The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, June 28, 1911, Image 4
Ths Lexington Dispatch
Wednesday, JUNE 28,1911.
G M. Harm an, Editor and Publisher
D. R. Haltiwanger, Assistant Editor.
Entered at tne Poet Office at Lexington,
S. O., as second class matter.
CIRCULATION 2.300.
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i subscription expires in the issue crossed.
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arrears. Please make settlement.
JgV Those subscribers who are in
arrears will please bear in mind that
t le printer is ever in need of his dues,
a id that we will appreciate an early
remittance.
Oh, you blackberries!
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Every day will be Sunday bye and
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Progressive Lexington; watch her
grow.
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It is now Col. Green?Col. Leon M.
Green.
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Good roads is the making or any
community. Let us have them at any
ext. '
Has Columbia changed its name
from the "Square Meal Town'* to the
"Shcrt Weight Town"?
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If we are to continue to go forward
instead of backwards we must have
fXof nom of?"hru-?l hnnsp and State aided
high school. =====
The people of the Dutch Fork have
every right to feel proud over the fact
that they will do longer be burdened
with the railroad tax. J
Let everybody comcijnce to work
now for a greater county fair this fall.
We should strive to make the fair this
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best county fair in the State.
Hogs are said to be more plentiful
than ever before known :n this section,
which is an evidence that our
people are coming more into the habit
of raiiing their supplies at home.
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With all due respect to Governor
fileaees's ability, we are forced to admit
that Col. Thos. B. Felder seems to
have the governor "skint a block"
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dence.
When it comes to standing by ones
friends the "Gx>rgia Crackers" are
*ight there, judging from the manner
in which the people of that State are
standing by Col. Thos. B. Felder, who
is wanted by Goyernor Blease.
If you have not already feigned the
petitions asking for an election on the
school proposition do so at once. It
will mean, possibly, the free education
of your children and your children's
children in the years to come.
The industrial edition of the Newberry
Observer, issued last week, was
about as hue a piece of newspaper
work as has ever been gotten out by
any weekly paper in South Carolina,
and we congratulate Editor Wallace
on this, his latest feat, in newspaper
.enterprise.
"When Col.| George Johnstone, the
"distinguished attorney of Newberry
* and one of the very be9fc lawyers and
. Adyocates in the South, appeared before
Governor Brown in behalf of
Col. Thos. B. Felder, there must to
^ have been "something doing" in the
' Georgia capital.
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Governor Elease 6ays that he is determined
to abolish the hosiery mill at
the State penitentiary. He has called
>apon Solicitor Cobb and Dr. Robert
Wilson, chairman of ihe State board
of health, to assist in the matter.
The penitentiary directors are not in
clined to the idea of abolishing the
mill just at this time, it is said.
The county chaingang is working
the roads in the Dutch Fork, giving
each township its share of work. This
is as it should*.be. It is understood
that some of the people of the lower
Fork where the chaingang commenced
work at the Broad river bridge, are
inclined to the belief that the cnaingang
had just as veil not be working
the roads in that part of the county;
that the people are going to Richland.
Be that as it may, it is but right and j
proper that the county should give |
these people a gocd road, and that is ;
what "Uncle Louis" is going to give >'
them whether it is appreciated or not.
Four or five miles of road leading from
the bridge has already been put in
firstclass condition and when this
road ie finished the other roads will be worked
as rapidly as possible. j
I: is mo-t gratifying indeed to those
of us who have been laboring for and
advocating a better school fer Lexington
to know that there is so much interest
being taken in the move. Trie
. petitions calling for an election ha\e
been circulated and freely signed. Of
- course this does not mean, neeessariiv,
that every person who has signed the
petitions will yote for the proposition;
. but it is a strong indication that the
people of Lexington realize that if we
are to keep in line with the other progressive
towns in South Carolina we
must do somethiug toward improving
our school. We are firmly of the opinion
that the opposition will be so insignificant
that the school is certain
to come?and come without undue delay.
The people of Lexington cannot
afford to let this opportunity go by unnoticed.
Only a few daj'S of burning heat
atirt rtrnnth are neoesFarv to ahow na
mortals how utterly dependant and
helpless we are. When the gro^ ing
products of field and farm and orchard
begin to wither and fall, all classes
and conditions of men are made to realize
that, but for the sweet and bountiful
rains of heaven, the predicament
of boastful men would indeed be pitiful
and despairing. And when we realize
how incalculable is the amount
of rainfall necessary to relieve or prevent
an all consuming?all destroying
drouth, we wonder at the wisdom ana
power and munificence of the great
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ami mercuui vjou iu ina.ii.iiig bumi.ample
provisions. After weeks of fefcrtul
heat and drouth, gracious and refreshing
rains have fallen in most parts ot
the country, the consuming fire ha?
gone out of the atmosphere, and with
ering creation seems to lift up its
hands in thankful recognition of the
glorious change. And shall not our
heart and soal join in unfeigned grati
tade and thanksgiving to Gcd?
The heavy drift of population to
crowded urban centers i9 one of the
chief problems that now concern stu-'
dents of our economic and social wel
fare. When the consumption cf food
begins to exceed the supply, as is the
case in this country today, there is
keen cause for apprehension; and so
the farm is the center of one of our
greatest problems. The essential
thing i9 not that so many people are
herding in the cities, but that the
source of production is being neglected.
A remedy often urged is a return to
the soil; and in the course of several
generations this may be found practicable
and efficacious. But, for the
present, it appears rather ineffectual.
It is seldom that the man or family
established in a city can tear away
from the deep roots of circumstances.
and habit and btgin life all over again
on a iarm. rsuc it is as ieasiDie as aesirable
that those who are already in
the country shall remain tlieie. And
it is to these that the present must
look.
The one great antidote against the
unwholesome trend of population cityward
is the creation of a more comely
and satisfying home life on the farm.
Whenever the boys and girls realize
in their very hearts that more happiness
and health and opportunities are
to be found in the country than in
town, they will lose the wanderlust
that has beckoned fcbem in the past.
And how manifold today are the
means by which farm life cai be made
humanely attractive! The telephone
and the free delivery of mail places
the farm in the main circuit of the
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tion have lightened the burdens of
its households. Good roads have linked
it to urban centers. Modern appli?nces
have converted the drudgery
of its fields into a pursuit that is truly
intellectual, while modern methods of
agriculture are yearly increasing the
quality and the abundance of its har|
vests.
i The most direct- and practical way
to keep the people on the farm is to
encourage aud extend all these emeuities,
to carry education into every
rural district aud to bear comforts and
beauty into every rural home.
Oilie F. Meetze.
Ollie F. Meetze, agrd 30, sen of Mr.
Seherod Meetze, died at the home of
his Bister, near Irmo, ou Monday night
following a five week's illness of
typhoid fever.
He is survived by his parents and
! three brothers and two sktrrs
Hia remains were buried at Bethlehem
Lutheran church, near Irmo, yesterday
afternoon at 5 o'clock, the Rev.
| W. P. Cline officiating a I the last sad
| rites.
Both Extremely I1L
Mr anrl \Tro T
?IUIO. uuLiuju luecut), u 1
S Columbia, are both desperately ill
| with typhoid fever at the home of
Mrs. Meetze's parents near Irmo. Mr.
and Mrs. Meetze came up from Columbia
about ten days ago and were
both stricken at tho same time soon
afterwards. A trained nurse from
Columbia is in attendance at their
bedside. Mr. Meetze is a salesman
for the Fitzmaurice store.
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Slioes! Slices!
For Every Member
of the Family,
Oar Standard Brands in Men's
Shoes are as follows:?
W. L. Douglas, Alden, Walker
& Wilde and Leonard, Shaw &
Dear}. Prices ranging from $2 50
to $1.00.
In our high grade line are the
Torrey and Nettleton, which sell
for $5.00, $5.50 and $6.00.
We also lianciie the very bes c
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graueo ui xjduica onues hihl can ^
be bought, for a reasonable sum, t<
| Come and see our Spring and fi
Summer Stock. d
T. A. BGYNE,
j {736 Main Si.,Columbia,$, C. c
Opposite Post Office. fc
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I FITZMAl
Specia
Get ready and don't delay,
is full to overflowing with on<
B South Carolina. If you are in
I? just drop in and see this fine c
your expectations.
Grand lot of Fine Hats fro:
ITof r?r SQIA VA rtffAT O
unw A V* VU1W VM)*V tl W VAAVA M
Trimmed at $1.98 and $2.98
Hats for the Children 25c and
Clothing
50 Fine all Wool Suits for thi
all Wool hard finish and wo
50 fine Blue Imperial Serges,
all Tirnnl fVio $17 OH Irim
njr, an fT tliV A ? VV 4&AAA 1
100 pairs $4.00 all Wool Pant
They are extra fine.
100 Boys' Suits all Wool, 2 pi
each Suit, the Suit at only
100 Boys' Suits, extra fine qu;
17 years, big value for $7.(
Boys' Separa
200 pairs Bloomer Pants, size
at per pair
I Dress Goods
The best values and most dep
here. Our Jacquard and Jap
the yard.
10 pes. Turkish Pongee the fi
I ever sold, 26 inches wide,
out, regular price $1.00, on
See us for your wants in Ar
Rugs. Write for Samples an
1 5000 yards of Fruit of the Lo<
Long Cloth for this sale at.
Ready-to- We r
In Linen, Lingerie, Foulards ;
A full line Dresses for the litt!
at 5(
IFITZMAl
1704-1706 Main Street,
REM ESTATE 10 INSURANCE
LEXINGTON, - S. C.
For Sale.
103 acres 5 miles from Gaston,
30 acres in cultivation, gray soil,
some pine timber.
11 acres on the Augusta road 2
miles from Lexington, 6 acres
cleared, 3 room cottage.
140 acres near Macedon, 22
acres open land, Price $7.00.
Ann 1 nf in QivOHH
ivu AXJ. JL/OtV.DWUAg
4 room cottage.
275 acres 3 miles from Pelion,
50 acres in cultivation, 4 room
dwelling, a barn and stables,
plenty water?Price $1200.
110 acres 5 miles from Lexington,
40 acres in cultivation, 7
room dwelling, barn and stables,
plenty water, near church and
school, R. F. D., telephone.
96 acres 2 1-2 miles from Lexington
on the two north road.
97 acres near Lexington.
71 acres 3 miles from Swansea,
40 acres in cultivation, 4-rooni
dwelling, plenty water, land
good for cotton and grain.
162 Y2 acres 5 mile9 from Steedman,
25 acres open land, 4-room
dwelling, a barn and stables,
plenty water, erav soil.
Write or call to see me
AT
THE HOME
NATIONAL BANK,
T.nvincrfrm S L
Mr. and Mr*. II. M. V\ i igard and
hildren, Mr. a id Mrs. E. B. Roof and
hildren, ^drs. Chas. A. Geiger, Maser
Norman Geiger, and Messrs. Aired
J. Fox and W. D. Dent spent Svnay
at the Isle of Palms.
BASEBALL.
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xiif waK. uruve nis ed anu ice
ihcrokce Comers crossed bats 011 the
miner's diamond on Saturday alteroon,
the score being 12 to 1 in favoi
f Oak Grove.
Ses i,
I Sale!
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Come to the store that
3 of The Best Stocks in
Columbia at any time,
i: i :
u?piay a i pnues lar ueiu w
m a 50c Sailor to a $10.00 ^
Special Lot of Fine Hats
each. Grand display of
up.
Sale.
s Sale at $8.50
Tth $15.00.
a very fine quali,
only $12.50
s at onlv $2.75
^ T
airs pants with
$3.98
ality, sizes up to
)0, each only $5.50 ~
ite Pants. <
s up to 17 years ?
50 and 75c and $1.00 1
and Silks. I
>endable goods ever seen |
onica Silks at only 25c I I
nest Dress Fabric 8 ?
you can't wear it ? \
ly 85c I t
Squares, Mattings and |
d Prices. |
om or Androscoggin |
12 yard for $1.00 g f
Ladles Suits. 1
and Wash Suits. I (
le Girls up to 16 years I j
)c, and $1.00 to $3.00 |
TDirr's 11
. . Columbia, S. C. |
BflnMBOBHnBHnani
Bariiecue Near Rock Htuse
I will furnish a frs'dass barbe<
wiili i\freshmen's, a: my place ni
the Ecck House, Saturday, July 8
Music and dancing the specialties
the day. Prices reasonable. Cocl
by the best of cooks.
*wp A. S. Roland
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Barbecue Near lit
I will furnish a First class Barbec
on July 29, one mile west of Hilton
the crossing of the Bush River a
Gilbert Hollow road, on the Jul:
Eargle Place. :
D. B. Shealey
RARRFRIIF
We will furnish a first class barbec
and refreshments at my famous b;
becue ground on Satmday, J"l> 5
There will br music and dancing i
the young and a good dinner for all.
4w pd J. B. Sox & Sons.
i. ii^iizmoKsn
f!^ jj
A real bargain in an
up-to-date Go-art of
best material only
2 $22
Made of best grade of
reed, Strong and Durable:
Large 10" rub;
ber tired wheels.
.It's a Beauty.
The Lion Fi
"THE HOME OF Ql
1426 Ma
Columbia,
Bank o1
: : : CHAP
The Bank Tha
This bank aims to give you g<
checks for you?furnish drafts
always glad to assist you in bus
with this bank, which makes a
positors. Our certificates of de
We cordially invite the farme
their banking with us.
J. S. WESSINGER, President.
I> IMMIUIIIH iimw
J. D. CC
Removed From the Ok
Main Street to 1
"Common People" can c
^eople", good white folks an<
^ockrell at his new stand fo]
7eed, Etc.
Good Horses and Wagoi
-v. PripAc rrn^ra
>-ctbn ui uicun. x ?.
han anyone in the city. Cal
J. ??. C<
1818 MAIN STREET,
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Application for Charter.
3ue The Farm era' Mutual Telephone
' Company will apply to the Secretary
:ar of State, on June 18 h instant for a
th. charier for said cm* pan v.
of W. 15. FALL AW, President. 9
^ed June 12, 1911-32
in | This Is
dClKennyCo's.
nd
Lus
- Space
Think of them for good
Coffee, Teas, Sugar Etc.
Prices Always Right.
ue 1639 Main Street,
22" Phone 157.
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V^UIUJLII Uld, O.
What do you think of
this Great Big Solid
Oak Dresser, well
imade, best material,
oil A rn iT'ore \ir! All f !
\ i au uia yy vi j vr jliiiviu L
J any catch. If yon are
| I in need of a Dresser
jj this is your chance, j
: you cannot beat it.
| Mirror measures 28x22
j inches, best quality
of French Plate, one
inch bevel.
REED RO KERS
Of best quality, for a
Sacrifice, only
mi
This Great
Big Willow Rocker
we offer at a bargain.
Well worth twice the
price we are asking.
nmiitiivo rrt
U.JL 1I1IUI V,
FALITY FURNITURE."
tin Street,
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'IN, S. C. : : :,
it Accmomodates
Dod services. We cash oat-of-town
for sending money away. We are
liness matters. Make yonr deposits
, point of good treatment of its desposit
bear interest at 5 per cent. 1
irs as well as the business men to do
J. F. HONEYCUTT, Cashier ^ ^
JOIC flELLj
i Cockrell Corner, 1934
818 Main Street.
>nly be pleased by "Common
d "Free Niggers". Ask J. D.
r prices *on Groceries, Grain,
is second-hand and brand new.
nteed to be 20 per cent, less
11 and see me.
ockpell9 j
COLUMBIA, S. C. -