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The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, August 26, 1903. * THE QUESTION; "Should We Blow Our Own Horn?" The ^bove is the question. I say yes! Should we praise our section? Stir up enthusiasm and, like bees, the people will settle down to the tinkling that pleases most. I wish that we could have had thousands cf visitors from a distance to attend the associa ? > tions, toe veterans reunions anu iue Sabbath school celebrations as we had in the last month. To say that we have been having a good tim8 is patting it mild and to say that strangers would have been impressed favorably can be stated as a certainty. Me and Brown both have gained twenty pounds apiece in the last month and we will weigh two hundred apiece if the gain keeps up through campmeeting time. We have already attended one campmeeting, but we failed to realize a gain of flesh by one little mishap that it was as natural as it was provoking in results. Brown, as usual, made a bad break on the first morning after our arrival and nothing would do him but what wemust' return home at once. ? i xt In the early morning ne was me ' first one up on the grounds, and in 4<nosing" around, as be does always "nose," he discovered a pretty foot that bad worked itself all unconsciously under the sheet that bad hung to divide the male sleepers from the side of the females in the tent. It was nothing to make a great ado over, but Brown thought that every fellow on the male side would like to gaze on the pretty foot and ankle and so be waked us all up and pointed in great glee at the object. Of course, we bad* to look, and while we were looking my old* friend decided that he was just obliged to see what lady's foot it was. He sneaked out and to the entrance of the tent and peeped in at the sleeping lady, when, lo and behold! be discovered that the pretty fnnt that he had taken such pleasure " ~ - I to exhibit belonged to his own wife. He rushed frantically back to where we had remained to stop the gaze of the men he bad himself invited to look, He gently but firmly pushed the foot back to its own side, pulled down the curtain close to the ground and with coold perspiration dropping from his brow he went out for a stroll. The men had the joke on him and they teased him to such an extent that nothing would do but his crowd and my crowd should return to their homes at once?as we all went in his wagon I bad to comply, and thus, I am sure, was lost two or three pounds of flesh to myself, for eating was abundant and my appetite was somewhat like that of my old friend's on former occasions. He had promised me a full half gallon of good old corn not to tell the joke around home on him, and I shall not if he stands tn V>ia nrnmise. Everything invites cheerfulness in this section of country. Cotton is backward in fruiting, bnt I never saw such prospects for corn and hay in all ~iy days. There has been some little prospects of a war with Russia, some predicting a world wide war, but when I had watched and studied Brown for an hour my verdict was that there would be no war. I know Brown so well that I am sure be would feel it in his bones if there was as great a prospeet for war as many would have us believe. If the war was probable I think Brown would know it by instinct and would be setting up a place to hide when the conscript officers came. Instead, he has taken unto himself a boastful | air, and a stranger would think he j never dodged from a bombshell in his life, nor hid out to escape the conscript. If war was imminent he would be drooping around with rheumatism, spinal afflictior, dimness of j sight, dropsy of tl? chest, heart fail- j ure, dizziness in the head, softening j of the brain, hereditary insanity, or | seventy-five or eighty other ailments too numerous to mention. He even had the impudence yesterday to let rae hear him say that he wished Russia would give us a chance to whip her? he was sure he could whip four, five or seven of the rascals himself and would be glad of the chance to try it. I asked no better evidence i I tban Brown's condition to convince me that we will have no war in the near future and so we settle down to an enjoyment of the sweet peace that is upon us. But a more important thing than wars or rumors of war confront the people of the South today. Our own native born people, both white and black and both male and female, seem to have a craze to avoid rural pursuits. The demand for labor on public works and the high wages paid is having the effect of causing our farm labor to lose its head. If our native born people will leave the farms then we must invite people from a distance. Tr>n mnr>h lanrt its heincr tnrned nut to ? wv, ? o sedge and briars. To stop this we must have people from a distance who have felt the sting of congested centres and learned the wisdom of sticking to agriculture, know and be impressed with the opportunity that is here in Georgia. We have the best country in the world if people only knew it. Those who shiver in the cold blizzards of the North ought to know that they can < miss all this freezing by coming South, and those who sink from the intense heat of the Northern summer ought to know that we have no such beat in Georgia?I never knew a sunstroke in the confines of Georgia territory. It is distressingly cold at the North in xninfor an*} rlint'.rABninolv and dancrpr ouely hot in the summer. "We have no 6uch menace here, and I want strangers to understand it. Not such as would come to our towns and in where it is already overcrowded, but farmers, field hands, people with sense, to know that farming offers the greatest opportunity that is before us today, and the sweetest peace and respectability. When you come South on prospective tours?we address this to strangers at a distance?don't stop in and around the towns. Go out into the country among the country folks themselves. Happen here sometimes when our associations are meeting at th6 churches, and Sunday schools are joyful in the groves around the springs, or campmeetings are ia blast, and then you may see the people just as they are. Some strangers have an idea that this is a land i for chills and fever and other malarial drawbacks, come and look upon the blooming health that you will find pictured in the faces of the assembled crowds, and all such thoughts will pass forever. Some, only think, are foolish enough to have a Bort of notion that Georgia is a sort of kuklu land when it comes to dealing with strangers from a distance. If you will come you will Boon dismiss any such notion as that and decide that, taking everthiDg together, the South is the moBt favored land on earth and offers the greatest opportunity for those who will come and work the fields?don't come if you mefn to crowd the towns, unless you will crowd out our native born and crowd sense enough into their heads to know that they ought to stick to the farm, boys, stick to the farm. This is my advice. Sarge Piunkett. How's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, 0. Wo f V>o nnr?orcirrnor3 Viqvo tnrkron f f V3 UUU^AUAgUVU) UM f V Tt .V4 F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business trar .actions and finan; cially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Walding. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces cf the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all T\ *1- L f I'ruggiscs. -LesumomaiB sent iree. Hall's Family Pills are the best. ? ?..< The Injured Battleship. Washington, August 21 ?Captain Emory, commanding the Indiana, telegraphed the navy department from Frenchman's bay that the Massachusetts, under convoy of the Indiana, Potomac and LebanoD, sailed this morning for Tompkinsville. She will be docked and repaired at the New York yard. His Reasons 2Tot Wanted. Georgetown, Ky., August 21.?In the Powers case today tbe deposition of former Governor Taylor, the reading of which was begun yesterday afternooD, was concluded. The court excluded 15 questions asked as to the conversations with W. H. Culton as to his (Taylor's) reasons for psrdoniLg Caleb Powers; the political complexion of the General Assembly at the 1909 session, the filing of his certificate of election and his reasons for leaving the State of Kentucky after being indicted. These were held by the court to be incompetent. fT* 1-. r\$ A co!atonf JLIIC ucpuc.1 tiuu \J JL XKJL U-i t L UOC lOirtUU Secretary of State W. J. Davidson, taken at IodiaDapoIis, Iod , was filed by the defense. Davidson entered denial of all conversations and incriminating knowledge attributed to him by the Commonwealth's witnesses, Golden, Balton and Youtsey, ' Tallow Dick11 Combes, or the negro mason, Hocker Smith, to the private office of Caleb Powers for such a purpose or for any purpose. Not Over-Wiss. There is an old allegorical picture of a girl scared at a grass-hopper, but in the act of heedlessly treading on a snake. This is paralled by the man who spends a large sum of money building a cyclone cellar, but neglects to provide his family with a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints, whose victims outnumbered those of the cyclone a hundred to one. This remedy is everywhere recognized as the most prompt and reliable medicine in use for these diseases. For sale by The Kaufmann Drug Co. The "Wrong Suggestion. A good planter's wife "befo' de wah" was teaching a jet black house girl, just fourteen and fresh from the plantation, the letters of the alphabet. Betsy had learned the first two, says Harper's Magazine, but always forgot the letter "C" "Don't you see with your eyes? Can't you remember the word see?" said her mistress. "Yessum," answered Betsy. But she could not. F;v? minutes later Betsy began again bravely, "A?B" ?and there she dropped. "What do you do with your eyeB, Betsey?" "I sleeps wif 'em miss'." Stop That Cough! When a cough, a tickling or an irritation in the throat makes you feel uncomfortable, take Ballard's Horehound Syrup. Don't wait until the disease has gone beyond control. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Anderson, 354 West 5 th St., Salt Lake City, Utah, writes: "We think Ballard's Horehound Syrup the best medicine for coughs and colds. We have used it for several years; it always gives immediate relief, is very pleasant and gives perfect satisfaction." 25c, 50c and Sl.00. Sold by The Kaufmann Drug Co. Will Not Plant Tobacco. It is not likely now that the farmers in lower Kichland will plant tobacco next year, says the Columbia Evening Record. The floods and storms a month or two destroyed almost the entire crop this year and the planters have been hearing so much lately of the tremendous drop in prices, caused by the operations of the tobacco trust, that unless there is competetion in buying before planting time there will be no effort at a crop. Should this be the case it means no tobacco warehouse for Columbia, an enterprise in which several local capitalists were interested. Foley's Kidney Cure Will cure JBright's Disease. Will cure Diabetes. TT7HT T11.3J-. win cure oione in x>iauasr. Will cure Kidney and Bladder Diseases. Fol y's Kidney Cure cures all dieeases arising from disordered kidneys or bladder. The Kaufmann Drug Co. A Bashful Young1 Man. One of our town dudes, who is rather bashfnl, and is "sparking" a young woman a few miles from towD, called a few afternoons ago to spendi the evening with her, says an ex change. While there it commenced raining and the girl's father asked t him to remain over night. The next morning when he was invited to a seat at the breakfast table he reluctantly accepted. He was very nervous and agitated. H9 sat opposite the mirror and discovered that he had forgotten to comb his hair. Then he dropped his fork on the fbcr and as he stooped to pick it up he up-set hi9 coffee. Matters went from bad to worse, until finally the young roan n 1 "M f oof ir?cr kin V\ A ijutv bUUiLig QUU pal LtlC Liti^U U JLJ U Hi the table. The loose end cf the tablscloth was lying in his lap end when he touched it he turned pale. He thought it was his shirt and that in his nervous excitement while dressing be had forgotten to put that garment inside his trousers. This accounted for smiles and embarrassment. There was no time to lose. He hurriedly stuffed the supposed shirt inside his trousers. Two minutes later when the family arose from the table there was a crash. The dishes lay in a broken heap on the floor. The young man pulled three feet of the tablecloth from his breeches and tied through the door. He is now hiding, and the girl is looking for a less bashful lover, one who can tell his shirt-tail from a tablecloth. Eat All You Want. Persons troubled with indigestion or Dyspepsia can eat all they want if they will take Kodol Dyspepsia cure. This remedy prepares the stomach for the reception, retention, digestion and assimilation of all of the wholesome food that may be eaten, and enables the digestive organs to iNpsform the same into the kind of blood that gives health and strength. Sold by all druggist. Killed by Doctors. Cartersville, Ga., August 21 ?A surgical operation performed on Mb]'. Charles H. Smith, (Bill Arp) this afternoon revealed the presence in the gall bladder of a double handful of gall stones, more than 2,000 in number. This cause of the patient's pro tracted illness has been hardly suspected, the diagnosis indicating liver trouble. In spite of the operation, Mej Smith was alive, but increasingly restless at a later hour tonight. His physicians gave no hope of his recovery. Rheumatism. When pains or irritation exist on any part of the body, 1 he application of Ballard's Snow Liniment gives prompt relief. E. W. Sullivan, Prop., Sullivan House El Reno, 0. T, writes, June 6, 1902: "I take pleasure in recommending Ballard's Snow Liniment to all who are afflicted with rheumatism. It is the only remedy I have found that give* immediate relief." 25c, 50c and Si 00. Sold by The Kaufmann Drug Co. A Legal Execution. Ceneva, Ala , August 21 ?Luther Tinsel, a negro, was hanged by tie Sheriff here today for the muideron Nov. 4, 1901, of Mrs John Ovens, wife of a prominent citizens of this county. She was killed by a rifle ball, while riding with her husband. Tinsel died of strangulation. Potent Pill Pleasure. The pills that are potent in their action and pleasant in effect ate DeWitt's Little Early Risers. W. S. Philpoto, of Albany, Ga., says "During a boilious attack I took one. SmaJ as it was it did me more good than calomel, blue-mass or any other pill I ever took and at the same time it effected me pleasantly. Little Early Risers are certainly an idea: p L." Sold by all Druggist. HPho ho if of fVi o c.nit orvome fe r ! ~uv Liuii. LUV UCUU loot' X I in summer than in winter. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH j PENNYROYAL PILLS! " ^ # ! ? -t./ '0s l Safe. Alwavs reliable. L.arl<<>?. a.?lf f:r I CHiniF.HTEH Ji EX(iLI.<tK in Bed aril | Inold metallic boxes, sealed with blue ribbon. Take no other. Keftue (Inacerous ?ub?.iSiJtiontnad iniilation*. I'.uyof your Druggist, or send 4e. in stamps for S'artieu'ar*. Testimonial* and "Belief for Lail.e*." in Uttrr. by return .flail. 10.000Tesi.monials. oold by all Druggists. CHICHESTER. OIIEMIG AH CO. Ci JO HiaJluon ft^uarr. I'li. 'A., X*?., Alentiori this crv>*r. FOLEYSHONEY^TAR stops the cough and Heals luags MMPMcgMBWgfgawtun?Kxwawvwiip'wm .ur m . | j 1^1 iE HAM i i i In elegant cases containing all the ; Litest improvements. Designed lov i both Home and Church u?<? Dp-to (Lite and noted for sweir.-ss and I pnrity of tone, pO'.ter and dnvatnlitv. ! Write today for catalogue prices and terms. Stool, book and J: eight free. m&um & rumwLm. i i a wro-der'tit attachment to tit any piano, fmihdng any one- without previous kno-.vlerl-.ie of music to play j th*1 smioh-st to most difficult music witbo-.it study or practice. Catalogue i and particulars tree. We have u lot of good second band "^i'mos and Organs of various makes from rent and -xehftogs to be sold a low prices and oasv terms. 1 For anything musical write 'km k BATES,! i S. 31. II. . I IJ j SAVATVIVAII, OA. I i i : September 10, 1903. ly. I ANDREW CRAWFORD ATTORNEY AT LAW, COLUMBIA, - - - - S. C. PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND Federal Courts, p.nd offers his professional services to the citizens of Lexington County. October 18?ly, : Alfred J. Fox,! j Life and Fire! f i ! Insurance and iReal Estate! | i Agent, | j _______ j | ! Lexington, S. CI Only First Class Companies .Represented. Mv companies are popular, strong j and reliable. No one can give your business better attention; no one eau j give you bettor protection; no one can j give you better rates. i Prompt and careful attention given i to buying and selling Heal Estate, ' both town and country properties. ; ! Correspondence re>peetfnly solicited. - I I Thou8akd3 Saved By | |DH KliG'B BEI BUBf! % Thiswonderru! medicin3 posi-g | lively cures Consumption, Coughs 1 | Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneu-Ss i monia, Hay Fever, Pleurisy, La-1 I Grippe, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, | j Croup and Whooping Cough, f? j \ Every brltie guaranteed. No \ ! Cure. No Pay. Price 5Gc.&$l. f 1 OOOOOOOCOOOCOOOOO I DR. BAKER'S 1 FEMALE if REGULATOR. hiiiiiiiin A m,... - f,,. I'iill'jljlj ~n |,cyv i/iocuvci y iui uic, ,i jli |[|i|j Prevention and Cure of IJll Female Diseases. if: It is o permcnent cure for ell j j jj p Womb. Bladder end Urinary Dis- i :i;j ; j: eases and female WeaKnesses. ? ij Leucorrhoea or Whites. Irregular i [j and Painful Menstruation. &C ? 1; | i Ladies will find it of special I i|| valueif taKenwith regularitydu- ' i "! (J i vf | ring Pregnancy or the Change if I of Life. ^ 1 = I ' i '~d)Price. SI.25.'Jfr ' j! prepared by -l' I DR. w. c. BAKER, * 1 TIE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN HE0 C3.. j | KjUcracTutxts aid sole rtoruzTou. j | yCREENEVILL?. TENS'. \ I r > - X t ooooooooooooooooo C. M. Efird. F. E. Dreheb. EF1RD & DREKER, itforaers at Law, ? j LEXINGTON, C. H? S, C. tit ill pkactice in all the i VV Courts. Business solicited. One member of the firm will alwajs be at offioo, Lexington, S. 0. line 17?6m. BE, E, J, ET11ESEDGE, SUKGEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door bsio^r post office, A' ways ouharnl. Icbrnarv .1.2, . imm L A3B1LL. Attorney at Law, LEESVILLE, S. 0. Practices in aii the Conrts. Business solicited, Sept 30 - 6rc. momE BEUNS i>iAliN BI? liULUlUCiA, S. U., | JEWELER REPAIRER . Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A fine line of Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, all for sale at lowest prices. f&r Bepairs on Watches first class quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate prices. 60?tf GUI iii IK,. THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN COLUMBIA. 1 UNITED STATES, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY 5 DEPOSITORY. Savings Department. 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. nor Mot? 1 e> f V CkUUUUI, ?JCMJ lUf>J JL Ob QUU ^ U V CUi" ber 1st W. A. CLARK, President. Wiiiif Jonxs. Vice President and Cashier. December i?ly. iiiTiiili. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK. W. JP. ROOF, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, 0. M. Efird, > I R. Hilton. Jaices E. Hendrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits of $1 and upwards received and j interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed, 1 payable April and October. September 21?tf |I0!NES BOILERS. T?n54 Stack*, Stand Pipes and Bheet-Iroa Work; Sfcaftinr, Pulleys, Gearing, Boxea, hangers, eta. Mill C&stlnra. Bsr~Cast every day; work 200 bands. U>tl?A?D IKON WOBKR M SUPPLY C? AUGUSTA, GSO&OiA. January 57? ly EODOL digests what you eat.' KODOL c^eanses? purifies, strengthenj and sweetens the stomach. EODOL cures indigestion, dyspepsia, and ^ all stomach and bowel troubles. KODOL acce^era*es the action of the gas trie glands and gives tone to the * digestive organs. KODOL relieves an overworked stomach . of ail nervous strain gives to the heart a full, free and untrammeled action, nourishes the nervous system and feeds the brain. KODOL *s wor'derful remedy that la making so many sick people well and weak peopie strong by giving to their bodies all of the nourishment that is con i n fk A 4 r* /> #4 lU A^r A< KLiliw'U 111 VI1S> 1UUU U1E.JT v?.i. Bottles only, $1.00 Sire hcldlne 2*A tirr.es the trial size, which sells for 5Cc. Prepared only by E. C. DeWITT 4 CO.. CBICAOO. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS When writing mention the Dispatch. The Leading Sporting Weekly E j.'i; 1,1 * r*- ^ < > " "-s * *. ,-yv *"?'| ?'w ? SEND $1.00 AND GET THE POLICE GAZETTE FOP 13 WEEKS AND A SPOTTING BOOK FREE. I PRCWIIUV lisr M A!IDC FREE ON APPLICATION. Richard k. fe.n. K*. V. City. I ... -