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Some mercnaut id renitty or sensationally, ic tie city of Columbia, has gotten into deep hot boiling water for makiDg and publishing in the Sunday State, an assertion that he had inaugurated and put in execution a plan whereby he made shoplifters pay him $*25 for the stealage and sign an acknowledgement of their guilt, which evidence* he kept filed away in bis safe to be used in terroism over the victims. It is also stated as a fact that this merchant has a stack of these incriminating evidences two incbas thick in his eafe and that among the women whom be has oaught are a college girl and a well known church and society leader. The demands for this proprietor's idenfcity~for bis slanderous article are numerous and warm. That there is shoplifting to a certain extent, not only in Columbia but other places is true Some times it is known by Btore keepers hut they hI'ov it to pass, hnt in tb;s instance the charge is so wide sweeping: *h*?t it r< fleetscn the go <d people of Columbia and perhaps it would buve been wise for the author tn h? vp k?r>t it, nut cf1 print . -Gov. D. U Hey word, like governors who preceded him, has refused v to pardon Robt. f. Joms, of Elgefield, who is in the State penitentiary under a twenty vear sentence for killing the three Presslevs in Edgefield county in 1887. He was first tried and convicted in that county, appealed and asked a change of venue to Lexington county, where be was convicted and sentenced for 20 years. Jones is a Georgian by birib and Gov. Terrell, of ifcat Sia e, made a personal appeal to the Governor of South Carolina lor tnis pardon, but Gov. Hey w aid has refused to graut same. We notice that, thp Constitutional .amendment bv joint resolution protndicg for biennial instead of annual fSesMons of the legislature has been < ipassfd by the necessary two-thirds ' ^rote of the General Assembly. i Hon. D. F. Efird always alert in ^seeking retrenchment and reform has j -championed this bill from its iofancv i in the house. The advocates of this i naeasore claim that it will prove a i great saving to the State in various 1 ways. The question will be sub- 1 tnited to the people of th? Stat* at 1 the next general eberion for a vote, 1 which wll be yes cr do. In spite of me txpneeed hope of the Russian authorities that the present crisis will be passed and that a pacific solution of the Russo Japanese negotiations wih be reached, it is no longer concealed that Russia is practically prepared for eventualities The committee appointed by the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows to select ? suitable location for an Orphan's borne to be established by the order has selected Greenville as the place fo* oamp to b? erected. Id New Yurk Monday cotton ran over 17 cents but it has fallen off considerably since and it is uncertain now whicO way the price may go. 3 > We have deferred writing up our trip in the Fork this week in order to give space to correspondents and other matfcsr. General Assembly. Saturday. The senate ttday after a brief session tock a recess nutil next Tuesday at 12 o'clock. Many of the senators ltfc for their homes, to be on hand for salesday Monday. A favorable report was made on the house bill relative to beneficiary scholarships in Ciemson. Senator Maj field from the judiciary committee reported favorably on the bill having reference to the working of roads. This bill is not the ' -.1 J one reianve 10 * guuu iu?up, as i generally understood by the agitation as to that question, but has in view a change in the law as to the present method of working roads. Senator Mclver, by request, introduced a bill similar to one (ffered by Representative Johnson, in the house. The idea is to abolish the provision of the present law, whereby judges for special terms of courts receive a special compensation for work after the special terms. The bill limits the salary of such judes to the actual terms of the courts which they hold. It provides that special courts shall ben quested by the chief justice on bis own moiion, and not at the solicitation of bar associations. The bill does not prevent, of course, such bar associations making such requests, but it empowers the chief justice to act on his owd motion in such cases. Prerident Sloan announced the appointment of Senator Sharpe of LexiDgton on the regular legislative ftifinananrv ftnmmit.teo tn nnHih fchfi account of the dispensary. Amongst the bills read the second time was one offered by Senator Marshall for the relief of the colored people in lower Richland who have suffered so much on account of the loss of their crops. The following bill, which originated in the bouse, received a second readmg. That section 2211 of the code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, be, and the eame is hereby amended by adding the following additional ' proviso at the end thereof, to wit: { Provided, further, that no wire or wires by which electricity is conveyed ' shall be erected or maintained within fifty yards of any public road or highway, axccpt where it is necessary i in approaching the same to effect a < crossing and in entering or passing ' through villages, towns and cities; i and where any such wire or wires are now erected or maintained within said distance of any such road or highway, the same shall be removed, 1 _ ?iL i L _ __ ! 80 as to comply wnn toe provisions hereof, within two years after the approval of this act. Any person, firm or corporation erecting or mainiDg any such wire or wires in violation of the provisions hereof, shall forfeit and pay, as a penalty therefor, five dollars a day for each day in default, to be recovered at the suit of any citizen in any county in which such violation shall occur, and the sum sc recovered, after paying therefrom all the expenses incurred in the prosecution of such suit, shall be paid into the county treasury of such county for ordinary county purposes. Senators Harden and Marshall gave notice of amendments on third reading. Senator Mayfiqld, in speaking of the bill, after the senate sessioD, * Baid that it would not interfere with < the poles or wires of any electric ( light company existing, like as in ' Cjlumbia, for instance, but that its ok j-jct was to make a law regulating t sucq matters in the future. 1 Senator Marshall's bill to provide ( for the completion of the state house parsed second reading without oppc- * sition. I House. When th9 house met this morning ooly a comparatively, small number 1 of representatives were in attendance, i The ways and means committee reported favorably the license tax bill, which deals with the taxation o? public utilities, and practically no change was made in the text of the measure as prepared. The bill places the tax at three mills and makes the minimum fee $5. The bill was scheduled as the special order for Tuesday. Nineteen bills to which there was no objection received second readings. Eleven bills to which no objection was cffered, were ordered to second reading. Mr. Gaston made a motion to aljourn the house on Saturday and t:> meet Tuesday at noon. The motion provoked considerable discussion, but fiually prevailed by a vote 42 to 38 Obituary. Mr. Irvin Hazelius Nunamaker waR born Dear Irmo, S. C. April 28,1837, and died at his home Saturday aftercoon, January 30th, 1(J04, after a I little over four <ve be intense suffer- i iDg, being G6 years, 9 months aDd 2 \ daro r,f naro TTa w?s married to I Mie9 Carrie Matilda BiUghn, July j 7tb, 1850. To them thirteen cbild- | ren were bom. His wife, four sons, j and five daughters smvive him. About the year 1S58 Brother Nun- j amaker joined Keunerly's Methodist j Episcopal Church South, the society j then was below Irmo a few miles, | afterwards this church and society was moved to the site at Irmo and the name Union Chapel was giveD, eubs< quently when the new church building was erected it was called Union Church. For twelve years Brother Nunamaker served as Steward, always faithful to the work committed to him. He was con verted at Shady Grove Church during the year 18G5 or 186G, under the ministry of the R^v. J. B. Traywick of the South Carolina Conference. Of his religious experence we are fully assured that he was indeed a child of God and therefore a j )int heir with Christ. TT j m i ne was not a man or cieinonstra- I tive temperament, but of a quiet conservative nature. His testimony was clear and strong. His religious experience was manifested in a Godly life. We have seen the public and private life and found him circumspect in all the relations he sustained. He bore the common sufferings, disappointments, and met the temptations of life in the spirit of Christ. He was a brave good men, like Sir Galahad "ily strength is au the strength of ten Because my heart is pure " Our brother enlisted and servtd as a soldier in the Confederate war. Captain Leaphari's company, Co. C., 20ch Regiment. Some of the surviving comrades are George Haltiwanger, Luther S. Matbiae, and Ja9. 1 W. Bouknight. The hardships of four years in cruel war hardly exceeded the intense sufferings be bore without murmeriDg during his last illness. "Soldier of Christ well done.'' "Sunset and evening star. And one clear call for me! And mav there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home, Twilight and evening bell, i And after that the dark 1 And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark ; For this from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood mav bear me far, I hope to see my P'lot face to face When I have crossed the bar," And tte stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But 0 for the touch of a vanished hand. And the sound of a voice that is still." / John L. Riy. ' Irmo, S C, Feb 1,1904. Letter to C. S. Bradford. Lexington,* S. C Dear Sir: Your business is, when i house bums down, to give tbe owner some money to build a new one. It is a good business. Queer that the woili got on so long wirhoutit. We paint the one that burnt down ind the new one too. What is better, we paint the house that don't bum 3own. You insure th9 bouses that bnrr; wo insure the houses that don't. 5lou have the aehee and smoke: all j the houses are ours. Yve piint lead-and-ziDf; Devoe ! We sell the paint to painters; we j dnn'i, raint. I m I Lead-and-oil is the old fashion i paint. Dc-voe i9 Zinc ground in with j lead and linseed oi?; the best paint in tha world; and the cheapest, because it takes fewer gallons than mixed paints and it wears twice as j long as lead-and-oil. Nobody wants j poor paint; there's lots of it, though, j in the world. A. M. Griffin, Plainfield, N. J., writes: "Mr. Aaron Higgins, of Plainfield, always used 15 gallons of mixed paint for his house. Last spring he bought 15 gallons of Devoe and had 4 gallons left." Yours truly, F. W. Devoe & Co., New York. The Eaufmann Drug Co, sells our paint. Bightwell News. To the Editor of tilt* Dispatch : The weather has been very bad for several days and some have fears for the small graiD. Mr. S. M. MeCravy spent last Saturday Dight and Sunday with S. J. Riddle's family. Miss Clara Shealy is visiting C P. Cannon's family this week. Mr. John Sites of Springfield, has moved in this ecction and is working at C. P. Robinson's saw-mill. Mr. W. D Hoflktettler, our bust- j ling carpenter is building a new j dwelling for H. J Shealy, on the old | Deriick place recently purchased by j him. Mr. Johnnie R.,bineon, one cf cur j saw mill men. is going into the puul- | ' try business. He bought five head ! from Mr. J. E. C. Sbealy and gave him $5 for the fiv6 head. We are glad to note that cur pastor, Rev. B D Wessinger, having been sick for several days is at his usual work again. Mr. N. S Derrick has gene into the saw-mill buisness. We wish him success. Well, Mr. Editor, I hope you made a good collection over on thi *ide and have got a good many new sub- , scribers, is the wish of a Jan. 20, 1004. Sciibbler. The Railroad Bond Matter. The gentlemen representing Saluda. Broad River and Fork townships in the Columbia, Newberry and LaureDS railroad bond matter met here Thursday last in consultation with their counsel, Messrs. Efird &Dreher and Col. G. Duncan Bellinger, of Columbia. As yet no papers have been served in the case. After they are served the committee will meet again in Columbia with their attordovs and their line of action will be consid red and an answer will be filed witbia the twenty day limit, elating grounds of defeDSP, etc. KDowiDg that our people and especially thope of the three townships, in the R?rk, are aDxions' over the proceedings and result of this important case, at this stage we can oDig give out the ab:ve information. They will await further developments with anxiety and interest. Valentines! We have just received a full stock of Valentines and can suit you in the Comic line as well as a pretty novelty or sachet for your sweetheart. Call and Bee them at once before they are picked over. The Bazaar. For Sale. aores, about half open of fair farming land, balance wood land; dwelling and outbuildings and good water; 2 miles north-east of Leesville. Will sell privately and if not .old will sell same on the 18th of February, 1901, at Leeeville at ooblic sale. The 3bove is known a* the Mrs. ( aroline Araick place, adjoining lands of Irvir Eisinger, the Jeff Croat and Dr. Crosson lauds. Apply to, E E HALLMA.N, Summit, S. C. January 23. 1D04- 3wl4. Dr. E. J. EtJiemlge, Sl'RGEOA DEMIST. LEESVILLE, 8. C CIftee over T. C. Kinard A* Co's., Store Alwa?s on band. February 12 -tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OK LEXIN(iTON. Court of Common Pleas. Harriet p. Koon. Cary S. Koon, Henry F. Koon, I.aura E. Wessinger. Hattic P. Hipp ami ,T. Andrew Frick, Plaintifi's. vs. Ernest L. Frick, Olncy D. Frick, Hat tic Eulila Frick, Job u G. Frick. Essie Blanche Frick, Ethel May Frick, J. Floyd Frick and Lucius B. Frick. Defendants. To all and singular, the creditors of S. D. Koon, deceased: You arc required by the order of Judge Ernest Gary, to tile with, and establish before the undersigned, all claims against the Estate of S. D. Ktxm. deceased. forthwith, so that the same may be reported to the next Circuit Court, SAMUEL B. GEORGE, Special Referee. February 1, 1904. Efird & Drelier, Attorneys. 2wl4 CAPTAINS ON MANY SEAS 1 NEVER WITHOUT PE-RU-NA. J "Give 3Ie My Compass ami < i,. wV \Af2k, Pe-ru-na ami I Will Steer % Clear of All "Wrecks." , ML j ?y. ? i ;i *'V "Si ^ ^ 4$> \ I ;a: /^p *<?* 1 . ' ;v :: A t *! '! & J feaf a ?al?#g|ii74^ 4 K\ AJ /*&? . . '/ *S '* -:< & <* 'Nj--r ?^ > ? " . . ;: I /!0^'- '\ ^ d /f;: " v&fe S iiif ^ Mlk 1 AcarterjM]jtw^W0i : /-?- '.- 'f * | W " y^r/fCjl ./ ' >^^'JVV "-:>f J will do moro to restore 1 one than any other modi- ^ cine I know, and I have 4) ^ carried a couple of littles on !>o:ird for J trouble and kidney diseases, and hav<j many seasons. Seven years a?;o IVruna also found it very line for la grippe, cured mc of bronchial trouble in a few | " IVruna is always one of tire most iinwceks and gave in o such now life and 1 port ant supplies of my steamer."?K. A. nerve force that I certainly believe in , Watson. telling you of it. With a bottle of Pefuna aboard sailors "(Jive me my compass and IV run a have a remedy on which tliey call rely, p.nd X will steer clear of wrecks of ah j Commodore I*. S. Navy. kinds and land in port safe ancl well j Commodore Komcrvillo Nicholson, of with vessel and men." ? Capt. I.. T. J the I'nited States Navv, in a letter from Carter, 123 lOtli Avenue, lVnsacola, | j? st., X. W., Washington, I). } Florida, v i says: (.'apt.K.A. Watson,M.E.,-ISElizabeth <?/ unhesitatingly recommend Pestreet, Ottawa, Onr., writes: runa to ail persons suffering from ca"Pcruna has my heartiest endorse- tarrh."?S. Nicholson. ment. I f there is any place that you! If you do not derive prompt and satiscre helpless when ill it is on hoard a factory results from the use of Peru 11 a, steamer, at sea, miles away l'rom any write at onee to I)r. llartrnan, giving a assistance. Sometimes two or three of full statement of your ease and he will my men would he sick at one time and he pleased to give you his valuable adseriously cripple the force, 'out since we vice gratis. have learned of the \ nine of Peruna, hy J Address Dr. Ilartman, President of ^ I taking a few doses they r euperate very The Ilartman Sanitarium, Columbus, qiieklv. V?*' use i: f<?r ? <>!,! .. lung j Ohio. a hymn 4 Wgm\Jg OF PRAISE 4 II Ifiai iggz Wflcomfs our excellent PIANOS and % W\ a^j?=kP m ORGANS f very time they are sounded. V We Don't mean to say "that our instru- | ^?>^1 y&fc&x gjjL meets are t he only good ouea in the world, but we mean that ihey are unsurpassed a aud give great satisfaction. You know ^ A <? the pleasure mus:c givrs Jto ( very one. || Wrire us for catalogues and prices. V OPPOSITE Y. M. C. A., ^ I 1235 MAIN, ST., -f - - COLUMBIA, S. C. I ^X-A-ILTOS .^JXTID OXSGh^-XTS, iVTn> 15 iv I? Great COST Sale. 1 I WILL SELL OUT MY ENURE LINE OF ft tine iim i,limit it cost. | Cilico was fj reduced to 5 Dress Goods was 25 " M 18. M Oating " 10 ' " 8 Flannette " 10 " " 8. 'm 8 1-3 " ' 6 ' ?' 8 1-3 ? ' 7. H * " 5 " " 4 1-2 Blankets, $1.50 " " $1 00. ft Dress Goods was ' 0 reduced to 20. " 125 " 90c 1||| Sea Island Homespun 7-8 yard wide at 5 cents. ftf And many other articles too numerous to mention. Remember ft you get the best cheek Homespun at 5J cents and Sea Island J- yd |g wide at oc. And the host calico at 5 cts. ^ YOURS TO PLEASE, | L. ?. M. SMOAK, LEXINGTON. S. C. 1 0mga^amammmmmfmmms3BmMMaxrm^amxx ! '? rtffgfraWrfn-aattMnr itiw rtu * 11 rtrATSr> .-mrfe, nr? "i"iix^jpWTit +* ?>? *"in"^1 wr:7 <1f\i Should be fillc-d bv Druggists JJOT GREEK H?ri|S- * Life is too precious to be carelessly handled. This has been my work for 115 vears, and do guarantee you pure drugs and careful work. ANY DEUG YOU NEED. See mv line of Valentines, Paints. Oils. &c.. Seeds. Assuring , mfiiifl.fnU.rvin. YOURS TO PURASU I J. T7\7". rLaxd.. | The Licensed Druggist at. LEESVILLE, S. C. IF YOU WANT ANY JOB PRINTING DONE give us an order. The Dispatch Job Printing Office.