Court notes show next week hearings after recess in 1919
The Court of Common Pleas plans to reconvene on Monday after a recess. Trials included Elijah Hall vs Southern Railway with a $1350 verdict and S Middleton Williams against the same railway with $450. A defendant verdict favored in Dreher vs Columbia Newberry Laurens Railway. A list of veniremen is given and local church and pension notices follow.
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Wwe
Eleventh Judicial Circuit
State Supreme Court
Court of Common Pleas
Voth Dides
S. Middleton Williams
Southern Railway
Elijah Hall
Joseph Dreher
Frmo
Columbia, Newberry& Laurens Railway Company
Thich Thegey
Dr Mathias Loses Fine Hat in Parcel Post
Dr J H Mathias a Lexington physician visited Columbia and chose a new fall hat. He had it sent by parcel post to Lexington but received only an old newspaper and a paid bill, the hat missing in transit. Farmers FL Oxiner & Son brought a 43 1 2 inch long sweet potato to The Dispatch News, resembling a long cane and drawing attention at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Mathias
Parcel Post
J. H. Mathias
Lexington
Columbia
Mathias
B. Oxiner & Son
Dispatch News
American Legion to Have Club Rooms in Lexington
The Lexington American Legion Post secures authorization for a new Corley tokent three room building to serve as the Legion home. Two rooms will be combined as a club room, the third as a bed room to rent to members, with private bath and steam heating. A later plan includes a minstrel show to raise funds for athletic equipment and a gym, to honor ex servicemen and memorialize those who have passed.
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Gion
Corley
The
Legion
Lexington
Friends of the Legion
Fatal Burns Claim Little Sadie Weed Near Lexington
Little Sadie Weed five miles north of Lexington died Tuesday morning after severe burns sustained when her clothing caught fire from a fireplace. Her parents were away. two other children extinguished the blaze and saved the house. Survived by Mr. and Mrs. Weed, two brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie
Mr. Estingsi
A. Fr. Weed
Lexington
Mrs. Weed
Little Sadie
T. S. Harman
J. H. Mathias
Mr. and
Pathy
First Prosecution Under New School Attendance Law
Mr. PD L. Taylor, a Hollow Creek farmer, pled guilty before Magistrate E H Addy to failing to send three children to school. A fine of 15 dollars was imposed. The case, brought by attendance officer J Sheay, is the first under the county's new school acts.
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PD. L. Taylor
Hollow Creek
E. H. Addy
Atendance
J. D. Carroll
Lexington
Taylor
Farm Sale Records Highlight Lexington Property Transfers
Mr D B Raw sells a fine farm on the Augusta Highway near Lexington to Mr HL C Oswald for 12000 dollars. Oswald has begun improvements and has sold his Lexington home to W E Humphries. Rawl also sold a 347 acre tract near Lexington to W H Wheeler and other well known individuals for 17250 dollars.
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D. B. Raw
HL. C. Oswald
D. B. Raat
Augusta Highway
Lexington
H. Cromer Oswald
Oswald
W. E. Humphries
Lexington Auto Co
Rawl
W. H. Wheeler
Mr. W. E. Humphries Bereaved by Father’s Death
Local note reports Mr. W. E. Humphries of the Lexington Auto Company facing bereavement as his father dies in Alabama after a week’s warning. Humphries rushed to his father’s bedside upon learning of the illness and received word of the passing on Monday.
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W. E. Humphries
Lexington Auto Company
Alabama
Humphries
Mr. Humphries
PAX COLLECTIONS BEST IN COUNTY S MYSTORY
County treasurer C Leaphart and county auditor W D Dent report higher and quicker tax collections across the county with few objections beyond the $5 road tax for 1920. Respondents say they will pay if they see improvement, as cotton prices rise, aiding county schools in need of funds.
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Messrs
C. Leaphart
W. D. Dent
Ralses
Negro Kills Mule and Goes to Prison
Robert Woods, a returned Negro soldier from Lexington, is jailed on charges of deliberately killing a mule owned by L L Parker, a Lexington lumberman. The act occurred at Parker’s saw mill three miles from Lexington last Saturday noon. Woods later admitted he acted in madness after witnesses confronted him. Magistrate Amick arrested Woods in the absence of the sheriff and jailed him in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Woods
Negro Sollier
Lexington
L. L. Parker
Parker
Woods
J. H. Mathias
D. BH. Amick
Miller
Amick
Columbia
Cross Roads Literary Society Holds First Meeting
Cross Roads Literary society held its first meeting Friday November fourteenth. Miss Bell Martin elected president Miss Eva Koon secretary and treasurer and Miss Minnie Rister critic. The program featured essays recitations jokes riddles readings and a critic report by Miss Lurline Stroman.
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Cross Roads Literary Society
Bell Martin
Eva Koon
Minnie Rister
Mary Barrs
Mary Lee Martin
Myrtle Craft
Wallace Williams
Alvin Smith
Carl McIver
George Rister
Vera Lawson
Lowell Williams
Lurline Stroman
Box Party at Cross Roads School House Wed Nov 26
Public invited to attend the box party at Cross Roads school house on Wednesday night November 26 with girls asked to bring boxes. At the Baptist Church the fourth Sunday morning in November the 23rd I will preach on The Educational Need of the Twentieth Century with services at 11 A.M. and 7 P.M. All are invited. F H Funderburk, Pastor.
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Pythians
James F. Williams
Columbia
O. J. Bond
Charleston
Finlay Henderson
Aiken
C. D. Brown
Abbeville
Congaree School House
Cross Roads School House
F. H. Funderburk
Cemetery Association Raises Dues at Annual Meeting
St. John's Cemetery Association held its annual meeting on Saturday November 1 1912 and voted to raise member dues from forty cents to one dollar. Dr Mon secretary retains records.
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St. John's Cemetery
DR Mon
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Veniremen
Epoca
Luther Crout
R. J. Hook
Charl
Ben
Perry L. Harmony
iBget
Lexington Baptist Association
Lexington Baptist’ Association
Pleasant Hill Baptist C Church
Dely
Gates
S. R. Taylor
G. P.nickland
C. Jeffcoat
Disces
J. H. Pascal
Conegssonars
J. E. Pascal
RE. O. Hall
J. F. Gunter
S. RK. Tay Jor
Charlie Gunter
Pension Board
Goop
Lexington County
E. Ridgell
Court House
American Legion
MR. W. EF. Humphries
Lexington Cotton Market
Knights Meet Cotton Association
Elmotion
DR. Harmon
T. R. Keisler
Rice B. Harmon
T., Starkie and
Cyring L. Shealy
T. C. Callison
Harmog
Erse
Harmon
Z. P. Meetze
T. P. Meetze
Lexington High School
United States Public Health Service
J. A
Hfuyne
Washington
J. A. West
Ston County Cotton Association
D. M. Crosson
Leesville
Cotton Association
South
Crosson
Cros‘son
Lexlington Association
James W. Shealy
Ballentine
Chalmers E. Wessinger
Smith
Swansea
Scott Shirey
Little Mountain
Perry Derrick
J. H.price
G. A. Guignard
New Brookland
Karl F. Oswald
Congaree
Fredericka Worrill
Savannah
W. [L. Witt
Bank of Swansex
Pearle Lindler
Miss Lindler
Jus. G. Addy
Peak
House of Representatives
Touich Fork
Bush
W. 3
Willie May Taylor
Fred Craps
Craps
Cross Roads
George Fulmer
Orangeburg
B. H. Tarre
A. J. Mathias
Little
Plant City
Florida
J. Hamp Warren
Edgefield
Negro
Mule
Organiaed
AT the Baptist Church
Cemetery Association
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