The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-25

ure became law, the negro children,
az we'll as the white ones, would have
been forced into the free public
schools for the time prescribed 'by
the bill and the consequence would
have been q generation of darkies
with just enough of ''book larnin'" to
| make them too proud to work but
n ot too honest to love their neigh
bor's chickens when they roost handy.
Tee members of the House who
3 voted against the measure are en'i-
! tied to the commendation of their
constituents.
Attention is directed to the adver
tisement of "The Home Bank" on
! another page of this issue. This
| bank will open it's doors to the pub
lie for the transaction of business on
March 2od. The handsome and COM
| modious vaults hiss been completed,
| the improved burglar and FIRE proof
| safe placed in position and the mod
ern ofice furniture tastefully and
conveniently arranged. The estsb-
lishment of this bank marks q new
epoch in the progress OF Lexington
and other new enterprises will no
doubt follow in it's wake. It's officers
are we'll know business men. who
have been very successful in the man
agement oftheir individual affairs and
it goes without saying that they will
make financial success of the bank.
The General Assembly has made
an appropriation of $4,000 toward
the erection of monument to the
memory of General Wade Hampton,
with the proviso attached that the
citizens of the State supplement
this sum with a like amount. We
seriously question the wisdom of this
appropriation as it establishes dal-
gerous and pernicious precedent,
but, however, as it has been done. we
have no kick to make. We all love
the name of Hampton; We all ad-
mire his beautiful character; his uu-
impeachable patriotism, and bis
matchless bravery and knightly gal
lantry. It is nothing but meet and
proper that people of his native
State, whom be did go dearly love,
to revere and cherish his memory as
priceless heirloom to be handed
down from sire to son for generations
yet unborn, but the most fitting wsy
to perpetuate bis sacred memory is
where the. question of wisdom arises.
The storm of last Monday and Tues
day covered q wide section of the State
and ssattended with many fatalities
and great damage to property. 10
Aiken county two children are re.
ported to have been killed and at
Hones Path it is reported to have
been particularly severe. Telegraph
and telephone wires were prostrated,
trees uprooted, houses demolished
and fences blown down. Many per-
sons and much stock were killed out.
right and many more injured moreor
less severely. The shipping along
the coast and inland rivers suffered
severely and numbers of persons found
a grave beneath the wind dashed
waters. It was the sererest and
most disastrous storm that has visited
these parts in years. The velocity
is variously estimated at from sixty
FIVE to eighty miles an hour. Many
persons at this place (LexingtoD)
we're greatly alarmed throughout
Monday night and many a weary eye
refused to close in slumber, fortu-
nstely, however, 90 damage was done
to neither life, limb nor property, ard
the break of day was welcomed with
relief.
Cali danger of Crum ever being col
lector of the port of Charleston has
passed. and the President may as
we'll withdraw his name."-Oranse-
burg Times and Democrat.