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ftFr " * * w ?'4) THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. Ji Seprescntatiue Hetuspapar. Sonars Lcxmpton and thn Sarders of the Sufoundinp Sauntiaa isifee a ttlau&ot. VOL. XLI. LEXINGTON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY MAY 10 1911 27 A m 1 \ rfvr V . ' ' ^ . ' Your Bankii Is Earnestly Invited, an Yon Sound Banking Metii United States I Supers I Which guarantees the safety I At all times we stand reac I on approvec I THE HOME NA I LEXINGTON, 1 Cash Capital !.. | Total Resources Over I 1 . ???? CASE AliT \ I ' ? , case; autc > BUILT WITH FAMOl ?The Silent Write for Catalog a The National Motor 11 ' Box 273, Aiken, I V: ! A Weicorr Smoke curling up chimney as the men ai * fields, gives a pretty suj per and a comfortab means a hot, tired won a blazing fire. Your wife can esc 4 Perfection Oil Cook-Ct A New Perfection keeps a kil other range, yet it does all a coal or labor and fueL No wood to cut; i I With the New Perfection oven it i finrl anvwh^re. < ?fe<gBg?S?|fc| "5?cSi^5aS * G "W. 13 tsao MAIN 8TRE1 r* * A m Solicits a ?nan ig Business I d iii Return, We Offer I tods, Together With The | Government ! iriciAn t| V AC9JLUA1* I r of your funds at all times. 1 ly to help our depositors., I I securities. ? TIONAL BANK I . s. c. ^ $ 25,000.00 | $200,000.00 1; OlMlSl! / IS PIERCE ENGINE \ Wonder.? | nd Specifications. | 5 Oimnll . It ilHU duppiy tUilipdii^lj South Carolina. || I ! ; - 111 I 'T' |? 'I II \ le Change from the farmhouse : e coming in from the ^gestion of a good suple home. But it also lan, working hard over ape this with a New ove. tchen many degrees cooler than any wood range can do. It saves time, no coal to carry; no ashes; no soot s the best cooking device you can Made with 1, 2 and 3 burners, with lost, turquoise blue enameled chimneys. Handsomely finished throughout. The 2- and 3^ burner stoves can be had with or without* cabinet too. which is fitted with drop shelves. ? towel racks, etc. - Dealers everywhere; or write for descriptive circular to the nearest agency of the Standard Oil Company (Incorporated) LOBE BBT fil ^COILTCIECXOUS ET, - - 1 - 3 of Your Valued Pat ??-H-B??H Robbed Blind Man; Freed By Governor. A special to the News and Courier from Columbia on Monday says: Richard Kennerly, a Lexington County negro, w?.s this afternoon paroled by Governor Blease during good behavior. Kennerly was charged with highway robbery and larceny at the November term, 1906, and wa9 sentenced to six years and one month on the chaingang. Governor Blease was moved to parole Kennerly because of the circumstantial nature of the evidence and because of the signatures to the petition. The petition is headed with the name of Mrs. S. C. Griffith, who is the wife of Superintendent Griffith, of the penitentiar}-. A number of ladies signed the petition. Kennerly was charged with robbing a blind negro after a hot supper. Col. George Johnstone, of' Newberry, did not. recommend a pardon. He said the sentence was severe and was given 011 account of! what he regarded as the atrocity sur-j rounding the alleged crime. Ji.dgej Johnstone dwells in his letter to the] Governor upon the robbing of a blind man. The solicitor, likewise, did not recommend a pardon for the same reason. Fats vs Leans. Imagine "Uncle Louis" Lang ford, Lexington's county supervisor?a three hundred pounder?playing baseball! He is on the list of substitutes in a game scheduled for today between the "Fats and the Leans,*" which will be pulled off at the county fair grounds. But "Uncle Louis" is not the only prominent person who will take part in the game; there is Frank Shealy, Lexington's clerk of the Court, and Scott Derrick, colaborator for the United States, and "Uncle Jimmie" Hendrix, perhaps the oldest resident of the town, and "Warren Weed, another three hundred pounder, and then some. This is a manner in which the Ladies' Aid Society hope to increase their funds, the proceeds of the game to go to this worthy organization. Following is the line-up: Fat9?F. E. Dreher, r. f.; W. D. | Dent, 1. f.; Dr E. P. Derrick, s. s ; Samuel J. Leaphart, lb; Sam Long, 2b; Simon Caughman, c. f.; E. G. Dreher, eb; Lem Sox, c.; George LeFever, p; substitutes, Scott Derrick, Warren Weed, Louis Langford, T. C. Sturkie. Leans?Gus Barre, r. f.; Julian P. Meetze, Y. f.; Dr P. H. Shealy, s. s.; W. P. Roof, Jr, lb; Jesse V. Roof, 2b; Tally R, K.usler, c\ f.; Charlie Taylor, 3b; Reedy Wingard, c.; B. H. Barre, p; substitutes, Frank W. Shealy, Quincy E. Caughman, Fred Little, James E. Hendrix, Mayor Sam P. Roof and Col J. B. Wingard will serve as umpires. The announcement of the coming game has excited the town from centre to circumference, and as this will be the only Memorial Day attraction, it goes without saying that a large crowd will witness the game. The game will bfgin promptly at 3 o'clock. Be 011 hand early. The price of admission is 10 cents for men; women, and children under ten years of age, free. + Miss Meetze's Recital. Invitations have been received in Lexington to the song recital to be given by Miss Annie Martha Meetze at the College for Women, Columbia, on next Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Miss Meetze will graduate at the college early in June. She is one of Lexington's most charming and talented young girls, the daughter of Mrs. M. W. Meetze, and is a favorite Among a large circle of friends. Her -recital will, therefore, attract many of her friends to Columbia. A Reader of The Dispatch for Thirty Years. "Uncle*' Tyre Etlieredge, tho sage of Leesville and one of the best men in all this broad land, was in town Monday. "Uncle" Tyre has been a subscriber to The Dispatch for more than 30 years, consecutively, and never ceases to read it. May his tribe increase and his shadow never grow less! MS CONFAB r, Tze., ronage. Poiite and Pr< DOUBLE TRAGEDY SHOCKS COLUMBIA. One of the most shocking crimes ever committed in South Carolina was enacted in Columbia on Saturday afternoon, when Ernest E. Grimsley, a young white man, walked into the Acme restaurant, 1219 Taylor street, and, without warning, shot Walter Sandifcr to death and fired two shots into the body of Mrs. Rosa Bessinger, the wounds proving fatal at the Columbia hospital a few hours afterwards. From story cf the double killing, as told at the inquest, Grimsley wa9 not drunk. It was stated by two wit- j nesses that he hod taken a drink or ' so, but no testimony ?s to his being drank was established. Frank M, High, a Confederate Veteran, was the principal witness. In substance he stated that he stepped into the Bessinger restaurant and was talking to the man behind the counter, who wag the young man Sandifcr, when Grimsley came in and commenced firiug. This time Sandifer wis shot, and as Mrs. Bessinger stepped into the room, from the other room, she, too, was shot by Grimsley. It was brought out that Grimsley had bought cartridges a short while before the killing. ' The only possible motive for the crime, as brought out, was the argument earlier Saturday oyer bowl of soup. Grimsley wanted to get two rolls of bread with his bowl of soup and, upon being refused, he was angry. Ernest Grimsley is a young man, probably about 22 or 23 years of age. He was until very recently employed as a chain gang guard. Walter Sandifer was'1 also a young man. Mrs. Bessingor was tne wire ot me proprietor of the Acme restaurant, where the killing occurred. Feeling against Grimsley is high in all parts of the city. A large crowd attended the coroner's inquest, held Sunday afternoon. The verdict of the jury was that Mrs. Bessinger and Sandifer came to their death by gunshot wounds at the hands of Ernest Grim9ley. It is stated that Grimsley's defence may he insanity. ? . I Two Children Perish In Burning Dwelling. Stealing herself away from her two children, little boys, agecl two and ^ ? ? - ?? CnfriM/lovy lour ,v t'-i.i respv3vn\cij, vu wdiuiutij morning, Mrs. Henry B. Derrick, of the Cedar Grove section, went to the garden a short distance from the house to gather vegetables for the noonday meal, only to return a short while afterwards to find the house in flames, and her two children inclosed beyond the reach of human rescue. Mrs. Derrick made a lire in the stove before leaving the house, leaving both doors to the home open. It is the supposition that the wind blew the front door shut, thus making an exit for the little ones impossible, for their charred bodies were found lying side by side near the front door. They were burned beyond recognition, their lower limbs being burned almost completely off. Mr. Derrick was not very far from home, but did not learn of the fire until it was too late to rescue his dying children. The case is a peculiarly sad one, the two little boy9 being the joy and pride of the humble home where peace and happiness i9 said to have reigned supreme. All that was mortal of the two little victims were placed in the same casket and carried to Columbia for interment. Many Want to Teach. Seventeen girls and fourteen young men took the county teachers' examination here on Friday. They were: Misses Effie Smith, Ethel Eleazer, Meynell Mitchell, Zula Meetze, Lnla Bouknight, Iva Grout, Annie Bell Kaminer, Reba Corlev, Alethea Oswald, Lottie Cromer, Rurh Long, Ernpstine Herman. Linnie BachmaD, ? - 00 ? Hattie Harman, Julia Shealy, Lizzie Lown, Mrs. F. W. Quattlebaum; Thos. Coolev, J. G. Sharpe. D. K. Shumpert, E. S. Crout, A. W. Rodger^ J. T. Sox, J. P. Derrick, L. B. Hartley. Aiken Pound, A. Q. Sharpe, Berlev Hendrix, Henry Etheredge, D. U. Bloodworth. In addition to the above white applicants, two negro women stood the exi amination also. 1Y, COLUMBIA, H. (J 3mpt Attention, ("Whatsoever j That Shall He ?Galatiai c The chief result of experh cerning the Fertile soil on whic harvest ser' aside for to-morrow i The wise planting of penui< count where the growth is certai Planting therefore becomes but the symbol and instrument > We offer the security and coi acceptance. i I Is Citizens Bank BATSSBURG, Resources Five per cent. 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