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3EST ADVERTISING MEDIUM I ?IN? Wes ern South Carolina. O RATES REASONABLE. O SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM . m PRIMING 4 SPEflALTV. ii i i ? The Lexington pis patch. Jl Bcpresentatice newspaper. Goners Bcxington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Bihe a Blanket. VOL. XXX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1900. X0. 18 JlUJb GLOBE DRY GOODS COMPANY, *W. EC. IMIOZLTCZ^XO^T, TIES., E^E^TT^CrlEIES, ' i J 163? 3IAIIV STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C., Tf2. ^ q^CpJ Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. IP J \ October 13?tf - " . I | BOKWHiM an i s . LADIES' SHOES i 1 1 9 j We have about 350 pairs of Hind Turn 1 and Hand Welt S2 50, $3.0J and S3 5:? Ladies' Shoes. Most of them small sizes : that are odd lots lrom one and two seasons that we iotend to c'ose ont. We need room lor Spring Shoes is the reaf son for this low price. This is the time i for you to save money. | Ill 750TS. A PAIR, i LEVEE, THE SHOE MAN, I 1603 Mam Street COLUMBIA, S. C. j September 20 6:d That Grow and Bear Fruit. Wrife fo*- our 60 page ilustrated Catalogue and 40 % -age pamphlet. 'How to ^ 'lant and Cultivate an Orhard " Gives you that in>rraation you have so long .?onfu/1 lnilc mil u 11 JllkCillt wS "3p h?se bis red --ppies. lucious YOhaflr -eaches. and Japin plums vith their orien'al swetness. Ba ill of wjiieh you have open vfX .vondered where the trees '^rne *lom ^at produced Mm VERYTHtNG GOOD IN Unusal flrestrckof SILVFR >IAPLES.young.thrifty pees smooth and strai ht.thckiud hat live and grow oft well \o old. rough trees. This is he most rapid growing ma-, ide *nd one of the mostbeauifnl shade trees. Write for prices aad give istof wants. I. Van Lindiey Nursery Co.r Pomona, N. C. emmmi OF SOUTH CASOLIXA State, City&County Depository COLUMBIA, S. C. Capital Paid in Full $150,000 Ot Surplus 3 . 000.01 Li&biuttes of Stockholders.... 150,000.00 too; AAA OA ^UW,VW.V\ I SAVI2YGS DEPARTMENT. Interest ai tbe rate ol 4 per cemutu per an num paid on deposits m this department TRUST DEPARTMENT. This Hank under special provision of it? charter exercises the cfiice of Executor Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es tates. SAFETY DEPOSIT.DEPARTMENT. Fire and Bnrgiar pro.,1 safety deposi* for rent from 54 00 to $12 CO per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTON, .President, A. C. HASKELL, Vice President. J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, 2d Vice President G. M. BERRY,Cashier. February lz--iy I HE 6BKRU 1118111 Bill COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL $100 000 00 SURPLUS 30.COO 00. FST\BLI<HSrv 1*71. JAMES \VOODkOW. President JULIU^ WAT KF.R Vice Pres dent. FROME H SAWYEK, C.tsl ier. DIRECT*ORs James Woodrow. John A. Crawiord. Julius H Walker. C. Fiizsim moos, W C Wright, W. H. Gibbes John T. Sloan T T. llocre, J. 1j. juimnangh. K. S Jovnes. msis BANK SOLiCi TS A SH\RE, IF I jL not all. ot 3 our business, and will grant evt-ry favor consistent with safe and souDd banking. January 29. 1897?ly. Saw Mills. Light and Hf?avy, and Sttppliea. CHEAPEST ANI) BEST. CT-Ca-t everv day; wort 180 hands. Lombard iron Works and Supply Co., AUG US IA, GLUaUll. January 27 ? ' GEORGE BRTOS MAIN ST.. COLUMBIA, S. C., JEWELER "d REPAIRER Has a splendid stock of Jewe:r\', Watche3, Clocks and Silverware. a nue une 01 Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, all for sale at lowest prices. Bepairs on Watches first class qnickly done and guaranteed, at moderate prices 50?tf. W. A. REChMMi, COLUMBIA, S. CM IS NOW MAKING THE BEST Pictures that can be bad in tbis country, and all who have never had a real tine picture, should now try some ot bis latest styles Specimens can be seen at his Gallery, up stairs, next to the Hub. STOOD THE TEST. From th9 Amsrican Journal of Health, Ne^r York. Proprietary Remedies from the View Point of Modern Medical Science. By James R. Thompson, M. D. The time is past when members of the medical fraternity, who would speak with authority on matters pertiftninor to thpir nrofpssion. can denv that curative agents of real efficieacy are to be found among proprietary remedies. Physicians belonging to what may be most sptly termed the "old fogy tvpev have been repeatedly chagrined at viewing the wonderful cures effected by a proprietary medicine, after they had, in sweeping terms, denounced the use of all specifics of the class under discuscussion as fraught with the gravest menances to physical welfare. As a natural consequence of this fact the number of those among the medical profession who still administer universal and unqualified condemnation to proprietary remedies as a class is very small and is constantly on the wane, both as regards numerical strength and in reBpect to character \ and ability. The Journal of Health in this matter, as in all others which belong to the field it occupies, has always endeavored to bring its views into complete harmony with the facts that presented themselves to its judgment; and it has never attempted to warp facts in such a way as to make them fit into its preconceived views. For while the former spirit is indicative of an enlightened and reasoning progress, the latter is an unmistakable sign of intellectual stagnancy. Applying these remarks to the subject of proprietary medicines, we would indicate our attitude io this regard about as follows: While dealing out to the impostures <ark ovfonRiwplv r?rpv?lpnf in fhis linfi tbe most unequivocal and outspoken censure, we do not hesitate to bestow words of commendation on such specifics as have shown by actual trial before our hygienic staff that there are remedies of undoubted therapeutic virtue. A medicine which has fulfilled our most exacting demands in this respect, and one which therefore we feel justified in recommending to our readers, is '"Life for the Liver and Kidneys,*' offered by the Life Medicine Company of Spartanburg, South Carolina. It has demonstrated to us, so conclusively a9 to leave no room for doubt even on the part of the most skeptical, that it is a thorough curative agent in all cases of dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, biliousness, Blight's disease, dropsy, gravel, rheumatism and all disorders arising from a diseased condition of the liver, kidneys and urinary organs. Io order to show how completely free from every nonjudicial consideration cur investigations are. we shall indicate briefly the manner in which the examination of the remedy under discussion was conducted. A representative was sent from our office to collect testimony in regard to "Life for the Liver and Kidneys." He was himself an entirely disinterested party, and the iiquiry which he pursued was conducted in such a secret manner that no one commercially connected with the article in question had any means of knowing that its merits were being made the sub ject of investigation by a hygienic authority. Those who bad used the ! remedy for the maladies in which it claims to bring relief were interrogated iD regard to the effect it had exercised in their own cases. The answers which were received were characteiized by an astonishing unanimity. Every person who was visit ed and questioned with respect to "Life for the Liver and Kidneys" re plied that be had found in it a most < fficacious cure. This fact was as certained to be true not only in cases of ordinary severity, but even in those instances which bad successfully withstood the skill of physicians as well as the curative powers of other proprietary remedies. Having prosecuted our examination of the medicine in question in a manner that could not fail to detect : any harmful attributes that might i belong to it?for our examination ex! tended to all classes and to almost j all ages?we feel that a simple rtI gard for the precepts of tquitv, as well as the health-demands of our readers, calls for an editorial recognition of the genuine therapeutic virtues of ''Life for the Liver and Kidneys."?American Journal of Health, February 10th, 1900. Catarrh Cannot bo Cured. "With Local Applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous n.,../n/vnn TToll'o (f O rrll f'.lirP IS Tint. OUliaVJCO* JLAC<J-I o wixviw. A ?-t v/ - -wa quack medicine. It was prescril?ed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It i3 composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. In the Dead cf Night. "Hist!"' Instantly the burglar at the safe shut off the rays of his buli'a eye lantern. "What's the matter, pal?" he whis pered as he moved cautiously to the wiodow. The outlaw on guard laughed guardedly, but dismally he answered: "Spion kopT' Safes are not the only thing that burglars crack. There is a three cornered fight for Governor of Louisiana. Bargains; | ' DRY CC i MEN'S BIT FROM BEI We Have the li WHOLE THE CUT PRI J m ^ I 11700 Main i March 7 1'2mot 1 I.! .! ? Volcanic Ernptions Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life of jov. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, cures them; also Old Running and Fever Sores, Uicers, Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, ! Burns, Scald3, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Bi9t Pile cure on earth. Drives out Pains and Aches. Only 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sjld by J. E Kaufuiann, Druggist. One of Those Dress Pockets. She was quite a well-dressed woman waiting for the 10 o'clock train, i and it was then 9:30. "How loDg will it be until the I( o'clock train goes?" she asked at tfc< ! ticket window. | "Thirty minutes, madam, repuet the cleik suavely. ' Will I have time to go out am | buy something?" "That wili depend upon circum j stances, madam.'' | "I just want to go across tk ! street.'' "Where is your mone} f' This was a queer question to as and the lady rather resented it. 'Tn my pocket, of course," she ai Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, 111., makes the statement, that she caught cold, which settled on her luDgs; she was treated for a month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told her she was a hopeless victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight i found herself benefited from first dose. She continued its use and after taking six bottles, found herl self sound and well; now does her j | own housework,. and is as well as j the ever was. Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at J. E. Kauf- ! mann's Drug Store. Only 50 cents and $1 00, every bottle guaranteed. I ? i | His Opinion of the Preacher. i A Baptist church on the East Side ! # i j includes among its membership a de- \ vout family consisting of father, i : mother and a precacious cherub of 6. | The pastor has the usual weakness for chicken and so has the cherub, j ! In the early part of the week the pastor was invited to dine. The I pride of the family had been proper! ly coached for the event and more at| tention than usual had been paid to bis spelling. He had mastered any | j number of words of three letters; j but it was still safe for mother and j father to spell out the words of two j | or more syllables when they did not ! ! want him to understand. It was ''When you go down town purchase some c-^-n-d-y," from mother j | And father was always saying "Get | some b a-n-a-n-s this morning." The pride of the household had learned j j that whenever your wanted to use a Bargains!! IN ALL KINDS OF )ODS, NC AND furnis: mum MB light Goods at tin Prices. SALE AND ] ICE CASH BARGAI C. MOOI Street, Coin ? i ???? i?? I swered somewhat testily. "Then you have scarcely lime, : madam," said the clerk with gravity, : and the lady flirted herself away from the window in a dudgeon. A Misinterpretation. i ! i Sometime ago a lady was watching two little girls playing with their dolls and said to one of them: ""Why do you call your doll 'Early,' dear. It is such a funny name?" "Oh," she said, "I call her that because of the little girl who was so fond of it in the piece of poetry aud cried, 'Call me early, mother dear."' Bisnark's Iron Nerve. * "Was the result of his splendid * health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where 3 Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If you want these - qualities and the success they bring, use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They e develop c-very power of brain and body. Ouly 25 cents, at J. E Kaufmanu's drug store. The victim of the bent pin knows i- when it is time to get up. word in any one's presence ttiat you i did not wish them to understand, it I ought to be spelled out. There was chicken for dinner when the pastor came to dine and he ; showed his appreciation by request- j ing two helpings. Only one piece j remained and the cherub in the fam- j ily had not been satisfied. It was j the father who said: "Mr. , let me give you another piece cf chickenf' The pastor, with a show of reluctance, passed his plate and the pride of the family addressed his mother: ' "Mamma, don't you think the preacher is a p-i g?*' Story of a Slave. To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D. ( Williams, of Manchester, Mich., tells how such a slave was made free. He ( savs: '*My wife has been so helpless 1 for five years that she could not turn r over in bed alone. After using two f bottles of E.ectric Bitters, she is f wonderfully improved and able to do i her own work." This supreme rem* edy for female diseases quickly cures t nervousness, sleeplessness, melan- [ ? choly, headache, bickache, fainting j and dizzy spells. This miracle work- f ing medicine is a Godsend to weak, t sickly, run d)wn people. Every bot- t tie guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold 1 bj J. E. Kaufmann, Druggist. a f Tbe Board of Directors of the t Penitentiary have determined to c build a wooden stockade for the present on the Lexington for the c purposes of the reformatory author- f ized by the recent Legislature. t Women are seldom indifferent; * they either love or hate. f 1! Bargains!!! ! c itionsj! s KINGS.! : mi my! | : ? I ? e Very Lowest ; ! t i I i l i N MERCHANT mbia, S. C. j I Hints on Eating. Ripiil fating i9 slow suicide. Plenty of time should be taken. Dinner should be of a lighter nature in summer than in winter. ^ T^m/\ mwa I . An /? P orvrvof if IUC1C j^icl u^anuu i/i tuc a^ciuv is very likely to shorten life. It is not good to dine when in a ; state of mental or physical weakness, j Two pounds of potatoes contain as ; much nutriment as thirteen pounds ' of turnips. Light soups, light desserts, and j light meats should have the prefererence in warm weather. Fi-h and oysters are easily digest ed. An hour or two of rest should be taken after the meal. Abuse of the stomach at dinner will be repaid sooner or later by that j punishment which comes to the glutton. Yegetab'es and fruits are to be : used most generally at that season of the year in which they naturally mature. An epidemic of small pox is prevalent all over the country. In some localities the disease has assumed a fatal form and the people are frightened nearly half to death. Absolutely "pt Makes the food more delk ROYAL 6AKINQ POWCER AGAIN IN JAIL. !' I Mrs. Graddisk Charged With tho Murdsr of H9r Husband. i j rhe Chemist Found Plenty of Arsenic a in the Dead Man's Stomach-Chain ^ of Circumstantial Evidence. I Columbia Evening Rjcord, March 8th. t Mrs Belle Graddick is again in jail jharged with the murder of her hus- * :>and through arsenic poisoning. ^ The verdict of the coroner's jury to 1 ;hat effect was arrived at in a very * few minutes after the testimony was * The greatest interest centered in he chemist's report which was relerved for the last. The witnesses ^ receding him, however, laid the c oundation and his testimony capped D he whole, leaving it to be dicided by * he court who committed the crime. Che chain of circumstantial evidence igainst the wifa is strong, and conirms in a general way the neighbor- s mod gossip in connection with the iase. First, Mattie Fisher, the colored t look, testified that Mrs. Graddick fc )ut something from a bottle in her a lusband's coffee. She told where c he bottle could be found, and it was a ound under the fire place by Mr. J. [] kl. Moore. The bottle contained trsenic in solution as the chemical t, inalysis showed. It is a small two e mnce vial which originally contained 8 ipium, or it was so labeled. It was c mrchased from Druggist Zemp, in p 3amden, as the label shows. But 0 vhere the arsenic was bought is an- v ither question and it will be hard to v ;olved. c Dr. E irle, who attended Graddick, I laid he had grip. But when he was n sailed to see him the last time he a law evidences of what might be li irsenic poisoning. Some of the same f lymptoms would be produced by >ther diseases - among them?cholera h norbus. But his suspicions were t iroused, but as he could prove nolhng he kept his mouth shut, until an t investigation could be made. Dr. j juerry performed the postmortem [ md found the vital organs in a ncr- ] nal condition generally, but there j was some discoloration of the flesh ind some splotchc-s on the body j which are characteristic of arsenic ? poisoning though the same may ap- \ pear from other cases. j More testimony tending to show ] that the wife had designs on her bus- j band's life was given by Mrs. Con- | stantine who referred to Mrs. Grad- i dick's statement that she would like , to be a widow and told how Mattie Fisher talked to her about poison ; being put in the coffee by Mrs. < Grad dick. An old colored womaD, Emma Thomas, told that Mrs. Gradsick said she would give $ >0 to get hold of something to put Graddick to sleep and keep him asleep. Dr. 0 wings gave the results of the various analysis he had made showing unmistakably that arsenic was /-ml*? in thp fitnmafih but in the L1KJV WUij A .A wuw ^ w ? _ I tissuee. He showed the jury the ar- i senic he had found which he said was more than sufficient to produce death. The court house was crowded but with few exceptions all the witnesses talked as if they were in the las', stages of consumption and nobody could hear what they said so that the morbid curiosity to hear sensations developed was in a degree disappointed. Only the stenographer and those in the immediate vicinity of witnesses could hear what was said. It was expected that Policeman Black would give some startling ; developemtnts as a result of his in- ! i vestigation, but his testimony show- ! I cd that he knew liitle more than the j rumors tioatirg around the neighbor- | ! hood. I Immediately after the announce- j I rnent of the verdict Otfieer Hami mond was seDt to arrest Mrs. Grad' dick. She did not seem surprised at Lbakino Powder RE :ious and wholesome CO.. HEW YORK. ill and after some preparations was Iriven to the jail. She did not ap)ear cast down. dkxiivS in:ft guilt. There will hardly be auy effort mdetoget Mrg. Graddick out of ail on bond. The case will come up it the April term, which begins the irst Monday in April. 1311C. VJ kjl wuiov.') nuu >rotests her innocence and says if her iU9band died of poisoning somebody ilse administered it to him. As to he bottle of arsenic found under the ire piace she declares that she does lot know how it got there end beieves that some enemy, some one ?ho had a spite at her, put it there. 5ut there is no evidence to that effect o far as known. She is not allowed to talk about ler case by instructions from her ounsel, but her denial and her stateQent as above were made to close riends. Discussing Porto Rico. pecial Correspondent to The Dispatch: Washington, D. C , March 3. This week witnessed the close of he greatest political debate ever nown in this country. Wednesday nd Thursday the oratorical storm loud8 which had been gathering, nd whose approaching thunders ad been heard for ten days past, 'urst forth is such a grandeur and rilliancy as has never before been quailed in the history of Congreaional combats. The immediate ause of so much and such lurid yrotechinics was the consideration f the Porto Rican Tariff about ?hich the Republican leaders have rithin the last fifteen days cut a omplete somersault, and even the Resident has modified his views to aeet the pressue of partisan politics nd protected pets, who contribute iberally to the Republican campaign und. The bill as passed, and every one 3 familiar with its provisions, places he Republican in favor of a colonial ^tom, and in direct antagonism to tic expressed, implied and applied ../.nlniVno IVio f!,-mcfihitinn. wllifth s now spelled with small "c' by the Republicans who disregard its sacred jrinciples. South Carolina played no small )art in this momentous legislation tnd contributed her full share to the rolume of Democratic law and logic is gathered from the expressed meaning of the Constitution and from the unbroken line of dieisions by the Supreme Court of the land, all of which sustain beyond cavil the contentions of the Democrats. Wednesday night Congressmen Stokes and Talbert joined the lists and excellent protests against the dangerous departure from the spirit and letter of the guide book of American legislation. Congressman Stokes said in part, I feel the deepest sympathy for these unfortunate people, yet I cannot see my way clear to help them by the method proposed by this bill. I believe that it is my duty in considering this, or any other bill, to measure ,J * A * - ^ .?i M naofinrr it Dj tne ^/juaiHutiuu, uuu iu mv vote, I feel that I should be guided by the result of that measurement. I am bound by my oath to stay within the Constitutional boundaries, and I believe that the American interest and liberty demand that the Constitution remain intact. But aside from the Constitution obstacles, which seem insurmountable we are not shut in to this one source of help as is claimed by genf Pi ?? /-*fV>Or Cilia Clf thf> LICLUCU UU luv; vbuvt w w - House. But whether we are shut in to this method of relief or not, this particular road to relief is effectually blocked by the Constitution, and fur the present that should be the end of it. Stokes" clear and pointed remarks elicted liberal applause from colleagues. Come to see us when in town. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 75 cents per square of one inch s^ace for first insertion, and 50 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wish* ing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the looal column 5 cents per line each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word, wlen they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address G. M. CARMAN, Editor and Publisher. Preparing for the Campaign. (jr.-tting Ready for Democratic Ke? organization. The State Committee to Meet?When the Precinct Clubs Meet and Reorganize. The May Convention. Condensed Information. Columbia M:ir<*h I'Mh. Things are beginning to loom up for the coming Democratic party reorganization in the State preparatory to the holding of the State Democratic convention to be held in May, and to the conduct of the campaign and piimaries to be held throughout the State this summer. The first step toward reorganization for the work ahead this year, which is a Presidential as well as a State campaign year, was taken yesterday when CjI. Wilie Jones, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, issued a call for a meeting of that committee to be held in this city on Wednesday, April 11. The committe will have various matters to attend to at this session. In order that those interested in all parts of the State might have something for their guidance in proceeding with the reorganization of the Democratic party, Col. U. X. Gunter, Jr., Secretary of the State Executive Committee, has prepared the followiog, which gives all information necessary and which it will be well to clip and keep: "The township or ward clubs shall meet on the fourth Saturday in April. These local clubs elect a president, a recording and a corresponding secretary and a treasurer, and shall have three working committees of not less than three members each: a committee on registra-S - !u J3 hod, aa executive committee auu such other committees as may be deemed expedient. ' These clubs shall operate under the control of a County Executive Committee, which shall consist of one member from each club to be elected by the respective clubs. The executive committee shall appoint its own officers except the chairman, who shall be elected by the county convention. The local clubs shall elect one delegate to the county convention for every 25 members and one delegate for each majority fraction of 25. "The county convention shall be called by the County Executive Committee to meet on the last Monday iu May and when assembled shall be called to order by the chairman of the executive committee and the convention shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, a member of the State Executive Committee and delegates to the State /"1 1: nAMsnirr Umrtrv on. OOUVUL1UUUj uuuuljt vu titled to double the Dumber of delegates in the State Convention as it has members in the general assembly. ' The State Convention shall be called by the State Executive Committee to meet on the third Wednesday in May. The State Convention elects delegates to the National Democratic Convention and a member of the National Democratic Committee. Aready there is much discussion as to who will be this State's delegates to the Notional Democratic Convention. It has been stated that Senator Tillman would attempt to J name them, but thi3 has been denied. | So far as the State campaign is conI cerned there is plenty of speculation I as to who will be the candidates for the several State offices this year. All incumbents, it is understood, will stand for reelection, and opposition to only three has so far made itself manifest. .? The Ccnsraree Dam. Engineer Leland, who has charge of the work on the Congaree is in the city. He is sounding for a foundation of the dam, but there are yet preliminaries to be gone through witb, which will delay the work sometime yet. The plans have not yet been definitely decided on and Columbians will just have to wait in patience, but it is believed that a start will have been made within a month. It is pretty certain that the dam will be built at Cayce's on the condemned land. A Woman's Lstter. Coolidge, Kv, Aug. 1st, 1898. ' e 1 nave ueen suiienu^ num x cwaio j troubles ami was unable to get relief, I was persuaded to try Benedicta, ; and after one months treatment I can say I am fully restored. I recommend your remedy to suffering women. Mrs. H. R. Gilreath. Sold by Julian E. Kauffman.