The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, July 15, 1903, Page 4, Image 4
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Friends, beed oar cry and come and
help us with your dollar.
The re-union of the Confederate
Veterans at Leesville yesterday was
attended by about two thousand pei80S8
many of whom were old Confederate
soldierB.
On account of circumstances be..
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yond our ccntrol we were unable to
be at Leesville, as we fully intended
to, therefore, we have to depend
upon others for our report.
The programme, which has already
been published, was carried out with
the exception of an address by Hod.
John C. Sheppard, who was unavoidably
absent.
^ The line of march was formed and
' headed by a large number of children
dressed in white, wbo presented a
picture of surpassing beauty. There
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were about two hundred and fiftv
old veterans in line. The procession
then moved to the Chapel of the
Leesville College, where the exercises
were to take place. This place was
beautifully and appropriately deco
rated with garlands and festoons entwining
thecolors of the Confederacy
When the people bad gathered there
the exercises were commenced in the
order of the programme and continued
until completed. All of the
speeches were in keeping with the
sentiment of the occasion and were
patriotic ixr conception and burning
with eloquence. Those whom we
have beard express themselves are in
with each other in saving that
tbe occasion was one that will be
treasured up in tbe archives of memmory
as being a reunion unsurpassed
for enjoyment, pleasure and generous
hospitality*. They are all loud
in their praises of the elaborate arrangements
made by the \ eople of
Leesville, and say they were never
better treated in the:r l.ves.
The town of Leesville was handsomely
decorated with flags and
bunting as well as with njwers and
evergreens. The people of Leesville
certainly deserve much credit for
their liberality aid patriotism in
Vipi'ncrinfir off the 9ffair80 successfully.
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The dinner, which was free to the
old soldiers, was oneof JobSwygert's
best and this is 8 lying a great dea).
The mosic was furnished by the
Batesburg Bras3 Band and was well
rendered and enjoyed by all.
Leesville covered herself all over
with glory and honor and we are
real proud of her and her noble and
hospitable people.
Bear in mind that a mass meeting
will be held in this place on August
1st to discuss the road question.
Senator Iatimer has been invited
fco be present and ba3 accepted the
invitation and will probably be here
if he can possibly co so. There will
be other prominent speakers who
have given the road question much
thought and attention. We hope to
see a large number of our representative
citizens present.
Contrary to all human expectation
Pope Leo still survives the surgeon's
knife.
Some of our contemporaries are
przzling their brains in an effort to
s;lve the race problem.
Congressman Lever certainly deserves
the "well done, thou good
and faithful servant" of the people
of the Seventh District, which he so
ablytfepresents, for his faithfulness
in looking after their every interests
in so far as they have reference to
National legislation and the action
of-the various departments of the
administration.
>' ??< ?ione is he active during the
beabious of Congress in advocating
every legitimate measure tending to
promote the peace, happiness and
prosperity of his constituency and,
which promises to give them relief
from the evils and burdens under
which they are laboring, but he has
devoted his time duriDg ihe recess
in an <ffjrt to increase the mail facilities
of the towns and rural districts
within in his territory. He has ever
been on the alert to do something for
his people?collectively as well as individually?and
in this direction his
labors have never ceased and he has
made opportunities to do something
for the people rather than be contented
to sit down and wait for them
to come to him before taking action.
Just now he is interesting himself
in the establishment of free rural delivery
routes.in different sections of his
district and is making strong efforts
to have his petitions for thee^ablUbment
of routes taken up and investigated
by the Post Office Department.
Bat in this important work, through
no fault of bis, though, he has been
greatly hampered by a rule of the
department that all such petitions
must and will be taken up in the
order they are receieved at the de
partment, and from the further fact
that the management of this division
by its head has been under investigation,
which has greatly delayed
the work. j Of course this state
of affairs has been very annoyiDg as
well as a great disappointment not
only to him but to all those having
business with that branch of the
government. la order to push the
work as rapidly as possible, be has
made several trips to Washington to
personally urge the department .to
give him an agent for his district, so
that his petitions could be acted upon
immediately and the .routes established.
The reason why this has not
been done is told in the letter from
the Pourth Assistant rostmaster general,
which we republish' below.
Those who are interested in the
petitions, now on file in the Postoffice
department, praying for the establishment
of new free rural delivery
routes will understand from this
letter the reason why they have not '
been acted upon ere this, and nurse 1
their disappointment with what patience
they can with the assurance
that Mr. Lever has done all he can
possible do at present, and all that j
any reasonable person can demand
to have these routes putin operation. *
Hon. A. F. Lever, M. C,
Wallaceville, S. C.
Sir: Your letter of June 22od re- ,
questing that a special agent be as- (
signed to your district for investigation
of pending applications for rural <
delivery, has been received. i
in reply you are advised that it is ]
the policy of the Department to con
aider applications as far as possible i
in the order of their filing. Under !
this rule the cases in which you are i
interested will be investigated as soon
as they can be reached.
Very respectfully
J. W. Bristow,
4th Assistant Postmaster General.
By no meanB not the least of the
important works undertaken by
Clemson college to elevate the standard
of agriculture, is the holding of
what is known as Farmers1 Insti
.l_ i i* _ _r tt_ _ i
lutes m me several counties ui me i
State at which various lectures on
different branches of agriculture are
delivered by specialists in those
branches. As old methods of farming
have passed away and new ones
are being adopted, we take it that
these insfcitutee are held for the purpose
of teaching the farmers how to
farm under the new system. We are
living in what might be termed an i
age of farming on scientific princi- j
pies and he who neglects or refuses i
to inform himself along these lines
will, as a rule, be left.
Our farmer friends are reminded
that one of the institutes will be
held in this place on Thursday, July
23rd. This institute will be col- i
ducted under the management of
Dr. C. A. Nelson, who will be assisted
by an able corp3 of comptent
professors and among the leading
subjects to be discussed on that occasion
will be live stock and animal
diseases, hoticulture and fruit growing
and industrial education, besides
special subjects wili be arranged if
their is a demand.
This Institute should be largely
attended by those who are interested
in farming. Much is to be learned
by doing so. Our farmerB should
certainly take an interest in this
mootinor aa thev are the ones in
whose interest it is held. As far as
we know and can see there is nothing
in the way to prevent them from
leaving their work on July 23rd, and
attending these lectures. The farmers
of other counties, in which these
institutes have been held, have done
so and let it not be said that the farmers
of L-xington are the exception.
For the benefit of these interested
and as a matter of general information
we are running through these
columns Act No. 535, entitled an act
to further regulate the working and
maintaining of the highways and
bridges of the State, as it appears
in the Statutes at Large of South
Carolina, session 1902, page 998
This act should be carefully studied
Int. TNnnwr. <N?n in TOftrlr.
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iag and particularly so by the road
overseers, to whom, we presume, a
copy of the law will be furnished
There are many hitherto doubtful
questions in reference to the rights
of the Supervisor and Board of
Commissioners in the performs! c>
of their duties, made clear. We
take it that this act clothes the
Supervisor and County Board of
County Commissioners with ample
authority to condemn lands for road
repairs and gives them wide latitude
in the exeic-se of fc^eir judgment
in the repair of old roads and laying
out of new ones. In fact the whole
matter regarding roads and bridges
is left entirely to the wisdom and
discresionof the County Supervisor
and the County Board of Commissioners.
Read the act for yourself
and draw your own conclusions.
Cures Blood Poison,
Cancer, Ulcers, Eczema, Carbuncles,
Etc. Medicine Free.
If you have offensive pimples or
eruptions, ulcers on any part of the
body, aching bones or joints, falling
hair, mucous patches, swollen glands,
skin itches and Burns, sore lips or
gums, eating, festering sores, sharp,
gnawing pains, then you suffer from
serious blood poison or the beginnings
of deadly cancer. You may be permanently
cured by taking Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. B) made especially
to cure the worst blood and skin
diseasesJ It kills the poison in the
blood thereby giving a healthy blood
supply to the effected parts, heals
every sore or ulcer, even deadly can3er,
8tops all aches and painB and reduces
all swellings. Botanic Blood
Ralm r?nrpa all mftiiornant hlnnHI
trouble?, such as eczema, scabs and
scales, pimples, running sores, carbuncles,
scrofula, etc. Especially advised
for all obstinate cases that have
reached the second or third stage.
Druggists, Si. To prove it cures,
sample of Blood Balm sent free and
prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta,-Ga. Describe trouble and
free medical advice sent in sealed
letter.
Moonlight Festival.
The moonlight festival of the Lex- j
ington Brass Band last Thursday
evening was a very pleasant affair.
It was well patronized and the receipts
of the evening's entertainment
were very satisfactory. The cake
walk, led by the band plajing a
march, and the voting contest were
the features of the occasion. Miss
Kate Derrick and Mr. Ed. Barre
were the fortunate winners of the
cake and Miss Essie Efird was de- j
cided to be the most popular young |
lady.
The Band requests us to return ils
thanks to all those who contributed
cakes, cu9tards, etc, also to the
young ladies who so kindly assisted
in serving cream, as well as to the
public generally for their liberal
patronage.
Baker's bread, cakes and crackers
all kinds, at the Bazaar.
The Road Law.
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required number of day's labor upon
the public high ways,the overseer shall
give to such person or persons a certificate
for the amount of labor performed,
and said certificate shall
apply on the labor that may be due
for such person or persons for the
ensuing year.
Sec. 22. If any person or persons,
corporations, or any conductor of any
train of railroad cars, or any other
agent or servant of any railroad
company, shall obstruct unnecessarily
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any puonc roaa cr nignway oy permitting
any railroad car or cars or
locomotive to be or remain upon or
across any street, public road or
highway for a longer period than five
minutes, after notice to move said
cars has been given to conductor,
engineer, agent or such other person
in charge of 6aid train, or 6hall permit
any timber, wood or other obstruction
to remain upon or acros3
any such street, road or highway to
the hindrance or inconvenience of
travelers, or any person or persons
passing along or upon such street,
read or highway, every person or
corporation so offending shall forfeit
and pay for every such offense any
sum not exceeding twenty nor leps
than five dollars, and shall be liable
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lor an damages arising 10 any nigoway,
to be recovered by an action at
the suit of the County or Township
"Board of Commissioners in which
such offense shall have been committed,
or any person suing for the
same, before any Magistrate within
the cc unty where such offense shall
have been committed, or by indictment
in the Court of General Sessions
or suit in the Court of Common
Pleas; and all fines so accruing under
the provisions of this section, when
collected, shall be paid over by the
Magistrate to the County Treasurer
for the district in which such offense
was committed; and every twentyfour
hours such corporation, person
i or persons, as aforesaid, after being
notified, shall suffer such obstructions,
to the hindrance or inconvenience of
travelers or any person going along
or upon such road or highway, shall
be deemed an additionl offense
against the provisions of this chapter.
Sec. 23 Every railroad company,
or other corporation, servant or servants,
agent or agents, employee or
employees, of which, shall, in any
manner, obstruct any street, public
road or highway, shall be liable to
pay all fines which may be assessed
against such servant or servants,
agent or agents, employee or employees,
for so obstructing any such
street, public road or highway; and
such liability as may be eaforced by
execution against such railroad company,
or other corporation, on the
judgment rendered against sucn
servant or servants, spent or agents,
employee or employees, for so cb
structing such street, public road or
highway.
Sec. 24. It shall be unlawful for
any railroad company to obstruct the
drainage of any public road or highway,
by its road-bed or otherwise, or
empty the water from its ditches
into any public road or highway, to
the injury of said highway; and if
any railroad company, being warned
by the overseer of the proper district,
by leaving a written notice with any
agent, or informing any station agent
of said railroad company personally,
shall refuse or neglect to remedy the
same, to the acceptance of the overseer,
shall forfeit and pay any sum
not exceeding fifty nor less than
twenty dollars, to be recovered by an
action at the suit of the County or
Township Board of Commissioners
before any Magistrate; and every ten
days such rahroad company, after
being notified, shall neglect or refuse
to remedy such offense, shall be
deemed an additional offense against
the provisions of this chapter; and
the money so collected shall be paid
by the Magistrate so collecting to
the County Treasurer, and the money
so paid over shall become a part of
the county road fund.
Sec. 25 It shall be the further
dutv of [of] such overseer to cause
each railroad company to construct
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I and keep in good repair tne roaa-Dea
of all public roads across the roadbed
of said railroad company; and if
any railroad company, being duly
warned by the overseer of the proper
HOSPITAL SECRETS.
A Nurse Says \ *' Pe-ru-na is a
Tonic of Efficiency."
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| MRS. KATE TAYLOR. |
i Mrs. Kate Taylor, a graduated J
f nurse of prominence, gives her ex- t
L perlence with Peruna in an open .
. letter. Her position in society and}
| professional standing combine to }
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CHICAGO, ILL., 427 Monroe St.?
" As far as I have observed Peruna
is the finest tonic any man or womau
1 can use who is weak from the aftei
effects of any serious illness.
441 have seen it used in a number oi
convalescent cases, and have seen sev*
eral other tonics used, but I found thai
those who used Peruna had the quickesi
1 relief.
'* Peruna seems to restore vitality,
increase bodily vigor and renew health
and strength in a wonderfully short
ft wr>p KiTC TX v; /ID
fjmcm -?m a/ijl> i/iiuv/i\>
i In view of the great multitude of
women suffering from some form of female
disease and yet unable to find any
cure, Dr. Hartman, the renowned specialist
on female catarrhal diseases, has
announced his willingness to direct the
treatment of as many cases as make
application to him during the summer
months, without charge. Address The
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
district, by leaving a written notice
, with any station agent, or by informing
any station agent of said railroad
company personally, shall neglect or
refuse to construct or repair such
road-bed to the acceptance of the
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exceeding fifty nor less than thirty
dollars, to be recovered by an action
at the suit of the County or Township
Board of Commissioners, before
a Magistrate of the county, and the
money so collected shall be paid by
the Magistrate collecting to the
County Treasurer, and the money
paid over to become a part of the
county road fund; and every five
days such railroad company, after
beiDg duly notified, shall neglect or
refuse to construct or repair said
i lift i . i J I#J i
roaa, snail oe aeemea an aaauion! i
offense against the provisions of this
chapter.
Sec. 26. So much of this article as
applies to the workiog of the public
highways by the contract system, or
by convicts in chain-gangs, shall not
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when for a moderate cost yon
can get from us a
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PROPERLY FITTED,
and the fit of a pair of glasses is jast as important
as the quality. If you
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come over and let ns fit yon prooerly. The
Editor of this oaper can testify to our
skill as Opticians, *
JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS,
1424 MAIS STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C.
IF YOU WANT
JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE,
or something for a Birthday or Wedding
Present, send for our catalogue.
June 3.?ly.
<40%^ DR. C.J. OLIVEROS,
" SPECIALIST ox
El'E, EAR, NOSE
Tliroat and Lungs,
liUAKANTEE Office and Residence,
FIT OF QLASSES 1*24and 1426 Marion. St,
March 15-ly. COLUMBIA, S. C.
Barbecue.
WE WILL FURNISH A FIRST
class barbecue with refreshments,
near Midway School House, three miles
north of Lexington court house, on the
j Dreher Ferry road, on August 15 Prices:
| Ladies, 25 cents; men, 35 cents. Everybody
invited and a pleasant day is promised
to all.
JUSTUS WINGARD.
BACHMAN MEETZE.
July 1, 1903, 7w40.
Barbecue.
ON SATURDAY, JULY EIGHTEENTH,
four miles south of Lewiedale, at my
residence, I will lurnish a first class barbecue
and refreshments. There wili be speak
ing bv prominent men and music by a
String Band. The public is cordially invited
to come out and spend a pleasant da v.
Charges 1 or dinner reasonable. Come one,
come all .J. FBY'E.
June 22, 1903, 4w36.
.1. h. frick,
ATTORNEY AX LAW,
Will practice in all the Courts.
Office: Hotel Marion, 4th room, second
floor.
CEAPIN, ------ S. C,
Akuusl 6. ly.
DRUGS
Abe always a necessity, almost
as much so as food. I am still
saving my customers money and my trade
still grows, and remember your interests
will always be looked after by
t. w. kinard,
The Licensed Diuggist,
LEESVILLE, - - S. C.
Money to Loan.
WE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOTIate
loans promptly in sums of $300
and upward* on improved farming lands in
Lexington county. Long time and easy
terms. No commissions. Borrower pays
actual expenses of preparation of papers.
THOMAS & GIBBES.
Columbia, S. C.
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