Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Lexington Dispatch Wednesday, August 13,1902. A Now Railroad Deal. It is announced from Baltimore that the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company has bought the South and Western Railway. The latter is a >. new company, under which two or * more roads will be consolidated. It owns the Ohio River and Charleston Railroad, which it is proposed to extend from the coal fields of South west Virginia to Lincolnton, N. C, where, according to the plans, connection is to be made with the Seaboard Air Line. The scheme for this development was financed by the Union Trust Company of Baltimore. The promoters of the scheme announce that the route planned will be the shortest line from the Virginia coal fields to the Atlantic coast and the Sonth. The proposed road will be about 275 miles in length, but it is thought that the mileage will be increased by its extension in a northerly direction. Connection may be made with the finnftiavn of TrAnfnn Hhirt i/OWUl? WUUVUOIU BV Jkiuutvu, v?w The Detroit Southern operates from Detroit to Wellston, Ohio, via Lima, 348 miles, with branches 80 miles, a total of 408 miles. The Ohio River and Charleston Road extends from Johnston City, Tenn., to Huntdale, N. C, a distance of 34 miles. It was originally the Tennessee section of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago project. The Carolina portion of this road was bnilt from Camden, S. C, to MarioD, N. C, 171 miles, and is now known as the Sonth Carolina and Georgia Extension, and is controlled by the Southern Railway. The Ohio River and Charleston was recently sold by Samuel Hunt & Co. to the Sooth and Western, of which George L Carter, of Bristol, Tenn., who organized the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company and the Virginia and Southwestern Railway Company, is president. ' A Cue for Ciolera Infantum. "Last May," says Mrs. Curtis Baker, of Bookwalter, Ohio, "an in% / fant child of oar neighbor's was suffering from cholera infantum. The doctor had given up all hopes of recovery. I took a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Dierrhoea Remedy to the house, telling them I felt sure it would do good if used according to directions. In two days' time the child had fully recovered, and is now (nearly a year since) a vigorous, healthy girl. I have recommended this Remedy frequently and have never known it to fail in any single instance." For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. The Lawyer's Blunder. A lawyer tells how a small boy oDce got the better of him in cross-examination. Part of the questioning and the replies thereto sre as follows: "Have you any occupation?" "No." "Don't you do any work at all?" "No." "Just loaf around home?" "That's about all." "What does your father do?" 44Notbin' much." "Doesn't he do anything to support the famih?" "He does odd jobs oDce in a while when he can get them." "As a matter of fact isn't your father a pretty worthless fellow, nearly always fighting, and a loafer?" "I don't know, sir; you had better ask him. He's sittin' over there on the juey." The Fans. Mule. ' ^ A good deal can be said in favcr of tbe mule. A mule is an easy animal to raise. He doesn't eat mucb, as compared with the horse. Au energetic mule will make a trip quicker than a horse, though he msy not go so fast. The secret of his speed is his uniform gait?steady and persistent. You hardly ever see a sick mule; be seems practically immune from the disease that attacks horses. A mule can endure more hardship than a horse, will pull more in proportion to Bize, and will "stay with it" longer. A mule is easier broken or trained to work than a horse, and is more reliable after initiated. If s team of mule run away they look out for themselves. Those who use them would rather plow corn with a team of mules than with horses?they break down less and turn round quicker. Hot weather affects mules lees than the horse. A good honest business mule is worth and will command a good price any day in the week. The usefulness of the mule continues longer than that of a horse. The mule is not handsome, doesn?t make a good roadster, but what he lacks in appearance he makes up in actual usefulness on the farm. Fashion Hints For September. The ultra-fashionable cost for autumn will be shaped on loose fitting lines and in three-quarter length. The frou frou effect at the lower edge is a marked characteristic of the newest skirts. Tbe "Gibson" style remains popular in shirt- waists as well as in jackets. Next in popularity to black for evening gowns comes white in various shade?; character is given all-white costumes by the use of lace. > Loose-meshed fabrics are favored for early autumn tailor gowns. FaggotiDg is used with good effect in gowns of all kinds. The popularity of ping pong has made the way easy fcr a new shirtblouse especialy designed for devotees of the game. Tbe flat turn-down collar is a feature, with a tie embroidered with miniature rackets and I S t Jl. J !_ 1 J Dans ana KDouea in osua styie. Sheath skirls have lost none of their popularity Norfolk effects are especially becoming to little boy8 and are thoroughly stylish?From The Delineator for September. Just Look at Eer. Whence csme that sprightly step, faultless ekin, rich, rosy complexion, smiling f*ce. She looks good, feels good. Here's her secret. She uses Dr. King's New Life Pills. Result, ?all organs active, digestion good, no headaches, no chance for "blues.1' Tfy tbem yourself. Only 25c at J. E. Kaufmann. Q Food For Reflection. "We have lived in the South as long as we can on the bounties of nature, and have reached the point at which we must etudy science, learn the arts, use our material resources and accumulate wealth, or else fail behind and go down." So says President C. W. Dabney, of the University of Tennessee. Th's is a statement worthy of our most earnest consideration, says the Textile Excelsior. Who can say that the natural resources of the South do not surpass those of any other country? What will we do with them is the question. TT 1 111 1 J?J - -1 AJ.UW iuug win our uauureus 01 turbulent streams dash on their course through the land, carrying to wasie a vast store of energy? When will our little hills and mountains be made to give up their, hidden treasures, and what of a more advanced manufacture of King Cotton? The South has done well, but must do more to endure. Yes, we have the favors of nature, but how useless they are without the knowledge and skill to accept tbem in the fullest manner. Shatters All Records. Twice in hospital, F. A. Gulledge. VerbeDa, Ala., paid a vast sum tc doctors to cure a severe case of piles, causing 24 tumors. When all failed. Bucklen's Arnica Salve soon cured him. Subdues Inflammation, conn n nra A nViAo vj UVA Q uino JL OlUCt JL'COl Dai VC in the world. 25c at J. E. Kaufmanr drug store. Scattering Ileitis Seeds. A lady wbo bad epoken ill of bei neighbor went to a Catholic priest for confession. After she had told her wrong the priest gave her a handful of nettle seeds and told her to gc scatter them over the field. This doDe she returned for further instructions. 4>sjw," said the priest, ugc pick them up and brirg them bacfc to me." "But that is impossible I cannot do it." "Neither can you call back or make amends for the evil words you spoke" replied the priest A good lesson forcibly taught. * <2 ????B??8a?a?M??m 1 Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a 1 . sediment or seti Lrjvjl tling indicates an x/Cy] y unhealthy condiW[ < i / ne^s?^ ** sta^ns y?ur lin?n it is 1 evi^ence ^i^" jqq \ I / p ney trouble' to? ^recluent desire to * F^ss it ?r Pa*n in ' '1 """" thf? harlc is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's SwampRoot, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50c. and$l. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that tells more about it, both sent absolutely free by mail, address Dr. Kilmer &. Home of Swamp-Root Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper. Moral Effect of Diets. An exclusively pork diet tends infallibly to pessimism. Beef, if persevered in for months, makes a man strong, energetic and audacious, says Pearson's Weekly. A mutton diet continued for any length of time tends to melancholia, while veal eaters gradually lose energy aDd gayety. The free use of eggs and milk tends to make women healthy and vivacious. Butter used in excess renders its users phlegmatic and lazy. Apples are excellent for brain workers, and everybody who has much intellectual work to do should eat them freely. Potatoes, on the contrary, render one dull, invidious and lazy when eaten constantly and in excess. To preserve the memory even to an advanced age nothing is better than mustard. Stops the Cough and Works of the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in odo day. No cure, no pay. Price 25 cents. "TheCruel Wife. A man who was given to grumbling at everything and on every occasion was a attacked by inflammatory rheumatism and was carefully ' nursed by his wife, who was very devoted to him in spite of his faultfinding disposition. His suffering caused her to burst into tears sometimes as she sat at his bedside. One day a friend of the invalid came in and asked him how he was getting on. "Badly, badlyhe exclaimed. "And it's all mv wife's fault." "Is ifc possible?" asked the friend in surprise. "Yes. The doctor told me that damp places were bad for me, and 1 there that womsn sits and cries just to make the air moist in the room." i . Inviting1 Frazils Criticism. A rich, but iraeeible art collector of Chicago, recently invited a critic 1 to view bis latest purchase. The collector is in no sense an authority in art matters himself, and gauges pictures largely by the price. "Its a gem, a treasure; I know it is." he said, "but I want your frank opinion. Cost me a big sum, but its worth it. One of the old masters, ' you know." When they stood before the picture ' the critic's brows contracted and he | looked thoughtful. The collector was watching him anxiously. "TTtifJ an alleged iudce of these ^ ?? ? o J O" ? matters up here the other day," the 1 collector remarked, "but he didn't know anything. Its astonishing what a reputation a man can get by a little assurance; but be won't make that ' mistake again." 1 "What mistake?" asked the critic. ^ "Why, he said this was not an orig inal, but a copy, and the roasting I > gave him just shriveled him up. It J was all I could do to restrain myself Mbm kicking bim out of tbe bouse, ) the presumptuous fool. Now, what's ; your honest opinion of tbe work?" ! "I believe," said the wise critic, afi ter another inspection of the canvas, I "that I'd better take a little time for . consideration. If you don't mind, I'll write you what I thiDk of it." The Rural School. Mr. Branson, of Georgia, has recently told in the World's Work the story of the model rural schools which the Federation of Women's Clubs is helping to establish in that State. In speaking of one, he said, "The common school subjects will be taught, of course. But cooking, the cultivation of school gardens, a halfdozen forms of remunerative handi cratts, a school library, a mother a club, and a fortnightly institute for the teachers of the county will be 6ome of the features of this school.'' Yea, verily; why not? Why not include in the woik of the school so much of the work of the community as the children can appreciate and employ in their own education? A school is a place in which children should live ana move and have their being. It should reflect the larger life without and prepare its pupils for a better life in the future by helping them to live a truer, more normal life in the present. That which is treated with respect in school, whether it be arithmetic or grammar, cotton picking or hog raising, religion or politics, will rarely be an object of contempt after school. Time and experience will eliminate what is useless or harmful in the curriculum and methods of such experimental schools. MTot a Love Snot. A hsndsomely dressed lady riding recently in a crowded Amsterdam avenue car was fortunate enough to have a seat, but when Dearing her destination she noticed that the lacing of her shoe was unfastened. It was the work of a moment, but a very trying moment, to stoop down aDd knot it securely. When this was accomplished, her bat-veil readjusted and her gloves once more carefully put on, it was time to signal the conductor. This she did, and after two vain attempts to rise looked around indignantly to find the cause of her retarded movement. She came face to face with a very irate gentleman who had been sitting next to her. "Madam, madam, where are you trying to take me?" he demanded. "I?you!" she stammered. "Yes. Look there!" He pointed to the floor, and in instant she bad grasped the situation. By mistake in groping, she had found the laciDg of his shoe, which she bad taken for the other end of her own, and had fastened them so carefully together that it took the gentleman quite five minutes to effect a release, under the amused glances of the other occupants of the car, which had travel'd twice that number of blocks before tU /\ 1 ? /5tt rr* a n wftft rf /\ /viha ntl At tue lovj *?oo iriuj< ti; giro aujiuci signal.?New Ycrk Times. Esctirsion Bates to the North Via Seaboard Air Line Railway. Bound trip tickets at reduced rates are now on sale to Old Point Comfort, Va.. Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and many other eastern cities and resorts. In arranging your trip the plea9antest and most desirable routes as well as cheap rates should be considered and the Seaboard Air 'Line offers you both. In addition to the all rail route via Richmond and Washington with through Pullman Vestibule Sleeping Cars to New York the Seaboard offers the most attractive and enjoyable trips to the North via Portsmouth and Norfolk thence steamers to Washington, Baltimore, Philadetphia, New York and Boston. These combined rail aDd water trips are the most popular at this season of the year and steamer reservations should be asked for as far in advance as possible. Call on nearest Seaboard Air Line Agent for all information, rates, schedules and reservations or address J. J. Puller, Traveling Passenger and City Ticket Agent, 1500 Main street, Columbia, S. C. That cats can spread both scarlet fever and diptberia among humans has been a well settled fact for sometime, and new it is thought that chickens are often responsible for the presence of diptberia. In North Wales it has been observed that several outbreaks of that disease immediately followed an epidemic of "roup" which is a fatal chicken disease. i? I SOUTHERN I! RAILWAY |i THE GREAT HIGHWAY OF TRADE AMD TRAVEL. j Uniting the Principal Commercial I Centers and Health and Pleasure I Resorts of the South with, the ^ ^ I NORTH, EAST and WEST. I j Hi^h>Class Vottibule Trains, Through KIeepin^?C*rs I between New YorK and New Orleans, vie Atlanta. I Cincinnati and Florida Points via Atlanta and via I Asheville. New Y jrk and Florida, either via Lynchburg, Danville I and iSavannah, or via Richmond, Danville and I Savannah. (Superior Dining-Car Service on all Through Trains* Excellent Service and how Rates to Charleston ao? I count South Carolina Inter*State and West Indian I Exposition. Winter Tourist TicKets to all Resorts now on sale at I reaucaa raiot> fi For detailed Information, literature, time tables, rates, etc., apply to nearest ticket*agant, or address | S. H. HAXDWICK, W. H. TAYLOE, General Passenger Agent, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga. 1 R.. W. HUNT, J. C. BEAM, Dlo. Passenger Agent, District Pass. Agent, Charleston, J. C. Atlanta, Ga. ^^gg2BBE3BBIESK8338flHEHBB2 SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY TO THE NORTH. EAST. SOUTH AW WEST. J J The Best Rates to all EASTERN CITIES. FLORIDA POINTS, SAVANNAH, AMERICUS, FITZGERALD, COLUMBUS, > ALBANY, MONTGOMERY, MOBILE, NEW ORLEANS, the SOUTH and SOUTHWEST. S& Through PULLMAN CARS to NEW YORK. CAFE CARS serving meals a la carte. flgrSummer Tourist Tickets are now on sale to thejgf LAKE, MOIXTAIXS, SEASHORE RESORTS AXD ALL EASTERN CITIES For detailed information, literature, time tables, rates, etc., apply to any agent of the SFARflARIt AIR I INF RAII WAV nen biMifa unih vvni | or to S. B. WALWORTH, Assistant General Passenger Agent, fc>avanuan, Ga. , July 9, 1992 6m. Pahoia "^^nla'n ter. j|j yi^he Cotton Belt, Wnich line! & Jrr daytfrorri Mdmphii to Texas', J? '* / \ N[heseVtrains either reach | By ' CATESVlLLE<i*^^^^///^^// >1 ) tA"I '^^JTS > I If you want to flnYd a g^od home "ousto* ^lJ> j v? 8 in Texas, where \biip crops are .,^/^aAtvisToii c/ C_ raised and where pe^gole prosper. J ~ write for a copy of oui\,handsome 3^ booklets, "Homes in the) Southwest" and "Through Tt^xas with ^ a Camera." Sent freeutolany- c con5aVio^?iSaniiOU't0belteV^y N. B. BAIRD, T. P. A., - ATLANTA, GA. g I S E. w. LaBEAUME, C. P. 4 T. A, ST. LOUIS, ?0. JJ ^aag?a? i mi 11 i?pmwmwhb8iwm??bbmbi? UKS. D. L. BOOZER & SOUS iflTH DENTISTS, ff|li 1515 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. 'PHONE 230. HAVE YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE DISPATCH JOB OFFICE.