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For any further information call on or address. G M HARMAN, Editor aDd Publisher. ??????? i ?? Wednesday. June 3,1903. Toe closing hours of May, witnessed a scene of horror, ruin and devastation, which was attended by many fatalities to human life caused by great fl )ods in the Mississippi river and its tributaries. Such destruction to life and property has not baen witnessed since the historic Johnstown flood. From K insas down to Gainesville, Ga., the country has been swept and torn and riven by wind and water with more or less severity. Is is impossible at this time to even estimate the loss of life and damage to property wrought by the wild winds and mohiricr routers hnfc thfi nnfi will go iato thetbosusands the other into millions. The devastation and destruction has been widespread. Many heartreading scenes were witnessed and deeds of heroism performed in rsecuring those endangered. We hope that such disaster will never again visit oar country. J ihn Browntield, the negro barber of Georgetown, who killed the deputy sheriff of that county about three 3ears, ago and whose arrest came near precipitating a race war, will be arraigned and resentenced at the no it term of the court of General Sessions cf that county. It will doubtless be remembered that the negro attorneys for Brownfield appealed to the State Supreme court frjm the finding of the circuit court, oa the groaLd that there was bo negro in the panel which heard his ca*e The Supreme Court affirmed tne tendings of the lower court, from woicb d?-cisioD, B.ownfield appealed ftj the U iited Scafces Supreme Court upon the same grounds, which, court ban affirmed the decision of both the c rouit and Scate Surpreme Court, aod B ownfield will be resentenced to be hanged Dr. Btcot, of Caarl-jeton, secretary o? the State Board of Health, to whom wis re'erred the repot t of an epidemic of lung disease among the negroes o* Wi liamsburg county, has made no investigation and says there is no r jidemic, but maDy negroes have coQ8ump ion resulting from the c.'ssipat&u life the) lead, and that the waiter is not within the j irisdiction of the Board to act unon. 1 Will Cantey colored, paid the penliUy of his c-icne iu the R cbland coaaty j til Friday morning. He Wis convicted of the murder of Eliza Kjrshaw, bis param ur ij October of last year. H-* sent to kingdom come ia an orderly and expeditious manner. Trip to Uw Orleans. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Please allow space in your columns for a short narrative of our trip to New Orleans. I and tix other Lexingtonian8 boarded the train at Lexington on the 18th for Columbia where we were j jinel by Capt. Allen Jones, and a party of Columbia's most noted }OuDg Indies, sponsors, maids of h isor, At- 7 a. m. we left Columb a, our p^rij boarding a sleeper though w<f slept but little. We went by way cf AtlaDta, Montgomery, Mobile and other cities too numerous to mention. We arrived in New Orleans I suppose about 10 o'clock, on tae 19th. Wo *ere soon lik9 the old woman who went a few miles from tome and said, if the other half of the world was as big fs that half, it was a whopper. We thought if there were as many people on the other half, there were many a one. We found the streets a perfect jam of humanity. After a tedious hunt we got beds for the male party at Si 50 per night. I don't know what b<-oaiue of the ladies, though Capt. Allen Jones, who seems to be a ladie*' man, was in charge of them. As I was a delegate I had but little time to see sights, though each day I would take a stroll over the city. I found but one wide street, that was Canal. All others were very narrow, especially in the business part of the city. The city has some as fine residences in the western and northern parte as I ever saw. Some of them in other parts are very low and dirty looking. I was never much on the fautastics though I went to see the great ball which was to be given on Wednesday night, though it was a failure. Ail seemed to go on well until the band struck up and the couples began coming out, all at once the mass of people brc^ke in and completely crowded the 6pace which had been kept clear for the ball, that it was impossible to do any dancing. Several attempts were made to clear the floor but they wtre io vain. Each day the delegates attended promptly. It was so arranged that on entering the auditorium each odo could see bis State banner and knew where to go. A space was provided for delegates and none was allowed to enter without showing his credential or haviDg on a delegate's badge. Every day there were some graDd speeches made though but few could be heard, except Gen. John B. Gordan, who I have always considered the greatest orator I ever heard. His clear, ringing voice at the start attracts attention, then his well fitted words holds the audiance spellbound as long as be will talk Other speakers make perhaps as good talk but they have not the voice, and in such crowds, the outskirts of the crowd cannot hear and bppin tn talk which - c? _ goes like a wave until the nearest can hardly hear. We wish we could tell it all but then it could hardly be believed, though I will tell a little about the French market, where every nation seems to be represented and every language used, even the negro has learned to use some language, we can't tell what. Aud there is all kiods of tropbical fruit sold, such as we never saw before. We were carried through a sugar refinery and shown the different grades of sugar and molasses. There was sugar to sweeten more coffee than we have drank in our whole life, and more lasses than you could sop in your life if rrrkti o r\r\ Vi r\ f tirvnt* ki Thursday evening I started homeward leaving our companions behind. By starting at that time I failed to see or j >in in the great parade which took place on Fa day, but I wished to spend a little time in Atlanta, where I spent some time at the U S. Penitentiary, having a near relative there. Ou arrival there I called for him and he came forward, carried me in a room and had the New Orleans dust brushed off and after I took a good bath, was then carried to every department. E ach officer j nned us and explained everything with satisfaction. It is one of the grandest things I ever saw. Last of all, we visited the Wardens tffice who a^ked me to take a seat and be showed me a drawing of the plan of enlarging the building, and when I left he presented me with a beautiful printed ticket which gives me an invitation to visit the prison from that time until the 31st of December next. We ate a well prepared supper and about 6 o'clock, took the car with our kinsman and another officer to see the grand city which is truly grand. About 12 o'clock I was ' aboard for home. Well, I was about to close, but : stop, as Isom said when Le was hav ! iDg the marriage ceremony which | was marrying him to a man in j woman's dress, I have a message for j the ladies of South Carolina. On Wednesday I wa3 strolling around in New Orleans. All at once an old Cjnfed. spoke to me, asked wuere I was from. On getting the THE NEW WOMAN. (I I | Mrs. Emma Mitchell, 520 Louisiana street, Indianapolis, Ind., writes: "Por the past five year3 I have rarely been without pain, but Peruna has changed all this, and in a very short time. I think I had taken only two bottles before I began to recuperate ver^ quickly, and seven bottles made me well. I do not have headache or backache any more, and have some interest in life."? Emma Mitchell. The coming of what is known as the "new woman" in our country is not greeted by everyone as if she were a great blessing. But there is another new woman whom everybody is glad to see. Every day some invalid woman is exclaiming, " I have been made a new woman by Dr. Ilartman's home treatment." It is only necessary to send name, address, symptoms, duration oI sickness and treatment already received to Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, and directions for one month's treatment will be promptly forwarded. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Ilartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. S> Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. answer, he grabbed my hand, shook it for at least five minutes, taii \ e had been looking for some one from South Carolina all day. He said he waDted me to tell all the iadiesof nn State as loDg as hie heart beat there would be a warm spot in it for them, for the treatment they gave him while making his way home iu Louisianf; said some places until he reached South Carolina, he at times was compelled to go hungry, but when he struck our State the ladies did not only give him enough to eat but some to take alon'g with hire. He had been wounded. All at oncehe turned around and said he would introduce me to his daughter who looked to be about sixteen, and a fair beauty, and I expect if I could have called back fifty years I would dow be sopping that Louisiana lasses, that is, if she would have agreed to fry the fritters. I saw many a tear trickling down the cheek of the old Confed ?not tears of sorrow but of joy. Friendship made in trouble is worth ten to one in pleasure. I have not told all but must close. An Old Confederate. Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Itching Humors, Eczema, Scrofula, Etc. Send do money?simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our expense. A personal trial of Blood Balm is better than a thousand printed testimonials, so don't hesitate to write for a free sample. If you suffer from ulcere, eczema, scrofula, Blood Poison, cancer, eating sores, itching skin, pimples, boils, bone pains, swellings, rheumatism, catarrh, or any blood or 6kin disease, we advise you to take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B B.). E-pecially recommended for old, obstinate, deep-seated cases of malignant blood or skin diseases, because Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B) kills the poison iu the blood, cures where all else fails, heals every sore, makes the blood pure and rich, gires the skin the rich glow of health. B. B. B , the most peifect blood purifier mide. Thoroughly tested for 30 years. Costs $1 per large bottle at drug stores. To prove it curee, sample of Blood Balm sent free by wri ing Blood Balm Co, Atlanta Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in pealed letter. This it* a i honset offer?medicine sent at i one, prepaid. Now is the time to put in some ox cellent work on the public roads. WE MUST GROW OR DIE. Constant Study Is Xecesnary to Iveep Pace V.'itJi the Times. A passion for growth, a yearning for a larger life, Is characteristic of all great souls. A man is measured by his power to grow, to becom? larger, broader, nobler. The intensity of his desire to reach out and up defines his capacity for devlonment. Any one, young or old, possessed by a passion for growth is constantly adding to his knowledge, always pushing his hor.'-zon a little further. Every day he gains additional wisdom, every night he is a littie larger than he was in the morning. lie keeps growing as long as he lives. Even in old age he is still stretching out for larger things, reaching up to greater heights. We often find plants ^nd trees that are not fully developed, but have reached the limit of their growth. They cannot be made to resnond to the woo ing of cnricliod soil or copious watering. The power for the extension of cell life seems to have deputed. There are many human plants of similar nature. Early in life they settle into grooves, from which nothing can displace them. They are dead to enterprise, to advancement along any line. New movements, new systems of business, larger conceptions of life and similar things in the living, moving present do not appeal to them. Immovably . bound to the past, they can step only just so far this way, only so far that way. There is no further growth, no more progress for thom. They have reached their goal. Employees often think that they are kept back designedly and that others less deserving are pushed ahead of them, when the real trouble is with themselves. They have ceased to grow. They continue to move in a circle. They have not kept pace with the trend of the tiir.es. "Forward!" is the bugle call of the in'antinth / ontnrr TV?n mnnrr mor> at* L\> laIi ui v'juiui j . a. vu;ih uiau vi woman or the old man or woman who has ceased to grow is to be pitied. Life holds nothing more for either.?Success. THE LAU MELOMELO. How Hawaiian Native* Go After the Finny Tribe. "Lau melomelo" is the name of a decoy used by the native Csliermen of Hawaii. It is made of the hardest wood to be found on the islands and is carved and rubbed till it assumes the shape of a club with a little knob at the smaller end, to which the line is tied. The club is from one to three feet long. A village sorcerer performs certain ritoc ftvpr it nvor n ?5ir*rpd fire. After tills Is done the club is magic, and the fisherman must be extremely careful of it. If a woman should step over it or enter a canoe in which it lies, the club would lose all its power and would be useless ever afterward. After the club has been charmed the fisherman mixes candlenut and cocoanut meat, bakes it and ties the mixture in a wrapper of cocoa nut fiber. At the fishing grounds the club is covered with the oily Juice of the stuff and is then lowered carefully to the bottom. The scent of the baked nut meat attracts certain kinds of fish, which soon gather and begin to nibble at the club. As soon as enough fish are around the decoy a small bag shaped net is lowered very gently until its mouth is just over the club. The latter is then pulled up carefully and cun mnglj* till It is within the bag. ihe hsh are so eager for the stuff with which the club is covered that they follow It into the net without fear. As scon as all the fish are in it a fisherman dives and closes the mcuth of the net, whereupon the rest haul it up quickly.? Washington Post Later In the Gsne. "Ah, me," sighed the drug clerk, "how women do change!" "What's tangled In your wheels now?" asked the boss. "When I was doing the courtship stunt with Cordelia," said the d. c., "she declared that if I should pass in my checks she would also die without delay. And now"? "Well, what now?" queried the boss. "We have been married only six months," continued the assistant pill compiler, "and she is dropping hints around to the effect that I ought to get my life insured."?Chicago News. Odors of Sickness. In gout the skin secretions take a special odor, which Sydenham compares to thac of whey. In jaundice the odor is that of musk; In oppilation. of vinegar; of sour beer in scrofula, of warm bread in intermittent fever. In diabetes, when there is perspiration, the smell is of hay or. rather, of acetone; but according to Bouchardat, midway between aldel^yde and acetone, being due to mixture in variable proportions of these two bodies. Not Very Filling:. Mrs. Andrews was the most conscientious visitor of the district but for various reasons she was not popular among the poor people whom she longed to help. "I don't want to see that peaked looking woman in mv room again, nor I won't!" said the grandmother of the nine racked manners. "I read my Bible wid the best o' folks," went on the old lady, "but there's times for some things an* times for others, an' that Andrews woman is without the sense to know the one from the ether. What was the motto she brought us yesterday, all In red and gold letters, and we with empty stomachs? ? 'Be tilled with faith!' Youth's Confpanion. The candidates are already at work in the interest of the candidacj for a public offire. SPB??lt??S9I3 i f The Trade of 1 ^ Lexing | SEY GOODS $ | GENT'S FURNI: A complete stock of goods i Lf<c opened up and l^ady lor y Plrj goods ot siylish fabrics a ^ and patter 4 DRY GOO] A __ TT_. A ^ M All up-iu-imtej & coi;.sis:ing of all the LATE this Se H OUR GENT'S FURNISHING is receivirg cew ? Whan yon visit Co'nmbu don truue is respecilnily soiicitet i$j GOODS ALWAYS Of THE H! jj?j REASON IN.A.Y m ^ 1603 Main Street, I v COLUMBIA, If Masonic Notices. A regular communication of /Va Pcmaria lodge, No. 151, A. F. M, will convene in Masonic hall Peak, S. C, Saturday, Jure 6 b, 1903, at 7 p. m. Brethren will pleaee be prompt in attendance aa the F C. ana M. M. decrees will be conferred John C. Swygert, Master. A A REGULAR COMMUNICATION of Lexington Lodge, No. 152, A. F. M., will be held on Saturday, June 6:,h, 1903, at 7 p. m. Brethren are earnestly requested to attend promptly. By order of the W. M. Samuel B. George, Secretary. A regular communication of St. Cleir Lodge, No. 154, A. F. M, will be held in the lodge room at Brookland, on Friday, June 5:b, at 8 o'clock p. m. By order M. H Witt, W. M. R. L. Shuler, Secretary. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine ToKiotfl All drnop-iflta refund the I AWW.vtv. r O money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on eacb box 25c. Brought Him Back. She riff Ciugbman left last Sunday morning for Dates City, Fla, with requisition papers for the delivery of Sipio Stratford, a negro, who is charged with having murdered Joho Stivender, colored, sometime ago Stratford made good escape, but was located by Sheriff Cjugbman and the arrest followed. The Sheriff returned yesterday bringing with h m hi* man, having traveled nearly 500 miles. "whyT?T will you buy worthless Spectacles and Eyeglasses from irresponsible p-ddlers and pay them exhorbitant prices, when for a moderate cost you can get from us a FINE ARTICLE, PR3PERLY FITTED, and the fit of a piir of glasses is just a3 important as the quality. It you Need Glasses come over and let us fit you properly. The jc.ditor ol this paper can testily to our skill as Opticians. P. H. LACH1C0TTE & CO., JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS, 1421 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C\ IF YOU WANT trm? 13V 1M1 <?!! UTDWAPf JILVItliiil >411J yiiii9b;i girtiibj or something for a Birthday or Wedding Present . send for our catalogue. June 3.?ly. .J. H. FRICK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will practice in all the Courts. Office: Hotel Marion, 4th room, second floor. CHAP IN*, S. C, AgUUat 6. ly. TED I :he People of pi ;ton in & , NOTIONS. 1 AND p SHINS GOODS. 1 *> n each of these lines jnst m our inspection. All new* yT' nil the latest designs ns in the SS LINK, 1 P5 ' Line of Notions 1 ST NOVELTIES in vogue :ason. J GOODS DEPARTMENT, || peds every day. 't fail to call on us. Your js&f 1. Satisfaction guaranteed jjp^ GHEST QUALITY. PRICES M SABLE. jpj over's Old Stand. s. g. y SSI A Laughlin A 1 Fountain g IS THE PEER OF ALL j| , aBjjl PENS AND HAS NO ^fT^I EQUAL ANYWHERE. n\Trcr <?n i T\r i ixt h-lmw IriiUJl UKAlfG HA. F$fi * YOUR CHOICE OF THESE ?f| TWO POPULAR STYLES FOR SUPERIOR TO OTHER SK|) MAKES AT $3 The Eaughlin Fountain Pen Holder is made of fin- | ^ est quality hard rubber, is $QgWFJC-8m fitted with highest grade, large size. 14k. gold pen, of any desired flexibility, sfl : and has the only perfect Mfeeding device known. |mH9 Either style, richly gold 3W? So mounted, for presentation purposes, $1.50 extra. Surely you will not be j2nQ| able to secure anything at llflHfcJfl three times the price that will ?* give such^ continuou? Barbecue. 1WILL SERVE A FIRST CLASS FAilily Barbecue, to which the public g-meiallv is invited, at tuy still ou Jniy 4 b. The meats will be cooked to a turn, and ; well seasoned. There will be speaking and music as well as other amusements provided f >r the guests. Charges moderate. H. STEELE. .June 3 1003. 5w3t pd. Barbecue, Messrs. c. o. corley and s a. Ci.rter wi l give >i first class barbecue ou Jniy 4th. et the Old Saluda Factory site Refreshments will be served and a smo-vh door will be erected for thosa who enjoy the lastidious step. Prices: children. 5 ; ladies 25c; gentlemen, 40c. The public is invited. June 3, 1903. 5*31 pd. Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys aids digestion. OSTCJ. OLIVEitOsi EAR, XOSE Throat and Luu^s, GUARANTEE Office and Residence, FIT OF GLASSES 1424 and 1426 Marion. St, March 15?ly COLUMBIA, S. C Final Discharge. "V^O'LICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL jli persons interested that I viil apply to the Hou George S. Drafts, Judge of Probate in and for the County ot Lexington, Soxte ot' South Carolina, ou the 25th day of June, 11)03, for a final discharge as Administrator of the Estate of Mary W. Shall, deceased. IE R. SHULL, Administrator. May 27, 11>03. 4\v32. MEYSKIBNIYCURE Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right