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rlne Lexington iHspaten Wednesday, April 27, 1904. Talking Out in Meeting. Congressman Lever Accuses the Republicans of Discrimination. Charleston News and Courier. In his speech for fair treatment to the rural free mail carriers Representative Lever of South Carolina, noted the results of an investigation of the service made by him which was sufficient to convince any fair miDded man that the "rankest injustice has been done my section ^ and State in the distribution of rural routes." There were 21,600 routes in operation on February 15, this year, and of these routes oDiy 2.S99 '? L ?w> iU A ^A*> ua'j ueeu esisuusucu iu iuc icu Southern States with a population of 16,200,000, or one rout9 for every 5,000 population. In the two States of Iowa and Iadiana, with a combined population of 4.700,000 there are 3 227 rural free delivery routes, or ODe route for every 1,400 population. Mr. Lever said: "Assuming that UDder the present rules each carrier gets $600 per annum and multiplying this, by 3,227 the number of routes in operation in Iowa and Indiana, we hod that these two States are drawing from the total rural free delivery appropriation the sum of $1,936 200, nearly onesixth of the entire fund, as against $1,630,400 for the ten Southern and Democratic States." In Iowa and Indiana 322,600 families are receiving the benefits of the rural mail service, wbile 10 tue ten Southern States, with a population four times as large ae the population of Iowa and Indiana, 280 900 families receive any direct benefit from the service. Mr Lever further noted the fact that 55 per ceDt. of the petitions from the Southern States filed with the post office department asking for the establishment of rural free delivery routes have been turned down by the department, while only 25 per cent, of the petitions from the States of Iowa and Indiana have been regarded as without merit. Mr. Lever noted other incidents in the administration of the law which clearly'showed how the sectional spirit is manifested in the adminis tration of the law, but we are Dot surprised at the facts brought out by the South Carolina congressman in his address. The government at Washington is a sectional government for sectional purposes and administered in sectional interests. Not only is the South shared out of its proper influence in the government, as Senator Bacon pointed out, and in the administration of the free rural delivery system, as Mr. Lever showed, but it is shared out in many other ways, and in no way more clearly than in the compensation made to mail carriers in the Southern cities for their services. In Charleston, for instance, the pay of the mail carriers > is $850 a year. In New York, and -\ofrtn Q rid X uuc?uripuia9 auu \ju^ auu ytuvi large Northern towns it is $1 000 a year. In only two of the Southern towns, we are informed Atlanta and New Orleans, do the letter carriers receive the same compensation that they receive in the larger cities of the North. The carriers in Charleston are an intelligent, faithful, deserving lot. They have as heavy loads to bear, and as much territory to cover in their respective districts as the carriers have in New York, or Philadelphia, or New Orleans, or Atlanta, or any other town, yet they are paid less wages for doing the same work. It may be that the inf qualities in the service will be adjusted, and that the South will at some indefinite time in the future be permitted to exercise its proper influence in the government, but the conditions are not very encouraging. The South really does not possess sufficient influence to secure fair treatment for itself and its people in the administration of the smallest affaire of government, yet we are told by some of the more enthusiastic of our "leaders " that the South ought to assert itself and name a candidate for President. It will be time enough to do that when the Southern representatives at Washington have de ?p?UP g?EO?aBa?Baano?M Over=Work Weakens Your Kidneys, j Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. | j All the blood in your body passes through ; i your kidneys once every three minutes. fThe kidneys are your j 1 blood purifiers, they fil- ! j ter out the waste or j impurities in the blood. \ 1 If they are sick or out j ( of order, they fail to do j their work. J 1 Pains, aches and rheumatism come from excess of uric acid in the < blood, due to neglected , kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady 1 heart beats, and makes one feel as though , they had heart trouble, because the heart is j over-working in pumping thick, kidney- J 5 poisoned blood through veins and arteries, j , It used to be considered that only urinary i troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, j 1 but now modern science proves that nearly j i all constitutional diseases have their begin- j llillg Hi MU1I<,J 11 UUdll/. . I If you are sick you can make no mistake , ? by first doctoring your kidneys. The miid j and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's , f Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is j soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases 1 and is sold on its merits I by all druggists in fifty- I cent and one -dollar siz- I es. You may have i sample boltle by mail Homo of Swamp-Root, j . free, also pamphlet telling you how to find j 1 tfc>ut if you have kidney or bladder trouble. ! j Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingnamton. N. Y. monptra?ed thtir ability to secure r fair treatment from those wbo make j as well as those who administer the | c laws. | fi Are You A Dyspeptic? ! [ ' ? tiAii Amn 14- I Xl yuu me n ujrepcynu jv/u m j to yourself and your friends to get ! 4 well. Dyspepsia annoys the dyepep- | ^ tic's friends because his disease soure his disposition as well as his stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will not only cure dyspepsia, indigestion and sour j stomach, but this palatable, reconstructive tonic digestant strengthens the whole digestive apparatus and sweetens the life as well as the stomach. "When you take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure the food you eat is enj >yed. i It is digested, assimilated and its < nutrient properties appropriated by I the blood and tissues. Heaith is the result. Sold by all.druggists. Mrs. E. V. Cullum Dsad. The State. April 20. Bafcesburg, April 2G ?Mrs. E. V. Cullum died in a hospital in Atlanta early this morning. Mrs. Cullum has been in bad health for several | months and her death was not unex- ! , i i pected. She was a daughter of Capt. i U X. Gunter, of this place, and a j ! sister of Attorney General U. X j ^ ^ i 1 ? % j Wunter, 01 uoiumoia. one leaves a | { husband and five small children, besides a host of other relatives and , \ * friends to mourn her Iobb. Mrs. j Cullum was a most estimable lady, ; j being highly cultured and possessing j other qualities and traits of character j that endeared her to all who knew g her. Her remains will be brought , to Batesburg tonight and will be in- j terred in the public cemetery tomor- i row afternoon. ! ^ A Dandy for Burns. Dr. Bergin, Pane, III, writes: "I j ( have used Ballard's Snow Liniment; j c always recommend it to my friends, ( as I am confident there is no better j 1 made. 'It is a dandy for burns'. 1 Those who live on farms are espec- j s ially liable to many accidental cuts, j t burns, bruises, which heal rapidily j i when Ballard's Snow Liniment is i applied. It should always be kept i in the house for cases of emergency." i 25c., 50c., Si.00 a bottle. Sold by The Kiufmann Drug Co , Lexington, S. C. | J * > ? | * Japs Have Landed. ; 4 London, April 20 ?It is reported from Jinkoro that Japanese have landed troops on the Liaotung pen- * insular and that a land battle is now i raging near Port Arthur. It is also reported that the Japanese lieet is making an attack from the sea at the ] same time. : i A Thougtful Man. M. M. Austin, of Winchester. Ind., j knew what to do in the hour of need. His wife had such an unusual case of stomach and liver trouble, physicians could not help her. He thought of ! and tried Dr. King s New Life Pills and she got relief at oDce and was I finally cured. Only 25c., at The Kaufmann Drug Co's., store. He makes no mark whovhas no i aim. h i G-atbsred Waists. A local fashion plate told me >f- j terday that gathered waists would i be much worn this spring and mm I oofr. Now that's something a man J sever could do properly. I hav-1 j aoticed that m?DV of them go at i the same way tbey go to wasbiog a 3og or sawing wood, which is entirely wrong. In my experience and humble j jpiniou, a waist should be gathered I K-irh the rieht arm. altboush long | practice has eDabied some to uep | :ight or left with equal celerity. I should be handled, this gathering of I i waist, about like you would take j Dold of a dozen eggs done up in a !unnel shaped paper at a grocery j store, until you are sure you have it | ill gathered and a" in hand or arm j md then, right theD, the amount of j 3rm and steady pressure that a little, j 'rail-looking will stand is enough to j ' uake a man wish for the gathering j proclivities of a polar bear. I have Dever been there?not e*'en j 1 n a Pipe Dream?but I have a fa.*L- j cn of observing things. j . 1 Cures Coughs and Colds. Mrs. C Peterson, G2o Lake stteet, j rn nelrn T\ar>sap_ save: "Of all I - ~r ' ' ;ough remedies Bollard's Horehound j Syrup is my favorite; it has done j md will do all that is claimed fori!? I o speedily cure all coughs and colds ?and it is so sweet and pleasant, to ,he taste." '253., 503. $100 bottle. Sold by The Kaufraann Drug Co., Lexington, S. C. Every Town Has A liar. A sponger. A smart alec. A girl who giggles. A weather prophet. A neighborhood feud. A woman who tattles. A man-wbo-knows-itall. One Jacksonian Democrat. More loafers than it needs. A boy who cuts up in church. A few meddlesome old women. J A "thiDg" that stares at women. \ A stock law that is not enforced. A widower who is too gay for Lis j ige. Some men who make remarks j ibout women. A preacher who thinks he ought. to run the town. ! I A few who knows how to run the j iffairs of the country. i A grown young man who laughs j jvery time he says anything. A girl who goes to the post cffice j jvery time the mail comes in. Scores of men with the cabcose of i heir trousers worn smooth as glass. A man who grins when yru talk j md laughs aloud after he has said j lomething. Nothing Equal to Chamberlain's j }holic.' Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for Bowel Complaint in Children. "We have used Chamberlain's CjIt, j Uholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ;n ! >ur family for years,"' save Mrs. J. B. i Uooke, of Nedelands, Texas. We 3ave given it to all our children. We j lave used other medicines for the ?ame purpose, but never found anv- ! ,hing to equal Chamberlain's If j pou will use it as directed it will ai- ; vays cure.'' For sale by The K-.uf- ! nann Drug Co. j Bryan to Declare Himself. Lincoln, Neb , April *20 ?Win. J Bryau announces that he wjj] dei.vvr i political address at the Pi ii cess Rink in Chicago Saturday night <..v mi. *vt "t" __ 1_ til-ir... '? il. ^ . xne oxew xora jruuiorm, jjiu:orm referred to being the 01 idopted by the New York Dene-em's recently. There will be Tesrovw seats for ministers and new-p^et meD, otherwise seats will be tr<<- ' Mr. Bryan says he will pay ti.e 1 nil . rent and all expenses. This will be declaration as to platform and a presidential condidate. Quite at the Penitentiary'. The monthly meetiug of the b-,*id of directors of the penitentiary was held yesterday, but nothing w*> | done other than to audit account* The affairs of the institution are raid to be in good condition and work mi the new building baa been atari* d by the contractor, Mr. George \Y Waring. Be eure to remember not to foig< t ?r ??WEgg?BW B |n.vg".wn Sjag^anj'^l I . Cotton Must Have | i Potash is an essential plant food I which must be added as a fertilizer or the soil will ? MS: become exhausted, as is M true of so COtt0n j jr We have books giving valuable de? I *zh\ w foils about fertiliz- I j them free to any farmer who asks us for them. S OERHAN KALI WORKS. \ New t ork ? !>?{ >a?5uu Street, or ,j Atlanta, Ga.--22% So. Broad St. | j 1 A plot wu8 discovered among live i 1 ceirce* to dynamite their way out of j " ihf; S'a'e prison, at Nasbvilie, Tenn. j Foiljvvir p the discovery of the plot i one of ite comiiiratorp. a negro, cut I 1 ' ZD 7 bid o^'ii itiicar., inflicting a mortal ? , w.nad i I "I find Thedford's Blaclr-Pranght j a good medicine for lr cr disease. Itemed my - on after be had sp nt g Sl-TO v. ith doctors. It i? all the mod- M icirnr I take."?MRS. CAROLINE H MARTIN, Parkersburg, W. Va. ^ If your liver does not act rep- in ularlv po to your drupeist and % secure a package of Thedford's H Mack-Draught and take a dose m tonight. This preat family ^ medicine frees the constipated m bowels, stirs up the torpid liver B and causes a healthy secretion |$j Thedford's lllack - Draught i'|j will cleanse the bowels of irn- & purities and strengthen the kid- i|a r:eys. A torpid liver' invites j|f colds, biliousness, chiils and SB fever and all manner of sicknoss and enntarrion. Weak kid- S neys result in Brrght's disease jlj : ' which claims as many victims B [ . as consumption. A 25-cent package of Thedford's Black- || Braujrht should always be kept ? I in the house. ^ "I r.rcd Thedford's BlackDraught lor )iver and k-dnry com- l plaints and found nothing to excel it "-WILLI.U1 COFFMaN, Mar- L' j blehcad, Jli. ^ S BOXING GLOVES FREE on a FINE PUNCHING BAG TAKE YOUR CHOICE. ON RECEIPT OI: $5.00 I will send you the Police Gazette for | one year and a complete Set of I land-made j Boxing Gloves which will last for years, j or a line Punching Bag. ( RICHARD K. FOX, Franklin Sq? New York, i 1 I . _ | ...LV LVL2Y rAxMERJ j ,"N l.hi'h unoine j 1 v.. rn i 1 i i lllgjgg^ j j 'V'-^--'-kx? ^ ''^ -v j ff' n j a v j i i~CL /-* u r\ s\ ? \- .: s. t-: .<> ?- :! . . :?! .1.; :. i'-i.- j S > .: %{' ; * :??U. j v. . M. G1 313^3 (A CO.. COLUMBIA. -*>. C. I Ktwiri"-. lJ-? -vt w Mil1.-;. i'??::hm Min-I | -.' ' ; ... I (. ; '..., ; rti-t.\J.\f J.h<?s-;tc *.'n< h:P~ I . ^ MB?Ma?P M >TPi 'HKUjj"nuLiiiJii-.iiiFUJ?iJi'ii.ii j-)iMiui!-W'i MB???B? ?BBMBI TTT" 22 22 22 Gr 132 22 ID TO INFO KM CUU PATi ION'S OF LEXINGTON COUNTY TH \T WE NOW OCCUPY OUlt NEW QUAKTEKS 1427 Main St., Columbia, where they wi.l find one of the largest stocks of CliOTK, GENT'S iH| NOTIONS, ETC, :outh of Baltimore. This is the distributing point of jone of the largest wholesale houses in the East We have two departments, sej a-ate and distinct, TO"I? J D /r\4r tr& 1 W i,t^9A53ScS;J&.CJ ??4>JU.<U. iltcaJLJ.* The Retail Department is supplied from onr Wholesale Department, giving vou the opportunity ot bnyitg your Clotbiog. Etc at retail at wholesale prices. Doa't t >rj[fct th^ i.umber. 1127 Main St., where }ou will tiad an old Lexington Irieud to serve }oti -John M. Stuart: Yours %ery respectfully, <X ^ l Harness and Said cry. ? 1 ? ? - __ j| <X , )0 g We have in stock a full line of Plantation Xj o< Gear, bought before the advance. When <x .... >o <x m need you can find everything in the g> VS " v > sq <x x> 1 Saddle and Harness Line I <X <X X> o< at reasonable prices. Any single part of x> o< ; x> ^ harness supplied on call. ^ O; X> g Repairing Done * $ While Yon Wait. ? <X <X X> <x ? - y> . ^ ^ <y ^ ^^^ y> I DAVIDS tk L-X ), g <x x> ? Xv $ 1317 MAIN" STREET, g o< x> I COLUMBIA, S. C. I $ Jane 14, 1903?ly, x> <K X> ' -??- ->b?4???>v-?->^?<?<-?<< : jUUEIHIC WHITE 1MB. i | || ^ NO BETTER LEAD MADE. J * ^ THE LEXINGTON DEPARTMENT STORE, j $&*#*### $ * * $ ? * * * #$*$*$*?#< $*$###$*? I COUGHS. I 3r * v- Murray's Hnrphr un?b 3TuU*?ii? and Tar is eomnoscd of the most effective St # remedies known for tne<*uring <>f cough. eoids, la grip'?.?, sore throat and all & % affections doe to Irtlnn tned mid irritated condition of the air passages. It is & 3r prompt in affording relief and certain !? its effect of hastening a cttre. ^ *3? | Murray's Horehound, Mullein and Tar | may be used to advantage in eases when* other medicines have failed^ It is -& rjr p'easant, purely vegetable and absolutely safe for old and young Nothing 3r like it in all the world, it should have a place in every house, ready "a* hand & ?~r when needed Parents will Jind its effets magical in cases of eronp. It has -fc rfr remarkable virtue in controlling the paroxysms of whooping cough. & X Price 25c. Guaranteed satistatory to every purchaser. AT DRUG STOKES. * ? Prepared by the Murray Drng Co., Columbia S. C & ? $ ?. # -i ? ? $ $ A $ * ? * * ? * * V V V V V $ V * if $ if- * * ? * * * * * if- * * * ? if- if- ** *** I SH.XBOARD I y ^Yllt I?T3VK KAILWAY. |NOKTH-SOUTH-EAST- WEST. I I Two Daily Pullman Vestibule Limited Trains Between j? SOUTII AM) IVJEW YORK, First-Class Dining l?ar Service ; The Best Iiates and Route to all Eastern Cities Via Kiclimonci and "Wasliiiigfton, or via IV oi'lollc and Steamers to Atlanta, IV asliville, ^Fempliis;, Lonissville, St. Louis. Cl?icu<><), UN e\v Orleans, and All Points South and Southwest?to Savannah IaDd .Incksonville and all points in l^Tori- 9 cln, and Cuba. Positively the Shortest Line Between XORTH AX1> SOUTH. feTFor detailed information, rates, schedules, Pullman reservations, Ac , apply to any agent of The Seaboard I Air Line Railway or to Jos. W. Stewart, Travelling | Passenger Agent, Columbia, 8. C. | CHARLES F. STEWART, Asst. G. Pass. Agt.l SAVANNAH, GA. I