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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
The Campaign in Edsaasld.

The State Democratic Executiv,
Committee having issued their cal
for combined Convention on Thurs
day the 2Gth OF June, twelve of on,
fellow-citizens must be elected at oui
coming County Convention-on the
10th of May or thereabouts-to rep.
resent Edgefeld in said meeting.
We publish the call in another COL
umn. Although one of tho purposes
of this State Convention is Ito nomi.
nate candidates for Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor and other State off,
GERS, still such nominations are not
actually made obligatory at such time.
Nor do We much think they will be
made then, inasmuch as a strong op-
position to nominating State officers
thus early has already manifested it.
self throughout the State. In fact
strong hints are already coming from
more than one quarter that our State
Executive Committee are Juggling in
the. interest OF the present State ad-
ministration. The prospect jpst bow,
therefore, is that the State Conven-
tion in June will do little else than
elect South Carolins's eighteen dele
gates to the National Democratic
Presidential Convention in Chicago
on July 8th.-Adoertiser.
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Unite the String.

Said one Of the most successful
merchants of Cleveland, O., to a lad
who was opening parel: young
man, unite the strings, do not cut
them my boy"
It was the first remark that he bad
made to new employe. 1t was the
first lesson the lad had to learn, and
it involved the principles of success
or failure in his business career.
Pointing to a we'll dressed man be-
hind the counter he said:
"There is man who always whips
out bis scissors and cuts the strings
of the packages in three or four
places. He is good salesman, but
Re will never be anything more. I
presume be lives from hand to mouth
and is more or less in debt. The
trouble with him is that he was never
taught to save.
II told the boy just now to unite
the strings, not so much for the value
of the strings as to teach him that
everything is TO be saved and nothing
wasted. If the idea can be firmly
impressed upon the mind Of q begin
ner in the life that nothing was made
to be wasted, you have laid the
OF success"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
The June Nominations.

We are truly gratifed to see that
very, many, Of our exchanges agree
with rs about this June business. It
would be monstrous wrong to nom
mate State officers at that time, when
the whole bone and sinew of our
party is at hard labor, trying TO re-
cuperate from the n,isfortunes of the
past year, aud unable to join iu poll
tics. There can be no generous,
hearty welcome and outpouring Of
our voters. The Chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee and
his brothers may put mp the sickly
cry Of expense and economy. incon-
!yenisAce, and ,conYenience-ha bat that is
folly, anffs none OF Their business
wheq it relates to subject OF such
vital'importance. We will, we hope,
be plrdoned if we suggest to them
the propriety Of studying the lesson
of tie Feather aud the camel's back"
Camden Journal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09

and just as he got half way up the
steps I touched off the second alarm,
and pa stopped, and I went up to the
head of the stairs to get another one
ready. Pa got hold of the clock and
tried to stop its noise by holding it
under his coat, and he listened for
ma again, but ma didn't show up.
When the clock got through sput-
tering pa came on up stairs, and at
the top the third one went of, and
then be was mad. He thought that
would wake ma sure, but she snored
right along through it all, and pa
breatbed hard and said some politi-
cal words. When that stopped I
slipped into the bedroom and whis-
pered to ma that was going to let
all three 60 off at once, and she said
all right. So I waited till pa got part
of his clothes off, when I turned on
all three of them. and I slipped out
in the hall, and then I began to hear
chairs tumble around, and pa began
to beg. I guess be thought there
was caucus. When the chairs had
all been thrown I turned up the gas
in the hall and came in as though I
had been frightened out of my bed,
and there stood ma laughing Just as
hard as she could, and pa had crawled
under the bed with only his feet
sticking out, and I think he was now
I lay me down to Sleep Ma coaxed
him out, and maybe she did not read
the riot act to him. She made him
promise to keep away from politics
and try to be a man, and I guess be
will. But I had to pay for one OF the
clocks, cause pa fell on it and busted
the works fatter than a tin plate.
But We had fun, aud Iguess my stay
ing up in the hall waiting for pa gave
me the cold that made me sick, but
feel better now, and will be out to-
morrow. Don't you know that when
a person lays and thinks OF dying it
makes them worse, when if they get
to talking about something it braces
them up? Come in again, boss, and
when I get we'll I will come over to
the grocery and talk to you till you
are SICK" and the bad boy rolled over
to go to sleep, while the groceryman
went out believing that nothing less
than a cannon ball would kill the
bad boy.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09

125 YEARS OLD.-Messrs. Francis
Newberry & Son, London, England,
established for 125 years, write; AS a
testimonial from one of the Oldest
drug houses in Great Britain, respect
ing your household remedy, will. no
doubt be of interest to you. VI are
pleased to make the statemen% that
We have sold st. Jacobs Oil with sat-
isfactiop to the public for several
years, and that owing to the ex.raor-
ordinary merits of the Article, the de-
mapd is continually increasing, and
that We have heard of many favora-
bic reports regarding its great virtue
IS pain cure remedy,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
Democratic State Convention.

The State Executive Committee oi
the Democratic party has issued the
following call for State Convention
Rooms STATE Dem. Ex CoM'TEE,
COLUMBIA, S. c., Mar. II, 'S4.
A Convention OF the Democratic
party of the State OF South Carolina
will be held at Columbia on Thurs
day, June Goth, 1884, at 12 o'clock
M, in the Hall of the House Of Rep
resentatives, for the following pur-
poses:
l. To nominate candidates for Elec-
tors for President and Vice. President
OF the United States.
2. To elect Eighteen Delegates to
represent the State in the National
Democratic Convention, which will
meet in Chicago on July 8. 1854.
3. To nominate candidates for Gov
ernor and Lieutenant. Governor, and
for other State Officers.
4. To elect the State Democratic
Executive Committee to serve for the
ensuing two years.
5. To transact such other business
as the Convention may deem proper.
Each county iu the State will be
represented in the Convention by
twice as many delegates as the num-
Der OF its representatives in both
branches of the present General As
sembly.
The County Executive Committees
are charged with the duty OF arrange
ments for the election of Delegates to
the Convention in accordance with
the rules in force in the several coun-
ties.
By order of the Committee.
JAMES F. IzLAR, Chairman.
VILE JONES, Sec.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09

Do You DOUBT IT?-Mr. Frank No
len, 68 Jefferson Place, Baltimore,
heard so much of Norman's Neutral
izing Cordial that he purchased 9
bottle for himself and another to send
to his family. He has never had
cause to regret his purchase. Reader
if you doubt the efficacy of Normsn's
Cordial, try small bottle. 1t does
not cost much.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
Among the 7hilist!nes.
A New Story In The Savannah
Weekly News.

The opening chapters Of another
OF the serials written by home authors
will appear in the Savannah Weekly
Ns'cs Of Saturday, April 10Th.
1t is entitled Among the Pbilis-
tines" and is from the pen of Mrs.
Nora Lipmau Hussey, OF Forsyth,
Ga, the author of "Herzchen. This
story introduces among its leading
characters a wife who, loving one
man, marries another, and who finds
% Der Consideration that she cannot
@off with the old love and on with
the new" at her will. She is consci-
antious and true, and at last through
much trial and suffering becomes
devoted and loving wife.
The Savannah Weekly Ne,cs is
mammoth sheet and contains eight
pages OF reading matter, comprising
all the news of the week, tolegraphic
dispatches up to the hour of going to
press, agricultural items, original Sc
rials, etc. Special departments de.
voted to Georgia, Florida and South
Carolina news.
To the farmer, mechanic or artisan,
The business or professional man who
have not the advantages of daily
mail, the Weekly Ne,vs is the medium
BY which be. can be informed OF
events transpiring in the busy world,
in his own State or in the /
most distant parts of the globe. l
In addition to q frst.class newspa.
'er at 8 moderate price, We offer to
ZACH yearly subscriber a copy of any
# the published novels of the Morn
ng Ne,cs Library free
Subscription two dollars a year, in
dyance. Address ]. H. Estill, No.
Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
Opening the Campaign.

By reference to the official call OF
the County Chairman, it will be seen
that the Democrats are expected to
buckle on their armor for the coming
conflict. Delegates are to be sent
from the local clubs to the central
club which meets here on salesday in
May. This will be an important
meeting, and it is incumbent on our
people to send their wisest and most
discreet mea to the May meeting. A
County Chairman, a Secretary aud a
Treasurer are to be elected. Dele
gates to the State Convention are
to be. 1elect.d, and time will prove
whether our people are free and in-
dependent to do as they please, or
whether they will bumbly submit to
the dictation of the Chairman of the
State Executive Committee in his
order 10 send delegates to Columbia,
which virtually means to re-nominate
the old State officers. Nobody has a
word to say abont the present State
officers except in praise. They are
all true and good officers, but we see
DO use of the Executive Committee
putting them 10 charge OF affairs for
another term. The State Offices in
Columbia are positions of honor and
profit, and we see no good reason for
keeping the same men always in the
best places. They have had good
term, and We think they might stand
aside for others who are inst as de-
serving and fully as competent
AJberiNe Press and Banner.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
Penalties.

The penalty of popularity is envy.
The penalty OF thin shoes is cold
The penalty Of baby is sleeples'
nights.
The penalty of a pretty cook is ar
empty larder.
The penalty Of good father is 9
silver knife, fork and spoon.
The penalty of kissing the baby is
half a doller Zone dollar if you are
liberal) tothe nurse.
The penalty Of interfering between
man and wife is abuse, frequently
accompanied with blows from both.
The penalty of buying cheap
clothes is like going to law-the
certainty of losing your suit, and
having to pay for it.
Ihe penalty OF remaining single ls
baving no one who cares a button
for you, as abundantly proved by the
state of your shirts.
The penalty OF legacy, or fortune,
is the sudden discovery of host. of
poor relations yoa never dreampt Of,
and number of debts you had
quite forgotten.
The penalty OF lending is, with q
book or an umbrella, the certain loss
of it; with your name to a bill the
certain payment of it; and with a
horse, the lamest chance of eye see-
ing it back again sound.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
The Blair Educational Bill.

We are delighted to see that Sen
ator Butler fights the unconstitu-
tiopal, unwise and dangerous effort
to put the State common schools
under the control of the Federal
Government contained in the Blair
educational bill, regardless of the
uuconsidered clamor from this State.
Gen. Butler is right. The bill ought
to be killed and buried, aud in time
the people will understand the real
merits of the question and applaud
the opponents ofthe disguised assault
on the rights of the States and
the American theory of government.
If Congress has the right to help
our State schools it has ar equal
right to suppress them; if it can
assist our State government with
gifts of money it can direct it's policy
and proceedings. The Blair bill is in
direct opposition to the principle of
local self government that thousand
OF Southern men gave their lives to
defend. The Ne,rs and Ccurier's
advocacy Of it is only another in
stance of the incompetency of that
nespaper to see al inch ahead Of it
or to understand political principles.
Let Senator Butler stand to his
guns and harden bis heart against
the reproachful surprise and tender
regrets OF his friends in Columbia,
of which the Neus and Courier tells
as pathetica!ly as if he bad been
guilty of some apostasy, secure in
the consciousness that lie has de-
cidedly more sense than his loving
friends in Columbia and knows his
own business. We believe he can
count on having this end of the State
at his back anyhow.-GreenviNe Me,cs
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
The Law On ceurtiag.

An interesting case was tried in
our Justice Court a. few days ago. A
citizen brought his daughters young
man before a Justice for violently
ejecting him from his own parlor one
Sunday evening. After hearing the
other side, the Justice said: 1T
appears that this young fellow was
courting the plaintiffs gal, in plain.
tifTs psrlor; that plaintiff intruded,
and was put out by defendant.
Courting is a public necessity and
must not be interrupted. Therefore,
the law of Georgia will hold that
parent has no legal right in @ room
where courting is sfoot. Defendant
is discharged and plaintiff must pay
costs.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09

tFor the Lexington Dispatsh.l


LEEsyrLLE, s. c., Mar. 31st, 1884.
Mr.. Edator:-We are indebted K
the W. g. T. U. for a delightful even
ing, and although I am unsccustomet
to writing articles for publication,
feel as If ], wanted to make knowr
my appreciation of the efforts whicl
these ladies are making for the i'm
provement OF our girls and boys, anc
for the instruction of the people upor
the principles Of temperance.
It was announced that an enter
tainment in the interest OF the Union
would be given, and I went in with
out knowing what to expect. They
had a regular programme and a Di'
rector for the performances All had
been 80 we'll rehearsed that there was
no hitch or break in any part.
The recitatiops of 1--WE Reap That
We Sow" "The Lips That Touch
Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine,
s.No Drupkards in Heaven, land Go
Feel What I Have Felt" we're very
choice selections, and the young la
dies looked sweet enougl to carry
conviction to every heart. sen though
the words they were uttsing failed
to do 80. The readings oi"The lee
total Mill" and "Tbe Grea National
Evil" we're most excellent All the
young gentlemen acquitted ITEM
selves in the most handsome manner.
The ladies, through their Director,
requested an expression from theit-
izeps, and most eloquent respnse
was given. Directing attentio to
| the remarkable, and almost soer-
natural appearance which had cen
| observed in the heavens early irthe
evening, with the young moon rug
Cling. to throw the light OF hepa'e
-heams upon tho s-elowing p7srama
of tinted skies and twinklif stars,
these small beginnings of Il work
for "God and Home andNstive
Land" we're compared to tn moon
in Apogee, and words OF copenda-
ton and exhortation were ven to
stay not, but to cry aloud ar spare
not until the very zenith was ached.
Ireturn many thanks to I girls
and boys for enlivening our q town
with this glimpse Of somethin'righs
and cheerful, diverting our tights
for a time from the rain that ] wet
the ground too much for corDlant-
ing, the frost that will cut do the
bean vines, and the cyclones t; will
come blowing around in thghts
to scare good easy eons0iepeeat &C Of Of
their lawful rest. I hope thfwiu |
not forget the promise they rde
about giving US another entain'
! ment very soon. :" i:
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09

A colored boy at Fountain Inn,
Greenville County, in order TO kindle
a FIRE poured kerosene over the wood.
While 30 doing the can exploded and
the flames ignited his clothing, He
saved himself by running and jump
ing into q mud puddle near by.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09

PLEASANT AND HARMLEss.-Norn &
Neutralizing Cordial contains noz'
;ous drug or mineral, and is peHly
harmless. The most delicate ips
can take it with impaniSy, Mold
effects follow it's use. 2 See adv.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
ADVERTISING RATES;

advertisements will be inserted ct the
rate oi roc per Square OF one inch space for
first insertion. and SOC per square for each
subsequent insertion.
Liberal contracts made with those wish
lug to advertise for three, six or twelve
months.
Notices in local column 10c. per line
each insertion.
Marriage notices inserted free.
Obituaries orer ten lines charged for at
regular advertising rates.
Address. G. N. HARMAN,
Editor and Proprietor.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09

cratic State Executive Committee, to
serve for two years. all by the same
set of delegates. In many sections
of the State there exists much oppo.
sition to the plan set forth by the
Chairman, ii. e.l to nominate the
State officers at this Convention; the
opposition is we'll grounded, for the
plan, if carried out. may do some mis-
chief. It is entirely too soon for any
such work, and although the chances
OF many of the present incumbents
are fair, the matter OF choice has
not been in the hands of the people
long enough; consequently what may
be done in this matter by the Conven-
ton cannot be said to be the deliber-
ate work OF the people. We have no
idea that anything more than the
business for which this onvention ia
called will be transacted. The coun-
ties will be very apt to instruct their
delegates against the nomination of a
State ticket, and at later day select
a new set of delegates to a Conven-
vention for that purpose. The ap-
pearance of ticket 80 early in the
field would very naturally cause the
party to experience more uprodr and
work than it would it put off until
the fall months. We hope that when
our County Chairman calls the Coun.
ty Executive Committee together. the
spirit of opposition to nominations
by the June Convention will be 80
great as to rule when that body az
sembles at Columbia.-Barn,ueU Sen
tinel.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09

Seed pindars, best variety, for sale
bS The quart or brshea at the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09

Get your letter heads and envelopes
printed at the DISPATCH office.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1884-04-09
Timely Remarks.

The Chairman of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee has issued
q call for the State Democratic Con.
venion to assemble at Columbia on
the 2Gth day of June next, for the
purpose of electing delegates to at
tend the National Democratic Con-
vention, to be held at Chicago on the
9Th Of July following. The call also
provides for the nomination OF State
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09

cigar, and threw the stump aside It hap
pened to fall among coal oil and ignited,
and the building and contents were totally
destroyed. Loss, 5000; insurance light.
Mrs. Woods, n native of Switzerland,
aged about Sc years, and for the past four
months 8 domestic in the family of Homer
Hall, opposite Oregon City, suddenly dis
appeared q few days ago Search was
made and yesterday the body was found
in the Willamette river. There is no doubt
but the old lady committed suicide. Her
health had been poor, and she had threat
ened 70 destroy herself
Fearful FaII-Drowned.
PORTLAND. August Sth.-T. D. Smith, a
young man, aged p years met with u fear
full fall from the bridge ut Albina last night.
He received severe cOncus iOn of the
brain, and died ut the hospital tonight
To-day, while a party OF ladies and gem
tlemen were engaged bathing in the Column
bia river, near the town of Wallula, w
r., one lady, hrs. D. w Kappieus, wife of
the agent Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company at Wallula, got beyond her
depth. H. l.. Thomas and w. H. Lear of
the party sprang to her rescue. Both men
reached the lady, but she clutched them
with a deathlike grasp, rendering them
powerless. Others plunged in, but before
the trio could be reached, Mrs. Kappieus
and Lear went down, and were drowned,
In the desperate struggle for life Thomas
was pulled under several times, and only
rescued with the greatest difficulty The
bodies were soon recovered. Victims are
both prominently known,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09
4 Valuable DiScnXerX.

The silver dies of the great seal Of the
colonial and proprietary government of
Maryland, known as the third or Fendall
seal which has been lost for nearly hun
bred years, was lately found N the Treasu-
rer's office at Annapolis. For this time it
has been impossible to obtain any trace of
this seal The last date of its use, so far
discovered, waJ 1893. In the interval of
ninety years it has done no work, and until
a few weeks ago, when the silver dies of
the seal were discovered among some old
records in the State Treasurer's Office at
been irrecoverably lost A short time since
to allow the Old papers in the treasury
vault to be overkauled, and thus the silver
dies of the old seal of 1853 were found.
They were sent to the Commissioner of the
Land office, in whose custody they now
are. They are thus described III a letter
from Annapolis: Their faces are sharp,
plain and beautiful Their coat of arms
remains uninjured by time, and though
their well-worn faces may have been
retouched, yet they are true seals of 1858,
carrying the same arinorial bearings, the
pride of its lord and keeper. Il is the most
complicated and beautiful seal known III
ancient or modern times. 1t brings forth
its achievements of honor from the days of
ST. Maurice and Theban legions, eclipsing
all the royal and baronial seals of England !;
for the picture of the ancient King on his
throne, the crown and scepter, the drawn
sword the lion and unicorn-all fall short,
indeed, of the classic ensig ns of the BarOns
of Baltimore. "-tCor. Commercial Gazette.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09

A New York man advertised safe. "a
quick and reliable corn remover, without
the application of knife or caustics no pain
experienced Price only one dollar"
young man, who never walks out without
wishing he could leave his feet at home,
forwarded dollar, and two days afterward
received by express a live crow.