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i??jjgggl The 'Lexington Dispatch. S&V" ' 1 ; / * L ' ' ' c. . G. M. Harman, Editor and Publisher D. B. Haltiwanger, Assistant Editor. filtered at the Post Office at Lexington, S. C., as second class matter. The subscription price of the Dispatch is $1 a year; 50 cents for six months; 25 mamha.fftr r.hrftA months?invariably advance. CIRCULATION 2,386. Wednesday, January 8,1908. To Those in Arrears. r ^ Kpw that the postofflce department at Washington has taken np the matr I. tor of over-doe subscriptions, vwhich necessarily forces us to place The 2>ispatch strictly upon the cash-inadvance system, we make a final appeal to all of those who have not sety ( tied for their paper during tne past twelve months, to do so at once. Wiiiieifc may appear to the casual observer that the government has nothing to do with the managing of or the publishing of the different papere of the country?whether they be paid for in advance or not paid for at all? they have, andNwill no longer allow ^any paper to be sent through the mails to subscribers that owe for more than twelve months.. The fallowing special from Washington appeared in the Qolumbia State under date of January !, which folly explains the ruling of 'the post office department: ' 1'Henry B. Varner of Lexington, N. C.', president of the National Editorial association, is in Washington to urge the pdstoffice department to postpone for s2x months the new ruling of the department in regard to lapsed Subscriptions to newspapers and period' . '-An order promulgated on Dec. 4, denies, to publishers the privilege jof sending copies to-subscribers as such after a specified term following the expiration of t$e subscription. This OA rulipg becomes a law to-day. Here*tfter publishers of weekly newspapers | can not carry subscribers in arrears 0- ) mure than one year,/ semi-weeklies more than nine months, triweeklies longer than sit months, and dailies % . longer than three months. For each violation the publishers will be fined j pent for each four ounces. Since t the average newspaper weighs lour ounces or less, each paper sent to< a subscriber in arrears, for a longer^ period than indicated will cost the publishers 1 cent. fine. This law will n$t affect the big dailies very matexlJllyVbut itVilf slake a -change in the management of weeklies and % Vamer, who is proprietor of m Lexington Dispatch, says the aawtfpaper publishers do n<^t object to > the law, but simply wish more time and their, s^-r tomorrow and orge^an extension for *ix months. He declares few newspaper ptfbiisliers kho w of the law and fewer newspaper subscribers." j Our subscribeMtjan readily sed from the above that it hr no longer left optional with us. We must comply With the requirements of the law* or pay the fine. We understand, however, that the time has been extended until April 1st. That is, we have until April 1 in which to arrange our subscription list. Subscribers, in ar. rears, will please hear this statement j in mind and pay np now. 5 Next Tuesday the legislature will meet in Columbia for the jmrpose of making laws?laws that .will redown ; j|il|p to the State's honor and glory, or ;>/' laws that will bring discord and dis > .. sension among* the people. Just at this time, as we see it, there is but one really great question to come be?fore this august body of men, ind that - is the great moral question? j Sontn Carolina shallvconti n ue in thd sale of whiskey or wither she will repeal the present Carey-Cotnran law and pass a straightout prohibition Kbl* law, fLnd thus redeem the State from ;5\ ahw that is fast dragging many of . our people down to the lowest depths of ruin and despair. By passing a " v prohibition law the legislature would give the people what they want, and what they have been wanting for many,many years. Bypassing such a law the legislature wouiu not only fe give the majority of South Carolin^ ian's what they want, but the politics : of our State would be purified and civic righteousness would take an upward bound. There would be less bribery and graft among public offix dais, less corruption and greater moral courage and more regard for o&e's oath. Public office would prove, as it has not done before, a public trust. Idleness and shiftlessness would give place to industry, and woeful waste, the outcome of the liquor trafic, would give place to economy and prosperity.j The ever numerous tramp and vagrant would be less conspicuous. The vagabond, the if, ^ - vulgar-mouthed, the corruptor of good morals would would move on. Our jails wtpuld be almost empty. Our chaingangs and penitentiary would be reduced, our poor houses would hardly have an occupant, and our insane asylum, so crowded now, would Boon have room to spare. The houses of ill-fame, so numerous in our cities and towns to-day, would soon perish ?? from the earth. One of the greatest 4 y W&0Je&s&e. . Most people k^ow been sick they need sion to bring back h v 0 But the strongest poi jf Emulsion is that yoi ? sick to get results from T It keeps up the athlete JL on thin people, makes a i 2 brings color to a pale gif $ vents coughs, colds and c Q j Food in concentrated A well, young and old, rich Z, And it contains no dn jC DRUGGISTSs 5C I crimes against our civilization .and Qj against Almighty God is the selling of virtue for gold. f Hid our Stjate of whiskey and you will give the poor scarlet sister a 'chance to reform. '' -t* . Q0 But chiefest among the blessings ^ that would arise from prohibition , would be the blessing to the home. Life would be transformed. The longtime drunken father and husband would come home sober; the poor _ r I mother, so long broken-hearted would " m smile again, and the children that ' now dread the father^ home-coming, would welcome him with laughter and kisses. Roses would come back ^ to pale cheeks and birds of gladaess ac would sing in every heart. The fires Ag would burn brightly on the hearth- CQ stone; the wardrobe filled with clothes; ,jQ the larder with wholesome food, and W? every member of the household made "liappy?hope, instead of despair, ;f praise instead of curses, laughter instead oif weeping. ' * \. So let the abominable dispensaries go, and thus redeem our State and Up our homes. Give us prohibition, Mr. ar( j Legislators, aaid you will receive the wj "well done'7 of nearly every man, Bai woman and child in South Carolina^ er< tQjday, and generations yet unborn , ] will rise up and call you blessed. In ^ the* name of all that is high, holy and mi /good wont you give the people of South Carolina a law that will bring no prosperity- and happiness into every ^ Corner , i TheAnderron Daily Mail in its issue m< of December 31,* printed a lengthy th< , mid interesting article on the growth at> of Andersoii during 1907. The article clearly shows what a city or town can 'Accomplish where get up,' energy and i perseverance are the watch-word of 8:1 its citizens. It shows, too, that a ^ city does not have to have a dispen- ^er sary to prosper. On the other hand, bui it is cleariy shown that a "dry" city, De like Anderson, soon outgrows the v towns where, liquor is sold. The Map. must not be forgotten, x for nothing ( has had so much to do with the rapid upgrowth of Anderson as has this enterprising daily. < ?The county raral delivery service * went into effect on January first. < Now it is "up to" our people to give J the carriers good roads. The better J the roads the better the service. < / < Now Attorney General Lyon will J ask the legislature for an additional < appropriation of five thousand dollars < with which to pay attorneys to help ] fight the great "merger" suit against 1 the Southern railway. And the leg- < islature should not grant any^ such ] foolish; requpst. j It will not be long now until the < editors will be "pulling" some of Ed. J DeOamp's yaller leg chickens in the j "dry" town of Gaffney. i Would it not be a good idea for (iov. \ Ansel to order the dispensaries in Co- J lumbia closed during the sitting of < the legislature? But then there is J New Brookland just across the river. j < i Editor in The Fork. j Editor G. M. Harm an and Auditor j Dent are in the Fork this week, the < former chasing the almighty dollar, { and the latter taking tax returns, j They will end the first week at New < Brookland on Saturday. All those in { arrears for their paper are requested | to pay the editor while he is on the J rounds with the auditor, so that we < | ? can arrange our list to comply with < the recent order of the postofiice de- j partment. j Notice, Debtors and Creditors. I All parties indebted to the estate of I the late Rev. Hiram Young, at Inno, 3 Lexington county, state 01 soutn uar- i olina, are hereby notified to settle with J Revs. T. F. Harper and G. K. Lyles, < executors, and if there be any who have ' legal claims against the said estate will \ send them in at once properly probated. < / T. F. Harper, < G. K. Lyles, j Executors. < Newberry, S. C., Jan. 8, ">8. Box 194. v ' /Tv j y 4 thUt if they have V Scott's Emu I- Y - ?- i .1 o ealtli ana strengui. z int about Scott's ? 11 don't have to be ? e's strength, puts fat ? Fretful baby happy, X I's cheeks, and prei form for sick afkd and poor. <0* 4 jgs and no alcohol. A >fc. AND $1.00. V * . V% ilumMa Working for Free TJ.?4 4 M?e The following from The State of sterday shows that Columbia is termined to have the long-talked- [J, free bridges: . ? 4Ae work for free bridges into Co- ; nbia from Lexington county will gin at once. This was the A uncement made by Mr. John D. ffl ost, a member o'f the special com- |l ittee of the Chamber of Commerce, IK ;er a meeting held yesterday. g It will be recalled that a report was B ide at the annual meeting of the ra amber on the work for free bridges |f ross >the Broad ai$d Congaree rivers. 3! i a result of this a special committee jg nsisting of Messrs. R. W. Shand, 31 hn D. Frost and F.' G. Tompkins, |s is Ippointed to look into the propo ion. - j| Tins committee decided that a meet- , B ? of the stockholders of the two j? idges would be asked for some time ? is week in order to request a price Q on the two viaducts. If these prices 3 e satisfactory "Columbia township 1 11 be asked to issue bonds and if not bisfactory bonds will be issued to = 3ct new bridges. t was estimated that the two bridges 3 worth about $66,000. The comttee believes that the f>onds can be an ued ai afJier this year there will be Se taxation to meet the bonds given b Columbia, Newberry &\ Laurens ^ ad. . - w< rhis committee wishes 'io hold a T. jeting this week in order to have ^ 3 bill providing for' the purchase jui proved by the general assembly." ke . ?.? .?I., i.1. /.x i- th \ ? j now to Avoid meumoma* if on. can avoid pneumonia and' othpr m ions results from a cold by taking T1 ley's Honey and Tar. It stops the ar< lgh and expels the cold from the sysn as it is mildly laxative. Refuse any y t the genuine in the yellow package. rrick's Drugstore. th: ? ' ( es For Sals. n0 )ne yoke of young, medium sized 39 en and a new log cart. Apply to be R. Wessinger, Chapin, R. F. D. 1. ai( ? 4w lip, gQ r MS#*#**! 1 I ?L mum j. ruA, t Real Estate [ ^ and Insurance, ! LEXINGTON, S. C. | s-a-i-e. / j One 10 horsepower boiler. > One .8 norsepower engine. [ One 50 saw gin. \ One shingle mill. One grist mill. > Timber to cnt 500,000 shingles. [ 20 resident lots in the town of > Lexington. 1 30 acres good farming land in \ Rocky Creek. 1% miles from > Peter's church. [ 5 lots near Lexington Depot. \ One valuable lot in the town of Lexington, S. C. ) Dwelling house and lot on upper | Main Street, Lexington, S. C. > One lot near Lexington Depot. > 12 Acres just outside incorporate j limits, Lexington, S. C. \ 6 Acres very near Lexington, > S, 0. | Store building and lot on Main > street, Lexington, S. C. > House and lot in town Lexing- [ ton?A acre laud; fi-rooin dwellin g. > 250 "acres on Southern railroad > 21 miles from Barr, 4 miles from \ Gilbert?2 buildings, good or- > chard, 50 acres open land. [ i acre and three room house | near town of Lexington. > 1 acre lot?two story building, > at Irene, S. C. \ ^023 IRSIfcTT. J One store room, one warehouse > Lexington, S. C. [ ID 200 to 250 acre farm <jood for \ cotton and grain. Answer quick. > __ | Write or call to see me ! > AT > THE HOME BANK, | Lexington, S. C. ~ K I wniiiiiiiuiiinimm [ \ hi*mmm I CITIZENS OF v Are You Gc # FURN1 We have every article in this line . Installment, are the very lowest. We giving them just what they want at p] erate what we carry in stock, but we a see us, you will find any kind of Furn; Bed Room, Dining Room or Kitchen, you read this advertisement and be su: jifii 1208 Main Street I 3750^ I Square Feef of Floor Space 1 / WITH = PUMPS, PULLEYS, PACKING, R AND TIN PLATE. Plumbing SuppHe Southern States Supp I COLUMBIA, S. C. ft \i * ' v . ' , \ lie Price of Kules Still High, financially, and, a. i of the situation. It wonld seem to the business man Conder clail d farmer that on account of the jy to interest neral condition of the country's mnleg wonld 8tay, ances mules should be cheaper in own tjje bulk 0f 38 than last year. In this, however, SoutJl and a glumF j may be disappointed. Messrs. We ^ equivalent in proj Gregory and John W. fonder, ef? jn the cotton mart e Mule Company in Columbia, have many a farmer wi it returned from the wholesale mar- _n<jw WOrth $250 ar ts where they purchased mules for tmWe to close < eir Columbia business and in addi- again at cheaper p >n several car loads for their stables 8impiy be the lose] the Piedmont and Pee Dee sections, differences should ley report the best classes of mules iar8 and cents. b about the same in prices m, last > _ ar. The prices of mules are quoted Tflfl.efc.flrs' 1 about $15.00 per head lower, but < , ia reduction ia on the rougher claaa- A890c?fti" wffl b< and small mules. The farmers are building at Lexin t going toJbuy mules as recklessly January 11th, 1908 the?- have in the past. Mr. Conder m; is t . j -ii u a u 4. The Teachei heves the trade will be good, but E R Aycock, )ng conservative lines and on a School, v od quality of stuff. 2nd. School Im _ Ethel Dreher and ! The Western farmers have plenty 3rd< High Scho mules, but they also have plenty of Country Schools?j )d and are going to do their best to son' Batesbucg Gra ... . ~ j. c ' 4th.-Business Se: la up their prices. On account of s high prices they have been able _ get for their mules and horses the *kb ^ j- Q Y R 5 C st six years, they are in good shape BATTER* F "'? tib $ itb ift % g1 ' $ $ - ' _ t | N Don't fai | Canghman | v stables an | s J ' ' car load of | ' ~ and mules | rived on tl g ,have the $ ' the prices ? 'xg times. to to to m fir to to to to to \ to to to | 1311-1313 ASSEMBLY S3 { ? 1 \ " ~ < : LEXINGTON, ting to Buy TURE! I !, and our prices, either for Cash or take pride in serving our customers, rices that suit. It is useless to enumssure you, if you will only drop in to iture you may need for your Parlor, . Think of us while at home when re to call when in Columbia. FUTURE CO.' I, Columbia, S. G. I '1 "?''?'????f gg? INSURANCE, H LIFE, Cowered | riREi Zs* *- p a?? H ACCIDENT," 00FIN6 I SEE l8i 'I ?. G. Dreher, I 3 LEXINGTON, S. C. IIJ vUl 8 Strongest and Best Companies 9 Pension Notice. f The Pension Commissioner will be in * the Auditor's office on each Saturday in January, 1908, to give ont suitable ? - blanks to each applicant. All appli> far have control cants must aPPear ^ P**8011 for blanks. > tar, nave control Nq blankg ^ j b0 gent ont ^ very extreme cases. Written instrucns it would be large- fcions will be given when applicant apof the farmer if plies for blank. The Conntv Pension ,, - Board will meet on the 1st Monday m* ap, as the farmers Yelmuay, 1908, to pass upon all applithe mules in the cations handed in to Commissioner after > in prices would be which date no application blanks will portion to a slumD 1)6 8*ven ?at. The, old representatives ai. i j n ? and ail others are requested to send the, :et, as it would nnd Commissioner the names of all pen-\ th mules that are sioners who have died or moved out of td they would be the county since last pension roll was , 2 paid. ' S. M. ROOF, / . >ut and bu> ov . Pension Commissioner,, rices. They would Lexington Co., S. C., Dec. 20, 1907. rain xrViatovAr thft - - 1 amount to in dol- , Notice. Notice is hereby given that the an nual meeting of the county board of V - commissioners for Lexington county, ISSOCiauon. South Carolina, will be held in the suig of the Teachers pervisors office at Lexington, S. C., on } held in the school Thursday, the 9th day of January, A. gton on Saturday, p1908. at 11 o'clock a. All persons holding demands of any ' he program: kind against said county are hereby no in Society?Prof, tided and required to file*the same with ! Leesville Graded the undersigned clerk, on or before the ^ first day of January, next, so that the provement?Misses may ^ considered at said annual / 5ue H. Corley. meeting. ol Studies in the j BROOKS WINGARD, P1*0/- li- Brun- cieri? 0f County Board of Commission lied School. ers> Lexington Countv, S. C. * ssion. Dec. 11, 1907. " 4wl0 Secretary. ; 1 TnEBEST TottDR.KiNfi'S NEW DISCOVER* 5 bil1Ss!eys. Will Surely Stop That Cough. ???^? ! a. w ' j & -v ?Rt $ ? $ * w a lto call at 1 l Brothers $ d see their | nice horses $ which ar- , | le 17th. We | goods and | to suit the I $ W w $ 0$ & ? Wi BRO ? HPTTFT HOT TTMPT A S P. * ? LXVJ-JJ-J-L, KJ. \y. Q *> ^ / ? . J,