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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
Work Of the Convention.
TIE WORK DONE.

All are interested of course to
know what the convention has done
in the matter of constructing the
new constitution. It can be com
pactly stated.
Only eight Of The sixteen articles
proposed have been entirely COM
pleted as yet and referred to the
committee on style and revision.
They are the articles:
l. On executive department.
2. On impeachments.
3. On municipal corporations and
police regulations.
/. On amendment and revision OF
the constitution.
5. Ga miscellaneous matters.
6. On penal and charitable instltu-
tions.
I. On suffrage.
S. On militia.
All the sections of the article on
legislative department have been
passed to their third reading save
that relating to the homestead, dis
cussed a whole day and then laid
over, and the section relating to in
termarriages. So this article is al
most complete.
All the sections of the article on
finance and taxation have likewise
been passed to third reading, save
five.
Sections 2 and 3 were continued,
and the further consideration of SEC
tons 6, S and II were postponed un
til later. Section 16 was stricken
out entirely.
The same thing applies to the ar
ticle of the declaration of rights, four
of its sections being unacted upon as
yet. Sections II and 13 are to be
taken up along with the report Of the
suffrage committee. Section 20 is to
be taken up along with the article on
judicial department. Section 22 was
merely passed over to be taken up
later. So all the sections of this ar
ticle have been disposed of save four.
The article on counties and county
government has been passed to a
third reading. Some amendments
will be offered on the third reading
and there may be a considerable
fight.
OF the article on jurisprudence, all
the sections have passed their third
reading save one-the last-that re
latiDg to lynchings, which is now
under discussion.
The following articles have not
even been taken up on their second
reading yet:
l. On Judicial department.
2. On eminent domain.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
TIE OLD vs.. NEW WOMAN.

We have been taught from infancy
up to manhood to regard the sphere
Of woman as being confined exclu
sively to the home circle. There she
was ray Of sunshine illuminating
the moral and spiritual atmosphere
of home, in which holy place the
characters Of the succeeding genera
ton of men and women were formed,
trained and established. Her pres
ence shed a perfume Of rare sweet
ness around those with whom she
came in contact, which purified and
ennobled and elevated those under
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
An Important Office,

To properly fill its office and furc
tions, it is important that the blood
be pure. When it is in such & con
dition, the body is almost certain to
be healthy. A complaint at this
time is catarrh in some Of its valions
forms. A slight cold develops the
disease in the head. Droppings Of
corruption passing into the lungs
bring on consumption. The only
wav to cure this disease is to purify
the blood. The most obstinate cases
of catarrh yield to the medicinal
powers Of Hoods Sarsapalilla as if
by magic, simply because it reaches
the seat of the disease, and by puri.
flying and yitalizing the blood, rc-
moves the cause. Not only does
Hoods Sarsaparilla do this but it
gives renewed Yigor to the whole
system, making it possible for good
health to reign supreme. 3.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
THE HOMESTEAD.

ire homestead SecJlOn OF In1S al
ticle. the only other one not yet sent
to its third reading, stands as
amended, as follows:
Section 20. The general assembly
shall enact such laws as will exempt
from attachment and sale under any
mesne or final process issued from
any court to the head of any family
residing in this State, a homestead
Of lands, whether held in fee or any
lesser estate, not to exceed in value
$1,000, with the yearly products
thereof, and every head of a family
residing in this State, whether having
"a homestead exemption in lands or
not, personal property not to exceed
in value the sum of $500 The title
to the homestead to be set off and
assigned shall be absolute and be
forever discharged from all debts of
said debtor then existing or there
after contracted except as hereinafter
provided. Provided, that in case
any woman having separate estate
shall be married to the head of
family who has not of his own suffi-
Gent property to constitute home
stead as hereinbefore provided, said
married woman shall be entitled to
like exemption as provided for head
of family. Provided further, that
there shall not be an allowance of
more than 81, 600 worth of real estate
and more than $500 worth of per-
sonal property to the husband and
wife Jointly. Provided, that no prop
erty shall be exempt from attach
ment, levy or sale for taxes, Or for
payment of obligations contracted
for purchase of said homestead or the
erection of improvements thereon.
Provided further, that the yearly
proceeds of said homestead shall not
be exempt from attachment, levy or
sale for the payment of obligations
contracted in the production of the
same. Provided further, that no
woman shall defeat the right of
homestead, except it be by deed or
mortgage, and only as against the
mortgage debt, and no Judgment
creditor or other creditor whose lien
does not bind tue homestead shall
have any right or equity to require
mortgage which embraces the home
stead and other property to first ex
haust the homestead.
The heaviest work is now out of
the way, that is to say, the most i'm,
portant matters not yet finally set
tied have been practically disposed
Of. The articles on corporations and
education have both been Dretty well
settled upon. The system Of COM
mon school education has been
pretty definitely determined with its
3 mill tax, its 81 poll tax, and in
creasing the age subject to poll tax
from so to 60 years, it's redistricting
provision and its supplemental tax.
It will hardly be altered on the final
reading if the votes taken are any
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
Oh, Reform! What blunders are
committed in thy name?

The work Of enlarging the Lex
ington Manufacturing Company's
factory will soon be commenced. We
understand that it will be enlarged
to double its present size. This is
the kind of progress that We like to
coo
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20

Is it not about time for some tired
candidate who is seeking rest under
the shades Of political oblivion to
give the public another installment
of ssChristmas refections?" General
Farley found this route rapid
transit from popularity into the
realms of forgetfulness, and very
effective means to be relegated to
the quietness and beauty of phi
uate life.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20

We believe that the constitutional
convention in postponing the session
of the General Assembly until Jan
uary next, has transcended its author
ity and assumed powers not dele
gated to it by the people, and hence
are arbitrary and entirely repugnant
to the tenents of a government by
the people.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
Masonic,

A regular meeting Of Sinclair
Lodge, No. 154, A. +. NJ, will he
held on Saturday, Nov. 3Qth, at 2
D. m. Officers are to be elected and
other business Of importance trans
acted. All the members are ear
nestly requested to be present.
J. J. DERRICK, ". VI.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
EXta Term OF Court.
The State Of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF LEXINGTON,
In Court Of Common Pleas.

DURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF
L the Hon. Henry AIcIver, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court Of
South Carolina, of date the 4th, No.
vember, 1895:
Notice is hereby given that spec
ial Term of the Court of Common
Pleas of Lexington county, will be
held at Lexington, S. c., commenc-
ing on the second Monday in Deem
ber next, and continuing for two
weeks, if so long be necessary.
All persons interested will take
notice of said special Term Of Court.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the said court at Lexington, S. c.,
this 5th day of November, A. D.,
1895. H. A. SPANN, Is
G. G.. G. P. -
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20

Is the star of Ben Tillman on the
wane? is question that is giving
many of his devoted admirers much
concern. This concern is increased
and intensified when they read the
States, as well as that of other pa
pers, praise Of him.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20

We are persuaded from reading
the State that it's editor has buried
his little hatchet and is now smoking
the pipe of peace. Wonders, itseems,
will never cease.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20

Don't come and pay your taxes and
go back home without paying for
your paper. Some delinquents have
done so already. We need every
cent due US, so think of us before
leaving home, and don't forget us
when YOU come to town.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20

with the furniture, naturally and
properly. That chair conquers ad
miration at first sight. Such pieces
of furniture give look Of ease and
luxury to any room in which they are
placed. They can easily be dupli-
Gated in cur stock Of fine furniture
in all the latest styles. We respect
fully ask an inspection of our disply:
the fmniture itself vii! do the rest.
No words can describe our parlor and
bedroom suites half so well as they
can describe themselves. If you
can t go to the Atlanta Exhibition,
attend our Furniture Exhibition,
open al The time, and see such sur
prises as 10 pieces Oak Bed Room
Suites for $25, ard every kind CT
Furniture as low as it can be sold.
\ line of useful Christmas crockery,
Shades, Picture Frames, etc.
~" Remember, at
1910 Main street, Columbia, S. c.
Nov G-Gm
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
TAX NOTICE

A CCORDING TO THE REQUIRE
"A ments of the provisions of IAN Act
TO raise supplies and make appropriations
fer the fiscal year commencing November
Jst, 1894, Approved December 23d, 1894.
vi open my books for the collection Of
taxes, 1T my office at Lexington c. H., s.
G., on October Is, 1895, and continue t.
collect until December 81, 1895. at which
time the books will be closed unless other
wise ordered.
The following is tie levy in Lexington
County, S c., viz;
For State Purposes AZ mills
For School Purposes. es............2 2 mills:
For Ordinary County Purposes .22 mills
For Special County Purposes ..... j mill
Total 81
Interest on bonds in aid of Colum.
bia. Newberry and Larrens Rail-
road, in Broad River Township 8 mills
Sa!uda and Fork Township 49,. 81 mills
L. J. GRIFFITH,
Treasurer Lexington County,
September 16, 1895.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
Notice, Trespassers.

A LII PERSONS ARE HEREBY POSI-
"A lively forbidden to trespass, either
by hunting, fishing, cutting and hauling
wood aad allowing stock to run upon onr
lands, or treSpa-siug in ally other way
what Yer. Tne lands adjoin each other
The law will be vigorously enforced against
ali trespasscrs.
NJ. J.. Taylor, +. A. Derrick,
J. J. Taylor, ID Z. Ballentine,
J. ID. Taylor, ". F. Roof,
L George. ". ". Barre
November I, 1895. 3wl.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20

Judge O. ". Buchanan will pre-
side at the special term Of court for
this county which will convene next
month.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
RETURNING SCHEDULE.

No. 81 makes close connection for
Abbeville, Greenwood, Athens, At
lanta and all points West. Shortest
and best line to the Cotton States and
international Exposition.
For tickets and any other informs-
ton, call on
3. L. P. LEAPHART,
City Ticket Agent,
Columbia. S. G..
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
jew EjLR y!

= -
ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLiT1ERS.
nor is everything Sterling Silver that is
stamped "sterling.' OF course in the
crucible OF the chemist it is easy to tell the
pure metal from the dross, but people can t
carry chemists and crucibles about with
them when they so shopping. Guard
against mistakes then by buying from
dealers of known reliability.
1 have sold Reliable Jewelry in Columbia
for great many y ars and it is gratifica-
ton to me to know that my patrons have
received full value for their money and
have always bought what they bargained
for.''
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20

OPENS SEPT. 25th, 1885, WITH.
~ large Faculty and Ten Departments.
In the lead for combining SUPERIOR.
ADVANTAGES and Low RATES
Special advantages in ART. ELOCUTION,
VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC,
GlMNAS TICS and COMMERCIAL
BRANCHES. Board and tuition $50 to =
Sl25 per year Young ladies can reduce
expenses by domestic work.
For catalogue address,
l.. B. HAYNES, A. n. President
Aug. 7. lS95-3m
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
Notice, Trespassers.

HEREBY POSITIVELY FORBID ALL
i persons from trcspassirg upon any Of
lands, situate, Airg and being in Lexington
county and the State of South Carolina. for
any purpose. or in any manuer whatever.
The law will certainly be enforced against
all persons caught so trespassing.
-s-.- d. w. MESSENGER.
O...uloxX 1oo-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20

WATCH WORK Of the best and guaraE-
teed. Repairing Jewelry, g.. specially.
A full line OF Jewelry, Watches, Clocks,
and every article found il a first class
Jewelry Store al at the lowest possible
prices.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-20
Death Was Preferable
To Prostration After the Grip
Hoods SarsaparllIa Built Up and
Gave Perfect Health.

This Is well-known merchant at Key
West, Florida. His account OF his condi-
tion after the grip, and how it was cured,
should be read by all:
81 had the grip twice, which came near
ending my existence on the earth, and left
me In q condition to which
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-18

sales of Plantation Ghhi eale ea- ceed all other chill preparations ~, " gether. Every bottle guaraa hts e.' s,s'.s' ! Try it. Sold by McCanYoh x , non'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-18
A FAMOUS copEIsH.
An Emblem in the Massachusetts State.
 house for Over 9 Century.

An Emblem in the Massachusetts state-
 house for Over Century
 The famous codfish which hangs from the base of the dome In the Massachu- setts statehouse, and inside the old room in which the representatives used to meet, will be absent from the cham Der in the new extension which they are soon to occupy. Just why this em- blem, which has always attracted tho notice of visitors and sometimes moved them to ridieple, should be ignored iu the transfer of movables from one room to the other is not explained, and, ae- eording to the New York Post, it is even said that the codfsh is doomed to figure in museum, presumably his torical. The following account of it's origin is given: ssIn 1866 Charles ". Palfrey, editor of the Salem Register, and member of the house for several years, undertook to gather all the facts that could be learned about the placing of the figure in the chamber. After extensive research he found much con corning the fish which, luckily, had been preserved. It was by Mr. Pal frey's efforts that the actual facts were got from the records of the great and general court, and while many links are missing, the chain is nearly com plete. On Wednesday, March 1T, 1764, John Rowe, member from Boston, moved permission to hang the codfsh in the house as d memorial to the im- portance of the codfshery to the well fare of the state. The motion pre- vailed, and shortly after the emblem was placed in position, and there it has remained undisturbed through all the vicissitudes of the years which have in- tervened. Once it was painted, but it has never been taken down from the iron rod by which it is held in position. Mir. Rowe, who presented the figure te the commonwealth, was @ well-known citizen of Boston and conspicuous patriot, being associated with Samuel Adams, James Otis, John Hancock and other leaders of the period. He was in- terested in commerce and was an ex- tensive property owner along the water front, Rowe's wharf and contiguous territory being among his possessions. He died on February IT, 1787."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-18
A MireaprIneeiet.

Among the hardest things which the infant Prince Edward of the royal house of England, the little son of the duke of York and heir expectant to the throne, will have to straighten out when he is older is his relationship to his own father and mother. It consti- tutes problem such as is seldom found outside of princely houses. It is cer- tain, however, that he is tho third cousin of his father and also the second cousin of his mother. This makes his relationship to himself somewhere be- tween that of third and fourth cousin. He is, as it were, his own double-third coasin-a relationship which will doubt less take some time for him to compre- bend. Both his father and mother are descended from George III. of England. George Ills son Adolphus, duke of Cambridge, had Q daughter Mary, who married the duke of Teel, and became the mother of Princess May, who mar ried the duke of York; and the duko of ,York's father, prince of Wales, is the great-grandson of tha same King George III.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-18
SHE GOT GOOD MONEY.
How B Neat Trick Was Turned on A Street
 Car Conductor.

A woman gave a conductor on a RaVenswood electric ear 2 quarter and received in change two silver dimes.
 Here, herel" said the passenger, ''this coin has been filled and I'd like to have T good one.n
 That's good money" retorted the showed he had expected just such an outcome. q took 1t for good stuff, and you'll have to do the same.
 The woman dropped the defective piece of money into her purse, says the Chicago Tribune, muttering something inaudible, but allowinga e look to spread over her countenance that indicated trouble ahead for that conductor. And there was. When he got off and ran ahead to see that the Milwaukee track was clear, his victim removed her big wooden fascinator, pulled off her im- mense cloak, turned it inside out, made Q huff of it, and changed her seat to the other end of the ear.
 Hare" said the conductor, opening the door with bang. He had failed to sec through the transformation and took the passenger with her cloak on her lap as sure enough newcomer. By this time the passengers had all taken in the situation. Every eye was on the little woman as she fshed out the identical silver dime which she had been forced to take.
 Can't take that, madam. Company requires me to turn in good money.n
 70, but you told me only a moment ago that it was good money and now want you to make it good or I'll under take to get you a long lay off. I'll take the names of any two of these men who have seen you give that to me as good money and then within five minutes re- fuse it as bad. Come, now, give me a good coin and do 1t quick
 Tho woma got good dime,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-18
 KEEPING OLD AGE AT BAY.
vegatarian Argument with Illustrations
 Which Appeal to All.

Which Appeal to All.
 A few years ago an Italian bacteriol- ogist proclaimed that he had discovered the germ of old age" The idea was secuted by all scientific men, but there may be something in it after all. At any rate, says Modern Medicine. there seems to be good ground for believing that germs, if not Q specific germ, are at least one of the most important in- fuences which bring on old age. It has long been known that the ptomains , , or toxic substances produced by mi crobes are capable of setting up various degenerative processes Degenerative changes in the joints, the liver, the kidneys and other organs, have been directly traced to this cause. The writer has for some time held the opin- ion that the degenerative changes incl dent to advancing age are due to the same cause; namely, the toxins ab- sorbed from the alimentary canal. These toxins are constantly present in greater or less quantity, according to the extent to which femnentative and putrefaetive processes prevail in the stomach and intestines These proc esses depend first, upon the integrity of the digestive process, in the indi- vidual, and, secondly, upon the char acter of the substances introduced into the alimentary canal as food.
 These considerations suggest at once the thought while all human beings must necessarily be constantly subject to the influence of toxic substances generated in their own alimentary canal, and consequently must grow old and succumb sooner or later to the de- generative process of old age, these processes may be greatly accelerated by subsisting upon diet which favors the production of toxic substances in the ali1nentary canal.
 If this theory is correct we should ex- peet to find the greatest longevity among those animals and those men who subsist on the simplest and purest diet, other conditions being equal It would be impossible to find a sharper contrast than that which exists in this respect between carnivorous and vege- tarian animals. Contrast, for example, the dog which grows old, becomes rheu- AISeVAS U1tAA AA111A AAA LII l3b OA tSA with the donkey, who lives useful life to forty or fifty years, and the elephant, which is still active and useful at one hundred years. The same is true among men. The greatest number of persons who now live above one hundred years of age are to be found among Russian peasants, who rarely taste meat. These people have been practical vegetarians for so many eenturies-perhaps from the earliest ages-that anatomists have noted distinct difference in the length of their alimentary canals as compared with those of the fesh-eating Germans, whose ancestors were cannibals. Rheu- matism in it's protean forms is one of the most constant and distressing dis orders of old age. The relation be- tween English roast beef and the gout and rheumatism, which prevail so ex- tensively among Englishmen, was clear ly pointed out by that distinguished physician and essayist, J. Milner Fothergill. The above considerations, if not considered absolutely conclusive, are worthy of thought.