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The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, July 22, 1903. The Boad Law. [Continued from List Week.] be obligatory on such County Boards of Commissioners a3 conclude that the system of working the highways by those liable to road duty in their respective counties is more conducive to the welfare thereof; and in such cases overseers shall be appointed in each township by the County Board of Commissioner?, or in those counties where Township JBoarda of Commissioners exist, by ; -i fn Pnnnl r\f Pnmwicoirtn. 8ttlU lUWUOliip JLJiJOk I U Ul VUiauiiwwivu era for such township, who shall execute the laws in reference to working public highways. Sec. 27. In those counties where the public roads are worked by those liable to road duty, or in which any highway district is so worked, the County Supervisor and Board of Commissioners shall divide the high ways id eacn amines wmcu 10 ou worked into suitable sections of cot leas than two, cor more than five miles each, and where not worked by the contract system shall appoint an overseer of roads for each of said sections. They shall also divide the persons liable to read duty in each highway district into convenient and suitable sqnads or compariee, and assign a squad or company to each overseer of a section, assigning the road hands, as far as practicable, to the nearest roads; they shall require the overseer of roads to call out the / hands assigned to their respective sect'ons, and work the roads, and repair and build bridges of same, whenever they may deem it necessary, after twelve hours notice; and shall require every road hand to bring with him for use a hoe, axe, xnattox, spade or other tools for work on the road or bridges. They shall determine the number o? days each working, and the tools to be brought by each haDd, but not more than the number of days as fixed for each county herein are required of any one ? man in the year. Whenever a highway runs along the line of two highway district?, the Supervison shall divide the highway into suitable sections, and appoint one or more over Beers for each of such sections, and . they shall assign to such overseers from said districts, or from either r district, such laborers and road hands as may be necessary to work the same. The Supervisor shall cause overseers, when working sections in which there are bridges, to preserve and keep them in order, as are in their opinion of such character as sot to require to be given out under contract, and can conveniently be * it 5 1 5 _ done oy toe roaa nanas. Sec. 28 In those counties where Township Boards of Commissioners exist they shall, subject to the approval of the County Board of Commissioners or the Supervisor of their respective counties, divide their respective townships into suitable road districts, and make a record thereof in a book kept for that purpose, and annually thereafter may make such j alterations therein as they may deem proper, and cause a brief description j thereof to be made on the township records, and also to furnish each 1 overseer with a description of his road district. The Township Beard of Commissioners of each township, -i it -f- 1 l! J ll_ ai meir annual meeting, ana annually thereafter shall elect from the qualified electors of their townships liable to . road duty one overseer for each road district, whose term of office shall be 2 years from the date of appointment, and who shall receive such compensation as the County Board of Commissioners may fix. Such overseer shall not be compelled to serve more than one term; and each overseer who refuses or neglects to qualify and serve shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars and cost3, or be sentenced to the county chain gang; suit to be brought by the Township Commissioners before the nearest Magistrate. Money so collected shall go into the road fund of the county and be credited to the road district from which it was collected. That when any vacancy shall occur in the office of overseer by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Township Board of Commissioners wherein such vacancy occurs shall appoint some suitable perBon to fill vacancy: Provided, That such overseer may appoint some suitable person liable to road duty on his road a warner, and such person shall be exempt from road duty for the time be acts as warner. Sec. 29 If tbe Coucty Board ol Commissioners conclude to adopt a contract system for working, maintaining and operating tbe several sections of highways, roads, bridges and ferries in the several townships in the respective counties, or any part thereof, the County Supervisor or County Board of Commissioners, as soon as practicable thereafter, may adve tise in the newspaper published in the county, once a week for three weeks, and by notices posted in two or more conspicuous pl&ceB in the several townships, or the township to be worked by contract system, for bids from responsible persons for the performance of the work as above set forth, and to furnish specifications of all such work or contracts as has been advertised. Acv and all bids shall be made in writing, sealed and addressed to the C:?;nty Supervisor and by him opened in the presence of and submitted to the County Board of Commissioners, and it shall be the duty of said board to accept the lowest bid made by a responsible person or part}; Provided, The County Board of Commissioners shall have power to reject any and all bids, and shall require bond, who shall execute good and sufficient-. bond to keep, repair and maintain said public highway for the period dt twelve months from date of contract, such contractor or contractors to execute a bond in double the amount of his or their contract, with two cr more sureties, to be approved by the County Board of Commissioners; and said boards is hereby empowered to hire overeeers and laborers, and have the work performed as in its judgment may be most expedient and for the best interest of the countv: Provided, further, That the County Supervisors and County Board of Commissioners of the counties of I this State ore herebv authorized and ? ^ empowered to arrange to work the roads of their respective counties with the convicts of their several counties, or to lease to or from Ihe County Board of Commissioners of any county, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the respective County Boards of Commissioners, and convicts sentenced to perform hard labor upon the public works of any county, and said convicts may be worked upon the roads, highways, bridges or other public works of the county where convicts or of the county to which they have been leased. Sec. 30. In the districts where the working, maintaining and operating the highway is done by contract, as above provided, such persons as are liable to road duty on such highways, respectively, and desire to work the number of days required instead of paying the commutation tax, shall be allowed to work on said highway, under the direction and control of the contractor, and such -i. -.1 1 11 ~ A. C.. uuuuautui Buau nuuuuub IU IUC oupervioor or Board of County Commissioners, as the case may be, for the days so worked by each person, and in the sum per day as the number of days required of such person bears to the commutation tax permitted in lieu thereof. Sec. 31. The County Board of Commissioners of said counties are authorized to levy annually a sum not exceeding one mill on all the taxable property of the respective counties, which shall constitute a part of the county road fund, to be expended by the said Board in the ^ ^ i i same manner as is provided oy law for the use and expenditure of the commutation tax in lieu of road duty; and such tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as is provided by law for the collection of taxes levied for ordinary county purposes: Provided, That the County Board of Commissioners of any county may cause to be levied a road tax not to exceed one mill on all taxable property of any township in their county, when so requested by a written petition signed by twothirds of the free-holders of such township, such tax to be collected as other taxes, and to be expended on the roads and highways of such town ships. The County Treasurer of said counties shall furnish the County Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners of their respective counties a list containing the names of all persons who have paid their commutation tax; and the Township Boards cf Commissioners shall also prepare and | furnish to the Supervisors aLd j County Board of Commissioners a list of all persons liable to road duty in their respective township?; and County Treasurers, on receipt of said commutation tax, shall furnish the persons paying the same with certificates that said tax has been p\id, which shall relieve such persons from road duty for the year, as aforesaid. And all persons whose names shall remain on the list, prepared by the overseers, so checked, shall be required to perform road duty, not exceeding in the aggregation the num- \ ber of days required as fixed for each county herein, and shall be assigned to such duty by the County Supervisors and County Board cf Commissioners under one of the contractors or overseers in the township having under control the seofcion or sections nearest the residence of such person or persons. It shall bo the duty of the contractor of any section to receive such person or persons so assigned to him by the County Supervisor and County Board of Commie- j sioners, and he shall allow to the i County Board of Commissioners such sum per diem for the labor of any (Continued on Fourth Page..) ! Beware cf Ointments for Catarrh j that Contains Mercury As mercury will surely destroy the i sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces, such articles should never be used / except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will dc is tenfold to the good you can possibiy derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Care, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0, contains no mercury, and is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buyiDg Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists, Price 75c per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A Reduction Made. The State Board of Equalization finished its work after acepting the report of the committee on cotton mills. The Board has made few changes and very few raises in assessments. In the report of the committee on fertilizer plants there was a total gross increase of $31,000 after a conference between representatives of the plants and the committee. Few changes were made in the oil mills. The committee on cotton mills recommended that a reduction of thirty-three and one-third per cent, be granted the Clifton and Pacolet mills, should they so request. There was no change made in any of the Columbia companies except a slight increase in the property of the duck mill in Lexington county. Very Remarkable Cure of Diarrhoea. "About six years ago for the first time in my life I had a sudden and severe attack of diarrhoea,*' says Mrs. Alice Miller, of Morgan, Texas. "I got temporary relief, but it came back again and again, and for six long years I have suffered more misery .> * T ^C,l! T * TT O C &uu v luau jl toil icii. a. u tf uo worse than death. My husband spent hundreds of dollars for physicians prescriptions and treatment without avail. Finally we moved to Bosque county, our present home, and one day I happened to see an advertisement of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy with a testi- j monial of a man who had been cured ! i by it. The case was so similar to my own that I concluded to try tbe remedy. The result was wonderful. I could hardly realize that I was well again, or believe it could be after having Buffered so long, but that one bottle of medicine, costing but a few cents, cured me." For sale by The Kaufmann Drug Co. I The Race War On. A smouldering race question has reached a blaze in Georgetown. There, as elsewhere, there has long been more or less antagonism between the simon pure black negroes and his brethren of lighter color. This antagonism is growing stronger and more open. In Georgetown, the tan color element prides itself upon superior intellect and seeks to fill the pulpits of the colored churches with tan colored preachers. It succeeded in displacing the black editor of a paper and substituting one of lighter hue. Naturally the biacks do not like this. They say thc-y are pure blood and not a mixture and are endeavoring to make headway against the tans. Considerable bitterness is growing out cf tki3 contention. It is not a new contention. It has been outcropping for some time. In Charleston, for instance, there ia a church of almo3t white people. When a siuner of darker hue approached the entrance of that sanctuary, it gently suggested to him that he would find more congenial surroundings in a church maintained by darker brethren. A Sergical Operation Is always dangerous?do not submit to the surgeon's knife until you have tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It will cure when everything else fails?it has done this in thousands of cases. Here is one of them T- /V* If 11 i T i-i i sunerea irom meeaingana protruding piles for twenty years. Was treated by different specialties and used many remedies, but obtained no relief until I used DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Salve. Two boxes of this salve cured me eighteen months ago and I have not had a touch of the piles since.?H. A. Tisdale, Summerton, S. C. For blind, bleeding, itching ana protruding piles no remedy equals DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sulve. Sold by all Druggists. Keep Sicking. Once upon a time two frcgs that had been living in comfort and ease in a cool pool of water were accidentally scooped up by a milk man in a bucket of water, which he poured into his can in order to give his milk more body and thereby increase his revenue. The frogs were astonished-, to find themselves in an unknown element, in which it was not possible to support life, and they bad to kick vigorously in order to keep their heads above the milk. One of them, being disheartened by being shut up in the dark; in an .element entirelv /W V new to him, said: '"Let's give it up and go to the bottom; it's no use kicking any longer." The other said: .' Oh, no, let's keep kicking as long as we can, and see what the outcome will be. Maybe things will change presently." So one frog gave it up and went to the bottom. The other kept kicking, and when the milkman got to town and opened his can, behold the frogs had kicked out a lump of butter large enough to float him, and he was sitting on it comfortably Moral: Keep kicking. Night "Was Her Terror. "I would cough nearly all night long," writes Mrs. Cha9. Appiegate, of Alexandria, Ind , "and could hardly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines f~i_j 4.t C'l nn r*? ianeu, tuitc c i.w uuaico ui ?siKing's New Discovery wholiy cared me and I gained 58 pounds." It's absolutely guaranteed to cuie Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bronchitis and ail Throat 3nd Lung Troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at The Kaufmann Drug Co. With the exception of lovemaking there are many nev.- ways of doii g old things. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS Safe. A'.wavs reliable. iadlp?. aslr Dru??ist far CHICHESTER'S EXGLIKII in Bed and <?old metallic boxes, sealed with blue ribbon. Take no other. Refuse dangerona ?ub*titutionwnnd imitation*. Buy of your Drucr^ist, or send 4e. in stamps for Partloular*. Te*tinroninU and Relief for I^ndie*," in I'ttrr. by return .Tfall. 10.000 Testimonials. Sold by all Druptrista. CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO. ClOO Uladison Square. I'M. PA. Mention thl? r(Per. foleyshokk^tar stopsthc cou^hazid healolun^s , mimm oisims! I In elegant eases containing all the ' latest improvements. Desigued lor both Rome and Church use. Up-todate and no ed fir sweetness and purity of tone. po^er and durability. j W vi 11\ < 1 r. i- A r ?ri 4.L' o ?./? u i i c lkjvi';> i?'i * ai.'nvjf, 4v p; n rn .-lav* terms. fcitool, took and freight free. i I (ft wonder'til attachment to fit any , piano. -ir.b.ing any one without previous knowledge tf m'.sic to play ; | the simnhsf to most difficult music ' without study or practice. Catalogue i and parucu'ars free. We bavo a lot of pood src >nd : hand Pianos ami Organs of various makes from rent and '-xchar g to be sold a' Jour prices and easy terms. For anything musical write KM! & BATES,] ! j j| S. 31. II. II I {' SAVANNAH, G-A. I ? September 10, 1003. ly. ANDREW CRAWFORD ATT08SEV AT Lit, COLUMBIA, - - - - S. C. PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND Federal Courts, ar.d oilers his professional services to the citizens cf Lexington County. October 18? ly. II Alfred J. Fox,j | Life and Fire| I Insurance and| Ileal Estatej Agent, MnrsvBMBSBDnocMM^MHmnv aManasHeaam Lexington, S. C | f I! Only First Class Companies Repre-' sented. My Companies are popular, stronc ! -' and reliable. No one can give your J business better attention; no one can give you better protection; no one can give you better rates. Prompt and careful attention given j to buying and selling Real Estate, j both town and country properties. j Correspondence respectfuly solicited. j ; I Thousands Saved By % JOB. KING'S NEW OlSCOVERYi | This wondorrul medicine posi-1 lively cures Consumption, Coughs I Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneu-1 Bmonia, Hay Fever, Pleurisy, La-i E Grippe, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, I Croup and Whooping Cough.f Every brttle guaranteed. Nog Cure. No Pay. Price 50c.&$i.| j III I OOOOOOOOOOOUOOOOO .1 DMAKER'S I FEMALE 1 REGULATOR. || ml -A < New J Discover* for the \ J ii ||j Prevention and Cure of I ! If Female Diseases.' ! ill = ! It is o permanent cure for all | M Womb. Bladder and Urincry Dis:i'||| eases end Female WeaKnesses. f|i Leucorrhoea or Whites. Irregular and Painful Menstruation. Ac 5 j j \ Ladies will find it of special I i =ilili! valueif taKenwith rcgulantydu- ' > 1:11 ring Pregnancy or the Change! | i JI of Life. ! Price. Si 25."(^6> PREPARES BY DR W. c. BAKER. | IRE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN MED CO.. j 3 i r UAWvtkcntits aid soli rtortiziou. I GREENEVILLE. TENS. \ I ! X ? ooooooooooooooooc \ I Dec 7, 1003?Stop. i C. M. Efird. F. E. Dreheb. EFIRD & DREKER, Attorneys at Law, LEXINGTON, C. H? S. C. TT/ ILL PEACTICE IN ALL THE VV Courts. Business solicited. One member of the firm will always be at office, Lexington, S. C. une i (-tm. DR, E, J, ETIiEREDGE, SUKGEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. A. I ways on hand. February .12. -EDWAR9 L. ASB!LL, Attorney at Law, LEESVILLE, S. C. Practices in all the Courts. Business solicited. Kept 30 Sir, ilOEO'l BRUITS MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., " JEWELER a"d REPAIRER Ha.- a splendid stock oi' Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silver ware. A tine line of Spectacle-.-; and Eyeglasses to fit every one, a.l for. sain at lowest prices. Pcpairs on Watches first class quickly done e.nd guaranteed, at moderate prices. 60?tf (Mi NMIflL BIK, THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN COLUMBIA. UNITED STATES. STATE. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Saving's Ifrcpartittiesii. Paid up Capital - $200,000 Surplus Profits . - . 70,000 Liability of Stockholders - 200,000 $470,000 Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable May 1st ana November 1st W. A. CLARK, President. Wiiue Jovns, Vice President and Cashier. December 4?ly. mm mm ? DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK. W. I?. ROOF, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Alien Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird, R. Hilton. James E. Hendriz. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits of $1 and upwards received and interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed, payable April and October. September 2i?tf gNGINES BOILERS. Tank* BUcka, SUud Plpei and Sheat-Iroa Work; Skattlng. Pulleys, Gearing, Boxes, Eaogera, eta. Mill Castlnrs. VCwt every day; work 200 band*. MMB1KD I BOH WORKS * SUPPLY OS AUGUSTA, G20AS1A. January 27- ly K0D0L digests what you eat. E0D0L cleanses, purifies, strengthens ? and sweetens the stomach. E0D0L cures indigestion, dyspepsia, and all stomach and bowel troubles. E0D0L accelerates the action of the gas ? trie glands and gives tone to the digestive organs. E0D0L relieves an overworked stomach of all nervous strain gives to the heart a full, free and untrammeled action, nourishes the nervous system and feeds the brain. E0D0L is the wonderful remedy that la ' maiuiig bu many ;>iur>. ycupio wen and weak people strong by giving to their bodies all of the nourishment that is contained in the food they eat. Bottles only, $1.00 Size holding 2^ times the trial size, which sells for 50c. Prepared only by E. C. DeWITT < CO., CBICiOO. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS When writing: mention the Dispatch. The Leading Sporting Weekly j: '?; * V??s vy V&7 I -<? ^ J SEND $1.00 and get-tk2. POLICE GAZETTE for 13 WEEKS and ft.Sporting Book FREE premium list mailed-free on.application. a Richard K N. V,.C ty. "*1