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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-14
fEEc5L AND SCISSORS.

The members of the township boards
Of equalization will appear next week.
Miss May Boozer has been confined
to her room for several days with the
measles.
Mr.. P. I. Rawl, the sage of Rocky
Well, was in town last week and kind
" renewed his subscription to this
paper.
s.Uncle" Caleb Neetze,. one Of the
oldest and most substantial citizens OF
the Dutch Fork, was in town Satur'
day.
Miss Ruth Efird, of the College for
Women, has been spending Few days
with her parents, Hon. and Mrs. y.
II. Efrd.
Mr.. George N. Adams, of Baxter,
while attending court last week, re-
newed for Lis paper another year.
Mr. Sam Collum, q progressive farm
er Of Bstesburg, was here Monday as a
witness in court.
Mr.. James Hite, of the Bethlehem
section near Batesburg, was here Mon
day.
According to old prognosticators,
this should be good crop year.
Buy your garden seed at The Bazaar.
The big closing out sale at M. D.
Harman's store is still on. The bar
gains are going thick and fast, andyou
bad better hurry.
Messrs. Fl. J. and Felix Burgess, of
Steedman and Samaria, two of the
best young men in the county, We're in
town yesterday on matters of busi'
ness.
LoST-On Friday. Feb. 9, in the
town Of Lexington, one leather pock-
etbook containing $65 in paper money,
tax receipt for 1911, together with COM
mutation road tax receipt for 1912. A
liberal reward for its return to J. M.
Matthias, Lexington Route s. p
Mr.. Panl Mabus, of near Batesburg,
% brave Confederate soldier as ever
carried mnsket, has been spending
few days with his daughter, Mrs. Jas.
e. Steele.
Capt. Chas. 3. Harman returned to
Lis home in Gainesville, Fla, yester-
day, after brief visit to his parents.
Col. and Mrs. NJ. D. Harman.
Mr.. ". n. Witt, q leading citizen of
Swansea, was in town yesterday ON
matters Of business.
Read clerk sales advertised in this
issae.
Farmers all over the county are be-
hind with their work. But little
ground has been broken as yet.
The town council is having some eff"
fective work done on upper Main
street.
Mr.. VIM. 81. Hendrix, leading cit
izen of Hollow creek, was in town
yesterday.
We regret to chronicle the illness of
The Hon. w. II Sharpe. MIR. Sharpe
has been confined to his home at Ed
mund for the past week with lagrippe,
and his genial presence around the
court house has been missed.
Mr.. Luke Frye was carried to the
Columbia hospital ON Sunday by bis
physician, DR.. G., Frank Roberts. MIR.
FRYE is suffering from blood poison.
!: WANTED-A horse or mule to
nlough for six weeks for feed. Will
take the best of care. Apply to A. W.
Harman, Lexington Route 2. Twp
There will be communion services
at St. Johns next Sunday at 11:SO
q. M, conducted by the pastor, Rev.
p. D. Risinger.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-14
IN new QUARTERS.

We wish to announce
to our friends and custo-
mers that we have open
ed up, temporarily, in the
Department Store Build
ing, adjoining E. G. Dre-
her & CO. We have a
new line Of Drugs and
Chemicals, which we or
dered by wire, and are
prepared to serve you
with the same prompt
ness and skill as when
we were in our old quar-
ters. Your continued pat
ronage will be apprecia-
ted.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-14
THE KAUFMANN
DRUG COMP ANY,
Dissolution of Partnership.
70 All Who 1t May Concern:

10 All VINO IL May COncern:
Notice is hereby given that tie firm
of Summer & Fulmer, dealers IN gen.
eral merchandise, Chaplin, s. g., com
posed of A. B. Summer and P. s.
Fulmer, did mutually agree on jan
uary 20, 1912, to dissolve partnership,
and have dissolved partnership. All
the liabilities owing by our firm have
been assumed by A. B. Summer, and
all debts due to our firm are payable
to and ccllectible by A. B. Summer,
or the firm of Summer Bros, who are
conducting the business.
A. B. SUMMER.
P. s. FELMER.
Chaplin, s. c.. Feb. 8, 1912. 3m
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-14
Probate's Sale.
State of South Carolina,
County of Lexington,

county OF LEXINGTON,
In the Probate Court.
o. NJ. Bookman, as Admr. Plaintiff,
against
Lizzie Bookman. ct al, Defendants.
Sale of Land in Aid of Assets
to Pay Debts.
In obedience to the decree of the
Probate Court herein, dated the oath
day of January, 1912, I will sell before
the court house door, at Lexington,
8. c., to the highest bidder at public
outcry, during the usual hours Of sale,
the following described tract of land:
"All that piece, parcel or tract Of
land, situate, lying and being in the
fork of Broad and Saluda rivers, and
in Fork Township, and known as part
of the Abram Bookman home place and
containing Thirteen and one-third
acres, more or less, and bounded by
lands of Pinckney chardson on the
North; on the West by estate lands of
Rev. Archer; South and East by o N.
Bookman, and having such shape,
form and marks as the letter opp on
the old plat marked off by E. T. Rauch
surveyor. as dividing line will more
fully represent Being part of the
land conveyed to me by O. NJ. Book
man by deed bearing date March "a,
1908" ...
Terms of Sale: Cash. Purchaser
to pay for papers.
GEO. S. DRAFTS,
Judge of Probate.
Efrd & Dreher, attys. fer Petitioner.
Wallace & Barron, attys. Caroline
Lyles. Feb. 9, 1912. .
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-14
Valentine SOciable.

There will be Valentine sociable
at St. Stephens Lutheran parsonage
on next Friday evening from ! to II
O'Clock under the auspices of the La.
dies Aid Society, the proceeds of
which will be used towards raying for
lights in the parsonage and in St.
Stephens church. The Rev. Mr..
Brown specially invites all of his
friends to be present.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-14
Barber Shop.

/ now have an up-to-date Barber
Shop. Sharp razers and clean towels.
Get your shaves and hair cuts at
A. B. SUMMERS SHOP, ..
rs Chaplin. S. @.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-14

LOST-One black and white spotted
gilt, weighing about 40 or 90 pounds,
on last Saturday. Finder will please
notify J. Wesley Smith, Gilbert r. F.
D. No. 8. Twp
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-14

Reader if you are due for your paper
try and send Us J Our dollar.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
WYCKOFF TO BANKS AID
Says He'll Replace All Criticised
Woodhayen Assets.

William F. WyckOff, president or the
WoodhaveR Uong Island) Bank, which
was closed on Tuesday by the State Bank
ing Department on the grounds of laHlty
in management and too liberal loans on
real estate development, returned from
Baton Rouge La, 10 his home, on Clih-
ton avenue. Jamaica, yesterday morning.
Mr.. Wyckoff. who is reputed 10 DC
worth nearly 81 100000, had been away Tor
several weeks, and his family are salu
10 have had no knowledge Of his travels
Soon after his return he issued a signeo
statement, saying that he would replace
all Criticised assets" This will be well
come news TO the hundreds of depositors'
among whom are many factory hands,
who had beeen alarmed by reports that
probably not more than As per cent ct the
deposits would be realized.
Mr. Wyckoff in his statement said:
have large resources, and have no
doubt that just as soon as can recover
sufficient assurances to meet the pubic, l
shall be able not only to convince the
Banking Department that the bank Is
solvent, but shall also replace all crltl-
cised assets with satisfactory ones
Mr. Wyckoff, who, It is understood. had
no active part in the management OF the
bank, is senior member Of the law firm OF
Wyckoff, Clarke & Frost, which probably
does the largest legal business in queens
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
LAWYER FACES CHARGES
Herman Fromme Denies Mis-
conduct-Referee Has Case.

The charges filed with the Appellate Di-
vision against Herman Fromme, well
known lawyer, were sent to an Official
referee yesterday for hearing. The Bar
Association, which made the charge
against Fromme, said that i'm 1903 one
Florence 1. Crandall delivered to Fromme
81 900 to be invested I'm cotton, but the
lawyer diverted the money to his own
use, representing to his client that he had
made the investment as requested
Fromme returned only 800, IT is alleged.
The further charge is made against
Fromme that he converted SS4O to his own
use after receiving the money in settle
ment of a judgment for Miss CrandalL
A third charge made against Fromme
is that in 1910, while counsel for Herman
Seigfert, he recovered for his client S,4S2.
out of this amount. it is alleged ne
paid claims against Seigfert amounting to
s.. .l2S and converted s,SO3 to his own use
Fromme denies any misconduct. lie
saws he never received 5000 from MISS
CrandaIl for investment. lie also denies
her other complaint, as well as that OF
Seigfert
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
.HIPPOS SAVED FROM GAS
Miss Murphy and Her Son
Nearly Asphyxiated in Cage.

Prompt action Of park labOrers prob
ably saved the hippos In the Central Park
menagerie from being asphyxiated yester-
day.
Miss Murphy and her son, Caliph II, the
names by which the hippos are known.
have their winter quarters in tho lion
house For some time past a strong
smell Of L, had been noticed, but the
leak could not be traced.
Yesterday morning, while the two
hippos were doing on the floor of their
pen, workmen finally unearthed the leak.
The noses OF the hippos turned up in dis
gust as the gas poured out OF the leak, a
few feet away.
Miss Murphy and her balrn had inhaled
lust enough gas 10 make them more
sleepy than ever, when keepers drove
them into their tank. While they were
immersed in the water the leak was re-
paired. The odor was still so repulsive TO
the Murphys. however, that they re-
mained under water until the afternoon
The gas caused even the lions, some
distance away. to become uneasy.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
CLIENT ACCUSES LAWYER
Ex-senator WhitIoCk in Court
on Grand Larceny Charge.
QUESTION OF $4,000 FEE
Said to Have Promised to See
Judge and Have Homicide
Defendant Set Free.

Thomas c. Whltlock, a Brooklyn lawyer
and a former state Senator, was sum-
mOned to the Adams street police court
in Brooklyn yesterday to answer charse
of grand larceny preferred by George De-
perino. of No. sos Union avenue, Brooklyn,
who alleged-and showed affidaVits from
his two uncles to corroborate hlrh-tha'
the lawyer got $1,000 from him by repre-
senting he would free his younger oroth-
er. Edward Deperino, who was trled lor
manslauehter before County Judge raw
cett on April 10, 1910.
WhitIock is alleged 20 have asseTteu
that he had seen the judge, ana thdt ',e
Judge had promised to let the accuseu oii
by suspending sentence. The defendaht'
however. on pleading guilty to man
slaughter. was sent 10 Sing Sing for ten
years.
A warrant was placed in the HANDS Oh
Detective Sullivan, but CHIEF Maglstla,e
Eempner suggested that ii would De pe'-
ter TO call Whitlock up on the teiephoiie'
In the notice court Whitlock was very IN
dienant that warrant had been issued
and told Assistant District Attorney Coup
or that if was a fine way TO treat oroth-
er member of the bar.
Don't blame me-" said MI Coope''
I'm following Instructions
Better read these attidavits, sald Cniel
Magistrate Kempner to Whitlock' Inc
ex-senator did so and PLEADED "o'
guilty" r,o.
"Of course" said he, "this Is surprise
and | want an adjournment want w.
have Judge Fawcett subpenaed IN 'ni9
matter" The examination was put over 10
Friday, and Whitlock was paroieu OH HIS
own recognizance. .,,.
Attached 10 the complaint against Nhit-
lock is four-page affidavit III "n''"
George Deperino deposes that on or aoou'
January 4, 1910, he went TO Nmuoch
hous. and told him his brother had peeh
accused of homicide. Whitlock, the ue-
moment swears. said he was familiar WIN
cases of that kind and could probably get
the defendant off from punishment en-
tirely.
The affidavit goes on to say that prom
isas were made TO have the boy treed
through the lawyer seeing the judge anu
the District Attorney, and upon repFeseh-
tations that he had done so 1.-The depoheh'
paid him $4,000 for so doing.
WhitIock. the accused lawyer is young
Democrat. who has taken an active part
in politics I'm the Williamsburg secuoh'
lie was in the state Senate from lso2 10
1904 Recently he engaged In organizing
an opposition TO the local organization IN
Kings County. which was known as the
Empire state Democracy OF Kings Coun-
~. and was anti-Murphy and against the
denomination Of Governor Dix. When DIX
was turned down the Empire state
Democracy withdrew it's opposition to the
regular ticket
Whitlock is in good standing as law
yer, and his friends express the utmost
confidence I'm him.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
JAIL AGAIN FOR 0'REILLY
Convicted Lawyer Must Return
Until Appeal Is Argued.

Under a decision OF the Appellate Di-
vision made yesterday, Daniel O'Reilly,
formerly an Assistant District Attorney,
who has been out on bail pending his ap-
peal from conviction on the charge OF re-
ceiving stolen goods, will have to go back
10 Jail until the appeal Is argued.
O'Reilly was sentenced to seven months
in the penitentiary for his part in the
negotiations for the return OF securities
stolen from Aaron Bancroft, an aged
broker. His counsel, John +. Mcintyre.
who defended Becker. obtained certii-
cate Of reasonable doubt for his client
from Justice Erlanger. which gave o'Reil-
w his liberty on bail to await the out
come OF the appeal TO the Appellate Dr.
vision.
District Attorney Whitman moved a
week ago to vacate the appeal, on the
ground that more than a year had
elapsed since the conviction OF O'Reilly
and Mcintyre had not fled his printed
case on appeal. The Appellate Division
Yesterday ordered Mcintyre 10 argue his
appeal before November 10 and also con-
sent TO have the certificate of reasonable
doubt vacated.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02

prlsed. therefore. when they read the
Mayor's account of what took place.
DR.. L.aidlaw said that Chairman Remen-
SNYDER had read his remarks from manu-
SCRIPT, and had left his address In the
Mayors hands. The Mayor, he said. had
made no reference whatever to the char
acter OF these remarks
II the Mayor had given out this part OF
the proceedings, according TO DR.. Laid
law. the public would have known that
the committee consisting of Protestant,
Catholic and Jewish elements, had neither
indorsed Police Commissioner Waldo's
efficiency nor approved Of Mayor Gay
nor's theories OF law enforcement.
In support OF his contention that Mayor
Gaynor had not supplied the important
details OF the clergymen's conference With
him on Thursday, DR.. Laidlaw quoted
verbatim from Chairman Remensnyder 3
manuscript, in which there was no in
dorsement OF conditions at present exist
ing in the various city departments.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
GIRL BOUND AND GAGGED
Robbers Knock Down Young
Woman and Ransack Horf<s, i

Miss Elizabeth Preacher, the pretty
twenty -three-year-o daughter OF John
Preacher, a business man OF Manhattan,
and living in William street, Tottenville,
Staten Island. less than a half mile from
the Tottenville police station there. was
bound and gagged yesterday afternoon by
two men, who forced an entrance to her
parents home.
Miss Preacher was alone in the house
at the time. Her father was at his office,
her mother Ill in the S. X. Smith In
Urinary, and her sixteen-year-old sister
Agnes was attending school.
The robbers on entering the Preacher
home. shortly before o'clock. found Miss
Preacher sewing in the dining room one
of the men knocked her down and stuffed
a handkerchief into her mouth. The other
man tied her hands and limbs with a
rope which he took from his pocket.
Then they lifted her up and demanded
that she show them where her father
kept his money. She shrugged her shoul-
ders to tell them that she did not know
ThereupOn one of the men again knocked
her to the floor and tied her to the dining
room table.
The two men made a search OF the
house. They missed S5 hidden under a
clock. but came across some jewelry and
four diamond rings. which they threw on
the floor, saying they wanted only money
They then departed Miss Preacher
stayed tied 10 the table for two hours
until her sister returned from school.
After leaving the Preacher house the
robbers went to the home OF Louis Wal
ter. next door, and rang the bell. Mrs.
Walter saw them coming and did not let
them in.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
WANTED TO SELL TO TRUST
James H. Post Tells About
Sugar Consultations.

James II. Post, president of the Ma
tlonal Sugar Refining Company wnich
was absorbed by the Havemeyer inter-
ests. netting profit OF $1,000" 10
Henry q. Havcmeyer, was on the stand
yesterday in the Federal Building In the
go-cruments suit to dissolve the sugar
Mr. Post is a member OF the sugar
Of -. II. Howell Son &c Co.
ar Knapp, the prosecutor. took up the
question OF the Howell company's hold
iugs Of stock in the National Sugar Re-
Gulng Company. Mr.. Post said that both
as a firm and as individuals the Howell
companv holdings were very large. Mr..
Knapp also drew from the witness that
prior to passing under trust control the
refining companies were operated al
profit.
Mr. Post said the first negotiations for
the purchase OF the Mollenhauer. Doscher
and National refineries were begun In
1899 and completed I'm 1900. Referring to
his first meeting with Henry .. Have
never at that time, Mr.. Post said that
Mr.. Havemeyer at first refused 10 have
ANYTHING to do with the project Of com
ulnllE tle NdllouS YUM I'BhihN'' '@'''''
however. when Mr. Post had made 1t
plain to Mr.. Havemeyer that the con-
solidation would take place whether he
figured In It or not, the latter became
more receptive, and negotiations went for
ward successfully.
Did Mr.. Havemeycr ever put up any
cash In this deal?" asked Mr.. Knapp.
Not dollar said Post.
After the way was clear 10 complete the
combination. according to Post, he took
blocks Of stock TO the American Sugar
Refining Company and got the company's
checks for them. These went to the for
mer owners OF the old companies, all the
business being transacted through b. VI.
Howell Son 4 Co. represented by Post
When he was asked why he sought to
bring about the sales TO the trust Mr.
Post replied:
Il thought the association OF Mr.. Have
meyer's name with the business would
make II more profitable, as the Have
MEYER interests were recognized as the
controlling factors in the sugar trade"
The hearing will be continued on Mon
day morning at 1890 o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
DENIES ENDORSING GAYNOR
Laidlaw Says Mayor Didn't
Give Out Fair Report.

DR.. Walter Laidlaw. executive secretary
OF the New York Federation OF Churches,
made "A statement last night in which he
said that Mayor Gaynor had not given out
a full and fair account OF the events that
occurred when a committee Of clergymen
waited upon the Mayor on Thursday. to
confer over present conditions in this city.
Or. Laidlaw said that tho Mayor had
been authorized by the committee to give
out ten account OF the entire proceedings
and that the sole responsibility for the re-
porting of the meeting rested in his hands
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
WEEDS CLASSMATES AUNT
Princeton Man Cuts Courses
Bride Misses Wilson's Speech.

When Edward F. Goltra. National Dem
ocratic committeeman from Missouri and
former manager Of Champ Clark, came
from st Louis to hear Woodrow wilson's
Madison Square speech he brought with
him his wife and her sister, Miss Mar
garet Brown. nineteen years old.
Miss Brown wasn't keen about the
meeting. and as she seemed most anxious
TO visit some friends In New Jersey she
was permitted to go. When Mr.. Goltra
retired to his apartments in the Waldorf
after hearing Wilson speak he received
telegram from ID. Herbert Hostetter,
mate in Princeton University OF Miss
Browns nephew, Edward +. Goltra, jr.
The telegram read: Il have married
Miss Brown. We will be at the Waldorf
tomorrow morning to ask your forgive
ness" They arrived and were forgiven.
The bridegroom was explaining to friends
Yesterday how It was done.
I'VE were introduced in this hotel two
weeks ago by my classmate. young Col
tra," faid Hostetter. Last Wednesday |
popped the question and was accepted.
Then We went to New Jersey to be mar
red. There we found that | should have
notified them twelve hours before. After
that we straightway went to Providence.
More trouble there. At last we went TO
Kittery. Me, and were married in the
Episcopal Church. Then We sent tele-
gram to Mr.. Goltra and TO my family. It
Portsmouth, y. H.. we were met by my
family. who live during the summer in
Beverly. Mass, and in the winter in Pitts
burgh."
Mr.. Hostetter said one of his classmates,
+. w Gardner class OF a. had called at
the hotel on Thursday night to take his
wife. not knowing her to be such at the
time, to the theatre.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
SAY HALL IS SAFE
West New Brighton Hall Own
ers Explain Straus Episode.

Fearing that the readers of The Tribune
may be msed by the reports or no"
Oscar Straus and his party went through
the side entrance Of Columbia Hail. West
New Brighton, Staten Island, on Tuesday
night. the owners of the hall have sent to
The Tribune this statement:
Stairway is iron and cement construc-
tiou of the latest and most improved de-
signs. having been passed by the local
RUildinC DEPARTMENT and the Fire De
partment when obtaining license for the
dance hall. Stairway is feet wide, pro-
tected by lk-inch iron railings 10 top
Steps are 10 inches wide by four feet long.
and stairway does not run up side OF
building fiat but by easy stages with a
platform of cement by feet square
above or even with second floor, being
parallel with building wall. From bottom
of stairway 20 street is % feet with en-
trance 10 feet wide to same Is well
lighted by street lights and by lanterns
when In use.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02

Saturdays our day for men
in a hurry!
Complete stocks.
All sizes.
Good values.
Quick deliveries.
With your money back
guaranteeing satisfaction no
matter how fast you buy.
OvercoatS, m tor coats.
suits, Stetson S p ecia | .
DerbieS, shirts, scarfS, under
wear, socks and collars.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
TRIPS TO CANAL FOR TOURISTS.

Following the announcement that the
Panama Canal will be opened for traffic
October %. 1913, series of personally
conducted tours OF twenty-five days each
has been arranged to the Panama Canal
and the West Indies by the Hamburg
American Line. These cruises, under the
direction Of the tourist department. will
be made ou the steamers Prinz August
Wilhelm and Prinz Joachim. leaving New
York to-day. November IS and 30 and De-
ccmber I4 Ample time will be allowed
10 cross ths istnmus and view the canal.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02

him and Endorsed the action he had tahe"
In reOrganizing the guard
Assemblyman Cuvillier, eX-chairman "
the Assembly Committee on Military Al
fairs. gave out a statement of his view
on proposed changes in the guard III
which ne said:
believe that the ID. Sd and 4th brigades
should form one complete division TO pe
under the command of a major genera, AL
I'm addition the 1st Brigade coulu
designated as reinforced brigade az az
placed under the command or DrlSauiSSo .
general Provision also could be mace
for the creation of a coast artillery coIps'
consisting Of three regiments, to be COLI
manded by chief of coast artllerE' Win
the rank of bTigadier general.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
JOHNsON'S SALOON CLOSED
Police Turn Patrons Out and Lock
Doors of Cafe de Champion.
LRy Telegraph to The Tribune. !

~ W
Chicago, Nov 1.-The Cafe de Cham
pion, Jack" Johnson's saloon, was closed
to-day by the police. The order came
from Captain Nootbaar, who acted on In
structlons from City Collector Cohen.
After a conference with the city law de-
partment collector Cohen told Captain
Nootbadr to close the saloon, as no
license had been issued. squad of po-
lice went there at 2 o'clock to-day, es-
cortcd the PATRONS to the street and
locked the doors.
TIE nCtoriety growing out of the
charges against the negro pugillst in
correction with Lucille Cameron and
other white women caused the refusal
of a renewal OF his license. The collector
ruIed that Johnson was an undesirable
person, within the meaning Of the law.