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The Lexington Dispatch . - r Wednesday, April 12, 1911. c 2 G 34. Harman, Editor and Publisher ( ] D. R. Haltiwaxger, Assistant Editor. "" *- ' nflfiop at l^exmcton, unr-ereu. ?i> inc JL VOW ^ S. C., as second class matter. CIRCULATION 2,327, Nctica Subscribers, A Blue X on your paper denotes you are in arrears. A Red X shows that your subscription expires in the issue crossed. Ob, Those Resolutions! In another column Mr. L. B. Frick takes The Dispatch ^to task because we saw fit last week to make a few comments on the resolutions adopted at the indignation meeting held at Chapin on March 25. In the first place, we admit that the Fork has a right to it9?sbare of the chaingang's work. We have always admitted that. But our contention is now, and has always been, that it is a physical impossibility for the supervisor to place the chaingang on all of the roads of the county at the same time. For instance, the chaingang cannot work on the roads of the Dutch Foxk and at the same time work on the roads in Sandy Ran. We do not attempt to say?for lack of knowledge?jusc how much time has been spent by the chaingang on the roads of the Fork during the present term of the supervisor. Again, we would not attempt to say how many times we have heralded the news that the chaingang I fwas soon to move into the Fork. We j are too busy with other duties to search, our files today; but we only gara ifc out as it was given to W-. ' B?t we do know that it is the sQperVist>f?t ; intention to move the gang to the Fork at the earliest possible date* He is working now on this end of the pro;posed Colnnibia-Lexingtoil-Jfewberry-Greenville Highway, which gees di. . Tecfc through the For by Chapin on * to Newberry. It cost a lot of money to move the ehsingang from one part j ?t the count" to the. otner ana it would, be fvioii9bne?s to move the ehaingang Ir one end of the road to the ot> ' No, It'.. /hick, it is not a fact, sir', Ihat tfc^ *r "iervisor has "pat nearly all the wo . J the ehaingang for the past two "years on one road.n He has sper/: :e^ral months on the roads . szor:rd Gaston and Swansea,, and on the road leading through the famous Hoggabaa swamp whicbr we are told, is now almost impassible. Lastly, M?. Frick, you are mistaken when you declare that the taxpayers "of the county arc keeping up the ehaiugang to work one or two roads tor the town and city people to ride over in automobiles. We venture the assertion that 9o buggies and wagons go over the Augusta road to one automobile. 'Why, sir, we have passed over this road in an automobile (not oar own, of course) when the buggies ' and wagon3 were so thick that it was \ almost impossible to make the trip < without a coliss!on. They even tell a&thafc some of the people of the Pork crossfire riyer on the new steel bridge and travel this road to Columbia. We are informed, sir, that the roads of the Fork are soon ^to be worked; that the chaingang will work straight uirougn from JLexington to Chapin. We hopo our information is correct, and that onr correspondent, together with the other people of the Fork, will 130011 have roads that will cause them rejoiae? with exceeding great joy; yea* roads that will cause them to i'or.give and forget, and that there will j , aofe he can^s fpr any more indignation 1 .nsestiugS; nor the adoption of any ] t.pJOT? fp'mgnatipn resolutions. ' tli>wa&-he-3dto:'3privilege to fall iu!?he tS-Tth that jolly Set of fellows, the Charleston Boosters, on their relum triip from the up-country last Friday. Wehaye never met a more congenial party, and a good time they E*ve us. Charlestonians have never y -been known to do things by halves; 1 they aSways go the limit. Charleston ^ is justly entitle! 10 a large share of ? the wholesaf? tia'e, and the boosters * did not fail to i np: ess this fact upon 2 all with whom they came in contact. J It was the great jst feat?the biggest ? advertisement for the "City By The 1 Seav?3v. r attempted, and it goes 1 without sayi ig tn<-t the trade of the 5 mill KQ To "Orulv 1TV tpased. ws WJ will ?U, ej.-.r shall r.ever for.>e: the boo.-ters. " 1 Maybe ?h sine-visor will have ( enough hands after the June term of ODBst to give trie people of the Dutch Pork a c iLi.igaug all c-r.tdr own. ' 1 It? said tha: t .iere will be no more aensatio is in the m itti r of u inding- . I ap the affairs < f cue old St: to dispen- i s&ry. So mote it he! Isu', it a pi y though that the sufjiCT.-'sor hasth e ;ough duicgargs to j go around? , p w r I b < I'; aatnaaenM iw n Governor Blease is right in calling ] ipon the sheriff's and their deputies, nagistrates and tbeir constables, all )ther officials and law-abiding citizens of the State to see to it that the lispensary and prohibition laws are rigidly enforced. Iq his order the Governor says: "Please take notice that 'an act to declare the law in reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sale,' use, consumption, possession, transportation and disposition of alcoholic liquor and beverages within the State and to police the same,' and acts amor latory thereto, provides, in part, as follows: 4 "It shall be the duty of the sheriffs and their deputies, magistrates, constables, rural police, city and town officials, to enforce the provisions of this act, etc.' ??"NTr,?7 crpTitlftmen. I beg and insist w n j ? ~ , w upon you doing your duty under tbis act, and wish to say to those of you who come uuder my authority, if you do not do it (while it would Ibe very unpleasant), I shall take action in the matter and use the authority given me under this act. I hope that you will not force me to do this; and, for this reason and because I am anxious that all of the laws of the State be enforced and that lawlessness and vice shall be put down as far as within our powers lie, I appeal to you to assist in the enforcement of all the criminal law9 of our State. I will do my part and give you all the assistance I can. I also call upon all good citizens of our State to assist; in the enforcement of our . laws." . Coming Some, John. We congratulate Lexington on the vote cast last week, which places this town among the progressive towns of the State. The day is long since past when qi\ lamps will b? iQ^urei;] by a progressive people. Like the 1 'hayburner business," they must give wty to progress; We wish our court house town evCfy ihe&sure of success that can possibly attend ft. A courteous and kind people, they de?erv? the best there is. We welcome Lexington in the '^forward class.M?~=Batesburg Enterprise. When4 ,(01d Louis" gets through working the roads in the Fork the ina:, 4.;? ~ I i j iticcLiu^ v?iii ye iuiguu. By the way, what he* become of Tom Felder of Atlanta fame? Has Coley run him in his hole?1 Governor Blease is doing business at the same old stand. , Good roads is the battle-cry from the mountains to the sea. . . ? i BACK AT THE DISPATCH. \, . To the Editor of The Dispatch: I see fchafcyou severely criticise the the resolutions passed at the indignation meeting held at Chapin on the zotn oi Marco, m regard to the supervisor of Lexington1 county. Now, I would like* to know if the taxpayers of the Dufck Fork haven't a right to demand their just part of the work done by the chaingang of the couUty?-' Dp not tfhte taxpayers of the Dutch Fork pay thfeir proratta share to support' the chaingang? I think the editor will admit that we do. Then if we have to pay our proratta share to support the chaingang, have we not a right to demand our proratta part of the work done by the chaingang? I think that the editor will admit that we have. Then, I woald ask'thejfedifcor of 'ilie Dispatch how much time has Supervisor Langford* put on the roads of the Fork during his present term of olSee? I would ask the editor if he knows how many times duriDg the la*t two years has published io the columns of Fbe Dispatch that the- chaingansj was joing to the fork 111 * snort tune u> tvork the roadsof the Fork? And bow nany times have the promises been, sept? Then after having heard thispromise made so often and not kept, low can the editor thsak that we can lave any confidence in> his statement ;hat the supervisor is coming to the Fork in a few weeks? As to other sections of the county being di-ssatisied, can the editor be surprised? Is t not a fact that the supervisor has put nearly all the work of the ebain?ang for the past two years on on* oad? And isn't it a fact that the suDervisor moved the gang back 011 the janie road a few weeks ago because :he roart got so that the automobiles 3 u d not run as they wanted to? Sow, does the editor of The Dispatch think that it is right, for the taxpayers of Lexington county to keep up the ehaingang to work one or two roads [or the town and city people to ride over, when at least h5 per cent of the taxpayers of tho county have never rode in an automobile, much loss , owned one? L. B. Frick. Little Mountain, April 10, 1911. ? Ah! If j ou want to see something nice and dressy, you must see the new spring and summer oxfords and lowquarter shoes, at H. N. Kaniiner & Co. My Esteemed and [jLoved Friend Mrs. E. CJ^Boozer. To the Editors of Th3 Dispatch. You will kindly give mo space in the columns of your paper?The Lexington Dis paten?:o express a tender . >*^.-1 nf rrihnte t > the memory of my W U V4. _ mtuht esteemed and lbved -friend? Mrs. E. C. Booajr. How sad to my heart as I read the announcement of my friend's death in the Columbia paper to-day! I inst felt that my own emo'ions would have received greater satisfaction, ir I could have been present before she died, and catch one more word, and heard that earnest voice again; and the blessed old familiar salutation on meeting: "Mr. Myers, how are you sir? so glad to see you," or even as much if I could have j seen the new-made grave, beside her loved dead, and there silently recall her many noble virtues, and recount my loss and that of her many friends and kindred. Can it be that my dearest friend is dead? Can it be that I shall nevermore meet her in the home, at church, and by the way, as was in the blessed year* gone bj ? How dear to my heart and memory, are these sweet remembrances; the endearing and hallowed associations of long ago; how they to eat wine and cluster around our hearts, and live with us, until we too are dead! I never knew one whom I esteemed more than she; for she was so good, pure and gentle and true; an ideal friend aud Christian sincere. She loved the church, the pastor and all God's people. She was u regular at ' tendant at the Baptist church in Lexington, when the writer W23 pastor ?eye?al years ago, IJer presence at churoh ?tiid attention to the Word, was an inspiration to the preacher; and a]ways expressed her joy for the message brought to her heart. Blessed thought! She has . passed over the fiver, resting under ^ A ~ -h. rtC 4- U rs. Lilt? Slittu.c ui tiic nccoi She told me when I saw her last a few months ago when on a visit to my sister, Mrs. Fox, at Lexington, that "Jesu9 was precioas, and that she had no fears, I trust Him as piy Savior; He is mine and I am His child.' Blessed be God J she kept the faith, I and the faifch kept her.- Good-bj e, | my friend, our sister and mother in i l3fa^ly good-bye, till we meet on the golden f'fotb of the river of life/ The Gad ht all grace, and comforter of sorrowful bless and comfort the dear famil/^ho now mourn her loss! . J. J> Myers.' Corgaree/S. C., Aftft'Y G, 191 f. Bcafla ol Geo. B. 3$ay'?s. The announcement of th? de^th* c f Mr. George D. Hayes, which ccctffica at his home five miles north of EfeXington 011 the Augusta road at 10 o'cTo.'l" Wednesday morning, caused supreme i so-row throughout the entire community. Mr. Hayes had been in failing health for several months, and had been con! fined to his bed for five we-ek^ previous to his death. i He wa3 about 5& years of age and is 1 survived by hi9 widow, wha was Miss Olivia Drafts, daughter of Henry E. Drafts, and 10 children* seven boys j and three girls, amODg them being George, Jr., a very bright boy,- who ; arrived from Cedar Springs,-where he i ha9 been attending school,- just in time! j to see his father before the end' can e. He is also survived by two brothers, Jno. K. Hayes, of Columbia, and B. I.Hayes,-of this county, and' four-' sib? ** r t A tt l ~ r ters: xurs. o. a. nugues ui iwv*c, Texas; Mrs.-W. H. Evans of Macon, Ga.; Mrs. T. F. Griffith of Gblumbia, ; and Mrs. Perry Hall of Steedman. His mother, Mrs. Louisa M. Hayes, is ; also living. His older brother,- Pone P. Hayes; died only ae few' mom ha ago A more generous, big-hearted and kindlier man than Geo. D. Hayes never lived. He took the census for his district last year, and it was while . performing these duties that hi9 health j Organ to fail. His remains were laid to re9t in the churchyard at St. Peter's on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the presence of one of the largest congregations ever assembled at this church to pay a silent tribute to the departed dead. Good Speakers For Commencement. Dr. W. W. Daniel, president af Columbia college, Columbia, will preach the baccalaureate sermon at the commencement exercises of the Palmetto Collegiate Institute on Sunday, ti e 21st of May. Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, of Newberry, will deliver the literary address on j Tuesday, the 23rd. The faculty is indeed fortunate in securing these gentlemen, both of whom are among the ablest st eakers in the State. County Board Education. Prof. W. E. Black, of Lexington, and Mr. John W. Hook, of Irmo, have been named as the county board of edncation for Lexington county. Mr. Samuel B. George resigned several months ago and Prof. Black was appointed in his stead. TRIBUTE TO NEKU.? * i Lucrezia Borgia Was Not All to * the Bad. J { SQUARE DEAL FOR CYRUS I!. { { ^ Cent Lecture fit 5 Vj? . I I w'fJC ww>ib^ Huckleberry Hill Shows That There | Is a Good Side to All Badness?His- | torical Blemishes Toned Down. , By M. QUAD. fCopyrislvt, 1210, by Associated Literary Press.] ??m KTY DEAR FRIEXDS-After rtj/e| a hard tramp over the I * S railroad ties of twenty-two miles I have reached Huckleberry Hill and am standing before you and observing that among the nineteen people in the ball eight are deadheads. That fact will make no difference with my lecture, however, the subject of whlcu Is, The Good Side w*dnrws<2? R^fore I brave finished V/4 i-ruuAiv. ^ __ tomakeyou foel^ more tolerant j to&ird cctFam" ifoopte whose memories have been jumped on with both feet for several generations past. "It has cost me ich time and money to gather mv tisties ?nd see jteeo fell. j3sn,h them property youthed fof, but tfcrfi price of adm'ssioif to my lectures has remained at the old figure of Jo cents. That is the cost of admission to any hall to see a trained hog, and. cornpar; u to the performance of a ffained j. mv lo^fnre is ds corn to the husks. l.vte, Q. Hope Jones belongs to no trust, anil because he bas got a good thing he is not going to he selfish about it. "For hundreds of years, my friends, the name of Nero tyas been held up to $corn and detestation because he fidd?*4 when Borne* jras -j^UFir/t?g and ; beoaus'd fce^had ir Jittf^.way* skughi tering from 5,000 to [' in;a batch to save army rutidtks. cSko' had a trick of wiping ouiTlftvTis aufl' depopulating farming communis /ies,-Mnd we have ?ead of his putting oat eyt&'and shaving off toes and fiiigei*; Historians have gone at it and ma<kv out be was never so happy as art en slkiug .up orphans or sticking oiifywomen fiin of pins. ''We av^e down' din ' Nero because we have beaftd but. oc*?r jaide of his character. Ifs'yJust another case oif Standard"\Oil brought down* to (late. When Mr. Jlocketfeiliir' raises the'] price of kerosene a gallon v&T are down on Win; when be gives (X'S&OX^O to beat the\hoofewonn we hatfeo'iV word of praise. \ v The Good ThatTWae trr^Noro. ' _ . ' * , r "Who was Nevtfi Has acj^^nan- oy woman in Huckleberry Hill asked tlj* Question? No. Yoo hove gooe Mght along not caring a dura* who or what be was. but ready to believe tbe worst of him. As a kid Nero was ooe of the best of the bunch. A little sugar tied up in an old rag contented him. As a youth he was itever charged with stealing eggs or stoning the schoolhouse windows. He drew water for the washing, and he mowed the lawn, and he took all the prizes in Sunday school. Industrious, honest and truthful. be was a living example to be pointed out to others. I have been told ^ 6- m r\/1. T oHI'a i r? e ? r? t?rv_ I lJU I iAtriV iliiU X aic AAIAIL^ ALL I. LI AO 1 spect. "Such was the probity of the young man when he reached his majority that you might have searched his < rooms from top to bottom without coining across the photo of a chorus < girl or a love letter from the cashier of a restaurant. This evidence alone ] ought to be sufficient to satisfy you as < to what sort of a young man he was, j but it has always been rigidly sup-. ] pressed by historians. ? ? "Nero was twenty-three1 years old < when the blow fell?that is, he fell in love with a female trainer of lions. Wo hnvo nil boon tlioro. The thine is bound to happen. We bave done i just as Xero did when ?he chance came. That yallcr haired young man f on the back seat will do it. I think \ Xero would have done better to fail t in love with a stenographer, but I'm < not going to criticise. As it turned out, y the female trainer was after his cash ?. and didn't care a tunk for him. If ? that young woman had not toyed with : Nero's heart and busted his bank ac*- t count he would have married happily and been taken on as keeper of ( tbe elephant and driver of the band c wagon. Rut she toyed, and when he ( discovered that she was toying he be- f came a terror on wheels. I have been t told that I am like Xero about that. ? Let a woman toy with my heart and I j should become a raging lion. He went f In to slam things a pound frotn that- , \ 1 ~ ~~ ~~ innfiTI *L. .. 'fll K: I -f 1 p ,mi | ? I <1; ? *v o 1 .;Jr J4i' j *; crarro^^^^LOTHES I j 1 ] (Style : M * ' *" uapogMu?Mrcag?BMrapaMMBBmSbamdMjaMMsaam'""ot j iQuality : ] ^Vorkmanship : * i These Three Essentials i j 1. S in the Clothes Y J | We Sell the Very Best ir 11 and FURNISH % Our Soeciall I ? ' 1 Mme-iMMmu ^ A' ; ' ^ i| E. G. Brett? I ^ 5 ?J I Lexington, . S<c | !| | - - \A <sjiemT I 7Z?T date on. Eome suffered. 1 U-UAL suffered. LFe'had a ha -9 again things at? the face of the 6atttiV her0 had betd ffirown down, .an.4 ^hi'crw1^ j hard, aii5 he liadrft the saoa's^o1 Md his aching heart cease to ?Sc*b<-\f?*l look around for another mash.- v-v r "Let us not he > too hard on \Naxn '; Hj? ?j Give him a Shot*. ^ame your\boy jgx* babies after htm. As?\ yourseJvec\if you wouldn't hare' dooe\the same >rf a his place. J*?05* ' liOTSOt Lucrezia Borgia tydfc A?fM&r:& with * "And take notice how Uiskwy hax coptiv picked up Lucrezia Bor^a and &eld tovcht hor up as the monster of that a 359. .' Sc-HK history has committed a groat uvon?. in\nje T; started out 00 IjaicreKia's trail Lfeci- \ ^ imp that hanging was too goodN for capdv her;-but as I traced Iter career stejA by \ an<j tl] step I had to leave prejudice behirVl. : ^ ^ As a child she wouldn't hurt a fly. Tlv ^ sight ct a' bulldog' picking up a cat f K*? <-L/\ n'rirtf* tr%Mi 1>0 r?rv tK-rwir'n 1\rM? UJ Lilt; VIVU1U liv1ST? lUll/Mli Ll\~% | >? into cowu&ious." 5<?tTT"As a girl Miss Lucrezia was cousiderate of other people's feelings'to a ( " gp wonderful degree.' Had a yonug man i with a pimple on bis nose been court- j m ing ber she would hare died before ! . asking liim why lie didn't have it j ^ shaved off. She was a favorite in so- j Urt . , i~ii t i .. j back 1 ciety. She always sat down on the | edge of a chair and folded lx?r hands j ca^ , and replied 'Yes, ma'am,' and 'No. ^ ^ ^ ma'am.' and she knew nothing what- evptv ever about flirtation. .. . "It was only when Miss L. F>. has ?0U.T 1 , -- off fee become a young woman and dsscov- pj^er ered that her relatives were plotting ' 'same to rob her of her inheritance and send , ', Lier out to work in a sweatshop at $4 \ ^n, l week that she turned to poison. She ^ losed the family right and left, and " air s have o when she saw what a good thing it t t * ing ant was she began to give it to outsiders. , . ever ba Can iiinv snv it was naufrlitv Imt whpf tvas the poor girl to do? "It is pretty well authenticated thai ! :lie charming Miss Borgia poisoned <af ^ fourteen different people before the i ioctcrs got on to the trick, but I foe! tssured that each and every one of the -wJaV rictims ought to have died with con- i mmption if not that way. And. be- UniJ sides, they had large and liberal fu- LOUS icral processions, and the cost of their Boi"7* :ombstones was immense. "And then, too, it was a time when pi werybody was i>oisoning everybody Com] dsc. Tlioy weren't using the shotgun i nr the baseball bat, but inviting a a r "ricrnd to drink a glass of claret with wOfl hem and then drop dead on the door- Sylv* stop while waiting for the taxi to ap)ear. If Miss Borgia hndu't got ahead it the game it would have got ahead t, J 1.U . ?... - ?T. .-yt?rjc. xx?cys-, I ^ 9 d ] I 9 0 * aaaBaauooawaieB n? MM?an*feftat*: TTT-?TT I r 0 ? | 1 ? ? ? ) % I HIW<IM?lH<?W?lllllll I I 11 ?? n I I I I < MMI J V are Embodied jj fc Ve Sell. I , > 1 i SHOES, HATS j i . [INGSt j 1 GJotheSi r - & Co., | patlr Carolina. ? Bill IT Tfl* PMH* ?IM i H" IH^SC J WW *r*0Tere I appear m Huckleberry Hill j l theoe will be a female baby j / and that it will bear the name j bcpezia. 1 - Tjuaro Doal For Cyrus 11. idlet^b> for a moment tghe up j is3irf IL Aceordinfc j storyXgotbiag pleased i jo ffii^gWjD* 800 peofw.orcri , tc tie ikalf a tiiotJsaDyj to the Ms at w!ld \ j(tlsV?sert d ^lct *n (ma. I be stdbtjad 230 j es the ***> I mge tl^rdgrQOXbe lp?jried ^Jie j rwmber W7i0iSQ*rtiS was , try mood, ig\?h? htetortlbbs toll j ?* lopped ol!< anntf I e^/iixl set tlx^'H-t^limblag:. trees J rnfnp bandsprixj^s. be gdt up I mocking with c:"fpck>* feeling ; isonerc\[osi tbeir b&fe'fc* make j el better^ . . huckleberry irkxeds c T liuckle-* Hill, don't believo\all yd*j".read I Cyrus. Don't beli<we h'i^t of I e- was a pretty hard \case, Vat j wsa a good excuse forNJt Xfo i ' ?ala. Married a girl .wit* pre7- j - ?&* think the world of >lhiiu I : en'rw-a away with a circus Dak?-1 rider. Never even stopped he* lionbo^.se door or feed the f fore' she went. She just drove I inii itfty being what lie was. I time lie lopped off 500 beads he [ t of her.- Every time be lopped j t he thought of that bareback [ Ycm or Iwosld have done the! Name yo'ur boys Xero. If you j ; got any boy babies then name; :>gs after him. Give everybody I ;!iow. including'the old uns who i asset! away. It will cost noth-1 I make you feci good. There is! ducss, but there is- ever a good | it." Miey I? Loan x proved Farming Land ? time, easy payments, owers pay actual cost srfecting Loans, No mission Charged. in B. Palmer & Sen, in Building. P. 0. Box 2S2. ^ COLUMBIA, S. G. ?