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The Lexington Dispatch. G. M. Harm an, Editor and Publisher Entered at the Post Office at Lexington, S. 0., as second class matter. The subscription price of the Dispatch is $1 a year; 50 cents fcr six months; 25 cents for three months?invariably cash is advance. * Circulation, 2,316. Wednesday, March 13.1907. In this issue we print a^ommunication touching the matter of new counV ties. It is the embodiment of the views of. our good friend, Rev. Joab Edwards, of Leesville. The facts he recites are in the main correct. We would not for one moment urge the > v ^ view that under the constitution the Edisto people have no right to form a new county. If they can meet the y requirements of the constitution, then constitutionally, they have the right. | So we have a great many constitutional rights, which our judgment prevents us from undertaking to exercise. We have the constitutional j right to vote more taxes, but why do j that if there is no necessity for * it? Hence, we ask the question, why V go to the trouble and tremendous exg pense of forming a new county if it is gfu not necessary? That it will increase taxation no one can gain sayi What are the benefits? Let's see. In the g . first place, it will create new officers, whom the taxpayers will have to pay. v.; The men who fill these offices may think it a good thing, but how about you, Mr. Taxpayer? They tell you that you mil be nearer the court I ; house. Well, what of that? If you pg* are a peaceable citizen you don't need to go there often, maybe once or gg' twice a year. They tell you that you IJfe will have a new court house and jail. Yes, and you pay for it Mr. Taxpayer. Are you such a bad man, or are your neighbors so bad that it is necessary to have another jail near you? we v don't think so. Possibly the fellows who want office think so, but what do you care what they thiak? How does this idea strike you? If . you are willing to have your t< x s increased, why not build good roads pfe; to your churches, mills, markets and fc : neighbors, houses? Would you not H prefer to have a good road to town, a good road to church and Sunday school, a good road to your mill, a good road to your school, a good road to your neighbor's house than to have a new court houfce, a new jail and a lot of officers drawing fat salaries? It would cost you less, Mr. Taxpayer, to have these improvemeuts than to >have a pretty jail and court house and v-; a brood of politicians?all to be supported by you? Maybe the politician - don't think so, because he wants a job, but how about the man who pays the taxes? JNOW we CiOIT L WStllli tW 1ILULU a>*tj one's feelings, but these are facts for I; the people to think of; and we think we have a right, in the interest of <= the common good, to call these matters to the attention of our people, jpSays Brother Joab: "I am personally opposed to the idea of not allowing children when they reach a lawk fui age to go into business for themselves." Is he personally opposed to i allowing the-child to go into business with the fnther? We think not. ; Then why not keep these good people on the Edisto in business with their good old father county, Lexington. The father wants the child and is willing to treat him right. The father has made a success, as is evidenced by the fact that the tax levy of this county is below the average tax levy for all the counties of the State. JDon'c let the child become a prodigol and waste his money in riotous living?building jails, court houses and supporting politicians. Lookout, Mr. Taxpayer, the politician is trying to get yon. ? The terrible tragedy enacted in tne ^suburbs of Columbia Saturday night in which Charlie B. Greene met his death, and the would-be robber, Edgar Marshall, was also killed, is one of the most shocking that has ever occurred in any section in the South. That a man cannot walk the streets of a city without being held up and robbed is a terrible thought. Yet it has reached that place, and the crime of Saturday night should cause the city officials of Columbia to use their best efforts to throw safe guards around the lives of the people who reside within her borders. Saturday night was not the first time that people have been held up and relieved of their cash and other valuables in the proud city of Columbia. Only a few days ago a negro was relieved of his hard-earned cash, not far from where Greene and Marshall had the fatal combat. And it has not been so very long since Judge Gary was relieved of his watch at the point of a pistol. But who would have thought that Edgar Marshall, the son of Mr. Peter G. Marshall, the popular and beloved manager of the laqge department j store of Mr. J. L. Mimnaugh, would have been guilty of such a crime? It is the same old story. Marshall was a wayward boy, paying no heed to the good teachings of his Christian parents; he had forgotten, no doubt, the prayers he had learned at his mother's knee. Yes, he had forgotten all; he had been to Panama in the employ of the government at a big salary; he became associated with all classes of men, the kind that usually grasp at such opportunities to see something of the world and to get away from the watchful-eye of father and mother. Oh! how it must have affected the hearts of his dear parents when they recognized the lifeless body of the high-wayman as that of their wandering boy! This should be a warning to all young men, who I J 4-U ^ have an inclination to wanuer mc wide world over, and at the same time remind them of the great tru'.h, "that whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." We see farmer Latimer is at the New Willard?the finest ' hotel in Washington?smoking perfecto cigars. That is too "high falutin' for his raising, and it is good-bye to the Senate for him now to a dead certainty.? Orangeburg Patriot. It is said that Columbia has thirtyseven babies under ten month's old? all the "cutest, sweetest and prettiest things in that town." Quite a small number for the capitol of South Carolina. | A Chicago man gave his wife three I thousand dollars just because she : "wanted to buy a hat," and he ha9ent ! seen her since. This is proof enough j that the women of Chicago are fond of the Easter bonnet. .Theodore H. Price, the great cotton man of New York, i9 predicting ex- , tremely high prices for the fleecy staple before the end of the season. It | looks now like his predictions will prove true. I ? The "blind-tigers" are still quite ! numerous in Columbia. We thought they would be "put out of business" under the Carey-Cothran law. /. Spring Hill Sparks. ; To the Editor of the Dispatch: On last Friday the Farmers' Union ! of the Dutch Fork, consisting of six | local unions, held a meeting at Sum| meryille school house near Peak. The attendance of delegates were full, except one of the clubs. Talks on timely topics were made by Messrs. Bennet Frick, Charley Smith, Walter Betchman and Dr. J. W. Eargle. The next place of meeting for the County Union will be at Piney Woods. Dr. J. W. Eargle who has been confined to his room since Christmas, is now sufficiently recovered to resume his practice. TT tir o:i- ? JXLT. H. \y . OIKCS, <?li Viuauuicfpgv,u | ed citizen of Spring Hill, is still in feeble health. Mr. Sites is 80 years i old. Mrs. Geo. A. Eargle, while preparj ing breakfast one morning last week, burned her foot badly with hot lard, and as a result has an ugly, ulcer, which incapacitates her for household duties. Mrs. Addy, mother of Mr. James B. Addy, has been violently ill with grip the past ten day9. Her symptoms are more favorable at present, though she is still critically ill. Messrs. Ernest Eargle, Ben Summer and Kelly Lindler, of the Peak section, can be heard singing sweet iullabys these balmy spring-like days to the new comers at their homes?they are all boys. Mr. J. J~. Koon is kept busy in his repair shop these days. * The school at this place, under the management of Prof. H. H. Haltiwanger, is in a flourishing condition. The school will close in a month. The jug trade has increased at Peak since the dispensarv was closed by the "C. Cy bill. In conversation with one of the members of the board of control for this county, it was learned that our dispensaries would probably be doing business by the latter part of this week. Mr. J. Muller Meetze, one of the Fork's loyal citizens, made a business trip to Lexington Saturday. Very little preparations toward another crop are being made. Small gram looks well. March 11. Again. ' Jli Kapid cnanges or & on the toughest cons X The conductor pan ? inside of a trolley car $ of the platform?the < O hour or so in a heat V walking against a hi Y difficulty of avoiding J Scoff9 s Emu I body so that it can ? danger of cold from cl Lit will help you to i ALL DRUGGISTS: \ Death of !?:. J. L. Dun&iag. Mr. James L. Dunning died last night at 10 o'clock at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J. L. Smith, corner of Richland and Assembly streets. He had been ill for several months from Bright's disease. | Mr. Dunning was born in Lexington county and was 77 years of age. He -is survived by one son, Mr. James VV. Dunning, and one daughter, Mrs. J. L. Smith. For a long time he was a conductor on the Southern railway but for recent years has been living in retirement with his daughter. He was a Confederate soldier and served four years in Hampton's Legion, being wounded once in the leg. The funeral will be conducted at the home of Mrs. Smith at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon and the interment wi 1 be in Elmwood cemetery.?Sunday State.?10. Bankrupt Sale. The great bankrupt sale of M. Blum, agent, of 919 Gervais street, Columbia, begins today, as will be seen by the large advertisement on the frontpage of this paper. The whcle stock, consisting of $25,000 worth of dry. goods, etc., having been piaceci m tne nanus of tne Boston Salvage Co., to be dis' posed of in ten days. They have ! marked the goods at prices that will move them?and move them quick. It will pay you dear readers, to visit this 9ale, as you may never have the opportunity again to buy seasonable goods at such a low price. Peak News. To the Editor of the Dispatch : Spring, with its warm, clear sunshine days, is again dawning upon us. We all welcome thi9 delightful weather and especially the farmers, who are busy turning the soil and making preparations for planting their crops. Colds and la grippe are still the rage here. Mrs. M. E. Stuck, the proprietress of the Peak hotel; and Mr9. bwygert, both of whom were greatly missed during their visit to Hodges, returned at,the dead hour of sleep Saturday night. The postoffice ha9 been recently moved ?in Messrs. Derrick & Chapman's store, which is now on the cor ner near the depot. The merchants are kept busy now selling their spring fabrics and goods for Easter costumes. The school is progressing nicely, and the members of the same are anticipating having an ice cream festival and other amusements now soon, it the weather i9 favorable? on Good Friday, and trust that the people will come out and make this occasion as pleasant and as successful as possible, , for we are trying to raise money to better equip the school building. May this spring weather bring health, peace and happiness to us all. W. Congratulating Lever. Washington, March 5.?Special: Representative Lever is the recipient of congratulations upon the skillful manner in which he managed the Appalachian-White Mountain fight in the closing hours of Congress. Every one agree that hut for his alertness* and skill in handli lg the situation the proposition would have been beaten, bec luse as a matter of fact the Oversoreet amendment was introduced at the suggestion of the Republican leaders, and the entire Republican machinery in the House wa9 in motion to defeat the survey proposit'on, put in the bill by Senator Simmons in the Senate. This victory is regarded as the entering wedge to a final adoption by Congress of the scheme creating forest reserves in the Appalachian and White Mountain ranges. Mr. Lever's work is all the more notable b *cause of his recent criticism of the ; S >eaker for holding up the original prmosition. Thomas, of North Care- . iina; Little field, cf Maine, Courier, of in o w Hampshire; McCall, of Massachu- f setts; McNar\r, of Massachusetts, and j others entered inio the debate and materially aided in ine fight. Senator , Simmons*, the father of rhe preposition J iii the Senate, and R ;presentative Lever, the father of it m the House, have each had a conference with the \ chief of the bureau of -fores ry, at s which the plans for the survey were fully discussed. Hrs. J. Gr. Evans Heiress. David S. Plume, a prosperous railroad man of Waterbury, Connecticut, died not long ago and left practically all of his ?300,000 estate to his daughter, Mrs. Emily Plume Evans, of Spartanburg, wife* of former Governor John Gary Evans. The son, Frank, was cut off with $25 weekly, and will, it is said, very likely contest the will.?Record.' Senator Tillman is on his lecturing tour, making two hundred dollars a night, and he don't lecture to "empty seats" either. ====_=___====_=^^ I ' temperaturei&re hard i titution. J ising from the heated ^ ; to the icy temperature ^ j canvasser spending an & i ed building and then 41 ting wind?know the cold. J siort strengthens the ? better withstand the q langes of temperature. ivoid taking cold. 41 j 50c. AND $1.00. ^ ! / \ For Twenty-one Years *! Royster's EartlliiMC u uutvi o J. ? J have been the standard trademark because th.ey are made ,, _ /iQn from honest materials. See that the trade mark registered is on every bag. None genuine without it. ~ . * ' F. S. ROYSTER QUANO CO., Norfolk, Va. ! [EE'S LAXATIVE HONEYmpTAR The Original Laxative Cough Syrup and the Genuine Honey and Tar. An imm provement over all Cough, Lung and Bronchial Remedies. Pleasant to the taste and r good alike for young and old. Prepared by Pineule Medicine Co., Chicago, U.S.A. t FOR SALE BY THE KAUFMANN DRUG CO. Referee Notice. TZZZirTTTI I : AT rprn T -R7W > STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GETTING RID OF I i RED J. FUJi, J Countv of Lexington, MITES AND LICE I "l.l ., H. A. S" ?ri"*Z, ?. ' I . ??>?? ^ mnfih is that ner Chick? I 1 t 1 Dalton & Marsh Contracting Company, Tp One Gallon will treat 100 Hen J J ACCItiBflt MSUrdllCSy I ! Defendants. ^ests, and one application a > ear i) . J { To the creditors of the said defendant, is sufficient. |( FirG InSUTdnCGy k Dal ton & Marsh Contracting Company: Send us one dollar for one Gal- h j Bv virtue of the decree of Geo. E. end^ three^oiitT^you are' not |i *UL ESTATE AGENT, ! Prince, Circuit Judge, of date Marc 1 eil5 21hreemon.ins you are not j ( 1907. you are notified and required to satisfied with us J < rYTYO TflV o n ) establish vour claims and demands beand you K6t your Dollar Back < LEXINOTON, - S. C. | fore me. it my office, in Lexington, S. . Safe thing tor \on. Safe for j( , C., on or before the fifteenth day of us too, for we know what it will , , <s ssnstt # i April, 1907, or else he barred from coldo. 1 | J ; lecting your claim. I ( ZF*ODE3F S-A.X.IE. , Sam'l. B. George, SHAND BUILDERS' SUPPLY CO j; j Special Referee. e . c ?. . M 40 acres just outside incorporate March 11. 1907. bole belling Agents, ^ I i , limits town of Lexington, S. C. ( j Graham & Scurkie, Plaintiffs' Attorn615 Plain Street, Columbia, S. C. N < Good dwellingand barn. I j eys. 4w22 r* 'J j One valuable lot and improve- | j { jnents in the town of Lexington, ( < y ^ T^OOTjT^I ? ? s rs* l 4. j. < ^ne lot eood two story [ I Traasjers Ol fvd&l AStatS. < dwelling on Main street, Lexing- > j 1608 Main Street, Samuel B. George, clerk, to W. B. < t05? s*9* , ' i| nArnwur* c n raylor. 62 acres in Hollow Creek < Dwelling house and lot on upper > ! UOLUMB1A, - - O. l>. -rkTirrtchiT-k for fti.inft. j ^ Main Street, Lexington, S. C.^ ^ > . naiwi ccc TflftTU CYTPIPTflR W. j AlcCartha to M. E. Rutland One resident lot on upper Main r | rHintwo iwm ind J. A. Watson, % interest in 13 < street, Lexington, S. C, . I AND DENTIST. icres in town of Batesburg for $300. ! ^ue salable lot in the town of I j - H. D. Martin to James E. Poore, % < Lexington, S. C. J BEST PLATES - - - $3.00 4 nterest in 43>3 acres in Congaree for < 0ue lot ^ear Lexington Depot. > j pbtdof WORK fner tooths - $5 00 ?.500. < 12 Acres just outside incorporate > j LK1DOL V\ OKA (per toodi) ?>o.w R. R. and B. I. Hayes to Washing- ! limits, Lexington, S. C. J j GOLD FILLINGS - - $1.0(1 up ;on Chestnut, 50 acre9 in Congaree 1 6 Acres very near Lexington, > | PAINLESS EXTRACTION 25 and 50c township for $75. J . [ j All dental work done at money saving Elizabeth Bryce McKinley to T. < Store building and lot on Main ( nrice*. Sen 5 tf Hugh Meighan, all interest in 500 ; < street, Lexington, S. C. > j ' icres in Congaree township for $500. j ! House and lot in town Lexing- > i m ?C. C. C. Bryce Atkinson to T. Hugh | < ton?A acre land; 6-roomdwelling. \\ warning. Meighan, all interest in 500 acres in I < 250 acres on Southern railroad >! This is to notify all persons not to emDongaree township for $500. I J miles from Barr, 4 miles from > ! ploy or harbor Chip Geiger, colored, he M. B. Von Couring to T. Hugh ! | Gilbert?2 buildings, good or- j having contracted to work on my farm Meighan, all interest in 500 acres in < chard, 50 acres open land. > I for six months, commencing 1st day of Dongaree township for $500. < 1 > February, 1907, and to work until 1st Frederick Turnbull to T. Hugh ! REITT. | | day of August, 11)0?, and has left withMeighan, all interest in 500 acres in i A , . j | out cause. -he law will be enforced 3 mgaree township for $500. 1 < One store room, one warehouse > against anyone employing or harboring ^ Henrietta R. Turnbull to T. Hugh j Lexington, S. C. [ him. , F. A. Weed. Meighan, all interest in 500 acres in < vrv ^ - [ Irmo, S. C., Feb. 23. 4w20p. 3ongaree township for $500. j "Tit? OT Call to See me J Mar^'smd'ocTa?Ga^tt??42^aeres"on ! at THE HOME BANK. ! | ECZEMA and PILE CURE * North Edisto river for $100. fjwwvvwwtvwvwwvwwv I rgrr Knowing what it was to suffer, H. A. Costner to HughC. Bookman, * llltC will give FREE OF CHARGE, 57)4 acres in Fork township for $325. ? to any afllicted a positive cure for < Susan E. Epting to H. L. Parr, one Eczema. Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Piles i icre in Broad River township for $25'. J and Skin Diseases. Instant relief. Lawrence Smith to Mary C. Smith, WOOD s seeds Don't suffer longer. Write F. W. WIL17 acres in Boiling Springs township I LIAMS, 400 Manhattan Avenue, New for$<0). I d|? m . York. Enclose stamp. M. D. Harman to F. E. Dreher, lot 1 ritllUPri | September 12?ly in T.PYino-tnn fnr $200. M ? t * j ___ ,, ? ..'v.?r i Seed Potatoes m Met Death at Crossing. * |f% m oAil^Q 8 Buffalo, N. Y.. March iO.-Michael ^eone I &T A PI**** 4^1 Bower, a well-to-do farmer, and his g th ^hev are extra eariv pro- 1 |yftjrrLl/f nSrk'notofa'cVoSnl^f^h" lific' 'fine ^"d'are ? R TorNERVv OIL I Erie railroad at Lancaster today. I AS Potatoes" at''high CUTS, SORES. BURNS! Bower's thirteen-year-old daughter, prices 2 & RHEUMATISM 25<n c Rose, is dying from her injuries. p?, ... > ^ e have a large stock of this I ~ ? ??-rr-rr-r= potato, extra fine quality, both Sold by Derrick's Drug Store and a m* . * " C. E. Corley. I tU ?$?18^ Maine?? w ? , ?? 0 %fx IU SfS second crop seed. Wells! Wells ! '* nnTOg?a? b. m. WOOLLEY. m. D. We are the largest dealers in . I ?*i' <ia. Office'04N.Pryorstreet. Seed Potatoes in the South, and DCDI CV 9. VV7CB ???. offer all of the best and most pro- DCIILEi ft KTfckK) -ra. J/1.. j;a ductive kinds. Write for prices. rpTTTT WT7!T T TWnT.TVT W once, l/eutors aim V/ICUI tuia. Wood's Descriptive Catalogue ! ju juaxj ? * xumai Notice is hereby given that all parties I gives full information about Seed n any way indebted to the estate of I Potatoes and all Farm and Gar- If vou want to do well, be well and *"! Mrs. C. E. Moblev, deceased, will make I den Seeds. Mailed free on re- , , c ? payment, and those bavin? claims will I quest. 'look we"; 8<* **ley & Kyzer, Lexmgpresent the same properly attested for I v Uf yj/iAn 9, CftllC ton, S. C., to put you in a Terra Cotta j payment to the undersigned, on or be- I Ii Wi vTUUU & vUHOj Well which will give you pure water. p fore loth j;xeciltor [ Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. Our prices are right, our work is right. March (> 3w?0 Give us a trial and be convinced. * 1 i