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HWe offer the best security
time deposits and savings ^
TO BORROWERS
We fOrnish the "needful"
estate security at cheapest
TO THE HOUSEKEEPfRS[
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We beg to call your attention t
to the fact that we now have a |
I most complete stock of Fancy ;
Groceries, and want to serve you.
Below is a list of a few of our '
specialties: j
Pinnacle Flour, i
Velva Pure Cane Syrup,
; \ Lipton's Coffee and Teas, ' 1
Libby's Pickles and Olives,
Lilly of the Valley Canned ;
Vegetables,
Campbell's Soups, Sauce, etc.
Van Camp's Pork, Beans, etc. ;
Armour's '-Veribest" Canned
Meats.
Armour's Smoked Breakfast
_ * < Bacon,
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Armour's Star Brand Hams.
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Give, us a trial order and we 1
I will convince you that our line i
1 is of the veiy best to be had.
Telephone orders given special
V attention.
I JULIAN P. MEETZE,
Phon? 71. Lexington, S. C. !
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at all times on personal or reaj
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Notioe Of Teachers' Ssamiaatioa
And Other blatters.
I desire to call to the attention oi
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L^acnere auu uuicio nuu u^oug w
beach the fact that the teachers' ex
amination will be held here on Friday
the 6th day of May, 1910, beginning
at 10 o'clock a. m. All applicants
will please be on time and shall provide
themselves with large size papei
and other necessary stationery. I!
will be well for all teachers to note
that the State Board of Education will
BUbmit questions pertaining to agricul
tare. So, it will be necessary to giyt
some attention to this subject before
the examination. Under the law, it h
absolutely necessary that all teachen
Bball have certificates.
It is a pleasure for me to announce
also that there will be a summei
school here this year. In a subsequent
issue of this paper will be giver
the day on which the school will open,
the length ofc ternx, and all othei
necessary information. It is earnestly
desired that all teachers of the
county should attend the school, at
its object is to give them,, especially
beginners, good, wholesome instruction
upon the manner and method o!
teaching, besides other vital subject*
that are taught in all schools.
I would be ylad if the teachers ol
the county would let me know al
their earliest opportunity how long ?
term they would like to have. The
school can run six weeks or twe
months. Let me know wbich woulc
be preferable.
Very truly.
A. D. Martin,
County Superintendent Education.
Burial League To Meet.
All members of the Burial Leagut
of Columbia, S. C., are requested tc
attend a meeting of said league or
Wednesday, May 18th, 1910, at G:3C
o'clock p. in., at 1207 Gervais Street
Oolambia, S. C. 6\v2S
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the price,
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tment you will only find jj
best. We sell the best |
kes at the same price as i
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Lexington, S. C
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"Citizen" Favors Annexation
To Richland.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In view of the fact that a great deal
has been said in your paper in opposition
to the proposed annexation of
this portion of Lexington county to
Richlaud county, it is deemed advisable,
by the writer, to place before
your readers some of the reasons why
annexation ha9 almost unanimous
support in the territory affected.
Although there are other important
and beneficial results to be obtained
from annexation to Richland county,
which I will mention later, the greatest
factor in the present agitation is
the effort and the hope of a patient
and oppressed community to rid themselves
of a burdensome "toll bridge,
which is utier'y inconsistent with,
and opposed to every conception of
progress and prosperity. Toll bridges
are subjects of ancient history and
this community is to be commended
if the citizenship will wake up to a
strong and successful effort to cast off
* the yoke. And the public could, perhaps,
be more tolerant of a toll bridge,
if, in return for a continual strain of
f compouring into its coffers, there
> could be adequate accommodation for
pedestrians who now are forced to
? walk in the trail of wagons, dodging
> sometimes from one side to another
' to avoid cattle and vehicles, some*
times walking the beam in the centre
* to lee wagons pass, and after sundown
' taking on the additional danger of
> blundering along across the bridge in
I the dark. Public utilities are usually
compelled to treat the public with
> due consideration. The railroads
> must furnish proper accommodations
? for the travelling public at reasonable
* rates and also to provide reasonable
safeguards against injury to the per*
5 son or property of those making use
' of them. So, Mr. Editor, there can
* be no surprise that the people should
i become lestless. Lexington county
. has been doing nothing to remedy
' these evils; Richland has. Consequently
the people have come to re>
alize that their interests are more
* olosely identified with Richland. It
is convenient: it is their market; and
- they are holding out a helping hand
F and it is unnecessary to say that sen
> timeut which attaches-one to his
county is, in this instance, being rap
f idly eliminated. Of course if we are
t annexed to Richland county we will
1 be required to help to free the bridge,.
- and that is exactly what we want to
> do. We know that the bridge must
I be paid for and we are anxious to
help. According to the figures given
out by Richland's auditor, a levy of
% of a mill on Columbia township
would be more than sufficient to take
r care of a bond issue of $75,000 and retire
the bonds in 20 years. Columbia
, township, however, i9 reluctant to as)
sume the entire burden and we think
, they are right. Ir' we annex to Rich)
land we can have the privilege of
helping and then Columbia township
| will be willing to join in the undertaking.
Our territory added will
, make a sufficient assessment of prop
5 erty io reduce the bridge tax to less
than one-half mill. And just here 1
will mention that Richland's levy is
10% mills; Lexington's is 14%, a difference
of 3%' mills in favor of Richland.
Therefore, we could annex to
Richland, pay a bridge tax of % mill,
ana still pay 3 mills less tax than we
now pay to Lexington county. Fur
thermore, we would get good hignways
whereas they are now neglected.
Someone may say that Richland may
raise her leyv, but it is sufficient :o
say in reply to that that it is certainly
as likely that Lexington will raise her
, lev> , and it is no argument to deal in
suppositions. Besides Richland could
impose an additional levy of mills
and still not exceed Lexington's present
levy, as already shown.
It has been suggested that the annexation
would cause a dispensary to
be located in Brook land, but that is
1 dealing in matters entirely too remote.
And, the wishes of the majority
would probably be respected anyway.
I might mention that. Brookland's
vote would drive the dispensary
from Richland county. Even if a
dispensary should be placed in Brookland
the situation would not be anade?
worse, and it is probable that the legislature
will, in the near future, eliminate
the whiskey traffic entirely.
In this section there are more than
three thousand people contributing
their share of the taxes to maintain
Sfree bridges and highways over the
entire county, and are to pay an addi.
tional V> mill to build a free biidge
I over Saluda river, yet the only bridge
j they have occasion to cross is a toil
I bridge. INow it tno otner portion ot
Lexington county was as1red to pay
one-half mill to free the Columbia
bridge it would cause riots. Then is
it any mystery, Mr. Editor, that sentiment
for the "dear old state of Lexington"
should be on the decline?
j siirce all of the inhabitents of this
territory are frequently going to Columbia
on various matters of business
it would be a great convenience to be
able, at the same time, to attend to
matters incident to the county gov
Ierument. Mere convenience, however,
would not bo s-uCicient reason to
leave the county ot Lexington it everything
else were eqti.il.
Now, perhaps, without annexation
I Columbia would some day ftee the
I bridge, but it would certainly he askI
ing more than should be expected t,o
1 ask Columbia to foot, the bill and the
' people of this section reap the benefit.
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ronage. Polite and Pro
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Met With Serious Accident
While working on tli9 boilers at
Saxe-Gotha cotton mills on Saturday
tnftMiinff Tift. PKarlift Mnpfy.A P Y-PRD
wi4 # v/mm*a<v *>* ? r
tain' of the county chaingang, met
witH a serious accident. In some
manner unknown, a *pieoe of iron
weighing more than 200 pound9 fell
and?struck him on the head. Mr.
Meetze was rendered unconsious for
several hours, but the attending physician,
Dr. E. P. Derrick, who was
called in immediately after the accident,
does not anticipate any fatal
results from the injury.
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Special Services at Pilgrim.
Special services were held at Pilgrim
Lutheran church, near Lexington,
on last Sunday. The pastor, Rev.
J. A. Cromer, was assisted in the service
by the Rev. E. C. Cronk, of Columbia,
field secretary of the Layrfcen's
missionary movement. Dinner
was served ou the grounds, after
v&ich there was a meeting of the
missionary society and an interesting
and instructive address by Mrs. E. C.
Cronk? the brilliant editor of Tidings.
Mrs. Crook's address was one of the
beat ever heard at Pilgrim, and was
higliljr, enjoyed by the large congregation
present.
Death of Mr. J. H. Fulmar.
Mr. J, H. Fnlmer, an inmate of the
Confederate home, who died Saturday
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ttU Ul gi 1U) VYC19 i a tu cv/
re9t Sunday afternoon in the soldier's
inclosure at Elmwood, in Columbia.
Mr. Fulmer served with credit from
1831 to 1865 as a member of Sckultz'
battery His native home was near
Little Mountain in this county. The
funeral services were held in the chapel
home Sunday at 12 o'jclock, the
Rev. C. A. Freed of St. Paul's Luth.
.eran church and Mr. Lybrand, of New
Brookland conducting the services.
Mr. Fulnjer was in his 83rd Year.
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Democrats Organise.
The presidents of the Democratic
clubs of Lexington county are hereby
instructed to call a meeting of their
clubs on Saturday, April 23rd, for reorganization
and to elect delegates to
the County convention to bo held at
the court house on Monday, May 2nd.
It is important that the club meetings j
be well attended. j
Each club should elect for the next
two years, a president, one or more j
vice-presidents, a recording secretary,
a treasurer and a member of the County
Executive committee. There should
be appointed a committee on registra
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tion, one on cuio enruiims*:u> anu r*uuu
others as the club may desire. Each
clnb is entitled t > one delegate to the
County convention fcr each 25 members
or majority fraction thereof, and
the membership should be determined
I by the number of votes cast in the
| first primary of August, 1908
D. F. EFIKD,
2w County Chairman.
Successful Oporation.
Drs. Wingard, Derrick and Roberts
| performed a successful operation on
Bennie Gable for rupture on la?t Friday
morning. The young man was
suddenly stricken the day before, and
the operation was soon decided upon.
He is said to be recovering as rapidly
as possioie.
Five Ways to Cheat.
Thor>? are these live wavs ot badness
in paint:
(1) stuffed out with chalk, or something
like that;
(2) barytes, better than chalk, but
no covering to it; nobody knows its
there;
(3) benzine in the oil, or water, or
other such stuffing,
(4) too thin?too much liquid, whatever
it is for the solid;
Co) short measure;
Now will you buy by the price per
"gallon"?
We have a state chemist,'* certificate
of analysis That- tells what's in Dovoe.
9 The Kaufman J.)rng Co.
And if Columbia ever consents to pay
for this bridge and make the people
| oT Lexington county a present of ir>,
! some substantial reason for so doing
! w ill have to be clear to the business
people of that section. The toil bridge
is an insuperable barrier to anv* further
development of lb is section of
Jjcxinarton county ami if mint 70 without
further delay. We realize that
we must pay for it and wo are going
to do that if we can do anything to
bring about the opportunity.
Citizen.
Brookland, April 11.
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COLUMBIA, H. C
mpt Attention.
STATEMENT 0]
Citizen's Bank
BATESBTJBG
At the close of busin
RESOURCES.
Loans $116,760 65
Over Drafts 1,150 Of
Stocks 530 Of
Furniture and fixtures 2,051 0C
Banking house 5,376 4$
Due from bauks 12,902 81
Cash and cash items 9,558 9i
Total 148,829 9C
STATE OF SOUrH CAROLINA,
Beiore uie came A. C. Jones, Cas
being duly sworn, says that the abi
condition of said bank, as shown by
Sworn to and subscribed to befoi
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1892.
Lexington S
LEXINGTON,
Capital, Surplus and Unci
5 per cent, interest paid
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oeiH? computed Homrarjiiuan,
received.
Commercial accounts also
Ample facilities for hanc
account will be appreciated.
Safety deposits boxes for i
W.P.
I* Bank o
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The Bank Ths
Thi9 bank aims to give you ?
checks for you?furnish drafts
always glad*to assist you in bu:
with this bank, which makes i
positors. Onr certificates of d<
We cordially invite the farm*
their banking with us.
J. S. WESSINGER, President.
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?]{o We Want your business. It
t<K y.our moncy with us until you
rJW times a year.
WA J. C. GUIGNARD,
KU Vice-President.
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SAVINGS DEPARTMEN
good or bad, and, if the "]
the principal as we!! as ill
mediately had.
Only a small amount
I Let us start the Saving Hi
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H Wra. Barnwell, President.
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J. T. COLEMAN AI;;f.
Charleston, S. C.
THE PRUDENT.'AL INS'JRA!
Incorporated as a stock comp
John F. Oryden, President.
F CONDITION OF
of Batesburg,
, : : : S. C.
e^s March, 25th, 1910.
LIABILITIES.
; Capital stock paid in. .l $30,000 00
I Surplus 2,000 00
, Undivided profits 3,860 27
I Re-Discounts 6,700 00
II Bills payable 20,000 CO
f Deposits and certificatas of
j i dep isit 86,042 37
i Due to.banks 727 26
>j Total 148,329 1)0
Connty of Lexington,
hier of the above named bank, who,
Dve and foregoing statement is a true
the books of said bank. A. C. Jones,
e me this the 25th day of March, 1910.
RET JONES, Notary Public for S. C.
1910.
ayings Bank,
s. c;
livided Profits $20 *9.00.
on savings deposits, h 'erest
7, Deposits of $1.00 aiiu over
given special attention,
lung your business, and your
rent, $1.00 per year.
EOOF. President and Cashier
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ood service3. We cash out-of-town
i for sending money way. We are &
siness matters. Make your deposits ^
i point of good treatment of its de- ra
3posit bear interest at 5 per cent.
srs as well as the business men to do ^
J. F. HONEYCUTT, Cashier i
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ND BANK, 1
5KLAWD, S. C. $
is our desire to please. Leave
need it We pay interest four
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L. S. TROTTI,
President 6jl|
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RAINY DAY" should come, 1
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is needed to open an account. |
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BIA, S. C. I
Geo. L. Baker, Vice President- I
?lton, Cashier. I
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LEXINGTON, S. C.
?ICE COMPANY OP AMERICA,
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Home Office, Newark, N. J '