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THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. Wednesday, May 24,1905. At Some and Abroad. Ex congressman W. J Talbert declared for strict prohibition in a recent speech at a religious gathering held in Edgefield county. He also expressed himself as being opposed to the State Belling whiskey in any way, Bhape or form. The Sunday school speaker seemingly forgets that there is only one of three plans for the State to pursue in dealing with this vexed question: First, absosolute prohibition of the liquor traffic; second, high license; third, dispensary. As to the first, God knows that if we had our way we would wipe out every drop of the accursed stuff, but, then, our observation leads us to the belief that absolute prohibition to imrtraAf.irtahla and. furthermore. JO WWV?VWi ?7 ? ? # that there is do such thing. From the time that the morning stars sang together for joy at the birth a of new world men have drank of the stuff until they have become drunken, and so this self ' evident condition will continue to the end of time. The prohibitionists themselves acknowledge this conclusion as an incontrovertable fact because they do not advocate absolute prohibition, but . they are willing to compromise with . the devil and their conscience by { consenting to its sale for medicial, scientific and manufacturing purposes. Every intelligent mind will ^ of- monv tnnnhnlpB ftrfi I 1 j^aunj ovc uiuuj *wj^mw*vw * left open for men to engsge in the . illicit eale of whiskey to supply the damand by the establishment of 1 places for its sale under the plea of one 1 >- of the three, or all of them, or the exceptions named. The temptation to do so is great and the profits are 1 almost irresistable and there are men 1 who will engage in the business with 3 out the slightest fear of detection ' and conviction because the law makes it possible to violate the law < with impunity, and, morever, it en- ; courages them to do so. As to high license. This system would be ine quitable in that it would give a privilege ' to the rich man to the exclusion of the poor one; or, el66, there would be bar rooms whose numbers would be . i limited only by the inclination of the ' persons to engage in the traffic and their ability to pay the license. The evils that would follow in the path of such are so apparent that it is scarcely , worth whHe to mention. This leaves^ only the dispensary to be disposed of. A careful studv of the three or od OBitions leads us to the iuevitable conclusion that the "original dispensary law*' is unquestionably the best solution ot the whiskey problem so far proposed. The intelligent and obser- : vant searcher after truth, whose' mind is not warped by prejudice and is free from bias, cannot help but come to the conclusion that the dispensary system, as first enacted, 1 , after all has been said pro and con, is the best plan yet suggested, Mr. Talbert to the contrary notwithstanding. $100 Regard, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able -to cure . in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hairs Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cere is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the consti tution aud assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co.,Toledo,0. Sold by all Druggist, 75o. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation Grave charges have been made against the management of the State Asylum for the Insane of Florida. Drunkenness among the attendants and nurses who have been brutally cruel in their treatment of helpless patients, vice and brazen immorality have prevailed until the inmates have begged to be removed and near by citizens have been outraged by unmasked debauchery and indecency are among the charges made by a legislative investigating committee to that body. T. X. L. cures rheumatism. Trade is picking up. ! Ask your dealer for T. X L. You are invited to do your trading at Lexington. This market is well supplied with garden truck. T. X. L. cures neuragia. A lot of people know more than they can find out. Some of the streets of the town are in need of repair. When will the Lexington base ball club re-organize? You can't tell what a woman thinks of a man by what she says about him. ? 1_ Many larmers are vigorously tuning against the ravages of the heart worm. Many persons sre erjoying the cool retreats of the woods these hot afternoons. The farmers are as busy as bees in in a tar bucket killing hay while the sun shines. Just help yourself, Mr. Abbeville Medium, to anything you see in the Dispatch that meets your approval. A few pairs of Black Langsban chickens, $1.50 up. Rice B. Barman. But few persons stood the examination for certificates to teach in the nublic schools of the county last Fri L day. When*two women meet and kiss it reminds a man of a useless waste of 3weetnees upon the desert air. Aint it 80? It now transpires that Togo's plans ire to fight the Russians at .Formosa and knock them out of sight if be can. The subscription list of the Dispatch has passed the two thousandeth mark, but still their is room for more names. ' 0 Hiram Cronk, said to be the last survivor of the war of 1812, was buried with military honors in New York on May 12. The doors of the Palmetto Collegiate Institute were closed last Friday, the session of ?04-'05 having been completed. A woman died the other day in New York who had neyer during her whole life spoken ill of anyone. She was born dumb. We are in the midst of the days when the sweet girl graduate blooms in all the loveliness and glory of her fresh vouner womanhood. r u Comrade Adam Watts, of the Gaston section, one of the faithful boys who wore the grey, was in town Wednesday and ealled tc see us. T. S. Shuler, who holds a remunerative position in Columbus, Ga, sent us his compliments with a dollar bill for a renewal. Much oblige for both. Mr. J. A. Derrick, of Saluda, who gave a leg in the defence of his country, was in town yesterday and called in and gave us a pleasant chat. The girl of the shirt waist and abreviated skirts will soon be smiling and bowing to the youDg fellow with a cigarette in his mouth and nothing in his bead. Mr. Abner Derrick, of this place, has one of the prettiest vegetable js i i l- l :i.i_ j: garueua uereauuuts, uoiwiiiUBiauuiug he was laid up for repairs during the quarantine. We are under many obligations to Mrs. A. R Metis for the first mess of home grown beans that we have seen or heard of this season. .We had them for dinner Friday. The first shipment of Georgia peaches was made from Tifton on May 17. The crop is about two weeks later than last year, nevertheless there is no abatement in the demand for milk and peacheB twice a week. Orders have been issued to Russia's fourth Baltic squadron to be ready to sail for the Far East by June 14. Evidently the Russian bear is fully aroused and the war has been com menced in earnest. Miss Lumpkin, a charming daughter of the Confederacy, of Columbia, has been appointed sponsor of the South Carolina Division U. C. V. at the re-union in Louisville June 1416, and Miss Trantham, one of Camden's lovely and popular daughters, has been named as her maid of honor. Only fool men ask women to help them keep their secrets. Cures Biood Poison. Cancers, Ulcers. If you have offensive pimples or eruptions, ulcers an any part of the body, aching bones or joints, falling hair, mucous patches, swollen glands, skin itches and burns, sore lips or gums, eating, festering sorep, 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 skin diseases. Heals every sore or ulcer, even deadly cancer, stops all aches 8nd pains and reduces all swelliugs. Botanic Blood Balm cures all malignant blood troubles, such as eczema, scabs and scales, pimples, running sores, carbuncles, scrofula. Druggist, SI 00. To prove it cures, samples of Blood Balm sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co, Atlanta, Ga. ? - ' i . _ J t 5:l JL?08cnD6 trounie aDu rree n'euunu advice sent in sealed letter. +?-? The Japs, having nothing to do to keep them out of mischief, so bad "fcogo" to capturiDg English and French steamers for a pastime. The <4YeIlow Peril" is becoming more and more apparent each day. A Good Suggestion. Mr. C. B. Wainwright, of Lemon City, Fla., has written the manufacturers that much better results are obtained from the use of Chamberlain's ,Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in cases of pains in the stomach, colic and cholera morbus by taking it in water as hot as can be drank. That when taken in this way the effect is double in rapidity. "It seems to get at the right spot instantly," he sajs. For sale by The Kaufmann Drug Co. The Granby Methodist church has secured the services of R9V. J. R. T. Major as an assistant to Rev. J. W. Snjder for the summer months. Mr. Major has been superintendent of the Batesburg schools for the past year and will begin work nexfc week. Even the young ladies of the town have caught the base bail epidemic. We noticed a trio of beauties laBt Thursday afternoon with ball and bat knocking dies to each other. However they were not as expert at this game as they are in stringing suckers by the flash of their eyes. Why Suffer from Rheumatism? Why suffer from rheumatism when one application of Chamberlain's Pain Balm will rel'eve the pain? The quick relief wh'ch this liniment affords makes rest and sleep possible, and that alone is worth many times its cost. Many who have used it hoping only for a short relief from suffering have been happily surprised to find that after awhile the relief became permanent. Mrs. V. H. Leggett, of Yum Yum, Tennessee, U. S. A... writes: iCI am a great sufferer from rheumatism, all over from head to foot, and Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the only thing that will relieve the pain." For sale by The Kaufmann Drug Co. The hope has been expressed in certain quarters that Governor Heyv ward might be induced to break the established precedent and enter the gubernatorial race for the third term. They argue that as his record as the Chief Executive has been 60 brilliant that he is entitled to anotner term. With due respect to the ability of the Governor, this kind of talk is, in our opinion at least, the rottenest kind of taffy. There has been nothing brilliant about his two administrations simply because there has been no event in the affairs of Siate for the display cf brilliancy. That he has made a safe, conservative and courteous Governor none will deny, but even this will not justify him in sweeping away the time honored precedent of only two terms to one encumbent of the Executive c flic9 just to gratify the wishes of a few ill advised friends. The Collets Property. Columbia Evening Record. Some yearB ago a legislative committee recommended the sale of the property on lower Main street, owned by the South Carolina college. The committee took the ground that the land would bring an excellent price and with this money the present buildings could be improved. The trustees, however, have about definitely decided that the property should be held and that in time with a university ail of it could be used. The.college is growing stronger every year and there is no doubt but that the university bill as defeated last year through the efforts o? Charleston will pass in the next two years. A line of the finest fishing tackle manufactured can be found at The Bazaar. | Women as Weil as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney aRd Bladder Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discourages and lessensambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulncss soon disappeai when the kidneys are It oul oi" or<^er or 0ls' c.| ; _ Kidney trouble has 1J 06001116 so Prevalent /a V^SaI^a\f\II that it is not uucom//111011 ior a cl11^ to be b?ni afflicted witii weak kidneys. If the child urinates too often, if the urine scalds flip flr-sh. or if. when the child reaches an age wlien it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it, thecause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step'should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made miserable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- L cent and one-dollar size bottles.- You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also a Home of Swamp-Root. | pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root, including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-^oot, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. When Papa Minded the Baby. One day papa said that he would miod the baby while mamma went down stairs to entertain a visitor, and mamma consented. "But," said she, "I am afriad something will happen to it. Men always do the wrong things with babies." Papa wad very quiet and careful for awhile, never taking his eyes from the baby where it lay asleep in ite little lace line crib. But after awhile he got up and tiptoed off to the other room because he wanted tc smoke a cigar, and he left four-year old Helen in the room and told her tc be sure not to wake it up. Papa got to looking into a bool and he quite forgot about the baby Then he hurried to the room with 8 guilty feeling. The next minute mamma wa? frightened almost cut of her wits by papa's cry: 'Hurry! Hurry! Some thing's the matter with baby!" Mamma ran up stairs as fast as hei trembling legs could carry her and tnere lay baby, as white as chalk anc its face all drawn and so queer thai it looked awful. "Its dead!" shrieked mamma, but at the sound baby woke up aod cried so heartily that it was easy to see thai it was alive. Then mamma snatched it up and fchey saw wbat bad happened. neier had seen nurse using the nice white baby powder on baby, so that she bac poured the whole boxfull on its face "I will never, never, never leave you aloDe with the baby again," saic mamma to papa. And papa was ec ashamed that Helen felt really sorri for him. Saved by Dynamite. Sometimes a Aiming city is saved b} dynamiting a space that the fire can' cross. Sometimes a cough hangs on s< long, yon feel as if nothing but dynamit< would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of CalhonD Ga., writes: "My wife had a very aggra vated cough, which kept her awake nights Two physicians could not help her; so shi took Dr. King's New "Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Coids, which ease< her cough, gave her sleep and finally cure< her." Strictly scientific cure for bron chitis and la grippe. At The Kaufmam DrugCo's., drag store. Price 50c. am S1.00; guaranteed. Trial bottle free. Congressman Lever in Demand -LHis being tee ecnooi Closing sea son, Congressman A. F. Lever is ii great demand as a commencemen orator. He has received invitation from various sections of the Stat and as far as possible he has accede< to the wishes of his friends and wii therefore make addresses at the fol lowing schools: Bamberg, June 1 Hyatt's Park. June 2; Mamer, ii Marion county, June 3. Mr. Leve bas already made addresses befori the schools at North, Orangeburg count}; Athens, Lexington county , Langley, Aiken county; Wards anc Saluda. On June 13th he will de liver the alumni address before New berry College, his alma mater. An organization of a permanen body to be known as the Genera Convention of the Baptists of Nortl America, has been perfected. Doe this mean the beginning of the dawi of the millenum? IJLXll JLXJXXZ KAILVVAY. | NORTH-SO U TH-EASIM^EST. I Two Daily Pullman Vestibule Limited Trains Between y, SOUTH AND NEW YORK. | First Class Dining Car Service. The best rates and route to al 1 Eastern cities via Kichnioiid and Washington, or via Norfolk a ncB steamers to Atlanta, Nashville. Memphis. Louisville. St. Louis, Chica jto.B New Orlea?i$jjaiid all points South and Southwest to Savannah anc? and Jacksonville and all points in Florida and Cuba. Positively tlnw shortest line North and South. | 'or detailed information, rates, schedules. Pullmanreservatio ns*B i Ejjj &c.. apply to any agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway or to W. L-B : | BURROUGHS. Traveling Passenger Agent, Columbia. S. C. i | CHARLES F. STEWART, Assistant General Passenger Agent | i SAVANNAH, GA. | BEaa^g aEg5BEsa^m^aB5SEaB3BBB5Bga^^aaaag: ssssss aaEBBai? ftVWWVWW & Don't trust to what you might have left to you. Save f 3^ your own money. You will feel better knowing you ^ ^ have a bank account. We pay 4 per cent. 011 all Savings $ Accounts; so you really make money by saving money. ^ ? ALL BANKING BUSINESS SOLICITED. I J Palmetto Bank and Trust Co., \ ' J COLUMBIA, S. C. \ K CAPITAL, $250,000.00. - SURPLUS, $35,000.00. K ^ Wm. H. LYLES, Pres. JULIUS B WALREtt, Y. Pres. \ ^ J. P. MATTHEWS, Secretary. 0 e H. F. Hendrix, J. L. Matthews, H. A. Meetze, ? J President. Vice Pres. Cashier. J ^ A A | The Bank of Leesvllle, I | EEESVILLE, S. C. | Capital, - - $30,000.00 | Interest Allowed in Savings Department. 9 We Solicit a Share of Your Business. * THE PRICES TELL. THE QUALITY SELLSJ. B. FRIDAY & CO., Wholesale and Betail GROCERS, FLOUR, FEED AND GRAIN, , errn duct Donne ( j otcu nuai rnuur unio. I We Want the Merchants, Planters and Farmers of Lext ington County to Call and See Us Before They Maize Their Purchases. We Can Fill Your Wants and Save You I Money. 1823 and 1825 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. J - " ' 3 7 MAXWELL & TAYLOR, -< 7 fc COLUMBIA9 S. 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