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s: THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. % ' &Sfiptflsentatiue Berospaper. Sneers Lexington and the Snrders of the Surrounding Scunties Lihe a Slanfcet. r VftT. TYTVITT . .. < LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1908. GLOBE BBY GOODS COMPANY, . Jm "W. HE. 3^E03STC2CT0DtT, TIESSHEIES. l0i?O MAIN STREET, - - - - - COLUMBIA, Si. <J. * Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. Criminal Court. The, spring term of our criminal court convened here Monday morning, with Judge John S. Wilson of Manning, presiding. The Judge is familwith the courts, havinsr been so .... "-TTT - " ~~~ ' ? licifcor for about 19 years, before his elevation to the bench, and we trust fc&r him a speedy term with our conJ geated business. ^ However, the work up to this time makes it look as if there will be considerable criminal business carried over. The law only allows us one week, and with 18 cases brought over from last term and 33 prisoners in jail at the opening of the term, to be tried, it is utterly impossible to try ?em in one week. Then too, by an b ol! the general assembly in 1902, ito a holiday falls on Sunday, the jr following is made one also, and last Sunday was Lee's birthday 3 a legal holiday, Monday was ob ved by a ruling of JudgeWilson. do the court met Tuesday morning. J. D. Price was drawn to complete $ie absence James Mite, in the grand jury auS John Bell Towill was elected foreman for this year. The docket was then called and the <t*?t case taken up was against Bobt. - ,1 3 (ia . MOOT UKl W1U mmiif 'igMi u AIM ment for gnand jarceny from the etore of T. H. Williams, at Irene, in the dinner hour to get a jury, m gee and the state 5, so that 12 men ||K)id not be secured out of the regOrot> and Earie 8e?jr. dfhe jury frwr eompleted with Mr. BalleiiUne aa foreman. The testimony was begun atfcp.m., and one witness was examined up to the closing hour, six :?;.: tfetoefc - - if ' > ir "fc?-J ri,J These are a great number of witnesses in attendance, and by order of the judge were excluded from the court solicitor, Mr. Asbill and Mr. Martin represent the state, and 2 IfiuHrfl rtnhsm & Stnrkie and W. H. Sharpe appear for the defense. _ Thos- Hyler's ease charging him with shooting at a train, W. W. Harris for assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons, Lonnie Ellisor for car breaking and larceny, Edward and Eugene Moye for assault and battery with intent to kill, Geo. Feirgnson for violating dispensary law, Jas. L. Sbealy^ ' for rape, David Day for- carrying un-; lawful weapon, T. B. and E. A. Quafctlebaum for disposing of property, nndfer lien, Bosa Lee Sterenberg and-" Wm. Gantt for assault and: battery with intent to kill, and carrying concealed weapon,** Wiana Chancy Sacrifice y - > " > j Saving bougl able to dispose of ai cost* rather thj niannfi TfAnnA ont , "' ........... r . ' . ' 'V - ' :; ". '. , : . ' ? - MWHM wmmmmmmrnrnrnrnm ' - - v. . ;!;. ' - - --. v. L % 4> > .> - ? *- - - _ ' ; _ : ; / V ' *: ? te * i The General Assembly. The South Carolina legislature i9 now in session, having convened in Columbia on Tuesday last. So far' there has been but little work of an important nature accomplished. Several bills have been introduced in both houses, but the real work of the session has hardly begun. Several prohibition bills have been drawn up, in the upper and lower house, while a number of amendments to the Carey-Cothran law have been offered; but nothing along this line in the way of permanent legislation has been done. However, the house has done one good thing if nothing else be accomplished. Hereafter the annual State ball will not be held in the hall of the Hpuse of Representatives. This has been definitely decided by the house. The floor has but recently been laid with new carpets, and new furniture has been added, all of which would necessarily have to be removed in order for the dance tp^e^ccessf nlly carried oat. The question. caused a great deal of discussion, but the "clincher was finially put on by Mr. Sharpe" of Lexington. Went To Winthrop College. On Saturday the delegation went to Winthrop College in answer to a special invitation from President Johnson*. The party numbered oyer 200, including several Indies and newspapermen. The entertainment at Winthrop was all that could be expected ?a genuine old time Christmas turkey dinner being served by tie young daugbtenof the Oon^dentey. ' The invitation to the law-makers . yna no doobfcprqmptod by tie growing demand for more room at Winthrop and to get the legislature to palss an appropriation bill for that purpose. It is safe to say that in this Mr. Johnson will not be disappointed, for it was 'apparent to every member of the party that the school- needs more room. It is claimed that the ; ?? ? ; - . r - . Bawls for carrying unlawful pistol and assault with intent to kill, were all continued until next term. The cases against Pierce Scott for assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons; J. Will Quafctlebaum for disposing of property under Ken; and James L. Shealy for violation of dispensary law, were nol pressed by the solicitor; Ed Wilson, Will Smith, / John Rondolph, Will Mack, Sam Robertson, Davis Carter, Rnhis Davis. David Williams. Georere r 'Wright, Hamp, James and Sterling Bean, were up for gambling at Cayce, last Sunday night. They all plead guilty, and were given $30.00 or ninety days. ( The grand jury will conclude its work today. it an immense sto( t.hfiRfi cnnda nn n or an carry them ove: 1 look whether y 01 Dinner sets, W? . salad dishes, bread Wehaveabeai butter dishes, crac clocks?all sizes?t Hundreds of otl at cost. i Arm bon, : ( I Begin the New Year I count with this Bank, wl | perfectly safe and wher Illlld C9> WQIVUIHIVU w October. With best wishes for peroifs New Year. THE HOU IE XING JULIAN E. KAUFMANN, ALFR President. wmmmmmmmmmmamm applications for entrance last year exceeded the present accommodations by several hundred. It looks as if the Lien law will be repealed at this session, as several bills along this line have been placed on the calendar, and it is generally understood that the majority in both houses favor its repeal. The Labor Contract law, which has been declared unconstitutional by Judge Brawley and the State supreme, court, will be changed in many respects, This is a dire necessity, for as it is now, the farmer has no pre: taction at all, and unless the legbte: tore takes action at once the farmers of the SUte will be left in a, serious predicament, so far as the hired labor la concerned. Wj f? .V'... ?14 SitpftKMry SeAadi4vQTtfflFls The old State dispensary scandal is growing, more serious every... day. Under a warrant sworn out by Mr. Avery Pafcton, a member ofthe winding up commission, Former Dispensary Commissioner W. 0. Tatum and Ex-Directors Boy kin, Rawlineon, To will, Biack and Wiley have been arrested, and each released upon a f 10,00ft bond. Besides the above, M. A. Goodman, a liquor drummer, and J. S. Farnum, the beer dealer of Charleston, have been arrested also. They are all charged with conspiracy to defraud the State. It is believed that other arrests will be made soon. Policeman Killed by Escaped Convict. / Policeman W. A. Clyde, of Sumter, was shot and killed on Monday night by Toney Moses, a negro, an escaped Convict, while attempting to capture the negro. Moses escaped and has not been captured. if Crock * / ; )k of crockery and jount of the "mon< r to next season, i buy or not. v.-i..*,;X';?. _ . <; Fanfcy Glass % v. . 1 itefsets, berry sets, i L and cake plates and ? Silverware, iitifol line of silverwar ker jars, solid silver s 0 go in this sale at cosi tier articles too numen AN'S s s 1 ADVICE I right by opening an ac- 1 here your money wilfi be | e it is at your command. | anuary5 April, July and | 1 a successful and pros- | TON, S. C. ' I ED J. POX, KARL F.OSWALD, I Cashier. Asst. Cashier.' 9 m ? Selma Notes. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Weather conditions have been delightful for a few days, but roads, (well, the rural mail carriers cai* -tell j your reaaers aoout tnem) are in a desperate condition with slim prospect for improvement before dry weather sets in. v It is earnestly hoped that the present session of the legislature will be able to improve on the present road law. It seems to me ttyst too many people are exempt from road duty. If we, of the Fork, were free from the railroad bond tax, I would be in favor of a special lpyy for road work, but we are now seven and onehalf mills ejfour railroad debt, and have abou^amuch road tax as we can conVjihtently carry. The national govemwm},.could help ns some if the 5 seeds W??e amlbtd to road hnprovement. ' ^^4 , il am glad to eay that Mr.' James W. dtapmap, who has -been very si^k with jn^umonia for the past ten days, is improving, much to the delight of his many friends. , Hurrah for the Dispensary! I am much pleased witti recent improvements in the grand old Dispatch ?the best cotlnty paper that :I have ever seen. ' May it's influence for good still increase. H. ' Selma, Jan. 20. Dispensaries Make Big Sales. According to the report of State Dispensary Auditor "West, the dispensaries in South Carolina sold during 1907 the enormous amount of $2,691,663.43. Of this amount the Lexington county dispensaries sold $48,377.74. The above figures only show the amount of liqnor sold since the inauguration of the Carey-Cothran law. The net profits of the dispensaries in this county amounted to $9,998.89. ery and L fancy china for tl iy panic," we have In this stock yon and -China ware.; 3teak dishes, desert si i big lot of fancy and pi j Clocks, Etc. esuch as cake plates lervice sets. We also t. " dus to mention will be s ; ba; s s Third "Week Jurors, Jan. Torn. : Lem J Sox, E Hendrix Roberts, M Rufus Price, P B Haltiwanger, James C Hope, Thos L Stabler, , Paul C Sheaiy, Loney T Weed, 1 D A Jumper, J Levy Stuck, Sol A Meetze, H N Amick, B D Shumpert, Wm H Epting, ! Ed A Kleckley, C T Koon, i J J Black, Wade H Furtick, | ? Geo J Chapman, Wade M Corley, c H L Roof, T E Seav, ^ B J Waites, Rufus B Lucas, ( M Luther Lybrand C E Shull, rj S Elmore Smith, G M Lindler, r R L Lybrand, C A Geiger, ^ Henry Buff, J Ben Oxner, Henry E Drafts, C C Spires, t Level K Davis, John A Huffman. { Fourth Week Jury. 8 H Pink Slice, Sam T Weed, ( E D Younginer, J Frank Shealy, r Silas A Carter, H Jeff Burgess, r Frontelle Kennerlly, G P I-owman, ^ J W Amick, Jr., Frank L Corley, 1 Jas D Harman, Geo W Price, Sr., * Chas M Bouknight, Irvin Ri9inger, r F A Warren, H M Sharpe, c G A Guignard, Ed F Wessinger, ' J W Bouknight, Pat H Seay, Jr., * W A Wessinger, D Marshal Hook, 0 Geo W Lybrand, Elijah M Reisler, 8 Jos F Fallaw, Luther L Long, Wm P Steele, W W Koon, b H S Sease, Jas L Shealy, Job A Eaminer, D B Amick, ? p E Boatwright, Henry T Lucas, i; Simeon Hall, Geo W |$tol?r. ^ La&XilMtySniV, nut. T ? a ii. i.v w n . ijitue ijucim) BUUVC, me w-yew-oiu 1 -son of Mr. Walter Scott, of Bethone, was instantly killed by a train! on a Fridayo The little fellow was at- t tempting to cross the track onhis way i :hotne from school when'the "terrible a accideift happened. 1 J: ' ' . ' " t\ ' ' ' ' The majority of < unvarying story of garding our banking And this impels us t< also would be pleasei Citizens Bank Bateshur W. H. TIMMERmAN, Preside U. X. CUNTER, ' f ie Christmas trade, ; decided to dispose jy a i .? i unu mauy useim l. rt+r. fm-j. s . * * racers and bowls, ain lamps. and fruit stands, have a big lot of old during this sale ZAAR. I 4 BANKS CALL IN CERTIFICATES Columbia Clearing House Association Doesn't Need Them?The Money is Plentiful. The members of the Columbia Clearng House association met yesterday ind decided to call in and cancel all dearing house certificates issued unler the guarantee and authority of the ;oiumbia Clearing House association. Che clearing house certificates filled a ;eed at the time of the money panic, mt while the banks of Columbia nev;r really needed money they felt that ,he certificates would lighten the stress or currency. The certificates have lerved their purpose and the banks of Columbia passed resolutions calling in . he certificates and all certificates that 10w find their way to the banks will >e checked up and canceled; that is, iew certificates will not be issued and hose now in circulation, when they each the banks, will be retired from circulation. The Columbia certificates lave been accepted with eagerness pith the endorsement of all the banks >f the city, but now the panic is regarded as being at an end they are to >e retired and the white money will oon be a memory. The Cohimbia banks issued certifiates amounting to $240,000 and they pere good until March 1, but the rapid ucrease in currency induced their aclon.?The State, 17th. ,,k Pretty Sad Beeori. Fifteen murder cases to be tried md one assassin at large is a pretty >ad record. Bat there is consolatkft n the fact that only two white men ire involved.?Orangeburg Times and democrat. ' STORY >ur patrons tell an satisfaction reaccommodations. 3 suggest that you i with our service. of Batesburg, g, S. C. jnt, Vice-President, A. C. JONES, Cashier. nkinal ullllld. , and being uni of these goods and ornamentel I s. c.