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Tie Leii ugton Dispatch | LEXINGTON, S. C.. rr? / ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: / One Year $1.00 0-+/ Six Months 50 Three Months 25 ADVERTISING RATES. Regular Advertising, first insertion, 75 eents per rooh; each insertion thereafter, 50 cents per inch. Local notices, 5 cents per line each insertion; no local accepted for less than 25 cents for first insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one oent a word for every word over 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free and are solicted. Rates for oontract ad?Ka /.h?>ai>fnl)v fnrriifihed tin ?n w Hi w y - ? application. Anonymons communicarions will receive no attention Kejected manuscript will not be returned unless accompanied by stamps for tne purpose. Por any further information call on or addr?8s? 6 M. HAEMAN, Editor and Publisher. Wednesday, March 18,1903. Persons sending obituary notices ts\* T->nKli/^ation mnflt, ! m bUIO OUIk/O 1V1 J^uuiivunvu V.V. remember that a charge of oDe-half a ceDt is made for every word over 100. Io seeding the notice, count tbe words snd enclose the amount with the notice to insure publication. This rule applies to tributes of resppet. roemomms, etc The Njwb^rry Observer has fallen into line and sees no reason why an obituary written by a friend of a deceased person should not be paid for, to insure publication, the same 88 any other legitimate advertising matter. Ic this respect . ^ _ oor contemporary n?s arrived an a wise conclusion. There ia just as much reason to ask a merchant for a dollar's worth of granulated sugar free, gratis for nothiDg on tbe strength of having at one time or another purchased a nick!e gingercake from him as it to expect a publisher to extol the virtues of a dead person to the amount of two or three dollars free because the said person was once a subscriber. Business is one thing and friendship is . another and when the two conflicts friendship must be pushed aside or - otherwise tbe meal barrel will often go empty. _________ The flood situation in the Missis sippi river and its tributaries, is indeed alarming. Ttie people having homes adjacent to the rivers have been living in*a state of intense excitement and constant dread for days past. At one time it was thought that the levees, which projects the tow lying country from the raging waters in time9 of floods, would yield to the great pressure they were sustaining and the whole country inundated, leaving luin and devastation in the wake of the unbridled waters. Bat happily this danger was averted by the subsiding of the waters together with the inceeant |b?a?V e\t fVin/nn]a TVid oilnotinn l/i VUO A WV 0?VUW??VW still remains grave, however. Periodically for several years past efforts are made by certain cities to move the Presbyterian Theological Seminary from Columbia, where it is now located and will probably re maio until Gabriel toots his horn, to a more progressive and enterprising city. Those who are urgiDg the change have apparently overlooked * the fact that that city is not now, nor will it be in the near future, in existence. Our local mail service has not im ' proved mcch, The morning papers still continue to arrive in the evening of the day of publication and the ff.ening papers the morning after. Were it not for our long distance telephone service the cutside world might burn up and we know nothing about it until tte tire works was over. % The Secretary of State has issued a commission to the Georgetown Advocate Publishing Co. This makes the third paper to be published in that town, the Times and the Outlook being in existence. Great, indeed, must be the fait ^ of the projectors of j the new enterprise, or they have learned the art o: living without eating __ i There should be a correct map of I Lexington county. We don't believe that there is one in existence, if there is we do not know where to find it. One should be in evsry home, school house and public office in the county. Ou. m Musoun a justice decided \ that the eggs on the farm belonged lo p the wife and not to the husband, and ( that he was no better than a thief J when he sold them contrary to her e will and invested the proceeds in a ^ supply of Kentucky greased lightning * If we were a betting man we would e wager our list of delinquent sub- t scribers againet some one's old worn * out last summer's straw hat that t that justice is either an unmarried f man or has not felt that all absorb- e ing thirst for "greased lightning." p r Billy Feliz's Letter. t To the Editor of the Dispatch: fi Delightful spring like weather. Thus far March has been calm and | x an ideal springlike month. Our farmers are very bu3y now J turning the soil and preparing for ^ the planting season. Wheat and oats, are looking fine. J Our noble hearted Mr. George W g Pound has the finest wheat we have , J seen this season. Ask friend George 8 how he prepared his land and I think, if the grain is not injured, he will be ^ abundantly repaid for hie trouble. ^ His example is worthy of imitating. Our community was shocked eome time ago on hearing of the accident y which happened to the eldest daugh- ^ ter of Mr J. P. Sturkie. Her clothing caught fire and before the flames could be extinguished she was fear- j rn j L J ei,f ItJliJ taUU IMlttUJ uuiucu. uuc ouifered agonizingly for about fifteen days when her spirit took its everlasting flight. Maggie was a dutiful and obedient daughter. Her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Gaston last Thursday. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. L. Rodgers. A large congregation had assembled to pay this last sad tribute of respect to our young daughter and 6ister. May God bless this dispensation of his Providence to the good of all. Our hearts go out in deep sympathy to the bereaved family. The R F. D. route from Gaston, 8 goes into c fleet the first of April Mr. B. E Craft, carrier. Get your g boxes now, boys; put them up and receive your mail daily. Billj'a heart again beata with glee after the return of Mrp. Felix from * visting relatives and friends in the * Wagener neighborhood. Well, Mr. Editor, I think you had better stop chasing delinquents for awhile; brush up your fishing tackle, ^ and chase other "suckers." I think ^ you will make a better success ah the * business. Miss Minnie Zorn and mother from Greenvi le, have been visiting in ( Gaston for some time. While here 1 they stopped at the home of Mr. G C A. Goodwin. We think ere loDg they will pass this way again. T? /-II 1 ^1^1-^1., xruur vuaricob-SLL wujyivwi y uauuuv, j She can'c digest the tough black "Crum,'' It has no sweetening short or long. Yet there's enough to go all round, Tediy thought he'd cut a figer ? And pive Charleston a sleek black "niger " The people by their voice have said We don't want such a "Crum", Ted. But Ted is looking forward to 1904, And thinks the nominatic n for Pres. is' 'sho' But the people by their votes will saj: I Ted at home you're bound to stay. A man to Washington we will send, The right of the white who will defend, And not try to cut such a figer $ As Ted has done with the pesty niger. Men of principle and true stuff are i the men we need. t The charming Miss Addie Sex has i been spending some time with Mrs j J. F. Fallaw. 6 Success to you and all the force, t I am, Billy Felix. March 16, 1903. ? Tts Keraey Branch School. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The closing exercises of the Kemey , Branch School were held on the 7th < g instant in the presence of a small but appreciative audience. The trustees of the school are Mr. Thomas B. Barr, Mr. James F. Hallman and Rev. Evan Hall, three of Lexington's worthy sons. Miss Daisy M. Ed- ward was employed to teach the t term which has just closed. During J the term the trustees provided some new desks which contributed not j only to the comfort but to the convenience of teacher and pupils. A j nice stage had been built on the | front of the school house, embowed with cedar and vines in front tf yhich seat* wore arrange 1 lor the >atrons and friends of the school. )n one corner of the stage Mr. Tyre lohns of Leesvilie, was accorded pace with hie mammoth grapbapbon. Che clouds were lowerii g but the am did not interfere with the exircises, which began by a picture of he school by Mr. H. Randall. Then ve bad recitations and dialogues by he pupils and music by Mr. Johns or near two houre, and nobody leemed to think the hours slow. The jupils, one and all, did well. The nanner in which they acquitted hemselves showed that teacher and icbolars had striven for a successful rear's work. A recess was given for ? ? 11 j J linner WUlcn was wen prepareu auu jountiful. At dinner, short im jromptu speeches were made by Rev. 5. Hall and Joab Edwards. R-v. Hall throwing emphasis on the imjorfcance of training how to express deas, and Rev. Edwards on tbe need md qualification of leader's thoughts, tfr. Johns gave a touching history of i little child tryiDg to send a tele)hone message to its mother in leaven, and coupled it with an ex jortation to think of loved odcs goDe. Che echo of the child's desire to peak to its dead mother 88 rendered )y the graphapbone, softened my leart. A very amusing experience >f Mtb. Scruggins with a refractory sow was recited by the teacher, Miss ? iwards. Mr. Chriatie Bar?, one of he students, in weil chosen words, nade the valedictory. The Kercey 3raDch school is composed of a lot of )right minded boys and girls. By >roper training of art, science, literaure, agriculture, statesmanship, heologv and music may be deveiopsd. After the valedictory some of be young men and young ladies of he community j lined the pupils in a sake walk. The teacher's cake repeeented a mountain covered with mow, and was delicious to the taste, ilias Daisy M. Bair also had a snow nountain which melted in our -...iUn T? Annnlnoinn Mr iiUUtUO* JL LI ^Uiiuiuoiuu^ iu.i* xjviiiwi ^ illow me to Fay that a page of pleasint memories of Kerney Branch ichool abides with us. March 13, 1903. You and I. A protest has been filed with he United States Senate against ,he seating of Senator-elect Smoot >f Utah, on the ground that he is i polygamist. The Senate naval committee las recommended an increase of *300,000 in the appropriation for he Charleston Navy yard. U. R. Brooks, Jr., of Columbia, las been appointed State Electrician at a salary of $000 per anlum. Mr. Brooks is a graduate )f Clemson College. For Sale. One 5-borse mounted engine, in irst class couditioo. J. W. Kleckley, 22pd White Rock, S. C. STATS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF LEXINGTON. Court of Common Pleas. G. T. Graham, Plaintiff, vs. tfary Ann Wages and S. P. Shumpert, Defendants. Foreclosure of Mortgage. [N OBEBTENCE TO THE JUDGMENT herein, I will sell to the highest bidder it puhlic outcry, before the court hous* loor in Lexington, S. C.. during the legal lours of sale, on the first Monday in April lext: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, sitlate, lying and being in the county of Lexngton, and State aforesaid containing fifty 50) acres, more or less, adjoining laods of rohn W Wise, G. D Wise, Emma Williamlon and perhaps others. TERMS OF SALE? Cash. Purchaser o pay for papers. samuel b. george, Clerk ot the Oourt. March 12, 1903. 2w21. A. D. Martin, Esq , attrm?y for plaintiff. RLMSMII Wit WHEELWRIGHT WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO DO any kind of blacksmith and Wheelwright, repairs, etc.. at our shop, in rear )f J. M. Craps.. Terms reasonable and ill work guaranteed. pr:cs a koon. March 18, 1903. 4w22. Warning. VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL Li persons that they are forbidden to j vuut, fish, haul off wood, make roads or | respass in any manner upon ray lands. l rhe law will positively be entorced against I . .11 violators ol this notice I W. W FULMER. March 4, 19015. 4w'2J pd. Hilton's Life for the! Liver and Kidneys aids iigestion. Reveals That "Pe-ru-na is Calculated to Tone up the System, Restore the Functions and Procure Health." SO SAYS PROF. L. J. MILLER, CHEMIST. ,Jii~ Prof. L. J. Miller, late Professor cf Chemistry and Lotany of the High School of Ypsilanti, Mich., writes from 3327 N. Clark Street, Chicago, 111., as follows: "As several of my friends have spoken to me of the favorable results obtained th rough the use of Peruna, especially in cases of catarrh, I examined it most thoronf-'My to learn its contents. ' I found it composed of extracts of herbs and barks of most valuable medicinal qualities combined with other ingredients, delicately balanced, calculated to tone up the system, restore the functions and procure health. "I consider Peruna one of the most skillfully and scientifically prepared medicines, which the public can use with safety and success."?-PROF. L. J. MILLER. ? "m C. M. ^ F.^ Dreheb ^ Especial attention given to business en- sm /\ ? trusted to him by his fellow citizens o- -LViL . el^s/CL Lexington county. Special Factor Office: 1316 Mam Street, upstairs, oppo- oo~ a tv err site Van Metre's Fumituie Store I^OO 9 Mm February 28 ?tf. ***"* 10 J. H. FRICK, =| attorney at law, "" " ** ^>raC^C6^*na^ ^onrt8- ^ Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given to all I Have a V persons interested that I will apply to j. *- ,, the Hon. GeorgeS. Dralts, Judge of Pro- \t jf and rUll bate in and ior the County of Lexington, State of South Carolina, on the 3rd day of April, next, for a final discbaige as /pl&mlp 1 Guardian of the Estate of Blanche Roof ffwl'M ffljfI "1811? V A 1 and Martha E. Rawl, Minors. IdI jr^i&lN l" Bvll ]\l -t a r.ROMRR. Guardian. / #*!!;lll'limjmi Match 4, im' " ' ' 4wM. fi?Plf?]i Fiaal Discharge. W|ii/ CLOT! "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL M|W*V 131 persons interested that I will apply to tne Hon. George S. Drafts, Jnd^e of Pro ' i-mM/if'M. Vg M_______ bate, m and lor tho Co amy of Lexington. h SJtiOESS State of Sonth Carolina, on the 3rd of 11||| g ' " April, 1903, for a final oiscburge as Ad- - I ministratrix of the Estate of Daniel Bickley, ffliM deceased. (wi-M igJff ^ REBECCA F. BICKLEY, [M |f|! Administratrix. :i}M March 4. 1903. 4w20r ? Vjl ArtlTm,r w. ?*. J I -rT-rr TOB TTvnT?.m!TflVP.n. HEREBY I rj-ivA IHf ;l VY notify the public not to tresspass j /) ** upon our lands by hunting, fishing, waking sfy -j , r road-', or in any manner whatever. The v. ft v.ljOV?Cf law will be enforced against alltrespas.ers. 11 E. PKICE J. D McCAHTilA. j _ ? JESSE McOAKTHA, ^4 #*^g GEO. I>. MILLEK. f CT M . J February 25, 1003, 4w20. pd. fl! tm&vzmzM BeWiif's ? Salve _ FopPiSes, Bums* Soros. L= XXIl?[tDH February *6, 190'J?3m, "Builds up the System.** ^ lion. Joseph H. Ridgeway, Secretary of the American Anti-Treat Society, writes the following letter from tho Grand Central Hotel, St. Paul, Minn.: "Itis with great pleasure that I endorse Peruna as ? y an honest modi-1 ^?gQK > cine, competent ] 4 to do all it! WT^ 4 claims. I have f |? | > used it several 1 G9 L > times and know 1 \A I JQf f of nothing that 1 4 cures so com- ? ^ pletely, and ati a the same time? l\ / l^s\ 4 builds up the j t \ " I have rec- a I ommended it to ? Joseph Ridgeway. 4 a number of my friends and always feel that I do them a service for I know how satisfactory tho results invariably are. I only wish every family had a bottle?it would save much sickness and doctor bills."?Joseph II. Ridgeway. " Feel Better Than for Five Year*." ? Mr. James B. Taylor, Roberts, Ind., writes: "I am at the present time entirely well. I can eat anything I ever could. I took five bottles of Peruna, and feel better now than I have for live years. I have doctored with other doctors of? and on for fifteen years, so I can recommend your medicine very highly for stomach troubles. I take great pleasure iii thanking you for your frco advica and Peruna."?Janes B. Taylor. " I Enjoy my 3Ieals as I Used to." Mr. J. W. Pritchard, "VVolf Lake, Ind., writes: " I am pleased to say that I have been cured of catarrh of the stomach by Peruna. I could hardly cat anything that agreed with 111c. Before I would get half through my meal my stomach would fill with gas causing me much distress and unpleasant feelings for an hour or two after each meal. But, thanks to your Peruna, I am now completely cured, and can cat anything I want to without any of the distressing symptoms. 1 can now enjoy my meals as I used to do, and it is all due to Dr. Hartman and his wonderful medicine, Peruna. "It has been one year since I was cured, and I am all O. K. yet, so I know I am cured."?J. W. Pritchard. Dyspepsia is a very common phase of summer catarrh. A remedy that will , cure catarrh of one location will cure it anywhere. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. That it is a prompt and ' 4V\1* oofo VY*V? J pciiil>xiiv;iiu '-uiv; avu vuiaxiii vx tuv : stomach the above letters testify. | If you do not derive prompt and satisi factory results from the use of Peruna, i write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a ! full statement of your caso and he will be pleased to give you his valuable adI vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of ! The llartman Sanitarium, Columbua, I Ohio. ZBARGAINS!" I BARGAINS! gjg^ OROANS, from $35 up. 29 !EW BEAUTIFUL UPRIGHT Bf * PIANOS, from $200 up. H8 THE MOST RELIABLE HOUSE I] I) IN THE SOUTH TJ DEAL Bah wfTcr Uli ALL INSTUMENTS FULLY WARRANTED. For catalogues, address ALONE, * Representative, COLUMBIA, S. C. V/aII Qalo/h+orJ I Stock of m boi'$|A hihg, raw^ hats ji ^ y > FURNISHINGS. Call, Prices Cruaranteeil rhan Columbia Market* IDepot, S. C.