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-x The Lexington Dispatch j .. ! G. M. Harman, Editor ai)d Publisher ; D. R. Halttwanger, Assistant Editor. ; Entered at the Post Office at Lexington, S. C., as second class matter. The subscription price of the Dispatch 'is $1 a year; 50 cents fcr six months; 25 j cents for three months? invariably cash in advance. CIRCULATION 2,325~ Wednesday, April 28, 1909. Sheriff Corley Vindicated. Sheriff P. IT. Corley has been vindicated. Gov. Ansel has dismissed the charges filed with him a few weeks ' "L ^ ago by some parties at uayce, wdu claimed that the Sheriff used discrimination in making arrests. We never did attach much importance to the charges, and felt that there could be but one result?a complete exoneration. Sheriff Corley has always been known to do his duty, and in the fearless discharge of that, duty he has made some enemies, but he is stronger with the masses tcday than he has ever been. The Demonstration Work. The government farm demonstration work in this county is progressing niCely, and, while this is the first year in which the work has been pushed, the results already obtained exceed the most sanguine expectations of those in charge of the work. There are sixty farms in this county ?forty on this side of the river under the supervision of Mr. G. A. Derrick, and twenty in the Dutch Fork in charge of Mr. James W. Shealy. Mr. Derrick has the distinction of flrrowincr the finest vetch ever seen on | CJ o sandy soil, and his other crops are said to be in a highly satisfactory condition. The object of the farmers' co-operative demonstration work is, illustrating the best methods of producing standard farm crops, and at the same time to imps<jve the land. The methods introduced by the government, through its field agents, is rotation in crops, deep fall plowing, with winter cover crops, thorough preparation of the soil before planting, and using better seed. Also improving the soil by experimenting with legumes, such as the vetches, crimson clover and other legumenous crops; with the native cow pea, and advocating the raising of more forage crops, feeding more and better stock, making a profit on the stock and making manure to improve the soil, using more labor-saving machinery, thereby saving labor and cost of producing a crop. It is believed that these farm9, conducted on the above plans, will revo- j lutionize the whole farming industry | the country over. ? CLOTHESG , OtlAHAMTCCO I V\e offer you the i following Jines: S SUITS HATS L< I FCRXISHIXGri p 1 We are the head to . I care of the bovs as well a IE. C. DREh 1 OUTFITTERS FOR J LEXINCT4 The sweet girl graduate and Jure! bride are again walking hand in-hand. The state dispensary commission has not yet gotten down to business since the favorable decision of the highest tribunal. Now is the time fo7- all good men to come to the aid <f the monument fund. Lexington county continues to crawl up on the list. Surely, "prosperity smiles on the Palmetto State." South Carolina has just borrowed five hundred thousand dollars from a Columbia bank at three j per cent, interest. I i Everything in the way of something to eat and something to wear is ex- j tremely high now, and we poor crea- I tures who have it all to buy, are experiencing the time of our lives trying to make ends meet. It is with a great deal of pleasure that we publish the article from the ncn nf Mr. William C. Dreher. ?,??. KV-V-. V, of Berlin, Germany. We know that it will be read with interest and pleasure by bis host of friends all over the county. It is said that Patten, the wheat king who caused fiour to jump to the highest price in many years, will now try to corner the cotton market. The greatest trouble with these corners is they always come at a time wrhen the bulk of the crop is sold. Gov. Ansel Dismisses Chages Aginst Sheriff Corley. After a careful consideration of the case Gov. Ansel dismissed the charges against Sheriff Corley of Lexington, who was accused of having discriminated in the arrests of persons charged with firing pistols on a highway. In dismissing the petition of Messrs Bigby & Kibler, attorneys, Gov. Ansel aoi/3 ??Tf. annoara tn mv satisrantion oaivi xv vj/^vwAw vv ?? j ?? ?? that the sheriff was at the time mentioned in the discharge of his duties as a law officer and Mr. Avant and Mr. Bagly were assisting him having been requested to do so before the time mentioned in the charges." The charges in this case were brought by Thos. A ugh trey, who was fined $20 in the magistrate's court when a pistol was found on him follow ing the firing of shots in the Cayce neighborhood where the sheriff was at the time. The papers filed with Gov. Ansel charges that on the same night other pistol shots were heard and that the sheriff four.d Messrs. Avant and Bagly with pistols, but did not arrest them. This was the discrimination al- | leged in the arrest of Aughtrey, butthe order of Gov. Ansel explains why no arrest was made of Messrs. Avant and Bagly. There was considerable surpise here at the time the charges were brought against Sheriff Corley, who has a reputation for b ravery.? The State. ? IF QUALITY very best makes of the At PANTS | ovvest SHIRTS | rices SHOES | foot outfitters and take j is the men. | IER & CO. MEN AND B3Ys. 3N, S. C. | I I v -nwnT- mipww?iw?mm m r i)wi<< www?mouuuk-i mi mi a\mmwtm i c 2TEVEB SEPARATE. Mr. WilSiam C. Drelier, of Bsriin, Germany, Writes Strong Card Against Annexation, To the Editor of The Dispatch: From a recent number of your paper, which somebody was good enough to send me, I see with regret that there is a movement on foot to detach the Dutch Fork, or a part of it, from old Lexington and unite it with Richland. While I have been living for a long time outside of the old county and may perhaps have no moral right to express my views on the question, still I have a feeling that some of my old friend9 might like to hear how the proposed change strikes an old Lexingtonian who was born and brought up in the Dutch Fork?how it strikes one that looks at the matter from a long distance, and more from the standpoint of old associations than from that of the more practical advantage of one section of the county. I do not know what the arguments are that have been brought forward for the division, but it ap~ arspefrom the number of The Dispatch sent me that some of the separatists think that old Lexington is not progressive enough, and that if the Fork wer? joined to Richland better roads and better schools would result. That really does not strike me as the right way to be progressive. That is having progress engrafted upon you as an alien growth, and I. cannot believe that the result will be a good fruitage. Progress must spring from within, not imported from without; and surei ly nobody needs to break up the good old county in order to be progressive. | Bettered longer schools are undoubtI edly needed, and so are better roads; but the m way isanyl for the people of the Dutch Fork to get them through their own efforts. Now my great objection to this separation proposal is that it ruthlessly ignores old associations that ought to be dear to every son of the Dutch Fork. We of that section are bound to a great part of the people of the l south side of the Saluda river by a racial tie that we should never forget. The same German settlement which began first in Orangeburg, then moved along up the Congaree and Saluda rivers, finally overflowed into the Dutch Fork. The very names on both sides of the river are in part the same. Many persons and families in the county have lived a part of their lives on one side of the river and a part on the other. Many of the school tponhpra?at. Ipaafc t.hnflp nf thft trpner ation to which I belong:?scattered the seeds of wisdom on both banks of old Saluda. And what a host of names will rise to the memory of every old Lexingtonian which are still household words both in the Dutch Fork and south of the river! Why disturb the memories and associations that cluster about all these facts? Why desert a people of whose flesh and blood we were born, in order to cast in our lot with another county, composed, doubtless, of people just as good as we are, but still varying considerably from the German type that prevails with us? Upon a recent visit to my old home my heart was saddened by finding some mounds of earth in the churchyard marking the places of some of the dear old people slept who had gone to their re9t during my absence. This older generation of parents, uncles and aunts is rapidly passing away. The lips from which we younger ones have heard so much of the,common history of the two sections of the old county, anecdotes about the quaint old characters who lived farther back than the record of our memories reach, customs of the older times?those lips will soon all be mute. Now all those old people can I be counted on as witnesses against the separation of the county. I can more than guess that the old folks still living are against it; and if those that have passed away caned still interest themselves in our mundane affairs, they would assuredly regret to see us disturbing the old landmarks to which they were accustomed. Many of those old people brought home their brides from the opposite shore of old Saluda, but very few of them from across Broad river. Some practical man may answer that this is looking at the matter wholly from the sentimental standpoint. My reply to him shall be this: ' Do we not get all our greatest enjoyi ments in life out of our sentiments? Proper sentiments must be respected, not trodden under foot. What matters it that the ride to Lexington Court House is longer and more tiresome to some than to Columbia? Is a small question like that to be allowed to disturb sweet old associations and to draw a dividing line through the only old German colony in South Carolina? I can only hope that the supporters of the separatist movement will take a second thought and give up their scheme. Yours for a united old Lexington, William C. Dreher. Berlin, Germany, April 14, 1909. ITeck Broken in Iron Bed. Aiken, April 25.?The little 6-months old daughter of Mr and Mr9. Pierce Howard of Graiiiteville met death last night in a most harrowing manner. In the early part of the evening Mrs. T-Tmvnivl Ipff, flip lmhv nn an iron hpd to sleep. The bed had perpendicular rods at the head and foot. Mrs. Howard stepped out for a few minutes and when she returned she saw the baby's body hanging from the bed, the child's head having been caught between the perpendicular rods. When Mrs. Howard rescued the baby frcni its position she found that the little one's neck was broken. The baby survived only a few minutes. | Mr. Howard arrived from Aiken a ; few minutes later ;nd found his wiie | almost prostrated with giief. I High Flyers Get A K igh Pric ? Rome, April 26.?Wibur Wright has I soi l the Italian rights of his aero, plane for $200,000 to a syndicate. i ( Young1 Wi:it? 2?en Jailsd On Serious Charge. R. A. Clark and Tom MeCarty, two young white men of Batesburg, were lodged in jail yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff Sim J. Miller upon the charge of burglary and larceny, the warrant having been issued by Mayor W. C. Bates, of Batesburg. The young men are charged with entering the store of Mr. M. E. Rutland, in Batesburg, on the night of Feb. 14th, and taking therefrom several articles of value. It is said that the evidence against them is conclusive. ITtvr 2&en Appointed. Gov. Ansel on Friday appointed Mr. J. S. Brice, of York county and Mr. A. N. Wood, of Gaffney. as members of the winding up commission to take the places of Messrs (J. K. Henderson of Aiken, and B. F. Arthur, of Union, who resigned several months ago to accept receivership positions by Judge Pritchard. Girls Acted As Pallbearers. Spartanburg, April 26.?At the funeral of Miss Alda Cooley, who died at the home of her parents, at Cooley Springs, this county, last week, eieht young ladies, schoolmates of the deceased, acted as pallbearers. All of them were dressed in white. This was probaly the first funeral ever held in the State where girls as acted mmm ii C 0 L U M B I We have opened our Ne^ will be pleased for our Be? get their new hat. It give nounce to our friends that o grand success. We are s Dry Goods, Notions, Clothii ting, Art Squares and Rugs We have in stock a big Suits at $8.50, and 100 B $1.75 each, all wool. Call and see us want. We are a and here 1 MEET ME FOR YOU MILL Our millinery department is should see our display before you Wash We have just received a Printing Company's Wash Fabri< fore shown, in exclusive designs j this city. Boys' Wash Suits for spring, spring goods, ladies' furnishings, broideries, silks and everything t , you'll find at Tapp's. SH In our Shoe Department we wear for ladies, gents and childre competition. Big Bankrupt Sale of This sale of the bankrupt stc wholesale jewelers, Chicago, is better values than any other jew( We purchased a big part of 1 ?less than one-half?and offer w? new and wanted in jewelry at ren Guaranteed Wc All this week with every $o cash pi a pood open-faced watch, either in nick Roman dial, sunk second hand, stem w amounting to $5 and over in any of our for 2") cents. - ? ++ ? 1 If I Mere Are ^oane special vai $ 7.50 Watches will he sold for ?10.00 Watches will he sold for ?13.00 Watches will be sold for ?13.00 Watches will he sold for ?10.00 Watches will be sold for ?18.00 Watches will be sold for 1 ?i0.G0 Watches will be sold for $"J5.00 Watches will be sold for ! ?30.00 Watches will he sold for t I ORDER 1 We prepay mail, express or freight ped to any point within a radius of 60 I THE JAMES L. I 1638 to 1646 Main | ! Letter to Henry Hoon. Lexington, S. C. Dear Sir: The paint question boiled j down is simply tnis: The paint that takes least gallons, wears longest; Always. Here's an instance: E. O. Perry. East 3th St. Erie, Pa, painted two houses same size; cue Devi e, the other with another paint a: } same price; took 3 gallons Devoe to 4 : of the other; and in 3 years Devoe was j the better looking job. j Yours truly, F. W. DEVOE & CO. P. S.?The Kaufmann Drug Co., sells our paint. The Grand Theatre. The Grand Theatre, in Columbia, I which has been under construction I for many weeks, opened its doors to the public on Monday evening with a packed and jammed house. The tioofin/v on rvo /nf tr a f f Vi a Cli?nr\/^ ic fi o^ciLiu^ v^apa^itj kj i til v_i 1 d i J vx in inteen hundred ond it was filled to standing room. The opening program was indeed amusing and entertaining from beginning to end and the entire audience was more than pleased with, the performance. When completed, the Grand will be one of the handsomest and best appointed theatres in this section, and the stage scenery is simply grand. The Grand is under the management of Mr. Carl Davenport, who is one of the finest theatre managers in the country and a mighty clever gentleman. Subscribe to the Dispatch. IERE ARCH STORE 14, S. C. v Millinery Department and dngton friends to call and s us great pleasure to anur Millinery Opening was a howing grand bargains in lg for Men and Boys, Mati > bargain in Mens $12.50 oys' Knee Pants suits at %/ for anything you Iways the same bo remain. AT TAPP'S R WANTS INERY th<? home of new styles, and you select your hat. Fabrics large shipment of the American All lU Kn I J5. rvii Hie Ul'W OLjjcc, kyvymd never before offered for sale in Lace Curtains, special values in gent's furnishings, laces and emhat's stylish in wearing apparel OES have the very latest styles in footn and our prices meet the closest Watches and Jewelry >ck of jewelry of Jos. Brown & Co., the most stupendous and offers dry sale ever held in the Carolinas. the stock at 42 cents on the dollar itches, chains, fobs and everything larkably low prices. itch for 25 Cents ircha.se and over we will sell for 23 cents :el or pun metal finish, either Arabic or cor "\r.il-n vnny typTV*.! ILLKA clJJVl I' v- - ^ many departments and get a $1.25 watch lues in Gold-Filled Watches. $3.08 $5.08 . $o.08 $7.08 $8.08 $0.0K $11.08 $13.08 $18.00 BY MAIL. on all purchases of $5.00 or more ship0 miles of Columbia. Stre?t, Columbia, S. C. THERE'S JUST NO GETTING I AWAY FROM FACTS. I "When I stand square on both feet and tell you I am selling better 1 harness for less money than you ever paid oeiore. 1 m tening iacts ?and I^can prove it. Neighbor, don't buy a tiling in the harness line 'till you get my prices. Here are a few: Plow Collars at 30c. Plow Bridles at 75c. $2.50 Leather Collars at.. $1 .50. LET'S HELP THE MULE WILSE W. MARTIN, J 1118 Plain St., Columbia, S. C. Alfred J. Fox, j Real Estate and Insurance, ; TTYTwmTOw . c p: i A VII) Ml Vi 124 acres, 3% mils from Barr. \ 50 acres open land. 8 Room ? dwelling. j 2 Barns and other out build- , ings, easy terms. > 108 acres 4 miles from Barr [ 12 acres open land near church , and school. > 1 Stationery engine 12 H. P. | 1 Boiler, 18 H. P. > 1 Saw Mill & Fixturs. i 194 acres near Saxe Gotha Mills [ 165 acres one mile from Lexing- , ^ ton depot; 75 acres cleared; young > orchard; creek runs through [ place; fruit never fails. > 20 acres hear Lexington. > 69 acres 4 miles from Steedman | ?18 acres cleared. > One lot in town of Lexington. \ 60 acres within one mile of [ Arthur, 2 acres open land. Plenty > of water on the place. ) One lot on Main street of Lex- [ ington; good building. > One lot on Main street of Lex- > ington; store building and ware house. k < 80 acres 2 miles from Lexington \ J Plenty water. Fruit never fails. > i So acres near Lexington. Good | < for truck. Fruit never fails. > j 250 acres 2 A miles from South- > i em railway. 60 acres open land. \ ( Fruit never fails. Good orchard > J on the place. Two buildings. > i 25 resident lots in town of Lex- | < ington. > I Lot in Lexington with 3-room > i dwelling. [ < 45 acres,3 miles from Lexington, > ] 9 acres open land. Plenty water. j < 95 acres, 25 acres open land > < 35 acres round timber, 35 acres > boxed timber, 2 4-room houses, j barn and stable9. Church and ( school house within 2 miles of > place. | 4 one-half acre lots on new , street to be called Fort Street. > One large lot, 6-room dwelling J and barn on Main Street, Lex- > ington. > 100 acres, 30 acres open land, [ dwelling and barn, church and , , ? ?' ?'^1 _:i? c :ii 1 SCUOOl witnm uue nine, o umco # j from Gaston, 6 miles from Swan- | i sea. i ( 1 acre, 5-room dwelling just > ^ j outside the incorporate limits of [ | Lexington. | < 3 acres, good dwelling near > , ] Lexington. 1 ] 6 lots on East Church Street, , < ? I Write or call to see me ' ! AT? I i THE HOME i NATIONAL BANK, ; | Lexington, S. G ! % L. J. BOBBINS, Ref. 0. t Manufacturing Optician, 1641 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. The onW exclusive optical house in Columbia. I grind all my glasses. I do only highclass work at reasonable prices. Beware of peddlers and fakirs. AUseful Article. l_ Fresh Baker's Brazil Shredded Cofoanut, a seasonable article for making delicious c; stards, pies and cakes, at the Bazaar.