The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, June 06, 1906, Page 6, Image 6
* THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH.
Wednesday, June 6, 1906.
SENATOR LATIMER
EARNING HIS PAY.
The Junior Senator From South Carolina
ie Nnt Irilo An Enumeration of
HUM *V l?V? ? ?? ?
Some Substantia! Things He Has
Accomplished in His First Term.
The State Bureau,
1417 G St., N. W.
> Washington, May 31.
South Carolina has another senator
up here. He is the junior senator and
his name is Latimer.
For many months during the present
session several of the newspapers in
South Carolina, generally in a jocular
vein, have printed little squibs, such
as, "By the way, haven't we another
? -*? ^^ a/vw> awtTI
86Q&U)r IKJSlues x iiiiuaa suxu^ >? uvi v.
What's his name," and the like.
Tillman has figured in the Associated
Press reports pretty extensively
this session. Little has been said
about Latimer. Tillman was a delegate
to the State convention. Latimer
was not. Tillman was endorsed by
the State convention. Latimer was
not. Things have been said about all
thfa and invidious comparisons have
been made. The State's correspondent
has known all along that the junior
senator has noted them, and more
than once has the senator been asked
If he had anything to say about them.
But he always declined. At last,
however, he decided to make a few
remarks appropriate to the accasion.
He says he has not been prominent
in the congressional record because
the bills he has been working on have
* not made so much noise as the rate
bill, for instance, though he declares
he is attending to business and has no
fears that the people of the State or
the country will forget -him. "I am
serving my first term." he said, "and,
as is well known, it is an immemorial
custom of the senate for new senators
to refrain from general debate. However,
I have taken a modest part in
the debates in the senate this session.
I am sending my speech on the rate
bill to my people and am willing to let
it speak for itself. I have no fears as
to the future endorsement of my record
by the people when they are in
possession of the facts."
Concerning the things upon which
he is working. Senator Latimer says
further: "While perhaps, I am not in
the public eye as much as some of my
friends might desire, I am fairly well
satisfied with the results of my work
fnr t.hA session to date. I had not
thought it necessary at this time to
refer to my work here, but as comments
made by some of the newspapers
of the State may be misleading,
you may say that my committee assignments
are congenial and I have
accomplished some substantial results.
In the manufacturers' committee I
helped frame the pure food bill. In
the immigration committee I added
an important provision to the immigration
bill. On the agricultural committee
I succeeded in retaining the
item of $132,000 for seeds and a^so
secured $20,000 for roads, $20,000 for
surveys preparatory to draining swamp
lands and $20,000 for gathering agricultural
statistics. I secured in the
senate an amendment to the postomce
appropriation bill permitting the
patrons of rural mail routes to erect
their own mail boxes, thus putting a
stop to the present practice of requiring
the farmer to buy patented boxes
from favored firms at fancy prices.
On the public buildings committee I
got through the $75,000 for a public
building at Anderson. I now have
pending before committee, bills for
public buildings at Aiken, Chester,
Greenwood and Sumter, also for enlargement
of^the United States court
house at Greenville, on all of which I
expect to get favorable action. I
secured the passage of the new judicial
district bill and a number of bills
for pensions and private claims."
As to the possible effect of these
criticisms on his future political course,
Senator Latimer says: "I will not be
before the people for endorsement for
two years yet, and did not feel slighted
by the action of the convention in
not including me in the resolution. I
have never yet failed to secure the
endorsement of my political course by
the people when I have appealed to
them on my record."
"What about the State convention?"
he was asked.
"I was not a delegate to that convention,"
he replied, "but I suppose
that the fact that Senator Tillman is
coming up for reelection this summer,
and that Gov. Heyward is ending his
services as governor, is the reason the
convention passed resolutions endorsrn
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If your stomach troubles you do not
conclude that there is no cure, for a
great many have been permanently cured
by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Try them, they are certain to
prove beneficial. They only cost a quarter.
Sold by Kaufinann Drug Co.
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j Why is it that Ayer's Hair 1
Vigor does so many remark- 8
able things? Because iris a j
hair food. It feeds the hair,
puts new life into it. The hair
Hair Vigor
i cannot keep from growing.
j And gradually all the dark,
I S m'nk AAlnr r\P AOrlw mmPS
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back to gray hair.
" Wlien I first used Ayer's Hair Vigor mr
l<air was about all gray, iiut now it is h nire
ncii b!a?*k. and as thick as I could wish."
? Mrs. Susan Klopkknrtikn.-Tuscumbia.
Ala.
r?l.P0 ft bottle. !. c. AYEP. CO..
All druggists. ? Lowell. Mass.
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Gray Hair
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BOIL THE CZT7 WATER.
Board of Health Issues Advice to Consumers
After Consulting the Physicians.
i
The executive committee of the city
board of health at a meeting yesterday
morning decided to request all
consummers of city water to boil it
thoroughly before using it for cooking
or drinking purposes. The committee
thought it best to issue this warning
because of the fact that the water ;
used now is coming from the canal as
well as the river. While this water
has been used every year in the summer
the members of the board, according
to their statement and the statement
of physicians who have looked
into the matter, think that the water
would be purer if boiled, especially in
view of the fact that the. new plant is
being installed and that the old; plant
is not in the best condition.
No particular danger is apprehended
by the physicians, who think that
the canal and river water is now
about the same so far as purity is concerned.
State of Ohio. City of Toledo, )
Lucas County ' f
Frank J Cheney makes oath thu he is
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
Countv and State aforesaid, and that
said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDEED
DOLLA.BS for each f*nd every case
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FBA.NK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day q? December,
A. D., 1885.
sC/mi ? A- GLEASON,
(oeai.; Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken iDternally,
and acts directly on the blood and mncons
surfaces of the system. Send for tcsti
monials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, 0.
Sold bv all druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation
No Souse of Humor.
An old Georgia darkey owned a
small and ancient mule, which at a
casual question as to the price at
which it was held became suddenly
endowed with all the virtues of the
best blood of Kentucky.
"But he is at least 20 years old,
uncle," tha would-be purchaser pretested.
"Dat mule?" Uncle Moses said indignantly.
"No, sah. Ef dat mules
mo' 'an 6 years ole, Ah hope he dies
fo' mawnin?"
Upon visiting his stable the next
day Uncle Mose was struck with consternation
to find his animal stretched
lifeless on the ground.
"Look at dat now!" he exclaimed
with intense disgust. "What yo'
think o, dat. Never did see sich a
fool mule?couldn't eben take er li'l
joke like dat!"?Harper's Weekly.
? ?
You can see the poison Pine-ales clears
out of the kidneys and bladder. A single
dose at bed time will show you more
poison upon rising the next morning
than can be expelled from the system in
any other way. Pine-ules dissolve the
impurities, lubricate the kidneys, cleanse
the bladder, relieve pain and do away
with backache speedily, pleasantly, permanently.
Sold by Kaufmann Drug Co.
Cotton Acrago.
It is now claimed that there is an
increase of 635,227 acres, or 2.29 per
cent, in the cotton acreage this year
over last year. The Southern Cotton
Association sums it as follows:
In Georgia the estimate is about the
same as last year. Crop two weeks
late and labor scarce.
North Carolina, a decrease of 7 per
cent. Crop late and labor scarce.
South Carolina, acreage same as last
year. Labor scarce.
Texas, an inrvrease of 7 QO npr r>pnt.
| with fair labor conditions,
j Florida, Missouri and Virginia, an
j increase of % per cent.
This acreage estimate is made up
| from a comparison of last year's crop
?with a good deal of guess work, of
course.
T. X. Ls cures rheumatism.
i
Mrs. Bowser
FWiiaq Rpnnrl'
Lyviiiv*j ixvi/viv
She Contradicts the Story That
Mr. B.'s Skating Trip Finished
Him.
MERELY HAD A BAD FALL
His Ambition to Cut Pigeon Wings
With the Young People Came
to a Sudden End.
[Copyright, 1906, by McClure, Phillips & Co.]
"Vf t T'l? />nnimnn!^otiAn trv flto I
IIUaXXVJU IUIO VVlUiliUUiVULivu i,v L*?V
newspapers to correct a report
that my husband, Mr. Bowser,
met with a fatal accident a few
days ago and will be heard of no more.
While I very much dislike to bring our
family troubles before the public, I feel
that I ought to set myself right in certain
matters.
One evening a week ago Mr. Bowser
came home from the office with a package
under his arm. With natural feminine
curiosity I wanted to know the
contents at once, but with one excuse
and another he put me off until after
dinner. When we had reached the sitting
room he opened the package and
showed me a pair of new ice skates.
"Did you find them ?" I asked.
"I should say not."
"Are you going to make a present to
some one?"
"Certainly not."
"But they are not for yourself?"
J'To be sure they are. Why not?"
"But you can't skate, and you are too
old and too heavy to learn. You tried
it two years ago and had such a fall
that your back was lame for three
months."
Irascible, as Usual.
"Woman, what are you talking
about?" he demanded as he flushed up.
"Every time you get a chance you ring
in that I am too old or too heavy for
this or that as if I was some superannuHE
HAD ON A KXIOKEBBOCKER SUIT.
ated behemoth. Is a man in his dotage
at forty-eight? Is a man weighing 150
pounds a haystack?"
Mr. Bowser is fifty-four years old and
troifiK isr? nounds. but as the matter is
a painful one to hi in I never mention
it. I did not correct him in this case,
and after a glare at me he continued:
"Yes, two years ago I went up to the
park and did a little ice skating.
Crowds congregated to see me cut pigeon
wings. I carried off all the honors,
and instead of having a fall and a lame
back I got rid of my rheumatism for
three or four months. Why can't you
stick to the truth in making your statements?"
"But you weren't thinking of trying
it again?" I queried.
"And why not?"
"Because you will be sure to?to"?
Would Cut Pigeon Wings.
"Now, jus.t leave it right there. I
bought these skates to skate with.
There is skating at the park. I shall
go up there this evening; I shall out
pigeon wings; I shall perform curlycues;
I shall make every other fancy
skater take a back seat."
"And you will come down with a
crash and probably put both hips out
of joint."
"If I do I won't ask you to nurse me
through i% By the seven spotted bulls
of Indians, you are gradually driving
me to the dead line. I don't wonder
that husbands who have been nagged
for years and years finally turn
and chop their wives up with an ax."
"I'm not nagging," I answered. "I'm
Just saying that it is curious that you
should go and buy a pair of skates
when you can hardly stand up on them.
You will only give the papers another
1 ? -i- f 9
I cnance 10 aig ut you.
He looked around the room for the
cat and a crowbar to strike her dead
with, but, not finding either, he turned
and walked upstairs to change his
clothes. When he came down I saw
that he must have smuggled a parcel
into the house the night before. He
had on a knickerbocker suit, leather
leggings and cap. and to save my life
I couldn't help smiling as he stood before
me. He looked like a fat boy in
the circus.
"Still on the grin. I see!" he thundered
at me, but as I didn't answer
he went down the hall for his overcoat
i nrwi iwnwd thr? rionr after him as he
went out.
A woman can be two hours or ten
minutes getting ready to go somewhere.
I was only ten minutes in get
ting ready to follow Mr. Bowser. I
caught the next car behind him. I
knew what entrance he would take to j
reach the lake in the park, and he i
hadn't got his skates on when I found
him. He didn't seem to be in any j
hurry cither. He sat around like a boy
with the toothache, and once or twice
he seemed to be oil the point of going
home. A policeman nnauy sauiuereu j
up and said:
"These benches are for the use of
skaters."
"Well, ain't I a skater?" replied Mr.
Bowser.
"You don't look like it to me. You
look more like a man who'd roll around.
However, if you are a skater get busy."
The conversation was overheard by
half a dozen people, and, being put on
his mettle, Mr. Bowser began to fasten
on his skates. He had had them on
for five minutes, looking distrustfully
at the ice all the time, when the police- \
man came along again and said:
"What! Loafing around yet? If you
can't skate you'd better give that rig to
some cross eyed orphan boy. Shall I
get a ten-year-old girl to take your arm
and tell you which foot goes first?"
He Is Guyed.
"You can mind your own business,
sir!" replied Mr. Bowser as he got the
boiled lobster color in nis face.
"Don't sass me!"
"And don't you be guying me!"
The officer walked on, and a score of
skaters gathered around Mr. Bowser
and indulged in such remarks as:
"T*" 1- - -L K-Ml -.1 ~ 4S*.
"I 11 UOL Lie II SUUW US il ICH UlLfliO
when he does get started."
Til bet so too. He's got the right sort
of legs for a skater."
"What are you guys talking about?
Can a cider bar'l skate?"
"If he's going to smash the ice I'm
going home to play with my rag dolly,"
said a girl of sixteen.
Mr. Bowser had to get a move on
him. I could read his thoughts as plain
as print. He was saying to himself
that he'd give a thousand dollars if he
was safe home with me and the cat. It
was too late for that. He got up and
wabbled around and finally reached the |
ice and grabbed hold of a bush to j
steady himself. He was standing there, !
with his eyes as big as saucers and his
chin quivering, when there were some
TnrtTY* rpmnrks. Thev were to the fol- I
lowing effect: j
"Some one get him a pair of
crutches!"
"If you can't skate get down and roll
over!"
"By George, he thinks he sees a
ghost!"
"Hang to the limb, old coon! If you j
move you are a goner!"
"Oh, shut up, and give the old gent a
show! He'll start off pretty quick and
make us all look silly." |
Then the girl who had spoken before
chipped in with:
"My ma told me that if the baby ele- i
pliant broke loose and got on the ice I
was to come right home and study my j
spelling lesson."
Hid Usual Finish.
Poor Mr. Bowser had to draw a long
breath, commend Lis soul to a higher
power and get a hump on him. He
hadn't scrambled along over ten feet
when one of his legs went up in the i
air, he spun around two or three times j
and then came down with a jar that j
Don Castro would have paid a thousand
dollars for to present to the !
French cable company. My shriek
was echoed by fifty others, and the po- '
liceman came running up and grabbed j
the poor victim by the collar and drew j
him to land and said:
thr? same old coon that was sit- i
tins around here ten minutes ago. I
told him then that he was no skater." j
"Is he dead?" asked one of the !
crowd.
"Xo. but he's got a lesson. That
jar has sort of driven him together, |
and he won't be more than five feet
high after this. Does any one here
know him?"
"I went forward and gave his identity
and address, and the ambulance
was summoned, and he was conveyed
home. They told me he was very
quiet on the trip. As be was carried
Into the house he simply sighed. As
I got out plasters and liniments and
cared for him he looked at me in a
puzzled way and muttered something
about pigeon wings. I have had the
doctor for him, but the M. D. says that
no bones are actually broken. It is a
case of telescope. The victim is still j
lying in a lethargic state, opening his
eyes and looking around now and then,
and it will probably be another week
before he can shout "Woman!" at me
and announce that I can go home to
mother while he is arranging about the
divorce. Meanwhile all reports of his J
untimely demise may be contradicted
by the press. SARAH BOWSER,
Wife of Mr. Bowser.
Per M. Quad.
Taking: Hia Word For It.
J ' ' J
"Come and let me introduce you to
Lady Diana. (Soto voce) Trettiest girl
In London, old chap/? Bystander.
IREEN PEAS
with a ferti
high percentage oi
to get the healthiej
"Truck Farming
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Address, QEEMA
New York?93 Nassau Street, or
liTiinv rniir
WnULtMLL
1603 main stree'
wash goods.
C ilored organdies in all the latest
figures 12.}c. quality 10c.
100 pieces Scotch Lawn 4c.
We have a special value in large
figured Lawn?Ask to see them.. 6',c.
27-inch Erown Linen 10c.
Light Merrimack prints 5c.
Dress gingham oc.
white goods!
40-inch Lawn 10c.
32-inch Lawn, special value oc.
27-inch Organdie 10c.
72-inch Organdie 25c.
27-inch White Linen 15c.
36-inch White Linen 25c.
dress goods and silks.
We are receiving new goo'ds in this department
daily?
50-inch Mohair, all colors 48c.
QC.innli R-rillonfino Vilno orii^
UU lllvil Ju/iXllC?U tlUV Ik/lUV UUU Uimvo.. WW.
27-inch China Silk, all colors 48c.
18-inch White Jap Silk 25c.
We have some very good bar{
will be pleased to have our
shown through our stock.
I Tfee Palmetto
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United States Government, Sta*
Capital paid in
Surplus profits
Liability of Stockholders
Security for depositors
Interest allowed in Savings Depar
Payable Q,
United States bonds
South Carolina bonds
OFFI<
!yyilie jo.mss, rresiuent. .
J. J. Seibels, First Vice-Pres.
Titos. Taylor, Second Vice-Pres.
This is the people's bank?"of tli
people."
Loans to small merchants and sm;
ones. We want your business, Bj
8 o'clock p. in. for accommodation
Before You Purchase Any Other Write
THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY
ORANGE, IRASS.
Many Sewing: Machines are made to sell regardless
of quality, but the **Xew Home" is made
to wear. Cur guaranty never runs out
V.'e make Sewing Machines to suit all conditions
of the trade. The " Xew Home'* stands at the
head of all Ilisrli-firrade family sewing machined
Sold by authorized dealers only,
FOR SALE BY
W. P. ROOF,
Lexington, S. C.
HILTON'S
Life for the Liver & Kidneys,
THE BEST PREPARATION KNOWN
FOR THE CURE OF
Dyspasia, Liver Complaint and
Disorders of the Kidneys
IT IS PLEASANT TO TAKE.
It excites a pleasing sense of warmth
in the stomach, diffusing itself throngh
the system. It augments the appetite, improves
digestion, wards off malarial ani
thus prevents chills and fever, and is a
perfect regulator to ttie wnoie system.
25., 50c, and $1.00 bottles. For sale
at the Bazaar. Wholesale by the Murray
Drug Co., Columbia,
ly?July 6, 05, tf.
should be treated j
lizer containing a J
f Potash, in order ^
>t, fullest pods.
" and "Plant Food"
Doks for the farmer,
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of any cost or ob- g
/ho write for them. *
luable facts about
i profitable business.
.NLKAI,! WORKS.
Atlanta. Ga.?22 Ji So. Broad Street.
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i\ UOLUMJBIA, S. U.
millinery! millinery!
Miss Eleanor Clary will be in charge
of our Millinery Department again this
season, this being our first season in
spring millinery
i
you will find everything new and upto-date
in this department. Call and see
us before purchaseing a hat. 1
specials. *
Art Squares $3.98
Rags 27x63, special 98c.
iOOO yards Embroidery 5c.
1000 yards Embroidery, special. ... 10c.
Corset cover, Embroidery 20 and 25c.
Gilt Belts 25 and 50c.
Leather Belts 25 and 50c.
| Mennens Talcum Powder 15c.
jams m all departments and we
Lexington friends call and be
National Hank, (
:IA, S. C. B
te, City and County Depository. 9
$250,000 00 8
12,500 00 A
250,000 CO 9
$515,500 00 8
tment at 4 per cent, per Annum, ? 4
Quarterly. m
$100,000 oo m
82,000 00 B
:ers. 1
J. P. Matthews, Cashier. v *
W. M. Gibbes, Jr., Ass't. Cashier. b
Weston & Aycock, Attorneys. B
e people, for the people and by the jjK
all farmers as much desired as large M
mk opens every Saturday from G to
of wage earners. M
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| Will Save you Money in his >
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i DEPARTMENT. [
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I The Best and Latest Furnishings >
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! Shirts, Collars, Guffs, Gloves >
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WHITE m FAHCY VESTS, I
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< Our Spring line of"^^ [
! SOFT and STIFF HATS j
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J are here, comprising Knox, Stet- >
i son and other makes. Prices, \
j $1.00 to $5.00 >
J All the New Blocks in \
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J. M. CRAPS,"
Dealer in all kinds of
Furniture, Toilet Sets,
COFFINS AND CASKETS.
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RUGS, MATTRESSES, BLANKETS
rtn\f parts rftt spppats
CLOCKS, WATCHES. JEWELRY.
ETC.
LEXINGTON, - - S. C.
August 23, 190o. ly.
T. X. L. relieves when properly applied.
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