The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, February 03, 1909, Page 4, Image 4
The Lexington Dispatch
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G. M. Harm an, Editor and Publisher
D. R. Haltiwanger, Assistant Editor.
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Entftrftd at tEft Post Office at Lexineton.
,S. Ct., a? second class matter/
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CIRCULATION 2,286.
Wednesday, February 3.1909.
Third Week With Auditor.
..Ourfirst pcint with Coynty^pditor
Dent last*Week was Batesburg. We
went down on the early morning train
and arrived on due time. A, number
of taxpayers met us here. and : made
their returns to the auditor. Batesburg
is a fine business town, among
the best in the state, and the merchants
carry very handsome. stocks
; of merchandise. The town continues
to grow, and rightly so. The school
- ii.fcohnr<T ia nnHpr thp manage
ou jljawo>/ua^ aw - o
meat of Prof. H. A. Brunson, superintendent,
assisted by Prof. Black
and Misses Brooker, Rogers, Cooner,
Clements, and Mrs. J. Frank Kneece.
Batesburg has one of the very best
schools in the State, and the people
are justly proud of their institution.
On Tuesday we were at Leesville,
another hustling town. Here . we
found business rather Quiet, but the
merchants were in thCDest of humor,
and expecting better time9 ahead.
The iesidents of Leesville are clever
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t visitors. Leesville is still expanding,
and new enterprises are launched
every year. The mattress factory,
which was organized only a few years j
ago with a very small capital, has i
been increased to ?25,000. The busi- j
ness has grown appreciably and it is
thought that the sales this year will
reach the hundred thousand dollar
mark. The coffin factory, operated j
by Mr. C. D. Barr, is adding new ma- |
chinery from time to time, and the j
business is growing. The oil mill is i
well managed and is making money 1
tnr- tv?A *tockholder9. 'Leesville has I
fine educational facilities, the only
thing to mar the work being a friction
between the advocates of the college
and the supporters of the high School.
This should not exist and we trust
that the citizens,-will get together and
bring about an amicable settlement of
the differences to the satisfaction of
, , all parties concerned. As usual we
stopped at Kinard's hotel, the home
of the travelling men. Mr. Kinard is
a pleasing and charming host, and the .
drummers always make it a point to
spend the ^night at Kinard's. The
\ streets of Leesville are. the prettiest
and best kept of any town in the
*.nri the mavor and citv offi
cials are: to be congratulated for the
very able manner in which they look
after the town's interests.
Our next point was the little town
of Summit, wd me^ about the
usual number of taxpayers. Mr. F.
G. Hartley conducts a large turpentine
business at Summit and runs a
store in connection. He is a very
'successful business man and is popular
with the people.
Our time up at Summit, we strolled
down to Gilbert, named after the first
inhabitant of the hollow nearby.
Messrs. T. S. Sease, W. H. Donley
and Hallman. & Hammond are the
merchants, and receives a fairly good
trade. The streets of Gilbert have
been pat in flrstclass condition by the
town authorities by the application of
clay and the placing of brick water
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fortune to stop at the hotel, which is
now managed by Miss Gnssie Barre,
the very attractive and accomplished
daughter of Col. and Mrs. D. T. Barr.
Mis9 Barr gives her own personal attention
to the meals and to say that
she conducts one of the best hotels
in the country is but a mild expression.
We came home Welnesday night
with the intention of accompanying
the auditor up. on Hollow Creek
Thursday, but wa9 prevented from
doing 90 by a sudden billious attack.
We will endeavor to be with the auditor
at New Brookland on the 12th and
, 13bb, and trust that all those in arrears
will meet us promptly.
6. M. H.
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Seaatsr Crossoa Honored.
Colombia, S. C., Feb. 1.?Senator
D, M, Crosson of Lexington has been
selected the South Carolina Good
Roads association, through Mr. F. H.
Hyatt, the president, to introduce in
the senate a bill providing the establishment
of a State Highway Engineer,
to define his duties, to fix his 9alarv,
etc.
;Tbis is regarded as a very important
measure as there has been recently a
reawakened interest in the matter of
public highways, and it is no less important
that the senator from Lexington
has been chosen to perform this
public service. The bill, which is of
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Section 1. There is hereby created j
and established a State highway de- j
nartment. whose chief oflicer shall be !
called th# State highway engineer, j
Said engineer shall be a competent j
civil engineer experienced and skilled i
in modern improved highways and 1
highway bridge design, construction ]
and maintenance, and shall be ap- !
pointed by the governor within ten j
days after this act takes effect. He j
shall hold office for two years unless
or until removed for cause by the
governor. He shall receive an annual
salary of $1,950, and shall be allowed
hi3 actual necessary traveling and
other expenses incurred under the
provisions of this act.
Section 2. The state highway engineer
may appoint in his discr^ion
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other assistants as may be necessary j
to the proper conduct of the work of j
the department upon approval by the
governor. He shall be furnished with
suitable offices at the seat of government
provided with all necessary
furniture, equipment and stationary,
and he shall personally supervise all
| the work of the department,
| Section 3. To provide funds for the
purposes of this act, there is hereby
i appropriated annually three thousand
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| dollars. AU_y UUCApCUUCU uaiautb uu |
the end of any year shall be added to
the funds of the next year.
Section 4. The duties of the State
highway engineer shall be to furnish
without charge of county, township
or town officers having authority over
highways and bridges, plans and specifications
for improved highways,
bridges and culverts. He shall give
expert assistance and advice, on request,
to the proper highway officials
on all questions pertaining to highway
and bridge improvement, and assist
in letting contracts for such iin- i
provements. In connection with the
foregoing duties, having first regard to j
these duties, he shall compile statistics '
I relatiner to the nublic highways of the !
state and make investigations relat- j
ing thereto as he shall deem expedient, j
in order to secure more improved highways
in Uie state. He shall also by
means of maps, charts, drawings,
prints, publications, printed and written
articles," lectures or otherwise^ the
seminate knowledge throughout dis9tate
concerning the best known
economical methods for constructing
and maintaining highways and bridges,
and particularly to impart such information
to officials charged with the
expenditure of funds U9ed in the construction
and maintenance of public
highways and bridges in the state.
Said state highway engineer snail
hold each year under the auspices of
the county highway officials, a meeting
in each county for the open discusion
of questions relating to building
and niaintainirig public highways
and bridges. ,
Section b. \ The State highway engineer
dhall make an annual report to ,
the governor of the operations* of the ,
operations of the state highway dei
partment. This report shall show the
number of miles, cost and character j
of the public highways of the State
| and the progress of their improve- ]
ment. He shall also make such recom;
mendations for any highway legislation
which to him_ appears expedient
and necessary. This report; snan De
transmitted to the secretary of state
as soon after the first Tuesday of
December as possibie. i
Section 6. County highway officials 3
throughout the state shall, on request, (
furnish said state highway engineer
any information they may possess and 3
be required by him concerning high- (
ways in their charge. <
Section 7. All acts in conflict with j
this act are hereby repealed. j
Section 8. This shall go into effect i
immediately upon its approval by the j
Governor. . *
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T. B. Augtry's Nov Store..
T. B. Augtry & Co.. of Columbia, (
have opened a netf hardware 9tore in
the building adjoining their grocery J
9tore. They have everything in hardware,
stoves, ranges, farming implementa,
etc. The building is hand- .
9omely arranged and is up-to-date in
every sense of the wor.d T. B. Augtry
& Co., are well-known to the peo
pie of this county, most of wnom
have business relations with them. |
When you need hardware of any kind j
be sure to call on them in person or j
send your orders-in by mail.
Salesday.
j Monday was salesday and while |
[ there was but little property sold, the j
attendance wa9 very large owing to !
the fact that there was a large crowd |
of court attendants. Clerk Shealy j
sold the estate lands of W. A. Derrick, j
145 acres, to Derrick Bros., for $1,000. I .
Judge of Probate Geo. S. Drafts, j
sold the estate lands of H. D. Smith, j
Tract 150 acres, to E. W. Kei9ler, for j
$135. Tract 137 acres, to Sam P. Roof, ,
for $300. Tract 7 1-16 acres, to Olier j
Smith, for $80. Tract 13 acres to H.
4 in in t\r\Tr?n T.Pvinf*- !
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ton, to administrators for $150.
At the conclusion of the official j
sales the fine French Stallion belonging
to the Lexington French Coach
Horse Co., was sold at public auction |
tD Simon J. Caughman for $375. 1
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Yeggmin Sills Policeman
And is Himself Slain.
On last Thursday morning about
2:15 o'clock in the quite little city of
Laurens a terrible tragedy was enacted,-when
Policeman Stone met his
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safe-blower, who was himself slain by
Policeman Walker.
gjjThe two policmen were patrolling
toe railroad yards when they came
across two strangers. Policeman
Stone approached one of the men and
asked him who he was. Not receiving
a satisfactory answer the officer
paced his hand on the shoulder of
the man, but no sooner had he done
ao than the robber drew a large magazine
pi9tol and fired five shots into
the body of the policeman. With almost
superhuman effort Mr. Stone
crannied with his slaver and the two
fell to the ground in a mighty struggle.
Policeman Walker upon hearing
the shooting ran to the rescue of his
dieing comrade. The yeggman, see:
ing the pistol of Walker, begged him
not to shoot, saying "I'm already
shot to pieces." This proved to be
only a bluff, for the man was then reloading
his weapon. Policeman
Walker fired as rapidly as possible and
when the smoke of the battle had
cleared away the yeggman lay on the
ground with four bullet wounds in his
hnHv Hipinor an hour and a half later
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without speaking.
Mr. Stone lived until 6 o'clock in
the evening.
The robber carried a satchel which
contained a complete outfit of safeblower's
tools. On his person was
found $110. Nothing was found, however,
that would reveal his identity.
The other robber fled and has not
been captured.
For the brave act of heroism displayed
by the dead policeman cnotributions
are being made all over the
state, the money to be turned over to
the widow and children of Mr. Stone.
Auditor *S7est Was Hers.
State Dispensary Auditor West and
Assistant Dispensary Auditor Hunt
were here on Friday checking up the
books of the Lexington County Dispensary
Board. It is hardly necessary
to state that they found the books
in excellent shape?they are always
ingood8bape. .Mr. West highly complimented
the gentlemen of the board,
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<wju iiit; vtiy tJiiiUiciiu uw^-nccpci,
Mr. G. A. Derrick, upon the very excellent
manner in which the dispensaries
in this county are operated.
In talking to The Dispatch man Mr.
West said:
"We have checked up the books
and vouchers?in fact everything pertaining
to the four dispensaries in
this county and they balanced to the
very cent. I wish to state for the
benefit of your readers, that there is
not a more efficient county board in
the State, and the people of your
county should feel proud of the fine
Bhowing these gentlemen have made."
The above, coming from a man who
is in a position to know?a man whose
business it is to see that the dispensaries
are properly run?is appreciated
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Lexington. |
By Geo. S. Drafts, Esq., Probate Judge.
'Whereas, John H. Kleckleymade
suit to me, to grant her letters of Administration
of the Estate of and effects
)f Isabel Kleckley.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and
sreditors of the said Isabel Kleckley,
deceased, that they be and appear, before
me, in the Court of Probate, to be
held at Lexington, C. H., S. C.. on loth
Feb. 1909, next, after publication
aereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the
said administration should not be grant*1.
Given under my hand, this 1st day
)f Februarv, Anno Domini 1909.
GEO. S DRAFTS, (L. S.)
Probate Judge, Lexington County,S. C.
Published on the 3rd day of Feb.
L909, in the Lexington Dispatch. 2w!3
L J. WINS, Re!. D.
Manufacturing Optician,
1641 Main Street, Columbia, S. C.
The only exclusive optical
house in Columbia. I grind
all mv classes. I doonlvhiah
class work at reasonable
prices. Beware of peddlers
and fakirs.
i and 1706 Main
Qoodss Notions,
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ery department o:
west prices now
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i Death of Mrs. RTunnamaker.
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As we go to press we learn with sn- j
| prenie sorrow of the ueath of Mrs^ j
| Trvin Xunnamaker, mother of Mrs. i
i W. I). Dent of our town. She was j
j buried yesterday. We will give lull I
. particulars next week,
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THE JEWELER
j 1637 Main St., Columbia, S. C. i
I j
j Unsurpassed opportunit}* is given here j
to find attractive articles for gift |
purposes, and Dispatch readers arc j
cordially invited to do their shop- j
ping at Avery's.
A Store Full of good things awaits in- j
spection and attractive prices pre- j
vail, so none may go away dissatisfied.
Can mention but few things
in this place. For fuller details
visit Avery's.
Watches of all styles, sizes and prices.
We prefer to sell the finest, but
whether its $100.00 or $1.00 you j
wish to spend you get good value j
any nine.
Umbrellas make useful gifts for women ,
and men. Finely mounted in gold ;
and silver from $3.50 to $25.00.
Fans are essentially feminine. Dainty '
white and black designs, and hand
painted effects. Prices very reasonable.
Silverware from leading factories, and
this stock comprises goods in sterling
silver from Tea Sets to Tea
Balls with all the spoons, forks and
knife family. The silver plated j
goods for common every day use is
likewise complete.
I Jewelry in all forms comprise a care- !
fully selected stock and whether j
ito ys rvr 9S riollnrK von havft i
1 to v\ v*. M'X w ? V ? W . v
to spend you can lind it at Avery's, j
Eyes that need glasses get most scru- i
pulous attention by a graduate op
tician. >.
Free. I am giving away a few pictures?a
reproduction of a ?12.000 j
painting. To get it you must register
your name at this store before J
Dec. 25th. It's free?there is no |
chance, no drawing for it. Ask any j
one in the store about it.
AVERY, The Jeweler
1637 Main St., Columbia, S. C. j
f Honesty I
in Jewelry I
I "If it; came from Sentz's, you fj
know it's all right," is what one g
of our customers remarked to |
another the otlier day. H
When you bay Jewelry, you |
generally have to take the "Jew- I
eler's wbrd for it" whether it is 8
good or not. ' ?j
That's just where our reputa- K
tion for honesty and fair dealing |
counts. y
And furthermore, we will *al- 5
ways give you your money back E
I and ask no questions any time B
you are dissatisfied with a pur- |
chase. B
Special attention 10 man uru?i&, j
I CHARLES F. SENTZ, J
I JEWELER, 1
I 1439 Main, Columbia, S. C I
j PRESENTS 1 ii
J Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches
| Sterling Silver,
I Cut Class, Art Goods.
I ALL NEW and absolutely beautiful
GOODS. Come iu whenever
you have an opportunity.
REMEMBER we ONLY handle
SOLID and GENUINE GOODS.
If not convenient to come in,
9end in your mail order, which
alwavshasour PERSONAL ATTENTION,
with a GUARANTEE
TO PLEASE. Always
glad to see you at
SYLVAN BROS.
Jewelers, Silversmiths, Opticians
Cor. Main and Hampton St.
, Columbia, S. C.
i St., Columbia, !
Clothing, Furnish
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THE FIRST NATIONAL
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I 1 Complete stock of !
I 1 Goods and Notions.
| | Quick shipment, r
1 k pense, prices always
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The following are just a few reasc
account:
1st. it provides you with an acci
money ]xdd out.
2nd. It gives you confidence in yoi
3rd. Your bank account, however
fund, which will mean peace plenty
Deposit your money with us wher
the community in which you live.
The Bank i
R. L. LYBRAND, President
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Royster, the Old Peruvi
The Oliver Chilled Plows
ware. Cotton Seed Meal
times at the very lowest j
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to-Date Stock of Goods. We are in posi
least money. You are always welcome i
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Mrs. Blair Acquitted.
The trial of Mrs. Ethel Blair Columbia
for murder, the charge being
killing her husband, Conductor Cully
W. Blair, two years ago, ended on
Friday night with a verdict of not
guilty.
This was her second trial, a formar
jury having found herguilty of manslaughter
and the court sentencing
her to two years in the penitentiary.
A new triai was granted her.
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DOC'S and NOTIONS, | I
ank, - COLUMBIA, S. C. i! $ fl
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iabit of Saving. 4
jus WHY you should carry a bank
irate and consecutive record of all
ir judgment.
small, will be the start of a reserve
and a contentment in old age.
e it will be in active use and benefit
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B. E. CRAFT, Cashier. , >1
HERS 1
our Fertilizers. I carry the fl
an and Pocomoke brands.
i and a full line of hard- I
and Hulls on hand at all I
>rices. tfl
FRICK,
N, S. C.
m GOODS.
You are in need of any tiling in
GROCERIES, HARDWARE AND
NOTIONS you have a special invitation
to call and see our Clean, Up.
tion to give you the best values for the <
at our store. B
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jN House Sills Lien Law. ' I
j The lien law debate occupied the fl
i attention of the house on Thursday, B
j the question, contrary to expectation,
; failing to reach a vote. Messrs. Ed- fl
| wards, Wingo, Garris, J. P. Gibson fl
; J. D. Sullivan and others took part in fl
j the debate. At the brief session on - * I
! Fridav night, the bill passed to a fl
i third reading, the motion to strike out
J the enacting words of the bill being
j lost by a vote of 85 to 35.
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