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President,
A. C. HASKELL,
Vice President.
J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON,
2d Vice President.
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February 12?ly.
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i E.ROME H. SAWYER, Cashier.
DIRECTORS?James Woodrow. John A.
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anuary 27?
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GEORGE BRUITS
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JEWELER "d REPAIRER j
Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches,
Clocks and Silverware. A fine line of
Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one,
all for sale at lowest prices.
Bepairs on Watches first class
quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate
prices. fin?t.f.
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AI3TIST,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
IS NOW MAKING THE BEST Pictures
that can be bad in this country,
and all who have never had a real tine picture,
should now try some of his latest
styles. Specimens can be seen at his Gallerv.
np stairs, next to the Huh.
When writing mention the Dispatch.
BEESWAX WANTED
IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES
I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MARbet
price lor clean an I pure Beeswax.
Price governed by color and condition.
RICE B. HARMAN,
At the Bazaar. Lexington, S. C.
Remember that you can always find
Dice candies, cakes and fiuits, at the
Bazaar.
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WORKING TOGETHER.
And the Dfsmemberment of China Said
to be Certain.
London, Sept. 14, 4 a. m.?No
further light is thrown this morning
upon Li Hung Chang's intended
moves. The Times has no interesting
dispatch from Pekin dated Sept.
4, which says in part.
"Russia has decided to withdraw
her legation from Pekin, leaving a
purely military command. An official
announcement of this is expected
today. The other powers, will also
presumably withdraw their legations,
leaving Pekin under the military
control cf the allies duriDg the winter
at least.
"At a meeting of the generals the
Russian commander announced that
Russia will maintain 15,000 troops |
during the winter. The German I
commander said that Germany
would keep the same number and
the Japanese commander announced
that Japan would have 22,000. The
British general was not in a position
to make an announcement.
"There is every indication, however,
that Lord Salisbury has decided
that our present subordinate position
in Pekin must become still humbler.
In the best informed quarters
the opinion is expressed that Russia
and Germany are actiDg in accord,
Russia seeking the definite alieDa- i
tion of all territory north cf the
great wall and Germany the annexation
of SaDg TuDg, Kiang Sa and
the YaDg Tse provinces. Russia
seeks also to festore the power of
the empress dowsger and the emperoa
in order to be enabled to wield
her influence through them over the |
remaining provinces; The dismem- |
berment of China seems almost in- i
evitable.
"The empress dowager has retain- i
ed Prince Ching's sou as a hostage
for his father/' ,
The Shanghai correspondent of
The Times, wiring Wednesday, confirms
the reports of the uneasy feeling
there concerning Germany's in- ,
tentions toward the Yang Tse
provinces, and especially the Kiang ,
Nin forts.
FIDDLING WI'lII WU.
Washington, Sept 13.?Minister
Wu has received a cablegram from
Li Hung Chang answering the hope
expressed in the American note cf a
few days ago that his powers are
sufficient to protect American lives
and interests in China. Earl Li says
he has that power and will see that
the protection is given.
The response came in reply to the
effort of the State department to
secure the use by Li Hung Chang of
aDy extraordinary powers be might
have for the protection of American
life and property in Ohms, pending
a final settlement. The department
asked Li "without further delay to
give assurance that the life and
property of Americans will henceforth
be respected throughout the
Chinese empire."
The victory has given the assurance
asked for. His word came in
the shape of a cable dispatch to
Minister Wu dated yesterday at
Shanghai. Mr. Wu called at the
state department this morning and
presented this answer to Dr. Hill.
He in turn sent it forward to the
president. It will be for the latter
to decide whether Li's assurance is
sufficient to meet the needs of the
case.
Li Hung's message removes, perhaps,
the last obstacle to the speedy
beginning of the peace negotiations;
and the only doubt that exists is as
to his ability to redeem his pledge to
protect American interests and stop
the outrages upon the missionaries
and native converts. If he can do
this and thus manifest the existence
of a defecto government there is no
reason to doubt that negotiations
will be immediately in order. The
notice that Russian troops will not
evacuate Pekin until some arrange- j
ments have been made for the in- !
stallation of a government to take !
charge of affairs is directly in line i
with the object which the state de- j
partment has been pursuing in the J
exchanges with Li Hung Chang, aud i
if this Russian decision is adhered
to, it will certainly facilitate the ultimate
withdrawal of all the foreign ;
forces, in the opiniou of the official* j
here.
THE V. S INDEFINITE.
London, S' pt. 14?According to
The Daily Mail's St Petersburg cor
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Sj
1020 MAIN HT1
pj Solicits a SI
j
respondent, who cloims to be able to
indicate the exact diplomatic situation,
"the attitude of the United
State* is so indefinite that there is
no absolute certainty whether Washington
will accept or re ject the Eussian
proposal.
Germany, according to the same
authority, was the first power to reply.
She based her refusal principally
on the ground that the withdrawal
wculd lead to further trouble
and to the massacre of thousands of
other converts.
"Eussia and France,1' says the correspondent,
"are finding their position
awkward and are not likely to
hurry to quit Pekin en masse. The
Japanese general?Yamaguchi?telegraphed
to bis government from
PekiD, Sept. 6, that the emperor's
chamberlain had just arrived. This
probably means that negotiations I
are on foot for the return of the emperor.
4 Other Japanese advices report
that Pekin is returning to its normal
condition. Order is being restored.
* tit
jNative refugees are coming DacK bdo
foreign residents are leaving to recu
perate."
GIIKAT MUTIAN'S CONDITION.
LondoD, Sept. 13 ?Great Britian's
reply to the Russian proposition for
the evacuation of Pekin was sent two
days ago, and as the Associated
Press forecasted, Great Britian declines
to evacuate Pekin prior to receiving
satisfactory guarantees from
the Chinese government for the fulfillment
of certain conditions!
Deafness Cannot be Cured.
By local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
Deafness, and that is by constitu- !
tional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an inflamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube srets 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 restored 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 mucousurs,faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused
by catarrh) that cannot be cured by
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Sold by all druggists. Price 75c.
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To the National Convention of the
Christian Church, Kansas City, Mo..
October 12th-19th, 1900.
On account of the above occasion,
Southern Riilway will sell round
trip tickets to Kansas City, Mo., and
return, from all points on its lines at
rate of one first class fare for tfie
round trip, plus $1 00. Tickets will
be sold October 8:b, 9ih and 10th,
with final return limit October 23rd,
1900, inclusive.
Persons at non-coupon stations
will kindly notify the ticket agent
several days in advance of their contemplated
departure, in order that
he may supply himself with proper
iorm or ucKerg.
On the Lawyer.
The excited caller dropped into a
chair.
You're a lawyer, ain't you? he
asked.
Yep, sir.
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Damages. I want to stick him for
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Called me a shyster.
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STAT I: NEWS.
What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
Doing Condensed for Busy Readers.
Newbsrry is to have a knitting
mill.
Three prisoners made their escape
from the j-til at Bennettsville last
week.
The town cf Sumter has contributed
$281 35 to the Galveston sufferers.
W. H. Coleman has been appointed
Sheriff of Richland county, vice W.
J. Cnthcart, resigned.
The Mutual Carpet Co , of Charleston,
has increased its capital stock
from $15,000 to 20,000.
Mr. J. C. Myers' tobacco barns in
Newberry county, were destroyed by
fire last Sunday morning.
The Farmers' Cotton 0;1 company,
of Davis' Station, has been chartered
with a capital of $20,000.
The new oil mill at Hirtsville,
I DarliDgton county, is rapidly apI
proacling completion.
The Horaewood Farm Association
| of Horry has "busted" aDd its prop!
c-rtv is advertised for sale.
- ~ y
On account cf the continued dry
spell the waters of the Broad and
Saluda rivers are unusually low.
Many boys have been refused admission
into Clemson College for the
want of room to accommodate them.
The towns of the State are responding
liberally to the sppeal of the
Galveston storm sufferers for assistance.
The Union Hardware MTg Co.,
has been organized with a capital cf
$6,000. It will manufacture pickers'
1
j SU'JK.
The Newberry Natianal bank has
| just put in a splendid burglar proof
safe. It is said to be a marvel of
mechanical skill on account of its
peculiar construction.
Dr. Robert W. Gibbes, a promi|
nent and popular young physician of
Columbia received painful injuries
| last Thursday by the horse he was
riding stumbling and falling on him.
It hae been unimously decided by
| the citizens of Union and Glenn
! Springs to extend the railroad from
| Buffalo to Glenn Springs. The road
! is already completed from Union to
Buffalo.
In Camden las t week a verdict was
rendered against the Knights cf
Damon for 82,363 30, beiDg principal
and interest on a policy which the or!
der refused to pay on the ground of
i misrepresentation.
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J. Lie ClUtCUB Ul i.aic 1JL uu
R. B Scarborough, the nevly nomi|
nated Congressman from the Sixth
I district, an ovation last Thursday
evening. Speech making and refreshments
were the features of the
occasion.
In a dispute over thirty cents (wo
nototiou8 negroes with unsavory reputations
engaged in a shooting scrape
at Prosperity on Tuesday of lact
week. One negro was shot three
times and the other took leg bail and
h*n not since been heard from.
GOODS COMPi
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The new cars of the Conway Sea- I
shore Railway have arrived and are j
now in running order. This road commences
at Conway, the capital of the ;
' Independent Republic of Horry," ;
and its terminal is at New Town, on ;
the beach, a distance of about fif- ,
teen miles.
Governor MeSweeney has pardoned ;
C. J. Allen, the former School Com- j
missicner of Dorchester county. He |
was convicted in 1809 of forgiDg I
teachers' pay certificates and sen- j
tenced to two yeais in the penitentiary
and pay a fine of $200. His j
petition was numerously signed.
Chicora paik in Charleston is to be j
! condemned by the United Stales gov- I
I eminent for governmental purposes j
! It has been selected as the site for
the proposed naval station and dry
; docks. This is a beautiful and favor;
ite resort for Cbaile&tonians but the
! sacrifice will bo willingly made if it
I is found necessary to use it for the
j purposes mentioned.
The board of regents of the State
j hospital fur the insane, at a recent
| meeting, concluded to immediately
erect another building for the confinement
of excitable white males.
It is to be known as the "Taylor j
Building", in honor of Dr. B W.
Taylor, who has been an honorable
member of the board for 24 years.
It is to be ICO feet loDg and is to cost
?7,000.
i
The Rev. Sidi H. Browne, the oldest
member of the South Carolina |
Conference of the Methodist Epieco- |
pal Church, South, died at his home J .
in Columbia last Thursday. He was j |
| the editor and proprietor of the ; ,
Christian Neighbor and was also the i
oldest editor in the State. He was '
"admitted on trial" at the Conference <
held at Fajettesville, N. C, in De- 1
cember, 1845, over which Bishop J. 0. I
Andrewp, presided, and remained an I
active and efficient member until the 1
Conference of 1887, at Spartanburg, I
when he was "superanuated.'1
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A Life and Death Fight. j <
M
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Mr. W. A. Hines, of Manchester, (
la., vrritipg of bis almost miraculous
escape from death, says: "Ex- J j
poeuro after measles induced serious j
lung trouble, which ended in :Con- j
sumption. I had frequent hemor- j i
rhagefi and coughed night and day. | c
All mv doctors said I must soon die. 1 t
#
Then I began to use Dr. King's New j i
Diecovery for Consumption, which j 1
completely cured me. I would not | ?
be without it even if it cost $5.00 a 1
bottle. Hundreds have used it on |
my recommendation and all say it }
never fails to cure Throat, Chest and ; t
Lung troubles."' Regular size 50c ! E
and $1.00. Trial bottles free at J. 1 <
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Bryan's Last Race. ; (
The Ntw York World publishes j
the following from its Washington :
correspondent:
''Mr. Bryan's letter of acceptance, |
it is stated on excellent authority, !
will declare he is a candidate but for j .
one presidential term and that '
second terms are dangerous to the j
public. '
'It is understood that Mr. Bryan ;
will say that, whether elected or defeated,
be will not seek a renomioation.
"It is also said that this attitude j 1
is partly responsible for the support 1
Olney and Hill are now giv;'-g I
Bryan, each beiDg ambitious to lead
the Democracy in 1904
! Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Great J
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The soothing and healing proper- i ,
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I have made it a great favorite with j ,
j people everywhere. It is especially J j
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! for colds, croup and whooping cough,
I as it always affords quick relief, and j
1 as it contains no opium or other
harmful drug, it may be given as ,
; confidently to a baby as to an adult. J
I For sale by J. E Kaufmann.
Fiabing tackle of all kind*, cane?,
I bob", artificial bait, lines, hook?, etc. !
. Call imd see them at the Bazaar. .
It, is nut until they get into a tight !
! squeeze that some men becomes j
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COLUMUIA, 8
Prompt Attention.
Ocl
HORRIBLE SCENES.
Galveston Almost Totally Destroyed
by the Hurricane-Later Details as
to the Destruction of Life and Property-More
Vandals Shot by Vigilance
Committees.
Galveston, Sept. 13 ?The situation
has got beyond control of the authorities.
Kobbery and mutilation of
the dead and looting of houses have
become so common that last night
fourteen negroes and two white men,
caught in the act of thieving, were
shot dead in their tracks. This
makes a total of ninety six men shot
by troops for vandalism.
Galveston, Sept. 13?The relief
measures organized here are running
more smoothly than before. The
destitute are receiving supplies at
various depots. The sick are receiving
the best of care, physicians giving
services free.
Reports continue to be received
from nearby coast and maiLlaLd
towns, telling of destruction and loss
of life. The coast for miles inland is
said to be covered with corpses. One
man aided in buryiDg a hundred a
few miles north of Virginia Point
Parties are cut in every direr'ion en
gaged in the same duty.
Houston, Sept. 13 - John J. Moody,
one of a committee sent to take
charge of a relief station at Texas
City reports fifty six bodies buried
and reports corpses thick for twenty
miles. Residents of Texas City lost
all. There is not a habitable house
in the city. They have been too
busy buryiDg the dead to look after
personal effects.
Austin, Sept. 13.?This morniDg
Col. Wortham, who wentr to Galveston
as a special appointee of Adjutant
General Scuiry to investigate
the true condition there, returned
borne and reported as follows to the
arnvprnni ;
D -"I
am convinced that Galveston is
practically wrecked for all time to
lome. Fully seventy-five per cent of
ihe business portion of the town is
ireparably and most deplorably demolished
and wrecked. At least the
same per centage of damage was
:ound in the residence portion."
Houston, Sept. 13 ?General Maniger
Van Vlock, of the Southern Pajifie,
who has just returned from a
;rip to Galveston, says the damage
s fully 80 per cent. He expects to
)egin work on a bridge within two
lays and expects trains to be running
,o Galveston within forty days.
Houston, Sept. 13 ?B. F. Cam>ron,
a lumber dealer of Stowell,
lays a relief party which went from
Mowell to .Bolivar reported to mm
hat there were over a thousand dead
)odies on the beach at Bolivar, in the
jast bay and the marshes lining the
^ay.
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to a cut, bruiee, burn, scald or like
njurv will instantly allay the pain
ind will heal the parts in less time
than any other treatment. Unless
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.eave a scar. Pain Balm also cures
rheumatism, sprains, swellings and
lameness. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann.
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MINERS CALLED FROM WORK.
Pennsylvania Coal Mines Will be Shut
Down.
Indianapolis, September 12?At
5.10 o'clock this afternoou President
Mitchell and Secretary Wilson of the
United Mine Woikers of America
affixed their signatures to the docu
ment which will call 142,000 miners
of Ihe Pennsylvania anthracite region
from their work Monday morning
and precipitate one of the most
gigantic stiikes in the history of the
labor world.
The document was official endorse- <
ment of request of the anthraci:e
districts to strike. It was considered
by the national executive board of
the Mice Workers last week and
when the board adj turned all power
to endorse the request for the strike
v.aa left in the hands of the national
president and secretary.
This afternoon President Mitchell
and Secretary Wilson sat in the headquaifcers
receiving telegrams frcw
x>ber i3tf ^
different parts of the anthracite region,
and hoping, they said, that each
message might bring some concession
from the operators that would prevent
the strikp, but none came.
Philadelphia, September 12?The
order of President Miller calling out
the miners in the anthracite coal
region of this State recalls the last
great strike in the same district
three years ago, which was practically
ended by the tragedy at Lattimer, in
which twenty-one miners were killed
and over 50 wounded by deputy
I sheriff-i. The strike inaugurated tc
day by the United Mine "Woikers for
the time being terminates operations
in the most productive hard coal field
in the world.
The mine employees in the anthra
cite district of Pennsylvania number
about 1-45,000 The membership of
the union is not known to a certainty,
but leaders claim that about 80 per
cent of the miners are organized.
The union men do not anticipate any
difficulty in inducing the unorganiz< d
miners to strike The closing of the
mines is expect- d to reduce the regular
coal production 75 per cent.
Should the strike continue over a
period of two months the loss will
amount to many millions of dollars.
Officers of the miner**' union esti
mates that the organization ha9 a
cash balance of $1,000,000 in the
treasury with which to conduct the
strike.
The more important of the miners'
demands are as follows:
Abolition of the company stores;
reduction of the price of powder to
Si 50 per keg; abolition of company
doctor?; semi monthly piyment of
wagef; abolition of the sliding scab;
wages paid in ca*b; 2,240 pounds to
the tor; an advance of 20 per cent,
in wages less than Si 50 and not to
exceed $1 75 per daj; that all classes !
of day labor now receiving SI 50 and
not exceeding $1 75 shall receive 15
percent, over present wage'; that
all day labor now rectivirg $175
shall be advanced 10 per cent.
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The Appetite of a Goat.
Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose Stomach and Liver are out of
order. All such should know that
Dr. King's New Life Pills, the wonderful
Stomach and Liver Remedy,
gives a splendid appetite, sound
digestion and a regular bodily habit
that insures perfect health and great
energy. Ouly 25w\ at J. E K iuf
mann's drug store.
Primary Lessons.
The Winnsbero News and Herald
diagnoses the result of the second
election thus:
- "This election settles that a majority
of the voters of the State do
not favor prohibition. That is settled
beyond any controversy. Colonel
Hoyt made a straight fight in favor
of prohibition against the dispensary
and bad on his 6ide, not
merely the passive influence, but
open and active influence of hundreds
of ministers in the State, and
1 the dispensary has won against this
powerful influence. Not only this,
but the result shows that Colonel
Hoyt's vote far exceeds the pure prohibition
vote of the State. He received
the support of thousands of
those who are not prohibitionists,
but are against the dispensary on
principle and would prefer prohibi
tion to the dispensary. With the aid
of the genuine prohibitionists in the
State and a large majority of the local
optionists in the State, Hoyt is
defeated. N jtbing could be plainer
than that prohibition does not meet
the support of the people of the
State than appears from the returns
of the election."
This Was His Limit.
A little West End boy came home
from Sunday school yesterday in a
very thoughtful mood. He sat beside
bis mother nervously crushing
bis lesson paper and then said:
"Say, mamma, don't you thick I've
been a pretty good boy since I
started to no to Sundav school ?
"Yes, my boy, c-rtaiuly.
"Don't you think I am good enough
! to be trusted now all right?
"Of course, I do; but why do you
ask?
"Oh, Dothin', only I was just wonderiug
why you kept the cookies
locked up the same as you did b-fore
T w*nt. In Snndav school, that's all.
GHOULISH.
Twenty-Three Fingers With Rings in
Pocket.
Dallas, Texas, September 12?W.
H. McGratb, manager of the Dallas
Electric Light Company, reached
i Dallas today direct from Galveston
last Digbt. He said:
"Vandalism at Galve6ton has been
terrible. The most rigid enforcement
of martial law has rot been
able to suppress it entirely. Adjutant
General Scurry's men have arrested
one hundred or more negroes,
forty-three of whom have been found
with effects taken from dead bodies.
These were ordered tried by court
martial. They were convicted and
ordered shot. One negro had twentythree
fiDgers with rings on them in
bis pccket."
THE 8T0BY IS TRUE.
Houston, Texas, September 12 ?
It is true that negroes were shot by
order of acourtmarlial. Their pockets
were found to be full of human
fi.jgers and j ?welry of which the
v 1 J . _ 3
ueaa were sinppea.
SWIFT VEXGEXCE FALLS
Houston, Ttxes, September 12 ?
A reporter his telegraphed from Laport
the story of the robbery and
mutilation of the dead in Galveston
and the death of the offenders.
The ghouls were holding an orgie
over the dead. The majority of these
men were negroes but there were also
whites who took part in the descration.
Some of them were natives
and some had been allowed to go
ovtr from the main land under the ^
gt.i.-e r f ''relief work." Not only did
they rob the dead, but they mutilated
bodies in order tj secure their ghoulish
booty. A party of ten negroes
were returning from a looting expedition.
They had stripped corpses
of all valuables, and the pockets of
some of the looters were fairly bulging
out with th6 fiDgers of the dead
which had been cut tff because they
were so swolleD the rings could not
be removed.
Inceneed at this desecration and
mutilation of the dead, the looters
were shot dowD, and it has been determined
that all found in the act of
robbing the dead shall be summarily
shot.
During the robbing of the dead
not only were fingers cut off but ears
were stiipped from heads in order to
secure jewels of value. A few government
troops who survived are as i
t'ng in patrolling the city. The
private citizens have all endeavored
to prevent the robbing of the dead
and on seveial occasions, have killed
the offenders. SiDgly and in twos
and threes the offenders were then
shot down until the total of those
executed exceded fifty.
No Better Man Lives.
Edgefield Chronicle.
The card of the Hon. W. H. TimmermaD,
State Treasuver, in another
column, is characteristic of the man
?calm, straightforward, unaffected,
absolutely truthful. He says right
out that his defeat was a surprise to
him and his friends. It certainly
was a surprise to his home friends,
who, seeing his calm dignity and
high generous spirit in the crisis,
value him now more than ever. As
president of the State Bank and
Trust company, of Columbia, Dr.
Timmerman will, we take it, continue
to live in the capital. He is an
elevated man and a very able financier.
He will retire from the office
of State Treasurer crowned with
honor and dignity.
Times Have Changed.
Ye?, said the girl ia blue, George
proposed last night.
Of course, remarked the girl in
white, jou said This is so suddeD.
The giil in blue looked indignant.
Of course, I did nothing of the
kind, she replied. Do you suppose I
wan'e 1 to intimate to him that I was
a girl of neither attractiveness nor
experience 1 Well, I guess not. He
wouldn't have thought he was getting
a bargain if I had talked like
that.
Sankey in England.
Loudon, Sept 13 ?Ira D. Sankey,
the famous evangelist, will be given
a great public welcome in Exeter
ball tonight. The occasion is the
silver jubilee of the London chorus,
formed by Mr. Saukey in 1875. The
reception will be held under the auspices
of the London Singers' union,
composed of some of the most influential
persons of the city. Great inj
terest is manifested in English
religious circles.
Put a cart wheel in you pocket for
the Dispatch wheD you leave home
to attend court