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mUwFBSSIOITAL CABDS. HH DR. G. E. HARDING, I K OLD AND TRIED DENTIST, his office doing good wore at ^ ^^^^Kerate prices. Oall to see him wait. Hyatt's Park, COLUMBIA. S. 0 DENTIST., Main Street. COLUMBIA, S. 0. H^B9frriC3 Houbs: 9 a. m. to 2 p. m? an from to p. m. |H\I/M. W. HA WES, VY Attorney and Counselor at Law. h NEW BROOKLAND. S. 0. ^ i Practice in all Courts. Business solicited. November 1.1905. H DR. L. L. TOOLE, Dentist, D 1623 Main St. : Columbia, S. C, OFFICE HOURS: 9 A. M.-5 P. M. 0. M. BLTIKD. T. E. DSEHKB mm I?FIBD & DBBHEB, M LA ATTORNEYS AT LAW, HV LEXINGTON 0. H. S. C I Will practice In all the Courts. Business solicited. One member of the 3rm will always be at^fflee, Lexington. S. C. T H. FBICK, J ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHAPIN. S C. Office: Hotel Marion, 4th Boom. Second Floor. Will practice in all the Courts. DOBERT MOORMAN. * A J.1. -4. T m c II Alluiacy-aL*Art *v} Admitted to Practice in all Courts in this State. Carolina National Bank Building, COLUMBIA, S. 0. rURMOND,T1MMERMAN &CALLISOM, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WILL PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS, f We will be pleased to meet those having legal business to be attended to, at our office at any time. m? next to Canghman & Harman's. Lexington, S 0. J. WM THURMOND. GEO. BELL TIMMERMAN, , Sept.28,1911. T. C. 0ALLISON. Albert m. boozer, ATTORNEY AT LAW. columbia, 8. 0. ^ Omn: 18IS Main Street, upstairs, opposite Van Metre's Furniture StoreKspeelal attention given to business entrust* id to him b? his fellow citizens of Lexington - sountv. f\R. D. L HALL, U DENTIST COLUMBIA. S. 0. Lutheran Publication Building, - 1626 Main St. Office hours 8 a. m.? to 5:30 p.'m Dec* 23.1907?6m ifnnfc DR. C. J. OLIVEROS, f 1424 MARION ST., COLUMBIA, S. 0. Is prepared to treat ail troubles of Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat and Lungs. The fit of Spectacles Guaranteed. BARNARD B. EVANS, Attorney at Law. MIMNAUGH ELDG., COLUMBIA, S. C. r Practice in all Courts. . MONEY TO LOAN. . Law Offices, ( Residence, 1529 fl209 Washington < Pendleton Street. Street. ( Office Telephone No. 1372. Residence Telephone No. 1036. W BOYD EYAN3, VV LAWYER AND COUNSELLOR. Columbia. S. 0. DR. A. J. ADAMS, 1 DENTIST, ' (SWANSEA, SO. CAROLINA. 50?6mp E. L. HARTLEY, Batesbnrg, . . . S. C. Surveying, Terracing, Leveling. Any k one desiring rach please let me know. I All Work guaranteed and promptly ^ done. Rates fo.OOPer Day. i Sterling Goods k Sterling silver, cut glass, Sue r china, clocks. A fine stock always on hand for yon t *? select from. J Keep us in mjnd when want- j If ing anything in Jewelry or I T 8ilverware. I > Good watch work and best t eye glasses. | If you can't come, send for j An 4-oloWhrmA xrnnr OUr CilUUU^UO VI *VtV|ruvuvy VM I order to us. P. B. UCHICOTTE & CO. JEWELERS, 1424 Main Colnmbia, S. 0. ^ "If" is a little word thai Spoils some big plans. All things may come to a mem who ^ waits?provided he does't wait in the W path of an automobile. r NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for State and County Officers will be held at the voting precincts prescribed by law in said County, on Tuesday, November 5, 1912, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday in November, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualification for suffrage: Managers of election shall require of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to vote, the production of his registration certificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll tax, , assessed against him and collectible during the Th/* nroHnrtinn of a pi ^ V IKJUJ JVC44. ?* certificate or of the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. There shall be separate and distinct ballots at this election for the following officers, to wit: (i) Governor and Lieutenant-Governor: (2) other State officers; (3) Circuit Solicitor; (4) State Senator; (5) members of House of Representatives; (6) county officers. On which shall be the name or names of the person or persons voted for as such officers, respectively, and the office for which they are voted. There shall be separate .boxes in which said ballots are to be deposited, and each ballot box shall be labeled in plain Roman letters with the office or nffirpr? voted for. Whenever a vote is to be taken on any special question or questions a box shall be provided, properly labeled for that purpose, and the ballots therefor on such question or questions shall be deposited tnerein. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other members and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting nlace must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power *o fill a vacancy, and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election the Managers and Gerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count.the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office and sign the same Within three days thereafter the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Com missioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the results of the election. At the said election separate boxes I will be provided at which qualified elec tors will vote upon the adoption or rejection of an amendment to the State Constitution, as provided in the following Joint Resolutions: No. 582. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Town of Bishopville. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendment to Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, be agreed to: Add at the end thereof the following words: "Provided. further, That the limitations imposed by this section and by Section 5 of Ar.'.cle X of this Constitution, shall not apply to the bonded indebtedness incurred by the town of Bishopville, in the county of Lee, when the proceeds of said bonds are applied exclusively to aid in the building and purchase of rights-of-way of the South Carolina Western Railway, or other railroad or railroads, under such restrictions and limitations as the General Assembly may prescribe, and where the question to be and be known as section 14a: Section 14a. The General Assembly may authorize the corporate authorities of the cities of Charleston and Beaufort to levy an assessment upon abutting property for the purpose of paying for permanent improvements on streets and of incurring such indebtedness is submitted to the qualified electors of said municipality, as provided in the Constitution, upon the question of bonded indebtedness." Sec. 2. That the question of adopting this amendment shall be submitted at the next general election for Representatives to the electors as follows: Those in favor of the amendment will deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon : "Constitutional amendment to Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness, as proposed by a Joint Resolution entitled *A Joint Resolution to amend Section 7, i Article VIII of the Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness, I by adding a proviso thereto as to the | town of Bishopville'?Yes." Those opj posed to said amendment shall cast a \ ballot with the following words plainly j written or printed thereon: "Constitu| tional amendment to Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution, relating to 1 mMiiir-inal VtnnHprt iriHpbfpdnens. as nro | posed by a Joint Resolution entitled 'A I Joint Resolution to amend Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness, f by adding a proviso thereto as to the town of Bishopville'?No.'' | No. 583. j A Joint Resolution Proposing an ! Amendment to Article X of the Constitution, by Adding Thereto Section 14a, to Empower the Cities of i Charleston and Beaufort to Assess Abutting Property for Permanent Im- j provements. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen- j eral Assembly of the State of South ! Carolina, That the following amend- j ment to Article X of the State Constitution, to be known as Section 14a of said Article X, be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each house, and enterod on the Journals respectively, with yeas and nays taken thereon, and be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election thereafter for Representatives, to wit: Add the following section to Article X of the Constitution, sidewalks immediately abutting such property: Provided, That said improvements be ordered only upon the written consent of two-thirds of the owners of the property abutting upon the street, sidewalk, or part of either, proposed to be improved, and upon condition that said corporate authorities shall pay at least one-half of the costs of such improvements. Sec. 2. That those electors, at the said election, voting in favor of the said amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Amendment to Article X of the State Constitution, by adding Section 14a, empowering the cities of Charleston and Beaufort to assess abutting property for permanent improvements?Yes." And those voting against the Scid amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon: "Amendment to Article X of the State Constitution, by adding Section 14a, em ~ ? * ? ? ? C* TiO t-1 Oct An on/1 puwci lllg LUC CIUC3 Ci. Vilai 1V.JIV1I Beaufort to assess abutting property for permanent improvements?No." No. 584. A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution, by Adding Thereto Section 15. to Empower the Towns of Gaftnev and Woodruff and Cities of Chester and Georgetown to Assess Abutting Property for Permanent Improvement. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. That the following amendment to the Constitution. Article X, to be known as Section 15 of said article, be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each house, and entered on the Journals respectively, with yeas and nays taken thereon, and be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election thereafter for Representatives, to wit: Add the following section to Article X of the Constitution, to be and be known as Section 15: Section 15. The General Assembly may authorize the corporate authorities of the towns of Gaffney and Woodruff and the cities of Chester and George. town to levy an assessment upon abut ting property for the purpose of paying for permanent improvements on streets and sidewalks, or streets or sidewalks, immediately abutting such property: Provided, That said improvements be ordered only upon the written consent of a majority of the owners of the property abutting upon the streets or sidewalks, or part of either proposed to be improved, and upon the condition hat the corporate authorities shall pay at least gne-half of the costs of such improvements. Sec. 2. That the electors voting at such general election in favor of the proposed amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or^rinted thereon: "Amendment to Article X of the Constitution, by adding Section 15, empowering the towns of Gaffney and Woodruff and the cities of Chester and Georgetown to assess abutting property for permanent improvement?Yes." And those voting against said proposed amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Section 15, empowering the towns of Gaffney and Woodruff and the cities of Chester and Georgetown to assess abutting property for permanent improvements?No." Sec. 3. The Managers of Election shall canvass said vote and certify the result as now provided by law, and shall provide a separate box for said ballots. At said election the qualified electors shall also vote upon the question of issuing bonds, not exceeding one million ($1,000,000) dollars, to carry out plans to relieve the congested condition of the State Hospital for the Insane, as proT * ' XT () \ _ _ vidccl hy joint Kesoiuuon ao. 570, .-vcis and Joint Resolutions of iqt2. MANAGERS OF. ELECTION. The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: MANAGERS OF STATE ELECTION Lexington?Sim L. Hendrix, F. L. Corley. T. R. Keisler. T. J. Draft's Store?T. P. Drafts, J. L. Scase, II. M. Price. Leesville?M. G. Duncan, W. J. P. Kinard, D. L. Gunter. Gilbert?P. II. Craps, N. L. Price, J. D. Harman. Gaston?W. M. Sharpe, M. L. Pound, W. D. Pound. Pool's Mill?W. Q. Jackson, J. R. Jefcoat, J. F. Tefcoat. Irmo?O. A. Drehcr, Karl B. Shulcr, W. E. Lorick. Chapin?Hr C. Shealy, W. 0. Haltiwanger. R. F. Cumalander. Efird's Store?W. D. Huffstetler, W. D. Cannon, Dave Epting. Pel ion?G. W. Fallaw, C. L. Wise, H. V. Rish. Peak?T. W. Amick. O. L. Mayer, W. M. Wilson. VV. P. Shealv's Store?J. S. Miller, ! H. A. Howard, "L. W. Ricard. Huffman's Burnt Mill?Boyd F. Berry, J. 0. Spradley, Willie Shumpert. Brookland?M. G. Caughman, L. S. Trotti, W. F. Hook. Red Bank?J as. M. Justus, D. W. Wessinger, Charley Corley. Brook?W. F. Taylor, Sam Price, Geo. Shealy. Edmund?J. C. Reeder, C. W. Sox, John F. Shealy. Crout's Store?J. B. Dreher, P. W. Shealy, J. II. Crout. Steedman?W. L. Quattlebaum. E. L. % Guntcr, C. L. Willis. Delingo?J. A. Kaminer, A. L. Buff, D. M. Wilkins. Snndv Run nt Onk Grove?H. S. Crim, \Y. B. Wannamaker, \V. L. Whitaker. St. Matthews?J. D. McCartha, W. H. Keisler. G. B. Taylor. T. H. Shulls's Store?S. O. Hook, Claude Hook, C. J. Taylor. Summit?W. A. Hare, E. \V. Risinger, J. A. Sligh. Bates'nirg?W. F. Fallaw, Barrett Jones. S. B. Carter. Swansea?H. W. Neesc, J. V. Hutto, J. N. Jumper. Hilton?C. VV. Smith. W. H. Derrick, J. C. McCartha. Samaria?Isaiah Howard, J. B. Johnson. C. R. Quattlebaum. The Managers at each precinct named above arc requested to delegate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election from X. P. Shipp. Secretary, at Lexington, S. C. G. A. GOODWIN. T. H. RAWL, ; B. K. KYZER. Commissioners of State and County : E ections, for Lexington County, S. C. N. P. Shipp, Se retary. October 14, 1912. ? NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for Presidential and VicePresidential Electors and Representatives in Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the County of Lexington on Tuesday, November 5, 1012, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday, as pre scribed by the State Constitution.The qualification for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable. Provided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, otherwise qualified. Registration.?Payment of all taxes, including poll tax. assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath_ to the other Managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy; and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint, from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office, and sign the same. Within three days thereafter^ the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commisers of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the result of the election. Managers of Election?The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: MANAGERS OF FEDERAL ELECTION. Lexington?M. D. Harman, J. F. Kleckley, J. E. R. Kyzer. T. J. Draft's Store?H. P. Price, J. D. Keisler, Geo. C. Price. Leesville?J. Y. Cooley, M. Crouch, A. P. West. Gilbert?W. E. Long, I. Taylor, W. T AHHv Gaston?Geo. W. Pound, C. C. Goodwin, R. E. Pound. Pool's Mill?J. M. Boles, J. W. Starnes, J. L. Jefcoat. Irmo?J. H. Sheal? Heber R. Dreher, 0. W. Lorick. Chapin?J. H. Roberts, J. T. Stockman, \V. E. Riser. Efird's Store?E. W. Derrick, J. J. Rish, D. L. Shealy. Pel ion?A. M. Hutto, A. W. Craft, L. W. Gardner. Peak?Jas. \V. Eargle, H. P. Summers, J. F. Chapman. W. P. Shealy's Store?C. E. Ballington. J. D. Wise, Tally Shealy. Huffman's Burnt Mill?G. C. Gantt, S. L. Lucas, W. A. Rish. Brookland?J. D. Senn, \V. R. Lowe, Wade Sox. Red Bank?P>. P>. Pound, Frank Taylor. J. J. Taylor, Jr. Brook?D. II. Price, D. L. Taylor, Yasline Taylor. Edmund?J. A. Kyzcr, I. E. Jefcoat, 0. E. Sharpe. Grout's Store?C. T. Koon, Scott P. Shi rev, D. D. Amick. Stecdman?L. W. Mitchell, H. J. Burgess, A. B. Ouattlcbaum. Delingo?j. A. Kaminer. J. E. BulT, Geo. C. Arehart. Sandy Run at Oak Grove?W. Furtick, T. L. Wiliiams, M. L. Wannamaker. St. Matthews?L. M. Steele, E. W. Keisler, S. S. McCartha. T. H. ShuH's Store?Clyde Livingston, E. E. Hook, T. H. Shull. Summit?M. A. Ricard, A. E. Craps, R. 0. Shealy. Batesburg?E. L. Hartley, W. R. Shealy, Geo. Adams. Swansea?C. B. Dowling, I. W. Hutto, E. H. Smith. Hilton?E. L. Derrick, J. W. Bick1 A TT TJ icv, rv. in. jLidimdii. Samaria?F. S. Burgess, O. C. Boatwright, Haskell Flail. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure the boxes and blanks for the election from N. P. Shipp, Secretary, at Lexington, S. C. C. S. M ATTHEWS, G. A. SHEALEY. 0. E. LEAPHART, Commissioners of Federal Election for Lexington County, S. C. N. P. Shipp, Secretary. October T4. TQT2. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Lexington. By Geo. S. Drafts, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, G. C. Hooker, made suit to me, to grant him letters of administration of the estate of and effects of Margaret I. Jefcoafc. These are therefore to cite and admonish oil and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Margaret I. T - * - - - x " J * ?V% /* kfl An/) jercoar, uecewseu, tuau uicj ud anu appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexington, C. H., S. C., on the Nov., 1912, next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 22-d day of October, A. I)., 1912. GEO. S. DRAFTS, (L.S.) Probate Judge Lexington Co., S. O. Published oil the ltfth day of Oct. 1912, in the Lexington Dispatch 52 A woman can derive liiirty-seven times as much pleasure from shopping as her can from buying. Free speech is no excuse for talking too much. ItVVVVVVVVVWWWVWWWV^? $ IS IT PAINT? m S $ WE HAVE nfcjf I 1 I 2 The Very Best Goods and i Rightly Priced, t Webb's Art Store | ^ 1627 Main Street - Columbia, S. C. ^ ^ DECORATORS: In Burlap, Tapestries and Wail Payers. # ^ Out of City Work Solicited. p C^vwvwwwwwwwvww^^ Attention Automobile Garages and Machine Shops We now carry in stock the following, size Cored Bars of the famous NONGRAN High Speed Bearing Bronze?the bronze used in all first class cars Solid, 1 xHt 1 1%*^. 2x1, 2^x1^, _2^xl% All Barare 12" long and dimensions above are outside and inside diameters. lJtione?Wire?write?or uaii. uraers jriuea lmmeaiaieiy COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, 823 West Cervais St., . . Columbia, S. C. New and Seasonable Goods. Our stock of Millinery, Dress Goods, Dry Goods, Notions Shoes and Hats is now complete. We want our Lexington friends to call and inspect our line of Goods and make our store headquarters while in the city, whether they buy or not. Our prices are right, WNI. PLATT tt 5UN, 1804 UAIN ST. 00L1WBIA, S. C. KODAK Cfaji) WE CARRY A FULL CkiA l|te [EASTMAN ?? KODAKS,FILMS. PAPER AND OTHER SUPPIES. H ~ ?y y SHIPMENTS FREQUENT, ?$ 4; & y * INSURING FRESH GOODS & 1 & 4$ Send Us Your Order Today ________rM | THE R. L BRYAN COMPANY | J " |fTCT?t?H??>f>?tiiiiIiiiiiiiii?iniH?mMiinitf*t8gw jCOOD STOCK I ; And best of work is the strong ; j Feature that has helped to earn ?J ! Thfi Statft-widft rpniifntinn ?! ? -_r -i 5 and endorsements of the !! 2 "I 2 ~~ ~ ? jj | : South Carolina Marble Works. : 2 > 2 ?? _ N : 2 5 All work in either marble or granite ! jj Guaranteed to satisfy. We sell iron S M ^ ! Fence also. Write or call to ? N 2 S See us and we will see that 5 M M ?> Your interest is protected ! I ========= | ? ? SOUTH CAROLINA MARBLE WORKS, I k * js Phone 1558. 1707 Main Street, 2 fc COLUMBIA, : S. C. S r m . E R. V. STILLER, Manager. : : : F. H. HYATT, Proprietor. ? n h ? ? - -? j|g|lTTTTTTTTTTIIlTTXlXtHtg???H??ga??xyjm^^_^riJtlllifT^rTT^