The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-08-01


Gilbert, July 80.
This hot weather have feeling for
your wife or the cook, and call at
Roofs store and buy a stove Or range.
They are great relief to the house
keeper.
Mr.. H. M. Wingard, having reduced
the Smoak stock cf goods to minimum
has closed the store at that stand and
is now offering some remaining bar
gains to those who will call quick at
his store.
Our citizens receiving mail matter
at Cayce, Shumpert,.. Macon and Styx,
will now be served by route carrier 2
from Brookland. This service COM
mences today, August 1st.
The postoffice at Ethan, formerly
Steeles, near Barr, has been discon-
tinued. The new route from Gilbert,
which goes into effect today, will
serve some in this section.
FOR SALE-One acre lot, dwelling
and shops, for cash to the highest bid
der, at Ethan, S. c., on August 4,
1906, at II O'Clock, a. nl.
LUTHER LONG.
2w-39.
The monotony of our town was
changed last week into live throng
of ministers, young ladies and gentle
men in attendance at the Sunday
school convention, which made it
indeed pleasant for all.
The fall session of the Orangeburg
Collegiate Institute begins on the 10Th
of September. Will you be one OF
the happy students who will bethere?
There viii be goodly number from
our county there.
Revs. B. D. Wessinger, of Gilbert,
and Julian B. Harman, Leesville,
route 4, were pleasant and welcome
callers at our Office Saturday. They
were both in attendance at the Sun
day school convention.
Messrs. Scott Hendrix, T. G. Sturk-
lie, H. L. Oswald, Sheriff P. n. Corley
and Treasurer F. w. shealy attended
the 'cue at Delmar last Thursday.
They enioyed fine dinner and was
pleased with their trip.
Prof. D. w. Daniel, of Clemson Col
lege, will lecture to the teachers of
the Summer school, at S:15 O'Clock,
Monday evening, August 9Th, in the
Court house. The public is cordially
invited and urgently requested to
attend.
On Wednesday evening, August 9th,
at s:15 O'Clock, in the Court house,
Prof. VIII. Hand, formerly superin-
tendent of the Chester Graded schools,
but now of the University of South
Carolina, will lecture to the teachers
and the public.
Those who attended the barbecue
furnished by Mr.. S. F. Roland at the
Rock House last Saturday, report hav-
ing enjoyed a fine dinner, and pleas
ant time. Strange, not a single can
didate was present and the voters
were not bored at all, but felt free and
easy.
Mrs. E. B. Roof has discontinued
her Summer music class and is visit
ing her sisters in Columbia and
Augusta and will return to resume
her work about 1st September, which
she hopes then to open up with the
brightest prospects, as quite a large
number have already enrolled for the
fall session.
j. Walter Mitchell, Esq, is in the
primary race in Richland county for
master. Mr.. Mitchell made an excel
lent Judge of probate for Lexington
county, and he is thoroughly compe-
tent for the Office of master; honest as
the days are long, economical, and
man of good judgment, and if only
half as popular in Richland as in Lex
ington he will surely reach the per-
simmon. Good luck to you judge.
1t was our pleasure Saturday to
meet Mr.. Don Kimball, of Chicago,
who is now in charge of the rock
quarry at the Tarrar spring, one mile
below town. He seems to be a clever
gentleman, and we are glad to have
him locate here, as he says, likely, the
enterprise will be a local one. He
has good force of hands, and will
endeavor to put new blood and life