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The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, July 9,1902. LEAVES FROM HISTORY. A Brief But Interesting History of Lexington County. "BY EDWIN J. DREHER. [Continued from La9t Week.] Bat with a spirit and energy born of despair, aDd a heroic determination and tireless perseverance that baffled all difficulties and overcame all obstacles, our people went to work to rebuild and restore their homes and farms, and to erect mills and open up other branches of industry. They soon restocked their farms and supplied themselves with improved agricultural implements for a more diversified husbandry. By the results of the war their system of labor was completely overturned and greatly demoralized. Besides their industrial and financial troubles, they were cursed for a number of years by a State government, composed of carpet-baggers, native renegade whites, and ignorant negroes, which a KaMma iw a faxxr vflftra nn intolprfthlfi burden and disgrace to the country. But the sturdy and indomitable yeomanry of old Lexington county forged ahead. Cotton was a good price for some years, they put up better gins and presses, and raised more cotton. They put circular saws in their saw mills, and began to tap their magnificient bodies of pine timber. They opened turpentine farms, brick yards, and tanneries. The phosphate mines were discovered on the seacoast near Charleston, and soon the railroad brought the fertilizers, which have proved such a timely boon to our agricultural interests. But it required about twenty years j to bring about all these hsppy 1 changes, and place our people again fairly on their feet. Ia the mean time a political wave arose in ^he State, the Anglo-Saxon asserted his right to rule, and under the lead of the peerless Wade Hampton, the rotten Scott-Mo6es-Chamberlain government was swept away, and honest and decent government restored to the State. Peace and good order soon prevailed among the people; confidence in the settled order of things revived; and satisfaction and hopefulness took the place of discontent and discouragement. With the restoration of confidence in the stabilitj of the State government and the industrial and business interests cf this section of the country a spirit of progress and enterprise seized upon our people such as they had never before known. Large and commodious new public buildings, built of brick, and furnished with many modern improvements, soon took the places of the temporary structures that were erected just after the war. The town of Lexington was now steadily growing up again, the ugly signs of grim war were fast disappearing, and in seme respects the place was undergoing decided improvements. Now. thirtv-seven vears after the war, we find Lexington county fully abreast of the times, aBd in touch with the rest of the country in all that pertains to industrial progress and development, as well as educational and religious advancement and improvement. Some half a dozen railroads run through different sections of the county, bringing nearly every farm and mill in its borders within a few miles of a railroad. More than a dczen towns, some of them of considerable size anu nuporiauui?. uavt* t?piuu{< up along these railroads. There are at this time three cotton mills in the county, the Lexington Manufacturing Company near Lexington. SaxeGotha Mill, three miles south of of Lexington depot: and the Batesburg Mill, in that prosperous towr; all equipped with the beet modern machinery, making different kinds of cloth of excellent quality, giving constant employment to many hands, rnd furnishing a market for all the cotton raised within a radius of ten j and fiften miles around them. Mills of every kind for grinding grain, cleaning rice, circular saw mills and j plaining machinery, turpentine farms ; and distilleries, and shingle mills, are > * > .- ? ' to be found in every part of the county. The immense beds of excellent granite on Twelve Mile creek near the town of Lexington, and on the Saluda river a few miles above the city of Columbia, have been tapped by quarries that are now in constant operation. This important industry will soon be greatly extended, and will embrace in the near futuie the extensive beds of sand stone and kaolin in Lexington and Aiken counties; and next will come the flint hills of the Dutch Fork, and the snowy banks of eilca sand, in the sand hills, for the glass manufactories. The town of Lexington is in telegraphic communication with all parts of the country, and by telephone with Columbia, Batesburg, Leesville and the cotton mills in its vicinity. Large store houses and buildings for offices of modern style, structure, and equipment, built of brick and wood adorn the streets of the larger towns of the county. Driven or bored wells, which tap with their pipes the pure water at depths of more than a hunand fiff.v feet,. are fn he fnrmrl in town and country, affording an abundant supply of good and wholesome water. In addition to the Lexington Dispatch, published at the county seat, in a well equipped printing office, there are two or three other newspapers in the county, all of which disseminate the news of the day, and discuss matters of public interest in their respective communities. There are now two banks in the county, one in LexingtoD, and the other in Batesburg. But the truth of history must be told. There is a dark side to . this bright picture. Notwithstanding all this material and industrial progress, develpment, prosperity, and improvement; though we have more accumulated wealth, better housep, more and larger towns and cities, and sujuy more ui tne cumiune, conveniences, aDd luxuries of life; tbough we have more and better schools, colleges, and churches, which afford better advantages and facilities for mental, moral, and religious culture and consequently have more social refinement and physical elevation in the scale of being than ever before in our history as a people; nevertheless, it cannot be denied, that we have not those high civic virtues of reverence for truth and justice, and that sturdy obedience to law and patriotic devotion to the best and highest interests of our county, which characterized in an eminent degree our ancestors of forty and fifty years ago. Some allowance, I know, must be made for the demoralizing and de basing results and influences of the Civil war. But making that, the fact remains, that we must have a better, healthier, and more vigorous public sentiment in South Carolina, which will enforce the laws, given ua honest and more sensible election methods, and raise the administration of the government, in all its departments, to a higher plane of political action. The sovereign voters, the virture, intelligence, and property that make up the people, should demand of political reformers, performances, and not promises, and take no denial. Conditions and environments in our State have changed and we must adjust ourselves to them, or be left as laggards in the race. Beware of Ointment for Catarrh that Contain Mercury | as mercury will surely destroy the | sense of smell and completely dei range the whole system when enter! ing it through the mucous surfaces. | Such articles should never be used j except on prescriptions from reputaj ble physicians, as the damage they : will do is tenfold to the good you | can possibly derive from them. Halls I Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains | no mercury, and is taken internally* j acting directly on the blood and I mucous surfaces of the system. In j buying Hall's Catarrah Cure be sure | you get the genuine. It is taken | internally, and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Awake from Your Lethargy. To the Editor of t*he Dispatch: Perhaps Pack might say, "What j fools these mortals be," but we will j refrain from this aod say that it is j very surprising how one sided many | people are inclined to look at thiDgs. j They can see clearly and understand, j and everything i9 all right so long as it gees their way. but they are often narrow viewed and selfish to their own hurt. Tins certainly must oe tne case ? with merchants, doctors, millers, etc., of a little town when they want the patronage of the country people and \ yet do not sffird tc them even the | most necessary conveniences and accommodations. The public certainly has its opinion of a town that will not keep a public well where people may drink and water their stock during these hot days of summer. We are willing to give you our patronage, but we like for you to I show that you appreciate it by giving us all the accommodations you can. If you let your public wells go down, run out your telephone and telegraph offices, and shut off other things that are conveniences to us when we go to your town, how can \ou expect us to patronize you? If you are going to act thus jou had just as well close up your business. It might be well to think of these things and awake from your lethargy. Countrjman. The Same Old. Story. J. A Kelly relat s an experience similar to that which has happened in almost every neighborhood in the United States and has been told and re-told by thousands of others. He says: "Last summer I had an attack of dysentery and purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used according to directions and with entirely satisfactory results. The trouble was controlled much quicker than former attacks when I used other remedies." Mr. Kelly is a well known citizen of HendersoD, N. C For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. Soestcr Gives Up the Fight. The appointment of George R Keoster, as Internal Revenue Collector of South Carolina, have failed of confirmation by the Senate, his term of office expired with the adjournment of Congress, and his chief deputy, George Hugging?, is now in charge of the office. It is said on pretty good authority that Major Micah Jankins will occupy the com fortable berth. The defeat of Mr. Koester is a disgraceful triumph of niggerism and hellish prejudice over honesty and competency, but the appointment of Mr. Jenkins defeats the schemes of the one and extracts the sting of the other. If there is any consolation in consorting with dirty negro politicians to accomplish the defeat of Koester his enemies can have all they can get out of such an unnatural alliance. Vacation Days. Vacation time is here and the children are fairly living out of doors. There could be no healthier place for them. You need only to guard against the accidents incidental to most open air sports. No remedy equals DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for quickly stopping pain or remov ing danger of serious consequences. I For cute, scalds and wounds. "I I used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for I sores cuts and bruises," says L. B. \ Johnson, Swift, Tex. "It is the best j remedy on the market." Sure cure i for piles and skin diseases. Beware | of counterfeits. J. E. Kaufmann. Curious Ahout Corn. I An observing farmer says: There j are some curious things about corn, | and one of them is, where do the red I and sneckled ears come from when ! I r j you do Dot plant any but white corn ? j And another is, why can't we find en | ear with an odd number of rows on ! it? You can find a four-leaf clover, ! but you never saw an odd row on an ear of corn yet. It is always fouri teen, sixteen, twenty or some other even number, and we would like to j know about its mathematics and . what objection nature has in these instances to odd numbers.5' If pitiable suffering, a sivc sores and eruptions, catarrh of the swellings, brittle bones, white swelling How can parents look upon su themselves for bringing so much n any disease lurking your system, health}- children ? Cleanse your owi you have not only enlarged your capac of life, but have discharged a duty z mankind healthier and happier. There is no remedy that so surely a- _ i r* < trouQies as o. > a purely vegetable medicine, harmlc by both old and young without fear Write us about your case, and le This will cost you nothing, and we skin diseases. THE 5WIF1 STewbsrry College. Arrangements for the Annual Reunion at Little Mountain. Little Mountain, July 6.?Tbe annual re union of Newberry College at Little Mountain will be held Friday, i August 1st. For several years these meetings have been largely attended ; and have been sources of much pleas- j ure for the friends of tbe college, j Not only Lutherans who are directly ; interested in Newberry College but those of other denominations who j are friends of education and it is i nlflftonnf n/\?v\A f/\ T.tiil/. TIT... I^ v\j wujd im XJ.:bid iUUUUliiHi on re union day. All friends of ed- i ucation are invited to meet with us | We are assured by the railroad au- | thorities that ample accommodations ! will be furnished those coming from j a distance. A special train will be i run on the Columbia, Newberry and ' Laurens railroad. A first class barbecue will be furnished and refreshments served. An interesting programme has been arranged. The opening address will be delivered by Rev. J. K Efird, pastor of Holy Trinity church, Little Mountain. The following gentlemen will deliver addresses on educational topics: I. H. Hunt, Esq, of the Newberry bar; Rev. W. A. Lutz, pastor of Grace church, Prosperity: Hon. A Frank Lever, Congressman from the Seventh District, and George B. Cromer. Let all come, learn of the valuable work which is being accomplished by Newberry College and enjoy the day. ? Mother Always Seeps It Handy. "My mother suffered a long time from distressing pains and general ill health due primarily to indigestion," says L. W. Spalding, Yerona, Mo. "Two years ago I got her to try Kodol. She grew better at once and now, at the age of seventy-six, eats anything she wants, remarking that she fears no bad effects as she has her bottle of Kodol handy.'' Dont waste time doctoring pymptoms. Go after the cause. If your stomach is sound your health will be good. Kodol rests the stomach and strengthens the body by digesting your food. It is nature's own tonic. J. E. Kauf inarm. "Want to Fight in Philippines. 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He became entangled in the rope and was right of every child born, and to the : must look for ,p ^ li a p p i n e s s. j||? ^ |% J&' ?j| eeivably great ^ jJP is the parents' / -\ThW^ ^ iow important that ; J I iffJ-?' s left in the blood the helpless child, entailing the most ad marking its little body with oflcnnose and throat, weak eyes, glandular j and deformity. 1 i f- f 1 cnftor^ro o ? A t-i LV_1J. iibliV guii'wiv-io tuiu iiWt lisery into the world ? If you have , how can you expect well developed, 1 blood and build up your health, and nty for the enjoyment of the pleasures ill parents owe to posterity, and made reaches deep-seated, stubborn blood S. S. It searches out even hereditary emoves every taint from the blood, the general health. If weaklings p around you, right the wrong by on a course of S. S. S. at once. It is ;ss in its effects, and can be taken of any bad results. t our physicians advise and help you. will also send our book on blood ancf r SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. jerked into the air bead downward. He nmained in that attitude only a minute or two. Prcf. Hellman, leaning over the edge of the basket, gave him directions bow to act, and he put himself in an upright position. The balloon went up 3,000 feet aDd Hellman, after telling Ward to keep cool and bang on, dropped in bis parachute and made a safe descent. The balloon slowly collapsed and began to settle. It brought up on top of a tree, and Ward, none the ground a mile from where he started. A crowd of 3,000 persons at ths park saw him carried up. Saves a Woman's Life. To have given up would have meant death for Mrs. Lois C egg, of Dorchester, Mass. For vears she i bad endured untold mherv from a I severe iuop trouble and obstinate i cough. "Often," she writes, 4*Icould j scarcely breathe and sometimes could not speak. All doctors and remedies failed till I used Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and was completely cured." Sufferers i irom coughs, cclds, throat aDd lung j trouble need this grand remedy, for I it never disappoints. Cure guaranI teed by J. E. Kaufmann. Price 50c ! and $1 00. Trial bottles free. To Honor Schley. Baltimore is considering a plan of changing the name of its North avenue to Schlev avenue, in honor of the Bear Admiral. The present name is no loDger appropriate, the northern boundary of the city having extended far beyond the avenue. Acts Immediately. Colds are eometimes more troublesome in summer than in winter, it's so hard to keep from addiDg to them while cooliDg off after exercise. One Minute Cough Cure cures at once. Absolutely safe. Acts immediately. Sure cure for coughs, colds, croup, I throat and lung troubles. J. E. Kaufmann. Went TJp in Smoke. Hartford, Conn., July 3.?The entire plant of the Capewell Koreshoe Nail company was destroyed by lire today. The estimated loss is between $300,000 and $400,000, cover| ed by insurance. A mountain well in Alabama is | threatning to imitate Pelee. Black smoke is boiling from its depths. BaHBBEBRBBBHHBBHRHHHBHBBi SQCASNE^'WHISKY V sR li Habits Cured a'c my Saaator5 inni, In SO day*. Hunilrid.s * fjM of references. 55 years % i>ook on ' f?i B'nT.e 'i'roa-. ;aert cent FV.rlK. Address ^ >4. WOCLLSY, ?/?. D., Atlanta, Ca. i Jnly 25?lv. DB. E, J, ETflEfiEDGE, SURGEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door below cost office. Always onhand. February 12. Money to Loan. TTTE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOTIVt ate loans promptly on improved real estate iu Lexington county at 7 per cent, interest. No commissions. Borrower pays actual expenses oi preparation ot papers. THOMAS & GIBBES. Attorneys at Law, Columbia, S. C, November 13. ymos. Monev to Loan ON FARMING LANDS. LONG TIME. Easy payment. No commission. Borrower pays actual cost of nerioctine: Loan. E. K. PALMER, Central National Bank Building. COLUMBIA, S, C COL. G. T. GRAHAM, Lexington, S. C. July 18? ly. I Dr. ?. K. Leaphart, " ! REAL ESTATE BROKER, AND fife li file line fpl, ? LEXIKGTON, S. C. RESIDENT AGENT FOR THE TVE W YORK LIFE Jg THE STRONGEST INSURANCE COMPANY ON EARTH. S Persons desiring a policy written in the above strong insurance company should notify me and I will call upon tuem at their hnmea it preferred. ' " ""DR." C E LEAPHA11T, Real ? slate and In.-.urance Agent. oeoschs bsu?s MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., JEWELER, "d REPAIRER . Eas a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A fine line of Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, ^ all for sale at lowest pi ices. Bepairs on Watches first class quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate> orices. 60?tt Will Make Affidavit -? New Lease of Life for an Iowa Postmaster. Postmaster R. IT. Randall, Dunlap, Ia.f says: I suifered from indigestion and recnH.incr ovils for ve&rs. Finally I tried Kodol. 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