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The Lexington Dispatch G. M. HARMAN. Editor and Publisher. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10. 1001. THE RURAL FREE DELIVERY. The rural fr*e mail delivery inaugurated by Congressman Stokes, of this district, and adopted by the Post Office Department of the gov ernment, has met with popular favor wbprAVPr ibe B'.xtpm has been DUt in operation and continues to become more popular as the people in the rural districts begiD to experience and realize the gnat convenience and binefits of the system. The pres eat administration is very favorable toward the extension of the system wherever practicable and the people of the community are disposed to ojoperate with the officials, aDd the post cffice department is preparing to expend some of the $3,500,000 ap- J propriated at the last session of Congress for the purpose of extending this system. While the government is doing all that it can consistently do and can be reasonably expected of it, yet it expects the communities in which the system is to be put in operation to do their part to facilitate the prompt delivery of mail matter. In the first place it requires that there shall be good roads. Communities seeking the conveniences of the free rural mail delivery mu3t satisfy the department that the territory covered by the route is traversed by good roads, either macadamized, gravel or what cot, so long as th9y are in good travelling condition. Therefore, if our people are wise and consult their own interest they will give more attention to the subject of road building. The inducement to do so is indeed great and the outlay is comparatively small when the benefits to accrue are considered. Ia the second place a uniform system of boxes must be used along the route and ? placed in such a position that the carrier will not have to leave his vehicle, or travelling post office, to re ceive or deliver mail matter. The system has passed its experimental stage and the day is not so ijr very far in the future when every accessible farmer in the United States will have his mail dropped at bis door. Through courtesy wo publish an aiticle in this issue taken from tbe editorial columns of the Colleton Press and Standard, nominating one Capt. D. C. Heyward of Walterboro for Governor. It is too early in tbe campaign to commit ourselves to the support of any particular candidate for this office. In fact the weather has been so changeable, the crop prospects so gloomy and business so dull that we have given this important matter but little thought and no consideration. There is time enough to bring out candidates for State offices and our people should be given a rest from politics this "off'' year. For over ten loDg and weary years this State has been in a state of political upheaval and torn from center to circumference by political dissensions to the exclusion of many other questions mat snouia nave long since received the undivided attention of k our people. Mr. Hey ward is no doubt a good man, and is doubtless all that PI those who known him claim him to be and perhaps be a model Governor should he be elected, but business HP- and not politics should receive the attention of the people. With their farms full of grass, their crops almost drowned our by the excessive rains and ruin staring them in the face they have odIv thoughts now for business aud only time to give to thoBe means that will cause them to come out on the right side when ac? counts are balanced in the fall. They need a rest from politics and are entitled to it, so let them have it. We publish on our outside the position of Senator McLaurin on national J issues and wherein he differs with the policies of the Republican party. WgL ^ e publish it for the reason that it is the fullest and clearest explanation of his views which has yet been pub lished and for the further reason that it is due to him that his defense should be as widely circulated as possible. Our readers should read it and draw their own conclusions. Five of the men indicted in Anderson county for abuse of the "conIk tract law," plead guilty to assault and fit, battery and were fioed $50 each. The fines were paid. The Abbeville Medium has changed its make up from a ready print cut side to a patent inside. The change as regards improvement acd convenience is questionable. The Index is urging the farmers to operate small caDniog plants in Greenwood county. The farmers of this county will fiod it profitable to pursue the same policy. -r i -en- i? u-? 0 ELCKBOIJ VXlit*, l , uas uccu vioiwcv* by another disastrous fire. On the morning of June 17,'-El Modello,'' a whole block, was burned. Loss about $50,000. A college girl in Greenwich, Conn , went into mourniDg on the death of her pug dog. LEXINGTON BOYS ABROAD. As announced in the Dispatch of Jun> 12, our party left Lexington, in the pouriog rain, for Buft'-tlo, on the 5:20 p m. Southern train, and after an all night's ride we arrived at the Capital of these glorious United States on Thursday morniDg about 9 a. m. The Southern Railway certainly has a fine roadbed between home and Washington, the schedule is fast and its service is elegaDt bordering on the luxury. Our trip, so, far was made without a mishap or incident to throw a damper upon the bouyant spirits of the Lexington boys abroad. After refreshing the inner man with the refreshments elegantly served at "The St. James," and brushing the dust and stains of travel from our persons we started out to "take in" the sights of this "city of magnificent distances." With open eyed wonder and amazement we beheld the huge buildings ! rearing their capped tops skyward almost out of sight. We visited all the public buildings of our Uncle Samuel and were glad to know that our dear old uucle was eo well off in ; this world's goods. Many beautiful public buildings and piivate residences adorn the streets and the peo pie seemed to be up to tneir ears id business. This city is the Mecca toward which the footsteps of all j politicians turn and many political policies first see the light of day here. After seeing all the sights that was possible in our short stay, we left for Baltimore, the Queen City of the South, on Friday, firmly fixed in our conviction that the classic hills of Pea Ringe are incomparable in magnificence to Washing- j ton. In Baltimore our party was met by Brother Rice, who took us under bis brotherly care and we were soon pleasaDt'y domiciled in the home j whtre he is boarding. *? 't - -1 .Baltimore eDjoys me aisuneuou ui being the distributing point of the vast southern trade and its commercial interests are very great. On every hand signs of business activity and the hum and bustle of traffic is to be heard. Baltimore, like Washington, contains innumerable com modious business houses and beautiful private residences. After BeeiDg all the sights worth seeing our party boarded the train for New York, at which place we reached in the due course of time, and in the best cf spirits. On our arrival at the metropolis of the United States we put up at the Clarendon Hotel, which is located on the corner of 4th Avenue and 18th street, where we are fariog sumptuously every day. It was our good fortune to meet up with a college chum of Sammie lioof, who attendi d Clemson with him. We are certainly having a ''Fourth of July" time, and are making the best of our opportu- 1 nity to take in as much of the wonders of the historic old city as possible. We have gone through Cen- | tral park, a place where the teeming thousands of the city congregate for recreation and pleasure, and will visit Coney Island, the land of sausages, and other places, ere we leave for Buffalo. The houses here are packed closer than sardines in a box, and the streets are constantly throDged with struggling humanity who push and elbow each other without leave or license in their frantic efforts to make headway through the serving throng of individuals. I have never seen anything like unto it before nor in my wildest imagination did I realize what new and varied experiences awaited me during this trip of which I cannot enumerate or describe, but like the Queen of Sheba on beholding the richness, the grandeur and the beauty of King Solomon's court, I have to exclaim that "the half has never been told." It is worth half a person's life to see this city. Each succeeding moment ? * ' * J - 1 L nrmgs to view some new ana almost unheard of sight that rivits the attention of the stranger, and makes him think that he has been asleep and woke up in some fairyland where everything was unreal and bordering on the marvellous and mysterious. It will take fully six months to see the attractions of this city and I seriously doubt if a person can see them all in that time. I would not have missed the trip for anything. While the few weeks given to it will embrace the hardest work I have done in my life, yet they will alio be the most enjoyable that I have ever spent. We walk and ride on the street cars all day long and up to 10 o'clock at night trying to see all that can be seen during our short st8y here. Wo Trill Icavo tViia pifv nn TilPft day the 18th, for Buffalo, and will spend several days there taking in the Pan American Exposition, which is now in full blast. During our stay there we will visit Toronto, Canada and the famous Niagra Falls, from which places I will write you. SiDg. Governor McSweeney has received an invitation to deliver an address in Tammany Hall, New York, on July 4tb, but the Governor finds it impos sibls to attend. * Two or three bushels of seed peas wanted at the Dispatch office. } Only 50 Cents I v to make your baby strong and I ? well. A fifty cent bottle of j? I Scott's Emulsion ? will change a sickly baby to I a plump, romping child. Only one cent a day, think B of it. Its as nice as cream. I Send for a free sample, and try it. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. 409-415 Pearl Street. New York. 50c. and $1.00; all druggists. ^ Solicitor Thurmond Explains. To the Editor of the D spatcb: I see in your issue of the 12.h inofonf o nn n.rmrfc nffieials DVCIUVt U vt iV*v*k<?dM vimi WW ?w for the short term of court for jour couDty this week. If blame is attributable to any one for said short term, I alone should be the victim, for I am solely responsible for it. In advance of court, I wrote your Clerk that only jail cases would be tried, and I wrote and telegraphed parties litigant and their witnesses to same effect?the Clerk extended the notice I gave him, and the result was that only a few witnesses, except those against parties in jail, attended and beiDg present I handed out bills in the cases they bad appeared in. Fairness, no doubt, would have dissuaded you from writing said / fininm it Tinil Vlo/1 lrnnTETI P O fftot.B XL J UU uau ttuvtf M IMV which were: 1. The cases for trial were of a trivial character, that is, those on bond; principally assault and battery cases, and therefore, public peace and order could not suffer by a postponement until September. 2. There were six parties in jail, the cases against four of them were disposed of, the witnesses against the other two when last heard of were in Georgetown, and of course I would not keep the jury a week, perhaps, and then possibly not get the witnesses, besides I thought they would be sst (a Anf on T uantu, auu uuo ui tucw 10 wui, ?u j>. am informed, and the other will be pretty soon I think. In the discharge of my duties I endeavor to protect the interest of the State and litigants and also the interest of the jurors and wi'nessee, when the interest of the latter are not inconsistent or at the expense of the former. At said term of court jurors appealed to me to execute my plans to try only jail cases and stated what I already knew was desired and which reasonable desire prompted my action in the premisep, to wit; to allow the jurors and witnesses to get back to their farms which were grassy and needed work very much on account cf the frequent rains; and I knew full well the importance of several days wort on tne larm at mat time, and I knew that the absence of a small farmer from his crop for several days under the circumstances might result in great damage to him, hence feeling assured that no harm financially or otherwise would result to the county and that great damage to the jurors and witnesses would be averted thereby, I restricted the trial of cases to parties in jail and allowed jurors and other persons in attendance to go to their homes on Monday when cases against parties in jail j had been disposed of. I may say further, that it is no unusual occur| rence to try only jail cases at the j spring term, for same reasons that prompted me at said term to which you refer. Very truly yours, J. Wm. Thurmond. Edgefield, S. C, June 14, 1901. It is Important That those who go on excursions for pleasure or health should make some provisions against the attacks of bowel diseases, which not only causes them great inconvenience, but are sometimes fatal in their results. A bottle of Perry Davis' Pain-Killer is, we have found, a most effectual remedy against such attacks. Avoid substitutes, there is but one PainKiller, Perry Davis'. Price 25c. and 50c. Card of Thanks. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Please allow ine space in your valuable columns to offer my heartfelt and sincere thanks to my kind neighbors and friends who so cheerfully and promptly aided and comforted us during the long illness and recent death of my loving and faithful wife. I fail to find words sufficient to express the gratitude of my heart for so many kindnesses shown in these trying hours. Indeed I thank you most heartily, but that is not enough. Apart from such generous services it now seems that we should have been entirely unable to have borne the final and heaviest stroke. Would that I could do some great deed for each and every one, and yet I could never repay for so many acts of charity, so many words and deeds of sympathy, and so many prayers of a sincere and Christian people. May God bless you all abundantly, kind friends, in health and resources, and in wisdom and grace, and finally permit us all to meet her in glory. Yours most sincerely, c? TTT n o. yy. \^rapa. Pare white cream (summer) cheese at the Bazaar. M 83 i 13 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 | S3 SO il ca se ca SO PIANOS am 01 SUPERIOR ^ GO XO ^ In.D. EURO j|j LEESVILLE.S. C., 2c FOR YOUR 3y fDRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS| ^ .A!iD Groceries. ^ Also just received One Car Load of 3c Cooking* Stoves ^ 'X- prices to suit you ^ ^ Always on hand a full line of ^COFFINS. |is ^ CASKETS. ^ BURIAL SUITES, ETC. Cv # ? Agent for the ^ Deering Binders and Mowers, P ? ^ Will be glad to have jou call at any time. X! $ _ <& Come one come, all to the ^ROLLER FLOUR MILL ^ ? C. I>. BARR, MANAGER AND PROPRIETOR. S LEESVILLE, S. C. ^ ^JuneUMWl. 4m. NOTICE 10 DEBTORS UNO CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of A. S J. Bowersox, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and those having c airns against the said Estate must present them, duly attested, to mrs. nellie bowersox. Administratrix. June 18, 1901?3w34. VIRGINIA COLLEGE FOR YOUNG LADIES, Roanoke. Va? OPENS SEPTEMBER 21st, 1901 ONE ot the leading schools for Young La dies in the South. New buildings, pianos and equipment. Campus ten acres. Grand mountain scenery in Valiey of Virginia, famed for health. European and American teachers. Full course. Conservatory advantages in Art, Music and Elocution. Students from tLirty Sta'es. For catalogue address MATTIE P. HARRIS, President. 8w39 Roanoke, Va. All of Dr. Boyd's remedies are for ilo of. tViA Rnzaar. i I BaHaBHBMBBBHDnHBHBBMai ^SSSSSS?SSS2S2 Hon fas Ene if iitti $Jb enc( Gre; Our business continues to grow in tlie largest store in Columbia South Carolina, and what's mc ing now on more room. This fourteen months against the cor fVUnmmn'c mprr>hnnt<3 \W the procession no matter howsuccess may be. Our record h< speaks in louder tones than all On Spring and Summi Shoes, Hat: are at the head of the list both ) COME TO SEE US. 1 jwm. F : 1638 AND 16 I Colu.3aa.Toia., l69fiQ 9QC9fiaC (TomH QUALITY. WRITE FOB SPECIAL SUMMSB CLE ARE1TCE_ SALE PRICES. HAVE SOME BIG BARGAIN'S to cflkr. Write at once for Price List and Terms to M. A. MALONE, COLUMBIA, S. C. May 15-ly. You Enow What You Are Taking Wtei you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay For Sale. A high grade second hand Bicycle in first class condition. A ''Columbia" Graphophone (new] including recorder, reproducer, horr and thirty records. Will be sold cheap for cash or on easy terms. Rice B. Harman, Lexington, S. C. Barbecue. I WILL GIVE A FIRST CLASS BARbecne in the grove near my Home Place, on the 4th day of July. Delightful music and refrashments in abundance. A gooc time guaranteed to all who may attend. 3. A. CARTER. June 4tb, 1901.?4w33pd. Barbecue. I WILL FURNISH A FIRST CLASS barbecue at Leesville, on Saturday. June 22nd, 1901. at which the best dinne] and refeshments will be served in the besl manner. Those who want to enjoy an excellent dinner at a moderate price should not miss this opportunity to do so. L. P. ALEWINE. Jane 21, 1901?3w32 EDWARD L ASBILL. 3 Attorney at Law, LEESVILLE, S. C Practices in all the Courts. Business solicited. Sept. 30?6m College of Charleston, CHARLESTON, S. C. I ROUNDED IN 1785. STRONG FACulty: well equipped Chemical, Physical and Biological Laboratories; Observatory; Library of 14,000 volumes, and the finest Musuem of Natural History iu the South. B.A..B. S., and M. A. courses offered. Tuition, $40. payable in two instalments. Board in College Dormitory can be obtained at $10 a month. One Scholarship giving free tuition is assigned to Lexing rm ronntv. the holder to be appointed bv the Judge of Probate and the Coauty Superintendent of Educaiion. All candidates for admission are permitted to compete for vacant Boyce Scholarships, which piy $15(J a year. Entrance examination will he held in Lexington, on July 12, 1901, by the County Superintendent ot Education and Judge of Probate. Next session opeBa September 30, 1901. For catalogue, address. HARBISON RANDOLPH, President. I 8 69 S3 I Lesty, Ambition and Hi * rgy, coupled with a ?? 1 e Cash and Experi- m 3 cannot fall short of m at Success. ctl es SB i We arc today ?fj ^ i and perhaps in a j >re, we are figur- t, 1 we have done in >9#? ^ nbined influences --=. flv SfZ 1 ; propose leading "*31 ^ distasteful our Jjjg ^ ?re is enough. It ?3 1 we could say. ipi# h sr Dry Goods, Clothing, S3 5 and Millinery S3 c? t for style, quality and lowness of JVJ price. Hi WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. Cg . Furtick, S3 40 MAIN STREET, - . - - sc.gg ?roQ0Ofi9Q69Cafi9 aYlanta granite aivi> Marietta Marble Works. We have the best equipped plant in the Soath. with up to date pneumatic tools and polishing machines which puts us in a position to do all kinds of ?... r^gilf^i Marble and Granite W oris V^Hlat the very lowest prices. Estimates made on all kinds of Cemetery Work, and Building Material. I Wholesale and retail. Call on or address, S. G. MOZLEY & CO., P. W. BARNES, Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. General Agent, Ridge Springs, S. C. May 8-ly. DIAL HARDWARE CO., f ? Wholesale and Retail Importers and Dealers in All Kinds of ! HARDWARE, llllll. STEEL, MILS, PAINTS, OIL AXD GLASS. We are Headquarters for BLACKSMITHS, AND HOUSE BUILDING MATERIALS ! POST OFFICE BLOCK, COLUMBIA, S. C. [ September 30?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. When writing mention the Dispatch. (Till lllll l IIAR1ESX SI PPLV I II.. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF i HARNESS, SADDLES AND SUPPLIES, 1112 and 1114 TAYLOR ST, COLUMBIA, S. C? (Rear Bank Columbia.) F. >X. MIXtSOIV, Manager. i We have with us Messrs. Ed. Gray and J. D. Mills, both of whom are formerly of the Alliance store of this city. They would be glad to have their friends and former customers call on them and leave their orders. WE DEAL ONLY IN HOME MADEHAR: NESS. REPAIRING DONE WHILE YOU WAIT, CHEAP AND SECURE. Uctobtr a?1 y. $1,000REWARD! WE ARE NOT OFFERING A REWARD, BUT GUARANTEE that you will be pleased with the line of farm implements that wo carry in stock. Our stock embraces everything that the farmer needs. s 1-Horse Plows. 2 Horse Plows, Pea Threshers, Corn Planters, Cotton Planters, Fertilizer | Distributers, Disc Harrows, Smoothing Harrows, Walter A. Woods Mowers and Rakes, Plow Points ot every description In fact Hardware of any kind. Besides a lull line of ; GROCERIES. DRV GOODS, SHOES, HITS, ETC,, : AT LOW PRICES. H. L. OSWALD. t T^-^T-Krr^-'-pr^-NT e. September 2G. 1 ill. wiicm DEALER IN 1918 AND PROVISIONS, 5HOES, CLOTHING, TINWARE, CROCKERY, WOODENWARE, CONFECTIONERY and a fall stock of Seneral Merchandise. Vheti you are in need of anything in my ine don't buy before calling and see the >ig bargains I am offering. ' II. M. W1NGARD, LEXINGTON, S. C. ] May 1?Iv, > THE | Farquhar | 5 has been the hading ? \ Thresher | ? for 45 years ?too well known to need ? K description here. J k S Send lor illustrated catalogue of g ? Engines. Tn'?sbing Machinery, * g Saw Mills and Agr cultural Imple- }* [) ments, mail d free. <? h A "R PAHOTIHAR CO.. Ltd.. a i f< York, Pa. 4w32 ? Dr. (;. E. Leapkart, RIAL ESTATE BROKER, AND Fie lil life IBB API, ' 1 LEXINGTON, S. G. RESIDENT AGENT FOE THE ^ NEW YORK LIFE ^ THE STRONGEST INSURANCE COM- . PANY ON EARTH. Persons desiring a policy written in the above strong insurance company should notify me and I will call upon them at their homes if preferred. TIMBERED LAND A SPECIALTY. PARTIES HAVING LAND FOR SALE, ^ or those wanting to purchase are in invited to correspond with me. Property placed with me will be advertised free of charge. No commissions charged unless sale is made. 516 acres of good farming land in Congaree township, 8 miles from Columbia and 1 mile from Lixanna, on which there are two tenant houses. Price $2,500, onefourth cash; balance on easy payments. One lot in the town of Gaston on which there is a two-story store-house 24x70; seven rooms attached lor dwelling purposes, together with necessary outbuildings and a fine orchard. A good opening ^ for a hotel. Buildings new, costing twice as much as the price asked for it. Price $1200. One lot in the town of New Brookland on which is a 5-roomed cottage and necessary outbuildings. Price, $1,000; or this property will be exchanged for good farming lands. Two good sized lots in the Town of Gaston Price, $25 each. A house and lot in the town of Swansea. This is a good location for a store. Price, $300, One lot in Swansea, situated in the main business portion of the town, on which is a storehouse 20x40. Price $500. A tract consisting of 142 acres, on which there is a good, new six roomed dwelling. 2-horse farm open-extra good farming land. Situated six miles south of Batesburg. The house alone is worth more than the price asked Price, $850.00. Also I offer the following property in the suburbs of Lexington: 1 house and lot in town. Price, $600. 1 tract of 12 acres. Price, $100. 1 tract of 6 acres, jfrice. $iou. 1 tract of 17 acres. Price. $400. 1 tract of 12 acres, on which there is a good 4-roomed cottage. Price, $600. 1$ acres, in the suburbs of Lexington, fronting on the Augusta road 166 feet. Price $75. ^ 26 acies of land, four roomed dwelling and outbuildings in fair condition, 4 miles east of Lexington, l'rice, $500. 4 acres and a small dwelling 1 !ng and being jast beyond Lexington Dep., Price $250. ll^ acres, two small building, ly.nj and being just beyond Lexington Depot Price $25o. 4 acres, situated in the same neighborhood. Price $25. .* i Noverber 21, 1900?tf. DR. F. C. GILMORE, Formerly with the American Dental Parlor, has located one door south of that place, No. 15i0 Main Street, over Husemann's Gun Store, Columbia, S. C., where he will be glad to see his former as well as new patients. Will meet all persons desiring dental work at Ksminer Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday, 9th and 10th of July next January 23, 1901?tf. \Vi,ilhrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. t pHE EXAMINATIONS FOR THE 4 1 award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday. July 12th, at 9. a. m. Applicants must not be less than fifteen years or age. When scholarships are vacated ufter July l'2th, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination. The cost of attendance, including board, * lurnished room, heat, light and washing, is $9 per month. For further information and a catalogue, address, PRES. D. B. JOHNSON, Rock HilL S. C. May 22. 1901 -td. Sheriff's Sale. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF LEXINGTON, Court of Common Pleas. George S. Drafts, Plaintiff, against . a W. J. Cayce, and R W. Cayce, defendants. T TNDLR AND BY VIRTUE OF AN execution lodged in my office in the above stated case, I will sell at public outcry to the highest biddtr, during the legal kour3 of sale, before the court house door, in Lexington, S. C., on the first Monday in July next the following: "All the right, title and interest of the within named.W. J. Cayce and R. W. Cayce in and to all that tract of land situ ate in said county and State, containing five hundred acres, more or less, lying on the State road and Congaree river, adjoining lands now or formerly owned by Henry A. Arthur, Rachel Hayne. et al. TERMS OF SALE?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. T. H. CAUGHMAN, S. L. C. June, 11?3w33. ^ Lemons and ice for sale at the * Bazaar. A ?*