The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-22

| H:Gtie Culiuieu ale IOOhluS ioi "1iu
to the annual visit of Santa Claus
with visions Of sugar plums floating
through their minds.
Mr.. U. X Gunter, Jr, Assistant
Attorney General of the State, spent
last Sunday with his father, Captain
U. X Gunter, at Batesburg.
ns...x..> CUBAN RELIEF cures
P1d1ttef$ cOlic, Neuralgia and Toothaehe
Asss~s~ in FIVE minutes. Sour Stomach
and Summer Complaints. Price, IS Gents.
Sold by Julian E. Kaufman.
There must be tremendous
freight traffic done on the Southern
Railway, judging from the number of
trains that pass this place every "a
hours.
Lever, The Shoe Man." OF Colum-
bia, wants to supply every school
child in Lexington county with the
best aud cheapest footware and offers
extraordinary inducements to do so.
Sheriff Caughmsp, who has charge
of the articles exhibited by Lexing-
ton County at the State Fair, is anx-
| ions for the owners to call on him
and get their articles Immediately if
not sooner.
If you want a good farm wagon
for little money, call on T. B. Augh-
try & Co., Columbia. They also keep
large stock Of buggies, road carts
and other vehicles of the best make.
Rev. A. R Mitchell, pastor OF the
Church of the Good Sheppard, in
Columbia, preached fine and
thoughtful sermon in the Espiscopal
chapel at this place last Sunday eve
ming.
MIR. John NJ. Stuart, formerly OF
this county, and Miss Jennie May
Hornby, were united in marriage at
the home of the brides mother in
Columbia, by the R,v. G. A. Black
burn, on Thursday evening, Novem-
Der Is, 1899.
A good workman always uses the
best materials. T. B. Aughtry e.
Co, Columbia, keeps the largest and
best stock. Blacksmiths and wheel
wrights should 60 there to make
their purchases.
Arbor Day was not observed by
the teachers and scholars of the free
public schools last Friday. Wepre-
sumo it will be later. The law makes
it just as encumbent upon the teachers
to observe this day as it does to
teach the children the three Rs.
Our Old friend and former citizen
of this county, MIR. John D. Young
iner, is now located at Valley Head,
Alabama, where lie is epjoyiug excel
lent health and is prospering in the
accumulation of this worlds goods.
Christmas is fast approaching and
the time of good cheer will be upon
us before We realize it. You will
need fruit cake ingredients, fine fam
lily groceries, fruits, nuts and other
holiday goods. For the best and
cheapest holiday groceries, 60 to S.
n. Hendrix, Columbia.
We learn that an eff)rt is being
made to prevail upon Governor Nc
Sweeney to pardon Hood Peele, a
young white man who was convicted
at the September term of the court
on the charge of assault and battery
of high and aggravated nature and
sentenced by Judge Aldrich to three
years on the chain gang.
Mr.. David RisiDger, who went
from this county and settled in
Alabama in 1856. is now on visit to
his relatives and friends in the Lees
Vile and Hollow Greek sections. He
is looking hale and hearty, but the
hand of time has touched his head
with winters whiteness. He was
wounded in one of the battles of the
Civil War from the effects Of which
he carries stiff leg.
1t is currently reported that Mr..
W. P. Roof of this place, and Cap
tain Allen Jones of Columbia, have
purchased the B.tesburg CJtton
Mills, and as soon as the necessary
repairs can been made and new ma
chinery added the wheels will again
be set in motion never to stop again
for the lack of successful manage
ment. This mill is considered a Val
liable piece of property and will
, doubtless be worked for all that it is
worth.