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* The Lexington Dispatch. * ? Representative newspaper. Bouers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties tike a Bianhet. VOL. XXXII. LEXIAGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, .JUAE 25, 1902. AO. 33 ~~V m GLOBE DRY GOODS COMPANY, Y5T Ijjji "W- ZX/dZOIbTCSTOIT, TZE3., 1620 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. Ml.V Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. IP October l3tf vr An Accident ?11 EITHER. *?1I Yon find the reason in the change you get back, GREATEST ASSORTMENT OF t Sl.OO, 81.50, AND SS.5D OXFORDS ON THE MARKET. LEVER, . "THE SHOE MAN," / 1603 Main Street, COLUMBIA, - - S. C. Feb. 6?ly. C. M. Efird. F. E. Drzhzb EFIRD&BREHER, Attorneys at Law. LEXINGTON, C. H? S. C. WILL PBACTICE IN ALL THE, Courts. Business solicited. One member of the firm will always be at offioe, Lexington, S. 0. June 17?6m. i Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law, COLUMBIA, S. C. Especial attention given to business entrusted to him by his fellow citizens o Lexington county. Office: 1316 Main Street, upstairs, opposi e Yan Metre's Furnitur Store ^ February 28 ? tf, ^ DR. F. C. GILMORE, DE1TTIST, Located at no. 1510 main street. over Husemann's Gan Store, Columbia, S. C., where he will be glad to see his former as well as new patients. Dr. Gilmore will be at Kaminer Hot9l in ijexington on xuesaay ana weanesaay, June 8th and 9th, to accommodate patients who find it inconvenient to call at his Colombia office. January 23, 1901?tf. THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS THE EATING. THE PROOF OF THE MEDICINE IS THE TAKING. HILTON'S LIFE FOR THE LIVER AND KIDNEYS wiAl verily every claim made lor it. Test it by a trial of a 25s. bottle It makes fast friends wherever once used, and becomes the medicine of the household. It is pleasant to take, acts pleasantly and ? causes one to feel pleasant. ?- It 'is the best and quickest remedy for the cure of kidney troubles, lame back, disordered liver and any derangement of the stomach and bowels. BOTTLES, 25c., 50c. and $1.00. Wholesale by the MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia. S. C. For Sale at THE BAZAAR. May 15?ly. |!|MRES WHERTALL ELSE FAILS. ' jgj M Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. ggf THE BURNING- ISSUES. The Seductive Songs of the Candidates in Their Chase After Votes. The campaign for State officers opened at Sumter on the 17th inst. There is virtually no difference of opinions between the candidates on questions of party polity and on the measures which are before the people. In no campaign since 1890 has there been such a total lack of interest on the part of the voters as there has been exhibited so far in the present campaign, and it really looks as if the people are taking no stock in political matters. At this meeting the views of the candidates for the various offices to be filled this year were outlined, and we herewith give a synopsis of their platform, as reported in the papers: Mr. M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, candidate for Governor: He had been connected with the legislative and judicial branches of the government and now desired experience in the executive department. He had always favored the primary system of making nominations; favored ap propriations for the gallant old Confederate soldiers; believed in the dignity of labor; is an advocate of c/^nnottnn oivoo ir? onr /vf fiimndr tuuuauuu auv* TT ?o XLX 1U.1VL ui the best and highest educational advantages to the children of the State, aud considered that education was the burning, important and living question of the day; favored good roads and believed that they could be put in good condition by. the instalment plan; favored the dispensary law and its enforcement; was .opposed to trusts. If elected he would discharge his duty and fear no man. Capt. D. C. Hayward, of Barnwell, is running for Governor on his merits. He believed that the common development of our great and growing interests was the task to continue to completion; the people of South Carolina have time and again expressed themselves on the dispensary law,and he regarded this law as a settled fact and properly enforced was the best solution of the whisky question; endorsed State and National platforms but believed the industrial problems of the South should now be discussed; he bad been one of the earliest movers on the subject of good roads and was still decidedly in favor of this great need; he is opposed to children work mg in lactones and while not unmindful of the rights and interests of the factory owner or the operative, he, therefore, favored a law gradual in operation as to the age limit for children to be employed in factories; favored maintaining the higher educational interests, but the question was the improvement of the common and public school system; favored bi-ennial sessions of the Legislature. Mr. W. Jasper Talbert, of Edgefield, candidate for Governor, emphasized his opposition to trusts and commercial Democracy; favored a I ^ 7 liberal support to State Colleges and the upbuilding ox the common 1 school?; favored a law for the tax which a white man pays to go to the support of the white schools, and that paid by the negro to the support of the negro schools; favored the dispensary law as the best solution of the whisky question and believed that it should be enforced in Columbia and Charleston as well as in all other places; favored the organiza tion of labor as well as of capital; favored a better system of taxation; favored pensioning Confederate soldiers; was a reformer and Allianceman. Lieutenant Governor James H. Tillman of Edgefield, was the Dext candidate for Governor given an opportunity to state his platform. This candidate seems to be seeking the honors of the office in attacking t.Vifi rmhlie rer.nrn nf Congressman Talbert and the 6hort comings of Editor Gonzales, as the greater part of his speech was given to the consideration of these two gentlemen, and in defending himself from the charge of having altered the Journal of the Senate in order to protect himself. His position on public questions can be summed up as follows: He was not in favor of further taxation even for good road-; favored the child labor bill and had cast the deciding vote which saved the bill from defeat in the Senate; believed in pensioning the old Confederate soldiers and favored a better system of distributing the pension money; opposed the establishment of ! a soldiers' home as it sounded too much like the poor house. Dr. W. H. Timmerman, of Lexington, was the last of the gubernatorial candidates. His platform was briefly 6tated to be: good roads; the subject of taxation was an important one, but did not believe that any reduction was in sight on account of the increased appropriations of the last session of the Legislature which would necessitate the borrowing of money to meet the running expenses of fhfl crnvfirnmflnt: h? thought Wfl " ?- 7 ? a? could not riek an interference with our educational work, which is all important; he is a one term candidate and should he be so fortunate as to be elected Governor he would not ask for a reelection because he would have no vindication to m&k?. There was no Cincinnattus in the race as they have all perambulated the State asking for votes; he would not try to emulite these lawyers whose tongues could scarcely be stopped, and would talk on one side as glibly as on the other; he was before the people with his character as a citizen and bis 3 __ __ _rc -r il.:. Ci.i. recoru as au uuicer ui tuexr oiattj i having experience as none of his competitors had had; South Carolina was as dear to him as any one, and he would go into any corner of South Carolina and challenge anything public or private against Lis character. This closed the speeches of the candidates for Governor and so far it is impossible to name the favorite candidate for the place, as each one received his share of applause. But it is not the whooping a candidate receives at a slimly attended campaign meeting that telle, but the j great army of silent votes and this will be the case in the present campaign. The voters of Lexington county are reminded that the candidates for State officers will be in this place on Saturday, July 5tb, to address the people. Oar people should come to town on that day and give each and every candidate a respectful hearing. We owe this to the candidates, who have complied with the ruleB of the party in all respects, and are under a great expense for traveling and other ! necessary incidentals and the people ! certainly owe it to them to turn out I and hear what they have to say. i Senatorial Candidates. The men who are striving to catch the Senatorial toga which is about to fall from the shoulders of Senator John L. McLaurin, opened the campaign in Columbia on June 17fch. The striking features of the occasion being the similarity of the speeches to those delivered last summer during the alleged campaign of education in political economics and the manner in which they opposed measures for no other apparant reason than that they are generally favored by the Republicans. This, in a dutshell, is the foundation for their opposition. The following is a brief synopsis of the platform of each of the six candidates: Congressman A. C. Latimer of Anderson, was the first candidate to be introduced to the Columbia audience. He opened by saying last summer there was an issue but that does not now exist and all the aspirants are agreed a3*to what they believed to be the best policy of the government. There are no issues involved between them and it will be purely a matter of personal choice iL. L TT J i.1 amuug me voters, no upposeu toe war in the Philippines and declared that it was being conducted in a cruel manner; denounced the ship subsidy because the remedy can be found in the repeal of the present marine laws; favored a tariff for revenue only and favored a policy of making the private books of corporations public property. The most of Mr. Latimer's time wa9 taken up in l a resume of his public services during his ten years of office holding. Mr. Dan S. Henderson, of Aiken, followed in what might be termed a good speech in :?hich he declared that all issues should be discussed manfully and calmly. Some of the contentions of the Democratic party had been settled by the war and some can never be settled except in the right way; the phrases of the "old South," and the "new South," made him sick: he opposed the trusts because they were the legitimate offspring of the Republican tariff; opposed corporations, not because they were such, but because they stiffle competition and the time had come when they should be shorn of their power. Former Congressman George Johnstone of Newberry, opened with a pathetic reference to the Confederate soldier aDd then gave an account of his stewardship as a legislator and a Congressman. He discussed the isthmian canal which be favored because it would build up the South Atlantic ports and as a consequence following the digging of this canal the improvement of river navigation would be a necessity which he favored. Our mission to the Philippines should be one of peace and literty and not of despotism: he opposed ! ship subsidy because the subsidized ! shins would still run to the norts r _ X I north of us in order to keep the trade of that section: he saw the goddess of prosperity through the mists of the future when Columbia will contain 100,000 inhabitants with its business increased a hundred fold. Congressman William Elliott, made a vigorous speech touching his own record; he had signed the pledge required by the State Democratic convention and would heartily support the platform: he opposed the ship j subsidy; he favored the appropriation I | to improve and open Congaree river j i to navigation; be bad always done j | bis duty to bis State in war and in j . | peace, and had succeeded in ridding ; ; I tbe ccast of negro domination. | Former Congressman J. J. Hempbill of Chester, was tbe next candi- i ! i date to be introduced. He treated ! the subjects of expansion, retention | of the Philippines, tariff and trusts | in a most entertaining manner be ! lieving that in following oat the J | theories underlying these great ques- | tione, if adopted, would lead U3 away | from the time honored principles of 1 Democracy. On ail the issues touch- ' ing the growth and development of our country he was in accord with i the rest of the candidates. I Ex-Governor John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg, was the last candidate to give bis views on the public issues 1 of the day. His claim for prefer- i ment lay chiefly in his claim that he < had predicted that McLauriu was a < Kepublican; he was against the 1 tariff except for revenue; opposed * the doctrine of imperialism and the 1 ship subsidy proposition. 6 f t I I Cures Cancer, Blood Poison, c i Eating Sores, Ulcers. 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A Parva Avis. i1 June 23, 1902. * / Abstract Shows Increase. County Auditor G. A. Derrick, has completed his tax duplicate for the year 1902 and forwarded his abstract to the Comptroller General, being the first Auditor in the State to do so, as far as we have noticed. We are indebted to him for the following interesting information: Assessment for the year 1902. Personal propty, $866,607 Real Estate... .$1,824,310 . % Total $2,690,917 1901 Personal propty, $866,262 Real estate, $1,808,135 Total $2,674,397 Increase for 1902 $ 16,520 Yvhen we consider tbe disastrous 'ailure of all crops and the depressing cfluence it had upon the spirits of Dur people last year, and the consequent depreciation of all values ;his increase in the valuation of the ;axable property of the county shows ip well for Lexington and it conclulivelv proves that notwithstanding he "hard times" Lexington has not mly held her own, but has made an ncrease. Railroad, express, tele jraph and telephone property is not ncluded in the above. Pond Branch Club. The voters of the Pond Branch lection met at Pond Branch academy rune 21st at 4 oclock p. m., for the mrpose of organizing a new club at he academy. The club was organzed with twenty-eight members, and he following officers were unaninously elected: G. W. Smith, Prescient; D. D. Smith, Vice President; ^ohn M. Sharpe, Secretary; J. L. Smith, E. P. Shealy, S. R. Kyzer, Committee on Enrollment and Regisration. By the request of this club, we ndorse our Representative, Hon. A. P. Lever, and extend to him our grateful thanks for his faithful .work luring his short time in Congress, nd we, this club, do endorse him penly for reelection. John M. Sbarpe, Secretary. A Gentle Hint. In our style of climate, with its udden changes of temperature,? ain, wind and sunshine often interningled in a single day,?it is no ponder that our children, friends and elatives are so frequently taken from iq rionrlonfcn-? Via 1 f f-Vin a lO KJJ XiUglVV>t^U UUii VAWVi-LO esulting directly from this cause. L bottle of Boschee's German Syrup :ept about your home for immediate ise will prevent serious sickness, a arge doctor's bill, and perhaps death,. >y the use of three or four doses. ?or curing Consumption, Hemorhages, Pneumonia, Severe Coughs, )roup, or any disease of the Throat r Lungs, its success is simply wonlerful, as your druggist will tell you. Jet a sample bottle free from Kaufoann's Drug Store. Regular size, r ?.? n. a \ 1 o ceiua. \aoo ^jriccu a aiaanac. Favorable Crops. Reports from almost every section f the county continue to come in oncerning the promising condition f the crops. The reports are indeed heering and they all agree that the rops are in a better condition than hey have been for years past. With 10 drawbacks our farmers will rejoice q a large harvest and the merchants fill smile over their big trade.