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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27
TIE New County Ordinance.

After considerable discussion fight
ing almost over the same ground,
and some trying to still extend the
limit 9 and 20 miles from the old
court houses, &c, on Wednesday the
whole article as below, received its
third reading and was sent to the
committee on style, and revision
which finally settled the matter.
Section l. The General Assembly
may from time to time, establish new
counties in the following manner:
Whenever one-t third Of the qualified
voters within the area of each section
Of ali old county proposed to be cut
off to form a new county shall peti
ton the governor for the creation Of
a new county, setting forth the boun-
daries and showing compliance with
the requirements of this article, the
governor shall order an election with
in a reasonable time thereafter by
the qualified voters within the pro-
posed area, in which election they
shall vote yes or "no" upon the
question of creating said county, and
at the same election the question of
a name and county seat for such
county shall be submitted to the cleo
tors.
Section 2. If two thirds Of the
qualified electors voting at such cleo
ton shall vote yes" upon such ques-
ton, then the General Assembly at
the next session shall establish such
new county; provided, no section OF
a county proposed to be dismem-
bered shall be thus cut off without
consent of a two-thirds vote of those
voting in such section and no county
shall be formed without complying
with all conditions imposed in this
article. An election upon the ques-
tion of forming the same proposed
new county shall not be held oftener
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27
Electric Eitters.

This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song Of
praise. A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed. Electric Bitters
will cure all diseases of the Liver
and Kidneys, will remove Pimples,
Boils, Salt Rheum and other afec-
tions caused by impure blood.-Nill
drive Malaria from the system and
prevent as well as cure all Malaria
fevcrs.-For cure of Headache, Con-
stipation and Indigestion try Elec-
tric Bitters-Entire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded.-
Price 50 cts. and 81 90 per bottle at
the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27
Right Of Suffrage.

Section, l. All elections by the peo-
pie shall be by ballot and elections
shall never be held or the ballots
counted in secrrt.
Sec. 2. Every qualified elector
shall be eligible to any Office to be
voted for, unless disqualified by age,
as prescribed in this constitution.
But no person shall hold two Offices
Of honor or profit at the same time,
except an officer in the militia and a
notary public.
Sec. 8. Every male citizen of this
State and of the United States. twen-
ty-one years of age and upwards, not
laboring under the disabilities named
in this constitution, and possessing
the qualifications required by it, shall
be an elector
Sec. /. The qualifications for suf-
frage shall be as follows:
(a.) Residence III the State for
two years, and in The county one
year, in the polling precinct IN which
the elcetor offers to vote four months
and the payment six months before
any election of any poll tax then due
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27
The Salary Grab.

Senator Tillman fought hard to
defeat the salary grab, but was un
able to stem the tide. The members
of tle convention are virtually under
a contract with the people of South
Carolina to serve them for s. day.
Their reputation of that contract
should be punished by the people. II
any man was unwilling to serve for
8 day he should not have stood
for election, as that was the known
salary of the position. And the
salary grab members selGshly in
creased their own pay and left out in
the cold the clerks and employees
who deserved the raise more than
they did.-Columbia Register.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27
a Peculiar Case.
(From the Record, Philadelphia, PL J

(From the Record, Philadelphia, P.ll
Last July the Episcopal hospital
admitted woman whose pale and
emaciated face and rackinS cough
proclaimed her the victim of con-
sumption. She gave her name as
Mrs. VIM. G. Bowen, residence, l649
Meighan ST., Philadelphia. The
case was diagnosed and she was told
plainly that she was in an advanced
stages of consumption. The exarain
ing physician even showed her the
sunken place in her breast where the
cavity in her lung was supposed to
exist. She went home to her family
a broken, disheartened woman with
death staring her in the face. That
was the beginning Of the story, the
end as told by Mrs. Bowen, who 70
longer expects to die, to a reporter
follows:
"The first symptoms Of consump-
ton came in the form of terrible
sweats, both night and day. From
April until September I was con-
stantly cold and kept wrapped up in
blankets through the hottest weather.
A terrible cough took possession Of
me, my breast was sore to the slight
est touch, and my limbs were like
cold clay. The hardest rubbing with
the coarsest towel would net create
the slightest flush, and the least ex-
ertion would so exhaust me that I
could barely gasp for water.
II went to the hospital il July and
they diagnosed my case as above
stated. It was when the clouds
were the darkest that the first CLINT
of sunshine came. Mr.. ShelmerGine,
friend who lives around at 1914
CIementine St., said to me one day,
Mrs. Bowen did you ever try DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People?'
I had never heard Of the medicine
but in my condition could not tuln
a deaf ear 10 anything that offered
relief. It was after considerable
thought and investigation that con-
cluded to discontinue all the medl-
cine 1 was taking, including cod liver
oil, and depend entirely upon Pix
Pills. I began t. take the pills, at
first with but little encouragement.
The first sign Of improvement was a
warmth and a tingling sensation in
my limbs. Finally the cough disap-
peared, my chest lost lis soreness
and 1 began to gain flesh until I was
fifteen pounds heavier. All this I
owe to DR.. Williams Pink Pills and
I cannot praise them too highly"
Mrs. Bowen is lady Of middle
age, church member well-known
and highly esteemed. She looks to-
day, we'll and strong and it seems al
most impossible that she was ever
given up BY eminent physicians as
an incurable consumptiye. Yet such
is the case beyond all dispute.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain
all the elements necessary to give
new life and richness to tie blood
and restore shattered nerves. They
are for sale by all druggists, or may
be had by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n.
Y, for soc. per box, or 6 boxes for
s. so.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27

SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
Nos. 81 and IS Washington & Southwestern Linn
tied, Pullman cars Tampa 10 New loTk Solid iuH
man train with Dining cars north OF Charlotte.
No. 35 and sc Z. S. Fast Mail. Through Pull
man Buffet Sleeping car and first class coach
jacksonville and New York; also Pullman Car
Augusta and Charlotte,
n B.-Nos. 81 aud 36 do not enter Union STA
tion Columbia, but discharge and take On pas
sengers and baggage at Banding st. station
W. A. TURK, S. II. NARD"iCk,
G. P. A, WASHINGTON. A. G. P. A., ATLANTA
WELLES, Supt, COLUMBIA, s. c.
W a. GREEN, j. ". cUlP,
q Sunt WASHINGTON T NJ WASHINGTON.
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The Subject Suited.

Visitor-But this portrait Of Mr..
Bu]ger is gcod deal more than life
size?
Artist know it. That is the size
lie thinks he is.-Bostcn Commercial
Bulletin.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27
If the Baby is Cutting Teeth,

Be sure and use that old and well
tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhea.
twenty-five cents bo te.
It is the best of all.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27
ADVERTISING RATES.

Ad'ertisements will be inserted at the
rate Of IS cents per square Of one inch
space for first insertion, and so cents per
inch for each subsequent insertion.
Liberal contracts made with those wish
ing to advertise for three. six and twelve
months.
Notices in the local column 10 cents per
line each inser ion
Marriage notices inserted free.
Obituaries charged for at the rate Of one
cent a word.
Address
G. N. HARMAN, Editor.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27
A SERMON FOR WOMEN
REV. DR.. TALMAGE DESCRIBES THE
NEW WOMAN.

He Has Faith In Evangelistic Triumph
and Progress In tho RICH: Direction.
This Is T. Good World For Girls-Moth-
crs Too Or:cn Forgotten.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27

A fresh arrival of fine French can
'solp just received at the Bazaar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
"BREVITY is THE SOUL OF WITT
GOOD WIFE! YOU NEED
SAP Ol .
Unself1shness In Plants.

Flowers, as we'll as members of the ami
MAJ world, seem to be governed in quite as
great a part by self sacrifice Us by selfish
ness. Though the struggle for life, as it
is called, and the Survival of the ~fittest''
must have something to do with the evo-
luton of form, and must be necessary to
the existence of plants individually, yet 1t
Is evidently not so to all. As an illustra-
ton, If the southern pine trees are left
alone the production of turpentine is com
paratively small, but when tapped and
made to produce the turpentino for the
benefit of man they go on producing with
out the tree suffering in the least. The
annual product of turpentine by the
southern pine trees is some $40, 900, 900,
which 1T seems to hand over to the uses OF
man without the slightest injury to itself,
In no way can it be shown that the pro-
duction of t%urpontine is a benefit to the
pine tree.-Meehan's Monthly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
Base Ball Notes.

Fall River. New Bedford, Newport ant
the Cuban Giants have formed a league
and the local association expects to recoup'
Davis and Yeayer of Pawtucket. will be
signed for the series. The base ball cranks
didn't like the idea of keeping back Slo III
fine from Rollins and allowing him to 60
home practically stranded. His work W
to three weeks ago was excellent.
Joe Conner of the Remedies played
third base for st. Louis at Boston, Mon
day. He was three times at bat, a 10
runs and no hits, and the Globe gives MIN
one nut out, one assist and n error,
While the Herald exempts him from the
error and says: "a brother OF Roger Con-
nor, formerly of the Augustus, was tried
on third. He had little to do in the Held,
and did not bat at all strongly.
Argus: The New England League mex
season will have the same Maine cities III
it as this year. Augusta will be on hand
with a club of heavier calibre than the one
that represented it in its first year in the
league and Portland, Lewiston n Ban
COR will strengthen the weak places. ii
is said that Capt. Slater is liable not to
play on the Portlands next year. The
reservation clause was stricken out OF MS
contract when he signed, last spring, so
he is at liberty 10 go where ne chooses. he
has had several offers at much higher
salary than he has been getting here. II
Slater cannot be secured for next season,
Goodhart would make "A good first base
man. In fact the games he has played in
that position showed that there is the
making of a star initial ba gger in him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
WATERVILLE FAT MEN
Give the Lean Mems Nine a Coco
Sound Threshing,
In Revenge for Defeat Of Few Weeks Ago
Score, rs to 6.

Waterville. Sept II .-(Special The fat
men an. lean men of the city had their
second battle for the honors Of the diamond
on the Colby grounds this afternoon. and
as , resnlt the poor lean MN got more
| tsan q trounciDg.
After the victory OF the thin aggrega-
tiop n few weeks ago, their boasts became
unendurable to the defeated fat men, who
| at ,.st issned a challenge for a second
game to be played Sept 10, tie proceeds
70 an To the Waterville Military Band.
Thss fine the "Puff Balls" as they began
r., he locally known, made up their minds
| tn do or die. They strengthened the nine
at every weak place and put in lots of hard
work at practioing.
The shadows thought they had it
dead easy and went into the game without
practice. They see now they needed
working out" for they were pounded all
! over the lot.
The weakness of the Shadows was a
lack of pitchers. Three men were tried
aud yet the fat men kept pounding out
the hits, and of course, hits meant runs
They pounded little Charlie Redingson
out of the box IN the second inning, and
Wyman went IN the third to do the twirl-
ing.
Now Tate is a long-built fellow with an
iron arm, who played good ball for the
Colbys-a long time ago. But he went
down before the heavy fat men, today,
with about the same thud that Dick
O'Brien fell Il few weeks ago in a not too
far off city.
Atwood came in then. He was orce a
crack. ball tosser on the Bates varsity
nine, and though be pitched a swift ball,
was a wild as II Benton partridge after
close time is over.
But the lean men did not lose wholly
on account of poor pitching. The field
support was rather rocky. Prof. Black Is
all right in the lecture room, but as q left
fielder he is not what could be called II
success. There was Il marked contrast
between his work and that Of Davy Pickett
in the same quarter
Bert Holland can measure cloth better
than he can ground between second and
third when a not grounder IL coming his
way. and DR.. Pulsifer will probably never
be signed as q right fielder on any profess
sional team.
For the fat msn, Wheeler pitched Il
great game. The opponents could not bat
uim successfully aud he did more than
any one man to win the game. The field
crs all round fielded sharply with the ex-
tcption of the shortstop. Mr.. Springfield,
who ses med to be a trifc out Of practice.
Larrabee caught the game Of his life and
won applause whom he hoped clean four
feet IN the air aud pulled down a high one
when there were three men on bases and
a passed ball would have meant runs.
On the whole there was lots of fun and
there ought to have been a lots bigger
crowd present. The band was present and
rendered excellent music during the after
noon.
The score:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
TURNS WOOD TO TONE.
Peculiar Effect the Comstock Lode "Creep-
ing Clay" uas Upon Timber.

In half a dozen mining offices in San
Francisco there are small slabs of hard
black wood 4 by 10 inches that always puz-
zle strangers, especially workers in wood
from the east. These four inch slabs were
once II by II inch timbers of Nevada pine,
and their present condition is due to the
fact that for a few years they were subject
cd to the tremendous pressure exerted by
millions and millions of tons of earth.
The fibers of this wood are so closely
crowded together that when polished the
slabs look more like stone than wood.
All the history of the Comstock lode,
says TIE San Francisco Chronicle, speak
ing recently of this wood, governed and
regulated as it always has been by men in
San Francisco, is peculiar, but of all the
stories in the mines on this lode there is
none moro peculiar than the creeping
clay" and the compressed timbers. From
1874 until 1877 the Big Bonanza was
worked down to a 1, 500 foot level, but at
100 feet the managers stopped and con-
cluded to drift to the east. This brought
them to a position where a large proportion
Of a side of a mountain was pressing up
on the quartz bed. There was a body Of
ore shaped like u watermelon and in size
eQudl 10 aDOut TOUR GalacS nOUciS. 1t
was this ore that made the fortunes of
SO many men. There vas a wall running,
down at an angle of about AZ degrees, and
this wall marked the limits of the loose
earth which contained this watermelon OF
ore, and this same loose earth was contin-
ually moving.
Immediately surrounding the lump Of
ore was clay, and this clay so moved and
crept in the natural process of natures ac-
ton that by the miners it was called
creeping clay" and watched continually.
So irresistible was its force that nothing
could stand against it. From the l, 100
foot level the drift was set in toward this
body of ore. There was a gallery where the
car ran aloIE for the taking out of the
Gre, and from this gallery ran tho smaller
drifts. Above, below and on the sides OF
these smaller drifts there were heavy tim
bers of Nevada pine. There was between
the timbers u space of about on the aver
age 7 feet in height and 5 in width. These
were square sets, and it was these timbcrs
that, by the action OF the loose earth
around them, were so compressed that
pieces of them look more like stone than
wOnd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
Wonderful Giants of Old.

There are hardly any truthful records
of the giants OF the past, though literature
Is full of wondrous tales about them. A
French academician, NJ. Henrion, once
estimated the height of Adam to be 123
feet, and that of Eve lis, proportions that
must have appeared most formidable to
the serpent and made the proposition for
apples seem o somewhat trivial thing.
The same authority brings Abraham down
to % feet and makes Moses only 10. Go
liath's recorded height is, however, only 9
feet 0 inches, which Is within the bounds
of possibility.
Pliny speaks of seeing a giantess 10 feet
. inches in height and a skeleton 20 feet
long. There are weird stories of the EN-
peror Macmillan, who was reputed to be
o feet high and to have eaten 40 pounds of
meat n day.
Nearly every race has contributed to gil
antism, but the English has furnished far
the larger proportion, partly perhaps be-
cause the English have always been fond
of seeing giants and paying for the priv
ilegc, thereby drawing the merit of phys
ical bigness, which has always been modest,
out of its undiscovered obscurity. Next to
the English the Irish have supplied tho
largest number, but the Irish giant is rare
ly grown nowadays, since that stock has
been drawn upon so heavily by America.
Germany and the United States have sup.
piled each eight or nine men who have
won publicity and fame by their exuber-
ant physique. 1t seems to be the central
and western states that supply the Amer
lean giants, and our wal records show that
In these regions, together with Maine and
Vermont, the average stature is the high
est. There have been French and italian,
negro Arab giants, but the number is
few, and 1t is evident that the temperate
zones and the large races supply the most
cases OF giantism.-Dr. G. L. Dana In
Scribner's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The Star Ball Tossers Of the World in Our
National Game.
League Standing.
AT NEW YORK.

Chicago won two games from New
York, today, by superior ball playing.
Arson tried two new pitchers and both
proved to be all right. In the first game
Friend, a lcft-hander from New Bedford,
pitched great ball for the visitors, the only
run scored by New York being the result
of home run hits by Van Haltren and
Stafford. Rusie pitched in poor form.
He gave six bases on balls and was hit
hard. His support was bad. After the
sixth, Rusie gave way to German. who
was wild and Ineffective. The game was
called in the eighth, by mutual consent,
The second game was won because Meekin
was raggedly supported and was hit bard
with men on bases. Parker was steady
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
CAPTAIN CaANFleLD
Thinks vaIkyrie Wilt Quit II the Defenders
Protest Is Allowed.

The Tribune, tomorrow, will print III
interview with Capt Cranfield. He de
Tended the course taken and said he could
not see how the Defenders protest could
b1 fairly sustained.
The reporter inquired: "Shall you OBJ
ject to run the race over again. if the com
mittee decides against yuu?"
"Well, l don't know" replied Capt
Cranfield. He added with Just the shadow
of a smile, 81 rather think If the protest
lie upheld we shall make our way home
again, and call 1t one win each
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11

The Republican primary elections for
delegates TO the Assembly conventions to
choose delegates to county and state con
vansions, were held Tuesday night, in the
1891 election districts OF New York city.
and resulted in the election of so Plat
men, 80 ant Plat, and 20 doubtful.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
THE vALkYRIE
CONTINUED from page IL

the carrying away of her spreader and the
springing of her topmast.
The Regatta COMMITTEES"
Commodore Smith of the Americas cup
committee. said, this evening, that his
faith in the Herreshoff boat had been
tremendously strengthened and that the
cup was safe.
Uncenfrmed Rumur That vaIkyrie Has Been
awarded the Race.
1t was rumored, late tonight, that the
regatta committee, which has been con-
sidering the Defenders protest, has decided
in favor of the Valkyrio and declared the
contest a race. The report could not be
verified. 1t is said that the committee will
hold another meeting, tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11

sometimes" said Uncle Eben, ode
tremenjus se'f esteem dat er man gifts am
intiahly due ter dc fack dat he am er bad
Jedge OBJ character. "-Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11

When certain persons abuse us, let us
ask what kind of characters it is that they
admire. We shall often find this a most
.consolatory question.-Colton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
BLACK out on infield fly.
Wymsn out for not running.

Earned runs, Fat Men, 4. Two base hits
Ware, Vollier Q. Getch-ll, Larrabee, Wheeler
Iii |, Springfield, Drummond. Struck out
Ware, Springfield ?, Redington, Pulsifer
Base on balls. by Wheeler, A; by Redington
3; by Wyman. 3; by At wood. 2. Passed ball.
Bucrill. Wild pitch, Atwood Hit by pitched
ball, Daily, Proctor. stolen bases, Vollier,
Ia. rabee s, Springfield 2. pulsifer, Holland 2
Time, 10, Ann. Umpire, Hoxie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11

Bedford, today. KloLcdana was effective,
while Day was hit hard and often.
:,
Fall River... u-z
New Bedford...... 2 0 l 0 y y
Hits-Fall River, IL; New Bedford, :; Errors
Fall River, 8; New Bedford, o. h'oosoan~
and Rupert; Day and Sharpe.
At Observation-Disclosures Syracuse. z.
At Srrantcn-Spripgfcld, 10; Scran-
ton, f..
At Observation-Disclosures s; Wilkes
barre. 6.