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r ? The Lexington Dispatch. I Wednesday, November 27,1901. O21 the Wing. On Monday, November 11, we left the quiet peacefulness of our humble home to resume our visit to our country cousins, who always hold a warm and near place in the deep recesses of y our heart. It was among them that \ we first saw the refulgent beams of the rising sun; it was with them as a barefooted boy we chased the butter - J 41?,?V. Hies over roe cms ?uu tmuugu valleys carpeted with many hued flowers. We stole fruit from the same orchard and robbed the same man's watermelon patch. We hunted the same woods and fished the same streams. Together we played ball, shinny, leap frog, picked eggs and engaged in other juvenile sports. Studied from the same books, annoyed and teased the same teachers to such an extent that they realized that this world was no flowery bed of ease to help them on to fame. We loved and f'Ugbt, and bled and even died for tbe same rosy cheeked girls who rewarded our heroic deeds. iarcerateu ieeuuge ?uu ouai^ucu faces by making goo goo eyes at some other feller and smiling on him her sweetest and most bewitching smile. These incidents were in the days of the long ago when happy and innocent childhood played around pleasure's throne. Later when the responsibilities of life faced us with stern and frowing realities, we left father and mother,and brother and sister,|we together responded to the tocin of the war god and with martial tread on "Virginia's bloody fields hallow^.^5 Utt 4-V-io nrimuon .-.'vorl Hlnnd nf mir v. J countrymen, offered to sacriOce our live in defense of our country honor. We suffered the same privations, braved the same dangers, fought the same battles, and around the same camp fires we ate our frugal meals when we had them. Now, in these days of the sere and yellow leaf, when the summit of life's hill has been reached and passed and the shadows are lengthening behind, and through rifts of the rays of life's golden sunset we can catch glimpses of the peace and joy and happiness of that beautiful land beyond the great divide, why should it not be an occasion of pleasure to visit one and the other occasionally during the few remaining: years of our sojourn? With thoughts akin 'to these we travelled on the second section of our tour in the frosty air of that Monday morning, our destination being Gaston, where we arrived on schedule time. This little town was very quiet, there being but few taxpayers to meet the Treasurer. "We sadly missed many familiar faces which were wont to greet us with a welcoming smile in the days gone by. Upon inquiry we learned that some were kept at home for many causes; ethers had moved to distant lands tc build new homes and fcrm new acquaintances, and not a few had paid the last debt due nature and their forms now at rest in the bosom of mother earth to await the dawn of the millennial. No improvement has been made since our last visit but its people 8re hopeful of better times ahead. "We were greatly refreshed after eating a sumptuous dinner which bad been prepared by Mrs. Sphaler, who is a queen among housewives. Night found us at the pleasant country home of our old friend, Mr. Joseph W. Beeder, where we are always received with a genial hospitality that makes us feel at home. Next morning afrer serving the citizens who usually meet the Treasurer at this point, we headed our horse for our next appointment. After a pleasant drive we arrived at the home of Mr. J. J. Mack. Here some of "the men behind the plow" met the tax gatherer and planked down their assessment toward the support cf the government. Our pocket was weighted down by the addition of a few cart wheels and then we struck a trot for the beautiful and comfortable home of Mr. R. K Mack. As we approached this pleasant home where plenty abounds in luxurient abundance, even the trees nodded their welcome and the fowls cackled their pleasure?one enthusi1 astic pullet going so far as *o walk j up to the chopping block ard stretch. : ed her neck across it, offering herself a sacrifice to appease our appeh't?. | From the time we crossed the thres- j hold of this hospitable h'>me nvil ; we took our departure Mrs. Mack did all in her power to nnfee our stay J pleasant and comfortable. After { a refeehing sleep and a hearty b^eyk- ! fast, we reluctantly took oar depart- i ure with our fa'-e turned toward Swansea. This is a bu?tlirg and ambitious little town located on the Southbound railroad just far enough from /-? i v _ J O U ^ .v,eb.o i"t ^Jiura Ul'i auu oavouuou IU uaac ?V an important and thriving trade centre for the country lying between the two places. The pcssiblifcies of; Swansea are only limited by the development of the progressive spirit and enterprise of its citizens. VFe found the business interests of the place in a satisfactory condition. The merchants had full stocks of goods snd each of them seemed to be enjjying a liberal share of trade. These people, as a rule, are industrious and frugal in their habit% and have heretofore always met their obligations with promptness that is indeed commendable and worthy of imitation: but this year on -account of the unfavorable seasons which had such ruinous effect upon the crops of the entire State, they are little tardy in meeting their guano and other bills. But for this they should not be censured as they can | neither make the sun to shine nor cause the rain to fall. Here we found many taxpayers congregated ready with the cash and anxious to turn it over to Treasurer Shealy in return for the privilege of whooping up their favorite candidate during a political election. A few did not forget their obligations to the Dispatch, and we went on our way rejoicing envying not a Vanderbilfc in all his luxury. Our next appointment was at the historic Red Store. This place oc pies a prominent and interesting chapter in the history of Lexington county. In its immediate vicinity are the homes of some of the mo9t cultured and refined families of the county, the character and habits of whose founders in times of peace and war have left their impress upon those of their offspring. Many of the good citizens of this progressive and flourishing section met us and balanced accounts with State and county believing that it is the wisest policy to settle early than to wait for the last hour of grace and let the gong of ? t i .it i time sound and tney not oe saved. Mr. Lee Muller, one among the industrious, progressive and enterprising young men of that prosperous community, entertained us at the refined ^iome of his mother and we did full justice to the bouteous and elegantly served meal to which we were invited. Thursday night we were comfortably taken care of in the palatial home of our old friend, J. Archie Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe is one of the most progressive farmers in the Southern States and is the proprietor of a large planta. tion which is worked on scientific | principles and the latest improved ; machinery used. He is what might ; appropriately be termed a close : student of agriculture and turns the i result of his study and observation into practical use in the cultivation ( | of his crops, the consequence beiDg I abundant harvests. That day about neon found us at the home of Mr. M. X. Martin, one of our warmest friends, seated at the dining table which groaned beneath its substantial viands and dainty relishes ! prepared and compounded under ; j the skillful hands of Mrs. Martin, who | presides over the home and kitchen j with equal grace and dignity. She { is beyond question one of the best j housewives in Lexington and her j cooking is famous the county ever. | Mr. Martin is one of our best and _ . _ most successful planters and has a large plantation and ideal home. ! He is an industrious man and one ; who is not afraid nor ashamed of j work. He is deservedly popular in his community and his friendship , is to be desired above precious stones for he is true and loyal to all his obli- j gations as man, a citizen and a Christ- j ian. [Continued on Page Four.] 11 i THE ELEVATOR BOY. HE RELATES A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH A NEW TENANT. Riw He Cot ncvonpro on an Alleprrd Asrent For n Grindstone Quarry Who Refused to Help Mlr.i Lift the Mortfrstre on HI* Mother's Home. [Ccprrieht, 1001. l>j' C. B. I.otvjs.] It is but natural thai an elevator boy in a skyscraper should seek to size up a new tenant as soon as possible, and when Mr. liagadoon moved in on the ninth Boor the other week I sot a line on him in twenty-four hours. lie claimed to Ik* a front for a grindstone quarry, and he had a gritty way with him. I had scarcely decided that I could never give him my confidence and feel like a son toward him when he called me up ~ ??,1 c-iM IU Hid iUUiii uitu "Sainmis. I want to say a word to you. I understand that you are fatherless ?" "Yes. sir." "And you are trying to pay off a mortgage on your mother's home?" "Yes. sir." "Well, I don't blame your father for dying, and I hope the mortgage will be foreclosed. I wouldn't give you a ten cent piece to save your neck. You areone of those fresh kids who are on the spy and gossip, and you expect a quarter every time you carry a tenant up or down. You have rut) against a snag, Sammis. You have met a man who'll tie you up in knots the Jirst time you open your mouth. Look out for me, Sammis!" It is needless to say that my feelings were hurt. lie had jumped ou me with both feet without eause. A bey in a blacksmith shop would have pone away and felt crushed for a year, but I was sad for about ten minutes and then thirsted to got square. I had hardly pot down stairs before my mind was made up that I would some day hold Mr. Ilagadoon's nose to his own grindstone and hold it hard. He didn't have no boy about his office, and so I tried to make friends with his typewriter. I had no sooner offered her a stick of gum, however, when she turned on me with: "Boy. I am up to your little game, and it won't work. Better 'tend right to your own little business." A week had passed, and I had learned nothing about the grindstone ? nmtln nn UUOU1CCO, AiV, A* v M v - ?IT I HAD 0?OT~HIM DOWN AND AT MY MEBCY. faces at u:e as 'I went out to lunch. I sailed in at once, and I had got him down and at my mercy when he offered to betray a secret if I would spare his life. I thought it was about a pot of gold, but it didn't pan out that way. He laid been the grindstone man's boy in another skyscraper and had been discharged for failing in love with the stenographer. That grindstone business was all a bluff. Mr. Ilagadoon had several little schemes. He was running a matrimonial agency, selling lottery tickets, doing a quiet poo! business and roping in suckers on worthless mining stocks. All this the boy told me as I held him down by the hair, and I not only spared his life, but rewarded liim with a bag of peanuts. Before taking any steps against the grindstone man i gave him a show. During a lull in business I stopped at his doer and asked him if I could possibly do anything to make his stay in the building more comfortable. He didn't let me into his office: hut. coming out into the hall. !:c grabbed me by the hair ami hissed into my ear: "Away with you or I'll dabble inv ? * i t ? , ... nanus in your nean. s diugu. I had giver. him a show, and lie liad refused it. As I smoothed down my hair and got back to my elevator tkoie was no longer an iota of mercy in my heart. The curtain foil next afternoon at u o'clock. I had gat on to the fact that a lot of follows were in the daily habit of riding up io the tenth ilonr and then walking down to the ninth to see Mr. llagadoon. and the rush was always i greatest about nndafternooii. ! might i have saved the typewriter on a -count of her sex. hat at 2 o'clock*, as I hung i around to give h"i* a word <>f warning, j she swept pa* I lae with low nose up and a cold glare in her eyes, and I hardened my heart. An hour later the otlieiais of the law were in possession. J Mr. Hngadoon went down in my elevator. and a policeman was at his elbow. I expected he would cry out against | me, but he did not. On the contrary, lie looKCii at niv with a sorrowful face, ; ami his voice was tali ot pathos as he i said: "Sa minis. I see when too kite where | I made my fatal mistake."' "Yes. sir.*' "I should have taken you into my confidence at the start and allowed you 5 per cent." "Yes. sir." "Then the uiorljraee would have been paid, your widowed mother would have pot married a pa in. and we would Lave been ric-b and happy. Sauimis, let me take your hand while I vow never to snub another elevator boy." There twas great excitement around the building. with my name being frequently mentioned and witnesses hunted after, and Mr. Kashor, the agent, called me down to the office and asked: "Sammis, is this another case where a tenant refused your friendship?" "lie scorned me, sir." I replied. "And you brought him low as a eonsequence. lie ought to have known better, and you ought to have remembered that we have a dozen offices va'* t * 1- t <1 lvntfot vuui. r>nnjuiiJ? l iiniiK ?uu u?m u'.iin t:iko a week's vacation, with pay. It will be good for your nervous system." I took it, and when I returned to the skyscraper all was serene and tin goose hung high for Sain mis. the Elevator Iioy. ' M. Quad. A Matter of Prl?le. "I'll give you $.">0 for that bit of canvas," announced the man of wealth. "Couldn't think of accepting it." an swered the poor artist. "It is not that I don't need the money, but my pro fessional reputation would suffer if 1 let nnvthincr iro at that price." "Ah," replied the man of wealth. "It that case I will give you $10 for it anc: agree to tell all my friends that I pah: $500." "Now you are making a propositior that I can afford to consider." said tin artist. "Hand over the ten."?Chicago Tost. Too Mncli to Expect. Farmer Swackhamraer ? I lost mj wife yesterday. Farmer Pildecker?No! Dead? Swackhammer ? Naw! Run awa; with a lightnin' rod peddler! "Waal. Josh. I offer ye my sympa thy! I'm mighty sorry fer ye." "Yes, I never did have any luck a-losin* things. Why. I lost a yallet dog fourteen times before he stayei! lost."?San Francisco Bulletin. Severely Practical. "A woman who gets married," re marked the man with cold eyes and c square jaw, "should know how tt cook." "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "Bui I have sometimes questioned whethci a woman who knows how to coo! ought to marry. She might become more prosperous by opening a restau rant."?Washington Star. Aatomohiling; Exposed. "IIow many horsepower is your au tomobile?' inquired the man in tin dogcart. "Ten horse and two men," responds the owner. "The ten horsepower rum it on the level roads, and my chauffeu and I get out and push it up the hills.' ? Brooklyn Eagle. "Extracting Without rain." "Nothing makes a man feel s< small," observed the breakfast cynic "as when he hears feminine stream emanating from a house, and. rusbinj forward, determined to rescue her o die in the attempt, he is confronted b; the sign, 'Dentist.'"?Chicago News. Enrouraiflng. j ^Carrie?Toniglit would be a goo< time to speak to papa. Lindsay?Why do you think so? Carrie?He wore a new pair of shoe all day. and his feet are so tender h wouldn't dare do anything to bur them.?Chelsea (Mass.DGazette. Futile. I observed with disquiet that Met daunt was about to hang himself. "I have nothing to live for," he tfs plained. What was I to say? I knew only to well the futility of trying to live fo nothing in New York.?New York Sur The Proof. Then the defiant, militant spirit too' possession of the devoted missionary. "You think I'm a pudding!" he criei "I'll snow you I am not." "The proof of the pudding is in th eating!" rejoined the savages darkly.Detroit Tree Press. Mer irisie. Mr. Fussy (rearranging the things i the parlon?You iiave wretchedly poo taste, my dear. Mrs. Fussy <resignedly)?That's wlia everybody said when I married yot Ilenry. Proof of Snnare Dentins. "Is the storekeeper honest:*' "Honest! Well, rather! Why, he'] j let you open either end of an appl i barrel before purchasing." ? Chicag I'usr. Mneii V.'orso. "What is worse than a giraffe with sore throat "A eeiitiped wit!) chilblains."?Eo.; ton Christian Register. K\:*.et airs. A Conundrum, .tones. j Mrs. It row n y i (indignantly)?j 1 T - : O/T "Gladys. ifj you know how : jT my heart hums ! C<ra for you!" j ; '"Try sonic' ' ... I baking soda. < Jimmy?Say, pop, i ! They say that's I'd been born twin a spieii'Jiu cure1 sieau o uic, ??uu. for heartburn.", would my other nam I ?New York! be??New York Joui World. i nal. 1 ' i AT r i Bee Hive Lov ! A GREAT OPPORTUNITY uummdnmn I 554 MAIN STRI One case of Fine Silk Fleece Drawers, the regular SI.-r 1 case of Wool Fleece Ilealtl L I 1 ^ 1 ( )( ) In , m ini niawv, in*.: wi."v/ i\i 1 case of White Lamb's Wool ers, worth SI.50, during 4 cases of the regular 50, Go ai Double and Single Breasi out door Workingman's ( .*>9 cents, all colors. We discount to large purcha." Our Clothing Department is We carry in stock all the i ; up to date garments of tl a $5.00 hill and see what ' I return in a nice suit or c ; >1. FRANK 1554 MAIN STREE1 September 9. j PharlestonDoor^ MANUFAC1 : BOORS, SASH, BL MILL WORK / I > Write for Estimate. ) CATA3 We Save You Money. > Se t Our Goods are the Best.) on Be r : Factm-v caw Mill and Ponds: Ash lev River and Cumming's Creek. 2 April 24 -Jy. The Eace Issue. j Guthrie, 0. T., Nov. 20.?Notwithstanding the announcement of j s United States Attorney Horace Speed r that he will have cancelled the homef stead entry of every man wno makes an attemyt to eject a colored homesteader from bis claim, complaints of [\ such action against colored men are j s filed daily with the United States j - marshal asking protection for negroes j ? who drew claims iu the recent government land lottery. More than 100 colored homesteaders have been j driven out of that country. Chamberlain's Stomach and J Liver Tablets. + Try them When you feel dull after eating. When you have no appetite. When you have a bad taste in the mouth. When your liver is torpid. ? When your bowels are constipated. , When you have a headache. When you feel bilious. They will improve your appetite, k cleanse and invigorate your stomoch and regulate your liver and bowels. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. -? e _ Thnt Lovely Aro. "There is an age." said the wise | man of Willow Hollow, "when n girl | is too old and too young for kissing i) ! games. Just at that time in her life r j she does not need any excuse to get all J that she wants."?Chicago Post. t | 1, | Hi* Devotion. "When I make a mistake." said .Mr. j Meekton's wife, "I do not hesitate to | confess it." j "Yes. Henrietta." was the reply, "you d j can afford to say that. You never ^ j make any."?Washington Star, o ( Conclusive. think Mr. Hlushrose is not :js bashful iii the presence of jrirls as be seems to be. do youHow did f you set that impression? Mabel?I had it from his own lips.? j Chicago Tribune. "Pooh! My papa wears e\ en in' clothes I every time lie goes to parties." "That ain't anything. our minister i wears his night clothes evry time he I preaches."?Cleveland Plain Dealer, i Further I'articuluvs. Miss Saltoustall?Mrs. t>my;!io tell? i me that her father wot: distinction on the bench. Miss Winthrop?Yes, he was a sLoe! maker.?Somerville .Toiirua!. Bedtime. ! Mamma-'Well. did you toll (Jed how j naughty you have he en i Lily?No. I was ashamed. I thought j it had better not get out of the family, j f i j A? I sum). a "Ah, well." she sighed, laying away p the book, "the romance is ended. .* j They've got married!"--Chicago Recj ord-llerald. | I j niF: "V { Price Store,].. TO BUYERS IN NEED OF 'iARATLOWI'RIffi, rr-*r i i i??ni a tt I , OVJL.U IVI O I M. Lined Shirts nnd jl) kind. OX cents. 1 Underwear, no nd, at cents, j Shirts andDrawthis sale $1.10. nd To cents Ueavv ted Fleece Lined onifort, as a flyer, i make a liberal :ers. second to none, high grade and ic season. Bring we can give you in vercoat. , Proprietor, COLUMBIA, S. C. I j: i [ash and! umber fjo 0 ?URERS OF IPS, MOULDINGS, MID LUMBER. ' liOGTJE ( CYPRESS AND iat - YELLOW PINE quest. ( are Our Specialties. Office and TbHs: 1 to 47 Ashley Ave., CHARLESTON, S. C, Jcnesville Pcstefiico Bobbed. Jonesville, Nov 21 ?Safe crackers were in our town last Digbt and blew open the safe in the postofiice aDd made away with about $175 in money and stamps. The postofiice is kept in the store of Williams Bros. The store was robbed of some pistols and other things. Walker Long, the night watchman, was on his rounds and was in about 80 yards of the store when the explosion occurred and he fired bis pistol into the store and made an alarm, but the robbers rifled the safe and made good their escape. There were two or three of them, and they went towards Union. mi V ? _ _ i_ _ 1 _ i_ a. l.\ 1_ xne saie was cracKea odoui z o ciocx in the night. They broke open a tool box at the new depot and got such tools as they needed and bored through the door and then pulled the handle of the safe doer out and set their explosive through the hole. -* Til MEFEAIL ELSE FAILS. Ta U Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use ,3 in time. Sold by druggists. W THE 3 SPIRITTINE llJLiiflJJl/lUkJ. | Endorsed by some of the Leading Medical ; Profession. No Quack or Patent Hed.iciue, bai NATURE'S PURE REMEDIES. : Admitted into the World Columbian Exposition in 1S93. : Use Spirittine Balsam for Rheumatism, Colds. Lameness. Sprains, Sore Throat Use Spiritlino Inhalent for Consumption, Consumptive Coughs, Cutairb, Asthma and La Grippe. Spirittine Ointment is indispensable in th-i treatment of Skin Liseases, Care Itch, Itching Piles. In consequence of the astonishing sttc: cess in removing diseases, its demand now comes not alone Iroin this vicinity but : from everywhcie iu the United States and ' Europe. Wholesale and Retail by G. II. HARMAN. 1 Lexington, S. C. Ill ill IK, COLUMBIA, S. C. SLVl'K, 171 \ .l.\U LUtM l WSmiTUftl Paid up Capital ... $200,000 Surplus Profits . - - 60,000 Saving's Department. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. W. A. CLABK, President, Wilie Jones, Cashier. A 1 ty i/QVOUiUUi -X IJi Parties desiring the Home and Farm sent with the Dispatch must send 25 cents, cash in advance.