The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, April 19, 1899, Image 2

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The Lexington Dispatch Burned April 25th; rebuilt July 19. 1894. (i. M. HARMAN. Editor and Pub'isher. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 19. 1899. ' FLAG- PRESENTATION. Last Saturday was red letter day for the Confederate Veterans of Camp Steadman, and the gray haired boys 6djoyed themselves as they bad never did one before. The occasion was one of gladness notwithstanding that the proceedings revived sad recollec tions of stirring scenes of the glori ous past. The court house was simply, but appropriately decorated with hot house plant3, cut flowers and a wreath and harp of evergreens prepared by Mrs. - i i jji. Maggie Jtiarman ana several oame scarred flags. To the right of the commandant was the fLg of Company C, Capt. Lewie commanding, on the left was that of the Saluda Guards. In the foreground of the flrst was that of the Lexington Light Dragoons and in front of the latter was that of Meetze's Company?the Johnston Rifles. The sight of these old and bullet shot relics of the past caused the heart of many a veteran to beat faster and their pulse to quick en. In front of the commandant resting upon a handsome easle was a beautiful bust portrait of Col. J. M. Stead man, in whose honor the Camp is named. The Camp was opened in usual form and the application for membership of several veterans and sons of veterans were received and they were unanimously elected. The election of a Colonel of Lexington regiment to succeed Col. D. J. Griffith, who had resigned, was then entered into. Adjutant M. D. Harm an was the only nominee and by resolution of the Camp, Dr. J. W. Geiger was instructed to cast the vote of the Camp for Adjutant Harman, which was done, he receiving 43 votes being all the members present. BANNER PRESENTATION. The hour for the presentation of the beautiful banner donated by the ladies of Lexington county through the untiring zeal of Mrs. M. D. Harman. The banner was of fine blue silk, trimmed with gold lace, with gold fringe and gold tassels sus pended by silver cords. The centre piece was the coat of arms of the State^ The staff was of antique oak. It bore the following inscription: "Camp Steadman; No. 668, U. C. V., Lexington, S. C. Organized, September 11,1895." The following is a synopsis of DR BROOKERS ADDRESS. Without a country, without a flag the fallen heroes of the Lost Cause sleep in their nameless graves, unwept, unhoDored and unsung only as their surviving comrades and the warm hearted women and brave men of our beauteous Southland recall their brave deeds and proclaim their glorious achievements. No wealthy government with its coffers filled with silver and gold stretches forth the strong arms to gather their remains into costly cemeteries and expensive mausoleum; no powerful hand is extended to rescue their names from oblivion and to chisel them on marble tablets or towering shafts. But enshrined in the hearts of a grateful people, their hallowed names will never die till that people too have passed from a life of death to a deathless life. None know so well as you that the history of the world records the achievements of no soldiery more glorious. The story of Zenophen and his memorable ten thousand which has come all along down through the centuries, furnishes no instances of greater valor than was displayed by your Confederates on scores of frightful fields. The fame of the world conquering hosts of Alexander the Great has lived through more than twenty centures, but we read of none of their victories, wonderful as they were, which surpassed the more brilliant successes of our Southern heroes. The historic legions of Caesar in the halcyon days of old Rome when she sat on her seven hills and ruled the world, never excelled in courage and patriotism the superb followers of the Southern crose. The brave three hundred who fell with Leonidas at the pass of Thermophylae were not more self-sacrificing nor patriotic than they. That glorious army of heroes who were left sleeping in their winding sheets of snow in the dark forests of Hohenlmden rar ninro unviplftincr ?c,oi J o courage. Neither Napoleon at Austerlitz, nor on the bridge at Lodi; nor Wellington at Waterloo commanded more splendid armies than the tattered battalions who followed the banners of Lee and Johnson. The dariDg heroism of McDonald at Wagram scarcely equalled in dazzling splendor the sublime charge of the chivalric Pick* t and his devoted division up the cannon crowned heights of Cemetery Ridge at world famed Gettysburg. The immortal Jackson, with his veteran corps, in his wonderful Valley campaign and praver \\ithoul t) anfV?\ever tl was a husband .< worthy of the name, who did not aspire to be the father and the grandfather of R healthy, capable children to hand down his name and the fortune accumulated by * the sweat of his brow, from generation to generation. There never was a wife fit to X bear that noble title, who did not wish to 'J wear womanhood's most glorious crown, the sceptre of motherhood. Thousands p of wedded couples, otherwise happy, fall short of wedlock's greatest happiness because they are childless. In the majority of cases, this is because the wife, through t. ignorance or neglect, suffers from weakness and disease of the organs distinctly M femiuine. For women who suffer in this way there is one great medicine that docs y( hot fail to accomplish its purpose. It is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It acts t. directly on the delicate organs concerned and makes them strong, healthy, vigorous, r' virile and elastic. It allays inflammation, :. heals ulceration, soothes pain and tones the shattered nerves. It fits for wifehood y and motherhood. It quickens and vitalizes the distinctly feminine organism. It ban- 8 ishes the maladies of the expectant months and makes baby's introduction to the world a easy and almost painless. It insures the y little new-comer's health and nourishment in plenty. It is the best supportive tonic y for nursing mothers. Mrs. Jennie Parks, of Marshall, Spokane Co.. Wash., writes: " I am glad to tell of the good ?. results of your great medicine.? Dr. Pierce's " Favorite Prescription. I was benefited by your medicine in conhnement. It gives me strength. v I have no tired feeling and mv baby is the picture of health. I feel better than I have in e ten years." In cases of constipation Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be used as an a adjunct to the "Favorite Prescription," they are extremely simple, perfectly natural 8 and insure prompt and permanent relief. q later at Fredricksburg and Chancel- ^ lorsville and at Groveton won greater ? renown than did Ney at the head of the Old Guard of the Grand Army. Cardigan, with his brave six hundred, has been immortalized in song and 8 story, yet the Light Brigade at Bala- ^ klava were not more chivalric?never ^ more courageous than the splendid squadrons of Stuart and Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee, and you, my friends, d will never suffer to perish the fame J won by your own comrades in their h glorious young manhood, whose g strong arms and stout hearts ren- s dered illustrious your Hamptions and r Hagoods and Butlers and Brattons, e your McGowans and Jinkin's and o Wallace and Garys and Conners and d Kershaws, and your own honored f Steadman. Living ever in our mem- (3 ory the faces of the comrades of our t earlier days rise before us even now: t "The throng the silence of the breast f We see them as of yoore, The kind, the true, the brave, the best, Who walk with us no more." t They have gone on before, leaving t behind them the pathway of duty c and of honor splendidly illumined, by g the brilliancy of their deeds and the c splendor of their lives, inspiring us to ( higher aims and purer purposes, \ ever beekenmg us upward and on ward. "How strange it seems - witb so much gone, Of life and love?to still on ? Y^t love will dream and faith will trust i Since be who knows our need is just) That somehow, somewhere, meet we must. The ceremonies of an occasion like this would have bean incomplete without and effort to pay a slight tribute to the gallant men whose elbow touch you constantly felt in your young mandhood, where duty summoned you to the field of honor and of daDger. I should have failed to merit the approval of those for whom I speak today, nor would I have reflected the sentiments of their loving hearts if I had neglected to lay a simple garland on the graves of our sainted comrades. All along down the centuries, since Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, with their ointments and costly spices were first at the sepulchre on the third day morning, till now, in war and in peace, in sunshine and in shadow, in joy and in sorrow, noble women, pure and patriotic, loviDg and tender, have labored to lighten the burdens and increase the pleasures of the sons of men, words of cheer came from their loviDg lips, when in the enthusiasm of your vnnnor manhood. von marched awav "to the wild grand music of war." * Her prayers sheltered you on the * gory field, and when you kept watch ( and ward in the wild storm or under ) the quiet midnight stars. When 1 torn by shells and pierced by balls "in J the trenches of forts or in the wild 1 whirlwind of the charge," her tender ' hands binded your wounds, minis- ! tered to your wants in the hospitals 1 of pain, and tenderly nursed you ' back to life. Ah! more, yonder shaft ' pointing heavenward, bearing in 1 scribed on its marble faces the im- ' perishable names of your departed 1 comrades is but and added testi- 1 monial to her devotion to the memory of her conntrys defenders?"woman's tribute to valors worth." She comes again today with a new ' manifestation of her thoughtful consideration and bids me place in your keeping the lovely banner I now unfurl in your presence. It is not the fiery cross which in your younger days you followed to honor and to victory. You are not expected to unfurl it in the forefront of battle. It is not intoned that it shall beckon you onward, tlutteriDg between contending hosts, to the ramparts of the foe. You have passed the half century mile post in the roadway of life. You arenearingthe time when you must answer the last roll call. You are to receive this rather as au emblem of peace, a tribute from loving bands to loyal hearts. Beneath its lovely folds you will quietly gather at your peaceful ^unions. You have earned the light j rest beneath its shade, and I need ot admonish you, care for it tenderly nd preseive it among your most ulued m< mt utos. In the natural order of events your anks will grow thinner as the years oil by, one by one you will pass over be river and rest under the shade c-f be trees? The leaves of the oak and the willow shall lade, !escatic-ied around and together be laid, ud the you jg and the old and the low and the high hall moulder to dust and together shall lie: ris ti e wmk of eye, 'tis the draught of a breath roiu the blossom of health to the paleness i.i death. The time will come when C$mp Headman will have its last survivor, fhen one only shall be left?"a single ose left on the stalk to show where he garden had been.1' While your oil contains the r.ame cf one survivDg veteran; while one comrade lives rith silvered head and tottering teps and trembling hands to hold loft this lovely gift of gentle woman's hands this 11 ig shall be ours. And now, honored sir, in behalf of he generous and kind hearted donors, nth their earnest and heartfelt trayer that each survivor of your amp may have added blessings with dded years, that they may all live to ;ather together beneath its folds at aany happy reunions, I place this beautiful banner in you hands aeured that you will convey it in iroper terms to your gallant comades. The following is but an imperfect ynopsis of the beaatifully conceived leeply pathetic and eloquently deivered address of MA J. H A MEETZE: He briefly referred to the gallant 1 " 1 ? Ml - leeas ana urimani services ui vaji. . M. Steadman, the person in whose tonor the Camp was named. He ^lowiDgly recounted the stirring cenes through which he led his egiment, and then told how, after scaping the dangers and privations f bloody war, he returned to his lesolate and ruined.home with broken ortunes and with the hopelessness of tiscouragement to retrieve his forunes only to be shot down on the hreshold of his home by negro des>eradoes. Col. Steadman was a graduate of he Citadel Academy, and was among he first to raise a company in this :ounty, which was known as sharphooters. He first enlisted for twelve uonths and was assigned to duty in 3ol. Bratton's regiment. In 1861 he ?as made Major and at the re organzation he was elected Colonel,?Col. dratton having been promoted to he rank of General. He then referred to the love, derotion and patriotism of the women >f our lovely Southland to the cause n which their fathers, brothers and iweethearts were engaged in battle o uphold and perpetuate. Had it lot been for the sympathy and en:ouragement of women the war vould have ended long before it did; >ut like the Spartan mothers, the Southern matrons placed the sword ind musket in the bands of their ions and consecrating their young ives to their counrty, bade them to lofQ onrl rln for fhoir VinmAHftDfl fr*AA iom with a heroism born in heaven, tnd the youDg Southern girls ordered heir lovers to the front with an enthuilasm that brooked no delay. But the narvelous patriotism of the Southurn women did not stop here. "With telf sacrificing devotion to the cause ,hey espoused and which was sanctiied and made holy by-a baptism of he blood of their loved ones, they sheered, encouraged and inspired their lien to deeds of valor and bravery hat astounded and amazed the civiized world. She was found in the hospitals ministering to the wants of ;he sick, applying lotions and bandiges to the wounded, and receiving ;he last tender messages to loved ones and closing the eyes in that ong sleep after the soul had winged ts everlasting flight to the eternal oity. She was at railroads serving hot coffee and daity refreshments to tired and weary, the hungry and half 3tarved, and tattered and ragged Confederate soldiers as they passed hither and thither in response to orders. In the quiet home sitting in sorrow unspeakable as her thoughts burned to her loved ones in the valleys of Virginia or the blood stained fields of the South, not knowing whether they were in the land of the living, or rolipfhpr thev had naaapd into the si lent beyond, her deft fingers were ever busy making articles of apparel and the choicest food that she could supply for the uboys who wore the gray." She took the place of the men in the fields and in the shops and she was both father and mother to her little ones. History records no more brilliant deeds and self sacrificing devotion than those performed by the women of the South during the four years of unequal struggle; and when the banners were furled and the dogs of war silenced at Appamatox Court House, 'twas woman's never dying love and matchless courage that wiped away the tears from the sunkissed and battle scarred cheeks and mangled and maimed forms of the retured soldiers as they viewed the ravages and luiu wrought by the hands of cru< 1 ami savrge enewic . She has kept the memory of lhot?who fought for the immortal juiuci plen f ?r which they contended freth and greet! iu the hearts and affections of the wot Id by the erection of marble monuments in commemoration of their gallant deeds and heroic struggles. Referring to the Confederate monument which stands on the left of the court house in honor of our heroic dead, the Major said that there should be another one on the right erected by the men in grateful remembrance to the heroism and patriotism of the women of the South during the daik days of the Southern Confederacy. The same heroic spirit rules the heart of woman today when the occasion arises to call it into play as was exhibited by Miss Helen Gould in ministering to the needs and neces sities of the boys in oiue wno le turned from serving their country in Cuba and the members of the Red Cross who gave up the pleasures and comforts of home to suffer the hatdships and privations incident to work on the battlefields of a foreign and strange country in order to minister to the wants of the sick, wounded and dyiDg in the army. He spoke of McKinley's visit to the South and to his speech in Atlanta when he said that the time had arrived when we (the United States) should take care of the Confederate dead. B it the women of the South, in righteous indignation, said No! and claimed tl e right to care foi the last resting j lace of the sleeping heroes, and refused to relinquish the sacred trust into other hands. Brothers, comrades! It is a pleas ure to meet with you here on this occasion. Soon the last bugle will be sounded and many of us will cross over the liver and the Confed erate Veteran who made Southern history gloriously brilliant will lne only in the memory and affections of those who will come after us. Let us enlist under the banner of him who died for us, and we will be received with songs of triumph and be robed with immortality. The first presentation of any banner in this county was that to the Saluda Guards in 18G1 at the Old Saluda factory. The first man from this county who fell in the war was Lieutenant Zeao Swygert, who fell at Hilton Head. He was the father of Sergeant Enoch Swygert, who is the color bearer of Camp Steadman. We accept this beautiful banner, not for its intrinsic value, but from the noble spirit which inspired tLe fair donors to present it to the Camp. We say to you, you have our unrestrained confidence. No greater motive could have actuated the gift than that which moved the women in making it. We receive it in trust and as long as a single survivor lives it will be hallowed and cherished as a pleasant memento of women's devotion to the Lost Cause. Placing the banner in the hands of Sergt. Enoch Swygert, the Major said, into your keeping I give this banner. SEKGT. ENOCH SWYGERT in accepting the banner, said in sub stance, I thank you and the ladies for this gift. Loved ones fell beneath this and that banner (pointing to several tattered and torn battle flags] and this one will be loved and re vered, and it will never be allowed tc trail in the dust so long as Camp Steadman exists and it is the bam er of this Camp. COL U R. BROOKS being present, was called upon for an address. He responded in his usual happy manner. He said it was always a pleausure and filled his heart with the deepest emotions to meet and talk to the men who fought in the Confederate war. It was a great pleasure to meet the soldiers of Lex ington, with some of whom he fought and there were never bravei [ or more gallant soldiers than they He said that ho would never forget the addresses of Dr. Brooker and Maj. Meetze. They deeply touched his heart and opened up the casket of memory that he could scarcely keep back the tears that would rise unbidden to his eyes. All these oc casions were lovely and grand. H< recited several anacdotes which caux under his observation, some of whicl were quite laughable and others ver^ pathetic. Referring to the Confed erate soldier he said they were lovei and admired ihe world over for theii I enduiiog patience, uncomplaining j sufferings and unparralleled bravery j He urged that every Confederate sol dier whose name was not on th< Camp roster to have it put there a ? ? 4 l\ / .? M ^ j Olice BO ILiUli lutrn pu^tciiLj tuuu know that their ancestors were amon' j the men who fought for principle ! The world never produced such sol j diers as those which composed tki Confederate armies. When wit! empty haversacks, barefooted, tatter ed garments and poorly equippei ! they fought the well fed and splend j idly equipped armies of the North j and won such brilliant victories thai I they received tho highest mede o I praise from the civilized world. Th< ' same principles for which they fough are alive today. COL 1). T. BAKIC cle?tily and concisely reviewed thi " n i nil hi i? mi im < i m n m n "i 'TC'jiJ |% Women in > ^ -Business ; "express''' the'cpinion''that I there is one thind which! ill prevent women0 from g 'completely filling man's | ^' P'ace ,n the business | Sn?i j i [ | ? I W world ? they can't be dc- S 1 j! pended; upon because they | are sick too often. It is true that many i n? .. t.n women are compelled -10- iook [urvtciu lu umtai when they are unable to/attend , to social or ''I business dutiesTheir|appearance plainly in- i dicates their conditionfand they are reluctant I to be seen, even by their friends. Read what jj .^business .woman says to such sufferers: Mrs. C. W. Mansfield, Farrar Street, Detroit, Micli.. says: "A complication of female ailments kept me awake ii slits and wore me out. 1 could get no relief from medicine and hope was slipf ing away from me. A young lady in my employ gave me a l>ox of j )r. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. 1 took them and was :ih!o to rest at night for the first time in mont hs. I bought more and ?hey cured me as they also cured several other people to my ktiowlod.: . I think that if you should ask any of the druggists of Detroit, who aro S the best buyers of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills they would say tho i young women. These pills certainly build up the nervous system and <r tvnman owes her life to them. 9 "Asa business woman I am pleased to recommend them as t bey <iia a | more for me than any physician and I can give I>r. Williams' Pink 8 | l'ills for Pale People credit for my general good health to-day." fi r Dr. Williams'Pink Pills for Pale People are for; I Sale by ali dru^ists, or will be sent,postpaid,, 3 on receipt of price, 5o cents per cox-, six boxes,\ i $2.5o, by the Dr.V/illiams Medicine Company,/ \ Schenectady, N.Y. Our new book, Plain talks S to Wom?N,sent free to any address on request, e Z 2ZS* ZBSBiK B53E 3S583BHBP Truck Gardeners'* Farotile Prolific. ALL SEASON CABBAGE. PERFECTION TOMATO. mfililiill yV LARGE VARIETY. AT THE BAZAAR. i life and character of the brave, gal- j lanfc and patriotic Stcadman and his I \ "STEVENS FAVORITE" brilliant services to his county, State ^ R,IEX E 1 i and government. -(Yrm\irnmrrl The following resolutions were It ? Takes Down. unanimously adopted: fPgKLjL ^ ? Resolved, That the thanks of Camp Steadman are due and are hereby ,3 tendered to Mrs. VI. D. Harman and ' ,, , .-tit r I1? 22-inch barrel, weight 4* pounds. ( other kind friends who aided her, for 4 Carefully bored, and tasted. For i the handsome banner this day pre- ! 4 -22>-25 unci -32 run-tire cart.id^es. 1 sented to our Camp; and that these j S ^ ^7' &, r\r\ , . < Flam Open Sights, $6.00 colors shall be carefully preserved; 14 c 0 \ No IS. and while we live together under jts ' 0 Taro^t hfc- " ; folds, the kind donors shall be grate 4 A l Xff , S'r f1 crw-ff ' \ Ask your dealer for the' FAY Ofally remembered; and that VIrs. VI. ? RITE." If he doesn't keep it we ]-v tt i iii i / i \ \\i!l sciul| prepaid, on receipt o? : D. Harman be elected a member of j A pn-ce# 1 1 ' 1 our Camp and her name be inscribed 4 , bend stamp for complete cata|\ logue showing our full line, with val^,ty T./-.U j g liable information retrardinsr rilles Iu^/ulj uwi. . ? _ Resolved, TLat (he thauks ofji and ammaaition in general. C-trap Steadmau are due aud are ^ J. STEVENS ARMS AND TOOL CO. hereby tend r d Ms Henrietta!# P.O.Box IIV, I Steadman, the estimable widow of f chicopee falls, mass. the gallant hero for whom our C.imp j has been named, for the kind loan of ! ^ j ^ r the handsome portrait ol her chivahic j aL ? ??? * L I A > busbanJ- rPnPPrlflfl The following delegates were ' f B bWU VlUati d IHww > elected to Charleston: Dr. J. W. j _ ^ J Geiger, A. E Derrick, E P. Snith, Perfect Appetite. , Col. D. T. But. Alternates, II; v. I PeffeCt DiaSStiOD. . N. S. Yoonginor, Giorge W. Lewis, II,lion's I.if, for the Uvtr <u Dr. W. T. Drooker, Joseph W. Kidneys is a p. rfK-t r.-uiutr IteeJer. M.a?.l touted tat cfieetiv 1 < Can lie tikea at :iu\ time, wi To Chester?A. E Wingard, D. any kind of tend, and is suTe ^ t? f^~r.cl t y r\^?.ci. t t."" tt. ? e-ire all disorders of the systei E. Craft, J. S. Denick, J. h. Hen- 1Wl), i? take natural m its . 5 drix. Alternates?D T. Hare, G. tects. Children and ft-m.il .s wl W. Reeder, Paul P. Cla,k aud 0. A. Ueal.hvSriZlt wtiif Derrick. Kidney troubles .ire relieved fro * The appointment of a sponsor was ^ f(| J)n{tl,s. left to the commandant. Sold by druggist everywhere. 1 Wholesale bv MURRAY* DRUG CO , t Columbia. ?S. C. 3 T^OtlCC For Sale at THE BAZAAR. All persons indebted to the ?* Estate of Mrs. S. B. Hammer. de- ELECT^O2 ceased, will make imn cdiate payment to I IIV/ the undersigned, and those holding claims Q 11 8 P|f$ 1 against said Estate must present the same, viLlvli 1; duly attested, ou or before the 15th of M iv. oi * ^ . . itw, to " fel)1110S 1 GEOliGE A KAMINER. 0 , Administrator. Sjl VCrWiil'O j April S, lb'.'O.?3*24. . . 1 ,, ?? burprisnig-Iv 1 Notice. without 1 4 LL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS . . 3 /!_ against the r.state o? J O. B. Chaney. o(.'Tcll( il 111 decease 1. will pletse render an urn-omit ol ccw- c Y*j?'Q.Y rn ' their demands il*ilv attested, to me on or JAiinrLto ofcnJI Ir foil iAT O-J. be ore May lit, 1M)0 a id all persons in- Its unlike ah others dehted thereto will make payment by that l?ox, post paid l.? cts., 111 stamps. j.?ie " " Its sold '-Veiywln P-. N\N('Y E (dIANEV, Exiciitrix. The EWiro Silicon Co., 4o C.ifi St tee 9 April 12. iS'jy.?3w-'4 pi New York. ? - - ' iiiwuiw??WH1? 1 W RAMON'S I J ilpH ' ?-xs^ tonic Regulator Ji 8 ('s no* t,n'y *'ie Liver and Kidney medicine P Wt \'Tt Lut supplies all the e ementsot Liver Food lackIv I 1 Ua 'n y?ur c,aiIy c''vt. Convenient to use, I \ I VTTv pleasant to take, thorough in action and the gg ! j br-* \jv best tonic. Price $i.co. BKOWN JIF'G. CO., Prop'rs, Giwnevillf, Tenn. Tfrnn-m i ! MnMMWBBMnBrwiMMT?m^mI flS FOR SALE BY Hj (i.M. IIAItMAX AND J. E. KAUFMANN. 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RED, YELLOW AND WHITE, J At lower prices than can be bought elsewhere. Send for Complete Price List. Southern Fruit Co., W. H. MIXSON, Manager, J 2:7 EAST BAY, OPPOSITE CUSTOM HOUSE. CHAELEST02ST, S. CL, March 16. 1898 -tf ^ ' ' I .1 I ????- I ... I I ??????? ? ??? WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ....Dr. Baker's.... J Great Vegetable Blood and Liver Cure It positively Cures Rheumatism, Scrofula, Syphilis, Con? '($ st'pation, Indigestion, and Blood and Liver Troubles of gj 9 7%^^every description. It is purely and absolutely Vegetable, a 5.^% and can be used without injury by the most delicate. A ^ut un in 16-ounce bottles, at $1.00. tfte Eookoiit mountain mod. go.ORTEf^ZLE' ^ FOR SALE BY? . M G. M. HARM AX, LEXIXGTOX, S. C. LEXINGTON MARKET. A&inREW fRAU/EflRR i CORRECTED WHEELS BY THE MERCHANTS. " W ?J* JJJ, Jf " A"J U " 1 . . ;?- ATTORNEY AT LAW, ~ k Hums, p- r to .... .... ...... ^ " ;inrttmpt a o #v 0 " Sides. - 6^a7 OOiJJMBIA, - - - - s. CJ " Shoulders, ' 7 a , PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND1 a Liir-1. i?ar lb a * ! t Federal Courts, and -offers his profes\ Flour, per cwr 201 a -2.vi j sioaal services to the citizens ol Lexington: A 0 C ji"e vr i'U a ' > i County. w 1 . ! Ootr her 18?lv. E,iJ=zEE::^ EDWARD L. ASBILL. ^ t Sv?eet Potatoes, per bu *0 a so 7 a wee. per ib ** a 5 Attorney at Law, f Better, Der ft, 1j a ** 1 \ E^4^rc LEESYILLE, - - - S. a 4 J TurKeys. per lb S a to Practices in all the Courts. '-JP \ Geese, per pr go a ?>o Business solicited. f Chickens, per head to a Sept. 30?Cm A Beeswax, per ft 13 a *0 Q Beef, per ft S a 10 0. M. Eitbd. F. E. Dbeheb. : :v: EFIRD &DREHER, COTTON MARKET. . hi IH? W Vllkllhll^ - Attorneys at Law, ( harleston.?Middling. G. * 7 A I, >'. LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. / A lliAvf "H TtAnTAi* AA,rILL 1'Bactice in all the J iVluUl L 1TJL? AJ\7\)/j\jL y \\ Courts. Business solicited. One t ia a w member ot the firm will always be at office. Attorney at Law, COLU31B1A, 8. C. ?? Especial attention given to business en- CirTO^J J 1(] rusted to liim by his fellow citizens P 1 1/1 II AO ^ i III/ : "gssr.ssUL. ??* c?, T.B. SAVINGS BANK. ^ [(, Aug h try Si Co. to February 28 - If. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO u CHECK J DR. CHAS, a STMLEV, w i e ~ n .. . DIRECTORS: 1 K HIKM/k AM llAnTKIT aiH KCUH i/CHIWI, Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird, It, Hilton James E. Hendrix. I t'*:i Main >*t., EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Over Messrs. Stantley Bros'. China Store. Deposits of $1 ar.d upwards received and , Y \t n \ linililinT ^ interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed, 1 (l. m. u. a. isuinun,,.) payable April and October. p COJLU3I1JIA, C. September 21?tt - 1 January 1G ?ly. ? j CAROLINA | ? STWKMT-B HATI0IAL BANK, i I Hl!nU Of IDC at columbia, s. C. J I I yUyirl yyflE,1 STATE, T0\V.\ AND COLNTY DEPOSITOR?. ^ -< r Paid up Capital ... $100,000 II ; _ Surplus Profits . - 100,000 ^ A SVRHP. : I .. I eatings i^rpm iiuriii* i utilikf anv other cou''li nrepa- i .. . ? , ' r.n ii>u. Tliv t|iiifkt s*t tu atop a cough ami , Dc-poMta of p. K am! npwards receded. I l.i r. move a-'iJnoss lrom the lungs. 2".c. allowed at11be rat:e of 4 per cent. per annum. W. A. CLAttK, President. --^1 THE MURPAY DRUG CO., VVilik Jonks, C*sb,er. COIXMI I A. S C Oefcmhur 4- ly For Sale ill THE I5AZ vAli 1 ' A"K 18 ly' A new supply of all kinds of fish- ^ t. j ?The best lino of cigars, will be iug tackle lias just been received at