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. vrf''-' llTHE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. ? ? ???-?A Bepresentative Newspaper Covers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket. * ' VOL. XLHI. LEXINGTON, S. C? WEDNESDAY, JULY 2,1913. 35 ? ____________ fl' I pl A ? 4/V' -W. 23 gjf 100O MAIN STRE1 a|* Solicits a Share fffefe ...; . n - -r ?<. >:s ^ -Jw II 1 Boys: Every boy is a minature business man. If he manages his little business affairs with credit to himself, he will be 9, a good manager of big aflairs > later in life. The best way in the world for a boy to become a good manager ^ \ . is to have a savings account, think twice before spending ** ' 1 ? fnl%lutmlr monto VlO ana Keep tne accounx growing. ?ma uau^ to tv KfiKS | | a "partner" in the affairs of every sturdy, sensible boy t in Lexington by helping him to save. 7-.-' THE HOME NATIONAL BANK . LEXINGTON, . . C. 04CA AAA AA Kesourccs ?avv?vvv.vu, &.'-f . . t sV ? We Pay Interest on Savings Accounts Quarterly. b per cent Interest Paid on Certificates of Deposit lfll'M^v- " " ' ? v- ,?v* -Z, ? t) ?????________________^ . j . 't~ Vi % ii^;- , j BEFORE this BARK got it's CHARTER and became f A NATIONAL BANK | v ' #' ' ' it had to satisfy the U. 8. Government at Washington that all of the^pro visions of the National Banking Laws had been complied with. &Everysince that time freqnent and rigid examinations have .been znade by thftgGovernment. ' *> Every time the Government calls for a Teport, an accurate statement of the affairs of the PALMETTO NATIONAL BANK is published in this paper. We want yon to know all about cs. When yon do we believe yon will make " OUR BANK YOT7B BANK VWj*. OaIimaHa HUiitsknol ttonlr I uv raimciiv naiiuiiui umm, OF COLUMBIA, S. C. -V 'j| ii WlLXE Jokes, President. J. P. Matthews, Oasbier ?r' " Gall at This Bank $& ?*! ! 4 And Let Us Present You with a Handy Book Called "THINGS WORTH KNOWING." It is full of interesting and useful facts for evprvhnHv. . j j J I UN ION NATIONAL BANK h Columbia, S. C. ~" '* . 69696S6S6S6S6S6SeS696969CSe96S69SSSSeS6S6??3SSeS6S6S| i'i BROOKLAND BANK j I New Brookland, S. C. S 1 DIRECTORS: ? ? - ^ ^ . 1 T> TT r fii 11 /-? A f} H J. (j. Ouignaro, is. w. 13111111. m. a. vjuiguaiu ? ? R. N. Senn, Henry Buff, F. L. Sandel | 8 A. D. Shull, L. S. Trotti, P. J. Wessinger | j ADVISOBY BOARD: 8 I Frank W. Shealy. James A. Summerset, G. G. Moseley $ ?SS9S969S9WSS96969696969SSSS69eSS96Se9696969S9?SSSe9? f S THE OLD RELIABLE | I The Carolina National Bank I I ?Organized 1868? I .1 United States, State, County and City Depository. I B Capital stock ,...$300,000 00! SAViNCS DEPARTMENT. B ffl Surplus profits 155,000 00 B B Liability of stock- Interest allowed at the rate of B holders 300,000 00 i 4 per cent, per annnm, payable 9B Protection to Depoe- ! qoarteriy, February, May, An- B B itors ; $755,000 00 | gust, November. g BB The new banking House is provided with a modern .Fireproof M 8B[ Vault which is protected by an Electric System installed by the 2 2 Electric Bank Protection Company of New York City, and is made H| thoroughly burglar proof. H 19 It has also installed a complete set of safety deposit vaults which Kg are offered to our customers at reasonable rates. V, e are prepared to B 2 afford every facility and accommodation which one's business justifies 2 2 -OFFICERS- 2 jfia w. A. CLARK. President, JOSEPH M. BELL, Cashier, H 2 T. S. BRYAN, Vice President. JOHN I>. BELL, Asst. Cashier. K ^ M Mm nn^^BBra^2 |HH2i2 jBU^inKgKyBBKBHKi IBBNKHhK bi^HH2B22DB^^HM 1 ' ! I' i * -y . v C % - LOBE DRY G ii^oi&TciEcron ST, - -? V TT~1 J T)? J 01 iuut ruiueu ra JACOBS HOU WIPED OU Whole Family of Six Slain at Home in the Dutch Fork. The discovery of six bodies in a half burned farm house two mile9 from Peak discloses what seems to have been wholesale murder committed late Friday night or early Saturday morning. The family of John D. Jacobs, a well known farmer, has been wiped out. The husband, wife and four children lost their lives. The dead are: John D. Jacobs, 49 ;v Mrs. John D. Jacobs, 40; Mi9S Ellen Jacobs, 22; Leslie Jacobs. 18; Hugh Jacobs, 15; Orin Jacobs, 12. At 4:30 o'clock Saturday morning neighbors saw the Jacobs, home, in the Datch Fork section of Lexington county, in flames and hurrying to the scene found the home burning but no evidence of the family. When the fire had spent itself the six charred bodies were found in the ashes and debris. Examination of the bodies disclosed that the skulls of three were crushed and in moving the bodies blood was found under and upotf the murdered persons. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, Miss Jacobs and the youngest son were found on the spring mattresses of their beds, indicating that they were mur dered as they slept and that the house was subsequently fired. One of the boys was found beside his mattress and the other in the dining room which adjoins the boys' room. Four gnns and an axe were found in the house. One of the guns'had shells in both barrels. One shell had been fired while the other was loaded. . Magistrate Friok held an inqnest at noon. A jury, of which W. M. Wilson of Peak was foreman, could reach no conclusion other than that: "The deceased came to their death at the hands of parties unknown to fchi9 jury." Sheriff Miller of Lexington county was early on. the scene and with the assistance of bloodhounds brought with him from the county seat exerted exhausting but nnavailaing efforts to secure a clue to identity of the murderer. Sheriff Blease came from Newberry to assist in the investigation. No tracks were found and there i9 nothing thus far to guide the officers in their search. A theory at first entertained by many that the family might have been burned to death when the hou3e they occupied was destroyed is dismissed by the statements of numerous residents of the community, who declare that the storm that passed over this section between 9 and 10 o'clock was over at 10 o'clock. Severe lightning accompanied this storm, but no light ning was seen by neighbors after 10 o'clock. The fire was discovered between 3:30 and 4 o'clock. Persons first on the scene found the front of the house consumed but the rear still burning. The house Was burning rapidly then and could not, say early arrivals, have been burning since tho early evening, as would have been the case if the origin had been lightning. NO MOTIVE KNOWN. Other suppositions are hardly less baffling. John D. Jacobs was a highly ! respected and prosperous farmer. His I dealings with all men had been hon orable and none of his closest friends can furnish even a remote motive for this horrible crime. Neither he nor any members of hi9 family were known to have an enemy. Robbery would not have attracted vandals, for there could not have been more than an inconsiderable sum cf money in the house. The jewelry known to have been there ha9 been found in the rains and identified in whole. Mr. Jacobs was a highly respected j farmer who had succeeded in his life's I work. Mrs. Jacobs before marriage I was Mi- Elizabeth Counts. The eldj est child, Miss Ellen Jacobs, was graduated from Winthrop college in the class of 1910 and for two years had I been assistant at the Little Mountain ' hiifh school. Leslie Jacobs, ihe is I year-oid sou, was a student m tho Little Mountain bi^h sehoo:, as wcr- the two vounger iads T:to hom-'i wa< situ .t? u >ii tho Dak/i 1 ork io;i oi OODS COMPAH IT, T25-, m m m ^ m tronage. Polite and Pr< SFHOin T BY DEATH Lexington county, three miles from Peak and seven miles from Little Mountain. THE FUNERAL SERVICES. Thj funeral services for the family was conducted Sunday afternoon at the former heme of Walter Jacobs, a few hundred yards from the home of his late brother. Walter Jacobs several years ago moved to Newberry and since he vacated it this house has not been occupied. The funeral and in, torment attracted a great crowd from several counties. Probably no fune ral in this section has been so largely attended and by persons from such a distance. The family of six in two coffins was laid in a single grave in the family burying ground on the Jacobs plantation where already three children of the family had been buried. The funeral services were conducted by four Lutheran ministers, the Rev. lrtri tttI/Ia* /\ f AT afrrl owtt fVt a uunraiu j. uioij tuoi v/i ^cwucuj) uuc Rev. J. C. Wesinger of Chapin, the Rev. V. L. Palmer of white Rock, Services at the grave were conducted by the Peak lodge of Masons, Pomaria lodge, No. 151, of which John D. Jacobs had long been a member. WHAT DR. ELEAZER SAYS. Peak, June 30.?That John D. Jacobs, found dead with his wife and four children in their burned home near Peak early Saturday morning had been of unsound mind for two years is the statement made by Dr. H. G. Eleazer, a physician of Peak, This revelation was made to the press today. "John Jacobs has suffered from dis order of the brain for two years or more," said Dr. Eleazer today. "Fully two years ago he came to me for consultation. I found hi9 condition such as to make the services of a specialist necessary and on my advice Mr. Jacobs went to a Columbia physician for treatment. This continued for some time but for six months he had not visited the Columbia specialist. "In 30 or 40 consultations Mr. Ja. cobs ha9 mentioned suicide to me, saying many times, 'I wculd rather be dead than in the condition I am.' After each of these consultations I went to Mrs. Jacobs, told her of her husband's condition and urged her to watch him closely. She lived in mortal dread of her husband's taking his life and ha9 told me that she never saw him leaye her sight without fearing that she would have to call in the neighbors to make a search for him and for them to find him dead. "His last consultation with me was not auite three weeks ago. I have seen A ~ I him since then but not professionally. His emphatic statement of the many he has made to me was uttered when he 9aid: "I don't mind dying, but I can't leave my family behind. This thing can't last much longer with me. Dr. Elea/.er and Mr. Jacobs were close friends in addition to the professional ralationship between the two of physician and patient. The physician hid been deeply concerned over his friend's condition and had maDy times discussed it with Mrs. Jacobs. 1 This entire community is still deeply shocked over the tragedy. The cit- j izens of the countryside, with the j burial of the ill-fated family done, I can only speak of the terrible affair in whispers and wonder. It has been learned that the life of Mr. Jacobs was not insured nor was there any insurance on his home and household effects. REWARD OFFERED. j Governor Blease offered on Tuesday a reward of $500 for the apprehension of the supposed murderers. Vaughn Must Die. The Supreme Court has sustained the verdict of the jury that tried T. U. Vaughn, of Greenville, convicted of a serious crime against orphans and inmates of the Odd Fellows' bome. Celebrated his Birthday Mr. Marshal Clemmone, one of our old subscribers, residing on route o, , out from Lexington, celebrated his Ctfth | birthday Friday. Sheriff Miller and | family an 1 other invited guest enjoyed J j i!,e ;i:t.inner. ' I nr, COLUMBIA, (J )mpt Attention. r?c*r 1 MWKKB CHLORAZON I Malaria attacks the liver, kidneys Rhenmatism attacks the bones and Malaria is just as serious as any di Some of the symptoms arc lassitud whites of the eyes slightly tinged lack of appetite, constipation, any < and you must keep off chills and I r^very DOttie som on a guarantee to Price, 50c HUDGINS DR OPPOSITE PO AGENT . AGEJ For Dr. Hess For Pensla Stock and Poultry Remedies. When you have a prescription to fill by trusting it to us. Columbi: BARBECUE. We will furnish a first class Cue with all refreshments at Leaphart i Store on Friday, July 4. Good music ] and some flood speakers will be there, i Come and enjoy a good dinner and a < good time. Prices for dinner will be < 30 and 35c. < BERLEY LEAPHART, DRAYTON TAYLOR. * 35-pd. 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