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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20

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the capital Of the Argentine Repub
lie, Buenos Ayres, the Hypothecary
or Mortgage Bank, whose main oh
ject was to make loans on all kinds
of landed property. The principles
upon which thess loans were to be
made were much the same as Sena
tor Stanford is advocating as a basis
for similar loans by the United
States government. Any person
owning landed property in the prov
ince could 60 to the bank and secure
a loan for half it's value, which was
to be fixed by the banks appraisers.
The bank gave him a mortgage
bond, called a cedula, which was to
run for t~wenty-four years, at from
6 to 8 per cent interest, 2 per cent
amortization, and 1 per cent commits
sion. The interest was payable
quarterly, and there were coupons
attached for the twenty-four years.
The cedulas were issued in alpha
betical series, beginning with A and
running to P. They were bought
and sold on the Bolsa or Stock Ex-
change, and from the first issue be-
came an important element in specu-
lation. The first issue of series A
was between ST., 900, and
s14, 600, the Argentine dollar
being about ninety-six cents of our
money. being based upon the unit
of the French monetary system.
These remained at par for only a
short time after issue. They were
quickly followed by others, until Sc
ries A closed with a total issue of
S27,394,0 600. Then came series B
with an issue of 1902, 900, series
G with $3.50 600, seriesD with $685. !
900, all at 7 per cent. Then came
series E with a total issue of S15,-
100000 at s per cent, and F with a
total issue of Sc, 100,O 900 1T Z per
cent. Ten years after the banks es-
adjustment over 500, 600, 1000 of
,edulas had been issued, all based, be
It remembered, upon the landed prop
erty Of a single province. They had
rom the outset been used for specu-
ative purposes, and every year this
lse became more wild and reckless.
l ring was formed between directors
# the bank and certain favored bro
,ers for the absolute control of the
uccessiye issues. No one could OBJ
ain concession for a loan who did {
lot make application through these ,
'rokers, and in order that all the I
1embers of the ring might reap t
heir share of the profit the value of
he property upon which the loans i
as placed was raised to e%xtrayagant s
cures. G
The fictitious prosperity which the h
[ypothecary Bank brought to Buenos l
.yres infected the entire Republic, o
nd in 1884 Congress passed a law F
1nexing a National Hypothecary 8
ank to the National Bank, which r.
as the fiscal agent for the govern Il
ent and of all the provinces except a
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20
The Primary Plan.

I. On the last Saturday in Au-
gust, 1890, there shall be held at
each regular place Of club meeting in
the county, a primary election for
the nomination of persons for the
several offices to be filed.
II. The polls shall be opened at
s o'clock a. m, andkept open without
intermission until 4 p. NJ, when they
shall be closed.
III. At each voting precinct there
shall be three managers of election,
to be elected by the respective clubs.
". The Executive Committee
shall furnish the managers with bal
lot boxes for each election precinct,
for the safe keeping Of which the
managers shall be responsible. The
managers and clerk shall, before en-
tering upon the discharge of
their duties, each (take and
subscribe an oath that he will
fairly, impartially conduct the same
according to the provisions Of the
Act of the General Assembly, passed
Dec. 1888, and the rules of such
party, organization, or a~ssociatlon.)
Should one or more Of the managers
appointed to hold such election fail
to appear on the day of election, the
remaining manager or managers
shall appoint others in their stead
and administer to them the oath
herein prescribed. The managers
shall take the oath herein prescribed,
before a Notary Public or officer au
thorized to administer oaths, but if
no such officer can be conveniently
had, the managers may administer
the oath to each other. Such oaths
shall, after being subscribed by the
managers, be fled III the office Of the
Clerk of Court for Lexington County
within five days after such election,
V. Before any ballots are received
at such election and Immediately be,
fore opening the polls, such mana
gers shall open each ballot box to be
used in such election, and exhibit the
same publicly, to show that there
are no ballots in such box. They
shall then close and lock or seal up
the box, except the opening to re-
ceive the ballots, and shall not again
open the same until the close Of the
election. (They shall keep a poll list
with the name Of each voter voting
in such elections, and shall before
receiving any ballot administer to
the voter an cath, that he Is duly
qualified to vote according to the
rules of the party, and that he has
not voted before in such electlon;)
and at the close Of the election they
shall proceed publicly to count the
! votes and declare the result, they
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20

By shs people, and for what othe
purpose than for the people2
The last decade has been an era O
unparalleled construction and follow
ing in the tract of which is the un.
precedented period of progress il
orr beautiful "Southland;" the de
yelopment of her unlimited resources
vast forests of yellow pine stretch
ing from Virginia to Texas; her treas
ure vaults filed with inexhaustible
supplies of coal, iron, lime, kaolir
and phosphates, and a rich soil that
yields a larger reward to the hand OF
the industrious and prudent hus-
bandman. Nor are these all the
blessing that comes to US over the
steel roads. Were it not for these
modern highways of transportation,
our beautiful streams, with their
thousands Of horse power, leaping
down the rock ribbed mountains and
many c~ataracts of our Piedmont sec
ton could not be developed, nor the
humming sound Of the spinning
jenny and the voices of many other
enterprises would not be heard.
Now, if there has been brought to
other sections such wonderful changes
tending to prosperity and happiness,
let US then avail ourselves of what lies
within our grasp. Below I will make
reference to one place, Irmo, as an
example. Heretofore Columbia has
been the shipping point for nearly
the whole Fork and from what I
can learn must be too much so yet.
What is wanted to make this change
in the shipping is only a comparison
of the advantages of the cheap
railroad transportation with that of
the odious and very expensive use of
wagons in hauling to and from Co
lumbia over a half worked road, up
hills and over gullies and through
mires killing up stock. Through the
courtesy of an official of the South
Carolina Railway, I give the surpris-
low rates below on some of the
most important articles either to Or
from Columbia to this place, Irmo,
which is a distance of eleven miles:
Cotton, per cwt &c.; bagging per
,wt &c.; ties, per cwt &c.; fertilizers,
81 90 per ton; corn, per cwt &c.;
lour, per cwt &c.; hay, per cwt
&c.; bacon, per cwt &c.; meal,
Der cwt t.; oats, per cwt., 7c.; ferti-
izers from Charleston to Irmo, per
on So. Now, let US compare the
of cost in getting these
upplies by the two different routes
hat We may decide which is the
nore economical plan for a farmer
hat is two miles from Irmo. Dur
1g the cotton harvest, which is not
cry distant, is the time g~oodfarmers
re either sowing or preparing their
!nds for the early oats crop which
fails, and from which workhe
as but few idle days for his stock. {
That does a trip to Columbus with a ]
vo-horse wagon loaded with two
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She Saw a Bull Fight.

A Baltimore girl, who faints at the
sight of a catagiler, turns green at
the flow Of blaaa, and is in every
way a most genaea and kindly nature,
thus writes home about her visit to
a bull fight:
At last I have cen my first bull
fight, and I trust my last. You
could not have borne it five minutes
and I scarcely know how I did.
Imagine an immense arena; with
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20

out of the straw? That is all. An aged
mar has fallen asleep. Only yesterday
you saw him i'll the sunny porch play
ing with his grandchildren. Calmly he
received the message to leave this
world. He bade a pleasant good-by to
his old friends. The telegraph carries
the tidings, and On swift rail trains the
kindred come, wanting once more to
look on the face of dear old grand
father. Brush back the gray hairs
from his brow; it will eve ache again.
Put him away in the slumber Of the
tomb. He will not be afraid Of that
night. Grandfather was neve afraid
of anything. He will rise in the morn
ing of the resurrection. Grandfather
was always the first to rise. His voice
has already mingled in the doxology of
heaven. Grandfather always did sing
in church. anything CHASTITY in that2
No. The threShing of the wheat out
of the straw. That is all.
The Saviour folds a lamb in his
bosom. The little child filed all the
house with her music, and her toys are
scattered all up and down the stairs
Just as she left them. What if the hand
that plucked four-o'clockS out of the
meadow is still2 1t will wave the eter-
nal triumph. What if the voice that
made music in the home is still? 1t will
sing the eternal hosanna. Put a white
rose in one hand. and a red rose III the
other hand, and a wreath of orange
blossoms On the brOw-the white flower
for the victory, the red flower for the
Saviour's sacrifice, the orange blossoms
for her marriage day. Anything ghast-
" about that2 Oh, no. The sun went
down and the flower shut. The wheat
threshed out of the straw. "Dear Lord,
give me sleep" said a dying boy, the
son of one Of my elders; Dear Lord,
give me sleep" And he closed his eyes
and awoke in glory. Henry W. Long,
fellow, writing a letter of coincidence
to those parents, said: Those last
words were beautifully poetic, Dear
Lord, give me sleep"
Twas not in cruelty, not In wrath
| That the reaper came that day;
Twas an angel that visited the earth
And took the flower away.
So it may be with us when our work
is all done. Dear Lord, give me
sleep"
have one more thought to present.
l have spoken Of the blowing, OF the
sowing, Of the narrowing, OF the reap
ing, of the threshing. [ must no"
speak q moment of the garnering.
HARVEST HOME At LAST.
Where is tie g~arner2 Need I tel
Oh, no, So many have gone
your own circles, yea, from
FLY, that you have had
tia. garner for many g
~af them
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20

The life insurance carried by John
Wanamaker amounts to $1,000 900,
which is distributed in tw~enty-nine
different companies. The premiums
on these policies amount to $50, 900
a year.
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onthe part OF Professor lingo and az
distracted spouse to interrupt his Cow
OF language, and of course made pro.
fuse apologies.
But he was never invited to that
house for supper again-the chance OF
being left supperless themselves was too
great for his hosts to risk it a second
time.-Youth's Companion.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20
Some almanac makers sa'

Some almanac makers sa'
"log day" period extends from
3 to Aug. II, while others insisv, sAst
it does not begin till July "a and
thereafter lasts one mouth. Every
almanac maker, no doubt, should
have his date since every dog has
his day.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20
For Over Fifty Years,

s[rs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for I'VE fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the
gums, allays all pain. cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by
Druggists in ali parts. of the world
TTnsissIfys cents a bottA~Re sure
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20
Where is the Alliance.
Greenyille News.

AS we understand the declared
purpose of the Farmers Alliance in
politics it is to furnish an organina-
ton by which the farmers of the
county can stand together, help each
other and defend each others inter
lance maintains at
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20

piece Of the cross. but at the upright
piece. at the center Of it, the heart OF
the Son of God, who bore your sins
and made satisfaction. Crying and
weeping will not bring you through.
Him hath God exalted to be a Prince
and Saviour to give repentance On,
pillow up to the cross!
SCATTERING THE SEEDS OF THE Cos
PEI
Again I remark, in grace as in the
field there must be a sowing. In the
autumnal weather you find tie farmer
going across the field at a stride OF
about twenty-three inches, and at every
stride he puts his hand into the sack OF
grain and he sprinkles the seed corn
over the field. It looks silly to a mar
who does not know what he is doing,
He is doing a very important work. He
is scattering the winter grain, and
though the snow may come the next
year there will be a great crop. Now,
that is what we are doing when wa are
preaching the gospel-we are scatter
ing the seed. 1t Is the foolishness Of
preaching, but it is the winter grain;
and though the snow OF worldliness
may come down upon it, it will yield
after awhile glorious harvest. Let US
be sure we SOW the right kind of seed.
Sow mullen stalk and mullen stalk will
come up. Sow Canada thistles and
Canada thistles will come up. Sow
wheat and wheat will come up. Let us
distinguish between truth and error.
Let US know the difference between
d! wheat and hellebore, oats and henbane.
The largest denomination in this
| country is the denomination OF Moth
ingarians. Their religion isa system OF
negations. You say to n OF them,
What do you believer well don't
| believe in infant baptism" What do
YOU believe" We'll, l don't believe
| In the perseverance, of the saints
We'll, now tell NE what you do be-
lievel' "Well, l don't believe IL the
eternal punishment of the wicked
| So their religion is a row OF cypiiers.
| Believe something and teach 1t; Or, to
resume the figure of my text, scatter
abroad the right kind Of seed.
A minister in New York preached a
sermon calculated to set the denomina'
tons of Christians quarreling. He was
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20
SERMON TO FARMERS.
DR.. TALMAGE breaches AT The
ENCAMPMENT.

He Draws q Mastery Picture of the
Farmers of Christ's Time-He Likens
the Christian Religion to the Struggle
e Tiller of the, Soil.
LEBANON, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE Amer
lean Farmers encampment at Mount
Gretna, near this city, today listened
attentiyely to a remarkable discourse
by the great Brooklyn preacher, Rev.
7. De Witt Talmage, who arrived here
yesterday from Piedmont, ChautauQua,
Ca, where he spoke on Wednesday
last. The subject was one peculiarly
suited to the vast audience, beire On
Farming a Gospel Type" l Kings
xix, 10: Elisha, the son of Shaphat,
who was blowing with twelve yoke of
oxen before him, and he with the
twelfth.
Representatives Of the great farmers
associations from all parts Of the coun-
&ry are at the encampment, prepara-
Ans for which have been going on for
saths in advance. The surrounding
plv populated counties Of Pennsyl-
are also fully represented. To
krsfces were held in the open air.
knse choir from the churches OF
the music.
Talmage spoke as follows:
sof America! Accept my
Eur text puts us down into
NV, where many OF US
My boyhood passed
my father q farmer,
life is familiar to me.
EARLIEST recollectioL.s is that
s3ing in from the hot
the perspira-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20
will find that the Lord Almighty has a

will find that the Lord Almighty has a
hook in his nose.
This was the rule i'll regard TO the
culture of the ground: Thou shalt not
blow with an OK and an ass together,
illustrating the folly of ever puttmg
intelligent and useful and pliable men
in association with the stubborn ana
| the unmanageable. The vast majority
Of troubles in the churches and In re
formatory institutions III from the
| disregard OF this command OF the LORD:
Thou shalt not pillow with an OK and
all ass together.
There were large amounts q proper
| tv invested in cattle. The oaolte
paid 100, 600 sheep as al annual tax.
Job had 1900 sheep, 5000 camels, 500
| woke of oxen. The time Of vintage was
| ushered in with mirth and music. The
| clusters of the vine were put into the
winepress, and then five men woui
get into the press and trample out the
| iuice from the grape until their gar
| mants were saturated with h wine
and had become the emblems OF
| slaughter. Christ himself, wounded
until covered with the blood OF h
crucihxion. made use Of this alluslon
| when the question was asked, Where
fore art thou red in thine apparel and
thy garments like n who treadeth the
wine vatp He responded, II have
trodden the wine press alone
DISCIPLES OF THE Pillow.
In all ages there has been great honor
paid 10 agriculture. S~even-eiShths OF
the people in every country are dis
ciples of the pillow. A government IS
strong in proportion as it Is supported
by an athletic and industrious yeo-
many. So long ago as before the fall
of Carthage Strabo wrote twenty-eight
books on agriculture. Hesiod wrote a
poem on the same subject The
Weeks and Days" Cato was prouder
of his work on husbandry than Of his
military conquests. But | must not be
into a discussion of agrlcult-
sspquests. Standing amid the
orchards and vineyards OF
nsaAaSng amid the har-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20
ADVERTISING RATES:

Advertisements will be inserted at the
rate of Use per square of one inch space tor
| first insertion, and SOC per square for each
subsequent insertion.
Liberal contracts made with those wish
| ing to advertise for three, six or twelve
months.
Notices in local column l0c. per line
each insertion.
Marriage notices Inserted free.
Obituaries oyer ten lines charged for at
regular advertising rates.
Address, G.. NJ. HARTMAN,
! Editor and Proprietor.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1890-08-20

The Best Kennedy III
In this world, says J. Hofherr, OF Syracuse.
n. Y, is Pastor Rnaulg's Nerve Tonic. because
my son Who was partially paralyzed three
years ago snd attacked by dts, has not had any
4 symptoms OF them since he took one bottle Of
this remedy. I most heartily thank for II.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 3, 1891.
Rsslizing the amount OF good Pastor Koeuig's
Nerve Tonic has done me, l feel it a duty to
certify to it's good qualities. My nervousness
was caused by liquor habit and excessive
smoking, having been SO for several years. The
effect OF your medicine I felt immediately, and
before I even used a whole autte -, sSsrahI;ax
and uneasinesS had disappeared. Ind I teJs veil,
sleep sound and am full Of ambition and life,
something I had not been for some time, and
cordially recommend it as "a excellent nerys
tonic. L. &.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-25
THE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT..
N. G. LlTTLEJOHN, Ep,ron
ASBURY, 8. G..
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.

The name itself signifies one who writes
and sends messages and a corresponding
secretary ofan Alliance, seems to me, ought
to be one who writes aud sends messages for
the good Of his Alliance. But my brethren,
your poor editor seldom ever receives q let
ter from any of our secretaries. In face, he
has never had any communication from
n'ors than Jfpe out of all the Alliances in the
ecal'y. AN inclined to think that they do
not know that they arc required, expected,
and desired to perform the duties Of tho Of
fee. If they write communications none
ever stray to the anxious editor at Asbury.
The most of them must be single men and
back their messages to Miss -, do not
know who. The last one received was
from the Secretary of Pinckney. Guess he
is married. Our good friend Of the Santuc
Alliance use to correspond occasionally with
the Alliance editor; but alas Well. Mr..
Stokes. perhaps you had best look out for a
marriage notice, and perhaps a big cake
from E. w. ]. My mouth will-while you,
Mr.. Stokes, will feast. How 1 wish every
worthy young man in our Alliances had an
accomplished, economical, and goo wife
like somcI know.
And, by the way, my brethren, good
wife is a grand investment for an honest,
earnest young farmer to make, let his means
be ever so limited. Our word for it, il is
the very best stock he can invest in, and one,
that is always above par.
1t is worse than foolish talk that we often
hear from young men, that as soon as they
make fortune then they expect to marry
My friend, if yours is the light kind Of a
girl, she will be willing to telp you secure
the necessaries of life, and how much more
pleasant for you 10th, to feel that you have
been co-workcrs for tho comforts that you
acquire and enjoy together. Butmy pencil
is wandering from my subject will return:
Brethren, please take an active part with
your editor and help him make your part of
our paper interesting and prof able. Some
Of you have maie-as yet, nfuL.flied-prou-
ises. am ready to make every acknowl-
edgmcnt Of gratitude for any favors shown
TO tho Alliance column. Only two cents
will bring to Asbury any Of your ideas, OBJ
servations, or any experiments, or any ex-
tracts from other periodicals that you might
think would benefit our brother farmers
Sometimes l see communications from my
brethren. of Union county to other papers,
aud 1 think they surely do not appreciate
our efforts or they would he!pus.
II some one will tell US how to induce
some Of our intelligent and noble women to
exchange ideas, facts aud opinions, we will
be grateful. Ladies, your communications
would be corrected, and your names need
only be known to the editor, and you would
doubtless be of great benefit to each other in
the everyday affairs of life.
Please tprite,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-25
ASPIRATIONS. A

My reader, what are our aspirations Are
we content 10 pass through Inc world as the
beast that perish To live only for self by
simply gratifying the lowc- elements of our
nature, and then in the ages Ia ZONE as our
memory fades from earth to have no moro
that could be said than that such beings as
we were born, married, bore ch llreu, and
died
Do no higher thoughts and nobler pur-
poses possess our souls? Do we have no
hesven-born desire to leave behind us On the
shores time some traces ofgrai eful rcmem-
brence which the waves of forgetfulness
can never eface? Are we not laboriDg,
dear friends, that when the final hour comes,
we may be lulled to sleep with the sweet
consciousness that we will not be forgotten 2
Yes, long after the warm pulsations Of our
hearts have ceased and our bodies have been
consigned to the tomb long after our forms
and countsnauces shall haye a place
IN the "Wsp4QlSx Qf nor none there her is q bless
hind US name and spotless character that
will be as beacon lights to choer succeeding
generations toward heavso.