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THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. & fcprssimtatitfB Baurspapnr* Sonars taxington and tha &ordars af tlue Surratmtiina Scuntias kiha a Klanfcat. vnt. tttvtt. ~ ' LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1907. ii~ ~i GLOBE BRY 600DS COMPANY, 7 - " wt : *W. -S. ^OarTCBTTOIT, Tie., -E3E8. |ft{l 10s20 main street, columbia, w. c. i SoHcits a Share of Your Yalued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. ^ Owntwr lltf * OOLTJaOXA XAXr BOSS A COLTOCBIA W01CA2T Mrs. Satlie A. Gibson Assaulted by Rufus Williams in Texas. Sirs. Sallie A. Gibson, of this city, rich and very eccentric, was robbed of $81,000 at San Antonio, Texas, yesterday. The man who robbed her, Unfits Williams, is also a Columbian, and formerly kept a livery stable near her residence on upper Main street. The first news received of the robbery was an Associated Press story yesterday morning, which stated that Williams had been 'arrested and had , confessed. Later in the day the fol"> lowing special was sent The State from San Antonio: San Antonia, Texas, June 14.?Rufus Williams, of Columbia, is in jail here, ? charged with robbery and assault with a deadly weapon upon. aire. Bailie Gibson. He made the following confession today: "I came to San Antonio on the 13th * insfc. from Columbia, S. C., via St. Louit, Mo. Mrs. Sallie Gibson came with me. We hired a horse and buggy to ride around and drove out in the country some five or six miles from town. "We came to a stream of water and she said: "Let's go take a bath in the stream." We turned and drove up along the stream about 25 yards from the road into a kind of open space. 1 got out and hitched the home and went and sat down on the edge of the stream. "We got to talking about our trip and I torn her that I knew I was do* * x ing wrong and that I was doing back to my wife and children and that she had no business to persuade me to go with her. ittie said that I was the only man that she cared anything about and that she would kill ?melf I went back. I should have mentioned that before. *'at? took 160,000. all ill $1,000 bills, tram her bosom and laid it by heir grin, the money wrapped in a paper, fat} know that it was f5O,0Q0 as Iliad nrcvioiady had it in my possession. I also knew that she had $11,000 in the % grip, something over $7,000 in gold. I knew ahe had ail this money because I bad sold several pieces of property in and around Columbia belonging to * i bar and this was the money. she sat down by me on the ^die of toe stream we got to talking about oar trip, and after I had tola her that I had made up my mind to a go back to my wife she said that she loved me better than any other man on earth and that If I did go back she would kxH me. "Then there were several words passed and I got up and picked up a stick and jost as' she was about to get up I struck her on the head with the stick once and knocked Her down. She feH in the edge of the water. I then took all her money and put it in the buggy and started to drive off and joet as I started she hollered and said: 'Don't leave me, yon have nearly killed me.' I did not reply, bat drove back to town, put the horse and bqggy in the liyery stable, where the manager of th^ stable hooked np another horse ana bnggy and we drove around town a while. All' this time 1 kept the grip and the money in the boggy with me. ' After driving awhile with the manager L asked him . to let me ont at a barber shop to get a shave. 1 got my shave and walked on to the depot and bought a ticket to Atlanta, Ga. I got into the train, but was arrested before it started." Williams had J61,000 belonging to Mrs. Gibson in his possession when arrested. Mrs. Gibson declares that Williams had hypnotized her and that this explains his power over her. She is in a local hospital and will |?'-' go back to Colombia as soon as she is able, but the district attorney will have her held as a witness.?The State, 15th. jftnfas Williams, (better known as "Cap" Williams,) is well known to the people of this county, having been a resident of New Brookland for . ' several years. Mrs. Gibson is also wall Vn/vnrn ir? tliic onnntv filiahflvincr been at one time a resident of the - Dutch Fork. Safe Blowers Convicted. Edward Duggan, alias Los Angeles Star, and William McKinley, alias Dayton Scotty, were tried and convicted in the Sessions Court at Aiken last week, and a sentence of ten years and one day each in the State Penitentiary was passed upon them. Itwill be recalled that Duggan belonged to the notorious gang of yeggmen who "worked" South Carolina during 1902 and who were captured in Columbia. Duggan and McKinley in the latter \ oart of 1902 broke into and blew onen the safe in J. T. Shuler's store' at Montmorenci. The amount of booty in this instance was about $1,000, including several hundred dollars worth of stamps. They were tried and convicted in the Federal Court of postoffice robbery and served three years each. When these sentences expired they were rearrested and brought to Aiken for trial on the charge of housebreaking and larceny. The case was one of the most interesting ever tried in Aiken. They will serve their sentence in the State Penitentiary. ' ' / . V > / : Editors and Attendants at the Press Association. Those present at the State Press Association were: President E. H. Anil, of the Newberry Herald and News, and Mrs. Aull; J. L. Sims, Orangeburg Times and Democrat, J. Izlar Sims; H. L. Watson, J. L. Bailey, Greenwood Index; J. L. Minis, Edgefield Advertiser; W. D. Grist, Yorkville Enquirer, Mrs. Grist; A. W. Knight, Bamberg Herald, Mrs. Knight; B. L. Freeman, PeeDee Advocate, Mrs. Freeman, Miss Daisy Freeman; M. P. Felder, St. George Press; R. R. Hemphill, Abbeville Medium, Miss Grace Hemphill; H. M. Ayer, Florence Times, Miss Elizabeth Ayer; W. E. Neilson, Seneea Journal, Mrs. NeilSon and children; S. H. Rodgers; N. Christenson, Beaufort Gazette; W. Banks, Columbia State, Mrs. Banks; T. B. Crews, Laurensvlle Herald; L. Appelt, ManVTinaaa Maffia and Hncata IHiig X11UCV} iUlOSCS JkUAIIVftW ouu uui??v Appelfc; E. L. Berry, Orangeburg Evening News, Mrs. Berry, C. C. Berry, Miss Lueile Berry; N. G. Osteen, Sumter Watchman ami Southron Miss Moneta Osteen, Miss Edna Hughson; B. B. Cole, Barnwell Sentinel and Mrs. Cole; G. W. BrUhson, Greenville News; E. H. DeOamp, Gaffhey Ledger; A. Kohn, Mrs. Kohn, Miss Linnie LaBorde, Columbia; J. E. Norment Columbia State; Eev. W. P? Jacobs, Clinton; E. E. Wylie, Lancaster News, Mrs. Eliza and Louise Wylie; J. T. Bacon, Edgefield Chronicle, L. W. Cheatham, Mrs. George T. Sharpton and little son; J. C. Hemphill, W. W. Ball, G. H. Smith, of The News and Courier; T. E. Waring, J. G. Morris, the Evening Post; J. L. Kiley, Columbia Be view, E. F. Hammond, the Sentinel, Charleston; C.M. Galloway, F. 0. Withers, The State; Miss Lucile Howell, Orangeburg; L. McDowell,-Beaufort; J. T. Perkins, Chester Lantern, Mrs. Perkins^ J. D. Palp, Winnsboro News and Herald; G, M. Harman, Lexington Dispatch; E. A. McDowell, Ninety-Six Star; J. L. McWhorter, Farm and Factory, Seneca; J. M. Moore, Gaflney; w. W. Smoak, Walterboro Press and Standard, Mrs. Smoak; G. E. Clark, Belton Times, Mrs. Clark; Mrs. A. H. Seats, Miss Sallie Youngblocfid, Colombia; J. C, Mace, Marion Star; M. Moore, Greenville; A. J. Knight, Sumter; Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Webb, Horse Creek Valley News; Miss LiUie McCracken, Miss Boone, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Byrnes, Aiken; A. P. Ford, Aiken Recorder; Mr. and Mrs.W. W. and W. R. Bradley, Abbeville Press and Banner; Miss Jessie Bolt, Laurens; The Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Gardiner, Greenwood; Misses Bessie Shnmpeft, M. Elizabeth Dominick, of Newberrv; Evelyn Rogers, Greenwood; Tneodosia Jones, Marion; J.G. Rogers, Harteville County Messenger, Mrs. and Miss Rogers; F. C. Cain, St Matthew's Commercial Advocate; T. H. Coker, Darlington Press; V. B. Cheshire, Anderson Intelligencer; Josiah Doar, Georgetown Times, Mrs. and Miss Doar. Little fountain News. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Crops in this section have improved a great deal in the last few days. Hot urpat.hpr is what the cotton needs. I 1 We are glad to welcome home again V. B. Sease, who has been attending Newberry college for the past two years, Virgil is a fine boy and we feel prond of him. We also welcome Misses Elberta Sease, Mary Lath an and Annie Davis, who have been attending Winthrop college. Prof. J. E. Boland and wife, of Blackwell, S. C., are visiting his parents of this place for a few days. Mr. W. P. Derrick and family, of Augusta, Ga., have been on a weeks' visit to his old home. Mr. Derrick holds a responsible position with the Western Union Telegraph company, of Augusta. Mrs. R. T. Williams, of Atlanta, is on a two weeks' visit to her sister, Mrs. J. K. Derrick, of this place. The stockholders, of the Little Mountain Oil Mill met Friday at 10 o'clock. Mr. C. P. Robinson was elected chairman of the meeting and H. D. Chapman secretary. The secretary and treasurer of the mill was then called upon and read a full report of the tusiripw fi\T spam,n. His renr.rt. ! showed that the mill had made a little j over ten per cent. The stockholders ! voted to place the profits to the credit of a surplus fund. This gives the j mill a surplus fund of $1,724. J. B. Derrick, Dr. J. M. Sease, A. L. Aull, S. W. Young, J. K.. Derrick, Dr. J. W. Wes9inger, J. Andrew Shealy, J. E. Shealy and J. P. Hi chard son were elected as a board of directors. Judge M. A. Carlisle, president of the National Bank of Newberry, was present at the meeting and spoke very highly of the management of the mill. The board of directors elected J. B. Derrick, president; J. C. Epting, secretary and treasurer* and A. H. Shealy, manager. Owls Acquitted. The first case against former SuServisor of Richland County Samuel [. Owen9, ended in a verdict of not guilty. He was indicted on seven counts and was acquitted on e?ch count. He will be tried again this week on the charge of official negligence while supervisor. I W?I1JC 5 |t You are welcome at | ;i : i THE HOM g 5 the satisfaction of knowi I < ing cared for by an Instf 8 > supervision. We will rc 8 < posits as gladly as large S } to save. To know and fa S Jj will be a daily benefit to 8 JI F. W. OSWALD, ALFRED . X ,> President. A Beautiful Church Wedding. , The marriage of Miss Alice V. Meetze to Maj. John Wilson Butler, of Athens, Ga., in which all South Carolina, and Georgia is interested owing to the wide popularity of the bride and groom, was solemnized on ['Monday morning, June 17th., half after nine o'clock in St. Stephen's Lutheran church, Lexington, South | Carolina. Palms and bride's roses formed the decorations which were very effective, and beautiful. Devout expectancy | thrilled the assembly of sincere i friends, as sweet strains of the wedj ding march wafted across the waving I palms and ferns by the early breezes, j announced that the bride had come. I The ushers, Messrs. Samuel P. Roof, Samuel J. Leapbart, Edwin G. Dreher and Edwin Barre, chosen by the bride from her Sunday school class, advanced and took their places. They were followed by the little flower girl, 'Miss Lucia Meetze Harman, a neice of the bride, who' was a picture of loveliness in her dainty little gown of white silk net over soft silk, carrying an immense armful of T ** u'-owrto wMUk hrtdfi. Miss Annie JL/Ct JL~ M, WW * VMv wr , . _ Martha Meetze, the maid of honor, also a neice of the bride, entered next; she was exquisite in a fairy like creation of net over chiffon taffeta, and carried a shower of bride's roses, caught with tulle. The bride entered with the groom. She wore a stylish traveling suit of voille in one of the latest leather shades, with hat and gloves to match, the jaunty little coat opening over a dainty lingerie waist. ~ > Maj. and Mrs. Butler left immediately after the ceremony for the mountains, where they will spend four weeks. Miss Meetze is the eldest daughter of the late John H. Meetze, and is loved and admired by all who know her. Maj. Butler is ajpopular traveling salesman for the Frank E. Block Co., of Atlanta, Ga. The high esteem in which they are held was evidenced in the numerous handsome and elegant gifts received. J. M. Confessed to Having Committed Iffsny Crimes. Atlanta, Ga., June 14.?Standing on the gallows, Will Johnson, a negro, convicted of criminally assaultingMrs. Georgia Hembree, a white woman, in a suburb last August, to-day confessed his crime and included in his confession a list of other assaults and murders that have mystified the /?onrit,v for t.hft naflfc pUliVJC Ul JL'vuivu wmmvj aw* . year. Johnson admitted on the scaffold that he shot Amos Moody, a white farmer, who was murdered on his way home August 16, last year; that he attempted an assault on Miss Lawrence, near Atlanta, August 20 by which she was left unconscious, with one eye gouged out. for which crime another negro was sentenced to forty I years' imprisonment; that he emptied a shotgun through an open window of the residence of J. W. Bryant, a farmer living several miles north of the city, on the night of November 12 last, seriously wounding Mr. Bryant and hi9 sister; he confessed to attempted assaults on two white women in the suburbs of Atlanta last fall, and he concluded his admissions by telling of the murder of a man, whom he called Jackson, in Texas, several years ago. Spring Hill Sparks. To the Editor of the Dispatch: i The college boys and girls are all j home for the vacation. Miss Ethel ! Eleazer arrived last week from the j University of South Carolina, also i Messrs. Marvin Riddle and Theodore Derrick from the same institutkn, Mr. Komer Mathias from Wofford, and Miss I.uia Eleazer from Cokes- i bury. I Mr. Ed. H. Eleazer, who has been i in the employ of Swift & Co. for | several years, is home taking a much i needed rest. He has been stationed at Valdosta, Ga., for sometime. A lot of interest has been shown in these parts since the trial of the county cases of Richland began last Monday in Columbia. The verdict of the jury in the case of the State vs. Owens meets the approval of all your correspondent has talked with, and foK ou -*v> ?av: "If it WES SOIIlC gv BU iKi ? - | ?S9S22929e962S9?9G9 ft 30 M1ET| I IE BANK! : : and you will always have I 8 !.. lL.i U. f ? my it id i yuui lunudaro uc i wj tution that is under State j & iceive your smallest de- > 2 > ones, and will help you s 8 ie known by a good bank } $ you. || 8 F. FOX, K. F. OSWALD, ji fl Cashier. Ass't Cashier. ? possible the jury should have brought in a verdict including- a pension for the defendant the.balance of his natural life in recognition of his services to hi9 county by giving them model roads.'' Since the death of Rep. J. M. Ept- | ing, the local politician has been busy guessing who will represent us. All have agreed that it should be a man residing in the Dutch Fork, and several rise to make the nomination of that Christian gentleman and scholar, Dr. J. L. Shuler. Crops are backward; cotton small but healthy; gardens fine and free from grass; oat crop was better than expected earlier in the season; wheat almost a failure. Mrs. Harriet Bowman, of Charleston, who has been on an extended visit to her nephew, Mr. W. B. Williams, of Chapin, has about recovered from a spell of typhoid fever. Miss Violet Summer, of Peak, who has been confined to her room with fever the past five weeks, will be up Boon. Mrs. Geo. A. Eargle is suffering with rheumatism. Mrs. Dr. Eleazer and daughter, Ethel, worshipped at Shady Grove Sunday. Mr. James A. Eleazer has the finest field of corn on Broad river. The field contains thirteen acres, and the corn averages shoulder high and a good stand. Again. June 17. Impressive Ceremony. The marriage of Miss Allice V.Meetze and Maj. John Wilson Butler, an account of which appears elsewhere, was one of the most beautiful and impressive ever performed in St. Stephen's. The church had been j beautifully and artistically decorated i by the loving hands of Mrs. W. P. Roof, which were much admired and the topic of conversation while the congregation anxiously awaited the coming of the bride and groom. The wedding march was played by Mrs. E. B. Roof and the beautiful ceremony of the Lutheran church, of which Miss Meetze is a member, was j | most impressively read by Rev. W. H. j Hiller, who is always impressive, but 1 especially so on this occasion. ~> *Mm&mKMm ;'V^^9n *J v : - ; ??*?. WHPB ';'.:*^R5 M"' MM . ^#K egSeS #? \y.- -.v : . y INSIDE VIE^ Above is a true cut of Dr. P. H. She; born and reared in Lexington county. I and graduated at the Atlanta Dental Col sirce which time his success has been pb friends readily, and retains their friends! and his future is bright. Mr. E. J. Dreber Bead. Died, early this morning at his home in Lexington Mr. E. J. Dreher, aged seventy-four years. He was one of the most prominent educators in the county, having taught school nearly all his life. \ It was the writer's good fortune to have known him long and well. It was he who taught us our first It's, 1 1 1 1_ ? i.. l_i ana we omy anew mm vo esieem mm more highly as the years passed by. To-day we miss his kindly smile and friendly greeting. Today we will sit before ni9 bier in the church near the scene of his youthful, happy days. We will stand by hi9 open grave and as the last sad rites are being performed, and as the clay of earth closes above his silent resting place, we will 9ay: "Cold in the dust the perished heart may die, But that which wanned it once can never die." He was a devoted husband and indulgent father, and to his friends the soul of fellowship. But the greatest of all was he as a man. He believed in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at six o'clock in Saint Stephen's church, of which he was a life-long member. Besides a devoted wife he leaves one son, Mr, Edwin G. Dreher, and one daughter, Miss Ethelyn Dreher. We can only remind these mourners that he is not dead, he is only asleep? resting after a long and well spent life here; he cannot, and would not if he could return to us; we can, if we will, go to him. Behind the storm clouds always lurks the rainbow and when the storm is past it weeps upon the flowers of the land and the pearls of the sea. Darkness precedes the dawning and out of the blackness of night comes the sunshine and joy of the day. And so from the beauty of his life take an inspiration ana go forth to live as he lived, so that when the summons comes you may say as did he, "All is well." ? ? < ICr. Albeit C. Jones to Wed. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Brown, of Marion, have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter,' Miss Annie Ethel, to Mr. Albert C. Jones, of Batesburg, the marriage to occur on the 24th of June. Mr. Janes is the popular cashier of the Citizens Bank of Batesburg and has many friends in Lexington and throughout the county who wish for him and his in advance of the happy event, a long life of unalloyed happiness. Mrs. Blair Case Continued. Columbia, June 15.?Solicitor Timmerman, Judge Dantzler and Col. P. H. Nelson, attorney for Mrs. Blair, held a consultation to-day and decided that it would be impracticable at this term to try the ca9e, and if row goes over until the September term. It will be recalled that Mrs. Blair is charged with having killed her hueband, Conductor Cuiley W. Blair, of the C. N. & L. railway. The State dispensary commission, will, it is said, wind up*the affairs of that institution in July. *c " '' :-a?tMyttfJM ^K^C~W3BB V OF DR. P. H. SHEALY'S DENTAL ily's Dental Office, Lexington, S. C. Di fe had high ambitions and left the farm lege April 30, 1903, and located in Lexin: lenominal. He is a young man who enjc hip with as treat case. He is well liked I County Board Justified. To the Editor of The Dispatch: If yon will allow me space in your paper I can, I think, give you a little information that will satisfy the curiosity of some people and stop the criticisms of others who are writing newspaper articles without knowing anything of the situation here, and also justify the County Board's action in determining to establish a dispensary at Brookland. In the first place, our town has about 3,500 inhabitants. Now there was a house to house canvass for the names of every man, woman and child who could be induced to sign a petition against the establishment of a dispensary here. Have they 1,800 names? If so, they probably have a majority; if not, you see where the majority is found. Besides, there are large thicklv Settled OOlintrv rK?t.rint.a around our' town. * TheseJ must be heard from, also, if we desire to be fair when we talk about majorities. The friends of the dispensary made no effort to get up a large petition for they knew that under the CareyCo thran act, the County Board is au- thorized and required to establish a dispensary wherever they see fit, and as business men, the facts and conditions only had to be presented for them to see the necessity, if liquor is to be sold anywhere in the county, to place a dispensary here. ? In the second place, it is only a few hundred yards to a Richland dispensary, and none of the employers of the Duck mill have to pay any toll to cross the bridge, so we think the Board has done right in arranging to keep the money of Lexington in Lexington county, when th ere is positively no move to in courage or increase drunkenness. ' One of your correspondents names some business men of Brookland who oppose the dispensary. Now we know some of them who advertise their business and get their mail in Columbia where there are several dispensaries. Guess our business men thought by getting a dispensary here they might become Brooklandites. Now, Mr. Editor, we fear some of the people who find time to criticize the Board's action in this case, would be like a certain minister who lived in our town a few years ago and preached the dispensarv in hell, but when elected to the legislature last year voted for the Carey-Cothran bill ?the law we have now?instead of voting for prohibition. * "Oh, consistency, thou art a jewel." Justice. New Brookland, Jane 17. Attention B. F. D. Carriers. A meeting has been called by the Lexington County R. F. D. Carriers Association for a Tri-County meeting at Batesburg, on the 4th day of July, with the view of getting the carriers organized. Every carrier in Lexington, Aiken and Saluda counties is urged to be present. Prominent speakers will address the meeting and you will hear something "for the good of the carrier" and ihe service. The Druggists Association of South Carolina are in annual session, enjoying the pleasant sea breezes on the Isle of Palm9 this week. j j i . t v ! I f I . J I * i | ) t ; ^^^ |^XE?HQKMEX3|^HHEH^^^^^H. i IHuV^H^^^H < H ^HBHbBh|H|^^E^HH i OFFICE. / . Shealv is one of our own boy9, to take the profession of dentistry ?ton immediately after graduating, >ys the happy distinction of making in Lexington by both oid and young, ? *