The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, December 25, 1895, Image 1
?
t
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM
?IX?
Western South Carolina.
0
RATES REASONABLE.
0
SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM
0
JOS PilUmG A SPECIALTY
j GO TO
i
The Lexington Dispatch.
I VOL, XXVI. LEXINGTON, S. C,. DECEMBER 25, 1895. NO. 0.
! -IL .M.?iu >1 || | IB || II???wri IIIIMII . . ?>????.wimii ???BMB?BMaiaaB?n ! >! tiHgMMBnnp<Br?i TA-u.u?jjr
f piiilip mm.
f
TRUSTEE, FOR
f
>
f
' ' I
\
HATS,
1 GEIT'S
FIRVISIIiKi I
GOODS,
..
TRUNKS AND VALISES,
180 MAIN STREET,
COLUMBIA, S. CI. |
]
Nov. 7?ly.
t
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.
Central Time shown between Jacksonville and
Columbia.
Eastern Time at other points.
\Arlhbonn<!. | j X0.36; No 10 jXo38
wi. cm, icy-) j j .uany j ; a/oh/ \
Lv. Jacksonville ..! ! G 20 p; j 7 30a
Lv. Savannah . ... 30 41 p 1150a
Ar. Columbia I i 3 30 a |4 00p
Lv. Charleston } 6 00 p J 7 20 a
Ar. Columbia j ! 1015 p| jll 05 a
Lv. Angus'* I i j 7 00 p 2 05 p
' ' Gntnitcville .. I ! 7 46 p 234 p
44 Trenton ! : 8 25 P 2 58 p
44 Johnstons ! 8 15 a 3 30 p
Ar. Columbia .... j ! 11 20 p 4 41 p
Lv. Columbia 4 50 a 4 50 a 5?5 p
44 Wiunsboro j ! cot a 6 01 a1 605 p
*' <'hest? r ! 6 58 a 6 5S a j 6 53 p
" Rock Hill 7 32 a 7 32 a 7 30 p
Ar. Charlotte j 1 8 25 a, 8 25 aj S20 p
" Danville ; ISOpj loOpjliOOut |
44 Richmond I 640 p. 640 pi 6 00 a |
" Washington ... j j 9 10 p 0 40 p 6 12 a
44 Baltimore 1125 pi 1125 p *05 a
" Philadelphia 3 CO a 3 00 a 10 15 a
44 New York ? j 6 20 a 6 20 a 12 53 p
Southbound. I n' ^ h?:. 9 n?ifv
j Da:!y ; Daily Daily
Lv. New York ; j 12 15nt j 12 35ut 4 30 p
" Philadelphia | 350 ai 3"-0n 6 55 p
" Baltimore....! j 6 22 a 6 22 a 029 p
Lv. Washington .. 1115 a j 1J 15 & 10 43 p
" Richmond 12 55 pj 12 >5 p 2 00 a
f 44 Danville .... : : 6 05 p' 6 0*> p! 5-'0a
\ 44 Chnrlolti .... I j li 00 p 111 00 p! 0 25 a
44 Rock Hill .... | ! 11 4S p; 11 4S pilo27 a
44 Chester j 12 25 n ] i2 2."lit 11 03 a
44 Winnsboro... j 131a 1 11 a 1151 a
Ar. Columbia | 2 20 a 2 20 a 1 0) p
Lv. Columbia . 4 30 a 1 27 p
44 Joht-stcn 6 51 a :<10p
44 Trenton 6 48 a 8 23 p
44 Craniifeville 7 16 a 345 p
Ar. Augusta | i Ce a 4 15 p
(.v. Columbia 7 CO a j 4 CO p
Ar. ( har'eston? ill 10 a j 8 00 p
Lv. Columbia ! 130?j jl21?f
Ar. Savannah I 5 4'? a ! i 1 50 p
" Jacksonville..) 10."A) a j V4'J p
SLEEPING ( AR SEE YIt E.
Jfos. S7and3S Washington & Southwotcrn Lim
Ited,Pullman cars Tana p? to New York. Solid1'uli
man train with Din ng cars north "f < harlot"*.
No. 35 and 36 U. 8. Fast Mail. 1'iro gh 1'ul
man Buflet SI (ping car ami iDs: c'ass co.ic!
Jacksonville and Now York; also Pullman c.>Augusta
and Charlotte.
N. B.?Nos. 33 and 36 do not enter Uni n 8i?
lion Columbii. but discharge and :?.!< on pa
tengets and baggage at B1 tiding St Station.
W.A.TURK. S. II. H \ KD ' B K.
G. P. A , W ASH INC TON'. A. G. I*. A., .M I.ANT.
P. I. WE.'.LES, Su;>t, Coloibja. s.
w. ij. GUEEN*. J -5. l"! p.
G.Snpt.,washington. T >!..
F. W. HUSEMANN.
CT" AND L0C2SMITH,
and dealer in
GUNS, PISTOLS. PISTOL CARTRIDGES
FISHING TACKLE,
and all kinds of Sportsmen's Articles,
which he has now on exhibition and for
ale at his store.
Main Street, Near tlie Central Bank,
Columbia, S. C.
agent FOB HAZARD POWDER CO. |
Repairing dens at short notice.
]7 WAUER^ MITCH ELL^ j
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BATESBURG, - - S. G, j
TTTILL practice in all the j
W State Courts, offer his professional
Services to the citizens of Lexington and
? lgefield conutieF,
Special attention given to claims and settlement
of estates.
January 30 - 3m.
far/ner Stebbips as Sar^ta Qaus.
By WILL CAELETON.
I
[Copyright, 1895, by American Press Association.]
We went to Pegtown visiting, my good old wife an1 me,
An' thought that we would bathe ourselves in Chris'mas joy an' glee;
For Sarah Ann, a buxom dame, an' daughter, too, of mine, I
Resides there with her older half an' children eight or nine;
An' so we gathered gifts enough to make 'eru all content
An' took the train an' landed there the very day we went
The children warmly greeted us au' crowded rouud
tWith four a-perchin' on my kuees an' young uns still j
An' asked about my spectacles, an' how I growed
An' if my papa bought my teeth before I got so big, i
An' how my whiskers come to bleach an' other quesTo
make a mortal realize that younger days have
An' if I ever looked it np how fur I was around,
An' when I run if it would shake the whole adjacent
ground,
An' if the your-correct-weight box didn't think I was a lot,
An' if I wouldn't have to put two pennies in the slot,
With other questions well designed to givo a hint to mo
That I was not a first class sylph so far as they could see..
An' when I told 'em fairy tales they wouldn't be- r \
lieve a word flffiL'
An'said the Sin'bad sailor things could never havo ^
occurred; *
An' all the pleasant little lies that used to cheer xny /k
They set upon without delay as destitute of truth. VCV"
An' when of Christmas mysteries in solemn tones I ^ jj
They laughed an' said that Santa Clans was all "a J 'z**AI
bloomin'fake." ^
So Christmas eve I slyly told my daughter
Sarah Ann:
"I'll show the tots a little sight to laugh at if they can.
You rake the fireplace clear o' fire, not tellin' them the cause,
An' I'll come down the chimney way dressod up as Santa Claua.
It isn't very fur to climb?the weather's pretty mild,
An' I would do three times as much to interest a child."
I went an' clad in hairy garb, with whiskers long j
....
. An' other things to paralyze the inexperienced sight, j
4020?^ j An' had some sleighbells bright an' new a-liangin' j
-^u pockets full o' Christmas things to add unto my j
J An' with the strongest ladder rope that I could find ;
I entered in the chimney top an' clambered slowly
- *T^; Aly goodness sakes! Who ever heard of such un- j
timely luck:
The chimney narrowed all to once, an' suddenly I stuck
An' hung there like a roastiu' hen a-waitin' to be brown,
For spite of all my effortin' I couldn't get up or down.
An' then the chil'ren heard the noi.*e an' run distressin' fleet
An' looked an' yelled: "It's Grun'pa Steb. Wc know him by his feet", i
'
An' then their mother had to tell what I had tried
to do,
Whereat their little fancies sprung the subject to
They asked me if I'd traveled far, if chimneys in- ~
jured coats, 7
An' where my span of reindeers was, an' if they'd
like some oats, <^ j
An' told me, with a childish greed for Christmas
gathered pelf, |
If I would throw the presents down, I needn't come i
An' there I hung for quite awhile, with fury
in my heart,
FT?ti 1 t Uor? VlVAnnUf n A/-\l - *h A 1>vioL'C OTt'irf
v/ul" U IJltlffUIJ 1IJ, WJJU IliC UlUi.l U|/U1 i I
Au' though they made the children stop, an' sent 'em off to bed,
I kuowed what they was thinkiu' of an' what they prob'ly said,
An' when the mornin' did appear an' breakfast time occurred,
They set around the table there forbid to say a word;
' I
A-sufferin' so to laugh at me, afraid that I'd be |
An' lougin' for their presents, too?I kuowed it well
An' then a tear come in my eye, an' like a fond old |
I went an' dug the presents out an' give 'cm all to j
^U? ^KU \ Sa^S' ^aUta ^ans *s Jou ca^ <a
These pr'tty things he brought fur you is real an' no j
q ^"u *^eu nP au' ^auce(* around an' kissed rae,
one by one,
An' hugged me harder than the blamed old chimney just had done,
An' with a thousand locks of love incumbered me with thanks
An' made me like 'em more an' more in spite of aJl their pranks.
An' one, the prettiest of tho whole, who always took my part,
She smiles an' says: "It's Gran'pa Steb. We know him by his heart!" i;
A \ EPISODE rapidly gaining ground that Messrs. ,
Hustle and Hardup, proprietors and man
agers of the Jollity theater, were "in a
ceristmas of the jollity theater stock ? ,, i
company. hole again.
The pieco which occupied the hoards
[Copyright, 1894, by Jam.-s L. Ford.] had Proved a flat failure, and receipts i
Three weeks before the holidays, and at the box offico had falle" 111 cofc:*
the outlook for a merry Christmas was quence to a piano never before reached
a gloomy one, at least so far as the ,n tbe hls,tor.v of tho honf- Mcf.over'
members of the stock company of the ?? Pla? bad M yet been put in reJollity
theater were concerned. Salary I30,31?3 a" au at"Qosphero o unmis ^
day had come and gone, and as yet tho ^ab' 0 R aud apprehension ^ pf r - j
ghost had shown no disposition to walk, vaded region behind t e oo 1
and it was because of the nonappearance aud weighed he.cvily on e spin s o j
of that most welcome specter of stage-there, fivim Pearl Livingstone, ,
laud Unit the rumor had started and wustbo ta^uted emotumal^actress w p ?y 1
'CTgwf i0&r
ed ihe leading female parts, down to little
Kitt j Sullivan, who was only 7 years
old and was in the depths of despair because
for fully three weeks she had been
cut cf the bill. In short, every inetnber
of the company was in a condition of
mingled uncertainty and cnriosity in regard
to tho future cf the playhouse and
the projects of its managers, who as yet
had given 110 sign of their intentions
and had, in fact, been invisible to the
lnerubeus of their artistic staff ever since
tho last day on which salaries becaniG
due.
On this particular night, v.Tiich happened
to be one of storm and rain, two
or three of the principal actors had
gathered together for a serious talk
about tho situation, when Tom, the
programme boy, appeared suddenly before
them in an almost breathless condition
and exclaimed: "Mr. Freelance
is back froir Chicago. He's in the office
with Mr. Hustle. They've got both
dcors locked."
"Mr. Freelance!" cried Miss Livingstone,
her face lighting up with joy,
precisely as it does in her scene in the
second act whero her lover comes back
from India, or rather as it did light up
in that scene beforo the business became
so bad. "Are you sure it was Mr. Freelance,
Tommy?"
"Sure!" rejoined Tom,with emphasis.
"I seen him meself when he come in."
"Then, Tom, you bo suro and seo
him vrhfii ho onmos nut nnd toll him
that I am particularly anxious to seo
him back here as soon as the curtain
gees down en the second act. Here's a
quarter for you, Torn, and ycu'd better
keep it as a cariosity, for it's getting to
be a very rare sort of bird in the Jollity
theater preserves."
"Thank yon, rnuru," said Tom as ho
pocketed the coin, with a grin.
"I fancy I seo a gleam of light on the
distant horizon," remarked the venerable
Mr. Borders in a tone similar tc
that which he assumes in the great
melodrama called "Tho Ocean Blue,"
in the scene in which he is discovered
sitting on a raft in midocean on the
lookout for a passing sail. "In the
meantime," he added, "I think we had
better wait and hear what Billy lias to
say before we take any further action
in the matter."
Up to that moment they had taken
no action whatever, but tho phrase
sounded well, and so Mr Borders employed
it.
Now, Mr. William Freelance, called
by his intimates Billy, was and is today
one of tho best known figures in the
theatrical affairs of the town, and, as
every member of the stock company
knew, lie had on moro than one previous
occasion come 10 the rescue of his old
friends, Messrs. Hustle and Hardup,
and that, too, when they were in even
more deplorable financial straits than
they were at the present moment.
It was his reputation as a mascot fully
as much as his remarkable talents which
caused the whole avant scene to bright en
up at the news cf his presence in the
theater, for playfolk ate notoriously superstitious
and have an unbounded and
childlike faith in the efficacy of a mascot
as well as in the destructive qualities of
a "jcuah."
Just as the curtain fell on the second
act Mr. Freelance appeared behind the
scenes and received the rapturous greetings
.of the company. Then Miss Livingstone
took him by the arm, detached
him from the little group which surrnimrlnd
Mm Iprl liirn L'Plltlv htlt fil'Tlllv
ivuuy*vw *vvt ? n v w
into her dressing room, placed him on
her zinc trunk, and standing before hint
with folded arms said, "Billy, what's
going to happen?"
"My dear," replied Mr. Freelanc*.
persuasively, "everything is all right-,
and J. just left Hustle for live minutes
to come back here and tell yon so. We
are going to put on a new piece, and
there's a part in it that's simply great
?out of sight, in fact. Wo are not quite
sure who'll bo cast for the part because
it's a very heavy emotional 0210, and if
wo put a woman in it who didn't know
how to read hues she would go all ti
^ I A? -V
j-M ?$/ ?k
r(A(h I
Jr,// \<#S \ 7
J
"MR. FREELANCE IS RACK."
pieces and tho bottom would drop our
? 1. i. T< 1 1.
of tho whole piaj- r wiougus i u spvaiv
to yon about it because Haidup has
caught a new 'angel' and said something
tonic about Kitty Bracobridge"?
"Jf that wolf puts her foot in this
theater"? began Miss Livingstone, but
Mr. Freelance interrupted her by placing
his hand over her mouth and saying:
"Wait for me after the curtain
goes down, IVail, and I'll talk to yon
about it. Hhadrach's waiting in tho
office, and I've got to give him a 'jolly*
so as to got the costumes out of him, but
I'll bo back here aftoi the last act."
In spite of the storm outside and the
dispiriting atmosphere within the performance
given that night by the Jollity
stock company was a notably brilliant
i cue, for the news liacl spread that tlierc
was to bo a speedy change of bill, and
hope was once more in every member's
j breast. Mr. Freelance invited Miss Liv|
ingstone ont to sapper just as sho was
on the point of declaring that .-'he would
! not go on again unless she received every
cent of the back salary that was duo
her, and before they left the restaurant
she had meekly agreed to study the great
emotional role which had been intended
for Miss Bracobridge and to say nothing
more about back salary.
The next morning, in accordance with
a call posted in the stage entrance, the
company assembled to hear the new
play read by the gifted Mr. Freelance,
and such was that goutlcman's elocutionary
power that when he laid the
manuscript aside expressions that ranged
from mere satisfaction to rapturous enthusiasm
wero heard on every hand,
and there was scarcely an actor or
actress present that did not feel confident
of a personal success in the new
production.
The reading over, Mr. Freelance took
Miss Livingstone, Mr. Borders and one
or two other rebellious spirits aside, and,
as he expressed it in a subsequent interview
with Mr. Hustle, "stiffened their
backbones" with the assurance that everything
was all right and that tho
piece was to be done on Christmas evo
in order that they might have a really
i merry Christmas on the prospects of its
success. After that, ho assured them,
| their back salaries would pour in upon
| them in a perfect avalanche.
As Mr. Freelance was leaving the
theater he felt some ono tugging at his
coat, and 0:1 looking down saw little
Kitty Sullivan standing beside him and
saying, in earnest tones, and with a
sad, wistful face, "Billy, isn't there
any part for me in the new piece?"
The child called him by his first name
because she had always heard him
spoken to in that way by other members
of tho company, and Billy rather encouraged
her in the idea because itsounded
funny to him to hear himself
addressed in such familiar terms by an
infant of her size.
Kitty was a veritable child of the
avaut scene, and had been an actress
I from her very earliest infancy. She was
now about 7 years of age, and was just
beginning to comprehend tho difference
between the real things of life, such as
houses, trees and streets, and the painted
imitations of stageland. And yet it
was only two years and a half ago that
she beheld the ocean for the first time,
and it is related of her that on that
occasion she stood with Billy's hand
tightly clasped in hers, watching the
waves as they broke upon the beach, and
: finally turned to her companion and said
in her serious way, "Billy, how do they
work 'em?"
And now she was here beside her eld
; friend, with her smail, pathetic face
upturned, and inquiring earnestly if
tberu were a role for her in "The Giant's
Causeway."
"See iiere, Kitty," exclaimed Mr.
Freelance, touched by the child's grief,
"I'll tell you what I'll do for you, and
what's more, I wouldn't do it for any
one else in the company. Arc you listening?"
"Yes," said Kitty, turning her head
around.
"Well, I'll write in a part specially
for you, and that's something that an
author like Sardon or myself rarely
does for any one except a Bernhardt or
a Dus'. Now, run along and be hero tomorrow
at 11 for rehearsal."
The child darted away, wiping tho
last tear from her cheek as she ran, and
Barney said approvingly, "That's tho
best deed you'll ever do in your life,
Mr. Freelance, and, mark my words, the
| child'11 bring good luck to the house."
How Billy succeeded in persuading
tho economical Hardup that the piece
j would prove a failure unless a child
! were introduced into it and how he
j contrived to write the part in for her
; that very night are matters that had
! best be left to conjecture, but the very
next day Kitty received the typewritten
copy of her lines, and rehearsals of "The
Giant's Causeway" were carried forward
under Mr. Freelance's direction
with tho energy and spirit that mark all
of that gentleman's undertakings.
The opening night, Dec. 24, found
j the house well filled with an audience
j which made a favcrablo impression on
t Hie venerable Mr. Borders as he looked
! out through the peephole in the curtain,
j while behind the footlights feverish ex1
citoment and anticipation prevailed.
As for Kitty, she had become so
wrought up over her role?the longest
one she had ever been intrusted with?
that she seemed in danger of losing her
balance and forgetting every ono of the
lines that she had, by diligent study,
crammed into her small head. She was
standing in tlio lirst entrance, witn ner
baud clasped in that of Mr. Free-lance,
i when her cue came, and as she walked
! out 011 the stage, the ideal of childish
loveliness, a murmur of delight ran
through every part of the crowded house.
'They're going to foreclose the inort!
gage on the old mill tomorrow night,
i and if that child lives J am a beggar,"
j said the polished, cigarette smoking
villain, and then a youngster in the
parquet set up a pitiful howl of despair,
which was followed by a general ripple
of merriment that might have proved
fatal to the piece had not Kitty gone on
with her lines with the coolness and
gravity of the born and experienced
artist, which she was displaying there
/"* Ij-Xx. VT \ , ,
i 5"^ \\ - <i j 9
(\ v//)\
by a prcseuco of mind which won for
her, on her exit, the first real appiauso
of the evening.
Kitty Sullivan was, as the eminent
dramatic critic had observed, an old
hand at the business, despito tho fact
that she was but 7 year; of age, for she
had been born and brought up on the
stago and was as much at homo in the
presence of .? great audience as an ordinnrv
child i? hefnre n jmrsprv. As tlio
| piece went on she realized that slur was
j making a hit?a far greater ono than
she bad ever made before?and, young
j HE KELT SOME ONE TUGGING AT HIS COAT.
I as she was, slio was enough of an artist
j to appreciate the importance of keeping
j a restraint on herself and not overdoing
I her role.
Sho was looking forward to a certain
! sceno in tho last act?a scene which she
had rehearsed with much delight, and
i in which she firmly expected to mako a
! great impression. Billy, who had been
j waiting with some anxiety for the same;
I scene, came down ana took a seat in rt
j proscenium box, and as tho child stood
; in the wings waiting for her cue sho
! saw him smiling encouragement to her.
The scene represented a barren, wave
j washed rock near the coast of IreJand,
! and on this rock was standing tho vir|
tuous heroine, just where sbo had been.
| left by the villain. Tho lights grew*
j dim, the moon arose from beyond the!
scene, and the Philadelphia quartet,
j stationed behind tho scenes, warbled
! plaintive Irish melodies.
"Must I die here alone:" moaned tho
; heroino as the tide rose higher and
i higher about the rock on which she
j stood and heavy clouds began to gather
I above her head. And just at this mo~
! ment, a rowboat, propelled b}' childish,
j arms, camo swiftly around the rocky
I point at the left of tho stage, and Kitty
j Sullivan, throwing aside tho cars, stocd
up in tho boat with her foot on the
prow and exclaimed in a clear, infantile
treble, "I have come to save you for the
sako of old Ireland !"
Commonplace as it was, with its old,
I well worn melodramatic effects of sofr.
j music and moonlight, nevertheless the
situation had taken a strong hold on the
j audience, and tho sudden appearance of
' the sweet faced child, who had charmed
! every ono during tho earlier portions of
the play, sent a distinct thrill through
! the entire house, and then came such an
1 outburst cf spontaneous applause as had
i not been heard in tho Jollity theater for
j many a year.
Even Billy Freelance folt a touch of
a magnetic current with which the atj
incsphere was charged, and might have
i v M?lb I
| ' KITTY MAKES ADIT.
1 been hoard to remark half audibly, "Tho
! kid's knocked 'em good this time, sure,
for a thing's got to he good if it gets j
mo."
And as the audience dispersed that
night it seemed to Mr. Freelance, as he
^stood aleri and watchful in the lobby,
i that there was hut one name on every
i tongue, and that Kittv's sweet face and
j infantile art had made their way into
I tho very heart of an always fickle public.
"You were right about her, Billy,"
: said Har^np.
j "I tola yon tlio young one would
I bring us good luck," said old Barney at
; the stage door.
"The idea of making such a fuss over
; a 7-year-old brat! That shows what art
i is coming to in this country!" exclaim|
ed Miss Livingstone as she swept
j through the drafty passage, leaving an
1 odor of sealskin, tuberoses and sachet
: powder behind berl
I ~
The members of the stock company
had their Christmas dinner in the wardrobe
room between the matinee and the
evening performance. Messrs. Hustle and
Hnrdup footing the bill and Mr. Freelance
presiding, with Miss Pearl Livingstone
on his right hand and the venerable
Mr. Borders on his left. And it is
a matter of record that 110 toast offered
j that evening was drunk with heartier
I applause than was the one proposed by
j Mr. Freelanco to Kitty Sullivan, "the
mascot of the Jollity theater and the
iounder of this feast."
James L. Ford.
Tcm to Sue and Sne to Tom.
"Can you guess, my sweetheart, "queried Tom
of See,
"Can you fathom by love's art what I'll buy
for you?"
Droftr 1 swoA her head. made a r?rettv
frown,
j Then in accents sweet she said, opening eyes
of brown:
i "Why, certainly not. But I'm dying
to have Christmas eve come so that I
can find out. I know it will be something
frightfully expensive?something
that will cost lots more than you can
afford. You men are so reckless with
your money!"
Poor Tom next day ran in debt for a diamond
pin.
And he hasn't paid up yet, for he's "shy of
tin."
And lie says that if he ever asks Sue
such a question again it will be after
be has arranged in advance for a year's
beard in the nearest insane asylum.
By the way, Sue gave Torn a piece of
, neckwear that cost 75 cents.
!
? +?
I
Specimen Cases.
j
( S. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was
j troubled with Neuralgia and Rheu*
matism, Lis Stomach was disordered,
liis Liver was affected to an alarm {
iug degree, appetite fell away, and
] he was terribly reduced in flesh and
i strength. Three bottles of Electric
! Bitters cured him.
t TM ronivl Sh^nhprd. TLirrisbnivr.
; 111., bad a running sore on bis leg of
j eight jears' standing. Used three
: bottles of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and
'( his leg is sound and well. John
i Speaker, Catawba, O., had five large
I Fever sores on his leg, doctors said
\ ike was incurable. One bottle Eleci
trie Hitters and one box Bucklen's
i Arnica Salve cured him entirely,
i Soid at the Bazaar.
| Happening Along the Eivsr Side,
i To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Fine weather now though a little
I too cold to be comfortable out of
i doors.
j Hcllidays are near at. hand. Have
i already seen one man buy three
| pounds of powder. I told you so,
j Mr. Editor, wait until they get a
i little nearer home: I have a circular
j saw and musket engaged to serenade
them with.
1 Mr. 0. D. Anderson is enjoving a
| bachelor's life at present, as his
! XTvo TV ( 1 A Tulnvcnn ic r\r\ o
Ii-1 yj C i-i VJ I ^ i. Q JJL. V. A -J vy i~i L4P
visit to Lor sod, Mr. J. 1>. Oswalt,
(but he can't bake biscuits.)
Come up Mr. Editor, and will try
! our luck on rabbit hunting'. They
| are plentiful.
i A beautiful Xmas tree will be
given in behalf of the Sunday school
at Tiue Kidge on the evening cf the
2-Uh inst. It will be a lovely time
for all who attend, as it is given in
the remembrance of Christ's birth, a
day which should be kept as holy as
the Sabbath, for it is the day in
which the Great Kedeemer came to
save the world and bear our burdens #
Thanks "'H. C.,"' those shot be
' longed to some one else I only fur;
nished the powder,
j I wish to inform the people that
i i 1 1 . . 1 i . 3 iT. .
no petition lias oeen circuiaieu in me
i lower end of school district No. 10
to remove or tear down the Baptist
i school house. As we have been ac- !
j cused of such a thing I emphatically
j say it is false, but lam informed that
i some one wishes to pull down a couple
of stars, (say ain't you afraid to
tinker with such planets, old pard?)
I fear that you could not handle
them after you would get them down
Don't think because they look small
i that you could carry them iu your
; pocket for play things.
Mr. James Koon has swapped
| horses, he now has an iron grey
i which is the finest horse in this
J vicinity.
Mr. liufus Koon is going to keep
ADVERTISING RATES.
Advertisements will be inserted at the
| rate of 73 cents per square of one inch
| space for first insertion, and 10 centa per
inch tor taeh subsequent insertion.
Liberal contracts made with those wishing
to advertise for three, six and twelve
months.
Notices in the local column 10 cents per
line each inser ion
Marriage notices inserted free.
Obituaries charged for at the rate of one
cent a word.
Address
G. M. HARMAN, Editor.
bachelor's ball next year, (don't know
how he will bake biscuits.)
Christinas time is near at hand,
One more year has rolled around;
Lit us in a great and lovely band,
Shout a hallelujah sound.
A happy Christmas to the Dispatch.
Andy.
Ella, S. C., Dec. lGtb, 1895.
??? ?
Dots from Brook.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Measles are over this section.
The Brook Siting Band had a
pleasant call on last Saturday night.
Ths boys made seme melodious
strains in Delmar which are always
welcomed are listened to very attentively.
Mr. W. H. Hare was well
pleased with the music and asked
ths bovs toccme again.
f o
The public are invited to attend
the marriage of Mr. James T. Craps
and Miss Sallie Meetze, at Cedar
Grove on Christmas Eve at 4 o'clock.
There will be a Xmas tree at Cedar
Grove on Christmas day where we
hope to see a large crowd. "We hope
to see the Editor out with us on both
days.
Success to the Dispatch.
J. S. C.
Brook, S. C., Dec. 16, 1895.
Free Pill.
Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co.. Chicago, and fret a free
7 O O " "
sample box of Dr. King's New Life
Pills. A trial will convince you of
their merits. These pills are easy
in action and are particularly effective
in the cure of Constipation and
Sick Headache. For Malaria and
Liver troubles they have been proved
invaluable. They are guaranteed to
be perfectly free from every deleterious
substance and to be purely vegetable.
They do not weaken by their
action, but by giving tone to stomach
and bowels greatly invigorate the
system. Itegular size 25c. per box
Sold at the Bazaar.
Baptist Union Meeting.
The next Union meeting of the
lower division of the Lexington Baptist
Association v. ill convene with
the Florence church, Saturday before
the oih Sunday in December, at 10 8.
ra. Aod will spend one-half hour in
devotional exercise, to be conducted
by S. E. Berry.
10:30?Enrollment of Delegates.
11?Introductory sermon by W.
H. Joyner.
12?Adjournment of one hour for
dinner.
1?Duty of Deacons by C. Ii. Corbet
t.
2?The men whom we should send
to represent us in our Union meetings
and Association by Daniel B.
Sturkie.
3?Is it right to excommunicate a
member simultaneously with the
charge against? by D. J. Knotts.
1?Miscellaneous. Adjournment.
Sunday.
10?Sunday school mass meeting
by W. B. Fallaw.
11?Missionary sermon by Thomas
F. Rivers.
12?Miscellaneous, announcement,
adjournment.
W. B. Fallaw, Clerk.
Gaston, S. C., Dec. 2, 1805.
Poisons engendered by food fermenting
in a dyspeptic stomach are
the direct cause of rheumatism, gout,
bronchitis, liver and kidney complaints,
asthma, pneumonia and many
nervous ailments.
These results are prevented by the
use of the Shaker Digestive Cordial,
a remedy discovered and prepared
by the Shakers of Mount Lebanon,
N. Y. It is in itself a food and has
power to digest other food taken with
it. Thus it rests the diseased stomach
and finally masters the worst
cases of dyspepsia. It acts promptly
and fresh strength and increase of
weight soon follows. The first dose,
taken immediately after eatiDg,
abates the pain and distress so
dreaded by dyspeptics. Trial bottles
?enough to prove its merit?10
cents.
LAXOL is the best medicine for
children. Doctors recommend it in
place of Castor Oil.
Alliance Picnic.
There will be an Alliance picnic at
Irmo, ou Decembei 31,1895. Prominent
speakers will be present and
discuss and explain the principles
and demands of the Alliance. The
public, especially Alliancemen, is invited
to come and bring baskets.
XT O
o. IUUXSUXAUW
Fruit Cake Ingredients.
Ladies bake your fruit cakes in
time for Christmas and the holidays,
as age improves taste and flavor.
You will find at the Bazaar nice,
fresh, cleaned currents, seedless raisins,
citron and spices. Powdered
sugar and cake trimmings for icing
and dressing cakes.