Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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w????? SOCIETY PEOPLE Gathered Here. There and Everywhere. Miss Alma Long, who has been quite ill, is very muoh improved. Mr. and Mrs. Sim J. Miller went to Columbia Sunday to visit the parents of Mrs. Miller. Mrs. P. W. Oswalt, of Barr, is on a short visit to herson, Mr. Karl 09wait, 0. E. Wessinger, Superintendent of the Swansea School, spent the week end at his home. Mr. John Ranch, of Saloda, visited hi* daughters, Madams W. ?. Black and Heber Barre. Mr.-T. Daggett Ogilvie, of Conway, ^ * - f- _v-*x X. _ v i.-, XT U. 18 on a visit to nis parent, .an. and Mrs. J. W: Ogilyie. D. R. Haltiwanger, deputy clerk of of court, was in town one day last week.?Batesburg Herald. Mre. W. W. Edwards, and daughter, Ermer, left Sunday, for Columbia on a week or ten day's visit to Mrs. Walter Harman. Mr. and Mrs. Jnnius Ranch, of Spartanburg, are visiting at the home of-Prof. W. E. Black and Mrs Heber Barre. Mr^ G. M. Harman,. the veteran editor of the Lexington Dispatch, spent Tuesday in Batesburg in the interest of his paper.?Batesburg Herald . Mr. Walter Harman, of? Columbia, came over Sunday with Mr. W. W. Edwards, and spent the day with him in Lexington. Mr. and Mr9. Tally Hearth and their son. Willie, and Miss jticDill, of Abberville came over Snnday in their Automobile on a visit to friends in town. Miss Mary Harman, of Batesbnrg, was called home Tuesday on account of the illness of her mother, Mrs. Edr win Harman, who resides on Route 2,i oat from Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. William 0. Farber, of Batesburg, attended the Assembly ball and the germ an Friday evening as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Washington dark on College street.?The Columbia i State. Solicitor George Bell Timmerman, left for Colombia Friday to attend to hia duties In the Engroseing Department. He will remain there until the adpourn ment of the Degislature. i. Mrs. Karl Oswalt, and children, and \ Hiss Harriet Seay, will leave for Crescent City, Fla., the latter part of the week, where they go to visit, the parents of Mrs. Oswalt, Ool. and Mrs. G. T. Graham. Miss Marie Long returned to her duties at'the 8tate Hospital in Columbia last week. For the past couple of weeks or so she has been here nursing her sick sister back to health and stsfength. II i m i ' y \ A Correction. Editor Lexington Dispatch, Lexington, S. C. Dear Sir;?In yoor last week's edition yon made an error in saying Samuel Raw!, my youngest child *pd son was accidently shot and killed by an elder brother. This is wrong He was shot and killed accidently but he did it himself. In crossing a log he dropped his gun in some way and it went off, the entire load entering his right side jnst under the right arm. Death resulting in 51 hours later. He was 10 years old and not 12 as yon had it. Please correct in this week's issue an oblige. RespectifaDy, W. L. Bawl. In New Quarters. Last Thursday the United States part office moved into its new quarters in the Home National Bank building on lower Main Btreet. The office is neatly fitted np with handsome combination letter boxes conveniently arranged. As you enter, the general delivery window faces the door and in which is the drop letter, the paper and the parcel post receptacles. To the left is the money order, the registerj and" the postal savings bank departments as well as the entrance into the postmaster's private office. To the right is tier after tier of combination boxes and the rooms for the ac commodation of the mral route carriers is also located on this side. The whole pharaphernelia of the office is trimmed in burnished brass. Lexington nan now congratulate itself on haying one of the neatest and prettiest post offices in the State. More Whiskey Seized. Another social club was raided by Sheriff Miller and the Chief Constable of State last Friday night or early Saturday morning and a large quanity of whiskey and hcer was seized ana brought to Lexington in two automobiles. The club raided is known as the Lexington County Social Club - - - * ? av _ J and is ice area at tn? uruss ryaus uear Gilbert. The stuff will, be kept in tbe jail, where it now is, for thirty days and unless claim and delivery proceeding are instituted it will then be poured out. PENCIL AND SCISSORS Lemons, fancy lemons. HARMON DRUG 00. Water works and protection against fir3 is being talked of. For nice dried peaches, call at the Bazaar, only 10c per pound. The post office has moved into its new quarters on lower Main street. The small-pox scare has reached Lexington and people are being vaccinated. The farmers are making preparations to pitch their spring and summer crops. 1 The grand jury of Lexington county goes upon record as being opposed to 6oci&l clubs. The early garderners are preparing to have their.early vegetables nipped by the late frost. It is stated that such a warm January as this one has been has not ooourred in over forty years. .A large number of automobiles, from Columbia aDd eleswhere were on our streets Sunday. Some rain fell here Monday nightjust enough to water the earth and assist growing vegetation along to ward maturity. Dr. R. G. Killingsworth, Dentist, wili be at Pelion Friday and Saturday January the 24th, and 25th, R. G. Killingsworth, D. D. S. Contractor Campbell is takiEg out the overhead plastering in the court room and will replace it with a handsome steel ceiling. Nearly every Lexingtonian will attend the big corn show which will open in Columbia on the 27th, that is, all progressive Lexingtonians. The Congaree river bridge has been reported by the granci jury of Rich icbliu. UU UUt J CkO I/UiUg 1U Ch uougc 1UUD condition and in need of immediate repairs. Rev. Mr. Brown, pastor, will hold the nscal Ltftberan services in St. Stephen next Snnday. Everybody is invited to attend these services. There will be preaching in the Methodist church next Snnday morning at the nsnal hour by tb6 pastor, Rev. Mr. Rnshton. A cordial welcome awaits strangers. We know of five families hunting for cottages and there is not a vacant one In Lexington. Several cottages conld readily find occupants. It would pay in rent 8 per cent, on the investment. Who will be the first interpreting person to erect these cottages? Representative Lever has been invited to address an agricultural conference of the committee on agricul fcoral development *nd education. of the South Carolina Banker's Association at the National Corn Exposition in Columbia, but on account of the pressure of business incident to the closing days of the short session of Congress, has had to decline and has so informed Mr. Robert I. Woodside, the chairman. ? Mrs. Jennie Wilson Woodrow Woodbridge, a daughter of the late Rev. James Woodrow, of Columbia, and first cousin to President-elect Wilson, is critically ill at the Johns-Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. She is a Presbyterian missionary to China and has been engaged in this work since 1884. By the grace of the people of South Carolina the Hon. J. Frazer Lyon has retireed to the shades of private life (after having been given given eight long years in which to ma^e good his promises, and not one of the gang of grafters is "wearing the stripes." Mr. F. C. Ccrley has purchased the Maj? Meetz old homestead at the depot and will shortly move there. Mr. Walter J. McCartha, the hustling manager of the Enterprise Hardware 8tore, who now occupies the premises, will move into the house now occupied by Mr. Corley in the northern suburbs. Wnn/l'c Qpprlc V V WU %J IJWVUJ for The Farm and Garden. Our New Descriptive Catalog is fully up-to-date, giving descriptions and full information about the best and most profitable seeds to grow. It tells all about Grasses and Clovers, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, Cow Peas, Soja Beans, ' 1 Vlo "Ropf Qoq/1 r1 rvrno ailW JLFCOI kJCCU V^UlilO and all other Farm and Garden Seeds. Wood's Seed Catalog has long been recognized as a standard authority on Seeds. Mailed on request; write for it. T. W. WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN, RICHMOND, VA. Lexington has a delegation in the General Assembly that will do some good for the State and county. Mrs. Dr. J. L. Shnler, of the Sellwood section, was oarried to Columbia Tuesday to have an operation performed for gallstones. Dr. R. E. Mathias accompanied her. Communications from the different sections of the county are wanted by the Dispatch, but the writers must remember that to insure their publication their true name must accompany each communication sent in, not necessary for publication, but for om own protection. We should be proud of our Lexington 1 boys who are making a name foi - themselves in the Halls of Fame. Among those who have earned honor* 1 we are proud to note that Samuel Sniter, of the South Carolina University, won the gold medal for the best essay on the Civil War, over manj competitors. The sad intelligence of the death ol Prof. W. D. Shoenberg reached us 1 yesterday afternoon, which event toot place at his home in North on Monday, the 20th inst., 76th year of his age He was a native of Germany but cam* to Lexington when a young man anc taught school for a number of years, A more extended notice will be giver next week. Only the office without a salary ha? to seek the man. 11 ??tn???I???aM Coughs and Colds You could not please us better than to ask your doctor about Aver's Cherrv Pectoral ~ - - - - - r for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis. Thousands of families always keep it in the house. The approval of their physician and the experience of many years have given them great confidence in this standard cough medicine. Sold for seventy years. Any food doctor will tel you that a medicine Tike Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cannot do its best work if tbe bowela are constipated. Ask your doctor if he k&iiws anything better than Ayer's Pills for correcting mis sluggishness of tbe liver" Kid* by tk? J.07AYM. CO.. Lnrnli. Xnt. TRAVEL VIA SOUTHERN UILVAY TO CONVENTIONS AND OTHER < SPECIAL OCCASIONS In all Parts of the UNITED STATES Winter Tourist Tickets ou sale I Low Round Trip Fares Attractive Train Service Convenient Schedules For detailed information apply to any Represen tative or Ticket Agent of this Company. I ^ vigor are the basis IL7 I 4flf jf Unthrifty stock is carried yitj^r/ jj improvement i ufifth* world's greatest conditi - At/ // (mnrnvcK thp iinnctite strcne // in shape to work hard or pro ft I* J// P|0fit\J/f 25c, 50c, $1; 25-lb. Pail, $: Jl/f Qtt Pratts Profit-sharing Be l /l Philadelphia e. b. ROOF / _M. i>. SHU 1 W, % pi 1 Taken Desperately 111. Mr. Harry Roberts was suddenly stricken desperately ill last Tuesday while at work as clerk in Mrs. Edith Wingard's grocery store. ' He was taken with a chill and other complications of a dangerous character followed, and it was first reported that he could not recover, but we are pleased to be able to announce that his condition is much improved and that he is now in a fair way of an early recovery. Love loves all things?when it is on ? the level. j. It i3 usually safe to judge a man by Ij i his manners. ?^ Blacksmith Shop Moved. ff [ I wish to announce to the public Vj that I have moved my blacksmith lb shop from the Rawl/ old stand on jJ 1 Main street to the shop formerly oc- If r cupied by W. L. Steele, near the // High School building, where I will II be pleased to have my friends and K f customers call. \j i SAM C. LV BRAND. h f ? . V I Alfred J. Fox, I REfiL ESTATE Si INSURANCE LEXINGTON, - S. C. J Seal Estate Bought and Sold. 160 acres in Congaree creek, includes Joe Shumpert's residence Must be sold quick. Good ? terms. 250 acres 5 miles from Leesville, timber, 2 rural routes, I telephone, good school, near 3 church. J 2|6 acres 5 miles from Ed- j mund, 20 acres open, 2 room \ dwelling, plenty water, good [J paeture. jj 105 acre9 7 miles from Pelion a I 7 miles from Gilbert, 4 room K dwelling, a barn and stables, j plenty water. 140 acres two miles south of Barr, 6 miles from Lexington, 30 open, 50 acres pine timber, 6 room dwelling, a barn and stables, plenty running water. 62.% acres 3 miles west of Gaston, y acres open, 3 room dwelling, some pine timber, plenty oak. . 46 acres one mile from Edmund 25 acres open land, 2 room dwelling. 270 acres; 3 miles from Pelion, 50 acres open land, dwelling, plenty water. Fine land for Ootton and urain. 162 acres 5 miles from fctppd. I man, 25 acres open, land, d* I ling barn'and Stables. j 104 acres 1 mile from Edmund 85 acres open land, 2 room dwelling, plenty water. 150 acres 7 miles from Lexington, 50 llacres in cultivation 9 room dwelling. 2 barns, tenant hojbP, blacksmith sho\ good water vjwer, corn an< wheat mill, cotton, gin and press, tele- ; phone, daily mail, neear good school and church. Easy terms. SURETY BONDS. Write or call to see me AT? THE HOME NATIONAL BANK, Lexington, S. C. m BBMaHMaaHaaaaHMl FINAL DISCHARGE. I Notice is hereby given to all parties M . interested that I will apply to the fl i Hon. Geo. 8. Drafts. Judge of Pro ' "bate for Lexington County, 8. C., on the 6th day of Feb., 1918, for a final I discharge as Executor of the estate of m Mary Ann Huffstletter, deceased. fl JAMES LONG, Executor. Jan. 6, 19L3. U. 1 ' TRESPASS NOTICE. I This is to notify all persons not to hunt or allow stock to run at large, H haul wood or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon our lands a9 the law 1 will be enforced against any and all M trespassers violating this notice. M. C. LAIRD, L. B. LAIRD, M. F. LAIRD. H NOTICE. _ 1 The public are hereby notified not a to trespass in any manner on my lands ^ I on Fond Branch, 9aid lands locally H known as the Pel Tindal property. Any trespassing of any kind will be I dealt with according to the law in M Riip.Ii faspr nrovided. K MRS. PRATER TINDAL. I Jan. 8'6m m of profitable dairying and stock growing. at a loss, and is a disgrace to the farmer. ="~ n condition follows the use of nimal Regulator |1 oner for horses, cattle, sheep, hogs. It 8 1 thens the dieestive svstem. Duts the stock a I ducc heavily. That brings satisfaction and I 3.50. "Youe money back If it fail*." 1 >oklet an4 (earn about Pra^ta Coupons. & son., Loxinton. S. c? Chicago IiL, ffrw Brookland. VES8INGEB. New 0 FOR HEARTBURN, Soar Belching, Sott Appetite and Constipation, von need SIMMONS f RED Z LIVER REGULATOR (THE POWDER FORM) It sweetens the stomach and purifies the bowels. It is a fine tonic < for a torpid liver. Helps digestion, mates you feel Wight, vigorous and cheerful. OLD BY DCAlEJtS. MICE. UkRCE PACKAGE. ?1.00? Aik for the genuine with the Bed Z on the label. If you cannot get ft remit to m, to wtti send by mail postpaid. 8lmmont Liver Regulator is pat up also in liquid lorn for those who prefer it. Price, 91.00 per bottle. Look for the Bed Z label. j. h. zeilin &. co.. props.. st. louis. mo* W> FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS ' GUARANTEED TO SATISFY CUSTOMERS "11 CAsivjsesETwAtaruic-..cnl2ii3T?5rusesrv?s. svocsaaicst. " AtjS'STiiEucxia*"* saolrlf^^I^"-//. l Th*K?rli?t -WA^E7IL;j). ?= E^iicri .'. li.tk Isw* >'LAT DCTCH. /# i Su'jat 0~;t Head Vsriscy.- C?? Oreetrslep. L'.rzrz: eoi Ic.-n CJ I a?MW>M<ar*0.'#M/H>IW?J?Jt*^wr ? ** ?? " * ' ' I ! I i I I ? i "> ! i _ rn I !? ! ? I i " I ? Iflinwwr ' TSADCWARKC?''' ft'"'-TT"? _ EstebKsSacd 1S63. FaidcnSapit?S?tock$30rGC0.CC V.'o jrev the first F 72^07 "rtCCF PLANTS in 1SSS. New have over twenty thousand satisfied customers. Vr'e have i?r<nm and sold more eabhssro placls than oil other persons in the Southern States combined. WHY! Because our plants must please or ve send your money back. Order now. It is time to set these plants in your section to get extra early cabbage, and they are the ones that * sell for the most money. WE SOW THREE TONS OF CABBAGE SEED PER SEASON. Earn Your Plants for a Slight Service?Ask Us How Postage Paid 30 cents per 100 plants. By^express, buyer paying express charges, wHoh- under special rate Js j^ery low, 500 for $1.00; ^1,000 to 4,000 $1,50 per thousand; 5000 to 3WV11.2S per U1VUMUU, JU,UVU tUlU UVCi *i.UU per LUUUtVUMX* * - WM. C. GERATY, CO., Box, 22 Yonges Island, S. C. ' j / ^ I ^Mm Gas Engines AND Automobile Owners. Under our present contract we are selling Gasoline and Lubricating Oil at the following prices: GASOLINE, 6 gallons $ 1.00 3 NON FLUID OIL, per pound * iq , OUP GREASE, per pound i0 HEAVY TRANSMISSION OIL, per quart 10 LIGHT HAVOLINE, per gallon 76' AUTO BODY POLISH 'VI is :v .*1' /%'jv BRASS METAL POLISH 10 and 16 I ONE 2% HORSE POWER GAS ENGINE ?70.00 f ONE 2 HORSE POWER GAS ENGINE $50.00 ONE \% HORSE POWER GAS ENGINE |40 0o ONE 1 HOESE POWER GAS ENGINE f3&00 1 ' % We can save yon mony on Gas Engines and Automobile Supplies. See us before yon buy.elsewhere. We solicit your patronage. LEXINGTON PARAGE. ^Enterprise Hardware I W. J. McCARTHA, Manager. I J GENERAL LINE OF Hardware Tools, guaranteed, I Magestic, Princes Ranges, I and Cook Stoves, Buggies, 1 I Carriages, Wagons, Farm I 1 Implements. 1 ' Agents for I. H. C. and John Dure Engines. m I Saw mill supplies, Automobile Accessories. JB I Paints, Stains, Varnishes and oils. Close | prices guaranteed to all. Let us show you. % LEXINGTON, S. CAR. I C U*.. IIaua $a OaII I lull nave iu Advertise in The Dispatch.