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Personals and Locals. Fourth of July holiday makes us > 1 cd day late. !( There are four prisonors in jail? ( one white and three colored. Mr. Quincy Hendrix motored over | j to Augusta Sunday in his Saxon. Mr. Kinsler Roof spent several j days in Chapin this week. Miss Floride Seegars of Columbia is the guest of the Misses Barre. j Miss Carrie Mae Wingard is visit-!' ing friends and reiatives in Chapin. Mr. Fred Hiller, of Chapin, is visiting friends in town. 1 It's better to be happy than . snarrov. * ?x- ?r Miss Florence Lyles is visiting Miss Elvira Harman. Misses Kleckley and Hooker, of < Columbia, spent the week-end with Miss Carrie Mae Wingard. j Dr. McCauley has accepted a | position in Columbia and made his : usual trip over here Sunday. Dr. E. Kellers Mitchell, of Batesburg, tnade his usual visit to Lex ; intgton Saturday night. 11 ! ] Amazon Tires?Heavy Ford car J style 30x3 for $7.60. Guaranteed. < $9.50. Harmon Drug Co. Don't worry over people iaughing < behind your back. Be thankful it i is not before your face. j Mrs. Elizabeth Derrick, of Lees- 1 ville, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Perry HaskellJShealy. i Mr. Frank Wingard of Columbia [ spent several days with home-folks J this week.. Miss Margery Luther of Columbia j is visiting at the . home of Mr. and ] Mrs: W. W. Barre. < Miss Ada Kennedy, who was the attractive guest of Mrs. Sim J. < Miller last week, has returned to < her home in Columbia. J * Crops are said to.be making rapid progress, the weather having been ideal for the past several days. < Pot on Dimond tires. ' Otjwald-Hendrix Garage. } Messrs. Drafts Boozer and Everett } Woods are off on a base ball trip to Blackville. ' V ' . : j Dr. John W. Sandel was called to , Brookiand and Columbia today on ' professional business. < ; " ' Mrs. E. J. Mitchell and daughter ; Guilene of Leesville is the guest of her daughter Mrs. Van M. Wingard. ' Full a long face if you must, but hang a mask over it while others ere around. There are plenty of cantaloupes ?Lexington county raised?in both the Columbia and Lexington markets. Mm: Sara R. Shuler, of Bates- , burg, has been the attractive guest cf Mrs. C, M. Efird for the past several days. Between Europe, Huerta and the , devil, Uncle Samjs getting peeved. FOR yonr FRUIT JARS, Jin Can9, j for canning purposes. Ail sizes, call Mt the Enterprise Hardware Co. L. W. Wise, Esq.,[supervisor of the : registration board of Pelion, was * j here Monday. Lucius is as clever and good natured as he is portly. ^ Mr. W. [ L. Addy, of Gilbert, former county commissioner, is in i town today shaking bands with his ; numerous friends. < The barbecue at Gilbert Saturday was a most enjoyable occasion. A large crowd from Lexington were in 1 attendance. 1 Stove wood wanted in exchange for subscription at the Dispatch Office. * 5 1 As we pass along in life remem- \ ber, behind every dark and dreary j cloud there is a silvery lining and a \ bright star that shines for you and for me. How consoling*. She's a honey. 1 Miss Iva Bay u^of returned Sun- J day from a delightful stay with her i j cous'n Miss Ruth Wilson of Colum-1 bia. ! ( * i Mr. Quincy Ballentine, a forme* ] resident of our town, now the pop- l ular proprietor of Ball en tine's Meat |1 Market, of Columbia was on our i j streets Tuesday. j Mr. P. I. Rawl, one of Beaver I * Dam's substantial citizens was in 1 town Tuesday and remembered the 1 printers with a dollar for a renewal, j 1 Thanks. j * Mr. Dibble George entertained a j large motor party of friends from : Columbia with a picnic at Laurel Falls oh Monday. A pleasant day j was spent by all present. The County Dispensary Board met j 1 in regular Monthly session Tuesday. ; The regular routine business was! transacted. \ j; Mr. and Mrs. Gantt, of Columbia, j 1 were among the popular crowd who , 1 came to Lexington on Sunday after-1 ( noon. !f Our young' friend Francis Calloun George was voted the "most }uiet" boy in Pinewood ^Y. M. C. A. ;amp. Attorney Colin S. Monteeth Corporation Counsel for Columbia, with tiis family, visited Pinewood Camp at Laurel Falls on the Fourth. Mr. B. Clark Duprie the very efficient County Auditor of Richland, with his son Moffett, the wholesle merchant well known to our merchants, spent the Fourth at Laurel Falls. Rev. J. G. Farr, and family spent several days last week in Hartsville, with his daughter. The trip was made through the country in their Ford touring car with Mr. Vasco Miller at the wheel. We have a love-sick printer in our office. Do listen at him: My thoughts are continually about you and to be sure the first in my heart, and I am always dreaming about you.?Some sugar plums. We are glad to see one, Vascc Miller back again after a two weeks visit in Coastal Plains of South Carolina. When asked about the girls he said: "They are numerous and riassy." . Some farmers can pay their subscriptions with corn if they like. It will answer with us just. the same ??1- "^ swm ??/% J+- T}mn/v i + IS COSI1 as WC use; it. uiuig n in and we will allow you right price. ''The golden rule is our highest standard of conduct," says a writer [>f note. True, quite true, and it is 30 high most of us are unable to reach it. Mr. Lonnie Kyzer has one of the inest fields of corn in the county, [t is worth any ones while to go to see it. Mrs. Ella Seay, of the Hollow Creek section, is on a visit to her iaughter Mrs. Jake Leaphart^of Athens, Ga. Messrs. Evins Hallman and Raleigh Mack are off for the ten days' encampment of the 2nd regiment, N. Gr. S. C. at Greenville. They being members of the Brookland Light Infantry which is a part of the 2nd regiment. Miss Celeste] George, the pretty and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. George is on an extended visit to friends and school mates in Chester, Richburg and Lancaster. Mr. Wesley Mathias and family spent the week-end last week, at his old home at Irmo. Wesly is one oi Uncle Sams faithful railway maii clerk's betweenJColumbia and Augusta. Gaboine 15 cents per gallon, at Oswald-Henarix Garage. Judge Ioor Hayes and his constable, Mr. Lewie Hallman, of Gilbert, are in town today. Both ol these officers are always on the job. Mr. and^Mrs. S. D. Shockley, oi Columbia, spent Sunday and Mon day with Mr. and Mrs. u. Jts. Shockley. Mr, John E. Buff, one of the most progressive farmers in the county and an all-round good citizen, was here today on matters ol business. Miss Alline Harman, the attractive daughter of Judge and Mrs. T. L. Barman, left today for an extended visit to friencs in Newberry and Dther points in the state. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Shepherd md their interesting little son, from the Cross Roads, are visiting the family of Mr. G. M. Harman. Mr. B. D. Clarke, the champion sweet potato grower, presented us with some of his new crop potatoes ruesday which were very fine and for which he has our appreciative thanks. The first squad of the Y. M. C, A. doys of Columbia, has returned iome after two wseks camp life joyfully and wrell spent, the second reief, thirty strong, came over Tuesday to spend two weeks. TITLES and Mortgages for Real Estate, and Chattle Mortgages. Special formes tor Banks and Firms printed at right prices. Ail kinds Magistrates and other lecai blanks tor sale in the Dispatch office. Messrs. E. Austin Roof and Q. E. Caughman represented the Lexington carriers at the State association which met in the city of Florence first of this week. They made the trip in an auto and had a good time. Messrs. Vasco Miller, Eugene Bickley, Geo. Hartley and Evin Hallman made a speedy trip over to Swansea last Friday night. They must have had Vasco's "High-Yalter" Ford going some, as the twenty two miles was made in forty-two and i half minutes. Miss Josie Kaminer, the beautiful md attractive daughter of Mrs. L. 1. Kaminer, of Columbia, is the nuch admired guest uf Miss Reba >orley, at the elegant country home >f Mr. das. \V. Curler. bel"w town. Supervisor 0. E. Corley went to , ( Newberry this morning for the puri pose of bringing the new road j machine, recentlyjpurchased by the S county, to use in the up-keep of the j roads, to Lexington. The machine j will be tried out first on the roads ' in the Dutch Fork. We told a pestiferous idler to go ! to the devil the other day, and the addled pated shrimp had the nerve ! to plank himself right down by our side. The many friends of W. E. Black, principal of the Lexington high ; school, who had his hand terribly mnn/vl A/] i iiiciiigicu 111 a uiVLUi v-ic ctccxucm. i some days ago, will be glad to know . that he is doing as well as could be , expected. He is still in a Columbia I hospital, however. Dr. J. J. Wingard has one of the prettiest farms in the county. His crops are in splendid shape, being 1 pleasing to the eye. Dr. Wingard is as good a farmer as he is a phj'si' cian?and everybody knows his high professional standing. , The many friends of Mr. G. A. , Derrick will be pleased to learn of his convalescence. Mr. Derrick was , able today to come down street for the first time in several months and he is looking remarkably well, consideri ng his long confinement. Col. G. T. Graham a former mem' ber of the Lexington Bar, now ; making his home at Crescent City, ' Fla., is the guest for a few days at Viio /^onnrVi+OT Mrc ot] TT Oonrolrl iiio uaugiiuvi iui liui i x vonutu] ; Col. Graham was for many years a resident of Lexington and was one i of the most popular lawyers of the county. Mr. Fort Graham, who holds a i responsible position with the Georgia Railroad Bank of Augusta Ga, spent i the week-end with his sister Mrs. Karl F. Oswald. Fort is a son of Col. G. T. Graham, and their meeting here Sunday was a pleasant sur. prise neither knowing the other was coming. After the completion of the settlei ment with the comptroller general on Tuesday, county treasurer E. L. Wingard, was host to a party of his ' friends at a watermelon cutiing, and ' also to a fancy lot of peaches, all of 1 which were grown on his farm. Mr. Wingard is as good a man as . ever lived, and he knows What it means to treat his friends with acts of kindness. [ Mr. F. S. Plunkett, representing i the German Kali Works of Atlanta, Ga., was here last week to visit the farm of Mr. S. L. Rawl, near town. Tho, Plunkett took a photograph of ! Mr. Rawi's corn and cotton which : is fertilized with the famous Gerj man Kali brands. The crops are showing up fine now, and Mr. Plunkett expects to return later in the season to take another "snapshot" of Mr. Rawi's farm. Clerk of Court Shealy has received . the Acts and Joint Resolutions of : the General Assembly, past at the last session, for distribution among . the several magistrates of the county. j Clerk Shealy will be glad for the ' j magistrates to call as early as possi-1 ble and receipt for these, as it is j impossible to send them by mail, a 5! receipt, being required by law. 5 The many friends of Miss Anna > Short, the popular milliner at : Caughman-Kaminer Co. "for the past two or three seasons, will be > glad to learn that she has arrived safe at her home in Cannon, Delai ware, where she will spend her summer vacation with her parents and friends before going to the big I fashion centres to study the latest | styles and fancies in ladies- headI gear. ! j The Home National Bank. j It is needless for us to call atten' I tion to the published statement of 1 j our own bank, The Home National | j Bank. It is a home institution, ! | owned, operated and organized by ' our own people, men who are known : personally to all of us, men who are ; safe and sound at all times. What I this bank has done for the people of ! this section is too well known for : us to say anything in its favor. | Everybody rejoices over its success, j and suffice it to say thai it is growi ing now as never before. ^ i * j tv i o_i n * I Lexington rosimasier s ^aiary naiseu i | After completing the reports for ! the fiscal year ending June 31st the i postal department at Washington | lists Lexington as one of the offices I in this State where business has increased sufficiently to warrant an increase in the postmaster's salary. II Postmaster Frank George receives an increase of SI 00 a year over his former salary. The showing of the Lexicgton office is considered excellent as a great many offices show a decrease in receipts and in many instances salaries have been cut and ? L ? ~ O 1 AtTTATt rtlftnc ine OJJICfft piatcw in a. iuwci Childrens' Day. There will he Childrens' Day and ;i picnic dinner at Ho::eb church, Saturday, July 17th. Everybody is eordifiHv invited. A Charming Visitor. i i Miss Mary Rauch, the i>eautiful and attractive daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. E. T. Ranch, of White Rock, ! has returned home after a most delightful visit to relatives and friends : in Lexington. Miss Ranch is as talI ented as she is pretty; and one young j man is weary and lonesome now-a; days. m Mrs. Keisler Entertains. Mrs. T. R. Keisler entertained i Tuesday evening at progressive ; hearts in honor of Miss Jennie Bass ; Brown. Those present were Misses Jennie Bass Brown, Anna Brown, 11 T.nev Daniel Wineard. Alice May Butler, Annie Lou Taylor, Katie Belle and Mary Caughman and Sarah ! Mildred Berley; Messrs. James and i John Fox, Brooks and Frank Win; gard, Roy Thomnson, Cyrus Shealy, I Dr. J. H. Mathias and Rice B. Har mon. Punch was served between games by Miss Sarah Mildred Berley and a delicious ice course was served later in the evening. ! Lexington Boy Making Good. [ Dr. L. C. Riddle, of St. Cloud, ' Fla., was in town Monday on hk way to his old home. Dr. Riddle is a former Lexington boy, a son of Rev. ' S. J. Riddle of "Dutch Fork." He , has located in Florida to practice his ; chosen profession, denistry, and be. ing a chip from the old block it goes t without saying that he has made ' good. . YOUR COUGH CRN BE STOPPED Using care to avoid draughts, eipo; sore, sudden changes,, and taking a treatment of Dr. King's New Disoov. ery, will positively relieve, and in time will sorely rid you, of your Cough. ' The first dose soothes the irritation, checks your Cough, which stops in a . short time. Dr. King'6 New Discovery has been ustd successfully for 45 years acd is guaranteed to cure you. Money back if it fails. Get a bottle from your Druggist; it costs only a little and will help you so much. adv. Mrs. Kaminer Goes to Asheville. i Mrs, L. I. Kaminer, for many i years proprietress of the City Hotel ; in Columbia, has gone to Asheville ; to take charge of a hotel during the summer. Mrs. Kaminer /is known . far and near and no doubt .she will be successful in operating her new , hotel in Asheville. She has leased the City Hotel during her absence in Asheville. IS SICKNESS k SIK If not, it's wicked to neglect illness and means of relief. It's wicked to endnre Liver Ills, Headache, Indiges tion, Constipation, when one dose ot Po-Do-Lax gives relief. Po-Do-Lax ie Podophylin (May Apple),, without the grip*. It arouses the Liver, increases ' the flow of bile?Nature's antiseptic in , the Bowels. Your Constipation and ; other ills disappear overnight because Po-Do-Lax has helped Nature to remove the cause. Get a bottle from i vour Druggist to-day. Get rid of voui Constipation overnight. adv. 1 * mm * Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners were in session Monday, and altho it was regarded as the holiday for the 4th July, it coming on Sunday, they did a lot of business. , Messrs. Corley, Smith and Hook , surely attended to business necessary and they paid off a number of claims. A MEDICINE CHEST FOR 25c. In this chest you have an excellent remedy for Toothache, Bruises, Sprains, Stiff Neck, Backache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism and for mo9t emergencies. One 25c. bottle of Sloan's Linimenf does it all?thi9 because these ailments are symptoms, not diseases, and are caused by congestion and inflammation. If yon doubt, ask those who use Sloan'9 Liniment, or better still, buy a 25c. bottle and prove it. All Druggists. au > . _t ? - Dr. G. B. Taylor. Dr. G. B. Taylor, of the Charlesi ton Medical College, after a week's j visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ; W. B. Taylor, left this morning for i Suliivan's Island where during the |,summer months he can be found at ! Wilson's drug store, Station 24, i Sullivan's Island. Guy is a chip off 1 the old block and is as fine*a young l fellow as ever lived. He is making | an effort to educate himself and so ! far he has been highly successful. Dr. Taylor will be glad to meet his | friends from this county at Wilson's ! drug store while they are at the I seashore. CONSTIPATION CAUSES MOST ILLS Accumulated waste in your thirty i feet of bowels causes absorption of ; poisons, tends to produce fevers, upj -ets digestion. "You belch gas, fe? 1 | stuffy, irritable, almost craukv. It i isn't you?it's your condition. Edmi nate this poisonous waste by taking one or two Dr. Ku g's New Li e Pills ' night. Enjoy a full, free bowel j movement in the morning?you ft el so I grateful. Get aD original hottle, coua ni?'g :V'? from your Druggbf. . -ue> U?r ioo. adv. COULD NOT ! | STAND ON FEETj I Mrs. Baker So Weak?Could ; Not Do Her Work?Found Relief In Novel Way. Adrian, Mich. ? " I suffered terribly With female weakness and backache and S0 Weak that I MiiiliiHaiiii cou^ hardly do my ||Ml work. When I washed my dishes I II had to sit down and when I would sweep j |||? J|?|| the floor I would get llljk o J|?f| so weak that I would ! have to get a drink - - evei7 Iew minuses, I til fnT/lril I ^ before I did my I'ljj I 1^%/jll I dusting I would have , 1 ' to lie down. I got . j so poorly that my folks thought I was t! going into consumption. One day I . j found a piece of paper blowing around I i the yard and I picked it up and read it It said 'Saved from the Grave,' and told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta| hie Compound has done for women. I I showed it to my husband and he said, i Why don't you try it ?' So I did, and i after I had taken two bottles I felt ; better and I said to my husband, 'I don't need any more,' and he said 'You had L better take it a little longer anyway.' . So I.took it for three months and got i well and strong."?Mrs. Alonzo E. ; Baker, 9 Tecumseh St., Adrian, Mich. Xot "Well Enough to Work. 5 In these words is hidden the tragedy > of many a woman, housekeeper or wage ' earner who supports herself and is often helping to support a family, on meagre wages. Whether in house, office, factory, shop, store or kitchen, woman should remember that there i9 one tried | and true remedy for the ills to which all , women are prone, and that is Lydia E. k Pinkham's Vegetable Ompound. It . promotes that vigor which makes work i easy. The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. | ; Notice to Pensioners. I still have on hand the , money sent me for the pensioners whose names appear below. I am anxious to pay out this fund, and I shall be glad if those who are entitled to it will call at my office and get the money; or if you cannot come, send me a written order and I will mail j you a Pension Draft. Some of the ,; pensioners named below are now , t dead, and I am informed that others are dead. In that case, I shall thank . some relative to so inform me. Any pensioner who died previous to Jan5 uary 1, 1915, is not entitled to a pension for this year. The names and addresses below are as they came to. me from the ComptrollerGeneral's office: r i Joseph H, Bickley, Chapin; R. H. 1 Baughman, Gaston: B. L. Lowman, t Brookland; Annie E. Baker, Brooki land; Ellen M. Hay, Swansea; Patsey ' Boatwright, Samaria; Happy C. ' Oorrinl/ Pnolr* Ann V T~iir/?Vi ClC i ? ^ar\y -n.ilii l/jviiw, Brookland; Ellen Ellisor, Irmo; Mary , Gantt, Steadman; Mary E. Jefcoat, Swansea; Zella Paul, Swansea; H. A. Steadman, Batesburg; Sarah C. Shealy, Chapin; Celia L. Shealy, Lexington; E. L. Sox, Summit; T. A. Wise, Swansea. If any of the above named have already received their money, and the error is in this office, kindly let me know so that I can get it corrected. Cyrus L. Shealy, ', Clerk of Court. Lexington, S. C., July 6, 1915. i Joint Council Meeting. I The annual meeting of the Joint j Council of Zion's Pastorate, Rev. i J. A. Cromer's charge, will be held at Lexington, July 17th, 4 p. m. M. N. Kleckley, Pres. > mmammmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmMm Fourteenth Anni ATLANTA, GA., and -V] | C. N. &L. and S( ! Wednesday, Ji P A TPS "A MF " XA Jt A JL^k/ A JkA * M . Columbia 7:30 a. m. . Irmo 7:45 a. m.. Ballentine 8:04 a. m... White Rock 8:11 a. in.... Chapin 8:21 a. m. .. Little Mountain..8:38 a. m .. Prosperity 8:54 a. m.... Newberry 9:13 a. m.... Ar. Clinton 10:15 a. m.... Arrive Atlanta i'OO P. M. A i * * I ' V L & V<M?KV%? * V V ? V Special train leaves Gervais S Wednesday, July 14. Arrive A 10:20 p. m. Tickets sold to B turning on all regular trains returning on all regular tr; leaving Atlanta 8:00 p. m. reach original starting point pri 1915. Children under 12 years For detailed information call c E. A. TAPJRER. C. A. C. N. & L. Rv. Phone 1040 COLUM1 Enterprise Hardware Company. Attention is directed to the adj vertisement of the Enterprise Hard- ; g ware Company in this issue. Mr. Walter McCartha, known to everybody in the county, is the genial and progressive manager. This firm has grown by leaps and bounds since it first opened up, ane its trade extends from one end of the county to the other, there is notnmg in me hardware line that this enterprising firm does not handle. You can get j everything in the hardware line at ! prices that will appeal to ail. Be j sure and call on this firm when you are in town. Mail and telephone orders are also filled with accuracy and dispatch. ?? Palmetto National Bank. Attention is directed to the statement of The Palmetto National Bank of Columbia elsewhere in this issue. This bank is growing rapidly?get ting new business every day. Lexington farmers and business men always find a timely and helpful friend in the Palmetto National; ani they can always borrow money on bankable paper from this reliable institution. You are invited to inspect their building and make y :-urself known to its officials while in Columbia. No more clever gentlemen, and it is -a pleasure to deal with ! them. I i + - m Notice. / * ! A splendid farm horse for sale | cheap; weighs about 1,000 lbs; six years old; cream color. Also a good buggy. ' . Cedar Grove Parsonage. Phone 2123. 39 Ma aaa ;nut vw . This is a prescription prepared especiallv for MALARIA or CHILLS 6. FEVER Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than : Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c I j . I ? . .?. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Premier Carrier of the South MOUNTAIN EXCURSION I \ Wednesday, July 23rd ROUND-TRIP FARE .TO ' Hendersonville, N. C. . . $3.50 Asheville, N. C 4.00 Brevard, N. C 4.00 j Lake Toxaway, N. C. . . . 4.50 Waynesville, N. C. . ... 4.25 Tickets to be sold Wednesday. T--1? Ol .-.11 .Ami 1 o f fro ino rrf\r\r^ j 0 lliy JLUI an icguiai Liaiiio, 6WV( ( returning to original starting point ; until midnight July 26, 1915. Fares will apply from Augusta, 'Aiken, Edgefield, Trenton and all intermediate stations to Lexington. ' I S. C., inclusive; also Blackville, Al! lendale, Perry, etc. ! An excellent opportunity to visit the "Land of the Sky" and "Beauti: ful Sapphire Country." i . For additional information communicate with M. D. D.enny, Agent. Lexington, S. C., or Magruder Dent. Dist. Pass.. Agt., 729 Broad Street^, {Augusta, Ga, -wial Excursion To BIRMINGHAM, ALA. j [A_ iaboard Air Line uly 14th, 1915 j ) SCHEDULE 1 Atlanta . Birmingham ! 53.50' ?1.00 3.50 100 3.50 1.00 3.50 1.00 } 3.50 100 3.50 1.00 [ 3.50 1.00 i 3.50 1-00 3.00 5.00 rriye Birmingham 10:20 P. M. I t. Depot, Columbia, 7:30 a. m. il i .A/1 ^ wi DirrYilrrrliOiri tianta f. ui>. im uhii^,uuuj irminfhara will he honored reTickets from Atlanta good ains except Train No. 6. Returning passengers must [ or to midnight Sunday July 18. half rate. >n any C. N. & L. agent or write J. S. ETCHBERGER, T. P. A. S. A. L. Ry. Phone 574. 3IA, S. 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