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I Judge Hoke's | I Court I i*urtfer Instances of Justice | at Sandy Bend o [Copyright, 1902, by C. B. Lewis.] ^JT\HIS yere court," began Judge Hoke of Sandy Bend as he J| rapped on the table with his knuckles and glared around roro f>nnrt ic nftW nnpn fnr hiz Bess, and the fust blzness before it is j to crawfish. Fur the fust time in the history of Jim Hoke, either as a citizen or a jestice of the peace, he's got to back water. It's goin' to come hard to do it, but I shall shet my eyes and swailer the medicine, and if any galoot around these diggin's ar' rash enough to ask me how it tasted he's got to be lightnin' on the draw to stand me off. "Two months ago Jim Watkins was before this court. You all know Jim, and you know he's pizen mean. Jim fc$d cleaned out a camp on Miners' Hill and hid away in a cave. A constable was a hull week in flndin' him, and When he was finally face to face with "SHET UP!" THUXDEBED THE JUDGE. ^estice the durned critter had the gall to tell me that he stole the things in Ms sleep! You may remember that l axed the Lord to have mercy 011 his soul and sentenced him to state's prison fur life. I thought 1 was big enough to do it and that he orter be made an example of, but 'long comes the supreme court and revarses my decision and sends Jim back for a new % trial. That's him over in C;e box, | and he's lookin' jest a bit meaner than when he left yere. "It was my idea that Jim Hoke knowed his gait as a court and that whatever he said went but I've diskivered that I'm only second fiddle. It's a surprise party on me, but, as 1 said a little while ago, I'm goin' to take a baek seat. Jim Watkins. you ; ean now stand up. I'm ordered to annul your sentence and give you a new trial The yardict is that you never stole nuthin* 'tall, and the sentence is that you go free. That's my way of gtttin' baek at the higher court, and if they don't like it my resignation is all neadv to hand in. Yes. Jiin:.vou arf rflscbarged from custody, but if i was yon I wouldn't go to braggin' and stepptn* high. On the contrary, I'd took mighty bumble and git out of town as soon as possible. While I'm Jedge Hoke I can't lech you, but as soon as court is adjourned and 1 become Jim Hoke of the Red Dog saloon ag'fn I'll owe you one and pay it as soon as I can reach you. "We've got another case this morula*, and, bavin' duly cravrtished and cleared the docket, I'll give my attention to Jim White. He's slttin' over yere on my right. He's the complainant in this case, and he's tryin' his dunulest to look like an abused man. Over thar on my left side is One Legged Pete, who's half greaser and half American and one of the meanest critters 10 be found fur a hundred miles around. Neither one of 'em is wuth plantin' over six inches deep, ami arter the trial this court hopes to see the pair run outer town on gineral principles. "This yere court, as Is known to most of you, owns the lied Dog saloon across the creek. It ar' needless to add that drinks, poker and various other things ar' dispensed over thar fur cash, and the reputashnn of Red 1X>? ai" seconu to none in uns woonv west. Last night was a busy time at the Red Dog. This court bad to help wait on the bar. chuck three men out of doors and pop another, and when midnight come be went to bed tired ?nt. He had just got to sleep when a critter gallops up on a bronclw and pounds on the door and yells that he wants jestice. 44 'Who is it?' sez I. ' 44 'Jhn White,' sez he. 44 'What's the hullabaloo?4 44 'One Legged Pete has stole my wife.' '* 'Waal, go'n steal some other critter's wife.' "Yes, but durn his hide, he wanted jestice, and he wouldn't be satisfied till I got up and agreed to hev One Legged Pete arrested. He was arrested this mornhf, and thar he is. I've j talked with him. and Pre talked with ! the woman, and I've also had my nose ! in the statoots fur an hour or more. 1 >"ow, then. fustly. as the woman went | mrny willinHy with the prisoner he j didn't steal her: secondly, under the \ statoots of this territory a woman ! ain't property and can't be stole: third- \ ?y. any critter hevin' such a humbly j wife as she ar' orter he willin' to pay j $50 to her her stole: fourthly.- Jitn 1 White was right thar when his wife ! jumped on the boss behind Pete and j rid away. He had a rifle beside him, J _ j and lie's a pood shot. lie could hev plunked the both of 'em and the boss to boot, but did he do it? No, siree. He sot right thar and seen 'em go, and then he mounts his knockkneed old broncho and rides 'leven miles to pound on the back door of the Red Dog saloon and yell fur jestice!" "Your honor," said Jim's lawyer, "my client ar' a peaceful, law abidin' "Shet up!" thundered the judge. "We know Jim White from top to toe, and the court don't want any of your gab in this case! Has the prisoner's lawyer got any words to snoot on: "We hev nuthin' to say." replied the counsel. "Which ar' jest as well fur you, Tom Thatcher!" growled his honor. "If you'd said ten words in favor of the prisoner, I'd hev sentenced him to be hung! Pete, you blamed ole reptile, what made you steal that woman?" "She wanted to be stole," replied Pete. "Waal, you've got her. and now keep her, but don't never do it ag'in. Jim White, why didn't you shoot the smoke colored cuss when he come fur your wife?" "I left him to the law." "Oh, yon did! Well, mebbe it's jest as well, as the law is big 'nuff and broad 'nuff to take keer of both of you. When I was elected jestiee of the peace in and fur the country of Sandy Bend, it was ginerally understood that everybody could hev law and jestiee by the shovelful. You had the right to pop at Pete, but no right to wake this court up. You ar' tharfore fined $25 and costs, which will be about as much more. You hollered fur justice and hev got it and if the boys wasn't goin' to run you outer town I'd double the fine! Pete, how much money you got?" "About $50." "Then I'll gin you a dose of jestiee at I the same time! The vardiet is that you pay a fine of $15 fur bein' the cause of this yere row, and as court adjourns we'll go over to my saloon, and you kin spend $10 or $15 more treatin' the crowd. Somebody hit that Chinaman | asleep ag'in the wall fur contempt of | court in not keepin' awake, and court | will then adjourn and rush bizness across the creek!" M. QUAD. Sis Life in Peril. "I jast seemed to have gone all to pieces," writes Alfred Bee. cf Wei UUlbAMAMAdll n IflVMA lore, XOL, uiuuuoiicon nuu n iauir back had made life a burden I couldn't eat or sleep and felt almost too worn out lo work when I began to use Eleotrio Bitter*, but thej worked wonders. Now I sleep like a top, can eat anything, have gained in strength and enj >y hard work." t They give vigorous health and new if? to weak, sickly, run-dowo people. Try them Only 50o at J. E. Kauf mana's drug store. The Layout. "Aw," broke in the new reporter who was rapidly being educated out of the idea that he was a journalist, "some c' these people give me a pain. That assistant city edftor told me to go up to the undertakers' convention, and said that if I got there about noon I'd strike a good layout. So I didn't get any lunch, but hustle^ up to the hall and saw the layout all right." "What did they hare?" asked the society reporter, visions of glace* and rui tea ~ flea finer hefora" her eves. "Why, they had a big head undertaker tip on the stage illustrating how to lay out a corpse. That's the kind of a layout they had."?Baltimore American. Her Little Joke. "This is certainly a funny occupation," remarked the cook as she sliced the bacon. "I fail to see the point." rejoined the auburn haired waitress. "Why." said the cook, with an audible smile. "isn't slicing bacon a side splitting affair?"?Chicago News. Their Fate. Mrs. Crow?James, have you ever stopped to think what will become of us when we arc old? Mr. Crow?Oh. I suppose we'll wind up as quail on toast at some table d'hote restaurant?Harper's Bazar. : Nothing- -can take the place of yonr: county paper. For county news and for county -pride it should go into everyi home. But for news from the eapitai of your State and every -couafcy ia< Sooth Carolina, served fresh every day; for daily news from Washington, the United States and every other. Quarter of the gtobe, nothing can take; the place in South Carolina homes of T3*e Dally State. These are momentous times in history. We are in the midst of wars,; etrBces and political struggies of great, importance. The next session of our' legislature, with the inauguration of; a new governor, will have peculiar in merest. Mrin or woman, iu Keep -up \ with the times, must read the daily history of the world,"and that is recorded in entertaining style in The State. The State will be sent daily for 58 ^ year, 54 for 6 months, 52 for 3 months, or just a fraction over the cost of a postage stamp for one letter a day! Cheap education and information for a family for 2 1-5 cents a day, isn't It? Bat if you can't afford that, there is Hie Semi-Weekly State, issued Tues- j days and Fridays, each issue contain- j Ing the most important news from all I Soeth Carolina and the world at large ; for that day and the preceding days J since the last isstse. And tbiw may be [ obtained for $2 a year. 51 for 6 mouths, j or jnst a fraction over a half cent a ! day! j No family in South Carolina is too j poor to take this paper. No money can j be spent to better advantage by a poor j familv. It is a necessity. Subscribe I NOW?TODAY. Send postal or express money order, 1 registered letter or check to ? THE STATE COMPANY. Columbia. S. C. \ IKE PRISONER Who escapes from jail is by no means free. He is under the ban of the law and punishment is written over against his name. Soon or . late he will be caught again and MfUj'l# ^ bear added punish- ! ment for his short escape from his cell. 02 Those who by the "" powders and tablets 5BVra escape for a time from the sufferings Ii of dyspepsia are* in the same condition " as the escaped pris- ^ oner. Soon or late Ik . m| thev will sro back to the old condition ; and pay an added r* $&&&&& penalty for tenipor- i__ Dr. Pierce's Gold- i- M en Medical Dircov- j ggf ery cures dyspepsia f||| and other diseases K|| of the stomach and ml Wj organs of digestion gn| and nutrition. Its ESB cures are lasting. 1 Jfir __ " For about two years * I suffered from a very obstinate case of dyspepsia." writes R. E. Sccord, Esq., of 13 Eastern Ave., Toronto, Ontario. MI tried a great number of remedies without success. I finally lost faith in them all. I was so far gone that I could not bear any solid food on my stomach for a long time; felt melancholy and depressed. Could not sleep or follow my occupation (tinsmith). Some four months ago a friend recommended your 'Golden Medical Discovery.' After a week's treatment I had derived so much benefit that I continued the medicine. I have taken three bottles and am convinced it has in my case ac>t>mplished a permanent cure. I can conscieniousiy recommend it to the thousands of dyspeptics throughout the land." Accent no substitute for "Golden Med ical Discovery." There is nothing "just as good" for diseases of the stomach, blood and lungs. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets stimulate the liver A Really Secret. Blanche?Mabel says that her engagement to Tom is a secret. Edith?Yes. Even Tom does not suspect it. She Grabbed Him. Henry?Yes, Miss Oldua, as I was about to say. our plaDS often go wrong ?man proposes? Miss Olduu?Oh. Henry, this is so sudden! But never mind, dear; your plans shall not go wrong this time. 1 accept you! Some Philosophy* We wonder and we wonder What'# ahead; What we'll see and haw we'll aee It When we're dead. If It's worth the while or worthiest, Foul or fair. And we wonder how we'll know It When we're there. We wonder and we ponder { What's to come. And of all the good about us We are dumb. ' When we all might be enjoying What 1b here. We are guessing if the future's Full of fear. We worry and we worry Over fate. When we'll answer that conundrum Soon or late. What's the good to guess if it be Smooth or rough? What's the use? We'll know the answer Soon enough. We wonder and we wonder In the dark. And we can't, with all our guessing, Raise a spark. Let us. then, enjoy our living Ere we flit. And the future, let us make the Best of it. ?Baltimore American. A Fine Liver Cure. Greenville, Term. I have thoroughly convinced myself that Dr. Baker's Blood and Liver Cure is the finest medicine made for Indigestion and Constipation. (I have tried them all) and was cured by the use of this medicine, after all others had failed. I most eheerfullv and unhesitatingly endorse it. Yoars truly, EL N. Baker, Mayor. For sale at tbe .bazaar. LEARNING A LANGUAGE. t It Is Comparatively1 Easy to Acquire a W orking Vocabulary. "It doesn't require any great length of time to learn a language if one has patience." said a man who has mastered several languages, "and when I hear a man regret that be is not able to speak French or German or Spanish or some other language unknown to him 1 cannot conceal my amusement. In nine cases out of ten I might say that the men who express a regret of this sort handle Ktiglish very poorly if that happens to he their language. "The chances are that their vocabularies are extremely limited, and it would probably surprise them to know that despite the advantages of birth - 4ml education thov could not command more than W>0 or TOO words in English if their lives depended upon it. Yet they are able to carry on intelligent conversation. a ltd many of them may become forcible and even axiomatic in their savings, and they plunge into discussions of literature, art. music and other subjects of such line elegance and do it rather successfully too. "Now how lonw ought it to take for a man to learn GOO orTOO or even 1,000 words in any lauguage? Certainly it ought not to take any great length of time, and from my own experience I know that it does not Of course I am not speaking now of mastering so that one can get the full benefit of all the refinements of speech in a particular tongue. "But I have in mind the idea of speaking intelligibly in a given language and being able to understand perfectly what is said in return. I have a system which I have worked out, and it has been of vast benefit to me ana has enabled me to learn a number of languages. It occurred to me while I was in Mexico a few years ago on irn- 1 porta nt business. "I could not speak a word of Spanish and could not understand the language. I concluded that I would learn the language. My plan was simply this: I made up my mind that I would not retire at the close of any day as long as I was there without learning at least j three words in Spanish, how to pronounce them and what they meant j That would give me ninety words per month, or something over 1,000 in a year's time."?New Orleans Times- : Democrat. j Look Ont For Your Pate. A contemporary says "pate" is slang j for head. It is, eh? Wherefore? Sure- j ly the word is used in a trivial or de- I rogatory sense, as noddle, noggin, era- j nium, brainpan, etc., nut its origin is eminently respectable. Shakespeare I says "the learned pate ducks to the golden fool." Pope's epigram is good: j Eou beat your pate and fancy wit will come; I Knock as you please, there's nobody at i home. ! We have "bald pate" and "shave | pate." Why. the word is used once in j the Bible, and by David, in Psalm vii, I 26, "IJis mischief shall return upon his j own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate." Accurately, pate does not mean the head, but the crown of the head.?New York Press. A Forbidden Topic. "There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well bred, to all rational, mortals," says Emerson, "namely, ! their distempers. If you have not slept tf rrr\n hnro slpnt nr if VOIl hflVe VI I A. J VU MM * V W?V|^v ? - - ? ? ^ - ? headache or sciatica or leprosy or thunderstroke, I beseech you by all angels to hold your peace and not pollute the morning, to which all the housemates bring serene and pleasant thoughts, by corruption and groans. Come out of the azure. Love the day." The quotation suggests that, hard as it is to be an invalid, it may prove almost as painful to be an invalid's friend. THE LIMEKILN CLUB. "" Brother Gardner's Remarks on the Wearing: of Diamonds. "My fr'en's. I wish to make a few painful remarks," said Brother Gardner after the regular routine of the meeting had been concluded. "A y'ar or so ago Samuel Shin appeared at a meetin* of dis Limekiln club wid a dimun pin on his shirt front. It was a dimun dat nebber cost less'n $2, an' Samuel showed it off fur all it was wuth. I said nutfin in rebuke, an' at de next meetin' Giveadam Jones blossomed out wid dimun No. 2. He was J I W UJ T1 It J UV >T LI A3IUV4. Penstock an' Deacon.,White, an* tonight as 1 look aroun' me I kin count np no less dan twenty-eight large an' juicy dimuns glitterin' from as many kalikcr shirt fronts. De wearers of dem dimuns are bobbin' up an' bobbin' down to show off, an' dey hev come to feel dat de.v run dis club an' own Paradise hall. I hev watched 'em wid pain an* anguish, an' I can't let 'em go no furder. "Speakin* in behalf of de 450 members of dis club an' frew dcm to de 0,000.000 cull'd people of America, I say to dc wearers of dese dimuns dat bylaw No. 270,354 will yereafter be enforced in its stricticity. Dat bylaw says dat no member shall try to put hissolf above Giiwge Washington. Dis blazin' out wid dimuns am a deliberate attempt lo bust dat bylaw an' l'nake a heap of people feel mad an' envious. Yo' can't lind it in history dat Gawge Washington ebor wore a dimun. We ail know dat he didn't. He was rich nuff to do it, but he preferred to put his money into liawgs an' stick to shirt buttons. I can't say what yo' shall wear when yo' go on excursions or to de circus, but I warn yo' dat de next pusson who appears yere at a meetin' W1U ;i allium SllIIJJii ;u uic iruiu ilia bosom am gwine to bear suntbin drap. 1 shall ltold dat bylaw up to bis gaze, an* I shall ax bim a few questions about his back rent an' grocery bills, an' when I git frew wid hiin he will hev an aeliin' aroun* bis heart. "])e ctillM people of America take dis Limekiln club as a guide an' an example. We kin sway 'em dis way or turn 'em dat way. We kin encourage de hull U.tKJO.OdO, babies an* all, to blossom out wid diznuns under deir chins an' becuin bankropls in a y'ar or we kin coax 'e.m to study economy an' hev a pig to kill in de fall. 1 don't want to seem arbitrary or tyrannical in dis or any oder matter, but I'm telfin' yo' powerful straight dat dimuns has got to ctase to shine at dese meethi's or dar will lie a calamity to rip de shingles off ue roof." M. QUAD. n_. lit. In 11 X *<? MWmm ? ? mm Mrs. Kergoson reached over, took a Ion;: dark hair off her husband's shoulder and held it up for Ihk inspection. "That." he said, angry at her implied suspicion. "is from the horse's mane. I have just been currying him." "What made yon suppose," she asked haughtily, "that I thought it was anything else;" At which lie shrunk back behind his newspaper again, feeling as if he had kicked hard at something and missed ft / 4 JUST THINK OF IT! / Over the above number of the Celebrated Makes represented by A Malone, ?f Columbia, C., have been sold, and chiefly to people of musical culture. For catalogue, prices and terms on the Best P;anos and Organs, Address -\ ?7 P. O. BOX 32, COLUMBIA; 8. . N. B Some special piano bargains always on hand ranging from$65 to $273, May 15-?ly. A ATLANTA GRANITE I AIVD v Marietta Marble Works, tl We have the best equipped plant in the South, with op to M date pneumatio tools and polishing machines which puts U M, in a position to do all kinds of Marble and Granite Work at the very lowest prices. Estimates made on all kinds Cemetery Work, and Building Material. .sL Wholesale and retail Call on or address, S. C-. MOZLEY & CO., P. W. BAENES, Proptietore, Atlanta, Ga. General Agent, Ridge springs, S. C. May 8?ly. WM. PLATT, DEALER IN Dry Goods, Millinery and Notions, rrr< A T5T v rtwtsnsTmT* WASTI ntiwrnw Ai AAAw A fVWi V? ? iWA, COLUMBIA, - - . S. C. J MAIN STREET. ^ We have received ana have placed on oar shelves one of the most beautiful as well as tfc# most complete line of ' FALL AND WINTER GOODS ' ever shown in the city. These are all standard goods from the most reliable mannfketnrers and are recommended for their stylish and nobby appearance and the beauty ofr pattern. A full line of onting and dress goods of all descriptions, as well as icvely creations in fashionable fall and winter millinery. Oome and see these goods before pnrohasing. I will make it to your interest to do so. October, 9.?3m. TAX NOTICE. | mj I WILL ATTEND THE FOLLOWING I f^"AI !<5F'^^7 mentioned places for the purpose of re- 9 ceivmg taxes for the fiscal year 1902: B f f M Lexington C. H., from the 15th of Oeto- 8 Pflk Wi /? ber to the 1st of November. 1902. i K I w Edmnnd. Monday morning, November 3 8 Gaston, Monday aiternoon, November 3. 8 ^8 Cross Roads, Tuesday morning, Nov. 4. 8 <J. J. Mack's, Tuesday aiternoon, Nov. 4, Swansea, Wednesday, all day, Nov. 5. m ff Red Store. Thursday morning Nov. 6. 8 J Archie Wolfe's, Thursday afternoon,Nov 6 I lJKC c 8 W. N. Martin, Friday morning. Nov. 7. Wat Brook'iand, Saturday, all da>, Nov. 8. 8 WM I ?4P Felion, Monday, all day, November 10, 8 m'| j Ifl 11AIOII ?ll IV1 Jacob Wiliams Tuesday morning, Nov 11 | Wa} . 8 ?H Tnfla^on eff Ks\*? 1 I LTrk/Vl 4 M A* S I Wm. westmoreiaiiu, i ucouo t aiw hut xi j ? j Batesbarg, Wednesday, all day, Nov. 12. I r'CCillJSi i Leesville, Thursday morning, Nov. 13. I Summit. Thursday afternoon. Nov. 13." m I Crap's Mill, Friday morning Nov. 14. I Wear clothes fl <3f9 Keisler's StoTe. Friday afternoon, Nov 14 I m-HA ?!/?.? xToP I :# Lewiedale, Saturday morning, Nov. 15 I maaetoyour Wi Bed Bank, Saturday alternoon, Nov. 15 I exact measIrmo, Monday, November 17. 8 , fl White Bock, Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, J LFw ^ ffi&g.-: \ Hilton, Tuesday afternoon, November 18 I ___ jlffrife-i- '4 Spring Hill, Wednesday morning. Nov 19 I STRAUSS BROS Beak, Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 19. | X Roads. Thursday morning, Nov. 20. 1 Good TaJlors for Chapin, Thursday alternoon. Nov. 20. I 25 yoars, ehanin Fridav morning, Nov, inber 21. f CHICAGO VUU^/tw, Josh Shealey's, Friday afternoon, Nov 21 Crout's Store, Saturday morning, Nov 22 I v * i 9 The balauce of the Line at Lexington M feel C. H. until December 31st, 1902, after I in jBBBfi! 1 which time the penalty will be added ac- J th?m. Near- M: eirdmg to law. fl ? -nft fflHn & The hours for closing the tax book will I P?-t- OHKHg be at 11 o'clock for the morning and 4 fi t?rns to so- mB o'clock for the afternoon appointment I Uct from Wm I B p taxlety. I taction mm I For State Porpown o Mj|is m HR For Ordinary County Purpeae3.. 3i Mills a firameeo. mi m For Special County Purposes -] Mill I $ ? the com* QL V For Constitutional School Tax., a" Mills I plete lino af Total 12 Mills f ^ 9iOTD EFFECT Special Sctiool Levy, District 18 3 Mills I \v P T? Special School Levy, District 37 2 Mills I * * ^ 9 t i Poll Tax $1.00. I LENT Vr*T IV c r< I Parties owning property in more than I * ?,v,Avy^? u one Township will so state to the Treas- I B; ^ urer, and when writing for information J concerning taxes always give name in full J iunocur PRiwrnnii faai.ui. n. Treasnrer Lexington Coantv. MI^ IIII ! rf Vitn n i vn? September 24.1904. ATTORNEY AT LAW, I T7nr> Qq1* COLUMBIA, - - . . a. C % I J? UI Octit?, pBACTICES IN THE STATE AND I 1 Tract of Jacd containing 96 a< res, more offers his proleaot less. adjoining lands oi Mrs. E. A. Cor- services to the citizens ot Lexington ley. A. K. Taylor, Mrs. 8ea<tronkand T. E. to , Raw]. October 18?ly. 1 Tract of 95 acres, more or less, adjoin- lAKAcc uadiiji aTT * rag lands Mrs. Susan 8ea?trunk, Peter JArVftO nAnmAN, 1 Pn?nrlH. A. K. Taylor and T. E. liawl. STJ3RO-EQ^" ^ T uvni/iTnw & n Fcr tenus, ete., apply to w, v., _ ALFRED J. FOX. (Office in rear of the Court House.) jvj ? Lexington, 3. C. TNFOfiMS THE PUBLIC THAT EE/V^B . JL will be in bis office every Friday for tb? * jf ^ Nice, fresh cakes, crackers and g3?,0' doioS work io ?? * f 1 Baker'e bread, at the Bazaar. March 19, 1902. ly.