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Changes of all regular advertisements a lowed once a month and all additional changes charge for extra. $ For any further information call on or ad r aress. G. M. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher. Wednesday, September 16,1903. Yote in the town eJestion 01 September 18th. The Dailies and a Duzhber of we(a)kly papers of the State have been picking themselves all over with glee at the expanse of Senator Till j man over the free pass incident. In their haste to hold Senator Tillman np to public ridicule and censure, theBe papers have completely lost sight of the fact that Mr. Tillman holds a dual position. He is, in the first place, Senior United States Senator \ from South Carolina in which position only a small portion of his time is demanded in the discharge of his UiUClSl uuuoo ok naauiugiuu^ auu >u the second, he occupies the position of plain citizen, B. R. Tillman, as such the major portion of his time is devoted to his farming interest at TrentoD, or any other pursuit which he may see fit to follow. As United States Senator it would be manifestly wrong for him to use free pasBeB going and coming from Washington or on any official business, because the laws of his State forbidB such use. As citizen Ben, there is nothing wrong in bis accepting and using free passes on railroads. Now, when Mr. Tillman lost his passes he was travelling on purely private business He was upon a contract lecture y tour in conjunction with another Senator. His time was paid for; theatres or other public halls were rented in which to speak, and admission fees charged. He then represented nobody but citizen Ben TiH mar, of Trenton, South Carolina. . He had just as much right to travel ; on free passes as the lawyer and newspaper men, members of our State (ilenAmi Assflmhlv hftVA fen fcmvfll nn theirs, and in doing so be would be entirely consistent with his utterances on the use of free passes by public officers when he was known to fame only as plain Farmer Ben." This is the long and short of the incident. The loud mouth profestations of Brooker Washington, that he did not desire the negro to contend for social equality but his aim and purpose was to give, the youDg people of his race an industrial education and thus fit them for the battle of life, is but tinkliDg cymbals and sounding braBS. The other day op returning from the north he and about forty other negroes entered the railroad eating house at Hamlet, N. C, and dined while Senator Bacon of Georgia and others, who refused to dine with them were served in the kitchen. John Smith, a prominent citizen of Borne, Ga., who has fought for the right to keep bogs in the city through all the courts of Georgia, has defied the Btate supreme court and declares that he will teke his case to United States supreme court. ? ci a. T?.-i :_ .NeWS com98 rrom OOH3, jouigariu under date of September llth, that there was a wholesale massacre of Christians in Macedonia, by the Turks, and that the fanatical Mohammedans are showing no quarter to women and children. And yet the civilized world calmly locks upon the murder of those people with appwent indifference. Mucb ado about Loihing is being made in certain quarters over tbe assignment of Judge Townsend to preside over the September term of our court. A request has been made to Chief Justice Pope, asking him to rescind his order, but up to the^time of going to press Judge Pope has to>r^n or>finn A a tbfl matter now ta&CU JUU CIVVtVMt Ukw stands Judge Townsend will be the presiding judge. Yon Are Interested. To the Editor of the Dispatch: At the outset I want to disabuse the minds cf the people of the idea that I want to raise the tax. We are all agreea that it will take about nine or ten thousand dollars to main* a n the roads in Lexington county. Ouonly trouble is about naming the body. Some want him to have only one name, "commutation", others prefer a double name, "commutation and direct." If he receives only the first rame, then all of the care and attention has to be given by the I ?la?o ?-># mhita mon find thft I pUUICl Viaoo Ui ?*U??V AMWM v>mv? w | negro; but if he receives a double ! name then the classes already named will have half the care and have the i railroads, manufacturing companies, j the town people, and the rich men of the county, and the non-residents who own real estate in the county, to help with the other half and they will do the lion's share. From the best information I can get Lexington county has at least five thousand road hands out of a population of 27,264 in 1900. I am inclined to think it would run over five thousand. A two doHar commutation tax would be taxiDg a class of people ten thousand dollars. I It does not* change it because they j are allowed to work it out. Time is money, and never was it more so than now. Come out to Lexington next Saturday, the 19th of September. You are interested, it makes no difference what you are in favor of, direct tax or not. 1 am in to the finish. J. H. Counts. Irmo, S. C., Sept. 12, 1903. I ' Worthy Example. , The people of Sandy Rup and Congaree townships, in supplementing the road funds in cash and Work to put the State road in good traveling condition the year round have solved the road question in a practical manner and have also set a patriotic example which is worthy to be imitated by the people of other communities in the county. Whenever the people of a community take that interest in their roads that will lead them to go down in their pockets to help put them in an improved conditio^, it is safe to con elude that they mean business and are in earnest when they say that they want good roide. If the people of the other communities would but follow the example of their Sandy Run and Congaree fellow citizens, this universal complaint about bad roads would be a thing of the past. What community in the county will be the next to place itself upon the honor roll. Cancer Cured by Blood Balm. All Skin and Blood Diseases Cured. Mr8. M. L. Adams, Fredonia Ala, took Botanic Blood Balm which effectually cured an eating cancer of the nose and face. The sores healed up perfectly. Many doctors had given up her case as hopeless. Hundreds of cases of cancer, eating sores, supperating swellings, etc., have been cured by Blood Balm. & mong others, Mrs. B. M. Guerney, Warrior Stand, Ala Her nose and lip were raw as beef, with offensive discharge from the eating sore. Doctors advised cutting, but it failed. Blood Balm healed the sores, and Mrs. Guerney is as well as ever. Botanic Blood Balm also cures eczema, itching humors, scabs and scales, bone pains, ulcers, offensive pimples, blood poison, carbuncles, scrofula, risings and bumps on the skin and all blood troubles. Druggists, $1 per bottle. Sample of Botanic Blood Balm free and prepaid by writing Blcod Balm Co., Atlanta Ga. Describe trouble and special medical advice sent in sealed letter. It is certainly worth while investigating such a remarkable remedy, as Blood Balm cures the most awful, worst and mo3t deep seated blood diseases. William ZtewsiJI | "jlyi if jh>sj^Gerbinq. ;; &ajtajvac lak? Jjj |!jf IMf crowwpo/nt. ;; BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WHO USE PE-RU-NA. The Evolufa of a Great Store. Opened business six years ago with a three thosand dollar stock in Batesburg, one of the highest priced towns in the State. Associated ourselves with the largest and strongesl Spot Cash trading syndicates in the world with headquarters in N. Y. City. Bought nothing unless we could afford to sell it a1 just about what most merchants paid, making every item at the very lowest "live and let live" prices. Dealing in nothing but the the very best, buying back at full price even; thing not entirely satisfactory. Have kept all our profits in our business until today we have the best and largest stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS AND MILLINERY. in the county, occupying two large brick stores. Our buyer, who has been considered for years one of the Dest posted and shrewdest buyers visiting the Northern markets, has just returned from a 15 days' trip, and has bought a stock the equal of any in th< State as to style and price. If you have not been dealing with us you have bean losing money. Don't spend another dollar until you see our stock. If you have never beer to Batesburg come now and we will make the trip pay you, We have the bargains aDc want you to have your share, We are too busy to write an add at this time, but will tel you another story next week. Yours for bargains, NEW YORE RACKET STORE J. A. WHITTEN, Propietor. BATESBURCr, - - - - - S. C. Reaching Out for Trade. Bound Over to Big Court. The Batesburg merchants are > Tom sbealyi Benson Amick, Backreaching out after the trade of Cbia- man Amiek, paul Bickley and Ben quepin, Hollow Creek, Black Creek, ntl?raed with riot and reaiat. Gilbert Hollow and other territory, jng an 0geer 0{ tbe town of Chapin all of which the Dispatch largely on ^be 22nd of August, were given a circulates in. The latest merchant prelimiDarv hearicg before Magis of that progressive town to use the trltfe Meetzej whom th(# caee was Dispatch as a medium to let the peo- traDs{erred to> la9t Saturday. TheJ pie know of the bargains they have were bound 0Ter to the court Qj is J. A. Whiiten. He keeps every- 6eBsions thing on earth from a hair pin up to sky scraper, "which he sells at bargain * * Prices* In connection with their othei Wagon "Wood for Sale. business Messrs. T. B. Aughtry & TT. . . jiii/ Co, Columbia, have a harness shot Hickory axles and oak plank from / 1 to 3 inches, well ceaeoned for whfe fir6t cla88 harBeBS are mad< wagon and buggy work. Apply to 0Bd rePair work doBe at tfce J. W. Stuck, notice and in the best manner. Giv< 4opd Peak, S. C. them a trial, and be convinced. HEALTHY WOMEN Praise Pe-ru-na as a Cure and jj Preventative of Catarrhal y Disorders. ;; Miss Elizabeth "I'ber, 2s o. 67 Bassett < street, Albany, N. Y., writes: 1 " I have always dreaded the fall and winter because of my extreme | liability to catch cold, wizen catarrhal 1 trouble would quickly develop I through my entire system which it r would take weeks to drive away. 1 ! am thankful to say that since 1 have 1 taken Peruna, I do not have any reason to dread this any more. Last ,, fall when I suffered with my old " trouble I took Peruna and in nine t days was completely cured and since I that time, if I have been at all ex- * posed to the damp, wet or cold J ii/oo^n? 7 /a Ira a r1n,QO O^ n f Pp. 1 yv lati/ci f f cai&v w ??r v - - ? ? runa and it throws out any hint of * sickness from my system. I gladly t indorse it."?Miss Elizabeth Liber. I Mrs. Wm. Dewey, Saranac Lake, 1ST. T Y., is sceond cousin of Admiral Dewey. * In a recent letter ^she says: T "Peruna is the most valuable of I any remedy that 1 have ever used for f coughs, colds, etc. I cheerfully rec? I ommer.d it as a certain cure if used A according to directions."?Mrs. Wm. Dewey. \ \ Miss Rosa Gerbing, a popular 11 society woman of Crown Point, Ind., ,, writes: '1 " Last winter I took a long drive ?> in the country, and being too thingly 1' clad I caught a bad cold which settled \ \ on my lungs, and which I could not <> seem to shake off. I had heard a ? great deal of Peruna for colds and jj catarrh and I bought a bottle to try. ?. / am pleased that I did for it brought f speedy relief. It only took two boU I ties and 1 consider this money well I spent. ** Vnn hftvfi ft firm friend In me. I and I not only advise its use to my Z friends, but have purchased several J bottles to give to those without the I means to buy, and have noticed Z without exception that it has brought f about a speedy cure wherever it has ; been used."?Miss Rosa Qerbing. i To neglect a cold is to invito chronic ; catarrh. As soon as anyone discovers Z the first symptoms of catching cold he I should at once begin the use of Peruna according to directions on the bottle, * and the cold is sure to pass away with out leaving any bad effects. I Unless this is done the cold is almost Z sure to end in the second stage of ca- f tarrh which is making so many lives Z miserable. If Peruna was taken every J time one has a cold or cough chronic Z catarrh would be practically an un- i known disease. * If you do'not derive prompt and satis- ; factory results from the use of Peruna, Z write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a J full statement of your case and he will Z be pleased to give you his valuable J advice gratis. J Address Dr. Hartman, President of i The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, t Ohio. 1 , f you ' M i ^ are PrePar^n8 f?r a big h ' receiving new goods I jvj sbow ; | DRY GOODS j j eqcal to anyOnr line of DRY GOODS en i & that line and we strive alw the highe ' y r fWZ "We intend always to carry : I DRESS line and all the latest style fa ^ season will be found ir | Notions an we are headqnar'ers. One 1< ^ vincing than le i m ; | MEN'S FURNI 1 I jjr*^ You can find anything and e 1 pupalar prices. YOUR INSPECTION IS I $ | 1603 Main Street, | COLUMBIA IT": 7 BEL1K | OUR FALL i 1 SH( i -* ' 3* is now ready for our Lesiugton Friei p * jast the kind they want. We were vi X made. Thev have SOLID INNER ? * LEATHER COUNTERS. They ear * PRICES RE r X, ; | E. P. & F. s | 1710 MAI 3 1 COLUMBIA, * JUST A LITTLE I "STOTJZEe TIl^EIES 1 Where Do You I Buy? . I Well yon should bny where you can get H the most lor jour monej! I purchase my stock direct from the man- H ufacturers and am prepared to meet H any price on the same class article! J|| I handle a complete line of |j| BUGGIES AND WAGONS, of the very best make. I also oarrv a complete line of Single and TV Anl\1fl T^nrrm? TTarrtftca affll dies, Lap Lobes, Cook Stoves and V Ranges, Trunks and Yalices, ' If DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, i Gent's Furnishing, Hats, No- li tions. Dress Goods. Hardware, Tin- A ware, Crockery, Glassware. Wooden- m ware, Groceries, Provisions, Confectionery || On all of the above goods our prices are 8 as low as is consistent with good quality. You are earnestly rt quested to call and ex- m amine our goods We want your business fl and guarantee satisfaction in every instance. i|i I am agent for the celebrated Walter A. 1 Wood Mowers, and Arrow and Heart Shoes. H Yours for business, H. L. OSWALD, I LEXINGTON, S. C. I Land for Sale. I "TTTE. THE UNDERSIGNED, HEIRS M VV of Frances D Kocn, will offer for sale before the court house door in Lex- t JB ingtou on November 2nd. all that *ract of ' J land cont?.iniug 196 acres, more or less, ' fl bounded by lands of Grorge Eargie, east H by Broad Rivtr South by George Sites and .|j Wm. Freshley and west by Mary Meetze. TERMS?Cash. Purchaser to oav for I papers. KOON BROTHERS. August 21th, 1903. I0w51. f? DRUGS I Abe always a necessity, al- J most as much so as food. I ain still H saving my customers money and my trade I still grows, and remember your interests || will always be looked after by | T. W. KINARD, The Licensed Druggist, j LEESVILLE, - - S. C. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. ^ NG'sl ill and winter trade. We are -JL i and are now prepared to a line of ^ %j UD NOTIONS | ' -none excepted. i abraces everything carried in ays to keep the quality up to ?7! st standard. the very latest styles in the j*Jj| /\ srv cr-i titfflVS I brics in vogue for the coming i oar immense stock. In ?83 . (I Novelties, | Dok over our line is more con- yy ngthy arguments. w ISHINii GOODS. | verytbing needed in this line at Qvality unexcelled. VITED AND SOLICITED. $ PI Lever's Old Stand, &) , - s. c. | 30NE 448. | AND WINTER ! < 3ES I , * 1 * ads to inspect. We know that we have ssBry careful in having this season's goods * tud OUTEIi SOLES and GENUINE * i't help from giving good wear. -? ? A CTt/-\TVT A T>T T7 * jadwin ajdj-ixli. i A. DAVIS, f ? :n street, 2 S. C. | i