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I THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. A Representative Newspaper Covers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket, t VOL. XLin. LEXINGTON, S.C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1913. 40 f ? ? ? ! As nf For Church People, (By Rev. W. J. Roof, of Chapin.) /The same old question of drunkedUtetm that has been in vogue ever since Noah came out of the ark and Lot planted his vineyard is still bobbing m up before us. An election is pending to vote "wet" again or to keep it k"dry." Every person is deeply interested in this election. It is a matter of no little interest to the church people of our county. Our vote deter^ mines the election, and our vote should be determined by the Word of God. Now friends, let us reason together about this vote. I have no right as a citizen of this county to dictate to you how; you must vote. The dictator shows his small sense of reasoning when he tells you to "hunt up your tax receipts and go to the polls and v vote for the Dispensary." Men are not to be driven like brutes bnt reasoned with. Too, if advice is to be r sought out by church people is it not more reasonable to go to your pastors, your spiritual leaders, those whom God has-called and you ha\e chosen to feed you on the bread of life rather than to take the advice of people who have not the lcve of Christ and the ><, interest of His church in their lives? * Now if its God's will to have a Dispensary in Lexington county, then let's vote it in; but if it's not His will let's vote it oat. And God's will should be done in all things, civi lly, morally and religiously. Suppose we determine what God's Boys: I | ; ; Every boy is a minature busi little business affairs with cr a good manager of big aflai: way in the world for a boy t 13 to have a savings account3 and keep the account growir > a "partner" in the affairs of in Lexington by helping hir THE HOME N A LEXINGTON, Resources . J We Pay Interest on Savi 5 per cent Interest Paid ^i Call at This ] And Let Us Present1 Called "THINGS W< is full of interesting a erybody. UNION NAT] ? Columbi i . Pbrookla" I New Brook t DIREC' I J. G. Guignard, E. W. ; 8 R. N. Senn, Henry | A.D. Shull, L. S. T ? | ADVISOR'S I Frank W. Shealy. James A. esesesesesiossesesesesesesf 9 IOL ULV 1 I The Carolina 1 w ?Organizi United States, State, Coun Bi Capital stock $300,000 00 I H Surplus profits 155,000 00 H Liability of stock^ holders 300,000 00 H ?? I Protection to DepcslE itors .?.. $755,000 00 S The new banking House is pro^ Vault which is protected by an E Electric Bank Protection Compan 83 thoroughly burglar proof. It has also installed a complete v are offered to onr customers at rea mm afford every facility and accommod IW. A. CLARK, President, T. S. BRYAN, Vice President. 61 w. E loao MAIN . STREJ Solicits a Share will is. Has whiskey ever uplifted the morals of humanity? Has it ever influenced anyone to become a Chris tian? Has it ever added any new names to the church roll? Has it ever brought happiness to a home? Has it ever been used as an annointing oil to make the world better? The indisputable answer to these questions is no. Does God approve of drunkedness? Does He approve of the staggering brute on the street corners? Ncr. Then what is His will? I don't claim any superior gift of intellect but I do claim common reasoning and I have studied this question from a standpoint of God's Word and I fail to find any place where the Holy Spirit tells me to vote for whiskey. But I do find where it tells me. "No drunkard has eternal life abiding in him." "No drunkard can enter the kingdom of God." I also find that one of the fruits of the spirit is temperancr mother sobriety, and I also 1 n- : 1 .t near jrnui Haying: . wjiguuci ?uCiofore ye eat or drink or whatsoe ?*er you do, do all to the glory of God." I can't glorify God and vote to place whiskey in the pathway of my weak neighbor. Liquor is the greatest curse of the age. It's the monster menace to church progress. It's the biting I evil of business. It's the sneaking fiend of politics, It's a rock of offense to all that is good. I haye never been able to see how any true consistent church member can be in favor of its sale in any shape or form. Neither do I stand alone. I stand with the best , uess man. If he manages his edit to himself, he will be rs later in life. The best o become a good manager ii i > J: , tmnK twice Deiore speiiuiug ig. This bank wants to be every sturdy, sensible boy n to save. TIONAL BANK s. c. , . $250,000.00. ings Accounts Quarterly, on Certificates of Deposit I Bank ifou with a Handy Book ORTH KNOWING." It nd useful facts for ev[ONAL BANK a, S. C. ND BANK | land, 9. u. 3 rOBS: S Shull, G. A. Guignard | Buff, F. L. Sandel 8 rotti, P. J. Wessinger \ ' BOABD: | Summerset, 6. G. Moseley S S6S6969CS6S6SSS6S6SSSS96SS National Bank I ed 1868? I ty and City Depository. ? SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. ffl Interest allowed at the rate of BrJ 4 per cent, per annum, payable 3| quarterly, February, May, An- B| gust, November. nded with a modern Fireproof gjf lectrie System installed by the S|j y of New York City, and it made 1|?[ set of safety deposit vaults which Has sonable rates. V, e are prepared to BE f ation which one*-; business justifies j9| " JOSEPH M. BELL, Cashier, H JOHN I). BELL, Asst. Cashier. M '.<3^.: . . u' - . . ' 'J LOBE DRY 6 2T, s of Your Valued Pa Notice On account of a misunderstanding ab< would be opened, a great many of the come for t-.eir certificates. The books were not open on that day the 19th of August, although there is ar Books will be open at different precind Because of this fact, a great many pe< every supporter of the Dispensary who go to the polls and vote. Let nothing strong and organized. element of the age. When I became a member of the church, I promised God that "I would forsake the devil and all his works and ways." I promise the same and so does every parent when I bring my children to God in baptism. No\ . is the Dispensary a product of God? Do you believe that is pleasing to your Maker to see thousands filling the drunkard's grave? And this happens daily. You say no. Whose work and way is it then? The devils, the father of all evil. And this is the greatest way he has to send souls to hell, and his work is to get church members to lean on him for advice instead of God's chosen people. The big argument, if there is any at all, is that it will help up in our pub lie schools, it will help us build roads and a number of other things. I would rather bring my child up in ignorance and let him tread the pathway of thorns all his life than to educate him or build roads for him with money taken from the lips and naked backs of poor drunkard's families. As soon as your boy becomes a drunkard then you will become a prohibitionist. The liquor traffic must have material to work on?your sons are the material. You place liquor before your weak brother, he drinks it, gets drunk, is placed in the lock-up, goes before mayor and is charged a fine to get free. The county grabs his money, runs and places it in schools, etc. Such actions should be a blushine shame to christian citizenship. Keep the influences, the temptation or the "stumbling block," as Paul puts it, from before him, wrap him up with christian influences and make a man out of him instead of an empty po cket slave. God has blessed us in the past few years. I claim that prohibition has . not been an 4'ignoble failure," and every true church member knows this. Those who only look at the dollar are not supposed to know better, church work has never made such progress in the history of our State as it has within the past four years, ask your pastor. Place a Dispensary back here and this noble work is crippled. Ask the drunkard what is his doom, he replies eternal suffering in hell?this the true answer. You shudder at the thought, but go to his heartbroken wife and hungry children,, see them in their poverty, and you fill your eyes with tears of sympathy for them. Oh, how innocent you are! But listen! Who made him a drunkard! Yonder is the Dispensary, the nursery of blind tigers, you say, "I didn't put it there;" yonder is the law, "well I didn't make it;" yonder is /the Dispensary politician, "Oh, well, I voted for him." (Continued next week) Tftll XT rtTTTO o an i? vttSi Monroe Williams shot Mack Hill at Mr. Dave Rawl's saw-mill Sunday night and seriously wounded him. Williams forbade Hill to enter his house and when Hill attempted to force an entrance he was greeted with a bullet. Sherff Miller was notified and had Williams safely lodged in jail in a few hours. Monday morning a "trustee" convict of the county chaingang walked off from near the Supervisor's home where he was working on the road and made for Columbia. Sheriff Miller was phoned for and in a short time had the negro, John Goodwin, back on his job. Charlie McNure, white, was arrested by Sheriff Miller and lodged in jail last Monday, charged with attempted assault upon a white girl. Sheriff Miller carried three convicts to the gang Monday. He still has in jail seven prisoners awaiting a hearing at the next term of court. The sheriff is a oroficient officer and when he goes after a prisoner he gets him. Mrs. Alice Argoe. Mrs. Alice Argoe was bore May l>, 1874, and died July 2S, 1913, hence she was 39 years, 2 months and ten days old. In early life she united with Florence Baptist church and was a faithful and active member of the Baptist church up to near the time of ner aeacu. Mrs. Argoe is survived by a husband ai;d fonr children, a father and mother, four brothers and four sister-, one child and one brother having preceded her to the grave and ore child .was buried in the colfiin with her. The interment was at Harmonv / bnrcb The burial service was e : - M ip'T. V. '\ OODS COHFAN T, TIB., Ivl-A-IT-A. c tronage. Polite and Pron Voters out the time the Registration Books voters waited until Monday the 4th to and will not be open again until after 1 advertisement to the effect that the ts before that time. aple will not be allowed to vote, and has a registration certificate is urged to keep you away. The opposition is N. P. SHIPP. Farmers' Institutes, Dear Mr. Editor:?There will be held in your county farmers' institutes , on the following dates and at the fol- ( lowing places: Hilton, S. C., August 19th and James E. Dunbar's, near Pelion, S. C., August 20th. There will be present practical farmers in the demonstration work, and experts from Olemson College to ? address the farmers on subjects rela- ^ tive to their every day work on the M farm. These institutes are held in H v the interest of the farmers. The sal- A curies and expenses of these men are Q . paid by the taxpayers of the State and H the farmers owe it to themselves to at- H tend these meetings and derive all the H benefit possible from hearing the lee- B tnres. These men are public servants, B anxious to serve the farmers. It is no B easy task to travel from -xmnty to B county, day after day and deliver ad- B dresses and to meet hundreds of peo- B pie. Therefore, these men are en- B titled to be encouraged when they are B endeavoring to perform a public ser- B vice that is filled with so much promise, B provided that the farmers will simply B cooperate by attending the meetings, B ancf seek information by asking ques- B tions that will be cheerfully and glad- B ly answered by all the lecturers. It is B gratifying to know that the prejudice B that was ODce held by the farmers B against scientific men is passing away, fl All of the great discoveries that have B been made in tbe interest of agricul- H ture we owe to scientific men. It was ra the scientific man who discovered that mm leguminous crops are able to take ni trogen from the air and deposit it in H the soil and save the farmer the most costly of all fertilizer ingredients; it was the scientific man who made it V possible for us to overcome to a large ^ degree the ravages of hog cholera by = the use of hog cholera serum; it was mm the scientific man who enabled us to I r secure a seed corn that would give a 11| greater yield per acre by reason of II careful selection and breeding; it is to 11 the entomologist and plant patholo- 3 gist that we go to when insects and m plant diseases are destroying our crops; g it was scientific men who invented |j and manufactured all of the improved B implements for the preparation and s cultivation of the soil and the harvesting of the crop. Surely when we realize these facts we must respect and be willing to heed the instructions of these students of plants and the soil. So I plead with the farmers of South Carolina to attend these meetings. Respectfully, W. W. Long, State Agt. and Supt. of Ext. At Hilton a basket picnic dinner will be served on the grounds and at Pelion a barbecue will be served by that master of the culinary art, Mr. J. E. Dunbar, at his home. Everybody is cordially invited to attend both meetings. Mr. Mike S. Wingard. TVf- o nr: - ?..11 v.? UA1 ITJLll^C? O. YV m^OI U, <% WC11 JCk.UU W li citizen who resided just below Lexington, died Sunday morning at 1 o'clock, after an illness of about five weeks. Mr. Wingard was one of Lexington's oldest and respected citizens, and had resided on the farm near here for many years. For a Dumber of years be faithfully carried the mails on the Star route" between Lexington and Rishes store. Mr. Wingard married Frances M. _ Roof, daughter Mr. Jesse M. Roof, ^5 who survives him, besides eight chil- """ dren, viz: Mrs. Abram Stork, Jr., > Columbia; Mies Katie Wingard, Jesse Aj 0. Wingard, Quincy Wingard, Van M. Wingard, Frank Wingard, Mrs. M. P. George and Reedy Wingard, all of this place. The funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10 o'clock at St. David's Lutheran church and the interment was in the cemetery nearby, Rev. R. E. Livingston officiating. 'Action on Cotton Crop. To evolve E*ome definite plans for marketing the cotton crop gradually, that losses incidental to sporadic sales j may he averted, resolntjons were i adopted at a recent meeting of tin ! Farmers1 union in Sumter county I with this end in view, and a commit- j | tee appointed to bring this matter to ! j the attention of all unions throughout J jj ! the South and to invoke the aid < : all ! \ ; bankers, board- cf trade and ccnruvr ' M i < j n ci.:I orgiMii-ouions. 1 la* mature a J?|| via; rtsoimi un is ihat for every j ijjj j sold another be held o!T tne market, |fr| 1 fir.her at iitmo i-r -'or-1 the ueaieeS } V.a: h - . ! \V V JOLTVIBIA, ?. C. ipt Attention. -j't BEFORE this BANK got it's CHARTER and became A NATIONAL BANK it had to satisfy the U. S. Government at Washington that all of the'provisions of the National Banking Laws had been complied with. Every'since that time frequent and rigid examinations have.*been made bv theTGovernment. Every time the Government calls for a report, an accurate statement of the affairs of the PALMETTO NATIONAL BANK is published in this paper. We want you to know all about us. When you do we believe you will make OUR BANK YOUR BANK The Palmetto National Hank, OF COLUMBIA, S. C. Wilie Jones. President. J. P. Maxihsws. Cashier ?? ^IBHWIIH CHLORAZONE MALARIA Malaria attacks the liver, kidueys aud digestive organs, just as Rheumatism attacks the bones and muscles of the human system. aB Malaria is just as serious as any disease .'ou the human calender. Some of the symptoms are lassitude, a yellow tinge to the skin, the 9 whites of the eyes slightly tinged with ye1 low. Poor digestion, lack of appetite, constipation, any of these symptoms are a warning oB and you must keep off chills and fever, with CHLORAZONE. 9 Every bottle sold on a guarantee to cure, or your money back. fl| Price, 50c Bottle. 1 HUDGINS DRUG STORE, 59 OPPOSITE POST OEEICE. H AGENT AGENT AGENT H For Dr. Hess For Penslar Remedies. For Belle Meade 9 Stock and Poultry Sweet Candies, H Remedies. the only candy that 9 passed the pure food law. H , When you have a prescription to fill you will not make a mistake H by^ trusting it to us. 9 Columbia, S. C. B * MONEY MAKES MONEY 1 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I was not only a philosopher, but a financier i as well, for he said, "Money makes money 1 and the money that money makes makes P * 83 more money." | Money in Bank is safe from your own 1 extravagance, as well as from the ever 1 nresent danger of burglars md fire. I I o? o ? We pay five per Cent, interest on time certificates of deposits. BANK OF CHAPIN CHAPIN, SOUTH CAROLINA. ? M?g THE MONEY YOU WASTE IS BANKED BY SOME ONE YOU EARN IT And should have it yourself. Why not deposit it in our Savings Department where you will receive interest at the rate of 4 per cent, compounded quarterly. As an appreciation of 3 our business, we pledge over ?1.700,000.00 to protect your account against loss and extend to you all accommodations consistent with sound and safe business dealings. BANK Or WESTERN CAROLINA I Henri Officer Aikea, S. C. til.. Ill M. L. Tv'er. Manager. Ledrpton Iranfh Hi v, ' " " , ?'rrr rm- i i ~i >~i i n " ?larMuo**?>. v /?r - , ? -rrr i?Titiwi?ttt? i rwrr m ? in ri?lftlMiim 'Hf ' >n %.i : . ,.. jc nm i . ?ir? i 11 hi??i ???