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L SUBSCRIPT^^ERANOTU y0Li XXVI LEXINGTON, S. C., JUNE 10, 1896. NO. 30.
Address
I JAR PRl\'TI\'fi A SPECIALTY. ?'M'HABMAS'Mtor'
UNTOLD MISERY
FROM
Rheumatism
C. H. King, Water Valley, Mist., cured by
Ayer's Sarsaparitla
*w "For five years, I suffered untold misery
from muscular rheumatism. I tried every
known remedy, consulted the best physicians,
visited Hot Springs, Ark., three times,
spending $1000 there, besides doctors' bills;
but could obtain only temporary relief. 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
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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.
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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
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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 ,
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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
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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."
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But it's the simple honest way it's
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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<}
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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%.
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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.
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Have you registered"? If not, do so
at once.
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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.
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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.