Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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if* f! THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. & Bepresentative JJetospaper. 6overs Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Like a Blanket. OPT. -ZTCTrx ~ LEXINGTON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY SEPT. 28. 1910 " ~ 4g ~ IIII IW?iiiiiwiiiw IIIWIIW?IIM??UMJLHUUJ-JI, Z GLOBE DRY G-OOBS COMPANY, , fig *W. 231. 3^E03STCH:T02:T, TIES., mL* ItfUO MAIN STREET COLUMBIA, N. O. Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. Il Moi^Eir I Kg DEPOSIT IT $ BORROW IT f W 1 WHEN $ WHEN I m 1 YOU HAVfi A $ IN NEED, S | 1 SURPLUS, WITH $ FROM 1 I HOME NATIONAL BANK | OF LEXINGTON | 1 TO DEPOSITORS | H We offer the best security with liberal rates of interest on | ?v I time deposits and savings accounts. S ' I TO BORROWERS We furnish the "needful" at all times on personal or real | K estate security at cheapest rates and on easy terms. | Hi x mm 1892. ?nx\/? | Lexington Sayings Bank, >; , LEXINGTON, S. CJ . ' Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $35,000.00. 5 per cent interest paid on savings deposits, interest ; bein computed semi-annually. Deposits of $1.00 and over received. Commercial accounts also given special attention. Ample facQifies for handling your business, and youi account will be appreciated, to Safety deposits boxes for rent, $1.00 per year. W. P. ROOF President and Cashier Court Proceedings. ga?=SB; When we went to press on Wednesday the general sessions court was en. gaged In the trial of Claude C. Ganfct JlffT ^_ for the murder of Fred Caughman on jjluM V K J& * mr the streets of Swansea on the night of BuMmR m / K I k January 29 last. The case was given jttJMj Am j| j to the jury on Thursday morning, and AuKf! A 4 III 4 after remaining out for about an hour, ttyjfflj ? ^ p a verdict of not guilty was returned ffiWlJ? f-" " ? I as to murder, but guilty as to carry- \mm [ ing concealed weapons. Judge Gage _ I sentenoed Gantt to pay a fine of f 100 or serve 80 days in the county jail. Solicitor Tim merman was assisted Aflnn in fhft nrosecution by Col. E. L. As- OTL/fU bill, of Leesville, and Hon. w. H. Mflljil] I Sharpe and Barrett Jones appeared Xvcub I ? for the defendant. TOBjjJ [ *T At the conclusion of the Gantt case Jj jM I Jule Hook, a negro from the Dutch 11 jiJJj | JB&k-Jt! Fork, was placed on trial for assault w IK? Iw and battery with intent to kill and 7tT carrying concealed weapons. Hook, it was charged, got into a row at a 4*} negro barbecue near Irmo a few | fm? i 4VvV?V,vJlf ){ weeks ago. During the mellee Tex- Jgfb; [Iwfc ?jJ anna Releford, a negro woman, was /wftT ||| 1 shot in the back of the head. It was Mll/M MJ>V '1?;;; j/ I the contention of the defense that fiwj| MM "ft \ 6 A T the woman was shot by another than ffiljry H 'ijfijB|. ' 1 0 1 Hook. The jury returned a verdict |??$ MM lifijMfc\ j h of not guilty on the first couDt and l)W// IBR* l! guilty as to carrying concealed weap- i ulWiu go lb jjgJlj. 1 y H ? xrrt oentpnffid to oav a fine j WlW TSraK 5ra!r\ ' ^ UI13. X1C noa ^ of $100 or serve 60 days. * The fine yi|iF, I " ' Hook was represented by Messrs. vH|l f Efird & Dreher and Col. J. B. Wing- J /jl| |Y ?|i6U5l i ^ Era9tus Risinger, a young white J<uyA J man, was tried and acquitted of the /w ^ * charge of murder, it having been al- Trier ^WMkA 11tSr Ps 'I leged that he killed Henry Mitchell, a ffljlrW 'I jl negro, on the night of May 30, last. wmj/f VyJfltf jl B y The solicitor was assisted in the Ml,Kir ^Da&liU?|e?q prosecution by Barrett Jones. Risin- . f ger was ably defended by Col. E. L. Jjjgy r9*:, ? Dr. W. A. Oxner, indicted for prac- /TjuIrS llSf ??o/iininp without a licence, | IA(fj\!ni V UCiUg uuvu<v<*? .. _ signed an agreement not to practice ffMM v > further until he had qualified himself. mdRlAj ^ The cases against Dr. James Cros- (liySfB - son for the 9ame offense were contin- *1 fyim ued to the next term of court on ac- wS \WJ count of the serious illness of the do- jam?* Only two cases were disposed of fit this week. In the first Judge Gage, p&l, . igtk, after hearing the evidence, diiected t the jury to write a verdict of not <?& | guilty. This was the case of C. H. MjjVA I W_" W%n^ Counts, charged with larcen}- from MIL jVl I ^ "Def Taylor, a negro, charged {Mxi with'the assassination of George Bick- trfcry Wm ley, another negro, while the latter WlfiW was on his way home on the night of pi ^Vjl ' jSHj August 13. last, was convicted of I ' M*r\ manslaughter, and was sentenced to | \ serve a period of 30 years at hard la- ^gr /C ><* bor in the State penitentiary?the full HrJfT M limit of the law, Judge Gage express- (ml M V. fffi iDg the belief that the defendant wa9 ||g Mj . ' fiff Bridge Will Soon Be Built H ""NO^NAR Work on the new steel bridge across Wmj/f \ HAT/ the Saluda river will soon commence. ^|||,Ky V. ITAlJ Col, J. Brooks Wingard, clerk of the county board of commissionis inst in receipt of a letter /jfljJPT 1 WW, J from general manager Carter, of i i the Carolina Engineering Co., of Bur- [Wtv/ ' lington, N. C., the contractors, in ulWft! which Mr. Carter says: "Replying to frf yonr letter of the 17th, -I will be in iWiWj Aj? Lexington next Wednesday. We ex- I|W(hI pect to have all of your steel on the n " EVERYTHING k ground and two erection crews there also by the middle of October. Will JST , . ?^ have one or both crews there before Plant Your Dollars With Us j They will yield a sure harvest of interest in our 1 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, whether the season be 1 ! good or bad, and, if the "RAINY DAY" should come, | the principal as well as the interest earned, can be im- 8 If mediately had. I Only a small amount is needed to open an account. ? Let us start the Saving Habit for you. | THE STATE BANK I COLUMBIA S. C. Wm. Barnwell, President. Geo. L. Baker, Vice President -j John T. Melton, CasVier, & I* Bank of Chapin ) : CHAPIN, S. C. : : j The Bank That Accmomodates 11 (This bank aims to give you good services. We cash out-of-town 1 checks for you?furnish drafts for sending money way. We are 5 always glad to assist you in business matters. Make your deposits I with this bank, which makes a point of good treatment of its de- B positors. Our certificates of deposit bear interest at 5 per cent. B We cordially invite the farmers as well as the business men to do I their banking with us. a J. S. WESSINGER, President. J. F. HONEYCUTT, Cashier P A MMAI TVTrTllyfFMT I For the best SHOES, ? ^ HATS and FURN- j ISHINGS our store will continue to lead. We extend a cordial || * 1 invitation to all to visit j ; our store this Fall. 1 I \ I) I A ? J||| M J|?P ~G. DREHER & COMPAN 5 FOR MEM AND BOYS." LEXI1 iHVUllV/JLiiVJLi-ii^ JL 44 // i 1 s I We are showing this Fall the largest and best line of Men's and r \ Boys' Clothing ever brought to this town ? and we guarantee our (j prices the lowest. j ARE WE JUSTIFIED? Perhaps we ought to be satisfied with present achievement. But, you know "the more a man gets the more he wants.'' This being true, we are then justified in soliciting new business; and especially so, since we are so well equipped to handle it. Citizen's Bank of Batesiwg, Batesburg, S. C. r//i - - ? ? - _ m ,r. Kg NEW BROOLKAND, S. C. M Hfe We Want your business. It is our desire to please. Leave fit M/ your money with us until you need it We pay interest four ^ I [JW times a year. ( m J. G. CU^ JARD, L. S. TROTTI, 4$ |W Vice-President. President^^^^ Mimnaugh Returns From Mr. John L. Mimnaugh, th*- prince ? m jjflTK merchant of the Carolinas, has' efcurn4 |I4 11 mlUM ed from a great buying trip to the Q I II WXrVVH north. While away Mr. Mimnaugh JL JL bought goods for every department of IWBWI his mammonth store These goods? mi) many of them at least?have already fuWIjj arrived, and others are coming in by If every train: Dry goods, notions, millinery, shoes, hats, etc., for early mfall and winter are to be found in ^ fllro great profusion and in all the leading J?f]r Wl|J|w stj les. The new creations in ladies* 2* IftJMJl h^adwear are the direct models of tho /V JMJJHl greatest centers of the world, and the I fm * fl'Em Ja^ips are filling this department to !mf HI overflowing every day. The millinera 'M \ UrjU |VI in charge at Mimnaugh's are artists of Mk \\ Wl ri ability, and our people will experience lKAv^7'?vWS!''\ 'M wl no difficulty in being pleased if they wfjm'Tii Ifez"} lav will only go to Mimnaugh's. jjlY The new ladies' coat suits for fall v W%? & i--v Lvn are attracting attention quite as much * j.i d as the new hats, and this department m-'rit.ft' ! ?'?? -'' m is brim full of all the latest style gari^vi ! OT| meurs and the prices are most eco-? rVv. y?#L iHMroV/ fwWJl' The new dress goods in all the new IJ wKBai $3s3\| ideas, from the cheapest to the highI : ?& / : '-St EBHlSwfuii/JyAi oof + r\ f\<-? of ATini >1 o 11 frn 'c rWWWi Juage ueo. s. jjraiis, juage or jrroW|jry hate for Lexington County, in the ^t=jr State of South Carnlim, as public /5k guardian for Ann Mills and Arthur Jj ^ Mills, lunatic children of J. Belton ffll u im Mills, deceased, for the reason that no Win comPetent ar<d responsible person can be found who is willing to assume \AMl \ such guardianship. The estates of irlfill the said lunatics consist of one hunWl nf fj dred and twenty-three dollars and Vj \W three cents ($123.03) in money belonging to each now in the Probate Court and being their distributive share of the proceeds of the sale of the real Yl //jflJJU and personal property of which the ! M(]w |r said J. Belton Mills died, seized and ??? Ulm] p09sessed- EFIRD & DREHER, a ????? msavH Attorneys for Marv Caroline Mills. Ill r IM Lexington. Sept. 27, 1910. MGTON, S. C. rjjf MiS9 Dora Lee Cain, a returned Missionary from China will deliver an address at the Baptist church this evenine at 8 o'clock. Everybody inSSgvited to attend. \*3pr; 'j > i [1'lwr/l ai^ civ/ \jc/ iuuiiu ?.% c iu*^u kuu^u ? Uffi.&l1 i>*1 l|Mk- |WjW/j These goods wcro purchased Jong befm :-Miif -'*,/ WltH// ^ore a<^vail-e an^ Mimnaugh is in ||\W' Willy position to sell them at prices tlii fc [^ v' appeal to the closest buyers. ?RI gent's furnishings Mimnaugb fit J|fr leads. There is no doubt about that, ffltnir'fi llif 1 I'n ' tvl *or ^ere *s c0^ecte^ one largest mm ff/Tfcl, If V |rl stocks of clothing ever gathered tomffm V'l ' /klyO eether under one roof in Columbia. The suits are made of all the new uWT' ~'llrl fll imi cloths, and in the leading styles. IMUM / Vi nf/w These garments are guaranteed to fit. rmfffjr / fl i FjJ jiff They come in all sizes and prices, for tSfwmLIt ! f mSH men and bovs. \\uHlHiDM Shoes of every description for men. HJ1, j\ | <S> I women and children, can be had at ' " If | the big 9tore at prices that will make mil li * y?ur head swim. If it's shoes you are Mt vfl looking for, always go to Mimnaugh's. ? ?????? xTjgtTl A big line of underwear, shirts, colyVw VlM< ^ars' cu^s' ^e9' etc-' t0 se^ect from. iWYfll In brief, it matters not what you J<v J? \jp 1/ want, you can alwavs find it at y.imf & J/ Vjll fll raugh's, and a corps of c ^rnp' tent sales people ever ready to show V?U ^rou^ whether you want to buy yjf\ # ~ NGTIQE /irai JH Application for Appointment \| |p| Jr? [huWJ of Pubisc Guardian. ^ it If&f Notice is hereby given that the unJtifflnu "rWn dersigned will apply to the Court of JjHffiar I M( Common Pleas for the appointment of