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Obituary.
William Travis, infant of W. Perr
Taylor and wife, departed this lif<
March 2,1912; being 5 months and 2
daysof age* He was given to God i:
, bap ism and has early gone to be wit!
hit Savior. The Lord gave and th<
Lord hath taken * way; blessed be tb<
name of the Lord.
Funeral services by the pastor a
Grace chnrch, Gilbert. May God com
fort the sorrowing B. D. W.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF LEXINGTON,
By O. S. Drafts, Esq., Probate Judge
WHEREAS, Laura E. Sharp mad<
suit to me, to graot her Letters ot ad
ministration of the Estate of and ef
feet* of Tandy E. Sharp:
THESE ARE THEREFORE to cit<
and admonish all and singular tb<
kindred and Creditors of the said Van
dy E. Sharp, oeceased, that they b<
and appear, before me, in the Court o
Probate, to b^ held at Lexington, C
H., S. O., on 20ib day of Marcb? 1912
next, after publication hereof at l:
o'clock in the ft renoon, to 9how cause,
if any they have, why the said Ad
ministration should not be granted.
GIVEN under my Hand, this 4ti
diy of March, Anno Domini 1912.
GEO S. DRAFTS,
Probate Judge Lexington Co., S. C
Published on the 6th day of March
1912> in the Lexington Dispatch.
3Weeks-19.
County Union to Meet.
The Lexington County Farmers'
Ui i n will hold its first quarterly
ineet?ug with the Ohap:n Local on the
second Saturday in March. Delegates
will please be prompt.
T. H. SHULL,
2w *' Secretary.
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Joint Council Meeting*
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ing of Bethel Charge held at White
Bock, S. C., on Stjiurd.ty before '1 4
2nd fc\nnray in March at 10 o'clock a.
in., Hharpe. Member.** please n eet
promptly. Jno. C. Swygerr,
2w Chairman.
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Lexi gton Orgarizin-*
Under Rock Hill Plan.
Upon the recommendation of Mayor
Jam P Roof, of Lexington, the folollowing
committee has been named
o direct the patting into execation
he ,,Rock Hill Plan," for the reducion
of cotton acreage in Lexington
iAunty:Er. D M, Crosson,of Leesville,
hairman; Dr. E. C. Ridgell, Bates urg;
Hon. D. Frank Efird, Lexington;
'. S. Wes inger,Chapin; Walter Hook,
Jew Brookland; and R. L. Lybrand,
f Swansea,.
The co itions are indeed peculiar
a this county now, dje to the severe
winter which has causei a lo g and
ontinued deJ y n the farm. From
very quarter of the county comes the
eports that the farmers are *oiug to
urGail, nd in addition will cut own
heir fertilizer hills. So far as i9
nown but little fertilizers hav be n \
old, and it is said that th merchants
re s ow to place their contracts. It is
lid, also, that the merchant are not
oi gto "take heavy risks this year
tr the fertiliz r busine s, and only
ose farmers who areab e to give
tie best security will be abie to get a
apply, One gentleman who has been
slhng fertilizers for ye ?rs in this
ounty said yesterday that he did not
itend ta sell a sack this year except
n a real estate mortgage, experience
avlng taught him that unless a farmr
made a large crop the fertilizer bill
sualty goes unpaid; that a fertilizer
sbt is the hardest kind of an obligaon
to collect and that he did nOt
rrtrmoA rnrmtnnr onv nalr f.hifl votr
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ince the prospect for a crop at this
age is gloomy;
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To Meet on Match 16.
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The Lexington County Teachers'
ssociation will hold its next meeting
ei March 16 at 11 o'clock at. Lexlng>n.
The following attractive proramme
has been arranged:
Reading in the Grades?Miss Ooi tan.
The Laggards in School?Prof. W.
. Black.
The Causes of Failure in School?
rof. L. M. Banknight.
It is most earnestly requested that
.1 the white teachers of the county
3 present at this meeting.
Mr. Eagene L. Hartley, of Batesirg,
was in town yesterday.
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tronage. Polite and Pr<
Monday's Sales.
Despite the bad weather on Monday,
a fair crowd attended the public sales
here Monday. The following tracts
were sold by the clerk of court;
In the case of Scott Hendrix against
W. W. JLiucas, 100 acres. sold lor foreclosure,
was bought by Scott Hendrix
for $200,00.
In the case of Jas. J. Wingard, administrator,
against Viola G. Haye9,
_ fore closure, 29 acres was sold to Benjamin
Harman for $300.
In the case of Joseph Norwood
against L. J. Frink, toe sale was withdrawn.
The sale was withdrawn also in the
case of the Bank of Swansea against
J. W. Crim.
In the case of B. R. Cconer, trustee,
in Bankruptcy against J. C. Reynolds,
bankrupt, the property was bid in by
attorney Barron, of Columbia, the
I hotel for $3,800, and the Reynolds
home place for ?1,500.
Bound Over to Court
R. L. Hord, a young white man, was
bound oyer to the general sessions
court by Magistrate Thos. L. Harman
on Tuesday on the charge of assault
and battery with intent to kill and was
committed to jail upon default of bail
in the sum of $500.
%hile drunk and disorderly at the
depot late Saturday afternoon, Hord
is said to have made a vicions attack
upon Mr. Frank Hook with a knife,
cutting him severely across the forehead.
It is claimed that Mr. Hook
was standing in front of the store of
M. P. George and had not spoken to >
Hord, it is said, Hord ran off immedi*
21y after making the attack, but
?later captured on a freight train
by Sheriff Miller, who got bc:ty on the
case as soon as he arrived from Colombia.
The Sheriff had the condactor hold
his train until a search conld be made.
Hord was discoverd on top of a car,
and when approached by the officer
asserted that he was not the man
wanted. Later, realizing that the
Sheriff was on to his job, Hord conr
fessed that he wa9 the man wanted,
and he came to jail* Hord claims that
h^> is from Virginia, aEd has only been
in this section a few weeks. He is
said to be a cotton mill operative.
Dr. R. L. Hartley, of Harris Springs,
was a business visitor to Lexington
yesterda'.
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qiw, &u&iftcAA, and ijaux account
t (taxes |a/i lent, $7.00 pet <jea/i
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LEXINGTON, .
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E There is something impressive to the
K in thfe coming of a new
To them it is not simply a trick of tl
, stitution of the neat numeral, hot a re
life.
The desire to "tarn over a new leaf1
\ people, coming with a realization of tb
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been done and left undone that should
This bank extends to all its cnstome:
dial greetings. To those who have no
wejinclude with our good wishes for I
invitation to do so.
If you have not saved during the pas
"turn over a new leaf." Perhaps you
facilities of a bank. They make savin;
show you in a few months that it is a i
NOW is the logical time to start
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Interesting Statistics.
Washington, D. C., March 1.?The
wing importance of the Southeast*
section of the United States as a
k-producing region is shown by aa
.lysis of the lire stock statistics of
United States made by the SouthRailway
Company. The estimates
tie Agricultural Department show a
.1 of 65,410,000 on farms and rangef
he United States on Jannary 1,
t, a decrease of 210,000 as compared
i January 1,-19* 1. On January 1,
, the number of hogs in the nine
-Jieactern States traversed by the
s of the Southern Railway Comr,
with the increases in each State,
3 as follows: Virginia, 880,000,
lcrease of 26,000; North Carolina,
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i,uw, an increase 01 oi.uou; SOUtii
lina, 7->7,000. an increase of 54?,COO;
gia, 2,098,000, an increase of
00; Florida, 051.0C0, an increase
,000; Alabama, 1,533,'?>00 an iu>e
of 114,000; Mississippi, 1,577,in
increase of 150,000; Kentucky,
,000, an increase of OS,000; and
essee, 1,574,000, an increase of
\ The total number of hogs in
ine SUtes on January 1st, this
was 12,512,000, an increase over
ary Is:, last year, of 887,000.
rge as theso figures are thev <ir*
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measure the fall progress of the
least as a hog-raising section, for,
the more extended raising of
bred hogs, trier** is a corbeling
advance in the average
ty and weight of Southeastern
Land For Sate.
Ter tor sale my place, containing
jr in Black Creek township.
i (JO acres op *n, balance timbered,
olv to R Catherine Shealy,
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