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H The Lexington Dispatch G. M. Harm:an, Editor and Publisher D. R. Haltiwanger/Assistant Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Lexington, S. C., as second class matter. Th /subscription price of the Dispatch is $1 a year; 50 cents fcr six months; 21 cents for three months?invariably cash in advance. CIRCULATION 2,386. = Wednesday, February 5,1908. *v-V Of all sad word9 that were ever writ, i " The saddest of all is, please remit. , . >- ! WonnamaW and ShaiD *' iUCDOiO* f I wii i IWI ?. ? 4 of the Lexington delegation voted foi State prohibition last week. ? We want to protest against Frank ^ * Lever's accepting any marriage proS ' ' posal, until all applications from LexI; ington have been filed. . President John C. Shepherd of the s : South Carolina Bar Assdciation has H made his committee appointments. Among them we notice the following: y C. M. Efird, chairman of committee on publication ? Col. Geo. Bell TimV . merman,.member on rational law. ' ====== Residents of Aiken county will soon y- be free from taxation if the North 'v . Augusta dispensary, keeps on selling ;y booze to the tune of ?1,000 and up> wards a day. Evidt ntly the CareyVy: > Go th ran law increases the consumpp;. tion of whiskey in that county, in. stead of decreasing its use. f We extend our sympathy to Ex;:y Governor M. B. McSweeney in the loss of his paper, the Hampton GuarTrrVtirtV, woe fntallr dftstroved bv y.-,-*- U?UJ, *> yiw ' -v ^ ,, ? J - fire on tbe night of the 26th of Januuary, We have suffered the same !& misfortune and, therefore, know how to sympathize with others. May The : - Guardian continue to grow in tiseful5 h ness and in numbers! * - * ===== || The people living along the old Augusta road are displaying the proper spirit. By popular subscription and M wort: they propose to clay the road for a distance of five miles?from Mr. y Willie Taylor's place to the Lexington county fair grounds. In this undertaking they ask the aid of all who feel interest in; the welfare of our pubiieioadd. Let other sections fol*. lowc&it. We are pleased to note that business generally has improved. Our mer? chants have been quite busy for the .*z. * " . 2 past tew days and they are in much better spirits. We haye anticipated all along that the spring trade would impgpve and fully meet the wishes oi the merchants. The evidence has already loomed up. Traveling men feelihetter and are receiving orders for future shipment. The railroads, too,;\are realizing improvement in ||v freight receipts, while the travel is on the increase. We hope the money panic is now a thing of the past. :;v-' Iv is indeed a shame and disgrace that the roads of Lexington county are in such a deplorable condition. We have never heard so much comi' plaint about "bad roads." Frqpi every section of the county these complaints are coming in. Lexington is amply able to have as good roads as - any county in the State, but she has ther#orst.-? The people are looking to out-members of the legislature for relief- Assist the chaingang, which has done some admirable work, with supgieipentary funds, and work the roads by taxation. View Circuit to Be Cre&ted. The substitute bill creating an eleventh judicial circuit passed the house unanimously last night after Mr. F. rt. Tnmnkina had exDlained the ne . cessity for more courts in Richland in order to relieve the congested condition of the criminal and civil dockets. Mr. Tompkins read the letters from the Richland and Lexington bar associations, telling of the need for clearing the dockets. ^he following changes Jlwill be made: The Fifth circuit will be composed of &e counties of Kershaw and jRichland. The Eleventh circuit will be composed of the counties of Lexington, Saluda and Edgefield. Nothing herein shall affect the existing arrangements for the spring terms of court for the year 1908. Reports all False. This morning Mr. D. H. Shannon asked The Record to inform the public that all reports and rumors that his sister, Miss Sallie, who ^disappeared from home several weeks ago, has been found are false. Mr. Snannou nor none of the family know anything of the young lady, and would be glad to redeive any news whatever concerning her.?Record, Feb. 3. i"1,.. j <34?4I4"9"8"0"0"0"Q"Q?$<8' V Nursing baby? <* rj "? & It's a heavy sb% . ? ^ l -f n Her system is ca | O nourishment for tv : J Some form of n i ' be easily taken up O .is needed. : ? - ^ M _ ? . . . 9 ^COTT J ^ greatest possible c ^ ment in easily diges : ?l> . Mother and bal helped by its use. | Jm ft*?* J [J ALL DRUGGI5 ; "~A~FEAT IN PHOTOGRAPHY^ Daring Descent to Get a View of an Osprey's Nest. 1 Now commenced my work, and I descended on my rope to terrace after terrace, forcing my way through thick rows of prickly pear, a most painful operation. And now we found that there was nobody below to signal us - where the nest lay. The inevitable re?suit was that after descending' more than 100 feet I had to signal to be /hauled up again,, always through the prickly pear. Again did I descend, and again did I fail to find the nest On the third occasion I reached a reerr>r%n + r?lifF TlfhflTIM 111 LUC ^ICUC N.UU, *i uvuvv, unbending my rope and securing it to a bush for obvious reasons, I made a cast along a ledge to the south and reached a point which I identified as being not far from the nest as seen from below. So I retraced my steps and, regaining my rope, was hauled up for a third time. During this operation I passed a ledge where a peregrine falcon was nesting. The old female swept close around with shrill cries and eventually alighted on the sandy shelf of rock within a few feet of me add, with outspread wings and every feather standing on end, lowered her head and screamed furiously. I have no doubt I was close to her young, but I had more serious work in hand, and so I left her alone. I now made my fourth and last i descent and found myself immediately, over the nest, but befor4 I could go down to it the party handling the rope had to work their way down toward 1 me,, since therope was too short. Fi-. nally I reached the nest an enormous mass of big sticks measuring more than five feet across and doubtless the result of many years' work. In It were two eggs much incubated.' By standing on a ledge close to the nest and pressing the camera between my body and the face of the cliff I was able to take some long time exposures with fairly good results. It was near sunset and the cliff was in deep shadow. which did not facilitate my task. Between the 8haly nature of the cliff, the slippery terraces covered .with loose soil' and stones and the detestable prickly pears I never had a jnore unpleasant or arduous task on a cliff before. But I have lived to endure worse experiences, although not so painfully protracted as were these. My very curt entry in my diary summarizes the whole job thus: "Bad shale cliffs, vertical and dangerous. Height over sea, 160 feet Top of cliff, 310 feet. The worst bit of rope work I ever did." With regard to the prickly pears, it was many months before the last of the poisonous spines I had collected in various parts of my body consented to come out, and then only after first festering.?London Saturday Review. Disinterested Professional Advice. "Bring me that beefsteak potpie"? "Yassah," said the dining car waiter, listening near by. "And bring me some of those French peas"? "Yassah; but boss, maybe you all don't know dey's French peas in dat pie." "No, I didn't Thanks, George. And ?ah?and?ah, then bring me some po-. tatoes." ' "Yassah, boss; but maybe you all v didn't know dey's tatehs, too, in dat pie." "No, I didn't. Thanks again, George. It's mighty nice of you to keep m*i firwrr* hnri'n<T a Int of stllfP T wouldn't want." "Yassah, Ah reckon it's mahty nice o% me t' do dat, boss. Ah's seen so many, m-a-n-y people?nice gemmens, lak you all?waste money fo' veg'tables dat might jus' as well 'a' been handed over to th' waiteh. Yassah, Ah sko' has."?Judge. Bacteria In Butter. "Bacteriologists have shown us that ordinary butter is swarming with germs," declares Good Health. "A single teaspoonful of milk generally contains from 2,000,000 to 10,000,000 germs. The number may even be much larger than this. In the removal of cream from the milk the germs are taken with it, and in the process of churning the germs are collected with the fat, so in the butter we have the concentration of a large part of the germs contained in the milk from which the butter was i derived. So in a pound of butter derived from twenty pints of milk the number of bacteria must be almost beyond estimate. A brief computation will show that the number of bacteria contained in a pound of butter might easily reach the enormous sum of five , to ten billions." ???? 1 ' % iin on mother. ??? 4 tiled upon to supply 41 ro. 4* < ourishment that will A by mother's system 4* * lis ton contains the imount of nourish- 4* ted form. 41 "1 ^ by are wonderfully : ? ? 9 *8* 5TS: 50c. AND $1.00 Q COiN MOTTOES. Inscriptions Th^t Were a Joy to tho . Cynics ar.d Critics. A collection of coin mottoes gathered by an Italian student, Amerigo Scarlatti, was published in Minerva, an Italian periodical. Scarlatti is of the opinion that such inscriptions, though not intended to be cynical, too often admit of such an interpretation through | the irresistible habit of the public of j ignoring the intention of the designer and applying the motto to the coin itself. Thus when Charles II., lring of the two Sicilies, had Engraved on his silver ducat the Latin words "Unus non SufScit," meaning "One is not enough," nn rAvraftiT>fy uii uut; nuiiu uxoislcu. v/u iui that the king referred to a single scepter and enthusiastically agreed with, him that one ducat wasn'tr enough for any one. On the contrary,, a storm of ironical opposition was aroused when Louis de Bourbon, king of Etruria, in the early part of the last century inscribed "Yideant Fauperes et Lactentur" on his ! coins. The words mean ''Let the poor ' see and rejoice," and of course every | one wanted to know why a poor man. should rejoice at merely seeing a piece of money. On the papal coinage of li>73 bearing j the arms of Gregory XIII. are the J words "Et Super Hanc Petram" (And I upon this rock). Of course the pope 1 and the artist who designed\the coin ! meant the words to refer to the papa- , 1 cy, but the evil minded applied them: | so maliciously to the coin itself tha?. < the issue was speedily stopped. A s!jqq '] Vilar opportunity, for .evil tongues was ; afforded when the/Knights of Malta ' / coined an issue of dollars with the sign'' 1 of their order, the Maltese cross, and* \ ; their motto, "In &oc Signo Miiitamus": 1 ' (In this sign we combat). The ribalct \ ^affected to take it as a. confession that 1 ' with them money was truly tbb sinew j A# Tt'O t* it a&? A Venetian lira dated 1474 has the1 somewhat ambiguous motto "In Tibf Solo Gloria" (To thee alone the glo-" -ry). A sequin coined by Cardinal Itez. gonico in 1744 bears the words "Veni Lumen Cordium," or "Come, thoulight of hearts.", Clement XI. issued a coin with an image of'the Madonna, wfoB^ r' the legend "Causa Nostrae Laetitiae" (Cause of our joy), and a Venetian piece with an allegorical figure of Jus-; tice, with the words "Nostra in hac elicitas" (Our happiness in this). All of these inscriptions were irrevently diverted by contemporaries from their true object to the money itself. TOMORROW'S BIRTHPLACE. Line In the Pacific Where It Shakes Hands With Yesterday. Most people who have read Jules Verne's "Around the World In Eighty Days" will remember how narrowly the traveler missed his bet, having forgotten that in following the sun from east to west he had gained one day. When one crosses the Atlantic from London to New York he gains rather more than half an hour each day. From New York to Chicago another hour is gained, another to Denver, another to San Francisco, which is reckoning time eight hours later than Lon don and of course the best pare or a day later than Shanghai and Yokohama. In crossing the Pacific there comes a time when the daj- begins, where yesterday and tomorrow shake hands and where the traveler is cheated out of a day in his life. In mid-Pacific, going west, one skips from Sunday to Tuesday. Going east he has one day of the week repeatedtwo Sundays or Tuesdays, as the case may be. The line of the changing day is not a straight one. The islands in the Pacific take their time from the continent with which they trade and from which they were discovered. Thus the line of the change zigzags down the Pacific from south to north, dodging be tween the islands. Hence it might easily happen that a ship which has already skipped a day would reach an island which clings to San Francisco time. In such a case it would be Monday on shore and Tuesday on the ship. If the ship's jolly boat were lying at a wharf, it would be Monday on the wharf and Tuesday on the boat. And if a person lives somewhere near the line he can get a sailboat and visit yesterday and tomorrow in the most delightful fashion. rOLEYSHONEr^XAR for chlldreni safe, sure ?Yo opiates J Willie D. Shull. Mr. Willie D. Shull, one of Lexing- i ton county's best men, died Jan. 2G, I 1908, and was buried the following 3ay at St. David's church, the funeral services being conducted by his pastor, Rev. R. E. Livingston, assisted by Rev. J. A. Cromer. Mr. Shull had been in failing health for several months, but not confined to his bed quite three weeks. He was a son of Mr. Daniel Shull and was regarded as a man of the best integrity ?a man whose life was just what it shnnld have been. He will be missed in the church, as he was one of the officers and was always ready to lend a helping hand to every one; the community haft lost a good man; the wife an affectionate husband and the children a kind and loving father. Weep not dear ones? He's gone to the land where troubles, cease, Where all is light and life and peace, The land where holy angels sing Eternal praises to their king. The land where the redeemed will meet And worship at the Saviour's feet; Pay homage to the father, swn, And holy spirit three in one. The land where Jesus reigns supreme, Where all is lovely and serene; Where peace, sweet peace and joy do roll, From Jesus' breast to every soul. No sickness, sorrow, pain or death; No throbbing heart, no ( poisnous breath, Can enter this fair land of bliss To mar his perfect happiness. MRS. LILLIE ROOF, New Brookland, Feb. 3. Real Estate ; and Insurance, \ LEXINGTON, - S. C. j : POE ?A.Z.B. ? 60 acres within one mile 01 Arthur. > 50 acres "adjoining Saxe-Gotha [ Mills lands. ? One 10 horsepower boiler. > One 8 horsepower engine. [ One 50 saw gin. > One shingle mill. > One grist mill. * 1 Timber to cut 500,000 shingles. > 20 resident lots in the town of >Lexington. . . . , [ ' 30 acres good farming land in > ! : Rocky Creek. 1% miles from Petefr's church. | 5 lots near Lexington Depot. - "' > One valuable lot in the town of Lexington, S. C. 12 Acres just outside incorporate > limits, Lexington, S. C. . . >. 6 Acres very, . near Lexington, [ s, a, .. ' . .. .; Store building and lot on Main > street, Lexington, S. C. [ House and lot in town hexing- >' ton?* acre land; 6-room dwelling. > 250 "acres on Southern railroad | 2^ miles from Barr, 4 miles from > Gilbert?2 buildings, good or- > chard, 50 acres open land. j $ acre and three room house > near town of Lexington. ? > 1 acre lot?two story building, [ at Irene, S. C. > FOR RElTT. ; One store room, one warehouse Lexington, S. C. [ t Write or call to see me ! AT ; THE HOME BANK, | - M M I a Lexington, 5. u. r ~1 TTT _ 1 w e j Mules 1< on Dec. bargain which v We 1 Mules a ( I 1311-131 Whlttgn Dry Great Semi-Anni Sale is now ? continue unt THE ENTIBE $35,000 STOCK I Clearance quick, decisive and Prices on everything, in evei 1 shatterred. Profits have beei fore in the annals of Batesbi ftvo Viaan on />V\ QT1 OTTnlnTl nli c i/uviv UV/V/JJL guvu. nu avaiajuuxi^ Its the sale you have been lo< ?waiting for. : : Sidetrack your farming, builc and come at once. Your doll do the work of two. : MIEN DRY BATESBURG, * FUR NIT U FURI 111 iiiiigrtiiri I We carry a full line of Furni Goods at lowest prices. See our Rockers, Chairs, Bedsteads, Suites, Dining Suites, L Shades, Carpets, Rugs We buy in solid car lots, whi than most merchants. Just give rest. : : : COFFINS AND CASKI Swansea Fui SWANSE For j T-kTOTT-D A Mm? J. IN O u ximi ujj, | LIFE, 1 FIEE, : ACCIDENT, T SEE { E. G. Dreher,1 LEXINGTON, S. C. * Strongest and Best Companies Notice, Debtors and Creditors. .. All parties indebted to the estate of , Paul T. Brodie, deceased, are herebynotified to make payment and those . j having claims against said estate will ! present them properly attested to the f undersigned Administratrix, on or be- f [ fore the first day of March. MRS. ISABEL BRODIE, Administratrix. Lexington, S. C., Jan. 20, 1908. Final Discharge. 1 This is to notify all persons that we will apply to Hon. Geo. S. Drafts, Judge of Probate for Lexington county, South c Carolina, on the 6th day of March, 1908, " 1 4-A^O nf flio for a final aiscnarxe a* CAC^ULVlo ua miv | j estate of Benjamin Rawl. 0 G. H. RAWL, II. J. RAWL, a ' B. H. RAWL, I 4wl7 Executors. * % USES and MULE rave ten head of Horse 3ft out of the two cars si 20th, which we will sel . Also five two-horse "W je will sell at cost, cvill have in a fresh car 1< bout the 25th of Januar laughman Bros., .3 ASSEMBLY ST., COLUMBIA i1 rial Clearance an and will :il Feb. 1st. S GOING AT A SACRIFICE I complete is the object. y department have been n annihilated. Never beirg merchandising have 5 of sensational sacrifices. oking for?talking about ling and household affairs ar in many instances will / s. c. m .. P f 1 ! ... " " 7VHnSKI?nHKdBHHffi FUTURE! ture and House Furnishing line of Bedroom Suites, Parlor ace Curtains, Window >, M Squares, etc. ch enables ns to buy cheaper us a call and we will do the :TS A SPECIALTY. : : : . y .'J *-' rniture Co., a n rt " A, S. KJ, L H. BALL. P. C. PRICE COMMUNITY SiLVER. fable ware that will wear, and give you perfect satisfation. a Spoons - $2 half doz lossori Spoons or Forks $3.50 h d > able Spoons or Forks $4.50 h d bives - S3 to $7 half doz When you buy plated table rare, get the best there is COMMUNITY SILVER. For sale by A. H. BALL & CO., JEWELERS, 637 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. Repairing a specialty. C. HAYNESWORTH, BARBER, 332 Main Street, Near Skyscraper, Columbia, S. C. o <Expert Barbers, Sharp Razors and lean Towels?Everything Firstclass. His Lexington customers and many nends will be served in the highest art f the profession. w INE SALVE ACTS LIKE A POULTICE ELIEVES ALL FORMS OF SKIN DISEASE ? 1 S! ss and lipped 1 at a ragons Dad of y. , s. c. * t & . \