The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-09-06

Unn1ingied joys here no man befall
Nature to each allots his proper share
Fortune makes folly her peculiar
Continuing our sketch Of the vii
lage in the long ago.
On the north corner Of now Main
and Church strets. were the two-story
building first built by Mr.. John
Meetze for a shoe shop which was
the business conducted there by hin,
ior some time, but later was used
for store. which our decollection
carries US back 20 J. Wolf Arehart's
running store and bar-room in the
lower story OF said building. while
Lawyer Brayer and DeGafarilla ran
the Lexington Telegraph printing Of
fee UP stairs, then the county paper,
which was formerly founded by J.
w. Randolph. Of whom they had
purchased the paper, good will, etc.
They started out growing popular
with its management until their
strong editorials were in favor Of
"Nonothingism" and perhaps other
objections, to some individuals. al
though there were a number of NO
nothing men in the village and sur
rounding country. At any rate, the
sentiment was 50 strong against them
as men and publishers, that one night
DeGafarella was burned in effigy on
Main street, and he became so un-
popular that both he and Ny. Brayer
returned to Charleston from whence
they came. Mrs. Brayer and her
sister. Miss Kate Mckay were excel
lent school teachers and were highly
respected by our citizens who regret
ted to lose them from society. etc.
Mr.. G. Adolphus Fink who came
here as printer from North Caro-
lima and purchased the printing busi-
ness and outfit and changed the
name to The Lexington Flag. Mr..
Fink as we have before stated pur-
chased the lot now where Mr.. C. M.
Efirds residence is. on lower Main
street, and built two-story building,
the first floor for printing office and
the second for his home. He was
publishing good county paper which
was growing in usefulness and popu-
lar with the people, but the Civil War
came on, and Mr.. Fink was so en-
Unused, felt it his duty to join the
army and participate in fighting for
his country and the rights for which
we were contending. ALI was well un-
til Sherman came through when the
office, his home and all possessions
were destroyed by fire He was then
like many Of our subjugated citizens,
and moved West" settling in Geor-
gia.
Continuing on our subject: Next to
the building on the corner was Maj.
Ephriam Co1sleys home. He was one
of our oldest citizens although he
had his Decul;ar:tieS he had a good
heart and meant we'll. Besides being
our town butcher, he purchased poul-
try, eggs and perhaps all kinds of
country produce which he sold in Co.
lumbia. Uncle Jack Corley, colored,
who was we'll known by everybody
was his dependence in trade. Mr..
Corley's butcher pen was on the
grounds now where the factory village
is located. where also one of the first
Corley homes was built, just outside
Il the West corner OF the butcher
pen. There was also a home occu-
pied down below the "Well Curb" on
The east side OF the branch, near
now where several Of the Corley's
rest some in marked and some un-
known graves, buried there IN the
old family grave yard.
After the location Of the town and
the place was building up Major
Ephriam Corley built in town on the
lot first mentioned some distance
from the old Granny Corley home and
beyond the court house, where he
remaired until his death. The place,
like others, was put in Goals and
ashes by Sherman. But through the
energy and business efforts OF Mr..
Scott Hendrix he has large brick
store building on portion Of :his lot.
In Aunt Deby Franklow Corley
Uncle EDh. had devout and faithful
companion. kind ard noble hearted.
Some times she would demonstrate
with him in his angry and peevish
ways that always famed spark Of
consideration which would bring hiD