Toe Lexington Dispatch j
Wednesday, June 17, 1903.
Leaves from Spring Branoh.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Raid raiD! all day long and from
week in to week out.
The health of our community is
excellent now. No sickness is reported
from any of the homes.
Early peache3 are ripe, and oh!
how good they smell!
One of the heaviest rains and hail
mn Vieno oror \X71 f nftfJRPr? V" R
ISlilS luau no uq>c civ>* * .....www ? ... ,
ited this section recently. Some say
that fully 10 or 12 inches of rain fell.
The heaviest and most severe part of
the hail storm passed about Mr. C.
R Rishs's, destroying crops in its
path and doing considerable damage.
The reports which comes from there
say that the hail was so large that
six or seven pieces would have filled
a half bushel measure. The cloud
from which the hail and rain fell
came from the south-west.
Messrs. Willie Shumperfc and Boyd
Berry cut a bee tree lest week which
contained about a fifteen foot hollow
and about a half bushel of bees.
Mr. Cleve Smith, from the upper
part of Black creek section, spent
Sunday and a part ot Sunday night
"RJUt? "Rlnp Dome, a^ain. Cieve,
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I always enjoy your company. We j
think that unless all signs fail the j
Spring Bell and the Black creek
Cerfew will chime in unison.
Some of our farmers have cut
their wheat, while others have not
done so yet. Pea planting has started.
Corn is looking very well.
There is a young boy who roams
the woods day after day, destroying
bird nests and killing partridges.
Mr. Editor, please give him fair warning
with the law prohibiting the killing
of partridges and robbing bird
nests. He is young and to warn him
now in time may save him and his
father much trouble and expense
The friends of Mr. George Wingard
will doubtless be pleased to learn
that be is doiDg well in Georgia.
There will be a picnic at one of
neighbor's on the 4th of July. Come
one, come all.
Rev M. J. Kyzer will preach at
Florence hereafter on the third Sat
urday night instead of Saturday afternoon.
May a:l live long and happy lives
and with an abundance of success
for the Editor, I am, Billy
Blue.
June 6th, 1903.
His Last Hope Esalissd.
From the Sentinel. Gebo, Mont.
In the first opening of Oklahoma
to settlers in 1889, the editor of this
paper was among the many seekers
after fortune who made the big race
one fine day in April. During his
traveling about and afterwards his
camping upon his claim, he encountered
much bad water, which, together
with the severe beat, gave him a
very severe diarrhoea whiph it seemed
almost impossible to check, and
along in June the case became so
bad he expected to die. One day one
hrrmorht, him OTlf?
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small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a
last hope. A big dose was given
him while he was rolling about on
the ground in great agony, and in a
few minutes the dose was repeated.
The good f ffecfc of the medicine was
soon noticed and within an hour the
patient was taking his first sound
sleep for a fortnight. That one little
bottle worked a complete cure,
\
and he cannot help but feel grateful.
The season for bowel disorders being
at hand suggeets this item. For
sal? by The Kaufmann Drug Co.
Must Serve His Sentence.
Rxleigb, N. C, June 10?James
Wilcox, the murderer of Nellie Cropsey
of Elizabeth City, will have tc
?ervfi hia sentence of thirtv years ic
the S'.ate prison here. He was tried
twice. The first time be was con
victed of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to be hanged. He
wa3 given a new trial by the Supreme
court because the spectators at the
trial made a demonstration wher
"Wilcox's lawyer arose to speak. Id
the second trial he was tried in a
different county and convicted oi
murder in the second degree and sen
termed to Berve 30 jears in the peni
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tentiary. From this judgment Wilcox
appealed. The judgment of the
supreme court today affirmed the i
judgment of the lower court in an
opinion embracing thirty typewritten
pages.
The defendant's attorney urged
that Wilcox should have been given
a new trial because most of the evidence
was sufficient to have been
submitted to the jury; second, that
the suicide theory was as reasonable
as any other theory. The court weBt
j into detail in the consideration of the
several points. In reviewing the sr
guments of the defendant's counsel
[ that the deceased bad tne opportunity,
the motive *nd the time to
drown herself. The opinion saye:
"The line of argument has been
strongly pressed by the defendant's
able and zealous counsel. To the
adoption of this view there are several
serious difficulties. There can be
no dobt that the deceased was greatly
grieved and distressed by the conduct
of the defendant, but her affec
tions were trifled with. Her conduct !
showed her to b9 a young woman of
deep and strong feeling.
"The testimony Bhows that the
condition of the river near to the
front of the Cropsey residence with
its receding shores is such as to make
it necessary for her, if drowned there,
to go out 75 feet from the shore before
reaching water four feet deep.
"The testimony in respect to the
river all conflicts with the theory that
oV><a hftVA drowned herself in
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the water."
Ia conclusion, the opinion says:
uWe think that, in tbis-case, measured
by the standards ascribed by
law, the evidence was properly submitted
to the jury, and W9 cannot
say they have reached an incorrect
conclusion."
Do You Enjoy What You Eat?
If you don't your food does not do
you much good. Kodol Dyspepsia
Care is the remedy that every one
should take when there is any thing
wrong with the stomach. There is
no way to maintain the health and
strength of mind and body except
by nourishment. There is noway to
nourish except through the stomach.
The stomach must be kept healthy,
pure and sw6et or the strength will
let down and disease will set up. No
appetite, loss of strength, nervousness,
headache, constipation, bad
breath, sour risings, rifting, indigestion,
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles
are quickly cured by the use of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Sold by
all druggists.
Sowing Peas.
A farmer made inquiry about sowing
pea9 on stubble. He said that
one hand snd two horses with a cutaway
harrow could go over more
ground by double harrowing than
two horses and two men with plows.
That depends on the land. If the
stubble is thick and rank the cutaway
will not do best work. If one
only had the time this busy month
the best plan is to sow a bushel or
more of peas to the acre, plow in
with narrow half shovels and then
run the cutaway, or a good smoothing
harrow, over the land. Bear in
mind that peas sown on land are
worth 86 an acre to the soil, besides
the hay and mature peas saved.
Another farmer says he finds it more
satisfactory to plant the stubble in
peas by running rows 26 to 30 inches
apart and cultivating twice. He
does not plant in hills, but strews
them along at the rate of half a
bushel to the acre. H8 thinks the
cultivation increases the quantity of
hay.
Startling Evi&enss.
Fresh testimony in great quantity
is constantly coming in, declaring
1 Dr. King1^ New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds to be un
> equaled. A recent expression from
! T. J. McFarland Bentorville, Ya.
1 serves as example. He writes: "I
- had Bronchitis for three years and
> doctored all the time without being
> benefited. Then I began taking Dr.
i King'3 New Discovery, and a few
> bottles wholly cured me." Equally
i effective in curing all Lung and
i Throat troubles, Consumption, Pn6u>
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- bottles free, regular sizes 50c, and
$1.00.
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I The Ready-t^ Ccitt
ready for
any emergency
I Farmers e>.re E&tfng " Fore?/*
8 "Thanks for 4Force.' I eat it thre
I times a day. Folks call me 'Sunny Jim
Took some to the country with me on
Hjqik risit and the farmers out there at
eating 'Force' now.
, M "Will Ruff.''
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Thoughts for Farriers.
If there is a month in the year
when the lively farmer wants to be
two men at the same time and able to
do double work, this is the one. Especially
is the demand strong on bis
muscles this year. The dry May set
him back in preparing and planting.
Everything is now rushing him. The
breaking of bard land and planting
corn, cultivation of the crops, harvest,
setting out eweet potatoes, sowing
and planting peas, looking after the
garden, all come up for immediate
| attention. If the hands have to be
hired do that at once. A good hand |
with hoe or plow will kill twice as i
much grass and go ever twice as much
the first week of the month as he will
later when grass has made headway.
The best time to kill grass is bo Tore
it comes up. If you can strike it just
as the seed are sprouting and a few
showing above the ground, it is no
trouble. Crab grass is the great enemy
of the farmer. If one waits until the
ground is covered with it the only
way to kill it is to bury it with any
sort of plow that will do the work.
Plant all available land in corn and
pc-as and continue this work
until the first week in july. The
acreage planted is smaller than usual.
The stand is not good. The indications
are that farmers will not make
half enough to supply their own demands.
By planting early varieties of
corn late, if September showers come,
excellent feed may be made. Ou odd |
lots and stubble land euough corn
may thus be made to carry the stock
till the first of January without
touching the main crop.
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A Serious Mistake.
E C. DeWitfc & Co., is the name
of the firm who make the genuine
Witch Hazel Salve. DaWitt's is the
i
Witch Hazel Salve that heals with- j
out leaving a scar. It is a serious |
mistake to use any other. DeWitt's j
Witch Hazel Salve cures blind. |
bleeding, itching and protruding j
piles, burns, bruises, eczema and all
skin diseases. Sold by ail drug
gists.
Woman and Children Butchered
Monistair, European Turkey, Sun
day, May 31 ?Horrible details are
arriving here of the slaughter of
the inhabitants of the village of
Smerdaeh, south of Lake Presba on
May 21=t, by Bsshi-Bazouks. It appears
that on the arrival of the B-ishi
B-iZouke, Coakalarcffs band of insurgents
withdrew to the mountains
without sustaining auy loss. As no
rebels were lefo in the village the inhabitants
experienced no anxiety, until
suddenly at sunset, the Turk?,
who had completely surrounded the
place, commenced a regular bombbardment.
whereupon all the villogers
assembled in the street*2. Though
1 the artillery ceased firing a part
1 of the night, the Turkish infantry
. fired all night loDg. The artillery
r bombardment was recommenced at
' day break, but as it was ineffective
1 the Turks set fire to the village on
all sides and commenced a general
) massacre, slaughtering women, chill
dren and the aged. About three
[ hundred houses were burned and upwards
of two hundred persons, mostly
A
fim Dumps found Mrs. Dumps g
distressed
\.bout an unexpected guest.
"There's nothing in the house |j
to eat I"
"There's something better far
than meat."
The guest endorsed Jim's view g
with vim
When helped to "Force" by?
"Sunny Jim."
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womeu ficd children, were killed
The wcmen ard girls were murdfrfd
while resisting outrage Wh tie households
were slain. Oae family of 86vpd
were slain and their bodies beap-d on
the hearth. Not a living soul was
left in the village. The survivors,
many of them half burned or otherwise
injured, fled. Some of thf fleeing
villagers were captured and had
their ears and noses cut eft before
they were butchered.
The report adds that 1.500 villagers
were in the mountains without
clothing or food. One band of these,
consisting of forty women and children,
were caught by soldiers in a
reviuo and were Jiiiiea arter nornoie
treatment.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy.
Is everywhere recognized as the
one remedy that can always be depended
upon and that is pleasant to
take. It ie especially valuable for
summer diarrhoea in children and is
undoubtedly the means of saving the
lives of a great many children each
year. For sale by The Ksu'mann
Drug Co.
The Flood Around St. Louis.
St. Louis, Judc 6.?The M ssissippi
fl >od, which began receding last
off-or r/aar-Viincr a KtflOP nf 87 5
? ^ - - - - - feet,
began a rapid rise today, establishing
the higbest cffioial water
mark ever recorded in S:. Louis. The
rise was rapid after dawn of day, the
water creeping up from 371 feet,
steadily increasing until at noon the
stage had reached 37.7. From that
ticne until tonight the river remained
stationary. It is estimated that 8.000
refugees have found sbelt~ in St.
| Louis and vicinity, and tb... 4 000
people are still living in flooded homes
in Granite City, Venice and Madison.
A supply boat has been outfitted and
will make daily tiips to relieve suffering.
The flood situation at East St.
Louis is still critical. Last Light it
was believed that the fLcd had teen
conquered and work on the levees
was stopped, but the additional r,rise
! of today caused work on the ievtes
to be resumed and ail business was
abandoned once more.
Ths Care of j&iall G-rain.
Some j ears it is almost impossible
to save small grain after it is cat.
Ten days of bot showery weather will
cause it to sprout. The best plan is
to shock it well. Remember tbat
good shockers are scarce. Let the
] cap bundles protect the beads. If this
i is well done the shocks will stand and
j the inner bundles will keep dry. We
i nave seen wheat with the outer heads
all sprouted while the inner bundles
were all right. When threshed the
sprouted grams are blown away.
Just as soon as wheat and oats are
dry enough to stack or put away in
| the barn, haul them up. Five to
j seven days dry, clear weather will
cure the grain sufficiently to haul up.
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