The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-06-28

week. Mrs. Hendrix has been quite
sick.
Don't forget that the first gun
will be fired by the Senatorial candi-
dates on the 4,h of July at Boozer q
Kyzer's barbecue at Saxe-Gotha
Mills. A spread eagle time may be
expected.
Stop al d think awhile! Don't you
want the best and cheapest family
groceries, fruits, canned goods or
tobacco, if so 60 to S. N. Hendrix,
Columbia, and you will not be disap-
pointed.
Judge Drafts requests US to notify
the examining physician of lunatlc
that he must satisfy himself that the
patient has been vaccinated or else he
will not be received into the hospital
for the insane.
The Board of County Commission
ers will meet at their cfice in the
court house next Monday. Parties
having business with the Board will
take due notice and govern them
selves accordingly.
Ore of the best selected stocks Of
blacksmith and wheelwright ma
terials can always be found at 7. 3.
Aughtry & Co.'S, Columbia. The
| stock is unexcelled and the prices
cannot be duplicated.
The Town Council has had terra
Gotta curbing put in the street we'll
in front of the Jail and a neat cover
put over the we'll. Mr.. Charlie
Geiger did the curbipg and the
Gross Brothers built the shed.
Miss Helen Bradford, the brilliant
young daughter Of MIR. and Mrs. G.
S. Bradford, of this place, who has
been attending the Home School at
Athens, Ca, arrived home Friday, to
spend her vacation with her parents.
Mr.. George NJ. Drafts, who is
native of this county, but who has
teen living for years at Kingsville in
Richland county received a stroke of
paralysis Sunday. He is brother
of Mr.. Samuel P. Drafts, CT Lewie-
dale.
We learn through private source
that Mr.. Isaiah Haltiwanger, who
succeeded W. j. Assmann as Clerk of
the Court for this county, is critic lily
i'll at lis home in Lower Fork. His
recovery is doubtful. DR.. Lewie
Griffith of Columbia is attending
him.
Mr. NJ. D. Harman is the cham
pion watermelon raiser of this section,
having had the first melons of the
season week or two ago. They
were grown on his place in this
town and were of the Hungarian
variety.
We see from the News and
Courier that Mr.. William D. George,
of this place, has been appointed
Lieutenant Q1artermaster at Clem-
son College. Willie is deserving Of
his promotion and will wear his
honors worthily.
The Columbia Evening Record
says that Mr. W. A. Oxner, of the
Columbia Duck Mill and Miss Min
ME McGrady, of New Brookland,
were happily united in marriage en-
last Sunday evening, Rev. E. L.
Lybrand officiating.
Mr.. A. II. Kohn, who is in charge
of the dry goods and shoe depart
ment of the Alliance Store in Colum-
bia, was in town Monday on busi-
ness and gave US a pleasant call.
He is a pleasant gentleman and
thorough business man.
Messrs. Charles A Geiger, Walter
J. McCartha and Milton Kyzer have
been ummoned to Columbia to testify
in behalf of the defendant in the
case of the State vs.. Willie II. Meetze
which will be tried in the Richland
court, beginning today.
The annual barbecue at Mr.. u. NJ.
Drafts place, few miles north Of
here, is announced in this issue for
Jaly 22nd. This barbecue is gen
orally we'll attended by the people of
the surrounding country as every
body who goes has a Gne time.
The Southern Railway will sell
Fourth OF July excursion tickets, at
the rate of one and one-third first
class fare and second class tickets
will be sold for one first class fare
for the round trip. These tickets
will be on sale July 2nd to the 4;h
and good to return until July 7th.
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