The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, June 23, 1909, Image 1
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THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH.
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vnT. TTTti7 LEXINGTON, S. CM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1909. zjf
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security and safety of th<
Highest rates of interet
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being computed semi-annual
received. '
Commercial accounts ale
Ample facilities for* hai
account will be appreciated.
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Did* You Begin II
v IF N~>T BEGIN A NEW YEAR
OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUN
Try paying your bills with check
can keep track of expenditures, a
end of the month. NO BETTEI
* NOW. : : ALL BUSINESS (
FUL ATTENTION.. '
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The Bank
II. L. LYBRAND. President
I Bank <
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The Bank Tl
This bank aims to give you
checks for you?furnish dra
always glad to assist yon in I
with this bank, which make
positors. Our certificates of
We cordially invite the far
their banking with us.
J. S. WESSINGER, Presidei
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NEW BRC
We Want your busines*.
your money with us until yo
limes a year.
J. G. CUICNARD,
Vice-President.
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DIAMONDS
are the most interestin;
of all Jewels. They hav
figured in history poem
and songs; been tne caus
of deaths without num
ber, provided ready mone;
?all the while serving a
beautiful ornaments.
Buy Diamonds from u
and receive best value fo
I for you money.
SYLVAN BROS.
Jewelers, Silversmiths, Opticiar
fVr Maitt and Harrmton St.
' ? | Columbia. S. C.
~A2T1TUAL BARBEBUE,
I will furnish my annual barbectu
Hilton, on the thirrl Saturday in Ji
tie 17th. There will be prcmin
speaker* tr> address the crowd. Evt
body invited.
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to modern banking for the
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(divided Profits $30,000.00.
d on savings deposits, interest
ly. Deposits of <1.00 and over
io given special attention,
idling your business, and your
: rent, $1.00 per year.
P. ROOF, President and Cashier
,ie New Year Right?
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RIGHT?RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN
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s, and note how much more easily you
ilso have a much larger balance at the
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3IYEN OUR PROMPT AND CAREof
Swansea.
B. E. CRAFT, Cashier.
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iat Accommodates
t good services. We cash out-of-town
fts for sending money way. we are
)H9iness matters. Make yoar deposits
s a point of good treatment of its dedeposit
bear interest at 5 per cent,
mers as well a9 the business men to do
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L. S. TROTTI, ?$
President wl
"j; CALHOUN CASE
SETUSO IN MISTKIAi
San Francisco, Cal., June 21.?Ter
g minating in a disagreement of the jury
6 with ten men determined on acquitta
5 and two resolved on conviction, the tria
6 for bribery of Patrick Calhoun, of the
l* United Railroads, ended at noon Sun
Y day. Five months and a week hat
S passed since the wealthy street railroac
owner, a descendant of Patrick Henry
S made his first appearance in court tc
r answer to the charge of offering 8
bribe of ?4,0)0 to a supervisor to obtain
an overhead trolley for his corporation
,s MEET IN EDGEFIELD.
Today the State Missionary society
auxiliary to the South Carolina con~
ference, Methosdist Episcopal Church,
, soutn, win meet m HAigeneia ior a
; at five days, convention. It will be a
ily, large gathering of earnest men anc
en* women. Something like 350 deler"
gates are expected to attend the ses1.
sione.
LOBE DRY 00
C. MOITCKTOU
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of Your Valued Pata
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ED BYNUM GETS TEN |-:
VtRAWa TW PJEMT. '
Negro Who Shot Sheriff Coriey Tried
en Friday?Pleaded Guilty and Son- fenced
in Short Order?Brought
From Columbia in Mr. Sam Roof's ^
Handsome Buick.
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Contrary to expectations Ed By- 1
num, the negro who shot Sheriff Cor- ;
ley five week9 ago, was brought from j
the penitentiary on Friday morning, ;
tried before Judge Aldrich and sen- \
tenced to serve ten years at hard labor (i
in the State penitentiary. The aotual 1
trial consumed only fifteen minutes.
Early Friday morning Sheriff Cor- ^
ley, Messrs. Sam P. Roof, C. E. Leap- |
hart and D. R. Haltiwanger left for *
Columbia in Mr. Roof's handsome t
Buick automobile, Mr. Roof driving ?
the car. The run was made in about *
fifty minutes. The party went to the *}
Governor's mansion, secured the necessary
papers and drove out to tbn
penitentiary. Here a wait of 30 minutes
was incurred, in order for Bynum
to change his clothes. The return
trip was begun at 8 o'clock, and at
9:15 the car pulled up to the court
. house door where it was met by Deputy
Sheriff Miller, who wa9 on the
lookout for the party. Bynum wa9
carried upstairs and placed in one of
the jury rooms where he was closely
guarded by Sheriff Coriey himself until
Judge Aldrich finished his charge to
the jury in the Darby case, when he
was quietly brought out and arraigned.
When asked the usual question as to
' is guilt, Bynum replied, "Guilty,
and I ask for mercy."
By this time th3 news began to
spread that the would-be slayer of
Lexington's popular sheriff was about
to be tried, and the court room began
to fill up. When Judge Aldrich began
his charge to the prisoner one could
have almost heard a pin fall in any
part of the room, so anxious were the
spectators to catch every word.
After commanding the prisoner to
stand up Judge Aldrich said:
"It is charged that you violated the
law, and a warrant was issued for your
' arrest in order that you should be
, brought to answer for your crime.
That warrant was placed in the hands
of the high sheriff of Lexington County
to serve, and when he went to place
you under arrest, you, instead of submitting
civilally to the arrest, as a
good citizen should, of even a bad
citizen should do, you resisted that
officer, you refused to respect his authority,
you put yourself in open insurrection
and rebellion agaiust the
law of your state, and being further
instigated by the Devil, you sought to
k take the life of the high sheriff of
Lexington Count}', by shooting him
, with "a double barrel shot gun at a
5 short distance.
i If there is anything you have left
/ undone to show that you are a bad
I man, and an unworthy citizen, I eannot
imagine very well what it is, and
jj when men act as you have acted, the
i law, mercifully to them, provides a
place where they will be separated
; from the body of people whom they
? have contaminated, and whom they
have endangered, and put them where
they will be safe from doing harm,
and where it is hoped they will re4
fleet and meditate, and by the grace
of God repent, so that when the peri"
od for which they have been impris>
oned has expired and they, return to
1 their homes, they will be better men.
1 As bad as you have acted, and as unJ
lawful as you have shown yourself to
be, there is a ray of encouragement
1 that you may profit by your punishl
ment, in the fact that you have plead>
edguilty and have not put the county |
) to the expense of trying you, and you
1 have not added to the other crimes,
t the high crime of perjury which, un
fortunately, is too common with your
race.
"The county of Lexington is to be
congratulated that this case termi- I
r nates as it does, according to the or- [
. derly methods of the law, and that j
the good name of Lexington count}', |
t and the hands of her >ons i ave not |
t been stained with blood guiltiness, j
I which might have been the case if i
. you had fallen into the hands of your >
. captors shortly after your crime was !
committed. It is a credit to the peace j
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onage. Polite and Pro:
JUDGE S. P. WINGABD IS
NO MODE.
ftl*l Unn Dns??(4 fllliallu Au/9U
UIUIIU uiu man ra?oeu yuictij nnoj
at His Home Yesterday. Long and
Useful Career. Burial Today.
Yesterday morning, surrounded by
his loved ones, with the birds chirping
forth their songs of melody in the
stately oaks which surround his
quiet home, the gentle spirit of Hon.
Simon P. Wingard took its flight and
returned to the God who gave it, after
a life well spent and full of years.
The passing of Judge Wingard removes
from Lexington county one of
the most prominent and best men the
county has ever known. Prominent
in church, social and political affairs,
he was loved, honored and respected
by all classes.
His political career began before
the war, when he was elected sheriff,
which office he held for four years
with satisfaction and ability. During
the war he was elected to the office of
clerk of the court for one term. Soon
after the war he was elected judge of
probate, which office he filled for
about sixteen years. In 1884 he was
elected to the State Senate and for 1
four years represented Lexington with
that executive ability which characterized
his every act in both private
and public life. 1
When quite a young man he was '
happily married to Miss Maria Wing
ard, a woman of many noble traits of
nharanter. To this union were born, 1
two sons and two daughters, three of :
whom are living, one son haying died
about the age of fifteen. Besides his 1
noble wife he is surrvived by one son
Dr. J. J. Wingard, of Lexington, one
of the most prominent and successful
physicians in the county; two daughters,
Mrs. H. L. Oswald and Miss
Mary C. Wingard, both of Lexington.
Early in life he affiliated himself
with the Lutheran church and was a
consistent member at the time of his
death.
officers, and a credit to the people of
Lexington county, that they have allowed
the law to take its course, and
they are now able to see that if they
will trust the State its laws will be
upheld.
"The sentence of the law as pronounced
by the court is that you, Ed
Bynum, be imprisoned in the State
Penitentiary at hard labor for a period
of ten years."
During the entire time Judge Aldrich
was talking Bynum never raised
his head. The prisoner was rushed
from the jail and placed in Mr. Roof's
automobile and hurried back to the
npnitentiarv to beerin his sentence.
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AUTOMOBILES
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Automobiles, and ai
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man who wants a g
price.
I want to figure
contemplating buyin
live in the county, le
I also sell the Ir
power on earth to ru
with any size engine
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, U. X. GUNTER,
He was a man of generous impulses,
always hospitable. The stranger,
even though a begger, never failed to
find food and shelter if he sought it at
bis hands, and he was at home by the
bedside of the sick and delighted in
all kinds and neighborly offices. He
bad borne adversity bravely and en
joyed prosperity mildly. He had
filled the various relations of life, as
3on, husband, father and friend, and'
filled them well. Who can do more?
But he is gone ! Another name is
3tricken from the ever lessening roll
of our old settlers, and a solitary woman
in the sunset of life, his children
and a lonely home, are left to attest
how sadly they will mi99 him. It
must be so; these tender human ties
cannot be severed without a pang.
Yet in such a death there is really 110
cause for grief. His life work was
done, and well done; and wearied
with life's duties and cares, weary of
suffering and waiting, he lay down to
rest.
"Tired! ah, yes! so tired dear,
I shall soundly sleep to-night,
With never a dream and never a fear,
To wake in the morning light."
He was a man who united sound
sense with strong convictions, and a
candid, outspoken temper, eminently
fitted to mould the elemeuts of society
into form and consistency, and
aid in raising the high standard of
citizenship. How much this community
owes him, it i9 impossible to estimate,
though it would be a grateful
task to trace his influence through
some of the more direct channels, to
hold him up in his various characters
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exington, S. C
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my way than in your safe or cash
account today with what you
rule to deposit all your cash and
leek. You'll find you have more
fejy time you balance your books,
t on time deposits quarterly.
Pres.
, JONES, Cashier.
M. K. CARTER,"Asst. Cashier.
and friend, to speak of the children
he has reared to perpetuate his name
and emulate his virtues. But it comes
not wi;hin the scope of this brief article
to do so. Suffice it to say, he
lived nobly and died peacefully at the
advance age of 80 years. The stern
Reaper found him, "as a shock of
corn, fully ripe for the harvest."
Not for him be our tears! rather let
us crown his grave with garlands;
few of us will live as long or as well,
and fewer vet will the Ane^el of Death
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greet with such a loving touch.
Funeral services will be held this
morning at 10:30 o'clock from St.
Stephen's Lutheran church, conducted
by the Rev. T. S. Brown. The interment
will be in the church cemetery.
Thrilling Experience.
A local inventor dropped 3,500
feet in a crippled aeroplane at
Barwyn, Neb., Tuesday. He was not
seriously hurt. The amateur aviator
was U. Sorenson, a blacksmith,
who in view of several hundred
towsmen, made the ascent in a balloon
and then attempted a descent
in an aeropane that he had constructed
after several months labor.
When he cut the aeroplane loose it
began to descend at a terrific speed
turning over and over as it dropped.
The inventor clung to the craft, and
when it struck the ground he was
in a sitting posture. The aeroplane
was damaged, but Sorenson, although
knocked senseless and sustaining
numerous bruises was soon revived,
not seriously worse off for his experience.
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