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The La Jara chronicle., 1911-09-15
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Local views at SeyIer S.
More cream wanted. La Jara
Creamery.
Jas. Eskridge is here visiting his
many friends.
Home grown celery-best on the
market. Kenton Bros.
Dry cleaning, pressing, repairing,
etc. Ed. Phillips tailor shop.
L. j. Eaton of Colorado Springs
was land locker, here this week.
DR.. Davis dentist La Jara every
Thursday, Hamilton s drug store.
Mrs. S. Z. Newcomb returned
W ednesday from a visit to Den
Yer.
If you wish to rent or buy La
Jara residence property, see Thos
McCunniff.
w. w. Seyfer returned the first
of the week from IA business trip
to Denver.
For Horseshoing go to b. w,
Kings blacksmith shop. Salts
faction guaranteed.
II. G. Wilson of Wilson & Buck
er spent Wednesday at Conejos
looking up county records.
See the new line of light and
heavy harness. Finest assortment
ever, at Murphy-Newcomb's
When you want long term money
at low rate of interest come and
see the La Jara State Bank.
The right Mr. Write, big, high
grade sc bahama school tablets,
for 10c. Seyfers Pharmacy.
Mrs. IL. Il. j. Lawton, of Ala
mosa, is the guest of Mrs. Luther
A. Norland, at "Sunnyside." this
week.
Miss Mary Forbes left Satur-
day might for Boulder, to resume
her studies at the State Prepara-
tory school.
Rev. Il. o. Butler was in La
Jara few days this week ar
ranging for the organization of a
Baptist church.
Save your National cash register
checks. We pay you so on the
money you spend. Seyfers drug
store on the corner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mckelvey
departed Saturday evening for
Philadelphia where they expect t.
spend the winter.
Misses Helen Dillon and Har
riette Weddle departed Sunday
evening to attend Colorado Teach
ers' college at Greeley.
Gerald Shawcroft was at home
last Saturday and Sunday. He is
travelling with an amusement con
pany and expects to be at Pueblo
next week.
Geo. w. NJ. Nutting went tt
Denver Sunday night to see his
brother, who was passing through
the city with a friend. Mr.. Nut
ting retgrned Wednesday murning
d. J. ii. Raulstone and party
after a couple of days stay al
the Austin ranch motored ovel
to Monte Vista Sunday and took
the evening train for Denver.
Babies born since Jan. l, 1909
can be registered under the Storl
system of savings at any time al
our store. We will not close reg
istration for some time. Come ir
and let us explain our system
The w. A. johnson Mercantile Ct
The Monte Vista fair will be
held next week beginning Thurs
day. All the auto owners il
town figure on going over about
Friday, taking the band along
and doing some missionary work
for La Jara s Sugar Beet Day.
Am n~rr,a~~ H.v-
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-09-15

Ralph l.. Moore is here from
Denver for few days.
Bring your cream to the La Jara
Creamery. Price on the rise.
Water Commissioner Thos. Nc
Cunliff spent Wednesday in Ala
mosa.
Now is the time to put up your
winter fruit All kinds received
daily at Kenton's market.
a. p. Groves left Sunday even
ing for visit to Missouri val
ley states on land business.
Those wishing to make loans for
feeding stock will do well to see
the La Jara State Bank
Mrs. L. d. Eskridge returned to
Denver Wednesday after "a weeks
visit with Mrs. d. E. Newcomb
Beginning this morning, trains
stop at the new depot and long
step forward is marked in La
Jara's progress.
John McCunniff and Louie
Braiden left Saturday evening
for Greeley to attend Colorado
Teachers college.
The tabernacle meetings are
growing in interest and as we 90
to press arrangements rre being
made to organize Baptist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Weist left
last Friday evening for their
home at Rocky Ford after Il two
week S visit here with their chill
dren.
j. IL. Oakes, friend of E. L.
Allen and wholesale merchant
of Boise, Idaho, was among the
party visiting the Austin ranch
last week.
When you make a purchase at
Seyfer's Drug Store, be sure to get
your Cash Register Check. 1t
means so saving to you on the
money you spend.
Water Commissioner McCunniff
has begun the work of taking a
statistical census of Water Dis
trict No. 81, to be included in
his report to the State Engineer
office.
The next public sale will be ON
next week Thursday, Sept. 81.
w. l.. Head is leaving the valley
and has lot of almost new goods
to sell. Read his ad elsewhere in
this paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Torrey
and children went to Denver Tues
day night. Mrs. Torrey will visit
relatives in Eldorado, Kansas, and
Clarence will be home when he
returns.
Mr. and Mrs. l. J. Richardson
and Mrs Thos. McCunniff visited
Monte Vista Tuesday. Mr. Rich
ardson says crops in this part of
the valley look better than any
he saw while away.
A letter from the physician in
charge of the insane asylum at
Pueblo states that Geo. Y. Hamil
is improving in mind and body
and will soon be able to be home.
Mr.. Hamil has had a long siege OF
typhoid fever.
Judge McCunniff received 30
600 Democratic trout fry from
the Durango hatchery Monday
night. They were taken over to
Mr.. Norland s and cared for by
him over night in special tank
made for the purpose. Next day
John Schecter planted the fish in
La Jara creek where they will no
doubt live to feed many good Re
publican voters.
| C. B. Christy, of Malvern, Iowa
who is interested i'm a number of
fine farms in this vicinity, re-
mits for The Chronicle year in
advance and writes 81 am de-
lighted with reports of good crops
in the San Luis valley and think
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-09-15


fat. La Jara Creamery,
Carl's bread fresh from Denver
daily at the City Meat Market.
Money galore on Conejos county
farms. See La Jara State Bank
We are headquarters for all kinds
of confectionery. Fresh supply
just received, kenton Bros.
Mrs Robert Guymon writes
home that she is feeling fine and
expects soon to be released from
the hospital
FOUND-Roll of bedding near
Sanford. Owner can have same
by calling on J. d. Westbrook and
paying for this notice
l am prepared to do all kinds of
millinery work, and invite the
ladies in to see my up-to-date line
of hats.-Miss Clara Cochran.
Miss Edna White accompanied
by her aunt, Mrs. b. l.. Van
Vechten, left for Boulder Fri
day night where she will
enter the State University.
Dolores and Dorothy Weist,
twins, celebrated their 10th birth
day last Saturday by entertaining
number of their schoolmates.
Ice cream and cake were served
and the little folks report a most
enjoyable party.
w. j. Moffitt of Denver arrived
Wednesday morning and has ac-
cepted IA position in the Seyfer
Pharmacy. Mr.. Moffitt is pleas
ant gentleman to meet and comes
highly recommended as grad
uate in pharmacy.
Mrs. Helen Murphy and childrer
of Alamosa and Miss Newman
visited at the home of E. j.
Murphy last Sunday. Miss New
man is sister of Joe Newman,
whom everyone knows, and edit
Dress of the Colorado Catholic
Register.
Is your baby registered at our
store? We start bank account
of $100 for all babies living in
this vicinity born since Jan. l.
1909. Register the little ones al
any time and put money away
for their education. The w. A
johnson Mercantile Co.
Rev. and Mrs. N. S. Fiscus left
last week for their new home
in Davenport, Washington. Rev
Fiscus expected to buy the win
dows for the new church in Den
yer and wire the contractors the
size. By Friday, however, moth
ing had been heard from him anC
the carpenters We're obliged t.
quit until they learned the sizC
of the windows.
| The La Jara Commercial clul
plan to visit Sanford and Manas
sa tomorrow night in the Interest
of Sugar Beet day, Tuesday, Sept
%. They will take the band along
and give a concert at Sanford
about 7 o'clock. They will
be due j Manassa at s o'cock
and on the return trip may
stop at Romeo if the hour is moi
too late. Just friendly call
neighbors.
The La lara Harness company
has opened one of the best equip.
ped shops in the old Board OF
Trade building that we have ever
seen. Call and see the modern
stitching machines that have
been installed and you will de.
eide to have your saddle and
harness made to fit your horses
Mr. Rodda has supplied "A long
felt need in the community and
everyone will wish him success.
Charles d. Hayt was here from
Denver last Tuesday and let a
contract for filling and laying a
cement sidewalk in front of the
Town company lots west of the
new. depot. These are the only
lots the Town company now owns
in that vicinity and brick office
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
She Was Persistent.

A huge package once reached Sir
Walter Scott from q young lady IN
America for which he had to pay SO
expressage. 1t contained manuscript
play and a letter from the fair author
requesting Scott to read and correct
her work, write a prologue and an
epilogue. arrange for its production at
Drury Lane and negotiate with pub
Usher for the copyright. That was bad
enough. but worse was to follow. About
fortnight later arrived another mighty
packet. charged with a similar postage.
Scott. who had not grown wiser by
experience, paid the charges and
opened the parcel. Out came dupll-
cate copy Of the play and a second
letter from the authoress, stating that
as the weather had been stormy and
she feared something might have hap
pened to her former manuscript she
had thought it prudent to send him a
duplicate.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
How Centipedes Walk.

An eminent authority has Investigate
ed the peculiar wavy motion Of cent?
pedes and millepedes to determine the
manner in which these animals man
age to use their superabundant pedal
extremities so gracefully and harmo-
niously. 1t has been found that the
legs move in groups or waves. each
wave including a definite number Of
legs. The number Of waves included
in the length Of the body is constant
for each species. In millepedes the
waves Of each side are synchronous.
In centipedes they are symmetically
alternate, giving rise to beautifully ac-
cordant movements. The difference
may be; explained by suggesting that
the miIlepede moves like a pacing
horse. the centipede like a trotter.-
Chicago Record Herald.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25

. The Stake In the Game.

A party Of apaches entered Pans
cafe to have a game of billiards. The
game was carried on in great mystery
and absorbed all the interest and at
tention Of the players. They had an
enemy who was to be done for" and
whoever lost the game was to do
him. When the game was over the
loser accepted the result without dis
cussion. Not long afterward work
man was stabbed fatally as be was
coming out Of dance hall. The man
who had stabbed him quickly disap-
peared, and the workman was placed
in a cab and driven to an address
which he had given. This was in
certain street where sister Of his
was living. The man was barely able
to get out of the cab and to explain
that he had been stabbed. His case
was so serious that he was conveyed
to a hospital and died 4 few hours
later. The police then made an inquiry
and learned how the murder was delib-
erately' decided upon and savagely
executed. The workman himself did
not know that his life was staked on
a game of billiards.-Paris Cor. Lon
don Telegraph.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
Scotch Accent Too Much For Him.

SCOISh ACCSNI iSo Nh0St VI '''''''
The only real blot on my visit TO
Glasgow, says a writer in the London
Sketch, is my total inability to speak
with a Scottish accent. / rather pride
myself. as most people do, on my vocal
initiative faculties, but I confess to
all the world here and now that can
not initiate the Scottish accent. My
Irish is beautiful; it would make all
Dublin weep. My American is quite
good; could nearly always get any
thing that wanted in the shops II l
had the money. Anybody can talk
Welsh who cares to substitute ''p" for
"b'', and .'f'' for va" But the Scot
tish accent eludes me. Sometimes
speak a little Scottish, tentatively. to
the policeman or the tram conductors
or the shopkeepers. The policemen
draw their slaves. the tram conductors
stop their trans. and the shopkeepers
put up their shutters. 1 am not quite
sure, but l rather think that shall
abandon the unequal struggle.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
Teachers Organize.

A few of the Lexington County
teachers met in Lexington last Satur-
day and discussed the formation of a
County Teachers Association. The
need of some such organization is eYi
dent to all live. thinking teachers, and
these gentlemen hope to be able to
form such an association. The men
present we're: Superintendent A. D.
Martin, Supt. w. E. Black, of Lexing-
ten; Pres. L. M. Bauknight and Prof.
F. E. Broyles, of Leesyille College,
and Supt. Baldwin, of Batesburg. Mr..
Martin was made chairman of the
meeting, and Mr.. Broyles was elected
secretary, these men to serve until
some permanent organization can be
formed. 1t was decided to call
meeting of the teachers of the county
at Lexington on November IS, at II a.
m. The meeting will be held in the
school building. Every teacher in the
county is urged to attend this meet
ing. It will show that you desire to
keep in touch with others, and it will
benefit you to hear ideas and plans of
other teachers. Do not allow any
thing to interfere with your coming.
An attr active programme for the first
meeting has been planned, as follows:
Meeting called to order at IL o'clock.
Devotional exercises conducted by
one Of the Lexington ministers.
Song by the entire body present.
Some familiar song will be chosen.
Appointment of nomination COM
mittee.
Formal address of the day by some
very prominent school man.
Discussion on the purposes of the
organization.
Permanent organization, with report
of nomination committee.
Readings and songs.
Adjournment.
The name of the invited speaker
will be announced as soon as he is se-
cured.
Let all teachers in this county make
an honest effort to come. The meet
ing will break up by O'Clock, which
will give any who comes a distance
time to reach home before darkness
sets in. We owe it to our patrons and
trustees, as we'll as to ourselves, to at
tend these meetings and come into
contact with other teachers. You
cannot help being inspired by the spir-
it of the discussions, and you are bound
to get new and attractive ideas which
will aid you in your work, and make
it less tiresome. No man or woman
has right to allow himself or herself
to stagnate, but if you do not mingle
with your fellow workers, how can
you avoid it?
The rural teachers are urged espe-
cially to come and take an active part
in this organization, as we mean to
make our meetings especially attrac-
tive to them. B.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
Clerk Shealy Makes Two
Hearts Beat AS One.

Monday morning at o'clock J. B..
Jeter and Miss NJ L. Redm md of
Swansea, were married in the court
house by Clerk of Court Frank w.
Shealy. In the presence of several
witnesses, the bride and groom to be
stepped down the hallway, accompa-
MED by Miss Alma Long, the tele-
phone operator, and N. P. Shipp. the
deputy clerk.
Clerk of Court Shealy, in his usual
solemn manner, spoke the words that
made the two hearts beat as one. Mr..
and Mrs. Jeter left Immediately III an
automobile for Swansea by way of
Columbia.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
a Pleasant Surprise.

A young man in indianapolis felt
his heart sink as be pulled from his
mail box letter Of the wedding in
vitation type. That was the fifth ne
had received this season. and be had
begun to wonder whether he had any
friends left in the single state.
Another FIVE dollar bill busted to
smash" he mourned. -
Then he opened the envelope. But it
was only the announcement of a wed
ding that had taken place the week
before. And he found in the same
cover a check for $5.
1t was then that he recalled a bet
made with friend years before. The
conditions were that the one first mar
ried should pay the other $5.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
For Sale.

I will sell at my place, ten miles
northwestof Lexington, the following
One mare, COWS, 1 one-horse wagon,
corn and fodder, farm implements
and household and kitchen furniture.
Said sale to be on November 9, 1911.
2W52p A. T. Kistler.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
Card of Thanks.
the Editor of The DispatcN,

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Allow me space in your paper to
thank my friends for the kindness
shown me during my wife's illness and
death. May God ever watch over and
guide them through life.
A. IT. Kistler.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
And Upside Down at That.

"Where does this train stop next?"
asked the nervous traveller on an un-
certain railway.
well, boss" replied the porter,
"dars three wasbouts an some bad
track right along hare. an she's liable
to stop mos any place mos any min
ute."-Washington Star.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
No Fish Story.

eYou'll be a man like one Of us SOME
day." said the patronizing sportsman
to a lad who was throwing his line
into the same stream.
"Yes, SIR" he answered, "I s'pose I
will some day, but b'lieve I'd rather
stay small and catch a few fsh."-Tit-
Bits.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
Clerks Sale.

The State Of South Carolina,
County Of Lexington,
In the Court of Common Pleas.
II. A. Meetze, Mrs. Florence E. Caugh-
man and L. PAns Jackson
Plaintiffs;
against
Mrs. Mary r. Muller and Miss May
Blanche Meetze,
Defendants.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
Experienced.

"That trained nurse Is quite remark
able. She made man l know cough
up a brass tack at the hospital"
That's nothing to what she can do.
She made the young doctor she's en-
gagged to cough up a diamond ring
Baltimore American
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
FARMS!
FARMS!

If you want to buy a gcod
farm at right price any
where in South Carolina,
call ON or write us. If you
want to sell your farm quick
for cash, make your price
right and we will sell it for
you, no matter where locat-
ed. We sell choice city
property, too.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
FAIR WEEK ADJUSTMENTS.
From October 80 to November s.
Columbia the Seat Of Unusual

Z ACt1S4LSs
There will be amusement galore for
visitors to the State Fair to be held
In Columbia from October 80 to No
vember 3. The officers of the Fair
have made arrangements for several
aeroplane flights by a we'll known
aviator. A number Of fast automo-
biles have been entered for the auto
mobile races. High-class shows have
been secured by the management for
the Midway and there will be num-
Der Of attractions ON Main street
The management Of the Columbia
theatre will offer a number Of high
class attractions.
Special arrangements are being
made to entertain the several thou
sand visitors that will attend the Fair
from every county in South Carolina.
and Of course the railroads have
granted especially low rates.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
The End Of IL.

Boaster-I'm the big gun in this es-
tablishment.
Roaster-Well, don't say 1t so loud or
you might be fred.-Baltimore Amer
icqO
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
Notice, Trespassers.

All persons are forbidden to hunt or
trespess in any manner whatever upon
my land. P. r. MESSENGER.
Oct. 18, 1911-1p
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-25
SALE IN PARTITION.

Defendants.
SALE IN PARTITION.
In obedience to the decree Of the
Court herein, signed by the Honorable
K. W. Memminger, Judge Presiding
in the 11th Judicial Circuit, at Cham
bers, Edgefeld, s. O., dated the 18th
day of of October, 1911, I will sell be-
fore the Courthouse door, at Lexing-
ton, S. c., during the legal hours of
sale on the first Monday, the 9Th day
of November, 1911, to the highest bid
der at public outcry the following de-
scribed property to wit:
All that piece, parcel or lot of land
situate lying and being in the County
of Lexington, State of South Carolina,
containing six acres, more or less, ly-
ing at or near the depot at Lexington,
S. c., adjoining the public road on the
West, lands of the plaintiff, Mrs. Flor
ence E. Caughman being across the
road, J. B. Amick on the North, by
public road and D. E. George on the
South and on the East by the lot of
land below described.
And also, all that piece, parcel or
lot of land situate, lying and being in
Lexington County, said State, con-
taiuing one acre, more or less, adjoin-
| ing the lands above described, lands
of A. L. Hartley, estate lands Of W.
H. Metze and right-of way Of the
Southern Railway Company, more
particularly described as follows: All
of the piece of land conveyed by the
said Rosa 7. Meetze TO w. H. Meetze,
lying on the South side of line begin
ming at the public road five and one
half feet north of the original lire be.
tween H. 4. Meetze and w. H. Meetze
thence running n. II E. $40 chains to
A. L. Hartley's line to stake corner,
this line being the southern boundary
of lot cut off for j. B. Amick.
Terms of Sale: ONE-THIRD CASH,
and the balance in two equal install.
ments, with interest, in one and two
years, with privilege to purchaser to
, pay all cash.
The purchasers each to pay down
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
! LARS. within one hour after the sale
Of the said property, or it is to be i'm.
mediately sesold at the risk of the for
| mer purchaser.
FRANK W SHEALY,
Clerk Of Court.
Lexington s. c., Oct. 18th, 1911. 50.
E. L Asbi3l, Atty. for Plaintiffs.
! Efrd & Dreher, Attys. for Defendants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-05

Citizens of the Oxon Hill district OF
Prince Georges county are congratulating
themselves on the appointment of Ben
son r. Mcdaniel, blacksmith. justice
of the peace for that section. His shop
is on the Livingston road. He Is tive
strong man of that region. big and mus
cular. He doesn't know anything about
law except what he has read of Mary
land statutes since his recent appoint
ment as justice, but his friends say he
knows what a square deal Is and that is
why there is rejoicing over his selection.
Mcdaniel is about thirty-two years on
and has been a blacksmith since he was
a boy He knows how to handle the most
excitable horses so that they quickly
calm down and become his friends.
When he was appointed justice he was
surprised. He hadn't asked for the place.
but his friends told Gov. Crothers that he
was just the man to be appointed.
Il guess 1 will have to read up the laws
now and learn something about all these
legal blanks" said Mcdaniel. whose court
is held in his blacksmith shop, but 1
guess 1 will know how to decide cases.
My principle is the square deal and III 1
can stick to that everybody will get JUS
tice coming before me-.
Mcdaniel, always good-natured and
ready for a laugh. knows how to look
solemn when presiding at the hearing or
an important case.