The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

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sick swains.
Fine rains visited our section last
Wednesday and Thursday and caught
the farmers mapping with their fod-
der and cotton in the fields.
Well, Mr.. Editor, you ought to
have been with US last Saturday
night to sererade Mr.. G. A. Derrick.
The Hilton boys, numbering about
eighty, called on Aulitor-elecS Der
rick and gave him shaking up with
cow belle, horns and in fact every
thing that would m AXE noise. Ihey
fred about twenty. FIVE salu'es and
Mr. Derrick set up to order aud
gave US foe speech. At wee wee
small hour every body returned
home rejoicing over the irst Auditor
elected from the old Dutch Fork in
many years.
That Koon hunt will be long re
membered. Last Monday night
seventy five or eighty of our Hilton
chums set out to hunt koon and
when they arrived above Spr ing Hill
they denned long, lauk kooD, that
proved to be, according to the votes
of the last election, Capt. G. II.
Koon, the County Supervisor-elect
and on entering the house all joined
in a song and, Mr.. Editor, it just
seemed that everybody was going to
heaven on a hand car. Mr. knon
set the boys up to some blackberry
bug juice and promised to nave good
roads all over the county. After
shooting eighty or hundred large
guns the boys returned home, saying
that their Koon hunt proved to be
beneficial.
Mr.. Robert Rister, who has been
quite sick, is up again.
G. W. Williams, that up-to-date
painter is painting Spring Hill church
and will also paint for Mr.. Melley
and Mr.. Eddie Eleazer.
Well, the war is over and the
election is thing Of the past and if
you did not gel into the war that is
mono of my business, and if you did
not vote as I voted that is none Of
anybodJ's business, so let US all try
and look on the bright side OF every
thing.
Mr.. Eddie Eleazer, who has been
steadily grinding wheat for several
months, is flushing up to get ready
for the ginning season.
The rainy weather is giving the
farmers world OF work at this sea-
son of the year, as the old King is
opening very fast. Fodder is to
pull, molasses to make and a hog
killing time generally ahead, after
frost.
Lots of our folk attended The bar
becue at Chapin last Saturday. AS
it was the last cue of the season
they made good use Of the day.
don't mind seeing a man hunting
| o'possums until ten or clever o'clock,
or Saturday nights; but when 1t
comes to a man hunting until niEe
o'clock on Sunday morning, I think
that it is simply hunting o'possums
one. half of the night and the devil
the other half.
Capt. G. H. Koon is running his
thrasbing gin day and night, and is
giving entire satisfaction. The Cap
tain is cardidate still and it will
not take but ore vote to elect him
and if anything should happen very
soon, serenade you again, we will,
MIR. koon.
Mr.. Wesley Amick was on the sick
list for several days last week with
bilious fever, but under the skllful
treatment of DR.. J. W. Eargle, he is
up again, we are glad to state.
Mr.. R. B. Hitler, paid Columbia a
flying visit one day last week. r s.
is one of Hilton's leading merchants
aud be will sell goods plumb out of
sight this fall.
Our boys played the Wheeling
boys game last week and Of course
the Wheeling boys walked eff with
the cake.
MIR. J. E. Koon of this place, is
doing fine business with his ginning
outfit.
Mr.. John Bouknisht, who has
been doing a large business in cord
wood here, has about closed out and
will remove his hands elsewhere.
The Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens railroad is beginning to
move the cotton crop. But business
will not be az Good this fall as it was