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The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, March 19. 1902. COLOSSALWEALTH. Millions Held hy the Few Said to Threaten Prosperity. Men Who Operate the Trusts by Con solidations the Combines are Doinc Away With Competition. Except Be tween Wage Earners. London Mail. When the United States abolishec slavery they did not do away wifcl the slave driving instinct of tbei] people. For years the slaveholder* had stolen the result of the laboi which their slaves did. It was suet a pleasant, easy way of getting wealth that the recollection of it is 8 relish in the months of the covetous The slave drivers of today it America are the millionaires and the men who operate the trusts. Thej are the fattening ogres whom the people will have to destroy or be destroyed by. They are the Simon Legress of the hour. They operate within the law, for they make the law. The American people have some pet phrases with which they like to describe England. They say it is feudal, king-ridden, a helpless tool of the aristocracy, and that sort of thing. They do not see the beam in their own eye. The "United States is millionaireridden. The millionaires start and operate universities, discharging professors who teach economic doctrines of which they disapprove. The millionaires operate the legislatures, and in some cases the courts. They run congress, and they are quartered in the White House at Washington, where the President, whom they elected, does their bidding. Every year a greater percentage of the wealth of America goes into the pockets of the millionaries. It is a fact that the second million is more easily made than the first, third than the second, and so on. By the force of attraction, a dollar naturally gravitates toward the largest pile. The Rockfellers, who control the Standard Oil Company are absorbing the wealth of America at an enormous rate. With the wealth come political power and social power. Social prestige is obtained with a startling rapidity. Thirty years * ago the Vanderbilts had no social position in New York, and their chances of ever getting any were looked upon as poor. In a few short years they have bought a social prestige?sent round the corner for it as one sends to the grocer's. This is stated not from any opposition to the Vanderbilts, but to make the point that what they can buy any one else can buy. If money can be exchanged for anything on earth, it is natural that it should be more in demand than anything on earth. If it will purchase a disregard by the people of how it was obtained, what matters it how it was obtained? By consolidations the American trusts are gradually doing away with every competition, except that between men who want jobs. The result of this, cf course, must be a raising in price of the commodities and a lowering of the wages. What has prevented both these things being done in excess has been the force of public opinion. Sugar, coal, meat and other necessities which have been cornered by the trust have risen ir price through aritificial reasons to ar extent that has put extra millions in to the pockets of those who contro! them and who have so much property already that they suffer from a sorl of financial indigestion. The aristocrats of the Uaifcec States are the corporations. The^ conduct their forays upon the peoph as did the robber barons of old. J corporation of large capital is ir ^ nn a CI f VlO nQl'OATl l~\ ii|CW 1U1& us Dauicu cao tuc awu <j the sovereign in London. It car rob, burn, or murder almost wit! impunity, and if it wants help all i has to do is to call out the stab troops to help it. The last sentence may appear t< be an exaggeration, but competing refineries have been burned down ii the interest of the Standard Oil com piny, and even such philanthropists as the partners of Andrew Cirnegie sent a band of civilian "dead shots" 1 to Homestead to shoot down strikers I was there at the time and saw the corpses. If the industrial millionaires can make and dtfy the laws, buy and [ bribe juries and judges andcoDgress- r men, what is to restrain them, unless \ there is some uprising and some ' enormous*ckaDge? ) j The nearest available remedy for some of the abuses will be the gov- C) ernment ownership of what the & Americans call "public utilities " 1 These include the mediums of oi transportation, the railways and the w tram lines, systems of lighting and b; the telegraphers and telephones now ^ in the hands of private companies. it W The Standard 0.1 Company built n, r up its monopoly by controlling the Q1 Hnoo Thpiap minted nro- J iaXlIUCkU ;iuv.u. vj-w- p. gj hibitive freight rates to owners of oil re wells and competing refineries and jf t they were driven out of business, b< and the Standard Company got their ( wells and plants at their own figures, ai The Steel trust is now able to pursue ^ the same tactics with rivals through ac c its interest in the railroads and in ti( steamships. The opposition to the ? local government ownership of "public utilities" is very great, almost insuperable at the present time. Those 1] ?>/^ "ono r/?V?iafrB " I ?1' VTiiU i A t UI Ab aic uuwi. vw?wvw> A man who thinks that the com- *? muDity should get the profit from its Wl "utilities" is denounced as one who m waves the red flig of riot. The same yc epithet of anarchist is applied to | ^ those who believe in the income tax and death dutie^. The United w< States will not allow an income tax qL because it is "revolutionary," and the highest court of the land denounced it andt declared it unconstitutional, m' when it was passed. But although you cannot have so riotous a measure an income tax you may burn a j negro alive if you like. In this you j see signs of the money power. The Qe courts reject an income tax at the behest of the rich. Nobody owns the negro who is burned alive, so it rg doesn't matter. In the old days of fQ, slavery, when a negro was worth | 81,000 to his master, they did not re I V* i rv-? iiltrr/i , UUi :i lulu aa*t. p^. The agitation for the transfer of "public utilities" to the people is not rpj based on a desire to get the divi- p dends so much as it is to deprive the millionaires of the power which the ^ possession of those "utilities" give to them. The men who own the railroads in pi a State own the legislature and the * J judges and the executive forces. 8a They do this through the magic pasteboard that means free trans- ln portation, through the power that w' the ability to make lower freight rates to shippers and manufacturers kr gives to them by the voting force of P* their own employes, and by a hundred other methods, including a bank C1] account on which they can draw checks. A man who cannot be bought with gold often succumbs to railroad . j passes, or to the honor of getting a us I t-itmttqft* r>ov fvao fnr o norf\7 nf frionr^a.. r"- " r'" J ?* w [The above article is publised by request of one of our subscribers.] pj . ti Catarrh Cannot be Cured sa di With local applications, as they cennot 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 tc ' Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and i iz acts directly on the blood and mu- j tc 1 cous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure rc 1 is not a quack medicine. It was preanv'i ov? amq of fVio V-\nof t->Vi ttoioi a r> a ?:' ^ | OLliUtU kj J uuv V* UUV MVOV ^ujoiviuua I .JM j in this country for years, and is a B ' regular prescription. It is composed E of tbe best tonics known, combined p j with the best blood purifiers, acting 0 directly on tbe best blood purifiers, ^ acting directly on the mucous sur* faces. Tbe perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces f such wonderful results in curing i ~ ... d Catarrb. bend tor testimonials tree. F. J. Cheney <fc Co., Props , fc Toledo, 0. a Sold by druggists, price 75c. P i Hall's Family Pills are the best. 81 ^ tl } a y When a woman listens attentively & * to every word a man utters it's a sure P 1 sign that she either loves or hates s: - him. Diamond Dyes, of all colors, are } constantly in stock, at the Bazaar. tl thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Ont. Fill a bottle or common glass with your rater and let it stand twenty-four hours; a / ^ sediment or setr~\ tling indicates an unhealthy condiwi ^i'; t'on ?f t*'ie kidyA yPTK/ i r neys; if it stains j your linen it is j-i '^"'1 / evidence of kidjyQl \ \/ ir ne-^ trou^^e: t0? j frequent desire to " pass it or pain in ^ the back is also onvincing proof that the kidneys and bladsr are out of order. wnat to uo. There is comfort in the knowledge so [ten expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamploot, the great kidney remedy fulfills every ish in curing rheumatism, pain in the ack, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part [ the urinary passage. It corrects inability > hold water, and scalding pain in passing , or bad effects following use of liquor, ineorbeer, and overcomes that unpleasant ecessity of being compelled to go often tiring the day, and to get up many times jrin.g the night. The mild and the extrardinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon :alized. it stands the highest for its wonsrful cures of the most distressing cases. you need a medicine you should have the ist. Sold by druggists in 50c. and$l. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this onderful discovery _ , id a book that tells iore about it, both sent >solutely free by mail, iaress Dr. Kilmer & Home of Swamp-Root, o., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men3n reading this generous offer in this paper. The ?olden Opportunity. "Miss AmHDda," said a somewhat derly, but well preserved, bachelor a sparkling young woman with bom he occasionally spent the eveng: "I think it a shame the way ?u treat that young Brightsop. If were he I wouldn't let you play st and loose the way you do. I Duld simply come and carry you off." "If you where he, Mr. Oldcastle," e replied with downcast eyes, "per,ps it wouldn't be necessary to carry 0 off " The invitations are out. A Hurry-up Medicine. Every housekeeper recognizes the ed of effective remedies to be used emergencies: when something net be done right away. Such a medy is Perry Davis' Painkiller, r sprains and bruises, for strained uscles and for the acbes and pains suiting from blows and falls. Its ission of mercy began sixty years ;o. It is used in all countries. iere is but one Painkiller, Perry ivia\ ? ,ni He Vfent to tie Jewelers. "Bessie,'' Faid the young maD, eadingly, "this is the fourth time have called at your home since I w you last. Is there any way by hich I can always be sure of findg you in or at least of knowing here you are when I call for you?" "You might ring me up, you low," responded the pretty telelone girl, looking dreaminglv at her c. v\ r\ ttt rsT r*r* r?n n lojyci j JJUguio. KJUC aun ncai o ? rcle of gold. A Poor Millionaire Lately starved in London because 3 could not digest his food. Early 3e of Dr. King's Naw Life Pills ould have saved him. They streDglen the stomach, aid digestion, romofce assimilation, improve appete. Price 25c. Money back if not itiefied. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann ruggist. Tents for the Veterans. UBUIUglULI, iUiai^U X-X IUB uuuoo jday adopted a resolution to authore the secretary of war to loan tents ) the United Confederate Veterans junion at Dallas, April 22. Bills were passed to appropriate 5,000 for a lighthouse at Oyster ayou, La, and to authorize the ddorado and Bastrop Railroad comany to construct a bridge across the uachitar river, Arkansas. Hew to Curs the Grip. Remain quietly at home and take lhamberlain's Cough Remedy as irected and a quick recovery is sure 3 follow. That remedy counteracts ny tendency of the grip to result in neumonia, which is really the only erious danger. Among the tens of thousands who have used it for the rip, not one case has ever been reorted that did not recover. For ale by J. E. Kaufmann. ?? ? Cw ? A heated argument is one cf the hings a wise man quickly drops. !o Our Friends and Patrons; OF LEXINGTON. We tbank you very cordially for your patronage for the past year, and hope to grow more popular with you as time goes on. Our trade from your county was very satisfactory this season, but in order to increase our business we are offering values such as you have never had the opportunity to reahze before. We will sell you a 86 50 Overcoat for 83 50 until closed out. A $5 bill buys a 810 00 Suit made by the Best Tailors. Other higher i grnde goods m proportion. UNDERWEAR, Cheaper than the cheapest. Heaviest and Best Fleeced LiDed at 39c. See these, it will pay jou. We do quite a nice JOBBING BUSINESS. This DeDartment is growing every day. I will be glad to see i any merchant in my store, aR I always have some little jobs or bargains to offer. Call on me at | The Bee Hive to Price Ming Store, I 1554 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. I Septembers 3m. I IA Free Picture of Gen. Lee | Any veteran, who contemplates attending the Reunion at Dallas, ff April 22nd to 25th, will receive a handsome picture of General ? Robert E. Lee, and a copy of his farewell address (suitable for In framing), if he will send us his name and address, and the name jJR and address of the Camp to which he belongs. jn Your best route to Dallas will be via Memphis The ^ Cotton Belt operates its own trains (two each day) from H CwPlTSTifir X. Memphis to Dallas and other Texas cities without VI !t8r/3lE,^??iK5ft cnange. xnese trains leave niempnis. iiiuriiing aim {&evening, after the arrival of trains via all lines, thus ^HK^wljy^S offering you close connections and excellent service. A Traveling Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. b | Satyr* E. W. la BEAUME, Genera! Passenger and Ticket Ager.t, St. Louis, Ma A \ wf , rs " | For the Next Thirty Days W( ! Will Sell j I 50c. Split Bottom Oak Chairs at 40c. I 60c. Cane Bottom Oak Chairs, at 50c. 75c. High Back Dining Room Chairs at 65c. ?2.50 Oak Bedsteads at ?2.00, ?2.50 Folding Springs at ?2.00. ?1.50 Oak Rockers at ?1.15. i . * and various other things at prices j that will surprise you. Call anc i see us or mail your orders. Men | tion Dispatch. E. G. COOK & CO.. j 1507 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. January 15 FOR A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS CALL AND SEE US, WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY EVERY TIME. i YOJJ ARE BLIND TO YOUR INTEREST IF YOU FAIL TO SE1 US BEFORE BUYING. TRY US AND YOU'LL HAVE NO REGRETS. I i ________ iiuuawuiiiuiiwiiin. < 1642 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. January 15, 1UU2. 3m. SEABOARD AM LIXE RAILWAY. " ElE^ SiMTTEO Double Daily Service Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta, New, Orleans and Points South and West. IN EFFECT DECEMBER 1st, 1901. SOUTHWARD. I Daily. | Daily ! No. 31 No. 27 lv New York. P. R. R.. 1 00 pm 12 10 am lv Philadelphia, P R R. 3 29 pm 7 20 am lv Baltimore, P R R... 5 45 pm 9 34 am lv Washington, PR R.| 7 00 pmill 01 am lv Richmond, SALKj 10 40 pm 2 38 pm lv Petersburg, " 11 20 pm: 3 18 pm lv Nor hi a Jet. " 1 42 am 5 45 pm lv Henderson, " 2 09" uaj'TH pin lv Raleigh, ? 3 32 ami 7 35 pm lv Southern Pines," 5 27 am' 9 27 pm i No. 33 lv Ham let " | G 35 am 10 35 pm I No. 3f lv Columbia.} " | 8 40 am 1 05 am ar Savannah " 12 05 pm 4 40 am ar Jacksonville, * j 3 50 pm 9 05 am ar Tamoa, " | 5 0(J am 5 40 piu ? I JNo. 33 ! ar Charlotte, " . 9 23 ami lv (Jnester, j y 45 am lv Greenwood, " ill 52 am! Iv Athens, " 2 21 pm ar Atlanta,? 44 3 55 pm ar Augusta. C & W C.. | b 40 pm I Iv New York, a Y t <fc A f? 00 am; 9 00 pm iv Philadelphia. 44 J10 16 am:si 26 pm iv New York. UUS fcK^o f3 t>0 pm iv Baltimore, B r> Jf *>o f6 3u pm Iv Waah'ton. N & W 5>.b 6 30 pm No. 33 No. II lv Portsmouth, S ALRj 8 50 pm 9 25 am lv Weldon, 44 li 35 pm 12 02 pm i No_ 31 lv Norlina Jet, " 12 55 am 130 pm lv Henderson, 41 1 25 am 2 05 pm lv Baleigh, 44 ! 2 50 am 3 55 pm lv Southern Pines,44 ; 5 05 am G 18 pm j No. 33 lv Hamlet, 44 i b 35 arrf 7 30 pm | No. 31 : No. 27 lv Columbia. J ,4 j 8 40 am 1 05 am ar Savannah, 44 12 05 pm j 4 40 am ar Jacksonville, ,4 3 50 pmj 9 05 am ar Tampa, 44 5 00 am! 5 4 pm No. 33i No. 39 lv Wilmington. *4 3 05 pm hp Gt> irloite. " 9 23 ?m|10 32 pm iv Uuester, 44 9 45 ami 1435 aru lv Greenwood, 44 11 52 am 3 43 am lv Athens, 44 2 21 pmi 5 13 am ar Atlanta,vj 44 3 55 pm' 7 50 am ar Augusta. G & w G; 5 40 pm| ar Macon, G ot Georgia * 7 20 ptn 11 20 am ar Montgom'r y, A A W i 9 2u pm 6 30 am ar Mobile, L & N J 2 55 am 4 15 pm ar New Orleans. L & N 7 25 am j 8 25 pm ar Nashvnle > G tfc ft L| 6 4U ami 0 55 pm ar Memphis, 44 I 4 00pm i b 25 am NOETEWAED. i Daily ! Daily I No. 34 j No. 36 lv Tampa, SAL By.... j 9 00 pmj 8 GO am lv Jacksonville, 44 '10 10 am; 7 40 pm lv ISavaunah, 44 j 1 55 pmlil 30 pm lv Columbia,? 44 ! 4 lO pmi 7 05 pm ^ iv Memphis. JN u <fcbtL 12 4o pm; 9 00 pm J Fv Nasville. * | 9 30 ami 9 30 am lv New Urieans, D & Nj 9 30 pm! 8 Oinpm lv Mobile 44 | 1 35 pm 12 30 am iv Monteom'rv, A. & W P 6 30 pm 6 15 am iv Macou, C ot Creormaj 8 00 am 4 20 pm Iv Augusta. C <fe W O ... j 1U U5 a?u| ; No. 32; No. 38 lv Atlanta, ^ S A L By 100 pm 9 00 pm ar Athens, " 1 2 57 pm il 23 pm ar Greenwood, " i 5 19 pm 1 56 am ar Chester. " j 7 20 pm; 4 00 am iv Charlotte, '* | 7 38 pm' 5 00 am ar Wilmington j 12 05 pm i No. 34 ! No. 66 lv Hamlet " |l0 40 pm 7 25 am lv Soutnem Pines," n 33 pm 8 i7 am ^ lv Raleigh. " ' 135 am 10 20 am 5 ar Henderson. " ! 3 07 am|1132pm Ilv NorJina Jet. j o 35 am 12 15 pm % iv Petersburg, " I 5 54 am 2 26 pm lv Richmond, *' | 6 45 am 3 12 pm ar Washington, P R EjlO 10 am 6 35 pm ar Baltimore. P R K.... ill 25 am 11 25 pm ar Philadelphia, P R B 11 36 pm 2 56 am ar New York, PER... 415 pm 6 30 am No. 22 No 38 lv Norlina Jct.S A L Ry 3 55 am 1 25 pm lv Weldon, " ( 5 56 am 2 40 pm . ar Portsmonth " i 7 15 am 5 25 pm ' ar Waah'tou. N <fe W t> ( 6 55 am ar baltimore. B rt P Co !f6 45 am ar New York. 0 DBBOo !t2 15 pm - ar Philadelphia,NYP&N 46 pm 5 )0 am ar New York " j 8 08 pm 7 43 am Note?fDaily Except Sunday. Cafe Cars between Hamlet and Savannah on Trains Nos. 31 and 34. J Central Time. 6 Eastern Time. For any lurthtr information annly to | W. P. SCRUGGS. P Traveling Passenger Agent. Savannah. Ga. R. E. L BUNCH. General Passenger Agent. J. M. BARE, 1st Vice President. Portsmouth, Ye, ? I Money to Loan. 1 ,1 / -L AI\JV -TXVIU IT A rvr,i^ J. KJ iltuutiVV ate loans promptly on improved # real estate in Lexington connty at 7 per cent, interest. No commissions. Borrower pays actual expenses ol' preparation of papers. THOMAS & GIBBES. g Attorneys at Law, Colombia, S. C. November 13. 9mos. Money to Loan ON FARMING LANDS. LONG TIME. Easy payment. No commission. Borrower pays actual cost of periocting Loan. E. K. PALMER, Central National Bank Building. 7 COLUMBIA, S. C. COL. G. T. GRAHAM. Lexington, S. C. July 18-ly. 1