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WfUBBa* - - \ . r ,r> -n ? ^ / / / - t:f v ? / T" , ( I ADVERTISING RATES: KATES REASOXABLK lin? each insertioa* JIB PRINTlNG0A~SPECIAlTY. ' _ ? notices inKortodfr.e. - ... Obituaries over ten line charged for at ' regular adver: isiug rates. VOL. XXIII. LEXINGTON, S. C? WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1893. NO. 38. ? ?. Highest of all in Leavening Po ABSQULT Eoply to "Gladiator." To the Editor of the Dispatch: In answer to "Gladiator" will say the $50,000 was considered sufficiently large to build the two bridges and that belief was based on the es timate of two different bridge companies. I have already stated their esti- i mates on the Congaree bridge and the ; bridge builders certainly know o what they are doing when they have to give a heavy bond for the performance of their contract and to warrant it for several years, and that part of "Gladiator's" objection he can lay aside. Good new bridges can be built within $50,000. But the -innocent adder still confuses his mind and he is looking all the time for another snake in the pile of "damnable bends,'' and if the bridges should be freed I really believe he would never s?_ -cross them for fear of being "snake bit" One below the status of an intellectual solon can see that visionary is too mild a term to express his idea of issuing "non interest bearing legal tender bridge bonds by the Legislature after the dawn of the milenium. "Gladiator's" idea of the milm lenium is as visionary as his concep- j tion of the advantages and benefits of the free bridges. The sacred historian tells us that will be a day of peace and good wilL Prejudice and ill will will not be among the -? 1 n. T. Li.. oiuouulus ui Luts ?>uuj; ocuiwj uiyuvtfs will be driven in exile from the Hearty be banK feest interests of men. No long ar- : Y guments would be necessary to convince the inhabitants of that day that a large proportion of their countrymen need assistance and that a small ! inconvenience to all would bring a ; great relief to many. His arguments of a column and a half can be stated very briefly, thus: | Every enterprise supported by interest bonds is wrong and should be condemned. The free bridge enterprise is one supported by interest bearing bends; therefore, the free bridge enterprise should be condemned. The fallacy of such an argument j is so apparent that I would startle : the reading public with an attempt ; at refutation. "Gladiator" is a great reformer and full grown, stalwart Allianceman loud in his proclamations of good intentions to relieve the down trodden farmers of his county but when a good opportunity is thrown across his pathway to prove his faith bj his work, and to assist in giving relief to a great many of the hardy sons of toil and at a very small outlay to any one, his visionary dreams of snakes and innocent little -> adders causes him to make a conviction in his faith and practice, but Gallio like, he cares for none of these things. There is another "nigger iu the fence" that drives him away. In the hallucination of his dream he is "led by the spirit" to prophecy evil things concerning the nation's executive and his servile minions in Congress, but he will not see nor open ^ his eyes to behold that interest bearr ing bonds that pay all expenses and a large divided to the holders, who in this case is the county, "harbor" no deceptive serpen tile spirits, the phantom is a delusion and the creature of his deranged imagination, an ignis fatuus of his brain. He should refute the premises of the argument * or admit the conclusion. He sees unscriptural, criminal interest in the bonds, but is deaf to the great demand to love thy neighbor as thyself and even forgets to bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. Washirt^^Ir ving says: that it is , -?-wSnderful how providence has arranged comets for the relief of a . bewildered philosopher. That when he finds that he is about to plunge into the abyss of nonsense and absurdity he can seize the comet by the beard, mount astride his tail, and aWay he gallops in triumph, like a Connecticut witch on her broom stick io sweep the cob webs from the sky. "When "Gladiator" tires of every other adventure he turns to the same old story again and makes President L /Cleveland and the American Con jgfr ?? gress the scape goat for the sins of ? ^ iv i v il,. , fi the peopie ana aisciaiming mn gin ol prophecy or lienage from a prophet, he foretells of a time which, for the wer.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. TELY PURE want of a better term, he calls the millenium, but unless the lightning of inspiration by its thunder bolts shall shatter the pillar of selfishness in his soul, if he lives to see that country, he will be an alien in that celestial government and will be denied the right of citizenship b}* the happy ?u-?l?t a?i i:i sujujtrcta tu inui auu nc suuic. As to the querries elicited by bis former articles and answered in his last as to the position of the Reform party, the Alliance and Ocala demands in the future fight, "Gladiator" very frankly says he does not know. But as to second, or it' the Alliance will fight in the Democratic and Reform columns, or will it force both to take issue or agree to its demands, he answers very decidedly and very much in the spirit and language of a third party man. It was publicly told by the Alliance organizers and lecturers through this county that politics were forbidden by the Constitution to enter into the Alliance. That a man's social, political and religious opinions were guaranteed to him? that the Alliance was ; non political and eminently so. On the political rock the Grange had been wrecked by politicians; but now this war against the Constitution and political aspirants would not be allowed to run that gauntlet on this order. My understanding that it was a farmers' agency entirely for transacting his business and a brotherhood to elevate and ennoble the yeomanry tjjt the country. * Tf Jo v frw f no AiIi'qtu'p 1" fa^nr i *** * fc%M, 4VA VMV ?^ -ii?j> n ?a and make an open declaration of such intention if such is true, and "Gladiator' clearly indicates that it is true. It is clear to the reader of the literature of today that the Alliance leaders are largely in sympathy with the Third party and not with the Democratic party. Just how far this state of feeling exhists with the members of the Order remains to be revealed later on. I regret that this is so, but nevertheless it is true. Now is it fair for the Alliance to allow only farmers in its ranks and undertake within itself to govern and entirely dictate *???.rr?o r\( noo^o tn ?11 rpst. of IUC l/t I iUO V4 V*-. ??%- - the citizens. In such an event only farmers would or could have any say so in the councils of the State. Now it is but true to my\^onvictions to say that I have all confidence in the patriotism of the great bulk of the farmers. My candid belief is that : their intentions are good and true. But I fail to see any reason the Reformers and Democrats of this State are not equally interested in a good, wise and economical government. They are equally interested in the j prosperity of this State with the Al J | liancemen, and are equally injured I by reverses and misfortunes. I am ; and have been at heart a Reformer | and as one opposed in reality the nomination of President Cleveland, ! I feared he could not be elected and was very gladly disappointed at the ! results of the election. "We did all we could to defeat his nominatior and he owes none of his success tc j our good wishes or good deeds foi ! him. "We will bear no blame if his administration be a failure and the outcry of treason, hireling of "Wall street, all come too soou, and even il | in place they are not now, and 1 ! think will never be. To talk of re i pudiating him at the ballot box ir ! November, means of course to vot( e _ w TJ- : J :t c<. 11 ior >? favci ui xjLttiiioujj auu ii ouuix j Carolina bad done that traitous deet he had a large majority without oiu help. But how could we go througt the campaign_^ndJhe_beateu out by j Cleveland and after nominated tun 1 and vote against him. That is wha "Gladiator" called treason and Has I kellisin two years ago and now ad | vising a like deed to the farmers o ; South Carolina consistency ' thou art a jewel." I believe he wil | find the farmers will ever reject sucl 1 advice. His "home, Katie and th< baby" and Ocala demands regardles j of party lines or platform will hard!; survive, yet I believe with patriots o the* Alliance and those outside, th i Alliance itself is split on the Ocal j demands and the farmers outside stil : worse asunder on them. The dt mands if even enforced must com ' j as the Sat of the American peop! , | and in this I think the Alhanceme , 1 will agree. Scarcely has the nei i government gone into existence ti this storm of abuse comes down a uncalled for as it is unjust. Its ir famy rocked by wintry winds will it manhood be scorched by blaste lightnings in its prime? I trua ' i* ? 11 *n i l1 i._ ; "U-iaaiator win nave pauence iu wm and see his fears aud anxiety re lieved and his hopes and desiree frus trated. The tax on State banks, as I uc derstand the Ocala demands, doe not enter into considertiou. The dc mands want no banks, but wan money issued directly to the peopl I by the government, but on what con dition I don't know. If he says to? much about State banks and the ta: thereon he may soon find himself be yond the pale of the Ocala demands Many well wishes of the Allianc* await the meeting of the State Alii ance this month, and trust that tin Alliance may steer clear of politic: and stick to its higher vocation aiu not be made a foot ball by the de signing politician who has no furthei - - ? /v? uses for it than to get into an omc< on its broad shoulders. I am firmly convinced it will re tain many in the brotherhood, if il remains out of politics which it wil lose should it leave its true aim and become entangled in political net work. I fail to see any reason why the Alliance can't fight its battles united and can see that the interest of the Ocala demands will be in no wise advanced by a rupture but think I dc see that their chances will be in jured by such action. Let the com| ing events show for themselves. Your obedient servant, D. J. Knotts. Swansea, July 28, 1893. Eo^'s This! We offer One Hundred Dollars | Reward for and case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. ; . F.J.CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, 0. We the undersigued, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, ancially able to cany out any obligations made be their firm. West & Truax, "Wholesale Druggists Toledo O., Walding, Kinnau & Man-in, Whole sale Druggists Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Price, 75c. per bottle.. Sold by al! Diuggists. Testimonials free. 38 The Postman Poet. Of the postman poet for whom Mr Gladstone recommended a grant o: ?100 The Academy says: "Jamef Dryden Hosken is a young Cornish man of Helston, self educated, except for a short time spent in an ele mentary school. Untrained to am trade, he found casual employmen - - Xl ? in east ijonaon aurcng uuiw vx wu years, part of which he spent as ai outdoor officer in the customs. H< then became a rural postman; thei a sorter in the general postoffice where his health failed, and he re turned to his native place mucl shattered and broken. A partial re cover}' has enabled him to find par tial employment as an auxiliary post man." A Curiosity In Initials. Apropos of the Christian names o Harvard college graduates, there i one name in the Harvard catalogu that would puzzle the average in vet tigator of the subject were he no fully posted as to the facts in th case. It is a middle name, and it i simply ''X." which is known in th law as the symbol for "his mark. In this instance, however, it stand for a $10 bill which was presented t ! the owner of the name on the day c t his birth, and the acknowledgmer of the gift appears in the recipient name unto this day.?Boston Heralc i Zt is Easier to Keep Well tha to Get Weil! l If we could only keep our Liver i such a condition that we did n< know we bad a Liver, we woul 1 escape three-fourths of humanity ills?such as Dyspepsia, Indigestioi 1 Constipation, Sick Headache, Malari Loss of Appetite, etc. Liver-Ai will do just that thing for us. It 1 the latest and best formula for To 1 pid Liver and all of its evils. A medicine glass graduated f( table,' desert and teaspoon, fit as nice cap on each bottled. Price 50 _ j ^ | For sale at the Bazaar. 7 Maud: ''George says I'm one gi 1 in ten. How the dear boy must lo' i me!" Madge: "Don't you knc e what he means? He proposed s nine other girls and you're the on y j one out. of the ten that accepted bin e| Bucklen's Arnica Salve. a j The best Salve in the world f U j Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Si I Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapp -- ' PViilkloina P.Avr.C or?/1 I iiauu.^, VUUUJtUUO VV/liJQ, uuu e j Skin Eruptions, and positively eui e ! Piles, or 110 pay required. It is gu! u j anteed to give perfect satisfaction, I money refunded. Price 25 cents j ,v j box. For sale at the Baza 11 j March 31. s I Jus or Ho. 7. 5 :l d I By Gordon Ncxd Hurtel. it # I ^ So he is dead! I looked again at the newspaper , ( | which I held m my hand, and read: j ; Died near Mobile, Ala, March 28, | 1893, Emanuel Jethro, aged fiftyj seven years. ! He is dead after all these years, 1 ? ! and at last I am free to reveal a ter- * j rible secret of a jury room, which has 1 ; been a burden to myself and ten ^ o other men unless they like Jethro, s i have passed over the river. i In August, 1875, there was a mur, j der trial in Mobile, Ala., which perj j haps the older citizens of th it city c j still remember. a j The murder itself did not at the J a time of its commission attract much t I public attention, but the trial did. I was the third juror chosen. Of ? . jurors No. 1 and 2. I remember but ? little, except that they were both r elderty men and well to-do citizens of ^ f nn /?Ann{ tr 1 tuuui,j [. Jurors No. 4, 5, and 6, were mer- 13 I chants of the city, at least, two were v c [ merchants and one a clerk. c ; After juror No. 6 was told to pass into the jury box the court clerk ^ , called the name of? i "Emanuel Jetkio." t ) I believe everyone in the courtroom was struck with the man's appearance. , He walked briskly, and in a peculiarly 0 . nervous manner which could not fail v . to attract attention. He answered n the solicitor's questions eagerly, in fact, one time his answer came before ? the question was concluded. ^ The solicitor said, "Prisoner, look ^ on the juror, juror, look on the prisoner:" and he probablv expected the u defense to strike, but the defense did a P uvv. ? Juror No. 7 was told to take liis a seat iu the box. His residence was 0 give.n in the jury list as Bayon La Batre beat, and he evidently came ' from a very secluded place pn the coast. " Thefrestjif/lat day ai The next morning the exaimiation of witnesses began. The evidence t , was short and it was conclusive. a > Karl Beiderman, a German youth employed on a truck garden near the o city, was charged with murdering his employer by splitting open his [ head with an ax. He and the gar j dener had lived alone. One morning [ the boy came into the city, and, while drmkiug freely, had shown a large . sura of money. A clay later the gar- ^ dener was found lying dead upon the j door of a room in his house, with the 5 bloody ax which had done the work ^ ' lying near him. The German youth ^ was arrested with some of the money j still in his possession. It was shown t that Beiderman had been eeen leaving ' r the house hurriedly, very early on v - the morning of the killing, and that ^ i he made several contradictory state- j ' ments about how he came into the j ' possession of the money. There was j proof that the boy and the gardener - had been heard quarrelling about an 3 increase in wages, which the boy had ] asked fof and did not get. , , To offset this strong array of circum- ] * a' ? s stantiai evidence mere was uuwuuuy ] e but the prisoner's statement, very . badly told by an interpreter. He . e denied knowing anything of the killjs ing and said the money he had was e given him by a man the night before as a bribe to leave his employer, 0 that he knew nothing of the killing >f or who did it. |t The judge's charge was principally ? upon the weight of circumstantial evidence, ft The jury was told to retire. When we reached the jury room there seemed but two things to do? ol o frvvomftrt and lin'tiff in a ver- I titvi; K. 0 )t diet of guilty. j The first we did with little trouble. , Then we took a ballot, merely as a matter of form. I counted the vote u, and it stood: For guilty?11. For acquittal?1. "Who is the twelfth gentleman that does not know murder when he )v sees it?" one of the jurors asked a little sarcastically. | "I am," came the reply, calmly spoken b}' juror No. 7?Emanuel Jet h ro. rj Then we began to argue the case * TT 1 _ 1 3 4l s'e witn 111 in. ne looKeu oui. me wiuuun ?w most of the time, and made 110 reply to to any of our telling- arguments, ly Finally he was asked if he had any i." reason to advance for voting as he j did. "None at all," he replied quietly," ; except that I don't wish to see an iue i i nocent man hanged. all | The was a rap on the jury loom 'es j door and the bailiff said the judge ir" | wanted to kuow if we were likely to Wfi f lcavyjl " V i A V. W MVVW f ' V VVVI4MW V ; >er 1 lar sayThere were some more convincing , aiguments by the eleven, and we look another vote: For murder, 11. For acquittal, 1. And that was the way the vote 3tood next morning after breakfast. We grew desperate. Finally the whole mauner of Jethro changed, and lie exclaimed, excitedly: "If each of you will take a solemn K~r - ii. ? r< _ .1 it,?i ! j:iiu utuutc me vxuu umi mime yuu | act io reveal what I tell you until I i !m (lead, I will give you the reason j vhy I do not agree to a verdict of guilty," After some consultation and glances it the clock, which showed that the lour for reconvening of court was at land, we, one at a time, took the >ath. In low, half-whispered tones the uror told his secret. Fifteen minutes later we went into lie courtroom with a verdict of "not fuilty." I remember distinctly the consterlation on the judge's face, and the ook of disgust on that of the soliitor's. The newspapers criticised is severely, and went so far as to rrite editorials on the prevalence of rime on account of a failure by the ourts to adequately punish those ietected in the commission of it. Well, Emanuel Jethro is dead, and believe I am now absolved from he oath he made us take. "That German boy did not kill that Id man," he told us in his dry, husky oice. "un tne mgiit oeiore tne lurder a man met him and paid him 0 leave th.e farm early next morniugave him a large roll of money which :as enough to tempt him to give up is situation.^ And the man who did his watched the boy as he left next lorning, and slipped into the room nd killed the old gardener as he was reparing to rise?killed him to pay debt that only his blood could wipe ut." < "And gentlemen," he concluded, 1 am the murderer." We looked upon the man's ashy ice as th^^Brds fell from his lips, j^^^^PJ^iiev^^L^stor^^vas ^ He stood by the door waiting to be he last toieave the jury room, and s we passed him he whispered: "Until I am dead?remember your athl" Orlanda, Fla., June 2nd, 1893, lessrs. Lippmgn., Prop. P. P. P., Savannah, Ga. Gentleman: I feel it my duty to form your of the cure your wonderul medicine, P. P. P., wrought in ny case. I have suffered for two 'ears with Dyspepsia and Malaria in he worst form, and was a daily suf erer from sick headaches, my bowels lid not act but twice a week and fre[uentlv only once a week. 1 could iot retain half I ate and my stomach vas always uncomfortably heavy; I ried pills, all kinds of medicines, iut only found temporary relief in hem; I was despondent and was loping to soon find relief in death. Seeing your P. P. P., advertisenent I decided to try it and requested Dr. Peak to get me a bottle; and ifter taking that bottle I felt one hundred per cent better, I have taken two bottles and will soon get another, and I can now eat in peace and enjoy everything, and can sleep like a top. My headaches have ceased and my bowels are regular. I would advise all sufferers like myself to give P. P. P., a trial and they will write you as I have that P. P. P. beats any medicine on the market. Yours truly, Curtis Collver, Artist & Painter, Orlando, Fla. To Increase the Flow. A farmer writes to an exchange: If you desire to get a large yield of rich milk give your cow every day water slighily warm and slightly salted in which bran has been stirred at the rate of one quart to two gallons of water. You will find, if you have not tried this daily practice, that your cow will give twenty-five per cent., more milk immediately under the effect of it, and she will become so attached to the diet as to refuse to drink clear water unless ? 4V,<-rf "Ruf fliia nmcc oho will Vtl V IIIll OI J A-'M V VWIO UAVMkf If Ai? drink almost any time, and ask for more. The amount, of this drink necessary is an ordinary water-pail at a time?morning, noon, and night. Positions Guaranteed. Money can be deposited in bank, for tuition, until position is secured. Send for 72 page catalogue of Draughon's Consolidated Practical Business College, Nashville, Tenn No vacation. Enter anytime. Jfls^Mention this paper.) Julv 19-3m * i Educating Sub Alliances. The committee appointed by th j County Farmers' Alliance atitsmeel : ing Friday, July 21st, to arrange | schedule of places for holding meei ; ings of Sub Unions for the purpos | of instructing or educating the pec ! pie upon the aims and demands c the Farmers' Alliance and Industrie Union, make the following report as t tlie time and place for said meetings 1. Cedar Grove, August 2d. 2. Chinquapin, (Little Black Creel church,) August 3d. 3. Boynton Alliance, August 4th. 4. Gaston, August 8th. 5. Sandy Run, August 9th. (>. Joseph Shumperts, August lOtl 7. Coiigaree Alliance, August 11th 8. Ford Alliance, August loth. 9. Irmo, August lOtli. 10. Spring Hill, August 18th. 11. Pine Ridge, August 24th. The following named persons are appointed a committee at the place* named, and it is expected that the} will make all necessary arrangement* for the holding of the meeting anci invite such speakers as iu their judg luent may seem best for the good oi the Order and the advancement oi its just demands. The committees are as follows; Cedar Grove?W. W. Koon, Joseph Hite, Boston Price. Chinquapin?G. M. Adams, Capt. Griffith. R. B. Barre. Boynton Alliance?Jeremiah Wise. Ed King, ?. ?. Smith. Gaston?G. A. Glenn, Robert Zin ker, G. A. Goodwin. Sandy Run?Henry Assmann, H. J. Seibles, N. B. Waimamaker. Skumperts?Joe Sliumpert, Noak Sbumpert, Noah Lucas. Oongaree?James Roof, J. A. Corley, George Wilson. Ford?E. L. Wingard, P^*Se Sawyer, Jacob WingaydIrroo?N. S. ytJunginer, J. W. Dreher, Robert Hook. Spring Hill?Dr. J. W. Eargle, Jacob Haitiwanger, George DeHines. Pice Ridge?D. I. Epfcing, J. D Will HtlCXJU i liCOC iUCCfiugo AU* vmv purpose of instructing the sub Alliances and aiding them in whatbvei way may lies in his power. Let the brethren see to it that the meetings are well attended. P. W. Sheai.y, John Fulmer, P. H. Caughman. See the World's Fair for Fifteen Cents Upon receipt of your address anc fifteen cents in postage stamps, w( will mail you prepaid our Souveni] Portfolio of the "World's Columbiai Exposition, the regular price is i e Fifty cents, but as we want you t< have one, we make the price nominal You will find it a work <if art and i thing to be prized. It contains ful jrnge views of the great buildings with descriptions of same, and is ex ecuted in highest style of art. If no satisfied with it, after you get it, w will refund the stamps and let yoi keep the book, Address H. E. Bccklen & Co., Chicago, H Items from North. The new town of North is locate on the Southbound Railroad, two an a half miles from the Lexingto line and thirty-two miles from Colun bia. It already contains twelve store some of them very large ones, tv\ physicians, several shops, large sa mills, and a high school of whic Boynton O'Brien is principal. E took charge on the 10th inst, ar now, at the end of three weeks, h register shows sixty-three studen ranging from Latin and higher mat ematics down to the speller. Sever have already availed themselves the low rates for board and will so< enroll. Mrs. Anna Pannelly, a lac of rare accomplishments and mu< experience, teaches music and a go< corps of assistants are engaged. 5 place of like size, having about 3( inhabitants, can boast of better heal or can lay claim to purer society. A large Baptist church will so< be ready to occupy. The Methodi intends to build. The colored pt pie are erecting a fine church. Nort surrounded by the finest lands, wi a thoroughly progressive people, by far the leading town on the Sout bound and its school the largest < that route. Mr. Junies V. Smith, an excelle 3*oung man; fills the vacancy left Mr. O'Brien at Swansea Aeaden They have a line school building the i apd some good patrons. It is hop that Mr. Smith will be well sr ported so as to continue the lar i school built there by the former pr . cipal. "We heartily wish him si oess. The Morraan sensation is not o1 yet. Some days ago warrants w< y issued for the arrest of these Eiders e as vagrants. The arrest was resisted [. by some of their misguided friends, a but two were taken over in Lexiug[. ton county where they proposed to e shake South Carolina dust from their ). unhallowed feet aud go hence never ,f to return. They were put aboard the train and left, but it was rumored o mat tne party Having tnern incnajge ;; gave them a parting buggy trace reminder such as will cause them to k stand up to eat for some days. I am no advocate of mob law, but these Elders are wolves in sheep's clothing. leading the very ignorant along with the lewd and vicious to accept .1 their doctrines which, when fully ex. posed, are a stench in the nostrils of good people. Some of their friends have taken out warrants at OrangeKnrrf llin -r-vovfri* avvaafinrr tl MHI Q iVl VUV I'J iUiV.CUU^ VliV U1 and next Tuesday is set for a bearing. ? There may be no law to rid the State i of Mormans who hold to barbarous ! doctrines at variance with Holy "Writ i while they pretend to preach sound I doctrine, but they may rest assured . that our edict has gone forth that [ Mormons must "get a hump on" and f this attempt at persecution only ag5 gravates the matter. If fools, knaves, lewd women and the outi casts of other churches wish to as sist the Mormons then they had better purchase through tickets to Utah. The Rev. Mr. Abney has been ceu. surecl for his active part in arresting these Elders. Mr. Abney is a hightoned Christian gentleman, and if the country had many more such men Mormon outcasts would not stay here a week. T . . , . rtViil repre1 Lexington county ' , ,, ,1 , , , , 15. Plunkett, formspnfpn horo rv< . Qf zratesburg, who does a thi iv J-ug business as a merchant and hotel man. He is deservedly popular. Jake Craft, son of Lexington's worthy Mr. Tommy Craft, i? at the head of Mr. G. A. Harley's mam moth store. Mr. Irvin Furtick has erected splendid buildings and keeps a stock of goods large enough the men of Lexington it. -Tnlxr 9Qtli 1 ^HsSTUS. , CT1RATCHED TEN MONTHS. A troublesome skin disease J caused me to scratch for ten Bboil months, and has been cured by a few days' use of M. H. Wolff, Upper Marlboro, Md? SWIFT^ECIFIC i I was cared several years ago of white swelling la my leg by using ffSR9^? an<i bave had no symptoms of re 111171 ?* the dis* 1 ease. Many prominent physicians attended me and all failed, but S. S. S. did the work. Paul "W. Klrkpatbick, Johnson City, Tenn. Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis- C ^ eases mailed free. Swift Specific Co., j 1 Atlanta, Ga. '? Jane?21 lv. e How Southern Bank Stand the n Storm. A gentleman in this city has prepared from a recently printed state ment of the comptroller of the currency the following interesting table, d showing the number of national d banks in the Southern States and ,n the failures among them this year: L.! . 1 5 2 State. j? l: g ? i n i si , , n \ x :h Ce !i I c id ^ is Alabama ...! 29' 1 ts Arkansas 10 C l Florida 17 '2 . Georgia 29 2 Louisiana 20 C of Mississippi 121 1 >n North Carolina i 23 1 j_ South Carolina 14 C * Tennessee j 53 ? 2h Texas | 223 1 3d Virginia I 30 C fo "West Virginia j 30 ( 30 I 490 It th Several of these will resume aftei Dn merely a temporary supension to col st lect assents. >o- In South Carolina there has beet h, no suspension of a national bank th Only one small State bank has sits is pended and it resumed operations ii h- ft few days. du A strain is the test of strength No matter what the cause is, the ti?r 7 ? nt ures show that the South is stronge by commeicially than any part of tin iv. country. Money is scarce here, a J ? V >re is vvervwhere, but everything a;< 7 ? O I ed pears to be in sounder condition thai ip- in other parts of the country. Th g? indications are that the South wil ID. nm. af.ffl fmm J. ? VMV vwvwv auii j 1, ic. better credit than ever before. rer All of Dr. Ayer's standard Med ere dues can be found at the Bazaar. / i The Virginia Ponulists. i j ! A Ticket Placed in the Field?Cleveland and Carlisle Bitterly Assailed. Lynchburg, Va., Aug. 3.?The Populists of Virginia met here today. I Nearly five hundred delegates, | chiefly from the rival districts, were j in attendance, and queerly enough, l there was not a negro among them o o ! all. A^ncng the visiting statesmen O O j were Jerry Simpson from Kansas and Congressman Pence from Colorado. Simpson spoke to a mass meeting last night, and Pence today addressed the convention. In the course of his | speech he bitterly assailed Mr. Cleve! laud and Secretary Carlisle, quoting J from a apeech of the latter delivered j some years ago in strong denuneia! lion of the financial policy to which be seeuis to be now committed. Pence's speech created much enthusiasm. The convention was permanently organized by the election of Col. Robert Beverly, of Fauquier, as chairman with the usual complement of subordinate officers. C. H. Pierson, of Caroline county, who edits the Virginia Stin at Richmond, was rtrt nrt resolutions. The following nominations were made unanimously: For Governor, E. R. Cocke of Cumberland; Lieutenant Governor, J. Brad Beverly, of Fauquier; Attorney General, William S. Gravel* of Hfenrv^ the purp086 ??i*ng the expenses of a vigorous campaign. The platform adopted is reported i i - v . ?...Iil"O/lt4-T>iA** CO Dave oeeu wnueu uj xiiuiLui ?. ivison, who is decidedly the ablest man in the party. It was brought up from Richmond in printed slips. It declares for free silver coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1; a national currency issued by the general government and distributed directly to the people on the security of their property; the imposition of a ^^^y^orrnofJbhe^mij^imH^I 'ternal revenue laws. Itv also de- ^ nounces the present election laws of the State as partisan, and demands their repeal and the substitution of a non-partisan law. The preamble to the platform severely arraigns President Cleveland, ' who was elected for the express purpose of relieving the people from the robberies of the McKiuley tariff, but who calls Congress, not to repeal the robber tariff, but to consummate the fraud of 1S73, which demonetized silver." The convention was in session from 10 o'clock to G. Everything was harmonious, but some of th c delegates express the belief that the convention did not put forward its strongest man for Governor. They seem to fear that Cocke will not make an aggressive candidate. BEEF, WINE AND BON. This admirable preparation so successfully used for many years has become a necessity to that classs of patients requiring a mild but efficient tonic,-combining the virtues of fresh beef, a sound quality of wine and a ' "1^ l\nf SUIL U1 1HJLU n liiLU kjKxu does not constipate. Its use in convalesence, wasting disease, dyspepsia, alcoholism, loss of appetite, nervous debility and general prostration is too well known to require further comment, For sale at the Bazaar. Price $1.00. The State Alliance. Hon. W. D. Evans Chosen President. [ The Next Meeting at Aiken. ' Walhalla, S. C., July 27.?The I State Alliance elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Presi) dent, W. D. Evans, Marlboro; Vice ; 1 President, James L. Keitt, Newberry, j Secretary, J. W. Reid, Spartanburg; ) Treasurer, F. P. Taylor, Chesterfield; - State Lecturer, J. Win. Stokes, > Orangeburg; Chaplain, Rev. James r Douglass, Fairfield; Steward, E. B. Tyler, Aiken; Doorkeeper, J. W. Kennedy, Williamsburg; Assistaut Doorj keeper, L. E. Parler, Colleton; Sergoaut-at-Arms, J. Eugene Jarnegan, Marion county; Executive Committee, j one member, E. R. Walter, Orangeburg: Judicial Committee, one member, D. K. Norris, Anderson; unex. pired term of "Keitt, resigned, J. T. I Gaston, Aiken; Delegates to Supreme p I Council, J. W. Bowden, Columbia; ! \ .1 r 1> T I i -AUemaif, >l. It. uuiuu. I ' , j The Supremo Council meets at H&rLl j risburg, Pa., February, 1894. e j Aiken was the place selected for j J the next meeting. n * ' 1 Dr. Thacker s improved Liver Pill* act easily without causing pain. In i- glass bottles. Price 25 cents. For sale at the Bazaar.