Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ We begin tlie I P "H^tt HLr\r ^ te LUUil Ui jyj. y \~a w ?r thing for the hoi" K special attention WW . ' PENCIL AND SCISSOBS. Wayside Notes Gathered Here and There by a Dispatch Man. I I When you come to town don't for get to call and pay for your paper. Court opens Monday a week with Judge Dantzler presiding. The Rev. W. H. Hiller, of Columbia, spent yesterday in Lexington. We want only prompt paying subscribers on our list. FOR SALE CQEAP?A thoroughbred Brown Leghorn Cockrel. Apply $0 Rice B. Harman. "Head the announcement of the well known firm of Caughm^n Brothers in c _ this issue. < ITCH cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never failsSold by Derrick's Drug Store. 6m3. v:-"Aa fiowrk and Rnfih Efird. of the | JIliBaco vycu.v ""v. ? m College for Women, spent the weekend with their parents here. / A telephone line will soon be built . from this place to the residence of Hon. D. F. Eflrd. -Mr. E. A. Brown, of New Brookland R. F. D. 2, was in town yesterday and gave us a pleasant and profit1 able call. Mrs. Ira B. Jones, wife of the popular associate justice of Lancaster, is visiting herniece, Mrs. W. E. Black, ' and other relatives here. Be sure to see P. M. Frick at Chapin before you buy your fertilizers. i He handles aU the popular brands -and his prices and terms will suit. See i ' his ad next week. the advertisement of A. E. Eargle in this issue. He is closing oat his stock of winter goods at great redactions. Call to see him at Peak. The Editor is in the sand hills this week. See the schedule elsewhere and meet Mm promptly with your dnes. At a meeting of the board of county commissioners last Friday Col. J. B. iWingard was re-elected clerk and Dr. B. P. Derrick was re-appointed county phyaioian. v Mr. H. N. Kaminer, who has been connected with the store of W. P. Roof for the past several years, has resigned his position and will, on Feb. 1st go into the mercantile business for himself in the old Kaminer store on JHSiniKiRWU I will be afc Lexington Tuesday, January 26th, 1909, with my famous Arkansas black apple trees and a few other varieties. Those who want trees should not fail to be there that day. ' J. Frank Kleckley. Call at this office and get a free sample copy of the Home & Farm. Let us take your subscription for this great home and farm paper for 25c. the year if you are a subscriber to The Dispatch. There has been no new developx ments in the case of the supposed killing of the negro who attempted to assault Mrs. Winrgard two week9 ago. ' The identity of the negro is still unknown. Cain Adams, a negro, was committed to jail la9t night by Magistrate Bachman, upon the charge of highway robberry, it having been alleged that he stole a watch from another negro. Qonstable Swygert brought the prisoner to jail. Mr. J. B.. W. Sease, of St. John's, is on a visit to his son, Prof. L. A. Sease, and his grand sons, Cadets Shepherd, Harry and John Lindler, at Clemson college. From Glemson Mr. Sease will go to Little Mountain to visit Dr. Sease. Death, of Daniel Shull. Mr. Daniel N. Shull, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of this county, died at his home about four miles south of Lexington yesterday morning, at the age of 72 i years. Mr. Shnll was a gallant Confederate Soldier, being a member of Co. H. Twentieth South Carolina Volunteers under Capt. S. M. Roof. Mr. Shull reared a large family, all of whom are well Known citizens in the Community. He was a member of the Methodist church and was true to its teachings. The remains of Mr. Shull will be buried this morning at 11 o'clock in . the'family burying ground, and the last sad rites will be performed by the Rev. J. W. Neeley. The anunal meeting of the Carolina Live Stock association will be held in Columbia February 4 ,and 5. hi -is ?jr < Carry a line of ei Machines, Stoves c tfew Year with better; >. /C) /%? V : /*? "* . "X v*"* Lsehoicl. We have whs l to all mail orders. Yc Frnm E si m AT. Delmar, Jan. 18.?Mr. J. Llcyd Eargle has moved to his new home, the B. I. Hayes place, near Lexington. Mrs. Mary A. Holiey, formerly postmaster at Dupler, has gone to spend a while among relatives at Pineville, N. C. Mr. Wesley Eargle will move this week to the Epsy Hare place which he has recently purchased. Mrs. Mary Price took a trip to Columbia last week/' There is considerable grippe in our community now. On last Friday morning Mr. W. M. Shealy while assisting in some hauling was thrown from the rear end of thp. wflfron bv a sudden starting of the I ?? o %/ ?> team and sustained a fracture of the small bone of the right leg just below the knee. He received surgical attention promptly and is now doing as well as could be expected. It is hoped that the legislature will make a dog law that will throw more safeguards around the people and less around the dog, so that we may have more liberty in the matter of handling mad dogs and such other dogs as are suspected of having been bitten. The survey for the propo&ed telephone line from Lexington to 'Mr. George S&irey'Sihas been completed and we presume that it will soon be built. This line should also .connect with the Delmar line and into the Dutch Fork. Mrs. Presley Shealy has been confined to her room for several days. W. H. H. ! MWHrMWfc *ivw? Is.the Stand and Stock of The Lion Furniture Co., Columbia. You will save Money by sending them your orders. For Beds, Bureaus, Chairs, Rocker Springs, or anything in the Furniture Line, See their advertisement in this paper. Mr. Lever Proposes More Cotton Figures. "Washington, Jan. 16.?The collection and publication by the director of the census of statistics of stock of baled cotton in the United States to be summarized a9 of November 1, December 1, January 1 and March 1, in addition to the cotton reports, i3 proposed in a joint resolution presented in the house today by Representative Lever of South Carolina. ?*> . Fever Sores. Fever sores and old chronic sores should not be healed entirely, but should be kept in healthy condition. This can be done by applying Chamberlain's Salve. This salve has no superior for this purpose. It is also most excellent for chapped hands, sore nipples, burns and diseases of the skin. For sale by Kaufmann Drug Co. Charles Carwell a mill oprator committed suicide in Aiken by drinking carbolic acid. We will sell our Ladies' Coats, Men's AT GREATLY REDUCED be NO CON For anything in General Merchan both in goods and in prices. We\* er you buy or not. Always welcor A. E. EAROLE, ONES rerytliing in Gene and Ranges. Tin TH Watch ' P. S. Hi mm p m&s ma Eh - - Hfl $?ma m M ua *3 Di to <d & b Lr~\ orenarations than ever1 )thing. Furnishings, Lad it you want and 'tis nee* >u aiwavs find big value: C I?> /N/"\T TTH *"T?\ T A t~H S~~\ T~1 UUJLUiVLBliL, 5UU Prof. John Hawkins Snds His Own Life. All Lexingot was shocked on Monday when the news reached here that Prof. John Hawkins had taken his own life by blowing out his bra ins with a pistol in his room in the Columbia [ hotel on Sunday afternoon. Prof. Hawkins visited his sister, Mrs. G. T. Graham, in this towrn, during the holidays and seemed in the brightest spirits. Little did any one think that he was so soo n to end his earthly existence. He lelt here j frsr Prvlnmhia to nttPnri thp mpptiner of I the Teachers, association. He was seen in Coluinbinia a few days afterwards by several people from Lexington. Prof. Hawkins was one of the brightest men in the State. He was a son of the late Rev. J. Hawkinis and was 48 years of age. He was a graduate of Newberry college and had been teaching for several years, being principal of the Ridgeland school in Dorchester county at the time of his untimely end. The remains were taken to Prosperity on Monday afternoon and interred in the cematery at that place. First Week Jurors. ! I \ ' * The jury commissioners met this morning and drew 36 petit jurors to serve the first week of the general sessions court which convenes on the first Monday in February. The list follows: Henry J. Furtick, John E. Ballen- 1 tine, J. Fred Lucas, P. Brooks Lind- ; ler, R. Wilbur Frick, W. O. Oliver, j John F. Chaney, V. Winter Sturkie, James Gillian, Sr., Sim Ale wine, Sol D. Shumpert, E. Cro9son Price, Dan P. Bodie, Sidney W. Amick, James W. Oswald, Havne O. Wingard, David Taylor, Jasper Amick, Jacob J. Bickley, William I. Jumper, Ernest H. Smith, James W. Bouknight, Gee. T. Carson, D. Rufus Haltiwanger, J. Bachman Meetze, Berley A. Gregory, G. Haskell Meetze, James L. Shealy, George Shehane, J. Hamp Rauch, Walter D. 6endrix, G. Lawrence Lucas, Willie W. Kaminer, John G. A. Rister, Job A. Swygert, Jacob P. Derrick. Grand Jury. Twelve grand jurors were drawn as i follows: I J. Derrick Addy, Darling F. Neese, ! Olio 1 mofc T" Wp?tiinfpr fiprv A. (>nm VUaiilAV/lU JLi* ? f f WW. _ alander, E. S. Gantt, John W. Mathias, Henry L.Shealy, Henry D. Hughe9, Benjamin R. Flake, Charles N. Frick, H. Baylis Wessinger, Claude M. Varn. The following grand jurors holdover from 1908 to 1909: Isaiah Hallman, J. D. Price, Willie E. Corley, A. Luther Hook, J. K. Lindler, Charles J. Huffman. It is reported at Laurens that an effort will be made to get a special act through the legislature to reopen the dispensaries in that county. * ? - A dollar found is less valuable than a quarter earned. ? 3 Suits, Pants, Hats and Underwear, PRICES. COST WILL ISIBERATI8N. disecome to us, we can please you, rant your patronage. Corae whethne at our store. PEAK, S. C. COMP] iral Merchandise, ! 3ir prices tell the te EY ARE IN BUS rhis Sps ighest Prices always Paid ^ mi * to serve the trade. \1 .ies" Suits, Skirts and ( iless to go elsewhere, s at our'store. : TH CAROLINA. |j * D< p |j When in i 1 Line. On m Received' I co1 Notice of Dissolution of Copartnership. Having sold my interest at Swansea, S. C., to J. Willie Lybrand and R. L. Lybrand, I have no further connection with the firm of J. W. & R. L. Lybrand. J. W. LYBRAND, lltf Wagener, S. C. For Sals. Three milch cows with young calves; good milkers. Price, ?25, ?30 and ?35. Apply quick to John J. Harman, Gilbert, No. 3. 2wp For Sals. Four or five yokes of young oxens, large size and well broke. Appty to H. Z. Adams, Leesville, S. C. 4wl4 5.my, m Buggies, Wagons lie. INESS TO PLEi &ce Nex for all kinds of Country F 7e have the largest a::. 31oaks, Art Sciuares, E Ask for it if you don't ? Q e El m ??MB?BLJM*U II I I I WaprmAriWJ.A'jJ.ii.MPOM FOE SALE?Must be sold, some real bargains in second hand Mules, Horses, Buggies and Carriages. GREGORY-CONDER MULE COMPANY, Columbia, S. C. BBn2MPQflQBnBra0!9C<T39MIDBBV,MBHnDHi DN'T FAIL TO S! ?9 leed of anything in' e car of Mules ai to-day. >13 Assembly Strec umbia, South Carol Jl^Kap^i53(K^30li MsSm^XWzSffi Final Discharge. This is to notify all persons that I will apply to Geo. S. Drafts, Esq., Probate Judge for Lexington County, ; South Carolina, on the 3rd day of February, 1909, for a final discharge as ad- ' ministrator of the estate of W. A. Derrick. deceased. Mrs. L. M. Derrick, 4wl4 _ Administratrix. Xotice, Debtors and Creditors, This is to notify all persons that they must file their claims, properly 1 attested, against the estate of Eliza- \ beth Haltiwanger, deceased, 011 or before the 1st clay of March, 1909, and , i those indebted will make payment to the undersigned. * ; John J. Haitiwanger. 3wl3 Administrator. ?pawns??amrammm n ?"Turrrnrr ! Leaders-The Prise Fixe i, Harness, Pianos, ISE. -? Week2 'roduce. & & ^Cfafyl ______ # tcl best selected $ tigs, and every- # see it- We pay r ^ ^ ' ' | i \ \ t .m EE | inUoi 1 the MULE | j ad Horses p ' ll % i ina. ^ j . i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lexington. , By Geo. S. Drafts, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, Elizabeth H. Gardner made suit to me, to grant her letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects ii of Edward A. Gardener. jfl These are therefore to cite and admonisli all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Edward A. Gardner, deceased, that they be and appear, be- ^ j fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be ] held at Lexington, C. H., S. C.. on 3rd Feb. 1901), next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, trs I show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 19th day Df January Anno Domini 1909. GEO. S DRAFTS, (L. S.) Probate Judge, Lexington County,S. C. Published on the 20lh day of Jan. : 1909, in the Lexington Dispatch. 2wl3 rs of Bafesburg. * j Organs, Sewing I 'J