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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
Col. J. G. Fort Laid 70 Rest.


Col. James @. Fort, one of the old
est and best known citizens Of this
county, died at his home at Pelion on
last Thursday and was buried with
Masonic honors at Lexington on the
following day in the presence of a
large assembly of relatives and friends,
the services being conducted by Revs.
w. L. Keel and W. II. Hitler.
The immediate cause Of death was
heart disease.
Col. Fort was a man of quiet, unas-
suming manner, just in his dealings
with bis fellows, positive in his opin-
ions, with high sense of personal
and civic honor. In business matters,
he was extremely practical, and ac-
tive and built up quite fortune. He
had in him gentle, but genuine hu-
NOR which delighted his friends and
made him most entertaining CONVEX
sationalist, and a much loved man.
The last days of his life were spent
at Pelion in the lower part Of the
county. There he worked and
dreamed and built up thriving little
village which will continue through
all time a living monument to him.
Who can measure the loss of such
citizen to the county?
Brief Sketch of His Life.
Col. Fort was born February II,
1896. Received his early schooling at
Lexington. Was prepared for college
at Shirley's institute, Winsboro; en-
tered the University of South Carroll
ma in 1851; received an honorable dis
charge from the junior class in 1858
at the head of his class in Latin and
Greek. Went West and settled in
Texas when Indians ,nd wolves were
plentiful. Entered the army at the
beginning of the Civil war; served
during the entire four years, except
for short time after he was wounded.
Received a wound at the battle of At
lanta, July 21, 1868. Was taken pris=
.oner to Chicago, and afterwards ex-
changed; then served to the end of
the war. Was given place in the
ordnance department for bravery at
the bloody battle Of Franklin, Tenn.
At the close of the strife he went
back to Texas and engaged in sheep
raising, also being interested in mer-
camille business at Waxahachie. In
1873 he was married to Miss Callie
Appleton Lane, grand-niece of Gen.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, the peerless
cavalry leader Of the Confederacy.
Of this marriage one son was born,
Mr.. Earle Fort, now of Los Angeles,
Cal.
On April 6, 1896, he married Miss
Lessie Haltiwanger ofnear Batesburg.
OF this marriage there are four chill
dren, two daughters, 10 and years of
age, and two sons, and years old.
He was son of the Rev. Arthur
Holmes Fort, who was elected to the
Office of ordinary of Lexington county
to serve for life. His brothers were
Col. William Fort, who was commits
stoned colonel by Gen. M. L. Bon
ham in 1862, DR.. Gabriel q. Fort,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02

chief surgeon in Cookies regiment
from Arkansas, and Mr.. Arthur II.
Fort of Lexington. All four brothers
served throughout the war, returning
afterwards to find that Sherman had
destroyed the old home, and the faith
er had died in 1854.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
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How the stats Vote Stands.

Below we give the complete returns
OF the votes cast for state officers and
for United States Senator:
SENATOR.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02

In order to give a tabulated list of
the votes cast in the second primary,
we ask all managers to mail US re-
turn as soon as the votes are counted.
Do this and The Dispatch will reach
you on schedule time.-Ed. Dispatch.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
MANAGERS OF ELECTION,
Lexington County Democratic Primary
Tuesday, September 8, 1908.


Tuesday, September 8, 1908.
Polls open at a. M, Close 4 p. m.
Peak-T. w. Amick, J. w. Eargle,
J.F. Mahaffey.
Chaplin
Spring Hill-W. B., Eleazer, H. G.
Rister, o. M. Clark.
White Rock
Folks School House-J.. H. Der
rick, 81. A. Eleazer, 8. o. Daily.
Ballentine-J. J. Bouknight, P. D.
Meetze, J. B. Derrick.
Irmo-
Hilton-Jas. McCartha, Joe Epting.
eebe Derrick.
Piney Woods
Mates School House.
Pine Ridge
Delingo-M. z. Hammer, A. B.
Roof, Geo. w. Buff.
Boylston-W. K. Hook, T. H.Shul,
s. o. Hook.
Hollow Creek No. 2-D. F. Price,
J.. P. Drafts, J. L. Sease.
Crout's Store-Silas Amick, NJ. L.
Oxner, Jno. B. Dreher.
Irene-S. G. Price, T. 81. Gable, B.
B. Pounds.
Gaston-C. s.. Goodwin, r. J. Fal-
law, W. F. Jumper.
Swansea - Charley Rast, Isaiah
Wise, s. N: Sharpe.
Sandy RUM. S. Grim, W. B. Wan
amaker, Jimmie Sayler.
Boiling Springs-Tally Shealy, NJ.
L. Miller, Hamp Hutto.
St. Matthews-J. D. Mccarthy, W.
b. Keisler, G. B. Taylor.
Pelion-A. w. Craft, Geo. w. Fal-
law, David Rish.
Edmund-W. H. Sharpe, W. N.
Lucas, Raymond Shealy.
POOLS Milo. &C. Justice, w. Q.
Jackson, E. A. Pool,
ccRishton-L. L. CAN'T, Henry Lyles,
John Shumper5.
Pond Branch-G. W. Smith, John
R. Holley, E. P. Shealy.
Oak Grove-G. E. Rish, M. D. KY
zer, Charlie Gunter.
Steedman-W. L. Quattlebaum, b.
J. Burgess, II. G. Gunter.
Samaria-R. V. CAN'T, F. s. Bur-
CESS, P. S. Hallman.
Gilbert-R. K. Donley, 8. E. Tay-
lor, Clinton Oswalt.
Summit. G. Hartley, D. H. Price,
A. E. Craps.
BROOKE. L. Addy, A. W. Hite, A.
L. Bedenbaugh.
Batesburg-L. D. Brabham, Barrett
Jones, Mckinney Hartley.
Leesville-A. P. West, E. L. Asbill,
w. J. P. Kinard.
Lexington-K. F. Oswald, J. d.
Roberts, J. Frank Kleckly,
Brookland-Gary Caughman, Wade
Sox, James Sem.
Those of the Executive Committee
who have not sent the names of their
managers will arrange, by their own
appointment, for managers for their
precinct.
Remember and send to the Secre-
tary, by first mail, the results at your
precinct. Don't neglect it, please.
F. HAMP HENDRIX, secry.
Leesville, S. @.
In order to give tabulated list of
the votes cast in the second primary,
we ask all managers to mail US re-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02

Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Shepherd have
returned from a delightful visit to
relatives and friends in Charleston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05
Unlversity. Ala.. June. z.
A Good Platform.

Macon Telegraph.
 Col Henry Watterson is still, as he mas always been, a Democrat and he is natu- rally desirous that the convention at Denver should formulate Democratic platform. That he is not entirely confident that sucn a platform will be adopted there is eviden, from his suggestions as to what the general character of the instrument should pc m order that IL may harmonize with the par ty's principles and traditions. He says:
 We offer the true and tried Democratlc and revenue platform, no trusts or trustism, no mixing of religion and politics under the false pretense of morality and virtue; no confusion of church and state at the be- hest of hypocrisy and humbug masquerau1ng as civic righteousness, sumptuary laws m restraint either of trade or individual hber- ty local option and wise restriction the remedies for the drink curse. On such platform we truly believe we can win Tn the nation and in the State-
 "So let the weikin ring with the refrain. Patriots to the front. wildcats to tke rear, down with the black flag of faction and up with the star-flowered banner or Democracy, unterrified and undefiledf fy the dominant element at Denver repre- senting a new" Democracy which. as keen observer pcintedly remarks, has out grown the old clothes of Jefferson and Ttl- den" and is now infatuated with the gew- gaws of Populism and the furbelows "t paternaiism 7''
 Gladly would we welcome platform bas- ed on the general principles submitted by Mir. Watterson, but if the Bryan idea Is to prevail at Denver 1t Is useless to expect any thing SC altogether satisfactory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05
FRIDAY. JUNE 5. 1908.

Those who have read Tennyson's ~charge of the Light Brigade" will call to mind how the gallant Six Hundred rode into the jaws of death" because some one had given blunder- ing order. More than half century Yas elapsed since that disastrous epi- sode of bloody war, yet we occasion ally see mention made of the death of sthe last survivor of the Light Bri- gade. stnI that doesn't settle it. for after one last one has been buried they find another just as good. One of the latest to be brought out is Thomas Kenzie. of Connecticut. who is noted as being still a hale, hearty man of "a. When he is dead somebody will find another. There is yet survivors of the Mexican war, which was some years prior to the Crimean struggle. The veterans of all wars, or some of them, live long. and seventy-three is not such & long life that it need ex- cite wonder. Many survivors of our own great war of 1ss1-5 have long since passeI the age of the Crimean soldier given above.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05
rHERE IS No pANGra.

The announcement that Senator "Arkansaw" Davis is going to visit Europe, and perhaps other foreign countries. is causing some of our con- temporaries to anticipate some fun in the future. If he mixes up with the nobility and the rulers of the old world, and hands out to them some genuine Arkansas dialect and politics he will make some of the big ones sit up and take notice. Being sen- ator of a great Republic he will per- haps be feted and honored by the top notchers over there and we'll wager they'll be entertained, if not enlight- ened.
 And when he returns he'll have things to tell that will open the eyes of his rural constituents, beyond a doubt. And yet there may be danger to his political future. if he isn't care- full. When he gets to talking to "the gaping rustics ranged around" as the
 
 poet has it, and tells them about dining with the great rulers of the earth, drinking cocktails with lords and dukes, dancing with Iadyships and princesses. and sitting in a game with earls and princes. his constituents may imbibe the opinion that he's just himself way above plain American citizenship and that they'll have no more of him.
 On the whole, we are of the opinion that the Senator will do we'll to com fine his journeyings to this side of the ocean. They know him pretty well over here.. and understand him. He can go around the country and swap stories and jokes with them, or join in their games. and they will stick to him. Even in Congress he's not in danger of being misunderstood by his colleagues. They enjoy his style and laugh at his oratory, but on the other side he may put his fo ot in his mouth at times and when he returns home with the odor of royalty and nobility clinging to his garments his old fol- lowers may turn him down hard. Jeff fries had better stay nearer homes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05
Letter to The Editer
THE DAPHNE SCHOOL.
pr. ,. A. n. Lsveft,s side of The
 Trouble.

pr. T. A. n. xLsveft,s side of The
 Trouble.
 Daphne, June a Editor of The Advertiser:
 The report that has gone forth to the discredit of Dr. J. A B. Lovett, Tn some of the papers, does pr. Lovett great injustice.
 Dr. Lovett's bearing toward his pupils. with whatever complaints nao been made Is well known to the people of this community: and Dr. Lovett ana his host of friends who were present to witness. or be heard. at what was announced to be an investigation, urged that q full investigation be had, but ne and they were denied the privilege or putting in a word.
 The Trustees met. excluding all 6u. an opportunity to defend himself, but no opportunity was given.
 One of the local trustees, permitted to address the Trustees to Dr.. Lovetts dented course for a Board to receive a statement involving evil to his fellow man. and not q gnost of a chance be given to the accused to establish his innocence. The basest criminal in the land is accorded the right of defence.
 There were something like 100 of pr. Lovett's friends at the meeting of the Board. A petition. bearing the names of 206 of our best citizens, ninety-eight their the ss confluence @ pio in pr Lovetf's in, tegrity, and they, knowing every fact connected with the affair. demanded justice. but failed to get any show of a hearing Three of the trustees con tended that the accused be given 2 hearing, but they would not be listened to. The way the matter stood at the Board meeting. all the people were with Dr. Lovett. and they are with him now. except three persons.
 pr. Lovett and his friends are still anxious to have a full and complete in- vestigatton- Such an investigation will show Dr. Lovett is not guilty of any evil motive or wrong to any one. Dr. Lovett's side to this affair should be known. and 1t will be known, and if the Trustees still refuse hearing his defence. there will be instituted in this community committee with instruc- tions to go to the bottom of the af- fair In Such an Investigation, and by citizens not living at Daphne, the truth will be known and Dr. Lovett, without any white washing whatever, will be exonerated.
 Should such an Investigating commit tee be named. Dr. Lovett's accusers will De called and specific charges demand ed. That conspiracy has existed and lie will be fully informed.
 pr. Lovett will forward a strong peti- ton to the Governor at once, demand ing an immediate investigation in which he shall be permitted to be present and answer any and all charges that may be brought against him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05

Armies Are Huge Suicide CAuOs.
 It is a curiosly horrible trutn .. .nas more destructive to themselves than to fine enemy An army Is a suicide ciuD, destroying itself more rapidly tnAn ~ does itssadversary, says Rupert nus stss. writing in the Broadway Magazine TOT June, on the medicinal department oi the United States Army
 Armies are cities-cities that move from place to place. They rarely stay say in one spot long enough to arrange lv. it's real sanitation. They march out into the open country and in Few days they and their horses have So poi, luted the entire region that soil aae s.as stream are rocking with danger: rlss and mosquitoes and rats gather ln armies and occupy themselves with the business of disease. Soldiers E Erow careless of appearance In camp. nsS tsS brave to be afraid of ordinary SICK nesses. Their own fingernails are mors dangerous to them than IS an aihpusneuu ~ enemy. Soldiers throw refuse aooT, s"T, in another's neighborhood is remoVeo M from ones own. They will not stop to boil water when they are thirsty: They do not hesitate to gonnle nnlit is food or/to evade any restriction that ls not enforced with bayonet
 To keep an army from suicide two things are seen to be absolutely neces- sary-a strong medical 4or,tv horSS 11S Ne,tb. CT IT VoS of these these has ever dignified our armies
 Instead of being place where dan ger multiplies from within. an army camp should be the safest or all resorts for a healthy man to visit. Only. in such a place can he and his neighbors be subjected to the most rigid watch fitness. the most cautious feeding, the purest air and water. and the most regular exercise. In our armies. as was the case with the Japanese armies the medical authority should be well nigh supreme.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05
BIRTH OF w. c. T. U.
How The Greatest WOmnn's Organiza-
 ton in the World Started.
 nna morning three days before

On6 NdSS Christmas In the black panic year of '7s. the doors of the Presbyterian Church at Hillsdale, Ohio. swung open and out marched thirty women, two by two, singing. They went to drug stores and saloons and hotels; they pleaded and sang and prayed, until saloon after saloon was closed at their entreaties It was a contagion that spread through out the land, wholly emotional. but from this "Woman's Crusade, sprang the powerful Women's Christian Tenn perance Union, says Darlington A. Phelps in Broadway Magazine for June For years there had been grow ing to womanhood in Illinois d far mer's girl. clean, wholesome and strong Frances Willard. Educated by col lege, travel and hard work, she was destined, in moulding this great womanB movement, to become the bestrIoved woman" of the nineteenth century in America. Under her lead ership the w. c. T. U; bound its bows of white ribbon around the earth's two hemispheres, printed its pledges in every spoken tongue and presented to manhind the spectacle of the largest organization formed by women since the world began. One of the greatest weapons employed by the w. c. T. U. was the introduction of "effects Of alcohol" literature into the school books Most of this literature was eX- aggerated and so much of 1t not found ed on scientific fact that some ten years ago it was investigated and corrected
 M a committee of fifty. appointed largely through the efforts of temper ance leaders
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05

believe to be working in q wrong direc- ton. and If ever a successful flying machine is made 1t must act an the same principle that controls a bird. As all have noticed. bird is kept up by motion. It 1t should close It's wings tightly. or if 1t should suddenly be deprived of the power of opening moving and controlling them. it would at once fall to the earth.
 That is just the principle on which the flying machine must be construct ed if it Is ever to be successful It Is not necessary that 1t be lighter than the air, or that it will sustain itself in the air when not in motion. It must both rise and keep up through it's motions. just as the bird does. and that seems to be the principle on which the Wright brothers are working. Of course there will always be danger because no machine of human con struction can be as steadfast and re- liable as are the wings of a bird. Only some rare cause can deprive the fowl of the control of its flying ma chinery. but flying machine of human design and construction cannot possi- bly be made infallible. We see this fin all the machines and vehicles in daily use. No matter how carefully and skilfulIy constructed there will at some time be a break, weakness or failure to act. and this. we take 1t, will always be the obstacle to human flight. A machine high up in the air may be moving smoothly and safely when suddenly some portion of the ma chinery fails to act and then comes the catastrophe. Whether this danger can ever be overcome is the problem which only the future can settle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05
REp FLAG IN AMERIcA.

Origin And Growth of AnarchiSm in
 The United States
 The red flag of anarchfstfc revolu- tions is not native. It Is of foreign birth and the propaganda has been im- ported with our millions Of immigrants, says Broughton Brandenberg In an ar ticie on 'grhe Menace of the Red Flag, in the New Broadway Magazine Tor June. We have not only imported the agitators but we have imported the masses for them to work on- m America the movement is almost entire ly confined to the cities because there are clustered the working people. Each has it's alien branch or branches. and liens coming from portions or Europe, where enormous military es- against notorious oppression. both political and economic. are ripe for fo- ment They know, but vaguely what their changed conditions are. They are bewildered by the display of wealth. predatory or fairly earned. that they see about them, not realizing that here. as never in Europe, any one or them who has the ability can become rich man. The local center of each disper- sion of the leaven of revolt will thus people who have caught 1t from the aliens. save as 1t has begun to permeate our colleges and universities, and even there foreign professors and transla- tions of foreign books have been the cause of inception.
 The actual leaven of revolt was first imported into the United States among the German malcontents and it found lodgment in St. Louis and Milwaukee among the brewery colonies. in Cincin- natl and Chicago among the stockyard employees and in New York among the brewerymen and dock laborers. This particular bit of leavcn. has never ceased to ferment, though many thous- ands of men whom 1t then affected, as they got jobs and homes and began to prosper, forgot it and would now be ashamed of the ideas they once held
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05

We join many contemporaries in protesting against the proposition set forth by ''The Confederate Choir of America"-whatever that is-to off, cialIy write new words for the old song of Dixie" There is nothing. of course, to prevent poets and versifiers writing as many songs as they please and offering them to the old time, but the old song is dear to the people of the South and should stand as 1t was written. We do not believe that any substitute whatever would take with our people, and we see no need of any. Let the Dixie of the old days remain as it was written. It is an almost sacred memory to s'outherners. and they want no substitute. As The Chattanooga Times declares. 'it Is the one classic that must stand" And it will stand. we predict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05

vhsn found that she had so iittie ,n,,av and needed the thread so badly ta make clothing which they wove into cloth. I gave her the sb, and made ner 'a often think of the people in that s.c,,on of the country. and or tnei. denriyations and sufferings. ana snouiu he very glad to see them.
 If there are any soldiers, or tneir ,vidows who deserve pensions Tor roy sltv and sufferings. they are tnose who were forced into the Conteoerasss army. and believe that the day is ,, ng, distant when this Government VI" think so also.
 Mary E. walker( M. ID. oswego, N. r.. R. F. D. [. June As' 1908.
 Correction.
 Nv attention has been called 70 sn error in The Advertisers report os stlo action of the Board of Trustees oI Nnr r ITniyersity of Alabama Tn raislns Restoring the salary of Dean "; Thorfngton of the Department or LA v. V. Tn that report the following lansun6 ,s, 2 was used: Judge Thorington's name was moi mentioned in President Aper- crombie's report, but on his appiicatioo.., '. ,, :, to the Board. the action was taken 0y Fhe report should have stated that the President nominated Judge Thor. inrton for reelection but did not recommend the increase in salary.
 Very truly.
 John W. Abercrombie. ry.t,,.-.,tv Ala Juna A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05
Prnine From Q High source
Moulton Advertiser.
 The Montgomery Advertiser Is

MOu uILOH lAWNCI LIsEIF
 The Montgomery Advertiser Is be- yond question the greatest paper in Alabama. Edltorlally it may oppose men and the measures that men repre- sent but 1t gives the news without color or padding; nor does Grandma stop to count the cost. but girdles the earth and rakes it in from Dan to Ber- sheba. Among all eur daily exchanges there is none that we prize higher than the good old Montgomery Advertiser lt scooped in the news from every County as a merchant scoops sugar from a hogshead. Grand old paper may 1t live a half thousand years long er and every member of its faculty from the Devil to It's Chief Editor-lbe- came a mtllionatre4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05

Commander Peary. so 1t is stated will be ready to start for the Pole on July 2, provided some one will hand over the twenty-five thousand dollars which he says Is now all that Is need ed We don't knRw whether he needs that to complete his preparations or wants it to spend in dickering with the Polarians when he gets there, but the information is that there'n be no dash unless the money Is forthcoming. Hope somebody will give him the cash and let him be on, and have 1t over.