerce
of all nations after September
1. It is to be a free port and no import
or export duty will be levied on
articles of commerce imported into or
exported from Kwan-To-Shu through
Dalny. From the same date ships of
-n :n
an iiauuna win u? periuuuusu. to piy
and engage in traffic between Dalny,
or Tairen, as the town is now called,
and all the ports of Japan that are
now open to foreign commerce.
FOR SALE?One pair strong wagon
mules, three cheap horses, one heavy
four horse lumber wagon, nearly new,
one slightly used two horse surry,
several very desirable tracts of land.
W. H. Donly, Gilbert, S. C.
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