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VAT. YYTTT LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1909. lcT
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1st. It provides you -with an acc
money paid out.
2nd. It gives you confidence in yo
3rd. Your bank account, however
fund, which will mean peace plenty
Deposit your money with us whet
the community in which you live.
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R. L. LYBRAND. President
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LEXINGTON,
Capital, Surplus and Undi
5 per cent, interest paid
* being computed semi-annually
received.
Commercial accounts also j
Ample facilities for hand]
account" will be appreciated.
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point of good treatment of its de- gj
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and a contentment in old age.
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of Swansea.
B. E. CRAFT, Cashier.
1909.
dyings Bank,
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ivided Profits $30,000.00.
on savings deposits, interest
. Deposits of $1.00 and over
sjiven special attention,
ing your business, and your
mt, $1.00 per year.
ROOF, President and Cashier
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lbs. Jfartha C. Steetzs Bead.
All Lexington was grieved on Saturday
when it became known that
Mrs. Martha 0. Meetze, widow of the
late John H. Meetzo and one of the
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I most mgniy esteemed wumcu ui mm
town, was dead.
Mrs. Meetae's father was Jacob
Kaminer and her mother was a Miss
Dent. She was born on the 6th of
January, 1834, and was a little more
than 76 years of age. She was married
to John H. Meetze on the 8th of
January, 1852. For more than 50
years they lived happily together,
having celebrated their golden wedding
about a year previous to the husband's
death six years ago. To this
union fifteen children were born,
many of whom now have "silver
threads amoDg the gold," a9 a reminder
that they, too, are nearing
life's sunset. The following sons and
^11-iorVifn-ra airrvivp- Wm. "R. Mflfitzfi.
of Gabbettsville, Ga.; Thomas P.
Meetze, a prominent merchant and
influential citizens of Lexington; J.
B. Rhude Meetze, a successful young
business man of Columbia; Mrs. Jno.
Wilson Butler, of Lexington; Mrs.
Jules A. Krentzlen, of Washington;
Mrs. Chas. B. Harman, of Augusta; (
Mrs. Lilla Hendrix and Mrs. W. H.
Wolfe, of Columia, and Mrs. Frank
George, of Lexington. Mrs. Meetze
is survived by one sister only?Mrs.
George Martin Caughman of near this
town.
Mrs. Meetze wa9 a most estimable
woman and it can truthfully be said of
her "that none knew her but to love
her.*' None ever entered her home
without a warm welcome nor left
withont tho Warmth of a. a-ennfne hos
pitality, so characteristic of the people
of her ancestry. Though an invalid
for more than two years, disease
did not destroy the charm of a
kind indulgent disposition, nor old
age diminish her unselfish solicitude
for her friends and loved ones. Adhering
to the faith of her fathers, she
united with the Lutheran church in
1 early life and loved to attend its services
when health permitted.
As the death dew gathered on her
marble brow, around her bedside
gathered her "boys" and "girls"? j
always boys and girls to her, though j
now grown to mature years with j
boys and girls around their own fire- I
sides. The life so long interwoven
with theirs, with tearful eyes they
watched as it, slowly but surely
passed over. The boys and girls that
gathered about the bedside of this
dying mother and so bravely fought
the Death Angel, long ago passed out
from the home circle. Business cares
and Itheir own home circles have encroached
upon their time, may have
robbed mother of their companionship,
but she was eyer just the. same;
rejoicing in their successes and grieving
at their misfortunes.
Her remains (were laid to rest in St.
Stephen's cemetery on Sunday afternoon,
the last sad rites being conducted
from the church by the Rev.
0. A. Freed, of Columbia. The immense
throng that crowded the build
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the high esteem in which the deceased
was held.
Tne following gentlemen, lifelong
friends of the deceased, acted as pallbearers:
W. P. Roof, the Hon. Geo.
9. Dr f s, the Hon. Simon P. Wingard,
S. M. Gross, Col. J. Brooks
Wingard and W. W. Barre.
Father Silled By Son.
Cochran, Ga.,Feb. 12.?John Stewart,
one of the most widely known
planters of Pulaski county, died to
?ay from tne effects of fatal wounds
inflicted by his son, Marion Stewart,
aged 20, at the Stewart home last
night. It is stated the planter as*iulted
young Stewart's brother and
his mother and was in the act of attacking
Marion Stewart when the latter
shot to defend himself. Stewart
was shot once in the head and in the
breast,the wound in the head literally
teaiiag off his scalp.
Dr. G. R. Harding, the painless
den ist, with moderate charges, is
giv :g his personl attention to his
offi ; practice, near Hyatt's Paik.
Ri gewood car posses the door every
fifteen minutes.
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Civil Court.
The first case tried in the civil court
last week was that of Henry Kunkle
of Lexington, against the Western
Union Telegraph Co. This was an
action for $2,000, a mental angui&h
snit, for the alleged non-delivery of a
telegram. After hearing the plain*
tiff's case Judge Dantzler granted a
non-suit. Ool. J. Brooks Wingard
r?nrfifcAnfc#*d fchfi nlainfcifP and Hnl. P.
H. Nelson of Columbia, the defendant.
The case of John W. Rosa of Colombia,
against the Southern Railway
company for $35,000 for personal
injuries alleged to have been received
while in the employ of the company
as a car repairer in the Blanding
.street yards in Colombia on the first
day of September, 1907, was next taken
up. On the side of the plait tiff
appeared ?. J. Best, of Columbia,
leading counsel; and W. Boyd Evans
and Lawson D. Melton of Columbia,
and Messrs. Efird & Dreher and Graham
& Sturkie of the local bar. E.
M. Thompson and W. H. Shatpe represented
the railroad. After being
out for about two hours, the jury returned
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff
for $16,600. This was perhaps the
largest verdict ever rendered against
a corporation in this county and
among the largest in the State for
personal injuries. This was the second
trial of this case, the first jury
having failed to reach a verdict, and
it i9 generally hoped that it is at an
end so far as this county is concerned.
Mr. Best, Rosse's leading attorney,
managed the case throughout in a
very admirable manner, which stamps
him as one of the brainiest young
lawyers in the State.
On Friday the trial of the case of
Haskell Ghaner, a 13-year-old negro
boy, against the Leaphart Lumber
Co., was begun. This was a suit for
$10,000 for personal injuries alleged to
have been received while the plaintiff
was in the employ of the company*.
The case was concluded on Saturday
when the jury brought in a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff for $1,000. Gen.
G. Duncan Bellinger of Columbia, and
Messrs! Sflrd & Dreher of the local
bar, represented the plaintiff, while
the defendant was represented by
OoL R. W. Shand & Son, of Columbia.
No Court This Week.
There has been no court this week
on account of the illness of Judge
Dantzler at his home in Orangeburg
Nothing has been heard from him
since Monday when it was announced
L -v 1* /nma 4-Vvirt ?vtA?rtin/>
til ell) lie wuuiu us iie.ro uius aiuiuiug,
but up to the time of going to press
he had not arrived.
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Big Wrestling Bout.
>0n last Tuesday evening, Feb. 9th,
Louis Wiunick, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
and 0. B. Steele, the Lexington blacksmith,
pulled off a wrestling bout in
Roof's ball.
A preliminary before the big match
by E. J. Tillman and Lester Miller was
one of the features of the evening, Till!
man winning the first fall in 4 minutes,
I the second in 45 seconds.
! For 18 minutes Winnick and Sreele
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grapjjieu niiuuui cnuti gaimug ?
| Steele stated that he had enough and
1 the bout was over,
j At the conclusion of the WinnickSteele
match, "Bud" Bickley, of local
wrestling fame, and Winnick went on
the mat. It was just 8 minutes from
the time the match began that Referee
Tillman slapped Winnick on the shoulder?Bickley's
shoulders were to the
mat.
tfakiug National Reputation
The Washington correspondent of
the News and Courier say9:
Representative Lever is making a
national reputation for himself and
LJUe I UU QUUtll vaiunua uiOkiibui J.M.
few days ago he made a telling speech
on the subject of the referee board in
connection with the operation of the
pure food law. Demands for copies
of his speech have reached him from
almost every part of the United States,
and all the big Western newspapers
played up the speech in their most
vivid colors, carrying broad headlines
and making note of it in their editorial
columns.
It is probable that Mr. Lever may
have something further to say on the
subject in the near future. He touched,
however, a magazine when he got
to the food manufacturers, and if present
rumors count for anything, more
interesting events are to happpnsoon.
Fertilizers! Fertilizers!
A carload of nitrate of soda and all
the b> st brands cf fertilizers, just received
by Caughman & Harman.
Farmers should consult them before,
buying. Their prices and terms will
please.
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Laurens Yeoman's Pal.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 14.-?A professional
safeblower, giving his name
as John Simpson, of Curtain Bay, Baltimore,
was arrested this morning at 3
o'clock, while in the act of blowing
I the safe in the store of Chas. H. Burnett,
in the heart of the business district.
Policeman Ammos, in walking
his beat, heard a noi9e in the store
and finding the door unlocked crept
in and was directly over the safeblower
before the lattei was aware of his
presence. Scattered about the yeggman
on the floor were nitroglycerine,
saws, chisels, fuses, a revolver, and
all implements carried by professional
burglars. The man offered no resistance.
Simpson made a confession at police
? headquarters, saying that he had been
operating for some time in Jacksonville,
and was a pal of Charley Silas,
the yeggman who v, as killed by the
policeman at Laurens, S. C. Simpson
j said he would have killed the policeman
this morning, but he thought
there was more than one of them.
True to Her Lovsr.
True to the lover she left in Russia,
! Smila Majstorovit, 16 years old,pretty
J and belle of the Russo-Greek colony
of Duquesne, a suburb of Pittsburg,
Pa,, cut her own throat early on Wednesday
last, rather than marry a suitor
of her parents' selection.
Against her wishes, her wedding to
Mike Cucolz had been arranged and
| the wedding feast was celebrated.
When long after midnight the beer
ran out Smila was sent to the cellar
for more. She did not return and her
brother, going to see what was wrong,
found her dead in a pool of blood,
with her throat cut.
New District ia the Fori.
Through the efforts of Senator Crosson
a new magisterial district has
been formed in the Dutch Fork.
Heretofore there has been only one
magistrate in the Fork and it was
claimed fcbat the field was entirely too
large for only one justice of the peace.
Mr. E. T. Rauch, of Ballentine, ;
who has served the old Fork district j
with universal satisfaction for several i
terms in the past, has been appointed
magistrate of the new district.
Three Eilhd About A Dcg. J
Memphis, Feb. 11.?A father and i
9on on one side and two brothers on J
the other fonght a duel to the death [
in Hinston La., a small interior vil- |
lage, on Saturday over a dog. James j
Baringlon and son are dead, as is Rob- i
ert Weatherford, and Charles Weath- j
erford ha9 surrendered to the sheriff, !
dying.
Robert Weatherford charged one of j
the Baringtons with killing hi9 dog,
and in the qurrel that followed each i
drew hi9 pistol and began shooting. J
Twenty shots were fired, and when j
the smoke cleared away three men
lay dead and the fourth had received
a mortal wound.
Fresh Garden Seed.
We have just received a new lot of
garden seed, direct from the best seed
growers in the United States. Get
your seeds here. The Bazaar.
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ILIAD IN HAND
If as much as one in the bank. For
;wice in the temptation to spend it.
>ut of your way by depooiting your
Bail of Batesburg,
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any way than in your safe or cash
r account today with what you
i rule to deposit all your cash and
>heck. You'll find you have more
;very time you balance your books,
st on time deposits quarterly.
Pres.
3. JONES, Cashier. *
PM. M. CARTER, Asst. Cashier.
THE JEWELER
1637 Main St., Columbia, S. C,
Unsurpassed opportunity is given here
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ro nna attractive articles for gift
purposes, and Dispatch readers are
cordially invited to do their shopping
at Avery's.
A Store Full of good things awaits inspection
and attractive prices prevail,
so none may go away dissatisfied.
Can mention but few tilings
in this place. For fuller details
visit Avery'8.
Watches of all styles, sizes and prices.
We prefer to sell the finest, but
whether its $100.00 or $1.00 yon
wish to spend you get good value
any time.
Umbrellas make useful gifts for women
and men. Finely mounted in gold
and silver from $3.50 to $23.00.
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
goods for common every day use is
likewise complete.
Jewelry in all forms comprise a carefully
selected stock and whether
its 25 cents or 25 dollars you have
to spend you can find it at Avery's.
! Eyes that need glasses get most scrupulous
attention by a-graduate optician.
Free. I am giving away a few pictures?a
reproduction of a $12,500
painting. To get it you must register
your name at this store before
Dec. 25th. It's free?there is no
chance, no drawing for it. Ask any
one in the store about it.
AVERY, The Jeweler
1637 Main St., Columbia, S. C.
Honesty
in Jewelry
"If it came from Senta's, you
know it's all right," is what out
of our customers remarked to
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Iauwliici me uuibj: uay.
When you bay Jewelry, you
generally have to take the "Jeweler's
word for it" whether it is
good or not.
That's just where our reputation
for honesty and fair dealing
counts.
And furthermore, we will always
give you your money back
and ask no questions any time
you are dissatisfied with a purchase.
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Special attention to mail orders, |
CHARLES I.SBNTZ, I
I JEWELER, I
1 1439 Main, Columbia, S. C ?
Mr. D. P. Yonce, one of the best
citizens in tiie Pelion section, was in
town Monday and called in to see us
and left his dollar.
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