The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, September 30, 1914, Image 5
Presentment of Grand Jury.
The grand 'jury of and for the.
county of Lexington and for the state ,
of South Carolina after the conclusion
of all business presented to us by the j
court for the year 1914. beg leave to
make the following presentment.
This is the last term of General
Sessions court for the year 1914 and
during this year this body has had before
it quite a large number of indictments
all of which have been consldKtt
r.Viic Hr?r?v decisions haV6
VlCVi KfJ Viiiu wvi^ v.
been reached on each and every case
and each and every case has been returned
to this court with our findings
endorsed thereon.
Besides the bills of indictment which
have been banded us by this honorable
court, we have considered many matters
which we think relates to the
public good of Lexington county and
beg leave to call the courts attention
to several matters hereinbelow enumerated
We wish to call attention to the law
requiring /the Magistrates of the
county to make monthly reports to
the County Treasurer. Our examina
tion of tho County Treasurer's office
has revealed the fact that some of the
magistrates in the county "did not as
promptly file their reports with the
County Treasurer as the law requires
and we would, therefore, urgently insist
upon the magistrates of the
county of Lexington in complying
with the law in this connection.
It is the concensus of opinion of this
aointy that the county of Lexington
does not need the services of state or
county dispensary or liquor constables
and that we go on record as voicing
our disapproval of the county being
forced to pay salaries to whiskey constables,
whete we believe that necessity
does not demand the presence of
such constables. Our information as
wall an rmr nhaflrpjitifiTi is that the
sheriff of Lexington county, together
with the magistrate's constables in
the various sections of the county are
folly able to enforce the law in this
respect and we hope that the pounty
will no longer be pat to the unnecessary
expense of supporting and defraying
the expenses of liqaor or state constables.
This boby hereby memoralizes our
Representatives in the General Assembly
of the State of Sooth Carolina to
hare enacted at the approaching see ion
of the legislature laws requiring
all able bodied 'men subject to road
: duties to pay comutation-taxes to the
County Treasurer without forcing the
supervisor to have such persons work {
upon the public highways of the (
county and that all moneys collected ,
yarioas townships be expended by the
soperyiebr of the county upon the
public highways in the townships from
r which said moneys are collected.
In this oonneotion we also wish to
?all attention of persons living along
the public highways to the laws regarding
the obstruction of public
{ highways. Oar attention is being
* continually called to the faot that the
people all along - the public highways
' throaghout the county, after the sup'?
eryisor has pot their roads in good
condition, almost immediately fill the
ditches by plowing and throwing
rcbbish in same and it thereby r? nders
the work of the county chaingang
almost useless. We would also call
attention to the fact that in many
places of the oounty wire fencing is
placed too near the public highway,
VV.qt.oKtt andanffflrlncr fchfi DUblic While
0 ?? c -traveling
upon such highways.
We wish to call special attention to
4he apparent danger of the dam crowing
at the mill pond of Joseph Gunter,
in the corporate limits of the town of
Swansea, and suggest that the proper
authorities put this road or street in a
safe condition withoat delay.
Our committee on courthouse and
buildings of the county, calls attention
to the bad condition of tne sewerage
in the courthouse over the Auditor's
office. Therd is a leak in some of the
water pipes, which is causing damage
to the plastering in the Auditor's of fi.ce
and is endangering many of the
public records in the office. We will
ask that the proper officers see that
this sewer is repaired at once.
This body can do nothing more than
repeat its former recommendation as
to additional vault room for the rec- i
ords of the various ccunty offices with- !
in the courthouse.
Our committees have visited the I
various county institutions, including :
the Jail, the County Poorhouse, and j
the County Ohaingang and we are \
pleased to report that these institu- j
tions are all in good condition. Tae ;
county chaingng is in fine condition 1
and is doing splendid work upon the j
roads in the connty.
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We found at the county farm and !
poorhouse ten inmates, t iree of them
being white and seven colored. The j
manager of the county farm reports
that all supplies used by the farm dui-?
"qoi- w?rp trrown on the
mg mo iJ*?av j wi. 0?
the farm and that they have not only
supplied the county poorhouae but
have sold some food staffs and have
furnished some to the county chaingang.
We find a splendid crop growling
upon the county farm for the present
?ear and a good yield is predicted.
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Tbe county poorbcuse managers have
canned enough goods during the past
summer, such as vegetables and fruits
to supply the needs of the institution
for the coming winter. . We find eight
head of hogs at the county poorhousp,
four of which are sick with cholera
and we recommend that some action
be taken at once to have a representative
of the state government or of
Clemson ctllege to look after this matter
with all convenient speed.
A committee from our body with
E. W. Shull, fofeman of the grand
jury as chairman has spent- several
days with the aid of T. C. Callison,
investigating the records and examining
the books of rhe various county
offices. One year ago the grand jury
employed an Auditing company for
the purpose of investigating the records
and books of all of the county
offices and these expert accountants
made a minute and full in vesication
of all the records in the various offices,
covering a number of years and ending
with July 1st, 1913, and for this
reason the commitiee for the present
year ha9 only deemed it necessary to
investigate the records beginning with
the fiscal year July 1st, 1913, and ending
with July 1st, 1914, and we are
glad to report that this committee has
found the records and books in every
office neatly kept and so near in a
perfect condition that we have not
deemed it necc ssay to call special attention
to any matters therein found
co have existed in either office during
this time.
We are glad to note the general improvement
in the educational conditions
within the couDty. We learn
from the Supt. of Education that the
average ichool term has beenincrased
from ninety-four days for the year
1912 to one hundred and one days for
the year 1913. That within eighteen
months nineteen school districts have
voted special taxes for school purposes.
There have been established in the
county within the past six months two
additional high scbools'and the number
of white children in school haye
increased from fonr thousand, nine
hundred eighty eight in 1913 to five
thousand, one hundred two in 1914.
We ask that the supervisor ot iuc
county pay to the Order of T. G. Callison
sixty dollars for services rendered
the County and Grand Jury in its
work for this year 1914, according to
contract approved by the presiding
Judge at the Jamuuy term of Court.
Wa nnah f\n nrnrAfl'Q fcn hi* Hrtnor.
Geo. E. Prince, Pl^dinfi: Jadace, and
bo the Court official oar appreciation
of the consideration and courtesies
iering ^JjjfcMiowp of court. i.
Respectfully submitted,
B. W. SHtJLL,
' Foreman.
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A FeWj Doses Relieves Ali Such
Miseries. Bladder Weakness,
Kidney Trouble and Rheumatism
Promptly Vanish
It ? no longer necessary lor any
one to suffer with backaching, kidney
trouble, have disagreeable bladder
and urinary disorders to contend
with, or be tortured with rheumatism,
stiff joints, and its heartwrenching
pains, for the new discovery,
Croxone, quickly and surely relieves
all such troubles.
Croxone is the most wonderful
remedy yet devised for ridding the
system of uric acid and driving out
all the poisonous impurities which
cause such troubles. It is entirely
different from all other remedies. It
is not like anything else ever used
for the purpose. It acts on the principle
of cleaning out the poisons and
removing the cause.
It soaks right in through the walls,
membranes and linings, like water in
a sponge, neutralizes, dissolves, and
makes the kidneys sift out and filter
away, all the uric acid and poisons
from the blood, and leaves the kidneys
and urinary organs clean,
strong, healthy and well.
It matters not how long you have
suffered, how old you are, or what
you have used, the very principle of
Croxone is such, that it is practically
impossible to take it into the human
system without results. There is
nothing else on earth like it. It
starts to work the minute you take it
and relieves you the first time you
use it.
If you suffer with pains in your
back and sides, or have any signs of
kidney, bladder troubles, or rheumatism,
such as puffy swellings under
the eyes or in the feet and ankles, if
you are nervous, tired, and run down,
or bothered with urinary disorders,
Croxone will quickly relieve you of
your misery. You can secure an original
package of Cvoxone at trifling
cost from any first-class druggist.
All druggists are authorized to personally
return the purchase price if it
fails in a single case.
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Holland's
Hog Cholera Remedy.
This well known remedy for hog
cholera has been used with success for
many years. Unqualified satisfaction
is received when the preparation is i
used as a preventative and if given in
time will cure your sick hogs of cholera
Price $1.00 per package.
Prepared and recommended by Harmon,
Drug Co. Leripgton, S. 0.
Board of Trade is Active
Mr. D. R. Haltiwanger, secretary of
the Lexington Board of Trade, today
addressed the following telegram !o
Secretary McAdoo, of the United
States Treasurer at Washington:
"Please advise date when government
funds will be available through
national banks. The condition is seri
ous."
At a meeting of the Board of Trade
last night, which was largely attended,
Mr Alfred J. Fox, cashier of The
Home National Bank, and Mr. M. L.
Tyler, manager of the Bank of Western
Carolina, stated that their banks would
not be in position to offer anything
like relief to the farmers, no matter
how much cotton is warehoused, until
the funds from the government begin
to float rapidly. The Board of Trade
is doing everything in its power to
bring about a condition that will better
connitions locally. In the event
that funds from the government are
secured it is probable that a warehouse
will be built by a local company, composed
of farmers, merchants, and,
bankers, for the purpose of storing
cotton. The farmer can then get his
warehouse receipt, the banks can
handle the receipts, and some relief
may be hoped for. But, until this
money from the government is forthcoming,
there is nothing for the farmer
to do, if he cannot hold, but to place
it on the market at a great sacrifice.
I Colds. Weak Luncs.
Coughs. Weak Throats.
Ayer's &
Sold for 70 yearsAsk
Your Doctor, Loweuf^MasiRINGLING
CIRCUS
IS ANNOUNCED
World's Greatest Shows and
Spectacle "Solomon and the
Queen of Sheba" Now
On Way.
Official information confirms the annonncement
that on October 9th Ringling
Bathers' circus will give two
performances in Oolnmbia.
Many new features have been added
this year, the most notable of which
is the spectacle "Solomon and the
Queen of Sheba. 7 This colossal production
is presented with a cast of
1,250 people, a ballet of 300 dancing
girls, 735 horses, 32 camels and a train- load
of scenery, costumes and properties
on the biggest stage in the world.
Following the spectacle, a circus
program of unusual brilliancy will be
presented, _including an^array
ana Anwnewructs new^to the 1/
circus world. The menagerie confabs j
1,003 wild animals, 41 elephants, five I;
giraffes and a "baby zoo.". The Gir$js |
is transported on 89 donble length
cars Special arrangements have been
made by thejrailroads to accommodate
the crowds that will visit the circus
from this city and the surrounding
country.
New Seed and Onion Seta.
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Garden and field seeds for fall planting,
dwarf ewe* rape, crimson- clover,
vetch, onion sets (all varieties) cabbage,
mustard, beet, winter turnip,
winter radish seeds, etc.
Harmon Drug Co. ;
Good Officers.
It is Tifch genuine regret that we
announce to our readers that Charlie
B. Dreher, for the past month a member
of our county constabulary, is to
go to Columbia to accept a position
on the city police. Mr. Dreher has
only been in Lexington f#r a month.
While he has conducted himself in
such manner as to win theesteem and
confidence of all onr peole. He is
a gentleman and knows his business
and Oapt. C. C. Roben, as well
a9 Sheriff Mil!er ha9 found hn to be
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H mail evoi 1C#UJ auu nunu^ tu per. | _
form any dnty. If the couiy j8 ?0 I I
have dispensary constable at every I v
county in the Stifce thatopeies the I I
dispensary has them we wit good 1 I
men and trae in these positiis. in I
"Clay" Roberts and Charlie^reher I I
Lexington has them, and if were to I I
have constables let's have thera-ight I I
on. Mr. Dreher goes back tojerve I I
Columbia in the same capac^ he j ?:
served with distinction and abilft for I $
ten years. Let's keep "Olay", iwe I I
are to keep anybody. Every^y I I
knows him. He is "bone of oar l|e I
and flesh of our flesh," so to s&s | a
and he always does his dnty.
Malaria or Chills & Fevi I
Prescription No. 666 is prepared especiq gj
for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVE1 I
Five or 6ix doses will break any case, a I
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will c I
return. It acts on the liver better thifl
'elomel and does not gripe or sicken- 2iM
Yon can find ladies, children anl
boy hats very cheap at Sarrat's Ba|
; ziar. Boy felt hats for lOcents.
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Mr. M. E. Lucas and nenry wttuero
from Belville, Gj., are on a visit to
the Pelion section and visited our town
today. They notice many improvements
and glad to fee the country
prospering. Tney will return to Ga.
in a few days.
Unclaimed Letters.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for in this office for the week ending
Sept. 23, 1914.
Ladies.?Annar Johnson.
These letters will be sent, to the Dead
Letter Office Oct 12, 1914, if not called
for before. In calling for the above
please say, "advertised,'' giving
date of list.
S. J. Leaphart, Postmaster.
The Bazaar here in town has nnt in
a line of cheap enamel ware, such ag
pot9, pans and all kitchen nntensils
for ten cents. You will be astonished
at the article that jgu caj get for that
price.
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therefore invited to visit th
and products of our count}
acquaintances. Besides, tl
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stunts that will simply drh
with your friends and com]
sure to come.
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Registration Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the
County Board of Registration will hp
at Ohapin on Sent. 26; Swansea 28;
Peak Oct. 3. Let all take due notice
and govern themselves accordingly
L. W. Wise,
O Hol!?. Sv-tdy.
John Bell Towe l. j
Sept. 1~>, 1914?3w48 j
FOR RENT. i
Sixteen acres of land with six-room
residence, barn, tenant house, well
and orchard, adjoining Newberry
college. Good opportunity for family
with cbildrpn to educate. Rent reasonable.
Apply to
J. A. BURTON,
Real Estate,
Aug. 26, 1914 Newberry, S. 0.
^QUARTERS
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NO FEEDS
)es on Seed Oats,
j. We are in the
>untry produce, si
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AND DISTRIBI
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WON COON
ASSOCIATION
hold its 18th Ann
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>unds at Lexingtoi
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e of the management to make
sful Fair in the history of its o
lis splendid exposition which re
r and state. You will meet old
lere's mirth and music galore;;
:na; splendid* array of attractio
re dull care and the blues aw
rades, The welcome sign har
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| STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Lexington
Bv Geo. S. Drafts, E*q., Probate Judge
Whereas. J A. and J. D Shumpert
madp* suit to me to grant th-m Letters
of Administration of the estate or
a id effects of Noah P. Shumper .
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred
and Creditors of the said Noah P.
Sfturapert, deceased, that they be and
appear before me in the Court of Probate
to be held at Lexington, C. H.,
S. C., on 12th day of Oct. 1911, next,
after publication hereof at 11 o'clock
in the forenoon to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my Hand this 2 th day
of Sept., Anno Domini 1914.
GEO. S. DRAFTS. (L. S.)
Probate Judge Lexington County, S. 0.
Published on the 30cb day of Sept.,
1914, in the Lexington Dispatch two
weeks. 49
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FOR
GRITS,
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Seed Wheat
) market for
ich as Oats,
v warehouse*
is.
JTING CO., J
ITY FAIR
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1914
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this the largest, best,
rganization. You are
^presents the progress
friends, make new
also fine horses that
ins and joy making
ray. So come along
igs everywhere. Be
1RMAN
Secretary I