The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-06-05
CIRCULATION 1880.

CIRCULATION $500.
We believe that it was John Howard
Payne who wrote that sweetest OF all
poems, Home, Sweet Home, and With
. heart full of love-love for home and
native town-we can truly exclsim:
enid pleasures and palaces Though
we may roam,.
Be it ever SO humble, there's no
place like home"
After an absence of three weeks, we
are back at our post again. It Is need
less for US to say that it vas c1a OF
the most pleasant trips Of our liie' and
one that we shall ever hold to memory
dear.
When we left but few of our friends
knew of our mission. or what it all
zneant; and it is useless for us to
speak of that now. We just merely
want to make mention of the most
cordial treatment we received and OF
the generous hospitality shown U.s.
We spent few days in Washington
where we viewed the different build
inqs and "took in'' all of the places
eof general interest. including Mount
Vernon. Here we were cordially wei
coined. It was our pleasure to have
call from the Hon. Asbury F. Lever,
the popular representative of the Sew
ensh Congressional district and his
good lady. After remaining in Wash
inston. for four days, with Mr.. Crog-
gan and dang hters, we went to Alex
andria, Va, to visit Mr.. Harry Griffith
and family, friends of Mrs. Harman,
where we were royalty entertained
and heartily received.
From Alexandria we went to Balti-
more to visit more of our new friends
and relatives, and TO meet old acquaint-
ances. Words ar; inadequate to ex-
press our true apprecia' ION of the
cordial greeting we receis ed on every
hand, Suffice to say, that we have
never been among more bospitable
people. Truly the people of Baltimore
know how to treat tie stranger within
their gates, Among those to whom
we are indebted fo-. kindness shown
are: Mr.. and Mrs Robt. Warner; Mr..
and Mrs. spey B. -dley; Mr. and Mrs.
J. n. 0wings D-y; Mr.. and Mrs. w.
e. Glascock; tir. and AIRS. Chas. O.
Glascock; NJ. and Mrs. Robert L..
Dowden; fhIrs. J. Willis Kincaid; Mrs.
Hannah Stanton; Mrs. Coralie Day !;
Mr.. and Mrs. GEy Warfield; Mrs.
Margaret Emory; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas:
Marshal; Mrs. Frank Easter and
family; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lang;
Misses Spelshouse; Mr.. = Sanders
and sisters.
Baltimore is one of the leading
Wholesale cities in the country. Il is
a centre for all of the Southern trade,
and many ofour own people buy their
goods annually from Baltimore jobbing
houses. The advantages are great,
and there is no better market in the
world. We visited the Baltimore
Bargain House, from which concern
we have bought many bill of goods.
This IS one of the largest wholesale
houses in the United States, it's i'm
mense trade reaching around the
world, handling as they do, from pin
to an auto touring Car. We also visit
ed the old and we'll known firm of
Chas. Pracht & Co., the popular house
of Clark & Jones, the leading candy
manufacturers in the city. Koch &
Co., wholesale toy houses.
There is but one criticism we have
to make If Baltimore. To our great
surprise, and Oft times indignation,
we saw dirty negroes riding on street
cars occupying comfortable seats by
the side of we'll dressed white women
and too at times while young white
women had to stand up. So much we
suppose, for the 18th and 18th amend
rents to the q. S. Constitution. We
OF the South are not accustomed to
this modesof living, and certainly we
could never tolerate such conditions.
If there is any place in the country
where "JimCrow" law is needed,
that place is Baltimore. G. M. II.
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