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The Lexington Dispatch Wednesday, June 8,1304. Somethings Eehord. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Too now can hear the constant cry, Where'er you chance to stop. The weather continues very dry And the sunshines dreadlullv hot. Farm work is progressing nicely notwithstanding a much needed rain ! i would greatly benefit matters. Wheat is ripening and ere this ! reaches the readers of the Dispatch much will be harvested. The heads i are well filled and I think the yield j | wilfbe above the average. ( Fall oats are excellent, wane later i sowing is much inferior owing to the late dry spring. Soon the candidates will he in the land. Gripping the voter tightly by the band; Smiling and chatting with the ladies, Treating and kissing their pretty babies. Mr. Jacob Boone is the champion crow killer thus far, having bagged five as the result of one shot. Ask > friend Jake how he did it. Mr. Frank B Goodwin says he has ; discovered a sure preventative of 1 chicken cholera. Write or ask him j concerning bis remedy. | W. N. Neili has been promoted j > from section master to road master ; on the Savannah division on the S. . A. L. R. R This is a promotion * ? worthily bestowed. Already the delicious peaches have been coming this way and such feasting on pies is enough to make the gods envious?[Go 'way, Billy! Don't tickle our appetite so. Ed ] Watch the candidate while on the round, And view him with a critic's eye; Should his character prove unsound, Pass him very affectionaly by. The friends of Mr. P. E. Hutto speak of putting him forward for the Souse. Should Paul make the race, j be will make it lively for the man who beats him. Talk about you May picnics and courting expositions; talk about thanksgiving day with turkey, trim- j mings and cranberry sauce; talk about 4ib of July barbecues with that eloquent vote seeker; talk about your hymenial gathering with wedding cakes and edibles, but what are AM U/? f A ATI G nf ADO tUOJf WJ UD WUJi/OlCU tU UL1C Ul kiuuoo good old first class birth day dinners? Such an odo Billy was invited to on the 25th ult, at the home of our es- ! teemed friend, A. B. Sbarpe. It was the occasion of his fifty-first birthday. All the children and the grandchildren and friends, etc, were there and such another feast of good things spread upon the board there was before. Ob, my! it makes an acking void in the gastronomical regions even now when I think about the many nice edibles there on that occasion. Mr. Sbarpe is one of my good patrons on the R.F.D, and I thing when "Klondike's" wistful eye falls upon this, he, too, will want his patrons to treat him and his likewise. Mr. Editor, what has become of the road convention? Feradventure it has gone to the World's Fair; or, perchance it has crossed the mighty deep and is now taking part in the Russc-Jap war, or, perhaps, it might nrr ifa fnrnao TOifVl a X7IPW WC ICViUUiU^ iVU tvtvuu navu v. > >v for a fishing outing on the waters of the famous Black creek.?[Neither one of these three surmiees, Bilh! It has simply gone up "Salt River" to be seasoned and sugar cured for home consumption by future generations. ?Editor Dispatch ] Billy Felix. A Family Reunion. Published by Request. A pleasant day was spent on Thursday, May 12, at the Uncle Joe Shealy home place, near Little Mountain. The occasion was a family reunion. Unfortunately, by misunderstanding, not more than half were present who otherwise would have been on hand. But anyone would have considered the number present sufficient for a * good size family. The day was spent as such days usually are?in social concourse, Jinging, and by no means least, in eating. . At about 11 o'clock about 75 had gathered. All were in good spirits and seemed bent in getting all out of the day there was in it. The renewing of the family ties, recalling fond meraeries and paying devotion and respect to the aged mother, grandmother and great grandmother w ere amoDg the good the occasion [ MHWM?H???8????M?? meant. The dinner was sufficient for double the number present. That however, need not mean that half was left. At the organ Mrs. S. C. Bailenfcine and Miss Ola Counts presided, and i it would have been difficult to have improvished a better choir anywhere in the country. The last selection, "God be with you till we meet again," touched and moved the soul of the crowd. The descendants of the family are legioD. Uncle Joe Shealy died March o, 1901, at the ripe age of nearly 91 years. His widow, Aunt Polly, nee Miss Polly Bright, still survives, and lives at tbe old home with her son Preston. They were married August 19, 1838, making s union of sixty two years, six months and sixteen days. They had nine children. The oldest was Amanda Mahala, the wife of Mr. James Slice, near White Hock. She died six or eight years ago. Here are five children aLd twenty grand children living and three dead. The nexti9 Happy Carrie, whose husband, Mr. Paul Derrick, died at their home near Peak five or six years ago. She has four children living and two dead; | also four grandchildren living. Hiiliard was the first son, now living i near Peak. He has ten children livi ing and one dead, with twelve living and two dead grandchildren. Tbe it - a l ^ _ t tourtn is Mary Marina, me wiit? oi Mr. H. H. Counts, near Peak. Tbey also have ten children living and one dead. They have 15 living grandchildren and one dead. Thomas Napoleon is the second eon and fifth child. He is a merchant at Little Mountain, and has just built an elegant home in that town. He has six children living and one dead. John David, better known as "Jack", is next. He lives about two miles east of Little Mountain. He has three children and three grand children living and one grandchild dead. J. Preston lives at the old home place. He has | two living children and two dead. William, the eighth child, died in Columbia some six or eight years ago. LHe had seven children and one grandchild. The youngeBt child, Jane, is the wife of Mr. Hilliard Hipp. They live near Little Mountain. This family numbers seven ! children living and two dead. " ? * -t-Mj i:_? o j j JXumDer 01 cunuren nviug o, ueau ' 1, total 9. ! Number grandchildren living 54; | dead 9, total 63. Number of great grandchildren living 67; dead 10, total 77. Number in family by marriage 35, all living. Total number living, 163; dead 20. | Grand total 184. All are good, thrifty, highly respected people, and are all members of the Lutheran church. S. C. B. A Sad Death. After retiring Monday night, the | 23rd of May in as good health as ! was his wont, our worthy citizeD, Henry Spires, died at half past nine, j being 77 years and 3 days old. He ' leaves to mourn his death, besides a I host of friends, an aged widow, who ; borejfor him thirteen children, eleven i of whom are still living, and forty' four grandchildren and twenty-two j great grandchildren. In early manI hood he became a Christian, joined | the Baptist church and was ordained a Deacon, an office which he filled ! with credit to his church. While we j mourn his loss we find consolation in ! the hope that he is now basking in the sunlight of Jesus. J. B. K. At tlie Musicale. i "I suppose you have to cultivate a ; taste for this kind of music?*' "Not at all. All you have to do is to i let on you have it."?Brooklyn Life. A Battle is on Today. Chefoo, June 3?The Japanese i have landed another body of troops i at Teing Tuise, about a mile south | east of Takushan. A junk which arrived from there stated thai seventy i warships aijd transports dischargee | troops. Word also was received thai I troops which will act as reinforce ments for the army attacking Porl Arthur have been landed northeasl I of Talien Wan. Their number ie not known. There are persistent rumors that another battle i8 pro! ceeding near Port Arthur. Con tinuous cannonding has been heard from the South. MTiwi? mm nrnmsmmmmmammaamtmamm j Stats Campaign. j Tee sub committee aopointed to j 1 1 j arrange a schedule for the State cam- < j paign has met aud fixed the follow- ! j ing dates: Sumter, Tuesday, June 21st. j Manning. Wednesday, June 22ad. Monk's Corner, Thursday, June 2Brd. j Georgetown, Friday, June 24th. Kiogstree, Saturday, June 25th. Conway, Tuesday, Juoe 2S.b. Marion, Wednesday, June 29 b. Florence, Thursday, June BOth. Darlington, Friday, July 1st. Bennettsvilie, Saturday, July 2th. B-sbopvilie, Tuesday, July 5th. Chesterfield, Wednesday, July G.h. | CamdeE, Thursday, July 7cb. Lancaster, Friday, July 8:b. Yorkville, Saturday, July 9.h. Faion, Tuesday, July L2ih. Spartanburg, Wednesday, July 13tb. Gaffaey, Thursday, July 11-th. Greenville, Friday, July 1-^lh. Pickens, Saturday, July ICtb. Walhalia, Tuesday, July 1 Och. Anderson, Wednesday, July 20. Abbeville, Thursday, July 21st. Greenwood, Friday, July 22ud. Laurens. Saturday, July 23rd. Newberry, Monday, July 25th. Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 20th. Bamberg, Wednesday, July 27th. St. Georges, Thursday, July 2S?h. Charleston, Friday, July 29tb. Walter'ooro, Saturday, July 30th. Be&afort, Tuesday, August 2nd. Hampton, "Wednesday, August 3rd. Barnwell, Friday, August 5rb. Aiken, Saturday, August Gth. Edgefield, Monday, August 8:b. Saluda, Tuesday, August 9ch. Lexington, Wednesday, August 10.b. ! Chester, Thursday, August 11th. Winnsboro, Friday, August 12rh. Columbia, Saturday, August 13:b. Trolley Car Overturned. Camden, June 2?Twelve persons were hurt near here early this morniDg by a trolley car overturning and rolling down an embankment on the line from Camden .to Trentoo. Three were badly injured and were taken to hospital in Pniiadelphia and they may die.j * Monument to McEinley. Buffalo, June 3?Plans for the erection of a McEinley monument m iNiagara t-quare, mis cuy, weie completed last night by the park board. The monument proper will cost $100,000, the sum appropriated by the state of New York, but Buffalo will bear the expense of rearranging and making it the most beautiful spot in the city. Jefferson Davis' Birthday. Atlanta, Ga., June 3.?The anniversary of Jefferson Davis' birth was generally observed as Memorial day today throughout Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. In Teunea- ] 1 see and Mississippi, by virtue of ! 1 laws passed at the last legislative 1 ressions, the day was observed as a 1 public holiday for the first time. i This popular remedy never fails tc j effectually cure Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness And ALL DISEASES arising from a j 1 Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion j i The natural result is good appetite j and solid flesh. Dose small; elegant- j 1 ly sugar coated and easy to swallow. Take No Substitute."^. j Nut a. Sneaking Likeness. John S. Sargent during :i invent visit 10 Philadelphia painted in John Lain' bert's studio portraits of S. Weir Mitehell, James Whiteomh Kii?*y. A. J. ('assatt and other prominent persons. 4 * \\ <f Si:i r'ir.nt. .\ I Ulir- \.*L un . t *. * 4 * ' ..... related a bonmot that a prjinting 'at' Ids ! * had elicited from an E;!g!>h nobleman, j The^paintiug in <pvs:io;i was a por- I trait i \tlie nobleman's wife. On being asked 1. \ his opinion of it the husband t said, looking tirst at the picture and ? then at the lady: "It is very good. It is , a very good portrait. I think, though. there's a little too much repose about t the mouth."?<'ollier's Weekly. Known by DIfl>rrnt \amos. k "Are y<?u ever troubled wilh insonit nla?sleeplessness V" ( "I sliould say I am. Sonne nights I j don't sleep three hours." k "That so! I've got it acvTully bad. I I've been afflicted now about two years. 'The doetor calls it nettris in sornnis paralaxitis." "I've had it about eighteen mouths, arxcJ we call it Ethel."?School master. ?h? ?mam 11 ???gg??ginsa (I IHH? /^Ifk j$pi^ n Sfeu? iCL. WW* |j 4^%| P P fi 1 P ^ | mmz m w f? We are going to be more liberal than ever in 19 | Lion-Heads, cut from the packages, be good, | have always given our customers, but | the same Lion-Heads will entitle you to estimates in \ make some of our patrons rich men and women. You c I ? TWO OREA1 I The hrst contest will be on the July 4th attendance at th * Vote For President to be cast Nov. 8, 190-4. $20,00* || $40,000.00 on ::he two, and, to make it still men | First Prize of $5,980 1 p iva Lion-Heads ^0^. I cut from Lion j Coffee Packages and a | 2 cent stamp entitle you B0$j^0$!! | (in addition to the regj ular free premiums) I one vote in either contest: WORLD'S FAIR CONTEST What wiil be the total July 4:h attendance at the St. Louis World's Fair? At Chicago, July 4,1893. the attendance was 283,273. For nearest correct estimates received in Woolson Spice Company's office, Toledo, Ohio, on or before June 30th, 1904, we will give first prize for the nearest correct estimate, second prize to the next nearest, etc., etc., as follows: tf 1 First Prize J2.500.00 E 1 Second. Prize 1,000.00 2 Prizes?S500.00 each 1,000.00 a 5 Prizes? 200.00 44 1,000.00 i 10 Prizes? 100.00 " 1,000.00 % 20 Prizes? 50.00 44 1,000.00 50 Prizes? 20.00 44 1,000.00 8 250 Prizes? 10.00 44 2,500.00 | 1800 Prizes? 5.00 44 9,000.00 m 2139 PSIZES, TOTAL, S20.C00.00 I Distributed to the Public?aggregating S45,G0 1 Srocers'Clerks (sss particulars in LI3M GOP I COMPLETE SETA5LED FARTSGi fwoowow^^ CO., (CONTEST DEI After Japs ir. The Bear. ; m m t o t- I ~ A <X JL10D USD, tJUIlft O ?It IS rt^uxicu ^ X"" that Russian reinforcements, com- $ prising a battery of artillery, four ^ ~ J Siberian regiments and a sotnia of ^ (I Cossacks, are advancing south to at- $ tack the Japanese troops enclosing $ Port Arthur in the rear. Another ^ brigade is said to be following. H \\ ( " $ Ge; Quite Indeed. $ - . At a meeting of the Philadelphia <X Browning Society Hopkinson Smith, $ CJo/li the novelist, made use of a novel and $ OtHll and striking figure. <y Mr. Smith, in his afdress, was ^ at vy describing an audience that was <? j profoundly silent and attentive. $ Ay k*So quiet it was," he said, "that <v ?? Ov one might have heard the stealing of <X a pocket handkerchief." % TTT1 o< Will] , <x When you come to town bring ^ _ vcur sub;cription with you. ?< BOXING GLOVES I D 1 m mm m -w-m -n <X Jfr JfcC Jli JEji <y ' ? COLL o;. a <X T <X June 1 FINE PUNCHING BAG TAKE YOUR CHOICE. ON RECEIPT OF $5.00 % Mur I will send you tin,* Poluti: Gazette for 5 is not a t^mpo oao year and a complete Set of Hand-made * Ojie, mayiute ,> . ... ', , . , ? cov^rint; from .Bo stag Gloves watch will last tor yours, ^ lassitude, tiro* or a due Punching Bag. , * everywhere'01 jfi ^ Price 50c. G aiCHARO X. FOX, Franklin New York. a&EBzriirn?is&F-tt ^ rf& /0$$& | 11 III ^S li I Iffy jl 04 to users of Lion Coffee. Not only will the J;| as heretofore, for the valuable premiums we ? i our $50,000.00 Grand Prize Contests, which will | ran send in as many estimates as desired. There will be x I" <0^ E? <K> "IP O s & e a e S?. Lonis World's Fair; the second relates to Total ? o.oo will be distributed in each of these contests, making & i interesting, in addition to this amount, we will give a ?3 to the one who is nearest correct on both jg iijy contests, and thus your estimates have two S SEE22Z3 opportunities of winning a big cash prize. Printed blanks to i vote on found in S every Lion Coffee Pack I a?e# ^l<ie 2 cen* stamP I - C0V?rS 'C^e exPense ? our acknowledgment to I you that your es- 9 ?H^? timate is recorded. I PRESIDENTIAL VOTE CONTEST j What will be the total Popular Vcte cast for President (votes IS for all candidates combined. at the election November?. 1904? In H 1900 election. 13.959.S5j people voted for President. For nearest cor- n rect estimates received in Wooison Spice Co.'s. office. Toledo. O., H on or before Nov. 5.3904. we will give first prize for the nearest cor- fl rect estimate, second prize to the next nea-est, etc.. etc.. as follows: Ql 1 First Prize $2,500.00 9 1 Second Prize 1,000.00 km 2 Prizes?$500.00 each 1,000.00 2 . 6 Prises? 200.00 " 1,000.00 ?9 10 Prizes? 100.00 " 1,000.00 1 20 Prizes? 50.00 " 1,000.00 ffl 50 Prizes? 20.00 M 1,000.00 Kg 250 Prizes? 10.00 " 2.500.00 fig 1800 Prizes? 5.00 " 9,000.00 9 2139 PRIZES. TOTAL, $20,000.00 Sj 10.60?fn addition to which we shsii give $5,888 I 1 FEE cases) making a grand total of $85,009.08. j | ULARS BN EVERY PACKAGE OF j W ESi 2fi 5222^ . a a'T.) TOLEDO, OHiGo | fS23u?Sag^~-Tg-Z^g1 ^VBT ~,;ig3g?agS^^ mss anil Saddlery, j X> i have in stock a full line of Plantation x> ar, bought before the advance. When ? need vou can find everything in the $ i He and Harness Linel 50 X> V"> reasonable prices. 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