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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-02-10
No. e2ee.
REPORT OF The CONDITION OF
the HOME NATIONAL BANK
OF LEXINGTON,
AT LEXINGTON, S. c., IN THE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSI-
NESS, FEB. 5, 1909.

AT THE CLOSE OF BUSI-
NESS, FEB. 5, 1909.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts ...... S61, ,010 20
Overdrafts, secured and un-
secured. ............... olo ~
u cnlation ..... $3.50 90
Premiums on U. S. Bonds 25o 40
Banking house, Furniture,
and Fixtures ... $500 90
Other Real Estate Owned. 1,40o 90
Due from National Banks
(not reserve agents) ..... 3,126 20
a. Agents sa' .r. 1896 OF
Checks and other Cash
Items .-................. 200 o.
Fractional Paper Currency,
Nickels, and Cents. ..... 90 e6
Lawful Money Reserve in
snecie ie..... 1,455 80
Lepal.tender notes. ...... 2,093 90
!. Total al..,................ ;. $Se,e41 "a
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. =. SIS, 900 90
Undivided Profits, less E1-
penses and Taxes paid 433 90
Dividends unpaid. ......... 275 90
Individual Deposits sub
iect TO- check. ..... 1880 10
Cashiers Checks outstand.
ing. ......:............. 1,o51 "a
Bills payable, including cer-
tiicates of Deposit for
money borrowed. .... 11,51o 40
Total ............ $ss,641 "a
State of South Carolina, County of Lex
ingtOn, SO: .
I,Alfred J. Fox, cashier Of the above.
named bank. do solemnly swear, 4: that
the above statement is true to the best
Of my knowledge and belief.
ALFRED J. FOX,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of February, 1909.
KARL F. OSWALD,
Notary Public S. g.
Correct-Attest:
SAMUEL 3. GEORGE,
JULIAN E. KAUFMAN,
JAS. J. WINGARD,
Directors
cuhaorihe to the DiSpatch
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-02-10

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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
FRUIT LANDS.

Within the week large fruit com
pany will be organized In Ogden with
E. G. McGrlff at It's head, which will be
the first step toward interesting a
large number of eastern fruit growers
and dealers In the lands of this Sec
tion. Fruit dealers from Minneapolis
and Chicago and fruit growers from
Grand Junction, Colorado, will Join
with local fruit growers to help de-
velop the horticultural possibilities Of
this section.
When Mr.. McGriff says the country
population OF Weber county can be
doubled within a few years through
fruit culture, some idea of what this
practical orchardist hopes to attain
can be gained
The bench lands near North Ogden
are to be made to yield rich harvests
and other parts of the fruit belt are to
be tested, so that in the not far dis
tant future We may hope for wonderful
changes In the fruit business In this
part Of Utah.
The largest owner Of fruit lands
near Grand Junction, Colorado, Is sell
ing out In order to move to Ogden and
engage In horticulture here. Inasmuch
as Grand Junction has made a re
markable record In fruit raising and
the price of fruit lands there is up In
the thousands, It speaks well for the
possibilities of this part Of Utah that
one of the most successful fruit men In
that section should decide to hereaf
ter be found among the fruit growers
Of this county.
There is a bright future for tho frui
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
MILLION MORE OF CAPITAL
Consolidated Wagon and Machine
Company Prepares to Expand Its
Business

In connection with the annual meet.
ing of stockholders OF the Consolidated
Wagon and Machine company, sched-
uled for February 8, special meet
ing will also be held to consider the
matter of an increase In the capital
stock Of the company.
The present capitalization is $780,
900, and 1t is proposed to raise this
to $2.500000 by the addition OF 10000
shares of capital stock, At this time
the bulk Of the stock Is common, with
only a few thousand dollars in pre-
ferred stock Because of a clause in
the bylaws in effect that when div
idend of over per cent on the pre-
ferred Is reached, similar amount
must be paid on the common stock,
both the common and the preferred
stock having held equal honors as to
dividends for some time past. The
plan for the reorganization includes
a change in the stock so that all
shares will participate equally in the
profits of the concern,
The annual reelection of directors
will also be held on February s, and
following this the election Of officers
Will be held. All the present officers
are candidates for reelection. and no
change in the personnel Of the man
agement is looked for.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
THE HOBO CONVENTION.

The national convention Of hoboes
which Mr.. How has held in st. Louis
under his own eye during the week has
adjourned without having reached any
result which can be called definite,
says the Globe Democrat One of the
delegates, who seems to have provoked
more applause than any other. coun-
selej the hoboes to resist to the last
extremity the payment Of railroad
fares. Ride or be ridden" was the
spirit of his talk, and it expressed It.
self particularly In the admonition that
IL they did not ride the railroads the
railroads would ride them. Although
not putting his idea into exact phrase,
the idea of this speaker evidently was
that there is struggle between the
railways companies and the hoboes to
settle who is to be boss, and that IL
the hoboes will stand firm the railway
companies will be compelled to yield.
AS u matter of fact, they are yielding
already, as the heavy free passenger
traffic they are already beginning to
haul from the south to the north is
ample proof
In few weeks more the tide OF ho-
bo tourist travel north will be at flood
as the maturing garden and small fruit
crops come in for picking. The inter
state commerce law will be powerless
to deal with this evil. 1t will be Inn
possible to convict the railway COM
panles as deliberate and premeditated
parties to a profitable conspiracy for
violation Of tho law. This convention.
however, took no action toward COM
bining the organization OF hoboes with
that of such editors as are moving to
have the law amended in order to re
move some of it's restrictions on the Is
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01

sire to use these adulterants when 1t
is shown by the product of many 9TH
er manufacturers that their use is ab-
soluteIy unnecessary to successful food
preservation?
Tomato ketchup, we arc informed,
is being made from the waste OF can
neries-ill-cared-for skins, cores and
rotten tomatoes that are no better
than the vilest garbage. Half rotted
and fostering fresh fruits. old, YER
min-infested evaporated fruits, and
the waste of fruit evaporators that
should be sent to the dumps" or
the Sewers" find their way into the
various preserves. jams, jellies ana
other fruit products. Benzoate Of soda,
and similar substances. also enable
food manufacturers to manufacture
their products In the germ-ladened at
mosphere of slovenly, ill-kept and un-
sanitary food factories which arc still
too much in evidence and which die
QdIQ III luc LuuTCl w piobiooo' ~ 80
not only the fact, therefore. that the
preservative itself Is harmful. but the
additional fact that 1t enables the man
ufacturer to cover up these multitude
OF sins.
Ogden factories. where pure toma-
toes and fruits are canned. are injured
by every can or bottle OF inferior food
stun brought into competition with
their products and, therefore local con-
Germs are with DR.. Wiley in his Insist
ence on pure foods.
An EXPERT In an eastern tomato
ketchup factory informed us that not
one-tenth OF the contents OF bottle of
tomato ketchup was the product OF
tomatoes. This is the inferior article
which at one time was placed on the
market in competition with Ogden kct-
chup made OF the finest tomatoes pro-
duced In the world.
This country Will never go backward
to the extent of undoing all the good
accomplished by DR.. Wiley. The day
OF the poisonous preservative in food
Is at ar end.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
me down and out Tin their own mInds)
as the result of my alleged dissipa-

me down and out lin their own mInds)
as the result of my alleged dissipa-
tIon.
Making an unbiased review OF the
two weeks feel justified In saying
that my showing was all that could
have been expected from man who
has strayed away from the athletic
path for over four years. am rat,
no mistake about that. 1t will take
many long run on the road TO get
rid of this fat and put my mind in
anything like first class condition
My general health is OF the best and
IL anybody thinks that | haven't got
my punch left, let them come up and
put the gloves on with me.
Followers Of pugilism are an incon.
sistent lot When / was In this city
last summer to ofI1ciate as referee In
the Attell-Moran featherweight con
test, everybody was criticising Tom,
my Burns because the Canuck would
rot fight Jack Johnson. why don't
Burns give Johnson a chance?" they
would howl. Burns has been licking
lot of dubs and is afraid to tackle
a man who would have an honest
chance with him"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
eENzoATE OF SODA.

DR.. Wiley, at the head of the pure
food crusade and government chemist.
is having fierce struggle In which
powerful influences favoring food adul-
teration are bringing financial and po-
litical influence to bear to destroy the
pure food law. But Of late a new fac
tor has entered into the battle and
DR.. Wiley now finds himself sus-
tained and defended by an organiza-
ton of manufacturers who. dealing
honestly with the public, demand that
all manufacturers be made to do like
wise.
The chief contention at present be-
tween the reactionaries and Dr. Wiley
is concerning the use of benzoate of
Soda coal tar product, used ex-
tensively to prevent fermentation in
preserved fruits and vegetables. and
which has been pronounced by Dr. WI
Ley to be a dangerous, harmful drug.
There is some disagreement among
scientific men upon this point, but the
weight of scientific opinion in both
Europe and America is with DR.. Wiley.
but the defenders of DR.. Wiley declare
that even admitting the possibility of
a doubt as to benzoate OF soda being
harmful in the quantities used In the
preservation OF food products, surely
the public health, rather than the pock.
ct of the unscrupulous manufacturer
should receive the benefit Of the doubt
Like all harmful preseryatives, there
always is room for argument as to
Just how great quantity the human
system can stand. 1t is admitted BY
all that benzoate of soda is harmful
but some Of these scientists say that
1t is not harmful in the quantities used
In food products; but even these mer
do not tell us what the effect would
be on the consumer II there was lit
tie of this preservatiye, or some othel
Ike preservatiye. In most of the food:
r-~we are obliged to eat II ten chemists
swear that beDzoate of soda poisons
the child that eats 1t. and five, ten, OF
even twenty others swear that he car
manage to eat 1t and live. why SHOULD
the risk be taken? Is it not dangerous
to open the door to the use of thes'
harmful preservatives, and thus g
back to the awful condition that exist
ed priod to the enactment Of the ma
tional food law?
Why should any manufacturer Je
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
GERMS IN Her SYSTEM
Every Woman Should Read This

The number of diseases peculiar to
woman is such that we believe this
space would hardly contain a mere
mention of their names, and IL Is a
fact that most of these diseases are OF
a catarrhal nature. A woman cannot
be we'll If there is trace of the ca
tarrhal germs in her system.
Some women think there is no help
for them. We positively declare this
to be a mistaken Idea. We are so sure
of this that we offer to supply medi-
cine absolutely free of all cost In ey-
cry instance where il fails to give en-
tire satisfaction or does not substan-
tiate our claims. With this under.
standing. no woman should hesitate
to believe our honesty OF purpose. or
hesitate to put our claims to a test.
There is only one way to cure Ca
tarrh. That way Is through tho blood.
You may use all the snuffs. douches or
like remedies for years without get
ting more than temporary relief at
best Catarrh is caused by a germ.
That germ is carried by the blood to
the innermoSt part OF the system un.
til the mucous membrane Is broken.
irritation and Inflammation produced
and flow of mucous results, and you
can probably realize how silly it is to
attempt to cure such an ailment un-
less you take a medicine that fS,lows
the same course as the germ or para.
site.
Rexall Mucu-Tone is scientifically
prepared from the prescription OF an
eminent physician who for thirty years
nade his specially Catarrh, and with
this medicine he averaged 9S per cent
OF cures where 1t was employed. Nc
other remedy is so properly designed
for the ailments of woman. 1t Will
purify and enrich the blood, stop muc
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system, soothe. and bring about gooc
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We want you TO try ReXall Mucu
Tone on our guarantee. If you are
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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
A SMALL FELLOW.
The Omaha Bee says:


There is trouble In a certain church
OF Chicago. A rumor reached the
church authorities that improper re-
lations existed between one of the pas
tors and q handsome woman of his
congregation. The pastor either re-
signed or was dismissed after a short
investigation, but the evidence which
led to this action was not made pub
lie. The woman in the case, ashamed
repentant, and wishing to be set once
more on the right road. made a full
confession to another minister of the
same church asking him to be her
father confessor. and advise her what
course to pursue. And the fellow In
whom she thus confided, and from
whom she sought moral aid and guild
ance has made her story public, de-
nounced her to the assembled church
dignitaries, and held her up to the
scorn of the world. His excuse is that
the church to which he belongs does
not recognize any confessional, and
that the woman who tells him her Sc
crets must take her chance.
We have known instances. too many
yet more contemplate excuses for the
same. But we have never known any
thing to surpass this. 1t was another
clergyman, the Rev. Sam Jones, who
spoke of man so narrow minded
that q flea could stand on his nose
and paw out one eye and kick out
the other" San Jones thought he
was drawing things pretty small, and
prehaps he was. But the mind he de-
scribed is Newtonian In scope and
majesty compared to the mind of this
fellow, who violated sacred trust,
| trod on every manly instinct and
| broke every tradition Of gentlemanly
breeding to hold this woman up TO
| the scorn of the world.
In the Interview in which he de-
scribed his own faithfulness this min
| lister spoke of his conscience, Of
how IL forced him to tell the truth.
But what was there about his little
| gnarled, distorted, contemplate con
| science that he need to crafty /. by
running the good name OF a woman
who had come TO him for help In her
|
| compatible with his clerical calling 20
| act like a man and gentleman
What of the example of the Master.
whom this petty scandal monger claims
| to serve? Does he suppose that
Christ proclaimed the shame of tho
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
THE PANAMA CANAL.

AS the time approaches when the de-
cision as to the type Of the Panama
canal will become virtually lrrevocable,
the attacks on the lock system grow in
number and vigor. says the Literary
Digest 1t must be remembered that
the lock type was adopted against the
unanimous judgment of all the Euro
pean engineers who were on the COM
mission, and that of a minority of
the American engineers. Much more
is now known than then as to actual
conditions, and that there are many
engineers who have grave doubts as
to the possibility Of safe foundation
for the great Gatun dam is certain.
PresidentElect Taft, who Is already
very familiar with the situation, is not
visiting the canal zone at this time
with a delegation Of the most eminent
engineers Of the country without some
special reason for 1t. There is an evil
dent and wise intent to resolve what
ever doubt there may exist one way OF
another. 1t will not do to take chances
with the foundation Of such a tremen-
dous structure as the Gatun dam.
1t Is not unthinkable that those who
were determined that the canal should
be at Panama and not at Nicaragua
had for their main reason in determin.
ing upon a lock canal a belief that
rather than face the tremendous cost
of a sea-level canal congress would in-
sist on the Nicaragua route, If there
were any such feeling 1t was doubt
| less believed that. having once pul
| one or two hundred millions of dollars
into the enterprise. the people would
not turn back but would shoulder the
cost OF the sea-level canal II tket
should be found necessary.
Probably they Will, although there
Will be thorough disgust and a feeling
that the people were buncoed. 1t Is
freely predicted that the canal car
never be commercial success in thu
face Of the competition which exists
Unless our policy has a radical chang
1t will be foreign and not American
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
WITH ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS.

When Simon Bamberger has those
big 65.foot cars-12 OF them-running
on his electrified interurban line, Of
fering an hourly service between here
and Salt Lake, making the trip from
postoffice to postoffice in one hour and
ten minutes. there will be such a
neighborIy feeling established that all
Salt Lake regularly will come to Og-
dent to have social chat, breathe the
fresh air and enjoy the scenery.
Mr.. Bamberger expects to be operat-
ing his electric cars by June. With a
good electric line between Ogden and
Salt Lake. we might induce a majority
of the visitors to the G. A. R encamp-
ment in August to refresh themselves
In this city at the close of each days
entertainment in Salt Lake.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
OLD ENEMIES.

There are rumors of war In South
America. Chile and Peru are at outs
and there is talk of the armies Of the
two nations being mobolized for active
service.
This is the breaking out of an old
sore, Years ago Peru was arrogant
and Chile was cowed until, submitting
to the humiliation had brought desp~
ism, Chile resolved to strike. For
years and years Peru had been en-.
riched by mines Of great treasures and
the Peruvians had become staggering
ly boastful and conceitedly proud. The
people of Chile. less favored, grew
sturdy through privations and devel
oped power, so that when conflict came
In 1879, Peru suffered ignominious de-
feat. Chile. following the example OF
Bismarck. inflicted an indemnity, an
nexing the inter fields, but agreeing to
submit ten years later the question OF
sovereignty to plebiscite within the
affected region, including the prov
inces OF Tacna and africa. Chile fail
ed to keep faith and. as result, Peru
vians have never ceased to hold in con
tempt the Chileans and to hope for ar
opportunity to efface the stain placed
upon them by recovering their los
| provinces.
The hatred has been kept alive
much as has the bitterness between
France and Germany. In each case
territorial aggrandizement has prove,
a constant irritant to the defeated.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
GRAND JURY SYSTEM
MAY BE ABOLISHED


Chicago, Feb IA plea to the leg
islature for the abolition OF the grand
jury has struck a responsive chord
in Chicago members of the courts
Judges and criminal lawyers agree
that the grand jury system. "as 1t now
exists" should be abolished. Many
are loath, however. to see the time
honored inquisitorial body pass out OF
memory.
States Attorney Wayman. while
agreeing in the main with the propos-
ed reform, says:
Il do not think the grand jury sys-
tenn should be entirely abolished
believe. though, that the states attor-
ney should be empowered TO proceed
on information. thus eliminating In
many cases the formality and expense
of n grand jury investigation"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
MAGAZINE WRITER
FORFEITS HIS BOND

New York, Feb. 1.-Broughten Bran
denburg, the magazine writer who
was indicted on a charge OF grand lar
ceny as q result of his sale to news
paper OF an article alleged to have
been written by Grover Cleveland,
failed to appear today before Justice
Bowling to answer to the indictment
His bail of $1,000. which was given by
a bonding company. was forfeited, A
bench warrant for Brandenburgs ar
rest was Immediately Issued.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
AMERICAN LINER TWO
DAYS OVERDUE ARRIVES

New York. Feb. 1.-The American
liner st. Louis arrived here today, two
days overdue from Southampton and
Cherbourag. She had been delayed by
a broken rudder.
Permission to dry dock the steamer
at the Brooklyn navy yard. If neces-
sary, was received by the American
line officials today. The vessel, 1t was
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01

ships which will mostly use the canal.
and there Is limit easily reached to
the amount Of tolls which the traffic
Will bear. If. however, the canal is
regarded as a war measure only, 1t is
an unmitigatcd humbug Half the
money which 1t Will cost would pro-
vide unconquerable fleets OF battle
ships In both oceans. and half the cost
of maintaining the canal would keep
them In commission.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01

woman whom He told to go and sin
no more?
And the plea that this fellows
church does not recognize a confes-
sional Is If possible more despicable
than the act that plea was meant to
excuse. This minister was a man
In outward semblance-before he was
clergyman; and there is no church
in the world which requires its ac-
credited ministers to forsake their
manhood. The whining PUPPY Is
serving his church as Ill as he served
the woman who confIded in him.
There are many rightfeeling but
clumsy-thinking people who take the
acts Of the agent for the principles
Of the organization; and who will cite
this case in condemnation of the
church this minister misrepresents.
But the church would be the first to
Tepudiate this creature.
The creed Of all decent and half
decent men in this regard has been
we'll stated by Kipling:
II she has spoken word, remem-
Der thy lips are sealed,
And the brand Of the dog is on him
by whom Is the secret revealed
If there be trouble TO Herward, and
lie, OF the blacklist can clear,
LIE. while thy lips can move, or a
man Is alive to hear"
Amen, so may 1t be. We hope the
brand OF the dog will be burned
through even the armor of shifting
conceit, until this cur VINO has be-
trayed a womans confidence knows
| himself for the wretch that he is