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TUe Lexington Dispatch j Wednesday. March 16, 1S04. Guns Still Spit Fire. j _ | Japanese Men of War Still Bombard Port Arthur. I Tekio, March 10 ?Russian and j Japanese mounted scouts met nortn of Pin Yang yesterday. After a brief engagement the Russians re+ treated. No casualties are reported j on either side. AGAIN AT TORT ARTHUR. Port Arthur, March 10 ?The Jap- ; anese fleet appeared cff the harbor at midnight and bombarded this city intermittently until 8 o'clock this j morning. The Russians replied to the Japan- j ese fire. A message from the signal station at 11 o'clock last Dight announced the appearance of a Japanese squadron on the horizon. Fifty minutes later the shore batteries opened fire on the Japanese vessels. A gale sprang up and tlie attacking fleet soon withdrew. I NO VLADIVOSTOK ENGAGEMENT. \ Vladivostok, ] March 10?The acting chief of the staff today official f ly announced that the reports of a I sea fight between the Russian and ' Japanese squadrons on Sunday last | are absolutely unfounded. JAPANESE VICE ADMIRAL S REPORT. Tokio, March 10 ?The report of Vice Admiral Kamimura, in command of the Vladivostok naval expedition, reached the navy department here early this morning. It evidently , came by way of Gensan, where the , squadron was expected to call upon I its return. The report throws little j additional light on the movement, except it seems to show that the Russian tquadron remained safely within Vladivostok harbor under the j protection of the shoie batteries. Admiral Kamimura does not mention in this report anything concerning Russias operations in the vicinity of j Possiet bay or the Tumen river. The full report cf Vice Admiral Kamimura say*-: uAs prearranged, we reached the east entrance to Vladivostok on the morning of March 6 through a frozen sea. The enemy's ships were not j seen outside the harbor. We approached the batteries on the northeast coast from a point beyond the j range of the batteries on the Balzon promotory and Bcephorous strait. After bombarding the inner harbor 40 minutes from 1 50 o'clock in the afternoon we retired. I believe the bombardment effected considerable damage. Soldiers were seen, but the land batteries did not reply to our fire. Black smoke was observed at the east entrance to the barbor about 5 o'clock p. m, and was X thought to be from the enemys ships, butthis smoke gradually disappeared. "On the morning of March 7, we reconnoiterad American bay and Strelok bay, but saw nothing unusaual. We respproached the entrance to Vladivostok at noon. The enemy's ships werefinvisible and the batteries did not fire. We turned toward Possiet bay, but not seeing the enemy retired." MILITARY TRAIN DERAILED. Tomek, Western Siberia, March 10 ?A military train bound for Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia, was derailed today. One person was killed and a number of others were iniared. ? - ' w CHINESE INHABITANTS SUFFER. Yin Kow, March 10 ?The concentration of troops afc the Russian r strategical base has resulted in much suffering: among the Chinese inhabitants, especially at Liao Yang where even private buildings have been appropriated to accommade the soldiers, and thousands of Chinese are consequently without homes. Russian troops are encamped at all the essential points along the railroad. RESULTS NOT REPORTED. St. Petersburg, March 10?The czar has received the following message from Viceroy Alexieff, dated f MukdeD, March 10: "The commandant of the fortress at Port Arthur reports that at about 1 o'clock this morning the outlines of vessels, apparently torpedo boats, i were gee^ at sea within the ares 8wept by cur searchlights. Oui batteries opened fire upon these vessels. Our torpedo hoats put ou! to sea at 2 40 8. m., and at about 4 o'clock met the enemy west of the Liao Tishin light-house. After fire inor amoral fihntR the enemy retiree to the south in the direction of Sbar Dan. Oar torpedo boats returnee to the harbor at 6 o'clock. "Later torpedo boats were agaic sent to sea to reconnoiter. Thej returned in half an hour, having learned that an enemys squadron was approaching. "At 8 o'clock the Japanese opened fire upon our cruisers and the fort less. The enemy had 14 ships, and fired the entire time from behind Liao Tishin. "I have the honor to report the above to your majesty.'' (Signed) "Alexieff." RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT LOST. Canes, Lland of Crete, March 10 ?A Russian transport from Port Said has arrived here. Members oi her crew say that the Russian torpedo bt>at No. 221 was lost while on hei way to this port. The crew of the torpedo boat was rescued by the transport. A JAPANESE STEAMER WRECKED. Yokohama, March 10.?The Japan ese steamer Shinshit-Maru has beer wrecked off Chemulpo, Corea. Bofcl ship and cargo were totally lost. A" The Name Witch Hazel. The name Witch Hazel is much E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago are the inventors of the original anc only genuine Witch Hazel Salve. A certain cure for Cuts, Burns, Bruises Eczema, Tetter, Piles, etc. Then are many counterfeits of this salve some of which are dangerous while they are all worthless. Ir buying Witch H*zel Salve see thai the name E C. DeWitt & Co., Chi cago, is on the box and a cure ii certain. Sold by all druggists. County Treasurer Short. As the result of an examination ty the comptroller General and his ex pert, a shortage of $11,375.42 hai been discovered in the books of E. D Free, county treasurer of Barnwell and he has been suspended by Gov ernor iieywara pending action or mi grand jury. The shortage covers j period of six years, from 1898 t< 1904, and it was only after thecleares examination that the report wai made. It is a coincidence that Fre< is the son of A. F. Free, the forme: treasurer of that county, who die< leaving a considerable shortage am against whose bond a suit was enter ed and about $6,500 recovered. Ther | is still another suit pending, brough I by the Sinking Fund Commission i The present treasurer was appointee ! to succeed his father, and for severa j months past has not been attendini | to the duties of the office. Governo I Heyward has asked the delegation t ! recommend a successor, and J. E ! Armstrong has been the lucky mai | to catch the plum. i . _ * - Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured, j William Shaffer, a brakeman c Dennison, Ohio, was confined to hi | bed for several weeks with iDflammg tory rheumatism. 'I used man j remedies,*' he says. '-Finally I sen i to McCaws drug store for a bottle c j Chamberlain's Pain Balm, at whic : time I was unable to use hand or foo i and in one week's time was able tog i to work as happy as a clam." Fc i sale by The Kaufmann Drug Co. I Three members of a family i Sioux Falls, S. D, have recently die i nf tvnVinirJ fpvAiv ?r>rl ia taairl tV> ! disease was caught by opening tb i coffin of a member of the family wh i * i died of the disease in Louisiana an I whose body was shipped home fc i burial. Cured. Consumpten. j Mrs. B. W. Evans, Charwate] ! Kan., writes. "My husband lay sic for three months. The doctors sai he had quick consumption. Wepri cured a bottle of Ballard's Hon : hound Syrup, and it cured hin : That was six years ago and sine i then we have always kept a bottle i i the house. M'e cannot do without i For coughs and colds it has no equal 25?, 50c and $100. Sold by Tt Kaufmanu Drug Co. ? Agricultural Statistics. The office of the farm management J of the United States department of " agricultural, through Agrostologist ^ W. J. Spillmau, desires certain i^for } motion from the farmers in this State " relative to the dates of the planting ' of the various crops raised in this 1 section, the time of their developI ment and time of maturity. Seeking this information Agrosi tologist Spillman is sending to the ' post offices blank forms showing : the exact data wanted under each t plant cultivated. The blank contains space for almost every crop rsised in ' the United States, with lines for the recording of the average time of I placing the seed in the soil, the date i of the various stages of development and the time the crop matures and is > ready for harvesting. The information is desired tor the purpose of completing the records of the agricultural department under the various crops and the different . latitudes and climatic conditions. j ^ This information will be of great value to the department. j The State Campaign. rmon W i 1 i o .Tnnfifl lift A Vjtavio VU(*I& LUMU I I ?t*W V VMWW w V.W called a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Democratic party, . to be held in Columbia on Tuesday t evening, April 5tb, in the office of i Secretary of State. The State committee will fix the time for holding the State convention, at which delegates will be elected to the National convention. The State conventicn ^ will be held on the fourth Tuesday cf j May and the only business now up is i the election of delegates to the national convention. 3 i The recent legislature adopted an? other scheme to divert the money 1 rightfully belonging to the free pubk lie schools and apply it to purposes " other than that intended by the 3 State constitution. It is proposed to use a portion of the school funds to establish libraries. A young man in North Carolina eloped with a youDg lady and they were married. The father of the 3 lady sent word for the couple to return, which they did, when he tired * upon his daughter, mortally wounding her. The bridegroom then shot a his father-in-law dead. i 3 Mrs. Helen Williams Post, the ^ "mind healer" who was convicted 3 some time ago in Jacksonville, Fla , B of using the mails for fraudulent ? ??. J i _ _ i. r purposes, was semeuueu last weta 3 to confinement one year in the Fed3 eral penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn. She took an appeal and gave a 85,000 e bond, t Col. John T. Sloan, of Columbip, j the Lieutenant Governor of South j Carolina, has been caught in the y mashes of Don Cupid and as ' a result of setting up late o* Dights cards are out announcing his marj riage to Mrs. Fannie B. Gilliam, one of Spartanburg's most lovely and charming daughters. The happy event will take place on March 23rd. The ringsters are already at work with the same old cry of abolishing s the county to county campaign fea.t. ture of the Democratic primary sysy tern. To do this looks too much like t a return to the unsatisfactory and ,f undemocratic convention system of b making nominations. 'Tis well that t things are as they are and 'tis well to 0 let well enough alone. >r "Little Lever,*' as the State derisively calls him, has done much .for his constituents in general and n the neoole of Richland in particular J " 1 a and will probably live to accomplish 6 much more for them in the future 16 than he has done in the past. The 0 State, in its narrow minded meanness ^ only brings down upon itself the >r contempt of broad minded people, But then nothing better can be expected from the State. r, ? * ^ ~ k Dangers of Pneumonia. d A cold at this time if neglected is > liable to cause pneumonia which is sc e- often fatal, and even when the patient 3. has recovered the lungs are weakened ie making them peculiarly susceptible in to the development of consumption t. Foley's Honey and Tar will stop the " cough, heal and strengthen the lunge ie and prevents pneumonia. Sold by The Kaufmann Drug Co. KnanajTJTiwhifyf?Tvnin^eg?M_gri f Cotton Must Have""" j Potash Potash is an essential plant food which must be added as a fertilizer dgta or the soil will & become exhausted, as is t T-11 e ? ^ s ? i ^ave ^??^cs VJIV-Xv VUflMg8ro^*$gi",'?g valuable dehay '1ATjj^^W^ tails about fertilizers. We will send them free to any farmer who asks us for fh?m. g GERriAN KALI WORKS, | New York ?1)8 \okabu Street, or 3 Atlanta, <ia.--22% So. Broad St, I Ws Ms. Pure and Fresh. D. M. Ferry & Co's., Crossman Bros'., I E. J. Bowen's, "BEETS" ALL OTHER GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS GROWN. A FRESH SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED AT THE I >c iyi,? i c i u I "I was troubled with stom- Kg ach trouble. Thedford's Black- ||| Draught did roe more good eg in one week than all the doc- j||| tor ^ medicine I took in a f|r year."?MRS. SARAH E. ?? SHIRFIELD, Ellettsville, Ind. In Thedforu's Black Draught |lj quickly invigorates the ac- ||? tion of the stomach and |a cures even chronic cases of Jjg| indigestion. If you will |?8 take a small dose of Thed- j|| ford's Black Draught occa- ||| sionally you will keep your ||| stomach and liver in per- jl| feet condition. ||1 1 THEDFORD'5 | S BLACH-DfiAIKHT I More sickness i3 caused by ||| constipation than by any ?jj| other disease. Thedford's O Black-Draught not only re- l||j lieves constipation but cures 111 diarrhoea and dysentery and |j| keeps the bowels regular. e|| All druggists sell 23-cent packages. ?? "Thedford's Black- ii Draught is the best niedi- jp cine to regulate the bowels |$j I have ever used."? MRS. fl| A. M. R A N T, Sneads j|| i WANTED?Faithful person to travel foi ( I well established house in a lew counties, j tailing 011 ivtail merchants and agents, t ! Local territory. Salary *20.0' per weeh j and expenses additional, ad payable in cash ?-ach w>ek. Mon?-y lor expenses advanced. , j Position permanent. Business successful ! and rushing. Manufacturers and Whole' j sah-r?. Denartmrut 1, third Hoor, 33-1 ! Dearborn St,, Chicago, 111. 22 Parlor Restaurant. ' i 133'5 MAIN STREET. 1 j COLUMBIA, - S. C.j Tbe on BY UP-TO-DaTE eating House of its kind in the City of Cos Itunbia. It is well kept?clean linen, prompt and polite service and get it quickly, . j Quiet and order always prevail. You gel i what you ord?r and pay only for what you ' pet. Within easy reach ot desirable sietpi ing apartments. OlMOIN ALL NIGHT. B. DAVID, Proprietor. - - - - - \ T77"S J&.SIS G-L-A-ID i TO INFORM OUR PATRONS OF LEXINGTON COUNTY THAT WE NOW OCCUPY OUR NEW QUARTERS ^ 1427 Main St., Columbia, where they wi 1 find or.e cf the largest stocks of CLOTHING, (JIT'S MffiHIIS, NOTIONS, ETC, south of Ealtimore. This is the distributing point of jone of the Inrg^t wholesale houses in (he Ease. We have two departments, sej arate and distinct, WllAl Afin l A ?n /I "SJaIQ I 1. VV MVAVM'MVAV - ? - "j? rfbWO The Retail Department is s-pplied from our Wholesale Department, givin i von the opportunitj of buying your Clothing, Etc at retail at wholesale prices. Don't f r<et tho Lumber. 1427 Main St., where you will find an old Lexington triend to serv? jou - John M. Stuart: Yours very respectfully, } I Harness and Saddlery, f <X ^ X> <x <? $ x> $ x> ^ We have in stock a full line of Plantation # ? Gear, bought before the advance. When $ <x . x> in need you can find everything in the /v SO v\ ,v 1 Saddle and Harness Line I <X y> <X . y> <x at reasonable prices. Any single part of ? <x . x> ^ harness supplied on call. 8 = ??? ? <X " " ? $ Repairing Done | 8 While You Wait. X o< y> |< y> 1 DAVIS & CO J c< y> <X . S 1517 MAIN STREET, ? <x y> ? COLUMBIA, S. C. | 0< June 14, 1903?ly, 0< ? y> ' ->?>?-r:?'V?- -?->:-??-c<-? .<?>?> -?> j i Mn rfttfr lead made. I I ^ THE LEXINGTON nEPJRTMFHT STORE. * 1 ?".<?-??-< :- ?-K-?-?<-?%<?>?> -.-? 1 We will deliver to anyone bearing this advertisement a $30.00 BICYCLE, with Morgan & Wright T.res for SHJ. We have but twenty-fiv* of tbe<e Wheels and you had better get ore, Why senJ to Chicago whea you cau buy at home? FISHING TACK EE, GUNS, ETC. S. RMcMASTEB, Col\n.m"bia I SEABOARD S .YIK LTNE RAILWAY. NOHTH^SOUTH-EAST- WEST.! Tw Daily Pullman Vestibule Limited Trains Between r: SOUTH A>D IVJEW YORK. I First-Class Oinimi (jar Service i The Best Rates and Route to all Eastern Cities Via Richmond and Washington, or via INorfolk and Steamers to Atlanta, IV asli. ille, >Iemj>Iiis, I^onisville, JSt. l^onis, Oliicas>o, IV ew Orleans, aDd All Points South and Southwest?to Savannah and .Tnclcsionville and all points in Floi'i- ft <la and CLIiiba. ."j Positively the Shortest Line Between y TVOTJ.TTT A A F> SOUTH. ? flo^For detailed information, rates, schedules, Pullman [ reservations, Ac., apply to any agent of The Seaboard Air Line Railway or to Jos. W. Stewart, Traveilingi [ Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C. ! CHARLES F. STEWART, Asst. G. Pass. AgtJ SAVANNAH, GA. | mrnnTMi?waimm?iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBMiMiiMiii?iiiimiii t