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flp'" ' &. Representative Retvspaper* Covers Lexington and the ftarders of the *urrnnnding bounties Like a Slanfcet* ? J VOT. XXYVT 7 LEXINGTON, S. C., WEBNESr-AY. JAKUAKY 9, 1907. . 10~ p; - *W- HI- 3^E0aSTC2C:'X03Sr, CHEsJ '^E^3^rlA.<3-BI3, ^ Ewjk wao MAIN STREET COLUMBIA, JS. O. yL? |f . Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. A ? _ Ocohor ifltf AH Negro Soldiers Will Be Sent to tie Pliilipines. Washington, Jan. 5.?The Ninth and Tenth cavalry and the Twenty- I fifth infantry, including all the negro j soldiers in the regular army in this country, have been ordered to prepare for service in the Philippines and will sail at different times between a March 5 and June 5 of this year. The only other regiment composed of negroes, the Twenty-fourth infantry, is now doing service in the Pliillippines. Other troops ordered to the Phillippines are the Sixth cavalry, the Eigh teenth, Twenty-sixtn, Twenty-iNintn | and Thirtieth infantry. The troops which will be relieved by the sending of these new regiments will be th e [ Fourth, Seventh and Eighth cavalry and the Ninth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Nineteenth infantry^. It was stated by Maj. . Gen. Ajfil, dhief of Staif, that the negro -fcijgiments are being sent to the PhiliipBE" pines because it is their turn to go and not because of any desire to get them out of the United States at this time. * The negro troops are to sail for the Philippines before most of the white organizations, the last of which will not leave, this country until early in January 190S. * |; i ( Shot Himself Accidentally. Ransom, son of Mr. Jacob Roof of Irene, accidentally shot himself dur- 1 ing the holidays, tearing off part of 1 his left breast and arm. He is doing < 6ry well now under the skillful treat- ] ment of Dr. E. P. Derrick. t | Largest sto< now we have I Horses, Mules, I Buggies, Oarriai I every purpose. I PRICES RI _ *?_Mi?_?? * I TERMST M Inew I Also! I GRECH I 1115 Plain Stre< ' i.af.'o-- !r&c * . , . Lynched for "Usual Crime. Eufala, Ala., Jan. 4.?A negro j whose name cannot be learned here, j was lynched at Midway, Ala., this afternoon. A posse of indignant citizens swung him up to a tree and riddled his body with bullets. The negro, who appears to have been a well known character in that community, had only recently returned from the penitentiary. Wednesday night he ! entered the room of Miss Morrell King of Midway, by pushing open one of the shutters about midnight and had grasped her hand before she awoke. Her screams attracted the other inmates of the house ana the negro escaped. A posse immediately set out after the negro and captured him yesterday. When brought to Midway this morning he made a full confession and the lynching followed. Miss King is a daughter of Lim King, a prominent banker of the J place. A Cowardly Act. On last Friday night some unknown i cowardly persons went to the wood j pile of Mr. J. W. Shumpert, on Black j Creek, and charged a piece of light- i wood with gun powder. Next morn- ; ing when Mrs. ?humpert put the piece I on the fire it exploded and blew things up generally. Fortunately the children were not in the house, and Mrs. Shumpert and her aunt, Mra. Rebecca Rish, were* sitting at a window on the side of the fire place when the explosion occurred, and in this way es- i 2aped injnry. Such acts as this are low down and the guilty parties should be punished. II# A IIA III IK* Nun | OPEN m fear 1907. ck on hand JgBm ever had. EpP Wagons, gesto suit i GHT. O SUIT. SHI Horses, Carri j GOOD BUSINESS HORSES. We offer a few very "j fine Business Horses; ^ I good lookers and sound; f the kind of Horses that ?! IVY C ttic LL 1 ClU. tu UttUfi. ar with our guarantee. j( ? PRICES RIGHT. m DRY-CO 3t. $p The Home Bank is a Le: d* will give Lexington County j ^ ment. Interest compounded ^ on savings deposits. Place i ^ Lexington, S. C. wr n i !- t-< rn \ r /-i o oAr lliI 1 UL F. Vv. OSWALD, ALFRED J ^ President. gim_u_mwM? uurru-i.j j auji^ t - ? . j l. .. /u-mxtrrrtr,^ .uaau'^j Qomaiissionsr's to Most. The County Commissioners?both j the old and the new?will meet to- ! morrow, Thursday, when the old j board, Messrs. Lewis J. Langford, J.' I W. Shealey and Isaiah Hailm'an, will turn over to then?w board, Messrs. Geo. H. Koon, D. H. Craft and John W. Hendrix, all books and everything pertaining to the offices of supervisor i and commissioners. The old board has done their work faithfully and well. Under the supervision of Supervisor Langford a substantial and ornamental ir6:i fence has been placed around the court house square; the grounds have been cleaned off, all of which adds much to the beauty of the place. E. U. Shealy, Esq.,of the Fork, was here Monday. ? - ?wiuiuiii*? i uwiiu*-??a i ?| ;iV?y I ? Iua v.AX* ages, Baggie "OLD HICKORY" WAGOl "OLD HICKORY" Wa First in the hearts of our coin /hy? Because they are Jagons made. Every one so )sitive guarantee of f^ood ser ? 0 __ 0 >solute satisfaction. We have id for all purposes in stock diver. Also a complete line >y Wagons. JOHN w. COND: if Homo iiiil t i , # Kington County Bank and it ^ j people fair and honest treat- $ | every three mouths, is paid v I t at' THE HOME BASK, # | AftAXTEED. \ ' . FOX, K. F. OSWALD, v j Cashier. Ass't Cashier. ^ j $ | Bonovolont Lodge Sleets ! Officers, Peak, Jar.. G.?Benevolent lodge, K. j of P., No. 1G4, held their annual elec- j lion of officers recently. The follov;- ! ing is the result of the election: C. C., j A. E. Eargle; V. C., W. J. Derrick; | P., H. XV. Chauman; M. of W., E. C. Eargle; K. of It. and S., E. W.% M. I Eieazer; M. of F., J. 0. Chauman; j M. of E., G. M. Eargle; M. of A., J. E. Epting; I. G., J. J. Amick; O. G., Geo. A. Cumal&nder; trustee for three years, Jas. H. Amick. Benevolent lodge is about one year old and is in a prosperous condition. Agents Can Carry Pistols. According to a recent ruling of Attorney General Ray, depot agents can carry pistols while on dutv and ! not be subject to a line. s and Wagons tfS. BABCOCK BUGGI] gons are CARRIAGE ntrymeil." We now show the most c ,i -i i of tiny, medium and che tne 06 St vre've ever had Tlie Babe Irl -arifli a arc tne best, 01 course, as iu whh d t0t he uses one they vice and aU(^ better than any or ,, . made. All sizes and styles 3 all Sizes liver. i , Jiabcock Carriages and St rea-ay to the latest-styles?finest ma< At Hor?K. complete line of Hackney I oi lidbk- cheaper ones. Ail the* be grades. IVT ^ J IT x 5HC: ER, Manager. Progressiva Batesburg. The change in the railroad schedule, which became effective last Sunday, is quite an improvement over the old one. It is to be hoped that under the change we will have better schedule in the future. Late trains are a nuisance to the traveling public and are often accompanied with considerable loss and inconvenience to traveling men. Mr. Jesse M. Malpass is attending United States court at Charleston this week, as a member of the petit jury. Mrs. Dr. W. Price Timmerman and little son, are visiting relatives at Peak, the former home of Mrs. Tim IllUIIiiiill. Kon. B. W. Crouch, senator from Saluda county, passed through town Sunday on his way to Columbia to attend the session of the .senate. He was accompanied by 3Ir. John E. Smith, one of Saluda's newly elected members of the House of representatives. Mr. Walter J. McCartha has been confined to his bed the past few days on account of sickness. He is improving now and his friends hope to see him out again in a few days. Attorney Barrett Jones went to Aiken on professional business Monday. Prof. W. Y. Boyd, a graduate of i Clinton college, has been elected by the trustees of the graded school here as principal to succeed Prof. J. R. T. Major, who recently joined the South Carolina conference and assumed charge of a pastorate in Darlington county. Rev. A. J. Cauthen, Jr. pastor of HEAVY LOC ' We have just finest matched hea shown. They are. vears old. Suited ?j wtfrk. Prices figh \? I 1 mEDIUM km JB Also a car of speci Bl and small mules fo and solid, every on ^ 'tee of satisfaction. quality. If you ne time to get them ?just Receive ES AND an Pn npfri^c I fitiU&L COM! C( j the Methodist church here, preached an excellent sermon to his congregaI tion last Sunday. Mr. Cauthen's ! father was pastor of this church when the present pa?tor was a boy. He ! was no stranger therefore to our ! people, when he returned to take charge of this circuit after the ad; journment of the Conference in Dej cember. Mr. M. W. PeiTv, who has so ac 7 | ceptably filled the position of assisj tant cashier at the Citizens bank for I the past ten months, has resigned and will go to Florida, where he will reside in the future. Mrs. J. C. Fort and children, of Pelion, spent a portion of last week I with relatives in this town. | Mr. and Mrs. George Bell Timmer; man spent Sunday in Batesburg, the guests of Solicitor Timmerman's j father, Dr. W. H. Timmerman. | Mr. W. C. Farber, vice president of ! the Middleburg Mills, spent Friday in ! Columbia. i Mrs. W. W. Watson is ; visiting her father Hon. Samuel DibI ble in Orangeburg this week. C. Batesburg Pytliiaus. ! At the last meeting of the Batesburg lodge, No. 57, Knights of Pythias, the following officers we*e installed: D. P. Hartley, C. C.; J. B. Holman, U. C.; A. C. Jones, prelate; F. Kennerly, M. of W.; J. C. Cullum, M. at A.; Barrett Jones, M. of Ex.; McK. Hartley, K. of R. and S. and M. of F.; C. R. Dreher, I. G.; W. C. Bates, 0. G.; D. P. Bodie, trustee for three years; John Bell Towill, grand chancellor. 16IN8 MULES. | received a car of the If vy mules we've ever || beauties. Four to six || for logging and heavy p l SMALL MULES | ially selected medium || r general work. Sound |i e sold on our guaran- IE E?Amr, I Dlumbia. S. C. I m These are extra good || ed mules now is the m Let us show you ? few JLESI ad. I s