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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

All roads will lead TO Lexington
next week. The county fair com
mences on Tuesday and will continue
through Thursday. The management
has worked hard to make the coming
fair the greatest county fair ever heAo
in the State, and every man, woman
and child in the county should help
make it q success. It is an undertak-
ing which every one should take a
pride and interest. These fairs ID the
past have brought together grea1
crowds of Lexingtonians, and have
made Lexington one Of the foremost
counties in the state. Let everybody
help make the coming fair great
and tig event.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
Auction Sale Of Town Lots.

Next Wednesday, October 2zth,
Chas. w. Cromer & Co., of Columbia.
will conduct big auction sale of tots
in this town. The property is that Of
Col. G. r. Graham and is located IN
one of the most beautiful as we'll as
healthful localities in town. This
property will be sold, regardless Of
price, to the highest bidder on very
easy terms. This is undoubtedly the
greatest opportunity the people of
this section will ever have to buy de-
sirable town property, and it goes
without saying that there will be a
large crowd in attendance. Read the
big ad and don't forget the date.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
Memorial Services.

At St. Stephens Lutheran church
on next Sunday evening at 1880
o'clock under the auspices OF the
Woman's Home and Foreign Mission
Society, memorial mission service
will be held, relative to the life and
mission activities of Mrs. NJ. G. Rawl
of blessed memory. An address per-
tanning to her character and life Will
be delivered by the Hon. c. NJ. Efird.
The service will be interspersed with
music and recitations appropriate to
the occasion.
All are cordially invited to be pres
ent at these special services.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
THE GREATEST OF STA1EF FAIRS
EVERYONE WILL BE IN
COLUMBIA NOV. / TO 6.
Big Events PIanned-Ali Sorts Of
PIeasures-cheap Rates.

The forty first annual state fair. to he
held in Columbia November to g. promises
to be the best in the history Of the South
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety. Not only are the premiums offered
larger than ever before. but the officers OF
the organization have arranged program
that will bring hundreds of visitors from
near by states.
On Saturday, November s. the feature OF
the closing day will be the visit Of Presi
dent Taft. He will make an address at the
Fair Grounds TO several thousand people and
atterward will be taken through !he city gaH
shown the principal points Of interest. ;
The premium list issued some time ago
shows that number OF valuable prizes are
offered for the best display OK farm prod
uctS. This was one OF the features last
year III which there was lively competition.
and farmers throughout the sratc are writ
ing Secretary Love for information as to
the conditions for entrance.
Another feature last year wa$ tht. bench
show. There wcr" so many entries in this
department tat the society has decided
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
Poor Paper.

It is rot often that The Dispatch
feels called upon to make an apology
TO its readers for sending out poorly
printed paper. but during the last few
weeks we have had a lot Of rotten "a
per. and the print has been bad. Be-
sides the bad print, a number Of pa
pers have gone cut with turn corners.
It is impossible for US to detect this
until after the papers have gone
through the folder. However. We are
expecting new shipment. Of paper
and we hope to have no further uoub'
lie along this line.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
Correct Answer, Sure.

They had lesson on English MS
torv no at the high school the other
dav. Professor Pearce had been tell
ino the children about Westminster
Abbey, and the great men of England
who are buried there, and finally he
asked. "Now, children, what kind OF
mon are buried in Westminster Abb
bev?', \ dear little girl replied, ''Dead
men.n And that was the end Of the
history lesson for that day.-Anderson
Mail.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
No Insurance.

Mr.. F. w. Quattlebaum. OF Bates
burg, requests us to correct the report
that has gone out in regards to the
insurance on his barn which was burn
cd several weeks ago. The insurance
nolicv had never teea Issued and the
loss is $500.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
Unclaimed Mail.

List Of letters remaining uncalled
for in this office for the week ending
October IS, 1909
Male--Daniel Beranan, Milton
Harel, J. \. King, w. NJ. Sturkie,
Rev. S. +. Watson.
These letters will be sent to the
dead letter office Nov. l, 19o9. if not
delivered before. In calling for the
above please say advertised, giving
date Of list. :. }. Leaphart, +. vi.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
Flower Seed Free.

Congressman Lever has several
thou sand packages of flower seed for
distribution and will be glad to send
a package free to any lady who will
write him postal. Write quick be-
fore the supply is exhausted.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

Mr.. F. G.. Fritz, Oneonta. \. y.
writes: My little girl was greatly ben
etitted by taking Foley'S Orino Laxa-
tive, and | think it is the best remedy
for constipation and liver trouble. .
Folev'S Orino Laxative is mild, pleas
ant and effective, and cures habitual
constipation. Sold by all Druggists of
L,xingto and Henry Drug Store. Cha
pin, S. G.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

Be sure and meet the, EDITOR
while on his rounds with the treas
rrer. He is in the famons Dutch
Fork this week and we hope the good
people of that prosperous section will
send him home with his pockets full
OF cart wheels.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

We acknowledge receipt of an invl-
tation to the Taft luncheon in Colum-
bia, together with, and more impor-
tant, request to forward our check
for ten dollars. Thanks! We can
live cheaper in Lexington.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

Messrs. City Fathers, how about
fixing that street pump? It is shame
and disgrace to the town this pump
has been allowed to remain unfixed
for 50 long period. Lexington is too
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
FINAL DISCHARGE.

This is to notify all persons that l
will apply to the Hon. Geo. S. Drafts
Judee of Probate for Lexington Coun-
tv. South Carolina, on Nov. l, 1903, tor
q final discharge as guardian OF the es-
fare of B. O. Lucas and others, minors.
''' John w. Lucas,
Qua rdian.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

It cost TEN DOLLARS to dine with
3 President-in Columbia.

The row now going on between
Cook and Peary, the two Arctic ex-
plorers: is getting mighty tiresome to
toe public.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

Lexington is better cotton market
t:,an it has ever been, and the man
who fails to bring his cotton here is
cfter the loser.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
Reformation Services:

The reformation and home miss!on
service will be held at st. Stephens
Lutheran church next Sunday morn
inc at II O'Clock. A special Scrnlo7,
and special music will be among tae
features.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
". D. Batss's Big Sale.


has made greater strides along the |
line of progress during the last :e"
wears than has ". D. Bates. the man |
who SELLS it for less" During the |
last few weeks H.: has made change !
in his store which. for convenience
and attracIiyeness, IS unexcelleo.
The large petition has been removed
and the building transformed into one
mammoth store room.
Going into business n Columbia
few years ago in a rented building Mr..
Bates has gradually grown in favor
with the people until today he OWLS
his own store house and carries
stock of goods second to none IN the
Carolinas. With no rents to pay Mr..
Bates announces that he is in position
to sell goods cheaper than ever before.
Bates success from the Jump has been
nothing short of phenoni1al.
Reared on the farm and being pos
sessed with world Of pluck, energy
and determination. be is always seek
ing those things which plaases MS
customers most. Bates has always
made it a rule to sell goods at a small
margin of profit, realizing.that is it far
better to make quick sales and small
nrofits than It is to have old goods on
the shelves.
Bates bought all donestics, he says,
long before the rise in cotton, and will
save you money on every purchase,
whether large or small. He has just
returned from New York, the greatest
trading center in the North, where he
scooped in thousands of dollars worth
of seasonable goods at prices far be-
low their real value, and he is Offer
ing these goods at prices that will
cause his competitors to look on in
amazement. Bates is clever buyer,
and has plenty Of cash to back up his
purchases. He has S50,0o0 stock to
make your selections from, and you
will find everything that is new, styl-
| ish and up-to-date.
Big Ten Days Sale.
In order to give his thousands OF
customers the benefit Of the many
bargains he has recently acquired,
Bates has decided to inaugurate a big
ten days's sale. This sale begins this
morning, as will be seen By reference
to the big advertisement on another
page, and if you need anything now,
or expect to need anything any time
soon, it will pay you to 60 to this big
sale, and 60 right now, for when Bates
announces that he is going to put on
special sale there is always mighty
rush, stupendous race for his store.
It means saving Of many thousands
of dollars to the people. That the
sale which starts to-day will outclass
all previous sales, is not doubted.
It is not often that a merchant puts
on sale just at this season-right at
the beginning of fall when trade in::all
lines is brisk. But Bates, who pur-
chased his stock before the rise in the
price of all fabrics, can afford to give
his customers the benefit of his buy
ing genius.
In this sale you can buy dry goods,
notions, shoes, hats, ladies' suits,
skirts, waists, millinery, mems suits
and pants, in fact everything for men,
women and children. If you miss
this big sale you'll lose money
Go to Bates and tell him that you
read about his big ten days. sale in
The Disphtch and it's dollars to dough-
nuts that you will get goods cheaper
than you have ever bought them be-
fore.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

large town and too good town to
be without a street pun:r-a place
where the public can quench their
thirst while in town.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
The Home National Bank

invites all visitors to call and see them
while attending the county fair next
". ek. See their ad elsewhere.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20
&$fs 4 Furniture Headquarters
1910
MAI
ST

You are cordially invited to come
and behold the immense stock Of goods
shown at our stores---163S and 1910
Main St. Columbia. S. C.---After rs
years Of experience we have done our
best in selecting stock worthy of
your consideration. We have some
thing for every department OF the
household; Parlor. Bed room, Dining
room, Hall, Kitchen. Porch, Office.
Our goods have been bought right,
we sell them right. we pay freight to
any railroad station in S. O. Come to
see us, we have what you want, or
will ship direct from the factory. we
pay the freight to your depot.
It's our pleasure to give every one
who comes in our store polite and
courteous attention. Come in and
look whether you are ready to buy or
not, we will show you now. and wait
till you are ready to buy, orifyoun new
er buy we want to know you and we
want you to know us.
DON'T FORGET
Furniture Headquarters
1638-164O Main st. Columbia, S. c.
Money saved is money made
Come to see us? Be your own
Judge as to quality and price.
Furniture! Furniiure!! Furniture!!!
Parlor Suits, Bed room Suits. Dining
room Suits, Porch Suits, Office Suits
Kitchen Outfits. Art Squares, Rugs,
Mating, Rocking Chairs, Trunks.
Cooking Stoves, Ranges, Heating
Stoves. Just ask for what you want.
r, c.. Williams E Sons
1888 and 1910 Main St. COLUMBIA, S. c.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

commented upon by all an il tones
OF most comn1endaole aYor."
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-20

Tapp's Leading Fall Fashions
It is impossible to enunerate and describe the many
new things this store Suffice to say that never before
in the history Columbia has such array of seasonabe
goods been offered at such remarkably low prices Don't buy
anything until you have seen Tapps. cordial welcome
awaits all Lexington customers
The Seasons Latest Millinery
beautiful showing Of ready-trimmed hats from this
contys recognized style centres. Hats that for correctness
of STYLE becomngness and reasonable prices can not be
equaled hereaoout Our skilled miliners adding
daily this great showing each day lends new attractive
ness to the splendid display Tpps the place for Millinery
The Most Comprehensive Line of Coat
Suits IN the State
We have this season line of New York, man-talored
Coat Suits that for STYLE workmanship and quality of mater
ia has never been equaed the history OF this store Every
garment guaranteed strictly alwoo All the seasons
est shades are represented Bordeaux sonegeen asln
reseda wistea snuff brown pune and host OF other soft
pastel shades to say nothing or magnificent showing OF
navy blues and blacks.
Suits at $500, .$1975, $500, $500,
$4,000, $4,000 and upward, and
wide range of prices between
and above.
Separate Coats
Ladies and Misses early Fall Coats medium and extreme
enoths in broadclotk plain and striped covert black
orey and navy blue, each $698, $40 and $15.
ORDER BY MAIL.
We nrenav mail express purchases of ship
~od ,n1 within of miles Columbia.
The Jas. L. Tapp Co.,
.saa n 1916 Main Street Columbia, s. c.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
Academy. of Music.

Local play-goers are awaiting with
much interest the visit of Olga Meth
ersole in ''The Writing on the Wall''
by William J. Hurlbut, which will be
presented next week at the Academy
of Music, Baltimore, beginning Octo-
ber IL.
For the first time here Miss Meth
ersole will be seen as an exponent
of modern American drama, an ambi-
ton she has long cherished but only
last season realized.
'"The Writing on the Wall" was ac-
claimed with unstinted praise by the
critics last season as the best thing
that Miss Nethersole has ever done.
This is great praise, when recalling
the many wonderful performances
given in the past wnen presenting
some of the worlds greatest master
pieces.
"The Writing on the Wall" is a
strong, virile and emotional play of
contemporary New York. The scenes
are laid in the fashionable district,
and the story deals with the condi-
tions existing in every large American
city at the present time-the tenement
house abuses. Miss Nethersole es-
says the role of a young society ma
tron who is reformer by nature and
whose environment enables her to
exercise that inclination. The char
acter radically differs from anything
she has ever done heretofore and en-
ables her to display scene of emotion
in the third act that is undoubtedly the
greatest bit of realistic hysteria ever
seen upon the American stage.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
Make AH-the- Year Round Roads.

Roads should be so constructed that
they will be passable during all sea-
sons of the year, a condition of af-
fairs that would add an element of
stability and regularity to the trade
of the country. AS matters stand
now it often happens that the wet sea-
son transforms roads into quagmires,
causing produce to accumulate until
drier weather permits it's being haul
ed to the nearest station, which thus
brings about congestion of traffic be-
cause the railway authorities are un-
able to meet the extraordinary de-
mand for cars. In this way some of
it perishes and part is damaged, and,
taken all in all, the value Of the whole
is materially decreased before it
reaches the consumer, though the
price to the consumer under such con-
ditions is abnormally high. The farm
er should not overlook the point that
it is to his great advantage to be able
to draw produce to the shipping point
at time when regular farm duties
are least absorbing, and to have the
advantage also of marketing produce
whenever the price is highest.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08

ial master, was filed in the United
States Circuit Court in Baltimore Sat
urday by the Equitable Trust Com
pany of New York. successor to the
Bowling Green Trust Company, trus-
tee, as complainant in the Western
Maryland Railroad receivership case.
There will be a Democratic mass
meeting at Union Bridge Monday
night, October IS. Speakers will be
announced next week
Joseph and Harry Louey, of Car
rollton, were kicked by a horse in
front Of Harbaugh's livery stable, this
city Sunday evening. The young men
had just returned from a drive. when
the horse became frightened at a
passing automobile and started to
kick. One of them had his thumb
broken; and both were severely bruis-
ed about the legs. They were taken
into the stable, where one of them
tainted while DR.. Woodward was treat
ing his injuries. They were sent
home after their wounds were dressed
Philemon H. Tuck, a well-known
attorney, writing to the Baltimore
Sun of conditions in the Republican
county of st. Mary's says: with the
exception of a few miles of incom-
plete State road near Mechanicsville,
the public road during my drive was
so narrow that it was impossible for
two teams to pass, one either being
obliged to back out, go up a steep
bank, or almost climb a tree, yet the
tax rate in that county last year was
"a cents. Compare the general con-
dition in st. Mary's county with that
prevailing in Carroll, which is a
Democratic one party county, with
tax rate of 60 cepts''
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
]. FL. Fuss Entertained.

The Fraternal Order of Mystic Cir
Gle gave a banquet on Monday night
in their lodge room in the DAVIS
building, in honor of ]. Huffman Fuss,
safe return from Germany, where he
was on a business trip for the last
two months. The meeting was called
to order by Worthy Ruler Harry F.
Gorsuch. After an address by Bro:
Allen Sinner, of Bethlehem, Pa, and
Bro. J. T. McCune, OF HagerstoWn, IN
the interest of the order, Mr.. FUSS
gave a short description of his trip,
which was attentively listened to by
the lodge members. His address con-
sisted of an account of his trip to ana
from Germany by water, the beautiful
cities and the land in general. He al
so spoke of the difference in the value
of their money and the money OF the
United States. The evening closed
with an abundance to eat.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
Had Premonition of Death.

Johnstown, Pa, Oct. 4-E. ]. Bever-
idge dreamed that the cable which
carries a bucket used in excavation
work at the new Salt Lick dam Of the
Johnstown Water Company had brok-
en-. Beveridge was employed as signal
man on the. cable and always rode
with the bucket, high in the air. The
cable did not break, but the bucket
became tilted in some manner, and
Beveridge, losing his balance, fell out.
For 135 feet his body plunged through
the air to the earth's surface and
then shot thirty-five feet into water
filled cistern. The bucket followed
him into the cistern and it was neces-
sary to pump the water out to extri-
cate his remains, which were badly
mangled
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
WHAT ONE COMMUNITY DID.
Result Of Road Dragging by the Farm
ers Mt Cameron. Mo.

In view of the general awakening
for good roads will tell the farmers
who are interested of the wonderful
improvement that has been brought
about in dirt roads by persistent use
of the road drag, In 1902 the writer
conceived the idea that the farmers in
the vicinity of Cameron, Mo-, should
have the benefit of rural free delivery.
The idea was ridiculed but persistence
won. The first carrier that left the
Cameron postoffice was accompanied
by brass band over the entire route,
and every farmer that had prepared
his mail box for the free delivery was
"serenaded." This created an interest.
But our roads were in a miserable
condition, full of mudholes and deep
ruts.
At the suggestion of Postmaster Fill
son we held good roads" picnic in
Cameron for the purpose Of emphasiz-
ing tie necessity of good roads in or
der to secure the rural free delivery.
The meeting was addressed by D.
Ward King, the "eyangel of good
roads in Missouri" who explained the
value of the King drag, and other
speakers. Of the thousands Awho at
tended the picnic many pledged them
selves to constant use of the drag.
AS a result we have now in place of
mudholes and ruts well rounded, level,
solid roads in all this vicinity We
have eight rural carriers out of Cam
eron instead of the one we escorted
with a brass band, and since that
event land values have more than
doubled in this locality Now even the
renters have caught the spirit of the
good roads movement, and there is no
doubt that the voluntary dragging of
the roads will be kept up.-James Will
liams in Kansas City Star.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
Birds on the Wing.

Twice every year a wave of living
birds, almost inconceivably grand in
the number of birds involved, surges
over North America. The autumn
wave rolls from the arctic tundras
of Canada and Alaska to the torrid
valley of the Amazon and the great
pampas of the La Plata, only to roll
back again to the ieebound northern
ocean with the northward progression
of the sun And almost as ceaseless
as the ever rising, ever falling swell
of the ocean tides is this miraculous
tide of beating wings and pulsating
little hearts. The last stragglers OF
the northward migration do not reach
their northern home before the early
part of June, but in July the south
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08

ward setting tide has begun again.
The number of birds that make up
this mighty wave almost passes com
prehension. Probably more than 95
per cent of all birds making their
summer home between the northern
boundary of Mexico and the Artic
ocean-that is, in the United States
and Canada-help to Dwell the great
bird tide that moves southwark in
autumn and northward in the spring
with the regularity of a pendulum.
Allowing a little less than one migi's-
tory bird to an acre, we get the enor-
nous number of 4,32O,O00,000 birds
whose wing beats follow with rhyth-
mic precision the southwark and
northward movement of the sun. This
number is too vast to be easily COM
prehended.-D. Lange in Atlsntic.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
WEDDING BELLS.
Buckingham-Mercer.

Wilbur E. Buckingham, son of A. w.
Buckingham, of this city, and Miss
Bertha T. Mercer, of Baltimore, were
married in the latter city Monday,
September 26, at the parsonage OF
Memorial M. E. Church, by Rev. Il.
White, brother-in-law of the groom.
The only attendant was Miss Sall1e
Eyler, of Howard county, chum OF
the bride.
Mr.. and Mrs Buckingham will re-
side in Baltimore, where the groom
has for some years been employed as
a proofreader.