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MSS. CECELIA STOWE,^^^ Orator. Entre Nona Club. B 176 Warren Avenue, |s b Chicago, III., Oct. 22,1902. ii B For nearly four years I suffered B B from ovarian troubles. The doc- p SB tor insisted on an operation as the B B only way to get -well. I, however, p B strongly objected to an operation. Eg B My husband felt disheartened as 15 fl well as I, for home with a sick B B woman is a disconsolate place at i| B best. A friendly druggist advised If B him to get a bottle of Wine of B B Cardui for me to try, and he did so. P B I began to improve in a few days and Si B my recovery was very rapid. With- Jp B in eighteen weeks I was another js I&UaLCC ybtfrU>^| m Mrs. Stowe's letter shows every B S woman how a home is saddened by E IB female weaknes and how completely Wine of Cardui cures that sick- 1| IS ness and brings health and happi- l| | ness again. Do not go on suffer- H ing. Go to your druggist today K ana secure a $1.00 bottle of Wine H of Cardui. ||| Iwm&cafrowl I J ANDREW CRAWFORD ATTORNEY AT LAW, COLUMBIA, - 8. C. 1 PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND Federal Courts, and offers his professional service*? to the citizens of Lexington County. October 18?ly, t , . I ' SUMMER PRICES. Classes in Stenography, Typewriting Bcok ( keeping. Penraj>nt.hip. etc. at hED \D CED K AT ES for complete cocrse to graduation. MACFEAT'S \ So. Ca. Business College, ' COLUMBIA, S. C/ 1 s?- *\ offers to the young people of the State this excellent opportunity to obtain a business education at a very litrlecoet and thus en- 1 able them to secure remunerative positions. College endorsed Jt>y graduates, bankers, 1 professional and business men. Over 95 per cent, of the Stenographers and Typewriters employed in mercantile houses.- banks, insurance real estate and railroad offices, etc., 1 in the city 6t Columbia are graduates of MACFEAT'S SO. CA. BUSIN ESS COLLEGE, 1 thus proving that the business men at the capital of our S*ate where our College is established give the preference to gradnaies of MACFEAT'S So. Ca BUSINESS COLLEGE. Graduates are holding good positions In thi? and other States. Write for catalogue and information. Adu ess MACFEAT'S SO. CA. BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. C. June 15, 1904, 3m. C Hhairrbalsam ClttSM! sad beaatifici the zuiiz. Promote! a luxuriant growth. Never Pells to Bestore Qrsy Hair to its youthful Color. Cures scalp diseases ft hair lalling. , SEWING MACHINES! 1 * - Wheeler & Wilson Nob 9B BALL BEARING Marveloufdy Light Running and Noisless. (a No. 100 spool cotton thread for a belt will run it). One-third faster; one third easier than any shuttle machine. Save about ONE DAY IN THREE., ^ A GREAT FAVORITE WITH dHH MAK KBS. AND BECOMING- M(WB POPULAR ALL THE T1HE.1 I AEEDLES FOE ALL MCIIH MMKjH REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. vHQ GUARANTEED. HBBj ATTACHMENTS, SHUTTLES, In bringing Machines to be repairedBvlH only necessary to bring the head?Le^EHH the table at home unless it repairtoo. WMHb * 1900 Washers and Wrinqeifii mam The most perfect YvHpher eH| invented. I eau eeli them at store for less than tbey will cost ywH ordered direct from tbe factory. 1H| Write fof circulars acd prices. CT. IE=E. K| 1804 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA., S. C WM April 1, 1903. 3m e?s^ls? H Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Gotxl. Use Wj In time. Fold by druggists. (fl WW CEBBflgjBiaagi I m > 1 The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, September 21, 1904. _________ _____________ J The South's Race Problem. An Open Letter From Ex-Senator John L. McLaurin. Columbia State, September 11. Mr. Wm. R Luke, Nashville, Term: Dear Sir?Yours of August 29ch to hand aDd contents noted. i'our inquiry is legitimate and one to j which you have a right to expect a reply. The nomination of Dr. Crum for collector of port at Charleston was not referred to me by the President, nor do I recall that I made aoy recommendation as to filling this office. My recollection is that the Presithfi ftnnointment I uuu u nmuuivn vmw T~ ?~ ~ when he found there was opposition, and, as the matter at that time was purely local in its character, I am satisfied that had the contest been limited to the fitness, etc, of the applicant Dr. Crum would not have received the appointment, in the face of the almost unanimous objection of the business interests of the city of Charleston. The color question, however, was squarly presented, and the President found himself in the position where to decline the appointment was to admit that the color of the applicant constituted an inseperable bar. What a striking illustration of the ease with which every trivial matter is converted into a race question. The office of Dr. Crum dwindled into insignificance besides the other issue involved. It seems to me that before long a crisis will be reached where the subterfuges and expedients which have Bcrved in the past will be ineffective and this race question will have to be met and settled squarely on its merits. The sooner the better; each day only adds to the complications and dangers. Patience, couraga and self control-, are tbe cardinal virtues of a Christian civilization, and when these are cast aside the social structure itself will fall. Yet we all know that so long as one crime is committed lynching will occur, this to be followed, it peeme, by "Before day Clubs," indiscriminate slaughter, the overturning of courts and military. Lynching does not lessen the crime nor does the crime limit lynching. Tbe great underlying questions belong to the realm of the spiritual, where moral principals have their birthplace and home. Ex Gov. -Chamberlain in a very able paper says in effect that tbe first step is for the negro leaders to begin a stern crusade against tjbis crime and stamp it out and that lynch law will disappear; be may be right, but there is a work for both races to do aDd there must be some common starting point and concerted action. Gov. Chamberlain is a striking example of how certainly every intelligent and honorable northerner who takes bis residence sooth changes bis views and becomes more extreme, if po9Biblp, than tOose to the "man ner born." Tbe danger is in just what I refer to in tbe Crum case; no matter what happens the issue is made one of race. A division on race or religion is the most cruel, deadly and dan disease, just as the Mushed cheek and quickened pulse only point to the inward fever that is consuming the patient. The rcots of the disease lie amid the passions and errurs of the Reconstruction period when full citizenship was suddenly thrust upon a race of slaves totally unprepared for such great moral and political responsibility. We are only gathering the second harvest from the seed then 3own. The first harvest was in that sad day when the South- to maintain its civilzation had to igntre and defy the constitution of the United States. We are still struggling with the nearby effects of our Civil war and the heavy burden put upon both races is beyond their strength, for new consequences are continually cropping up in national life. I read with great interest a very thoughtful article by a Mr. Thomas, of Ohio, published in the North American Review, in which he advocates the repeal of certain portions of the Reconstruction amendments to the constitution. I do not know, but it is posssible that we may have yet to go back to this question where Lincoln left it and McKinley took it up, and as nearly as possible right every wrong. The constitutional restrictions of suffrage in the States must be in harmony with the spirit and letter of the constitution of the United States so long as they are not it gives the entire machinery a sinister twitch. Then we can safely rest upon the only enduring feundation by making the true test of citizenship moral and intellectual worth applying every restriction fairly and honestly without regard to race or color. The race question would disappear from politics and when it disappeara there it will elsewhere, &Dd not before. The standard of citizenship would be so high that instead of the ballot box being regarded as a danger, it would become the true safeguard of property and liberty. For 30 years, forced by these conditions in the South to vote as a unit, there has been no room for the discussion and settlement of honest differences of opinion. The ballot box at a general election has merely been a machine registering the color of the voter, not his political opinions. When you take into consideration the mighty forces at work and the inevitable fcreDd of events I cannot see how aDy thinker who believes in God and rccogDizes that uplifting, evolutionary force, ever at work pushing Dations from one epoch into another, can have confidence in the makeshifts which surround us or believe that they can loDg endure. I know not what the immediate future may have in store, but I believe m our country and I know that the democratic ideas upon which it is founded are surely working us toward that condition, where liberty and justice will be the birthright of i :? ?aii eaCD unit. COLLipUBliJg ?uau no oan government. I know that the race, labor nor any other of the great is sues of the day can ever be settled except in harmony with the catholic spirt of the age, and that in time every false doctrine and flimsy pretext which impedes this onward march will be crushed out of existence. Conditions are likely to grow much worse before they get better, Iinciple that out of chaos ed. If some power could e politicians of the north ; with the negro vote in jnvention and those of the 0 "holler nigger" every is an honest differenc * of pel then call into a great the wisest and safest men pn without regard to race lese great issues might be lupontbeir merits and a pa out of the wilderness Id save much sorrow and 1 too mucb, however, of lo expect anything to be Iconditiocs become unen- j len the good sense and lonscience of the AmeriB . _ . .. I will tind a foiution ior :her problems effecting | i which low seem well ss. Yours sincerely, John L McLaurin. rille, S. C, Sept. 4, 1904. bably had a good excuse ting to skate. J JUST OME WORD that word is Tutt's, It refers to Dr. Tutt's Liver Pills and UEkm HEALTH. Are you constipated? Troubled with indigestion? Sick headache? Virtigo? Bilious? Insomnia? ANY of these symptoms and many others indicate inaction of the F 1fvFP mm You Need, TutfsPfc Take No Substitute. SeptemlDsr Work. Sow late turnips and mustard for salad. Plant ODion sets, lettuce seed qn<T orkino^h Kflfln thfi eirlv nlanfc "f" r j i ing of turnips hoed well. Save all the hay possible. Cut crab grass before it gets in full head. Mow peavineB just as the pods are beginning to turn yellow. Save fodder if possible without getting it wet. Pick the cotton as fast as it opens. A dashing rain stains it very much. Two or three hundred pounds of dirty cotton will spoil a bale. If you have to hire the picking of cotton do it early in the season. Do not wait until nearly all is open. This is a favorably year for peas. Save all that are made. They will be needed. The turf oats and other late varieties may be sown this month. Even the early kinds like the Red Rust Proof or Appier may be sown the last of the month. Cured Thirty Headaches In one day, while distributing free samples of Nervalgine, the world's best remedy for Sick and Nervou3 Headaches, Neuralgia and Colds. Every package guaranteed. 4 doses for 10o. Sold by M. Q. Hendrix. Manufactured by Nervalgine Co. Augusta, Ga. tf Damage in Horry County. Conway, Sept. 16 ?The damage from Wednesday's storm was far worse than the most extreme calculation made it. Without goiDg into detaile . t this time, the loss will approximate a million dollars to crops, houses, forests, stock and other The nnnntv ia efrrir?kfin finrft LUlUgD. AUG UUUUVJ lu uv?> Wk- -W bat everybody is hopeful and selfreliant. Cured of Lame Back After 15 Years of Suffering. "I had been troubled with lame back for fifteen years and I found a complete recovery in the use of Chamberlain's Pain Balm," says John G. Bieher, Gilliam, Iod. This liniment is also without an equal for sprains and bruises. It i9 for sale by The Kaufmann Drug Co. Secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, says that South Carolina made 825.000 bales if cotton last year against 950,000 the year before. The crop of 1903-01 was the most valuable on record. The average was ?61.38 per bale against ?14 52 the year before. The total value of the crop was $617,501,548. Three Jurors Cured Of Cholera Morbus with One Small Bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Mr. G. W. Fowler, of Hightower, Ala, relates an experience he had while serving on a petit jury in a murder case at Eiwardsvilie, county seat of Clebourne county, Alabama. He says: "While there I ate some fresh meat and some sous6 meat and it gave me cholera morbus in a very severe form. I was never more sick in my life and sent to the drug store for a certain cholera mixture, but the druggist sent me a bottie of Cham| berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea j Remedy instead, saying that hs had I what I sent for, but that this medi| cine was so much better he would rather send it to me in the fix I was I ia. I took one dose of it and was better in live minutes. The second dose cured me entirely. Two fellow jurors were blllicted in the same manner and one small bottle cured the three of us." For sale by The Kaufmann Dru2 Co. I - I ATTENTION! W MY FRIENDS OF LEXINGTON: THE WELL KNOWN FIRM OF FRANK'S JOBBING HOUSE. 1427 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., is now offering you a chance to buy your goods right. For the next Thirty (30) Days we will sell our entire Summer Goods at one-half their actnol nulnfl Tf rn-inoo xn ill mnru f L *n rr a mil Viqt7C n r\ trnnhlfl in tU(ll ? aiu^t JLL pi IV/V^C1 niii LUWI17 KUVOJ) '? V> T? II UUT V WV V/ uu v*v ?u selling them, therefore come early aD<i make your purchases before the best are gone. Awaiting your early call, FRANK'S JOBBING HOUSE, 1427 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, ------ S. C. CROPS ARE FINE ! ! GOOD PRICES ARE CERTAIN!! Now Make Home Happy! You JNeecl Music to Make Y our .Toy complete I We can snit you with a Piano or an Organ. Yon want the BEST Piano or Organ. We represent the Best. Our Prices and terms ar-* in re?ch of all. Call on or write us for catalogue, pi ices and terms. Address COLUMBIA, S. C. ' In Opera House Block. , , Opposite Y. M, C. A. ^2T1D OEO-ANS. n ^ S3 The big Stock of S3 ?3 Wrn P Pnr+.iV'.tr ?9 gg slightly damaged gg eg by fire and water, ?o 8?*? at 1210 Main St., B Columbia, is now ?5 being sold for what . ?3 it will bring. This ?3 Sis a great chance to gg buy your fall and go winter supply of ?& goods at greatly gj ?5 reduced prices. ?a ?3 " jgs 1210 Main Street, Opposite the Opera House, Ow' gg COX-"CTMBI^a_, s. c. fjg W W W WV W W w -V ^ w w W V w V w V iwniBwnnrwin ; "m~r~i~"-~"~ ""*"**m"*~~"~*~"~~~~~tm?mmiihb IF YOU WANT ANY JOB PRINTING CONE give us an order. The Dispatch Job Printing Office.