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LEVER, THE SHOE MAN, 1603 Main Street, COLUMBIA, - S. C. Feb. 6-1 v. j I SiiHiii OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository & COLUMBIA. S. C. ' Capital Paid in Full $150,000.00 Surplus CO, 000.00 Lii&bilittes of Stockholders.... 150,000.00 $360,000.00 R A TTTOGS DSP ASTJIENT. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum paid on deposits in this department TRTJST DEPAR1MENT. This Bank under special provision of its charter exercises the office of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Burglar proof safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $12 CO per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTSON, President. A. C. HASKELL, Vice President. J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, 2d Vice President G. M. BERRY, Cashier, v February 12?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. IN CONFIDENCE, Don't frive me away, And I'll tell you the remedy of the day, Listen! it is L. L. and ?. It makes thd system clean and pure, Will health and strength to you secure. Strictly a vegetable preparation, Mild and pleasant in its operation 2To need for nostrums just made to sell, Its Life for the Liver that makes you well. niftwie T Tflti ppTTW. AAiriitVAH 0 <+ mmmm LIVES AND SIDNEYS. Wholesale by the MT7&RAY DKUG CO., j Colombia. S. C. For Sale at THE BAZAAR. H&v li)?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. iffiiii$900 SALARY YEARLY. Men and women of good address to represent ns, some to travel appointing agents others for local wort lookingaftcr our interests. $900salary guaranteed yearly: extra commissions snd expenses, rapid advancement, old established house. Grand chance for earnest mau or woman to secure pleasant and permanent position, liberal income and future. New, brilliant lines. Write at once. STAFFORD PRESS. 23 ChnrchSt., Jew Haven, Conn. Mirch 27 ? 37. IMWHU BMTAIIRA1WT 1 ilIIUUll ilJUU 1 ilUllllil 11 133G MAIN STREET. COLUMBIA, - S. C., The only up-to-date eating Housre ol its kind in the City of Columbia. It is well kept?clean linen, prompt and polite service and get it quickly. Quiet and order always prevail. You get what yon ordtr and pay only for what you get Within easy reach of desirable sleeping apartments. OPEIV ALL IVIGI1X. B. DAVID, Proprietor. February 2u. GEOEGE BRUITS MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., JEWELER *"d REPAIRER 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 prieee. 50?tf. Kt>"" TT-r-it! r>er mcntinn ttiA DisnatCh. DR. E. J. ETHEREDGE, SURGEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. Always onh&nd. February 1?. ENGINES boilers. Tanks, Stacks, Stand Pipes and Sheet-Iron Work; Shafting:, Pulleys, Gearing, Boxes, Hangers, etc. Mill Castlncs. EP~Cast every day; work 200 hands. LOMBARD IKON WORKS St SUPPLY CO AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. January 27? Have your job printing done at the Dispatch office. wsicn lie s~s~g tlons on the skin> Hills liSl!^ sore throat, copper 1EUBI 1H1?J colored splotches, Ah* swollen glands, aching muscles 19(81 and bones, the disease is making rapid headway, and far worse Symptoms will follow unless the blood is promptly and effectually cleansed of this violent destructive poison. S. S. S. is the only safe and infallible cure for this disease, the only antidote for this specific poison. It cures the worst cases thoroughly and permanently. Hg Coa<llli9fi Could I contracted BlooJ Gave Been No Worse. three doctors, but the 1 r treatment did nie no good; I was petting worse all the time ; my hair came out. ulcers appeared in mv throat and mouth, my body was almost covered with copper colored splotches and offensive sores. I suffered severely from rheumatic pains in my shoulders and arm's. My condition cou'.d have been no worse ; onlv those afflicted as I was can understand my sufferings. I had about lost all hope of ever being well again when I decided to try S. S. S., but must confess I had little faith left in any medicine. After taking tjr x --ffrai the third bottle I noticed fi a change in my condi- * tion. This was truly encouraging, and I deter- ? mined to give S. S. S. a ^ thorough trial. From J that time on theimprove- ifflgS ment was rapid; S. S. S. \ JSS^s seemed to have the disease completely under control; the sores and ulcers healed and I I soon free from all signs*?%^S3 , ' of the disorder; I have &" "* * ' * 7 been strong and healthy ever since. I,. w. Smite, Lock Box 6n, Noblesville, Ind, table blood purifier : ^known. ?1,000 is LjB ik offered for proof that ft contains a particle of mercury, potash or other mineral poison. Send for our free book on Blood Poison; j it contains valuable information about ' this disease, with full directions for self ; treatment.' We charge nothing for medi- | cal advice; cure yourself at home. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GJL ' Scraps of History." . The first settlers who came to Lexington in 1737 found only the ; primeval forests and wandering and predatory tribes cf Indians, not only uncivilized, but barbarous and sav age. There was no stroDg arm of law thrown around person nor property, and little inducement to invest money and tim? iQ costly structures which would endure. Their homes were in tents and in rudely constructed cabins, which were intended to be only temporary habitations and were of course ; perishable and soon went into decay, j Not until the close of the Revolu- j tionary war were the people at all secure non their homes safe fiom destructionThe old C3yce House near Old j Granbv. on th? State Boad leading | from Columbia to Charleston, and j three m'des from the first named city, j in full view from the cars as they j move on the Southern and on the ; Seaboard Air Line roads, is the oDly building in Lexington, so far as the writer has been able to learn, ! which was constructed prior to Ihe War of Independence. ThiR house was built by Boykin and Chestnut in 1765 and bears the marks of war. A cannon ball passed into the building from the American j cnns when it was occupied by the ; British in 1781, when the Foit at Granby was captured by Greene. It is told that a British officer leaped from one of the windows, his boot in one hand and a white flag in the other, thus annouflfcing the sur- j render of the fort before completing j D18 lOliCl. 11 WHS ill i lie duuiu caov room of this building that the brave Emily Geiger was searched after she had swallowed the dispatch she was bearing from Greene to Sumter. | Msj Daniel Tateman purchased the property duriDg the waj; and there i is still preserved in the building, a card table which he captured from Cornwallis at Camden. He received a wound in the temple while escaping from a house which had been fired, and in which he was concealed and the 6car of the wound is still shown in a portrait, which is to be seen in his old home. Maj. Tateman married Miss Annie Geiger, a cousin of Emily, and the story goes that the Rev. Mr. Till, who was to perform the ceremony was killed by the tories the evening before the intended marriage, and that the murderers jeeringly told Miss Geiger that she would find a fine "beef'' in the road near by. The "beef" proved to be the lifeless body of the unfortunate preacher. Other arrangements were made and the wedding came off in time. Maj. Tateman died young and his widow married Capt. Wm. R?a, who came into the possession of the prop erty aDd left it to his two daughters. Elizabeth married Mr. Cayce, the father of Mr. R. W. Ciyce, who is well and favorably known in the county, and who has occupied the house, perhaps from his childhood. The Threewitts house, now owned by Mr. W. X. Martin, situated not far from the old State Road, and \ LI. 1 - some ten miles soutn 01 L/oiuiuuia, is undoubtedly among the older residences in the county. It is supposed to have been built before the close of the eighteenth century, though the precise date of construction ba9 not been ascertained. It is a substantial, well constructed two-story building and is still well preserved. The house owned and occupied by Mr. Hiram Rucker, of Sandy Run, was built by Mr. Michael Kaigler mm-P than one hundred years since and is probably the oldest house in the township. Maj. David Kaigler, m wglj 16SO MAIN BTI Solicits a SI * o I a son of Micfiaei. was ior h mujc ? member of the House of Representatives. He moved to Georgia subsequent ly, and bis son, Capt. Wm Kaigler commanded the company iD the Confederate army that did, it is claimed, the last fighting: and firing of the war. The old dwelling of the elder Kaigler is still a comfortable home through bearing the marks of great age. The old Granby Court House was moved to Columbia and used for a time as the Presbyterian church and afterwards changed into a residence and is now occupied by Mr. Henry Kinard. Col. Martin built a house on Cedar creek near the old Howell Mills in 1805, which is now occupied by Mr. Daniel Barrs. The old Wise homestead was constructed about the same time. Mr. Edwin KiDg now owns the prop erty and lives very near the old site. The Rambow house near Harsey's Bridge wns built by Mr. Sharpe near the beginning of the last century; and Lewis Jones constructed the old Hilliard Oliver house about the same time. In the year 1793 Mr. W. W. Williamson purchased a large body of government land near the mouth of Cedar creek on the North Edieto ; river and in the year 1805 conetruct<d the bouee long known as the Toocmie Williamson place and now | owned by Mr. Joseph Williamson. The lands were originally bought for ten cents per acre. The house was well built aud is still comfortable and the old gateposts placed there nearly one hundred years ago are still standing. The well known Harsey's Bridge tkc \fnrth Edisto river is CIUaUOO tuu 4,1 about one mile from this old homestead and is itself a landmark of the distent past. It was constructed first by John Har6ey, more than onehundred years since and was first used as a toll bridge. It was on the highway from Camden to Augusta. The first eaw mill in the county was erected on Cedar creek by Mr. Lynch and he shipped down the Edisto river the'first lumber raft ever sent to Charleston from any point above Orangeburg. The old mill seat is now the property of Capt. Fort and is not far from Pelion on the Southern. Near by is the scene of an engagement between the Americans and a band of tories, in which the latter were routed and their leader slain and buried at the Cross Roads near Harsey's Bridge. The elder Williamson gave five I ? * I acres cf land near Jdarsey 8 image for church and cemetery purposes, andheiehis remains were placed more than seventy years since. Iha highway from Camden to Augusta, crossing the Congaree in Sandy Rud, and Cedear creek at the Williamson Mill's, was the scene of many encounters during the Revolution, and even in Colonial days. The writer has in his possession human bones from some of these fields. W. T. Brooker. Swansea, S. C, May 17, 1901. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ) gg Lucas County j Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Oitarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hill's Catarrh Care. FRANK J. CHENEY. S*orn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (cP.T 1 A. W. Gleason, I E>L f Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Care is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mncoas surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Strike in Columbia. Columbia, S. C., May 30 ?Seventyj one men quit work in the Southern I railway shops, including machinists, i annrpntipps and brass workers. Superintendent Wells says do parj licular embarrassment has occurred | by reason of the strike. He has issued a circular from the genersl . superintendent in which disappointment is expressed at the strike and warning the men that to persist in the strike might debar them from : re employment. Walt Whitman Bucks "Agin'' Tillman. Walt WhitmaD, a standing candidate for any vacant office, in a letter to the News and Courier, says that Senator McLaurin is right in his contentior; but if the Senator, on account of his health, is unable to make the race, he (WhitmaD) will feel called upon to enter the race against TillmaD. . The Greatest Remedy Of iVm Jo nnnnocf inrvft V>1v Pnin VI l/UC UChj AO UUVjUV W ? Killer, for the instant relief of all burns, scalds, bruises, etc., aDd for pains in the stomach and bowels as well as in sudden attacks of cholera morbus. No family should pretend to keep house without it always by ; them. Avoid substitutes, there is but one Pain Killer, Perry Davis'. 1 Price 25c. and 50c. GLOBE DRY D=?. ^oisrci^': IEET, hare of Your Yalue ?MM???W? Swansea Items. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The dry weather of weeks has be arrested and the rainfall this we has been the heaviest for years. The crop of oats looks well ai the wheat has not the promise of few weeks ago. Mr. W. D. Hill has commenced pay school here and the reputatii and long: experience of this teacherold in 8ge and experience?forete! success The Baptist preacher, Rev. F- 1 Poston, received a telegram on Tue day morning that his aged father North Carolina was critically ill ar he left on the next train to pay h last tribute of love and veneratir to his aged parent. A telegram r UeiVfU lUC l-ttUJt: uuj guuuuuv<c.u u death of his father. Mrs. Cornelia Connor, of Orang burg, is paying a visit to relatives Swansea. Sbe is the eldest child Col. Paul McMicbael, well known tho survivors of the 20th regime] of our Civil War, and is an educatt Christian lady. The doctors say the health of 01 community is fearfully arid awful good. Lee Brooker is moving his sa mill nbovo Swansea about five mil( on lands of Eooch Hammond. Another little citizen has bee added to our town. A bright litt face now lights up the home of D J. L Johnson and family, and ol Brother Johnson is again a grandp It is said on good authority thi Willie Moore and family will leai Swansea and go to Gaston to run tt machinery of Davis Sphaler. Will is a good citizen aod we regret tt loss of him in our midst, and M Vioo fVio fiorvioe i UlVl ilUO VV/?W*UVM ?. a? v _ a competent machinist. Mr. John Martin is building a addition to the dwelling of W. H. ] Rast, 8nd Contractor Smith has coo menced the erection of a dwelling fc Mally Williams. Miss Ellen Shumate from Greei ville is spending some time with he friend and college classmate, Mie Belle Brooker. Miss Ellen Warnamaker, daugbte of our lamented Capt. Wannamake has bpen prostrated by continue fever for several weeks, but is now in proving. Mr. Way, our agent, has been i several days, but is up again. Mr. John J. Younginer has th finest large field of corn and in th best condition in the community. The reunion of Confederate vet* rans turned out to be largely one ( hero worship. Many a poor privat under Lee, LoDgttreet snd Jackso made greater sacrifices than either ( them for the Confederate cause, an they are the true heroes of the mighty struggle. They are they the made all of our chieftains great On of these men lives about five mil* below Swansea. If he had been ( some great family or rank his recor would have been in rhyme and stor but his position in life was that of a bumble uneducated farmer who le aDd little children to volunteer an ? .1 i <>, n ,!- tL at tne Daitie QecesBicnviiie, wijbu iu day and battle were paved by the 4t Louisiana rpgiment, the Yankees wei so near to the gun this hero was loat ing that the dead ones were powde burned and the clothes of seven were set on fire by the discharge < his gun. When the Yankees rose c the breast works all guns had bee silenced but one ten inch Columbia cannon, and that one run by tv meD, one to shoot and one to loa< His hat and clothing on his expose shoulders were riddled by bullet but the brave soldier was unhur Did Hobson, or Blue, or Dewey <3 more? Did Sargeant Jasper or Mario excel that? Yet when the brave su vivors who stood by him pass awe there is no poem or war song y< written to tell that William Chav did such gallant things. These ai the ones that make generals grea They are the ones who should I lauded and remembered. They a: the ones who were exposed on all o casions to the ravages of rifle an cannon and all times to the viciss tudes of rain and snow. Spectator. May 25tb, 1901. ? % ?m Saves Two From Death. "Our little daughter had an almo fatal attack of whooping cough ar bronchitis," writes Mrs. W. Iv. Ha^ land, of Armonk, N. Y., "but, wh( all other remedies failed, we save her life with Dr. King's New Di covery. Our Diece, who had co1 sumption in an advanced stag also used this wonderful medicii and today she is perfectly well Desperate throat and lung diaeas yie'd to Dr. King's New Discovei as to no oth( r medicine on eart Infallible for Coughs and Colds. 5C and $1 00bottler, guaranteed by E Kaufmann. Trial bottles free. Billy Felix's Letter. To the Editor cf the Dispatch The lcng dry sptli has been brok< and now we have an abundance rain, and soon "Gen. Green" w stand conqueror of all he survej unless the rains stop for awhile. Crops are looking very well conti ering the late spring. Some cor plain of corn not being a good stan T^Tanc /~kf no hod pnt.tnn tn nlflnt, OVf tfXUUJ VX UtJ MMV* vvw?v? -W ? - - GOODS GOfflP rosr, je., id Patronage. Polite am Now its chop, chop: soon it will be i thin to a stand. Mr. W. A. Goodwin has his turcn nentine distillery located in town, ejj and Boon will be jingling the eagles accuring therefrom. 3(3 Dr. J. G. Williams has concluded a to pull down his mammoth building ! here and have it rebuilt at Norway, a ' where he located some lime since. 3D ; We are pained to lesrn of the ill_ ness of little Gladyp, the daughter of |j8 Prof. J. V. Smith, who has been very ; sick for som-> time. Our earnest de 2 | sire and prayer to Gcd is that she |8_ j may be spared and cast her rays of n j sunshine in the heme yet for many )(3 i days to mske glad the fond parents j who are now sad and stricken. 3n i The external parts of the'handsome dwelling <?f W. B. Fallaw has 3e been touched by the painter's brush, and Mrs. Felix already beams with smiles as she thinks that ere long she will be neatly snugged in and com*n i _ i v i i -I _> v L i _ 0f ioitaDiy aomicnea wnere Bue eau ruie |.0 ! with her accustomed grace aLd ease D, ! to becomipg. ine small grain r onuses a gcoaly 1 yield, but has been somewhat dam ir j by the recent floods (f rain, j Well, Mr. Editor, I often think why 1 one should be troubled with pests w | aud plagues, etc , but when I think J8 ; of the plagues of Egjpt I try and let my mind rest at ease. Ob, there ?D are so maDy, and of late Billy thinks ]e j he has had his share. r ! Agents, gee wfcillckings! Here i comes the book agent, talking up the a j life aod wolks of good Queen Yicto^ j ria. Then come3 an eminent divine ?e j takiDg orders for "The Royal Scroll," ie ; looking after your spiritual interests je j as weil as the intellectual faculties. JG ; Next we have a jovial, well behaved r and polite little fellow takiDg orders : for a preparation to beautify jour | complexion, aDd a few he does not n j fail to get. AgaiD, as I look dcwD F ' the road I spy a vehicle elowly but j] i surely wending its way along with )r two bay horees having white feet and blaze foreheads, an old fashioned i- buggy top covered with white canvas ;r under wbicb, seemingly comfortably 5g seated are two Eentuckians. As tfcey : approach Dearer they are recognized r as lightning rod agents who arelookr, i after the protection of your 3 hemes (?) as well as filling their pcck3. ei books. I lemarked to one of the j Dumercus number of agents who said ]j I ought to get a l?ad dog, that I had two but that the agents were so conie ; slant in calling that the dogs would ie not notice them. Some of them are pleasant and entertaining and some9. ,! times it is amusing to hear them rejf late some of their experiences. I e think I will collect them for future n publication and make the "Drummer's jf Yarns" blush with shame, j The mad dog has been invading our parts as did "Teddy in Cuba " One of them fell a victim to the steady ie nerve (?) and good aim of a shot fired )s by your humble ecribe. jf men mere is me uaimm uuucu d ! fly troubling the Doonday rest and at P* { night your peaceful slumbers and n ; happy dreams are interrupted by the ft I P'PPing sound of the buzzing wiDgs d ! of the mischievous, pestiferious and ie i hateful "skeeter." These are a few h i of the scenes and events experienced e j by Billy and family of late. ]. | The young folks, and the old ones, ,r too, for that, had a most delightful al | time at the old homestead of Mr. J. 5f I J. Smith on Ascension day. The n Messrs. Smith had caught a number n of the finny tribe and a general fish D fry and picnic was had. Some fished -o in the water, while a Baptist deacon 3 | and a Methodist divine were in the !(j j boat caching top minnows. The dea! con was standing and just as he t ' made a dip for the fish the boat shot to ; from under him and stood him cn his D j head. As he came up he gave a yell r. i snd said, 'T never got a one,'' but be Ly I got a ducking and a merry yell went 3t ' up from the bystanders on the shore, ie ! Others fished on the hill and were re : more successful, we presume, from t ] the beaming countenances and smil)e j ing faces of the gay lovers of the ocI CM? r*tilrttTQ firmer! nr. [-0 | 'OBOIULI. kJJJ V^U^MIU o IUIU ?. c_ j row, when rightly adjusted and un1(3 ; erringly aimed, will pierce and enter si_ the deep chambers ot any fair wooers heart. For fear of over working the Dispatch "devil" with this article, I will close with much success to the ! Dispatch. Billy Felix. GastoD, May 27, 1901. St ' ld ! The Strike in Russia. ri- I ?n J St. Petersburg, May 21 ?The j j soldiers killed 40 strikers at the 1U I ^, __J 8 | Ubucnoil iron wonts anu wuuuueu Q_ j 150 others. The strikers and the e i police had desperate battle and when ! the soldiers were called out they I m | fired three volleys into the iaDks of g8 ; the unarmed workmen. ^ j A Good Cough Medicine. !c 1 j ! It speaks well for Chamberlain's i Cough Remedy when druggists use it in their own families in preference to any other. "I have sold Cnamberlain's Cough Remedy for the past i five years with complete satisfaction ' to myself and customers," says Drug-D j gist J. Goldsmith, Van Etten, N. Y. pf { 4T have always used it in my own ill i family fnr nrdinarv fimiohfi and j iauiiij wvw** ?j -w ?0? rfl> | colds and for the cough following la j grip, and find it very efficacious." d- | For sale by J. E Kaufmaun. n- | d, | There are too many people who sr. have more religion than love. ANY, ar-A-a-Esa, COLUMBIA, H i Prompt Attention. Oc P ^^uestron^ ^ f for Women \) VV Are you nervous? W Are you completely exhausted? 1 ?T Do you suffer every month? 2 jj| If you answer "yesH to any of p these questions, you have ills wnich | I Wine of Cardui cures. Do you h I appreciate what perfect health would I] 1 be to you? After taking Wine of p I Cardui, thousands like you have real- fj 8 ized it. Nervous strain, loss of sleep, | | cold or indigestion starts menstrual I I disorders that are not noticeable at I B first, but day by day steadily grow f I into troublesome complications. Wine | I of Cardui, used just Wore the menI | strual period, will keep the female I system in perfect condition. This I medicine is taken quietly at home. I There is nothing like it to help women enjoy good health. It costs only $1 to test this remedy, which is endorsed by 1,000,000 cured women. Airs. Lena T. Frieburg, East St Louis, III., says: Ml am physically a new woman, by reason of my use of Wine of r l?i I ft K It - ft# ?- rv -* V/araui anu i n&uioru j oiacK uraugnt- r | In casei requiring spoctal direction*. %& |1 1 dreu, giving symptoms, "The Ladles' Ad vis- I, 1 ory Department." The Chattanooga Medi- ft] 9 dne Co., Chattanooga. Tenn. H Hilton Happenings. To the Editor of the Dispatch: As we have Dot lately been represented upon the beautiful face of the dear old Dispatch, I will endeavor to make a few brief statements to you, I that may cause some newsy communicant to give the news of our thriving little place. ( We are still visited by frequent rains. The faimers are beginning to feel as much discouraged from too much rain as they were awhile back from net enough, though it is all fcr our gocd and we should not always be found guilty cf grumbling j over the Lord's work. Services were well attended at j High Hill Sunday afternocD, and as the rain came up in the evening, we all either delighted or sorrowed in taking a bath on our return home. The High Hill choir will practice siDging in that church next Sunday afternoon, conducted by the pastor. We should all take a deep interest in this part of worshipping, especial'y as we can all indulge in it if we will and sing praises to Him "who doeth all things well." Odo night last week some unknown person or persons took upon themselves and visited the meat house of Mr. Ed. L. Liodler, of near Cbapiu, and removed the most of . his meat. Mr. Lindler very soon J - U 4. m \fr,? Becuieu a aearcu wanaui nuui uxagibtrate R'cbardson aLd the constable searched several suspected houses in that community, and in a tenant house on Mr. C M. Dempsey's place, (where no one resides) there was some meat found, but not all of it, and as a result thers is 3 et no clue to the robber. Mr. J. B. Hiller has purchased a very hue reaper, consisting also of a binder. This shows that some of our fairaers are taking an interest in | the small grain crop and dees not depend altogether on the cotton for a livinc. As this is my first appearance my ; motto is: Alpha. May 27, 1901. White Man Turned Yellow. Great consternation was felt by the friends of M. A. Hogarty, cf Lexing| ton, Ky., when they saw he was I turning yellow. H:s skin slowly ; cbaDged color, also his eyep, and he : suffered terribly. His malady was Yellow Jaundice. He was treated by j tbe best doctors, but without benefit. Then he was advised to try Electric Bitters, the wonderful Stomach and Liver remedy, and he wri'e;: "Af'er ; taking two bottles I was wholly | cured." A trial proves its matchless | merit for all Stomach, Liver and I Kidney troubles. Ooly 50c. Sold i by J. E Kaufmann Druggist. . . . A Happy Marriage. At the residence of the bride's ; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. | Martin L. Taylor, Lexington county, S. C, as the happy songs of birds I were wafted on the air and tbe | sweet perfume of flowers stole ' * ' "? ? iL - .1 i tbrcugn tne windows on ice cuurm1 ingMay day, 22nd, 1901, there was a most interesting and beautiful wed; ding scene. At noon when the glorious sun was playing the achymist: "Turning with splendor in his pre| cious eye, the meagre cloddy earth j to glittering gold/' the gallant bride! groom and lovely bride?Mr. Alonzo j Smith and Miss Lydia Taylor?enter| ed the beautifully and tastefully 1 11^/3 nn'fK crmilinrr ' aecorattu punui uncu mvu oumug . faces and joyful hearts, as the sweet j and meloaious strains of the wed| dirg march burst from the organ? ! so delightfully rendered by Miss , j Nannie Caughman. 1 The Rev. J. G. Graichenthen read I. C., tic ber I3tf I the verv impressive marriage service j of the Lutheran church. The attendants were: Mr. Oliver Smith and Miss Ernina Bsllentiw: I Mr. J. Edward Barro and Mms Belie Caugbman. The lovely hide was attired in l pure white organdie diaped in cream ! liberty Pilk end pearl passementerie ! and wore a wreath of white violets in her hair. The stately groom was dressed in a handsome black suit of latest style. At the close of the marriage ceremony a sumptuous repast was gieat ly enjoyed by all present. The popularity of the bride was made manifest in the varied and beautiful gifts so phasing to the eyes of all piiviieged to uehoiu them The perfect day, radirnt with fos tive joys terminated with guests end friends leaving their congmtulatioBr aod gocd-bjes with the proud proem and happy bride. G A Sprained Ankle Quickly Cured. "At one time I silTeied from v severe sprain of the ankle,'' sa\s Geo. E Carv, editor of the Guide, W*:sh ington, Ya.. After using several well recommended medicines without sue cess, I hied Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and am pleased lo Fay that relief came as scon as i began its use &Dd a complete caw ?peedily followed." Sold by J. E. Knufmanr. Black Creek Items. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Well, Mr. Editor, you have by this time made up your micd that there is notbiDg new happening oa Black Creek; but listen: We have had two cases of smallpox, or that is what most people call it. Mr. Isaish Hallman has been confined to his bed for sometime, and the other case is a little child of Mr. Kirby's. Mr. Levi Kish had the misfortune of loeiDg his horse one day lest week Yee, thank you, we have Lad plenty of rain. Some of our farmers are having trouble to get a stand of cotton. Mr. Morgan Kyzer, who is now woiking in the Columbia Mills, is on a visit to the old home. L;steD, Mr. Editor, we caught 39 cats and mollies enough to fill up the vacancies. The fruit and grain crops ore very promising hereabouts. I will say to the patrons on the "Rural Free" frcm Lewitdale southward and return, that in all probabil| ity the service will not start before the first of July. All gieit thiDgs move slow. During the recent rains heavy hail fell in the neighborhood of Boiling Springs doiDg much damage to growing crops. Watch your dogs. The mad dog is dow abroad in the community. Everybody encourages "Klondike" ! to marry?that is, they want him to i weep with those that weep. Mr. Haskell Ganit is very busy | now with bis turpentine still?but j excuse me, I did not intend to tresi v-Q. c tho f-fcrrifnrv nf ' Black EvCS UU IUV vv* *?V J ^ and Brow Hair." Klondike. Job Couldn't Have Stood It. I I If he'd had Itching Pile?. They're j teiribiy annoyiDg: but Bucklen's ; Arnica Salve will cure the worst case ! of Piles on earth. It has cured tbouj sands. For Injuries, Pains or Bodily I Eruptions it's tbe be-t salve in tbe ; world. Price 25c. a box. Cure guarJ anteed. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann, Druggist. Batesburg Items. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The "Epworth League" Conference met at St. John's Methodist church Thursday p. m , last. ? ~ ttt . :j__i ,.r Rev. Hi. U. \vai80D, president ui the State League, opeced the Conference with devotional exercises and j introduced Bishop Candler, who j spoke on the Peculiarities and Duties of Methodism. The Bishop's speech was logical and humorous ana was listened to attentively by the large audience. Friday Rev. J. D Crout made an address of welcome in behalf of the Methodist church, and Prof. L C. Perry welcomed the League in the name of the local League and Prof. J. B. Towill delivered the fraternal greeting in behalf of the B Y. P. U Society of the Baptist church. A large number of young people was present from different sections of the State and many ministers attended the Conference. Every phase of the work wus fully and - - ' i ably discussed, ana a uuuiuc. ui papers and speeches were of great value as productions of thinking minds who were laboring earnestly for the advancement of the cause. Sunday was a red letter day. Rev. E 0. Watson preached at the Methodist church and Rev. Dr. Lucas at the Baptist. The afternoon and evening services was in continuation and conclusion of the Conference. Batesburg entertained the visitors handsomely aud they seemed to en! joy their stay in our midst. There I were between seventy-five and one hundred in attendance. Among the fairest of the visiters, I am happy to note, were Muse3 Beulah and Emma Fox and Ethel Harman ot your village. ar lorti may zi, ii'ui. utv-uoiuui". . ^ f* Obituary. Sarah Ann Wilson was born June the 15:h, 1832, and die 1 ilay the 7th, 1901, rnakirg her pilgrimage on onrih G8 year?, 10 mouths and 22 days. She was mar: ifd to Jesse K. Di.oley, D eemlxr 181)1. To this m/'on were born five children, onestn and four d) ugbters. Three children preceded her lo the spirit, lard. She leaves a Husband, two children. Jour grand childrt n and two sisters to mourn h? r depicture. She joined the M. E Church at Hebron in earlj life an I after her marriage she was tracsfered to St. Divid's Evan. Lutb. church of which ehe remained a faithful member until the day of her death. During her long and painful il'ness she bore her suf? ring with patience, trusting iu Jesus as her Savior. Sister Dooley w?i3 an excep'ion of a lady, a true wife, a kind mother and a faithful Christian. Her suffering was very great for nearly tbie? years and during that time she l ore it with the faith cf a martyr. Not loDg before she died ebe said to tho?e arcund ber that her departed children were present there in the room with her. On that morning ia May, when all nature was dressed in its beautiful robe of spring, the sweet spirit of their loved one went out of the suffering tenement of clay and went home to be with God aod all bin angels. Rest loved one, for ^hy pains ana acniDgs ?-o over. There is a world above. Where parliog is UDkaowD; ? A whole eternity cf love, Formed for the good aloce. A. R Taylor. Oj Wednesday, May 22od, 1901, Mrs. Elizabeth Barbara Wo feGeiger departed {Lis life after a long and useful earen*. She was the daughter of Joseph Archibel and Caroline Wolfe. One brother and one sister still rurvives her, together with five sons, two daughters, twenty grand* children, five greatgrandchildren and a host of friends to mourn ber departure. On the 12th day of February last, the was 71 years old, and was a member of tbe Methodiet Episcopal Churcb, South for 60 years. On Thursday at 11 o'clock she was buried by the side of her husband, Mr. Abrara Washington Geiger, who preceded her five years and four months, &t Sbiloh church. The funeral servico was conducted by tbe pastor. J. N. Wright. If the Baby is Cutting Teeth Be sure and use that old and well tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, ftllflvs all nftin. cures wind colic and ; j r? > is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-live cents a bottle. / It is the best o? all The alligator will soon follow the Buffalo. Ooe Jacksonville firm has shipped two thousand live alligators to New Nork this season, and has not supplied the demand. You may as well expect to run a steam engine without water as to find an active, energetic man with a torpid liver and you may know that his liver is torpid when he dees not relish his food or feels dull aDd languid after eatiDg, often has headache and sometimes dizziness. A few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will restore his liver to its normal functions, renew his vitality, improve his digestion and make bim feel like n new men. Prire 25 cents. Samples free at J. E. Kaufmann's New Drug Store. The Standard Oil directors have just declared another dividend of 12 per cent. Io March last they declared a dividend of 20 per cent. Thus far in this current year, 1901, they have divided profi's of $32,000,000 on tneir ?ii>'j,uuu,uuu 01 tuiegcu juvested capital Teetbina was first used by Dr. Charles J. Bfoffetfc, a graduated Jef? ferson Medical College, Philadelphia Pa., in his extensive and skillful treatment in Georgia in overcoming j the troubles incident to teething and hot summers. Teetbina (teething powder?) counteracts the effect of hot weather and keeps the digestive organs in a healthy condition, and ha9 saved the lives of thousands of children in the doctor's Dative state, where physicians prescribe and all mothers give it, aDd it i9 criminal in mothers of our section to allow their babies and little children to suffer 1* 1 aDd perhaps die wtien renei can do to easily obtained by giveng Teethine. It cost only 25 cents at druggists; or mail 25 cents to C. J. Mcffett, M. D., ^ St. Louis, Lo. 0 Gen. Henry C. Corbin, adjutant general of the army, will sail for the Philippines on the transport Hancock which ieaves San Fransisco June 25. He intends to make a general inspection of the military conditions in the island. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. * Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. At the last election in Cumberland county, Maine, the liquor men nominated a preacher for sheriff, more as i * 1__ a joke more man anymiDg eise. oiuce that time the liquor men have seen no peace. The preacher-sheriff has been enforcing the law. He said a day or two ago that he had indirectly received an oflor of $40,000 if he would resigD, t.r iske a vacation to Europe for the remainder of his term. Housrkeeprrs can find a fine line of jellies, jams, gelatine, puddine, corn starch, essences and extracts of i ail flavors, at the Bizaar.