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THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH.
& Representative Newspaper. Bowers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Like a Blanket.
VOT. ytttpt ~ LEXINGTON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4, 1909. 4o"
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| The HOME Ni
1 of le:
Capital Stock
Liability of Stockbc
Protection to Depos
OFFERS II
Every safe-guard known
secnrity and safety of the
, Highest rates of interes
' LOANS WHEN THEY I
ABLE
Safety Deposit Boxes
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FRIEND!
Pick yotir Teeth.
? Then pick your Dentist,
And in picking pick
DR. G. R. HARDING,
Near Hyatt's Park. Phone 6 IS
* EXTRACTING TEETH AND AL
DENTAL WORK PAINLESS.
Best material aid good wot
at moderate price. Come an
see for yourself.
BIDGEWOOD and COLLEG
PLACE CABS BUN ST
THE OftTCE EYEBT
15 MINUTES.
SUA CLAIRE, . C.,
R. F. D. No. 11. COLUIRBIA,
Four-Year-Old Girl Silled.
Darlington, Ang. 2.?At the cotto
% mill Tillage here a little girl four yea]
old was killed by the discharge of
gun. She was playing with a wate
melon, rolling it over the floor, whe
she roiled it against a gun which w <
leaning up against the wall, throwin
the gun down and discharging it. Th
load passed entirely through the bod
of the child killing her instantly. He
name was Nellie Mclnville.
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Friday,
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Solicits a Shan
ATIONAL BANK I
KINGTON.
' $25,000.00
riders $25,000.00
itors $50,000.00
S CUSTOMERS
to modern banking for the
ir funds.
t en time deposits. |
TEED THEM AT REASON- i
! RATES. I
For Rent, $1.00 per year. |
Capt. C. C. Yount does
to Cumberland, Maryland.
Capt. C. C. Yount, who has been
the genial and popular superintendent
of the Casparis Stone Co., at thiB
place for the past two years, has been
* transferred to a larger and more important
plant of the same company at
Cumberland, Maryland, and left for
j. that place on Thursday night. During
his stay in Lexington Capt. Yount
L has endeared himself to all and it is
generally regretted that he i9 to bp no
longer with us. Mrs. Yonnt is equally
^ as pqpular a^her husband, and by her
d gentleness and many lovable traits,
has won the hearts of all our people.
_ In going to Maryland Mr. and Mrs.
Yonnt carry with them the best wishes
of the entire community.
Mr. George LeFever; who ha9 been
the 1 asw9tant superintendent under
. Capt. Yount, becomes superintendent,
a deserved promotion
= Bane's Picnic.
The fourteenth annual picnic at
n Barrel mill last Thursday was largely
P8 attended by both old and young.
a Pinckney's band from Columbia furur_
ished delightful music for the occa,n
sion and dancing was indulged iq all
1S daring the day. A bountiful picnic
g dinner was served on a long table heie
neath the 9hade of the trees along the
y creek bank. A number of visitors
3r from Columbia, Batesburg and other
towns were in attendance.
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I Clearance Salt
July, 30th and C
Saturday, Augus
stupendous mover
nighty money-savir
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:N DRY GO
Batesburg, S. C
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i of Your Valued Pa
Commissioner Watson
Advises Negroes.
Commissioner of Agriculture E. J.
Watson delivered a very forceful and
plain spoken address before several
hundred negroes at the big Degro
convention held at Irmo a few days
j ago.
"The negroes must drop shiftlessness
and must re-establish a reputation
for efficiency and mu9t destroy
his reputation for unreliability and
then get down to business," declared
Col. Wat9on, in summing up the condition
of the negro in this State, and
what must be done to better the same.
Academic education for the negro
wa9 scored, and the negro was urged
to remain on the farm and follow
trades which he is capable of mastering.
It was pointed out that the field of
the negro is limited, labor conditions
in the North and East being touched
on in connection with the chance for
the negro in the South.
"The infamous doctrine of social
eaualitv must be stamped down," de
clared the commissioner, "for it is a
vampire more to be feared than the
deadly sting of the rattlesnake."
Prof. A. G. Smith, of the United
States bureau of plant industry, was
present, and spoke for about fifteen
minutes on how the negro might raise
his home supplies, and thus be in a
condition to face the repeal of the lien
law next year. His speech was practical
and very simple. The meeting
was held by Richard Carroll under a
large tent near the station of Irmo,
and several hundred negroes attended.
_
Gorernmeat Cotton Boport
Hakes Very Bad Shoving*
The government's report for the
cotton crop, which was given out at
12 o'clock Monday, showed a condition
really worse than was expected.
The report gives the condition of
the crop on July 25th as 71.9, as
against 74.6 the 25th of June and an
annual average for the past ten years
of 81.1. This report shows the lowest
condition of the cotton crop on record,
and means a crop of not over
eleven and a quarter million bales.
Last year the crop was 13,600,000.
It looks like the price of cotton is
obliged to be high.
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ENDS TWO LIVES
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Cr.arlie Williams and Ernest Bouknight ]
of Newberry, Stepped in Front of
Engine.
Newberry, Aug. 1. A horrible accident
occurred here this afternoon
which caused the death of two young
men, employes of the Newberry cotton
mill. The Columbia, Newberry &
Laurens passenger train from Green- ,
ville, due here shortly after 3 o'clock,
struck the unfortunate men, instantly
killing one, Charlie Williams, aged 21,
and so badly injuring Ernest Bouk- I
night, the other, that he died shortly |
afterwards. j
The two young men were walking j
down the Southern railroad track towards
town and had reached a point
about 50 yards beyond the Cline street
crossing on the town side. From the
Cline street crossing for several hundred
yards the Southern and Columbia,
Newberry & Laurens tracks run parallel.
The young men met the South
era passenger train, due here at 2:43,
which was some minutes late, and, to
get out of its way, stepped off the T
Southern track upon the Columbia, J
Newberry & Laurens track.
Just above the point where the ac'
cideut occurred on the Columbia, Newberry
& Laurens track is a short curve, J
the distance from the bend in the track
' to where the young men were struck
being about 150 yards. b
The engineer had blowed the station T
signal for Newberry, he says, and as
soon as he saw the young men on the
track sounded the alarm and at the .8
same time applied the emergency
brake, but it was too late. After striking
the men the train ran about 200
yards, stopped and came back to the
scene. >
Williams, who was killed outright, |
was terribly mangled. "
The whole right side of his face and
head was t)rn away.
Ernest Bouknight, the other, had a j
ghastly hole knocked in the back of
his head. He lived about an hour ^
after being struck.
It was one of the saddest accidents
which have ever happened here. The
young men were said to be hard working,
honest and deserving. At the
time of the accident they were on
their way to Sunday school.
A large crowd soon gathered and
the grief of the victims'many relatives
and friends was heart-rending. Charlie
Williams was a son of Mr. C.
P. Williams and Ernest Bouknight ?
was a son of E. W. Bouknight, both %
good citizens. ?
Coroner Felker summoned a jury, (I
which viewed the bodies of the dead r)
men, and was then dismissed until 8 f[
tomorrow morning, when the inquest p
will be completed. )|
The bodies were taken in charge by 1/
Undertaker Baxter |j
North Carolina Bank Cashier
is Short $15,000. j
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 1.?The in- I
veatigation of the affairs of the Citi- a
zens Bank and Trust company at |
Southern Pine9, as far as it has prog- r
ressed, shows that Cashier George A. r
Kimball was short in his accounts at K
least fifteen thousand dollars. Row f|
much more they cannot saj\ A notice
was posted on the closed bank yester- rl
day giving the status of affairs. It g
transpires since Kimball's departure $
j that he took with him the books of ^
I the Niagara Grape Fruit Company, of
which he was treasurer, and whether
Kimball's speculations have extended
to that concern is a, matter that is
r7
worrying the directors.
Kimball was last heard from at ;l!
York Beach, Maine, lie has a wife | a*
| and several children. His crookedness
was covered by means of a loose- al
leaf ledger system, and he is said to t ?
have lost the money in speculation. J &
Night Eiders Sta t Up Again. ! ?
Ciarksville, Tenn., July 31.?Night j D
riders presumably made their appear- j q
ance late last night for the first time j 3
in several months, cutting the tele- (j
phone wires of the Cumberland com- j
pany at Half Pond Creek. T
Obe Clifton's saw mm, a snort cus- j w
taoce away, was destroyed by fire. j in
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C OLUMHIA, S. C.
npt Attention.
r>??AhAr 18tf
!a dollar
is worth only half as muc
there is at least twice in t
Pat temptation out of yoi
Citizens Bank
BATESBURG,
It's afer there any way
box. Start your account
have. Make it a rule to c
pay all bills by check. Y
left for yourself every tim<
We pay interest on tim<
TJ. X. GUNTER, Pres.
A. C. JONE2
WM. M. C.
1892. '
Lexington Sayiz
LEXINGTON,
lapifal, Surplus and Undivided I
5 per cent interest paid on savi:
eing computed semi-annually. Depos
eceived.
Commercial accounts fdso given sp<
Ample facilities for handling you
ccount will be appreciated.
Safety deposits boxes for rent, $1.0
W. P. ROOF, P
3Q YOU PR ACTIO
There are very few who could not lay gome
)ay day for the possible "Rainy Day."
TRY IT. It paves the way to success, and y
That you did not begin sooner.
"WE PAY 4 per cent. INTEREST on Saving
Don't put it off, but begin now, by opening i
rhe Bank of j
R. L. LYBRAND. President
ty NEW BROUKLANU,
U We Want your business. It is our desii
n your money with us until you need it \
M times a year.
ft J. G. CUIGNARD,
O Vice-President.
Bank of Ch
: : : CHAPIN, S. C.
The Bank That Accor
i This bank aims to give you good services
checks for you?furnish drafts for sending
always glad to assist you in business matte;
with this bank, which makes a point of g(
positors. Our certificates of deposit bear i:
We cordially invite the farmers as well as
their banking wiih us.
J. S. WESSINGER, President. J. F.
Annual Temperance Rally. |
The Woman's Christian Temperance j Ladies (
nion will hold their annual temper- j
ice picnic at the Methodist church, j
; Chapin on August 10th. j A mceli
Among the speakers expected j he held
:e: Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, church o
tate president W. C. T. lr. of Geor- August 14
ia; Miss Moore, State president W. Saturday,
. T. U. of North Carolina; Mrs. j Sunday 11
jseph Sprott, Srate president W. C. I Rev. N. 2
. IT. of South Carolina; Dr. J. W. j provided
aniel, of Columbia; Dr. E. G. j come hy
uattlebaum, of Columbia; Rev. R. I the under
. Truesdale, of Spartanburg; Rev. T. | Pe?t their
. Hickson. of Jonesville. ^ m0?t
Dinner will be served on the grounds. ec* to all 1
he public is cordially invited. There ladies and
ill be a medal contest on the even- Miss L<
ig of the lCth. f Committe
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dJL
r IN HAND
h as one in the bank. For
he temptation to spend it
lr way by depositingjyour
of Batesburg,
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than in your safe or cash
today with what [ you
leposit all your cash and
ou'll find you have more
3 you balance your books.
3 deposits quarterly.
5, Cashier.
A.BTER,?Asst. Cashier,
< 1909.
Lgs r&anli,
s. c
'rofits $30,000.00.
Qgs deposits, interest
its of $1.00 and over
scial attention,
r business, and your
0per year. ...
resident and Cashier
E SAVING?
sthing by each month, each
rou'll have but one regret, viz:
Deposits calculated quarterly,
in account with us.
Swansea.
B. E. CRAFT, Cashier.
^ankTI
s-c- m
re to please. Leave tllj
He pay interest four ^
L. S. TROTTI, ?||
President raj
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iapin I
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nmodates I
i. We cash out-of-town H
? money way. We are I
rs. Make your deposits I
>od treatment of its de
nterest at 5 per cent. B
i the business men to do fl
HONEYCUTT, Cashier 1
)f 77. 3Z. U.
To Hold Session.
iji^ of the W. M. U. will
with the Lexington Baptist
n Saturday and Sunday,
and 15. Hours of service:
10:30 a. m. and 3 p.m.;
a.m. special sermon by the
V. Burton. Homes will be
for delegates. Those who
railway will please notify
signed on which train to exi.
enidinT invitntirm ia ovfonrt.
adies for Saturday and to all
I gentlemen for Sunday.
?aie Qibbs, Chairman of
e.