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1 EISTMvamsiBsiiEDiuM ^ | VIIV TIV T AirD AT^H I | j-jjh LtXlINu I UiN UlorA 1 Lii.tH:::: RATES REASONABLE. W iog to advertise for three, six and twelve QiOIiluSt O ??? ? ~ Notices in the local column 5 cents oer " ' line each insertion. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM Obituaries eharfel for at the rate of one ||- ? o? VOL. XXVIII. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1898. NO. 47. I# JIB PRIMING A SPECIALTY. | G. M. HARM AN, Editor and Pablisher. 1 *23?^ hih ?OII rnoim, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BATE5BURG, - - - - S. C. Practices in a.l the State Courts, especifally in Lexington, Edgefield and Aiken counties Mar, 6?lv - ANDREW CRAWFORD ATTORNEY AT LAW, ? COLUMBIA, - - - - S. C. T)BACTICES IN THE STATE AND JL Federal Courts, and offers his profos' r*' T.aT)nufnn m eional services to me cuueas vi ? . County. October 18?ly. EDWARD L. ASBILL, Attorney at Law, LEESVILLE, S. C. Practices in all the Courts. Business solicited. Sept. 30?Gin C. M. EFIRD. F. E. Dreheb. EFIRD &BREHER, Biers at Law, K3T0N, C. K., S. C. PRACTICE IN ALL THE s. v Business solicited. One io fircu nill aha}b be at office, 0. m rt 31. Boozer, PHVtirncr at Law, COLUMBIA, c. Especial attention given to business entrusted to him by Lis fellow citizens of Lexington county. Office: No. 5 Insurance Bnilding, opposite City H?ll, Corner Main and Washington Streets. February 28 -tf, DB. E, J. ETiJESEDGE, SURGEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. Always on band. February 12. Poultry, Farm, Garden, Cemetery, Lawn, Railroad and Rabbit Fencing. Thousands of miles in usr. Catalogue Free. Freiyht Paid. Prices Low. The McMULLEN WOVEN WIRE TENCE CO. CHICAGO, ILL. Nov. 17?tf Saw Mills, Light arj'l lf??avy, an't Supplies. ~ CHEAPEST ANQ BEST. 0TCa?t evcrv day; wor<'l30 uauds. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. January 27? CAROLINA : NATIONAL BANK, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE, TOWN AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. i Paid up Capital ... $100,000 Surplus Profits . - - 100,000 Savings Department. ^ Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. W. A. CLAHE, President. Wilis Joxks, Cashier. December 4?ly. BEESWAX WANTED ** , 15 LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MARket price lor clean ana pare beeswax. Price governed by color aid coudi'ion. RICE B HARMAN, At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. C. ATTENTION, SOLDlERSi Another Call Issued FvDR AN ARMY OF SOLLTEI S WHO are fighting lor a liviug thtse bard * times lu South C irolina. We, of the firm of Barriss & Bast, do hereby cordially invite any and all eligible men and women who desire to save their hard earned money to call upon us when contemplating purchasing buggies, carriages, etc , also harness, which we manufacture. ?nd guarantee all that we sell to be well worth every Denny which we ark lor them. We also take this opportunity of slating to our anm*ous customers that we ate very sorry indeed that we have been unable for l the past seven moths tosupplv the demands k made upon us owing to the fact that we ^ have been quite unable to emp.oy the skillful labor necessary to keep up a supply of goods to the standard which we promised t when starting out in this business. 13 .t now. bting able to employ to labor the need vie hope to be able to supply the st-eady increasing demands upon us with the same, if not a be'ter grade of work. Hoping to See our old customers, with new recruits coming to us in the future, we beg to remain yonr ooeaiem servaui-t., . ' BURRISS & RAST, COLUMBIA, S. C. October 23-?tf. LEXINGTON | SAVINGS BANK, PEFOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK. I I Eg&t W. 1?. HOOF, Cn?liior. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird, K. Hilton Jaiues E. Hendrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD Deposits of $1 and upwards received and interest at o per cent, per annum allowed payable April and October. September 21?tf 1(52(> MAIN STRE ? ? 1 - JJ A Eappy Event Recorded by Billy Felis. To the Editor of the Dispatch: "We may live without poetry, music and art. We m*y live without conscience, and live without htart: We may live without fiiend*; we nny live without books, But ciYiliz.d man cannot live without cooks." We may live without ease, hops and tr-a*ure, We may live if yen please without much treasure; j We may live our days without much | ttrife, B it man cannot live happy wiihout a good wife. The year eighteen and ninetyeight will be a memorable one. It ? , is one of great activity, and will go j down in the annals of future bis- j tory, to be studied by the youthful i students of comiDg generations. While many heroic deeds of dar- j ing and bravery faithfully wrought j on the islands of the seas as well as i executed by the American Flotilla : are being .recorded by the present historiar; while thfss glorious victories will give light and liberty to a down trodden and benighted people; ] while many changes has been brought about in the political world? | while everything has been in continual activity and alive in the industrial world and scientific world; yet the matrimonial world has not been in a torpid condition nor in a dormant state. The dark mantle of a lovely night was gently drawn aside by the early arrival of a rosy dawn, while the penetrating rays of the king of day warned all animal lifd that a new day was ushered in. The tiny dew drops that bedecked the veidant meadow sparkled forth revealing countless and minature worlds; the feathery tribe had awakened from the nocturnal perch, making hill and dale rc echo with their sweet, melodious curolf; the fading Autumnal flowers cheered up and peeped forth with brighter faces sending hither and thither a faint?but sweet?perfume that peivaded every avenue and crevice of the atmosphere; the popu the inviting home of one of our most worthy and esteemed townsmm. Here we were escorted into a lovely and attractive country home. Hard by glides the sparkling waters of a lovely stream winding in gractful curves as it enters the historical CoDgaree. The parlor had been attractively and artistically arranged by ready and ever willing hands. As the hands pointed near the two o'clock mark, the little party hurriedly repaired to this invitiDg hall. The chattering ol many laminar voices were at once hushed when the honored couple appeared on the scene escorted by .your humble scribe. There leaning on the arm of the man to whom she had betrothed herself facing the Rev. T. I E. Rivers, stood Miss Florence E, the daughter of our honored Magistrate, W. A. Goodwin, attired in lovely white, beneath which beat a heart no less pure and a soul as spotless. The ceremony was rendered by the above mentioned divine in his usual graceful style, fallowed by congratulations, after which all repaired to the dining hall where all things L _ ,1 I. I1!-)*! ffllVp [iUU UtCJ iiiuv?c inuij. j. uv ?v-^ w fairly groaned beneath the dainties whose weight burdened the heavy o ~ laden table. Billy partook sumptuously of this feast but regretted that Mrs. Felix could not share it with WCBBBM8HBBBO?I^MMWbiw i. W. E ET, Solicts a Share o him on the account of being called to the sick bed side of her devoted father. Our church, town and community I have lost a true Christian, a devoted i i Sunday school student and a dutiful ! daughter. Our lost will be others i ? I gain. She was united in the holy bonds cf matrimouy to Mr. Elijah Hall, who i3 an energetic aud thorough going young man. He is largely engaged in the manufacture of naval I stores. By bis untiring energy and j go ahead way, has been able to amass a handsome property, j The happy bride and groom betook j themselves to the western part of j the county and as they neared their ; future home, the geDtle night drew a 1 soft veil of darkness over the earth, the cooling twilight zephyr sighed among the cozy piues, the leaves of forest rustled forth as they shed maDy a dewey tear, the smooth waters of rushing brook glided gently aloDg under lily pads through the meadow, the eternal hills receded j and gentiy bowed in courtesj, while the twiukliDg stars peeped forth with delight, at being permitted a faint glimpse of this lovely and charming pair. I As they neared their home loved [ ones stood with watching eyes .and I strained ears, ready to welcome them and bestow kindness and give the happy ones a warm reception. That their journey through life may be strewn with gay flowers and oDe eternal day of happiness, void of strife and trials; one of success and peace, free from troubles and trials, but filled with love and good for man and glory and reverence to God, are the sincere wishes of a host of friends and especially of, Billy Felix. Gaston, S. C, Sept. 15, 189S. How's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars ! Reward for any case of Catarrh that i cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh | Cure. lace, both of our happy little towu and suirounding community, went busily about their daily avocation. The polls at the thiiving little town of Gaston were promptly opened at the appointed hour in order to accommodate him who wanted to cast bis vote for those who had been so fortunate to get in the second race. True there were many candidates soliciting the suffrage of cur Lexingtonian?, yet there was one who had been patiently and faithfully pushing his claims anno quinto and while the fate of many was cast on that memoiable day for the next two vears at least, there was one elpcted to hold office for life. As the golden sun was nearing midday meridian, B:lly headed a jolly caravan of relatives and invited guests at this jlace and weDded our hiicf riurnev over hill and dale to F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, | and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Walding, Ivinnan & Marvin, Wolesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces of the system. Puce 75c. per bottle. Sold by druggists. Testimonials free. Hail's Family Pills are the best. At QaiDcy, Mich., a hen was buiied which had reached the age of almost twenty. A Kentucky farmer is the owner of a peafowl which is said to be between eighty and 100 years old. j For broken suifaces, sore?, insect j bites, burns, skin diseases and espej ci.illy piles there is one reliable remi edy, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, i When you call for DeWitt's don't j accept counteifeits or frauds, l'ou | will not be disappointed with DeI Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. J. E. ! Kiufmann. i Wheu au unmarried woman dies in j Brazil, the coffiu, hearse, and lively j of the coachmen are all scarlet. Married couples in Norway are j privileged to travel on railroads at a j fare and a half. The annual harvest of the Arneri| can fisheries amount to forty-five ! millirir> rlnlluVS DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has | the largest sale of any Salve in the j world. This fact and its merit has i led dishonest people to attempt tc I couDteileit it. Look out for the mar I who attempts t> deceive you wher I you call for DeWitt's Witch Hazel j the great pile cure. J. E. Kaufmann | A man finds his warmest welcome ; at the place where he spends the I most money. Matter weighing one pound on iht | moon's surface if transferred to the I 1,1 ? | C <11* III VVUU1U ' i .v ^uuuvip* Truth wears well. People hav< | learned that De Witt's Little Earl] I Risers are reliable little pills for reg ulatiug the bowel?, curing constipa tion and sick headache. They don' gripe. J. E. Kanfmann. E. :L/?O:ltciztc>3s f Your Valued Patron 17c773 from Around the Star. I To the E iitor of the Dispatch: Farmers are quite busy gathering their 3 cents cotton and some are j not through pulling fodder. "We are glad to note that the ; trustees of the Star have re elected Miss May Haltiwanger to teach their school this winter. She won the confidence of all this summer, and her pupils are very glad to go to her again this winter. The health of the community, since my lust, is on a 6tand still. There are still a few cases of fever. i * r? T A we regret to learii 01 xuia. ju. yx. Sease's illness. This is a sad thing to befall this happy couple in the b?g nniug of their married life. We hope that she will be well in a few j more days. The young people of this community have taken an early start on entering the holy bonds of matrimony this fall, and from what we can see there will be another before long, won't it "Babef We heard of one ycung man getting his bride and putting her in the cotton patch as soon aa possible. He meant business. We wonder what girls have so attracted Bub and Bub that they turn over their cart in trying to reach their home before sundown. Look for stumps the next time boys, as you will save more time than by falling out. We miss our trusty young friend, Miss Esse Lindler," who entered college at Leesville Wednesday last. Our best wishes go along with her. The protracted meeting at Bculah was put off another month on account of the people being so busy. We think the pastor did a wise thing in so doing as he will have more hearers and we hope the meeting will be a success. It is believed the Sunday school ! at this nlace will so into winter i %? quarters on next meeting. Some tbink it best. We have bad the sad experience of staDdiDg over another of our friends anl schoolmate's open grave and seeing her body put out of sight. Miss Daisy Langford, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Langford, died Sunday, September 18.b, and was quietly laid to rest in the cemetery of Old Lexiogton church. But we are very glad to say that she left behind her sweet assurances that she was going to heaven. Success to our Dispatch. Roy. % L /MiTK yJBLM TO HftP ycairs. ^ltcures troit, Mich., is one of the many thousand of Pe-ru-na's friends. This is what she saj-s to Dr. Hartman: " We have used your Pe-ru-na with I the most remarkable results and would not be without it. We have always j recommended it to our friends. A few j years ago I purchased a bottle of your 1 Pe-ru-na and after seeing its results, recommended it to m3r grocer who was - -^..1 .1 tu^rlnrr nf ' I irOUDICU v. mi uj uiv vunug t | which induced her to sell it in her j store. She has sold large amounts of i it. My daughter has just been cured . of jaundice with Pe-ru-na. My pen would grow weary were I to begin to ! tell you of the numerous cures Pe-ru-na has effected in our immediate vicinity within the last couple of years." 1 Dr. Ilartman, President of the Surgii cal Ilotf i, Columbus, Ohio, will counsel , and prescribe for fifty thousand women j this year free of charge. Every suffer> j ing woman should write for special i ! question blank for women, and have J Dr. Hartman's book, "Health aDd j Beauty." All druggists sell Pe-ru-na. > | _ . I ^ Dish of Hash from Hilton. 31 To the Editor of the Dispatch: } i It has been so long since I have ; j written for your valuable paper that I thought I would send you a few 3 items. f The health in our diggius is good - with the pvcention of a few cases of ; r -! chills and fever and a scoie of love i t ' sick cases. Our doctors will look 1 after the patients, while the spiritual * )ODS f, TIES., 2s/^-A-3STu age. Prompt and ?w/ ? physicians will attend to the love sick swains. Fine rains visited our section last Wednesday and Thursday and caught the farmers napping with their fodder and cotton in the fields. Well, Mr. Editor, you ough t to have been with us last Saturday night to serenade Mr. G. A. Derrick. The Hilton boys, numbering about eighty, called on Auditor-elect Derrick and gave him a shaking up with cow bells, horns and iu fact everything that would mike a noise. They fired about twenty five salu'es and Mr. Derrick 4*set up fcj order" aud gave U3 a fiae speech. At a wee wee small hour every body returned home rej nciog over the first Auditor elected from the old Dutch Fork in many years. That Koon hunt will be long ro membered. L;st Monday Dight seventy-five or eighty of our Hilton chums set out to huut a Koon aDd whan they arrived above Spring Hill they denned a long, lank Kood, that proved to be, according to the voles of the last election, Capt. G. H Koon, the Couuty Supervisor-elect and on entering the house all joined in a song and, Mr. Editor, it just seemed that everybody was going to heaven on a hand car. Mr. Koon set the boys up to some blackberry bug juice and promised to have good roads all over the county. After shootiDg eighty or a hundred large guns the boys returned home, sayiDg that their Koon hunt proved to be beneficial. Mr. Robert Rister, who has been quite sick, is up again. G. W. Williams, that up-to-date painter is paintiDg Spring Hill church and will also paint for Mr. Melley -_j tr_ i:1 fiLiU iUl. JJ JUIC U1CQ6U1. Well, the war id over and the election is a thing of the past and if you did not get into the war that is none of my business, and if you did not vote as I voted that i3 none of anybody's business, so let us all try and look on the bright side of everything. Mr. Eddie Eleazer, who has been steadily grinding wheat for several months, is finishing up to get ready for the ginning season. The rainy weather is giving the farmers a world of work at this season of the year, as the old IviDg is opening very fast. Fodder is to pull, molasses to make and a hog killing time generally ahead, after frost. Lots of our folk attended the barbecue at Cbapin last Saturday. As it was the last 'cue of the season t.hpv mads frood use of the day. " J D I don't mind seeing a man hunting o'possuras uLtil ten or elever o'clock, oi>. Saturday nightf; but when it comes to a man huutiug until nine o'clock on Sunday morning, I think that it is simply hunting o'possums one half of the night and the devil the other half. Capt. G. H. Koon is running his thrashing gin day and night, and is giving entire satisfaction. The Cap tain is a candidate still and it will not take but one vote to elect him aDd if anything should happen very sood, serenade you again, we will, j Mr. Koon. Mr. Wesley Amick was on the sick list for several days last week wi:h bilious fever, but under the skillful treatment of I)r. J. W. Eargle, he is up agaiD, we are glad to state. Mr. R. B. Hiller, paid Culumbia a flyiog visit one day last week. R B is one of Hilton's leading merchants and he will sell goods plumb out of j sight this fall. Our boys played the Wheeling I boys a game last week and of course I .. TTT. ,. i ii..j tne wneeung ooys waittu tu nnu the cake. Mr. J. E. Koon of this place, is doing a fine business with his ginning outfit. Mr. John Bouknighf, who has been doiDg a large business in cord wood here, has about closed out and will remove his hands elsewhere. The Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad is beginning tc move the cotton crop. But business j will not be as good this fall as it was j last on account of the short crop?. Rev. Jacob Wike ha? just returned i from a visit to North Carolina, where i !-.? T-iwir relatives and friends. iiC TT cut IV/ ? *W?W .v.... ! He reports everything quiet in the Old North State. Birdie. wivir &.G-EIE3, Polite Attention. I EXCITING CAMEL TRAINING. | The Animal of the Desert Hn* Mora J Vice? Than n Mnlo. An oflicerwhohas been residing some time in Egypt, where camel riding has been obligatory, semi/ the following i graphic description of his experiences with that amiable and useful animal: "You can well imagine that there's a circus around here while the usual riding instruction is going on. When the untamed camels first arrived at our camp, I heard a tremendous growling ; in front of tho door, and on going out I saw ono of theso amiable beasts being led by his keeper, but walking along with every expression of disgust both in his countenance and voice. , "Tho man stopped (ditto camel) and attempted to tie tho beast's forelegs to; geiher, whpn it reared, and, striking 1 out with its foro feet, landed on tbe j keeper's stomach and head, sending I him flying through space as if shot out j of a cannon. The man picked himself ; out of tho ditch with a hand on each bruised part, and the camel, which had never ceased roaring, was taken in I charge by two other and more robnst I natives and led to the tents, or, rather, ; induced to go by energetic assistance of a very sharp irou rod applied in a most ' vigorous and miscellaneous manner. "Similar exhibitions are being conducted here daily, and wo are now ready J to lead the recently broken camels. . Within three or four days they become I tractable. "I first formed my opinion of a camel some years ago, when I rode acrosj the Arabian deserts, and I see 110 reason to alter it in any way. Tho creature has | so many talents and so many ways of ! exhibiting them. And, to begin with, ' it can kick harder, higher, swifter and j oftener than a mule and can use all four feet at one time in a kicking match. Then it can bite worse thac. a j vicious horse and buck in a way to make a bronch > blush with absolute shame. "No rider ever lived who can stay on that perch seven feet from the ground j during a camel's exhibition of gymj nasties. Then he can run away when ; he feels like it and is often seized with , a desire to slope. Upon an occasion of this kind his rider experiences a sensation between being blown up with dynamite or struggling against the throes of an earthquake until all his joints are Qr>clocated and he drops, a limp, inert mass, to the ground. "Then this sweet creatnre has a way of evincing his displeasure that is at least effectual and convincing. Ho j twists his snakelike neck into a circle, | and, poking his ugly nose into the face of the rider, opens his caveruons mouth : and lets out a roar of disgust in such a | fetid breath that the elevated human ; victim is fairly blown into the middle of the coming mouth (a week being too j short a distance). And yet, with all these high recommendations, which some people might consider objectionable, these are the dear animals I am constantly brought in contact with and for which I am even beginning to form an affection."?Road. II. T. Craven Still Living. Few persons who remember those clever and long popular "character" plays, "The Chimuey Corner" and j "Meg's Diversion," know that their j author, who was also a "character" actor of excellent repute, is still alive. A London "writer says Henry Thomas, now dwelling in retirement at Clapham, is the oldest living dramatist, j and he must look baek with something of sadness to tho difference between authors' fees as ho knew them and the size they have assumed iu the present day. Although littlo kntwn to the newest generation, Mr. Craven has enjoyed a ; remarkable career and may regard with ' satisfaction tho fact that he never wrote anything which could bo accused of 1 possessing any save the most healthy qualities. Ho secured success as a playwright by tho intense humanity he imparted to his works, by bis clever characterization and construction and by making the "domestic note" dominant throughout. There has never been quite an adequate successor to him as a writer of short and affecting pieces. I "The Heathen Chinee." Says tho London Daily News: "In tho course of a conversation wmcn a correspondent of Tho Daily News had i not so long ago with the departing j American embassador, Mr. Hay told him an interesting anecdote of the origin of 'The Heathen Chinee.' Ho and Bret Harte especially delighted in the following lines from a chorus in 'Atalauta i In Calydon:' ''Who shall sock, who shall bring, And restore thee the day When the dove dipped her wing And the oars won their way Where the narrowing Symplegades whiten the straita of Fropontis with spray? " 'The melody of that poem,' said ; j Mr. Hay to tho correspondent, 'rang in Bret Harte's ears and mind till he wrote, "The Heathen Chinee" in that measure.' " | What of the Fntnref i British statesmen who dread the awful struggle which would bo involved in bringing on a war with .Russia rather than yield a little here and there must wonder what the chances can be for thwarting Russian designs 50 years hence, when the Russian em1 j pire, even within its present limits, is i j likely to have fully 250,000,000 inhabitants, much better off, as a rule, than the Russians of today. The most pori tentous fact in the international politics of Lurope and Asia, if not of the whole woild, is the enormous and overshadow 1 ing growth of the Slavic power which i stretches across two continents.?Cleve| land Leader. *- * ? I tvo > Clj it; MI^, tvtiiuir. "What class of people do you find make the best patients, doctor?" i "Just two classes, madam?sick people tbat imagine themselves well, and well people that imagine themselves ' tjlCJi.. Ui U'J&IJ li unv. We hold four fifths of the island of Porto Rica COLUMBIA, H. C., October 13?tf. Opening Exercises cf Palmetto Classical Institute. To the Editor of tho Dispatch: On Wednesday morning of last week many of the citizens of Lexington and surrounding community assembled in the school building to witness the opening exercises of tho Palmetto Collegiate Institute. Rev. W. M. Harden, tho beloved pastor of the Methodist church, was present, and opened the exercises by reading a chapter and offering a prayer. The highly respected partor of the Lutheran church, the Rev. J. G. Graichen, then came forwaul und inudo an excellent address cn the value of an education. I think all who were so fortunate as to near these remarks went away stimulated with a greater desire to give that priceless gift?education--to their children. He said educated people were better enabled to see things in proportion?to take a broad, liberal view of things, and hence better prepared to live in harmony aud fellowship with his fellow man. A splendid paper, full of deep thought, was read by Rcy. Mr. Harden. He clearly demonstrated to all considerate persons that it is highly profitable to the youDg to have their minds trained. He showed how any man was better equipped for all the pursuits of life when he has been | properly educated. These eloquent [ words were gladly received by the audience. The Principal, Mr. O. D. Seav, j made a few remarks concerning the opeLiog and the outlook for a good school. He said he felt extremely | grateful to the good people of Lexington and the surrounding community for any and everything they had done for the uplifting of this noble institute. Everybody can do something to make the school more prosperous in the future than in the past. If c-vcry family in Lexington village would secure just one boarding student the school building would have to be enlarged to accommodate the students. I honestly believe it can be done. Let every one do something for our school. Let us say something for it. OK! A Citizen. Ik Royal ii the highest grade baking powder kaowa. Actual testa show it goes oaathird farther than aoy other braad. tm ^AKlH^ POWDER Absolutely Pure ROV/U. SAKIHO PCWOCR CO., HEW YORK. Diseased Cattle. Columbia Stutc. Prof. NewsoD, (he veterinarian at Ciemson, has received several communications from people in different parts of the State relative to a virulent disease among cattlo. In some instances the death rate is becoming alarming, and this morning Governor Ellei be received a request from President Hartzog that the matter be referred to tho veterinary department at Washington. Governor Ellerbe forwarded the papers at once to Dr. D. E. Salmon, veteiinarian of the United States government. | One Minute Cough Cure surprises people by its quick cures and cLil dren may take it in large quantities without the least dangei: It has { won for itself the beet reputation of any preparation u?ed to-day for colds, croup, tickling in the throat or I obstinate coughs. J. E. Kaufmann i If you want a thing well done do j it yourself; therefore always laugh | at your own jokes. i Never try to make a lie stand by ! swearing to it. The truth don't ; need an oath to bluster it up. "When you call for DeWitt's Witch i Hazel Salve, the great pile cure, don't accept anything else. Don't be talked into accepting a substitute, for piles, for 9ores, for butns. J. E. Kaufmaun. Mixed Pickles. Gen. Shafter is reported as being s'.ck at Ctrnp WikofY. Tbe cotton growers of the Southern States are urged to combine. Mis3 Sarah Lon/* of this section has been visiting friends below Lexington.?Job in Oar News Letter. Sickness and deaths continue with alarming rapidity in the Santiago army. Many disappointed Klondikers have returned with the experience that ad i3 not gold that glitters. It is reported that France will recognize the independence of tl e Insurgent Republic of the Filipiros. Col. R >osevelt of the Rough Riders will probably be elected Governor of New York by the Republicans. You invite disappointment when you experiment. DeWitt's Little 1"): _i l jiiany xvusera- are pieasant, easy, thorough little pills. They cure constipation and sick headache just as sure as you take them. J. E. KaufDJlUU. A severe cyclone passed over St. Catherine's, Oot, on September 2Gth, and did considerable damage to property aod killed three persons. The war department investigating committee held his first session on September 26, and proceeded to prepare the whitewash. Gen. Joe Wheeler has been promoted to be Major General in the regular army. Ho will assume command of the calvary corp. A stubborn cough or tickling in the throat yields to One Minute Cough Cure. Harmless in effect, touches the right 6pot, reliable and just what is wanted. It acis at once. J. E. Kaufmann. T* !?..?! ama XTyvUn/VM ft ft I JjlfUiCUillJl. nuuouu una bumccucu j in raising and floating the erstwhile ! Spanish warship Maria Teresa, and will probably succeed with the Colon. Gen. Gomez tells a pitiful tale of great suffering among the Cubans in the province of Santa Clara and pathecticallv appeals for aid in feeding the starving men, women and children. Col. Hay, the new Secretary of State, took the oath of office on last Thursday and immediately assumed the direction of affairs of that department in Washington. More than twenty million free samples of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve have been distributed by the manufacturers. What better proof of their confidence in its merits do you want? It cures piles, burns, scalds, sore?, in tbe shortest space of tim? J. E Kaufmann. The First South G^lina regiment has returned to Columbia and is now encamped at G-iiger'a Spring, on the northern suburbs of that city. Tbe boys will be given a medical txamination, a thirty days' furlough and ^ "?1 then an honorable discharge from the services of Uncle Sam. The members of the First regiment, which is now encamped at I Columbia, have been granted thirty | day furloughs. They will have to | be in Columbia on the 27th inst., so ; as to repoit for duty at reveille ou i the morning of the 28th. Gen. Otis has sent the following health report to the war department from Manila: Understand reporters s-md exaggerated account of sickness. | Total in hospital today, highest of i any, 529; typhoid fever patients, 9f; j all doing well and mostly convalesj cent; about 1,200 excused from duty; i mostly ilight ailments, showing ccn| ditiuu fair for this latitude. Nineteen I deaths from disease this month. 23 j in August. _? Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Uruiscs, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rbeurn, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. | For sale at J. E. Kauffman's. After sleeping in the hallowed soil of Cuba for a century the sacred | ashes of Christopher Columbus were exhumed on September 26ib, and were prepared to be shipped to I Spain. It is probably that the long 1 * i delayed monument will now be j erected. Notice to School Trustees. The County Board of Education j has decided that the free public | schools of Lexington county, for the j scholastic year, commencing July 1, i 1808, and ending June 30,1899, shall A ' 1 -, XT j open on the lirst 3Jonaay m xsovem{ btr, 1S9S. All balances carried forward fiocn last scholastic year may be used this summer. By order CouDty Board of Ed. John D. Farr, Clerk of Board, li Lexington, S. C., July 11, 1898. ' v. -wi-... .