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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
The Two Rotten Plaaks.

After a rather protracted absence,
I have returned to find in the Dis
patch Of March I'd, communication
which removes the screen from the
door of ''the house that Jack built"
and reveals to the public that CALI
anceman" is none other that Mr.. W.
O. Tatum, Vice President of Orange
burg County Alliance and prospect
i've candidate for the Legislature from
hat county. I had wondered much
how it were possible for any citizen
of this county to be in doubt as to
the identity of "Festus," but when it
! is known that "Allianceman" halls
from the far off and obscure BAN
berg frontier the apparent density of
his ignorance on that question is TX
planned.
Our courteous and worthy friend
is redeemed from the charge Of labor
ing under any illusion as to the
weight of his articles when he frankly
says that his FIRST article was not
intended as an argument, nor is this."
With this open confession, I beg to
assure him that both articles an
swered the full scope of his fondest
dreams or intentions for they / as
devoid of logical thought as an empty
gourd is of brains, though I am
glad to say his letters breathe a
kindly spirit. Mr.. Tatum, discover
ing who I am, compliments my rep
utation as a speaker" and with a dis
erection truly commendable ignores
the very idea of a 'stump discus
sion," but ~vauntingly declares that
"the woods are full of those who may
be less gifted by the divinity in point
of eloquence, yet have the advant-
age of being on the right side" Yes,
I have long known that the woods"
contained a sub treasury hermitage
where many such specimens abide
but they seldom venture out into the
open fields for a free discussion.
What I was willing and ready to dis
cuss was the two planks of the Ocala
platform alluded to-, the sub treasury
in particular. Not one word or SEN
tence which I have written or uttered
can be tortured into attacking that
entire platform as "rotten." The
fact is they sugar coated these "rot-
ten" planks with some excellent De-
mocracy, and the reader who would
construe my former language into
meaning more needs to take many
lessons in plain English.
But our willy friend seeks to invent
q kind Of razzle dazzle catechism to
draw me into other issues. If the
gentleman desires to open a class il
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
MI. Johnstone's New Money
Bi11

Representative George tombstone
from the Third District has intro
duced a bill in Congress which is
apt to attract considerable attention.
1t provides for the redemption of the
bonded debt of the Government and
the enlargement of the volume of the
currency.
It directs the Secretary of the
Treasury to purchase from time to
time the outstanding bonds due by
the Government at a sum not greater
than their market value. 1t also
provides that at each purchase Of
bonds he shall replace the amount
expended by issuing notes of the
Government of like denominations as
the Treasury notes DOW issued and
in circulation. It also directs the
Secretary Of the Treasury to coin all
gold aud silver bullion which now is
or shall hereafter come into the
possession Of the Government, which
coin shall be held for the redemption
Of the treasury notes SO issued.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
Captured in Union.

Union, S. c., April 6.-John Boyd,
the negro who wrecked the tri an on
the Western North Carolina r; lilroad
at Bostian's Bridge last fall, and who
escaped from the Charlotte jail. some
time ago, was %capturedin this county
last night by MI. S. S. Farrer. The
negro made no resistances, but made
the remark that if he had his pistol
he would not give up SO easy, or
words to that effect. He was
brought here last night about one
o'clock and lodged in jail, and was
carried to Charlotte today.
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side looking at the double range OF
flying buttresses and the forest OF
pinnacles, higher and higher aud
higher, until l almost reeled from
dizziness, I exclaimed: "Great dox-
ology in stone! Frozen prayer Of
many ~nations!"
But while standing there [ saw a
poor man enter and put down his
pack and kneel beside his b urden on
the hard floor of that cathee iraL And
tears of deep emotion came into my
eyes as I said to myself: "T here IS a
soul worth more than all IL e mate
rial surroundings. That IAN will
live after the last pinnacle HI Is fallen,
and not one stone of al that cathe-
dral glory shall remain uncr1 mbled.
He is now a Lazarus in rags a nd pov-
erty and WEAKNESS, but i'm mo- tai
and q son Of the Lord God Ain ZIG: hty
and the prayer he now offers, thor Ugh
amid many superstitions, [ bell eve
God will hear, and among the az os-
ties whose sculptured forms stanc | il
the surrounding inches he VIII at
last be lifed, and into the preseno OF
that Christ whose sufferings are re.
presentedby the crusifx before W hich
he bows, and be raised in due time
out Of all his poverties into the glori-
GUS home built for himand built for us
by Him who maketh the Seven Stars
and Orion"
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why Have They Not Com.
Piled"

Editor Lexington Dispatch: In last
issue of the Dispatch, "Magister'>
writes undera misrepresentation. The
Teachers Association at it's first
meeting last fall requested several Of
it's members to take the different
branches of the public examination
and publish answers to the questions.
This, doubtless, is what "Magister'
had dimly in mind. It is said, how
ever, that the board proposed to the
one dissatisfied teacher to have his
{" iswers published in the Dispatch,
Probably "Magister" heard of that
and was led into error by it.
DIsCIPULUs.
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Comfort for the Children.


Very many of the blundei{
dren and much of their awkwA e
comes from requiring them to use
the tools and belongings of grown
persons. Put a knife and fork de-
signed for an adult into the hands
of a child, and see how clumsily he
uses them. If his hands were large
enough to wear a No. 7 or 8 or 9
glove, he would have no trouble. Try
him with a tiny knife and fork, and
see how readily the little hands
master the implements.
Put him into a chair, the seat of
which is eighteen or nineteen inches
from the foor-the usual height of
an ordinary chair seat-how can a
child only three or four feet high sit
comfortably in such a chair? His
legs bangle, he bitches round to find
an easy resting place for his head,
his hands, his back. and bitches in
vain. Put him in a chair of size pro-
portional to him, and he is easy,
graceful, comfortable, especially so
if the chair has rockers SO he can be
in constant motion, and arms, SO he
can have something to work his
hands on.
If you have never been into a kin
dergarten, go and seehow happy the
little children are and how graceful,
with furniture made just the right
size for them. You will come home
and if you have a little child you will
not be content until he has a chair
to fit him, and a table to sit at with
his playthings outspread, Of just the
right height, and a knife and fork
and a brush and comb not too large
for him to handle easily. These out
fits for children are inexpensive, and
few investments give larger returns
in content and comfort in grace and
ease of movement. Each child in a
family should be thus QUILTED, and
as he grows, succeed to the furnish
ings of some older child, while pass
ing his on to a younger one.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
For Over Fifty Years,

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over 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 all parts of the world.
twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure
and ask for "NIrs. Winslow's Syrup
and take no other kind. 40.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
Female Weakness Positive Cure.

To the Editor:-Please inform
your readers that I have a positive
remedy for the. thousand and one Ills
which arise from deranged female
organs. I shall be glad to send two
bottles of my remedy free to any lady
if they will send their Express and
P. O. address. Yours respectfully,
DR.. A. G. MARcHisI, Utica, N, Y.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
Struck by a Waterspout.
Bridges Swept Away and Railroad
Tracks Washed Away.

Tracks Washed Away.
West Point, Miss, April 6.-The
most destructive strom that ever
visited this section of the State is
now prevailing. It is a regular
waterspout extending from Green
wood, on the Alabama line and from
Macon to Corinth.
Rain has been falling constantly
for four days eliminating last night
in a strom that continued throughout
the night. Streams have all overhowed
their banks, many bridges being swept
away. Miles of railroad track have
been submerged and much of the
road beds destroyed.
On the Geogia Pacific nearly four
miles of track is washed away and in
this county alone the loss of bridges
is enormous. The Tybee, Squa-
wachie and Town creeks are higher
than ever known, water covering the
country for miles. Many houses
we're washed away and four colored
families are reported drowned. The
Tombigbee river is above all previ-
GUS high water marks, overfowing
its banks, the water spreading out
over the country for miles on either
side, doing great damage.
At Aberdeen the river has over
flowed it's banks for the first time in
many years. The river has covered
several streets in that city and the
people are greatly alarmed. 1t is
still raining.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
Temperance Reading.
TEMPERANCE MAKES a PURE AND STRONG
CHARACTER.

&clb& AAsn>fS h1Ac "A 8O0N h-N Az
CHARACTER.
To be temperate means that we
should control our passions and ap-
petites. To resist these temporary
desires We only show to the world
that we can live without disobeying
the laws of God so far as alcohol is
concerned. The question has often
been asked, "What good does it do a
man to get drunk" but it cannot be
answered. He loses all self respect
for himself and all his friends. He
knows before he takes the poisonous
liquor what effect it has on a man,
but that does not stop him. Shake
speare has said "a drunk man is like
a drowned man, a fool and amadman.
One draught above heats and makes
him a fool; the second MAIDS him, and
the third downs him." There is not
a nerve, a tissue nor an organ that if
alcohol is taken into the system does
not have a powerful influence over,
even interferes with the circulation
and the brain suffers quickest and
most. Common expressions con
corning liquor ''hying to the head"
Liquor is the cause of the most cruel
crimes being committed. On the
night of Lincoln's assassination,
Booth rushed thaough the hall of a
Washington hotel shouting Brandy,
brandy" and the brandy drunk at
that hotel bar nerved his hand to fire
the fatal shot.
SUPT. PRESS WORK W. G.. T. 7.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
'n;ed by many


When I read, "In my Fathers
house are many mansions" T dc not
know but that each world is a room,
and as many rooms as there are
worlds, stellar stairs, stellar CALLER
les, stellar Railways, stellar windows,
stellar domes. How our departed
friends must pity us shut up in these
cramped apartments, tired five walk
fifteen miles, when they some morn
ing, by one stroke of wing, can make
circuit of the whole stellar system
and be back in time for mathis! Per.
haps yonder twinkling constellation
is the residence of twelve luminaries
is the celestial home of the apostles.
Perhaps that steep of light is the
dwelling place Of angels cherubic,
seraphic, archangelic. A manson
with as many rooms as worlds, and
all their windows illuminated for
festivity.
Oh, how this widens and lifts and
stimulates our expectations! How
little it makes the present and how
stupendous it makes the future!
How it consoles us about our pious
dead, who, instead of being boxed
up and under the ground, have the
range of as many rooms as there are
worlds, and welcome everywhere, for
it is the Fathers house, in which
there are many mansions. Oh, Lord
God Of the Seven Stars and Orion,
how can I endure the transport, the
ecstasy of such a vision! I must
obey my text and seek him. I will
seek him. I seek him now, for I
call to mind that it is not the mate
rial universe hat is most valuable,
but the spiritual, and that each Of
us has a soul worth more than all
the worlds which the inspired herds
man saw from his booth on the hills
of Tokoa.
had studied it before, but the
Cathedral of Cologne, Germany,
never impressed me as it did the
last time I saw it. It is admittedly
the grandest gothic structure in the
world, it's foundation laid in 124S,
only eight or nine years ago COM
pleted. More than six hundred
years in building. All Europe taxed
for it's construction. Its chapel of
the Magi with precious stones enough
to purchase a kingdom. It's chapel
of St. Agnes with masterpieces of
painting. Its spire springing five
hundred and eleven feet into The
heavens. Its stained glass the
chorus of all rich colors. Statues en-
circling the pillars and.encircling all.
Statues above statues, until sculp-
ture can do no more, but faints and
falls back against carved stalls and
down on pavements over which the
kings and queens Of the earth have
walked to confession. Nave and
aisles and transept and portals com.
bining the splendors Of sunrise
Interlaced, interfoliated, intercol
umned grandeur. As I stood out
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13

the suferings Of Christ come the
possibility Of the worlds redemption
and out of your bereavement, your
persecution, your poverties your mis-
fortunes may yet come an eternal
heaven.
Oh, what a mercy it is that in the
text and all up and down the Bible
God induces us to look out toward
other worlds! Bible astronomy IN
Genesis. in Jushua, in Job, IN the
Psalms, in the prophets, major and
minor, in St. Johns Apocalypse,
practically saying: "Worlds! worlds!
worlds! Get ready for them!" We
have a nice little world here that we
stick to, as though losing that we
lose all. We are afraid of falling off
this little raft of O world. We are
afraid that some meteoric inconoclast
will some night smash it, and we
want everything to resolve around It,
and are disappointed when we find
that it resolves around the sun IN
stead of the sun revolving around 1t.
What a fuss we make about this
little bit of a world, it's existence
only a short time between two
spasmis, the paroxysm by which it
was hurled from chaos into order,
and the paroxysm Of its demolition.
And I am glad that so many
texts call US to look off to other
worlds, many of them larger and
grander and more respondent.
"Look there" says Job, Eat Maza-
reth and Arcturus and his sons!'
"Look there" says st. John "at the
moon under Christ's feet" "Look
there" says Joshua, ''at the sun
standing still above Gideon!" "Look
there" says Moses, cat the sparkling
armament" "Look there" says
Amos, the herdmens, Eat the Seven
Stars and Orion!" Don't let us be
so sad about those who shove of
from this world under Christly pilot
age. Don't let us be so agitated
about our own going off this little
barge or sloop or canal boat OF g
world to get on some Great Easter
of the heavens. Don't let US persist
in wanting to stay in this barn, this
lHE-[EE.5LLsLsE1s-. L. -
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VERY STRICT STATUTE.
Registration Law Causes Trouble in
Sumter County.
Assistant 1t Attorney General Town
sen j Explains the Law on the Sub
iect-Many Citizens DISTINGUISHED

Columbia Register.
There is considerable trouble in
Sumter county over the registration
law. Several citizens tried to regis
ter and could not because they
had failed to register under
the Act of 1882. Governor Till
man received a letter from Mr.. Shaw
of Sumter, on the subject. He re-
ferred it to the Attorney Generals
Office and has received the following
opinion:
To His Excelency, B. R. Tillman,
Governor of South Carolina, Co
lumbia, S. G.
Dear Sir: The letter of ". J. Shaw
of Sumter, S. G., asking whether a
person who was qualified to register
at the first call for registration and
who did not register then, can now
register, has been referred to the
Attorney General for his opinion, and
I have the honor to state to your
Exellency that such person cannot
now register, nor is there any PROV.
sion for his registration
The registration Act approved the
9th of February, 1882, provided that
the books Of registration should be
opened in May and June thereafter
after due notice of the time and
place, etc. It also provided that at
ter the completion Of the registra-
ton thus ordered to be made in May
and June thereafter, the books should
be closed and not re-opened until az
ter the next general election, and
then to register "only" such as had
5scome qualified after said election.
There is nc provision for registering
= person who was 80 careless as to
allow the proper time to elapse with
4 out registering.
have the honor t. your obedi-
3lent servant, p. EMSsEsp;
Assistant Att
Rhe registration "a n spIp pus
and was made so for very satistfac-
tory reasons. If a man becomes of
age and fails to register st the next
opening of the books he cannot there
after register and is completely dis
franchised. So also with those who
failed to register, if qualified under
the Act of 1882.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13

Eczema, scalp covered with erup-
tons, doctors proven valueless. p
P. P. was tried and the hair began
to grow again, not a pimple can be
seen, and ?. P. P. again proved itself
a wonderful skin cure,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
AT THE TABERNACLE.
The Divine Astronomy as Described
by the Prophets.

In the Unchanging Volume of the
Skies-It Is Written That God Is
q God of Infinite Order and With
out Variableness or Shadow Of
Turning.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13

Potsdamer's Red Star Store,
Lake City, Fla.
P. P. P. Manufacturing Co.:
Gents-Have suffered with Rheu-
matism for some time, and tried
great many remedies, but could find
no relief until I used your great and
beneficial P. P. P. I recommend it to
suffering humanity. Yours,
J. Potsdamer,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
ADVERTISING RATES:

Advertisements will be inserted at the rate
of - cents per spare of one inch space for
first insertion, and 80 cents per square for
each subsequent insertion.
Liberal contracts made with those wishing
to advertise for three, six or twelve months.
Notices in the local column 10 cents per
line each insertion.
Marriage notices inserted free.
Obituaries over ten line charged for at
regular advertising rates.
Address,
G.. NJ HARTMAN. Editor.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13
Eonoging Confederate De ad.

New Orleans, April 6--Veterans
of the Army Of Norther m Virginia,
Army of the Tennessee, Confederate
Cavalry, Washington ARTILLERY, Con-
~tinental Guards, Henry ST. Paul Bat
talon and visiting ex soldiers, to-
gether with friendly and sympathiz-
ing delegations from the Louisiana
State Militia, are this afternoon as
sembled in the picturesque Meterii
Cemetery doing homage to the mem
DRY Of their comrades who fought so.
bravely on the side Of the "Lost
Cause" Floral offerings in profus-
sion adorn the grounds and the en-
~tabulatures CT the monumental tombs
Of ea:1 scissiapzAn I'D.
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More Money and Cheaper Money

A dispatch from Washington tothe
Atlanta Constitution says:
The Alliance Democrats of the
House are preparing a bill which they
believe, when perfected, can be
adopted into law, and which will
give the financial relief the present
condition of the country needs.
It is in the nature of a substitute
for the sub treasury bill.
The bill will be introduced within
a few days. It will provide for the
government issuing money to the
States at l per cent. interest upon
collateral to the amount OF three
there
80 n.aose!.sasaHRe States can then
lend this money to its citizens at in
terest and upon collateral decided
upon by the States.
The full details of the plan have
not been decided upon, but the gene
raj plan for issuing the currency to
the States is on the same principle
as the national banking law. The
general outlines of the plan have
been submitted to some of the best
posted and most successful fnanciers
of this country, as well as to men Of
legal ability, and from all opinions to
a large extent favorable have been
received. The general plan, it is
agreed, is good, but those who are
most interested are having some diff
fculty in arranging the details.
However, they are advising with men
whose ability as fnanciers cannot be
questioned, and a practical measure
will come out of it.
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sS open their gasss g

lmbec1e that men may 90 VII AJ
will against him and fracture his
every law and put the pry Of their
impertinence and rebellion under his
throne, and while they + splitting
in his face and stabbing at his heart,
he takes them up in his arms and
kisses their Infatuated brow cheek,
saying, "Of such is the kingdom of
heaven" The other kind of sermon
I never want to preach is the one
that represents God as all fire and
torture and thundercloud, and with
red hot pitchfork tossing the human
ace into paroxysms of infinite agony.
The sermon hat I am now preach
ing believes in a God of flowing kindly
warning, the God of spring and win
ter, the God of the Pleiades and
Orion.
You must remember that the win
ter is just as important as the spring.
Let one winter pass without frost to
kill vegetation and ice to blind the
rivers and snow to enrich our fields
and then you will have to. enlarge
your hospitals and your cemeteries.
"a green Christmas makes a fat
graveyard" was the old proverb.
Storms to purify the air. Thermom-
eter at ten degrees above zero to
tone up the system. December and
January just as important as May
and June I tell you We need the
storms of life as much as we do the
sunshine. There are more men
ruined by prosperity than by adver-
sity. If we had our own way in
life before this we would have been
representations of selfshness and
worldliness and disgusting sin, and
pulled up until we would have been
like julius Cesar, who was made by
sycophants to believe that he was
divine, and the freckles on his face
were as stars Of the armament.
One of the swiftest transatlantic
voyages made last summer by our
swiftest steamer was because she
had a stormy wind abaft, chasing
her from New York to Liverpool.
But to those going in the opposite
direction the storm was a buffeting
and a hindrance. It is a bad thing
to have a storm ahead, pushing US
back; but if we be Gods children
and aiming toward heaven the storms
of life will only chase US the sooner
into the harbor. I am so glad to
believe that the monsoons and ty-
phoons and mistrals and siroccos of
the land and sea are not IN
chained maniacs let loose upon the
earth, but are under divine supervis-
ion! l am so glad that the God Of the
Seven Stars is also the God of Orion!
1t was out of Dante's suffering came
the sublime "Divina Commedia." and
out Of John Millions blindness came
paradise Lost" and out of misera-
BILE infdel,attack came the 'Bridge-
water Treatise in favor of Christian
ity, and out of David's exile came
the songs of consolation. and out of