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^ 1 ^ bates reasonable. \'' _ fflH^ K VOL. XXIII. LEXINGTON, S. C., r THE * CHEAPEST | p P^, ACE ' - | I TO BUY ?&- - ' ! W : TOUR ^ J -AND jgllE . Trunks, Valises, Satchels, Umbrellas, India Rubber Coats, Mcintosh I Goods I Bjjjtej^ps^ogether with - spooopOTsnoqqi^sc^B^HH MM ?. owl OX ">< ? ?* %t.T nSS Pn Inua-^l puoivoupa I EPST1N BROsJ ^ 150 MAIN STREET, UNDER COLUMBIA HOTEL. COLUMBIA, S. C Sept. 7-tf OMNIBUS LINE KM J8-TAKE-W C ASEY'S BU8SES i AT UiN'ION DEPOT, COLUMBIA On arrival of all trains, for hotels c any part of the city. January J 1-tf. f. W. HUSEMANK Gnn and Lock Smith, EEE { and deal.eb in } GUNS, PISTOLS. PISTOL CART RIDGES. FISHING TACKLE, laid all kinds of Sportsmen's Aitides which he has now on exhibition and fo sale at his store. Main Street, Sear the Central Bank Columbia, S. C. Agent roa Haxakd Powdeb Company. ^ ^ "Repairing done at phort notice-? iitoi.fr #, mm ji njuiJAJui? w ii AUUV71) TRIUMPHANT! At the Eiposition Universelle, Paris' 13&>, received the only Grand Pr:z? awarded for Sewing Machines. The No. 5 bM no equal in rapidity and precision o action, elegance of design. The mos simple and durable Sewing Machine or the market. For prices, terms, etc.. ad dress, W. M. COPLEY. Agjt. Brookland, S. C. Sept. 21?6m LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SIBJECT TO CHECk JLLLE5 JONES, President. W. P. ROOF. Cashier. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones. W. P. Roof. C. 31. Efird. R. Hilton, Jas. E. Hendrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits of $1 and upwards received anc interest at 5 per cent per annum allowed, payable April and October. Sept. 21?tf When you come or send to pa} your taxes, be sure to call and pa} back arrears to the Dispatch and re naw fnr a voflr. whioh will nnlv cos! J ? of ou one dollar* BPSe E* W* .. BBBBIWSIBBBnBnBEBBHBBMiaH EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT [ _ L. B. HAYNES, - - EDITOR ! ' i 1 | 1 ?3~A11 communications intended for this j Dpnartment must be addressed to Mr. L. B. j Haynes, Leesvil e. S. C. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TEACHERS' ASSO- ! ( 1 CIATICN. I J The Association met at St. Paul's j ' Academy, Jan. 7, 1893. Opening exercise:?Prayer by Mr. J. F. Kaiser. Address of Welcome: ! < Mr. A. Sease. Response by the j { President. Best means of securing the co-op- ! i peration of Patrons: Prof. S. S. Lind- j 1 r\T? JL\ri Language in Primary work: Miss ^ Minnie Dicks. Miss Dicks being absent, this subject was discussed by Prof. S. S. Lindler, Rev. E. L. Lvbrand, and Miss Hendrix. y 7 Best Methods of teaching History: Mr. J. E. R. Kaiser. The subject, Manual Work in ' schools: Prof. L. B. Haynes, was left for discusson at the next meet ing of the Association. J All members of the Association are earnestly requested to attend the next meeting. At that time, there will be a nomination of two teachers to serve on the Examining Board . i with the School Commissioner. Resolved: That this Association return thanks for the cordial welcome and kind attentions cf the patrons of St. Paul's Academy. j r j Resolved: That a copy of these ' proceedings be published in the Ed- j ucational Column of "The Lexington j Dispatch." Ellen Hendbix, Secretary. I SCHOOL APPARATUS^ I This is a hard problem because it i J ?^|^mancial one. Do you need j fctafciknow tou do! | H be J 'ST3SSUX 5 t _ " ann1/) 10 ' it prob.B ?"Tl5ly. Then why should not each o the five schools put in five dollar and secure the air pump and mak 'J due progress along that line. A1 such apparatus as is needed onl; for a short time each year might b owned jointly by several teachers o: 1 schools. One dollar can be made t< go as far as ten would on the usua plan of each school purchasing i large amount of apparatus most o which is used only once a year - Some of the schools that already have apparatus would probably joir in this to secure other pieces. W? _ would like to correspond with teach I j er3 who my wish to go into such an ' ! arrangement to secure apparatus. I SECOND HAND SCHOOL BOOKS. It has occurred to us the teachers j of our county might easily create and j sustain a depository of second hand I school books. There are numerous I books in the hands of pupils unused . j for which there is no sale. If these j could be collected and advertised to n | the schools, they might be in demand : and prove economical to the pur ! chaser. One or two depositories in II the county would probably be better. ! ?r. :ii: i.? ; we are wmiiig tu luaae iuc cAj^enmerit and unite with other teachers iu collecting and advertising these books so as to facilitate their sale or { exchange. "What do the teachers of j the county say to this? Let us col| lect the second hand books and sell : i them or return to the owners after j they have been advertised for a time. Those upon whom the buying of & j new bocks falls as a burden will ap ? ; preciate this effort. We can use the [ Educational Column to advertise this i in the beginning and there is no rea ; son why we may not make it a suc! ce68 at ODce, Look out next week ' for a list of second band books in this 3 | ) I column. Gather up the old books * i and let us hear from you. Several ) | pamphlets are lying idle m the School j Commissioner's office that the tc-ach( ] ere would do well to get and read. , | They ought to be eagerly sought for | a3 they contain mncji valuable in; formation. The one on rural school : anchitecture is especially valuable. ; Ask for it and read it. ' j i THE TEAC'HEfiS MUST READ. The one requisite of good teaching is constant learning on the part of the teacher. No amount of previous ! preparation, no training in normal or training school, no coiiege or univcr . sit}' education will make a teacher of r one who shall cease reading to learn. r \ man of seventy who is prosecuting - studies, who is still toning up his ; | mind to elasticity, is an infinitely j better teacher than a man of thirty vho knows it all, or who is so econonical or ambitionless that he has no coney for new books or time for fresh i ntellectual conquests.?New Engand Journal. teachers' library. TXT? 4-/-v flip VP > > KS me lO-U IU CiUiivwAivv :eption of five excellent little volumes ror the Teachers* Library from Messrs. Eldredge k Bro. Their fitles are: 1. Cultivation of the senses. 2. Cultivation of the mem>ry. 3. The use of words. 4. Disnpline. 5. Class teaching. These ire a valuable contribution, and cannot fail to benefit every teacher who ;vill read them. M'e have promise of ither books and hone to report them ;oon. Shall we not have a contributor! of one book from each member )f the Association? $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least me dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, md that Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Jure is the only positive cure known )o the medical fraternity. Catarrh Deing a constitutional disease, re- ' --L1L.-L1 1 |Uli'GS a Constitutional ueutiuciit. Sail's Catarrh Cure is taken internilly, acting directly upon the blood mu mucous surfaces of the system, ;hereby destroying the foundation of ;he disease, and giving the patient strength building up the constitution md assisting nature in doing its ivork. The proprietors have so much ?aith in its curative powers, that timber One Hundred Dollars for any ;ase that it fails to cure. Send for ist of testimonials. Iddress, F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. 56TSold by Druggists, 75c. 14. ? - ? Ths Country Boy. ll? ' ". B^e last country acquainted with and inlores 9 the stock and poultry; he k^0ws a L" the country round; he is act3uainte f with every blig and worm, bira .ai] s | animal, tree aiitKJjower. weed j^n e I cereal on the farm. ^ff^-riAS-rKgoo * | appetite and good digestion, and hi y I sleep is sweet and refreshing. H ~ i - .. . . - e j reads thoughtfully the great book c l" i nature, whose leaves open before hir 3 day by day. He loves his father an* 1 mother and calls them such, and h 1 loves his sweetheart as no town bo f does, and he ie loved in turn by he as no town boy is. He works bar* J all day and when night comes he en i joys a frolic with a healthy zest, anc then lies down to peaceful dreams He grows to man's eslate with th< 1 rich heritage of good health, a clean pure character, industrial habits, ; mind well stored with practica knowledge, gained by the firesid< | and the reading of good books anc j newspapers, affectionate and trusting ! in disposition, pobte and couuteous , J though perhaps somewhat awkward j in his manners, and in every way wel , | equipped for the battle of life. H< | j knows nothing of the follies anc j vices, the mockery and hollowness sc j often seen in city life. He is a growi | up man, and the chief places in busi j ness in the city and in the natior i come into his possession. He hat j the stuff in him that qualifies him j under guidance for eminent states j manship, for military renown, foi professional success, for judicial distinction and for the grandest citizenship. The grandest men of our nation have been, and the grandest of f fnf nvn 1"\ n /J ILL^ 1 Ui/Ul J >*1X1 UC 1UUUU aiiiUXJg IUC country bovs of our land. He may V ^ v at times think his country home plain and unattractive, his life one of drudgery and hum drum, and may at times eury the town boy and I his more exciting life and opportunii ties, but let him not worry. He has ! a far richer heritage, and the future i will be a satisfactory revelation to | him. j God bless the country boy! lie is I the hope of the nation. | it Should Be in Every House ! J. B. Wilson, 371 Clay St., Sharpsj burg. Pa., says lie will not be without | Dr. King's New Discovery for ConI sumption, Coughs and Colds, that it cured his wife who was threatened | with Pneumonia after an attack of "La Grippe," when various other I remedies and several physicians had I done her no good. Tiobert Barber, | of Cooksport, Pa., claims Dr. King's : New Discovery has done him more 1 good than anything he ever used for Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. i Try it, Free Trial Bottles at the Bazaar. Large bottles, 50c. ami ! $1.00. | Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia. On3 cf Sam Jones' Lectures. Humor and Wisdom on the Subject of Money and Manhood. I used to sing "I want to be an angel, and with the angels stand."? Now I have begun to pray over the matter, and I say ''I want to be a man?and with the ladies stand." I met a grand man once. The longer I stood with him the smaller 1" got, and the bigger he got. After a while I had to get up aud go to have anything to go with. I have met some little# fellows whose eyes were so close together that they could see through a key hole with both at once. I do not believe in evolution, of course I don't. I do not believe we sprang from monkeys. But when I see a great many people I believe they are headed that way and that tliey will get there if they don't stop. I have a great deal more respect for Nancy Hanks than I have'for Sullivan and Corbett. Nancy is a daisy, she can go in 2:40. God made her to go. But two old flop-eared mules can stand up in a lot and do as much as Sullivan and Corbett, knocking the filling out. of one another. I never go to horse races?not because I do not like to see them, but because of the small, scrubby set * il that is always mere. Some lick men say when you go to them for money for a good cause: "Wait until I get fixed!" Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! when you are dead; | fixed for the fire; fixed into a back log for the devil's sitting room! "Country facts" are a scriptural j animal, and you need, not be afraid j of it. There was an old farmer in North j Georgia who said one day: "I am going to save; I am going to lay up; I I am not going to be poor when I j ?et old and can't work." And he did save ?150,000. One day a neighbor ^giitto see him and said: "Brother, <v? n , T ^ : x nave \ pBP?w are :jHL ,./. .._,., JH9PHB . . x/v *kV<^vg*T ITT xnj r OAiiv/o.criJUUI3L " this year, and until hog k?lit?g & ^ year,1'he said, and enough hogs ^ kill then, and enough pigs to kill i next year, but what I will do af that the Lord only knows.11 ^ Then he left the old fellow sta: s ing on three years rations. A dude is a kind of wart on t ^ devil's nose. Q You may sow corn and reap co] cl but sow dudes and dudiness *fnd y e will reap one-half a thimble full y calf-foot jelly. r Maj. Black says, "money per ca; ^ ta," but its "per pockets." I ?lm afraid that we preachers a 1 affected by money. Of course 1 ' don't work for money, but you st e our salaries, and we will quit. A ' ah! * I believe in decision. You s * these fellows who think they w 2 and think they won't, but rath 1 think they won't?10 cents a doz > like eggs in warm weather, and f 5 the same reason. ^ ThAVA u.*aa ft riovirATr wVia ^ ^ _ mule, and he said he had to hit ' him by tying- him to a tree by L tail to keep him from going throu< } his collar. You get after a great many peo|: and they lay it all on Adam. Po 1 old Adam! Adam is too far oft'. You put tv 1 drops of water in the Atlantic ocea: and the poison gets mighty thi when it gets to the other side, Ada: is too far. It is our own devilme] that is kicking up thunder. Y'hen the devil got Jobs wife ( bis side he got a trump oarcb 1 A mule kicked a negro on tl bead, and couldmt put bis foot dow; I have got a government job kee] iug Sam Jones straight. There are a lot of people wl like to say other people are so headed when they are doing righ They got the impression from the own heads. I go iuto some churches where tb { preacher looks like some big mom | meat and the people look like hea i stones and X go down among thei ! and I say ''Sam Jones, you are amon j the dead." Men and money are two autagonii tic forces 111 this country. Men and money are each strivin for the mastery with the odds largel ! in favor of money. j There is nothing sublimer tha 1 man. There is nothing more hur | ful, more dwindling to manhood tha ! the misuse of money. David said to Solomon his soi 'Be thou strong and acquit thysel j a man." Nine tenths of the people of th ' couniry are after money, and th I other tenth are after a good time. I would not give one grand ma for all the cotton that was ever raipei in the South. You can with a negro and a mule, a big job to rais a rnan in tbAljiagl try. lllllas|ii You say, "Every manfll^Kffi| ! -?v t ji ? i bsiiiifefi | price, x uuu u ut-ntrve ixiai .MIWgW'IB Selfishness is the i Avarice. ^ There Hf good institutioi^^P j enterpri^PRffn of God today but j what is going begging from door to I door. Cussiu' is a very low down type of a rascal. Sin is in the blood like a cancer.? I A a ^ *v? rt *r nncein' r\t 1 Til a ] w.1 iilUiJL ii;aj i/uaoiu uu uio J tongue, but it will break out* on his j hand, and he will get to stealing. He who can eliminate selfishness j and avarice from himself, is enabled ! to stand on top of everything that ever ruined a man. The grandest manhood and womanhood is that which has forgotton self and is consecrated to the service of others. There is the stature of a woman in New Orleans, she has her hair combed in the sweet, good old way, down over her temples ana sue is noiamg out baskets of fruit and children are crowding around her. She lived working for and helping the poor of New Orleans and when she died the bankers aDd the bjokers and the capitalists all came out in front of their offices and stood in the sun with their hats off while the funeral procession of her was one of the grandest women in Amercia went byConvince a man in the church that he will reap two for one and he will - plank down. This country is running on the ! dollar, and just as certain as Home fell because of a ton greatly centra? ized military power, so certain will the United States run into destruction on silver dollars as wheels, unless the course is changed. It is not how much money have you, but how did you get it? and then which is most important, what are you doing with it? A reckless fellow' always wants to ^ tory. Tht?re is ag^^KIeal ofTmi ence between the t\m^ A dog c he off*f n fiorVif ter I can say dispassionately that i brother Tom Waston in this distri rv~ seemed at every point to say, 'T wo to fight.'1 But \tif~ brother Bla< with noble courage, seemed to sj "I want a victory." And he got it rn> There isn't but one way to do ou thing and that is to do it right. ?f I like to see a man map out 1 course and stick to it and go it?li the train on the Georgia railros which goes on the course mapp re out and sticks to it, and has not be we to any other town but those on t op route. .h, The only absolutely unselfish m was Jesus Christ. Of all the acr ;ee of land in the world he did not sta ill off one acre, and say "this is mine,' er "When a fellow makes up his mil en he never gets left, or You may talk about a man beii intelligent. I have seen such m a ' failures. But whenever you fii ch him with a will he succeeds, ds v The will of a man is that which tIi in command of a man. I always did have a contempt f >le one of those fellows who is waitii or for an iron, to get hot. But I ha respect for the fellow who pounds < vo the iron until it is hot. I always d o, have a contempt for the fellow wl in is always waiting for something tn turn up, but I have the profounde at respect and admiration for him wl turns it up and rolls it to where 1 >n wants it. fiof. in n Iiiiwtt Tlifl nV\eio/>1. ? "* ~ ^U4V V/WOH*V,^ ie will get out of your way. Q- I like a man who believes in poss ?- bilities. I believe in a hard head and a so 10 heart. ft These wishy-washy fellows, the t. don't amount to much, ir Brother Timmons is a hard heade man, but he has a big heart, te know him. He wants to do tl .1- light and tries to do the right. a ? a Strength and Health. S If you are not feeling strong an healthy, try Electric Bitters. If "L 3" Grippe" has left you weak and wear use Electric Bitters. This remed S acts directly on Liver, Stomach an }' Kidneys, gently aiding those organ to perform their functions. If yo n ! are afflicted with Sick Headache, yo t- will find speedy and permanent relic n 1 by taking Electric Bitters. One tru i will convince you that this is th it remedy you ne?d. Large bottle [f only 50c. at the Bazaar. Perfumery of all kinds, Hoyt' e and Taylor's cologne, bay rum fo o ! i.?:_ a- i-~-- --i - i uie nan, puuiaut:, nan on, swet | soap, toilet and tootli powder, hai 11 ; and tooth brushes, combs, etc., a d J the Bazaar. have formeK terod | there for 1 Only i weeklies o < the reader ca : paragraph thorougfi^^^^^^^^ i repulsive in its suggcstiv^^B|p|l|i | It was unfit to read aloud family circle. "Writers who steal the livery of heaven to serve the devil in obtrude their wares upon us, and we i are powerless to avert the evil because it finds us so unprepared. Publishers whose names have heretofore been a guarantee of purity and uprightness, accept a story from some noted author whose name is one to conjure with, and sends out to the world the concoctions of an impure and fevered mind. How shall we remedy this condition of affairs, how quarantine our literature until it can come to us with a clean bill of health that we may welcome it to our families? There is but one way. Vigilance is good, and indeed imparative. With the wide range of reading at our command we must no more permit literature with the faintest tinge of impurity to sully our home, than we would place a loaded bomb shell down by the genial warmth of our firesides expect ing it to remain their harmless. I # *??ffTHi i rf raiTi TfrdrflT? gaFSRai ERADICATES BLOOD POISON AND BLOOD TAINT. Ceveral bottles of Swift5* Specific <3.3. 3.) ? entirely cleansed my system of contagious blood poison of the very worst type, j Wm. S. Loomis, Shreveport, La. ^^^HSSHff^TS WORST FORMS; an T had scrofula in 1884, and cleansed t x system entirely from it by taking sev yi v bottles of S. S. S. I have not nad any syxr ; toms since. C, W. Wilcox, ict Spartanburg, S. tnt ? l- faraRSj HAS CURED HUNDREDS < ncrc nrnKiMrtNrrc Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mail* free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga, Mav?25 lv. a Female Weakness Positive Cur lis ke To The Editor:?Please inf( l(3 your readers that I have a posil ecj remedy for the thousand and one en which arise from deranged fen he organs. I shall be glad to send bottles of my remedy free to any 1: au if they will send their Express i es P. 0. address. Yours respectfu ke l)r- A. C. Marchisi, Utica, N. Y. 11 4, id - " * T^iflsino" Qg ^ en A father, talking to his carel [id daughter, said: I want to speak to you of y< is mother. It may be that you h noticed a careworn look upon ] or face lately. Of course it has : ig been brought there by an act ve yours, still it is your duty to chasi 3ii away. I want you to get up torn id row morning and get breakfast; a when your mother comes and beg: to to express her surprise, go right i st to her and kiss her on the mou lo You can't imagine how it v ie brighten her dear face. Besides you owe her a kiss or tv eg Away back, when you were a lit girl, she kissed you when no one e. : was tempted by your fever taint breath and swollen face. You we fk not as attractive then as you a ne w. And through those days s was always ready to cure, by t magic of a mother's kiss,, the lit j dirty, chubby hands whenever th I were injured in those skirmishes wi ie the rough old world. And then the midnight kisses wi which she routed so many baa dreai | as she leaned above your pillo ^ j have all been on interest these lor i long years. 7 Of course she is cot so pretty a: ' kissable as you are: but if you h; ^ done your share of work during t past ten years the contrast wou not be so marked. u Her face has more wrinkles th; , yours, and yet if you were sick th ^ ! face would appear far morebeautif i than an angel's as it hovered ov 6 ' _ | you watching every opportunity ; minister to your comfort, and eve i one of those wrinkles would seem s be bright wavelets of sunshine ehc t iiig each over the dear old face, t j She will leave you one of the r I days. These burdens, if not lift* .t from her shoulders, will break h j down. Those rough nard hand no time." George?''What was it?'' m Charley?'-Simply blood eruptions. Took a short course of P. P. P. 1 tell you, it's the boss blood corrector. The governor had rheumatism so bad that you could hear him holler clear across the country every time he moved. He tried it, and you know what an athletic old gent he is now. If somebody would give Miss Daisy a pointer, she would thank them afterwards. All the drug stores sell it." ?? Limiting Work in Factories. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, by the authority of the same, thai eleven hours shall constitute a day's work in all cotton and woolen manufacturing establishments in the Stats of South Carolina for all operatives and employees except engineers, firemen, watchmen, mechanics, teamsters yard employees and clerical force Provided, That nothing herein con tained shall be construed to prevenl any of the employees in the afore said manufacturing establishments * i ?1. ? LU V>U1EW. t>L V> Ul ^HBjjllllMadditoE, not to exceej ^3MnH^^^HMpMnngR9EBQS] causP^^PicadenHJ^tner unai p* abie circumstances; or to prevent such employees working such a tional time as may be necessarj cleau up and make necessary ret ^ of or changes in the machinery. Sec. 2. That the words "mani turing establishments'' where oc ring in this Act shall be construe Q ? mean any buildings in which lab< 5rm employed to fabricate or proc tne goods, including yarns, cloth, hos and other merchandise. ia*e Sec. 3. All contracts made fc longer day's work than eleven h< or week's work longer than sixt} hours in said manufacturing es lishments shall be, and the same hereby declared to be absolutejy and void and contrary to law, any person making and enfor< such contract with an employee said establishments shall be deei e8s to be miiltv of a misdemeanor. on conviction in a court of compel 3U1 jurisdiction shall be fined in e a%e case a sum of money not less t fifty nor more than one hund D0^ dollars, together with the costs of ?* proceedings. 9 ^ Sec. 4. This Act shall go i l0r" effect on the first day of April A. md 1893. ins ?* up - Dyspepsia and Indigested th. rill In their worst forms are cured the use of P. P. P. If you are vo. bilitated and run down, or if ; tie need a tonic to regain flesh and ] ise appetite, strength and vigor, t, ed P. P. P., and you will be strong c ;re healthy. For shattered constitute ne and lost manhood, P. P. P., [Pric he Ash, Poke Root and Potassium he the king of all medicines. P. P. tie is the greatest blood purifier in ey world. For sale by all druggists. th * * * Canned salmon, mackerel, lobsa th oysters, potted ham, sardines, toi ns toes, okra and tomatoes, com, p apple, jellies, dessicated cocoai ^ ready for pies and custards, < densed milk, Worcester and pep] Q(j sauce, pepper and mustard,?at 1 Bazaar. , ?? Id What to Save, And how to save it, are subjei an which interest all prudent hou at wives. This information is given ul "Ayer's Home Economies," containi er One Hundred Recipes for using od to and ends from table and market, ry is a book especially valuable to you to housekeepers, and will afford ma is- new and useful hints even to the more experienced. "Ayer's Hoi -n :i^,l be Hiconomies xuuneu auj auun ?d on receipt of 2 cent stamp, by Dr.. er C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass or c Is, at the Bazaar for one. instead of oncdhiraa^^^B@^^^P|)y|3BgBj|(g the old bill, and requires Lexingtor^^^B0B8HB to pay the one-third instead of twothirds, with perhaps a few other minor changes, consequently the present Legislature is not to be credited with the bill only the few amendments. I am pleased to notice the interest taken, as it is an important question that will come before the voters of the county and should be thoroughly understood by every voter as to whether they will vote to bond the , several townships, as per ratio men. tioned in the bill, Respectfully, W. H. F. Rast. Swansea, S. C., Jan. 27th., 1893. i A BILL ' To Amend Sections 1, 2 and 3 of An Act Entitled "An Act to Authorize ' the County Commissioners of Lex? ington County ard the City Coun' cil of Columbia to Purchase the ? Two Bridges Known as the Broad River Bridge and Congaree Bridge " near the City of Columbia, or to Erect Other Bridges Across the 5 Congaree and Broad Rivers.1' mm ting in General AssemblyTan^^^B^^^H^^H ' ~ authority of the same: 1 Section 1. That Section 1 of an L(^" Act entitled uAn Act to authorize the 7 to County Commissioners of Lexington )aus county and City Council of the city of Columbia to purchase the two ifac- bridges kno'wn as the Broad Bi' er :Cur~ Bridge and the Ccngaree Bridge, d to near the city of Columbia, or to erect 5r other bridges across the Congaree luce and Broad Elvers,*' approved 24th iery December, 1889, be amended by striking out the provisos to Section r a one and inserting in lieu thereof the Durs following nrivisos to Section one: r-six Provided, That in case both of said tab- ' bridges cannot be bought for such aro-^'ice as the said County Commisnull sioners and i^e said City Council and shall deein fair and reasonable, then :ing the said County Commissioners and > in said City Council may contract pro ned visionally for the purchase of that and one of the said bridges which can be tent so purchased, and for the erection of >ach a new bridge over the river which is ban now spanned by the existing bridge, [red *'hich cannot be so purchased. Or the ^ either of said bridges can be purchased at such peice as is deemed fair > into and reasonable bv said Oonntv Com- **** D. missioners and said City Council, they may contract provisionally for \ the erection of new bridges over bc'h of said rivers. Provided, further, That should the ky said County Commissioners and the said City Council deem it inexped?^oa ent to purchase or erect bridges over both of said rivers, that they may a^e contract provisionally for the purin(^ chase or erection of a bridge over 3DS one of said rivers. Provided, further, That the total 18 cost of the purchases and erection as hereinbefore referred to shall not exthe J Al XXCl.. i.1 J -3-1 ceeu iuc sum ui mtv inuusauu uoilars, so that said Section as amended shall read as follows: Section 1. That the County Commissioners for the county of Lexingine ton and the City Council of the city ^ of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to contract provisionally ^ 1 for the purchase of either or both of the two bridges near the city of Columbia, the one across Broad River, j known as the Broad River Bridge. ! and the other across the Congaree cts ' j River, known as the Congaree Bridge, to be paid for in sucb proportions as are hereinafter specified, bv the city n<r ^ of Columbia and Lexington county, ' ' as may be voted therefor under the i provisions of this \ct: Provided, ? ; That incase both of said bridges canI not be bought for such price as the said County Commissioners and the said 12G i # City Council shall deem fair and rea*SS /** ' cnnnl-ilfi fhpn fhp said Cniintv Pnm. '" | missioners and the said Citj Council all ! __ j (continued on* third page.)