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II III I II ! II II I !!! Bill I ? lllllll 111 Wt The Lexington Dispatch Wednesday, April 16, 1902. The G-lory of the Brass Band. Harvey Sutherland thus describee in Ainelee's Magazine the glories and Dossibilities of the village brass band: ' Oh, listen to the band! Oh, ain't it something grand?"' "How it may be iD Europe I cannot pretend to say, but in this coun' try a town without a brass band of its own must be a poor thing, shamefully lacking in local pride and public spirit, a town with no Ugit-up" to it at all. I do not know that there are such. I hope not. "I like to think that everywhere in my country they speak in an tffec tionate way of the musiciaDS as 'tne band boys,' and brag about how much better they can play than the Mt. Victory band. I like to think that all the merchants and storekeepers in town helped out when the band . was organized and the fellows came around soliciting subscriptions for the first payment on the instruments, and that when the other installments fall oTToruKortv hnvs tickets to the UUOV.WJW-J J - ( home talent miDstrel shows got up to raise the money, not only because ?> there will be more fun than a little, ( but also because tbey wish them good luck. And how proud we all are of them when the boys' turn out , for the first time in their new uni- , forms! Talk about Solomon in all his glory, I have seen bandsmen that would make him look like he bad overalls on. And the drum majoi! . If I could be a drum major for a liv- 1 iDg, lock the part and dre38 up like < him and walk in front of the band, .< tossing up my silver knobbed baton i and catchiDg it again the way he does, i T wnnld nnt bother mv head about 1 beiDg President of the United States Not for a mioute. I can just see the i bandstand on Main street, cr perhaps i in the court house yard, where on i Saturday nights the band gave con- < certs by torchlight and playp, "On i Duty March/ and "Helter Skelter Galop," and maybe "No. 23 in the Black Book,1' while the farmers listen well paid for the long drive in from ^ the country 10 or 15 miles. Fair times, political ralliep, firemen's tournaments, ball games, Decoration days, Fourth of July, I can see the boys swagger along in the middle of the street, and bear the drums roll 'Prrrrrr rcmpom!* before the tune strikes up. When they brought home Col. Clayburn's body and led his rideless horse behind the hearse, i it was the baDd playing Webster's | Funeral March with a handkerchief j stuffed betwefn the snares cf the ] tenor drum to muffle its sharp note that made all seem so solemD, and who can forget hoW lonesome sounded the melody of 'taps' on one single cornet just before the grave was filled in? ] "Inseparable from all civic func- J tions, the band has in the country town nearer and more neighborly as- 1 ^ 8X*iations. For example, when'Squire Morgan and his wife celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. Everybody thought the world and all of the old 'squire and aunt Margaret, and so, for a surprise, when it got dark, the band boys slipped quietly into the front yard and began to play 'When You and I Were Young, Maggie." It is sweet old tune, and we all stopped our chatter to listen. As it floated in on the warm June air scented with honeysuckles, something clutched at our throats and made them ache. Bnt now we are aged and gray. Maggie, The trials of life aTe nearly done: Let U3 sing of the days that have gore, Maggie. Waen yon and I were young., "The two old people stood listening. Their lips trembled, aDd the * tcarfl fitnlfl into their eves. Their t>VW? W ~ ~ ? %s hands sought and clasped each other's. When the not >s ceased aEd the old squire when out on the poach to thank the boys his voice broke and he couJd only beckon to them. And then they came trooping in, and th9 whole posse of them, all laughing and wishing maDy happy returns of the day. And how those fellows did make the ice cream and cake variat! You would have thought, they were hollow j to the heels. Regular cut upy, all of them. Such a tim*! "I like to think that in every town in the land tonight somebody is prac ticing on his 'looby' out ia the barn j with a lantern?tuba make* a noise j in the house?and goiDg, 'Ponmp? j poornp?pocmpoompocEopoom,' and ihat out. on the Milville road the tenor horn is slapping his foot en the flpor for the accented beats and tooting on the cff. beats: 'Hoof ta, hcofta, bobf-tatty-ta-tcy and the alto born has his bock on the kitchsn table, propped 8gainst the coffee pot, and j blowing, T a a-t a 8?Ah-ta-ta. and j that the soprano cornet is working at j - - - - . -? n J bis part with his chest raised aDd a , surprised and swelled up lock on bis face. Each of tfcem fiom time to time wipes his mouth piece and then j his puffed lips ard says to himself,! 'Dad blame it! Why can't I get that thing right?' "I like to think of that regular practice night (Tuesday, I tbiDkit is) in the up stairs of Rook and Ladder No. 1. Each fellow carries bis in ' i _ 11 j ? : T I strumens to trie Dan aoue up in a uag, and before practice begins they all bleat away, each playing over his own part regardless cf what the others ! are doing. By-aDd-by comes the | sharp rattle of the leader's baton, and in the silence the chairs scrape and squeal as they are hitched into a semi-circle on the bare floor. 'Now, we got a new piece,' said the leader; i 'but now I guess we had better start in on No. 16. Now, boys, quit your FooliDg. Attention now,' One, two, three, four, one, two, three, tat-ta rattat tea! and away they gc." Better Than Pills. The question has been asked, "In what way are Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets superior to pills?" Our answer is: They are easier and mo^ pleasant to take, more mild and zentle in effect and more reliable as they can always be depended upon Then they cleanse and invigorate the 3tomach end leave the bowels in a oatural condition, while pills are cnore harsh in effect and their use is jften followed by constipation. For =ale by J. E. Kaufmann. A Puzzle that Pussies. Take the number of i cur living ; brothers. Double this rmount. A J J 4- ? 4- V* v r\ rs /1UU LU it IUICD. Multiply the result'by fivs. Add to it the cumber of Kvirg sisters. Multiply the result by 10. Add cumber of deaths of brothers md sisters. Substract 150 from the result. The right hand figure win be number of deaths: the middle figure will be number of living sisters, and the left figure will show the number of living brothers. Try this in your own case. The greatest man is he who troubles himself the least about the verdict that may be passed upon him by posterity, but who finds in doing good honest work to the best of his ability, ander existing conditions, "'its own j pxeeeding great reward " ImniERHOOsI 8 The greatest ambition of Amcr- E g ican men and women is to have jf | homes blessed with children. The g 1? v-?iuaix iiimcieu "v\ JLXI ieiliaiC CilS- 0 ease is constantly menaced with g becoming a childless wjfe. No a medicine can restore dead or- jl gaiis, but Wine of Cardui docs gjj regulate derangements that pre- y vent conception; does prevent 9 miscarriage; does restore weak pf functions and shattered nerves and docs bring babies to homes $ barren and desolate for years. B Wine of Cardui gives women the gg ! health and strength to bear heal- H thy children. You can get a B dollar bottle of Wine of Cardui B from your dealer. ^ JS ! 143 Market fetrect, Memphis, Tenm, April 11, 2901. B I In February, 1901,1 took one bottle of Sj Wine of C'rdri and ono package of H Thcdford's Mack-Draught, i had been gj married fifteen years end had Jiever 3j given birt.a io a ehild un* il I took \V3 ie gj Kg oi v urui. . ') > i amnotncroi a line H B babysirl v/Iiieh w i born Unreh 3', 1901. vs | The baby weigjis ft>u:te u pounds and i jS be v.'iiiiout .Vine ' .f ( ar'ini in my bo.)srt 0 Q For advice no<l bioraiiuv. ?fWr.-*5s, "ivinjr O w Th'' < an i.iuooga t oinoany, S Primary Elections. Darnel YVb-ter said in bis day and generation: k It is time to do awaj with caucuses. They make great men little and little men great. The true source of power is the people." Per haps we have made some advancement in our political methods since then, but it is still a far cry into the future to the political millennium. The State of M nneso'a proceeding upon the theory <.f Webster that "the true source of power is the people,' h*s taken a decided stepintbi3 direction. the effects of which other com raoDwealths may do well to thoroughly consider. The Minnesota plan embraces two ideas combined in one procedure called a "primary election.' Idea No. 1 is that the people shall dc their own nominating instead of delegating that power to conventions. Idea No. 2 is that they shall do their nominating almost exactly as they do tbeir electing, with all the conveniences and safeguards now found on the general election day and with all patties doing the woik at the same time and in the same place. We have this idea well developed in our primary system iD South Carolina as to the Democratic party. In carrying out the second idea a ballot is provided for each party, and as the voter comes to the rail he must name which party ballot he waDts. If required he must take oath that in general he supported the ticket of that party at the last election and means to support it at the coming election. A convert, then, must abstain from caucuses for a year, a sort of political penance of a season of prayerful meditation that any neophyte ought to expect. The more practical phase of it is that this leesens the chance of packing the primary with voters of another party. This plan of primary elections is no lorg^r an experiment, but has proved entirely satisfactory in practical operation. Speaking of itawritfr in the National Magazine says: "The Minnesota plan lets any man be a candidate who will pay a small fee f? r having his name put on the ballot Parlor caucuses cannot dictate nominations. The machine candidate stands no better chance than any other candidate. No aspirant need put himself under obligations to ring or bo83 or corporation before he will have a ghost of a show. Nominees will go to the polls unhampered by promises. Those elected will fill their their office with obligations only tc the electors, the people* Political debts will no longer clog and hamper and embarrass." Manifestly in a Republican form of government the political methods ?i--1- ? iL. 1 _ l WlilCU giVfe? iut) {JtiUpitJ IUB opportunity to express their will and have it carried into effect is most in harmony with the spirit of cur innthufions. Frequently under the caucus system which prevails in other Stateu, it is not the will of the people, but the will of a faction or individual, a ring: or a boss which is registered in the nomination of candidates for office. The Minnesota plan is worthy cf emulation.?Spartanburg Journal. Greenville, Tenn. I have thoroughly convinced myself that Dr. Baker's Blood and Liver Cure is the finest medicine mace for Indigestion and Constipa tion. (I have tried them all) and was cured by thr use of this medicine, after all others had failed. 1 1 i? 1 t 3 1 ? A _ A? 1_ most- cneeriuuy aDa unuesnaungij endorse it. Yours truly, H. N. Baker, Mayor. For sale at tbe Bazaar. - ? + Talmage Dying. Washington, April 9 ?Grave fears are entertained for the recovery ol Dr. Talmage today. A relapse followed almost immediately after his daughter's wedding yesterday. Tkt patient's condition grew alarming and he has been gradually sinking since. He no longer responds tc treatment and his death is expected momentarily. ITegicct Means Danger. Don't neglect biliousness and constipation. Your health will sutfci nuvrrtflnpriflv if vnij fin "c Little Early Risers cure such cases M. R. Smith, Butternut, Mich , saj> DeWitt's Little Early Risers uie tee most eati.-factory pills I ever took. Never grippe or cause nausea." J. E. Kaufmatm. ' J^^otesL| Call to Democrats. Batesburg, April Otb, 1902. To the Cemocrats of Lexington Co.: In accordance with the order of , the State Executive Committee, I , hereby call the Democratic clubs of Lexington county to assemble on i Saturday, April 2Gtb, for the purpose of reorganizing and electing delegates to the county convention to be held on May 5th in accordance with article , 2 of th9 constitution of the Democratic party of South Carolina. The } county conventions when so assem- | f bled will elect delegates to the State convention, and each county will be entitled to double its representation . in the legislature in that convention and to elect a county chairman and a member of the State Democratic executive committee. , Respectfully, H. A. Spann. Chairman Executive Committee. The State democratic executive committee has instructed the county chairmen t) issue a call for a meetI icg 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 clubhand shall elect a president, one or more vice-presidents, a recording and a corresponding secretary, and shall have the following working committees of not less than three members each: a I committee on registration, an executive committee and such other com! mittees as may be deemed expedient. Each club shall elect a member of , the county executive committee, under the control of which the clubs shall be held together and operate. . The county executive committee shall elect its own officers, except the chairman whr> shall he elected bv the con- I , vention. These officers need cot necessarily be members of the committee. The clubs shall elect delegates to the county convention?one delegate for each twenty ^ve mem, bers and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof. The county convention, when assembled, shall be called to order by J 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 secre- j tary and a treasurer, and shall be j held on the first Monday in May. [ The county convention shall elect delegates to the State convention, ! I <=> I each county being entitled to double I | the number of delegates as it has members of the general assembly. The State convention has been called r to meet on the third Wednesday in May in the city of Columbia at 12 m. Each county convention mu6t, at the meeting on the first Monday in May, elect a member of the State Democratic executive committee. 3 Each county delegation to a State f convention shall have power to fill - any vacancy therein. The State ccn3 vention shall be called to order by the chairman of the State Democratic executive committee. A temporary chairman shall be elected by the con> vention, and when organized shall . , . T f | I elect a president, vice-presiueni irom ; each congressional district, two secretaries and a treasurer. U. X. Gunter, Jr., Sec State Dppj. Ex. Cum. Hilton's Life for I ! the Liver and Kid j ' neys will cure | dyspepsia. I Cohsns 5k Store J ^ ^ ^ 16;^G STREET, ^ ^ Col"U.m."bia,.. S- C-, |> -w8L' !S THE PLACE TO GET THE ^ BEST SHOES AT THE LOW- M <?> EST PRICES. jgjj 4f EVERY SHOE SOLD WARRAN- <? # TED. .V I COHEN'S SHOE STORE I Decembo 13?3m. jpj|: <f* jj? yv yyn a> al As. .;'2v'?yV VS. ZAL /is ' VS W r^K." VS. /Hi. W ? ? ????? i MBTW? nrWWPM ?i " ???????HKgJ?W??WDB?????K???i??W???i* [!harlestonT]qor,^ash andT umberHo MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, MILL WORK AND LUMBER. -?>v "Wefirnaffl 1 CATAT^OG-TTS ( CTTPSiESS A1TD f r A i WW riUiW VAAMWVVi f vow u MMUW w* w ?? > ^ ? ? We Save You Honey. > Seat ] YELLOW PINE Our Goods are the Best.) on Bequest. 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