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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
SOME MODERN BIG THINGS.

A redwood plank exhibited at the
Kansas City exposition was 18 feet
long, feet inches wide and inches
thick.
The great hammer at the Woolwich
Gun works, Woolwich, England, weighs
40 tons, and its drop is sheer fall OF
A feet inches.
The 1000 horsepower pumping en-
CINE in the mines at Freidensville, Pa,
raises 1850 gallons of water at each
revolution Of its gigantic flywheel.
The English royal navy architect says
that perfect" modern man-of-War
should weigh not less than %, COO tons
and cost at least So, 600, 900, or $40, 0oO,-
900.
The largest bronze casting ever made
in America is the buffalo's head which
hangs at the eastern entrance OF the
Union Pacific bridge between Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
The highest building in the world,
monuments and towers not considered,
is the Cologne cathedral. The height OF
this building from the pavement to the
copper tip Oh the spire is 511 feet.
The pavement in front of the William
q. Vanderbilt residence in New York
city cost over $40, 900. The single stone
lying directly in front is the largest
known paving stone, and cost, transpor-
tation and all, $4,000.
The largest statue i'll the United
States is Bartholdi's Liberty Enlight-
ening the World" which stands on
Bedloe's island, New York harbor: The
statue alone, without base or pedestal,
weighs 440, 900 pounds.
One of the largest checks ever drawn
in this country was for SIG, 900, 900, by
President Roberts of the Pennsylvania
railroad, in payment Of 200, 900 shares
of Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more railroad stock.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
PEAK CLUB.

The Democratic club will meet in
the Town Hall, at Peak, on the I'd
day of May next, at 8 o'clock p. Dc.
A full attendance is desired, as busi-
ness ofimportance will be transacted.
The election of officers for the next
two years, and the election of dele
gates to the County Convention, and
other business of interest to all
Democrats.
BY order of
j. D. FARR. President.
JAS. B. ADDY, Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
CEDAR GROVE CLUB.

The members of the Cedar Grove
Democratic Club will meet at Cedar
Grove May I'd, 1896, at 8 o'clock p.
m., for the purpose of recognizing
the club, and to elect member Of the
county executive committee and also
to elect delegates to the county con-
vention to meet at Lexington @. a.,
the first Monday in May.
Ct. A. DERRICK, President.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
ORGANIZE!

In accordance with a resolution
adopted by the State Democratic
Executive Committee, the President
of the various Township Clubs in
Lexington county, is hereby ordered
to call meeting of his respective
club on May 2, for the purpose of
recognizing the club; the election
of one Executive Committeeman; the
election of delegates to County
Convention to be held on the first
Monday in May, to elect delegates to
the State Convention to be held in
Columbia on the third Wednesday in
May next. BY order
H. J. SE1BLEs,
County Chairman.
April s, 1896.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, ChilbLains, Corns, and SKIN
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles
or no pay required. tits guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price rs cents FER box.
For sale at the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29

At New Orleans recently Julius. hay
man sold his we'll known geldings-
Chattanooga to G.. Young for $3.50 and
Longdale to S. Levy for $3.50.
Frank Czaig. the colored pugilist,
stands godfather for one of the yeariings
in the Baron Hirsch stable, the young
ster having received the name OF "Cot-
fee COoler'' -
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
HOLLOW CREEK CLUB.

The members of Hollow Creek
Democratic club will meet at Boyi-
ston Academy, May I'd, 1896, at 8
o'clock p. M, for the purpose Of re.
organizing the club, and to elect q
member of the county executive COM
mittee, also to elect delegates to the
county convention to meet at Lexing-
ton G. H., the first Monday in May.
By order D. T. BARR, President.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
LEXINGTON CLUB.

There will be a meeting of Lexing-
ton Township Democratic club, in
the court house, at this place, on the
I'd day of May, at 3 o'clock p. NJ, for
the purpose Of reorganizing the club
and to elect member of the County
Executive Committee, also to elect
delegates to the County Convention
which assemblies on the 1st Monday
of May next.
By order P. II. CAUGHMAN,
President.
M. D. HARMAN, Secretary.
April Is, 1896.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
Superior to All Other.
GERESro, Miss. Nav 9Th, 1892.

GERENTO, MISS, May btn, lo3Z.
Although I never used any secret
remedies before, I prescribe st.
Joseph's Sarsaparilla in my practice
as would any prescription OF my
own compounding, and any physi-
clan who will do the same will be
greatly pleased at the results
achieved. In my opinion it is supe-
rior to all others and has been es-
pecially useful to me in Rheumatic
and Scrofulous cases.
R. NJ. KITTREL, NJ. D.
For further information call at
Julian E. Kauffmann's drug store
and ask for pamphlet entitled.
"a Treatise on the Blood" 23,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
CONGAREs CLUB.

This Democratic Club is called to
meet at Brookland on the second day
of May, 1896, at 8 o'clock p. M, for
the purpose of recognizing and to
elect delegates to the county conven-
ton which is to meet on the first
Monday in May.
j. D. Sem, President.
G. A. GulNaNARD, Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements will be inserted at the
rate of rs cents per square Of ono inch
space for first insertion, and so cents Per
inch for eh 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 insertion
Marriage notices inserted free.
Obituaries charged for at the rate Of one
cent word.
Address
G. NJ. HARMAN, Editor.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
BLACK CREEK CLUB.

In obedience to the call OF the
County Chairman, there will be 81
meeting of Black Creek Democratle
club at Rishton on May I'd, at 5
o'clock p. M, for the purpose OF re-
organizing, and the election OF an
executive committee man and dele
gates to county convention. Inc
voters of the township are earnestly
requested to be- present.
By order of the President
J. F. LyLEs, Secretary,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
BOILING SPRINGS CLUB.

There will be meeting of Boiling
Springs Democratic Club No. 2, at
Irene, in front of the company store,
on Saturday, May I'd, at 2 o'clock p.
m, for the purpose Of re-organlzlng
the club, elecsing delegates to the
county convention and an executive
committee man.
J.P. L. WILSON, President.
GgoReE T. TAYLOR, Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
Democratic Club Meetings
SALUDA CLUB.

The members of Saluda Democratic
club will meet at Hilton, May 2, 1896,
at 8 o'clock p. m.. for the purpose of
recognizing the club, and to elect
Member of the County Executive
Committee, also to elect delegates to
the County Convention, to meet at
at Lexington c. H., the 1st Monday
in May. G. A. DERRICK, Pres.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
PINE RIDGE CLUB.

Pine Ridge Club Democratic will
meet the I'd day May, at 3 o'clock,
at the Alliance hall to re-organ-
die, elect delegates to the county
convention and committee man fer
the club. sr..s o., sss,~. { D. I. EpTING.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
BULL SWAMP CLUB.

The Bull Swamp Democratic club
will meet at Uriah Jefcoat's Mill, OIL
Nay I'd, for thepurpose Of tran nsactlng
the business pursuant to the order OF
the County Chairman.
r. W. CRAFT.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
sLEEPING CAR SERVICE.

le5tzf..e5 SkEEEtNa YAK SERS1CE.
Nos 81 and Ss-Washingto anG Southwestern
Limited. VeStibuled Pullman cars. between
Apgusta and New York. Solid Testibnled
areii with dining cars and first class coaches
.Gofsb OF Charlotte.
Sos. IS and 3s-U. S. Fast Mail. Through
Papsass drawing room buffet sleeping car be-
tween Jacksonville and New York and Char
aotte and SRgusta. Also Pullman sleeping
cars between Jacksonville and Cincinnati via
,AsheviEe.
Nos. 81 and S2-"New York and Florida Short
fine Limited" comprises between New York
and ST. Augustine: Pullman compartment ana
library observation cars, Pullman drawing
room ears, vestibuled coaches with smoking
room and also dining cars serving meals.
Also dfawing-room Pullman cars between
New York and Tampa Southbound this train
win carry Pullman drawing-room sleeping car
New York TO Columbia. en- route to Augusta py
Train Nc, 81: and northbound by train No. 81
Augusta TO New York.
" H GREEN, j. M. CULP,
G Supt.. washington, r. NJ, Washington.
W A. TURK. 5. II. HAkD"tCh,
p A.. Washington A. G. P. a, Atlanta.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29

The County Lecturers Board
Will meet at Lexington G. a., May
10, at 10 o'clock p. m. All Sub Lee
turers are requested to be present.
D. E. EF1RD.
April 10, 1896.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
CHINQUEPIN CLUB.

This club will met at Long B anch
School house, May I'd, 1896, ut 3 p. NJ.
r. B. BARR, President.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
BOILING SPRINGS CLUB, NO. 2.

BOILING SPRINGS CLUB, NJ u
This Democratic cluD will meet al
Rev. S. P. Shumpert's old place.
May Cd, to re-orga oize and to elect
delegates. All members are re-
quested to attend promptly at 3p. IN.
JOHN A. SHEALY, President.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
SWANSEA CLUB.

Pursuant to an order of the County
Chairman. this club will met at
Swansea on May I'd, at half past 8
o. m. W. II. F. RAsT, President.
F. B. HARMAN, SEcRErAY.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
F. W. HUSEMANk,
GUN AND LocgsMzTE,

-and dealer in ~
GINS PlsTs.g. PISTOL CARTRIDGES
FisHiaE TACKLE,
aud ALI kinds OF Spostsmen's Articles,
.,,h;.b he has now on exhibition and for
ale at his store.
Main Street, Near the Central Bank,
Columbia, s. C..
.sEST FOR HAZARD POWDER co.
Repairing done at short notice.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29

Paper and envelopes of all kinds
writing and pencil tables, pens'
pencils, memorandum and pass
books, purses, banjo, violin and
guitar strings, and notions generally,
at the Bazaar. Z.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
1RafO CLUB.

Irmo Democratic Club will meet at
the usual place Of meeting, on Sat
urday, May I'd, for the purpose OF
recognizing, electing delegates to
the county convention and commit
tee man.
]. n. COUNTS, President.
J. L. SHULEE, Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-04-29
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Central time between Colunbia and
Jacksonville. Eastern time between
Columbia and other points.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21

The remarkable number of cures
of govt and rheumatism which have
followed the use of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla, point conclusively to the fact
that this remedy comes nearer being
the specific for complaints of this ma
ture than any other medicine in
pharmacy.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21

of vegetable seed offered for the
money allotted. The amount of mon
ely being fixed, the proposals had to
be carefully considered and compar-
ed as to the quantity and quality OF
! the seed offered for the money
The members of the committee to
which was assigned the duty of max
ing these comparisons were instruct
ed to rate the proposals on the fol-
lowing basis: First, as to the char
! acter and variety of the seed; sec
Ond, as to the ability of the bidders
to honestly, thoroughly, and efficient
ly fulfil their contracts; and, third,
as to the number of packets of vege-
table seeds offered (the flower and
field seeds being fixed quantities)
These ratings were made, and the
committee recommended one firm in
or near each section to receive the
contract from that section. These
recommendations have been approx
ed by the Acting Secretary of Agri-
culture, with one slight modification,
and are as follows:
South Atlantic States-T. w. Wood
& Sons, Richmond, Va.
Southwestern States Ullathorne
Seed Co., Memphis, Tenn.
Pacific States-(No yet awarded)
Middle-Western States-John A.
Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis.
Eastern States-W. Atlee Burpee,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Northwestern States-L. L. May &
Co., ST. Paul, Mimi.
Proposals from the Pacific Coast
seedsmen having failed to arrive in
time for consideration, the award for
the Pacific and Rocky Mountain Sec
ton has been necessarily delayed. 1t
is not possible to give exactly the to-
tai number of packets of seeds which
will be distributed, but estimating
the Pacific section on the basis of the
amounts purchased in other sections,
it is safe to say that each Senator,
Representative and Territorial Dele
gate in Congress will have at his dis
posal (after deducting one-third al
Iotted by law to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture) nearly 10000 packets of
seeds, or about twice as many as
last year. The amount expended for
seed last year was $8O,5OO; it will be
seen, therefore, that the Department
has this year secured twice as much
seed, of greater variety, for consider
ably less than twice as much money
as last year. Even this comparison,
however, is not adequate since all the
field seed distributed this year lex
cept tobacco) will be in quart pack
ages, whereas last year no quart
packages of any kind were distrib-
uted. This improved showing is due
to the longer time allowed this year
| for making the contracts, and to the
adoption of the above plan of subdi
vision into sections.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21

Plant for succession in the garden
as we'll as in the orchard. It is an
item to have good supply of fruits
and vegetables all the season.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21

By stirring the soil after rain the
weeds will be more easily destroyed
than in any other way, besides secur-
ing better growth of plants.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21

the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897,
appropriates $150,000 for the pur-
chase and distribution of valuable
seeds. AS interpreted by the Attor-
ney-General, in an opinion addressed
to the Secretary of Agriculture dated
June 80, 1896, this act requires that
the Secretary of Agriculture shall
purchase 'seeds prepared for distri-
button" to the amount of $4,000
and no less He is authorized to pur-
chase these seeds at public or private
sale, os may be most advantageous
for the Government.
The same act changes the statute
which defines the kind of seed to be
purchased so that it now reads as
follows:
Sec. 527.-That the purchase and
distribution of vegetable, field, and
flower seeds, plants, shrubs, vines,
bulbs, and cuttings, shall be of the
freshest and best obtainable varie-
ties and adapted to general cultiva-
ton.
1t will be seen, therefore, that only,
$4,000 is available for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1897, for the pur-
chase of trees, shrubs, vines, cut
tings, and plants, and for all the con-
tingent expenses of distribution by
the Department of Agriculture. In
fact the whole of this amount will be
required for the contingent expenses,
so that there will be no funds avail
able for anything else.
In order to secure the best seeds,
adapted to the different sections of
the country, and to facilitate their
rapid and convenient distribution,
the country was divided into six Sec
lions, according to agricultural and
horticultural conditions, as follows
The sections are enumerated in the
order in which the distribution will
be made, since the act requires that
the seed shall be distributed to the
more southern ATTITUDES first:
Section South Atlantic States.
Section Southwestern States.
Section 3-Pacific and Rocky Mt.
States.
Section 4-Middle-Western States.
Section 5-Eastern States.
Section 6-Northwestern States.
The $13O,OOO wos so divided as to
allow an equal amount ($288.89) to
each Congressional District and to
each Senator and Territorial Dele
gate to Congress. The amount of
money allotted to each section was,
therefore, $2S8.89 multiplied by it's
Congressional representation.
The lists of flower, field, and vege-
table seeds adapted to these sections
were prepared in conference with the
officers of experiment stations and
other experts in the respective sec
tions, and a circular explaining the
requirements of the Department was
sent to all the seed houses in the
country.
The lists of flower seeds and OF
field seeds and the amounts of each
kind were fixed and each seedman
was invited to state the number OF
papers of vegetable seeds he would
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
Care of Seed Potatoes.

Every potato grower should have the
seed potatoes for his next crop saved
while digging the present one. Ia this
way he can choose tubers from the hills
that have strong, vigorous growth and
can be depended on to transmit this ten
dency Much depends ON keeping the
seed from premature sprouting. Here is
what The American Cultyator says on
the subject:
One Of tie best preventives of this il
to expose the potatoes to light aud air
as much as possible This may turn the
skin green AID spoil the potatoes for
eating, but makes them better for seed.
Until really cold weather comes the
potatoes need not be put in pits but
they should bo just about the time that
the ground freezes. They will keep
much better in pit than in collars
which are always kept at too high and
uneven temperature. II the potatoes
are exposed to sunlight until nearly
green in the fall and then buried All
pits, they Will be free from sprouts III
April, when they should be again got
out and exposed to sunlight before be
ing planted. Potatoes treated thus make
much more vigorous growth and pro-
duce an earlier crop than those manag-
ed in the usual way.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
Arninnt Sailing IInY.

Many of the farmers Of Maine have
i'll the past been i'll the habit of selling
more or less hay, which does not show
the best OF Judgment if continued to
excess, according To Il correspondent Of
The New England Homestead, who
writes as follows ON the subject:
If the fertility Of the tara is to be
kept up, We should feed all our hay and
many Other products grown upon tho
farm. This, praaticod with prudence
and economy, viii insure success i'll
most cases. 1t is not every So called
farmer that knows what II ton of hay is
worth TO feed to our domestic animals,
for the very reason it Is done in a slip
shod manner. First study the animal
and then the feed best adapted to ac-
complsh the results, whether it be beef,
pork, mutton, poultry or milk. Every
ton of hay carried from the farm repre-.
sents certain amount of fertility Hay
properly fed to milk COWS at the price
of milk and its manufactured products
at the present time gives the farmer n
good margin ON the outlay. A large
portion of forage crops should be dis.
posed of on the farm and all the ferti-
LIKING material we'll cared for and prop
erly distributed. The more manure, the
more hay; the moro hay, the more
stock; the moro of the right kinds of
stock, the more the profit.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08

A publication from the agricultural
department at Washington contains OBJ
scryations on the diet of the crow black
birds by field observers in different parts
of the country.
In the course of tho investigations
there were examined the contents of
the stOmachs of EOS blIckblrdS from
the eastern and central portion of the
United States and from Florida. The
food was found to show IS per cent of
animal, IS per cent Of vegetable and
per cent of mineral matter. The ami
NAL food consisted chiefly of insects,
which formed 43 per cent of the entire
food of the year Beetles, grasshoppers
and caterpillars were chiefly eaten, al
though insects of other orders as we'll
as spiders and myriapods were repre-
sented.
The vegetable food was found to CON
sist chiefly of grain and fruit. Corn
was eaten to the greatest extent, Wheat
was also eaton to Il small extent. Fruit
appeared to be an important dietary ele-
ment and consisted chiefly of wild Va
rieties. A considerable quantity of nox-
ious weed seed was found i'll the stom-
achs collected during the winter and
spring months 1t is the belief that
though the Crow blackbirds may cause
considerable injury at times when they
collect i'll large tlocks the damage is
moro than balanced by their destruction
of injurious insects, and that they
should not be unfortunately destroy
ed