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[ MM??M?EBPC?C? jlWIBII llll II TJti e Lexington Dispatch Wednesday, June 29, 1904. "* Primary Election, Etc. The Democratic election for Lexington county will be held on the last Tuesday, 30th of August, 1904. The following are some of the requirementp, etc: PLACE OF MEETINGS. Batesburg, July 20tb. % Croats Store, July 21st. Summit, July 22d. Boylston Academy, July 23rd. i Samaria, P. O , July 26tb. f Steadman'e, July 27th. Fowles' Mill, July 28lh. 0. R. Rish'e, July 29th. PelioD, July 30fcb. Red Store, August 3rd, Swages, August 4tb. Gaston, August 5ib. Brookland, August 6ih. Hutto's Mil!, August 9ih. * Edmund's, August 11th. Midway School House, August 12. John B. Sox's, August 13th. Red BaDlr, (uigbt) August 13th. Pine Ridge, August 16th. ChapiD, August 17ih. Hilton, August 18.h. Ballentine, August 19;h. Irmo, August 20ih. Leesville, August 24tb. Priceville, G. F. Keieler's, Aug 25. Steele's Still, August 26th. Lexington, August 27th. f _ ASSESSMENTS. Senator, $ 8 00 Successful $ 4 00 Members, 4 00 " 2 00 Clerk, 15 00 " 7 50 Treasurer, 10 00 " 5 00 Auditor, 10 00 " 5 00 Supt. Edu 7 00 t? 3 50 Sheriff, 10 00 u 5 00 v Supervisor, 3 00 u 1 50 Co. Com'r. 3 00 " 150 Coroner, 2 00 " 1 00 Magistrate, 1 50 u 75 All candidates are required to file their pledges and pay their assessments on or before 12 o'clock the f night before the first compaign meet^ ?ng to the CouDty ChairmaD, Hon. John Bell Towill. Each Executive Committeeman is to send to the Secretary of the Exec^ T T> A Ai UUV8 UOHHQUiefc', uawea u. auujf, at Peak, S. C., on or before the 20th day i of July, the names of three managers for his precinct. Said committeeman is also responsible for oarrying ont and bringing in the voting boxes for his precinct. Cures Blood poison, Cancers, Ulcers. If yon have offensive pimples or , eruptions, ulcers an any part of the body, aching bones or joints, falling hair, mucous patches, swollen glands, ekm itches and burns, sore lips or gums, eating, festering sores, sharp gnaging pains then you suffer from serious blood poison or the beginning of deadly cancer. You may be permanently cored by taking Botanic \ Blood Balm (B. B. B ) made especially to cure the worst blood and skin diseases. Heals every sore or ulcer, even deadly cancer, stops ail aches and pains and reduces all Bwelliugs. Botanic Blood Balm cores all malignant blood troubles, such as eczema, scabs and scales, pimples, running sores, carbuncles, scrofula. Druggist, $1.00. To prove it cures, samples oi Blood Balm sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. ouituaiy. Rufus E. Soz died June 1G, 1904. aged 71 years, 7 moDtbs and 15 days He was married in the year 185C to Miss Martha Taylor, who died in the early part of 1879. The fruits 1 of this union were one son and on? t daughter. On August 24, 1884, he was mar ,k ried to Miss Mollie E Clark; to then were born 4 sons and 1 daughter, al of whom are living. Besides these he leaves a fond wife, 3 brothers anc one sister with many relatives t<. mourn his departure. He was eon firmed a member of St. David's E L. church, and afterwards transfer red to Emanuel E L church, ii which he remained a member to tb< end of life. -J. A. (J. Cotton Crop. The total area planted in cotton ii the Uoitd States this season is esti mated at 31,730,371 acres, an iocreas* of 9 8 per cent, over last year. Th< average condition of the growing crop is 83, compared with 741 ir May, 1903, and ten-year average o 85 8. f Mr.mitmmn mMTrvjL~iis/?,nv' in umtwiMi just QUE WORD that wcrd is i it refers to Dr. Tutt's Liver Pills and ; means health, Are you constipated? Troubled with indigestion? Sick headache? Virtigo? Bilious? Insomnia? ANY of these symptoms and many others indicate inaction of the 1 TYFP ? "ITou KTeoci Hit's Pills Take No Substitute. j &U551& ana wiapaa. Edirtbarg Scotsirnii Russia embraces one-sixth of the land surface of the world. It is more j than fifty times larger than Japan and j has a total area of S.650.000 fquare raiies. Half of Europe and the i whole of Northern Asia are included : within its boundaries. It has a great! er coutinous an a than any other na| tion in the world. European Russia has an area of 2 095 610 Kjuare inilee, ! about thirteen times larger than that ! of Japan. | la population the Russian Empire j surpasses Japan nearly threefold. Ac, cording to the census of 1893 the : empire has 129,562,7x8. Within the : the last half century the increase in j population has been tremendous. In j 1815 it was estimated a 45,000,000. j At the present time it is nearly 150,I 000,000. The empire has seven cities | with a population of over 200,000, and they are St. Petersburg, 1,489,570; Moscow, 1,147,145; Warsaw, 641,935; Odessa, 414,218; Lodz, 116,146; Rigo, i 260,717, and Kiev, 255,699 j j The Russian navy at the beginning 1 of the war with Japan consisted of 18 ; battleships, 5 armored cruisers, 19 j cruisers,protected or otherwise; 7 torI pedo gunboats, 2G destroyers, 53 tori pedo boats (built or buiidiQg) and ! several submarine torpedo boats. A ! certain portion of the fleet is con: lined to the Black sea, so that Japan opposed by only 8 battleships, 5 arj mored crusiers and 8 protected cruisI ers, representing a total tonnage of | 141,173, or seven-tenths that of the ! Japanese fleet. The Russian ships | do not throw as great a broadside as I do the Japanese. Russia has no dock i yards in the East where she can re! pair her ships, except at Vladivostok, j It has been estimated that the toI tal war footing of the Russian army, I aftefcalling out the reserves amounts ; to 5,250,000 men, mere than ten times , that of Japan. Toe soldiers are drawn i from the ignorant peasant class and | the officers from tbe governing ranks of society. Should Russia call out all her own troops she will have 78,827 officers, 5,180,958 soldiers, 613,400 11 horses and 4,00u cannon. Germany ; is the only nation that exceeds Rue: eia in its military equipment, i There are nearly 4.000 islands in > | the Empire of Japan, with a total ' j area of 162,153 equate miles. Only [ | 5G0 islands, however, are inhabited, | | the remaining isles being mere heaps I j of rocks. r | The population of Japan was estij I mated at 43,152,998, according to tbe j last census, tafeea ia 1898. Tuere are I four classes, in the following propori tions: Imperial family, 53; nobility, , | 4,551; gentry, 2,105,696; common . j people, 41,050.508 In addition are ! j the 3,000,000 inhabitants of Formosa i j so that the present population is estii i mated at about 50,000,000. Honcc ) | the chief island, is the most densely : populated part of the empire, having | 381 persons to the square mile, and i j its southern districts have 475 mI j habitants to the square mile. Of re? | cent years there have been rapid cen 1 j centiatios of population m cities. ) There are 78 towns, according to the - census of 1S98. having a population * ! of 20,000 or over. * | Japan's navy consists of six battle 1 | ships, six armored cruisers and four - i teen protected cruisers. Of the bat tleships four have a displacement d more than lo.QUO tons each. The i remainder are of more than 12.0UI 1 tons. Ail are supposed to have a speed of 18 knots an hour. The armored cruisers are of the same size, just a little less than 10,00( * tons. The protected cruisers range 3 in size from 2,700 to J,700 tons dis f placement. Oae has a speed of 24 fT^jwn?|?uuuiun?nj?iwuiw?imii,inin-Majiiuiii?lfai??j | knots an hour. Japan has the greet j ; advantage of being able- to use her J I own for titled ports as naval b*ses. I ' She has four well ((prped dockyards j i capable of both cOLittrucling and re- j ! pairing ships. j j The Japanese army has a war \ i footing of 421.000 men. Military j service is compulsory, and the army, j so far as military instruction is con- j cerned, has adjpted Germany as a ; model. The army is divided into | three groups, and permanent eetab- j ' j | lisbment, consisting of 7,500 cfiicers j : and 190,000 mer: the reserve of 35,! 000 additional men aDd a "territorial j I reserve," which wouid bring another j j 200,000 men into line. The artillery | I numbers i.zuu guns ana me cavairy i 90,000 horses. White Sock Whittling. To the Editor of the Dispatch: White Eoek, June 23 ?Good rniDS j I have fallen and sowing peas is the \ order of the day. Rev. W. A Julian, of Melrose, Fla., is now here on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. S. C Ballentine. Ke will remain the greater part of the summer. This is second visit aDd having once served Lutheran churches near Prosperity, be is no stranger, but a very welcome visitor. Mrs Louise Wessinger died at the home of her 600, Mr. James Wessin ger, near p-ak last Sunday. She was about 87 years old. The Wednesday previous she had a stroke of paralysis and never regained conc AiicrvAra Wkn rrao loi/1 1A rctf CV/?UUOLi CCO. UU V f iuiu i v * vwv Monday in Sr. John'e churchyard, the funeral services being conducted by her pastor, the Rev. B. D. Wes6inger. Mrs. J K. Efird, of Little Mountain, has been on a visit this week to Rev. S. C Billentine's fam.ly. Mr. and Mrs J. Bachman Sbealy, now of Lumber City, Ga, are expected here tomorrow where they will visit kith and kin. Mrs. J. H. JEleezer, of Columbia, has just returned from a visit to relatives in Spring Hill. Mrs. Joseph Lowman. of this community, recently met with a painful accident. She and her sister were sitting on the piazza baluster. Without notice it gave way, precipitating them backward to the ground. Besides minor injuries, her collar bone was brokeo. Rev. S. C. Ballentine's pastorate has voted him a vacation of one month, to be taken at his pleasure. S. C. B. Ferdicaris is Free. Washington, June 24 ?A dispatch from CodsuI General Gummere received at the State Department this morning says that a letter has been ; received from the two captives, Perdicaris and Varley, stating that they will leave this morniDg from Lafouly and expect to arrive at Tangier tonight. The department has been assured that the ransom has been paid and the captives released. Dragging 2825 Keelev St., 11 Chicago, III., Oct,, 2, 1902. fl I suffered with falling and con- J|| f4 gestion of the womb, with severe fl pains through the groins. I suf- B fered terribly at the time of men- B struation, had blinding headachea B and rushing of blood to the brain, B ' What to try 1 knew not, for it B , ' seemed that I had tried all and B i f.iilpd hut I had never tried Wine B iof Cardui, that blessed remedy for H sick women. I found it pleasant Eg to take and soon knew that 1 had fl the right medicine. New blood fl seemed to course through my veins B and after using eleven bottles I fl was a well woman. B I Mrs. Bush is now in perfect fl health because she took Wine of fl Cardui for menstrual disorders, fl bearing down pains and blinding 0 headaches when all other r?medies fl failed to bring her relief. Any B i sufferer aiav secure neaitn or ta^- m : ' 1 ing VV ine of Caruui in her home. I ! B The rirst bottle convinces the pa- ||j ' I R tient >he is on the road to health. fl k j I For advice in cases requiring 9 !; [ special directions, address, giving B B symptoms. "The Ladies Advisory V ! B Department," The Chattanooga fl I i B Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tena. fl ': I IWNE&MMN I ^HHBBBBlBBBJflBHBHBHBB^^^ tmrrwir-Ufi,'.*!!! L'tum ggBBCaaSiaBBBag?ggMBBBH?M The Lutheran Synod. The ninth convention of tbo | United Synod of the Evangelical j Lalberdu CiDurch in the South will j ? be held in New Market, V * , begin- I ning Wednesday before the fifth Sunday (27ih dat) in July, 1804, picly with Sc. Mattbew'ri sod Em- j rnanuel Evangelical Lutheran con- ! gregations. - Nothing More Dangerous. Than a neglected cough, is what Dr. J. I". Hammond, professor in the Electric Medical College, says, "and as a preventative remedy and a curative agent, I cheerfully recommend Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and ATnllfii-n Vr drno-'Ovf v- C.~< oOc. and .00 a bottle. A widow lias a mighty quiet, softway of making you do a thincr you want to do. Cheerfully Recommended for Rheumatism. O. (t. Higbce. Danville. 111., writes. December 2, 1001: "About two rears ago I was laid up for four mouths with rheumatism. I tried Ballard's Snow Liniment: one bottle cured me. I can cheerfully recommend it to all suffering from like affliction." 2~>.. 00c. and $1.00 a bottle. Sold by The Kaufmann Drug Co. The Slocum Investigation. New York, June 24 ?A conference will be held today in the office of District Attorney Jerome regarding the steamboat Slocum disaster. Tnose present at the conference will go over the evidence given at the inquest before the Request has been completed. Assistant District Attorney Garvan, who was present at the inquest, will go over in detail what was adduced. Guvan said this morning that he did not believe the case would be given to the grand jury. ITo Pity Shown. For years fate was after me continuously.'" writes F. A. Gulledgo. Verbena. Alii. "I had a terrible case of Piles causing "24 tumors. When all failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me. Equally good for Burns and all aches and pains. Only 25c.. at the Kaufmann Drug Co's.. drug store. Don't Want to G-o to Heaven. A bright seven-year-old girl in the city has two grandmothers, one of whom is a Methodist and the other a Presbyterian. The mother is also a Methodist. The little girl goes with her mother. The Presbyterian grandmother undertook to indoctrinate the little girl as to heaven. She said: "Of course you want to go to heaven." "No, I don't." "But you. surely want to go to heaven and be happy." "No, I want to stay here with my ma-ma and pa-pa." "But all good Methodists go to heaven and you know you are a Methodist." With a sigh and sorrowful expression the little one said: "Well, I don't want to go and I reckon I'll have to join the Presbyterians." "Working ITight and Day. Tim busiest and mightiest little thing thuc ever was made is Dr. King's New Lite Pills. These pills change weakness into f strength, listlessness into energy, brain-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building up the health. Duly 25e. ptr box. Sold by The Kanfmann Drug Co. Wood's Seeds. ! Crimson Clover I Sown at the last working oi the Corn or Cotton Crop, | inn be :>'vwe?l under the following I | April >- May in time to plant corn .? >.*:?vr 'Tops tne same season. | (Jr:ra-?.?n ijlovt-r prevents v.'inter | -.vftnir*;- V the soil, is equal in fer| tif'.-'AJL'S value :-j a aoinl application | k stabie manure and will wonderit fully iritjrease the yield and oual;R ity >f" 'om or otlur crops wniclf | follow I:. It aiso makes splendid 1 winter m i spring grazing, fine |j eariy green reed, or a good hay K crop. Kv-n it" the crop is cut oil', | the ukion >t the roots and stubble I vmorove the land to a marked deB Iff W< rite i?>r price and special clr-J y cular telling about seeding etc. | LW,Weed& Sens, Seedsmen, | ftfCHft 0M0, VIRGINIA. I WrKjd's Descriptive Fall Catalog, ready I iboar. August 1st. tells all about Farm I t? lad Vegetable .Seeds for Fall planted mg. Mailed free on request. J I onil 1 f 1'Usfii-!! [! I I II uMl'i 11 ill ill Alldilllv 11 119 I INAiViUI iATTANUOKA k ST. LOLiS RS | |>ST. [.( il JI<3?f I AND ALL POINTS WEST AND NORTH WE T. .j THREE SOLID TRAINS DAILY, I WITH PULLMAN V.'o CARS FROM ATLANTA TO ST. LOUIS ; VVILHJUT CHANGE. Onlv Tiirci-ttji'h * ar Service, Atlanta to C Wit hout Clian<>e, Close c-onneevo": a* Atlanta with the Seaboard Air Line Railway, & Centra] *)' m. Vailwa* and t^e Southern Railway trains. xgrFiy "Ma;- Polders or other information writ* to * * THOMAS R. JO.NES, T. P A.. No. 1 North Prvor Srrret, \tUoti. Ga. H F. SMITH, CEARLKS E HARMAN. Traffij il.Mjager. General Passenger Agent. i A BLOOD MAKER. ' \ MOrrav's Iron Mixture i< a genuine blood ranking toni". a purifying: remedy ? the,- builds up the whole system and fr?rtifles it against disease, the best "Spring t Modi Hi.-" to overcome debility, lassitude, and the 'Tired Feeling" so comI mon at that season ef the year, Murray's Iron Mixture is prepared from a formula used, prepared and recommended by the best physicians. It increase-; the appetite, making it keen for three big meals a day, and ;'1T">h10 the powr to digesttnem. A God send to weak, "run down women and pa'e. listless children. It puts color in pale cheeks and'srives new life and j ; new energy for work. Excellent as a recuperative tonia in hastening convalescence from any disease. Not a temporary brace, but gives lasting benefit. ! Price 50c. Guaranteed satisfatcry to every purchaser. A f DKUG STORES. Prepared b> the Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S C. High Grade; j jLLINOiS CENTRAL Low Prices! railroad. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, DRY 'nn^cYpnarmiU / jds, shoes, kits ano st. louis exposition - GENTS^RJRNfSHIHGS. two ^ From Georgia, Florida and Tonnessee. Leading Brands ci Fertilizers. Agent Iioute of the famous for the New Home and Wheeler fc Wilson in connection with W. ,t A. li. II. A N. C. A St L. l?y from Atlanta. Sewing Machines Osbornes Disc Har- lv. Atlanta 8*25 a m Ar. St. Louis 8:08 a m rows, Chattanooga Plows. American Car- '>' A,|a0,a 8:80 ? m Ar- " Lo,lis 7:8,1 f m fc t"1 k T "V S 1-T TV1 f XA riage Company's Baggies. Gate City X-rM.-A-M.Ml* x1 X ct Carrying the only morning sleeping cars o wives. ; from Atlanta to St. Louis. This ear leaves TTTG-JJI'S^5 Jacksonville daily 8:02 n n\ Atlanta 8:25 a ni giving you the entire day in St. Louis to get Market Prices Paid for Cotton For rates from your city. World's Fair Guide Book .and schedules. Sleeping Car and Conntrv Prodnoe. reservations, also for books showing Hotels aud Boarding houses, quoting their rates. wr.i> to crtdb i). MILLB&. .^-Give me a call. - _ Trav. Pass Ageut, Atlanta, Ga. J. S. WESSIMiEB, ^ErowD]!mldiDg' ^rChapin, S. C. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON February 3??t CHARLESTON, S. C. TINTRANCE EXAMINATIONS WILL DaiiIaii AimAnf -1-i be held at the County court house on riinor iiesmiirani ^ ???.*. * ^ar. ship giving iree tuition is assigned to each 1336 MAIN STREET. countv ot South Carolina. Board aud turnCOLUMBIA, - S. C., ished'rocm m tbe Domilory, S10 a month * ^ ? ' All candidates lor admission are permitted r jiHE ONLY UI-10-DaTE eating to compete for vacant JBojce Scholarships _L House ot its kind in the City ot Co- which pav $100 a \enr For lurther inlumbia. It is well kept clean hnen, formation and catalogue, uddress prompt and polite serviceacdgetitquickly. HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. Quiet and order always prevail. You get o'.\?5. what you order and pay only for what you get. Within easy reach of desirable sleeping apartments. open all -SIOUX. B-upmrc *> B. DAVID, Proprietor. ^ilblRko BOILERS. . tinnrui nBlUHFADIl ItStWr<S^M?!S A u ? w U n a w ir u n u H?n?nf Km CMtia*?. iTTnnwrv .t iiui I^-Cm: rwj **7; work *? k*??o. ATIORWei AT LAW) mmbako iron works * wmi o? COLUMBIA, - - - S. C. atjqubta, momu. , PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND | Federal Courts. and offers his professional services to the citizens of Lexington CAROLINA fill ?, ATTOKNK"IVT LAW, THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN Will practice in all tLe Courts. C0LUM3IA. Office: Hotel '??? s'-eond fiXITED STATES. STATE, CITY AND COOTY V If.' DEPOSITORY. EDWARD L. ASBILLi,J"!:!; Attorney at Law, ???!"?Vr??s , wn??> IiF,1<1SVTTiTjF, S C Liability 01 Stockholders 200,OC'C Practices in all the Courts. $470*000' business solicited Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent. ?7? _ _ ,x i oer annum, payable May 1st and Xovenr*C. m. JLFIED. f. ?J. Drehef. i ber 1st w. a. clark. President ? ? 0* Rivgiiipn Wxlib Jonks. Vice President and Cashier. rrinn o. nnrurD cnnu ? undncn. ? | Attorneys at Law, ] SijfiS BANK. TTTILLXIPIIC?1CE IN ALL THE ! DEP0SIT* KE<J SUBJECT TO VV Courts. Business solioited. One j ' member of the firm will alwaye be at office. | w p ROOK, Cashier. Lexington, ?>. L. use 17- 6m. J DIRECTORS: "" ; lllen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Eflrd, PARKER'S " I ^ton* ^ames E. Hendrix. Hhair balsam exchange bought and sold. ciMc*et ud bf?utitie? the atu. j Deposits of $1 and upwards received and Promote! a luxuriant powth. # ? * Never Fail* to Bettore Gray : interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed, cSt^p d-U^.uitbhiir SuS* ! payable April and October. g^angipwat orujrptu j September 21?tf