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The Lexington Dispatch Wednesday, July 3, 1912. * * 6 M. Harmas, Editor and Publisher D. R. Haltiwanqbb, Assistant Editor. Vr? Entered at the Post Office at Iiexington, S. 0., as second class matter. CIRCULATION 2.300. opkfns' Slaughter Sale. Hopkin's ten days slaughter sale? the biggest sale ever pat on by tms popular concern?is now in full sway, and all Columbia is rejoicing. The greatest bargains ever offered you'll find at Hopkins; audit will pay yon to go before the stock is picked over. The sale is on; the bargains are offered, and if yon do not avail yourself of the opportunity to save money, it is your own fault. _ _ i * Carolina National. The "Old Reliable" Carolina National Bank, of Columbia, published its statement in The Dispatch last week. This bank draws a large patronage from Lexington county; and all of its dealings are fair and square. Mr. T. Hugh Meighan, the cashier, is known to many of our people, and no better fellow ever lived. When you want to borrow money this bank will be pleased to serve you. Committee Reports , On Chaingang. The special committee of the road inspectors of Lexington county have filed the following report in the supervisor's office: 4'The committee appointed to inspect the chaingang, consisting of D. P. Bodie, Emanuel iLong; ancL,_R. L. Keisler, performed that duty fon the 2nd clay of January, 1912, and ?beg to report: "We examined the book and acI . counts of the expenses 01 the gang as folly as we could o ithin the time we had to do this work. "The books appuar to show anatomized statement c,i said exoenses. "There are thirty convicts on the ^ang; three of this number are white and ten of them are hired from] the State at $4 00 per month. The tents and bunks are in good condition. They hgye 22 znnies and oaf horsefcon the wmk, all in good condition. The wagems an I harness are. also in good * con* etition. "There are live guards {with |the gang <me night guard at a salary of $25.00 per month, one camp guard at a salary of $30.00 per month, three line guards at a salary of $25.00, and |the captain at a salary of $85.00 per! month. "Prom the information we gathered, we think the chaingang is being properly managed and is doing a good , work. Respectfully, D. P. Bodie, Emanuel Long, R. L. Keisler, 1 Committee. j Socialist Party To]Meet. \ The regular monthly meeting of Lo- | eal Lexington, Socialist Party, will ,be on Saturday, July 6th, at 2 o'clock ip. * m. A referendum vote will ;be taken 1 on the revised national constitution ? and other important matters will come* c before the local for consideration, j C trades, be prompt. t P. I. Rawl, c Secretary. ' ? _ % % i JMIon Tints. * \ ^ Peiion, Joly 1.?The many friends 15 'of M isters Kenneth and Prank Kneece ore glad to know that they are recov- j ering from a severe attack of typhoid ,L fever. Tae patron9 of tlie Pelion JHigh School are glad to know that Prof. |C. S G. Williams will teach for them next 3 term. Prof. Williams has done a jgreafc work at this place. * Miss Enla Ashworth, the music <*eaeber of this place, has a large class. Mr. Jake Capstid lias recently open- t ed a store here. \ { Sev. J. K. Inabinet filled his regular ' "oppointment in the Methodist church ( &ere yesterday morning. G. Woman KiUetl By i uer Has Dana, i; On last Tuesday evening Will Glass, I; n^gro, shot and mortally 5 wounded I is wife, Bettie Glass, and seriously o;mdtd her baby which she held in ljer arms at the time of the shooting. Bettie Glass received, two charges from a breech-loading shotgun, one load taking effect in the breast, the other in the thigh. $The woman died on Wednesday. The tragedy occurred in a house near Cayce, and is said to have been ' entirely unprovoked. Glass at once made his escape and has]not been capAnred. 'Ik BOWSER ORATES. His Wife Is an Unappreciative Listener. AN ANCIENT HUMANITARIAN. A P'erfervid Address Which Fell Upon Worse Than Deaf Ears, For Mrs. Bowser Actually Made Fun of His Altruistic Ambitions. By M. QUAD. [Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary Press.) ? W SHALL be out this evening," rem marked Mr. Bowser as he rose JB from the dinner table with a look of importance on his face. "I was going to ask you to go to a moving picture place with me," replied Mrs. Bowser as she followed him up stairs. ' "It would be useless. The pictures will have to move without us/' "Then it's something important?" "It is." "Very important?" "So very important that a thousand dollars wouldn't keep me at home." "Some club?" "Two weeks ago, Mrs. Bowser, I was elected a member of the Most High and Noble and Ancient Humanitarians. I don't recollect whether I said anything about it to you or not" "No, you didn't. So they have a meeting tonight?" "They do, and I am to deliver an oration. I don't know whether I men- j trloned that fact or not" ' No; I think you didn't Have you gc . the oration written out?" An Extemporaneous Orator. "Mrs. Bowser, I am a man that doesn't have to write out my speeches and orations. After I have chosen my subject the words come to me spoil ' .' > .- \ \ TOWARD THB DABS AND SILBNT BIT2B. taneously. Sometimes my thoughts come to me far faster than I can express them orally." "Y-e-s. You are all prepared for this occasion, are you?" "I am. There isn't a question about 1 succes? " "Jusc what is the object of the Humanitarians?" "To extend sympathy to the afflicted and alleviate distress. If I should be taken away the members would come n:ere and sympathize with you." "How good of them! And if I wanted to borrow 15 cents I suppose they frould lend it to me if I turned in the .'urniture as security." "See here, woman," said Mr. Bowser ifter a long look at her, "I don't understand this levity. The Most High ind Ancient and Noble are not a set >f buffoons." "I didn't suppose so. but I hadn't ieard of any number of humanitarians >anding together to alleviate anything >r anybody. It's all right, though. I luppose. and the proceedings wili be nteresting. Will they sit you od a rhunk of ice, the same as the Gay Old Soys did? You didn't get warm for a rani' " "Woman!" "And when you joined the Undefiled Pilgrims they made you climb ladlers." "Woman!" "And when you were initiated at the Subconscious Reprobates they rubbed rour head with a brickbat and made rou chew od a bootleg. I was just tsking if this was a club of that orler." "No. of course not!" was shouted. "Then I am glad you are to become i member. I like the name very much, ind I should say that its members rxreu-ck ohrvro fho mulfllp ? STf? find SPI*i >us, steady men." A Serious Order. "Now you are talking a little sense." growled Mr. Bowser. "There is no levity about the Most Ancients. 1 know three or four of the members, ind I never saw a smile on their faces vet. The proceedings will be dignity itself." "That's good But why do they want an oration?" "To vary the program a little, I presume; also to draw out its members and get new Ideas." "I see. I hope you make a hit. and I should like to hear what you are goen? What ts vonr subiect?" IV v _ "It's on the duty we owe mankind." "That's a wide subject, Mr. IJowser." "And I have treated it widely. 1 will repeat enough of the oration to give you a fair idea of the whole. Listen: " 'The bells were striking midnight when a man was seen making his way toward the dark and silent river!' " "But why not have him making his way toward Prospect park?" queried Mrs. Bowser. "How was he to drown himself in the park?" "Oh, 1 see. Go on." " 'He was a lame man?lame in both legs. Eis back was bent, and his locks were gray.'" "Porous plasters and hair dye would have fixed that," whispered Mrs. Bow ser to herself. Mr. Bowser paid no attention to her remarks, but warmed to his work and went on: " 'His right arm had been paralyzed /Onefn roa \ \\JCOWUl w*/ 44 'He had tuberculosis! (More gestures.) 44 4He had lost wife and children. (More gestures and emotion.) 44 4He had no home and not a cent in his pocket. (Very pathetic). 44 4He had begged the world for a crust, and it had given him kicks instead. (More pathos.) 44 4Why live on? He were better dead and with the angels in heaven. (Bowser points to the ceiling.) 44 'The turgid waters should be his shroud and the turgid mud at the bottom his coffin and his grave! (Tears.) 44 4He reaches a wharf! " 'He walks out to the far end! "'He clasps his wrinkled hands and raises his eyes to the midnight sky. (The orator motioned it out.) "'I die! I die, because?because'? " 'No. brother! Hold!' " "And a member of the Most High and Noble and Ancient Humanitarians suddenly appears," finished Mrs. Bowser. "He does." "And tells the man there is hope for him?" "Yes." "And takes him to his own home and feeds him up and then calls in a doc tor?" "Just so." "And the doctor says the man can be cured, but it will cost money, as he must make good to a disappointed cemetery company and an undertaker?" "Yes, something like that." "And the Ancient tells him to go ahead, and he does, and the man is cured and later on becomes a great statesman?" "Y-e-s." Mrs. Bowser's Amendments. . "And thus you point your moral and adorn your tale, and you also get before the public the real object and work of the club. Why don't you change it a little, Mr. Bowser?" "Where?how?" "Make your man a woman, and when she la cured hare her go out as cook. You see, we fynre too many statesmen and too few cooks." "By thunder, woman, 1 believe you have been making fun ef me all the time!" shouted Mr. Bowser as h* ' sprang up. She was red faced and gargling. "If you hare"? Mrs, Bowser tiled to get upstairs, I but the way was blocked. She tried to [ get down to the basement, but Mr. Bowser, headed her off. Then she had to laugh in his presence. She laughed till the tears came, and It was three or four minutes before he said: , "Woman, this is too much?too much!" "But it's so funny!" "You have crossed the dead line at lost and must pay the penalty." "But I didn't mean?mean"? "Too much and too late." And he strode down the hall and clapped on bis hat and left the houseto attend the meeting of the Most High and Noble and Ancient and deliver that oration? Not any! Mrs. Bowser had butted in and killed all that He went down the street three blocks and sat the stone steDs of a house to shiver and think, and he might have sat there all night had not the tenant of the house come to the door and shouted at him: "Come, now, you old sneezer, if you've got a home go to it!" Not Real. "Now, boys," said the schoolmaster, "what is the axis of the earth?" Johnny raised his hand promptly. "Well, Johnny, how would you describe it?" "The axis of the earth," said Johnny proudly, 4is an imaginary line which passes from one pole to the other and on which the earth revolves." "Very good," exclaimed the teacher. "Now, could you hang clothes- on that line, Johnny?" "Yes. sir," was the reply. "Indeed!" said the examiner, disappointed. "And what sort of clothes?" "Imaginary clothes, sir."?Harper's "Weekly. ? 4 ? It Sounds Better So. <? & A great many people spend all j| ? their time talking and call it ? % fighting for principle.?Emporia ? ? Gazette. ? There Too. Church?I see it is said that in the Blue Nile- region in Egypt a native laborer can live very comfortably on (i to 8 cents a day. Gotham?Yes, but I suppose the trouble is in finding out just where the 6 to 8 cents a day is coming from.? Yonkers Statesman. IN 1925. "Did you see that fellow who Just touched me for a quarter? Well, be was a schoolmate of mine and held all Ihe big records. It's funny he's never amounted to anything since." "What records did he hold?" "Fly swatting." ? Cleveland Plain , Dealer, Stimulate Children? i Ask your doctor how often tie prescribes an alcoholic i stimulant tor children. He will probably say, ''Very, very rarely." Ask him how often he prescribes a tonic for them. He will probably an- , swer, "Very, very frequently." i Then ask him nhnnf AVer's 1 Sarsaparilla as a strong and safe tonic for the young. Not a drop of alcohol in it Always keep a box of Ayer's Pills in the bouse. Just one pill at bedtime, now and c then, will ward off many an attack of < biliousness, indigestion, sick-headache. < How many years has your doctor known < these pills? Ask him ail about them. 1 Xftdo by J. C. 1TI1 CO.. Loirvll. Msu. MY LOVE. 1LOVE you?I can ne'er forget * The many charms that you present; 1 You are the girl for me?and yet My love Is tinged with discontent t I'm no equestrian. My knees Have never pressed a charger's side, = And yet my common sense decrees That women need not ride astride. Your dainty finger tips delight. And yet I feel profound regrets I That their complexion should be quite c So deeply stained by cigarettes. ( My very life is In your hand, *; Upon you all my being dotes, t And yet I cannot understand Why you should favor women's votes. And so (I'm not the man to fret) ^ 'Twere better you should still be free. I I love you fervently?and yet 1 I know we never should agree. C ?New York Sun. The Hookworm'# Meal. Mr. Higley was a book lover. When g he was deeply interested in reading he a would ignore meal hours entirely and i: take a standiag luncheon whenever it a occurred to him to do so. F Mrs. jaigley was of a very domestic * tuffi of inincL ^Doing up" starched clothes was her chief delight, and ' starch as she made it was a most ar- d tistic composition. b One day she made some boiled starch t and, turning it into a yellow bowl, put it in the pantry window to cool. Household defies took her upstairs for an hour or so. and when she came e back for the starch she found only an r empty yellow bowl with a spoon in it I She went into the sitting room. Her & husband was busily reading. She e fmght best to use a little diplomacy discovering what had became of her Starch. "Bow did you like that pudding in the yellow bowl?* she asked craftily. . 4 Then Mr. Higley unwittingly convict- f: ed himself. "It was a pretty mean e podding.** he said, "hot 1 managed to o eat it!"?Toutb's Companion. Warning. . This is to notify all persons that my lawful wife, Lncinda Bowman, has c left my home and board without cause, a and that the law will positively be en- o forced against anyone harboring or , onvincr her emnlovment. or credit, or ~ n* ' *?e> ? 1 ? - - , aiding her in any manner whatever without my consent. C James A. Bowman. tl Irmo, S. C., July 3, 1912?3wp Alfred J. Fox, ; REAL ESTATE ARB INSURANCE ? ; LEXINGTON, - S. C. Real Estate Bought and Sold. ________. e t< 140 acres, two miles south of j[ Barr, 6 mile9 from Lexington, 30 nnp.n. nO aTes nine timber. <? T' ? fc room dwelling, a barn and sta- I bles, plenty running water. f< V 62K acres 3 miles west of Gas- P t( ton, 9 acres open, 3 room dwell- t] ing, some pine timber, plenty 0: oak. 4& acres one mile from Edmund' 25 acre.s open land, 2 room dwelling. 139** acres 4 miles from Lex- ^ ington cn the Augusta Road, 22 acres open, some pine timber, 6 r< room dyrelling. 270 acres; 3 miles from Peliou, 50 acres open land, dwelling, plenty water. Fine land for fi Cotton and grain. * 162 acres o miles from Steed- ^ man, 2i? acres open land, dwel- p ling barn and Stables. tl 104 acres 1 mile from Edmund, 35 acres open land, 2 room dwel- ~ ling, plenty water. SURETY BONDS. tl Write or call to see me l AT THE HOME NATIONAL BANK, i i J Lexington, S. C. j t | ?? BW?f i !* iimk?imm'mmmm mmmm mmmmta m i ?' ANNOUNCEMENTS. $5.00 Strictly in Advance. For United States Senate. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the United States Senate, subject to the rules of the democratic party. Your support and influence will be apprecited. i N. B. DIAL, Laurens, S. 0. For Congress I hereby announce myself as a caniidatefor the nomination for Congress from the Seventh Congressional Dis- ' _r a tu /-i i: ? L. i.~ iv. 1 uiiuft ui ouutu Tjnruxiijti, auujori/ iu me rules of the Democratic primary. A. F. Lever. ; _ - ~ 1 For Solicitor. This is to announce to the Demo;ratic voters of the Eleventh Judicial ^ Circuit that I am a candidate for re- ( election to the office of Solicitor; and ( :o express my appreciation of the sup- 1 Dorfc I have received in the past. 1 GEO. BELL TIMMERMAN. For State Senate. 3 Being requested by numerous voters ^ :hroughout the county, I hereby an- ( jounce myself as a candidate for re- } jlection to the State Senate, subject ^ ;o the rules of the primary election. D. M. CROSSON. : "For TTrvnsA "R#vnrASATit:at.ivAR. r ] J. Brooks Wingard is hereby an- ? lounced a3 a candidate for the House < >f Representatives from Lexington ] bounty, and is pledged to abide by ( he rules of the Democratic party in { he coming primary election. ; We hereby announce E. L. Lybrand, >f Brookland, a candidate for the i louse of Representatives and pledge j lim to abide by the result of the Dem- t icratic primarv election. ( MANY FRIENDS. . ( 1 The many friends of Capt. R. L. 1 >huler, recognizing his faithful services is a member of the House from Lex- ngton county, hereby announce him is a candidate for re-election and >ledge him to abide by the' result of J he democratic primary. | . ? I hereby announce myself a candi- c late for the House of Representatives, . ubject to the rules and regulations of he democratic party. JOHN HELL TO WILL. ! c t The many friends knowing the hon- 1 sty and ability of J. B. Addy anlonnce him aa a candidate for the loose of Representatives, and pledge i im to abide the result ofjthe primary _ lection. z , Many Friends. > - c . t For Clerk of Court* > Upon the solicitation of many of my rlends, I hereby announce myself a " andidate for re-election to the office f Clerk of Court, and pledge myself 1 o abide the result of the Democratic * rimary election. t FRANK W. SHEALY. ( i The many friends of Sam'l B. George " ereby announce him a candidate for lerk of court of Lexington county nd pledge him to *.bide by the result f the democratic primary election. * Many Friends. t a ( C. E. (Bob) Leapbart is hereby an- t oirnced as a candidate for Clerk of r k>urfc.of Lexington County, subject to le rules of the Democratic primary. FRIENDS. For Sheriff. d Sim J. Miller is hereby nominated as t candidate for election by the people f Lexington county to the office of heriff, which office he is now filling = )r an unexpired tf .'m bv appointment f the Governor. He will abide by the 2suJt of the democratic primary. Many Friends. c Thos. L. Harman is hereby announc- j d a Candidate for Sheriff of Lexing3ii County snb.iec: to tho rules of the a )emocratic Primary. i: 3 Upon the solicitation of many friends _ hereby announce myself a candidate 3r sheriff of Lexington County, sub3ct to the rules of the Democratic , rimary. If elected I shall endeavor j3 3 discharge the duties of the office to ? le best of my abi lity and without fear J r favor. . A. Silas Clarke. L 1" For County Treasurer. I hereby announce myself a candi- c ate for County Treasurer of Lexing- d >n County, subject to the rales and sgulations of the Democratic party. Eenry D. Lybrand. Recognizing the efficient and faithil manner in which County Treasurer !. L. Winirard has conducted the ofce m the past, \vc hereby announce im a candidate for re-election and " ledge him to abide by the result of I lie Democratic primary. E Many Friends. _ ~ v For County Auditor. f I am a candidate tor re-election to p be oflice of Auditor of Lexington Liuuiy, subject to the rules of the ^ )emocratic party. W. D. Dent. At the request of many friends I ore by j?ntv?nree mvself as a oandi- a ale for tm* oliiee of County Auditor j a nd a.ill abide by the rnles and regutlions o? the Democratic iYsiuary ! iiectioii. J. 0. Wiegard. i ? The many friends of Ioor Hayes do hereby announce him a candidate for County Auditor of Lexington County subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Many Friends. Supt. of Education. The friends of D. A. Kleckley, a teacher of experience and well known to many citizens of Lexington county, announce him as a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Education for Lexington county, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic party. The many friends of M. PICKENS LINDLER do hereby present his name before the Democratic voters of Lexington county for the office of County Superintendent of Education. He is an experienced educator and a graduate of one of the leading colleges of the State. VOTERS. Recognizing the demands of my friends, I hereby announce myself a candidate for County Superintendent 3f Education of Lexington county and pledge myself to abide by the result of the democratic primary. HOLLIE L. HARMAN. The friends of A. D. Martin, recogaizine his efficient and faithful ser dees as Superintendent of Education, bake pleasure in announcing him as a candidate for re-election to said office, md pledge him to abide by the rules of the democratic party. For County Supervisor. The friends of George A. Shealy recognizing his ability and satisfactory services as County Commissioner and Supervisor in Lexington county, kere3y announce him as a candidate for Dounty Supervisor, and pledge him to ibide the rules of the Democratic primary. In recognition of the eminent services rendered his county in the position of County Commissioner for ;wo terms, we hereby nominate James Janghman as a candidate for the office Supervisor of Lexington county, and pledge him to abide by the result of ;he democratic primary. MaDy Voters. The many friends of Mr. John T. Jaminer hereby announce him as a janmaate ror tne omce 01 uounty oujervisor of Lexington county, and riedge him to abide by the rules of the leinocratic party. John J. Reeder, of Swansea is anlounced as a candidate for Supervisor if Lexington County, and will abide >y the result of the Democratic prinary election. The many friends of Charley E. Corey, a contractor of many years expeience and well known to many citizens of Lexington county, announce iim as a candidate for the office of lounty supervisor of Lexington couny, and pledge him to abide by the remit of the Democratic primary. iUMJJ rriCliUB. The friends in Chinquepin Township lereby announce Mr. JLonis J. Langord as a candidate for re-election to he office of Supervisor of Lexington bounty and pledge him to abide the 'esult or the Democratic primary. Tor County Commissioner. The friends of Mr. John W. Smith, esiding in the Black Greek section of his County do hereby announce him ?candidate for the office of County Commissioner and pledge him to abide >y the result of the Democratic Prill ary. For Coroner. I hereby announce myself a candilate for the office of Coronor of Lex gton County, subject to the rules of he Democratic pnmajy. B. K. Kyzer. SOX'S BARBECUE. We will furnish a first-class Barbeue and refreshments at J. B. Sox's amous Barbecue Ground on Saturday "uly the 20th. There will be music ,nd speakiag. Everybody is cordially uvited to come and enjoy the day. wp J. B. Sox & Sons. Barbecue at Irmo. , We will furnish, as usual, a fine arbecue at Irmo on campaign day 912, the exact date to be named later. ?he public is cordially invited. F. W. Derrick, f M L. Warner fcAHBECUE. I will furnish a lirsi cl s? barbecue at lhapin, S. C., on county campaign ay. Everybody invited. JOHN RISTEE. May S?tf. rHE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA The University of South Caroliua-a rst-class college with coarses in Law, Engineering, and Commerce and Filance. Ferty-three teacher's scholarships rorth ?1C0 in money and exemption rom fees. A rare chance for an asking young man. The health and morals of the stneiits are the first care. Enrollment 443 students. Many improvements next session. hutrance examinations will be Held t the pouri house on Friday, Jui> 12, t y o'clock. For catalog write to S. 0. MITOilEhL, Pres. Columbia, b. C. J