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Ani-n>tuou8 communications will receive no attention Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless accompanied by stamps for the purpose Fc anv further information call on or address. G. M. HARM AN, Editor and Publisher. Ft' . i Wednesday, July 15,1903. Sabscribers in'arrears will please omnnnf drift. &8 W0 D6ed 1dlu1ii iuu uluwum* ? _ _7 _ money to pay running expenses. Friends, beed oar cry and come and help us with your dollar. The re-union of the Confederate Veterans at Leesville yesterday was attended by about two thousand pei80S8 many of whom were old Confederate soldierB. On account of circumstances be.. ***? * yond our ccntrol we were unable to be at Leesville, as we fully intended to, therefore, we have to depend upon others for our report. The programme, which has already been published, was carried out with the exception of an address by Hod. John C. Sheppard, who was unavoidably absent. ^ The line of march was formed and ' headed by a large number of children dressed in white, wbo presented a picture of surpassing beauty. There *V>'- *' f were about two hundred and fiftv old veterans in line. The procession then moved to the Chapel of the Leesville College, where the exercises were to take place. This place was beautifully and appropriately deco rated with garlands and festoons entwining thecolors of the Confederacy When the people bad gathered there the exercises were commenced in the order of the programme and continued until completed. All of the speeches were in keeping with the sentiment of the occasion and were patriotic ixr conception and burning with eloquence. Those whom we have beard express themselves are in with each other in saving that tbe occasion was one that will be treasured up in tbe archives of memmory as being a reunion unsurpassed for enjoyment, pleasure and generous hospitality*. They are all loud in their praises of the elaborate arrangements made by the \ eople of Leesville, and say they were never better treated in the:r l.ves. The town of Leesville was handsomely decorated with flags and bunting as well as with njwers and evergreens. The people of Leesville certainly deserve much credit for their liberality aid patriotism in Vipi'ncrinfir off the 9ffair80 successfully. ~ D O The dinner, which was free to the old soldiers, was oneof JobSwygert's best and this is 8 lying a great dea). The mosic was furnished by the Batesburg Bras3 Band and was well rendered and enjoyed by all. Leesville covered herself all over with glory and honor and we are real proud of her and her noble and hospitable people. Bear in mind that a mass meeting will be held in this place on August 1st to discuss the road question. Senator Iatimer has been invited fco be present and ba3 accepted the invitation and will probably be here if he can possibly co so. There will be other prominent speakers who have given the road question much thought and attention. We hope to see a large number of our representative citizens present. Contrary to all human expectation Pope Leo still survives the surgeon's knife. Some of our contemporaries are przzling their brains in an effort to s;lve the race problem. Congressman Lever certainly deserves the "well done, thou good and faithful servant" of the people of the Seventh District, which he so ablytfepresents, for his faithfulness in looking after their every interests in so far as they have reference to National legislation and the action of-the various departments of the administration. >' ??< ?ione is he active during the beabious of Congress in advocating every legitimate measure tending to promote the peace, happiness and prosperity of his constituency and, which promises to give them relief from the evils and burdens under which they are laboring, but he has devoted his time duriDg ihe recess in an <ffjrt to increase the mail facilities of the towns and rural districts within in his territory. He has ever been on the alert to do something for his people?collectively as well as individually?and in this direction his labors have never ceased and he has made opportunities to do something for the people rather than be contented to sit down and wait for them to come to him before taking action. Just now he is interesting himself in the establishment of free rural delivery routes.in different sections of his district and is making strong efforts to have his petitions for thee^ablUbment of routes taken up and investigated by the Post Office Department. Bat in this important work, through no fault of bis, though, he has been greatly hampered by a rule of the department that all such petitions must and will be taken up in the order they are receieved at the de partment, and from the further fact that the management of this division by its head has been under investigation, which has greatly delayed the work. j Of course this state of affairs has been very annoyiDg as well as a great disappointment not only to him but to all those having business with that branch of the government. la order to push the work as rapidly as possible, be has made several trips to Washington to personally urge the department .to give him an agent for his district, so that his petitions could be acted upon immediately and the .routes established. The reason why this has not been done is told in the letter from the Pourth Assistant rostmaster general, which we republish' below. Those who are interested in the petitions, now on file in the Postoffice department, praying for the establishment of new free rural delivery routes will understand from this letter the reason why they have not ' been acted upon ere this, and nurse 1 their disappointment with what patience they can with the assurance that Mr. Lever has done all he can possible do at present, and all that j any reasonable person can demand to have these routes putin operation. * Hon. A. F. Lever, M. C, Wallaceville, S. C. Sir: Your letter of June 22od re- , questing that a special agent be as- ( signed to your district for investigation of pending applications for rural < delivery, has been received. i in reply you are advised that it is ] the policy of the Department to con aider applications as far as possible i in the order of their filing. Under ! this rule the cases in which you are i interested will be investigated as soon as they can be reached. Very respectfully J. W. Bristow, 4th Assistant Postmaster General. By no meanB not the least of the important works undertaken by Clemson college to elevate the standard of agriculture, is the holding of what is known as Farmers1 Insti .l_ i i* _ _r tt_ _ i lutes m me several counties ui me i State at which various lectures on different branches of agriculture are delivered by specialists in those branches. As old methods of farming have passed away and new ones are being adopted, we take it that these insfcitutee are held for the purpose of teaching the farmers how to farm under the new system. We are living in what might be termed an i age of farming on scientific princi- j pies and he who neglects or refuses i to inform himself along these lines will, as a rule, be left. Our farmer friends are reminded that one of the institutes will be held in this place on Thursday, July 23rd. This institute will be col- i ducted under the management of Dr. C. A. Nelson, who will be assisted by an able corp3 of comptent professors and among the leading subjects to be discussed on that occasion will be live stock and animal diseases, hoticulture and fruit growing and industrial education, besides special subjects wili be arranged if their is a demand. This Institute should be largely attended by those who are interested in farming. Much is to be learned by doing so. Our farmerB should certainly take an interest in this mootinor aa thev are the ones in whose interest it is held. As far as we know and can see there is nothing in the way to prevent them from leaving their work on July 23rd, and attending these lectures. The farmers of other counties, in which these institutes have been held, have done so and let it not be said that the farmers of L-xington are the exception. For the benefit of these interested and as a matter of general information we are running through these columns Act No. 535, entitled an act to further regulate the working and maintaining of the highways and bridges of the State, as it appears in the Statutes at Large of South Carolina, session 1902, page 998 This act should be carefully studied Int. TNnnwr. <N?n in TOftrlr. UJ C?C1 J uuc lUVCltDlCi iu ivnu num iag and particularly so by the road overseers, to whom, we presume, a copy of the law will be furnished There are many hitherto doubtful questions in reference to the rights of the Supervisor and Board of Commissioners in the performs! c> of their duties, made clear. We take it that this act clothes the Supervisor and County Board of County Commissioners with ample authority to condemn lands for road repairs and gives them wide latitude in the exeic-se of fc^eir judgment in the repair of old roads and laying out of new ones. In fact the whole matter regarding roads and bridges is left entirely to the wisdom and discresionof the County Supervisor and the County Board of Commissioners. Read the act for yourself and draw your own conclusions. Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcers, Eczema, Carbuncles, Etc. Medicine Free. If you have offensive pimples or eruptions, ulcers on any part of the body, aching bones or joints, falling hair, mucous patches, swollen glands, skin itches and Burns, sore lips or gums, eating, festering sores, sharp, gnawing pains, then you suffer from serious blood poison or the beginnings of deadly cancer. You may be permanently cured by taking Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B) made especially to cure the worst blood and skin diseasesJ It kills the poison in the blood thereby giving a healthy blood supply to the effected parts, heals every sore or ulcer, even deadly can3er, 8tops all aches and painB and reduces all swellings. Botanic Blood Ralm r?nrpa all mftiiornant hlnnHI trouble?, such as eczema, scabs and scales, pimples, running sores, carbuncles, scrofula, etc. Especially advised for all obstinate cases that have reached the second or third stage. Druggists, Si. To prove it cures, sample of Blood Balm sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta,-Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. Moonlight Festival. The moonlight festival of the Lex- j ington Brass Band last Thursday evening was a very pleasant affair. It was well patronized and the receipts of the evening's entertainment were very satisfactory. The cake walk, led by the band plajing a march, and the voting contest were the features of the occasion. Miss Kate Derrick and Mr. Ed. Barre were the fortunate winners of the cake and Miss Essie Efird was de- j cided to be the most popular young | lady. The Band requests us to return ils thanks to all those who contributed cakes, cu9tards, etc, also to the young ladies who so kindly assisted in serving cream, as well as to the public generally for their liberal patronage. Baker's bread, cakes and crackers all kinds, at the Bazaar. The Road Law. [continued from page 6 ] required number of day's labor upon the public high ways,the overseer shall give to such person or persons a certificate for the amount of labor performed, and said certificate shall apply on the labor that may be due for such person or persons for the ensuing year. Sec. 22. If any person or persons, corporations, or any conductor of any train of railroad cars, or any other agent or servant of any railroad company, shall obstruct unnecessarily ?? i i t any puonc roaa cr nignway oy permitting any railroad car or cars or locomotive to be or remain upon or across any street, public road or highway for a longer period than five minutes, after notice to move said cars has been given to conductor, engineer, agent or such other person in charge of 6aid train, or 6hall permit any timber, wood or other obstruction to remain upon or acros3 any such street, road or highway to the hindrance or inconvenience of travelers, or any person or persons passing along or upon such street, read or highway, every person or corporation so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offense any sum not exceeding twenty nor leps than five dollars, and shall be liable I _ 11 1 * 1 If .L lor an damages arising 10 any nigoway, to be recovered by an action at the suit of the County or Township "Board of Commissioners in which such offense shall have been committed, or any person suing for the same, before any Magistrate within the cc unty where such offense shall have been committed, or by indictment in the Court of General Sessions or suit in the Court of Common Pleas; and all fines so accruing under the provisions of this section, when collected, shall be paid over by the Magistrate to the County Treasurer for the district in which such offense was committed; and every twentyfour hours such corporation, person i or persons, as aforesaid, after being notified, shall suffer such obstructions, to the hindrance or inconvenience of travelers or any person going along or upon such road or highway, shall be deemed an additionl offense against the provisions of this chapter. Sec. 23 Every railroad company, or other corporation, servant or servants, agent or agents, employee or employees, of which, shall, in any manner, obstruct any street, public road or highway, shall be liable to pay all fines which may be assessed against such servant or servants, agent or agents, employee or employees, for so obstructing any such street, public road or highway; and such liability as may be eaforced by execution against such railroad company, or other corporation, on the judgment rendered against sucn servant or servants, spent or agents, employee or employees, for so cb structing such street, public road or highway. Sec. 24. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company to obstruct the drainage of any public road or highway, by its road-bed or otherwise, or empty the water from its ditches into any public road or highway, to the injury of said highway; and if any railroad company, being warned by the overseer of the proper district, by leaving a written notice with any agent, or informing any station agent of said railroad company personally, shall refuse or neglect to remedy the same, to the acceptance of the overseer, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding fifty nor less than twenty dollars, to be recovered by an action at the suit of the County or Township Board of Commissioners before any Magistrate; and every ten days such rahroad company, after being notified, shall neglect or refuse to remedy such offense, shall be deemed an additional offense against the provisions of this chapter; and the money so collected shall be paid by the Magistrate so collecting to the County Treasurer, and the money so paid over shall become a part of the county road fund. Sec. 25 It shall be the further dutv of [of] such overseer to cause each railroad company to construct ... , , , I and keep in good repair tne roaa-Dea of all public roads across the roadbed of said railroad company; and if any railroad company, being duly warned by the overseer of the proper HOSPITAL SECRETS. A Nurse Says \ *' Pe-ru-na is a Tonic of Efficiency." - | MRS. KATE TAYLOR. | i Mrs. Kate Taylor, a graduated J f nurse of prominence, gives her ex- t L perlence with Peruna in an open . . letter. Her position in society and} | professional standing combine to } i /...fa rrna/-3a t nMm^noflr/a 1,+^ J ?MV%* ?V ?4V4 l ' terances. i CHICAGO, ILL., 427 Monroe St.? " As far as I have observed Peruna is the finest tonic any man or womau 1 can use who is weak from the aftei effects of any serious illness. 441 have seen it used in a number oi convalescent cases, and have seen sev* eral other tonics used, but I found thai those who used Peruna had the quickesi 1 relief. '* Peruna seems to restore vitality, increase bodily vigor and renew health and strength in a wonderfully short ft wr>p KiTC TX v; /ID fjmcm -?m a/ijl> i/iiuv/i\> i In view of the great multitude of women suffering from some form of female disease and yet unable to find any cure, Dr. Hartman, the renowned specialist on female catarrhal diseases, has announced his willingness to direct the treatment of as many cases as make application to him during the summer months, without charge. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. district, by leaving a written notice , with any station agent, or by informing any station agent of said railroad company personally, shall neglect or refuse to construct or repair such road-bed to the acceptance of the MVVMMMA/NM fr" ft *"V T? Oil fft nnf J UVOIDOCI, OUQli lUilCii ouy ouui jlkuu exceeding fifty nor less than thirty dollars, to be recovered by an action at the suit of the County or Township Board of Commissioners, before a Magistrate of the county, and the money so collected shall be paid by the Magistrate collecting to the County Treasurer, and the money paid over to become a part of the county road fund; and every five days such railroad company, after beiDg duly notified, shall neglect or refuse to construct or repair said i lift i . i J I#J i roaa, snail oe aeemea an aaauion! i offense against the provisions of this chapter. Sec. 26. So much of this article as applies to the workiog of the public highways by the contract system, or by convicts in chain-gangs, shall not [To be continued.] m WHEN YO 1 DRY GOODS m ?an] I GENT'S FURNIS m y RE3IEI 1 TOU N jg Headquarte: ? in all the rn ALL NEW GOODS. COU J ONE PRICE TO jjjg H YOUR PATRONAGE I m LICITED. SATISFAC1 Best Service?Best Goods on Us?Wri M 1N. 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WE WILL FURNISH A FIRST class barbecue with refreshments, near Midway School House, three miles north of Lexington court house, on the j Dreher Ferry road, on August 15 Prices: | Ladies, 25 cents; men, 35 cents. Everybody invited and a pleasant day is promised to all. JUSTUS WINGARD. BACHMAN MEETZE. July 1, 1903, 7w40. Barbecue. ON SATURDAY, JULY EIGHTEENTH, four miles south of Lewiedale, at my residence, I will lurnish a first class barbecue and refreshments. There wili be speak ing bv prominent men and music by a String Band. The public is cordially invited to come out and spend a pleasant da v. Charges 1 or dinner reasonable. Come one, come all .J. FBY'E. June 22, 1903, 4w36. .1. h. frick, ATTORNEY AX LAW, Will practice in all the Courts. Office: Hotel Marion, 4th room, second floor. CEAPIN, ------ S. C, Akuusl 6. ly. DRUGS Abe always a necessity, almost as much so as food. 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