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WMWMMWPB?????B?g??? Tiie Lexington Dispatch LEXINGTON. S. C.. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months 50 Three Months 25 ADVERTISING RATES. Regular Advertising, first insertion, 75 cents per inch; each insertion thereafter, 50 cents per inch. Local notices. 5 cents per line each insertion; no local accepted for less than 25 cents for first insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word for every word over 10U words. Marriage notices inserted free and are solictecL Rates for contract advertising will be cheerfully furnished on application Anonynions communications will receive no attention. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless accompamed by stamps for the purpose. For 8ny farther information call on or ad; dress. G. M. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher. Wednesday, May 7, 1902. We caDnot help but remark upon fcho harmonious work of the County Convention last Monday. There was a total absence of all bitterness and factionalism, and Reformers and Conservatives agreed touching one thing and that was to send a delega tion to Columbia that for ability, patriotism and conservatism would have no superior. Factionalism and political strife are forever buried in this county. In regard to the failure of the convention to pass resolutions endorsing the candidacy of Congressman Lever and other candidates for State offices we take this occasion to say that the friends of these candidates thought it best not to have the convention to endorse them by resolutions but to allow them to go before the people on their own merits, and on the same footing as candidates from other counties. Had their friends deemed it advisable the convention would have unanimously passed strong resolutions of endorsement. But we do not believe in forestalling a primary election. We propose to endorse i - 1 TT* T lit. t&e cancuaacy or -a., r. uever wnu oar ballots iff the primary election at which lime he will receive practically the solid vote of the county, and as to the other candidates the county will handsomely support them with a large majority. Conventions are not the place to endorse candidates, for to do so would be an abandoment of the primary system of nominating candidates for office and would mean a return to the convention plan. Again it is not fair to those candidates from the different counties. They should be allowed to enter the campaign feeling that they are as free to seek support as their opponent. We grant that it is very pleasant and natural too for a candidate to have resolutions passed by his fellow citizens endorsing him for office but we submit under the primary system that it will be far more pleasacter for him to be endorsed by his fellow citizens with their ballots at the v polls. In an address issued to the people of the State under date of May 3rd, Senator John L. McL&urin announces his determination not to stand for re-election as "doited States Senator in the approaching primary election. The chief reason he assigns for taking this step is his unwillingness to be bound by the Kansas City platform and declines to be made an exception to the proposed rule. He claims that "the primary Byetem adopted in our State through the 'Farmers' Movement' has been prostituted and perverted into a political machine for the purpose of excluding all nandidatss who are not io full ac cord with the views and wishes of the dictator." The day for the opening of the St. Louis Exposition has been changed from 1903 to 1934. This change was made at the request of several foreign countries which desire to make exhibits but find* it impossible to get ready by the date originally fixed. Then again some of the States have made appropriations to get up exhibits but the money will cot be available for this purposes until after the next collection of taxes which would no: be time enough to prepare a creditable display, so that the board of directors of the exposition company has deemed it to the best interest of all concerned to postpone the fair for a year. The trouble at Clemsou is very unfortunate and is to be greatly deplored by the friends of that institution. It seems to U9 from reading the accounts of the trouble aDd the causes which led up to the sophomore class leaving the college in a body, that the exercise of a little judgment and discretion on the part of both the faculty and the students the differences between them could have been amicably and satisfactorily adjusted. As it is now the facculfcy cannot recede from its position ? ..U -3; ufn/lflnfa nop WILLI Ul^Liil^' ttJJU IUT ntuucuuo uwt.. not return to their studies without doing violence to their self respect as they publicly accused the faculty of incompetency and partiality. During the debate on the pension bill the other day by the lower house of Congress, Representative Talbert, of South Carolina, got off the following hit on the lawyers. Representative Vandiver of Missouri took exceptions to Bome remark of Mr. Talbert's, and said: <kNow if my friend was a lawyer he would understand these things." Talbert sprang to his feet and in tones of mock indignation cried: ^ *\But 1 am not a lawyer, jl am an honest man. Therefore I cannot understand these pension things." Senator Mark Hanna characterizes the situation in the coal region as beiDg extremely delicate and fraught with grave danger to the Republican party. The defeat of that party in the next national election is something to be greatly desired aDd its consummation would be hailed with great rejoicing by the country at large, which is becoming sick unto death under the rule, of rings, cliques, trusts and combinations, which are the natural and legitimate offsprings of the Republican party. Only a few of the county conventions held throughout the State MonaVinwpd a diflnnfcitinn" tn radicallv change the party rules and to adopt an iron clad oath to support the Kansas City platform. It is a significant fact that the conventions most vehement in their demand for a change were those dominated by an element which, while they did not themselves support the independent movement of 1890, condoned the cffenso of others who did so. There is a great clash between capital and labor in various sections of this country. May 1st witnessed the inauguration of many strikes in various branches of industry. There is considerable unrest in labor circles and much dissatisfaction exists. The principle cause of friction seems to be the demand of labor for shorter hours with ten hours' pay. This capital refuses to concede. Attornev General Knox, of Presi dent Roosevelt's Cabinet, is after the beef trust with a sharp stick and proposes to make it hot for these beef barcns who have unlawfully, it is claimed, raised the price of this article of food as to place dressed meats beyond the reach of the poor. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson died at his home in Washington on the afternoon of May 6th. The immediate cause of his death was a severe cerebral hemorrhage, but he has been in declining health f~ a year or more and his death was, therefore, not unexpected. Admiral and Mrs. Schley have been visiting in Tennessee and other Southern States and the ovations that they have received shows that . ? ? i i ?ii 11 _ trie Santiago nero is etui me people's idol. Three young cadets of the KiDg's Mountain Military Academy were drowned on the afternoon of May 6.b, while bathing in Black's mill pmd, two miles west of Yorkville. Secretary Squiers, of the Pekin legation, has been selected by President Koosevelt to be Minister to Cuba. The case of the State vs. C. W. Sollee, charged with shootiDg E. L. Asbill, Etq, was called for trial at the Sulada term of court which convened Monday, but was postponed on account of the illness of Mr. Asbill. Batesburg Notes. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The beautiful weather has had the effect of stirring up the candidates, as well as vegetation, and the prospects are good for a plentiful yield of the two above commodities and we may aDo include the fruit crop. We are glad for all these things and by no means will discourage the ambition of good men to fill the offices of trust in our commonwealth, but bid them come and bespeak for them all fair and courteous treatment at the hands of our citizens. Quite a number of our people attended the County Convention yesterday and we are pleased to note I that some of our best men have been included in the delegation to the State Convention. Both, Dr. Timmerman and Representative Towill, are safe and intelligent and the people will not suffer while their interests are in their hands. The re-election of H. A Spann as County Chairman, give9 satisfaction and assures us of a fair and proper campaign. Senator W. H. Sharpe is in town today. He is an avowed candidate for Comptroller General and feels confident of success in the canvass this year. J. T. Gantt, chief clerk in the office of Secretary of State, is in tA/lnm TTa ia o aandidafo far IUVVU luuajr. i IP 10 a tauumauu ?\jl the office of Secretary of State in the Primary this summer. Politics is very quiet with us now, and the principle race of us here is th6 scramble for the filthy lucre and the things it will secure. Business is moderate and the future prospects good. The case of C. W. Sollee, for sL otiDg Col. Asbill last fall, was called at Saluda court yesterday and continued to next term of court. On Friday a. m., the barn and stables of W. K. Shealy, an industrious farmer on the Saluda side, v e e burned before day. The building and contents, three mules, one horse end two miich cows were desiro/ed. Great indignation prevails and the wretched incendiary will likely get his deserts should he be discovered. Occasional. . May 6, 1902. Men Will Be Boys. In the excitement of a lively exercise like boat-racing or ball-playing, they will strain their muscles and go home limping and sore. Then they are glad they have Perry Davis' Painkiller on hand to soothe the quivering nerves; to penetrate the muscles with warmth and healing power. It has relieved the pain of two generations of Americans. Large bottles 25 and 50 cents. Fair Notice. There will be a premium of $10 awarded to the citizen of Lexington county, by the Lexington Fair Association, for the best crop of cotton raised upon an acre of land in the county during the year 1902; having regard to quantity of seed cotton, amount of lint and its grade. Said cotton to be gathered by the 15th of October, 1902, and the picking and everything of which shall be superintended by a committee of three disinterested citizens to be appointed by the president of the association, with the further condition that the said cotton shall be placed on exhibition at the county fair for 1902, at which time the same will be graded and said premium awarded. Provided there are at least ten competitors to en?r the contest, who will give their names to the Secretary if the association and will pay to the Treasurer the sum of one dollar each for the piivilege of entering said contest, on or before the 1st day of July, 1902. There will also be a premium of 810 awarded for the beet production of corn by a citizen of Lexington county upon one acre of land iu said county for the year 1902, upon the same terms and condi:ions. J. H. Counts, Pres. J. A. Muller, Sec. - ? ? - - . Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in oDe day. No cure, no pay. Price 25 cents. l You Can Lemds&H&p&e to water but you can't make him drink. You can't make him eat either. You can stuff food into a thin man's stomach but that doesn't make him use it. Scott's Emulsion can make him use it. How? By making him hungry, of course. Scott's Emulsion makes a thin body hungry all over. Thought a thin body was naturally hungry didn't you ? Well it isn't. A thin body is asleep?not working?s^one on a strike. o o It doesn't try to use it's food. Scott's Emulsion wakes it up?puts it to work again making new flesh, That's the way to get fat. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl St, N. Y 50c aad $1.00; all druggists. HAVE WOMEN INTUITION? One Writer Says They Have Never Shown It In Literature. Literature is the final expression of human thought. If women can lay claim to a special faculty of intuition, why do they not manifest it in their I writings? Intuition, if it means anything. means the faculty that gets down to the germ of actions and characteristics and focuses ey ernal traits into a central verity recognizable to the general public. Now, there are more female writers than male. No woman poet has ever written an In evitable line, a line that Hashes spontaneously out of the unknown and casts an illuminating light upon the abyss. Woman has added practically nothing to our stock of familiar quotations. Take down your Bartlett or your anthology, and you may be surprised to find that from Mrs. Browning to Mrs. Moynell women have never coined a phrase which has passed into the common currency of speech. Mrs. Browning has indeed written fine lines, but nothing of hers can be said to have become a household word. Nor has any woman novelist created any character that is generally recognized as typical. George Eliot has come closest with her Tito Melema and Mrs. Poyser. You would appeal only to the educated few if you described a person as a Tito or a Poyser. But call a man a Don Quixote, a Micawber. a Dogberry, a Falstaff, a Colonel Newcome, a Fulfil, a Parson Adams or Bob Acres, call a woman a Mrs. Malaprop, a Becky Sharp, a Beatrice, a Diana Vernon, a Meg Merrilies, and even the illiterate ^ ill mentally classify the individual as you wish him or her to be classified. "Ah, but," you say, "in real life women are the true intuitions. They size up a man or a woman at a glance. They are never mistaken when they trust to their instincts." I can only testify to my own experience. I have not found that women's snap judgments of character are imbued with any special verity. They form likes or dislikes quicker than a man does because they are quicker1 on j the trigger of conjecture. They can only be one of two things, right or wrong. If time proves that they are right, as they must be in 50 per cent of cases, the right guess is remembered and treasured up by the slower minded man as an extraordinary instance of intuition. The wrong guess is forgotten.?William S. Walsh in Era. To Snve Tempers and Collar*. "You button your collar the wrong way," said the salesman as he was selling neckwear to a customer. "How is that?" "You have buttoned the right side last. Now, when you go to take it off you will have to tug at the end of the collar and crumple it, because you can't get a proper hold of it. but if you had the left end on top you could get it off easily, then loosen the collar behind. and the right end could be easily detached. That's why men have so much trouble taking off well iaundered collars. Remember to fasten the right side first and then the left, and you will save your collars and your temper." "I never supposed there was a right and a wrong way of putting on collars." "Try both ways and you will see."? New York Times. Astronomical Solution*. Though 300 years have elapsed since the death of Tyclio Bra he, it appears that we are in many lines almost as far from the ultimate goal as when he began the great work of exploring the skies before the days of Kepler, when all Europe was slumbering in intellectual darkness. The science of the stars | indeed has been refined and perfected in an unparalleled degree and infinitely extended in all directions, but with the bounds of darkness pushed back step by step tiie goal is not and never will be in sight. An infinity of objects and causes and an endless variety of phenomena arc yet to be explored, and the work of the mind is rather a process of development to the perfect understanding of the universe than the solu-tiou of a simple mathematical problem. ?Atlantic Monthly. Send us your dues. ^ fail! Fil/iiO'c! 1704 AND 17CS MAIN ST, COLUMBIA, S. C. Wp beer to announce to our friends in Lexington that when they want to purchase Dry Goods, or Clothing, Hats aud Caps for cuen and boys, they can always depend on what we sell you and can be relied upo i to be the best quality for the price. We can sell you goods CHEAPER THAN THE LOWEST. We have held our own against any and every competition for seven years. That is enough of a guarantee that we stand by our customers. This spring we will excel our past efforts in catering to your wants. Give us a call before buying as we can be ot service to you and glad to welcome all our Lexington triends and patrons when in Columbia. So cail at Fitzmauiice's Stores. promise to serve you faithfully now and all time to come. January 15. MS. D. L. Mm & SOJVS iftftf DENTISTS, 1515 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. 'PHOINE 230. INR MNEi SAIU1TEKS WILL SOON RETURN FROM COLLEGE. Ml PIANO OH ORGAN. Mav 15?ly. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! I taVe ple&snre in ntatiog to rav Lexington Friends and -fattens ttiat my ftoca was never so complete in every department as now. We have the prettiest line of Medium Weight, Light Color Suits for spring wear ever displayed in this city, at prices ranging from $4.50 to $ 12 5l?. My stock of Black and Blue Black Clay Worsted 8uits are unsurpassed by any clothing house in the State either in quality, price and workmanship As a fl>er, an A 1 vVool Black Clay Worsted Suit, well made, lor ( $5.98. Better qualities proportionately as cheap *" We have in stock air the latest weaves. We have in the largest and greatest variety of Blue Serges for Summer we have ever carried before. See these goods and prices and you will readily realize how cheap they are. Call at 1554 MAIN ST.. COLUMBIA, S. C. WHERE YOU WILL FIND Clothing, Hats, Shoes AND Gents' G'uiznisjairi g* Geo is AT A VERY LOW PRICE. M. PRANK, - - Proprietor. September 9. 6m. illLPDEFDV DDATIIEDC1 1 < iMDuncmii mtuinmioji j| MAIN AND BRANDING STREETS, M % COLUMBIA, - - - S. C. |] A HANDSOME SHOWING OF pew Spring Goods.! M WF, SELL EVERYTHING FOR LADIES IN 1 HE LATEST STYLES Ui i&j and best materials s? j|j we have just opened a new assortment of ^ m ladies shirt waists in the latest cuts, also spring $ als styles in ladies and missses tailor made suits and jackets, iii ottr ^ritxtn"r"r.v department % |j| is complete with everything new in Ladies' and Children's Headwear. ^ October?ly. ^