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THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. A Representative Newspaper Covers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket. ? ? s M, # ' ' VOL. tt-TT LEXINGTON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1912 27 > : . .:? ? ? I THE HOME N/ LEXINGTON, Resources r The Resources of this on hand and in banks, gc per of prosperous bnsii other responsible borrow The financial strength by its board of directors, this County, who not on] policies under which this KNOW that these polici The strength of it to those who r ijug association. We Pay Interest on Sa 5 per cent Interest Pai s= = I " CAL UNION NAT: Columb Dive A. F. LEVER JOS. NOR J. M. BEATY C. L. RIB. G. P. LOGAN J. W. NOR E. 0. BLACK D. A. SPI Richland Savii Trust Company A safe institution and Banks in this commu rrn i ^ j ine Dusmess oi ' . ~ ** . v*" * 1218 Washington St., \ ? j Lexinj | Strongest S ? Total Capital p Total Deposits ^ Total Resources 4 The number of deposit | Is The I \ j OI f Geo. H. Bates, t Herman Brown, ^ P. M. Buckingham, * Hpnrv Busch. ^ H. M. Cassels, 4 Geddings Cushman, 4 H. M. Dibble, ? D. K. Gantt, p Dr. H. J. Salley, ? J. M. Easterling, ? J. M. Farrell, 4 W. W. Muckenfuss, 5 F. B. Henderson, ? E. G. Haltiwanger, ? F. E.- Dreher, TT D ririmQC n. ju. uiiui&t}) ^ C. K. Henderson, L_ 61 "W. bl MAIN STREE Solicits a Share kTIONAL BANK ? s. c. . . $250,000.00. Bank consist mainly of cash >vernment bonds and the paless concerns, farmers and ers of Lexington County, of this institution is attested , reputable busine99 men of [y formulate the conservative j bank i9 conducted, but who eg are carefully observed. this bank commends equire a safe bankvings Accounts Quarterly, d on Certificates of Deposit = ? ,L AT [OlVJLIa BASTE iia, S. C. ctors WOOD N. H. DRIGGERS LER E. G. COOK iWOOD W. P. HAMRICK VEY C, EL BARRON , -T /> igs Bank and \ / / I one of the best Savings nity. | gton county people solicited. j , . Columbia, S. C. Western 'ton Branch, R. D. Smith, Man tate Bank in So V t :ors increased during the last yea Best Too Good F RjECTOI i i ? i .QBE DRY DO 2v?02Src:ECT0:LT. T, of Your Valued Patr Headqi] r?? K?aa1 i rur fiuui) lucai) All Kinds o "Pinnacle'! Flou Make The Kirkland Di Wholci Just across tiie Congarcc Write for Prices, Or Cali and f Neariag Completion. Tne large annex to Derrick's Drag Store will soon be completed. This is going to be one of the best arranged drag stores in this section when completed. Farmers Are Busy. * People representing every section of the county were here Monday. Farmers are busy and the prospects for a good crop are very much brighter than they were some weeks ago. Hun- dreds of acres of cotton were planted last week and it is expected that the balk of the crop will be put in the ground by the end of the present week should the weather remain good. Carolina I iager. a uth Carolina \ \ $567,750.12 i 1 $1,033,000.00 } 52,000,000.00 i t r from 4,100 to 5,500. ? x :or You? J \ IS: \ 11 fc VJ. n. L/gi litn, ^ v Butler Hagood, a a H. C. Hahn, t I W. B. Turner, 2 t B. F. Holley, 5 J J. W. Lupo, 5 e J. C. Matthews, ^ W. J. Piatt, j c James, Powell, f 1 J. B. Salley, j ? L. W. Reese, 4 i J. C. Lamar, 2 ? J. W. Hardy, j c H. G. Eidson, j E. L. Yonce, ) F. Q. O'Neill. J , f \ 1 ODS COfflPAH , JIB., 2^LJ^-?T^ m m m m onage. Polite and Pr( larters Grits, Hay, and I Feeds. r :s Good Bread i ii ??? ? 11 istrihiiting Co., sale. Bridge on Lady Street. Us I Inspect Our Stock. The County Convention. The Lexington County Democratic Convention met in the court house on Monday with a good representation from the various precinct clubs. In most instances where members were absent their places were filled. The meeting was called to order by County Chairman D. Frank Efird at 11:15 o'clock. Mr. Efird, in a brief addrees, paid a glowing tribute to Lexington county and her citizenship. He spoke of the harmony that had always existed, and how tbe people from time to time gather together and with one accord work for the upbuilding of the county and the betterment of her citizens. Mi\ Efird took this occasion, he said, to again thank the people of Lexington county for the mauy honors they had thrust upon him; that he had never asked the people for anything that they did not honor him with their suffrages. The first business before the convention was the election of temporary officers. Dr. W. T. Brooker, of Swansea, was nominated, the rules suspended, and he was elected by acclamation. Dr. Brooker thanked the contention for the honor, expressing his gratitude and appreciation in fitting - ? *r _ _ r> i j J 3 n TT vorcis. James r?. ;iuuy uiiu r. jnaiiip Eteudrix were elected secretary and issistant secretary., respectively, the dection being by acclamation. State Senator D. M. Crosson and Hon. W. I. Sharpe were unanimously elected *ice-presidents. All of the temporary ifficers were made permanent officers or the next two years. Upon motion of Mr Sharpe, Capt. ). J. Griffith was reelected a member >f the State executive committee by ! cclamation, and the Hon. D. Frank Sfird was reelected county chairman f the Democratic party for the next wo years Ballentine, Nates' School House, Ipring Kill and White Rock went to iichland county, and Irmo being near he Richland line, no club meeting pas held there this year. It was greed that the Irmo club be instructd to meet and elect a member of the xecutiye committee. A new club? he Macedonia Democratic Club of he Fork?was admitted, this club laving recently been organized with a embership of 49. Congressman A. F. Lever was electd by acclamation a delegate to the Itate convention, which meets in Ooumbia on the 15th of May, and was ndorsed for delegate at large to the National Democratic convention at Baltimore. Mr. Lever having been .lootprl iw anolamation. nominations yere offered for the remaining seven lelegates. Fifteen names were placed >efore the convention. The first count he tellers announced the election of P. E. Dreher, W. H. Sharpe, D. M. Drosson, R. L. Lybrand, D. F. Efird md G. A. Guignard. Col. J. Brooks Wingard and Mr. R. Wilbur Frick ded, both having received 77 votes. ;Vfter the vote had been taken, but be I, COLUMBIA, IS. C. >mpt Attention, October istf | Best Recommendation I] You can have I Savings Bar ir ' 81 Citizens Bank o BATESBURG, Resources I OFFICERS AND C J U. X. GUNTER, Pres. i M. U. BOATWRIGHT, Vice-Pres. CEO. BELL TIMMERIV 1 BROOKLAN I New Brooklar I DIRECT | J. G. Guignard, E. W. Sh 5 R. N. Senn, Henry Bi ? . _ - ? m f A. d. Shull, jl. 5. iro S9S9SS69SSS96Se969?9S969Sa?Se 191 There is something impressive to the in the coming of a new year. To them it is not simply a trick of th stitution of the next numeral, but a rei life. Thedesire to "turn over a new leaf' people, coming with a realization of th and a keen sense of regret that in the been done and left undone that- should This bank extends to all its customei dial greetings. To those who have do! we^include with our good wishes for h invitation to do so. If you have not saved during the pnsi "turn over a new leaf." Perhaps you facilities of a bank. They make saving show yov in a few months that it is a s ' NOW is the logical time to start. BANK OF ' chapin, s T Ti'rccTvmrp PpDoiVonf: T j J. Oi \V X^tOOAXl VJIJJAV, i v. i fore the count was declared, Col. | Win gar d gracefully withdrew his J name in favor of Mr. Frick, tinasmuch as the Fork was without a represen- j tative. | per Neither the presidential or gubeniatwc torial race was mentioned, and the delegates will go to the State conven- 5011 tion uninstructed. the The meeting was harmonious and jj ( the best of feeling prevailed throughout the entire proceedings. wre New Drug Store. mil Messrs. H. C. Van Ormer & Son, the well known contractors, are rapidly roa pushing the work on the new building one of Mrs. A. D. Kaufmann on Main ers street. When finished the building hig will be occupied by the Kaufman era Drug Co. This will be one of the T best appointed buildings in thi3 section ate of the State. not dea Church Notices. ini* At St. John's, Black Creek, com- ^ munion services on the fourth Sunday morning a 11 o'clock. Preparatory Hoi services on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock; preaching at Pelion on the fourth Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. ^re This change is made on account of a previous engagement for the third >%t*1 Sunday. B. D. Wessinger, aKe Pastor. WE Pay You to Save. | ) is a ik Book i your pocket. It bring9 the nile that stays. ! Bafeshurg, S. C. - $175,000.00 5 $ RECTORS: A. C. JONES, Cashier. | L. W. FOX, Asst. Cashier jj fSAN, Attorney. p - C [D BANK I , _ j 8 id] Si C. ? ORS: I ull, G. A. Guignard e iff, F. L. Sandel - 5 tti, P. J. Wessinger | 9SS6Se969eS69S96A?9e969 ? tnoughtful man or woman e calendar, an arbitrary subil milepost in the jourijey of ' i9 spontaneous with most e death of a big life period, passing many things have not and should have been. *s and friends its most corb yet opened accounts with u3 appiness and prosperity an t year, NOW is the time to are not familiar with the ; easy and systematic and lin of omision to neglect it. CHAPIN ?. c. F. HONEYCUTT, Cashier. eterans9 Train Jumps Track; Nine Killed. lattiesburg, Miss., May 0.?Nine sons, including three women and > children, were killed and 55 pers injured when the first section of Confederate Veterans' Special of 3ars, en route from Texas to the mal reunion at Macon. Ga.. was ?cked this morning on a trestle a e south of Eastabutchie, Miss., on New Orleans & Northeastern raiid. The locomotive baggage car, : day coach and three tourist sleepwere derailed and tumbled down a h embankment, making a conglorate mass of wood and iron debris, 'hough several hundred Confederveterans were aboard the train, one was numbered among the ,d. Several of the veterans were ired, though none fatally. 'he dead: Mrs. J. L. Cameron, iderson, Texas, Mrs. Charles Imes, Big Springs, Texas; J. S. vning, Atlanta, Ga.; W. A. Wood, ridian, Miss., engine?r; two chiln, aged thre6 and five, unidenfcii; one woman, aged about 35, ght 150, unidentified; one man, d 30, smooth face, brown hair, uuntified; C. J. Jone9, negro firemsn^