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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-11-17
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Gourty Of TJeyirot ton.

By virtue OF decree of the Court of
Comm on Pleas for Lexington county,
S. G., in the case Of Harriet l.. Fulmer,
e. al, plaintiffs, against Elmettie NJ.
Shealy, ct al, defendants. l, Frank w.
Shealy. Cte"s ct the Court of Common
Pleas for Lexington county, 5. g., will,
on salesdsy in December, 1909, being
the 6th day of said month, during the
usual hours OF sale, before the Court
House il the town Of Lexington, S. c.;
sell:
. "All that piece, parcel and tract Of
land, situate, lying and being in the
County of Lexington, State of South
Carolina, known as the Home Place.
containing one hundred and sixty-two
lnd 01-1CG (152 91-lO0) acres. more or
less, lying on the south side of Camp.
ing creek and bounded by lands OF
estate of Sutton, and lands OF estate of
Benson Fulmer and others, being the
tract of land represented upon the
plat Of S. S. Lindler, surveyor, datet.
December 10th, 1892.
"All that piece, pcrcel aud tract Of
land situate, lying and being in the
County of Lexington, State of South
= Carolina, known as the "River Place, y
containing ninety-two and ia 1921
acres, more or less, lying on the north
side Of Salpda river, and adjoining
lands now or fo3 m .rly Of Hezekiah
Dreher, Michae: Sult:n and heirs Of
Abner snelgrv v, being the tract OF
land represented upon the plat of Jas.
Taylor, surveyor, dated April 2. 1852"
subject, however, to the right of G. A.
Guignard, his heirs and assigns to ov-
erfow and cover with water seven CO
acres Of the tract of land first above
described and seven CD acres OF the
tract of land second ABOVE described,
with the further right, should said G.
A. Guignard, his heirs and assigns, 50
desire at any time hereafter, to over
flow an additional number of acres Of
lund upon the said two tracts upon
paying the person OR persons who
should then be the owners thereof the
sum fff thirty (S30.C0) dollars for each
and every acre of additional land SO
overfowed and water sogged, said COM
pensation so provided to be paid to the
owner or ownerS of said tracts OF land
to be in full compensation for all dam
age to said tracts Of land ty reason OF
said overflow and water sogging.
Terms of sale: Ons-half cash and the
balance upon the credit Of one and two
years, secured by the bOiid OF the pur-
chaser with q mo, tgage Of the prem
iSes sold, with option to purchaser to
pay all or more than 'onc-half, said
mortgage to contain a clause providing
for ten ,10l Per cent. upon amount due
for attorneys fees in case Of default
in payment thereof
FRANK " SHEALY,
G.. G.. 9. ?. s G. S.
November 18th, 1909.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-11-17
The Lutheran Synod.

The 35th ANIMAL convention Of the
Evang ,iical Lutheran Synod or Scuth
Carolina was held in St. Stephens
church, this place, last week. The
meeting was one of the largest attend
ed il. recent years and Lexington did
herself proud in the entertainment O.
the visitors. Excellent music was
furnished by the church choir through
out tEe session.
The Kew. G. A Freed, D. D., Of Co.
!umbia, presided with becoming grace
and dignity. :,
At the election for officers held on
We dnesday Dr.. Freed was reelected
president; the Rev. Jas. D. k;nard,
0; Cameron, vice e-president; the ReT.
5. P. Koon, of Prosperity, reelected
secretary, and the Rev. I. B. Ept:ng,
If Walnalla, reelec ed statistical sec
retary'. m
Many matters of Importance were
disposed of during the session. -,
The next meeting of the synod Will
be held with St. AndreWs church,
Charleston, beginning on Wednesday
following the second Sunday IN NO.
yember, 1910.
The thanks Of synod were eNTen! !eo
the people of Lexington for the kind
and generous hospitality exte 'ded:
On Sunday morning the R'v. wiz
liam Hoppe, pastor of st. J>nanne's
church, Charleston, preac 'ed to
large and appreciative co l5regation
in St. Stephens, and in the evening
the Rev. S. G. Ballentine, IT Lees
vile, filled the pulpit. The Rev: =:
3. E Epting, Walhalla, preached IN
the Methods e. urch in the evening.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-11-17
CURT PROCEEDINGS.

The only ease disposed of in the
common pleas court since going 10
press last week was the case OF john
". Ross, of Columbia, against the
Southern Railway Company, a cam
age suit for s25, 900 for personal lnlu-
ries alleged to have been received by
the plaintiff while in the employ CT
the company as car repairer in the
CITY of Columbia on Sept. /, 1907. This
makes the third time the case has
been before a Lexington Jury. ana
consumed four days. The jury found
a verdict for the plaintiff III the sum
of Sl2l00.
Ross was represented by sIessrs. Z.
J. Best, W. Boyd Evans and Lawson
D. Mellon, CT Columbia, aHd Eh"d =
Dreher and Graham (: S!l!;i;l+ o. tue
local bar The railroad Was repre-
sente(l by Z. NJ. Thonn+or, I.on. ".
II. Sharpe, George Bell Zimmerman
and +. L. Asbiil.
There is no court this week or &C
c,unt of the absence OF Judge Wilson,
who j. at home to attend the mar
rage Of his daughter. Court will re-
convene on next Monday.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-11-17

County Of Lexingt N.
In the Court Of Common Pleas.
L. D. Riley. ct al, Plaintiffs,
against
NJ. Sidney Riley, Defendant.
PARTITION.
In obedience to the Decree of the
Court herein, sighed by Hon. John S.
Wilson, Judge Presiding. on the 18th
day of November, 1869, | will sell to
the highest bidder, at public auction,
before the Court House door in Lexing
ton, S. c., daring the legal hours OF
sale On tie first Monday in December,
1902.
'A'l that piece, parcel or tract Of
land, situate, lying and Eeing iii Gilbert
Hollow Township, County and s,t&'a
aforesaid, continuing thirty tcHr ':j4)
acres, more or less. adjoining lauds of
Mrs. Martina hayes. Albert N"i>ler, f..
J. neisirr &nI Jesse McCartha. rs
shown by plat made by L. L. Lown,
surveyor, and designated as tract No..
L."
Also: Cali that piece, parcel CT tract
Of land, situate, lying and being in Gill
bert Hollow Township, County and
State aforesaid, containing one hun
6red, one and one-halt N0i!) acres,
more CT less, adjoining lands Of jesse
McCal tia, Z. J. Keisler, Ella E. Donly,
Alice V. Sease and tract No. 3; as
shown by plat made by Z. l.. Lown,
surveyor, and designated as tract No.
-
Also: CAL that piece, parcel or ira It
Of land, situate, lying and being IN
Gilbert Hollow Township, County AMI
State aforesaid, containing two hun
dred and thirty one (23D acres, more
or less, adjoining lands Of j. NJ. Grim,
J. D. McCartha, John Clemors, Jesse
McCartha, and tract No. ?, Alice V.
Sease, Southern Railway, and Ioor
Hayes, as shown by plat made Ey L. L..
Lown, surveyor, and designated as
tract No. 80
Also: "All that piece, parcel or tract
of land, situate, lying and being in Gil
bert Hollow Township, County and
State aforesaid, containing oae hun-
dred and forty me GID acres, more or
less, adj >inino lands Of Mrs Alice V.
Sease, ana Lne rlguC ol way " Vic
Southern Railway company, and de-
signated as tract No. /, on plat made
by L. L. Lown, surveyor"
Terms of Sale: One-half cash, bal.
arce on a credit of twelve months, Sc
cured by bond of purchaser and mort
gage OF the premises sold, with the
usual ten per cent. attorneys fee clause
in case collection has to be made by
suit or otherwise. With leave to pur-
chaser tt. pay all cash. In case pur-
chaser fails to comply with his bid
within ten days, lands to be resold at
the risk of the former purchaser.
Purchaser to pay for pipers.
FRANK w. SHEALY,
G. @. @. P. & G. S.
November 18th, 1909.
Ehrd & Drcher, Attorneys for Plain
tifTs.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-11-17

DeWitt's Little Early Risers-thn
safe, sure, gentle, easy little ll,crpill>
Be sure to get Dewitt'S CarbA nd
Witch Hazel Sal e, TIE original. AL
ways refuse STbstlt, IS aid limitations.
The original DeWitt'< Carbolizcd Witch
Hazel Salve is good for anything a
salve is used for, but it is especially
good for piles. Soil by Kautfmann
Drug c..
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-11-17
Childcen's Day at St. Johns.

On next Saturday. beginning at II
O'Clock, there will be a public exer-
else 1T St. Johns (Calk's Road Luth
eran church, by the children and
young people. Friends are requested
to bring dinner. Pastor S. c. Ballen
tine, of Leesvillc, will ad dress the all
Gieuce.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-11-17
Masonic Notice.

boyleston Lodge, No. 123, A: F. NJ.
will meet next Saturday, Goth inst.
at O'Clock p. m. promptly. Breth.
rem rlease be prompt as business Of
Importance awaits the craft.
P. W. Shealy, Sec.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-11-17
Alfred ], Fox,
Real Estate
and Insurance,
LEXINGTON, Sc

2i0 acres r miles from swan
sea, known as the ice Shumpert
place, 10 acres open land 4-room
dwelling, barn and stables. ple,l-
ty water.
1sh. ?. engine and boiler,
50 saw gin, conenser and press,
shingle saw, l thresher No. 3.
los acres miles from Steed-
man, 80 acres open land, 5 rCcm
dwelling.
rs acres 8 miles from Lexing-
ton On Red Bank creek, 80 acres
open land, / room dwelling.
u acres near Styx on Southern
railway company, 80 acres III ul-
tivation. 3 -com house, deep well
ard good orchard.
Oae half acre lot in Lexington.
8 room dwelling.
20 40 acres near Lexington,
timbcred.
12t acres, 81: nils from Barr;
50 acres open land. 6 Room
dwelling. > barns and other out
buildings, easy terms.
2G11 acres near SaSe-GOtha
mills. 6 room dwelling, cutbuild-
ing. good orchard, plenty water.
los acres 4 miles from Barr
u acres open land near church
and school.
Stationery engine y H. ?.
Boiler, is II. P.
1Saw Mill & Fixturs.
l9l acres lear SAKE Gctha Mills
155 acres one mile from Lexing-
ton depot IS acres cleared; young
orchard; creek runs through
place; fruit never fails.
20 acres near Lexington.
One lot in town Of Lexington.
One lot on Main street Of Lex.
ington; good building.
S0acres , miles from Lexington
Plenty water. Fruit never fails.
s. acres near Lexington. Good
for truck. Fruit never fails.
25o acres .! miles from South.
err ra.lwav. 60 acres open land.
Fruit never fails. Good orchard
OF the place. Two buildings.
20 resident lots in town OF Lex.
iugtcn.
As acrcs, 8 miles from Lexington,
9 acres open land. Plenty water.
95 acres, Z miles from Gilbert
25 acres open land, 35 acres
round timber, 35 acres boxed
timber, 2 4-room houses,
barn and stables. Church and
school house within = miles of
place.
One large lot, 6-roem dwelling
and barn on Main Street, Lex
ington.
3 acres, good dwelling near
Lexington.
81 acres g. miles from Chaplin,
5room dwelling, and outbuildings
40 acres open land.
50 acres very near Lexington
% acres open land; plenty water
on the place.
343 acres at Macedon, Is acres
open land, 4 room dwelling, 2
barns and stables.
One No. 81. @. Steele brick mill
2SO acres four miles from
Steedman on Black Creek.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
Boys and Girls Shoes

organization Of the club. A preliminary
meeting was held two weeks ago and a
committee was appointed to draft a con-
stitution and bylaws and this committee IL
ready to report to the members and the
final STEPS will be taken Saturday after
noon. Ralph Hayward of the Burlington
is chairman OF the committee whose work
on the constitution and bylaws has been
approved by c. F. Henderson. association
solicitor Of the Burlington. As soon as the
OF organization is complete a committee
will be appointed to find suitable club
rooms. The membership of the club is
over 800 and it bids fair to start under
most favorable auspices.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
C. E. BENSON FUNERAL HELD
Last Rites Observed for Omaha Man
Who Died Suddenly at Kearney
station Wednesday.

Funeral service over the body of Charles
Z. Benson. the real estate man who died
suddenly of heart trouble I'm the Kearney
railway station "Wednesday morning. was
held Friday afternoon. Rev. r. Scott Hyde.
pastor OF the Hanson Park Methodist
church. conducted the service, which took
place in the Benson apartments at the
Georgia. 1912 Georgia avenue. at . O'Clock.
The funeral was a private one. on account
Of the inability of the apartment to accom-
modste many persons.
rhe pllbearers were old business friends
Of Mr.. Benson. who was a member Of the
firm Of Benson & Myers. and dealt in real
estate Those acting were c. D.. Armstrong,
]. r. Wells, +. A Mulfinger, A. L Becker,
w. A. Baldwin and George T. Morton.
The body was taken TO Des Moines
last evening for burial. Frank H. Myers.
Mr.. Bens0a's business partner, Mrs.
Myers. the widow and AFR. Benson's step
daughter. Vera accompanied the body.
Interment will be Saturday In the family
lot IN the Des Moines cemetery, Mr.. Ben
son having lived in the Iowa city a number
Of years before coming 10 Omaha in 1880.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
OMAHA REFUSES THE BAIT
Local Commercial Club Does Not Bite
ON "Ratlway Business. AssOcia-
ton" Hook.

While the Railway Business association"
with headquarters in New York. has APP
pealed to the Commercial club and other or.
ganizatiOns OF Omaha 10 help restore pros
perity TO the railroads" the Omaha organ
nations have turned down any such undue
advances" and learned with surprise Friday
that many Of the eastern clubs have been
boosting the Railway Business associa-
ton"
Word has been received from Washington
that the association brought Up the Fulton
bill. which provides Tor giving the Inter
state commercs commission power to stay
rate advances going into effect. and caused
the measure to be defeated. It is such a
measure hat the Omahans want aud have
sent f. J, Mevann east TO help secure. The
shippers who have voted continuously
against having anything to do with the
Railway Business association are eongratu-
lating themselves over the narrow escape
they had from becoming entangled with an
organization which has worked the defeat
Of what they consider an important meas
ure in the interests Of the shippers and
general public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
MRS. LINC0LN'S PREMoMTIoN
Wife of EmaneipatOr Interpreted H.
fusion to Near Death in
Second Term.

Lincoln was wont 10 treat the fear Of his
friends that he might be sssassinated with
manifest Indifference. though not a great
while before his tragic death he related
an incident which showed that the matter
was not entirely off his mind. His story is
told By John t. Morse, the historian. in
these words OF Lincoln:
1t VAS just after my election in lsp.
when the news had been coming in thick
and fast all day and there had been a great
'hurrah boys so 1 was well tired out and
went home to rest. throwing myself upon
the lounge in my chamber. Opposite to
where I lay was a bureau with a swinging
glass upon II; and, in looking Ia tina glass,
I saw myself reflected nearly at fun
length; but my face, / noticed. had two
separate and distinct images. the tip OF the
nose OF one being about three inches from
the tip Of the other. ! was a little bothered.
perhaps startled. and got Up and looked
in the glass; but the Illusion vanished. On
lying down again 1 saw It a second time.
palmer. II possible. than before: and then
l noticed that one OF the faces was a
little paler-say five shades-than the other.
/ got up and the thing melted away: and
] went off and. ia the excitement OF the
hour. forgot ali about it-nearIy. but not
quite, for the thing would once in a while
come W, ana give me a little pang. as
though something uncomfortable had hap
pened. When I went home. ! told my wife
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
SOUVENIR STAMPS
Placing Them on sale IL the Way the
POstOmee Department CeIe-
brates the Day.

The POstOnice department celebrated
LAneoln's birthday by placing the Lincoln
souvenir postage stamps on sale. There
was a big demand for them and the whole
received At the Omaha office could
been sold out In an hour. RecogniE-
ing The Fact that many Of the stamps
would be sautso for souvenirs. the sale
was restu@ted 70 Lut small amounts for
each individual, not TO exceed 50 cents or
81 worth 20 each Individual. and these ap-
p-Ortionments hal to be reduced later in the
day.
The Lincoln stamp resembles the ordi-
nary &eent stamp In general appearance.
Its color IS re-. will a PortraiI OF Lincoln
in profile. tho face turned 10 the right.
Underneath The pronie portrait are the
figures '1SE-Feb- E-ISe-" The STAMP
denomination Of Tive Cents follows be-
meath the dates. The portrait is sur
rounded by a wreath Of laurel and above
the portrait appears the words II. s.
Postage" These souvenir stamps consist
OF but the single denomination OF ? centa
Meme Is made Of other denominations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
TWO STRAY BABIES FOUND
Little Ones Abandoned by Mothers
Left for Charity.
ONE IS SIX MONTHS OF AGE
other Has just Made Its Advent and
Both Are Promptly Sent to the
ChiId's saving In
a~tItute.
HiRhland Naval oranRea

Two stray infants have been found on
doorsteps.
Sleeping peacefully. supposedly from q
small dose of drug that had been admin
istered. a baby was found on the stair
landing Of the Alta Vista apartment house.
140s Howard street. late Thursday night.
The police have placed the child. which is
less than a month old. In the hands of the
hid Saving institute officers. who will
care for It. The identity of the little Wis
itor. a boy. has not been established.
Cuddled up in swaddling clothes, the
child seemed both healthy and c0mforta-
Bile. However. Mrs. Rowe williams. widow
of the former mi of the firm Of Lentz
& Williams. who onducts the apartment
house. soon found that she had a job on
her hands. within an hour or two OF the
time the child was picked up il began to
recover from the sleepiness that IL sup
posed to have been produced by a potion,
and with every ounce Of lung power in
sisted upon letting the roOmers at the Ats
Vista know that II had came"
Mrs. Stone, who, with her husband. oc-
eupies apartment No. 1. undertook 10 care
for baby the rest Of the night. II did not
seem TO be hungry and refused ali sorts Of
tempting bits OF nOurishment. Finally
someone from the Child Saving institute
relieved the Williams house from the re-
sPOnsibility OF coddling the new arrival.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
BELIEVES OFFICER
Strangely Enough, He Takes Word of
policeman Rather Than that of
Mtstah G. smith.

Nah. judge. dat offissa amt lynn, but
mes telin' a awful big sto'y bout me-"
Thus explained Gus Smith. a coIored man
who says he lives at 30 South Fifteenth
street that although he was telling the
truth and the policeman who arrested him
Cid not tell the same story as Smith old.
yet the officer was no falsifier.
Yet, strange to relate. Police Judge Craw-
ford chose TO believe the word Of the
officer. rather than that OF G. Smith. Esa.
Said Smith now occupies a cell in jail. which
will be his home for the next ten days. He
was arrested by Officer Brady Thursday
and tried to hide under a mattress IN the
home Of a woman whose belongings he said
he was helping 10 move The charge against
him was vagrancy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13

For almost one year The wool growers have
urged the Omaha business men and their
n1enas to Hse their influence against re-
visins the ~schcduIss This action was de-
layed only because the business men felt
the subject wolld not come up before the
snort session OF congress and would only
be considered at the special session.
Copies OF the resolutions passed by the
Commercial club have been forwarded to
commercial oTanizatic rs IN every state
west OF the MississipTa river that they may
suggest action by othe. organizations and
gain assistance for ths wool growers.
Word has been iectjvel I'm Omaha that
William H Manse. forr.er pastor Of the
First Congregational church at Lincoln and
later with The burlington railroad. has
severed his connection with the Chicago
Commercial association to become or
saEiser and manager OF the Chicago Wool
Nfotags company. a $4,000 corporation.
the stock OF which has been largely sold by
ar. Manss and Fred GOOding in the west.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
FOR TARIFF On WOOL
Omaha Commercial Clubs Appeals 10
Delegation in Congress.
PROTECTION BULwARK OF WEST
sheep Men Asftated Lest TariR ne
Reduced by Congress, which,
They Hold, would Ne scrt-
Gus Blow az Them.

All the influence Of the member OF the
Commercial club has been pledged In a
resolution passed b. the executive oom-
mittee urging the representatives and SEN
ators from Nebraska to oppOse any move
10 lower the tariff on wool
This stand il taken by the omahan In
the interests Of the wool growers OF the
west and attention is called to the fact that
while only IS per cent Of the shearing
sheep OF the United States were west Of
the Mississippi river IN 1870. there are at
present. more than y per cent In that ter
ritOFy. while 81 per cent are west u the
Missouri river.
The oFnah Commercial club takes the
stand that tke sheep raising and wool
growing industry has been developed and
become profitable because OF the present
tsrir on foreign woods. which while Civ
ing a protection to the wool growers OF
the United States works a hardship On
neither the manufactures nor consumer OF
vooIen products The representatives IN
Washington from Nebraska are also re-
minded hat land IN the west is peculiarly
adapted 70 sheep ranging and has become
valuable only because wool growing has
become profitable
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13

no one has yet found any answer to
the puzzle, Where did it come FROM"
a 6mOnths-old baby was left on the
porch at the home of ]. ]. LAmareaux, U4
Seward street. Thursday night The child
was cared for until Friday morning. when
arrangements were being made to have
The founding cared for at the childs Saw
ing institute Before the 50 arrangements
were completed a woman, claiming to be
the mother of the baby, appeared at the
Lamareaux home and tearfully pleaded
that the child be restored to her. with the
Promise that she would care for it in fu.
ture.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
vINToN SCHOOL is DEDICATED
New Building Formally Set Aside,
with Harding and DR.. Mann
Speakers.

The new vinton public school building
formally dedicated on Lincoln day
with exercises appropriate to the occasion
and the day. Charles Harding. president
Of the Board OF Education, and DR.. New
ton NJ. Mann. or Unity church, delivered
addresses. the children gave recitations.
one read a prophecy on the school, and
all Joined at the close in repeating in
unision the address President lincoln de-
livered on the field of Gettysburg. TIE
building has been occupied several months.
but the children desired that II be dedicated
on the notable anniversary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
Prompt Relief from Indigestion and
Distress Is Waiting for You.

Nothing will remain undigested or sour
on your stomach If you will tax Diapepsln
after your meal This powerful digestive
and antacid. though as harmless and pleas
ant as candy, Will digest and prepare for
assimilation into the blood all the food
you can lat
Eat what your tomseh Graves. without
the slightest fear Of Indigestion OF that you
will be bothered with sour risings. Belch-
ing. Gas on Stomach, Heartburn. Headaches
from stomach, Nausea. Bad Breath. Water
BEssk or a feeling like you had swallowed
a lump Of lead. or other disasresable mis-
erica
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
NO MORE STOMACH MISERY OR DYSPEPSIA

IL you VIII get from your pharmacist a
o-cent Ease Of Pape's Dlspepsin you could
always go TO the table with a hearty Ape
uts' ana your meals would taste good. be-
cause you would know there would be no
Indigestion or Sleepless nights or Headache
or stomach misery all the next day. and,
besides, you would not need laxafives or
clean and fresh.
Paps's Diapepain can be obtained from
your druggist and contains more than
enough triangules 70 thoroughly cure the
worst d~yspeptic. There Is nothing better
for Gas on the stomach or sour odors from
the stomach or 10 cure a Stomach Head
ache.
ful artieh In the house