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| UiiUlhlit liEvUWtylludliaithnd.nl I j (MONELBUNKER 1 He Tells of His Many Experiences f i With Editors c [Copyright, 1902, by Warner Muller.] ** A ? a Pu^^c man ^or *orty yearspast," said Colonel Bunker / ^ as he sipped at his glass and set it aside for a moment, "I have met up with a large number of editors. Very few of them have understood me from the first but in the end most of them have become my good friends. "Take the case of the editor of the Clarion," resumed the colonel as old ' : 1 ~ recoiiecnous Drougui u uio face. "It was years and years ago, sub, and I was a candidate for the legislature of my state. I opened the campaign with a speech that went hustling over the state like grapeshot and gave me instant standing as an orator, but the Clarion saw fit to criticise and ridicule and pronounce It an old woman's lament. As soon as I had read the criticism I took a walk. I found the editor in. Without the slightest reference to his article and in my suavest tones I said: " 'My deah suh, at what hour in the mawning do yo' generally arise?' " 'About 9 o'clock, colonel,' was the reply. "'Would yo', in order to oblige me, make the hour sunrise tomorrow mawning? Also, would you put in an appearance at the place known as Scott's grove? There is to be a little shooting match there at ten paces, and it will furnish yo' an interesting item.' ** T 1?nAvr? nnrt nf TmrfihC ^ hp -LJ\J X ivliu <IUJ Vt tuv ^/u i. Ciw MV asked in a voice full of anxiety. " 'I think yo' do. suh. One of them will be Colonel Bunker and the other yo'self. As to which one will be left on the ground I cannot say, but yo* can rest assured that only one will survive. 1 await yo'r answer, suh.' "The gentleman was not present next mawning," continued the colonel as he reached for his glass, "and the ^Clarion contained q double headed editorial in which it stated that my election to the legislature was of more importance than anything else on the 1 1 .I? * ' ONE OP THEM WILL BE COLONEL BUNKEB." boards. It was a beautiful thing?a beautiful thing, sub?and It was onlylast week that I stood up at a bar with that same editor and touched glasses. He has been my friend for thirty years, suh, and he will continue to be. He simply made the mistake of not understanding me at the outset. "And there was the editor of the Banner?of the Banner, suh. I had made a speech in the legislature advocating state protection for the catfish of our rivers and bayous. It was needed, suh. The catfish is the pore man's beef and mutton. Its skin could be n /1awa? ?icno Tfc? t-ovtt K/sn^a IU1 iiCU IV CL UV4bCU UOCO. XIO TtlJ WiitO are of value. He was being caught in such numbers that in another decade he would have been extinct when I introduced a bill for his protection. I had certain statistics and facts to offer, and the bill went through. The editor of the Banner, standing entirely alone, referred to me as Colonel Catfish Bunker and suggested that I draft bills to protect frogs and gallinippers. I was on my way to his office for an interview when I met him on the statehouse steps. "'Mistah Blank,' said I when we had been introduced and shaken hands, 'will yo' have half an hour to spare during the day?' " 'I will,' he replied. " 'Then, suh, at what particular hour will it be most convenient for yo' to receive my friend, Majab Worthington? Shall we say 3 o'clock this evening?' " 'What is the majah's object in calling ?' he asked as he looked at me rather queerly. "To arrange our little affair, suh? our little affair. The choice of weapons will rest with yo', of co'rse, but I hope yo' can name an early hour.' "There was "no meeting," said the colonel as he emptied his glass and set it down with a sigh. "The editor was taken with a chill that day and could not see callers, and next day the Ban ncr uevoieu iwo cuiuums ui spuci- iv my catfish bill and declared that it was the wisest measure of the whole session. Many were the poker games I sat in with that editor in after years, and it was iny painful pleasure, suh, so to say, to be one of his pallbearers five years ago. It was simply that he didn't size me up correctly at the start. "And I direct yo'r attention, suh," resumed the colonel after his glass had been refilled- "I direct yo'r attention to my little misunderstanding with the editor of the Courier. I was a judge on the bench at the time, and the Courier found fault with my ruling in a certain case. Indrxl, suh, the paper went so far as to i, 'estion my legal abilities to decide on such a farreaching matter and to advise an appeal from my rul Ings. I made it my business to drop in on the editor, and as he received me I said: " 'Yo' have expressed doubts as to my legal wisdom, suh, but there is a little matter on which I desiah yo' to satisfy yo'rself to the fullest possible extent.' "'And what may that be?' he asked. " 'As to my shooting, suh. In order that yo' may discover for yo'rself that 1 am neither cross eyed nor nearsighted I suggest that yo' name a friend to arrange details with a friend I shall name.' " 'Is it a duel, colonel? " 'It is, suh.' "He was no fishworm, that editor," said the colonel. "On the contrary, he was a game man. He dismissed me with all due courtesy, and an hour later the details of our duel were arranged. He selected pistols, made his n*5U onr) nn thf* frrnnnd nliead of me at sunrise. He had been reflecting during the night, however, and befo' the pistols were handed out to us he approached me and said: " 'Colonel Bunker, while this affair must go on and while I shall probably leave the ground alive, I wish to say in justice to both of us that a closer reading of yo'r decision has convinced me that yo' could have made no other. It is a wise and just decision, suh, as the Courier will state tomorrow, and all praise is due yo' for yo'r patient and painstaking investigation. Now, let us proceed to shoot each other.' "But we didn't proceed, suh?we didn't proceed," sighed the colonel as he reflected on the saving of powder and lead. "When the editor finished his remarks, my hand went out in greeting, and ten minutes later we were crooking our elbows in unison. Each of us made a stanch friend, suh? a friend for years to come?and I can't say that I have ever been sorry it turned out that way. "Great weather this for evaporation, and I find my glass empty again." -\* r\TJ K T\ ,?A. Rerenge Is Sweet. James, four years old, had been naughty to the point of evoking a whipping from his long suffering mother, and all day long a desire for revenge rankled in his little bosom. At length bedtime came and kneeling before her he implored a blessing for each member of the family individually, she alone being conspicuous by her absence. Then, rising from his devout posture, the little supplicant fixed a keenly triumphant look upon her face, saying as he turned to climb into bed: "I s'pose you noticed you wasn't in it."?Harper's Magazine. Wanted. We would like to a;-k, through the columns of your paper, if there is any person who has used Green's August Flower for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver Trouble that has not been cured?and we also mean their results, such as sour stomach, fermentation of food, habitual costiveness, nervous dyspepsia, headaches, despondent feelings, sleeplessness?in fact, any trouble connected with the stomach or live)? This medicine has been sold for maDy years in all civilized countries, ?i > we wish to correspond with you aDd send you oDe of our bioks free of t i i.:.J A ?. uuoi. xx jruu never ixxeu au.'usi Flower, try a 25 ceofc bottle first. We have never known of its failing If so, something more serious is the matter with you. The 25 cent size has just bsen iotroduced this year Regular size 75 cents At all drug gists. G G Green, Woodbury, N J lmproTin^ Upon Aature. "What on earth are you doing- in here. Tommy?" asked his mother, peering into the darkness of the henhouse, whence had been coming for five minutes or more a series of dismal squawkings. accompanied by a loud flapping of wings. "I am trying." said Tommy, who seemed to be doing something with a knotted rope, "to fix this rooster so his ala-m won't go off before 7 o'clock tomorrow morning."?Current Literature. Btnsinesii. Merchant ?Did you find out what that gentleman wanted? New Clerk?No, but I found out what he didn't want. Merchant?What? How dare you? New Clerk?And I sold it to him.? Catholic Standard and Times. Benefits of Foreign Travel. "How did your husband enjoy his visit to the AlhambraV inquired the friend of the family. "He was tickled most to death," replied Mrs. Gaswell. "He killed a snake there." A Good Place Fop It. She?Doctor, is Squeedunk a good place to go for rheumatism? Doctor?Sure. That's where I got mine.?Indianapolis Journal. A Eesrrka'ble Case. One of the most remarkable cases _ ? 1 J3 J A A M # AA 4 M AM 4 l\ 1 / ? n 01 H CO!U, ueep-frmtu uu iuo causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E Fenner, Marion, Ind., who wr8 entirely cured by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. She says: uTbe coughing &nd straining so weakened me that I run down in weight from 148 to 92 pounds. I tried a number of temedies to no avail until I used One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles of this wonder ful remedy cured me entirely of the cough, strengthened my lungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength." J. E Kaufmann. THE FIRST STEP Of the child is an event in the mother's life. How proud she feels when the attempt to walk is begun so early as to evidence childish courage and sturdy * strength. Such pride should be enjoyed by every mother. But it often happens that the child is timid, weak and deficient in vitality, and clings to the mother's arms with no " desire to walk or play. E& Mothers should learn f gts that to have strong chil- V WM dren the? must themselves be strong, for the JSl child's strength is Mf a the gift of the . W mother. Ha The use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite / i'jLyJ Prescription by / j I 71 w _ expectant mothers J | ^ gives them health J I V P IS and strencrth to / Mr isb .3 the nerves, strengthens the body and gives great muscular strength and elasticity, so that the baby's advent is practically painless. "I have been using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. and can say it is |ust what you advertise it to be. and can cheerfully recommend it," writes Mrs. Victor J. Hadin, of Deonardville. ?iley Co.. Kansas. "I began talcing it just two months before baby came and was greatly benefited by its use. The doctor who attended me 5aid I did about as well as any one he had seen (as I was sick only about three hours), and also that your ' Favorite Prescription ' was ' the one patent medicine' which he aid have faith in. ? We now have a darling baby bov. strong and healthy, who weighed niue pounds when boru (July 28th). During this mouth he has gained three and one-half pounds." "Favorite Prescription" makes weak women strong, sick women well. Accept no substitute for the medicine which works wonders for weak women. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, a book containing 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. Report of Town Council, Lexington, S. C? from September 11, j 1902, to March 10,1903: RECEIPTS Capb, on Sept. 1, 1902 $ 153 08 Fine 3 00 L >wman, beef license. 1 00 Fine, 10 00 Hiring out road machine,.. 9 50 Dispensary profile, August, 42 61 Buyer, fish license 25 Amzi Derian, town license, 1 50 J. E Mathias, stall rent.. . 3 00 Lowman, beef license...... 2 0J Fine 10 00 Boyer, fish license 50 Dispensary profits, Sept'r.. 73 33 Rolling Bear, town license. 1. 75 St. dues, July, Aug , Sept'r. 40 00 J. E. Mathias, stall rent... 3 00 D. W. Corley, s?hH rent.... 3 00 John Williams, fish license.. 1 00 Dispensary piofits, October. 71 34 Amzi Derian, town license.. 1 50 Lawman, beef license 1 00 Dispensary profits, Nov 41 49 Fine 5 00 5 on X 1UC www Fmdland, town license 50 Fine 5 00 Fine 5 00 J. E. Mathias, stall rent.... 3 00 D. W. Cirley, stall rent 3 00 John Williams, fish license.. 1 00 Fine 4 00 Fme 6 00 Fine 2 00 Eli Corley, town license 50 Fine 2 00 Dispensary profits, Dec,... 104 79 Amzi Derian, town license.. 1 50 Fine 1 50 Fine 3 00 John Williams, fish license.. 1 00 Green, town license 50 Dispensary profits, January. 54 02 Lowman, beef license 1 00 St. dues, Oct., Nuv., Dec... 40 00 Total amt $ 723 16 EXPENDITURES. J. J. Bickley, work on str'ts 4 86 Gus Lonck, police ,. 17 15 W. F. Hicks, mill police.... 4 00 A. R Meetze, n. watchman. 22 50 J. W. Logg, sundries 160 A. Marks, ringing bell 4 00 G. M. Harman, pub. report. 2 00 50 galloos oil, 6 15 * a 9 4A juamps ior town utu Jesse Haliman, sharp g picks 75 G. M. Harman, receipt books 50 A. Marks, ringing bell 4 00 J. M. Craps, repair'# lamps. 1 35 W. F. Hicks, mill police 4 00 Gus Lorick, police 14 75 A. R. Meetze, n. watchman. 22 50 Geo. McCartha, hauling 14 50 J. J. Bickley, workioghauds 14 G2 E. A. Roof, working hands. 2 00 Gus Lorick, .police 12 25 P. H. Corley, making arrest 1 00 Lex. Lumber Co., lumber.. 5 32 A. II. Meetze, n. watchman. 23 50 W. F. Hicke, mill police.... 4 00 A. Marks, ringing bell 4 G5 T. C. Sturkie, salary 25 00 1 Pistol 6 00 J. J Biekley, work hands.. 8 29 W. F. Hicks, mill police.... 4 00 A. Marks, ringing bell 5 00 S L R*wl, wood 1 20 E A. Roof, police 20 00 A. R Meetze, n. watchman. 22 50 55 gallons oil 7 70 T. H. Caughman, r. pris 1 20 Hauling clay on street 27 58 Hauiing sand on street 27 29 Caughman & Harman, lub'r 42 01 J. J Biekley, w. hand on sfc. 30 83 A Marks, ringiug bell 5 05 E. A Roof, police 30 00 A. R Meetze, n. watcnman. 23 50 W. F. Hicks, mill police.... 5 00 J. W Long, sundries 9 80 Hauling sand on street.... 55 93 Simon Smith, w. on street.. 5 25 Jag. Lowman, right of way.. 10 00 ?. A Rjof, police 25 00 A. R. Meetze, n. watchman. 22 50 W. F. Hicks, mill police.... 4 00 A Marks, ringing bell 5 10 S L. Riwl, wood 1 20 Jasper Price, police 4 00 Managers of town election.. 3 00 Police supplies 3 50 W. P. Root, supplies GO W. F. Hicks, mill police. 4 00 A. Marks, ringing bell 5 75 G. M. Harman, printing 3 55 J. M. Craps, repairmg iamps 3 35 A R Meetze, n. watchman. 22 50 E. A. Roof, police 22 00 Total $ G98 53 Cash to balance 24 03 $ 723 16 A Severe Cold for 3 Months. The following letter fiom A. J. Nusbaum, of Batesville, lad., tells its own story. *T suffered for three months with a severe cold. A druggist prepared me some medicine, and a physician prescribed for me, yet I did not improve. 1 then tried Foley's Honey and Tar, and eight doses cured me." Refuse substitutes. Sold try The Kaufmann Drug Co. Upper Baptist Union. The Uuion meeting of the Upper Division of the Lexington Baptist Association will meet at Samaria church on Saturday, the 28th inst. 10 a. m. Organization. Reports from churches. 11 a. m. Introductory Sermon? Rev. B. I. Reynolds. 12 m. Recess. 1 to 2 Query?Do the Churches and Preachers Stand for Full Gospei? Opened by the Rev. C. B. Avery. 2 to 3. Should the Churches Magnify or Minify the Material Side ot Religion? Opened by the Rev. M. J. Kyzer. 3 to 4. Miscellaneous Business. SUNDAY. 10 to 11. The Effect of the Literature of the Sunday School on the Spiritual Side of Religion? Opened by J. T. Sawyer. 11 to 12 Missionary Sermon? Rev. E. Hall. J. T. Sawyer. Union Clerk. Do You Enow. Greenwood Views and Items. Why .should the farmers of the United States be poor when the products of agriculture form about twothirds of the entire export trade of the country ? Last year, according to the secretary of agriculture, exports from the farm amounted to ?860,000,000. On the farm what should be among the possibilities in wealth and power and a high degree of intelligence when it is known that the science of agriculture is yet in rudimentary stages throughout the world? The farmer is the great man of the country and shold be the happiest and most independent man. If he is not, who is to blame? The signboards are up and if he takes the wrong fork in the road he seould blame himself because he has eyes and refuses to see. * The Stomach Is the Man. | A weak stomach weakens the man, because it cannot transform the food he eats into nourishment. Health and strength cannot be restored to any sick man or weak woman without hrst restoring health aod strength to the stomach. A weak stomach cannot digest enough food to feed the tissues and revive the tired and run down limbs and organs oi the body. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cleanses, purities, sweetens and strengthens the glands and membranes of the stomach, and cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. J. E. Kaufj mann. i DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the newspapers is sure to know of the wonderful ji j- ?, cures made by Dr. '?I, Kilmer's Swamp-Root, 8 I Sreat Sidney, liver D li and bladder remedy. I IrK i i=i? ^ is great medi" wt l cal triumph of the ninety! j teenth century; disj y I 1 covered after years of ./ * Is > , w-v_ Ul] j scientific research by 0 i ( ^r- Kilmer. the emif]_* _= Acr~. " nent kidney and blad* -'' der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid troubles and Eright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found iust the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to purchase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. V/hen writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and f^L^-z , send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bing- feijgn hamton, N. Y. The regular fifty cent and Home of SwamjvP.oot. dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. IAI A & I wap1** TWO HUNDRED Mm 3k i&E S BL i ?j young men and WASH I g"|| ladies to qualify IV n87 for paying positions. If you are Interested, write us for our handsome illustrated catalog. THE LANIER SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE, MACON. GA. November 19. 1902?ly. DENTAL NOTICE. DR. L. L. TOOLE, of North. S. C. will be at Swansea, S. C-, oa the second Wednesday oi each month, and at Gaston, S. C.. on Thursday lollowing. Oct. 29?6m CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PSLLS co? at i? Safe. Always reliable. Ladle*, ask Druggist for CHICHESTER'^ ENGLISH in Red and Gold metallic boxes, sealed with blue ribbon. Take no other. Refuse dangerous substitutions and imitations. Buy of your Druggist, or send 4c. in stamps for Particulars, Testimonials and "Relief for Ladies," in Letter, by return .Hail. 10.000 Testimonials, bold by all Draggtsui. uflbaiiuaLi tu. C100 Madison Square, PHILA., Pi. Mention thl? t?er>er. THE ENTIR] ( 1638-1640 Mj Columbia, This stock is n to the retail t] reducec This sale will not last very long as il convert same into cash in th You Know the L Dry Goods CLOTHING, SHI AND REPRESENTS ONE < 51"/ Come Eari^ Yours very truly, ?M, F. I jWheele & Wilson I No. 9 BALL BEARING SEWING MACHINES!!! Wonderfully Light Running and Rapid. One-third faster; one third easier than any shuttle machine. Save about ONE DAY IN THREE. Qu'< t ^nd durable. THREE DRAWERS. FIVE DRAWEES, DROP HE AD AND CABINET STYLES. ORGANS. A lot of High Grade Organs very low for cash. One Chaple very near cost. 1900 BALLBEARING Washing Machines and Ball Bearing Wringers These are treasures. No wet dresses and f->et Any seven or eight >tar old child can work it. Will cleanse the clothes in ten minutes. Will last for years. -T -E3- I?1 u-! SJ m otaaU. LJ.U.hiWdaV ^ 1804 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. December 3, 1902. 3m BhaWAH Cleanses and beautifies the halt. Promotea a luxuriant growth. Never Palls to Eestore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Curea ?ca!p diseases & hair lalling. TH-yiBl, Will Practiw n, a^l Court?, KAUFMANN BUILDING, LEXINGTON, S C j - ? un me oin u vj oj uciouer, we lutmcu a co-partnership for the practice of law. We will be pleased to receive those having legal basin*- s to be attended to at our office in the Kanlmann building at any time. Besnectftilly. J. WM THURMOND, G BELL TIMilEBMAN, October 22 1902. ? ly. Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys tones ! up the stomach. n tnirn nmnnr ti mii SIUUA )F 1IX STREET, - - - s. c. o ow being offered rade at greatly L prices. o t is the wishes of all concerned to e next thirty days if possible. 0 ines Handled are , Notions, IES AND HATS, OF THE LARuhSI IN I Fit \TE. - and Often. rURTICK,