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The Lexington Dispatch. Entered at the Post Office at Lexington, S. C., as second class matter. , . .. j? 9. M. Harm an, Editor and Publisher. The subscription price of the Dispatch . i3 $1 a year; 50 cents fcr six months; 25 | cents for three months?invariably cash m advance. Circulation, 2,179. Wednesday, May 23, 1906. "Is is not a kindness to veterans to fill tbem up oq raore whiskey than is good for tbem and they will appreciate it if they are not fo*ced to take too much. Tfcev like to eit around with just enough toddy in tbem to make the blood circulate as it did in the good old days and recall campfire scenes. But there were several last night who will have headaches this morning. The police take care of all SDcb and make them comfortable in secluded tents on the State bouse grounds where the "boys" may sleep off their headaches." The State in the above note is correct. It is not kindness to give the old veterans free beer aDd 1 quor at the reunions. While some can control the use of these beverages others cannot, unfortunately, and their conduct is disgusting to their brother comrades who have a higher respect for themselves and the cause for which tfcey fcugbt, besides it doe3 the rising genet ation no good to think that they are specimens of the Confederate army. They should, too, have respect and gratitude to the kind ladies who are always first and formoat in providing for them on these occasions with everything for | their proper comfort and entertainment, rewarding them for their gal* j- font deeds and faithful services for home and their country, and that ML they are not forgotten, but loved and respected, and yet, scc)9 soldiers who attend reunions debauch themselves by gulping down 1 qoor and beer, nn i hc-mottlvpn ftrcl UaUOiilg IC^lUVU wu tuvvuwvxvw -7 - ? the purpose for which they meet. The majority of eld soldiers detest thi9 conduct and cause them to feel lukewarm in attending the reunions. We feel confident that our Mayer and Councilmen, who are all progressive and alert upon all questions of public improvements, have not ob-. served recently the conditions of upper Main Btreet with regard to the clay put upon the sand, so beneficial ly to both mau and beast, by a former council. In sections, the sand gathering in the gutters during f oods of water has repeatedly been thrown upon the clay until it now is almost as much of a sandbed as formerly, while in other places the gutters have been allowed to fill, and the foods of water have swept over the clay carrying it off and leaving the sand as * formerly. This we deplore and are satisfied that mention of the fact is all necessary and the matter will receive prompt attention. This was a ?nmmon^nh!fl r?ipr?q nf work ftr d UtUail WUlutvuvauv^v amounted to no little cost in money and effort when perfected, and was found to be of too much real benefit to the general public coming to our town to be allowed to go to waste and early attention to this matter will save useless expense in repairin? the damage to what was at one time almost an ideal driveway. Those with an ordinary amount of pride in the appearunce of our town and a proper regard for those who may visit ue, will at once appreciate tha "Rnard of Health has made a call upon the business firms and residents of the place to direct a littte more care and attention in destroying or burning all fragments of waste paper and packing of one kind or another. This is as much a danger to property as unsightly or unsanitary, throwing them in alleys or back lots is no guarantee that they may not be drifted into the public streets or yards of private houses by the winds or floods of water to the disgust &Dd detriment of all, chocking up gutters nd flooding everything in the viciniy instead of draining cff as they hould and allowing death dealing germs to thrive and multiply under our feet and air we breathe. A special from Columbia to the Augusta Chronicle, says: "That the anti-dispensary people ? pure prohibitionists, political prohibitionists, high license and plain old bar folks ?will concentrate on D. A. Morgan, of Greenville," for governor. for Your Protection Ave place this label on every I>ackage of Scott's Emulsion. The manwitlialishon his back is our trade-mark, and it is a guarantee that Scott's Emulsion will do all that is claimed for it. Nothing better lor lung, throat or bronchial troubles in infant or adult. Scott's Emulsion is one of the greatest fleshbuilders known to the medical world. We'll send you a sample free. scon & B3WBE, Tie Trolley Line. We have kept encouraged from an occasional inkling now and then about the trolley line and its prospects, over which we were so much rejoiced some time back, and were anxious to hear of dirt beiDg broken along the line somewhere. Now, just yesterday, an enquiry as to tbe pro bable cost of labor, teams, cross ties, from an expert and wealthy contractor op north, made direct to us, causes cur expectant pulse to beat louder and stronger with hopes that we may yyt hear either the whistle of a onsl burner or the ring of the " "" u trolley gong. Nevertheless, our "cussing" man cf the office says "it will be a d?n loDg time before we Bee another railroad this way." We trust that his judgment may prove bad, and that the survey was not made for speculative purposes and the realities of the road may not be far out cf sight. Wait a little and se6. Oar fellow Democrats across the river, in Richland, are to try their strength on the liquor question^ iD the race for State senator?with F. H. Weston in favor of the dispensary and J. C. Haskell "agin" it. The State indicated in yesterday's iHBue a birtugut u^uu iu an iuc cuuutiee, in the race for the general assembly, with the statement that the majority of the hold-over senators are dispensaryites. The outcome of the race in Lexington county will be watched with interest Let us have the matter settled since all iS3ues are to be side tracked and the liquor trafic is to be paramount. The railroad rate bill has at last parsed the Senate. It is not at all what the advocates of the genuine and effective control rates wanted and now it has to be referred to the house for concurrence and possibly there defeated. After all the boma basfcic oratory and clashing, it is nothing but "fuss and feathers." The Republicans never intended that it should succeed, and they wanted the load to fall on the Democratic party and Senator Tillman was made the scapegoat. Roosevelt, powerfully absent minded, doesn't care a cent whether the hole is filled or not, and so it is left opeD. "What nest. The dispensary investigating committee resumed its work in Columbia yesterday and it is probable it will continue for a month. It is the object of the committee to complete the investigation in time for the comirg campaign, and the result made known to the people that they can see for themselves. They have found some new revelatiors hiid probably others will be revealed before they make their final report. A Big Mortgage. Clerk Samuel B George is now recording a $200,000,000 mortgsge given by the Southern Railway Co., to the Standard Trust Co, of New York. The Southern is doing this in order co purchase engines, cars, &c, and for other material improvements of the road. This mortgage is required to be recorded in every county through which the road passes, and will probably coBt $50 in each instftLt How to Vots Rightly. ! 4 As this is election year we take occaskn now to urge upon the voters I the very great importance of exercising care and good judgment in selecting men to fill ail public offices from congressman down to magistrate. No man sbould b6 voted for because be is a "good, clever fellow,cr cn ae count of personal friendship, neighborly association cr business cbiigatioc; but let ibo tc-sfc be as to bis character and bis competency to 5 1 tae office to which he aspires. A public official should be a man of clean, moral character and possessed of every qualification for the proper discharge of the duties incumbent upon him."-^Lancaster News. This is well and good brother, but how are you going to do this when the liquor question is the gauge by which he shall be measured? Bateslmrg School. The Bateaburg graded school under the able management of Prof. J R T. Major, closed a very-successful session last Friday evening, concluding with interesting commencement exercises. A large graduating clas* received diplomas, aad Prof. Major was presented with a handsome gold ring as a token of their esteem by the graduates. Two prizes were avarded, one for excellence in spell icg, a valuable book; and the other for deportment and attendance, a gold medal. Miss Edoa Bites re ceived the first and Miss Lucile Qjattlfcbaum the second. The beard re-elected Prof. Major for another term with Misses Isebella Brooks and Lucy Littlepbn bb assistants. Misses Ola Thompson and Eva Mace declined re election and their places will be filled later. The "Water Power on Saluda.. Active operations by the surveyors up and down the Saluda river must mean something, aDd we would not be surprised to hear of developments that will open the eyes of the natives No, the electric power scheme is not dead! The men behind this scheme are full of energy and business, and you may soon see a forty foot dam span across the river to develop the excellent water power now waieting in old Saluda. The surveyors and assistants are now encamped near Mr. D F. Efird's, at the location of a proposed dam and power house. Death of Mr. Wm. Britt. \ Edgefield, May 21 ?Oa Saturday morning last Mr. William D Britt took inadvertently, an over does < f momhine and died soon after from A tbe results of same. He was at oue time a most trusted and compent engineer of the Southern Riilway system, but for a few years past lived in Edgefield. He leaves a wife and four children. His funersl occurred yesterday ip the town cemetery. His age was 30 years: Mr. Edwin Harman who resides about four miles above this place, and one of our oldest citizens, is now very sick at his home. 1 ALFRED J. FOX, I < > ] Life Insurance, > < > ] Health Insurance, j < i i Accident Insurance, | < ! Fire insurance, J ! REAL ESTATE AGENT, | < I r-nTTTWAimAW O n | < > < **** * # **?* > ! if1?^ s-A-x-s. ? One valuable lot. and improve- > Iments in the town of Lexington, | S. C. I One lot with good two story > dwelling on Main street, Lexing- \ ton, S. C. > Dwelling house and lot on upper > Main Street, Lexington, S. C. J One resident lot 011 upper Main , < street, Lexington, S. C, > i One valuble lot in the town of [ < Lexington, S. C. > < One lot near Lexington Depot. > { (5 Acres adjoining Lexington | | Fair Ground. 1 ? V? Acres just oursme incorporate ? J limits, Lexington, S. C. 1 ( (i Acres very near Lexington, > i S, C. * > | 111 Acres good farm land 4 | < miles north Shumperts, (> miles ( < north Gilbert. 40 acres open land > ] ?dwelling and barn. J i Store building and lot on Main > i street, Lexington, S. C. > J "Write or call to see me J | at THE HOME BANK. [ 1 f fill FOR ONL.V 11 a iOfiraa This stands fifty inchc 1 'plK chills, and heavy angle iron f V> T l/f fished in the best White Ena a AIL hundred other patterns of Brass $;ioO to ?o0.0i), and furnish tl QrgS finish. jL M n TOl Hundreds of new pieces in W I l!evl! Green Rush Fiber Furniture in jrtfgl) Settees. Sideboards, Buffets, China CI |i jW 11 Agents for the celebrated RE WW ONE] IP "THE I ietio iii m LEXINGTON, S. C. Literary, Scientific and Classica Courses. SPRING TERM BEGINS JAN. 22, '06. Vocal and Instrumental Music, Drawing and Elocution. College Trained Teachers. Expenses for Session $60 to $80. Send for catalogue. Address F. W. RAUCH, Principal. M. D. HARMAN, Secretary. For INSURANCE, LIFE, FIRE, ACCIDENT, SEE E. G. Dreker, LEXINGTON, S. C. Strongest and Best Companies A REGULAR COMMUNICATION Lexington Lodge. No 152, A. F. \WT11., will be held Saturday, Jone \2. 1906, at 8 p. m. Brethren are requested to att?nd promptly. By order of the W. M. Godfrey M. 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