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The Lexington Dispatch Welnesday, August 27, 1913. y-.Vj; ' G M. Harm ay, Editor and Publisher M. G. Sarratt, Associate Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Lexington, S. 0., as second class matter. CIRCULATION 2,300. Vaudeville and Pictures. In behalf of the Little Gem Amusemeat Co., C. H. Kasell, a showmar of extensive experience, out on a moving picture show in the school audi l torinm here Tuesday night and a1 Redbanks Friday night of each week After this week a vaudeville shov I will be put on in connection with the picture show. Thi9 is not a new show; as it has been on the road more thai four years, and the pharaphernalia foi the combined show is up-to-date ir every particular. _ * " Camp Meeting at Styxe. The camp meeting a$ the union shec at Styxe, Lexington county, will commence the fifth Sunday in August and will continue as long as the Lord maj lead. Everybody is cordially invitee fto come prepared to camp on the ground. We expect to have camps ten by twelve for rent at $2 each with ^ straw furnished for your bedding during the camp. On the gronnds yon may expect a restaurant which will serve meals at 25 cents each. Free transportation from the nearest station. Styxe is % ' of a mile from the camp ground and eight miles from Colombia. For farther information, write D. E. Shnmpert, New Brookland, S. C., R. F. D. 2, IIP; To Help Producers. I Atlanta, Ga., August 23.?"To J?eip Southern Producers Find Markets for the Products of the Soil" is the slogan of the market department of the y . Southern Railway and affiliated lines, iincluding the Mobile and Ohio, the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific, the Alabama Great Southern, and the Georgia, Southern and Florida) and with this end in view, two booklets have recently been issued which should prove of great value to fruit, vegetable, and truck growers of the K.-: Southeastern territory. One of these booklets contains as complete a list as could be compiled of the brokers, commission merchants, jobbers and receivers of vegetables and berries located at the principal cities of the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. The booklets give the name of dealers, character of business, and commodities handled, in each town together g/'. with the population of the town. A 'C copy will be furnished free of charge to any grower of vegetables or berries alone the line of the Southern Rail I way and affiliated lines. The second booklet contains a list of the fruit, vegetable, and melon growers in the territory served by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the Southern Railway in Mississippi and will be placed in the hands of dealers throughout the North and East. It is planned to issue similar booklets covering other territory throughout the * Southeast. The work of the market department is in the hands of market agents located at Atlanta, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Washington whose services are at all times at the disposal of farmers living along the Southern Railway .and affiliated lines. Congregational Meeting. In connection with the morning service at St. Stephen's Lutheran church next Sunday, August 31, a congregational meeting will be held for the purpose of considering the calling of a regular pastor and to do any other work that may come before the congregation. Every member of the congregation is urged to attend and to express himself or herself freely. Paint Put-cn QBfr?/.y; l?hirik'of paint put-on and not by the gallon. A gallon of paint in the can is of no account to anybody. Put it on. Now reckon its cost and value. Thesecretis: one paint goes twice as far as another. A good one goes ^tvnce as far as a bad one. Ton have a job, say an average job. Ifc*ll take 10 gallons Deyoe and 12 or 15 or 18 or 20 of middling poor, very-poor and trash. You know painter's wages in your town. Put the price of a galJon of paint and the painter's day-wage together. Yon can, we can't. Deyoe cost9 less than any inferior paint; there are hundreds of them. One paint is as good as another, so long a9 it lasts good; one lasts months and another years; and the one that goes farthest lasts longest. DEYOE Harmon Drag Co. sell it. adv. L n f 4 New Leesville Paper. Leesville, August 31.?1The Leesville Twin County News is the name of a new weekly newspaper to be published at Leesville. The initial number will appear next week. Wm. Oxner, who has had successful experience in such work, is editor. He has installed a splendid printing outfit. Leesville I is in the midst of a thickly settled dis- i trict, reached by seven rural routes, and the prospects for the new enterprise are very bright. FARM FOR SALE. 67 acres of land with 4-room house, i well of good water and outouildings - ; on the place. Three and one-half mi:e9 irom .feaK auu ium uinvo nv? i; Chapin on public road and telephone . line. G. M. FARR, r Aug. 27?2 m. Peak, S. C. i 1 Low Round Trip Rates ' Open to the Public Will i Be Made lor the Following SPECIAL OCCASIONS Via the , ATLANTIC COAST LINE Standard Railroad of the South ! St Paul-Minneapolis, Minn. I Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., > September 15-20- Dates of sale, Sep} tember 11,12, 13. Final limit, Septeml ber 30, 1913. Fares apply from all stations. Philadelphia, Pa. ' Emancipation Proclamation Expo' j sition (colored) September 1-30. Dates - I of sale. August 30 and September 15. | Final limit, ten days after date of sale. Fares apply from all stations. Nashville, Tenn. National Baptist Convention (colored) September 17-23. Dates of sale September 14, 15, 16. Final limit, September 26, 1913. Fares apply from 1 all stations. Chattanooga, Tenn. , Annual Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic and Allied Organizations, September 15-20. Dates of sale, [ September 12 to 19, inclusive. Final limit, Sept. 27, 1913, except that .by deposit of ticket and payment of 50 cents an extension until October 17 may be obtained. Fares apply from all stations. New Orleans, La. Grain Dealers National Association, October 14-16. Dates of sale, October I 11, 12, 13. Final limit, October 1$, 1913, except that by deposit of ticket and payment of $1.00 an extension i until November 8 ma.y be obtained. Fares apply from all stations. Tulsa, Okla. International Diy-Farming Congress and International Soil Products Exposition, October 22-November 1. Dates of sale October 18, 19, 20, 21. Final limit, November 6, 1913. Fares apply from all stations. Nashville, Tenn. Southern Educational Convention, October 30-November 1. Dates of sale, October 28, 29. Final limit, November 5, 1913. Fares apply from alj stations. Knoxville, Tenn. National Conservation Exposition, September 1-November 1. Dates of sale, August 30 to November 1, inclusive. Final limit: To reach original starting point ten days after date of sale, except that by deposit of ticket and payment of $1, a 30-day extension may be obtained, but in no case beyond November 3, 1913. Fares apply from all stations. New Orleans, La. United Daughters of the Confederacy, November 11-15. Dates of sale, November 8, 9, 10, 11. Final limit, November 19, 1913, except that by deposit of ticket and payment of SI an extension until December 6 may be obtained. Fares apply from ail stations. Augusta, Ga. Georgia-Carolina Fair, November 1-15. Dates of sale, November 5 to 14, inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive Augusta before noon November 15. Final limit, November 17, 1913. Fares apply from points in South Piarnl in a. I I Augusta, Ga. Negro Fair Association, November 1S-21. Dates of sale, November 17 to 20, inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive Augusta before noon November 21. Final limit November 23, 1913. Fares apply from points in South Carolina. For rates, schedules, reservations and any further information apply to ticket agents of the ATLANTIC COAST LINE Standard Railroad of the South or write the undersigned, W. J. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic Manager. T. C. WHITE, General Passenger Agent. WILMINGTON, N. C. Lever Commends Flan. Congressman Asbury F. Lever < fche Seventh district, chairman of tl agricultural committee of the hous has written Hazlett X. Clark, seer tary of the Columbia Chamber of Con merce, congratulating the commerci organization npon its movement 1 obtain from the general assembly s appropriation of 140,000 to coopera with the federal government in era> icating the cattle tick from Soui Carolina. "This pest, it is estimated, is cos ing the State not less than $1,000,000 j year, because of the quarantine upc our shipped cattle and the baa nan it gives to them in the stock marke of the country," says Congressm! Lever in his letter to Mr. Olark, in r ferring to the Texas fever or catt tick, against which a majority of tl counties of this State have been qua antined. "I wish to tender you nc my seryices to appear before any coi mittee of the general assembly in t half of your proposition for the $40,0 appropriation for this work," he sa in referring to the eradication. Cheap Trip to Florida. Attention is directed to the adv< tisement in this issue of the Georg and Florida railroad in which ve low rates are offered from Augusta Jacksonville and other points in Flc ida. Tickets will be placed on sa June 10 with a limit of five or sev< days. This affords the people of tl section a splendid opportunity to vis Florida at a minimum expense. Re; the advertisement of the Georgia ai Florida railroad. OTMPR'S "KTOTTiTR. V XA1 *1 MM V * V Notice is hereby given the pubJ that we are prepared to operate t-1 ginnery formerly owned by the la Geo H. Rjof, Barr, S. C. Satisfa tion guaranteed. Columbia price pa for cotton seed. We respectfully a for the patronage of the farmers wl desire prompt and satisfactory wor THE FARMERS' GIN CO., T. C. Gi lison and D. J. Roof, Operators. 4 For Sale. My farm, containing o7}4 acres; good 7-room house, good water, pu lie road by house, mail at door, raiics from Chapin, being in Chap high school district. Price rigt Caii and see me if you want a go< farm. Best of title. 45-pd THOS. D. AMICK, Chapin, S. C., R. F. D No. 2. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that a speci election will be held at Cross Roa< I " - -_1 TT "NT? An OCIIOOI HOUBtJ, JL/1SLXXUV -1/4 U. iu, v Friday, Sept. 5th, 1913, for the pu pose of voting a special levy of tv (2) mills for school purposes in sa district. The polls will open at o'clock A. M. and close promptly at o'clock P. M. Voters will be requir* to present their tax receipts and regi tration certificates. I M, L. MARTIN, j E. M. MARTIN, S. P. P. HARSEY, 44. Board of Trustee I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j County of Lexington. By Geo. S. Drafts, Esq., Probate Judgi Whereas L. M. Spires made su to roe, to grant him letters of admii istration of the estate of and effeci of Lenora M. Spires, deceased; These are therefore to cite and a< monish all and singular the kindre and creditors of the said Lenora M Spires, deceased, that they be an appear before me, in the Court c Probate, to be held at Lexington ( H., S. C., on 11 day Sept., 1913, nex after publication hereof, at 11 o'cloc in the forenoon, to show cause, if an they have, why the said administr; tion should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 25th da -r 4 k ?^ 1010 (J I AUg., Auuu uuiutm, itfio. GEO. S. DRAFTS, (L.S.) Probate Judge Lexington county,S. ( Published on the 27th day of Au$ 1913, in the Lexington Dispatch t\\ weeks. 44. Another 'Cue at Leaphart' Store. We will give a first class Barbeci at Leaphart's Stcre on Saturday, Auj 30, 1913. Good music will be furnisl ed by the best band of the count; A photographer, W. T. Steel, will 1 on hand to take your picture. W have secured the services of an expe: cook for the occasion. Come out an enjoy a good dinner and the bei music you ever heard. Prices for dii ner will be reasonable. BERLEY LEAPHART, 43-pd. JOE HALLMAN. Notice of Registration. The registration books of the tow of Lexington will be opened in th store of Caughman-Kaminer Co August 1st , 1913, and remain ope ninety days. Every person desiring t vote in the municipal election will fc required to produce his registratio certificate at the poll9 the day of th election. H. N. Kamir.er, Clerk. Meeting of Lutheran League. )f On the fifth Sunday evening in le August, the Lutheran League will e, hold a public meeting in St. Stephens e- church. The subject is, "The work of a- the Lutheran young people of South al Carolina." A very interesting and to instructive programme has been tn arranged with special music and readte iogs. The offering will go for the d- work ot toe .League, rue puoim is inch vited to come out and learn something about the work of the young people. }t- They will appreciate a full attendance. a >n ie A Call to Baptist Women. f Q The annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Lexington ," association will be held with Antioch 1 A j church Tuesday and Wednesday, September 2 and 3 with morning and afternoon sessions each dav. Mrs. I w J, R. Fizer, our faithful corresponding )e secretary, will be present. Also others whose liyes are oeing given to the ^rg work are expected. A full representation is desired and each church is urgently requested to have two delegates present. Miss Lucia Bachman, of Swansea, is chairman of committee ir- on hospitality. ;ia EX. COM. OF W. M. U. ry )r. Pleasant Hill News. le Mr. J. Z. Taylor and wife and son -a spent Sunday with Mr. Judson Cook, ds Mr. Callie Taylor spent Sunday 'it evening with Mr. J. Z. Taylor. a a Miss Mattie Tavior spent ounaay id evening with her uncle, Mr. D. L. Taylor. Misse9 Maude and Carrie Taylor spent Sunday evening at Rev. J. D. Taylor's. There will be preaching at Pleasant Hill the first Saturday night in September and also on Sunday and Sanf" day night. Rev. J. C. Holley, our 1 pastor, will preach. M. T. sk QO ' * To Help Crop Movement.. ?0. Washington, Aug. 21.?The treasury department today began making deposits of the additional $50,000,000 government funds that are to be placed a with banks in the agricultural states b* to aid in the crop moyement. The 2 first deposits were made in the rein serve cities in the Southern states, 't- among which, it is unofficially stated, 3d were Baltimore, Md., Richmond, Ya., Atlanta, Ga., and Memphis, TeDn., the three latter each receiving $750,000. The apportionment of the funds has been completed, according to informa tion at the department, it was stated unofficially that the largest deposits would be made with the national banks at Chicago, this being the mo<?t >u important reserve city in the agrieulr tural states. The next largest deposits 70 are to be made at St. Louis, with Balid timore third and New Orleans fourth. 8 No official announcement of the 4 amount sent to these cities has been 2d made, but unofficially it- lias been s- learned that Baltimore will receive between ?1,000,000 and ?2,000,000 and that Chicago and St. Louis will divide in the neighborhood of $15,000,000. The New Orleans banks, it was s. learned unofficially, will receive about ?1,000,000. ? ? Notice of Sale of Feoples Bank of Leesville Building and Lot. The undersigned have been authorized to wind up and liquidate the af fairs of the Peoples Bank of Leesville. d On Saturday the 27th day of Septem)f ber, 1913, we will sell to the highest j|- bidder before the door of the Peoples ^ Bank in Leesville, S. C., during the y legal hours ol sale the brick buiidin* a* and lot of the said bank. Terms of sale, cash. J. P. Able, J. L. Etheredge, W. E. Bodie, Committee delagated bv resolution ?0 of ftock-holders to wind up affairs of Peoples Bank of Leesville. 46 s Obituary. Mr. Mike S. Wingard was born July iu 14th, 1852, and died August 3rd, 1913, age 61 years and 14 days. He profess1* ed faith in Christ and joined St. David's Luthern church September )e 28th, 1879. After this he became a r e chartered member of Mt. Pisga Luthrfc eran church where he was an official l(^ member for many years. In 1886, be 3* removed his membership back to St. 1' David's Lutheran Church and remained faithful until the end. On January 22nd, 1879, he was married to Frances R. Roof, daughter of Mr. Jessie M. Roof, and to this union was born eight cnuaren, nve ooys ana tnree gins. He leaves to mourn their loss a wife, n eight children, five grandchildren and ie a host of relatives and friends. A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled; 0 A place is vacant in our home, 'e Which can never be filled. n i e God in His wisdom has recalled The boon His love had given, And though the body slumbers here, .The soul is safe in heaven. Ayer's pS3i Away back in 1841. Oki enough to remember those days ? Still used for coughs and colds. Sold for 70 years. ? Ask Your Doctor. We Are Headquarters SUGARS. COFFEE, TEA and RICE Wholesale and Retail Roasted Coffee, 18, 20, 22, 25 and up Green Coffee, 16, 18, 20c. Green, Black and Mixed Teas. 25c, 40c 50c and up. Rice Sold at Cut Prices. C. D. Kenny Co. 1638 Main St. Phone 157 Columbia, South Carolina Alfred J. Fox, REAL ESTATE UNO INSURANCE LEXINGTON, - S. C. Real Estate Bought and Sold. 35 acres 5 m.les north of Lexington on the Cherokee road, 30 acre9 open, 2 room house, well watered. Orto nri TVToir* ftt.rppi". T ,PY. ViJC X\JV ViJ M*d?s^AXX isyv.wwv, ? ington, dwelling, barn, deep well. Three large vacant lots on Main Street, Lexington. 250 acres on Blsck creek, 6 miles from Steadman enongh pine timber to cut 500,000 feet of lumber, juniper, oak, hickory and dogwood in abundance. 63% acres 1% miles from Shumperts, Plenty running water, some pine timber, plenty oak. 1000 acres 4 miles from Edmund on Congaree creek Dwelling and Tenant Houses, Fine Water Power, Pine Timber. 250 acres 5 miles from Leesvilie, timber, 2 rural routes, telephone, .good school, near church. 216 acres 5 miles from EdImund, 20 acres open, 2 room dwelling, plenty water, good pasture. 105 acres 7 miles from Pelion 7 miles from Gilbert, 4 room dwelling, a barn and stables, 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, 9 acres open, 3 room dwellIing, some pine timber, plenty oak. 270 acres; 3 miles from Pelion, r"A ? ? ? ? ?^nrollinor Oy tWi'CB UJJCJJ. iauu( unvuu^i plenty water. Fine land lor Cotton and grain. 162 acres 5 miles from Steedman, 25 acres open land, dwelling barn and Stables. 101 acres 1 mile from'Edmund 35 acres open land, 2 room dwelling. plenty water. 150 acres 7 miles from Lexington, 50 acres in cultivation 0 room dwelling. 2 barns tenant hojsP. blacksmith shop good water DJwer, corn and wheat mill, cotton, gin and press, telephone, daily mail, nearj good ' school and church. Easy terms. SURETY BONDS. Write or call to see me AT THE H9IS8E NATIOMl BANK, Lexington, S. C. f \ 1 Edwin 0. Dreher INSURANCE FIRE LIFE ACCIDENT AUTOMOBILE PLATE GLASS LIVE STOCK TORNADO HEALTH I represent only the strongest and best old line Companies and have special facilities for writing fire iusnrance on conntry property. If you want insurance of any kind write or call on me at Lexington, S C. * C. ?. LEAPKART . REAL ESTATE AND MSIIRMCE, : Life, Casualty, Live Stock, Tornado, Hail Storm, Automobile and Fire Insurance. i Some Real Bargains in Real Estate Lot 60x210 north Depot ?treet, Lexington, S. C. Excellent home site. 60 acre two miles of Lexington, S C, Said land at a bargain, A in? nro ^ J:..* ! _ i i aisu aurea aujuming wrie aoov? M tract at a figure that will astonish, 9 310 acre plantation 1 1-2 miles of 9 Lexington, clay subsoil, well watered, 9 75 acres opeu, balance oak and pine 9 saw timber, 10 room house, all neces- 9 sary out-buildings, Situated on the 9 proposed trolley line. Easy terms. 8 100 acre farm, 2 miles of Lexington, 9 clay sub-soil, well watered, 40 acres fl open, oak and pine timber, 5 room fl dwelling, necessary out-buildings. At fl a bargain, easy terms. ^^B 165 acres sand land, 1 1-2 miles o Lexington, 50 acres open, owner will ^B cut the tract to suit the purchaser. |fl Must be sold at once at a sacrifice fl| price. Easy terras. ""9 10 acres just outside the incorporate fl limits of Lexington, on extension of fl Hendrix street, two tenant houses. fl Must be seen to be appreciated. fl 4 lots on Church street, Lexington, fl S. C., opposite new School Building. ^ fl Dirt cheap for cash. Write, Call, Come and See C. E. LEAPHART, ACT., Lexington, S. C. TURNIP SEED, Ruta Baga, Collard and other seeds lor planting now. Plants. Cabbage, Collard. Egg Plant, Pepper, Sweet Potato, omato, Coleus, Chrysanthemums, Salvia, etc. Flowers for all occasions. Rose Hill Greenhouses Phone 43. Columbia, S. C. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, v Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc.* Antiseptic Anodyne, used infernally and externally. Price 25c. AM MASTEROF THE OPTICAL BUSINESS My motto is painstaking conscientious Optical service. I have one of the most completely equipped optical offices, in Columbia. Let me do your optical work and show you how I can serve yon. Spectacles and Eye-glasses repaired and lenses matched in 30 minutes. Thr< ? graduate opticians of many vears experience to serve vou and we can promise you the highest degree of aC3uraoy, reliability and sat- i isfaclio11 in all cases entrusted to me. C^3 an<3 S3e us, we make no charge or our examination. i. H. Berkman ESTABLISHED 1879. 1418 MAIN STREET. COLUMBIA, S. C. | Airery THE JEWELER 1508 Main St., Columbia, S. C. REPAIRS WATCHES AND I TI?Iiri7T U? d?i IV UiiltiJL Makes Them Good as New MEDALS" AA'D I BADGES Manufacture!' in Our Own - - - ? - Shops for Schools and Other Purposes AVERY, TheJJeweler 1508 Main St., Columbia, S. C