The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, March 26, 1902.
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.
Wayside Notes Gathered Here and
There by a Dispatch Man.
Next Tuesday is all fool's day.
Sunday is EaBter. Egg's a egg I
Monday was a miserable gloomy
day.
For first class shoes, go to Meefze
& Son.
<?r ?' - m- I, ??
JIT8. iilice -LimiUUIiB Utt? iciuiuou
from Spartanburg.
For nice candy and crackers, go
to the Bazaar.
The matrimonial market is dull.
There are plenty of cffsrs with but
few takers.
Remember us with your $1 when
you come to town.
"r%! 1 ?b. ^ ie o o
inane corn wutu iuc uon. icai xo ?o
large as a squirrel's ear, was the
Indian rule.
Mr. Reuben D. Harman is catching
some fine fish in his traps in the
Saluda.
Call at Meetze & Son and see their
pretty line of dress goods.
Inspector W. J. McCartha spent
Saturday afternoon and Sunday in
town.
Garden work is progressing nicely
and green truck will soon be on
the market.
Miss Estelle Glenn, of Columbia,
is visiting the family of Mr. J. W.
Kleckley.
Head the new advertisement of J.
E. Kaufmann, the druggist.
^ Mr. P. H. Corley is painting the
store house of Messrs. M. R. Hartley
& Co at tbe depot.
Commutation road tax of $1 can
now be paid to the County Treasurer
until the 31st.
Ferry's and Crosman's guaranteed
garden seed for sale at the Bazaar.
The local weather prophets have
announced that the danger of a killing
frost has passed.
The sportsmen will now have to
lay aside their guns. The hunting
season closed on the loth.
The brick to be used on the dwelling
of Mr. John J. Taylor has been
placed on tbe ground.
Mr. J. Elmore Craft, one of Lexington
county's best citizens and
" - _ ? i.
progressive iarmers, is m town.
First lot of Fresh "Water Shad will
hie received Saturday. They will be
large and fine. John A. Williams.
Mr. Lee Snelgrove is now night
engineer at the cotton factory, succeeding
Mr. Sod, lately deceased.
Mr. W. P. Roof is having two
houses put up in Paradise Alley.
Mr. Gus Lorick is doiDg the work.
Mr. A. Marks opened the fishing
season last week with a catch of one of
the large tiout nesters in the factory
pond.
S. H. Lever applies for a final discharge
as Executor of the estate of
TT-- j J ^
Jesse mugaru, ueccnacu, ju tmo
ie8ae.
Meyers & Co. Royal Spice Powders
for horses, cattle, hogs and poultry,
which has no equals. For sale by
W. P. Rocf.
Sunday is Easter and the new bonnet
and spring garments will be as
numerous as the sand upon the seashore.
Mr. Rufus HaltiwaDger, cf the
Batesburg Advocate, was in town
Monday combining business with
pleasure.
Miss Charlotte Kleckley, of Lexington
county, is now under instruction
in music at Mrs. Brooks "Wingard's.
Meyers' Celebrated Poultry Spices
? 1 1-_ 11 ^,*Q
IO&&6S I20DS IHy, CU-t^S Hli jJUUHIJ Ulnc-ase3
and makes your chickens pay
you a profit, 10 and 3."?e packages.
For sale by W. P. Roof.
Mr. Frank J. Harman left on our
table last week a turnip which weighed
pounds. It was an improved
variety and was finely flavored and a
very fine table vegetable.
This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative Bromo=Quinine Tablets
the remedy that cures i? cold in owe day
waaBaawaa?a?a
Some of the youDg men of the
town have organized a brass band
and the "toot of the hornv is now
| heard in the land.
This is campaign year and if you
j want to keep posted, you should sub!
scribe for the Dispatch. Only 81 a
; year in advance.
Mr. Reuben Corley gives notice of
' an application for a hnal discharge
I as executor of the Estate of George
I Roberts, deceased.
The preaching at St. Stephen's
! Evangelical Lutheren church this
j week has been very edifying and
! instructive to those who attended.
j Meyers & Co. Celebrated Horse
Spices gives new life and vigor to
your horses. Try a package and ycu
will never have any other, 25c.
For sale by W. P. Roof.
We see it stated in our exchanges
' that Col. G. T. Graham has been
I over the Seventh District looking
| over the field preparatory to entering
I the race for Congress.
The street brigade, under comi
mand of Col. Bickley, is out in full
| force this week making a gallant
ofroofo rnnpb to the
j UlilUl/O. upuu luc vv? ?w
i delight of predestians.
There will be Easter services at
! St. John's church next SuDdayrncrnj
ing by the pastor, Rev. George S.
' Bearden. Ail are cordially invitsd to
| be present.
.
; Mr. X. B. Wannamaker, a leading
i citizen of the Sandy Run section, is
i in attendance upon the Board of
| Equalization. He gave us a pleasant
call this morning.
Mrs. C. E Corley, cordially invites
i the ladies of Lexington and vicinity
| to call at her store, at the Depot, 8n
; inspect the new stock of millinery
; just opened. Stylish and cheep.
j The Governor has offered a reward
j of $100 for the apprehension and
| conviction of the person or persons
j who set fire to the dwelling of Ben
! Bickley on the fifth day of April,
j 1901.
The Lexington - delegation, which
i went to Charleston to be present at
! the Exposition on South Carolira
I day have about all returned home
! well pleased with the sights that
! thev saw.
/
I Captain J. Fester Lyles, a wholei
souled and genial citizen of the Eaisto
I section and a progressive planter, is
in town today and gave us a pleasant
| call. We were glad feel the pressure
j of his hand.
1 Belated tascavers should reraem*
k
j ber that Monday is the last day in
: which to settle with the Treasurer
| without the penalty. If you want
| to save cost jou had better attend to
| this matter at once.
Mr. Arthur Nunamaker was in
town Monday and reports that one
negro severely cut another one in
an altercation on his place in Lower
| Fork township last Satudray night
| The wound is not dangerous.
Meyers' Celebrated Hog Spices
; cures Cholera and any kindred diseas
1 of the hogs; makes the pigs grow
and keep fat and healthy. There is
nothing to equal them, only oc.
| For sale by TV. P. Roof.
Miss Carrie Weseinger. of Chapiu,
i who has been studying music under
I Mrs. Fannie Roof, of this place,
i returned to her home to spend hf r
| vacation. She is quite popular and
1 many friends are looking forward to
| her return with pleasure.
The wagon yard of Win. Piatt,
i Columbia, is free to the people of
I Lexington who want to use it. So
1 when there to trade, drive in and
| unhitch then walk into his dry goods
I store and make your purchases. Rc
|
member that be sells only standard
j goods and at figures consistent with
I the quality of the goods. Nothing is
allowed to be misrepresented in
i order to eifect a sale. So the purj
chaser knows that they alvvajs get
I full value for their money.
i
"\o "Tick" Obtainable.
i Telegraph Operator?I am sorry, sir.
i hut the rules of this company make it
j impossible t<>r me to smid your ti;ess;iv:e
: "collect."' That privilege we are not allowed
to extend to absolute strang-Ts.
Applicant ?l>o you mean for sue to
j understand by that that you can't trust
me?
} Telegraph Operator?Tnder the <-ir
j cumstanees, sir, it is impossible for m<
I to do so.
I Applicant ?Well. Hint yets the best of
i mcl 1 thought of all places on the
; of the earth a telegraph oftice was the
j likeliest to yet anything on tick.?KosI
ton Courier.
Young Hi fo\ I
Stand in special need of help while the
baby is being nursed. Dr. Pierce's Fa;
vorite Prescription not only strengthens ;
the woman for motherhood and makes .
the birth hour practically painless, but
it increases the nutritive secretions ;
on which the child is fed. It soothes .
j the nerves, encourages the appetite
I and rapidly restores the mother to ro- j
, bust health. There is no alcohol in '
"Favorite Prescrip- i
t!on," neither opium,
& cocaine, nor any other
narcotic.
^ ? I wish t<> let yon know thn i
great benefit my wile ?lerivcc
through taking your * I-'aycr- |
lion.'" writes j
Harden.ofKraii- '
LlfM-h |
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ljnjch <^f it that J
was her first |
fi ll jig &?**\ Child.) She j
B '" fl1 I,1 i commenced to j
ftljj f|i'|,'? Q dx\ '"ike ' Favorite i
Si' |j i|iif ji ^ Prescription' j
r' flfiii \^ was horn. Wve |
/ ,y !j ,'T p ''have a fine, !
Ir'T/^Msl'lat this Was j
I///IIIf K? B *%&! /41\ mair.lv owing !
11 / i 1 i' ? to l*''e ' favorite 1
iU .L /*tt Prescription '
' v ^~~Lvjy$ri taken faithfully j
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jjjjfcr^co*nnlen^ *'
i '7j\ ^r- Pierce's j
!vZ a^fJL4 I feasant Pel- ;
j ^(A lets put the ;'
i pi&healthy con- :
dition.
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| HIS HORSES WERE WOODEN 1
I j
, I>nt Ail tlx* S::;:s?* Hi* II;ul to Pay l or
i: Livery License.
j As "l?:s honor" : :'l on 5lie bench from j
I which t^veii handed justice was dis- {
| pcnsed in the town of 1^::villa, which ;
! flourished way down in Florida before !
the days of <Jrenter Jacksonville, he
; was amaze*! to note anions the prison- j
j ers ar me oar a paoeiace.
Casting the eagle eye ol' tho law over
; the room, ho was agitated still more to j
observe a "Idled" shirt and standing !
j collar ami that these wore worn by anj
other white man.
The marshal, being called en, explain- |
! ed that one white gentleman was ar- j
j rested by him for running a "Hying !
j jinny" without a license, and the other j
| was his lawyer. To a man east in a I
i less in roic mold than the mayor such j
! complete smashing of all records and j
i invading of precedent would have been !
| a Waterloo. A white man arrested in ;
j Laviiia and a lawyer appearing to j
j plead in its court! To what, are we !
| coining?
Repressing ail signs of such a strain j
on his judicial composure, tho mayor j
j announced that to littingly mark so j
j great an occasion he would disregard
, the calendar and take up the white 1
! man's case lirst.
Tiie lawyer demanded the immediate
i discharge ot the prisoner on the ground
i..h tn,?! <? ww hi oiviin:)nee rcouiriiig
j "ilyinu" jinny" to pay ;i license and
j throw the court on iis "beam owls" hy
i asking for a copy of the ordinance
| book.
No one had soon it iii years. Many ;
: doubted if there had ever Iktii one. A
1 whispered consultation was hold he- !
twoen the mayor and the marshal and
a seat '-h instil mod which revealed the
hook, with a brick on top of it. supply- '
; injr the place of a missing lea; of the
stove.
Alter looking vainly through the
hook for law on "living jinnies" his
honor delivered judgment as follows:
"Ordinance No. 11 requires all koop!
ors of livery stables to pay a license of
$io and imposes a line of twice t!i"
amount for runnini: without a license, j
Tlie defendant mu.st pay ho:h the line
and the license."
' JVat." objected the lawyer, "this
man don't run a livery stable: lie runs
a 'fi/lmr jinny.* "
"lie keeps horses for hire, doesn't
ho?"
"Yes. but tli'\v are wooden horses,
and he charges a nickel for one ride."
"'{'lie ordinance makes no line distineSi.vi,
7; III-,,...- tlil'C :l
1 " 1 1 . -license.
A liv< ry stable is a piece where i
i horses ere kept for aire, li makes no
: difference whether they at? wooden
; horses or mcef horses. Next case, Mr.
1 MarshaNow York Mail Jind Ex'
press.
A CHURCH LIGHTHOUSE.
1 Charleston, S. t'.. H:i.h the Only One
111 ti?e World.
The only clr.iivh in the worhl so far
! as is known thai is also a lighthouse is
i
Si. Philip's eliurch. Charleston. S. C.
i St. Philip's. which is one of the oldest
. churches in AnuTiea. is known as tin;
Westminster abbey of South Carolina."
because within anil about its walls
go many distinguished men lie buried.
itieiudin^ .John C. Calitoitn. The history
i of the old church is closely interwoven
. with that of South Carolina, and many
of lite most celebrated events in the
history u!" the provinee are roimeeted
AN"i 1 ll il.
11 is owe of the sights of i 'harleston.
and sir:-:unci's are always taken to see
it ;i11< 1 shown its uni o> :imi monuments.
The most remarkable feature of ihe
old clnnvh. however. is tlx- fae, ilt:it
it> lofty sieepie servos tlx- purpose of
;i iiii'inhouse ami is used to -wide the
seafarer 11 ?1 mariner safely into the
poll of < "narh slyii. Tim wse oi' the steeple
as :l house dates haek t ? I s'.) I.
when the i ;:i: d States li-hl house <1"
pariment swereeoed i?y dint of repealed
efforts in imiiiein:; the vestry of the
old ehr.reh to allow a lantern to or
plae< d in the wpp r story of the steeple :
j to he used as a ranye li-iit for vessels \
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Largest Stock of
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February 14 - lv
entering inc* harbor t.trough 1 lie jetties
at its mouth.
The light used is very powerful and
is placed at an altitude ol' about 1-5
feet above the ground, so that it is
easily visible thirty miles at sea. Ships
making for Charleston harbor at night
always keep a sharp lookout for St.
Philip's light, and as soon as they sight
it get it into line with the beacon on
Fort Sumter and then make a straightaway
run for the mouth of the jetties I
and up through them into the harbor j
of Charleston.
St. Philip's church steeple is consider- j
ed one <>f the handsomest architectural!
v in the world and always at
tracts tho eye of strangers entering
Charleston from the sea by its commanding
height and artistic proportions.?St.
Louis Republic.
NATURAL HISTORY.
There are forty-eight different kinds \
of house lly known and classified.
The pig is tho only domestic animal
in which no case of cancer has been
noted.
The Spanish mackerel is one of the |
fastest of food lishes and cuts the wa- I
ter like a yacht.
Fish swallow their food whole he* |
cause they are obliged to keep eontin- j
uallv opening and closing the mouth !
for the purpose of respiration.
Siamese eats, both in appearance and j
character, closely resemble pug dogs, j
Even their tails have the curious curl j
so familiar in these stolid dogs.
Animals are found to la4 subject In ,
hypnotic influence. Lobsters, it is said. !
can lie hypnotized by standing them j
on their heads live or ten minutes.
m.i i... ....I v.e !
I ilcrc !s 11<? wsiw iihtu "i ,,, ,
which the Itrahma or v'oehin can he j
traced. The yatnecoek seems to lie de- !
seended from the Cin.ua lose junifle j
fowl.
The flesh fly produces ahoat 2().bi:0 j
yonuic ia a season. The larva? are j
hatched almost instantly from the ou'U
and at on.ee bou'in iheir work of de- j
i
stnici:o:i.
A r'o?itrnst.
'"Papa. who is that gentleman over i
there on the porch?"'
"J.'on'l yon rememher him. my child? !
He is the u'ontleman we met in the j
restaurant today who chatted so plrusantiy
wiih its while he waited about j
twenty-five minutes for his lunch."
"lie doesn't seer.) very pleasant now,
papa."
"Oh. no. He's at home now. See
him tearinu the newspaper into shreds
ami tryinu to throw his hat throuuh
The door. H?* is very anury because
it. has taken his wife a little over four i
minutes to urot his supper ready."?In- ;
dianapolis Sun.
V Hindoo SiJi??*rMtftlon.
When \ isits are o.xchanuod hv the
friends of the Hindoo bride and urooni
* .1 Ml'. I !>.- /? I1>.\|?T s: till- 1 i|!> \Vf<l
dim;. ;:rat at tentIon is paid in omens,
willeh an* considered iIv j? ?;?*iit.
then. Km* instance, it' tin? mm.mi's
liiessen m-rs should inert a eat. a
to\ or a serpen 1 they turn bark and
seek a more propitious time for the
errand. Al'b'r the bride's father has ,
reeeiv?d i!ie offer he must delay re- i
l?'yinu until one of the ubiquitous liz- i
ards in his house has chirped.?Wo- j
man's i bono ("niupanion.
];)'4:i!Is on Rnttcr.
Many years am*. when .John J. In- !
Stalls, the brilliant Kansan. was a nieni- J
her of tlie senate, oleomargarine was a j
bone of coinetd ion. The debate led In- !
" - ? ^ ? ... e *t._. ...
ji'jlliS I" III irr cijh% 01 iiJDsr i"j >1^1 ;i iii ui?( i
i
ic sentences which made liini famous. (
"I liiivi1 never. in my knowledge. lasted
oleomargarine." said I Myalls. "bur I
have stond in ilit* presence of yen nine 1
buiicr with :nvo lor ils stronyth and
reverence for its antiquity."
Ho who refuses to play soon ml riddle ;
has no chance in become loader of an i
orchestra.?New York Herald.
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| Groceries,
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$ for a Sluggish Appetite at tempt%
ing Prices tor a Sluggish
?x Purse. Bui our store-%
'twill make you
$ hungry.
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| LEXINGTON. S. C.
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ROOFERS' SUPPLIES,
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WROUGHT IRON PIPE,
FITTINGS, VALVES, ETC,
; YOUR ORDERS.
ElUK & BHD.,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
BLUE RIBBON
4s* black \mm,
rWliite Leghorn I
Eggs now ready at the following
BLACK LANGSHAX. |
setting of 13, 75 cents
WRITE LEGHORN.
setting of 13, 50 cents
AT THIS OFFICE.
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TAX XOTICE.
$ . mnE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF
? . JL taxt-s without the penalty lias been ex?
telided by order of Hon. John P. Derham,
C< mptrolhr < t the Stale of South Carolina,
by and with the consent ot the Governor,
V> W Ii^VaI'iY rriv^r* fUof KA/xta Ttrill
V. vw 4.7 v?.'J VU IUC uvvao "iU t
'sa ! f' opened for the collection of taxes at my
rihce m Lexington, C. H.. S. C., until
? March 30th, If02.
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TAX LEVY. }
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g> For State Purposes " Mills ,
;A , For Ordinary County Purposes :i\~ Mills .
C- ' Special County ) > Mill 1
??. For School Purposes 3 Mills
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? . Total 1C 3Iills
. Poll Tax, 81.
rr For interest on railroad bonds in Fork,
. 1;ri llivr and Saluda townships, FY mill.
;V F'?r retirirj: raliroad bonds. Broad lliver <
? and Saluda Townships, ~> mills.
vX For refiling Kailroud bonds in Fork
A T<ovnship, 4 mills. i
I-'orattorney fees in Broad and Saluda
v, Township*.1?' mill.
.a Total lev\ Broad Foyer Township. ISmills
Total lew saluda Township, 18U mills.
Total levy Fork Township. ITS mills. i
special Si-ho-d Tax Little Mobntain Dis
v> trier, 3 mil Is,
\\ i'Mi-Tirs mwbir.tr propety 111 moretnan one
y> township so state to the Treasurer.
X- FJIANK W. SHEALY.
X1 1 Treasurer Lexincton County.
| ft HILTOIT'S ]
H OUGH CURE, J
| ^ A SYRUP. 1
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Unique?unlike any other cough prepa
v> ration. The quickest to stop a cough and
>> to remove soreness from the lungs. 25c. { a
THE MURRAY DRUG CO.. I
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5 COLUMBIA, S. C.
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For Sale at THE BAZAAB. A
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