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I PROHIBITION DOES NOnWHIOIT If Prohibitionists Plowed Like Writer This of Ardcle They Would Enow Something About It. Almost every newspaper we pick np nowadays we find the plea of the prohibitionist. Jastat this point I want to ask the tax-payers of Lexington ?5onntv. Does Prohibition Prohibit? * We have had the so called Prohibition ? V' V' " " for tear years, have we got rid of JDrunkenness? Have we got rid of -crime? Has it reduced the population of the poor hous? Has it lessend the number of Prisoners on the chain gang -and State Prison? The answer is no. We have people of almost every rank and station in life, roaming the country over, preaching Prohibition. Now to some of these socalled Pro -hibitionist I want to say if they would I get them a pair of blue overalls a palmetto hat and a pair of brogan shoes and follow the plow as I have to do day in and day out they would know something about how much the Dispensary would help in reducing our . taxes, in helping pay off the immense "4 'debt that now overhang's our dearold county. If some people would go to work and stop hnnting easy jobs our poor house would soon be closed up, they would have plenty of business of there own to attend to and let others Jilone.^ 'Consequently our chain gang would 4 'he reduced, the widows and orphans wonid always have bread and clothing. But no they wont do that, they belong ;to the Sons of rest", they must not sweat. Our good old friend Senator ' Sharp informs us that we have lost at least |80.000 in four years of Dispen sary profit that is 120.000 per year. JNow Mr. Tax Payer lets you and I ^reason together. We have had four years of socalled Prohibition, You will agree with me there has been practical, ly as much whiskey drank as in the i wears of the county dispensary, what have we gained? Where did the whiskey come from? You cant legally bay it in Lexington County. Where -- * > * 1- i .u.:. aia tae people Day uitur n lub^cj ; Why of course some come from Richland and Aiken Counties, did that Prohibit the drinking and crime in Ti Lexington County? Your answer i9 no. Where did the profits go? Why of coarse to the other counties. Who gets the profit's of the whiskey ordered from Jacksonville, Richmond and other places, and drank by Lexington county people? Why of course 4 it went to help enrich another state, it helped keep up^the Express companies, while the people got nothing but there liquor, then I ask ycfu gentleman of good sound jadgment, where has pro, hibited? * * I heard a preacher say some few days ago the women were the cause of a lot i of the drunkenness, they give their small babies a little today to sooth them, said God pity a woman that did not have any more common sense than p- mac. To that preacher I want to say the women of Lexington County know how to raise babies a blame sight better than lots of preachers do, at least t~eyhave raised many manly men .and excellent women and are still rais* dng them, and I dont think they need a preacher from another state to come here in Lexington County and dictate to them how to raise children. He also said he had never used as much as a thimble full of whiskey, nor beer in his life, that is just the same old story of so called Prohibitionist, they ? take Peruna and Walkers tonic though and think it an excellent medicine. A few months ago a certain preach er was tried and convicted in Saluda County upon the charge of selling whiskey. He held a charge in Lexington County, too, and of ' course pieached Prohibition. I heard a young man say a few days -ago if the dispensary was reestablished in Lexington County he would leave the county, to that man I say sneak off to Georgia, join old Tom Felder and then they will be two of the kind together. Now, Mr. Tax-payer, in conclusion, let me say when you go to the polls on August 19th vote just as you please that is your rights, if yon think by voting the prohibition ticket yon will get rid of your whiskey in Lexington oounty, then vote prohibition. You have had four years of the so-called prohibition, you judge for yourself what it has done. If on the other hand, you want to vote the Dispensary in if the people must have whiskey, and have it they will, if you W8nt the profits that heretofore have beengoing out of Lex ? ?A ? ? rt. ?. ? an/1 laarinrr no mitli -* lU^WU VUUQl/t tauu i^n * up* uo vr?iu | *fce liquor and some one else profiting, then vote for tne Dispensary. A Lexingtoman. Fresh bread always found * . at Harman Bazaar. Memory of Elton Harmon. (Written by his chum and co-worker.) God in Hia infinite wisdom has seen fit to take from our midst another loved one?one who embodied every trait that might be fonnd in an honest, upright, conscientious man; one who commanded the respect, held the love and deserved the praise of those who knew him; one who unvariably con sidered the welfare of me leiiow-man as well as liis own daily walk of life. Elton Harmon was born in Lexington County, S. C., in 1893; came to his brother in Texa9 in 1910, and on June 25, 1913, was called upon to pay homage to his Creator whose will we dare not question. We thank God for his Revelation that we might find consolation in: "O God above Thy will be done, We love and praise Thee ever more, But when our task on earth is done, We pray to meet him on Thy shore. We pray that Tnou will give us strength To always hold Thy Cross above Temptations strong that beckon U9 From Thy sweet path of peace and love And tho' at times 'tis hard to bear. We pray that from our lips will come Those saintly words from!Heaven fair "Oh, God above, Thy will be done.'' Tnougn we can see mm no move in daily life, we are thankful for the power of remembrance that we might picture him in our own mind as we recall the days gone by. Wo bow our heads in tears in humble recognition of His supremifcy. May His healing hand be forever in touch with the bereaved ones.?Shiro (Tex.) Advertiser. News from St. Peters. Our section has been visited by plenty of nice showers for the past week and the crops have put on a business look. Mr. Geo. S. Drafts, the champion farmer and prince of good fellows, has a fine field of cotton, the rows which measure six feet will soon be met in the middles. Mr. Ollie Schneider has a very fine piece of cotton, which goes to show the good judgement of a successful farmer. Messers Jacob and Matthew Harman are preparing to operate a gin thi9 season. The gin house is now being erected at Mr. Jacob Harman's residence. Mr. Chas. W. Harman i9 off to the sand hills for a few weeks. He is con-; tractor for a dwelling for Mr. Frank Kyzer. Mrs. Pollie Drafts and Miss Annie Caughman of Lexington, also Mrs. Alma Dreher of Florida, visited Mrs. Drafts' son, Mr. Geo. Drafts, Jr., a few days last week. We are sorry to chronicle the continued bad health of Mr. Paul Schneider. A large crond gathered to witness the Childrens Day and Missionary service9 last Saturday at St. Peters, Rev9. Risinger and Parks addressed the I congregation in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs, G. P. Caughman and little daughters, of Columbia, were visitors at Childrens Day, and were the guests of Mr. J. E. R. Kyzer. Mr. and Mr9. Ambrose Drafts, of near Columbia, were also at Children Day. Mrs. Drafts, nee Miss Belle Caugh man was at home in the section m which she spent her child-hood. Mr. I. A. Lindler had the misfortune to loose a fine hog, which was killed by lightning during an electric storm, last Thursday. Much success to the Dispatch. Sunday School Boy. Merits of Article Confirmed. A townni- Qncoc n'?*itaa I X3LCL V 4 Uiiv. 4 C* l V* If 1 A wco to Rev. P. D. Ris inger as-follows con" cerning article published in different ! county papers: July 31sf, 1913. Ret;. P. D. Risinger, Lexington, S. C. Dear Sir:?Your letter of recent date enclosing clipping has come duly to hand. The statements which this article credits to me are correct. I enclose you herewith a pamphlet containing the full text of the speech, and am also returning the clipping. Yours truly, John 3. Dawson. Attorney General. Paint? There are two good reasons for paintinsr often-enough or even too-often. I ?" - - - I One, to look prosperous; two, to be so. | Nothing does one more credit or gives one more credit than paint, supplemented of course by what goes with it; and paint costs nothing. True, the first cost is $5 or $6 a gallon put-on; but it saves more than that in the property; saves it from slow going-down?not always slow?it drops with a jump when water gets in on wood and iron. Dry wood and iron cost nothing, kept dry by paint. Better paint when it needs it. Paint never goes-down in the sense of being more profitable next year. DEVOE The Harmon Drug Co. sells it. adv. r V * 1 Negro Lynched at Laurens. Laurens, Aug. 10.?Disregarding the declaration of the solicitor that a speedy trial would be given, a mob of 2,000 men tonight at 10:30 o'clock lynched Richard Puckett, a young negro, charged with attempted criminal assault. After overpowering the sheriff and his deputies the mob broke down two doors, one to a steel cage, and securing the negro carried him to a railway trestle near the passenger station, where he was strung up to a beam. QoTroval hnn/?r<ad flhotK OTftrA fired intO ? 0*v?* U UUV.AVV% w ? ? V- ? bis body. The mob then dispersed. At midnight many were arriving in town from all sections of the Piedmont. Just before he was killed the negro denied his guilt. Sheriff John V Owings said tonight that the negro made a confession to him in the afternoon. The confession, it is 9aid, was not made known to the attacking crowd. SHERIFFS SALE. State of South Carolina. County of Lexington. In the Court of Common Pleas. Bessie M. Hodge, et al, plaintiffs, against D. J. Knotts, et al, defendants. Under and by virtue of an execution duly issued on the judgement herein, duly entered in the office of the Clerk of Court of Lexingtou county in the above case, I have levied on, and will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder during the usual hours of sale before the Court House door at Lexington, S. C., on the first Monday in September, 1913, the following described property of D, J. Knotts: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Bull Swamp township, in the County of Lexington, and State of South Carolina, containing 850 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of estate of W. H. F. Rast, Mrs. C. H. Corbitt, C. B. Dowling, the Fartick estate, the run of Third Branch, lands of Mrs. F. E. Huffman and Ball Swamp Creek; being the lands willed to D. J. Knotts by Leila E. Knotts. All that piece, parcel or lot of land, sitnare, lying and being in the town of Swansea, fronting <? Monmouth Avenue 300 feet on the west, running back on Fourth Street 300 feet on the north, bounded on the east by Church Avenue, ^00 feet, and lot of Mrs. Esther Dowling, 100 feet, bounded on the south by Fifth Street, 150 feet; being a lot 300 x 300, from which has been cut a lot 100 x 150 out of the southeast corner, and is the residence lot of D. J. Knotts; also the following stock of goods in the store of KnottsDowling & Co.: 10 pitchers, 2 gravy boats, 1 pipe | case, 11 small lamps, 4 lamp shades, 26 boxes collars, 2 boxes men's undershirts, 35 remnants cloth, 2 boxes sweater coats, 14 bowls, 7 pump oil cans, 4 reflector lamp holders, 1 large lamp, IS lamp chimneys, 5 full bolts cloth, 4 boxes women undershirts, 1 table cloth, 4 boxes rivets, 1 box spout strainers, 2 boxes files, 5 bundles lamp wicks, 1 box sewing machine needles, 2 Sweater coats heavy 10 saw handles, 7 spigots, 3 boxes shears, 8 funnels, 3 locks, 1 reap hook, 20 turkey places, ?> scrainers, ju nutmeg graters, 19 tin boilers, 1 lot glasses, 1 lot plates, 62 tin pans, 25 cans varnish, 9 cans stove polish, 8 boxes knives and forks, 1 scale beam, 2 door locks, 1 box hangers, 7 rubber shoe heels, 9 boxes files, 3 boxes shirts. 24 ! men's sweaters, 1 pair drawers, l box children mittens, 2 boxes caps, 0 pair hames, 3 boxes bolts, 11 pots, 1 lot bread pans, 3 bundles stove pipe, 1 lot plotts8'\ 3 bbls- nails, 1 roll paper, 1 lock case, 3 vests, 12 boxes ties, 3 boxes silk spool thread, 2 box?s kid gloves, <5 bill folds, 14 cards buttons, 3 cards sleeve supporters. 1 thimble, 2 shaving brushes. 33 bunches braid. 8 bottles rheumatism cu^e, 7 colic cure. 6 Silver Pine healing oil, 22 bottles Kuidine, 2 ledgers and accounts. 1 invoice book, 1 cash book, 64 notes, mortgages and liens, 1 box curry p.niiihs 1 tinvps hits. 1 box sash nrons. > ">? - V V ? ? 7 S r- 7 2 boxes fish hooks, 1 box buckles, 4 hatchet handles, 1 box lamp burners, 2 boxes razors, 2 Eureka tieout chains, 1 box drawing knives, 19 hinges, 14 enamel ware boilers, 3 dippers, 7 enamel ware boiier9 with handles, 21 wash pans, 1 lotglass ware, 1 lot Chinaware, 5 coffee mills, 15 boxe3 bolts, 1 box lamp burners, 1 box spoons, 4 brass hinges, 3 boxes augers. 6 clocks, 1 box door hooks, IS bottles ink, 9 boxes shirts, 2 pair overalls, 2 boxes drawers, 9 boxes suspenders, 1 lot coat haneers, 4 well pulleys, 3 wash boards, 5 smoothing irons, 2 kettles, 1 lot sweeps, 1 lot bull tongue plows, 2 barrels horse shoes, 1 box hats, 8 pair jean pants, 3 silk waist patterns, 4 boxes ball thread, 3 boxes lace. 2 show cases, 1 box hair pins, 4 bcxes buttons, box safety pins, 4 cards lace, 2 boxes barrettes, 12 cans hoof remedy, o Nubian tea, 20 cough syrup, 13 poultry remedy, 147 pairs shoes, 1 journal, 9 day books, 2 pocket books, 1 warehouse about 16' x 25' on Railroad rightof-way, in the town of Swansea. TERMS OF 8ALE: Cash, purchaser to pay for papers. SIM J. MILLER, Sheriff. Death of B. M. Senn. Robert M. Senn, son of the late Dariel L. Senn, and grandson of the late Capt. Rufus D. Senn of Columbia, died August 3, at his home in Dallas, Texas, after a short illness. Mr. Senn was formerly connected with the Western Union telegraph cffice here and at the time of his death was connected with that company's office in Dallas, He is survived by his wife and son, Robert; his mother and two sisters.? Columbia State. Unclaimed Letters. List of letters remaining uncalled for in this office for week ending Aug. 1 1 i r\-i o . AJL, iyio: Ladies?Miss Maude Grasbam. Gentlemen?J. W. Davis; Mr. Jose Ereaw; Mr. Jor. Lards; Monroe Miller. These letters will be sent to the Dead Letter office Aug. 2o, 1913, if not called for before. In calling for the above, please say "advertised,'' giving date of list. S. J. Leapheart, P. M. | Colds | AJshould be "nipped In thcpL/j LA bud", fcr if allowed to run j/y/ IF unchecked, serious results YY Mf) may follow. Numerous If cases of consumption, pneu- |J II monia, and other fatal dis- !J | eases, can be traced back to > 1 I a cold. At the first sign of a ? s cold, protect yourself by E ! thoroughly cleansing your S | system with a few doses of I I I TurnrnDme I | incurunuo ^ BLACKDRAUGHT the old reliable, vegetable liver powder. Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, o< Madison Heights, Va., says: "I have been using Thed- I 11 ford's Black-Draught for 11 I/1 stomach troubles, indiges-r/Il MJj tion. and colds, and find ittojAW KjV be the very best medicine 1 \/vj iftv ever used. It makes an old 1 man feel like a young one." %? |tjjj Insist on Thedford's, the D bIjI original and genuine. E-67 Kj Grand Speaking Friday. There will be a grand rally at the Court House of all the citizens of Lexington county Friday, Augnst 15. Speaking will be the order of the day by men of reputation and ability. Everybody come?men, women and children. Dinner and refreshments served by the Ladies' School Improvement League. WHY NOT GET A GUARANTEE? Every Article of Merit that is Sold These Days is Guaranteed?No Guarantee Often Means Poor duality. There is very little excuse for any person to claim that he has been | "stung'' on a purchase. Fifty years ago the buyer had to look out, but today it is unusual to find a merchant ' who will not return the money for any article that has proved unsatisfactory An excellent example of this kind of fair dealing is shown by the cleancut guarantee that The Harmon Drug Co. gives on Dodscn's Liver Tone. These people tell us that any person who pays 50c. for a bottle of Do^son's Liver Tone and does not find it a gentle and most pleasant liver tonic, harmless, but a sure reliever of constipation and a perfect substitute for calomel, can get his money back just as quick as they can get it out of the money drawer. r iTto* Tnna Vioc 11 v JJUU3U11 O Jji\ vi uaw jf*. ?-v??. taken the place of calomel. It is ab- ! solutely harmless, sure in its action, and causes no restriction of habit or diet. No wonder the drug people are glad to guarantee it, while other remedies that imitate the claims of Dodson's Liver Tone are not guaranteed at all, adv. Notice oi Registration. On account of the fact that an election upon the question of "Dispensary" or "No Dispensary" has been ordered in Lexington county to be held on the 19th of August, the Board of Registration will not be at the precincts listed in the previous notice, on the days named. As soon as the Election is over and the Books have come back in, the Board will come to the different precincts named in the former notice for the purpose of issuing registration certificates, and due notice will be given in the county papers. L. W. WISE. G, H. SHEALY, M. P. GEORGE. Board of Registration. August i. 2913. Is it the Hair or the Face that makes the Woman? If you think it is the face take another look at the two heads pictured here. One shows a girl which the most critical would pronounce 1 " \ While "her features are fairly perfect her S/ a \ greatest charm lies in a mass of fine lustrous If v ) hair. The opposite picture is identical as to ') > \ features and other detail except that the wealth / > ^|Pr^ j of hair is wanting, / fJ j 7 Both of these ladies would attract attention X (f J ) anywhere but each for a different reason, one 7 \ / / on account of her superb beauty and the other v*?v \ / / on account of her comical appearance, \ \ /.^ \ The hair makes all the difference. A woman ) \ \ loses her good looks in exact proportion as / ><^4," /^ N.vv\ \ l?ses her hair* / /T Newbro's Herpecide Saves the Hair There is nothing which is so destructive to the hair as dandruff. This annoying trouble to which everyone is more or less exposed is due to th<* working of an invisib'e growth or microbe called the Dandruff Germ. It robs the hair of the snap and luster of health, burrows do#n into the follicle aud eventually loosens the hair, allowing it to fall out. Newbro's Herpicide applied reguiarly and intelligently kills this germ, keeps the scalp clean and hair healthy. Falling hair is thus prevented and. if the hair follicles have not become atrophied, a atrt growth of hair may be anticipated. The life and luster of Herpicide hair is beautiful to see. is unmistakable. An abundance of fluffy, glittering nair is woman's c-hiefest beauty an I to permit bs needless destruction is unpardonable. Kills the Dandruff Germ - Stops Falling Hair We sell the one dollar size bottle with a positive guarantee HARMON DRUG- CO., Special Agents. !! Gnrhnnnn Cormorc' Institutes I! Odiuouuo?raiiiioiu ihuiiuhi? * In order to accommodate the people attending the j j Farmers' Institute to be held on our farm, four miles west J of Pelion, on August 20th, we will on that date, furnish j one of the best 'cues of the season. ' The Institute will be held in a big, shady grove, en- ! tirely surrounded by fields, where their will be nothing to prevent you from getting a good breeze while you are eating a good dinner, or sitting and listening to the speakers of the day. You should be sure to come to this meeting as it is the first of this kind to be held right out on the farm with the farmers. We will have a good shade and a cold drink for the warm and thirsty traveler, a good dinner for the hungry, good speaking for all who wish to listen and a good band to furnish the music while the young folks talk. So come out and look and listen for yourself. James C. and James E. Dunbar. ^ Jy U Very Low Excursion Rates ft Y+ AUGUSTA, GA, TO \\ 4 SOUTH GEORGIA. >> 4 VIA Georgia & Florida Railway {{ WED. AUG. 20, 1913 ?f ^ t To Swainsbcro $2 CO ^ ^ 4) ^ To Vidalia 2 00 ^ ^ ^ ^ To Hazelhurst '3 00 ^ ^ ft To Denton 3 00 tt Jk & To Currant- 3 00 J ^ To Douglas 3 00 ft To Willacoochee 3 25 W t ? jk To Nashville 3 50 \ ^ To Yaldosta 3 50 V V ft To Madison 4 50 ft Jk A To Ad el 3 50 ? & To Sparks 3 5C r t To Moultrie 3 50 f f Tickets will be sold Tor trains leaving at 0:10 A. M. and s P- M. August 20th, with final return limit. August 20th. 1913. ^ $ j ft A fine opportunity for home seekers and investors to look ^ ^ \ ^ this wonderful new territory over at very small cos:. ^ \ ? Stop at Grant, Ga., and the magmlieient crops on the Georgia Oc Florida Railway's D.unonstrarioa Farm. TT 5 Jfe Write or call on me for any iufoimation. v 9 C. H, G ATTIS, Assistant Trattlc Manager, ^$ f ^ Augusta, Georgia. * ? ** 55 G9HHUVVH\VWA'VVV WQ fr ? ~~ ^ Sf LOOK OUR STORE UR-^a UARMflM'5 5\HflF RTflRF nniimuii v vnvh w wild For Clean New Stylish And Reliable Footwear ( Tir/wlr QVirtoc A Snenialt.v VV \JJL A K^UVVM rwj[/w^v,-vj 17S5|Mam St. Columbia, South Carolina. J