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My flesh was wasted away so that I weighed only ninety-three pounds; my left arm and leg were Urawu out of shape, the muscles LVi sS being twisted tip In knots. I was unable to dress myself, except with assistance, and Iv could only hobble about by using a cane. I had no appetite, and was assured, by the doctors, that I could not live. The pains, at times, were so awful, that I could procure relief only by means of hypodermic injections of morphine. I had my limbs bandaged iin clay, in sulphur, in poultices; but these gave only temporary relief. After trying everything, and suffering the most awful tortures, I began to take Ayer's Sarsaparilto. Inside of two mouths, I was able to walk without a cane. In tliree months, my limb3 began to strengthen, and iu the course of a year, I was cured. My weight has increased to 165 pounds, and I am now able to do my fun day's work as a railroad blacksmith." AYER'S The Only World's Fair SarsapariHa. JLYER'S FILLS cure jleadachc. ? * ' ? SHE GOT THE BREAD. Champ Clark's Story of Judge Powers and His Pension Plea. Psychologists say that everything that a man does in this lfe leaves its impress on his character and is mirrored in his countenance. Washington correspondents declare that they can pick out the " ex-judges in congress from their peculiarly 3tately manner of speaking. I am equally sure that I can spot the ex-prosecuting attorneys from the savage style in -which they marshal their facts for a conviction. Habit is second nature, so it is said, and the truth is that the only way in which an old prospvpr drfends a client is by prosecuting somebody else?geueral, ly the witness for the state. But exr judges are. not such "dry as dusts" as some people believe. Long wrestling with intricate technicalities does not necessarily kill their sense of humor. For instance, Judge Powers of Vermont, who has sat nearly a score of years on the supreme bench and who had the ideal judicial cast of features and the severest judicial manner, could enliven the proceedings when he chose. One morning he was up making a speech advocating a pension for some old widow up in the Green mountains, and he began quoting the lines from Sir Walter Scott which all of us have declaimed when children: Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said? When he had trot that far along, I wondered how he was going to make the application or how he would wind np. This is the way he did it?lie improvised a line of his own and made it read as follows: Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said I'll jump at the chance to give that old woman bread? The house jumped, and she got the bread.?Champ Clark in St Louis Republic. The Old Man's Opinion. "Father"? began Johnnie. "Stop your noise," snapped Mr. La Woodie, rattling his paper. "Do you think"? said Johnnie. "Think nothing," snorted the old pian, "You've broken into my reading 40 times tonight. Why don't you shut your head and quit bothering?" "Can't I ask you one question?" sniveled Johnnie. "What is it?" demanded his father f violently. "What is it yon've got to know that's so vital you can't let me 2 have a minute's quiet with my paper?" "Teachar told us to ask it," smnea 1 Johnnie. "Well, out with it, then," commanded tbe old man impatiently. "What is "Do yon think," said Johnnie, "that Niagara can be dammed?" Mr. WoDdie flung his paper to the 0oor and ground his heel into it savtigciy, "It ea# for all of me!" he roared.? New York World. The DemtUfs Prewoce of 3Iind. "Talk cf presence of mind," said Fogg. "Did I ever tell you of Pullyhard, tbe dentist? No? Well, he was down in Florida, twul, falling into the river, one of the biggest alligators yon ever saw made for him. In an instant > " poor Pullyhard w;is in the reptile's jaw, and in another moment the life would have been crushed cut cf him. But when Pullyhard saw the creature's he pulled out a probe he always with him, aud, pressing it into $be gator's gums, lie asked, 'Do you feel thatF 0f gourse the reptile scream " ,ed with pail?, of course he spat Pullyhard out as fwick as he would a f)ot potato." i "Yes," said Bass, afturr?iuiijating iipon the story, "but I shouldn't have polled that presence of mind, but a slavish devotion to one's profession." "Thst's what I always contended," Tepjjed Fogg, "but Pullyhard would Jaav/fc if. that it was presence of mind." a?Bosjtes Transcript. jkelf Reliant. "With a low cry, she buried her face ^ in his bosom. "Do not leave rue," she cried, clinging to him frantically. did he. If he had, she would have "broken her neck. But that was on~ly at first. In the course of six or seven weeks she could ride her wheel with the instructor at the other end of the hall. ?Detroit Tribune. His Week Off. Tommy?Paw, isn't man the lord of creation? Air. Figg? Most of the time, but not when housecleaning is going on. No! : ?Indianapolis Journal. His Memory Gone. ___ Servant (after the supper)?How absentminded the professor is today! He has even forgotten as he was leaving to forget to give me a tip!?Fliegcnde Blatter U HOV/ BARON HIRSCH DIED. Alone and Helpless, the Man of Millions Met His End. Baron Hirsch died of syncope at 8 o'clock in the morning, at which hour his moans attracted the attention of the rw/mninto r?f tho nd-ioininc rooms. On WVU|/l?UVU V* \**v/ p ? entering his bedroom they found that ho had already passed away. He was staying at O Gyalla, near Comorn, in Hungary, as tho guest of Eerr Ehrenfeld, a lauded proprietor, whose hospitality he had accepted, as the shooting box which he had projected on an estate lie had purchased in that neighborhood was still unfinished. It was only las? year, after the sale of St. Johann, his largest estate in Austria-Hungary, to Prince Hohenlohe, i that he bought the estate of O Gyalla, ! which abutted on Herr Ehrenfeld's { property. While his new shooting box j was under construction he was frequent| ly the guest of the Hungarian primate, ! Cardinal Vaszary, and of other neigh| bors, like the Ehrenfclds. There was a large company in the i house that night, and the baron was | very gay. Contrary to his usually very ; frugal habits, he drank a good deal of ; champagne, responding to all the toasts i-that were proposed. It was probably j this which brought on the apopletic at tack that so suddenly ended in his I death. He went to bed at 1 o'clock, and | when his moanings were heard it was j too late to render him any effectual asi sistancc. Thus the millionaire benei factor of the entire Jewish nationality died in a stranger's house, alone and helpless, at a moment when for the first time in his life he was in need of help. His health had not been good for some years past, although he knew how to keep up his martial appearance, j which resembled that of a cavalry offi] cer rather than of a Jewish banker. But : his appearance was deceptive. He visit; td Carlsbad nearly every year, and | *hen he was tkere last he astonished j a is acquaintances by alluding to his api proaching end. Again, only a few months ago, during | the sitting of the board of trustees for his Galician foundation, he reverted to the subject of death, mentioning that ho j had been studying the Austrian laws of j legacy and inheritance, and he com' lorvoATr /infioo KoiTVCf XTOTX* |UiUU>U Vi uir urgavj uuuva i high?10 per cent. On some one remark| ing that that must be a matter of com: parative indifference to him, sinoe he I had no direct heirs, the baron rather in] diguantly replied: "How do you know i that? My heirs are suffering humanity, and I am thinking how to make all my J foundations and charitable institutions ; independent for the future by depositing | the capital sum for each cf them." In the course of the same conversation ; he mentioned that he would like to die i suddenly without illness, and in this his ; wishes appear to have been almost literally fulfilled. ?London Letter. The Baiter's Begging Letters. The emperor cf Germany has received recently so many letters from children begging for presents of various kinds J that he has issued through the minister j of instruction r.n order to the public j schoolteachers to discourage the writ' ing of such letters by pupils, except in cases of necessity. In one mail, a few j days ago, his majesty received four lcti ters from Berlin school children. One j wished a new violin to take the place | of her old one, two desired sewing maI chines, and a fourth asked "the d<nir ! Herr Kaiser" to give her 20 cents to j buy coal. His majesty sent one of his officer^ to see tne various iammra w fore answering the requests. The child who wished money for coal was found to be the daughter of a widow who had little or nothing. A large load of coal was sent to her, as well as a present in money. The musical child ! was ordered to a professor who was to give her lessons, and if she showed talent she was to receive the new violin. One of the children who asked for the sewing machine was found to belong to a well to do family. She was told not to repeat her offense. The other little one, however, received a promise of a 6ewing machine on condition that, when she finished her schooling, her record proved her to be deserving of a present i from her (mpero^ William II might deplete his purse if he undertook to reward all petitioners so liberally as these three.?Berlin Correspondence, Free Pill. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a free 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 iu 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 vege , table. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 25c. per box i { Sold by Julian E. Deafness Cannot be Cured. By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by au inflamed condition of the mucous liniDg of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restoied to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of' ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol lars for any case 01 ueainess i^causeu by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. all the mourning stores are kept busy in selling weeds of grief. The stone cutters send in proposals for a monument. The minister at the obsequies reads of the resurrection, which makes the hearers fear that if the unscrupulous financier does oome up in the general rising, he will try to get a "corner" on tombstones I and graveyard fences. All good men are 1 " 1 X hoC VvAOYI giaa uiai< nit! iiiuiui uuiMuvu nun ia-\.u | removed. The Wall street speculators are glad because there is more room for themselves. The heirs are glad because they get possession of the long delayed inheritance. Dropping every feather of all his plumes, every certificate of all his stock, every bond of all his investments, every dollar of all his fortune, he departs, and all the rolling of "Dead March" in "Saul, "andall the pageantry of his interment, and all the cxquisiteness of sarcophagus, and all the extravagance of epitapbolcgy, cannot hide the fact that my text has come again to tremendous fulfillment, 'Men shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss him outT>f his place." You see the clapping comes before the hiss. The 'world cheers before it damns. So it is said the deadly asp tickles before it stings. Going up, is he? Hurrah! Stand back and let bis galloping horses dash by, a whirlwind of plated harness and tinkling headgear and arched ucck. Drink deep of his madeira and cognac. Boast of how well you know him. All hats off as he passes. Bask for days and years in the sunlight of his prosperity: Going down, is he? Pretend to be nearsighted so that you ? __ 1. H mi. cannot sec mm jv? nc p<v>i. mreu men ask you if you know him, halt and hesitate as though you were trying to call up a dim memory and say, "Well, y-e-s, yes, I believe I once did know him, but have not seen him for a long while," <lross a different ferry from the one where you used to meet him lest he ask for financial help. When you started life, he spoke a good word for you at the bank. Talk down his credit now that his fortunes are collapsing. He put his name on two of your notes. Tell him that you have changed your mind about such things, and that you never indorse. After awhile his matters come to a dead halt, and an assignment or suspension or sheriff's sale takes place. You say: "Heought to have stopped sooner. Just as I expected. He made too big a splash in the world. Glad the balloon has burst. Ha, ha!" Applause when he went up, sibilant derision when he came down. "Men shall clap their hands at him and hiss him out of his place." So, high up amid the crags, the eagle flutters dust into the eyes of the roebuck, which then, with eyes blinded, goes tumbling over the precipice, the great antlers crashing on the rocks. Con*eermted to God. Now, compare some of these goings out of life with the departure of men and women who in the drama of life take the part that God assigned them | and then went away nonorea 01 men and applauded of the Lord Almighty. It is about 50 years ago that in a comparatively small apartment of the city a newly married pair set up a home. The first guest invited to that residence was the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Bible given the bride on the day of her espousal was the guide of that household. Days of sunshine were followed by days of shadow. Did you ever know a home that for 60 years had no vicissitude? The young woman who left her father's house for her young husband's home started out with a parental benediction and good advice she will never forget. Her mother *aid to her the day before the marriage: "Now, my child, you are going away from us. Of course, as long as your father and I live you will feel that yon can come to us at any time. But your home will be elsewhere. From long experience I find it is best to serve God. It is very bright with yo\i now, my child, and you may think you can got along without religion, but the day will come when you will want God, and my advice is, establish a family altar, and, if need be, conduct the worship yourself." The counsel was taken, and that young wife consecrated every room in the house to God. Years passed on and there were in that home hilarities, but they were good and healthful, and sorrows, but they were comforted. Marriages as bright as orange blossoms could make them, and burials in which all hearts were riven. They have a family lot in the cemetery, but all the place is illuminated with stories of resurrection and reunion. The children of the household that lived have grown up, and they are all Christians, the father aud mother leading the way and the children following. What care the mother took of wardrobe and education, character and manners! How hard she sometimes worked! When the head of the household was unfortunate in business, she sewed until her fingers were numb and bleeding at the tips. And what close calculation of economies and what ingenuity in refitting the garments of the elder children for the younger, and only God kept account of | that mother's sideaches and headache;, and heartaches and the tremulous prayers by the side of the sick child's cradlo and by the couch of this one fully grown. The neighbors often noticed how tired she looked, and old acquaintI ances hardly knew her in the street. But | without complaint she waited and toil1 ed and endured and accomplished all j these years. The children are out in the world?an honor to themselves and their parents. After awhile the mother's last sickness comes. Children and grandchildren, summoned from afar, come softly into the room one by one, for she is too weak to see more than one at a time. She runs her dying fingers Jovingly A Big Success. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The Baptist Union meeting held at ; Antioch on Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31, was a success in every particular. The churches were all represented except Ked Bank, and very good reports were received from a mai rity of them. I The discussions of the various subjects were impressive and highly in- 1 structive Large congregations at- j tended both sessions, especially soon j Sunday. The charity sermon was i preached by Rev. N. A. Hemrick from I Matthew xxviii, 18 20. The offering taken, which amounted to $14, was j appropriat d to the orphanage at ! Greenwood, S. C. This Union bvs i set about doiDg good, honest, faithful and consecrated work. I hope : others will enlist in this great work for the Master. W. B. F. Clerk. I " j A Life Saved. JamestowD, Tenn., October 15, 1891. I My daughter tried physicians and j nearly all remedies for Female irregularities, but received no relief or benefit whatever. We had nearly despaired of her recovery when we were induced by our postmaster, j Mr. A. A. Gooding, to try Gerstle's Female Panacea and after using four bottles she was entirely cured, for which I feel it my duty to let it be j known to the world and suffering , humanity, for I believe she owes her j life to the Panacea. A. J. MACE, i Sheriff of Fentress County, Tenn. j For further information call at Julian E. Kauffman's drug store and j get free, a pamphlet entitled, "Ad-! vica to Women and Other Useful In formation." 32. MAGNET FOR POWER. I The Contrivance by Which an Inventor j Expects to Draw a Carriage. Gibson Hazelhurst of Beach Springs, j Neshoba county, Miss., an inventor nn- ! known to fame, is endeavoring to interest capital in a scheme lie has perfected ' for the running of vehicles that he ' claims will revolutionize the world, says the Boston Traveller. He will make it j possible, he says, for anybody to have ; a wagon that will run without horses at J practically no expense beyond wear and j tear. "In brief," he explains, "my in- j vention works this way: I will take an i ordinary locomotive, for instance, tear all the works out of it and place new wheels on it These wheels are an in- | vention of my own and are made accord- ! ing to a plan I have perfected after sev- ! eral years of study. The secret of the { construction lies in the tires, which are j made of wood and steel. I have invent- j ed a magnet of rare power and lasting. | In front of each of the wheels I place j one of these ma^vis at an angle known j only to myself, the magnets will be ar- j ranged in slidie? grooves, connected j wifh lf.rrra rmHpr thft fVmtml nf the I driver. When the vehicle is standing still, they are kept far enough away from the wheels to lose the effect When it is desired to start, all that is neces- j sary is for the driver to pull one of the levers, the magnet gets close enough to ! the wheel to get the current to work, ; the steel portions of the tire are drawn , toward tho magnet and the wheel goes around. The speed can be regulated by the distance the magnet is held from the wheel by the lever. If a load is being pulled, or if it is intended, to go faster i than one magnet can draw, it is an easy 1 matter to put one or more of the other ; magnets in operation. I figure that i with four of my patent wheels, each ! equipped with one of my improved mag- ; nets. I will be able to move an ordinary locomotive, drawing a train cf eight Pullman cars, at from 200 to 400 miles an hour, as long as the passengers on ' the train can stand the strain.'' It was suggested to the inventor that , -v J KI.AIM */\ ** l'tianr Ill NtUUiCll IJJvl'lJI IU (> liiuu ttuu aut/n nothing about it that a train of cars j would be necessary to go in front of the j engine and carry the magneta "Net at all; not at all," remarked Mr. Hazelhurst enthusiastically. "On the contrary, the magnets are not much larger than a flour barrel. The power in them is placed there by a process known only to me. I can take an ordinary pocket I magnet, treat it with my preparation j and put enough power in it to lift a crowbar." Arthur Young's Home For Sale. The last of Arthur Young's race and name, Mr. Arthur Young of Bradfield ; Hall, Suffolk, having recently died, this j historic property is for sale. The orig- ! inal mauor house, in which the great fanner received some of the most dis- ! tinguished men and women of this time, was replaced many years ago by.a Gothic mansion, bu.. the surroundings j arc little changed since Fanny Buruey, the Duke de Liancourt, and many more historic personages visited it in the last century. Bradfield is a sweet rustic spot, unspoiled by the speculative builder. Close to the park gates of Bradfield Hall is the old London road followed by Arthur j Young when setting forth for his survey j of France 011 the eve of the revolution. I And just opposite those gates is the j churchyard, a handsome sarcophagus there thus recalling his memory: Lot every real patriot shed a tear, .For genius, talent, worth, lie buried here. AvfVin,. "Vniinr, blind in his *1 X lUUi X V'Uil^ VVVMAMV ... . old age and exchanged speculative agri culture for preaching. When enjoying j the hospitality of JBradfield Hall in 1889, j X learned that a nonagenarian living at Bury St. _ Edmunds still remembered j | Your Boy Wont Live a Month \ So Mr. Gilrnau Brown, of 34 Mills j St., South Gardener, Mass., was told j by the doctors". His son had Lung j trouble, following Typhoid Malaria, ! and he speLfc three hundred and seventy-five dollars with doctor, who I finally gave him up, saying: '-Your j boy wont live a month." He tried Dr. ) Kings New Discovery and a few b;t- I ties restored him to health and pn- . abled him to goto woik a perf<ctL well man. He says 1 e oves his pre. ent good health to use Dr. Kn gs New Discovery, and k: ow? it to Le J the best in the world for Lung trouble. Trial bottle free at Julia i Kauffman's Drug store. "the blind squire" and his Sunday services. Strange to say, till the popular issue of the "Travels In France" a few years back, the name of this "wise and honest traveler'' was much better known among French people than among ourselves.?London Standard. The MW?n|" or King Locut The inhabitants of our western states and territories are badly mistaken if they suppose that they live in the only country subject to the periodical incursions of locusts or "grasshoppers." China has its visitations of such plagues j just as regularly and more often than has ever Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas or Minnesota During the time of Huch visitations in China the farmers' only remedy is to propitiate the "wang," or "king of the locusts," with gifts. They believe that this "wang" is a more monstrous insect than was ever seen by mortal eyes. His body is leagues in exftwa crv t^anarvamnf It'llt, UUl IllO n ttiC in/ uauopMiviiv that the sun shines through them without hindrance. Besides being of colossal size the king locust is of the supernatural kind of insects. He hovers over the region of the upper air, silently directing the various swarms and controlling all their movements in time of migrations. The Chinese also believe that if a certain district or farm is to be laid waste it is done under orders from the "wang." No wonder, then, that this gigantic supernatural insect is prayed to and offered all kinds of inducements in order to keep his minions from working destruction.?St. Louis Republic. Wm Willing to Walt. The last day of a negro criminal in Texas had come. He was awakened and asked what he would have for breakfast and told that he could have anything he liked. "Den, boss, I reckon I'll take er watermillion." " Watermelons are not ripe yet." "Nebber mind, boss, I kin wait."? Texas Sifter. Co-operation at Bowdoln. Students at Bowdoin college have started a co-operative stora All the odds and ends of the daily necessaries of students will be bought at wholesale and sold practically at cost. The entire enterprise will be managed by students. Mors Curative power is contained in Hood s Sarsaparilla than in any other similar preparation. It costs the proprietor and manufacturer more. It costs the jobber more and it is i worth more to the consumer. More skill is required in its preparation and it combines more remedial qualities than any other medicine. Consequently it has a record of more cures and its sales are more than those of any other piepiration. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best med- 1 icine to buy because it is an honest medicine and thousands of testimonials prove that it does actually and permanently cure disease. 34 Wisdom la the Jury Box. Court Clerk?Gentlemen cf the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict? Foreman?We have.. Clerk?What say you? Do you And the prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty? Foreman?We do. Clerk?Yon do? Do what? Foreman?We find the prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty. Clerk?But, gentlemen, you must explain. Foreman?Of course. You see, six of us find him guilty anu six of us find him not guilty, and we've agreed?to let it go at that.?Boston Courier. Distinction With a Different*. Jones?Will you give our society a subscription? We want to put down drink. Smith?I won't give the subscription, my friend, but will help to put down the drink.?Judy. The Bloomer Girl's Secret. "At last!" The young man heaved an intense sigh of relief as he heard her well known footstep descending the stairs. For more than an hour he had sat by the drawing room window waiting for her to dress. His only amusement had been in watching the two bicycles lined up against the curbstone in front of the house. She had promised to take an early spin with him, and as he noted the beautiful autumn morning fleeting away he began to chafe impatiently and almost regret that he had not gone alone. "I told you I would be only a few minutes," she said, with an innocent laugh that showed sho was perfectly oblivious (f the flight of time, as she bounded into the room and ran her hand carelessly over the mantel in KAnrrli rf m. hnirnin to fasten her Sflove. "Why, my dear, you've been over an , hour," lie replied with a trace of resentment in his tone. "Pshaw!" she laughed. "You ought to know by this time what a woman means by a few minutes." "No doubt I should," he returned, "but you're a new woman, you know, and I supposed she was different. How is it you can't dress as quickly as a man when your clothes are almost identical?" Before she could reply her little brother, who had overheard the remark, said: " 'Cause she wears four pairs of stockings under lier leggings."?Truth. Wh*n He Drew the Line. She?If you dare to kiss me, I'll call mamma. He?Please don't. I never kiss old ladies. ?Adams Freeman, 1 The State Executive Committee Arranges the Campaign Meetings. The State Democratic Executive Committee met Friday Digbt, June the 9th, at S:30 o'clock aDd arranged a schedule for campaign meetings and arranged for the amount of assessments each candidate should pay. In reply to a question, Col. Wilie -Trtr?ofl eoirt thoro wbq ftl 3f)() in ihp treasury. This made the question of railroad fares a small matter, and Colonel Jones began to draw out checks in favor of the members. Major M. B. Sweeney offered a schedule which had been prepared by certain gentlemen, who had given the railroad schedules careful study and had arranged the meetings for the convenience of the candidates. Aft era long and tedious discussion as to local conveniences, the follow ing schedule was adopted: Manning, Monday June 22. Kingstree, Tuesday June 23. Georgetown, Wednesday June 24. Conway, Thursday June 25. Marion, Saturday June 27. Monck's Corner, Monday June 29. Charleston, Tuesday June 30. Walterboro, Wednesday July 1. Beaufort, Thursday July 2. Hampton, Friday July 3. Sumter, Monday July 13. Camden, Tuesday July 14. Lancaster, Wednesday July 15. Chester, Fiiday July 17. York\ille, Saturday July 18. Chesterfield, Tuesday July 21. Bennettsville. Wednesday July 22. DarliDgton, Thursday July 23. Florence, Friday J uly 24. Barnwell, Monday July 27. Aiken, Tuesday July 28. Ldgeneld, Wednesday July 29. Saluda, Saturday August 1. LexingtoD, Monday August 3. Winnsboro, Tuesday August J. Columbia, Wednesday August 5. Orangeburg, Thursday August 6. Newberry, Friday August 7. Laurens, Saturday August 8. Union, Monday August 10. Spartanborg, Tuesday August 11. Greenville, Wednesday August 12. PickenB, Thursday August 13. Oconee, Friday August 14. Anderson, Monday August 17. Abbeville, Wednesday August 19. United States Senators, Governor and Congressmen, $100 each; Secretary of State, Comptroller General, Attorney General, Superintendent of Education, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, Superintendent of Asylum, State Treasurer, Railroad Commissioner, United States District Attorney, United States Marshal and Collector of the Port of Charleston, $75 each; Adjutant General, Solici tors and State Chemist, $50 each; Lieutenant Governor, Collector of the Port of Beaufort and Assistant District United States Attorney, $25 1 t _ L T> eacn. uounues, $o ior eaca -representative and $10 for Senator. Money to be paid on filing pledges, except as to those who do not enter the primary (those who hold office now.) We recommend that the State Ex ecutive Committee print tickets for all officers, United States Senators and Solicitors and pay for them. It was decided to return half of the defeated candidate's assessment. RULES FOR PRIMARY. Mr. Efird, from the committee on changes in the primary rules, made a report recommending the following change: The primary shall be held on the 25th of August. Every voter shall take the following pledge: "I do solemnly swear that I am duly qualified to vote at this election according to the rules of the Democratic party; that I have not voted before at tbis election and pledge myself to support the nominees of this primary." -? Don't think that you liver needs treating if you are bilious. It don't. It's your stomach is really what causes the billiousuess. It has put your liver out of order. See what's the matter with your stomach. Sick stomach poisons liver and then there's trouble. Shaker Digestive Cordial cures stomach and then all's well. That's the case in a nutshell. Shaker Digestive Cordial is no secret. Formula's on every bottle. But it's the simple honest way it's made, the honest Shaker herbs and other ingredieuts of which it's composed that make it so efficacious. Any real case of indigestion and biliousness can be cured with a few bottles of Shaker Digestive Cordial. Try it. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to *1.00 per bottle. A Letter from Billy Felix. To the Editor of the Dispatch: In these turbulent times of wars and rumor of wars, of oppression strife, of bank failures and labor and a general depression of business everywhere, calls forth men who will set about to relieve thoss causes that tend to impede the wheels of progress and re tard the advancement of civilization in this loving country of which we boast so much. The day has come when we need men who have been tried and found true and loyal fcj the cause of white man's supremacy and white man's government. nnrl true Democracy. Tbe campaign of '96 is upon us. The issues that will confront us will be such that will require men who will stand in the front ranks and face thein regardless of what men will say or do Not only will such men be needed in the National legistioD, but especially will they be needed in county and State legislation. In 1890 a great revolution was brought about in the political field in our own dear State which caused a division in the ranks of the Demo cratic party. This breach was widened somewhat in '92 by the re election of Governor Tillman. But in '94 there were some signs and hopes that the two factions of the old party would be united and the differences healed. '96 is upon ns, fellow citizens of Lexington county, and let us lay aside party strifes, malice and hatred toward one another, rally to the standard and go on and ac complish the work and fulfill our mission. "\Yc hear of some men saying that the are not going to re ;ister. To such ones I appeal from the very depth of my inmost soul not to entertain any such an idea. Go to the registering precincts, carry your tax receipts and get your registration certificate. Having this we can go to the polls and vote for the man of our choice in the comiug election. Fellow Democrats, your vote is the only boon of liberty you have in this great government of ours, and then. fnr fbo anl-P r>f vniir nwn litiprfv nn<} j ? freedom, for the sake of your own fellow mau; yea, for the sake of that freedom which your sons and daughters are to enjoy in the corning years, take advantage of this blessed op- \ portunity and preserve the freedom and peace of your country. In our coming primary we hope to see every true Democrat march up to the ballot box and deposit his vote. And men, when you p'ace that vote in the b?:, be sure that it counts. Be sure that it is for the right man. Vote for men?especially those who are to help make our laws?who have the manly manhood aud the moral courage to stand up for what they believe to be for the best interest of their fellow couLtrymen. Away with coat tailswingeisand boot licks! Away with men who are fo weak in the spinal column and mental cranium that when an issue confronts them in the halls of legislation, dodge it! We have men who are capable and competent to know what is best for their fellow countrymen, aud, knowing it, will not fail t} stand aud plead for it. We need men in the halls of our legislation who will plead for the freedom of his fellow countrymen and white supremacy. Men who will fight for them and men who will die for them if need be. I long-to see the day, net only in Lexington county and South Carolina, but in these United States o! our, when every mau will put his shoulder to the wheel and help on the work. There is a work for every one. Carlyle compares the work of this world to an immense wheel barrow with immense handles, of which there is one for every human beiDg. But there are some people, he says, so lazy that they not only let go their handles, but they jump upoa the barrow and increase the weight. Men, don't let go your handle. There is an abundance of work in this busy world for every one who has a human heart. Then, with every man with his handle, the barrow will roll on with grace and ease, and by and by this great oppression and tyranny that we have so much of, will be done away with. Then let us rally to the standard and put men at tne head of our government who have that clear decision and resistless valor to stand for the right and fight oppression and tyranny. Iu such a struggle for the right it would be glorioua to die: "By oppression's wets and pain, By our sons in servile chains, We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be fret! Lay the proud usurper low, Tyrants fall in every foe, Liberty's in every blow. Let us do or die!'' May the good old Dispatch cortinue to stand for white man's rule and supremacy as she has in by gene days, and that her weekly issues will find a welcome in all the homes of Lexington's true citizens that they may be taught through her columns the right, and having been taught it, will never dare to stand aloof from doing that duty. 13ii.ly Fki.ix. Gaston, S. C, June 1, 18%. . AT5TTTT A T?V -I WM4 W * Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, Wife of E. Taylor, was born, September i), 1825, ami departed this life May 5, 189G, at the advanced age of seventy years seven months and seven days. When about fifteen years of age, she | joined Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran church. Sometime iu after life ; she transferred her membership to I Boiling Spring M. E. Church South, ! where she remained a consistent member till God called her home. She died as she had lived, a consistent Christian. She taught her children, both by precept and example, to follow her as she followed Christ. She leaves a sorrowing husband, nine J children and forty one great grand i children to morn her loss. We buried her in the family cemetery in the presence of a large congregat'on. ! there to await the resurrection morn. I William T. Jumper was born May 7, 1841,. and died May 18,180(1, uiak' iny? bis earthly life fifty-five years and eleven days. He was married September, 1859, to Mary Ann G. j Craps, from which union there were ! eleveu children born, of which four ; j have died. He joined Shiloh M. E. j Church South while quite young : I where he remained and lived a Christ- j j ian life till God said '*it is enough, : j come up higher." His life was one i of purity and uprightness. "We i buried him near his home in the j presence of a large concourse of peo i pie. The writer preached the funel ral sermon and buried him according 1 1 " - '? -< at r ; 10 me loruu ui iuc -.'a. ?-< | South, assisted by the Revs. Lyi brand and Roof. A. R. Phillips, Pastor Lewiedale Circuit. May 25, 1896. . ? ? Have you registered"? If not, do so at once. ... BOYAl n ' noT*Ai*ni| B3 ^ ^AkiK^ POWDER Absolutely Pure. A creaui of tartar 'unking powder. Highest ol alt in leavening strtngth.?La est I'nita 1 States Covernirent Food Report. Royal Baking PowdsbCo., New York. v 1 True as G-oapal. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Please give me space in your valuable columns to make a few observations on the prevalent and growing evil of ministers mixing relion and active partisan politics. I was in Columbia at the time of the recent Republican convention on ministerial business. I entered the hall where the convention was assembled and I saw ministers of the gospel taking an active part of politics ?men who claimed that they were call d to preach. It is true I am a minister and do not want any other ofl'c ; therefore I can sincerely say to the voters of both parties not to support any minister. If he hp called of God to prods i u the un.. 1?1 a 4*. n l/\^f nfAvl/1 kn St'iii CULIU1U 1 lUIit'S IU a lUOli nviiu, uv has no time to divide bis time in the pursuit of the emoluments of office holding. There is a Scriptua'injunction which says let every man abide in his own calling. Sweet and bitter do not flow from the same fountain, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. I urge upon all my co-laborers in the moral vinyard to leave politics alone. Do not soil tte purity of the pulpit by bringing . , it to the level of impure politics. Do not betray the Saviour by worshiping at the shrine of this unclean god for the sake of the few silver dollars that he might bestow. We all say we want good men in office and this is commendable, but there are as good men as our ministers with as much g ace and giit if such is required who will gladly . fill these offices and not insult the God of heaven. L. Wiliiams. r ^ j \ a worrecuon. To the Editor of the Dispatch: I notice in the Dispatch that you say that the Revs. Lybrand and Roof buried Mr. William T. Jumper. That was a mistake. Mr. Jumper was a member of one of my churches, and as such 1 was requested by his family to funeralize Lim. Revs. Lybrand and Roof beiDg present, I invited them as Christian ministers to assist me. They did so. Yours, very respectfully, A. R. Fhillip3. [We gladly make the above correction. If the ministers in the county would comply with our request to send to this office at their earliest possible convenience on a postal card, the name of deceased, the year aud date of birth, the same of death, the cause of death, when 4 1 ' - d - ? J ft rv rt m A Af sdcI wnere ountu, uuu mu uauc m tbo officiating minister, they will . greatly aid us in being accurate in our statements and such mistakes will be avoided. It is often the case that three or four weeks elapses after the death of a person before we receive the news of it and then our information is so meagre and uncertain that the only wonder is that we do not make more mistakes than we do. Please comply with our request, kind friends.?Editor Dispatch.'! Look on the Bright Side. A well man can be told that he is sick and he will feel bad. The information that he "looks wretched'' can be repeated to him frequently and he will actually go to bed and possibly die. The cry of hard times ' 1 ? -T "on/1 ro_ C?i3 be tflKCIl up unu ecuucvt auu echoed, uutil the men with money in their pockets will not invest it, fearing that they cannot make a profit, aud many who have money will not even meet their obligations, believirg that Ihey might sutler if they parted with their ready cash. Talk of haid times makes times hard. Be cheerful. Look on i he bright side of things. Be practical, pa'iett and persistent in an effort to do something. Whining and complaining is st?!e and unprofitable. A growler is a nuisance. Half of the ills of this world are imaginary and the other half exaggerated. Discontent is a disease that is contagious. A disorganrzer is more often dangerous than useful. The world needs moie cheerful people with faith in the wisdom and goodness of God and more confidence in their own capacity.?Ex. | If the Baby is Cutting Teeth* Be sure and use thrt old and wellj tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's SoothI ing Syrup for children teethiDg. It I soothes the child, softens the gums,. i allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle. It is the best of all.