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Tiae Lexington Dispatch Wednesday, September 10, 1902. State's Finances, Serious Problem Confronting the Next Legislature. The biggest proposition that the legislature will iuq up against next winter will be that of taxation and appropriations. Those who are familiar with the financial condition of the State are already studying the matter, and they see breakers ahead. The state has to borrow about $300,000 this year. Other treasurers have had to supply deficits in the receipts so as to tide the State over * until taxes came iD, but this time it appears that even when taxes come in the deficit cannot be wiped out. This is a serious condition of affairs and the prospect is that the next legislature will have to practice the strictest economy. Appropriations t during the past year or two have f been of an extraordinary character. For instance there was an appropriation of $50,000 to the Charleston exposition. Then $100,GOO was added to the pensions, and as usual Winthrop came in for its annual demand far more above its ordinary appro priation. These are but few of the largest appropriations, and in thern may be included final payment on the State house. This and the Charleston exposition may be eliminated from consideration in this year's estimates, but still the legislature will find itself "hard up" to meet the ordinary expenditures. The only way out of the dilemma is to reduce expenses or increase the levy. It is feared that when it comes to a reduction that the State colleges will suffer because that seems, strange to say, the place where they always want to use the pruning knife. Clemson got an extraordinary amount of money from the privilege tax, and another effort will be made daring the next legislature to divert teat sum into the treasury and let Clemson get appropriations according tn iia needs insfc like other enl leges do. This would increase the ordinary revenue of the State considerably, but not enough to make up the deficit. The mere suggestion of raising ' the tax levy would raise such a storm that there is no man in the legislature who would back up the move. So that may be dismissed from consideration, and the whole thing revolves itself around to the starting place and that is that economy will have to be practiced and expenses cut down and it is going to take wise statesmanship to do it and do injustice to none. Beware of the Enife. No profession has advanced more rapidly of late than surgery, but it Bhould not be used except where absolutely necessary. In cases of piles for example, it is seldom reeded. DeWitt's Witch Hazal Salve cures quickly and permanently. Unequaled for cots, burns, bruises, wounds, skin diseases. Accept no counterfeits. UI was so troubled with bleedr g piles that I lost much blood and strength," says J. C. Phillips, Paris, 111. "DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured me in a short time." Soothes and heals. J. E. Kaufmann. Notes by the Way. To the Editor of the Dispatch. As the battle of ballots has been fought, and many are the slain, J will now write as I have something to rejoice over. I could have told you? nnnr riafpAfad p.anrlidakp that vnu r~~~ ? ? ? would be left, but you wouldn't ask me and now its no matter for you. I'm sorry for you but at tbe same time I'm glad, because it's about all we can do to pay k the few that are elected, and suppose I you all had been elected. Now I do f hope you will?p^me of you at least, seethe soundn ss of this logic and not think hard of us for leaving some of you out. Rejoice your poor hearts with the sweet assurance that taxes will be less. The loveable, loved, and worthy to be loved Miss Anna Moak, is visiting friends in and around Lewiedale. G. M. Eyz?r and little 6on English from New BrOokland, are visiting at pa's house. W. H. Sharpe grows fat on camjfN paign thunder and to all the people he's a political wonder. I saw him the other day and strange to say, there are do lines of sorrow in his face. Don't know which is the largest, he or his father-in-law, Mr. Goodwin. Rural Free Delivery No. 2, from Lewiedale, is now in eruption. The Union meeting here at this place was a very good one notwithstanding so few churches were rep resented. The Moderator wishes to ? i - i- _ i_ J: D8 Known as a man who is uiametncally opposed to the word pour as far as water is concerned and many other emphatice things. One good brother suggested that the way to pay a Doctor who ha6 visited you three times is to visit him three times and to pay the preacher the same way; but most people don't need any advice as to the latter. We were delighted to see the handsome Claude Riser in our town for a few day8?one at least. Mr. Editor I don't wish to be known as the baby reporter but they are a part of the news and must be written up. Morgan Kyzer leads the ! way with a 11 pound boy, while Henry Shumpert, C. E, BallingtoD, Ellard Hall, Hutchie Taylor and others bring up the rear with babies of both genders and various weights and measures. Rev. J. M. Lawson and Uncle George Lewis are running a meeting at the Cross Roads, near Sand Dam. Our friend, Mr. Crum Gant, caught a very large wildcat one day last week. My, how we would liked to have seen the fun. Rev. C B. Avery is attending the Summer School. Well, after next Tuesday I'll write again and tell the other candidates their fates. Klondike. His Life Saved by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. "B. L Byer, a well known cooper of this town, says be believes Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved bis life last summer. He had been sick for a month with what the doctors call bilious dysentery, and could get nothing to do him anv tmod until he tried this remedy. It gave him immediate relief," says B. T. Little, merchant, Hancock, Md. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. Hottest Say in the Hottest Place. Washington Special. The records of the weather bureau | show that the maximum of heat recorded in the United States was in Colorado, at Mammoth Tank, a station in the desert where, in 1887, the thermometer recorded, in the shade, 128 degrees Fahrenheit. Again, in 1834, 124 degrees was reached in the same place. Taking it all together, ] the hottest place in the United States is California's "Death Valley." The name is supposed to come from a tragedy which occurred there in the fifties, when a party of immigrants entered the valley and everyone died of thirst. The valley is the Vvn/1 r\t a aw onH IaIta a a/1 ? a you ui a iuiuici oaiu jtmc anu lb le below the level of the sea. Streams flow into it, but the burning sands and alkali lick them up. Large borax deposits are found there. The valley is 75 miles long and in places only six miles wide at the bottom. In 1891 the weather bureau sent an observer to remain there and take observations ail summer. When he returned he said he would take uperdition straight" next time. He was there 153 days. On the hottest days the maximum was 120 and the minimum 79, making an average for the day of 108.6 degrees, which is rather i. ii trying weatner. You Snow Wliat You Are Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form, No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Lost. On Wednesday August 13, while in attendance upon the re-union of the Confederate Veterans in Lexington, I lost a double case gold plated watch, probably in the Masonic Hall. The finder will please correspond with O. A. Derrick 8t Le6sville, S. C., and receive a reward. 3w44. Two Judges for One Seat. Contested Election Results in a Clash Among Tennessee Officers. Knoxville, Tenn , Sept. 3 ?The unu3ual spectacle of two rival judges holding the same court at the same time was witnessed in this county. County Judge G. L. Maloney, who is contesting the election of A. D. Collier, Democrat, refused to give up his office, and Collier sought to compel him by calling the Bheriff to his aid. Judge Maloney slammed his safe door too and then retired on account of Labor Day, leaving Coll?o?< ir* nnocQDDi.in nf fVid n flf? K&i 1U J^VOO^OOiU LI A VUU VU4 w ?? *VW out access to the records. Ia the offices of county clerk and register similar proceedings occurred, the Democratic contestees unlocking the doors and entering after the old officials had retired for Labor Day. The Democrats have actual possession of the offices, but the retiring candidates have the combinations of the vaults and refuse to make the same known. ? Thing3 "Worth Kaoling. That a bag of hot sand relieves neuralgia. That warm borax water removes dandruff. That milk which stands too long makes bitter butter. That salt should be eaten with nuts to aid digestion. Thst it rests you, in sewing, to change your position frequently. That rusty flatirons should be rubbed over with beeswax and lard. That tough meat is made tender by laying a few minutes in vinegar water. That a little soda water will relieve sick headache caused by indigestion. That a cup of strong coffee will remove the odor of onions from the breath. That well ventilatod bed rooms will prevent morning headaches and lassitude. That a cup of hot water drunk before meals will relieve nausea and dyspepsia. That a fever patient can be made cool and comfortable by frequent sponging off with soda water. That to beat the white of eggs quicfcly acta a pmcn or salt, salt cools and cold eggs froth rapidly. That you can take out spots from waBh goods by rubbing them with the yolk of an egg before washing. That the hair may be kept from falling out after illness by a frequent application to the scalp of sage tea. That white spots upon varnished furniture will disappear if you hold a hot plate from the stove over them The Veteran's Romance, The veteran with the war-worn look, the old slouch hat and the miltary goatee, yellowed by the use of tobacco, was telling the story. He had "shouldered his crutch and chrnuorl Vinw had hppn wnn." and now he was telling how something else was won. ' The old farm house on the right appealed to me too strongly to go ahead," said he. "Besides, I bad got a glimpse of a cool, shelted spring house, where, perhaps, my imagination told me I might get a cold drink of cream. I do not say that the rustle of white skirts on the green shrubbery around the spring house did not attract me. Be that as it may, I went and never regretted it. "I met her there, she stood framed in the doorway of the rustic spring house, the last rays of the sun giving a golden glory to her wealth of hair. Her head was thrown back and her graceful neck lost itself in a maze of ruf flee. There was a tender smile on her ripe mouth a tender look in her eyes. Whether she pittied me or my gray uniform I never knew. I dragged myself up the hill, in spite of my wounded foot, and made my request. "'A Soldier of the Confederacj?1 she said. 'Anything we have is yours.' ''I drank the cream from her hand with eyes intent upon hers. After that she insisted, and with many a groan I was installed in a gorgeous white bed in a clean, neat room, and there my wound was dressed. "The days seemed to have wings. Before I knew it, under the care of my nurse, I was well. But I had been making progress in other ways. I had won her heart. 1 I asked her one night as we sat on the piazza, when the moon was high She didn't say do, and as I looked into the deph of her I'cpid brown eyes I knew she was mine, and I took her to me "We then beard footsteps approaching. I beard her en: 1 '"Father, fathei!' and rush to him. I drew myself up. This was the old General, of whom I had heard so much, aod who was reputed the richest man id the State. He advanced and she told him all, cuddled against bis shoulder. He strode up to me, and? "The old soldier paused and looked around to let bis words sosk in. "'And whatf asked one of the curious. "And then?I woke up. I woke up with a sickening paia in a my right leg, and looked around on the battlefield, ghastly pale in the glare of the cold moonlight I woke and I dreamed 110 more " Not Altogether Pleasant. One of the rural correspondents of the Whitsett Courier sends in this ftffpct.incr stnrv in his own original j f? ?/ - CJ way: "I write to tell you of a mo6t uoforfcuDifc happenin wich occurred heir enduriog the occasion of a camp meetin at wich there was fine preacbin and good eatin, as all brot baskets wich was filled with the best cookin. The unfortunit happeoin was two sunstrokes an one lightoinkillin, alsoe one fine mule drowned in a crick, with the saddle on him, wich was never found, tho it cost $10, and was not payed for?that is, in full, one installmen bein dew on it. Alsoe, one rattlesnake bitiD, wich proved fatal, as both the snake an the nigger as I might say, at one an the same time. 0 let us all be reddy knowin not the day nor the hour when lightnin will hit us out of a nloor elrv on rftttleKnftkpK strike lift without rattlin to let us know they're comin. Let us live umble, as I have said, and be reddy." <9 This signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo=Qdini:ae Tablets the remedy tb?t cures ~ in one ckay Kit Statu*. Gladys?Is he so absolutely flippant and worthless? Ethel?Is he? Why, every girl he meets feels sure she discovers noble qualities in him that only need development by a true woman.?Puck. Back Yard Commnnings. "Is this a free Thomas concert?" asked the dog. "No," said the cat, pausing in his contented monologue; "l get so much pur."?Ohio State Journal. His Diplomacy. She (coyly)?How old do you really think I am? He (gallantly)?I haven't the slightest idea, but you certainly don't look I as old as you look.?Chicago Ameri can. Point of View. Old Gentleman?Do you think this horse will be safe? Liveryman?Why, I don't know, sir. You look honest enough.?Lippincott's. | ^Wood's Seeds. 1 ! 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