Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?MM?B The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, February 5,1908. lades to Sew Advertisements. g Siverware?A. H. Ball & Co. Spring Goods?Tapp. , Reduction Sale?Mimnaugh. 1$^ Shoes?Campbell's Racket Store. The Home Bank. The Shane? Builders' Supply Co. Mules?Gregory-Conder Mule Co. Finaf Discharge?B. H. Rawl et. al v Notice?S. M. Roof. The City-Hotel. * / Cotton Market. Lexington 11%. rSllfe Valentines. l X -rv v ~ / New comic, lace, sachet, fancy, novelty ahd post card Valentines. New line of fine imported Valentines. Largest, best and cheapest selection ever shown in Lexington at The Ba<r . ^ = , zaar* >' . T - . im No Crossing. The public is hereby notified that there will be no crossing at Dreher's Ferry until further notice, as the flat is. gone. A. N. DREHER. ' m Taxes. >> County Treasurrr Shealy is busy. * He works all day and until midnight answering mail, sending out receipts, etc. He reports the taxes far behind. : I Capt. W. 3. Gooding Dead. A telegram from Charlotte, N. C., _ on Sunday, announced the sad intelli.... gence of the death of Capt. W. B. " Gooding, well known to many people . of Lexington. For many years he j i : was a resident of Columbia, where he j was engaged in the railroad busines, I " ^ and was extremely popular with all classes. , j Capt. Gooding married Miss Mollie Bpozer, of Lexington, and she with a son survive him. The Dispatch extends deepest sympafchv to the bereaved family, f^ ' - . Good Coffee. Most everyone^nj oys a cup of good j g, - ooffee during cold weather, and you can get the very best parched coffee gj. from 12)4 to 30c. per pound at W. P. j Pig Hoof's. Try these goods and you ^ ^ rti AAMrnnnu/1 . * H1U I/O ovutmvvu. Successful Vesting. J. P. Campbell, of the U. S. Depart meat ofAgriculture, met about fifty * Lexington comity farmers at Chapin Hut Saturday. Much interest Was manifested in the meeting, especially - -along the line of agriculture and the -use of home manners. Vital Vules! j...*-... . ,-,v We haver just received the best car load of mules shown in Batesburg in a Jong time. Match teams and single mules. If you need a mule be sure to aee this stock before yon buy. >> We have, also a load of Stodemaker T v wagons to be sold on eafy terms, f.' - Be sure to see us before you buy anything in our line. We are headquaretrs for pricesBUTLAND-BRABHAM CO. Batesburg, S. C. " "S . DImiI CVin fanner WKV9 l#IVWH? wnill vivwhvwvj vwiwvi Greatest Blood Purifier Free. T If your blood is impure, thin, diseased, hot or full of humors, if you have blood poison, cancer, carbuncles, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and 7 bumps, scabby, pimply skin, bone pains, catarrh, rheumatism, or any blood or skin'disease, take-Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Soon all sores heal, aches and pains stop and theblood is made pure and rich. Druggists or by express #1 per large bottle. Sample free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. B. B. B. is especially advised for chronic, deep-seated cases, as it cures after all else fails. Sold in Lexington, S. C., by /. Derrick's Drug store and Kaufmann * Drag Co. ' Make Tour Returns. Auditor Dent has completed his trip out in the county receiving tax r returns and can now be found in his office until the 20bh., of February to take returns. After thi9 date a penal^ ty of 50 per cent will be added for ? ailing to return your prop erty. 2Tew Electric Line. 1 Augusta, Ga., Feb. 3.?The Atlanta and Carolini Construction company was granted a franchise tonight for the operation of interurban trolley cars through the streets of Augusta. The company will construct aline from Atlanta to Augusta, connecting with the line of the Augusta & Aiken company and thence with the extension from Aiken to Columbia, which has not been constructed yet. The line must be completed in two * years.?The State.' Strayed or Stolen. T a onrl 1 Un January 1 / WI | U11C VV uuu | black spotted pointer bitch. Will come | 4 to the name of "Cash." A liberal reward if returned to or notify, P. C. Shealy, New Brookland, S. C. > City Hotel. In this issue will be found the advertisement of the City Hotel, Columbia. In calling attention to the traveling public who desire firstclass accommodations and good fare we safely say they will be pleased at this hotel. The rooms are well furnished and the beds neat and clean. In fact, all conveniences are here for guests, transient or otherwise. Mrs. L. I. Kaminer gives her personal attention to the cooking and serving of meals? the best the market affords?and she certainly deserves a liberal share of the patronage. So take a meal or spend the night and you will go again. Salesday. There was a large crowd in attendance here Monday. The Clerk sold only one tract of land, the Hooker estate, tract of thirty-two acres, which was bought by A. R. Spires for $350. The Gardner lot advertised for sale in Columbia by Clerk Samuel B. George, under order of the court, was postponed and will be sold later. Soard of County Commissioners. The County Commissioners?Supervisor Geo. H. Koon and John W. Hendrix constituting the board now, the other member appointed, Mr. G. A. Goodwin, having not been commissioned, transacted about the usual "amount of business before that body on Monday. Locals. If you have rheumatism send us your name and address and ITS FREE, we will mail you absolutely free a trial package of the Celebrated Magic Rheumatism Cur'e. Magic Remedy Co., Box 6, 4wl6 Allegan, Mich. v We are indeed glad to see our esteemed friend, Mr&E. L. Wingard, out again after a protracted illness of several months. He is notable, howe'ver, to resume his duties as carrier on Route 1. Mr. Jerome B. Seay has been quite ill at his home in the upper part of town for the past three weeks. He is doing well under the skillful treatment of Dr. J. J. Wingard. Those of our subscribers having been notified by the red cross on their papers will give, attention to remittance or call and settle, if they want thp paper continued. The County Board of Dispensers were in session Monday disposing of the business before them, paying of claims, etc. The sales of the dispensaries are on the increase and the business is growing: SALESMEN WANTED for Lubricating Oils, Greases and Taints in Lexington and adjacent counties. Salary or Com mis ion. Address Clover Oil and Paint Co., Cleveland, 0. When in need of doors, sash, blinds, or anything in the building material, call on or write Shand Builders Supply Co., Columbia, S. C. You can't deal with nicer people and their prices are right. v . ? Notice Pensioners. . mL. n . T? T> 3 :il ?. ia? VAJiuiijr roasiuu ouoru wui JJitwb at Lexington on the 17th day of Feb., 1908, for the purpose of transacting pension business. S. M. ROOF, Chairman. Advance Thames. The phrase^'Thanking you in anticipation" is now becoming common. I think it is one of the meanest ever invented and one of the most insulting, for it implies that, however much pains the worker may take, he will get no thanks for it afterward. Why should he? He has been thanked already. It further implies an imperious and insufferable demand which must and shall have immediate attention on pain of being considered no gentleman. Surely no one who really respects a correspondent ought to employ this touting bagman's phrase.? Professor Skeat in London Academy. Succeeded. Gaddie?You don't seem to have made a very satisfactory impression on Borem. Cleverley?I tried very hard to do so. Gaddie?Well, he told me you didn't impress him as a man he would care to associate with very much. Cleverley?Fine. That's very satisfactory. It's the very impression I wanted to make?Philadelphia Press. . All In the Family. Rector (shortsighted)?Well, Richard, hard at work, eh? Let me see, you are Richard, aren't you? Laborer?No, sir. Oi be John, sir. You 'ad the pleasure o' buryin' Richard last week, you remember, sir!?London Punch. Complimentary. "All my friends say I made a mistake in marrvincr von!" cried the shrewish beauty. "We were never meant for each other, for you're just as different from me as you can be." "Ah," retorted her husband, "you flatter me."?Houston Post. All That Money Can Buy. Family Friend?There is Miss Pedigree, who is such a society belle. She has so much aplomb. Mr. Comeup?Then my girl must get some too. She's got to have everything going.?Baltimore American. HIS TERRIBLE EYES. I Cenator Case Could Aimcct Paralyze a Man With a Look. Giant heads, bodies and brains were Webster and Cass. All the strength of New Hampshire granite was concentrated in those two sons. To look upon them made the ordinary man feel small. Wonderful eyes they possessed, and men have been known to shiver with dread when one or the other allowed his glance to fall upon them. Cass could look through a stranger in a way to make his brain burn and his knees knock together. One searching stare seemed to destroy all mentality and fill the victim with paralytic emo tions. No mail dared take liberties with Cass. In 1840 the proprietor of the National hotel' in Washington was a man who so closely resembled the great senator from Michigan that he was often mistakep for him. An old friend, returning from a journey, entered the lobby and, seeing him leaning against the desk, slipped up behind and hit him a terrific whack on the shoulder, saying cheerily and simultaneously: "Hello, old man! Here I am back again. How are you?" Senator Cass straightened up his six feet three and, turning upon the assailant bis terrible, bloodshot eyes, almost annihilated him with a look. Not a word was spoken.' That look was ample. The stranger was so "rattled" that he could not even apologize, but slnnk deipcterllv out of the hotel. Later in the day when congress was supposed to be in session the stranger returned to the hotel to shake hands with the proprietor and tell him all about the Cass incident Walking bravely up, he laid his hand down on his friend's shoulder and, without waiting for a greeting, surprised him with: "See here, old fellow, you got me in a deuce of a scrape this morning. Why, you know, I took old Cass for you. slapped him on the back, nearly taking off a shoulder, and the old fool looked at me as if he wanted to commit murder. The darned old lunatic, why doesn't he stay out of here? lie knows"? Again the great senator from Michigan straightened up his six feet three, again he turned his bloodshot eyes, again he looked and again the victim fled. Two mistakes of that kind in one day! CHARACTER IN WALKING. 1 ??? Traits Which Are Readily Disclosed by One's Gait. "There's a conceited man coming down the street," said the girl in the group on a corner. "How do I know? By his walk. I can tell the chief trait of any person's character by watching him or her walk. For instance, if a J man walks with a heavy lift to his I hips he's sure to be obstinate. If he sinks down a little on his heels he has a comfortable attitude toward life and the world in general?in fact, he's a bit lazy. That woman coming down the street now Is a gossip. Any one could ^ellthat because of her mincing, fussy gain indecision is ine cinei cuunicteristic of that woman's character across the street. Don't you see how she swings her foot rather hesitatingly in the air before she puts it down? 'The man who walks with his knees leading Is sure to be of {be pious type ?the disagreeably plous'type, I mean. You see that old codger who is crossing the road with his stomach seeming to lead the rest of him?well, of course it is evident that feeding is his chief delight. When an intellectual man walks his head leads. That girl who, 8ways so is selX conscious. Y*es, that girl going down the street has a pretty walk, gliding and . quiet, but watch out for her; she is treacherous in the extreme. "The man who puts his feet down especially solidly is heavy and somewhat stupid. That little person crossing the road with a quick, clean step is energy personified, but he has the sort of energy whiCh has no regard for the rights or fleelings of others. The girl coming out of that store has an ugly streak in her nature. Don't you see how she puts her foot down unwillingly as if she were saying: T won't! I won't!' I shouldn't advise any man to marry her. "Of course I don't pretend to know thoroughly a person's character by his walk, but I do discover his predominating characteristic." The Quality of Mercy. A notorious mountain moonshiner, familiarly known as Wild Bill, was tried before a federal court in Georgia and was adjudged guilty. Before pronouncing sentence the judge lectured the prisoner on his iong criminal record and at last, informing him that the court entertained no feeling of anger tn-nrnTvl him hilt fplf- rmlv nnmivwl nitv sentenced him to spend six years in the federal prison at Atlanta. Bill stolidly shifted the quid of tobacco in his mouth and turned to leave the courtroom with the marshal. Once cutside the only thing he said was this: j "Well, I suah am glad he wa'n't mad at me!" Proving It. "Keep up your courage, old man," said the passenger who was a good sailor to another who was leaning over the railing and paying tribute to Neptune. "Never mind me." came the answer between gasps. "I've always heard that it took travel to bring out what there is in a man." Painfully Natural. Flaywright?Is her acting natural? Manager (enthusiastically) ? Natural? Why, when she appeared as the dying mother last night an insurance agent who has her life insured for $25,000 and who was in the audience actually fainted.?London Tit-Bits. LEE AND M'CLELLAN. An Incidant of the Firct Meeting of the Two Soldiers. The first meeting between General George B. MeClellan and General Robert E. Lee happened in Mexico during the war with that country. Mc-Clellan was a lieutenant of engineers, and Lee was ft major on the staff of General "VVinfi eld-Scott. One day MeClellan was walking across a held when he saw General Scott and his stair approaching on horseback. As they drew near Major Lee reined up his horse and asked the lieutenant if he did not know , that he was disobeying orders. Ills tone was sharp and angry. MeClellan 1 answered that he was not aware of ] any disobedience and asked for an explanation. Lee replied that all officers had been told to remain in their quar ters, awaiting orders, and asked for the lieutenant's name. MeClellan gave his name and said that no order of that kind bad reached i him. But Lee in a peremptory tone | ordered him to go to Iiis quarters and i remain there. Then he rode off and rejoined General Scott and the eta IT. who had not stopped. McClellan went j to his quarters, as he had been directed , to do, but was quite indignant at the way in which Lee had treated him. for he had not knowingly committed a breach of discipline. He had just finished telling his brother officers the incident v.ffien he was informed that an officer was outside ? the tent asking for him. On going out he was much surprised to see Major j Lee. who saluted him with respect. "Lieutenant McClellan," the major said, "I am afraid that I was not cour- j teous in my manner to you a little while ago, and I have called to apologize." "I assured him that it was all right," said General McClellan in telling the story, "and he rode off after making a low bow, leaving me in admiration of a superior officer who so promptly and generously repaired an error."? ] Chicago Xews. i AN AERIAL HORROR. _ ? I The Very Dreadful Thing That Strohschneider Did. * wiA,.n anrwinff. v.-oro to PriD o' il gLUUJ^/ VI UVi. Viiuutw I> V* V VM,. aeronautics. "Did you ever hear of Strohschneider?" said a German. "He did a dreadful thing once. I'll tell you about it. "Strohschneider. appeared in a certain village and advertised that he would take the landlord of the village inn up with him on a trapeze hanging from thp car of his balloon. "Though the landlord's wife made a kick and the authorities, upholding her, forbade the man to accompany Strohschneider, the landlord sat in state on the trapeze beside the famous aeronaut when the ascension began. 4 ^ "But those nearest to him noticed that he was paler than a ghost and that his arm was thrown around Stroh- i Schneider's neck as if in terror. And, I noting these things, the people nodded ' ominously to one another. "Up and up went the balloon, and now a murmur of horror arose among j the multitude. The aeronaut and the landlord were quarreling; they were fighting. High np there in the clouds, perched On the swaying trapeze, they struggled, thumped, kicked. "Suddenly the aeronaut, in a mad. burst of rage, seized the landlord by sthe throat, thrust him backward and ?itng. him into space. Down the poor fellow dropped like a stone, turning over and over. He alighted on his head. . ' "The people, mad with horror and rage, rushed to the spot. And there, to their amazement, stood the landlord, laughing heartily. The figure that had diinoiiftil ,,n in Ilia mucii was a luauiiiiu uicojcu up ui clothes. I | "And this," the speaker concluded, 1 "Is the only practical joke that has ever been played from a balloon."? New Orleans Times-Democrat. I ? Perils of Crinoline. The dangers of the historic crinoline are illustrated by a story told by Lady Dorothy Nevill in her "Reminiscences." Going too near the fireplace, her volu- j minous skirt caught fire, and in an J Instant she was in a blaze. There * were no men present, and the women could not help her, because if they had gone near enough to be of use their own skirts would have been ignited. Fortunately Lady Dorothy had suffi- J cient presence of mind to roll herself in the hearth rug and thus subdue the flames. A Judge of Land. Proud Father?Welcome back to the old farm, my boy. So you got through college all right? Farmer's Son?Yes, , father. Froud Father?Ye know, I told j ye to study up chemistry and things, j so you'd know best what to do with different kinds of land. What do you * ? think of that fiat medder there, for instance? Farmer's Son?Cracky, what a place for a ball game!?Kansas City , Independent. V I Pity the Poor Wolf. '\vny is it," asKeci rue iox, "mat you always look so gaunt?" J "Oh," replied the wolf, "it's all due . to the business I'm in. I always have to keep away from the door until there's nothing left in the house to ? eat."?Catholic Standard and Times. " ^ 9 The New Yorker. ? "Yen New Yorkers don't seem to ^ know anything about the rest of the k country," said the visitor. * "The rest of the country?" echoed k the New Yorker. "What's that?"? | Philadelphia Ledger. i Equality may be all right, but no I human power can convert it into a 5 fact.?Balzac. J ?g?i mi watttf?abb?ay, MEET ME AT TAPP'S fi?? ntttr-m i n i in mn?nrrm?n?tiim hih ??i?m? Wash Goods. Beautiful Wash Goods in white^and all the most wanted colors, md fancy patterns. The biggest and best assortment in the Carolines; wonderfully low prices. It will pay you to buy your spring needs now. Ml ! ! ! I ?i . ? ?Iff m I mi, , I Carpet Department. In the Carpet Depnrtment we can save you money, no matter what you want. Carpets, Mattings, Art Squares, Rugs, Shades, Curtains, etc. Contracts taken for halls, churches, hotels, residences, nanks, etc., anywhere. Satisfactory work guaranteed at lowest prices. itr :i.? r?.. - w rite iur estimates.Dress Goods Remnants. A big line of remnants of beautiful Dress Goods. We will sell these at a big sacrifice. Good remnants at almost any price you want to pay. Some pieces have enough for a whole dress, others have enough for a skirt, a waist, etc. See these now. aaasBM -mmn-rmrrrir -.-rwnrrn i Mnrrwirnrnnrmwf-rTirf n -.wnr a aa AtaaanaB? ??M ??? New Spring Dress Goods. We have received a number of new pieces of leading spring Dress Goods. These are beautiful for early spring suits and dresses; prices the lowest. m. ?? I l 111 u? ????? i ?HB???O?? ORDER BY MAIL. We prepay mail, express or, freight on all purchases of $5.00 or more shippedto any point within a radius of 600 miles of Columbia. Tiir Hiiro i Tinn rn ML mmL. Mrr iu., DEPARTMENT STORE, 1638 to 1646 Main Street, - Columbia, S. C - ? | LEVER, "The Shoe Man,") V (IN COLUMBIA.) I I The place to buy your every- a K _ _ rlfl.v and Snnrlav orn-tn-rnAPt/mor m I Shoes. Largest handlers of I Shoes in the Carolinas. Prices fl BB are extremely low at this sea- B son. Come and inspect our fl stock. LEVER, 'The Shoe in" 1 (In Columbia.) I WHAT DO YOl NEED? i- If you want any Turned Work [ftl: I "~"Sf |[ ~P^' we can promise to furnish as neat \?b5j| U S III patterns of Balusters and Columns ^ ?jp tJ ?an<^ as n^ce olean hand-turned work \ of any kind as a man could want. llfllll^fttlBjBa f*| r~jBL^]l If you want Paint we advise you I f PlPl to get our prices. We furnish color -3'(^yT;f!;r cards and some strong testimonials ~ from Lexington people. We've got a good Paint and we know it. mm BUILDERS' SUPPLY CO., 615 Hampton Avenue, Columbia, S. C. jong Distance phones, 251 and 1451. apBBSBE I CITY HOTELandCAFE ? ^ AMERICAN and EUROPEAN. jj| i Fine Cool Newly Furnished Rooms. || a Near Theatre and State Capitol, fij g American Rates $1.00 to $2.00 Per Day. g| a " ?Soioc Rooms 50c. and Up. EiUrV)iCClii a^ukww - ? ? 1218 Main Street Phone 851 Sj| a MRS. L. I. KAMINER, Proprietress. 11 V Columbia, S. C.