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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
The time is rapidly approaching

The time is rapidly approaching
when the second annual fair of the
Lexington County Fair Association is
to be held and county pride, if no
other reason, should induce our peo-
pie to unite in an effort to make the
fair grand success in every particu-
lar and in.every department The off
GERS and members of the Association
are exhausting every means at their
command to bring off such fair as
will be both an honor and a prideto the
county, and now only remains for the
people to do their share to make the
fair an assured success. Indications
now point to large attendance and
an exhibit of superior merit and at
tractiyeness. The management has
already received applications from
side showmen arranging for privi-
leges. Our people should now 60 to
work in earnest to make a success Ct
the fair and can materially contrib
ute to this end in several ways.
Specimens of the best products of
the farm, the shops, the factories,
household and fancy work depart
ments-in short from every depart
ment of industry, for exhibition.
Remember that the fair opens on the
26th of this month.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
To those living
Court Ct Common Pleas.

Court CT common T!eaS.
When We went to press last We'd
nesday the case of George W. Miles
vs.. The Postal Telegraph and Cable
Company was being heard. A verdict
of 1925 was given the plaintiff.
Following this case came that OF
II. B. Settler VS.. The Postal Tele'
graph and Cable Company, in which
the verdict was for the plaintiff and
the damages fixed at $500.
Notices of appeal were given in
both the above cases.
The next case called was that OF
H. ". Richardson VS.. The Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad
Company for damages, for killing a
dog at Swansea, S. c., sometime ago.
The plaintiff was represented by
Graham & Nelson and the company
by WI. Lyles. After the testimony
| for the plaintiff was closed motion
for non suit was granted.
There was no Court on Saturday.
On Monday the first case was The
Bray Clothing Company vs.. R. B.
Shealy. Verdict for the plaintiff for
S494 90.
In the case Of The Brown-Evans
Company VS.. R B. Shealy, the YER
dict was for the plaintiff for 1852 A.
| Tuesday was consumed in hearing
the case of James Harman against
Margaret and Levi Nichols, which
was al action for damages. The
plaintiff was represented by Graham
& Nelson and the defendants by
| Ffrd & Dreher. The verdict was
go Tor the ptalut!H.
| In the case of Emanuel Long vs..
Benjamin and P. I. Rawl, Executors,
| q demurrer was sustained.
Today the case Of T. E. Addy vs..
Edward R. Hipp and Robert I.
Caldwell is in progress. The plain
tiff is represented by E6rd C Dreber
and the defendant by Johnstone &
Wingard.
Thomas Smith of Black Creek, is
Foreman of Jury No. l and John A.
Dreher, Selwood that of No. 2.
Court will last until Friday.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

The Thirtieth Annual Fair Of the
South Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical Society promises to be
the best exhibition ever given under
the auspices of that society. All the
indications now point TO an unusual
large number of fine exhibits. The
energetic Secretary, Col. Thomas W.
Holloway, is on the field pushing the
work of preparation and making
necessary improvements and altera-
tions. The citizens of Columbia are
also taking a lively interest in the
success of the fair and are arranging
to provide night attractions for the
amusement of the visitors. Lexlng-
ton will of course, be largely repre-
sented as usual.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
Deals in Iirt.

As is usual with October salesdays
there was large crowd Of our coun-
try cousins in town last Monday, and
Notwithstanding FIVE cent cotton, and
the prospects of it going still lower,
all of them seemed to have been we'll
fed and nicely groomed and were in
a happy frame of mind:
A number of tracts of land were
advertised to be sold by the Clerk of
Court, and the following were placed
under the hammer and knocked
down at the prices named:
The Whites land, consisting of
ninety.three and one-balf acres, was
sold to P. E. Eleazer for S555.
The Buckley land of eighty acres
went to L. S. Matthias for S505.
S5l5 was the price D. W. Shealy
& Go. paid for 100 acre tract of
the Smith land.
The lands belonging to the Joyner
Estate were not sold and are read
vertised to be sold on the first Mon
day in November.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

G.. Walt Whitman, after being IN
politics for Is years and spent all
the money he has been able to make
and all be accumulated in trying to
be elected to an Office, has issued a
manifesto ito the people of South
Carolina" announcing his withdrawal
from politics. He will enter the
lecture field, with view of elevating
the educational and mortality of the
people.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
GIVE IT 4 FAIR TRIAL.

At the next meeting OF the otate
Board of Control a petition s'gneo
by 400 persons will be presented
prayine for the abolishment OF the
di.pensary at Tirzab, in York county
We have not the dispensary law at
hand and, therefore, cannot speak
with certainty, but our recollection
is that the law provides that before
dispensary can be established IN
any Incorporated town (the establish
ment of one in an unincoporated
place is positively forbidd0D) a petit
tion signed by two-thirds OF the tree
holders Of the town asking for the
establishment of dispensary and the
appointment of a dispenser, will
have to be presented to the Board OF
Control. If this be true, have we
not local option under the dispensary
law? Have we not already got the
very provisions for which the ad7o-
Gates of local option want? 1t is
safe to say that over two-thirds OF
the freehold residents in every In
corporated place in this State are
white and in many Of them a ma
jority are opposed to the establish
ment of dispensary; therefore, the
establishment of one can be pre-
vented simply by the freehold class
refusing to sign petition. The
trouble heretofore has been, and the
fact is obvious, that many OF the
property owners either have not the
courage to refuse the request to sign
such petition when presented by q
friend for fear of wounding his feel
ings, or they willingly signed it
through friendship to the sppli-
cant for the position of dispenser.
In either case the people, and not
the law, are the ones at whose door
tberesponsibility Of the establishment
of dispensary must be laid. From
these considerations they would have
voted for the sale of whisky under
the local option scheme had it been
adopted. Another advantage that
the dlspeDsary system has over the
so called local option law is that the
same results can be accomplished
without the use Of cumbersome ma
chiDery and the expenses of an cleo
ton. Let US for the present at least
cease the warfare on the dispensary
system, and let all good people unite
in one supreme effort 10 nave tDe
spirit as we'll as the letter Of the
law vigorously enforced. Let
US see that every provision OF the
law is strictly complied with. Let
US give this system of controlling the
sale of intoxicants fair and Impair
tial trial, and then if it fails to ac-
complish the purpose for which it
was enacted, if it fails to reduce the
consumption of intoxicants and de-
crease drunkenness, We can honestly
go before the intelligent voters of
the State and proclaim that failure
and ask their moral support and in
fuence in forever wiping from our
statute book the law permitting their
sale
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

President Mckinley has accepted
the invitation to attend the peace
Jubilee which is to be held in Phila-
delphia, October 26 and 27. The
cabinet has also been invited and
Gen. Miles has been asked to act as
Chief Marshal. It is intended 10
have about 10000 troops present and
several warships to take part in the
celebration if possible. Secretaries
Long and Alger have promised to DO
the best they can in that respect
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

Columbia has secured one camp
for the United States Volunteers,
and the other nine are to be located
at Green vile and spartanburg and
some towns in Georgia, with the
main camp at Augusta.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
+ the Baby is Cutting Teeth

Be sure and use that old and well
tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhea.
Twenty five cents bottle.
It is the best of all.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
MASONIC.

A REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS
Arof Lexington Lodge, No. 152,
MA. F. NJ. will be held on
Saturday, 22d day of October, 1898,
at 3 o'clock p. N. Members will
please be prompt iu attendance.
By order of the W. N.
G.. NJ. HARMAN, Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

The State Department recognlz-
ing the existence of threatening con-
ditions in China has ordered Admiral
Dewey to send two war ships to that
empire and the Baltimore and Petrol
will see that no Americans suffer no
further outrages.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

The destruction to life and property
on the. sea island along the Atlantic
coast last Saturday is reported to
have been appalling.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
For Sale.

As ADMIN OF THE ES-
n tate OF D. P. Shealy. will sell lntpubhc
oltcry, on the 18th day of October. 1898.
at B .llentiue. on the Columb bia, Newberry
and Laurens Railroad. commencing at 10
A. H. the following personal property; 20.
Eorse Engine and Boiler: one Saw Mill. Que
I2-horse Engine and boiler; three Horses;
Blacksmith Tool; lot of brick, lImber.
etc. Parties ind -bt,d tn the said Estate
must make payment by The above date or
their account will be placed in the hands Of
an attorney.
Terms:-C ash.
S. F. SHEALY Administrator.
September u, lS9S-2IH.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

Gov. Ellerbe has appointed McD.
Hood Auditor of Chester, 10 succeed
the late Auditor, W. NJ. Corkill, de-
ceased.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
TAX COLLECTION.

r WILL ATTEND THE FOI LOWING
/ mentioned places for the purpose OF
receiving taxes Tor the fiscal year 1898. VIZ:
Lexington C. H. from 18th to 30th Octo-
Der, 1898. inclusive.
Josh Shealys, afternoon, Oct. 81, 1888
Chaplin. November |. 1898.
Cross Roads, morning, Nov. I'd.
Peak, afternoon. Nov 2d.
Spring Hill. morning Nov. 3Id
White r ok, afternoon, Nov. 3rl
Irmo. Nov 4th.
SAKE Gotha Mills morning, Nov. 5th.
Bars Landing. afternoon, Nov. oh
D. F. Sunmperts, afternoon, Nov. 7th.
G. ,ston. afternoon, Nov. S,h
JOS w. Feeders, morning, Nov. 9th
J.J. Mack's. afternoon, Nov. 9th.
Swansea Nov. 10th.
Sandy RIM. m )rning, Nov. llth.
-. n. Martins afternoon, Nov. 1lth.
Brookland. Nov. 18th.
G. F Kelsler's, morning, Nov. l4th.
Craps Mill, afternoon. Nov. l4th.
Lew:eda!e morning, Nov 24rh.
S1mmit. afternoon. Nov. 9th.
Leesville, Nov. 18th
Bltesburg, Nov. 26th.
Samaria, morning, Nov. 9th.
Lexington G. H.. from 2S:h November to
3lst of December 1898, at which time the
Tax Book Will close and the Is per cent.
penalty will be added.
For State purposes, five mills. .....
&" Constitutional School tax. ....
Ordinary County tax ... 3
Past Indeb:edne SIS. s...... !
Total. mills 1la
For interest on Railroad Bonds in Fork
Township, two mills ~.
For interest on Rliroad Bonds in Broad
River and Saluda Townships. two and one
fourth mills (2i)
For retiring Railroad Bonds in each OF
the above townships. one mill (D.
For Attorneys fees in each OF the above
townships, one and oue-fourth mills J. }.
E. l.. WINGARD.
Treasurer Lexington Co., S. G.
Sept. 90, 1898 It'd.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

It is reported that the Emperor OF
China, who was forced to abdicate
his throne through Russian influence,
has committed suicide.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
Warming.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
N George Hall. co!ored, my son. who is
about Is years of age, lett home and wan
dered off on the 18th day of September.
1898, against my earnest commands and l
now hereby positively forbid any one lrom
giving him emplo yment or harboring him
in any manner VIII atever. The law will GER
tainIy be enforced against any one dis
regarding this notice.
ELLA HALL.
September %. 1898 3w4S.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05
Land for Sale.

WE OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
w the following land:
Home tract, i25 acres, about two horse
farm opened. On The place is fine water
power with dam already built. It has two
settlements, good farming lands.
Tract No. 2.-197 acres about 40 acres
woods land with new dwelling and neces-
sary out buildings; open land enough for
two horses.
Tract No. 3-179 acres, all timber and
we'll watered.
The above land is located about two
miles from Swansea. Terms reasonable.
Apply to either
SAML. HARSEY.
j. ZEB. HUTTO.
Swansea, S C.
April 81, l89S-tf
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-10-05

For State purposes, five mills. ... 5
4" Constitutional School tax. 49,. 3
'Ordinary County tax .. 3
Past Indeb:edne S.. ........... J
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11
TO SUCCEED THE vEsUvIUs.
A ship to Be Built That VIII Be More
Formidable Than Her Predecessor.

The navy department is about to
make a supplementary call upon
Congress for an appropriation for
a powerful warship designed
especially to carry dynamite guns.
The new ship will be the most
formidable craft of her kind the
world has ever seen. In destructive
power it is estimated that she will
be the equal of three full sized
battleships.
The plans have been fully pre-
pared and are now on file in the
navy department. Secretary Long
is so fully convinced of the possi-
bilities of a vessel designed ex-
pressly to carry dynamite guns
that the new craft will be regarded
as especially fathered by him. The
greatest secrecy has been main
tained concerning this new engine
of destruction, and it is only during
the past week that the essential
features have been found out.
The one thing which the Vesu-
vius demonstrated more than any
thing else was her unsuitability to
serve as a gun platform for dyna-
mite guns. The guns never had a
proper show on that ship. The
little Vesuvius is all right as a
sprinter-she can do better than
twenty knots an hour-but she is
a notoriously unsteady ship.
The new dynamite ship will be
pre-eminently a steady craft, and
to make doubly sure of this her
lines have been copied from those
of the Texas.
The principal dimensions of the
new ship will be: Length 900 feet,
beam 65 feet, and draught 16 feet.
The engines will be capable of
working up to 5000 horse power,
which, it is expected. will give a
sea speed of 19 knots per hour.
The new craft will not be as deep
in the water as the Texas, but she
will ha IN foot lopoar tho oddi-
tional length being utilized to
sharpen her ends. The horse
power, too. will be in excess Of
that Of the Texas engines. With
displacement of about j, 800 tons
less than the Texas, the new ship
is expected to be a most efficient
craft in steaming.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11

BAILEY says if any respectable
number of Democrats so desire, he
will resign the leadership. Bailey
is big enough to sustain his reputa-
ton as one of the most brilliant
and gifted young Democrats in
America without being recognized
as the leader of the house. His
superiority as ready debator, and
his knowledge of leading issues
will make him the most prominent
member of Congress, whether he
is the recognized leader or not.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11

TEXAS railroad offici. cam
that the knocking out@f the Texas
Railroad Commission law and
freight rates will encourage the
building of railroads in that state.
1t is stated that E. H. r. Green of
the Texas Midland, which runs
from Paris to Ennis, has let a con-
tract for the extension of his road
from Ennis to Waco and OF to the
coast. This is a road that Ard
moreites should encourage to be
extended from Paris to, Ardmore
and thence on to Chickasha and
from there on to western markets
1t would make a great railroad.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11


Victims to stomach, liver ana -
ney troubles as well as women - -.
all feel the results in loss Of aPPe'iD
poisons in the blood, backsehe' ner
vousness, headache and tireo, -
less, rundown feeling. But to'..
no need to feel like that Ls1sD
]. W. Gardner, Idaville, Inc. :. -
says Electric Bitters are Juss =
thing for q man when he 10 ~
down, and don't care whether
lives or dies. 1t did more 70 y.
me new strength and good ApPs-
than any thing could take !
now eat anything and have -,
lease on life." Only 80 cents = -
Drug Store. Every bottle
tsed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11

THE Register says Gainesville is
ready to extend the "open door s"
to all factories and legitimate en-
terprises. She presents unequaled
facilities for such, and throws her
gates wide open and invites you to
come. Ditto Ardmore. If, as is
claimed by experts, artesian water
can be secured in Ardmore. no
place in all the country presents
such facilities for factories and
other enterprises as this place. 1t
is the leading wagon cotton market
in the south; is surrounded by
miles Of fine timber, fertile prairies
and valleys, and experts say she
sits on rich coal mine and as fine
granite as can be found. Every
thing can be raised here in the way
of fruit, vegetables, cane, su~a~
beets and all varieties of cerc~'-
and it is the paradise cf h.,
stock raiSerS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11
Microbes In MIX.

It will be readily granted that The
inspection Of milk and its sources d
supply is Of even more importance from
a public health point Of view than tie
inspection Of meat, since milk Is %
largely used as the food Of infantS
Milk Immediately it is taken from
the healthy COW contains no microbes
Hardly has the milk settled in the pal
than they abound, 80 many as l0,ON
in one-quarter cubic inch having ben
detected The question which naturally
presents itself is, "Where do they cons
'FRONT.'" From the soiled teats. from tne
soiled hands Of the workers. from %.
atmosphere of the milking shed ana
from the pals themselves. They POI
sess the property of propagating Veq
rapidly.
IL de Frendeurich of the Berns N
bUatory asserts that milk just draw
rnnfziuing in one-quarter cubic inoa
5000 microbes seven hours later va
found 60 contain so. 900. After perloo
Of 25 hours had elapsed 5,cO0,OOO NJ
crobes were present in the same qnsl-
tity Of milk. and if the temp
raised to 95 degrees f. th'. -
population Of the same milk ouriT'
same time would reach tb
total Of s12, 500. 000
Children appear particularly Pr@.
to contract consumption through
agency Of milk containing tuDez0"
bacilli.-Chambers Journal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11

Gov. JOHN Il. TANNER of Illi-
nois. who has been indicted by the
grand jury of Macoupin county.
ILL.,, for malfeasance in office on
account of his course in the Virden
riot eases. announces that he in
tends to ignore the indictments.
He should brace up and go before
hat court and show, as he assert
! that the managers of the Vir-
len mines were guilty of murder,
or stand convicted before the pub.
lie as guilty of malfeasance in Of
fee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11
AttentIon. Confederates.

All members of John H. Morgan
camp No. 107 L. c. V. and all
friends are requested to meet at
the headquarters of the camp on
next Sunday afternoon, December
IL, at 3 O'Clock, where they will
be addressed by Volney Johnson,
Esq, of this place
r. H. WEST, Commander.
J. r. PULLIAM, Adjt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11

DICK BoQUE, a Van Zandt coun-
ty (Texas) farmer, while going
home from Tyler was met and
knocked insensible by a robber,
who relieved him of 81, 900. 1t was
well known that he carried large
sums OF money with him all the
time-a very foolish trick for any
ore to be guilty of.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11

THE Baltimore Herald discovers
a record that tells of at least one
tribe of Indians who are in actual
possession of great wealth. 1t
says that Indian Agent Pollock's S
annual report, recently fled in the
Interior department, includes a
curious account of the present con-
dition of the Usage tribe Of In
dians. Under treaties made with
the government, each man, woman
and child became the owner of 800
acres of land, and each receives an
annuity of 5000 in cash. Agent
Pollock illustrates this statement
with the example of an Indian fam
lily consisting of a husband, wife
and eight children, the wealth and
income of which would be repre-
sented by 5000 acres of land and
cash annuity of s., 900. AS a
consequence, the Osages have al
ready become quite aristocratic
and exclusive, considering them
selves much better than common
Indians. -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11

ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Third Sunday in Advent. Sun.
day school 10 a. m. Solemn mathis
IL a. m, subject THE SaviOr's
Mission. Vespers 7:30 p. m.
subject a Message from Nature. u
The church will be eonsecrated
Sunday, Dec. 18th. by the Rt. Rev.
Francis X. Brooke, S. T. D., as
sisted by Revs. Robert Hammond
Cotton of Fit. Worth, H. {. East
man of Oklahoma City, DIR. NichO-
las of Gnthrie and the rector Of
the parish, who will act as master
of ceremonies. The choir will be
in charge of Mrs. Barry and the
orchestral accompaniment under
Prof. Brewer.
HENRY B. SMITH, Rector.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-11

IN a speech at Wakefield, En-
gland, on the night of the 9Th
inst, the Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain, secretary of state for the En-
glish colonies, after congratulate
ing his hearers on the renewed
friendly feeling between Great
Britain and Germany. said: but
if l congratulate you on the devel-
opments of good feeling between
US and a great continental state,
still more do l rejoice at the
growth of friendly relations be-
tween ourselves and our colonies
and between ourselves and the
United States. Already the Unit
ed States is regarded from the
standpoint of potential resources
as the greatest of civilized. states,
with its immense population Of in
telligent citizens-chiefy Anglo
SaxonS-and if we are assured of
the Anglo-Saxon race, whether it
abideS under the stars and stripes
or the union jack. there is no
other combination that could
make us afraid"