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The Lexington Dispatch Wednesday, March 6,1912. G M. Harman, Editor and Publisher d. R. Haltiwanger, Assistant Editor. .. C ? Entered at the Post Office at Lexington, S. 0., as second class mat'ser. rm>nTTT A TTflTM 9. SOO. ViAVUAiaAAVM On account; of a rush of work, incident to heavy advertising patronage, we have been unable to give our readera the usual sketches of my annual trips over the county with the treasurer mud auditor, as has been our custom for the past several years. However, there has not been any great change In the conditions of the * county. B very where, of course, the farmers mre farther behind with their work than they have been for many years, due to the very severe winter and continued heavy rains. In fact, we have never seen so little gronnd broken at this season of the year. With all of the backsets, however, farmers are hopeful of a batter day, and are waiting and watching for bright, sunshiny weather. The small grain has been injured in plmct9, especially oats; and the land has been too wet for spring sowing, which olaces the prospect for an oat crop poor. But the farmers are filing to meet the situation by planting a larger acreage in com and less acreage in cotton. In some sections of the county niany fields that have not had a boll of cotton picked during the entire season are noticeable. This is indeed something unusual; for Lexington fanners usually are able to gather all that the land produces. Some farmers are still holding to their last year's cotton crop, while others have turned loose their hbldings since the price reached ten cents. The merchants have lik^-yise felt the effects 4of the the severe winter and the gloomy prospects on the farm. ' They have not had the usual heavy mid-winter business; and are not, therefore, inclined to view the future with the usual optimistic smile. The towns are growing, however, and on ?very side improvements are noticeable. Swansea continues to be the metropolis of the lower section of the county. Here the merchants are enjoying a fair trade, and all of them ' hare large and well selected stocks. The Btdk of Swansea continues to fill along-felt want in the1 community, and is growing. x Belion, too* is coming. ixew dwellings are going up, and the town bids fair to grow larger. The Bank of JPeBon, which is the youngest banking institution in the county, has hau a fine basin ess. It will shortly move into its new home?a handsome twostory brick structure. Mr. L. W. Wise is president, and Mr. J. D. Haiti wan" ger. cashier. Batesburg and Leesville still enjoy the distinction of being the largest towns in the county. Th9 merchants are enjoying a good trade, and the banks are prospering. The two towns are rapidly growing nearer eachother, and ait so distant day we believe they wiH be as one. . Gilbert is holding her own. Dr. Oxner is building a neat residence for himself and there are signs of other imprOYemente in the town. Our good friend, S. Angostus Ma tiuas, is the popular and efficient post nastier, and there is no bicger-heartec'l 'nor better <feoy in the county. Gas is -also engaged in the mercantile business with hie father. Chapin is the '"coming" town of the Work. This town i? perhaps growing !Jagter"than any other \ town in the coonty at present. The merchants enjoy a good trade the year around. The Chapin Bank, under the head of J. S. Wessinger, president, and J. F. Honcycu't, cashier, is doing a fine 8>ObiA693. Chapin is a great prodnce centre. We haye never seen so many eggs in all oar life as are daily marketed here. Every merchant in the town had a large supply when we were there. Peak and the other towns are hold3n<v their own and are making steady *?o progress, ?roofc[aad, oar last point in tbe -comity, isirapidly growing into a city. The merchants are doiDg a good busi?eas, and the Brook land Bank is hayIi? ilie most prosperous season in its Ifetory. The people here are satisfied nee fcbe freeing of the bridge, and e talk of going to Richland county a fcbing of the past. We this occasion to thank the A people of the county for their long an*d continued patronage, and for the duany courtesies and kindnesses shown ?xs on the rounds. We have been going over the county for 3'? years, consecutively. and each time we return Jhome more convinced than ev^r that liCxington is the grandest old county in the State and lier people the most generous and open-hearted on the face Qf the globe. (i. M. H. I State Senator Crosson is being cummended on all sides for his manly fight for his bill to wind up the affairs of the old State dispensary and to abolish at once the commission appointed by Governor Blea9e a year ago. This bill will save South Carolina thousands of dollars, as the commission has hot turned a 9ingle dollar into the treasury since it took charge of the affair. In speaking of the members of the Senate who will stand for another term the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier thus speaks of Lexington's Senator: "Senator D. M. Crosson, of Lexington, will seek re-election and his rec- _ ord in the Senate is one which is pleasing to his county. He is the author of the dispensary winding-up hill, and has taken an active part in many other important measures for the benefit of the people.7' There is some dissatisfaction among the people of the Fork, occasioned by the lower section annexing to Richland county under an act of the Legislature. Many of those who favored the move a year ago now prefer staying in the old mother county, and many criticisms are heard. The annexation takes in only two towns? B alien tine and White Rock. It has caused a general mixup in the school districts, and is undesirable to many for various other reasons. Coming back to the towns, Irmo is growing. Some of the best people in the county jive here. The merchants have been doing well and have but l-ttle right to complain. Mr. John W. Hook is still in charge of the depot?a position he has filled for a number of I ears with universal satisfaction. The Dispatch is the leading news medium of the county, and is recognized as one of the best advertising mediums.in the Carolina9. We propose to give our readers their monev?s worth during the coming campaign, and now is the time to subscribe, in order that yen may get all of the political news. By subscribing now \ou will also get the benefit of our clubbing plan w hich gives you The Home and Farm for only 25 cents a year. Our time is limited on this proposition, and we hope all old subscribers will renew without delay. It co'sts more to get out a paper now than it has cost 9ince we entered the newspaper business forty years ago, and we hope tha all those who are in arrears will let us have their remittance as soon as possible. We acknowledge with pleasure the receipt of a press ticket to the Charleston Fair and Racing Association, and shall endeavor to attend befdre the end of the meet. It is said that some of the finest racing to be seen anywhere can how be seen at the Charleston race course. The hotels are to their full, capacity with visitors, and in every particular the meeting has been a success. Charleston, however, never does anything by halves, and Charleston people are famous for their hospitality. There will be no need of the "Roc^ Hill plan" for cotton redaction if the rain continues. After all, Providence is the guiding hand in the growing of crops. The Legislature just closed will go down in history as the most remarkable session in the memory of man. Devoe Takes Least Gallons, Always. Paint Devoe;it's the cheapest paint in the world; never mind the price; it may or may not be more. Less gallons will paint the house: and the paint will outwear anything. Skip wear; you've got to wait, to find that out. It covers more; you haven't got to wait to find that out, It's the ^cheapest of all; no matter about the price. N. R. Watkms, Lott, Texas, used 13 gallons on his house before; bought 13 gallons D?voe for same house and had 6 left. C. B. Edwards, of Edwards & Broughton, printers, Raleigh, N. C., used 30 gallons paste paint on his * ^ TN - ? I house: bought w ganons uevoe ior same house and had 16 left. Thats how. Sold by The Kaufmann Drug Co. The Grand. Columbia's citizens have been highly entertained at The Grand ^Theatre this week with new and plealing moving pictures. The management always secures something new and entertaining for those who attend, while the music is fine. It is a delightful place to spend an hour or so whenever you are in Columbia. A Cold, Lagrippe, Then Pneumonia Is too often the fatal sequence, ami coughs that hang on weaken the system and lower the vital resistance. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is a reliable medicine that stops the eough promptly by healing the cause; soothes the inflamed air passages, and checks the cold. K:;ep always 011 hand. Refuse substitutes. Kaufmann Drug Co. , CLOSING SCENE MUCH TALKED OF. South Carolina's Remarkable Legislative Session Is Over.?Stormy Scenes Mark Closing Day. Columbia, March 1.?Special: The stormy scenes in the Senate, which preceded the final adjournment of the General Assembly yesterday, constitute the topic of conversation in many parts of South Carolina today. A1-. most everyone declares that similar scenes were never witnessed on the eve of a final adjournment before, certainly not in many years. The echo nf it will be heard on campaign stumps in every county this summer, and it will go down in history as a day fall of unexpected developments, but still a fitting climax to the session of 1912. From the opening day the General Assembly and the Governor were at "logger-heads," and this was shown by the promptness with which measures were passed over the Governor's veto, accompanied in almost every instance by a denunciation of the Chief Executive. Early in the session the House, in numerous ways, showed its Anti-Blease sentiment and the supporters of the Governor dwindled to a mere handful. The ease and rapidity with which the House organization ran everything gave rise to the charge of "steam roller'' methods by the Bleasites. Any way the House wasn't long in showing where it stood and how it regarded the actions of the Chief Executive. The Senate is naturally a more deliberative body than the lower chamber, and, while they in the early pait of the" session unmistakably indicated Tneir posuiun uy v several measures over the veto overwhelmingly, still they were disposed to go slower than the House and didn't make known as early their attitude towards the Governor. This was shown by the Senate turning down the House resolution to take a recess until May 23, some three weeks before the final adjournment. Bat yesterday the Senate was the scene of a furious storm, when the Governor refused to pay any attention to the request which had been made on him to furnish the list of appointees in the various counties and it raged in all its fury for fiye hours. The Anti-Bleaseites held the reins in their own hands and they Tecinfled the resolution to adjourn sine die and wanted to take a recess until the latter part of March; and had the Hoiase not blocked the programme by refusing to concur in the recinding of the sine die adjournment resolution, the recess would undoubtedly have been taken. The attitude of the lower body was stated by one of the leaders, when he said: "The Senate woke up too late. We were illing for the recess two weeks ago, but the Senate turned it down. We have stayed h|ere two weeks longer now than the term and I think it is time to go home and that it's too late to talk recess." So, when the House adjourned sine die at 3.05 the Senate had to follow suit at 4.02 and do the same. Governor Blease was the centre of yesterday's Senate storm. He was vigorously and even bitterly denounced and scored, and as vigoronsly defended. Senator Waller lead the attacking forces in the denunciation of the Governor and the speech of the Greenwood Senator will long be remembered by those who heard it. The veteran lawmaker was wrought up and aired ills grievances in plain words and didn't mince terms He thought the Governor was liable for impeachment in the disregarding of the resolution calling for him? to send his list of appointees to the Senate. Senator Clifton was the leader in the movement to have the recess taken, wnile Senator Appelt was the defbndnf t.iip ftnvftmor. Senator Lanev was a vigorous opponent of tfee recess idea, although he took no part in the denunciation of the Chief Executive. Both the Bleaseites and the AntiBleaseites are claiming political advantage from the legislative session. The friends of the Governor say the long session, the attitude of the Legislature in running over the Governor in the matter of vetoes, and especially the stormy scenes in the Senate on the closing day, will all redound to his advantage in the election. They claim that he has the people with him and that he will not only be re-elected by an increased majority, but that a General Assembly in sympathy with him will be elected. The Anti-Bleaseites point to the action of the Legislature, which is directly from the people, as proof positive that the Governor is a beaten man. The fact that the legislators will go back to their counties and necessarily fight the Governor in selfdefence on the stump bv fore the {people will mean such a force against huli that uO C<iM*L <?vn(!< file. 1 /]?-y say that the fact that the Legislature showed it* overwhelming opposition to the Governor will create an impression throughout the State which will make the majority against him ~cniendous this year. So the matter goes. The whole thing will he thnsheu out befoiv the people in the coming campaign and on the last Tuesday in August some idea ; of the actual ro-ulr o:t.: he obtained.? , "News and Conriei. THE VOICE OF THE H1RIDE. Col. U. R. Brooks, In The State, Writes oif the Evil Days That Come Not and You Shall have No Fear in Them. The time is drawing near for the voice of the "June bride'' to be heard in the land. Will the voice always be cheerful and sweet?certainly, if she chooses wiselj', for some poet says, "A loving woman finds heaven or hell on the day she is made a bride," but if not, what then? We venture the assertion that the courtship period i9 where m st of the trouble lies. Married persons are each second of the day journeying from State to State, from nation to nation, and the interests which they ^transport within themselves are far more important than any freight car carries; they lie at' the base of all social order. The home is the only recognized lawful and ethical starting point of the nation's life, and these eyer moving parents make the home. So that another hard, cold fact is that people about to marry should be held to an intelligent knov,-ledge of what they are doing. The decadence of marriage in some parts of the community is simply a decadence of morals and intelligence. "A marriage for convenience" may b .' contemptible. But a marriage without sound judgment has one sure result?divorce, or a wish for it. ? A happy home is a miniature heaven ?the prattle of the children, the sweet smile of the wife, and the loving, happy voice of the husbaud; with family prayer every night and morning and to church every Sunday?God will bless that home. There is some sage advice that Carmen Sylva, the queen of Roumania, gives .young wives who wish to keep home "happy and peaceful: 1. Never begin a discussion, but if an explanation is unavoidable do not yield without having proved your point. 2. Never forget that you are the wife of a man and not a superior being; it will make you understand his wpnknesses. 3. Do not ask your husband for money too often; try to manage with the allowance he gives you every week. 4. If you discover that your husband has rather a big heart, remember also that he has an appetite. If you attend to the latter you will soon win the former. 5. From time to time, but not over frequently, allow your husband to ' have the last word; it will please him and will do you no harm. (3. Read the whole of your newspaper and not only the sensational news, aDd your husband wi'.l enjoy discussing the events of the day and politics with you. 7. Beware of hurting your husband's feelings, even if he is sulking. 8. From time to time pay him a compliment by telling him that lie ^s the nicest and most attentive of married men, and ac the same time make him understand that yon, too, have your faults. 9. If your husband is clever and active, be a good comrade to him if he is somewhat heavy be his friend and his counsellor. Queen Sylvia, a German anthor, born in Castle Monepos in Ronmania, December 29, 1846. In 1869 she was married to Charles, then prince, now king of Ronmania. Her picture shows a beautiful face, beaming with intellect. "The groom and bride each conies within^ The circle of the otherrs kin. But kin and kin are still no more Related than they were before." Twelve good habits is a good inheritance, and the child who starts out in life with the habits or virtues of obedience, respect for authority, truth, self control, self reliance, modesty and simplicity, unselfishness, devotion to duty, charity and piety, is a millionaire. "Sow an aet, reap a habit; sow a hahir. reart a. character." "Home life and the love that binds us to that shrine sways the neatest general influence in the world." Let your home life be as full of sunshine as the meadows are of daisies in June. > Gov. Wise of Virginia was asked if he thonght men should marry young, and he replied he had been married twice, and added, "You should go and do like-Wise." One of the greatest dangers to the peace and security of married life is that modern institution known as 'soul-mate" and "affinity;" which is wrecking its very foundations. So nrovafrmfc has it hfteome that it no longer excites more than casual comment, and whenever either party to the marriage contract becomes tired, bored or what not the excuse is offered that they have found their "soul-mate" in some other man and woman. The construction of "mar %% _ i t e \ riage license" is mereiore Doing very broadly taken, and this deplorable condition of affairs is only too evident. There is something that the devii 1 uses to disturb matrimonial peace when thic "nfinity'' phase is struck. 1 The tirst recorded instance we have of j it was between the first lady of the land and the devil himself in the Garden of Eden, and her husband unsophisticated seemed not to care- A-dam, and lost his job, and immediately tried to swallow an apple, and it j lodged in his throat, where it has been ever since. ''This world that we a-e living in, Is mighty hard t>". b<n!. Von got a thorn with ever* r- se, lint air.'c th" hms - a* t.J ' STATE OF SO JTH CAROLINA, County of Lexington, In Court of Common Pleas. Ellen M. Witt, individually, and a9 Administratrix of Michael H. Witt, deceased, John M. Witt and Clarence Witt, Plaintiffs, vs. Catherine E. Bryan, et. al., Defend ants. . PARTITION. In obedience to tho several orders of tne court herein, the last dated Feb. 26, 11112, 1 will sell at New Brookland, S. C., on Thursday, the 28th day of March, 1912, within the legal hours of sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder, the following parcels and lots of land, of which the said Michael H. Witt, deceased, died, seized and possessed, viz: TRACT NO. 1. An one-half undivided interest in all that tract of land in said county and state, in the Western suburbs of the town of New Brookland, containing nineteen acres, more or lessr commonly known as the ''Green Hill" property, bounded by ether lands of the estate of said deceased, by lands of L. J. Frink, the Augusta Road and the Hook lands?the remaining half interest therein belonging to G. A. Guiguard. TRACT NO. 2 An one-third undivided interest in all that tract of land in Lexington County, said State, containing twentyone and one-half acres, more or less, lying in the Western suburbs of the Town of New Brookland, commonly known as the "Horse Shoe Lake" property, bounded at present by lands of Mrs. Annie F. Holland, Dr. Lancaster, lands of Witt & Gnignard, the Augusta Road, and by lands of the Columbia Land and Investment Company?the remaining two-thirds interest therein belonging to Adam D. Shull and G. A. Guiguard. TRACT NO. 3. All that parcel cf land, in the Western suburbs of the Town of New Brookland, containing eight and onehalf acres, more or less, bounded by Siiuler's lands, lands of Shull and Wessinger, the Urreen mil tract, ana shown 011 a plat on file in this case, marked "B.'' TRACT NO. 4. All that lot of land, situate, lying and being in the Western suburbs of the Town of New Brookland, county and stalc aforesaid, containing one rood and twenty-two and one-half perches, more or less, being half of lot No. <?1, on map of New Brookland, and having the following boundaries, towi't: The North fronts on Centre street; the East binds against lands now or formerly of Shuler; the West binds against Line street; the South binds against lands now or formerly of Shuler?it being the same lot conveyed to the said M. H. Witt by R. L. and Annie F. Shuler, by deed dated July 31, 1902, recorded Deed Book U. U., page 110. TRACT NO. 5. All that lot of land in said county and sta.te, containing one-fourth of an acre, more or less, lyiDg in the fork of old Salnda and Leaphart's roads, bounded by said roads and by lands of j Buff and Shull. TRACT NO. 6. i All that lot of land, lying in the Town of New Brookland, said county and state, containing one acre and ^ rvw loao Koinrv lUiitJ-UVC pClt'UQO) iuuio Ui ivooy Lot No. 75 on map of Town, made by* G. A. Lucas in December, 1890, and bounded North by Meeting Street; East by Lot No. 74; South by Center street; West by drive which extends 100 feet from water's edge on Horse Shoe Lake, conveyed to said M. H. Witt, by Jno. R. Shuler by deed dated June 16, 1890, of record, Deed Book T, T., page 349. TRACT NO. 7. All that lot of land, in the Town of New Brookland, being lot No. 74, on said map of said town, and bounded North by Meeting street; East by lot No. 73; South by Centre street, and West by lot No. 75 on said map. TRACT NO. 8. All that lot of land in the Western suburbs of the Town of New Brookland, containg one acre, more or les9, fronting North on Meeting street, East of lands of Witt, Shull and Guignard; South and West on lands now or formerly of Shuler, being the same lot conveyed to said M. H. Witt by R. L. Shuler and Annie F. Shuler by deed dated July 31, J1902, recorded in Book U. U., page 111. TRACT NO. 9. All that parcel of land in the Town of New Brookland, bounded by Centre street, Gregory's lot, Roof's lot, Spring street, Lucas street, Augusta road, and lands of others, subdivided into lots, as represented on plat marked "H," and on file in this case. TRACT NO. 10. All that lot of land, lying in the county of Garfield, State of Oklahoma,being lot No. 9, Block 4, in Douglas, as shown by the recorded plat thereof, and conveyed by Douglas Townsite Co., to said M H. Witt, by deed dated Oct. 25, 1904, of record in Book 41, page 216, Recorder's office, said county and* State; also, all that lot of land lying in the said county and state, being lot No. 20, Block 5, in Douglas, as shown by the recorded plat thereof, and conveyed by Douglas Townsite Co., to said M. H. Witt, by deed dated Oct. 25, 1904, on record in said office, Book 41, page 217. TRACT NO. 11. All that parcel of land, in Live Oak County, Texas, containing five acres, being Farm Block No. 30, Farm Tract No. 1654, as shown on the map of subdivision of Dr. Charles F. Simon's Nueces River Farm, prepared 1 CI T /"IK nl lr n >,s3 nn flip ill f,he I yjy O XJ. KJ LI ctirv j auu w&a ^ ofliee of the Clerk of theCeenfv ! of Live Oak County, 'io^as; ALSO, Town Lot No. KJSo. Block No. 7 1, in the Town Simons City, as,shown on plat of said town, on file in said office, being the same lands conveyed to the said M. H. Witt, by deed from A. L. Mattock, A. M A rant and D. \V, Eastman, Trustees, dated September 12. 1007, of ivor ! 5m the said 'Ml ire- in Volume 2, at pag.' s. TBAC/ NO. -JA All that lot of land, in tV " Countv i , t of Cu. ? M;iy. Suiv or >o\v -UTsr}. known and designated as Lot 10, Block 2, Map 1, Tract C., on a Plan J of Building Lots, known as Elmhurst? 1 being the same conveyed to the said 1 M. H. Witt by Wm. L. Mattox, by deed dated June 25, 19(?0. ALSO, those two certain other lots in said county and state, known and designated as Lots 5 and 0, Block 4, Map 1, Tract C, I of Elmhurst?being the same lots con- J veyed to the said M. H. Witt bv Wm. ^ L. Mattox, by deed dated July 7th, 2000. (JfdT Plats will be exhibited on day V of sale. 1 TERMS OF SALE. ^ One-third CASH, balance in two equal annual payments (except the I lots without South Carolina, which suall be all cash) with interest on each installment from day of sale, and until paid in full, at the rate of eight per no* onnnm infnvncf. fa Ka nuirl " ygi omtuijulj wu vo yaiu annually or to become principal annually and bear interest at the same rate until paid in full, to be secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises sold; said bond and mortgage to provide for the collection of the usual 10 per cent, attorney's fee in case same be placed in an attorney's hands for collection, action or foreclosure; mortgage to contain a default clause providing against nonpayment of first installment, or annual interest, at its maturity. Lots where there are buildings shall be insured for full insureable value and policy as signed to the undersigned as clerk? Purchaser shall have privilege to pay . any greater part than one-third in cash.?Purchaser to pay for drawing of deed and mortgage and for recording mortgag.. j FRANK W. SHEALY, ' C. C. C. P. and G. S, H. C. Hollowav, C. J. Ramage and F. E Dreher, Attorneys. Mar 4, 1012?4w21. j Attention Coufeds. Headquarters Camp Steadman No. G63, U. C. V. ' Lexington, S. C., March 4, 1912. Camp Steadman, No. <X5S, U. C. V., will assemble in annual session at this \ place on Tuesday, March the 12th at 11 o'clock sharp for the purpose of eiccting officers, arranging for the General Reunion at Macrn, Ga., on May the 7, 8, and 9th and transacting such other business pertaining to the welfare of our Camp as may be necessary. Comrades please be prompt in attendance, There are bat few of us left any more and surely we can make a little sacrifice and meet together at least once a year, so be sure and come. 1 By order ofr M. D. HARM AN,. Commander. Geo. W. Reeder, Adgti 1 \ Alfred i. 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