The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, August 14, 1912, Image 4
The Lexington Dispatch
Wednesday, August 14, 1912.
G M. Habmah, Editor and Publishei
D. R. Haltiwakgkb, Assistant Editor.
Entered at tne Post Offioe at Lexington,
S. O., as second olass matter.
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CIRCULATION 2.300.
New Hardware firm
To Open September 1.
The Enterprise Hardware Co. will
be ready for business by September 1.
This firm will be nnder the management
of Mr. Walter J. McArtha, who
is well known to the people of this
eection. Mr. J. B. Holman, head of
the Holman-Cullum Hardware Co., of
Batesbnrg, is president of the new
company here; and there is no man in
the State better than he. Read the
announcement elsewhere in this issue.
Terrible Tragedy
. Near Swansea.
One of the most shocking tragedies
that has ever occurred in this county
liappened near Swansea on Wednesday
afternoon, when Adam Watts,
aged 73 years, was killed while engaged
in a difficulty with Jacob Watts,
bis brother, and Govan Watts, his
nephew, the 22-year old son of Jacob
Watts. Adam Watts had his throat
cut from ear to ear and diod a few minutes
later.
Just who did the killing is hard to
determine. The coroner's jury placed
the killing on Jacob Watts, while Go
van Watts declares himself gnilfcy and
his father innocent. Jacob Watts
claims also that he is innocent and
that his son committed the terrible
'deed.
James Howell is in jail, along with
Jacob Watts and Govan Watts, charged
with being an accessory to the
crime. It is alleged that Howell gave
Jacob Watts the deadly knife. Howell
denies the charge.
All of the accused mere promptly
arrested by Sheriff Miller, who roshed
to the scene soon after the crime was
committed.
The County Campaign.
The county candidates visited the
famons Dutch Fork last week, where
they were greeted by large audiences.
Thefirat meeting was held in the
coming town of Irmo, where about
$00 persons turned out to greet the
?ffioe<seekers. Due to a heavy rain
which began to fall about noon, the
meeting was adjourned and the candidates
cut their speeches short.
Demick and Warner furnished a splendid
barbecne dinner.
The meeting at Ohapin on Thursday
was the largest attended so far this
?Kain? fnllr fifteen hnn.
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'died people present, many of whom
were ladies. i
ffbecrowd was orderly and good
viator ed throughout. All of the candidates
were given a cordial welcome
anA *?respectful hearing. Obapin is a j
great gathering point for the people
of the exrtire section.* A ball game 1
between Ohapin and Newberry was ]
scheduled for the afternoon, but a i
heavy rain >pre vented the boys from 1
i going on the diamond. i
At Peak on Saturday the candidates i
were greeted by another large audi- 3
ence. All of the candidates for the
senate and house were present, except J
CoL John Bell Towill, who was preF-eoited
from attending by illness.
The campaigners are holding their
r own well. That is, they are steering ^
" clear of personalties, and there is bat ^
little mud-slinging. At every point, ,
* however; there seems to be a lack of J
' interest in what the speakers have to
eay. As previously stated, there is
but little difference in the platforms *
- of the several candidates for the senate
and house. f
Mr. Isaac Edwards, candidate for 3
house, states that his position on the 1
' tax assessment plan has been incorrectly
stated by the Dispatch corres- ]
y pondent. Here is what Mr. Edwards ?
is advocating in his own language: <
4'I am advocating classified valuation; <
that is, let poor lands all go in one
- classification and be valued alike; let i
rich land ail go iu one class; let old
^fields, uplands, lowlands, woodlands
and lands of all kinds go in its separate
class and be valued according to
*the class that it is in. "Mr. Edwards .
holds that a commission can do this
work of valuation at the same or less '
oosfc to the people than the present
plan of an equalization board. He
holds that the valuation may j
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be made by the auditor under his J
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Classified plan, which would do away
with any expense.
The candidates are speaking today
at Gilbert. Tomorrow they w 11 go
to Sumraerland and on Saturday to
Boyl9ton. D. R. H. (
Policemen Discharged. <
Upon refusing to resign, J. Edward ?
Vernon, chief of police, and Lieuts. i
W. T. Cudd and F. H. Johnson, the
Matter a cousin of Mayor O. L. Johnson,
were summarily discharged by
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the city council of Spartanburg at a
special meeting held to investigate
the conduct of the police on the night
when suppoi cers of Governor Blease
howled down John P. Grace, mayor
of Charleston, aDd threw eggs at him
without hindrance as he as making
a speech in the theatre in support of
the candidacy of Judge Ira B. Jones,
Blease's opponent. The aldermen
were unanimous in their action.
Geo. B. Timmerman & Son.
It is now George Bell Timmerman
& Son. The Stork has been kind to
"Timmie," and, apparently, he is the
happiest man in town. When the
news came from Anderson on Sunday
that George Bell Timmerman, Jr.,
had arrived, the popular solicitor lost
no time in getting out of town, and
left at once in bis aatomobile for Anderson.
Family Re-anion.
I will have my annual birth-day reunion,
at my home, near Pond Branch
church, four miles south of Gilbert, S.
0., on the 28th instant, and take this
method of inviting all my relatives,
friends, neighbors and all the old
soldiers of Lexington county, to come
and enjoy the day with me. Good
music and speaking. Bring all the
children and baskets well filled ' with
good things and we will have a good
time. , G. W. LEWIS.
At The Grand.
The Grand Theatre in Columbia is
pleasing large audiences at every performance,
the programmes being unusually
attractive. The motion pictures
are the best and latest that can
be procured. Mr. Pat Drew, the
great comedy singer, is presenting an
entire new repertoire of comedy songs,
which please and amuse every one,
and the music is just grand. Go when
you are in Columbia.
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fcnroii now.
. All young men in the county who
have reached the age of 21, and whose
ntimes are not already on the club
rolls, should enroll at once by giving
th?ir names to the secretary at least
five days before the primary election.
AM who wish to vote at Lexington
should send their names to D. R. Haltiwanger,
secretary, at once.
WELL DESERVED
The Praise That Comes From
Thankful Lexington People.
One kidney remedy has known merit.
Lexington people rely upon it.
That remedy is Doan's Kidney Pills.
Lexington testimony proves it reliable.
William P. Steele, singing teacher,
Main St., Lexington, S. C., says: "The
passages of the kidney secretions were
attended with pain and I knew that I
needed a kidney medicine. Fir ally 1
got Doan's Kidney Pills from Dr. Derrick's
Drug Store and they gave me
immediate relief. I recommend this
remedy highly, as I know that it is a
good one for kidney complaint."
The above statement must carry conviction
to the mind of every reader.
Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy
isk distinctly for Doan's Kidney Pills,
the same that 2Jr. Steele had?the
remedy backed by home testimony.
50c all stores. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Europe., Buffalo, N. Y.
When Your Back is Lame?RememDer
the Name.
Hopkins' Big Sale.
J. L. Hopkins' biff sale is now in
'all blast. This firm is too well known
;o need any praise from us; the bargains
that are being offered speak for
jiemselves.
Lexington School to Open.
The Lexington Graded and High
School will begin the next session on
Monday, September 2, in the new
'inilrlinc.
All students of the county who are
prepared to enter above the seventh
>rade get free tuition. Students from
other districts entering lower grades
will be charged as heretofore.
Announcements for opening day of
school will be made later.
In Northern Markets.
Mr. F. B. Harman, the well known
3hoe dealer of Columbia, left Charleston
by the Clyde Line Steamer on
August 7th for New York, Boston and
other Northern markets to buy his fall
shoes, which will soon begin to arrive
iaily. In the meantime, he is offering
many special bargains in all kinds of
footwear and his Lexington friends
are cordially invited to call and inspect
his shoes when in the city.
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Upenmg uoo&s 01 auDscription
Notice is hereby given that the
books of subscription to the capita]
stock of The Enterprise Hardware
Company, a corporation to be organzed
and formed at Lexington,. South
Carolina, will be opened at the office
)f the Holman-Culluni Hardware Co.,
it- Batesburg, from 10 a. m. until 2 p.
n., on Saturday, August 17, 1912.
J. B. HOLMAN,
W. J. McCARTHA,
Incorporators.
August 14, 1912. i
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: For the
Hair
Are you so fortunate as to
be well satisfied with your
hair? Is it long enough,
thick enough, rich enough?
And your hair does not fall
out? Well, well, that is good.
But you may know of some
not so fortunate. Then just
tell them about Ayer's Hair
Vigor. They will surely thank
you after using it, if not before.
Remember, it does
not color the hair. Show
j the list of ingredients to
; your doctor. Let him decide
their value. He knows.
Made by the J. C. AYER CO.. Lowell, M*m.
What Hon. Thos. E. Watson
Has to Say about Felder's
charges against Gov.
Blease.
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There is nob a more unbln9hiDg and
creative liar on the American continent
than T Bosh Felder.
The anti-Blease men of the South
Carolina legislature condone Felder's
refusal to face the evidence against
him, and they allow Felder to belch all
his gall upon Blease in Augusta, Ga.,
where Blease has no right to be.
The governor of one State cannot go
into another, to face charges against
his administration ?
It is unthinkable.
Yet the anti-Blease legislature send
anfci Blease committeemen into Georgia
to listen to charges against the
Governor of South Carolina.
It is a gross insult to State-hood,
which every true son of South Carolina
should resent.
Why don't the anti-Blease legislature
compel T. B. Felder to appear
before its committee, in Columbia?
No matter how bitter is their hatred
of their governor, they owe it to justice
and to their own State-hood to
give their governor a fair trial, and
the opportunity to confront the witnesses
who testify against him.
Even in the wildest days of Reconstruction,
the Red Republicans gave
Andrew Johnson a public trial,
the privilege of facing the witnesses J
against him, and of being represented*
by counsel.
In Georgia, we offered Gov. Bulloch
a public trial, with every time-honored
right of an Englishman accused of
crime,
In South Carolina, Chamberlain was
not driven out, until strictly legal
methods established his guilt.
At this late day, however, South
Carolina is asked to condemn and degrade
and cover with everlasting infamy
one of her own sons, at the instance
of as cowardly and as unscrupulous
a knave as ever disgraced the
annals of Georgia?and this is to be
done by a one-sided hearing in another
State, where the defendant cannot appear
before the court, and where every
legal right is denied him.
Of Governor Blease and his record, I
know nothing; he may be a wicked
man and a corrupt officer; but this I
do know, he has not been given the
chance that a suck-egg dog usually
gets, before he is punished for his
offense,
Another *iing should be evident
to all:
Blease has acted like a man who is
not afraid to meet his accuser in the
courts which have jurisdiction of the
case. He could not be expected to
leave his own State, to be tried in
another?which has no jurisdiction
over him and his official conduct.?
Watson's Jeffersonian.
Thomson, Ga., July 18, 1912.
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my aan: n nx tummence
Friday
The big bankrupt sale of the Roof
stock of merchandise will commence
on next Friday, as will be seen by reference
to the large display advertisement
on the front page.
The entire store i9 now being arranged
for the big event; the goods
are being rearranged and marked
down to the lowest figures, and the
managers hope to be ready for the big
rush when the doors open Friday
morning. It is needless to enumerate
the different classes of merchandise
j that will be sold. Suffice it to sy
that everything will be sold at great
reductions and there will be bargains
for everybody.
Lexington Boys
On Socialist Ticket.
Wo notice by the Columbia papers
that two Lexington boys are on the
Socialist ticket for county offices in
Richland county. Mr. Byron E.
George is in the race for supervisor,
and Mr. David H. Clarke for coroner. ,
Temperance Picnic Tomorrow
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will held their annual
Temperance Picnic at Chapin tomorrow.
Amoiig the prominent speakers
will be: Rev. J. A. Brunson, pi El- j
loree; Dr. W. I. Herbert, of Sqmter;
# Mrs. Joseph Sprott, state president
of the nriion; Rev. C. W. Burgess and
Rev. W. J. Roof.
In the evening an oratorical and
musical contest will be held, and
medals will be awarded to the successful
contestants. Public cordially invited.
Subscribe to The Dispatch.
Alfred J. Fox,
REAL ESTATE Ili INSURANCE
LEXINGTON, S. C.
Real Estate Bought and Sold.
140 acres1 two miles south of
Barr, 6 mile9 from Lexington, 30
open, 50 acres pine timber, 6
room dwelling, a barn and stables,
plenty running water.
6234 acres 3 miles we9t of Gaston,
9 acres open, 3 room dwelling,
some pine timber, plenty
oak.
46 acres one mile from Edmund
25 acres open land, 2 room dwelling.
18934 acres 4 miles from Lexington
o~ the Augusta Road, 22
acres open, some pine timber, 6
room dwelling.
970 acres: 3 miles from Pelion.
50 acres open land, dwelling,
plenty water. Fine land for
Cotton and grain.
162 acres 5 miles from Steedman,
25 acres open land, dwelling
barn and Stables.
104 acre31 mile from Edmund,
35 acre9 open land, 2 room dwelling,
plenty water.
SUR ETY BONDS.
Write or call to see me
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Meeting of Joint ConnciL
The regular annual meeting of
the Joint Council of the Lexington
Pastorate will be held at 10
o'clock a. m., on Saturday, September
7th, 1912, at the parsonage in
[ Lexington, S. C. All members are
earnestly requested to be present at
the appointed time.
J. E. R. Kyzer,
5w42 Secretary.
There's many a slip 'twixt the solitaire
and the marraige altar.
AS WELL AS
large ones are welcome here?
yon need not wait until your business
has assumed great proportions
before opening a Checking
Account, DO SO TO-DAY.
Our patrons regardless of the
amount of business done, receive
every courtesy in all matters of
business entrusted to us?and
4a in Konlrinrr
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we cannot perform. Talk it over
wit h our cashier.
CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
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Your Dollar Does
yards Kitchen Towe
49c
. 8 35c Red Table
' this sale
5c
SHOES, BLAi
* 59c TAN at SLAl
s for 65c
Dollar Silks
this point's
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yards Flounce
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leach- 36 inch White
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Birthday Dinner
We will haye our annual birthday
dinner at Thomas 0. Smith's. Place
about 6 miles south of Gilbert, S. 0.,
on Friday, Aug. 30th.
Everybody is cordially inyited to
come and bring well filled baskets,
and enjoy tbe day.
Thomas C. Smith,
3w43 Jesse F. Smith.
Edwin 0, Bretitr
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and have special facilities for
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