The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-04-12
At Home and Abroad.

Thursday and Friday were cold
days in April.
T. K. L. cures rheumatism.
The people of Cbapin are bitterly
opposed to the re.opening of the dis
pensary in that town, and it is prob
able that the dispensary will 60 to
one Of the nearby towns.
We had a hog killing time in many
sections of the county last week.
Many took advantage OF the cold
snap to finish butchering 30 as to save
their bacon.
Don q yellow garter on Easter morn,
And never then II you be loVelorn;
Instead o that love II shine on you,
And you'll be engaged ere the year IS
through.
Fatal mistakes have been discov-
cred in several of the Acts passed at
the last session of the Legislature
one of which affects the judicial sys-
tenn and the other the rights of labor.
Mr.. J. B. Hook, living on Lexing.
ton Rural Free Delivery No. 3, and
one of the hustling farmers on Red
Bank, was in town Thursday and
kindly remembered the printer with
the amount of his subscription.
The first warehouse TO be built in
the State for the storage OF cotton,
as recommended by the Cotton Grow
ers' association, will be erected in
Marlborough county. There is money
behind che enterprise.
It is understood that the interest
due the bondholders of Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens railroad
BY the three Fork townships OF this
county, has been paid by County
Treasurer Frank W. Shealy, who has
in hand for sometime between nine
and ten thousand dollars for this pur-
pose.
MIR. r L, Keisler, while here in
attendance upon the meeting Of the
County Board OF Control Thursday,
dropped in to see us. Reed is fine
business man and q good citizen and
we are always glad to meet him and
shake his hand.
More hog and hominy and less cot
ton has been the practice Of Lexing-
ton county farmers for years. Farm
ers in other sections will find
this plan profitable one if they will
follow il, more so, at least, than to
have their corn cribs and smoke
house in the West.
Mrs. a. n. A. Riedlinger, of Co.
lumbis, has succeeded to the busi-
ness of her late husband, j. B.
Riediinger, and will make some
improvements on her bakery plant.
Our people are informed that they
can get pies, cakes and bread there
for picnics, parties and barbecues.
Mr.. R I. n. Hicks. who has been
on a visit to his daughter, Mrs.
johnson, in Greenville, has returned
vowing and declaring that while
Greenville was q good country, yet
there was no place on Gods footstool
like Lexington.
Mr.. Simon P. Taylor, one OF Lex
ington's promising young sons, has
decided to cast his lot with the peo.
ple of Woodbine, Ga, and those
people will find him worthy of their
confidence. The Dispatch follows
him TO his new home.
a lively crowd of the Leesville Co.
eds. spent All FOOLS day chasing the
fny tribe of Mr.. r L. Keisler's pond
Having grown weary of the rural
sports they wended their way to the
Griffith house in Gilbert and were
royalty entertained by the proprie'
tress, Mrs. Drafts.
The Lexington Dispatch is what
lG pIOI0uOS " UC-a 4OoA1OSS JooAao
devoted to the best interests OF South
Carolina in general and Lexington
county in particulsr-and We are
glad to know that the people recog
nize this fact and are supporting us
in substantial and practical man
ner by giving us liberal support
as we'll as moral encouragement. We
dare say that there are but few homes
in the county but what the Dis
patch enters ss welcome guest.
E. 0. Sessions recently shot Belle
Sessions, his parsmour FIVE times
and then blew out his own brains
at Homewood, small station on tn
Chadbourn and Conway railroad, il
Horny county. this State, about fou
miles north of Conway. She live<
until the next morning after beins
shot. The Session woman, although
the mother of two illegitimate chill
dren, the younger of whom is sai'
~ ha Tho child of Sessions WAS be