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5 THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. V<v-V * ? . J ' wm:I-.V x . _____ . /- _______ ' W-4-y A Representative Newspaper. Covers Lexiagton and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket ???? * VOL. XT-TT LEXTNGT ?N, 8. C? WTDVESDAY, MARCH 27,1912 21 ?.;V* J <J~ \ * ; A ?J ????? John Williams Shot I Bw Com WollfAii ! | If/ UHUI WW uiuvi On Sunday afternoon John Williams, a negro, was shot by Sam Walker, , another negro, the weapon used being a single-barrel shotgun. The entire lead took effect in the face, neok and chest, causing a dangerous and p ainful wound. The shooting took place at Walker's ' house, near the still of Mr. J. Press Mark j, and caused a great deal of excitement for several hours. Prom what can be learned, it seems that Williams had been raising a row in the vicinity of bis home, having ftreti his gun a time or two. Walker was sent for to quiet Williams, and succeeded in getting Williams to accompany him. Before they had gone very far, bowdver, Williams became angry and declared that he wa< going ie kill Walker. He returned to his house, secured his shotgun and went direct to the^home of Walker. - Walker Will! L.J kja 1aaL. WJ4 lOAIi wnnanm UfiU uu guu tc*? led oa. him whoa he (Walker) fired. Sheriff Miller was the first to arrive opo^. the scene. The officer found i Williams'ying on the ground across his gun. The weapon was oor;kau. Walker accompanied the sheriff to the jail and is being held pending the epault of Williams's injuries. The wounded man was carried to his home where his wounds were dressed by Dr 8. P. Derrick. Both negroes work for Mr. J. Pres Starke, live Stock Association. There will be a meeting of the Lexington live Stock association held in ,^ the court house on next Monday at 11 o'clock. A representative gathering - is desired. V ; t. , W. W. Barre, President. V V ' T ! ? ' : : I . 4 ' * I The | Best i [ 11 Recommendation I Yonoanl J I ) Savings B ' till I I If I Citizens Bank I BATESBURG, | Resources I ' 8 OFFICERS ANC * I U. X, CUNTER, Pres. I M. U. BOATWRIGHT, Vice-Prei I CEO. BELL iriMMI t | New Brookl I DIREC 1 J. G. Guignard, E. W. i 1 R. N. Senn, Henry I A. D. Shell, L. S. T t I . ft (r?** [ CAL] UNION Iff ATI | Columbi I AI F. LEVER Joi?NORV | M. BEATY C. L. KIEL I G: P. LOGAN J. W. NOK' J $j 0. BLACK D. A.SPF ^ _ * G T7T. ? ItiltO MAIIN 8TBE Solicits a Shai No Registration Board. On account of the refnsal of Governor Biease to re-appoint Messrs. B. H, Barre, B. S. J. Hayes and James D, Langford, members of the county reg| istration board, as recommended bj ? - i . a ! the senate, Lexington county is toiaj with at an active registration board. It will be recalled that Gov. Blease appointed instead of the old board Messrs. L. W. Wise, R, Wilbur Friob and Manly P. George. Accompaniedljy their attorney, exSenator Sharpe, Messrs. Wise and George made demand upon Cierk ol Court Frank W. Snealy yesterday for the books of the old board. Clerfa Shealy refused to turn over the books, having previously been notified by the old board that they intended holding over. In reusing to tnrn over the books to the ne w board, Clerk of Court Shealy stated that he had "absolutely no personal feelings in the matter; that he had been advised by bis counsel to let t ?e ocurfc decide who were the legal and rightful appointee^." t* in iiira!v hat; an pfPnrk will be av iu aavij vmwv MM ^? made to maud am as the elerk of court ' to tuxh oyer the books to the new board appointed bj the goyernor. In the meantime, the county is without an active registration board. St. JobL's Cemetery Association. There wijl bp a called meeting of th#Cemetery Association at St. John's oburch (Oalk's Road) on Friday, April the 5th, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m. Business of much importance will be up for consideration, and all members and those in anyway interested are urged'to be present. J. S. Hendrix, ? Chairman. WE Pay Yon to Save. 11 . \ [ have it a auk Book in your pocket. It brings the uaile that stays, ol Batesburg, s. c. I . - $173,000.99 I > D RECTORS: I A. O. JONES, CftSlMr. I i. L. W. FOX, Afest. Cashier j? ERI AN, Attorney, p | ND BANK | land, S. C. 8 TORS: I Skull, G. A. Guignard g Buff, F. L. Sandel 8 rotti, P. J. Wessinger I ^ u AT DNAL BANE a, 3. C. ! i stors ITOOD N. H. DRIGGBRB ,ER E. G. GOOK tVGOD W. P. HAMRICK VEY C. H. BARRON " I ILOBE KEY 61 =c. a^oaiTCKiTO^ !ET, e of Your Valued Pat Headqi t For Floor, Meal, I All IflnHe , nu rnuuu / i : I "Pinnacle" Floii Mak< The Kirkland D Whole | Just across the Congarec Write lor Prices, Or Call an< In The Hands of Receiver. - The Lexington Savings Bank, for 20 , years considered a financial strongholt, is closed, and the affairs of the bank, together with the affairs of its , president, Mr. W. P. Roof, are in the , hand of W. H. Townsend, receiver. , appointed by the conrt. As a result 1 of the bank's failure the large department store of W. P. Roof is closed, and the whole matter will be settled , nnder bankruptcy proceedings, which were begun in the United States conrt in Charleston on Saturday. The failnre of the bank has occasioned a great deal of regret, and has caused much alarm among the depositors. No statement as to what per cent the creditors will receive has been I given to the pnblio and it will be several days before anything definite can be ascertained. The oanse of the failure may be assigned to a number of reasons. The rumor was carried broadcast several weeks ago to the effeot that the bank was going to the wall and many denAaifAK mdt ft "ran'1 mi the bank. ?Mmv mm r drawing out their funds. For a time it* was hoped that the bank would be able to stem the heavy tide, bat as fast as the money was deposited it wonld be drawn out by some anxious depositor, it is said. Mr. Bt of has done more for Lexington than any other liying man. It was he who caused to be built the Lexington Manufacturing Company and the Saxe-Gotha cotton mills, both of which will stand through generations aa a living monument to his worth. He has always put his shoulder to the wheel and pushed with all of his energy for every enterprise which looked toward the betterment I of his town and community. But few people have ever gone to W. P. Roof for a favor that went away without receiving help. He has held the confidence and esteem of the people of this entire section as no other man has ever held. That he has had confidence in the people is evidenced by the tact that were all the people who are indebted to him to pay up today everyone of his creditors could be paid off dollar for dollar and his mammoth business would continue as if nothing had occurred. Mr. Roof's great misfortune has been?aud this he realizes now when it is too late->his generous nature in furnishing to those from whom he could not Socure fcill-e<i?o coIlalciV.. > I s Oo.ifttyTrfwnrer E. I<. Wifpr^rd I I Hmonutiurf ?o many tuuu?uuu^ j j ~~,r i of dollars tied up in the bank's seourj ities. The State has about |22,ooo de; posited by Capt. D. J. Griffith as a I trust fund. Mr. WincmH i" under heavy bond and the oouaty will lose nothing. Clerk of Court Sheaiy had several | thousand dollars deposited in the bank I belonging to estates in course of aot| tlement, but Mr. Shealy has made ar-' ! rangements, on his personal manhood, a ju 1x0 i? rea iy to pjy every dollar; )ODS G OIF AN r, ties., ronage. Polite and Pr( larters Grits, Hay, and of Feeds. IP is Good Bread 9 9W^ M9 ? isiripuuny to., sale. s Bridge on Lady Street t Us 1 Inspect Our Stock. Contract Let For New Bank Building. The contract for the new buildiug or the Home National Bank to be erected at the corner of Main and Depot street, has been awarded to H. C. VauOrmer & Sod for approximately ten thousand dollars. The contractors have already com menced work, the old wooden store building of Col. M. D. Harman having been torn down. The Home National Bank will have by far the handsomest building in this section of the State. The building i* to be the finest brick, two-stones high, 65 feet long and 48 feet wide. Th* bottom floor will be used by the bank and for mercantile purposes, while the upper floor will be cut into eleven office rooms. The fixtures will be of latest design in workmanship and for elegance will be unsurpassed. The building will be a credit to the town. The officers of the bank are: Samuel B. George, president; Dr.J. J. Wingard, vicepresident; Alfred J. Fox, cashier; Karl F. Oswald, assistant cashier. Bank of Western Carolina Coming. The Bank of Western Carolina is coiner to onen a branch in Lexineton next week. The Dispatch received the following telegram from Mr. H. M. Dibble, of Aiken president, yesterday: "Please announce that the Bank of Western Carolina, the strongest State bank in South Carolina, will open a branch in Lexington next week. R. D. Smith will be the manager ." That there is plenty of room for another bank here, is recognized by the oMcera of this bank. The manager, Mr. Rufus D. Smith, is well known to the people of this entire section, having been connected with the Lexington Savings Bank for a number of years, and it goes withont sayiug that the Bank of Western Carolina will draw a large patronage from the jump. The now bank has a large capital and will be amply able to take care of those farmers who can famish satis* factory seourity. down. The clerk's office, therefore, l.lo IiV/V J . OrJ -a - W t-v* W , - Shealy if a heayv nersonal loser. l- -C>w ^ . J. - C .. L\^ cUO V ULOl" an county officer, had several hundred dollars on deposit belonging '.o his office, but he is ready and willing to pay every dollar on demand. Hundreds of private individuals, farmers and business men, have been seriously affeoted for the present at least, but it is hoped that farther investigation bj Lhu^e in c, hargo of the affair# will change the situation materially, and that 6very creditor will receive what is justly thfirs. Y, COLUMBIA, *4. C. >mpt Attention. October istl B. M. Wingard is Dead. "Huse Wingard is dead." This was the word that was passed from one to 1 another on our streets yesterday afternoon abcrat 3: SO oclock, and it was this J news that carried a shock into the 8 breast of every person who heard it. 5 Surely, in the "midst of life we are in t death." Only a short while before he a was at his accustomed place in his n store, and to tnose abont him he ap- c poared to be in the best of humor. Mr. 1 Wingard had just returned from din- o ner when he was attacked with accute o indigestion. Kind friends assisted him t< to the Kaminor hotel, and Drs. Win-- a gard and Roberts were summoned. s< Both worked heroically but without o avail and ho died a short while after- a wards without haying regained con- n scious ness. Mr. Wingard was born near Lexing- 8; ton about 42 years ago. He was a t son of Mr. Jacob Wingard, who died b a few years ago. He engaged in the i< mercantile easiness here upon a small t> scale about 15 years ago and by hard n work, energy and perseverance he d work ?d his way to the top, and his s business daring the lass several years C haa hpfln a nhflnnmflnftl anrppaa fl . He is survived by his wife, who was ii Miss Edith Roberts, daughter of Mr. o and Mrs. Henry Roberts, and two s young daughters. Se is also survived v by several brothers and sisters. s; His remains were laid to rest in St. I1 Stephen's cemetery this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the presencs of a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and friends. The last sad rites were j performed by bis beloved pastor, the p Rev. T. S. Brown. * In the death of Mr. Wingard the J town ha9 lost one of its best citizens, 5' and he will be sorely missed. J Peace to his ashes; rest to his soul. , ? i & 1 Resources $ ?and they are g They consist of high cl and other bonds, casl servative business hou They are examined t National Bank Examii has the approval of the of the board of directo] A strong bank like th est degree of securit business funds, trust f We Fay Interest on Savii & per cent Interest Paid < THE HOME NA LEXINGTON, \m III?' IMM?HHM?MM "191 There is something impressive to tl in the coining of a new year. To them it is not simply a trick of etitution of the next numeral, but a 1 hte. IThei'desire to "turn over a new lef people, coming with a realization of 1 and a keen sense of regret that in tl ? ln#f nnf4nna ohrtnl IUt)t<a UUUC auu iOiU uuuuuo >ua. o..vu. This bank extends to all its custom dial greetings. To those who hare t we'mclcde with our good wishes for Jnvitati' r. to do so. If yon have not saved daring the p* tliiu uVv/i U UCVl A. k.iuMj'U J ?. facilities of a bank. They make savii I show yon in a few months that it is s NOW is the logical time to start. BANK OF CHAPIN, l 3. B. WE8SINGER, President. 3 ! BLEASE BOARD GIVES UP FUND. ?he 8tate. Saturday. The commission named by Goy. Mease to wind up the affairs of the k-i.- Ji l J. J AAK rare dispensary nas turned over 87 01 to the State treasurer. When he Blease commission took charge, iter the Ansel commission was dislissed by the governor, there was a ash balance of $28,737.05, on deposit, 'he Blease commission held office for ne year and spent over $4,000 withut collecting anything. Under the erms of the Crosson resol ution, passed t the last session of the general asembly the Blease commission weat nf, nf AYiflt;ATir>A SAvaral r?ava n&n and final report is to be made within the extseveral davs There is abont $75,000 of the dispeaary fund in the hands of the State reasnrer. This fond was tamed over y the Ansel commission which coljcted a total of abont $500,000. The otal fund, approximately $100.0#t, iowheld by the State treasurer will w istributed among the schools of the Itate by State Treasurer Jennings, Comptroller General Jones and State Superintendent of Education Swearagen. An act was passed over the bjection of the governor at the last ession of the general assembly to preide for the distribution of the dispellary fund. The act was first passed in Oil and was vetoed. v Job Hallman. News reached Lexington this mor?t? lg of the death yesterday of Mr Jei? [all man, one of the most popular oung farmers of the Black creels s?oton. The cause of death was measles rom which he is said to have had a slapse. He is survived by bis wife nd several chifdren. 230,000.00 ;ood assets, too. ass securities, XT. S. 1 and loans to con* sea. wice a year by the aer, and every loan j I i discount committee * s. is one offers the high* y to depositors?for unds or savings funds. iga Accounts Quarterly. >n Certificates of Deposit nONALBANK . . s. c. ir he thoughtful man or woman the calendar, an arbitrary subreal milepost in the journey of kf" is spontaneous with most the death of a big life period, he passing many things have d not and should have been. .era and friends its most corlot yet opened accounts with as happiness and prosperity an jst year, NOW is the time to I ?u <*iL uv, xaunixAx Miiti t.ie I ng easy and systematic and i sin of omision to neglect it. CHAPIN s. c. . P. HONETOUTT, Oishier.