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THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. Jl BepresnntatitJe Newspaper. Sauers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Sounties Like a Blanket. jfe: VOL. yyyvtt r " LEXINGTON. S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. 1907. " 20~ Ill* M 0:; ? Gaston Gleanings. H?| To the Editor of the Dispatch: %;\ March has behaved verygentiemai : ly like thus far, and the farmers aj very busy getting ready to plan Some have planted corn. Mrs. J. L. W. and L. N. Falla have been visiting relatives andfrienc in and around here the past week. ??? Miss Dora Craft, one of Lexington vf|? best teachers and ^principal of Die Branch school, near Stead man, visii ed the parental home recently. ??.? - -t 1 - ru;j? . . XD6 uasron HUUUUl CIU8CU c aua |fe with a treat for the students by th teacher, Mr. Harm an, who has rt turned txr his home to engage in farn Mr; W. I. Jumper returns* man p|V. thanks to the good neighbors who g faithfully ministered to his afflicte wife during her recent illness an death. Mrs Cora Mack, of North, visite - the old home in Gaston with the Hitones. Inspector W. Wilkinson inspecte route 3 from here recently and ii [formed the writer that he would ma? a favorable report on same to th department. So I presume thos people will be getting a daily ma ere many more months pass. Hurra for Congressman Lever! He's ahusi ler sore. The Athen's Literary society ishai ing some interesting debates nov : which meetaon each Friday eve 2 8 o'clock, with an overflowing houf of spectators. If yon want to he* some good solid horse sense speechei come and listen at the speeches, e Ilpy peeially those Qf Messrs. J. P. Busbe mod J. B. Lee. PSfcr Since oar last communication si ?3- copid has been shooting his love ti| ped arrows and as a result on the e\ of the 10th Harry Kyzer and Mis Maggie Head took upon themselvc pi' the marriage Vows, performed by M B. Fallaw at the home of the bride parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Head, i the presence of a large crowd. 1% attendants were: John Shealy an Miss Leila Price, Julian Sharpe an Miss Ada. Williams, Heber Kyzer an Miss Nettie Goodwin. All repaired to the dining hall an Jfe ate sumptuously of a well prepare wedding sapper. Again on the eve of the 17th, t |f> Mrs. M. H. Fallaw'8, the mother < |.6 the bride, W. B. Fallaw united in tt holy bonds of matrimony Mr. Will ip - T. Shumpert and Miss Anna Josephii Fallaw. Another well prepared su] per awaited the hosts and hostess* who ate to the health and happine< of the bride and groom. These young people start out c life's journey under bright skies an we wish for, them an abundance < peace, happiness and prosperity. The students of our graded schcx are preparing for an entertainment i the close, which will be about tt first of May. I predict there will t some rich things in store for all wb are present. Miss Edna Mae Fallaw, one of Sar Dam's fair belles, visited her siste >; Mrs. W. B. Fallaw, recently, in cod pany with her nephew, Master Doi nelly Rish. Mr. Editor, 9hould the batchel< hotel keeper or the excellent scho teacher decide to quit the world < single bliss and embark in a bark c turbulent waters of the matrimoni i sea you may again hear from March 18. Billy Felix. County Sural Delivery Serviei Congressman Lever has made a] plication to the postoffice departmei at Washington for what is known j county rural delivery service. If th service is established?and the depar ment has promised to give the math careful attention?it will result in general re-arrangement of all rouh in the county, the establishment < new ones where necessary and a gei eral completion of the service in tt county. This service is intended to give a people in the county the benefit ( rural delivery, and to make the ma more convenient to every one. Congressman Lever ha9 also mac application for this service for bot Orangeburg and Lee counties in h district. 61 "W. SC. Ltf%20 MAIN STREE Solicits a Share From Batoslrarg. To the Editor of the Dispatch: a- The stockholders of the Citizens' re Bank of Batesburg held their annual b. meeting on the 15th inst., and found the bank in a most nourishing eondiw tion. A dividend of 8 per cent was Is declared and an additional surplus of $1,500 was added to the undivided 's profits. Mr. Albert C. Jones was k elected a member of the board of dib" rectorfe in place of J. Frank Kneece. All the other members of the board y were reelected for another year. Dr. te W. H. Timmerman was reelected b- president; Capt. U. X. Gunter, vice i- president; Mr. Albert C. Jones, cashier, and Capt. William M. Carter, asy sistant cashier. The Citizens' Bank k> was organized March 7, 1905, and has d just passed its second anniversary. d Assistant Bank Inspector Rhame was ! in town a few days ago and after in- J d specting the bank, expressed himself le as highly pleased -with the condition in which he found the bank, and d complimented its officers for the neat- 2 i- ness and accuracy with which they < :e kept their books. * tt> The Tri-County Fair association of < e Batesburg has been recently organized < il and the amount of |2,000 has been 1 h expended in the purchase of a valua- 1 b- ble ten acre lot in the beautiful residence portion of the town. The pro- 1 r- posed capital stock of the association ] 7t is four thousand dollars of the par i it value of ten dollars per share. Two < 1 J J -1 M Vv? i? hudutuu oxi&reg ui wuivu suau w pc- < ir ferred stock and two hundred shares i 3, shall be common stock. Nearly $3,000 ] s- of the stock has already been rafted < ie which is highly encouraging to the promoters of the fair. We hope to be j y able to hold the first fair in the early 1 > fall of this year. The friends of the j e association in the counties of Aiken, ] ia Lexington and Saluda are cordially ? invited to assist in making the fair a s T. success. < 's Mrs. Henry C. Tillman, of Greenn wood, is spending a few days with 1 ie her mother, Mrs. Jabez Ferris. 1 d Miss Salome Timmerman, who has 1 d been critically ill with typhoid fever d at Kissimee, Fla., where she has been ] teaching this session, was improving id th6 last reports received. Mrs. Tim- ? d merman has been with her daughter j the past few weeks. Dr. W. H. Tim- , it merman also spent several days in >f Florida at the bedside of his daughter. , ie Dr. Theo. A. Quattlebaum has reie turned from Charleston, where he has < ie been attending a special course in | > surgery for the past two weeks. 38 Mr. J. Austin Whitten returned js ast week from a two weeks trip to 1 New York and other northern cities, m where he had gone to purchase his ? -a - .1- - i? a. 1 ,d spring ana summer stock or gooas. March 19, 1907. C. 1 . > ( oi Will Plead "Unwritten Law." J ^ Charlotte, N. C., March 18.?That ( ie Jas. Stephenson, or Bud Stinson, as . )e he was called, who was slain on the . 10 Pineville road, four miles from Char- 1 lotte, last night attempted to assault l<* Mrs. J. T. Kimball, whose husband r' slew him was brought out at the in- . l1- quest into the tragedy this afternoon. , According to Mrs. Kimball's story, j Stinson got out of his buggy, came or into her house while her husband was a few hundred yards away at a neigh- | of bor's and attempted to assault her. j >n She fought him and screamed and in ( al a moment her husband wa9 hastening ? to her aid. Stinson saw him flee from the house, ^ enter his buggy and start to drive to- ? } ward Charlotte. Kimball, hearing , p_ his wife's story, seized his gun, foljk lowed Stinson, attacked and killed ? him. is Kimball has employed counsel to 1 t- defend him and the "unwritten law" will be Dleaded in his defense. C* I a * * ss Nowljwry Court Souse. Xev?"berry, S. C., March 17.?Cona" tractor George W. Waring, of Colum bia, S. C., who has been awarded the contract for Newberry county's new -11 $45,000 court house, has arrived in the city, and has put a large force of il laborers to work on the job. This court house, when completed, le will be one of the handsomest buildh ings of its kind in the State. It will is be erected on the site adjoining the hotel Frederick, Ml DRY 6( . MOITGEKX?:! IT, of Your Valued Pa ffflEHWDEPOS ^ XWWWWWWN # It draws to itself the ? formerly scattered. It sta ^ ttUU UXCttbCa CL XUiXU WU.JLI/.L1. # dependent MAKE TEA' * THE HCO J Lexing f ^WWVWS/WWA ? F. W. OSWALD, ALFRED ^ President. Successful Lawyers Branching Out. Office in Columbia. Messrs. G. T. Graham and T. C. 3turkie, of this place, who formed a co-partnership for the practice of law iome months ago, have been so successful that they have decided to cpenan additional office in Columbia, ndiich will doubtless be of great benefit to a large number of their clients. Col. Graham, the senior member of the firm, is a noted lawyer, having practiced at this bar for twenty-five fears with marked success. He haniles his cases with great ingenuity ind skill, and is a forcful and powerful advocate before a jury. He has a arge practice and is one of the most raccessful lawyers in the state. Mr. Sturkie has practiced law here for several years and has a large prac lice. He exhibits much ability in the preparation, conduct and management of his cases. We bespeak for this firm a liberal share of the patronage of the people >f Richland county. Their office is over the Carolina National Bank, 1413 Main street, where bhey will always be pleased to see their friends. Mr. Graham will be in the office here on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and in Columbia on Thursday, Friday and Saturday; Mr. 3turkie will be in Columbia on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and here on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Notes from Newberry College. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The March anniversary of the literary societies of Newberry college were held in the opera house last night March 15, 1907. Since the organization of the Phrenakosmian and Excelsior Literary Societies of Newberry college in 1859, it has been the custom each year to hold a contest in debate between the two societies. One society selects a query with sides as near balanced as possible and submits it to the other society for them to take the side of the question they fOkf flv,v" In 1897, when Newberry college was made a co-educational school, the Philomathean society was organized for the benefit of the young ladies. After the address of the president, E. L. Halfacre, an oration was delivered by F. S. Long, Excelsior, "The Influence of Public Opinion." Then came in order the question for debate, rhe affirmative debaters were first, V. B. Sease and second A. W. Ballentine, of the Phrenakosmian society, rhe negative debaters were first, O. C. Kibler and second E. H. Rawl, ol the Excelsior society. Query, "Resolved, That Immigration is a Menace to the Welfare of our Republic." This pear the Phrenakosmian debaters selected the question and the Excelsiors took the choice of sides. They choosed the negative side and the Phrenakosmian9 had to uphold the affirmative. After an able discussion of both sides the judges?Messrs. W. H. Wallace, H. U. Hoiioway, i. n. Hunt, Z. F. Wright and E. H. Aull? rendered their decision in favor of the affirmative debaters. The Phrenakosmian orator was B. E. Petra, "The Ideal Citizen." The Philomathean society was also represented by an essayist, Mi89 Mabel Tarrant, "The Ideal Man is the Progressive Man." Mr. D. Luther Sfcealy, of the Pine JOBS COMPAI sr, tronage. Polite and Pr WW WWW w? IT IS A MAGNET. { small change which you f .rts a growing bank account ^ will finally make you in- ^ r FIRST DEPOSIT TODAY f /IE BANK, | ton, S. C. \ wwwwvwwv>. ^ J. FOX, K. F. OSWALD, ? r'uuhioT' Aaa'fc Paahipr. * WW www / Ridge section, was an attendant at the anniversary and also a visitor of his friend, Mr. C. B. Epting, a college student from Pine Ridge. Messrs. H. H. Haltiwanger, '04, with two of his brothers, A. F. Swygert, '05, S. P. Weed and perhaps others were some of the Lexington boys who attended the exercises last night. Messrs. J. W. Ballentine, '03, W. E. Pugh, '05, B. V. Chapman, '06, Miss Ethel B. Duncan, '04, and others were some of the alumni who were present. Much success to the Dispatch and its readers, I am March 16. A Senior Student. Peak News. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Th^e social news of this dear old, yet small town, is on a stand still, but we can sit in the evening moon light and listen to the sweet strains of music, rendered by Miss Rosalie Suj ber, the highly accomplished daughI ter of Mr. W. H. Suber, who has rej cently purchased a very handsome and 9weet toned piano! Mrs. George Swygerrreturned Saturday night, after a short visit to her sister, Mr9. Douglas, at Whitmire. Although there was only a small congregation assembled in church Sunday, the pastor, Rev. J. B. Haigler, preached an able and impressive sermon. On Friday night, March 29th, Hon. ! A. F. Lever, who is not only known in this county; but throughout this and other states, will make an address in the school house. Let everybody come out on this date to hear this distinguished son of Lexington. On the same date we have decided ' to have an ice cream festival and a toy fish pond and other amusements for the purpose of raising enough money to finish securing more desks for the school room. The exercises will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. Boys, save your dimes and quarters, 1 for there's a gay time coming on 1 4'Good Friday night." Easter has the prospects of being warm, and the seamstress is busy making the new costumes for that 1 occasion. W. L. C. , Peak, March 18. Transfers of Real Estate. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the clerk's office since last week: W. J. McCartha to John Bell Towill, 662-3 acres in Congaree township for $333.33. Samuel M. Craft to Mrs. Racheal J. Craft, 1-8 of 160 acres in Bull Swamp township for $150. H. L. Oswald to Mrs.. Suedella W. Oswald, lot in Lexington for $1,800. 1 Mrs. M. J. Hite to M. E. Rutland and J. A. Watson, lot in Bateshurg ' for ?700. Eugene L. Hartley to Tri-County Fair Association, 10 acres in Bates, burg for $2,000. i Paul Hite to S. L. Hite, 53% acres in Gilbert Hollow township for $100. W. F. Lindler to T. J. Fulmer, 1 37-100 acres in Saluda township for . $13.70. Job S. Wessinger to Thos. J. Fulmer, 63 acres in Saluda township for $1,000. S. J. Clark to M. Pickens Lindler, lot in Chapin for $150. Job F. Corley to Robert Hampton, 3 acres in Lexington township for $10. P. L. Luca9 to W. J. Kyzer, lot in Macedon for $85. IT, ^.GKEIK, COLUMBIA, H. C. ompt Attention. Oniff# i Senator Tillman. 2 One of the strong men of the country addressed an audience of Richmond people last night at the Young p Men's Christian Association Hall. It p was a representative audience, and the p speaker held it absorbed for some two e hours. a vSenator Tillman is not a polished j orator. He is reckless of convention, ; and negligent or wilfully regardless of 0 form9. Self-restraint is certainly not s< one of his virtues, and when he at- ' 0 tacks, it is like the charge of a savage ! n bull. But he is strong, earnest and j e. virile. j V( He does not strike one as scholarly, j jr but none can doubt that he is a stu- i dent. I P He draws his vocabularly from the ; j stately and noble language of I King James's version of the Bible; j his theories of government he takes j . from Jefferson; his political economy ! ^ from Adam Smith; hi9 love of freedom from the soil; his sentiment and poetry from Burns, and his profound <( veneration for the purity of woman, from the mother who bore him, and j the wife who nursed his babies at her i breast. tl In dealing with public men and b measures, he i9 often bitter and harsh, c He not infrequently lets his vehemence T carry him away into downright abuse, tl But his errors are the errors of a tl strong man who feels strongly, and, T therefore, speaks strongly. ci Many eccentricities of manner will jr be for given to a man and a stateman whose political creed is sound, and p who is honest, fearless and strong. aj ?The Richmond Journal. $ ^ -- 01 ?? f . Painful Operation. Mr. J. Archie Wolfe, of Sandy Run, X has returned home from Johns-Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, where he j, underwent a terrible operation, hav- ^ ing a number of gall stones removed b ' by the surgeons knife. Dr. Earle ii Boozer, of Columbia, accompanied fj him to Baltimore, and Mr. Wolfe 're- q mained in Columbia under the treat- y p ment of Dr. Boozer until last Thurs- $ day, when he returned to his home where he is improving as rapidly as u could be expected after his trying or- 1c deal. a New Spring Suits New Sprinj Shoes a We beg to announce that the most attractive stock of | Wearing Apparel we have ever shown is now ready for Spring?and your inspection. The celebrated "Griffon Brand'1 cloth in all the newest and smartest styles. Hats beaming the name of the world's best makers, John B. Stetson and the "Jefferson ! Brand'1 in the new shapes and shades for Spring. Neckwear, Shirts, Fancy ! Hosiery, Underwear, in fact j everything to wear from Hat I to Shoes for man or boy that's j new and good is here. Come and look at the new i stvles. Buv now or later as j ?/ vou like. |E. G. ORES j Outfitters for Me i j LEXINGTON, i ? leavy Explosion Near Prosperity. Prosperity, March 19.?Mr. N. R. ,ester and a negro hand were instant7 killed and another negro was ser)usly injured as the result of a boiler xplosion on the place of Mr. Lester, bout five miles from Prosperity, at 1:45 o'clock this morninc*. 0 The explosion startled the citizens f Prosperity and caused many per3ns to rush out of the stores and ffices to inquire into the cause of the oise. About 15 minutes after the xplosion was heard Mr. A. M. Lester sceived a telephone message informlg him of the accident. Owing to le fact that there are no direct telehone connections with the scene of ie explosion, the particulars have ot yet reached Prosperity. Mr. N. R. Lester was a prominent itizen of this community and an inuential member of St. Luke's church. -State. - v; V-yfc 'The Chronicle" Destroyed By Fire. Augusta, Ga., March 19.?At 3:10 lis morning fire broke out in the uilding occupied by the Augusta hronicle and the Western Union elegraph company. The office of ie Augusta Chronicle was ruined and ie main office of the Western Union elegraph company and the union Lty ticket office were destroyed, light linotype machines intheChron;le office were wrecked and the resses of the paper are badly damged. The losses are estimated at r5,000 to $100^000, with partial inurance. 'ifty Dollars or Thirty Days. Magistrate G. A. Derrick was not - 1> \f An/1 O XT f 1 <L wry gUUU liUUlUi. luv/uuojr 9 1V1 'hen the negro, Arthur Niles, was rought before him charged with havlg stolen several bundles of goods om the buggy of Mr. and Mrs. W. >. Roberts, while riding along the ublic road Saturday, he gave him 30 or 30 days.' He is now in jail. The magistrate is usually inclined ) be good natured, but he says he >ses all patience with blind tigers nd highway robbers. I I l Hats, nd Furnishings [ER & GO in and Boys, s. c.