The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, January 14, 1903, Page 2, Image 2

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ta^giMnf1 ?r-Tfffl" mini irntniwi?n 0= I "Bobvs e Was Loa i 1= [Copyright, 1902, by C. B. Lewis.] lias come?he has got another I fad," sighed Mrs. Bowser as she heard Mr. Bowser's footsteps the other evening. Something in his very gait warned her that he had broken loose again, and her first glance into his face assured her that he had a programme for the evening. She fought shy of asking any questions, and, although he was several times on the* point of volunteering information, he managed to hold on to himself until after dinner. Then he said: "I shall be out this evening and probably until a late hour, and you need not sit up for me." "Going to the club?" she asked. "No. I ain going to undertake a little J expedition for the Naturalists' club, j I THEY GREETED BOWSER AS "CCLLY." There is a dispute that has been left for me to settle, and I shall secure the facts if it takes me all night" "But why do you make au expedi tkra at night?" "To get my facts. You may have heard that at the approach of cold weather certain birds and animals migrate to a warmer climate. You may have possibly beard of it" "Yes. I believe so." "Well, there is a dispute among natV nrialists as to whether woodchucks and woodpeckers migrate with the others and whether they move at night or by daylight. I am going out into the country to observe and report." : "Do yon seriously mean it?" asked Mrs. Bowser as she stilled a laugh. "Mean it! Of course I mean it. And what are you grinning at?" be shouted, j "Here is a question of worldwide im -NOW. YOU GIT OUT O' THIS. . portance to be settled, ami 1 am not standing: up here and giggling over it." "But it struck me as rather funny. Why shook! any one care whether the woodcbuck and the woodpeckers start out at 7 o'clock is the morning; or at midnight?" "Why should any one care? That's the way with ft woman, lr some one tola ber that elephants lived on codfish cakes, she'd think it was all right." "And so you are going: out into the woods to watch whether woodebueks and woodpeckers migrate at night?" she asked after awhile. "I am, and I've got to make an early *tart. I want pencil, paper, a candle, matches and cigars. There may lie quite a number of facts to jot down." Ten minutes later he was off. Mrs. Bowser ami the cat watched him disappear up the street. I Mr. Bowser had three miles to ride j on a street car before he reached the j country, and then be walked another mile to reach a piece of woods which looked likely to be inhabited by woodchucks and woodpeckers. Unfortunately tor him, there was a house near at hand, and the owner chanced to observe him as he climbed the roadside fence. The investigator for the Naturalist's club bad only got comfortably "* ? ?* -V?nr\ o mon propped Up a in c ? ireu ? umu i :>n<! a *Iojr hunted him out. mm! the ( man demanded: "Now. then, whnt in Texas nre yon xknlkin? about here for?" "My friend, I am not skulking/* was ! the reply. "Let mc a*k you if there i i H -Cv. ffee.v, . =3 S' He Motkes & Night Trip Into the Country to Study N&tureJ History, a.nd * & Strays J* c,> = Qt are woodchucks in this piece of woods?" "What's that to you? Have you pot so hard up for meat that you have turned to stealing woodchucks?" "I am here to observe if woodchucks and woodpeckers begin their migration at night. I shall not meddle in the .1 t. < ? . X- T4 least witti anytning Deiongmg 10 you. it is purely in the interests of science/' "Well, you've got to trot!" retorted the man as he took a new grip on the club in his hand and whistled for his dog. "When a man's fool enough to look for woodchucks and woodpeckers at night, he's dangerous. You hump yourself out of this or I'll make it hot for you!" "My dear sir"? "Hump, I say!" Mr. Bowser humped?that is, he got over the fence and pursued liis way along the king's highroad for half a mile and was ready to turn into another piece of woods when a couple of tramps came along. They were not looking for woodchucks, but for barns or haystacks. They greeted Bowser as "Cully" and started in to be friendly, but Mr. Bowser wouldn't have it that way. He gave thera the marble heart and was passing on when their injured feelings got the better of them, and they called him a bloated aristocrat and offered to lick him for a cent a week on the Installment plan. He talk ed back, as a matter of course, and when they had passed 011 he lay in the roadside ditch with his watch and wallet goue and the woodchuck and woodpecker question still unsolved. The next heard of him was when he appeared at a farmhouse at midnight and knocked on the door until the farmer came down to ask what was the matter. "I have been assaulted and robbed and left for dead on the highway/' the reply. "Good lands, but you don't say so!" exclaimed the farmer. "Who are you. and what are you doin' out here at midnight?" "My name is Bowser. X came out to see if woodcbucks and woodpeckers started for the south at nlglit" "W-b-a-t!" shouted the farmer as he raised his gun. "Now. you git out o' this, and be quick about it! I've had two gold bricks worked off on me within a year, but I've got my eyes opened at last and can't be taken in ag'in. You must think I'm greener than grass!" "Do you know if woodchucks migrate by day or by night?" asked Mr. Bowser as he hung in his tracks. "No; durn me if I do, but I know that if you ain't outside that fence afore I count ten I'll"? Mr. Bowser was outside, and the farmer and his wife and son followed \M> BE QUICK ABOUT IT!" him for half a mile as be still headed out into the country. Mrs. Bowser didn't ?0 to bed at 10 o'clock nor at 11 nor at midnight. She sat waiting and hoping. Site heard the bells strike 1, 2, o. I. From 4 to 5 and 0 she consulted with two policemen and three neighbors. Soon after 7 o'clock she started out a man in search. He was goue for hours, and when he returned he reported that no clew could be found beyond the farmhouse where Mr. Bowser had been menaced with a shotgun. Id bis search he had discovered wood*;bucks and woodpeckers, but no Itowser. The next morning's papers contained the following notice, and Bowser, who had dragged himself home an hour before daylight and been put to bed by Mrs. Bowser, rend the notice two dayi later and said not a word: "Missing From House.?Man named Bowser. Was last seen on the Ten Mile road at midnight on Tuesday uight. Is short and fat and baldh??aded. Temper rather hot. May possibly be discovered in some bit of forest lookine for \rorx?eh;w-ks :ind wood neck ers. should be handled gently and word sent to his distressed wife at once. If he contends that he has discovered that woodehucks and woodpeckers don't: migrate at all (luring the cold weather, don't dispute him. Any expense incurred in his capture or keep will be promptly refunded. If caged, lee that the bars of the same are secure before starting, and don't offer ftltB raw sue*I." M. QUAD. It is a great affliction for a woman to have her face disfigured by pimples or any form of eruptive disease. It makes her morbid and sensitive, and robs her of social enjoyment. Disfiguring eruptions are caused by impure blood, and are entirely cured by the great bloodpurifying medicine?Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It removes from the blood the poisonous impurities which cause disease. It perfectly and permanently cures scrofulous sores, eczema, tetter, boils, pimples and other eruptive diseases which are caused by the blood's ' ti JHipuruy. it increases me attiuu ui the blood-making glands and thus increases the supply of pure rich blood. "For about one year and a half my face -was very badly broken out." v.-rites Miss Carrie Adams, of 116 West Main Street. Battle-creek. Mich. "I spent a great deal of money with doctors and for different kinds of medicine, "nut received no benefit. At last I read one of your advertisements in a paper, and obtained a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Before I had taken one bottle of this medicine I noticed a change, and after taking three boUlcs I was entirely aired. I can well recommend Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to any oue similarly afflicted." The sole motive for substitution is to permit the dealer to make the little more profit -paid by the sale of less meritorious medicines. He gains; you lose. Therefore accept no substitute lor "Golden Medical Discovery." The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, a book containig 1008 pages, is given away. Send 21 one-cent stamps for expense of mailing only, for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the volume bound in cloth. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Many superstitious beliefs as to tlic "influence" cf the moon still remain. In some localities it is believed to be unlucky to be empty handed when one first beholds the new moon, and among the same people having silver in the lands or gold in the pockets is a "good sign." If one is about entering upon an important undertaking, he had best defer proceedings until the moon is "fulling"?that is, until some time between "new" and "full" moon. Failure. "I thought Spoonamore was going to marry Miss Garlinghorn. but I see she has let him get away." "Yes; her father didn't appear to be at all anxious for the match, and her mother was a little too anxious. She lost him on account of bad team work." ?Chicago Tribune. Their Friendly Way. One of the worst things about falling into a hole Is the number of people who gather on the bank to point out the routes you could have taken to avoid falling in.?Atchison Globe. Knowledge humbleth the great man, astonishes the common inaii and puffs up the little man. Health brings wealth more often than wealth brings health,?Saturday Evening Pest. His Cleaalfication. Ingomar Buskin?There's a dispute about my acting. Some critics put it in the first rank, others in the second. ? ? ? ? ~ ~ <?'j iNOW, UC?W WOUiU )'uu ucouguiiiv; ju Horatio Jones?I? Oh, I'd simply designate it as rank.?New York Times. The? Appreciation. The Author (after the first performances?Well, what do you think of my play? Feminine Friend?It was just lovely! Who designed the heavenly dresses?? Brooklyn Life. When you go to collect a bill, the man at the counter is less apt to inquire about the health of your family than when you go to pay one. Does It Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more eevere and darjg'**ous results of throat and luDg troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible; if not possible for you, theD iD either case take the only remedy that has been introduced in all civilized couat-ries with success in severe throat and lung troubles, 4,Boschee's German Syrup." It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflammation, causes easy expeotoratioD, gives a good night's rest, and cures the patient. Try one bottle. Recommended many years by all druggists in the world. You can get this reliable remedy at Kaufmann'a Drug Store. Get Green's Special Almanac. 12-33 Penalty ot UzlneM. Head of Department?What's this lying on my desk? The last dunning lett /. i... r i !..! icr mi'ivwi irom my lanor, uuiy mitialod by all my clerks! Ob, dear, what have I done? Actually scut it round to be duly noted without taking the trouble to look at it!?Kliegomle Matter. Hi* Maxim. "It's always well to be on the safe side," mused the burglar, with a glow of satisfaction, as he crawled into the bank through the opening in the wall. New York Times. Any person attending n spiritualistic seance in Itohemia is liable to a fine of 540. * ' SMILE AS YOU GO. Everybody Loves the Men "With a Shining Countenance. Brighter than the most brilliant of gems, electrifying with a radiance that does not dazzle so much as it calls forth a reflection of brightness, is the shining countenance. The soul of each man is a sun of infinite energy and glorio^ light. But how few allow thewse." s to shine! How few faces are lit up with their possible divine life! Take your thoughts away from the swamps of fear and evil, center them on the ideals of faith and love, on good intentions for others, and your countenance is at once Illuminated. Look in a mirror, and you shall see that my words are true. Absolve yourself of all troubles, be peaceful, be still, cease all your repining; then your countenance will shine. That such an instantaneous physical change can take place by a change of thought suggests what power there is in !i ronowed habit of thought, a habit created by repeated conscious reposeful efforts of calm, concentrated thinking in line with the ideal. Not only is the countenance changed by a bright thought, but the whole body. The atoms are so many vortices of ether, and the central force of each is the mind. A shining countenance is a smiling countenance. Look on life rightly, and you cannot but be pleased. Then you will smile, you will laugh with joy, because of life's possibilities. You have perhaps desired to reach greater heights of power. You will reach them easier if you will but smile as you go. There is every reason why the heart should be glad, and your love for others will show this so. This is the sunshine that expresses itself in your countenance. The mere fact of loving drives away fear and darkness. All 1 ' /ln + v 4lwk r*r\r\r?I m_ | must? cuiuji:pijvu:> Hi*, vwuv-.i. sions of a biased reasoning, vanish at the appearance of lovo. Every one loves the sunshiny days, and every one loves the man whose soul cr individual sun shines through his face. Such a man will be trusted wherever he is. He is an interpreter of life; he will intuitively grasp the meaning of things; he will be welcomed everywhere; he will recognize all and he will be recognized by all; he will be received as the Son of Man. a true exemplar of his race, a leader in the evolution of humanity; he will be an encouragement and an incentive to all. A shining countenance is first of all an immediate phenomenon expressive of the proof of right thinking, and the same source of this illustration contains the potency of completely changing character, body, surroundings, of influencing the person, the community, the race, of issuing forth from its infinite. solar center great r^am of life, giving out more vigor, rail. the whoie realm of existence to the higher plane. ?Fred Burry. Too GencroQA. "What was the trouble between Arabella and ber young man that they gave up the Idea of marrying?" asked " nf RnchSr iX nil UlVl I CfWlltJU I. VI UU^UVJ. "Arabella was always techy." said the young lady's aunt, with impersonal calmness, "and that was the trouble ?that and her being so literal. It's a terrible reeky combination o' qualities. "They kept having hitches all along, but come Christmas time Albert asked her right up and down what she wanted, for fear of making the wrong choice, and she said, "You can give me enough candy to till my slipper,' looking at him real coy. "Well, her feet aren't as small as some, but that wasn't his idea. 'Twas because he's generous and not literal. He sent her a live pound box, poor, deluded critter, and she up and broke the engagement, and his little sister ate the candy and enjoyed it. by what 1 hear."?Youth's Companion. In a Critical Attitndc. Some people seem to be born in an unhappy frame of mind. They cannot admire excellency without making some comment on deficiencies. With them the "times are always out of Joint." They are simpiy hi a criucm attitude, aurl nothing except grumbling will satisfy their morbid condition, says the Pittsburg Press. They remind one very strikingly of the old lady who, when she was asked how she felt, replied that she felt better, but that when she felt better she always felt worse, as she knew if she felt better she was going to have a worse spell again. The Cnrate'i Compliment. In a west end church on u recent Sunday the junior curate was preaching on reasons for coming to church. "Some people," he remarked, "come to church for no better reason than to show off their best clothes." Then he paused and glanced thoughtfully over his audience. "I am thankful to see. dear friends." he added, "that none of you has come here for that reason." ? London Telegraph. The crowned heade of every nation, The rich* men, poor men and misere Ail join in paying tribute to DeWitt s Little Early Risers. H. Williamp, San Antonio, Tex, writes: Little Early Riser Pills are the beat I ever ufled in my family. I unhesitatingly recommend thrm to ever} body. They care Constipation, Biliousness Sick HeadacliP, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, malaria and all other liver troubles. Kaufmanu Drug Co. | The eyes may be the mirrors of the soul, and furthermore, they can satisfy a woman that her hat is on straight. Overwork Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. fThe kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil- i ter out the waste cr impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, aches and rheumatism come from excess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney poisoned Diood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their beginning in kidney trouble. If you arc sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits by all druggists in fiftycent and one-dollar sizes. You may have ? i sample bottle by mail Home of Swamp-Root, free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake, hu* r< m mber the name, Swamp Koot, r K Imer's Swamp Root, and th* address, Binghamton, N. Y.. on evt rv bottle. CHANGE. HE used to hold her in his firms, Her head upon his shoulder, And ne'er get weary in the least Nor care how much his coat was creased. Or so he fondly told her. i & <v,\ \ Jr rp\ fk^rzs Now when he has to hold their ehi'.d He nearly falls to pieces. And many are the sighs he draws. And much he frets around because His coat is filled with creases. ?Chicago Record-Herald. Color Lino In Cnltnre. A certain officer brought home with him from South Africa an intelligent due itinerate tvamr as servant. Ouo day recently as be was reading a book the colonel caught Pete ixniping over his shoulders and asked him what he wanted. "1 wants ter ask yer ? quesham, sir.'* "Well, what is It?'* "1 has seen folks reading books and de like, an' 1 jess wants ter know which is it yer reads?de while or d? black?"?London Answers. Aeld Love. Miss Upptfnote ? Yes. F am going abroad to complete my musical edumtion. Mrs. Synnex?Oh, that will be so nice, dear! Miss F'ppanotc?And when I come backMrs. Synnex?But is It positivclj* necessary that you come back, you poor, foolish darling??Boston Evening Transcript. None to Spare. *'Ti?coma speaks tip and says she is not suffering for sweet girls for brides." '"Well, there is one thing sure, ami that is that none of the other cities is suffering from an overplus." ? Cleveland Plain Dealer. Unconscious From Croup. During a sudden and terrible stack of croup our little girl was jDconsciouH from strangulation, says i L. Spafford, postmaster, Chester, Vlicfc., and a dose of One Minute Cough Cure was administered and repeated often. It reduced the sweling and inflammation, cut the mucus and shortly the child was resting easy and speedily recovered. It cures Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, and all Throat and Lung troubles. One Minute Cough Cure lingers in the throat and chest and enables the lungs to contribute pure, health^iviDg oxygen to the blood. Kaufmann Drug Co. Clr?!ntu!t(ftnce? Alter Ca?e?. T ess?I>o you believe in long engagement*? Jess? It depend*. Tees?Depend* upon what? Jess?Upon bow much money he's got ! to spend on you.?Philadelphia Press. Conl-lc?* Uoi]>?ratlou. Mrs. Do Freeze?Why, Egl>ert. surely you aren't going to make ice cream! The house is freezing cold now. Egbert?That's just it. I'm going to s<ie if 1 can get as hot over it as I used to last sit miner.?Chicago News. t niiirK} upui. Nol!?I know a ?irl who accepted an opal as an engagement ring. Belle?IIow unlucky! Nell?Yes, wasn't itV She found out afterward that it. was only an imitation.?Philadelphia Kecord. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. TAX KETUKNS. In accordance with the law in reference to the re-assessment and feiatiOD of prcpertj. the Auditor, or his assistant, will be and attend tho fol owing named places for the purpose ol - eceiving tax returns for the fi>cal year 1903, and in order to meet the next appointment, the hour will ciose at 11:30 in the morning and at 4 o'clock in the aternoon; taxpayers will, therefore, be prompt in meeting the appointments so as not to cause delay. Taxpa\ers will please come prepared to give the name of their townsuip and number of school district wherein tney reside: From tne 1st to the 12th day of January, 1903, at Lexington, c. H. Gaston, all day, January 12. Swansea, January 13 and 14, both days. Bed Store. January 15, all day. Archie Wolfe, January 16, morniog. W. n Martin, January 16. afternoon xsrooKiana, January i/, au aay. Edmund, January 19, aiternoon. Cross Roads. January 20, morning. J. J. Mack January 20 afternoon. Pclion January 21, all day Luiber L, Gratt'a. Jaunarv 22. morning. Jacob Williams, annary 22, aiternoon. Wm. Westmoreland. January 23, morning John G. Able, January 2 , afternoon. Red Bank. January 24, afternoon. Franklin Keisler, January 26, afternoon. Crap's Uld Mill, January 27, morning. Batesburg, January 27, afternoon. Batesburg January 28, all day. Leesville, January 20, all day. Summit. January 30 morniog Lewiedale, January 30. aiternoon. Barr's Landing. January 31, morning. J. J. WessiDger, February 2. morning. Josh Hbealy, February 2 aiternoon. Chapin, February 3. all day. > Cross Roads, February 4 morning. Peak. Febmarv 4. atternoan. Peak, February 5. morning. bpiing Hni, Feoruajy b. aiternoon. Hilton, February 6, morning White Rock, February 6, aiternoon. Mrs, Mary Baaby. February 7. morning. Brtllentine, February 7. afternoon. lrmo, February 9, all cav. K. T. Hook. February 10 mornirg.' Lexington C. H , lrom the 10th to the zutn 01 reoruury. Section 2 0 tf the law in reference to the assessment of taxes, (Kevised Statutes,) reads as follows: All proper, y shall be valued for taxation at its true value in raonev, which in all , cases not specially provided for by law, sball be held to be as follows, to wit: For personal property the usual selling pricejon tne usual terms of similar property at admini trator's or executor's sale, at the place where the return is madeiand for real property, the usual selling price on the usual terms of similar property at sales for partition under or^er of court, at the place where the return is to be made if there is no usual selliug price, then at what is honestly believed couid be obtained for the same at a lair sale under the couditions above mentioned It shall be the duty of each owner of lands, and of hdv new structures thereon which shall not have been appraised for taxation, to list the same lor taxation with the County Auditor for the Count) in which tbey may be situated on or betore the 20th day of February next, alter the same s all become subject to taxation hAo.tinn Pi. That from and after the naa. ~? ?" r wage of tbis >ct, there sht.il be assessed upon all taxable polls in this State a tax of one doiJar on each poll, the proceeds of which tax shall be applied solely to edncational purposes. E?ery male citizen between the ages of twentj-one and sixty >ears, except those incapable of earning a support, from being maimed or from other causes, and except those who are made exempt by law. shall be deemed taxable polls. All returns lor taxation rnnst be filed with the Auditor not later than February 20th, 1903, as after that date the law requires a a vddition of 10 per oent. to the List year's returns Township Beards of Assessors will meet at some convenient place in their respective township on Tuesday, March 3, 1903. County Board of Equalization will meet at the Auditor's office -on ^Tatsday, 'March 24, 1903, at 10 o'clock a. m. G. A. DEBBICK, . Auditor of Lexington County. THE STATE OP SOUTH CAEOLINA, COUNT? OF LEXINGTON. Court of Common Pleas. Eva C. Boozer, Lucy Crews, Mary Gooding. Carrie Efird and Maurice Kreps. Plaintiffs, against Daniel Wise, Henry Wise. Willie Hall, Henrietta Wise. Jessie Hall. John Wise, Ernest Wise. Danial Wise. Bhodella Wise, Martha Wise, Harry Wise, Oscar Wise, Kudolph Wise, Brown Wise, Julius Nathaniel Wise, Jimmia Wise. Sennt Wi e, Maurice Davis. Jim Harris. Sarah Titus, Tom Titus, Sallie Wise. Frank Smalls, Charlotte Umphrey, Charley Wise, Elsie Bickley. Willie Wise. , Lizzie Boozer. May Boozer and Draft* Boozer, Defendants. Summons for Relief (Complaint Served.) To the Defendants above named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, of wnichacopy is herewith served upon > ou, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office at Lexington, 8. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: * and, if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. KFIR1) DREHER. Plaintiffs' Attorneys. To the Defendants: Charlotte Umpbey, Willi e Wise, Willie Hall, Jessie Hall and Rhodella Wis*: You will please take notice that the original summons and complaint m above stated ease are now on file in the office of the Clerk of ihe Conrt lor Lexington county, at Lexinaion. S. C. EFIRD A DREHER, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. December 8th, 1002. 6wl0. THURMOND nlit mains n m. Will Practice m all Court*, KAUFMANN Bl'ILDISvi. LEXINGTON, S3 C On the 18th day of October, we formed a co-partnorabip lor the practice of law. We will be pleased to receive those having legal busine-* to be attended to at onr of lice in the Kautumim building at any time. Kee^ecttnlly. J. Wm THURMOND, G BELL HMMEKMAN. | October 22. 1102.?ly. 1