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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-18
Court.

The February term of the Court
of Sessions opened here Monday
promptly at 10 O'clock, Judge J. c..
Klugh of Abbeville, presiding.
Solicitor Thurmond and Stenogra-
pher J. G. Tadlock, who is here in
the place of Mr.. McFeat, the regular
court stenographer, We're present.
All the other court officials were at
their respective posts of duty and
the machinery of the court moved otf
smoothly without hitch or friction.
This was no doubt the result of tie
admirable Office work Of Mr.. Samuel
B. George, the very efficient Clerk Of
the Court. His careful preparation
of the dockets and bis excellent
businesslike methods in the conduct
of his Office has made himself indls-
penssble to Bench and Bar alike and
has Won golden opinions from his
constituents. Faithful to every trust
reposed in him, competent in the
discharge Of ever duty ard clean and
thorough in Ill transactions be has
made an ideal public official and as
such reflects credit upon Lexington
county.
The Judge was sutf:riDg from an
affection of the throat, and postpc nad
his charge to the grand jury until
such q time when he would be in
better voice. He, however compll-
mented the members of that body on
their prompsness in being present
not a single member being absent,
saying in effect that it showed dis
position on their part to faithfully
perform their duties and be true to
the oath they had taken.
The peace officers in and about
this place seem determined to break
up negro gambling and 80 far all
! brought up, promptly plead guilty.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-18
Review and Forecast.
What the Legislature Has Done and IS
Likely to Do.

Condensed from News and Courier.
The present session has not been
an eventful or a remarkable session.
Tnere have been no extraordinary de-
velopements. No political fortunes
have been made or unmsde; no SEN
sational or radical legislation has
been enacted. 1t has been smooth
and easy-going body.
There have been no general road
laws, no general tax statutes, no
general salary bills, no general crimi-
nal law, no change of the dispensary
law enacted this session. Il has not
been q session of vital or record-mak-
ing legislation. The only general
law thus far passed, or likely to be,
is the Marshall child labor bill.
There have been no zeal hard or
vigorous fights during the present
session. Strange as it may seem,
| the only real protracted fight was on
bill to prevent the shipment Of sbad
outside of the State. It was an un-
expected fight, bat it was real fight,
and there was curious and notewor-
thy phase of the contest. Said one
of the persistent Spar5anburg advo-
Gates of the fish bill: "guess We do
not know much about this shsd bust
ness, but We know as much as do
! thsse low-country members who voted
for child labor Legislation, without
knowing anything about our condi-
tions and We can take q flyer our.
selves" There is great deal more
of this sort Of feeling than one would
suppose.
The passage of the mild child labor
bill at least had the effect Of stopping
all other textile legislation for this
session. There were three or four
other child labor bills that were de,
fsated or withdrawn. Then there
was ten-hour labor law, and fellow
servant liability bill and weekly pay.
ment of salary proposition, which
will 60 over until next session. The
talk now is decidedly, very decided
~ against any further Legislation one
way or another regarding the indus
trial interests of the State.
Legislation is getting to be very
much of a local sffair anyway. Ar
inspection cf the Calendar will show
that fully threefourths of the legisla
ton proposed and enacted is loca
and unimportant; that it relates t
the issuance or payment of bonds t
build school house here or there; tt
| give authority to certain county K
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-18

t'ou the lapse on account of the loss
Of year in the collection of taxes
and the complications resulting from
the loss of that year. Independent
of the lapse Of the year in the collec-
ton of the taxes the appropriation
bill carries more money than a five
mill levy will raise. The only hope
of getting even on this score is in the
normal Increase in taxable values, in
the State.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-18

Jake Drafts. Henry Sigh, Lewie
Lybrand, Matthew Risb, Jesse Stuck
man and Albert Walker. all entered
pleas of guilty to such charges and
were gwen SIS or so days. All but
the two latter paid out promptly.
True bills were returned against
Elliott Houseal, Peter Parker and
John Stro'her, but they have not
been arrested. Strother received a
sentence of $40 at last June term for
gambling but paid it up and was
released.
Hubert Corbett, o white man,
formerly of Aiken county, but re-
Gently of Alabama, upon his return
to the old home, was "enticed" to
enter the dwelling of Gabrial Lucas,
and be stole several articles while in
it, some of which were recovered.
Hubert had good face before the
court, and upon his plea of guilty
was given six months on the gang.
Thomas Roam, who hailed from
LeesVille, plead guilty to the charge
Of burglary and larceny and was
given seven years in the Penitentary.
He, with two other negroes, broke
and entered the Southern Railway
depot here, and stole several articles,
in value abount $40. HI said be did
not know the "other two" An en-
ployee of the railroad sleeps in the
depot and hence the severity of the
crime.
George Boland, Swansea negro,
come up for housebreaking and
larceny, and entered plea of guilty.
He was given thirteen moeths on the
gang.
Several people have recently re-
marked that you could kill man in
Lexington county and come clear for
it, but that if you killed dog, it was
guilty every time. Mr.. E. H. Lowry
and Mr.. W. A. Hare at the Septem-
ber term each paid $40 for the
killing of a dog, and yesterday Tbos.
V. Flake of Bull Swamp paid $50 for
like offynss.
Ali the cases in which Senator
Sharpe and Representative Wingard
were interested, had to be continued
on account of their absence attend.
| ing the session of the General As
sembly. So, too, with Col Graham (
cases, as he is at the North this week
The grand jury returned true bills
against Earle Lightsey for murder;
Billy Peel and seven other defend.
ants for riot, assault and battery with
intent to kill; Manning Cockerel, for
obstructing a neighborhood road, ano
these have been continued.
The grand jury returned a true
bill as to ". E. Qlattlebaum for dis
| posing of property under lein, bu'
the case was afterwards mol prosed.
J The Solicitor also entered no
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-18


money due. The other day an Act
was passed providing for indexlng
certain records in Anderson County,
"provided the cost did not exceed
$75," and it cost the State more than
the S75 to enact and print that law.
The county commissioners, it seems,
ought to and do have that authority,
and yet the appeal, "Oh, gentlemen,
that ls strictly a local matter" seems
to be barrier to all opposition, be-
cause there will come a time when
the objectors may have their OVID
strictly local matter that can effect
no one else ''bus my county" So the
story goes.
Contemporaneous with the remark
able development of the industries OF
the State and the utility of electric
power has come the organization of
large enterprises, which have asked
for Legislative authority to utilize
available water power and, if need
be, construct dams to secure the
maximum water power. The develop
ment along this line has been re-
markable and as the increase of dis
tance over which electric power may
be transmitted increases 20 will be
capital invested in giant power plants
grow.
The most important matter the
Assembly might have undertaken
was to provide an assessment meas
ure that would have met present con-
ditions, or if not new law, method
of making boards of equalization and
county auditors do their duty. If
the proper amount of energy could
os put into the county boards and
auditors there would be no such
trouble. IL Columbia recently a
house. toulouse survey of the property
and ar active board caused more than
a million dollar increase in taxable
property here. It cost money, but it
paid, and it will pay others. WHAT
is most needed is the enforcement of
the existing law.
As has already been suggested,
there was no hostile nor amendatory
! dispensary legislation. 1t is now an
utterly hopeless task, but times
charge. MIR. w. Turner Logan, oi
Charleston, had sensible measure.
He made strong, high-toned and
vigorous presentation of his bill,
which would have had msrked effect
in Charleston, which city it was in.
tended to help, but the members
listened, said nothing, and Voted
against the measure. As yet it is the
orthodox thing to vote against legis'
lation affecting the dispeDsa,y. How
loug this will continue depends upon
conditions.
Perhaps the most conclusive and
evident showing Of the excellent be.
tween the two houses and the
absence of many important measures
or hard fights is the fact that within
a week of the close Of the session
there has not yet been single coz
ference committee asked Tor, and
there is no likelihood CT more than
one or two free conferences. l. is
most unusual and commendable, be,
cause it testihes that members dc
not wish to fight to pile useless stat
utes on the books.
There were only two changes on
the appropriation bill from what the
ways and means committee Of the
House recommended-Nintbrop and
the State board of remedy the glar-
ing fact that the hve-mi tax levy
will not raise enough money, even
when added to all the States Ie7e,
nue. from other sources, to meet the
general appropriation bill.
This does not take into considera,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-18
Final Discharge.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
IN persons interested that will apply to
the bon George 5. Drafts, Judge of Pro-
bate in aud for the County OF Lexington,
s. ate of South Carolina, on the 9th day of
March, 1862, for final discharge as Ad-
lninistrator of the Estate Of Mrs. Catherine
Counts. deceased.
MRS. MARY E. DREHER.
AdministratriI.
February 2. 1908. 4wl6. pd.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-18

High winds prevailed throughout
M ,pday and Tuesday.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH

make three trips the Fourth be-
tween this city and New Martins
Vile. We will have two games OF
bali here between our own State
Champion team and the Wheeling
team. The latter team Is coming
here to wrest the State champion.
ship from our local team, and II
they do so they will play ball. The
first game will be called promptly
at 10 o'clock, the second at 8. Par.
ties wishing grand stand seats had
better call early as there will no
doubt be a very large crowd In at.
tendance. This will be the principal
amusement here that day and Its
good and healthy recreation and
everybody who can should attend
Many private picnic parties have
been arranged for and the day will
be universally observed In some
way by most of our people.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

Saturday Is the glorious Fourth
of July and 1t will be duly observed
In this city. The barber shops will
all close at ten o'clock In the morn.
Ing. All the stores will close al
noon. The Oil Review will OBJ
serve the day and tomorrow will be
the last paper we will publish this
week. This Is not metropolitan,
but we think 1t Is good sense to
observe the legal holidays of the
State. Our fremen are going up to
New Martinsville. The people up
there will have an opportunity to
see the way the fremen of a dead
town" look on parade, and they are
better fire fighters than they are
paraders, and have no equals In the
United States. The Ruth will
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

Work on the Tyler-Wetzel
electric railway Is progressing
nicely. The rails are laid to a
point one mile north of the city,
and the grading Is completed with
In mile and half OF Paden City.
George Shuble, of Cincinnati
has taken charge of the construc'
tion of the road and the work Is
moving along at a much more rap
Id gait than 1t has been heretofore.
He Is considered cne of the most
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
OIL DEVELOPMENTS
THE OIL MARKET.

A bit has been lost In No. I we'll
on the FORMER farm, two miles
east of the city, at a depth of 500
feet. M. D. Hanes Is the con.
tractor.
In the Friendly pool No. 2. well
on the widow Hayes farm Is due
Monday In the Keener formation.
Spudding was commenced this
morning at No. 3 well and the rig
Is building for well No.4 same tract
Harry Ihrig, F. L. Blackmarr and
others are operating the lease.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
FIRST WELL.
Drilled in SO by Captain A. Allen.
Now of Kentucky.

Drilled in '66 by Captain A. Allen,
Now Of Kentucky.
Captain A. Allen, one of the old
timers In the oil and gas business,
was In the city yesterday on his
way from Plttsburg to his present
home at Inez, Martin county, KY,
and talked Interestingly of the de.
velopments In the lower end of the
this State along the Kentucky
border.
Captain Allen Is the man who In
'66 drilled the first we'll In the
Burning Springs region and the
drill going down into the famous
"Oil Rock" brought a 600 barrel
gusher. Shortly afterward In the
early part of the same year 1000
barrel gusher was also struck and
since then the territory has been a
good one. For twenty-five years
the Captain has been on the Ken
tucky border and In speaking of the
development there said; "There
Is a wonderful amount of gas
In our section, the Triple State Gas
Company has twenty-five wells
which average between four and
six hundred pounds rock pressure.
They pipe the product sixty four
miles to the Ohio river by ten
inch line and Catlettsburg, Ironton
Kenova, and other towns for ten or
twelve miles up and down the river
are supplied by them. There Is
lots of coal land on the big Sandy
but capital Is very much needed.
Asked about the Hatfield Mccoy
feud he said that they are not what
they have been painted by yellow
journals, but are nevertheless Dad
when mad and full of moonshine.
"Their friendships are sacred and
enmities bitter but thot gh I have
slept many a time in the house
with Devil Anse' Hatfield I have
never dreamed of harm" said he
as he lit another cigar and crossed
the other leg.-Parkersburg Jour.
nal.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
ELECTRIC RAILWAY NOTES

practical railroad men In the coun-
try.
c. H. Doolittle, superintendent
of overhead work, will put a force
of men at work tomorrow morning
stringlng wire. This work will be
under the supervision of Elmore
Markham, who Is an electrician OF
many years experience The work
of stringing wire will start on Wells
street. It will not be many weeks
until the cars will be In operation
between this place and Paden City.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
Night Was Her Terror.

II would cough nearly all night
long," writes Mrs. Charles Apple
gate, of Alexandria, Ind, land
could hardly get any sleep. I had
consumption so bad that ifI walked
a block I would cough frightfully
and spit blood. but. when all other
medicines failed, three 81 bottles Of
DR.. Kings New Discovery wholly
cured me and I gained sS pounds.
It's absolutely guaranteed to cure
coughs, colds, ID grippe, bronchitis
and all throat and lung troubles.
Price soc and 81. Trial bottles
free at D. A. Hendershot's drug
store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
Suspended Business.

The glorious Fourth will be OBJ
served among the business men by
a general suspension of business
the entire day. With this end In
view a petition was circulated
among the various merchants and
received many signatures. The
Fourth coming on Saturday, makes
1t rather inconvenlent for some
merchants to close, but In spite of
this the day will be generally OBJ.
served In this manner.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
Weather Conditions

The storm noted yesterday morn
Ing over northern Wisconsin has
moved eastward to Ontario, while
the depression noted over the Tex.
as panhandle has increased consid-
erably In energy, and Is central this
morning over Colorado. The high
area has moved southwark to the
southeast Atlantic coast, and the
prospects are for fair weather over
this section tonight and Friday with
possibly thunder storms Friday
afternoon.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
The elegant steamer Queen City

The elegant steamer Queen City
passed down this afternoon en-
route from Pi!tsburg to Cincinnati.
She had on board one hundred pas.
sengers and a large cargo of freight.
The Virginia has been chartered by
a southern company and 1t Is not
likely the steamer will come horth
durisg the present rise. The Queen
City will pass here on her return
trip Monday evening. The Lorena
will be the only Plttsburg passen-
ger boat down Sunday.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

General Fitzhugh Lee has ac-
cepted the invitation Of the Daugh-
ters OF the Revolution of Jersey
City to deliver an Grafton at the
unveilihg ofthe Paulus Hook Battle
monument, Jersey City, on October
"a. General Lee Is a descendant
of Light Horse Harry Lee, who
commanded the Americans In the
Paulus Hook fight July Io, 1870.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
Stores Will Close.

The following places of business
will close at noon July Fourth,
In order to give their clerical force
an opportunity to celebrate q
portion of that holiday.
A. D. Work & Sons, E. Stewart
& Co., Edwin N. Fischer and Nc
Coy Bros. 2 1t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

The first person not a workman
on the new Ohio river bridge to
cross the mammoth structure at
Marietta was a young lady, Miss
Mayme Sartoris, of Williamstown,
who made the thrilling trip about
eight o'clock last Friday evening,
accompanied by William Mcclellan,
one of the employees of the bridge.
The young lady walked the narrow
plank which Is laid for the men
without tremor and crossed In
safety.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
Holiday at Postoffice

There will be one delivery made
by carriers on July Fourth who
will leave the Office at 7:3o a. m.
The General Delivery window will
be open from 8 to 10 a. m. Money
order and registery window will be
closed all day, 22t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

The Musee base bali club of
Wheeling. will play two games
here Saturday on the home park
with our team. The first game
will be called at 1890 a. m. and the
second at $50 p. m. These teams
are closely matched and the games
are certain to be interesting. 2 at
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

The large circle OF friends of F.
L. Carroll, assistant express agent
at the B. & o. depot, will regret to
learn he has a severe attack Of
tyhoid fever.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

Boys with hats on the back OF
their heads and long hair hanging
down their foreheads, and cigar
etts aud smutty stories In their
mouths are cheaper than old worn
out horses. No body wants them
at any price. Men will not employ
them and girls will not marry them.
They are not worth their keeping to
anybody and they will not do 1t
themselves. If a boy who happens
to read this answers to this de.
scription let him take a look at
himself and do what his conscience
says Is the best thing to do.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

We desire to refute the state
ment that the plum crop Is a fall
ure. On the contrary, we find our
crop Is just double what 1t was last
year. In 1902 we had one plum
and this year we have two, so the
crop has doubled.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

Wiltrude Marie Alix, of Bavariq,
who is now 19 years old, Is con.
ceded to be the most beautiful
princess In Europe. She Is bru-
nette, with wonderful dark eyes,
perfect features, and long, brown,
wavy hair. She Is painter OF
merit, a musician, a linguist, and a
classical scholar.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

Frank Hamilton, oil operator Of
Bradford, Pa, arrived In the city
this afternoon and is quartered at
the Hotel Wells.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

The Morning Star or no other
Star would twinkle long In Sisters
ville," remarks Leslie E, Morning
star, who used his pencil and his
name to illumine the morning paper
field for a few brief weeks In the
Tyler county metropolis. He start
ed paper called "The Morning
Star early this year. Lack OF
support soon brought on an eclipse.
wheeling Intelligencer.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

When a woman Is angry she tells
a man what she thinks of him-and
incidentally just what everybody
else thinks of him.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

A strike that deprives 100000
families of their means oflivelihood
Is "retaliatory" chiefly In the way
that a boomerang Is.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

Ii Hung Chang. who died over a
year ago was finally buried this
week. All of which goes to show
1t Is hard to put the Chinese under.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

A. L. Miller, of the South Penn
Oh company, went to st. Marys
this morning In the interests of
that extensive corporation.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

Even California Is prowling
around the country trying to pick
up harvest hands.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

Fair tonight and Friday.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

One more day and we'll cele-
brate.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02

The eagle Is holding Its breath
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-24
THE CREAMERY INDUSTRY.

Like all agricultural communities the
dates back to nearly the time of settle
ment by the early pioneers and soon
thereafter dairying began, but not un-
til after the introduction of the cream
separator did it assume any proportions
more than the supply of the local
trade.
Kittitas valley is truly said to be the
home OF the dairy COW, with all its ver-
dure during long season. its broad
meadows, its green fields, and sur
rounding hill: all of which produce an
abundance of early feed, her sheltered
hooks, her clear springs of limpid
liquid so necessary to the production of
the purest milk.
Kittitas has a creamery system
second to none in the northwest and in
most every nei9hbOrhoOd where there
is a suf1iciency of milk produced, is to
be found the separating station or the
fully equipped creamery.
Our location is also most favored
one. Being the first valley of any size
east of the Cascades, we are always the
first to supply the Sound cities, the
gateway to the Orient and the point of
supply for Alaska and the Philippine
Islands with their largely increasing
trade.
The following reports give an idea of
what the creamery industry means to
Kittitas valley: