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VOL. XXXII. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. 1902. NO. 22
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DEAR MADAM:
If you will v e r ;
| one pair of Our
'"HIGH SCHOOL
WALKING SOOTS"
i you'll alwavs want them. j
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r | we reany aon i h.uu? nucw?
L they are the ;
L "BIST IS THE WOULD"
r bat we do know that there is not!
, another shoe in the land tnat will match
' . these
Two I>ollar Shoes
I FOR WOMEN
k ; within Fifty Cents a pair.
t BRING YOUR FEET
AND
"TWO DOLLARS
! IFVFR.
|"THr'sHOE MAN,"
1603 Main Street,
COLUMBIA, - - S. C.
Feb. 6?lv. |
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C. M. Efied. F. E. Drehzb.
EFIRD &DREHER,
Attorneys at Law,
LEXINGTON, C. K., S. C.
Tier ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE 1
Yt Courts. Business solicited. One
member of the firm will always be at office,
Lexington, S. C.
.Tnnfl 17?6m.
Albert M. Boozer,
Attorney at Law,
COLUMBIA, c.
Especial attention given to business entrusted
to him by his fellow citizens o{
K Lexington county.
Office: 1609 Main Street, over T. B. ,
Aughtry & Co.
' February 23 -tf,
i DS F. C GILMORE,
ZDZZ ZCZTZST1
Located at no. isio main street.
over Huseinaun's Gqii Store, Columbia,
S. C., where he will be glad to see his
former as well as new patients.
I Dr. Gilmore will oe at Dratts Hotel in I
Lexington on Tuesday and Wednesday, |
May 13th and 4ih. to accommodate
patients who hnd it inconvenient to call at j
his Columbia othce.
January 23, lyOl?tf.
THE PROOF OF THE
PUDDING IS THE
r a ti u n
cftiinu.
| THE PROOF OF THE
i MEDICINE IS THE
L TAKING.
HILTON'S LIFE FOR THE LIVER ANO
L KIDNEYS will verily every claim made lor
it. Test it by a trial of a 2oc. bottle It
makes last irieuas wnerever once usea. ana
becomes the medicine ot the household.
It is pleasant to take, acta pleasantly and
causes one to leel pleasant.
It is the best quickest remedy for the
ft cure of kidney ?. toles. lame back, disordered
livor ana derangement ot the
I stomach and bowels.
p BOTTLES, 2wC., yCc. &nd SliOO.
I Wholesale by the MURRAY DRUG CO.,
Columbia. 8. C.
For Sale at THE BAZAAR.
May 15?ly.
F ^Ji--t.wnaa3siad|i
nffl CURES WHERE AIL ELSE FAILS. Ba
m Best Cousrh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use f*?
By in time. Sold bv drugzists.
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%4 Solicits a Sh
17ew Commutation Road Law. i i
To the Editor of the Dispatch.
Please allow me space in your 1
worthy columns for a few words concerning
road work. 1
Some of our Legislators are always ^
makiDg had matters worse. It was '
a hard matter to keep our public (
highways in a good condition before :
the last session of the Legislature *
cut the commutation tax to one dol- ]
lar. Now it will be worse. No one
can blame the hands for paying one 1
dollar in order to rid themselves of '
eight days road duty. Their work ^
is worth a lot more than twelve and *
a half cents per day at home on their *
i *r> ? L - ?:ii L ti,? t
xaniis. j>uu wuu win tut? uuxaijuy
for bad roads, the Legislators or I?
Mr. Editor, I want to know, ^
through your columns, from our ?
Senator, or from our Represenatives, k
who introduced such a bill. "We are
aDxious to know that far sighted, I
large minded fellow, who can see how ^
all the public roads can be kept in c
good condition with the meagre sum
that tiDgies into the coffers of the ^
Board of Commissioners from the c
"one dollar" commutation tax. Sup
pose all the hands in Lexington v
county pay this one dollar tax, how 8
many miles of road can we hope to ^
"put in good condition" with so small
an amount? Aside from that, the 8
road law says that it shall be the ^
duty of the Commissioners to ap- c
point Overseers, and these Overseers ^
shall warn out all who are eligible to ^
road duty and snaa put trie roads m | ?
traveling condition. If all those i ^
who are eligible to road duty are ?
exempt frcm eight days labor on the ^
public highways by paying one dol- 8
lar, how many hands can we expect *
to hire to fill their places at 12^ cents *
per day ? I should say it would take *
quite a financier to work out the
problem upon such a basis?pay out c
a dollar to get rid of eight days work ^
and then work eight days to get it
back. That's wise legislating.
Since this road law has been
changed to what it is now, it would 1
be the means of teaching those
who introduced and supported it, a
well learned lessoD, if they were
forced to take charge of the roads all
over the State and keep them in a
good condition on their twelve and
a half cents per day system. If there r
should have been aDy cbaDge in this j
law it would have been wisdom if the
c
tax had been raised. Such a pro- j c
cedure would have been the means j
of better roads. Next year I reckon
it will have to be changed again,
for I know the established precedent
of annual changing cannot be broken, looa
+] !?? Sinlnna linvo nnfliinrr fr?
? 6 I
I have received several cards and ;
letters from Overseers saying that if ?
it were necessary for this tax to have j
been changed at all, it should have j
been raised tc four dollars. It is ]
certain that such a change would not !
have put the Board of Commissioners j j
in 3uch an embarrassing position, j
How the roads are to be kept up now j -j
under such measly legislation I can- j t
not see. We call on the wise author i
and supporters ot that bill to explain, i r
P. H. Craps,
Supervisor Lexington County. ' ?
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Annual Missionary Meeting, j t
The Columbia District Foreign
Missionary Society has just closed its j 1
annual meeting at Irmo in the M. E. | ]
church, April (b.h. It was certainly i c
a blessing as well as pleasure to
attend such a meeting. We had our 1
State Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Hum- 1
bert, also Mrs. Tony, our District f
EC. ^OaTCKTXC
EET, are
of Your Valued .
Secretary, with ue. Both very intelligent.
nnble. Christian ladies and
are so full of missionary zeal.
Mrs. Humbert gave us several interesting
talks on the great need of
foreign missions. There is much to
be learned from all she says. One ;
the visible results was the organisation
of a nice Juvenile society
imong the children, and a few new
members to our W. F. M. Society.
The children seemed to be deeply J
nterested in everything Mrs. Humbert
said to them, especially one little
x>y, (Thomas Shealy), who seemed \
;o drink into his mind and soul every
l; -t-- r U?
.DlUg 8U6 ??UU. JL l/LliUK L1C 13 gUlUg
io make a 9plendid worker.
Dr. W. W. Daniel, of Columbia
Female College, gave us a fine misiionary
sermon Sunday morning and
Sunday night he seemed to be so
mbued with the Spirit that he sur)assed
his morning sermon. He
vas perfectly eloquent and held the
:ongregation almost spellbound.
We are much indebted to Mrs. C.
3. Stanley, of Columbia, for most of
>ur music. She very kindly consented
to help, and she plays well. She
vith one of our members gave us a
ioIo and duet, both of which were
'ery much appreciated (so lam told)
Our Epworth Orphanage was replented
by Miss Ethel Jackson. We
earn from her report that they are ,
loing good work among the children
here in many ways. They have a ,
l"uvenile society among the children, .
;nd some are very muen interested.
)ne little girl has expressed her 5
jreafc desire to be a Doctor in some
leathen land. I hope that she may <
ome day go and carry healing to the
>ody, and show them the one who
teals the soul, while she ministers to
heir bodies.
We hope much more good may
ome out of this meeting than has
>een shown.
We will bo glad to have another
neeting of this same kind when our
ister societies see best to give it to
is. One Who Attended.
Irmo, S. G, April 7, 1902.
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Buckshoal, N. C.
Four years ago I was helpless
vith a misery in my back. I could
lot turn myself in bed. I was treatid
by my physician, but he did me
10 good. I took one bottle of Dr. j
Baker's Female Regulator and it j
lured me. I think there is no m&di:ine
on earth like it.
Mrs. Emma E. Myers.
For sale at the Bazaar.
White Bock Whittling^.
Co the Editor of the Dispatch:
I
Superintendent of Education, Jno.
5. Derrick, and wife and Misses
Haggie and Eva Derrick, worshiped
it their old home church, Bethel. ,
ast Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Greever, of
Columbia, visited at the parsonage 1
ast Wednesday.
The road from White Rock to
i
Lever's Ferry is still in a bad condiion.
Farming operations are backward
>n account of cold and rain.
Rev. 0. B. Sbearouse has accepted
l call to the St. Jacob's pastorate,
tnd will take charge of the work the
irst of May.
v cujvjjcu iuc i;iuoijj? c^aticc ui
tfr. R. P. Site's school at Spring :
3ill last Friday night. It was truly
sreditable.
By some accident, little uCincsy"
iliddle was severely burned one day i
ast week. She has been doiDg badly i
or some time. S. C. B.
dist,
Patronage. Polite anc
A Negro Desperado's Deadly
Work.
Tuscumbia, Ala., April G.?la a
desperate battle, fought near this
place today between a sheriff's posse
and Will Reynolds, a negro desperado,
two members of the posse were killed
and seven wounded by the deadly
fusillade of the negro, who afterward
was killed and his body thrown in a
burning building. The dead: Hugh
Jones, Bob Wallace, Will Reynolds,
colored; The wounded: Sheriff Gassaway,
mortally; Will Gassaway, mortally;
P. A. Prout, fatally: J. K.
Payne, seriously; Jessie David, Jim
Finney, Robert Paterson. Early today,
accompanied by Will Ga3saway,
a deputy sheriff went to a negro settlement
"Knardtowr,v to arrest Will
Reynolds, on a charge of obtaining
goods under false pretenses. The
negro was barricaded in a house and
opened are with a Winchester, mortally
wounding Sheriff Gassaway and
Will Gassaway, who was some 300
yards away.
As soon a9 the news of the encounter
reached Tuecumbia, a posse left
for the scene. Owing to the location
none of tha cfficers could venture
within the open space. Dynamite
wa3 procured and the house in which
l 3 ~ j u: *
tut; urgtu uuu luiwueu uiuistsu was
fired upon but to no effect. At 1
o'clock Capt. Simpson of the Wheeler
Rifles arrived with 12 guns and 1,000
cartridges which were distributed
among 12 picked men. This company
was stationed around the house
and riddled it, but the negro had
taken refuge in the cellar and returned
the fire, killing Jones and
wounding Finney. Coal oil was then
procured aud after four hours of hard
work the adjoining houses to that in
which the negro was were fired. At
8 o'clock tonight the house in which
the negro was located was fired by
I t TT'J t n 1 V "1 * J1
tiie ? neeier ismee, wno naci arrivea
on the sceDe. The negro tied to a
shed and reopened fire, killing "Wallace
and wounding Davis but. fell in
the next volley from the posse and
militiamen. The crowd, numbering
1,000, seized the riddled body and
threw it in the burning building.
"Wallace was killed while advancing
on the negro, who shot him through
the body. His body fell in the burning
debris, but was recovered. Davis,
Wallace 3nd Falkner were the men
who fired the building.
Relic seekers badly mutilated the
body.
Three houses were burned in the
efforts to reach the negro and several
horses were killed in the battle.
Tonight it is reported that the
sheriff and his brother have no chance
to live. So deadly was the negro's
aim that it was possibly an hour before
the body of Prout could be recovered.
Not a shot was fired by
Reynolds that did not tell when those
whom he was firing on could be seen.
The excitement all day was intense.
Fully 2,000 people from Florence and
Sheffield were here and every surgeon
in the town was pressed into service.
No uprising among the negroes is
anticipated.
ITs-srs from Calla.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The weather is quite changeable.
There i3 some sickness in this community.
Farmers are busy preparing their
land for a crop.
Easter was very dull with us. It
seemed a-s if the hers were on a
Btrike.
Mrs. Frances Coogler, who has
COLUMBIA, 8.
i Prompt Attention.
Oct<
been quite sick for several weeks, we
are glad to say, is up again.
! Mr. John Busby accompanied by
\Tr .Tim h a r\man tttqo 1 Vi o mi oaf. r>f
11X1 IflLU VUapLUUUj U UU IJ-IV-, ^ UVyUU V*
j his aunt, Mrs. Ann Coogler, last
j Sunday.
I Mrs. H. H. Eleazer made a visit
1 to relatives in the sand hills last
; week.
j Misses. Bessie and Tillie Coogler
i visited their sister, Mrs. A. A. Meetze,
I last week.
i
! The school at this place is progress|
ing nicely under the care of 0. F.
I Nunamaker.
Mrs. Anu Coogler is spending a
i few days with her mother at Selma.
Mr. M. L. Bouknight, who is at{
tending Newberry college, has come
i home to find the rabbits.
Misses. Myrtle and Eva Bookman,
accompanied by their escort, Mr. H.
E. Mclntire, attended the Easter
tmnf of Trmn
Mr. Johnnie Busbardt of Dear I
Newberry, is keeping a cattle farm
on Broad river and. resides with his
aunt, Mrs. Sallie Bookman.
Misses. Lottie, Carrie and Saliie
Eleezer attend service at Shady
Grove last Sunday.
Success to the Dispatch.
Puer.
o
You Know What You Are
Taking
TVhen you take Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottie show
mg that it is simply Iron and (famine
in a tasteless form, No Cure, No Pay.
50c
Dots from Ballentine.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The health of our community is
very good at present, with the exception
of Mrs. S. J. Puddle, although
we are glad to say she is on the road
of improvement.
| Small grain that the cold has left
is looking fine.
| Farmers of this.section are very ,
i busy beginning their crop3. They J
j are somewhat far behind on account j
j of the continued rains.
Pallentine seems to be a very prosj
perous little place. I-, i3 noted for
i its lnmlipr tvnnri anr? prnss tip Vnisi
' ness.
j Mrs. H. H. Eleazer and children 1
from Cilia visited Mrs. G R. Shealy's
1 family last Saturday night.
I A great many people from around j
here went to High Hill last Sunday
! and report a very large congrega* ;
! tion.
j Miss loez Riddle has returned
i home from GastoD, where she has ;
j been teaching pchool.
I Our school at this place closed last j
! Friday evening and we surely regret
j j
! the absence of our teacher.
Misses Gertrude Bobb and* Jossie
1 Riddle boarded the train for Irmo |
! last Saturday evening to attend the
| Missionary Convention at that place.
I Mr. and Mrs. R W. Haltiwanger,
j from near Columbia, are visiting the
family of Mr. D. W. Ballentine, of
i i i i k y T? l
tins place. Apple rnossom. .
April 7, 1902.
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Mothers! Mothers! Mothers!
How many children are at tbis sea- !
' son feverish and constipated, with j
i bad stomach. Mother Gray's Sweet
Powders for Children will always
cure. If worms are present they will
! certainly remove them. At all druggists.
25 cts. Sample mailed Free.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy,
j N. Y.
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' Please settle for your paper.
c., i
Dber istf Sir
Party Instructions.
The following circular has been
issued to Democrats in the State by
SpprpforT7 finntor /if fli/i
vvu? J VIUUIVI) Ui IUO CACl/UUIC
committee, explaining the mode of
reorganizing the party, as required
by the constitution:
Columbia, S. C , April 4th, 1902.
To the Democrats of South Carolina:
For the benefit of the Democratic
voters in reorganizing the Democratic
parity this year the following information
is given:
The State democratic executive
committee has instructed the county
chairmen to issue a call for a meeting
of the respective townships and
ward clubs to be held on the fourth
Saturday in April. When convened,
these clubs shall each have a distinct
title, "The Democratic club" and
shall elect a president, one or more
vice-presidents, a recording and a corresponding
secretary, and shall have
the following working committees of
not l?>ss than three members each: a
committee on registration, an executive
committee and such other committees
as may be deemed expedient.
Each club shall elect a member of
the county executive committee, under
the control of which the clubs
Rhall hft he-Id tnorethpr nnd nnevafo
-~D --
The county executive committee shall
elect its own officers, except the chairman,
who shall be elected by the convention.
These officers need Dot
necessarily be members of the committee.
The clubs shall elect delegates
to the county convention?one
delegate for each twenty five members
and one delegate for a majority
fraction thereof.
The county convention, when assembled,
shall be called to order by
the chairman of the executive committee,
and the county convention
shall proceed to nominate and elect
from among its members a president,
one or more vice-presidents, a secretary
and a treasurer, and shall be
held on the first Monday in May.
Thft ennntv ennvpntinn rViaII pWf,
? ? .J ?? . ?
delegates to the State convention,
each county being entitled to double
the number of delegates a& it has
members of the general assembly.
The State convention has been called
to meet on the third Wednesday in
May in the city of Columbia at 12 m.
Each county convention must, at
the meeting on the tirst Monday in
May, elect a member of the State
Democratic executive committee.
Each county delegation to a State
convention shall have power to fill
any vacancy therein. The State convention
shall be called to order by
the chairman of the State Democratic
executive committee. A temporary
chairman shall be elected by the convention.
and when organized shall
' o
elect a president, vice-president from
each congressional district, two secretaries
and a treasurer.
U. X. Gunter, Jr.,
Sec. State Dem. Ex. Com.
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Why Take Any Chances
With some new and untried medicine
for such serious troubles as diarrhoea,
cramps, dysentery, when you
should know that for over half a century
Painkiller has cured millions of
cases ? Look out for imitations, there
is only one genuine, "Perry DavisV'
-
The New Mail Route.
A letter from Congressman Lever '
says that the Inspector in charge of
IayiDg out a second rural free delivery
from this post office, will reach
here about the 20th inst. This route
will go from here towards Mr. W. Q.
M. Berley's.
in mi mil ii wi ?nmm?win him him in mi inn?i Mimir?Ti