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INDIGESTION I "I was troubled with stom- |?^ ach trouble. Thedford'a Black- btt Draught did mo more good sf| iu one week than all the doc- |y tor's medicine I took in a SJ year."?MBS. SARAH E. ^5 SHIRFIELD, Elletisville, Ind. p Thedford's Black Draught j^| quickly invigorates the ac- J|' tion of the stomach and cures even chronic cases of |j;? indigestion. If you will take a small dose of Thed- ts ford's Black Draught occasionally you will keep your stomach and liver in per- My feet condition. ? THEDFORD'5 | r BLACR-DRAIWHT I More sickness is caused by i > constipation than by any other disease. Thedford's jrr|' Black-Draught not only re- P? lieves constipation but cure3 diarrhoea and dysentery and *?? keeps the bowels regular. jp All druggists sell ^'T!r 25-cent packages. "Thedford's BlackDraught is the best rnedicine to regulate the bowels ?? I have ever used."? MRS. A. M. GRANT, Sneads Ferry, N. C. $?? a KiikntiaiiKf AH iintDJOiiik ANUKtW UHAWI-UHP ATTORNEY AT LAW, COLUMBIA. - - - - . 8. C. PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND Federal Courts. and offers Ins professional services to the citizens ol Lexington County. October IS?1y. . J. S. WESSlNtiEB, Chapin, S. C. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, DRY GOODS, SHOES, HVTS AND GENTS' FURNISHINGS. O ICsbomes Disc Harrows. Chattanooga Plows. merieaa Carriage Company's Bngeiis Gate City Stoves. ?HIGHEST Mark9t Prices Paid for Cotton and Country Produce. High Grade! Jjow rrices I 'SS^'Give me a call. February 3 ?if Wood's Seeds. Crimson Clover Sown at the last working | of the Corn or Cotton Crop, | can be plowed under the following April or May in lime to plant corn | or other crops the same season. Crimson Clover prevents winter j leaching of the soil, is equal in fer| tilizing value to a good application of stable manure and will wonderfully increase the yield and quality of corn or other crops whicft follow it. It also makes splendid winter and spring grazing, fine early green feed, or a good hay i S crop. Even if the crop is cut If, 9 the action of the roots and stubble H improve the land to a marked desi Write for price and special cir-; cuiar telling about seeding etc. | T.W.Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, ; RICHMOND, - VIRGINIA. 9 Wood's Descriptive FaJi Catalog, ready S about August 1st. tells all about Farm W ana Vegetable Seeds for Fali plant? fes ing. Mailed free on request. BOXING GLOVES FREE OR A "**mT8r^ mT*T/ifiBaTa tta l ry nm tmniNu mu TAKE YOUR CHOICE. ' ON RECEIPT OF $5.00 I -will send you the Police Gazette for ^ one year and a complete Set of Hand-made Boxing Gloves which will last for years, or a line Punching Bag. <*r ' RICHARD K, FOX, Franklin Sq., Hew York. } \ I Tiie Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, July 6,1904. St. Matthew Dots. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Rain is needed badly in thia community. It has been three weeks 6ince we had enough raiu to do much good. Corn is rolling up and looking very bid, but I think if we could get rein in a few days the corn would make a pretty fair crop yet. Corn has been looking well up to this drought. Cotton is just ordinary. General Green, a few weekc ago, had made great headway, but the farmers fought hard during the dry hot days and he has about surrendered. Mrs. H. Steele, who has been con^ r\ tier rr\r\ m f.ir Dtnornl rocolro 1.1 Li yJk iu UCf. 1 IKJl. Ct w W A C* A TT has recovered enough to be up and about some. We hope to see her restored to her usual health soon. Communion meeting at St. Matthew on the second Sunday in July. Also singing at same time and place. Everybody i3 invited to attend. Mr. J. J. Smith has been out with his steam thresher the past couple of weeks. He reports fine crops of wheat. He has threshed a large quantity. Jeff is a hustler. Tommy Humpback. July 29, 1904 Kenns is Peckular Fouls. 4'Tbe benn air the rooster's better baif. She lays one egg a day when egs is pledtiful, au' when you neede egs she/ quits. The hen onle haz two bands an' them is used fer her feet, tco. Henns is peckular fouls They will travle a blok to sralch upp a small grubb wirm out uv a new maid garden when they cud a , got six wirms like it fer balf the wurrk in the alley. Henna start < fites. One gott in our flour bedd las' yere an Pop badd to lick two men, a boy an' a dog to git it off. Henns maik good sups when young. When Ihey git old they air et in bordin' houses along with prunes. Henns wus inventid in Henderson, Ky. Henry the famis stage feller wus naimed after the benD. Our Trust Buster. The Augusta Herald says James J. Hill, the railroad magnate, asserts that ex-Attorney General Knox presented bis bill and received a fee of $600,000 as an attorney of the Steel Trust. Taat method of "trust bustiDg"' is even more effective than the Roosevelt scarecrow plan. Hampton Loses Out. Columbia State. Judge Gary at chambers has granted a permanent induction against A E. Hampton, the president and founder of?and fbunderer in?the State Colored Fair eociety, turning over the books, by-laws, constitution seal and other such valuable assets of the society to S P. BrennaD, of Norths, as presideut, and his a?soj ciat.es, who claim to have voted ! Hampton cut aDd who also allege ! that Hampton's repeated failures I have brought discredit on the race. -Cw Big Land Concern. Two big land companies were coddmissioned today by the Secretary of State, and the people back of the concern are Pittsburg capitalists, who were in correspondence with the Secretary of State for over a year. The first company is known as tbe Cooperative Lind Company, of McClellanville. in Charleston. The capital is $300,000, and the pctition| era are M. M. and C. W. Piggs, both j of Pittsburg. The other wa3 known i as tbe Matthews L^nd Company, the j same petitioners and the tame capi! til, !be concern to have headquarters at in Hampton county. . ^ , Alabama reports cotton crop in | good condition except in a few dry j | e .unties. Toey estimate that they | j wi'j make 100,000 bales more then ' 1 i was made last yc-ar. If cotton is j j trn cents it will take about 8 per , , I I cent, of the crop to pay for ccmmer- , j end fertilizers used j ( ! Piece your orders for printing j 1 j with the Dispatch Job Odice. j 1 Itag Tiest < Syrup. Tastes Good. TJsc I; Russian Colonel's Opinion. St. Petersburg, July 1 ?Colonel Novitzky, a member of the general staff, in an interview today expresses the belief that decisive battles would at present prove disastrous as a strategic combination of Russian forces could not be effected. The delay, he says, is the only alternative for the Russian Czir's forces should retire to the north till the rainy season is over. Govermsnt Farm. Work on the government farm in R chlaod county, near Columbia, says the Evening Record, is progressing rapidly and the reports that are oflnf fr> flto A orrjnnlfnr-fll T^PnqrfTr,pnt, DOUU W tUV vik w* vm w | weekly are full of accounts of its j success. Tbe diversified crop plan is attracting attention from ail over the State, and many letters concerning the system have been received. Next year another farm will be established near Spartanburg. A Close Call. Who says the Southerners ate not patient and forbearing? The man who at the Nishville reunion proposed to change 4 I>.xie'' was alio'wed to j eecsp? UDir jured, saya the Biltimore Sun. ?Struck a Snag1. The Columbia police have actually raided a white gambling establishment aDd arrested nine white men for gambling. But the cases were dismissed for want of sufficient evidence to convict a white man. "To ho onro " w uu?v< Panther G-oes to Hayti. BerliD, June 29?The German cruiser Panther, now at Newpoit News, has been ordered to sail immediately for Port au Prince, Hayti. A negro woman near Pauline, Spartanburg county, S. C., gave birth to triplets not long ago. Sne and her husband are both black. Two of the children were black and ODe white. All of them died. Hon. Robert B. Glenn is the Democratic candidate for Governor of North Carolina, defeating Mr. Charles H. Stesdman for that position. * -^4 A school teacher in Iowa lias been arrested for the killing of a boy nine years old. The teacher hit tlie boy on the head several times with a ruler. In the plague districts of South Africa the government pays six cents for every rlna/l Tvl f A training school i:i courtship is a ! Salvation Army institution. Salted whale meat is a Japanese delicacy. C. A. Palmer, of Indianapolis, owns a rare and curious volume printed nearly 250 years ago. It is a "History of the Church of Scotland." Rear Admiral Casey, who has just been placed on the retired list of the navy, has seen forty-seven years of actual service. Fifty thousand persons employed in the tailor shops in the city of Xew York have gone out on a strike. Marriage isn't always necessarily a ! failure. One always has a fighting j chance. With lilt1 dawn of the millennium the sword will be beaten infoa corkscrew. A popular man is one who does not j say smart things at tile expense of his friends. a ion't m-xftxo.ivilv ji hi<rli liver -rx iiiuix IOU i ?- ? ? ?^ ? ? j just because lie occupies the attic room in a boarding house. A barber supplies conversation ar cut rates. A lone robber held up a stage coach in Wyoming and demanded the valuables from nine passengers. A rich Toimesseian was robbed of $5,000. <0* Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea j After Ten Years of Suffering. | *1 wish to say a few words in praise j r ( ' it \ .1 t/ f 'h/vuiro M?U! I 1)1 V lit! in IK-1 ^ WilV , V AIW.LWt? Oi:;rriio< a Remedy." says ??lrs. Marrie J Rurjm. of Martinsville. "I suffered I from ehreni'-diarrhoea fort< n years and j during tI-?:tr Time tried various medi'-iiios ' without obtaining an v oemum; a*. rebel. ! Last summer one of my ( was j taken with r!:o!< ra morbus. and I ium- j r.r:*(] a Ik ?tl of thb ivm. dy. ' bily two ; loses were r<*cjiiir* 'i to j^iv it j* entire | [ i lief. 1 then decided to try the medi- i ine myself, ami <1 ot use 11 of one i iioit!'- before T was well ami i have j never since been troubled with that I I oiuplaiat. ()m t-auaot say too nuieh in j favor of that wonderful medicine." j Lhis remedy is for stile by The Kaufnanu Druif Co. | Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This remedy is certain to be needed in J almost every home before the summer is J over. It can always be depended upon " even in the most severe and dangerous cases. It is especially valuable for summer disorders in children. It is pleasant to take and never fails to give prompt ? relief. "Why not buy it now? It may | save life. For sale by The Kaufmann Drug Co. ^ A college professor is a wise man who teaches people to do things lie can't. ) ".Ml ) OOO t\< I tipi;|Muauwma A I***-has fewer than 101) negroes witlsin iis limits. Beware of rhe man with a perjxitunl ? smile: he may belong to the hyena trihe. c K"Vas Her Terror. ?,I would cough nea rival I night long," writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate. of Alex- ? aiidria. Iud.. "and could hardly get any J sleep. I had consumption so had that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but. when all other medicines failed, three >'1.00 bottles of Dr. King's 2v:-w Discovery wholly cured me and I gained oS pounds." Its abso- : lutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Price aOc. and j >1.00. Trial bottles free at The Kauf- j maun Drug Co's., drug store. -? * Cansler, of Tirzah. has entered the J race for Railroad Commissioner. His is the soul and body of the campaigners. The late Mr. Thomas Jefferson's picture. and none other will adorn the walls of the hall where the Democratic National, Convention will assemble in St, Louis. The State of South Carolina is spending thousands of dollars to bring a very undesirable class of immigrants into its borders. Brutally Tortured. A case came to light that for persistent and unmerciful torture has perhaps never been equaled. Joe Golobick, of Colusa, Cal., writes: "For 15 years 1 endured insufferable pain from Itheumatism and nothing relieved me though L I tried everything known. I came lc across Electric Bitters and its the greatest medicine on earth for that trouble. A few bottles of it completely cured r me.*' Just as good for Liver and Kidney troubles and general debility. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by The / Kaufmann Drug Co., druggist. < ' I The Prosperity Oil mill has declared a j dividend of .'1 per cent, on a capital of ( $20,000. I The watermelon planters of Barnwell ^ county arc in high glee over their crop j TYrnsi lefts. jj Loe Green, the white man about 18 ; years of age. was tried aud acquitted, by j an Aiken county jury for the murder of ! Surasky an humble Jew peddler. His defense was a^ apjieal to the higher law. One Lady's Recommsn&atioa Sold Fifty Boxes of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. I have, I believe, sold fifty boxes of Chamberlain's Stomach aud Liver Tablets on the recommendation of one lady here, who first bought a box of them about a year ago. She never tires of telling her neighbors and friends about tin1 good qualities of these Tablets.?P. M. Shore. Druggist, Rochester, Ind. The pleasant purgative (tfect of these Tablets makes them a favorite with ladies everywhere. F< >r sal-' by The Kaufmann Drug Co. ff $11 Vu BflA PA? to M V ift ft ft \ I i diumer m; Summer prices. < Glasses in Stenograph v, Typewriting JJcck | keeping. Penman* hip. ete . :it KE- i Dt'CEO HATES lor complete coarse to graduation. \ >IACFKAT^ I So.Ca. Business College, i J COLUMBIA. c. j , oil'ers to ''.if yourg in-'jilf St-Jti* ! ' eX'-i'tl'Mit Mi.fOrtunirv Vo ? '?*:*ill ; !mi.-ir>* ss ( cihi'-."! ion nt :i v.*ry It- !? :< i:<! thus i?ntk?'!M i?' Si -mi!* ri-hiu ' rut1 v }> 'si;ions. > (Jol!''g'' l?v w udua* Iks :i u*-r-, t I>n?ft,*'si'".j:5! j ;i tnl b'.ssis; ss ()vcf i??-r \, cent. < ! tli" SUMi^.TfJ'I'h'U S ::u<i T v; <?\v-rs t ? T:11>I< yf ?t iu h-lS'*-. iti i!;s. in- i stic.ipm' ?.siii <>t- . j inlj.i- I-!' M.: ::n* gr.i uj' ' r "M t' ! \ r .-; so. r \. I;?*s I \ ?:ss < ! 1 tliiis | > .* -% :; m. 1"i; hissi::-- s i.;<-n ;it \ Ol" HI* HI!* ("i l-'ir * i-'.-- ! )i>h?"1 t'lvf 1!: 1 * : ti? , } < ;' >.|At'.V&.X l"S S >. C')L- ; M'.t'rK. (r! ;; !:i;! ' - h .M?f 1{ ' i:s tlii - ;iii I->l Ij m-S;.:'.!--. Wr :'i-i >r > ?li' >tTU < ?! ! : !;:: i Ml. \< lif. 4VAOITEA l*>* { SO OA BUSJXKSS COLLEGE, * Cjlumbis, S C. | ^ Juist- r, r."i. ."m. 1 y ? - -| I ' PACKER'S | ! !? H&gs&SSql HASH BALSAW I 'i Ccimct ftr.d^ l.voiijil'ifi this xi?*r. J J ' jJfah&':7tjv "/ail3 to Bcstore^ Orajj ^ Cured I'r.ilp ?ii"'3^J i naif la!'i??. j Dna^iVal j ^ AX 1 IL'7 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. ?9oee??s?eoe?ea?s?89 The entire Spring Stock will be sold at a >-reat sacrifice regaidless of cost, so try and risit as at your earliest convenience as our >tock is moving very fast. WE CAN SAVE YOU FROM Forty to Fifty Per Gent. An early call will convince you of the fact. Those wanting Pianos and Organ? of best quality are advised to visit or ?write MA.ON&'S MCJiSlJ HOUSE, opposite Y. M. C. A., and near State House, Colombia, S. C., >r catalogues prices and terms. A) ay 10-ly. is ss [W?i5& |20.000 yards new soring ^43 \* 'v - ?ndbumnier laces in Hands ElCS flrTtS 7W^yr--,7f^g--T4^t Va's, TorcLes. Point do & Tj fa ISJK :Jaris. &q . fold in many gjgj anfg ilacts at 2oc. the yd, our fjiTl irice oc. rheiard. gjf ^BSn. msm d 000 yds wideEmbroidjaping j?|! -^riesin short lengths at ^^ pts r^\$si jS&L ,c- *ke )d-> worth much /p&S, i a mm 9 inn lr.f Pliildr^n'u firm: One lot No. 40 all Si:k ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^affata Kibbon at lOc. the 8 A^r^h^plat^E ^ IB 25 aczeu Ladi<s*Ttrv gS5 ^ 1^1? CS U ?F^ I 'iue 15]:tck Hose, i-md svf ry |5j^ ^Ooe lot L;Hlies'^ Fine ? 1210 main STJIMIs; 1 ISvfcgP |75c. Our i r:ce ll'c %&[& gg OPPOSE! E GPERA HOUSE. I'&TSLffitt gg I vjcz':!! ^ 'jies ^a 0^ 7H * /S\ rSTs " , H x r?\/W\ I '^relore -lov- fitting J 'crsets. the SI Of kmd, ^.iLy S?D '" '''"-' ?w ds * an Otis 0.:c lot T'.t(!'t -x S ).(,0 unci $0. IV) Trous-rs at S3 IS. jTrFi SS* <>:i? Iot o: u's *;:>/ 50 Trons<r.-> at SI I'm. ]$?$ Qf| 0-.- M -t Mva-? #2 Co ?*.?**< ? S! 4*. r.T^ V. c ii.we m u.v good tames to show u>u. i?kj ' " " $)JW 'P>Fj i- /x> m II in r St fiMM H. iL 1 I !J? i I I iff yy iiiH |B is I S M B I B II <gk& BfS* l? f? g illii I I $ 11% @j& Zt'B I & i& a I 41? I i I w a ms Bg 7 gg 1210 iliia Street, Opposite the Opera House, |g ^ COL 171?BIA, B.O. ||f