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ISfHI LEXINGTON DISPATCH. A Bepresentative Newspaper Covers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket. MlSl 701. Xim. ^ LEXINGTON, S.C- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 1913, 41 v ^ -,.: .?; /; I ~ ;._ . - ,N ' TO THE VOTERS OF 7" _ -. :' . LEXINGTON COUNTY Whiskey Hot a Food and Performs Ho Good Office But is P a Prison Bnilder According * toScience. EFFECTS THE OFFSPRING Come, let as reason together about -4 oar doty on August 19. We do not appeal to yonr emotions or prejudices but to your reason and the facts in the case. First, what good is in whiskey or what good office does it perform? It is not a food and has no food valae, but is poison, according to science.. Taken into the human system, it undermines the health, weakens the constitution and effects the offspring, even to the third and fourth genera. tion; second, it is a parasite on businAAft. Everv dollar soent for whiskey jg that much taken awaj from the grocer, dry goods merchant and every other legal and necessary business, k It Is worse than wasted, because it is \ taken from wives and children who need food and clothes, homes and a father's care and love, and not a f drunkard's abuse and shame Third, w it is a positive evil. How many men are qoiet and law-abiding when sober but who are profane, vulgar and lawbreakers when under the influence of whiskey? How many murderers on the scaffold have made a dying statement that whiskey brought them - ? - Vx. there. Listen to the cases orougnt into oar courts and see if not the majority of the criminal oases are not directly or indirectly traceable to whiskey. Thus, any one can see that whiskey causes far more expense to the county and state than the revenue , 0 -from the sale of it would produce* Besides, what man wants to educate his childrep, build his roads and pay his taxes with money that rightly belongs to poor women and children and 'negroes. Oh, white man, have we not risen above such? You will say by your vote on August 19th. Fourth, ' hear what God says, from which there can be no .appeal or permission for reason: 1 Oor., 6:10, no drunkard K*; : ff 1 Call at This I And Let Us Present Called "THINGS W is full of interesting ; J erybody. UNION NAT Columfc r- ^ *1^ rjj^e8CSiiSe9S9CStt8g9e9eg(gs rssssEi J New Brool f DIBEC 1 J. G. Guignard, E. W. 8 R. N. Senn, Henry 8 A. D. Shull, L. S. 1 | ADVISOB , X Frank W. Shealy. James A eS6SSS6S6SfcSSSeSSS6S6SS9SS I THE OLD The Carolina United States, State, Cou Capital stock $300,000 00 Surplus profits 155,000 00 Liability of stockholders 300,000 00 Protection to Depositors $755,000 00 The new banking House is pr Vanlt which i9 protected by an Electric Bank Protection Compg thoroughly bnrglar proof. It has also installed a complef are offered to our customers at r afford every facility and accommc D.a = i^Q?t VY . "i. ULriXV-tv, f tccmcui, T. S. BRYAN, Vice President. M 53BBS1 MBSSE^gli G "W. B 10120 MAIN 8TBE) Solicits a Shar< shall inherit the kingdom of God. Habaknk 2:15, woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that putteth thy bottle to him and maketh him drunken also. Habk. 2:12, woe to him that buildeth a town with blood and esEADiisneui a city wim juujuxvj. Luke 17:1, it is impossible but that offences will come, but woe unto him through hom they come. These are fearful statements concerning the drunkard, he that maketh or causeth his neighbor to be drunken, and those that buildeth a town with blood and iniquity. But who will dare challenge God! This is why we preachers are sounding the note of warning. Oh, man, to whom will you give heed, God'6 Word or some men? You must decide. And upon your decision depends God's wrath or his favor. Which do you need here and hereafter? What man, to say nothing of his profession of Christianity, can desire to sell whiskey in Lexington county and thus take food and clothes j -1- m j trom poor women ana cmiaren, cause 1 crime and murder and bring the woes j of Almighty God down npon him and j his connty with the excuse to get a little money to bnild roads, educate children and pay tax? Christian people, stop, think, pray. Let ns not bring the curse of God upon us by disobeying Hi9 Word on August 19th. "It Is a fearful thing to fall into hands of the living God." P. D. RISINGER, Chairman. Anti-Saloon League of Lexington County. Union Meeting. Union meeting of the lower division of the Lexington Association will convene with the church at Florenoe. 10 o'clock?devotional services, enrollment of messejgers, report of chnrches. 1. What is the Soul of Man and what Relationship Exists between the Soul and the Mind??J. C. Holley. 2. Ohnroh Discipline?W. C. Baxley. 3. Duty and Responsibility of Deacons?B. C. Herlong. 4. How to Bring About greater Missionary Zeal and Efforts Among Church Members?A. W. Rodgers or 0. H. Corbitt. Sermon by?Appointed by the Moderator. R. O. JEFFCOAT, Com. = ^ Bank You with a Handy Book r0RTH KNOWING." It ind useful facts for evIONA1* BANK >ia, S. C. 0 ND BANK I eland, S. C. S 'TORS: S Shull, G. A. Guignard S Buff, F. L. Sandel $ rrotti, P. J. Wessinger | 7 BOARD: J . Summerset, G. G. Moseley S N29696969696969696969S9SSS9 3 RELIABLE 5 National Bank I zed 1868? I nty and City Depository. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. m Interest allowed at the race of ! 4 per cent, per anncm. payable i quarterly, February, May. An' i gust, November. Ba ovided with a modern F: reproof fig Electric System installed by the jn my of New York Cizy, and is made Iwj e set of safety deposit vaults which jgf easonable rates. V? e are prepared to H xlation which one's bus-ness stiffs p " JOSEPH M. BELL, Carrier, || JOHN D. BELL, Asst. Cashier. ?? 8B?Bg gggKKBEMK BE BSEStsSR LOBE BBT HI MOUCKTO^ BT, 3 of Your Valued Pat DISPENSARY OR NO-DISPENSARY Anavorfn f!riti/?iOTTl? of Prft I Tf VA VV V* ? A v hibition Law Regarding Its Enforcement and; Value of Revenue. NO DISPENSARY PROFITS To the Citizens of Lexington County: Come, let us reason together. On the 19th day of August, 1913, we are expected to record our opinions at the polls for or against the legal sale of whiskey in Lexington county. These opinions should represent mature consideration from every standpoint for by it we are to live and be governed. We should be deeply concerned, for it will vitally effect not only ourselves but our ohildren, our wives and our neighbors. In forming opinions we naturally think, seek information and compare ideas. The object of voting out the dispensary a few years ago was to better our conditions as moral and law-abiding * ~ ClUZcIlD, luruioix aiiu ua^^r ness at public gatherings, on public highways and in homes of our people, and divert the money spent for whiskey at dispensaries to bless and not to curse our people. Were not these noble sentiments and worthy objects? To what extent has prohibition succeeded? Let the sheriff, the chief officer of the county and to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws testify: "Lexington, S. 0., July 29, 1913. To Whom It May Concern: lais is to certify? 1. That I am sheriff of Lexington County, S. 0., and that I have served in that capacity for two years. 2, That prior to my entering upon the office of sheriff I was deputy sheriff for said county and state for four years. TVltlf a a oVlOwff an^ :?C v> xubv w uubiiu OUU UCJJUIJ Blierili I now have, and have had, a fair knowledge of all the matters and things transpiring in said county which related to my office. 4. That the prohibition law is ob eryed as well as any law in the conntv, that there is les9 whiskey being sold i Uegally and less tronble caused by whiskey than at any other time I can recall in the county. (Signed) SIM J. MILLER, Sheriff." If this much has been accomplished we are forced to pronounce the law a success or that all other laws are failures. If it is true?and who can dein it??then we hayo every reason to believe that there lias been more peace and happiness in the homes, more money spent for necessities and comforts than at any previous period of the same time in the history of the county. Xow, let us compare some of our fAtnno trrLirtL 1 vunuo ** i"un uiu uiiu nave aispensanes or voted them out quite soon after the law was established with some of those which had it. For this we will use the figures of the U. S. Census Bureau reports showing the population of the several towns for 1900 and 1910. Population of dry towns. 1900 1910 Batesburg 971 1995 Chapin 187 845 Leesville 53S 980 Swansea 239 523 Total 1935 3843 Percentage of increase, 98 per cent. Population of dispensary towns. Lewiedale 173 172 Lexington 800 709 New Brookland 1089 900 Peak 1. is* Total 2324 1954 I Percentage of loss, 12 per cent. ; The increase or decrease in the ! I population of a town is considered an j index to the prosperity of the town. | Now, note that the dry towns went j from a total of 1935 in 1900 to 3843 in 1910, showing a gain of 98 per cent, j while the dispensary towns dropped j ! liom 2221 to 1954 in the same period, j I ! ; showing a loss of 12 per cent. This i ! comparison would certainly indicate jioa business man, not whet!.-, he! j should invest or refrain from invst| ing in any one of the towns cited, but ! whether the future prospects ol anv 4 IMS GOMFAH r. Tie., iv?^.isr^ Wfc ! - fl Tk r on age. route ana rro town was brighter with or without j a dispensary. I But what about our people patronizing dispensaries outside of Lexington county? That this is done no one denies, and to what extent no one knows. Our duty is to protect our own moral, educational and financial interests. How can it be done better than by keeping the evil out of our own midst? We can point with confidence (and glory in it) that the years that we have been without the dispensary have seen many dollars go for clothes, food and houses and made glad the hearts of many who were comDelled to shed tears of sorrow before. And, vet, we hear many calling for the reestabliehment of the dispensary for the sake of revenue?revenne with f which to pay teachers, pave streets | and build roads. Oh, my friends! Don't ask me to humiliate mv neighbor, my wife and my children by asking that a dispensary be put in my county to raise revenue to pay taxes, thus diverting the money that wept to make them happy and prosperous and putting them in competition with money. No, no. The welfare of our people is to be put above price; for what will a husband give in exchange for his wife's happiness and welfare, or what would it profit a father to save all his taxes and lose his son? These are sacred things and may God give us the love and wisdom so to treat them. Yes, we need money to pay teachers, pave streets and build roads, but where will the bulk of the money come trom if the revenue of the dis* pensary is to supply it? It will come from men who cannot afford to keep their children in school for long periods, and who have no leisure to walk the streets nor money to buy automobiles to speed over roads clayed with dispensary money. Would not such a policy make the rich richer and the poor poorer? * Fellow citizens, I have tried to reason with you and to show you that the prohibition law has been a success in Lexington couDty, and that dispensaries do not build communities. I have shown you where the revenue would come from and who would get the benefit. If these are facts accept them, I beseech you, and vote for the J j be9t interests of your town, your county, your family and your neighbor. Above all, vote for that which is most pleasing to your God. Very respectfully, E. C. RIDGELL. Batesburg, S. C., Aug. 12, 1913. Meeting of Telephone Men. Lexington Ccnnty Independent Rural Telephone Association met in annual session August 4th m the Court House and was called to order by the president, Hon. D. F. Effird. Delegates from almost every line in range of the association. The following officers were elected for a term of two years: Hon. D. F. Efird, president; Rev. E. J. Sox, 1st vice president; F. L. Corley, 2nd vice president; G. C. Price, 3rd vice president; J B. Addv, secretary; K. L. Wingard, treasurer. The following nntvimiffoa nroo fnn n tJAOVJUUlVO tUiiilUHIVO TTC#CT CICVytCU lUi CV term of one year: L. B. Frick, Luther Smith and Jacob B. Oswalt; for a term of two years, W. B. Taylor, J. C. Fnlmer and G. B. Wingard; for a term of three years, J. F. Kleckley, W. W. Barre and Hon. W. H. Sharpe. A committee was appointed to get up a directory for the association to be furnished to subscribers at 10 cents a copy. NOTICETO MANAGERS OP ELECTION. Severni of the Election Boxes and j Books have not yet been called for, j and the election is less than a week off. If any manager wishes the box and book for his precinct mailed to him, it he will write or call me over the 'phone i will attend to it at once*. N. P. SHIPP, j Clerk Board of Election Commissioners, j Death of Mrs- Frve. Mrs. Gcdtrey Frye died at the lu> i pitul at Columbia, where she had <ro: | I f in search ot relief, on Tuesday nn i j ; was burn ? J at SaxcGotf-.a ebnreh today j l She is survi ved by a husband ami s?' - | i oral children. Rev, A. R. Taylor r,.; - I 1 duetf frv>-. s. T' 4 >.<3-BIB. colimhia, e?. j mpt Attention. ^ rso 1 jff i? ? ? 1 BEFORE this BENE got It's CHARTER anil hstama A NATIONAL BANK it had to satisfy the U. S. Government at Washington that ali of the "provisions of the National Banking Laws had been complied with. Every since that time frequent and rigid examinations have .been made by thej[ Government. 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 Bank, OF COLUMBIA, S. C. Wilie Jones. President. J. P. MaMHETv.?, Outlier. 1 ^HHBIChlorazone malaria j Malaria attacks the liver, kidneys and digestive organs, just as B B Rheumatism attacks the bone9 and muscles of the human, system. H Malaria is just as serious as any disease; on the human calender. 9 Some of the symptoms are lassitude, a yellow tinge to the skin, the 9 whites of the eyes slightly tinged with yeUow. Poor digestion, 9 lack of appetite, constipation, any of these symptoms are a warning 9 and you must keep off chills and fever, with CHLORAZONE. 9 Every bottle sold on a guarantee to cure, or your money back. 9 Price, 50c Bottle. B HUDGINS DRUG STORE, B OPPOSITE POST OFFICE. 9 AGENT AGENT AGENT 9 For Dr. Hess For Penslar Remedies. For Belle Meade 9 Stock and Poultry r. , Sweet Oandies, 9 Remedies. the only candy that 9 passed the pure food law. 9 When yon have a prescription to fill yon will not make a mistake 9 by.trusting it to us. U I Columbia, S. C. I " MONEY MAKES MONEY * BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was not only a philosopher, but a financier as well, for he said, "Money makes money and the money that money makes makes g more money." Money in Bank is safe from your own extravagance, as well as from the ever present danger of burglars and fire. We pay five per cent, interest on time certificates of deposits. BANK OF CHAPIN CHAPIN, SOUTH CAROLINA. I Boys: Every boy is a niinature business man. If he manages his little business affairs with credit to himself, he will be a good manager of big afiairs later in life. The best way in the world for a boy to become a good manager i*5 to have a savings account, think twice before spending and keen the account growing. 'This bank want? to be a "partner"1 in the affairs of every sturdy, sensible boy in Lexington by helping him to save. THE HOME NATIONAL BANK LEXINGTON, . . S. C. Resources . . . $250,000.00. j We Pay Interest on Savings Accounts Quarterly. i fy nor *- Ttiforaal r.t Cckt+ifi na+ oc n"f nci f | fJ ?/V-JL tviil .i. U'wVA VWJV -* tuu VU IJkUVU ^-k A~*\* W v ^