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THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. S ' A Representative Newspaper Covers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket. VAT. YT.TT LEXINGTON, S. C- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1912 4 2 * __??? ????? ? ? ? Costly Most people intend to s And while putting it of tie sums slip through The way to save succes Why not begin to save by opening a savings THE HOME W LEXINGTON, Resources "We Pay Interest on Sa 5 per cent Interest Pai ; . v Now Located In Oi 1323 Main St.. i Where We Hope ' Start Saving Toch You Will Ha' Richland Savings B; | T 323 MAIN STREE i? THE 8 I Mr. W. ] I Bought thi I Outcry. I The abo I Trunks, M A Good Sermon. It was our privilege to listen to i very able and inspiring discourse fron Rev. T. S. Brown, on Sunday morninj from the 9fch and 10th verses of. 15tJ chapter of 1st Corinthians: "For I an the least of tbe apostles" &c. Wouli that we could all feel with St. Pan that we should be humble to inheri the kingdom of God. Lightning Electrocutes Two Ancmflf. IS ?Violfln iUBtUU, w>w w lightning, which centred abonfc Mei cer University at Tatnall Square thi afternoon, caused the death of tw persons, injary of two others, damag to many buildings and wound up i: the fashionable Vineville district b; causing a panic in a Presbyfceria: church, directly across the street froi where a bolt had torn a corner from residence and set fire to the building The Dead?Mrs. N. A. Cranford, C years old, and granddaughter, Flor Sullivan, 5 years old, of Cordele. The Injured?N. A. Cranford, G years old, retired planter of Cordele and his granddaughter, Virginia Sul livan, 10 years old. Uranford has little chance to live 61 W. 3=31. loao MAIN 8TREE' Solicits a Share Delays ave SOME TIME, . f let a big aggregate of lit . uien imgcis. isfully is to save NOW. at this auspicious moment account at ITIONAL BANK S. C. . . $250,000.00. vings Accounts Quarterly, d on Certificates of Deposit ir Permanent Home Columbia, S. C. TI r>t t r r>j . io see iou unen. ly?and Tomorrow ve So nething. 5 ink & Trust Company > T, COLUMBIA, S. C. 1 OOF BANKI l P. Roof the Bankrup is stock of General M These goods are now ve Stock consists of! CeiTs, Ladies* and Ch The Sullivan girls are orphans. The ] Oranfords came here Friday to visit 1 their children. While crossing from one gard to another during the elect- ^ k rical display they were felled as by a ballet. Mrs. E. B. Campbell, who ^ witnessed the four persons fall as if g , dead, became insane. She has not Ix 8 been restored to her normal senses, t t . ? a M eavy Damage Caused e By Rustling Waters. r The heavy rains of Sunday night e t caused the dam at Mr. E. J. George's a ' oond, near town, to break, turning j e 8 i loose the immense volume 01 water c o which came down the stream with a n e mighty roar and with such force that a the brick wall to the card room of the Y Lexington Manufacturing Company n could not withstand its power. The f a damage to the mill property was great, I a the loss amounting to several hundred c ' dollars. The mill was forced to sus- c 5 pend operations Monday. i a Mr. George's loss will also reach up into the hundreds. Mr. H. Dibble a ? George, who was asleep in the mill, d S did not know of the break until the c L dam was washed away. Mr. George t will be able to run his mill within a t ' short time. c iOBE DRY ( MOifcTCTcro: T, of Your Valued P Headq For Flour, Mo All Kind "Pinnacle" Fl< Ma] The Kirkland Wh< Just across tlie Conga] | Wi for Prices, Or Call I AGOlllUiaai lvmuaycrs. The following managers have be lamed to conduct the election Puesday at Brookland and at Pi itdge, these precincts appearing bla: n the regnlar list: New Brookland?Gary M. Caufi nan, James D. Senn, ftl. M. Trotti. Pine Ridge--W. D. Huffstetler, 3. Ballentine. D. L. Shealy. mpt a t has nothing [erchandise froc being Sold Reg Dry Goods, Lad 11 dren's Shoes, 1 Jivinc Guidance Invoke 1- - A t O T? uommuia, Augusu j.o.?ill aui/ui ,nce with a resolution adopted by t linisterial Association, several of t canisters of Columbia today touch ipon the troubled political situation louth Carolina and in their sermc ,nd prayers asked divine guidance 1 he people in choosing their rule: sking that pure, good, clean men lected to office and that right a eason might have sway. Several of the ministers made ear ist supplication for the divine gui nee of the people in the approachi: ilection, and asked thai the divine w >e carried out and that God-fearii aen be selected to rule the people. A Card. To the Editor:?I wish to make t ollowing statement to the people ^exington county, in view of the : ent campaign rumors told over t ounty, and intended to injure me uy race for the Clerks office. Having filled the office heretofo tnd havine been out for several yea luring which time my record has be >pen to the public. I am asking el ion again on the record I made wh here and upon my reputation and i onduct while there as Clerk. I iOODS COBPAN nsr, TIS., 2^^.2SJ-.A m m m m m atronage. Poiite and Proi uarters al, Grits, Haiy, and Is of Feeds. )ur kcs Good Bread Distributing Co., Resale. ts ? ree Bridge on Lady Street. j t. ite Us and Inspect Our Stock. In New Quarters The Harmon Drug Co., is now in their magnifieient new home on Main Qw street. This is one of the best appointed drug store-* between Columbia and Augusta, the furnishings being ' " strictly modern throughout. jj The Harmon Drug store would do credit to any town in South Carolina. IIF NIIW I ILL I1UV1 I MmMHmwmmm o do with this sale a the United States ] ardless of Cost. Coi .ies Wearing Appare Groceries and a Gem a????n || had violated the laws yon would have heard it long ago, and I beg that no one consider as true, such reports at ' this late day. I have no other business ! he i to tafce up my time, and if elected I ? will inn the office myself, and will not ' in raise the fees from what they now are. jDS Give us a square deal, and the decision ?r next Tuesday will be your verdict. ! rs, ] be Appreciating the kindness shown me ^ nd throughout the campaign, I am, Yours very truly, n_ Saml. B. Geoige. ^ id- i off ill KUIls Wile and Mother ' Qg i /Vshton, 111., August 18.?A quarrel 1 over the custody of a seven-year-old ^ daughter to-day caused Wan en Sanjje ders, to kill his wife, Westanna San- j J- -. ? J 1.irt in.laTir Mpfl 0jT UtJfb, UUU liXD UiUlUCl'lu-iniT) >ui ? j re. George Griffith, while the four were 2j0 . at a railroad depot here. Mrs. Griffith jD was shot three times and Mrs. Sanders once. Both died almost instantre, j rs, After the shooting Sanders walked en to a telephone exchange, told Sheriff j bc- Reid, at Dixon, what he had done, ] ile and then waited on hour till the 1 ny sheriff arrived and took him into f I custody. I -bib, C OLUMBIA, S. mpt Attention. Octoi The Firjft I In life towards wealth a what you earn. A hom to be the fate of the mai Assure yourself of a com ing habit. Our Savings Departnn ity for all moneys depos compounded semi-annus one dollar. Citizens Ban ? U. X. GUNTER, Pres. I M. U. BOATWRIGHT, Vice-I II GEO. BELL Tlf (?- = !l Call at This And Let Us Presei Called "THINGS is full of interesting erybody. UNION NA" Colui N FULL . Messrs. Gold d/* Oaii ne and See for 1 1, Millinery, N< sral Line of H Lowman-Shealy. On last Wednesday afternoon a j'olock, St. Michaels Lutheral chur< :n the Dntch Fork, was the scene i very pretty wedding, when ? 3erley Voight Shealy, of Leesvi was happily married to Miss Li Josephine Lowman, the ceremony 1 ng performed by the Rev. S. P. Ko< president of the Summerland Colle :or girls. The bride is a daughter of Mr. a Mrs. Joseph D. Lowman, of Irmo, a s a young woman of many graces nind and person. The groom is a s )f Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Shealy, Leesville, and is a young man of st ! t.JL* leg qualities. Mr. and Mrs. Shealy are spendi ;heir honeymoon in Washington a Dther points of interest. Severe Electric Storm. Daring the severe electric sto Sunday night the barn of Mr. C. Roof, a farmer residing between Li Ington and Columbia, was struck Lightning. The building caught 1 and in the excitement which follov Mr. Roof's son ran against his motl knocking her down and breaking ] 3 )er IStf WE Pay Yon to Save. 11 Start nd ease consists in saving a portion of eless wanderer in his old age is likely a who is improvident in his yonth. forfcable old age by cultivating the sav5nt not only guarantees absolute securited, but pays you 4 per cent interest, illy. You can open an account with 5 k o! Batesburg, A. C. JONES, Cashier. P I VW IT A Y Aoei B I I t3i hi WW s V/\J vuJIIIVI ma AMERMAN, Attorney. gsggmMBaBBgaBM? bmS N\ Bank it You with a Handy Book WORTH KNOWING." It g and useful facts for evriOIMAL BANK mbia, S. C. BLOOM [berg & Co. I Lrt at Public I iTourself. I >tions, Hats, I cheek bone. The fire was extinguished , Q before any great damage was done. t O a w j shi Small Crowd Here. of About one hundred voters heard W. ' J. Talbert andN. B. Dial, candidates 16 for the United States Senate agains t jla Senator Tillman, at the campaign 3e- meeting in the court house yesterday. Senator Tillman was not present. Mr . ' B. H. Barre, secretary of the demoe!Se racy of Lexington county, presided, and introduced the speakers. Mr. , Barre read a letter from Congresman n(1 Lever, in which he stated that his nd duties at Washington were such that 0f he could not leave at this time. on of Severe Electric Storm. erDuring the severe electric storm on Monday night an out barn on the plating tation of Mr. Hamp Harman, about j four miles above Lexington, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The building contained a lot of food and farming implements. The corn house of Mr. George S. Drafts, Jr., in the Peters' section, was also struck by lightning and the buildrm ing, together with its contents, was S. consumed. ex by For Sale. [ire red One good milch cow with young ier calf. Bargain to quick buyer. Apply ber to A. W. Harman, Lexington FL F. D