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THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH.
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; ...VirftT. yyyty ~ LEXINGTON, S. C? WEDNESDAY. JULY 7.1909. 36^
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- Capital, Surplus and II
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This bank aims to give yon
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always glad tojjasist you in I
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1 J. 8. WESSINGER, Preside!
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% We Want your business.
![ft your money with us until yoi
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less 5 per cent, for cash when
Ties to be delivered at any si
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Will advance some cash o
spection. For further inform?
THE L D.
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Attention, Camp Steadmau
The time is drawing near for
close of the Women's Monument fu
Our camp has already donated
sum of five* dollars, but this amoi
should be supplemented. All old s?.
iers and their friends throughout
county who wish to contribute to t
cause Vill please forward tneir con
butiocs to me at oncj.
M. D. Harmau
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ATIOKAL BANK I
XINGTON.
<25,000.00
olders $25,000.00
sitors $50,000.00
rs CUSTOMERS
l to modern banking for the
eir funds.
st on time deposits.
NEED THEM AT REASONE
RATES.
s For Rent, $1.00 per year.
1909.
Sayings Bank,
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ndivided Profits $30,000.00.
id on savings deposits, interest
ily. Deposits of $1,00 and over
so given special attention,
adfing your business, and your
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P. ROOF, ?reei?*atand Cashier
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iai Accommodates
good services. We cash out-of-town
fts for sending money way. We are
rasiness matters. Mate your deposits . '
s a point of good treatment of its dedeposit
bear interest at 5 per cent,
ners as well as the business men to do
it. J. P. HONEYCUTT, Cashier I
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It is our desire to please. Leave 01'
u need it We pay interest four m
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class and 10 cents for second class, B
inspected by Southern Railway Co. H
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. ! Miss Lone? Entertains.
the Miss Alma Long, the charminghtfle
ud. telephone operator of The Citizen's
rm. ! Telenhone oomoanv. vervdeli::ntfutlv
lint entertained a party of young'friends
?id- in honor of Mi?s Eula Loriek, at
the the home of Mr. Gas Lorickon Monday
nis evening, Games were indulged in
Lri- until a late liour when the guests departed
singimr thopraisesoi the yourg
i. and petite hostess.
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sse&rxsLS MAN
SHOOTS HIS WIFE
Atrocious and Cruel Crime of George
Bush. Bush Later Kills Himself.
Edgefield, July 5.?Several parties
from near the neighborhood where the
awful tragedy occurred brought the
news here today that George Bash
thi9 morning shot and instantly killed
his wife, Alice. The weapon U9ed was
a pistol. The homicide occurred at
the home of Mr. 'P. P. Doolitfcle, an
I uncle of Mrs. Bush, near Rehoboth
Baptist church, this county. Bush
Lwa9 pursued and surrounded in a
swamp and laLer his body was found
with a bullet hole in the head. He
had committed suicide.
[ Mr. and Mrs. B^ush have been sepa1
rated for several years, their trouble
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pated habifc9. He ha9 lived in Augusta
1 ior some time, but recently returned
to this county, of which he is a native.
He ha9 lately been in the neighborhood
where his wife resided and has
been using efforts to get her to return
to him. This she refused to do.
Saturday he avowed his intention to
take his wife's life and then his own,
and, while little credence was given to
what he said, as a precautionary matter,
Mrs. Bush was moved from the
place she was staying when the threat
was made to her uncle's home, and
there it was that Bush appeared at 11
o'clock this morning and, it seems,
without warning or excuse shot her to
death.
FEW FACTS KNOWN.
The facts immediately surrounding
the homicide are not known here.
Bush, it is said, fled as soon a9 he had
done his bloody work. At 12 o'clock
Sheriff Outze received a telegram from
Modoc on the Charleston & Western
Carolina railroad to come .here at
once, that. Bush had killed his wife
and the presumption here was that he
had been captured at that place, about
three miles from where the killing obcurred.
Bush is well known here, having carried
the mail from Edgefield to Parks ville
for several yeara. He was a hard
drinker but was thought to be harmless.
Mrs. Bush, before marrying,
was a Miss Doolittle and a most estimable
woman, her family being prominent
in the county.
Later information brought by a party
direct from the scene of the tragedy is
that although Mrs. Bush is 9hot six
times she i9 alive with no hope of recovery.
WOULD NOT RETURN.
Her statement i9 that her husband
met her coming from the spring and
demanded thu.t she come back to him.
She refused. He then said: "Well
you are a dead woman," and commenced
firing, shooting her twice after
she wa9 on the ground.
The news spread like wild fire and
soon hundreds of citizens gathered
and were hunting Bush.?The State.
Policeman Bouknigkt Shot By
Mack Sill, a Negro.
Mack Hill, a negro, shot Policeman
James Bouknight, of Irmo, on Satur
day afternoon, boon alter tne snooting
the negro escaped, but was captured
early Sunday morning by Sheriff
Oorley, and lodged in jail.
From information obtainable it appears
that Hill, who was partly intoxicated,
cursed a white lady who
chanced to be walking on the street.
Mr. Bouknight walked up to where a
crowd of negroes were standing and
asked who had done the cursing. Hill
stepped out and said he was the one,
at the same time drawing his revolver.
He fired five times, only one
shot taking effect in the arm, inflicting
a flesh wound.
It was not long before a posse was
in pursuit of Hill, and had he been
caught, it is said, that he might have
been summarily dealt with.
Hill is said to be a rather dangerous
character, and has been in trouble before.
Having Killed Wife
Negro Killed Himself.
Aiken, July 5.?A party of Aiken
men returned iate last night from Denmark,
where they went to identity
the negro who was killed by the train.
The gentlemen found that the negro
was Josh Crews, who foully murdered
his wife, or paramour, at YVarrenviile,
last Thursday afternoon. The identification
was perfect, and there remains
no doubt about the negro as being the
one who was wanted in this county
for this murder.
Sheriff Raborn was one of the party,
and two of the near relatives or the
negro were with him.
They report that it was surely suicide.
They fay that the negro deliberately
made himself a palate or temporary
bed upon the railroad track,
upon which lie laid down to await the
coming of the train.
It is stated here that the negro had
killed two persons previous to this
trillincr It is now sf:if,:-'d lie \v:is u*;?;i 1
'p
ed in Alabama for killing a wife previous
to this one, and also that lu; had
killed another negro somewhere in
Georgia. It was doubtless the fear of
having to stand trial for one or all
these crimes that caused him to decide
to end it all.
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tronage. Polite and Pro
" Att&AUIaXNegro
Attacked Negress Near Peake
Wih Criminal Intent.
Peak. July 3.?Tom Flemniine, a
section hand on the Alston sectio^u is
: charged with attempting a criminal
assault upon a young negro woman
last night soon after the Asheviile
train had passed Alston. The woman,
who is marriad left her home in Union,
and changed cars at Alston on tha
down night train, in order to catch
the Greenville train this morning for
Newberry, the point she was making
for, on a visit to her grandmother.
Her intentions when she left home
were to spend the night with a friend
at Alston, but upon arriving she
learned that her friend was away. .
Then the negro volunteered to take I
her to "a nice place on the hill," and
when they got near the hill the attempt
was made, the woman successfully
resisting. A warrant was sworn out
by her against him this morning.
Fleming was at work as usual this j
morning.?The State, 5th.
Parmer's Institute.
There will be a Farmers' Institute
held in Lexington on Friday, July 23,
under the auspices of Clemson college.
The object of this institute i9 to aid
the farmers of this State by giving
them useful information in regard to
their profession. But the discussions
will not be limited to these subjects
alone If there is some matter upon
which you desire information not covered
by the program giyen below,
those in charge of the institute will
gladly make an effort to give you that
information. Every farmer in the
county who can make it convenient
' should attend this institute.
PROGRAM
10 a. m.?Soil Fertility by C. L.
Goodrich, United States Department
Agriculture.
10:30 a. m.?The use of Commercial
Fertilizers for Cotton, Corn and Grain
Dy Prof. J. N. Harper, Director Agriculture,
Experiment Station.
11 a. m.-?Improvement of Crops by
'Peed, Selection, by Prof. D. N. Barrow
Director Agriculture Department
Clemson College.
11:30 a. m.?The Importance of Tick
Eradication to our Live Stock Industry
by Dr. M. R. Powers, State Vete **
inarian.
12 m.?The Economical Raising and
Feedii g of Live Stock by Dr. Barnett.
12:30 Recess.
1:20?Insects and Their Treatment
by Prot. A. F. Conradi, Entomolgist.
2 p. m ?Importance of Education
by Prof. L. S. Morrisson.
At 1 lie beginning of the institute a
question box will Oe opened and all
are urged to place therein such questions
as they may wish discussed.
The addresses will be twenty minutes
long a d ten minut-s will be allowed
for discussion. All are urged and invite
i to attend. D. N. Barrow,
Director Agricultural Department.
Waterworks Likely.
At a meeting of the citizens of Lexington
011 Friday night the waterworks
commission submitted the reoort
of its investigations. It i9 esti- I
mated by experienced and competent
engineers that a water system will
cost the town something like $14,400.
This practically includes everything.
In its findings the committee recommended
that the chairman, Mr. S. J.
Leaphart, appoint a committee of
three to canvass the town to secuie
the necessary number of signatures to
secure an election 011 the proposition
of bonding the town for the sum of
$15,000 to secure the system. Mr.
Leaphart lia* not named the committee
as yet, but will do so at an early
date.
This, to our mind, is the most important
step toward the future development
of our town and its natural
resources that the citizens have ever
undertaken, and there should be 110
draw-backs, no lagging in interest
until the proposition is successfully
carried through.
The matter of securing electric
lights was deferred, pending developments
in the near future which will,
undoubtedly, enable the town to secure
lighis at a very low figure.
Negro Entered House.
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OWtllllStJi't, O Ul#y JL ii u jivciv. iv/m 11
was thrown into a furor of excitement
about S:o0 last evening when Miss
Azi'e Lybrand, who was sick in bed,
heard some one walking on the back
porch and soon saw a negro waiting
in the hallway. Though sick she passed
through to the front porch and told
her mot her.
Mrs. Lybrand secured a gun, firing it
for assistance. Immediately the wouldbe
robbers took to their heeis.
The town authorities here telephoned
f??ri he penitentiary bloodhounds,
but failed to secure them.
very thing is quiet ibis morning,
though suspicion strongly resist on certain
negroes.?The State.
Medical Socist7.
Tho County Medical Society was in !
session on Monday. Interest lug papers |
I were read bv Dr. \V. L. Knecec, presi- i
dent of the association, and Dr. R. E. j
Mathhn, of Irmo, The next meeting |
will be held on the first Monday in j
October. i
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mpt Attention.
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cash in
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We pay interest o
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DO YOU PRAC1
There are very few who could not la]
pay day for the possible "Rainy Day."
TRY IT. It Daves the way to success
That you did not begin sooner.
WE PAY 4 per cent. INTEREST on !
Don't put it qff, but begin now,, by op
The Bank of
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R. L. LYBRAND, President
Marriage in China.
Rev. John Lake, who, though in
far off China, is greatly belo\ed
throughout Edegfleld county, is to be Pr
married early iu July to Miss Carrie th
Bostick. Miss Bostiek is from Green- to
ville, S. C., but has been engaged in f
mission work in China during the
past seven years. Doubtless some re
young ladies in our town and county gr
were college mates totMiss Bostick at un
i he Greenville Female college.?Edge- lai
field Advertiser. pa
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Professional. gr
Dr. Derrick has returned and can us
be found at his place of business every th
day. G<
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'09 FALL AND WINT
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ie in the temptation to spend it
of your way by depositing'your
ink of Botesburg,
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y way than in your safe or cash
:count today with what you
Lie to deposit all your cash and
:k. You'll find you have more
y time you balance your books,
n time deposits quarterly.
Pres.
ONES/Cashier.
M. CARTER/Asst. Cashier.
ICE SAVING?
7 something by each month, each
5, and you'll have but one regret, viz:
Saving Deposits calculated quarterly,
ening an account with us.
1 Swansea.
B. E. CRAFT, Cashier.
Card of Thanks.
Mr. Editor: Please permit me to exess
through your paper the sincere
anks of both myself and family
our kind neighbors and friends
p their service to us during my wife's
cent illness and death. We hold in
ateful remembrance their kind and
iwearied attention to her during her
st sickness and their help and symthy
snown us after her death. We
all never forget their deeds of loye
id their words of consolation in this
eat sorrow that has overshadowed
all. With heartfelt gratitude we
ank them, one and all, and pray
3d's richest blessings to rest upon
em. Sincerely,
John J. McCartha and family.
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[\iesday, July 19
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Odfer who will
500 samples of
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mestie woolens,
bove dates. We
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