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The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, August 17, 1904. Barbecues Defended. The Edgefield Advertiser is of the opinion that it would not be a bad idea for the candidates in 8nme counties of this State to strike for lower campaign assessments and fewer barbecues. Lexington county leads off with twenty-seven barbecues. Poor candidates!?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. These very barbecues are the most inexpensive way that the candidates have of electioneering. A dinner costs him exactly 35 cents, that is if he wants to eat, if not then nothing. From time immemorial, particularly ' in campaign years, it has been tbe oustom of our people to "give" barbecues as a means of drawing a crowd. There is generally speaking, music, dancing and other amusements provided at them, which usually draws a large crowd residing in the community in which the barbecue is held, to spend a pleasant ? day sociably, politically and religiously. The candidates for county offices take advantage of these gatherings, attend them because they like to mingle with their friends and ac quaintances as well as in the interest of their candidacy. It is no burden upon them. They may go or stay away just as they like. They are not assessed one cent to pay the cost of them, no not even required to eat dinner. They are purely and solely private affairs, in which the proprietor is the sole gainer or loser as the oase may be. - Alas, poor candidates, The Times and Democrat would take away from you your cheapest way of making the canvass. ' Sow's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that oannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable is all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by bis firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials sent free. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. iSt. Matthew Dots. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Plenty of rain has fallen in this community for the last couple of weeks. l*he crops have revived and are looking splendid. The name of the new side track at Mr. H. Steel's is Ethan. Mr. Steele does all his transportation from there now. He is doing a thriving business with the naval stores. The boys of this vicinity are speaking of organizing a base ball team. Campaign on the 26 th at Mr. H. Steele's. Wishing the Editor and the candidates a happy time at all the cam paign meetings, I am, Tommie Humpback. August 6, 19-04. Evidently the war in the Far East has resolved itself into one on paper only, in which both contending armies are making noble and heroic efforts to out lie the other. * * * This is certainly a day of strikes. We have the "coal strike," "the meat Btrike," "the textile strike," "the Alabama mine strike," "the building trade strike" and many more that we cannot at this moment recall. Evidently there is a great conflict going on between capital and labor and thfl fnll dinner Dail will not figure much in the presidential campaign. * ir The "Gold Bags" are in the saddle once more and the silver men have aooepted the situation with splendid resignation and have gone to work in earnest to effect the success ot the Demorcratic party. This is as it should be and what is only to be expected from patriotic men. But how wide the contrast in the action of the two wings of the party. In the two last national campainge, when J' * the silver element ruled tbe destinies of the party, the "Gold Bugs" bolted and by their desertioD, made success impossible. Peace cow reigns in Warsaw and all's well the ends weil. * * The South opposes the election of Mr. .Roosevelt to the Presidency of these United Statee, not only because jr Rermhlioan in Dolitice. but on the higher ground that, because, in every instance, even going out of his way to make one, he has shown himself to be an enemy of the South and is opposed to its progress, its civilization and its institution?. Were he given the power he would thro ile white supremacy and make ignorance and vice to rule over intelligence and virtue. This is Mr. Roosevelt's record, and by it he must stand or fall. - ? ? Cures Blood Poison, Cancers, Ulcers. If you have offensive pimples or eruptions, ulcers an any part of the body, acbiDg bones or joints, falling hair, mucous patches, swollen glands, skm 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 cured by taking Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B ) made especially to cure the worst blood and 6kin .diseases. Heals every sore or ulcer, even deadly cancer, stops all aches and pains and reduces all swelliugs. Botanic Blood Balm cures all malig nant blood troubles, sucb as eczema, scabs and scales, pimples, running sore?, carbuncles, scrofula. Druggist, $100. To prove it cures, samples of Blood Balm sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. Japanese Were Too Slow. Again the chance of a decisive battle between Gen. Kuropatkin and the commander of the Japanese armies to be disappearing. According to a statement issued by the general staff tonight, rains are again falling over a wide area in Manchuria, with the prospect of impeding operations, but even more important is the information reaching the Associated Press tonight from an exceptional source that the Japanese once more have delayed too long. Gen. Kuropatkiu has now withdrawn the bulk of his army safely north of Liao Yang leaving amI S. WAAM 1l?\ A A All t V* uuiy a euuug tctti ^uaiu i:uc ouuiueast of Liao Yang to contest the advance when it comes. \ According to this information the Japanese have about 300,000 men in the armies operating against Gen. Kuropatkin, rendering it too hazardous for him to risk a general engagement. The general staff has no information bearing on the reported presence of a large force of Japanese at paiibu ho, a place that cannot be located on available maps. The report agrees, however, with the general tenor of the information received by the Associated Press and here given that Gen. Kuropatkin is already retreating north of Liao Yang. ?? + Congressman Lever will be opposed in the general election by the negro Dantzler who has been a chronic candidate for some years past, always with the idea of a contest. It is the duty cf every Democrat to register and go tc the polls in November and thus make it impossible for Dantzler to have the shadow of justification for a contest, which would furnish the Republican party with additional reasons for cutting down our representation in Congress. Get your certificate and when election day comes, use it ?The Herald. / Primary Election, Etc. The Democratic election for Lexington county will be held en the last Tuesday, 30th of August, 1004. PLACE OF MEETINGS; HiltoD, August 18ch. Bailentine, August 19th. Irmo, August 20th. iiSesvHie, August zitc. Priceville, G. F. Keisler's. Aug 25. Steele's Still, August 26th. Lexington, August 27th. Tickled With a Feather. "I never knew any one who could be so tickled with a feather as my wife.'? "Ticklish, is she ?" "Not usually, but this was an ostrich feather she bought at a bargain sale." Vote for the free bridge. South, Carolina Facts. The following figures from Commissioner Watson's report will prove interesting to our people whether farmers or not. They tell many things about South Carolina that are worth knowing: POPULATION 1S04 South Carolina, white, 557.095: colored, 783,321. Mill white, 1004, 60,000. Density of population per fqiare mile, 44 4 NUMBER AND AVERAGE OF FARMS AND ACRES OF IMPROVED LANDS Total land in state, 19,308,S'M) acres. \Tn 1880 98.084 18VK) 115,008 1900 lor,..'].") Improved Acres 1880 4.132.050 1890 5,255,237 1900 5,7 75, ,41 Unimproved Acres 1880 ; 9,825,5(58 181*0 7,929,415 1900 8,209,288 Total 1880 18,457,(518 1890 18,184,(552 1900 18.895.014 Total ail farm property iu ttm state is valued at only $153 591,159. while the cotton mill propentes aloDe are rapidly approaching in value oue third that sum. NUMBER OF MEN ENGAGED IN AGRICUL TURE. Per cent. 1900. .277.857; increase in decade. ..170 1890. .287,089; increase in decade.. .18 (5 1880. .208,672; increase in decade.. .41 8 1870. .147,708, Farms operated by Owners. . 52,628 White farmers 69,954 Negro farmers 85,404 Cash and share tenants twhite).. .28,638 Cash and share tenants (negro).. .06,2." 1 White owners 37.120 ! Negro owners 1 ".,503 Per cent, of farms operated by white farmers, 45; by negro farmers, 55. Number of persons engaged in agriculture in South Carolina, 392,433. South Carolina's expenditure for fertilizers: Total $4,464,510. Average per farm .. .$29 00 Average per acre 00 32 ' Per cent, of total value of products 6 6; largest in the United States. Average number acres to farm. 1880. 143 4 1S90 114 6 1900 90 0 Percent, farm land improved. 1880 30 7 | 1890 39 9 1900 41 3 These figures show that there has been less than an aversge natural increase in agriculture in twenty years and show that there are 5,323,786 acres of virgin land in the state not even used as unimproved lands. Add this to the unimproved acreage and you have 13,533,059 acres of land in South Carolina not included in water area that are lying idle and are producing nothing. Surely we ; have room for desirable white agriculturalists from other portions if the country and the world to engage in agricultural pursuits, even though all our mill noDulation return tn the fields and carry thousands of others j now engaged in the trades with j them. End of Bitter Fight. ' Two physicians had a long and stub- j born fight with an abcess on my right j lung" writes J. F. Hugher,.of DuPont, j Ga., "and gave me up. Everybody ! thought mv time had come. As a last J resort I tried Dr. King's New Discovery j for Consumption. The benefit I receiv- J ed was striking and I was oil my feet in ! a few days. Now I've entirely regained my health." It conquers all Coughs, Colds and Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by The Kaufmann Drug Co. Price oOe. and $1.00. Trial bottles free. . ? Negroes Organize. Washington, Aug. 11? Prominent j negroes cf this city are inaugurating a movement for the creation of a "law aad order'7 fund for the protection of colored persons attacked by mobs. The men behind the movement desire to incorporate a ! k i "law and order building and lean j association" with a reserve fund of | $40,000. liewards ranging from j $250 to $500 are to be paid fcr the j arre9t and conviction cf the leader cf j any mob which destroys life among citizens. The heirs of men thus killed are to receive a sum not exceeding $500. Cholera Infantum. This dismast* has lost ir* terrors since Ohamberlaiu's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea came into general use. The uniform success which attends the use of this remedy in all cases of bowel complaints in children has made it a favorite wherever its value has l>ceomc known. For sale by Tbe Kaufmann Drug Co. I In Addition to the fi I l[0^> lo^~ , mizi woolsoi |Ho>v I^? W W m I - ? You, I'" Like &Cheek ir Wt Have Awarded U0.MS.C8 ?f Presidential i | Five Lion-Heads cut from Lion Coffee Packages and a 2 = cent |! stamp entitle you (in addition to Jjfl^S ! ; the regular free premiums) to one vote. The 2-cent stamp cov= | ers our acknowledgment to you U|^ j: that your estimate is recorded, You can send as many estL mates as desired. ^^?1 Grand First Prize ef $5,000.00 will be awarded to the one who is nearest 'jj correct on both our World's Fair and PresiIdential Vote Contests. We also offer $5,000.00 Special Cash Prizes to Grocers' Clerks. (Particulars in each case of Lion Coffee.) How Would Your i^ame Lc Everybody uses coffee. If you will use LIOX COFFEE CIS IIO Ol.IOl SULU VcUUO 1U1 lilt lAivy-*. ? . advertising money so that both of us?you S1VE BOTH FREE PS Complete Detailed Part SPICE CO., (CONTEST DE An Awful Mistake. ? 4You tbe thouobtleeB art cf M m. S1 ng/kigh caused hprhusband I a seri'Ust relapse? What did she do, |Hq || || 'n h??veu'ti D?me?'' "Wby, pbe came right into the sick jHpSj S| m room airaycd in a very expensive bat and dress." I find. nothing better for liver derange- m Fie meut and constipation than Chamber- Zfl* Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.?L. F. Andrews. Des Moines, Iowa. For ^ sale by The Kaufmanu Drug Co. of thee .li? .c _ cfJ asSis3 S3 jJpipL, ' ?a itwi" <&fSBRIGHrC ?2 ~ /fl califokmaA]! rri )~y fooi> vv g? * (DELICIOUS 1 ?Si f/om' NUTRITIOUS ?a o?p1 i CORRECTIVE ??& boi. ROBERTA. CAMPBELL; M. D., writes- t After many other foods had failed Sunbrfghts JLj saved our baby. I have used it many rimes fij^f with uniform success as an infant food, also in Typhoid and other fevers. I can recom-1 mend it with full confidence that it will give I universal satisfaction, and agree with more 11 babies thin any other food on the market. jj 50t, 75<, $1.25. $3.00 Sizes. I C7*3 ?SNy^ ;| Sunbrights California Food Co., H ' j; Los Angeles, Cal. M | RECOMMENDED AND FOR SALE BY H jj B era am ? i"'" K ;S rr 0 s rlTZf ^ | n GINNING MACHINERY ni | B-E-S-T LI1 M-U-R-R-A-Y There are two g< ? First. They eive Made By Liddlell most control the i exh'-rbi'.aaf rent t Not only op with tb? ADvj kLOw how to times, but many year* ar,i ^0u know it, ahead, if other systems Xow tor th'S Jr are modern. Oar buyer broupb a-?T7 a ? ?i-v worth of White G QUALITY mHke lor lees thai f ^"quantity at i??3. the yard. QUANTITY foliowine: Get Particulars from I _ ~ I oiKKi yds. :J8-in fee GT T1 "D XT ^ I W yds. Best feh: m ^ m I 3i'M>Fine All-Wool I COLUMBIA, S. C. I ; <? Fine All-Wool 0 g I> brown color at ^ p,ea" mention this paper. J njco All-Wool ?i <w wuirfiaMnM^m^ price $9 00. isgolar Free Prsmiums I ] ini Mim fl Wj 4 . 190j? na.lwlf, i \ Spice Co. ~| dc jrf hmsj- (j^sooq^sgrr, . WOOLSON SPICE CO. /i\T) L?1 VV Kelhis? ! . # rrpat World's Fair Contest? I j Soptegef fflHuB'more wiU get then, in the i foil Contest | 1 gKaaasasfSEffl?^ What will be the total popular vote cast , for President (votes for all can^idates combined) at the election ; November 8? I9?4 ? ' ?^*00'4^rli In 1900 election, 13,959,653 people voted ^ lv I?r President. For nearest correct estimates received in Woolson Spice Com- ; 4 W Pany's office, Toledo, O., on or before November 5, 1904, we will give first IE^ Pr'ze t?T nearest correct estimate, second prize to the next nearest, etc., etc., as follows: 1 First Prize $2,500.00 1 Second Prize 1,000.00 2 Prizes?$500.00 each 1,000.00 5 Prizes? 200.00 '* 1,000.00 10 Frizes? 100.00 " 1,000.00 20 Prizes? 50.00 " 1,000.00 50 Prizes? 20-00 " 1,000.00 250 Prizes? IO.OO " / 2,500.00 1800 Prizes? 5.00 " 9,000.00 2139 PRIZES, TOTAL, $20,000.00 S I ok on On? of These Checks ? I long enough to get acquainted with it. you will be suited and ^ Then you will take no other?and that's why we advertise. And ^ as well as we?will get a benefit. Hence for your Lion Heads f; OMUKiS Af%D GASH I iculars in Every Package of | ca ma ?? . F'T.) TOLEDO, OHIO. J III I'l Hi I I'll ll II 1)1 III HHIMfffr jcacommefflcgesesmca ARDWARE, i GS-iboceibxies.. ?3 I :ld and Garden Seeds IS 'e carry one of the largest and most complete lines w w ie goods to be seen in this section of the country, e determined that we will not be undersold, taking j of goods into consideration. If if, is GKOCEyou want, FANCY OR STAPLE, Eg WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, gg pay you t? come to see us or write us for prices. CHEWING TOBACCOS. ?g :e have an enormous stock of these poods to choose | the popular brands, which are in such great iifci | d ; the kind that gives solid comfort id cteeriug. gjgj | rices od tobaccos are light, either by the plug or ORICK & LOWRANCE. ?3 (Incorporated.) Columbia, S. Cc |}? a AiansAPI FH ^smiAPi HIAUKiUt! fl I IIWAUKlUt! r04-170? MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, 4*. Goods, N otions otliing and Furnishings. QO'l r*a?ons why you should trade at Fitzemanriee's when in Colombia, you more real value for your money because the expense in all cases fmount of profit put on goods. We own our own buildings, have no o pay. Second. The Proprietors of this store ate men of experience f<-l vein dnliam in mar.v eases hut in tvnst n.l ..qcoc vu? v. v * ? - -w ~ ; ? " V w. N,n IUC V_ Cll tn, takes them to make the dollars, ne sale. We offer yon a lot ol goods bought at less than halt price, it from the receut sale ot Switzer. Pembroke & Co , New York, S3 ofO oods There is not a piece oi this that the inimutaeturers would 1 *20 cents to sell at 35 cents a vari but we are otfermr the whole lot lo see the 2oods Jou wili more ttan rePa.V yourselves. We offer the *\ a Island 4.\c the yard. I This All-Wool, our piece Suits, in irting Prints 4'c a yard. ; Black Clay. Blue Serges. Scotch Mixtures, 2 piece Suits at $4.50. I Unfinished Worsted at $7 f>() $8.50, $10 Flaked Mixture, in mixed i tor jour choice This is genuine Bargain $7,<50, sold at $10.00. Month It will pay to be on hand to witSuits at $G.(J5, regular ness special sales on Monday. Next Mon- M day will be live with bargains. M