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The Lexingten Dispatch Wednesday Ja>\ 18,191T? % , __ G M. Harm an, Editor and Publisher D. R. Haltiwanger; Assistant Editor. J* . Entered at the Post Office at Lexington, S. C., as second class matter. CIRCULATION 2.327. N&iV: Notice Subscribers, A Blue X on your paper denotes vou are in arrears. A Red X shows that your subscription expires in the issue crossed. ? It i9 now Governor Blease. Good luck and long life to the new Governor of South Carolina! V . There is no place like old Lexington, any way you take it. i . Drink, and the world drinks with yon; swear off and yon swear alone. . *;iY . . No complaint is made about short measure when we have a peck of * v trouble. . 4 Let everybody put their shoulders to the wheel of progress and push for electric lights. P,' - It is a long road that never has an end. Maybe the blindtigers of Lexington will not always have such easy f< sailing. The people of Lexington are going to have an opportunity to vote on the ; > electric light proposition before long, council having already advertised for T bids. . The town cpnncil is to be congratu- j lafced upon the excellent work now : } being done on our streets. This is as it should be. A town is judged by the appearance of its streets. ./-'. . / - ' : A woman, whose husband died recently, leaving her ?2,000 life insurance, reported the sad news to her ?astern relatives thusly: "Jim died 'this week. Loss fully covered by in[<f: surance." * / : ' It is said that dancing make9 girls ieefc large. It is also said that ice . y -cream makes freckles. Doctors are of the (pinion that hanging on the front gate produces rheumatism. A few moie opinions like these and the girls won't have any fun left them. An exchange has discovered that a poor girl has to be awf oily good looking to be pretty, and a rich girl has to be awfully homely to be ugly. It . might have added that a poor man has to be awfully smart to be intelligent, and a rich man almost a blockhead to be ignorant. In oar opinion Governor Ansel made the gravest error of his entire administration when he commuted to life . imprisonment the sentence of Pink Franklin, the Orangeburg negro, condemned to die for the murder of an officer of the law daring 1907. . . ======== Chas. A* Oalyo, organizer and edit wr of the old Columbia Register, die# > / in New York on Friday. He was at . ens time one of the beat known newspaper men in the State, and his death is generally deplored. The remasns of Mr. Calvo were buried in Columbia \ on Tuesday. '** N It is said that the liquor question is BOfc to be brought up at this session f the legislature; that the "question has been settled. It may be true that ! liquor will not be discussed at this session, bnt that is no presumption that th8 question is settled. The liquor question is not settled now r. jr will it ^jnMed^.4xntii every . couuty in - South - put on the same basis. IVIU K/J lll^UUO pCIDVilOi liberty" toat "nobody compels a man togetdmnk;" that "he is a free agent and need aofc buy whiskey unless he wants to." That is net true. Once the man was an innocent boy, an* some one first persuaded bint to drink; but he is no longer free. He is now a slave to an appetite that no power on earth can break except the grace of God, and how is that to reach a man who is saturated with whiskey? Lawyers stand up in court houses before jurors, in the presence of large audiences, and denounce men as liar9, thieves and perjured villiane, and when court adjourns the men appear to harbor no ill will against them. BuHet a newspaper faintly intimate that a man's character is blemished, ?r attempt to expose some terrible wrong in the community, and the editor has to confront a horse pistol, stand a libel suit or suffer what the , people thwk to be the greatest of all mortifications?lose a subscriber. Capt. D. J. Griffith, superintendent, of the State penitentiary, has turned into the treasury of the State the sum of $70,000 net profits for the past year. This is indeed a fine showing and the genial Captain is being congratulated on all sides. There is no more pepu lar gentleman in the State than D. J. Griffith. We heard a gentleman say not so very loDg ago that Oapt. Griffith would be the next governor of South Carolina?if he would have the job. The Dispatch in an effort to give its readers as far as possible the proceedings of the legislature has secured the services of Mr. J. Rutlege McGee as special correspondent. Mr. McGee is a newspaper man to the core, and we doubt not that our readers will find his correspondence most interesting. | In addition to "covering'' the general proceedings of that august body, Mr. McGee will furnish us with the doings of the members of the Lexington delegation, which will be of most interest to our readers. Does it pay to have workingmen poor and ragged in order to have some blind tigers dressed in broadcloth and flush with money? Does it pay to hang one citizen because another got him drunk? Does it pay to have a dozen or more young men turned into vagabonds in order that one might get a liviDg selling liquor? Does it pay to have a half hundred homes blasted, rained, defiled, turned into a hell of misery, strife and want, thit some wholesale blindtigers may build up $ fortune? People in attending a public entertainment have no hesitancy in taking front seats, in fact, there is a general rush for them, and usually a higher price willingly p id for the privilege. In church the custom is right the reverse, everybody crowds into the back seats and if there are any empty pews they are always between the preacher and the people, and the glad tidings of salvation lose half their charms in having to bound over empty pews to reach the audience. Why this should be the custom we do not know, unless in the latter instance position is taken according to scripture, "The lowest place first in order to be invited higher." Senator Crosson's Assignments. Senator D.. M. Urosson has had the honor to be appointed on seven of the following important senate committees: Education, Agriculture, Banking and Insurance, Medical Affairs, Retrenchments, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. Senator Crosson is also chairman of the committee on police regulations. TKa ano/>inl wnrV fVia mncf irnmr. ? ?uv uiv^v tant committees will make the Senaf tor a hard-worked man. Married. On January 12, at the.Lutheran parsonage, Gilbert, Mr. Emanuel Taylor and Miss Ida Kyzer were married by Bey. B. D. Wessinger. For Sale A valuable plantation of 125 acres, 60 acres open; good for corn, cotton, etc., near Cross Reads, four miles west of Swansea; dwelling, outbuildings, two good tenant hwses and fine water. Address, D. H. Lawsoo, Gaston, S. O., Route 1. Janl8-2m Westley Starves. We regret to chronicle the death of Mr Westley Starnes, of the Edisto section, which oceured at the home of his son on Tuesday of last week. Mr. Starnes was in his 80th year, and had been totally blind for many years. He was one of the most useful men of his section and his death is generally deplored. * When buying a cough medicine for ] children bear in mind that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is most effectual for colds, croup and whooping cough and that it contains uo harmful drug. For sale by all Dealers. Kiteece-Perry. On January 12, at the residence of the Rev. W. B. Kyzer, Miss Ellen Kneeeo and Mr. Clyburn Perry were united in marriage. ? a ? Do yon know that fully nine out of every ten oases of rheumatism are simply rheumatism of the muscles due j 1 ' tv wiu ur ur rQGUlHS^iSlTI? auci require 120internal treatment whatever? Apply Chanibei Iain's Liniment freely and soc how qu-ickly it gives relief. For sale by all Dealers. Tax Collections. T.ie taxpayers have been piling in during the last couple weeks. The j county treasurer states that the ? amount so far collected is well up to | other year9 and tho prospect is that there will be but few executions to turn over to the sheriff. , Messrs. Wheeler & Roberts, of Columbia, popu'ar stock dealers, were in town for a sho;t while Sm day. rGOWANS | m ir r! /ra CwlAHMnSe* u I m S^iaByi Wi BW?C2fl<3> HI I Is Security for your I I loved ones. Ethical I physicians say Gow! ans is the Best. It I positively Cures all ills arising from Inflammation or Con gcstion such as rneumonia, Group, Golds. I Live given Go wans Preparation a thorough test. It is the BEST preparation on the market for the relief of Pneumonia, Croup, Colds, Coughs. JAS. P. SMITH, M.D., Augusta, Georgia BUY TO-DAY! HAVE IT IN THE HOME All Druggists SI. 50c. 25c. GOWAN MEDICAL CO.. DURHAM. N. C. Guaranteed, snd money refunded by yoor Orugffit Home Insurance. w e oeg 10 Qirec t attention to tne advertisement of the Southeastern Life Insurance Company elsewhere in this issue. This is a South Carolina company, the home office being in the city of Greenville, and if we may be permitted to do so, we would advise our people to keep their money in the South. The Southeastern is well officered and its success in the past is but an index of the future. This company wants live, energetic, responsible solicitors in this county. Write for particulars at once to McCain & Parham, general agents, Columbia, S. C. Constipation is the cause of many moments and disorders that make life miserable. Take Uhamoeriaiirs st.omach and Liver Tablets, keep your bowels regular and yon will avoid these diseases. For sale by all Dealers. The Calvary School, Mrs. Dora Redmond is teaching aboat 80 pupils at Calvary School House, about five miles from Swansea. She is a teacher of some experience and we are glad she is giving general satisfaction to her pupils and patrons. The patroDS of this school district deserve credit for erecting such a neat and convenient. , school honse for their children. Subscribe for The Dispatch, - f Oranges, mixed nats, raisins, etc., fresh stock at The Bazaar. Alfred J. Fox, I REAL ESTATE AND INSURANGE V LEXINGTON, - figC. For Sale. ' 11 acres on the Augusta road 2 miles from Lexington, 8 acres cleared, 3 room cottage. W* 2 lots in the town of Gaston, S. C. 140 acres near .'JMacedoB, %2 acres open land, lumber on ground to build dwelling. loo acres near Holteys Perry, 30 acres open, 4room nouae. Darn and stables, plenty water. 1-2 acre lot, 3 room dwelling In Lexington?easy terras. One lot in Batesburg 84x200 feet, 4 room cottage. 125 acres 4 miles from Lexington, 40 acres open Jand, 4 room house, good pasture and plenty water. 30 acres one mile, from Lexington, timbered. I have valuable lots in Colombia for sale. 231 acres on the Southern Railway between Edmund and Macedon, 50 acres in cultivation 30 acres in pasture, plenty water plenty oak timber, I some pine, 4 room dwelling, I barn and scabies, land will raise cotton and all kinds of grain. 300 asree on Black Creek about 3 miles from Pelion,good quantity of pine timber, plenty oak. ffickory and dogwood, land good v for eoiton and ad kind of grains, plenty water, fine pasture, could get 3 horse farm on ydace. 11" acres 5 miles from Lexington, 40 acres in caltiyation, 7 room dwelling, barn and stable*, plenty wat< r, near church and school, K. F. P., telephone. 96 acres 2 1-2 miles from Lexington on the two north road. 97 acres n&ar Lexington. 71 acres 3 miles from Swansea. ?/ ? ?/-.nlriv^iion. UrooiR *'.? BUl'CS 1" ?. w-.w.., dwelling, plenty water, lar.d I | good for cotton and grain. J 162 5l? acres 5 miles from Steed- | man, 25 acres open land, 4-room | dwelling, a barn and stables, j plenty water, gray soil. I Write or call to see me AT THE HOME NATIONAL BANK, Lexington, S. C **T? ? I I?1I?I Mil I I III II ! II < The P Where Your 1 Clothing, Gent's Furni Etc., in Great variety an* the Fall and Winter trade Greatest Barg; All we ask is that y THE S A] 919 Gervais St I 30 DAYS C BEC 8 T? olAon lin oil in uiuci uu uican up an we will offer for the next 31 D ry Goods, Notions, Shoes, IMILClNERY at ] Do not fail to take advantag factory cost. j THE CEOR< . IS THE B 11 j The Georgia Beauty is tf Iling buggies several years ai This price is for the steel-ti It is built tasty and stylisl Come and see it; you wil We still sell the Hacknej Also some good surries am plete line of Single Harnest pi\ice. Come and see the Georg I Gregory! 1113-1115 Hampton A' OUR GUi 1 i | CAR LOAD ( fH We will have a fresh 1 car load of mules to ar- | p rive on Jan. 23rd or i P 24th. Will be glad to J ^ show you before you 9 you buy. We have | ^ some nice mules fei |j I Caughi || 1811-1313 ASSEMBLE SI Sage You are Losking 3oI!ar Does I shings, Dry Goods, Notioi d too numerous to mentior i. Sacrifice sale continued i lins in Every m n'rowaamr. ??yamaffraRCg?BDOPWJt?oca?i?of ou call to see us; our prices ITAR S rrv avattd L/J^A. HI UUD, JTIUpiiClUl, . cou OST SALE ilNNINC JAI winter goods and make room 3 days our entire stock of Mei and Clothing at factory cost. HALF PRICE?TERMS STRH e of this opportunity to buy fi ' / P. R S * W OHM m V NEW BE CIA BEAUTY EST BUGGY MA! >65.00 wmmmmmammammmmaammMmmmmtmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmm ie best buggy value in Colum nd this is the best buggy we h red buggy. With rubber tire! lly, made of the best materials 1 be as strong in its praise as ^ ' and Babcock, as higher grad i other medium grades in sto 3, and can interest you in som irnur firct nnnni*fi I'd. JJCdliiy a.i juui inov \sjjfr\jA. ?,< venue - ( & ft A WTT.F. MEANS SOMETH mmesmmmm? >F HORSES A sl * : man Brc TREET ^For ^ ^ )ooble Duty I is, Shoes, Hats, Caps, H 1 here. Stock full for' |H Department. M > will do the rest. H iTORE, I UMBIA, S. C. I PBB??B???I??I HH NUARY14. i for our spring goods jfl rchandise, consisting of CTLY CASH. rstclass merchandise at |fl TALLINGS, I LOOXLAND, S. C. H t BUGGY 11 DE FOR I bia. We have been sel- j B lave ever sold for $65 ;| H 3 it sells for $85. 11[ H , by skilled workmen. || vb are. <| les, having a full stock. j ! ck. We carry a com- ;j ? ething at a reasonable !;H^B unity. j; ^B wm Columbia, S. ,C. \ \ TVC I H .... ND MULES | I [lis lot, and will also g H ave a car to arrive 8 I bout the 19 or 20. Be || I ure to eome to see us |S I efore you buy as we S fl| tflll miaranii>o vnn B ? J P H atislaciiozi. || fl others |l COLUMBIA, S. C. P"-B